Mrs. Lian didn’t want to choose, so Su Yu helped her choose. Her family had not yet revealed their wealth, so Su Yu chose only silver jewelry. He chose a silver hairpin and a silver bracelet, and chose a pair for himself. Earrings and two strings of small silver bells cost twenty taels of silver in total.
"Yu'er, mother still doesn't want it anymore."
Su Yu looked at Mrs. Lian longingly and said nothing.
Mrs. Lian couldn't bear the sight of her daughter.
"purchase!"
"Shopkeeper, wrap it up."
Su Yu held Lian's arm and smiled brightly. The father and son did not understand jewelry, so they stood aside dryly.
The next step is to buy food for the family to celebrate the New Year. Su Yu is quite experienced in buying food. After buying it in a circle, half an ox cart is already loaded on the car. Su Laoer is already used to it. He has seen his daughter buy it before. The ability to buy. Mrs. Lian was sweating a little on her forehead. Today she couldn't even calculate how much money her daughter had spent. I just spent 20 taels on jewelry and more than 10 taels on fabrics. When I went to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones for my son, I spent another 20 taels.
She didn't know pens, inks, paper and inkstones were so expensive. Her daughter usually bought them, and she didn't ask how much they cost.
It is not clear just how much money my daughter spent today, let alone eating more than half of the ox cart.
After walking around several streets in the town, Su Yu was still a little unsatisfied. When he had time to go shopping in Fucheng, the town was too boring.
"We've almost finished shopping, let's go back."
The three of them wiped the sweat from their foreheads with their sleeves, feeling relieved at the same time that they were about to go back.
Su Sheng thought to himself that he would never go shopping with his sister again, otherwise he was afraid that his heart would not be able to bear it.
It was already dusk when I got home, and the house builders were still working. It was no surprise to see the Su family buying an oxcart of things. The Su family's house will be built in more than ten days after the new year. The Su family's house is different from the ones built by the people in the village. It is not much different from the houses of the wealthy families in the town, but it is smaller than the houses in the town. They are smaller. At this time, the people in the village realized that the Su family was different from them. They could become landlords in this way.
No one came to work on the 29th day, and work would not start until the third day of the Lunar New Year. Su Yu's ears were quite quiet.
After more than ten days of exhaustion, these days can be regarded as a good rest. Previously, the family had to work until dark with three pigs a day, but now the remaining large tanks of lard are a bit annoying. Just looking at the amount of oil used by her mother for cooking, Su Yu knew that not many people would buy it if she sold it, so she had to think of something.
The Su family sold the lard residue left over from boiling lard to the villagers in the village at a price of one penny per catty. They did not want to make money from the villagers, but just wanted to avoid wasting it.
Many people in the village come to Su's house to buy oil residue. Although it is leftover from oil refining, when most families cannot eat meat for several months, they are given meat and vegetables to the villagers. Those with children at home, The child's complexion has improved a lot.
Su Yu thought about it and finally thought of making soap, but she didn't remember the proportions clearly. She seemed to remember to use plant ash water, so she wanted to try it first to see if it worked.
Su Yu was a man of action and couldn't sit still when he thought about it. He burned some plant ash and put it in a basin. He poured water into the basin and stirred it. He put it back in his room and let it settle overnight.
After one night, I poured the plant ash water into the boiled lard and put it into the pot. When it was almost boiled, I poured it into the small wooden box made by my father, and put it in the yard to let it form naturally. Wait for the fish in the afternoon. I went to peel off the film, but it didn't feel right when I started using it. I poured a basin of water and tried it. There was very little foam and it was still greasy. It seemed like a failure.
She had to think of a way, otherwise what to do with so much lard?
Su Yu tried his best to keep his father idle and asked him to make molds for himself. Although Su Laoer is not a carpenter, he is better with his hands. The soap mold is not difficult to make, it is just a small rectangular wooden box.
By the time Su Yu figured out the proportions of the soap, it was already New Year's Eve. Lian had been working hard these days. Before New Year's Eve, one person drove out a new set of clothes, and the whole family came out on the morning of the first day of the new year. People can put on new clothes.
Today is New Year's Eve, and Su Yu insists on cooking by himself. The father and son are standing not far away like invisible people, listening. Of course they want their daughter (sister) to cook, but they don't say anything. Dare to say it.
Mrs. Lian didn't argue with her daughter today, she knew her own skills.
With the consent, Su Yu immediately swelled.
"Mom, you are the best."
Su Yu planned to cook all the food he wanted to eat during this period, including fried fish, fried pork chops, braised pork, pickled fish, seven or eight dishes. Su Yu was still in high spirits, so Lian's side Stopped already.
"That's almost it. You've made so much, don't you think you'll be eating leftovers every day for the next few days?"
Su Yu was right. Anyway, there was plenty of time during the Chinese New Year, so he would do something every day these days.
"Okay, I'll go see if Big Brother and the others have finished their work. After that, we'll have dinner."
After saying this, the man ran out of the kitchen house.
"Dad, big brother, have you posted it yet?"
"Come on, come on, my daughter came just in time. Please help dad see if it's right. I feel like it's a little crooked."
Su Laoer stood slantedly on the ladder, holding on with one hand and reaching up to post the couplet with the other hand. Su Sheng was holding on underneath. The couplet was written by Su Sheng. Su Sheng had not been studying for a long time and his characters could only be called Zhou Zheng.
"Dad, go up a little to the right."
"so?"
"Yes, it's not crooked anymore."
After posting the couplets and hanging a pair of red lanterns at the entrance of the courtyard, the three of them returned to the kitchen house to have dinner.
The eight dishes and one soup were served to the table. Although the house was still in tatters, it did not affect the good mood of the family at all. Erhu was immersed in eating at the table. Except for fish, all the dishes on the table were There are all of them in the basin. Su Yu specially gave them to her. During the Chinese New Year, she has to eat something good.
Su Yu returned to his room, took out a small jar of wild wine that he had brewed earlier, and poured a glass for everyone.
Several people looked at the red wine in the cup and were all very curious. Su Laoer picked up the cup and took a sip. There was a fragrance of grapes and the spiciness of the wine. The taste was a bit strange, but after a few sips, you got used to it.
"Come, let's have a drink as a family and wish next year will be better and better."
The three of them imitated Su Yu's example, picked up the cups, clinked them, and each of them took a sip.
Mrs. Lian couldn't help but cough. The wine was a bit choking and she couldn't get used to it, but she had never drank wine before.
"Mom, drink slowly. This wine needs to be tasted slowly to gain its flavor."
Su Yu, who was sitting nearby, patted Mrs. Lian on the back.
"You drink less, don't get drunk by then."
"No, mother, the alcohol content is not high. You won't get drunk after just one small glass."
Su Laoer was helping.
"When it's Chinese New Year, let your daughter drink some, and Brother Sheng also drink more. As a man, you must learn to drink some."
"I know, Dad."
Su Sheng was as talkative as ever.
"Dad, Mom, I plan to open that shop on the 15th. It's impossible for me to go see the shop. I have to help at home. No one in our family can spare any time. How about we buy someone?"
