We don’t have a scale at home, so Li suggested using a gourd gourd.
I found a gourd scoop of a suitable size and tried it on Li Zheng's scale. One gourd scoop of sugar and snowballs was exactly half a catty.
Whoever wants half a catty will get one gourd and gourd, and whoever wants one catty will get two gourds and gourds, and so on.
With the opportunity to make money, the family immediately became busy.
Li Benshan could not move while lying on the kang, but he could cut bamboo sticks, Xiao Dao could also help with skewering, and even Xiao Sanshun could help remove hawthorn stalks.
While taking care of Li Benshan, Mrs. Li was busy helping Xiao Mian.
The cold winter seems to become warmer amidst the laughter and laughter of the family.
Old man Li strolled over to see how his second son's legs were doing.
The old man appeared at the gate silently with his hands behind his back. The family was so busy that no one noticed him.
Old man Li saw his second son sitting on the kang in high spirits, whittling bamboo sticks.
The youngest grandson squatted beside a pile of red fruits and smacked the fruit stalks.
The whole family was busy with their heads down, talking and laughing with harmony.
He stood here looking very abrupt. He was stunned for a long time, but no one looked at him.
"Ahem,"
Old Man Li could only make some noise to remind everyone: He is coming.
When Li Benshan heard a familiar voice, he subconsciously thought of something clever. His hand shook and he almost cut his hand.
He raised his head and looked at his biological father. "Dad, why are you here?"
Old man Li also saw his son trembling. He was also startled.
He frowned and said, "How old are you? You don't know how to be careful when doing some work."
Everyone:......
Xiao Sanshun raised her head with her butt stuck out, her legs softened, and she sat on the ground.
Sanshun sat on the ground and blinked, as if he didn't know why he was sitting on the ground?
The little guy held up the hawthorn and asked, "Master, do you want to eat it?"
The cute look of the little grandson earned Old Man Li a loving smile, and he said warmly: "Oh, you can eat it, I don't like it sour."
He touched the kang and nodded with satisfaction.
This kang is indeed warm.
Although the eldest daughter-in-law is a shameless person, she is an expert at building a kang.
The Kang is steaming hot and the whole room is warm. No wonder I don't want to go back after living here.
Seeing that everyone was busy, he asked again: "What are you busy with?"
Sanshun said as if offering a treasure: "Make candied haws and eat snowballs."
Old Man Li said with concern: "You are not in good health, so you can't eat snowballs. Do you hear me?"
Sanshun shook his head, "It's edible, it's delicious."
Mrs. Li came over and said with a smile: "Oh, Dad is here. You see, we are too busy to bring you a bowl of water. Don't blame me."
As she spoke, she let out a long sigh: "In order to show him my legs, I had to pay a lot of debt. We don't have any financial resources or relatives to help us. We have to help my sister-in-law to help me. We can't make candied haws to earn a few bucks."
After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the house.
The family started to get busy again, but no one spoke anymore.
Even Xiao Sanshun looked at this and that, and finally lowered his head to work.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little depressing.
Old man Li suddenly felt that the room was a little hot, maybe because of the fire pit.
Maybe……
The second child usually talks little and doesn't feel much if he doesn't speak, but the words of the second child's wife seemed to have a hidden meaning.
What does it mean to have no financial resources, and what does it mean to have no relatives to support you?
Could it be that the half a tael of silver he took out was just a stone?
Humph! Although the second daughter-in-law greeted her with a smile, he could still tell how fake that smile was.
There are also these children, except for the young grandchildren, they seem to have not seen him when they see him.
Old Man Li stood up angrily and said displeasedly: "If you can't help but work, don't work. Just take good care of yourself. I'm leaving."
Xiaodao looked at the old man's back and asked Sanshun: "What are you doing here?"
Sanshun shook his head, he didn't understand.
Xiaodao asked again: "What delicious food has Master given you?"
Sanshun: "I didn't take anything, I didn't give anything."
Xiaodao glared at him: "You're so sweet when you don't have anything to eat?"
Xiao Mian smiled and said: "I'm not here to see my second uncle. I guess I'm here to ask for a bill. Who do you see asking for a bill and food?"
Old Man Li's steps trembled. Damn it, do you think I have to bring a gift to see my son?
Humph! The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. It was all caused by her mother.
Old Man Li walked faster with his hands behind his back.
He did come to ask for an account.
The old woman heard that the old man helped his second son pay off his debt.
Li Zheng has two liang, and Zhao Qiang's family has three liang.
I took out the five taels of silver easily.
So, does he have to pay back the half a tael of silver he gave out in the first place?
But that is his biological son.
His own son is sick, what's wrong with him getting some medical expenses? Is he embarrassed to come back?
Besides, the eldest daughter-in-law can give me five taels of silver. How can I, as an old man, be compared to the eldest daughter-in-law?
Therefore, he didn't come to ask for a debt, he just came to take a look. Seeing that his second son was recovering well, he felt relieved.
Of course, if the second son's family insists on returning the money to him, he can just take it.
Isn’t this not paid back?
Didn’t he open his mouth to ask for it?
Just come and visit.
Damn girl movie, why are you so mean?
The food is delicious and the business is very good, especially the sugar snowballs, there are no leftovers every day.
In just half a month, I quietly earned half a tael of silver. The family was even more motivated.
However, the good times did not last long, and they soon encountered difficulties.
The hawthorns stored at home have been used up. Unfortunately, the hawthorn fruits in the mountains are also gone.
The Li family would get up early and run to the city every day, especially Dazhu and Erwang, whose red candied haws could not be concealed.
The two children would go out one by one with full candied haws every day, and they would sell them all when they came back. Not to mention Song's and Damai's candied snowballs, which had become famous in the county.
How much does the Li family earn per day?
There is a lot of speculation and a lot of jealousy.
So just like everyone looking for cockleburs, they started picking hawthorns again.
After picking the hawthorns, they make candied haws at home, and some people wrap the hawthorns in flour and learn to make candied snowballs.
Everyone has seen candied haws a lot and most of them have eaten it. Even though they don’t know how to cook it, they know that it is boiled with sugar water.
Sugar snowballs are a new thing here.
Some are willing to spend a few pennies to buy it and try it, knowing that it is sweet, while others are reluctant to even buy one and try it.
Regardless of whether they have tried it or not, everyone agrees that the white frost on the outside of Shanlihong is made of flour. The difference lies in whether sugar is added or not.
Because only when wrapped in white flour can it be so white and thin.
Qingshan Village is very lively, almost every household makes sweets and every household buys white flour.
For a while, the whole village was filled with the greasy smell of boiled sugar.
Without experience, the candied haws on a stick will either stick to your teeth or be bitter, and the sugar snowballs are even more ridiculous. Can they be delicious wrapped in white flour?
Therefore, not everyone can do craft work well.
Although no one succeeded, and some people even quarreled over the waste of things.
But regardless of whether it is successful or not, the hawthorn fruit in the mountains will be ruined.
Li said angrily: "Who are these people? If you don't get along with others, if there is any movement, you will immediately follow suit."
Li Benshan sighed: "They are all poor people with no ability. If they find some way to make money, they will swarm in."