In about a week, all the tofu was basically fermented. Sun Ruhua was not stingy this time. When Xie Jiaojiao asked for money to buy vegetable oil, she always gave it generously.
People in the village were surprised to see Xie Jiaojiao buying vegetable oil at the village grocery store.
"Miss Xie, buy so much vegetable oil!"
"Yes, buy some and make some food!"
Xie Jiaojiao took the vegetable oil and left.
The people in the village still didn't believe it: "How much does a jar of vegetable oil cost? How can they, orphans and widowed mothers, buy so much vegetable oil?"
But no one who came to buy things answered her question.
I made a lot of tofu this time, more than ten jars! For the extra money, Xie Jiaojiao asked Sun Ruhua to clean up the sauerkraut jar at home.
The cowpeas soaked in this pickled cabbage jar in the summer happened to be gone. Sun Ruhua originally planned to soak some cabbage, but seeing that the tofu could not be filled, she had to use it to hold tofu!
The next day after it was finished, Xie Jiaojiao sent it to shopkeeper Chen. Because there were many jars, Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua went to deliver them together and made a bullock cart. Xie Zhiyi stopped going. Now he only needs the jars every day. It's okay, just guard those rabbits, thinking that if the rabbits are fattened, they can be sold for money!
People on the bullock cart saw that they were carrying so many jars, and they couldn't help but curiously asked: "What are you cooking? And you still use jars to pack it?"
With that said, he was about to lift the lid of the altar and see what was inside.
Xie Jiaojiao recognized this person as the wife of the He family who had a good relationship with Chen Hongju.
Xie Jiaojiao reached out to hold her hand that was about to open the lid, and said with a smile: "Whatever you do has nothing to do with you!"
The He family's daughter-in-law didn't see it, but she couldn't help but be curious, and said to the villager next to her: "I just had a look, how stingy you are!"
Xie Jiaojiao rolled her eyes at her and was about to retaliate when Sun Ruhua spoke before her: "Why should we show it to you? You are very curious!"
Xie Jiaojiao applauded Sun Ruhua: "Mom, that's well said!"
The He family's daughter-in-law didn't dare to speak. Sun Ruhua took Xie Jiaojiao's hand and said, "How dare anyone bully us! What the hell!"
The He family's daughter-in-law's face was green and white, not to mention how exciting the color was.
Xie Jiaojiao looked at Sun Ruhua in surprise, she is my biological mother! You are so cute!
When they arrived in the town, Sun Ruhua and Xie Jiaojiao delivered the things to the restaurant together. Shopkeeper Chen almost burst out laughing when he saw so many fermented bean curds. He quickly paid off the remaining one tael of silver and ordered another ten altar.
Xie Jiaojiao is fine, but the happiest thing is that Sun Ruhua has her own business again!
Looking back, Xie Jiaojiao was not very happy, so she asked with concern: "Daughter, what's wrong?"
But she never thought that Xie Jiaojiao would reply: "Mom, I think it's too slow to make money this way!"
"Is this too slow?" Sun Ruhua smiled bitterly.
Xie Jiaojiao nodded.
Sun Ruhua said: "Daughter, if we only have two taels of silver, it will be enough for the three of us to eat and drink for a year! Look, we have already made so much in just a few days! Mom is already very rich. Satisfied."
Xie Jiaojiao didn't say anything and followed Sun Ruhua to the town to buy some things before preparing to go back.
The He family's daughter-in-law made another sarcastic comment on the oxcart. Seeing that Xie Jiaojiao and the others still had so many jars in their baskets, she said sarcastically: "Ah, not even this jar has been sold!"
Everyone in the car looked at Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua.
Xie Jiaojiao sneered: "Who said I didn't sell it?"
After saying that, he opened a jar and said: "This is a new jar that someone else's boss ordered from our house. Take a closer look. These are all empty jars made by other people's bosses!"
When everyone took a look, it was true, you could even see the meat under the backpack! If this is not sold out, who will buy the meat?
The He family laughed and said, "I don't know how to close the lid."
Xie Jiaojiao rolled her eyes at her: "If you can't eat the grapes, you will say the grapes are sour."
"You..." The He family's wife wanted to speak, but was stopped by the people around her.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't want to talk to her anymore, so she leaned against her basket on the cart and closed her eyes to relax.
Back home, Sun Ruhua was cooking, while Xie Jiaojiao took advantage of this time to go to the mountain to pick up some more firewood.
After lunch, Xie Jiaojiao said, "Mom, let's plant the sugar cane in the ground this afternoon. It will be kept in the backyard. I'm afraid it will all be ruined by then."
Sun Ruhua agreed.
In the afternoon, I started plowing the two acres of land that had been planted with soybeans.
During this time, the family also saved some plant ash, carried it to the ground in a backpack, and scattered it all. Xie Jiaojiao also buried the bagasse that had been pressed before in the ground, hoping that it could be used as fertilizer to make the land more fertile.
Then they dig out a nest in the ground ridge by ridge, and then plant the sugarcane tips in rows.
There was also some artificial fertilizer at home. Xie Jiaojiao endured the cold and carried a load to the field, where she fertilized the sugar cane. After everything was done, several days passed.
People in the village saw them busy planting things in the fields, but they didn't recognize such things. Some people couldn't help but ask them what they were planting.
Xie Jiaojiao just said, what you sow eats.
After asking nothing, no one asked anymore.
After the sugar cane was planted, the backyard became a little empty again. Sun Ruhua wanted not to waste any land, so she immediately opened it again. She thought about buying some vegetable seeds to plant when she went to town to sell tofu in a few days!
And finish all this.
The latest batch of tofu is also made.
The family became busy again.
Sun Ruhua covered the last jar of bean curd and said with a smile: "Send this to the town in a few days, take the money, and buy some new cotton and a quilt head for each of your siblings. The days are getting colder and colder, and if we don’t do anything, it will be too late.”
Xie Jiaojiao didn't say anything. Sun Ruhua just had to make the decision on these matters. She was responsible for making money anyway!
Just as he said this, he saw Chen Hongju walking in with a basket outside the yard.
"Mom, sister-in-law, you are busy!"
Xie Jiaojiao frowned and looked at her: "What are you doing here!"
Chen Hongju smiled while handing over the basket: "No, what happened last time was my fault. I didn't understand the situation clearly, so I listened to my siblings talking nonsense and misunderstood my mother. It happened that the family brought pancakes today, I remember Mom loves eating this the most, so she came here to apologize to her..."
Sun Ruhua said nothing.
Xie Jiaojiao looked at her and the basket she handed over. There were indeed two cakes in it: showing courtesy for nothing, committing adultery or stealing!
