9. Chapter 9
Making bedding is simple, just cut and sew it. But as a graduate of the fashion department, Yang Haiyan's hemming is very beautiful, just like it was done by a sewing machine. She also embroidered small golden flowers on the light blue quilt, which looks very warm.
Yang Dahua couldn't help but praise: "Haiyan, your needlework is really good. No wonder everyone praised you when you were in Yang's house."
Yang Haiyan: "I will teach you tomorrow afternoon." This hemming is a modern craft, not from this era, but it doesn't matter, it's all needlework anyway.
Yang Dahua: "Okay. By the way, what are you going to send tomorrow?"
Yang Haiyan: "Fried rice."
The next day
Today, the daughter of the butcher's daughter delivered ten kilograms of pig intestines before dawn. Yang Haiyan kept two kilograms and put eight kilograms on the trading platform.
Lunch is pickled vegetables and pig intestines fried rice, with shrimp skin and winter melon soup. When Yang Dahua came to call Yang Haiyan, the unbridled aroma of the pig intestines made her ask: "What is this smell? It's so strange, but it tastes so good." Pig intestines are well processed, and they taste really good to those who like them.
Yang Haiyan: "I made a little too much, you can take some to Han Baifu to try, this is made with pig intestines, if he likes it, you can make it next time."
Yang Dahua: "Use pig intestines?" Yang Dahua didn't mean to disdain it at all. She came from a poor family and was a maid, so she cherished food and would not look down on any food. But she didn't expect that Haiyan would eat this.
Yang Haiyan: "Try it first." She served Yang Dahua a small bowl of pig intestine fried rice.
Yang Dahua took a bite of pig intestines first, and then her eyes lit up: "It's delicious. If you don't know, you might think it's meat."
Yang Haiyan: "Here's another plate. I'll put it in your lunch box. You can take it to Han Baihu."
Yang Dahua: "Okay." She brought fried eggs and fried tofu today, which can be considered meat dishes.
When the two of them were sent to the military camp, Han Zhen and Qin Fang were waiting for them at the door. When they saw them, they both ran over. Unlike Qin Fang, who kept silent, Han Zhen was a gentler person. He asked Yang Dahua curiously: "What did you send today?"
Yang Dahua: "Today I sent fried eggs and fried tofu. Haiyan also gave me a mysterious dish. You will know after you eat it."
When Qin Fang heard this, his eyes shot at Han Zhen like a knife. This guy ate his rations.
Han Zhen pretended not to see it. When he opened the lunch box, he ate it all at once. This wolfing down look was very inconsistent with his handsome image.
But in the afternoon, Qin Fang used the excuse of sparring to teach Han Zhen a lesson. You can touch him, but you absolutely cannot touch the food his woman cooked for him.
The two were equally skilled, but they both ended up lying on the ground exhausted.
Han Zhen kicked Qin Fang with his foot, and then laughed again. They came out of that small village together, walked through the muddy road together, shed blood together, killed enemies together, became centurions together, and married wives together. Their wives also came from the same place. It felt so good.
Yang Dahua and Yang Haiyan returned to the family room. Yang Dahua continued to ask Yang Haiyan for needlework. She also wanted to embroider some handkerchiefs to subsidize the family, and she also wanted to use the money she earned to buy pig's trotters and pork for the man. Yang Haiyan started to make Qin Fang's clothes. She made underwear and long-sleeved trousers. After Yang Dahua left, she made underwear for Qin Fang.
After a while, Tang's mother and daughter came.
Yang Dahua knew that there were people here who took the job of washing clothes, but she was reluctant to spend this unfair money. If it was before, she would also think that Yang Haiyan was too extravagant in spending money, but Yang Haiyan is good at needlework, so she naturally needs to protect her hands. So it is reasonable to ask someone to wash clothes.
September 11th came again, and Yang Haiyan received another ten kilograms of pig intestines. She kept two kilograms and put eight kilograms on the platform. Then she went out with a hundred bars of soap.
Yongji
When the shopkeeper saw that there were a hundred bars of soap this time, his mouth was crooked with joy: "Why is there a hundred this time? It would be great if there were so many every time."
Yang Haiyan: "I asked someone to help me make it, so there are more. And I was in a hurry to use the money, so it took more time to make it."
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Can you guarantee the entire amount on the first day of every ten days in the future?" This soap sold very well when it came out. He also showed it to the master. Speaking of which, the master kept half of the first batch of a hundred for himself.
Yang Haiyan: "I dare not hire too many people, for fear that the secret recipe will be spread. If there are two people, I can guarantee 100 yuan per ten days, but no more."
Shopkeeper: "Oh, that's great." In this way, some can be shipped to other places in a fixed quantity.
Yang Haiyan: "Shopkeeper, the 100 yuan this time is different from the previous one, so the price must be different, please take a look."
Shopkeeper took a look and said: "Oh, there are words and carvings on this side, it's amazing, it's really amazing, the craftsmanship is good." Then... the price can be sold at a better price. "This word means fortune, longevity, happiness, perfection, intelligence, and beauty... It's quite interesting. Mrs. Qin, you are really good at doing business."
Yang Haiyan: "Don't praise me. I don't have the courage to do business. I am just a small family, making a little money to live. Doing business is troublesome. People like me who have no backing can't do business."
Shopkeeper: "Mrs. Qin, you are really insightful."
Yang Haiyan: "Then what do you think of the price?"
Shopkeeper: "I will give you two cents for each new piece. What do you think?"
Yang Haiyan: "Three cents for each piece."
Shopkeeper: "Okay, three cents is just three cents." If you add three cents to Yang Haiyan, they will sell it with more than just three cents.
After Yang Haiyan collected the money, she and Qin Fang had more than sixty-two possessions. She put the entire sixty taels of silver in the drawer of the wardrobe, locked it, and put the rest in her purse to spend.
Yang Haiyan's trading platform also has more than a thousand platform coins. She bought a small solar portable outdoor generator on it. She has used this kind of generator in this life and it is very convenient. It uses solar panels to absorb electricity, then stores the electricity in the generator box, and then connects it with a power strip before it can be used.
Yang Haiyan bought another wall-breaking machine, which can be used for soy milk, rice milk, and fruit juice. After buying it, the generator had 10% remaining power for trial use. Yang Haiyan washed the soybeans and squeezed the soy milk directly. Yang Haiyan's eyes turned red when she smelled the fragrance of soy milk.
Of course, if you don’t need it, you can put it away on the platform and treat it as for sale. If the price is set higher, no one will buy it. This is a platform vulnerability and can be used as storage.
The soy milk was fried a lot, so Yang Haiyan simply bought another thermos kettle and poured the soy milk into it to heat it up. She could give it to Qin Fang when she brought him a meal later. Of course, the soy milk could only be kept for three or four hours, otherwise it would go bad. .
However, having a hot water bottle makes it easier to wash your face the next day. So, she bought another one. Now the balance on the platform is unbearable to look at.
Looking at the balance on the platform, Yang Haiyan couldn't help but buy a dehydrator. It's not convenient to buy a washing machine because it's inconvenient to change the water, but a dehydrator is always available so that the sheets and quilt covers can dry faster. In fact, when women have money, they want to spend it.
With soy milk, Yang Haiyan made steamed buns for lunch. The buns were stuffed with chives and eggs. After she was done, she ate by herself. After a while, Yang Dahua came.
During this time, Yang Dahua studied female beauty with Yang Haiyan every day. Although it can't be said that it was very good, Yang Dahua worked hard, so the harvest was good. Her handkerchiefs and purses were ready to be sold. However, those shops have specialized embroiderers who embroider handkerchiefs and purses, and those are better than Yang Dahua's, so they don't accept hers, so Yang Dahua sets up a stall by herself. Today is her first day setting up a stall.
Yang Dahua: "Haiyan, are you okay?"
Yang Haiyan: "Okay." She carried the basket and went out, "Sister Dahua, how is the business today?"
Speaking of business, Yang Dahua said happily: "On the first day today, there are already people coming. I sell to those farm wives and farm girls."
Yang Haiyan: "Happy opening, congratulations to Sister Dahua."
Yang Dahua: "No, take your time. Anyway, I have nothing to do at home. It would be good to make some extra money to support my family. When I learn well, I can use it in the shop."
Qin Fang and Han Zhen were both waiting for their daughters-in-law. After this period of time, they both envied the men in the army camp. Who was so lucky as them? Their daughters-in-law came to deliver meals every day, except on rainy days. A dozen days ago, those people laughed at Qin Fang's loud voice, but now they feel so envious of Qin Fang.
I originally thought that Qin Fang was unlucky and married a troublesome wife, but it turned out that was not the case. She was a woman who would buy meat for men. Moreover, according to the soldiers at the back door, Qin Fang ate meat every now and then, and the aroma penetrated their noses, making them greedy.
At the beginning, it was only from Qin Fang's family. Now that Han Zhen's family is here, the fragrance of that piece is even stronger.
Qin Fang took the tea bucket. He was originally a silent person, but after the two of them had been together for more than ten days, he could say a few words: "What did you do today?"
Yang Haiyan: "I made steamed buns and soy milk today." Because she was afraid that the soy milk would get cold, she bought an insulated tea bucket, which is actually a round wooden bucket, but the lid is tightly buckled, and the effect is similar to modern thermal insulation. The cup thermos box cannot be compared, but in ancient times, this was used to keep warm, and it was still effective.
Qin Fang: "Soy milk? Is it ground from beans?"
Yang Haiyan: "Well, grind the beans into a paste, and then filter it. You can drink it and see. I added some sugar to make it sweet."
Qin Fang took out the contents of the thermal tea bucket, a large bowl of soy milk, as white as tofu curd, three steamed buns and three steamed buns. He took a sip of soy milk first. The sweet taste could sweeten his heart. Moreover, this soy milk has no beany smell at all.