The mutton bone soup needs to be stewed for an hour or two more so that it can have a fragrant aroma.
Before dawn, the Qin family got up early and went to town. The young woman sat next to the man and tore pancakes for the man next to him to eat.
Wait until the man is full, then take small bites.
As soon as she wiped her hands, a big hand reached out, grabbed her wrist, and stretched it towards her waist under the clothes.
Suddenly my cold hands felt a little warmer.
Su Yan raised her head slightly and leaned on his shoulder with a smile. The man lowered his eyebrows and looked at her, then looked ahead with the corners of his mouth raised.
When they arrived at the shop, the two got busy. Su Yan was making mutton soup, while Qin An was kneading flour.
After daybreak, the smell of mutton soup floated in the town, and many people glanced here several times.
I found that the shop that used to sell pancakes now sells other pancakes. An uncle came over and stood to look at it and said, "Sister, what are you selling now? It smells so good that you can smell it from a distance."
"Would you like a bowl of pimple soup?" Su Yan said enthusiastically.
"How much does a bowl cost?"
"Small bowls cost seven and twelve coins, large bowls cost ten and sixteen coins, and you can add another bowl for free after finishing the mutton soup."
"Is it made from mutton bone soup?"
The uncle wanted to eat it, but he thought it was too expensive. Seeing this, Qin An used a shovel to pick up the big bone and showed it to him, "The wild sheep I hunted in the mountains."
When he saw the actual product, the uncle couldn't help it anymore and said, "Okay, give me a small portion and see if it tastes good."
Hearing this, Qin An went into the pot of white water and pulled out the lumps. Each one was as big as a big finger, and a bowl of ten of them was quite a lot.
"Want green vegetables? The soup doesn't taste good without green vegetables."
"No, I just want this mutton soup."
The big man sat near the door and waited for the mutton soup dumplings to come up. He took a bite and his eyes lit up, and he said: "Your dumpling soup is really good. Make me a bowl and I'll call my mother-in-law to come over and eat."
"Sure." Su Yan took another empty bowl and put it on the stove.
As soon as one came, a second one followed, and soon the shop was full, and finally a temporary stand was set up on the street.
There were no bones left in a large pot of mutton soup before noon. Finally, I packed the bones and took them home to feed the family dog.
At this time, someone came in and asked, "Is there any more?"
"No, grandpa, come back tomorrow." Su Yan helped Qin An next to her wipe the ashes on her clothes.
"I just heard someone said that the pimple soup here is delicious. I will bring a basin to buy it for my old lady." The old man raised the wooden basin in his hand.
"There is still some flour, but the mutton soup is gone, so it won't taste good when cooked. Tomorrow we will make mutton soup dumplings."
Seeing that he was older, Su Yan added: "If you are in town, I will send it to you to save you a trip."
The old man immediately nodded with a smile, "My home is in the town, the second one on South Street. I will give you how much money you have first."
"No rush, I'll give it to you tomorrow." Su Yan said no.
After he left, the two of them closed the door of the shop to prevent anyone from writing.
Su Yan used the remaining flour to cook some noodles and said, "Mr. sir, please check the money and see how much I have earned today."
Hearing this, Qin An bent down and took out a basket under the chopping board, a lot of broken copper coins, poured them on the table and counted them.
I sold more than 700 taels of silver, excluding the 100 taels of flour, and made more than half a tael of silver.
He picked up a pen and scribbled down the accounts in his account book.
"Earn more than 600 yuan."
"Make more soup tomorrow. I still have a lot of bones at home. When the stew is finished, I will make pork bone soup."
Su Yan walked over and took a look, looked at the words on the account book, thought of something, and said, "Ms. sir, do you miss the big words?"
Hearing this, Qin An was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't want to."
"Don't you want to read at home?"
Su Yan was not making fun of him. She sat next to him and said: "There is a private school in the town. You can go to read calligraphy in the afternoon. I will wait for you in the shop."
"I don't want you to be a scholar. It would be better if you learn a few more words."
"In the future, we can also teach children to read big characters."
As long as he is willing, it is a good thing to read Chinese characters. It does not mean that a banker man cannot read a single Chinese character.
Being more literate will be of some use in the future.
Qin An naturally missed the big characters, was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Studying is expensive."
His tone was obviously reluctant to part with money.
"It's expensive, and my family can afford it." Su Yan didn't hesitate at all.
She didn't wait for him to speak again, "We'll go to the private school to check after dinner."
Seeing the rough man looking straight at her, she leaned over and kissed him, "Let's string the coins together for dinner."
"Daughter-in-law, I won't go."
Qin An felt uneasy when he thought that his wife was pregnant and no one was watching her in the afternoon.
After saying that, he strung the copper coins on the thread, one hundred coins per string.
Su Yan didn't say anything. After dinner, she took Qin An and said, "Go out and buy something."
Qin An took off his girdle and said in a low voice, "Okay."
When she went to the market before, Su Yan saw a private school in an alley near the edge of the town.
Listening to the child's immature reading, Qin An stopped and said complexly: "Daughter-in-law..."
"We've come here, let's ask." Su Yan pulled him away, but Qin An didn't dare to fight her, so he had to follow her into the private school.
I guess there is only an old master in the private school, teaching children how to read.
There are people in their teens.
About a quarter of an hour later, the old master came out of the house. When he saw Qin An and his wife, he thought they were here to see the baby, so he said casually: "Let's go in and have a look."
Su Yan stopped him, "Master, we want to ask how much money it costs to study?"
"How old is your child?" The old master subconsciously thought he was their child.
"No, my husband is here to study and learn a few big characters so that he can keep track of the shop's accounts in the future." Su Yan explained.
The old master looked at the tall and strong man in front of him a little strangely. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He was not surprised that the woman next to him came to study.
He didn't believe it and said, "You want to study?"
Qin An pursed her lips and wanted to say no, but her wife scratched her palm and said "hmm" in the end.
The master couldn't help stroking his short beard and said after a while: "You can read, but you have to abide by the rules in school."
"You can't hit your husband with your hands."
Su Yan couldn't laugh or cry, "Master, don't worry, my husband-in-law has a very good temper."
"That's OK, I'll pay you five taels of silver for half a year, buy pens and ink yourself, and half a tael of silver for the books."
The master was afraid that they would not know the money for studying, so he added: "The pen, ink, and paper cost about two or three taels of silver, and I have to go to the county town to buy them."
When Qin An heard that he was asking for so much money, just as he was about to say something, the wife next to him came down and said, "Okay, we will give you the money later."
"Master, please try your best to teach me how to be a good husband."
The master nodded and said, "Okay, come over later."
He suddenly remembered something and looked at the man who was more than a head taller. "The children in the private school are a little naughty. Don't beat them."
Today's children are difficult to teach and often tease others.
He can still bear it, but this man can't bear it just looking at it.
Qin An said "hmm". When the wife left, he looked at the woman's pretty face and discussed with her softly: "Daughter-in-law, wait two years before reading again."
"It's the same thing now. I still have money at home."
Su Yan paused for a moment, then said seriously: "You are willing to buy me more than a dozen taels of rouge, and I am willing to give you money to let you study."
"My husband, I can hunt for the rest of my life, but I cannot be a hunter for the rest of my life."
