Seeing Su Qingluan's face suddenly darken, Yang couldn't help but asked with concern: "Da Ya, what's wrong? But you feel unwell?"
Su Qingluan shook her head and asked in a very cautious tone: "Mom, is winter hard to endure?"
Yang's eyes turned red as if she thought of something.
Su Guangfu patted her shoulder comfortingly, nodded first, and then sighed: "Every year after winter, there are a lot of spring blooms outside..."
The man's lips pursed slightly, but he did not say the words "frozen to death".
But Su Qingluan's heart still felt as if it was being weighed down by a weight, and there was a heavy "thud" in her heart.
Yang calmed down and added: "Every year, heavy snowfalls block the roads, and the difficult days in the village begin..."
Su Qingluan asked hurriedly: "What about moving to the town?"
"It's useless." Yang shook his head, "Except for a few wealthy households, who has food in storage? It's not like no one can afford food, but if they don't sell it, what can they do?"
You save gold, silver and silk on weekdays, but you cannot use these to satisfy your hunger when you are hungry!
Su Qingluan understood instantly: In this country where food is extremely scarce, and there are no advanced means of preserving food for a long time such as refrigerators and preservatives, it is difficult for ordinary people to save food for the winter.
In this cold winter, there is a shortage of food, and it is not as good as the wealthy families who can burn earth dragons and burn charcoal pots at will. Naturally, they will only die of cold and starvation.
It was now July, and winter was only three or four months away. She had to find a way to stock up on more winter food for her family!
Although he understood that this process would not be easy, Su Qingluan comforted him: "It's okay. With my daughter here, I won't be short of food at home this year!"
Su Guangfu and his wife also nodded in agreement.
The three of them talked for a while and then took a rest.
The next day, I went to the stall to help my mother-in-law cut out the fillings needed for "Juan Baicai" for twenty people in advance, and then turned around and went to "Hongfu Tower".
Since the market has just opened in the morning and Hongfu Building has not yet opened, there are only two or three clerks in the lobby on the first floor cleaning and preparing for the opening later.
One of them was the one who didn't have a good look on Su Qingluan when she first came here.
But this time, thanks to the greeting from shopkeeper Liang, when the waiter saw Su Qingluan walking in, he put the snow-white sweat towel neatly on his shoulders, hurriedly bent down to greet her and smiled attentively: "Hey, Mrs. Su, this is Come to see our shopkeeper?"
Su Qingluan nodded and looked towards the private room on the second floor: "Is Shopkeeper Liang here?"
"Yes, yes!" the waiter responded hurriedly, "Our shopkeeper has specially told us that if Mrs. Su comes, you can go up directly, please come this way!"
Su Qingluan nodded and went to the room where he last signed the contract with Shopkeeper Liang - Shopkeeper Liang was drinking tea.
Su Qingluan smiled when he saw this: "Shopkeeper Liang is so elegant."
Shopkeeper Liang suddenly turned around when he heard this, and when he saw it was Su Qingluan, his face was full of smiles and he clasped his fists and bowed: "Hey, Mrs. Su, it's not surprising that a friend has come from afar!"
Su Qingluan understood that what Fatty Liang meant was "we are familiar with each other once, and we have met for the third time, so naturally we can call them 'friends'".
She also bowed in return: "It is my great honor to be able to associate with Boss Liang!"
Shopkeeper Liang's eyes lit up when he heard the implication of Su Qingluan's words.
Then I heard her say: "However, it is said that 'blood brothers will settle accounts clearly'. Since we want to cooperate for a long time, the treaty must be re-drawn."
Shopkeeper Liang patted his hands and laughed: "Okay, okay! Madam Su, please sit down for a moment. I'll go get some pens, ink, paper and inkstones ready."
With that said, he will summon a waiter to come up and run errands.
But Su Qingluan stopped him: "Shopkeeper Liang, I'm not busy. I have to buy some things now - could shopkeeper Liang recommend a tea shop with affordable prices?"
"Tea?" Shopkeeper Liang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Liang is not very talented, but he has also collected a lot of tea leaves that are quite good in quality. What kind of tea would Madam Su want to drink?"
Su Qingluan shook his head: "I'm not using it to drink, but to make new dishes. It's a pity to use the best tea leaves. As long as the tea leaves are powdered, the effect will be better."
More importantly, the price of powdered tea leaves is much cheaper than that of complete tea leaves or formed tea bricks and tea cakes. If it is used for food, the cost will also be lower.
Shopkeeper Fian showed a look of sudden realization, and then moved Su Qingluan to a private room facing the street on the opposite side. He pointed to the distance and said: "My dear, go east along this street and go to the fifth house at the second intersection to the south." , 'He's Tea' is it."
"He's tea?"
Shopkeeper Liang nodded: "Mrs. Su, just go and buy whatever tea you want, and the account will be recorded with Mr. Liang."
Su Qingluan was not polite to him - after all, this new dish will also be one of the projects of "Hongfu Building" in the future: "Thank you very much, Boss Liang, for your kindness, my little girl, it is better to be respectful than to obey!"
After that, he walked towards the tea shop.
But before reaching the destination, Su Qingluan was attracted by a shop he saw on the way.
This shop is completely different from other traditional architectural styles of blue bricks, white walls, cornices and brackets. Whether it is the colorful decorations inside or outside, or the thick-browed shops inside, it is full of exotic style.
"What do you care about?" A warm smile broke out on the dark brown face of the foreign businessman with his hair wrapped in silk, and he asked in substandard Chinese, "We are here to use the new knife's calabash gold, which is very popular." canal……"
Near snore? interest?
Because Hu Shang's Chinese language was not very standard, Su Qingluan's head was filled with questions, so he simply went into the store to take a look.
At this glance, I felt happy: the two things Hu Shang mentioned just now were nothing else, but carrots and onions!
These two vegetables are very common in modern times, but in this era they are rare ingredients that have just been introduced by Hu Shang.
What’s more – not only are these two vegetables easy to grow, they’re also very shelf-stable!
It’s simply a great dish to store for winter!
And - she looked around, her eyes shining brightly - in this small shop, there were many ingredients, spices and seasonings that she had not bought at the market before but needed very much!
Su Qingluan looked at this and touched that, feeling very happy.
If it weren't for the conditions, she would have emptied the entire store!
Just when Su Qingluan couldn't put it down, he heard the thin monkey shouting all the way over here: "The little lady of the Su family! The little lady of the Su family who bought the 'Juan Baicai'!"
Su Qingluan hurriedly walked over and asked: "Brother Skinny Monkey?! Why did you find me here?"
This place is a bit far away from the place where the Su family sells "Juan Baicai".
"Hey, I found you!" Thin Monkey's face was full of anxiety, and he didn't care about the defense of men and women. He grabbed Su Qingluan's arm and pulled him out. "I'll tell you the details as we walk. You should go back quickly - there is someone You’re causing trouble for your parents!”
