Li Xuedong went up the steps, stretched his head and took a look, and his eyes suddenly widened.
Before Li Xuedong asked, Li Xiaonan pushed him and said, "Let's talk after you go in!"
"How do you get in here?" Li Xuedong asked, pointing to the airtight egg basket.
Li Xiaonan shrank back and became silent.
Li Yinzhu stood next to Li Xiaonan and carefully looked at the eldest sister and second sister standing side by side outside the threshold.
"I have to carry a basket out." Li Yuzhu looked left and right and sighed.
"Carry this basket, then move the other baskets, and you can squeeze in. Once you enter the door of the west wing, you can leave by pressing against the wall." Li Jinzhu looked carefully and pointed at several egg baskets.
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Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong watched with bated breath, one on the left and the other on the right. Li Yinzhu and Li Yuzhu carefully lifted a large basket of eggs. Li Jinzhu held the basket and directed the high point to the left and right, and lowered the large basket of eggs close to the threshold. p>
Li Jinzhu held the basket and carefully shook it a few times. It was indeed firmly placed. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, crossed the threshold, stood in the gap between the basket of eggs, and carefully moved the other egg basket.
They moved one after another, and then one after another, until they were exhausted and sweating, and finally they found a passage.
Li Yinzhu hurriedly squeezed in, and Li Yuzhu watched Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong pass by. She raised her breath and walked through the narrow passage to the door of the wing.
Li Jinzhu took the lead, followed by Li Yuzhu, and the five siblings lined up in a row, holding their breath and pressing against the wall, going around from the west wing to the main room, and from the main room into the east wing kitchen.
Fortunately, the big tank is in the kitchen. The Li family's water tank is always full. People in Pingjiang City have sewers in their yards. This family's sewer is right at the door of the kitchen, although the yard is full of eggs.
basket, and there is no delay in washing vegetables and cooking.
Li Yinzhu lit the fire, Li Yuzhu chose and washed the vegetables, Li Jinzhu cooked the rice first, Li Xuedong stood at the door of the kitchen, tiptoeing to count the total number of baskets of eggs in the yard, Li Xiaonan sat next to Li Yinzhu, the two of them felt guilty and did not dare to say anything.
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"Let's eat the scrambled eggs." Li Jinzhu steamed the rice, walked to the door, and took two eggs from a large basket. He hesitated and took two more. Just as he was about to turn around, he reached out and took two more eggs. "Sister, there are so many." Li Yinzhu craned his neck to look at it and couldn't help but remind him.
There are only six eggs, not enough for her to eat alone, so many eggs!
Li Jinzhu turned around and glanced at Li Yinzhu. Li Yinzhu immediately shrank back and did not dare to make a sound.
Li Jinzhu looked at the eggs all over the yard, sighed, brought a big bowl over, squatted next to the egg basket, and cracked fourteen or five eggs in one breath.
"It's a waste of gas." Li Yuzhu couldn't help but remind her when she saw that Li Jinzhu wanted to get eggs.
"Then steam! Steam a big bowl of egg custard!" Li Yinzhu answered the words very quickly.
Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu cross Li Yinzhu together.
Li Yinzhu immediately shrank his head and neck.
"That's it. If you eat more, you'll have to eat it." Li Jinzhu took the egg bowl, chopped green onions, and started to scramble the eggs.
After dinner, it was already dark. Li Yuzhu took out a small lantern that had never been used before, lit the fuel-saving lamp inside, carefully moved it to the courtyard door, and hung it on the head of the courtyard door.
The five Li siblings sat in the kitchen, facing the small lantern at the entrance of the courtyard. Li Jinzhu sighed, "Let's discuss what to do."
"I think the preserved egg and salted egg business is very good." Li Xiaonan was the first to express her opinion.
"We don't know how to make preserved eggs, and the salted eggs pickled by the eldest sister are not delicious either." Li Xuedong whispered.
"If you really want to make preserved eggs, you have to invest extra money." Li Yuzhu frowned.
"Do you really think this business can be done?" Li Jinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan nodded repeatedly, "Otherwise, let's bring a few baskets of eggs and sell them to the shop, and sell the copper coins to use as capital for the preserved and salted egg business. In this case, even if we lose money, we won't lose our own copper coins." p>
"If this egg doesn't spend our copper coins, then it's not copper coins?" Li Jinzhu frowned and scolded.
"There are too many eggs, and there are only three of us. We are too busy. If we really want to make it, we have to hire someone. Also, Sister-in-law Yin can't help us make preserved eggs and salted eggs for free. We have to give her copper coins, right? She is like this
Yes, how much copper should I give?" The more Li Yuzhu thought about it, the more she felt that there were too many things to do.
"Whether our preserved and salted eggs are delicious or not depends entirely on Sister-in-law Yin. I think we won't give Sister-in-law Yin any money. How about we partner with her in the preserved and salted egg business?" Li Xiaonan put her head out and suggested an idea.
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"How to form a partnership? Where's the capital?" Li Jinzhu only looked at Li Xiaonan.
"We have to discuss this with Sister-in-law Yin and see what she means."
"Then let's go now." Li Jinzhu stood up.
The whole yard of eggs was weighing on her heart. If she didn't discuss it quickly, she would definitely not be able to sleep.
Li Yuzhu and Li Yinzhu stood up.
"I'll go with my little girl. It's not good if there are too many people. Xuedong, please don't worry about this matter. You go and study. The homework in school is important. Yuzhu goes to bed first, and Yinzhu looks at the eggs." Li Jinzhu ordered his younger siblings, and
Li Xiaonan and Li Xiaonan walked out of the courtyard in anger and went to Sister-in-law Yin's house.
"Is Sister-in-law Yin at home? I'm from Li Xiucai's house next door." Li Jinzhu stood on the steps of the courtyard of Sister-in-law Yin's house, patted the door, and called out.
"Come on, come on." Sister-in-law Yin responded, "Write your handwriting carefully and don't look out!"
Sister-in-law Yin ran out and opened the courtyard door. Li Jinzhu greeted Sister-in-law Yin and introduced Li Xiaonan with a smile: "This is my little sister, A-nan. She can read and her brother taught her. My sister and I are here to ask for advice from my sister-in-law."
The matter of preserved eggs and salted eggs."
"It's best to find a convenient place to talk." Li Xiaonan glanced at the old woman who was looking out from the courtyard door opposite.
"Then come in and talk here."
Sister-in-law Yin let Li Jinzhu and Li Xiaonan through the door, closed half of the door, ran in, and came out carrying three small bamboo chairs.
"The sitting rooms on both sides of my house are used for stacking things. No one lives here. It's very quiet here. Come and sit down." Sister-in-law Yin explained with a smile and motioned for Li Jinzhu and Li Xiaonan to sit down.
"Have you discussed it? Are you planning to start a preserved egg business?" Sister-in-law Yin asked straightforwardly.
"Yes, my sister and I came here to discuss with my sister-in-law that our two families should do this preserved egg and salted egg business together. What does my sister-in-law think?"
Sister-in-law Yin is straightforward, and so is Li Jinzhu.
Sister-in-law Yin was startled and said subconsciously: "Our warehouse at home is too busy..."
"We want to be with you, sister-in-law, not your family." Li Xiaonan intercepted Sister-in-law Yin's words.
Sister-in-law Yin frowned.
"How many children does my sister-in-law have? How old are they? Where do they go to school? If there is anything they don't understand, just ask them to find my brother. We are so close, so it is very convenient." Li Xiaonan continued with a smile.
Sister-in-law Yin leaned back, glanced at Li Xiaonan, who was smiling, and said with a smile to Li Jinzhu: "This sister of yours is very clever."
"Yes, she is very smart. Xuedong's husband said that if she were a boy, she would definitely be a scholar." Li Jinzhu said with a smile.
"Oh! That's awesome!" Sister-in-law Yin looked at Li Xiaonan carefully.
"If nothing else, Gezhi's knowledge is better than that of her brother." Li Jinzhu continued.
"My Dabao says, it's very rare to be elegant!"
"If you don't understand anything about Ge Zhi, let Dabao ask me. He will definitely understand it as soon as I explain it." Li Xiaonan took care of everything.
"This little girl really dares to speak." Sister-in-law Yin was happy.
"If I know anything about Xuedong Gezhi, I always ask my grandmother." Li Jinzhu helped with a smile.
"Really? This little girl is indeed getting smarter and smarter the more you look at her, then I really asked my big treasure to find you?"
"Yeah!" Li Xiaonan nodded, "If we do business together, we will be a family. I am fifteen this year. How old is Dabao this year?"
"He's only eleven."
"Then I am the elder sister, and I am the elder sister who has no responsibilities." Li Xiaonan expressed her stance with her chest raised.
"This little girl is so cute." Sister-in-law Yin laughed, reached out and touched Li Xiaonan's head, looked at Li Jinzhu and said, "Then how do you plan to form a partnership?"
"Sister-in-law, how do you think we should form a partnership?" Li Jinzhu asked back.
"Forget it." Sister-in-law Yin leaned back on the chair, and the small bamboo chair she leaned on creaked a few times, "I'm busy all day long, and I never have time. Don't worry, I will do my best to teach you how to make preserved eggs.
, let me tell you, making preserved eggs is very easy. This little girl is so smart, she will definitely learn it in one go."
"Sister-in-law, don't you have any servants at home? My sister-in-law earned the copper coins and hired two more servants to help her with housework." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
Sister-in-law Yin laughed out loud when she heard this, "You little girl, your tone is not small. Do you know the price of buying a dawn? How dare you say this?"
"Can't the preserved egg business earn enough money for two people?" Li Xiaonan asked back.
Sister-in-law Yin was stunned and said nothing.
"We have just come from the countryside, and our family has never done anything in the preserved egg and salted egg business. If we form a partnership, everything will be decided by my sister-in-law. My sisters and I will all listen to my sister-in-law's arrangements. In our business, we will do whatever the sister-in-law tells us.
Just do it, right?” Li Xiaonan continued with a smile.
"Yes, yes, we all listen to my sister-in-law." Li Jinzhu quickly nodded in agreement.
Sister-in-law Yin looked at Li Xiaonan, then at Li Jinzhu, and hesitated.
Li Xiaonan and Li Jinzhu looked at her with slightly held breath.
After hesitating for a moment, Sister-in-law Yin looked back at the brightly lit main room and said in a low voice: "This is not a trivial matter. I have to discuss it with Dabao's father."
"Okay! Let's go back first, and I will bring some eggs to my sister-in-law tomorrow." Li Jinzhu pulled Li Xiaonan to stand up.
