NOVEL NEXT The happy little days of the Ye family
Chapter 3
"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm late, the butcher's shop has almost sold out of meat." As soon as the little greedy cat Ye Qingqing left the cloth village, she couldn't help but drag her mother to go to the butcher's shop to buy meat.
Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing arrived late, and the butcher shop only had some lean meat, bones, and other inferior meat left.
Now she can only make braised pork, and the greedy old and greedy cat at home can't pick and choose for her.
"What does this lady want? Lean meat costs 12 cents per catty, ribs cost 11 cents per catty, pig's trotters cost 10 cents each, and pig meat costs 30 cents a pair. The pigs that were just killed today are all fresh."
People nowadays are short of oil and water, and don't like dry lean meat and ribs. Mother Ye directly looked at the two big pig's trotters. The pigs today should be quite fat. These big pig's trotters weighing almost two kilograms are not big. common.
Pig's trotters are difficult to clean and have a smell if they cannot be cooked. They are usually used to provide milk for women after giving birth.
Ye's mother likes to make pig's trotters into soft, glutinous and chewy braised pig's trotters. Every time she makes braised pig's trotters, even a little girl like Ye Qingqing can eat three big bowls of rice.
The pig offal is packed in a bucket. It contains pig intestines, pork loin, pork liver, pig lungs and pork belly. It looks like a lot of food.
Although it is difficult to clean up the water, and it shrinks seriously after cooking, the braised pork can be eaten deliciously for several days. Even the old lady Ye, who is obsessed with picking meat, can't resist this delicious taste.
"Boss, I want two pig's trotters and a pair of pig's guts. The stall is going to be closed at this hour. It's not easy to sell these inferior meats. Can the price be cheaper?"
"Pig's trotters originally cost 10 cents each. I'll give you two for 15 cents. A pair of pig's trotters costs 30 cents. I'll give them to you at 25 cents. Two pig's trotters and a pair of pig's trotters total 40 cents."
At this time, no one was buying meat. The butcher wanted to sell out at a cheap price and quickly closed the stall and went home. The remaining lean meat and ribs were just left for lunch and dinner.
"Okay, let's wrap it up." Mother Ye was quite satisfied with the price.
"Okay, I'll give you these two pork bones. Although there's no meat, it's good to take them home and make soup and noodles."
"Thank you very much then."
"Thank you uncle!"
Ye Qingqing smiled sweetly while holding her small wallet. The butcher felt soft and missed his little darling at home.
The butcher selling the meat quickly wrapped the bones, pig feet and offal in wide leaves.
"Please wrap it carefully. It's best to wrap it in two layers. It won't be good if the fabric I just bought is stained." Looking at the fabric and needlework leaves I just bought, I was a little worried about getting stained.
"No problem, I'll definitely wrap it up for you." The meat is all sold out, so you can close the stall early and go home to hug your little girl. The butcher is also very happy.
"Mom, take the cloth, needle and thread, and the ends of the cloth. I'll hold the meat. Don't get the gold thread and silk dirty. These are precious."
Ye Qingqing gave 40 yuan to the butcher at the butcher shop and quickly took the wrapped meat. Pig's trotters and guts are cheap, and Ye Qingqing doesn't mind them at all. It's delicious to clean them up and use them to make braised pork.
Ye Qingqing happily put the meat into the small basket on his back. From the corner of his eye, he saw someone selling candy bars next to him. He was immediately happy and pulled Ye Mu over.
"Uncle, how do you sell these candy bars?" The candy bars are made by the farmers themselves. The candy bars are made of maltose and cut into small pieces. They are sprinkled with white sesame seeds. You can tell it is delicious just by smelling it.
"It's 20 cents per catty, and there are nearly 30 small pieces per catty. It's much cheaper than what you get at a dim sum shop."
The cheapest candies at the dim sum shop cost 24 cents per pound. The candies cut by the uncle were cut into small pieces, which looked like a lot per pound. It was indeed a good deal.
"Uncle, I want a pound." It cost 40 Wen to buy meat, and 20 Wen was used here, which was all over the limit. Ye Qingqing dug around and took out the money.
Mother Ye on the side looked at Ye Qingqing who looked distressed and couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, looking at the pitiful look on your face, I'll buy you this candy."
"No, I want to buy it myself." Putting 20 copper coins into the uncle's hand, Ye Qingqing raised her little face high, with a very cute look of arrogance.
"The embroidery you did this time is pretty good. It's much better than last year. Mom will buy you candied haws as a reward, but neither your brother nor your younger brother will."
"Thank you, mother, you are the best mother. Let's eat together without telling my elder brother and younger brother." After saying that, he came to the stall selling candied haws.
"Boss, I want a bunch of candied haws, a big one." Mother Ye gave the money and took the candied haws. The red hawthorns were covered with sweet syrup, and Ye Qingqing beside her was drooling.
There were not many people in the market at this time. Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing were strolling around to see if they could pick up any cheap goodies while sharing the sweet and sour candied haws with each other one by one.
Although Mother Ye is an adult, she is not embarrassed at all to eat alone with her daughter. What's the matter with eating some snacks with the money I earned myself?
Ye's mother was pampered and pampered by her parents since she was a child. Even after she got married, her mother's family has always pampered her. Her husband's family is simple and easy to get along with, and her husband is a childhood sweetheart who grew up together. The relationship between the two is very good.
Even though she has been married into the Ye family for more than ten years, Ye's mother still retains the little temper she had as a girl.
"We sell fabrics, cheap and beautiful fabrics."
Before Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing could finish the candied haws on their hands, they came to a stall selling burlap.
The craftsmanship of the fabric is very average. There are many missing stitches and uneven spots in the fabric, and the dyeing is not good. However, it is cheaper. It is one-third cheaper than buying it from Shopkeeper Wang.
"The weaving of this fabric is too poor. There are many places where the stitches are missing. The weaving is uneven, and the dyeing is not good. It can only be made into a coat for farm work." Ye Mu will sell the leftovers. I looked at several pieces of fabric one by one, and they were tightly wrinkled.
"Although these fabrics are not well made, they are cheap. Madam, if you are willing to buy them," the aunt gestured to Ye's mother a few times and said, "For this amount, you can take all these pieces of fabrics."
Although Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing were wearing ordinary clothes, their appearance and behavior did not look like they were rich.
There were not many people in the market. The aunt selling fabrics was afraid that the fabrics would fall on her hands. Seeing that Mother Ye was interested in buying, the price dropped a lot.
"Okay, I want these pieces of fabric."
"Okay, okay, I'll wrap it up for you right now." The batch of fabrics that had been damaged by the daughter-in-law's knitting was finally sold, and the aunt was very happy. She quickly wrapped up several batches of fabrics and enthusiastically helped with the fabrics. Put it into Ye Mu's backpack.
The two of them hadn't gone far when Ye Qingqing asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Mom, these fabrics are so poor and dyed ugly. You bought several pieces at once. Did you buy too much?"
"You, you have to learn a little bit. Although these fabrics are not well woven, they are half cheaper than ordinary fabrics. They are a bit ugly, but it doesn't affect them at all when they are used as quilt covers or outerwear for work. .”
"Besides, these two naughty boys, your brother and your younger brother, have been either going to the mountains to look for bird's nests or fishing in the river all day long. The new clothes they just made are torn and dirty within two days. The fabric is cheap, let them do whatever they want. Make it.”
For her two sons, Ye's mother is in a free-range mode. As long as they are healthy and have good conduct, Ye's mother will be satisfied.
"Mom, you are so awesome."
"You, you are still young and you have a lot to learn."
"You have learned how to make shoes now. After the busy farming season, I will teach you how to cut clothes. The fabric is cheap and it doesn't hurt if it gets damaged."
"Okay, okay, once I learn how to make beautiful clothes for my mother, I will dress my eldest brother and younger brother first, hehehehe!"
Originally, Ye's mother wanted to buy two meat buns for Ye's father to improve their lunch. Unexpectedly, mother and daughter were so happy shopping that no one thought about it.
Poor Father Ye is still waiting eagerly.
Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing arrived late, and the butcher shop only had some lean meat, bones, and other inferior meat left.
Now she can only make braised pork, and the greedy old and greedy cat at home can't pick and choose for her.
"What does this lady want? Lean meat costs 12 cents per catty, ribs cost 11 cents per catty, pig's trotters cost 10 cents each, and pig meat costs 30 cents a pair. The pigs that were just killed today are all fresh."
People nowadays are short of oil and water, and don't like dry lean meat and ribs. Mother Ye directly looked at the two big pig's trotters. The pigs today should be quite fat. These big pig's trotters weighing almost two kilograms are not big. common.
Pig's trotters are difficult to clean and have a smell if they cannot be cooked. They are usually used to provide milk for women after giving birth.
Ye's mother likes to make pig's trotters into soft, glutinous and chewy braised pig's trotters. Every time she makes braised pig's trotters, even a little girl like Ye Qingqing can eat three big bowls of rice.
The pig offal is packed in a bucket. It contains pig intestines, pork loin, pork liver, pig lungs and pork belly. It looks like a lot of food.
Although it is difficult to clean up the water, and it shrinks seriously after cooking, the braised pork can be eaten deliciously for several days. Even the old lady Ye, who is obsessed with picking meat, can't resist this delicious taste.
"Boss, I want two pig's trotters and a pair of pig's guts. The stall is going to be closed at this hour. It's not easy to sell these inferior meats. Can the price be cheaper?"
"Pig's trotters originally cost 10 cents each. I'll give you two for 15 cents. A pair of pig's trotters costs 30 cents. I'll give them to you at 25 cents. Two pig's trotters and a pair of pig's trotters total 40 cents."
At this time, no one was buying meat. The butcher wanted to sell out at a cheap price and quickly closed the stall and went home. The remaining lean meat and ribs were just left for lunch and dinner.
"Okay, let's wrap it up." Mother Ye was quite satisfied with the price.
"Okay, I'll give you these two pork bones. Although there's no meat, it's good to take them home and make soup and noodles."
"Thank you very much then."
"Thank you uncle!"
Ye Qingqing smiled sweetly while holding her small wallet. The butcher felt soft and missed his little darling at home.
The butcher selling the meat quickly wrapped the bones, pig feet and offal in wide leaves.
"Please wrap it carefully. It's best to wrap it in two layers. It won't be good if the fabric I just bought is stained." Looking at the fabric and needlework leaves I just bought, I was a little worried about getting stained.
"No problem, I'll definitely wrap it up for you." The meat is all sold out, so you can close the stall early and go home to hug your little girl. The butcher is also very happy.
"Mom, take the cloth, needle and thread, and the ends of the cloth. I'll hold the meat. Don't get the gold thread and silk dirty. These are precious."
Ye Qingqing gave 40 yuan to the butcher at the butcher shop and quickly took the wrapped meat. Pig's trotters and guts are cheap, and Ye Qingqing doesn't mind them at all. It's delicious to clean them up and use them to make braised pork.
Ye Qingqing happily put the meat into the small basket on his back. From the corner of his eye, he saw someone selling candy bars next to him. He was immediately happy and pulled Ye Mu over.
"Uncle, how do you sell these candy bars?" The candy bars are made by the farmers themselves. The candy bars are made of maltose and cut into small pieces. They are sprinkled with white sesame seeds. You can tell it is delicious just by smelling it.
"It's 20 cents per catty, and there are nearly 30 small pieces per catty. It's much cheaper than what you get at a dim sum shop."
The cheapest candies at the dim sum shop cost 24 cents per pound. The candies cut by the uncle were cut into small pieces, which looked like a lot per pound. It was indeed a good deal.
"Uncle, I want a pound." It cost 40 Wen to buy meat, and 20 Wen was used here, which was all over the limit. Ye Qingqing dug around and took out the money.
Mother Ye on the side looked at Ye Qingqing who looked distressed and couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, looking at the pitiful look on your face, I'll buy you this candy."
"No, I want to buy it myself." Putting 20 copper coins into the uncle's hand, Ye Qingqing raised her little face high, with a very cute look of arrogance.
"The embroidery you did this time is pretty good. It's much better than last year. Mom will buy you candied haws as a reward, but neither your brother nor your younger brother will."
"Thank you, mother, you are the best mother. Let's eat together without telling my elder brother and younger brother." After saying that, he came to the stall selling candied haws.
"Boss, I want a bunch of candied haws, a big one." Mother Ye gave the money and took the candied haws. The red hawthorns were covered with sweet syrup, and Ye Qingqing beside her was drooling.
There were not many people in the market at this time. Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing were strolling around to see if they could pick up any cheap goodies while sharing the sweet and sour candied haws with each other one by one.
Although Mother Ye is an adult, she is not embarrassed at all to eat alone with her daughter. What's the matter with eating some snacks with the money I earned myself?
Ye's mother was pampered and pampered by her parents since she was a child. Even after she got married, her mother's family has always pampered her. Her husband's family is simple and easy to get along with, and her husband is a childhood sweetheart who grew up together. The relationship between the two is very good.
Even though she has been married into the Ye family for more than ten years, Ye's mother still retains the little temper she had as a girl.
"We sell fabrics, cheap and beautiful fabrics."
Before Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing could finish the candied haws on their hands, they came to a stall selling burlap.
The craftsmanship of the fabric is very average. There are many missing stitches and uneven spots in the fabric, and the dyeing is not good. However, it is cheaper. It is one-third cheaper than buying it from Shopkeeper Wang.
"The weaving of this fabric is too poor. There are many places where the stitches are missing. The weaving is uneven, and the dyeing is not good. It can only be made into a coat for farm work." Ye Mu will sell the leftovers. I looked at several pieces of fabric one by one, and they were tightly wrinkled.
"Although these fabrics are not well made, they are cheap. Madam, if you are willing to buy them," the aunt gestured to Ye's mother a few times and said, "For this amount, you can take all these pieces of fabrics."
Although Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing were wearing ordinary clothes, their appearance and behavior did not look like they were rich.
There were not many people in the market. The aunt selling fabrics was afraid that the fabrics would fall on her hands. Seeing that Mother Ye was interested in buying, the price dropped a lot.
"Okay, I want these pieces of fabric."
"Okay, okay, I'll wrap it up for you right now." The batch of fabrics that had been damaged by the daughter-in-law's knitting was finally sold, and the aunt was very happy. She quickly wrapped up several batches of fabrics and enthusiastically helped with the fabrics. Put it into Ye Mu's backpack.
The two of them hadn't gone far when Ye Qingqing asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Mom, these fabrics are so poor and dyed ugly. You bought several pieces at once. Did you buy too much?"
"You, you have to learn a little bit. Although these fabrics are not well woven, they are half cheaper than ordinary fabrics. They are a bit ugly, but it doesn't affect them at all when they are used as quilt covers or outerwear for work. .”
"Besides, these two naughty boys, your brother and your younger brother, have been either going to the mountains to look for bird's nests or fishing in the river all day long. The new clothes they just made are torn and dirty within two days. The fabric is cheap, let them do whatever they want. Make it.”
For her two sons, Ye's mother is in a free-range mode. As long as they are healthy and have good conduct, Ye's mother will be satisfied.
"Mom, you are so awesome."
"You, you are still young and you have a lot to learn."
"You have learned how to make shoes now. After the busy farming season, I will teach you how to cut clothes. The fabric is cheap and it doesn't hurt if it gets damaged."
"Okay, okay, once I learn how to make beautiful clothes for my mother, I will dress my eldest brother and younger brother first, hehehehe!"
Originally, Ye's mother wanted to buy two meat buns for Ye's father to improve their lunch. Unexpectedly, mother and daughter were so happy shopping that no one thought about it.
Poor Father Ye is still waiting eagerly.
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