When Lao Fang stood up and patted his butt and went home, the expression on his face was still a little confused.
With his wood-like head, he still couldn't figure out what was so good about the unripe and sour red fruits in the back mountains that he didn't like to eat. Why did his uncle ask him to pick those things? As for the reason why he was asked to chop bamboo,
Lao Fang doesn’t understand even more.
But soon, the doubt and confusion on his face disappeared.
Thinking of the white rice and pork at home, all of Lao Fang's doubts were thrown away.
My uncle is very capable. If you follow my uncle, you will have meat to eat. What he says will not be wrong!
In the following days, Lao Fang's life began to become busy.
Not only Lao Fang, but also the naughty children of the Fang family were ruthlessly deprived of their play time. They could no longer hang out with a few naughty children in the village every day, following their father, going to the back mountain in the morning, and going to the back mountain in the afternoon.
When I come back, I often carry a few bamboos on my shoulders.
Occasionally, people would see Lao Fang going down the mountain before dawn every day and returning to the village at night, carrying a large bag of things without even letting go of his horse. He was so mysterious that he didn't know what he was doing.
There is no airtight wall in the world, and in Liuye Village, no one has any secrets.
Soon, everyone knew that the thing Fang Laosan was tinkering with recently was called candied haws. If you string a few hawthorn fruits together, you can sell them outside.
Things like hawthorn are worthless to the people of Liuye Village.
There is a large hawthorn forest in the back mountain, which is the public property of the village. However, even if the fruits are ripe every year, no one goes to pick them. The food is not filling and sour. The more you eat, the hungrier you become. If you eat too much, your teeth will fall.
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Only those greedy children will pick a few to satisfy their greed every year when the fruits are ripe.
It's not that no one has considered taking this thing down the mountain to sell it, but firstly, because hawthorn is so common, the price is really low, and secondly, when the hawthorn matures, it is the time of busy farming, so people abandon the work in the fields and go out.
These crooked ways will be laughed at by everyone in the village.
Lao Fang is the object of ridicule by everyone.
What's so delicious about hawthorn fruits? Only the ignorant children in the village are interested in them. There's nothing delicious or fun in Qing'an Fucheng. It's strange that someone would spend money to buy these hawthorn fruits!
Horse herding is such a good job. With a monthly salary of one hundred cash, it is enough to buy a few kilograms of rice. Why don't you have to engage in these crooked ways?
However, they soon realized that Fang Laosan's family didn't seem to be short of those few kilograms of rice...
But this did not affect their inner ridicule towards Lao Fang.
When everyone has no big ideals or ambitions and just lives their whole life like a salty fish, Lao Fang, a salty fish with dreams, easily attracts the attention of others.
We are all just salted fish. We just have to face the loess and turn our backs to the sky for the rest of our lives. Why do you have dreams?
Therefore, Lao Fang, this salted fish that wanted to be reborn, soon became the talk of everyone in the village after dinner.
"Have you heard that Fang Laosan seems to be selling some candied haws..."
"He is so crooked that he doesn't even check whether he is the right one?"
"Hey, Fang Laosan certainly wouldn't have thought of such an idea. I heard it was Ruyi's cheap husband who came up with it."
"Haha, what does that sour scholar know? I heard that he invested a lot of money this time. I'm waiting to see how he ends up!"
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Arguments like this have become common in Liuye Village these days, and even Li Yi has heard of them.
However, he just listened to these gossips, smiled and passed away. There were many people in the village who wanted to see his jokes. Sometimes he would sigh in his heart, Sister Liu Ruyi was in the village,
It seems like there are enemies on all sides!
Xiaohuan, on the other hand, felt very unhappy about some of the words she accidentally overheard. Li Yi saw her coming back from outside several times with her little mouth pouting and babbling.
"What do you know? The candied haws made by my uncle is delicious. I will definitely make a lot of money. I will make you mad to death..."
The little maid has been with Sister Liu Ruyi since she was a child. Naturally, she has suffered from the cold eyes of other members of the Liu family. In order not to cause trouble to the young lady, she suffered injustice outside and could only endure it when she came back.
This situation has changed greatly after Li Yi arrived.
Now I no longer have to worry about making a living all day long. I can hold my head high when walking outside. My uncle is a truly powerful person. No one in the village can compare with him. Why should they laugh at my uncle?
What Li Yi didn't expect was that those rumors had no impact on him, but Lao Fang couldn't help it anymore.
"Uncle, is this candied haws of candy, is anyone really willing to buy it?"
Until now, Lao Fang still has doubts about the feasibility of this matter.
After all, it is just an ordinary hawthorn. Even if it is coated with sugar, it is still a hawthorn!
My uncle gave him all the money. If all the money was wasted in the end, even if his uncle wouldn't blame him, he would feel bad.
Seeing Lao Fang looking at him with uneasiness, Li Yi glanced at him and said, "If you don't feel at ease, how about I find someone else to do it? Lao Wu came to see me this morning and said that he also
I want to give it a try, how about you just rest and let him come?"
Seeing the expression on Li Yi's face, Lao Fang suddenly felt at ease.
The next moment, Lao Fang's face immediately put on his signature honest smile, he put his arm around Li Yi's shoulders and said: "No, no, no, that guy Lao Wu has a single mind and is not the material for this."
, Besides, what’s the relationship between me and my uncle? Don’t forget that I was the one who caught my uncle in the first place!”
Seeing the big man surnamed Fang walking out with a silly smile, several black lines appeared on Li Yi's face.
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Making candied haws is very simple and does not require much preparation time. The frosting recipe has been bought from the mountain. The hawthorns in August are not yet fully mature, but it has little impact on the taste.
Under Li Yi's guidance, Lao Fang cut all the bamboos cut from the mountain into bamboo sticks of similar size. The edges were polished smooth, and the bottom of the bamboo sticks was slightly wider, making it more suitable for hand-holding. After removing the seeds from the hawthorn fruit and coating it with syrup,
I also dipped a little sesame seeds on the top to make it look more attractive.
He inserted all the candied haws on a pole made of wooden sticks and brooms. Seeing the naughty child next to him swallowing his saliva, Lao Fang felt a little more confident.
He took off a candied haws and handed it to him, and kicked the naughty kid on the butt: "Listen to your mother at home and wait until I come back in the evening..."
An hour later, on the crowded street of Qing'an Prefecture, a simple and honest man stood on the roadside with a strange object in his heart. After hesitating for a long time, a look of determination appeared on his face. After a while, he felt angry.
A full voice came over...
"Bing~tang~gourd~lu!"
For a moment, several people in the crowd on the street cast their gazes towards him.
