That night, none of the five Li siblings slept well.
Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu talked in low voices. From the time when father and mother were still there, they said that when Xuedong married his wife, it would be best to buy two houses next to each other and live together but not together. Then calculate how much copper money they can get from these two houses, how much copper money can they earn by turning eggs into preserved eggs, and turning preserved eggs into copper money, and how much copper money can they make by buying eggs, and how long will it take to earn enough money for the house? The more they talk about it, the more excited they become. I don’t know.
Jue mentioned that the rooster crows.
Li Xiaonan fell asleep, but Li Yinzhu jumped up and screamed after half an hour at most, exclaiming: "Oh, it's too late, it's too late, it's dawn!"
Li Xiaonan was woken up by her again and again, and she didn't sleep well that night.
Logically speaking, Li Xuedong didn't have anything to do when the shop opened, but Li Xuedong was still tossing and turning. He was so excited that he almost wanted to write a poem or a poem, but he had to light a lamp to write. After lighting the lamp, he was afraid of disturbing the eldest sister and the others, so he had to lie down
Thinking randomly in bed.
Before the first chicken crows, Li Yinzhu rushes into the kitchen, boils hot water and starts washing the pig's head.
Li Xiaonan followed behind, slowly got up, yawned, poured slightly hot water from the big teapot, held the big bowl, and squatted at the door of the kitchen to brush her teeth.
Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu were very quick with their hands and feet. They cleaned up the inside and outside of the house and swept the yard. Li Jinzhu took out the extremely beautiful big rooster from the backyard. Li Yuzhu picked up the live fish kept in the water tank and killed the chickens and cut open the fish.<
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Pig heads, chickens and fish are all offerings to worship the gods during today's opening.
Sister-in-law Yin said that the main owner of this preserved egg and salted egg shop is the Li family. The Li family has to make these religious things themselves. It is not easy for their family to do it for them. They cannot fool around with the sacred things.
Uncle Li Wenliang said the same thing.
These three offerings were purchased by Li Wenliang and delivered to Cailian Lane yesterday evening, where they were prepared by the Li siblings themselves.
The pig head was very clean. Li Yinzhu washed it quickly and put it in the pot to steam it.
According to the rules taught by Sister-in-law Yin, the pig head should be steamed until it is seven or eight years old.
Li Yinzhu lit the fire carefully and concentrated on steaming the pig's head. This was an extremely important matter!
Li Xuedong packed up, holding the book, turning it around, looking here and there.
He took leave today and opened his shop to worship God, so he, the head of the family, offered incense and kowtowed.
Li Jinzhu, Li Yuzhu, and Li Yinzhu quickly packed up the three offerings, ate some breakfast in a hurry, covered the three large silver plates with the offerings with red silk, each held one in their hands, and left the courtyard gate with Sister-in-law Yin.
, go straight to the shop.
Both the silver plate and the red silk were borrowed from Sister-in-law Yin's house. The silver plate and the red silk are brand new, bright and beautiful.
Li Wenliang was already waiting at the door of the shop, accompanied by Mr. Yin Yang who was invited from the government office, and two mature stewards from the Hong family who came to help.
Sister-in-law Yin’s husband and father-in-law also rushed over.
Li Wenliang and Li Jinzhu carried out the offering table. Mr. Yin Yang stepped forward with a serious look on his face, flicked the whisk on the table a few times, covered it with red silk, and flicked it a few more times, indicating to Li Jinzhu to place the offerings, and then threw them on the offerings.
Dust it a few times, then put the incense burner to press the talisman paper.
Li Xiaonan stretched her neck and stared intently.
Mr. Yin Yang flicked the fly whisk down, showing a tired look showing great strength. He flicked his fingers and said slowly: "Okay, let's light up the incense."
Li Wenliang hurriedly signaled to Li Xuedong.
Li Jinzhu hesitated for a moment, then pushed Li Xiaonan, "Nong, go too, with brother Nong."
Mr. Yin Yang raised his eyebrows and glared at Li Jinzhu.
Li Wenliang hurriedly smiled and said: "My little niece has an excellent horoscope and is extremely blessed."
Mr. Yin and Yang lowered his eyebrows and hummed.
Li Xuedong pulled Li Xiaonan to stand in front of the altar table, and the two of them kowtowed to various gods of wealth together. Li Xuedong first handed three incense sticks to Li Xiaonan, then took three more himself, lit the incense on the red candle, and inserted it into the incense burner.
Li Jinzhu and others came forward to bow, the incense sticks were burned out, and the most important thing before the opening was completed.
After inviting the God of Wealth into the shrine in the shop and moving the altar table, the two stewards of the Hong family spread out long firecrackers and set off the firecrackers with a bang.
As soon as the firecrackers were set off, a middle-aged man in bronze silk clothes stepped on the shells of the firecrackers and entered the small shop. He first stood next to the preserved egg, bent down, and carefully looked at the preserved egg that had been peeled off for samples.<
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"This is our authentic Gaoyou Yin family's craftsmanship. It is guaranteed to have no astringency at all and is very fragrant." Sister-in-law Yin stepped forward to greet her.
"Gaoyou Yin's preserved eggs are pretty good, can you try them?" the middle-aged man said with a smile.
"Okay!"
Sister-in-law Yin readily agreed, picked up one, knocked it on the table next to her, took out half of the eggshell, and used the remaining half of the eggshell to hold the bright yellow, clean preserved egg without a trace of dust, and gave it to the middle-aged man
In front of people.
"Good craftsmanship!" the middle-aged man praised, stretched out his hand to take out the preserved egg, bit into a piece of egg white first, tasted it carefully, then bit into the yolk, took a sip, tasted it carefully again, and sighed, "
It’s really good.”
Li Jinzhu and the others did not dare to gather around. They all looked nervously at the middle-aged people who were savoring the food. When they heard that it was indeed good, Li Jinzhu breathed a sigh of relief. Li Yuzhu wiped his sweat subconsciously. Li Yinzhu spat it out in one breath and raised his head.
She patted her chest with her hands and gasped hard. She was so nervous.
Li Xiaonan stood next to Sister-in-law Yin, looking at a brocade bag next to the middle-aged man's purse. The pattern embroidered on the corner of the brocade bag was exactly the same as the pattern on the cart of the prince's family.
The middle-aged man didn't waste any time. He ate a whole preserved egg, clapped his hands, and smiled with Sister-in-law Yin: "I am a purchaser from the royal palace outside the city. From today on, your shop will send a hundred preserved eggs to the other industry every day.
One hundred salted eggs.
"Our family's rules are to pay in advance and settle the account at the end of the month. Any excess will be refunded and less will be reimbursed.
"Every day between Yinzheng and Yinmo, you have to deliver the goods to Taoyuan Gate. Today is the first trip. There is no need to worry about the time. You can send it there now. When you get to Taoyuan Gate, let them ask Lao Huang to come out to receive the goods. p>
"On the first trip, you have to make a list. How much does a preserved egg cost? How much does a salted egg cost? How much does it cost per day? How much is the total? Have your boss sign it and hand it over to Old Huang. Old Huang will take you to the account.
The house is worth money.
"The goods sent to other businesses must be carefully selected to make sure there are no mistakes." The middle-aged man gave a series of clear explanations.
"Yes, yes, what's your surname?" Sister-in-law Yin agreed repeatedly.
"If your surname is Sun, they all call me Manager Sun." Manager Sun smiled and replied, "You can send it over right now. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Steward Sun, please go slowly!" Sister-in-law Yin sent Steward Sun to the door, turned around and rushed back to the shop, patting Li Jinzhu with one hand and Li Yuzhu with the other, "Oh yo yo! Our business is great!
Okay, okay, okay, okay! Oh yo yo! It’s so good!”
Li Wenliang, who had been huddled in a corner of the shop since Manager Sun came in, came out from the corner and smiled with Li Jinzhu: "You guys look at the shop. I'll send it over. Da Lang quickly writes a list."
Li Jinzhu looked at Sister-in-law Yin, who nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "I was just thinking of asking you to go, but the eldest lady and the second lady really can't leave together."
Li Wenliang saw Li Jinzhu nodded, and smiled with the two stewards of the Hong family: "This shipment is very important. Could you please help me to deliver this shipment with you?"
The two stewards agreed repeatedly that it would be a dream to accompany them on this shipment!
