There is such a thing in a dream, and the books that the scalper has read in this life naturally do not say what to do, but the knowledge of the future in his head says that this is not a thing, and it is a good thing to really count it.

After thinking about it, the scalper felt that it was best not to alarm his father and mother, so he quietly changed his dirty pants, and then carried the bucket and took an extra wooden basin, and went to the public well to draw water.

Speaking of public wells, although the west of the city is close to the Benhe River and the terrain is low, it is not possible for every family to have a well. At this time, although Huangzhou was also regarded as a big city with thoroughfares, only large families in the city were willing to dig a private well at home, and the poor families naturally shared the public well.

The scalper came to the well to draw water first, and then used a wooden basin to fetch water to the side to clean the dirty pants, although he was only thirteen years old, but he had been a Taoist boy by the side of the master for six years, and the skill of laundry was also full. I saw that he turned out the dirt of the dirty pants, took out a handful of grass and wood ash from an ash jar placed next to the public well, smeared it on it and began to rub it, rinsed it a few times, and saw that the filth on it was gone, and then he was ready to get up, but who thought that he was suddenly stunned.

"Grass and Wood Ash...... Artemisia ...... Gray alkali ...... Pregnant! The scalper slapped his thigh, hurriedly wrenched his pants, and then carried the water home.

As usual, after boiling the mule food and then heating the food with the residual warmth of the hot stove, he played with a snake stick in the courtyard. Yao Erniang got up and came out to see her son playing with a stick, but she was used to it, so she went to the thatched house behind the mule shed to pay tribute, and when she came out and was about to go to the stove room to see the hot meal of the scalper, she saw a pair of son's profane pants hanging on the bamboo pole in the courtyard for drying clothes.

Yao Erniang thought for a while, stepped forward and reached out to touch it, but her face showed joy, and she looked at her son who was playing Qi Mei stick in the courtyard, and smiled.

A thirteen-year-old boy who got up early in the morning and washed his dirty pants could not be understood by parents.

The old man was drunk last night, and he definitely won't be able to catch up with the morning market today, so Erniang didn't go to quarrel with the old man, and when the scalper finished the morning class, he called the Bi family brothers and sisters up and had breakfast.

Regarding last night's incident, Yao Erniang didn't believe the statement that the scalper could hurt the kidnapper and run away, thinking that it must be the father and son who were working together to brag, thinking that the kidnapper must have found out that the scalper thought that he had lost his whereabouts and fled, so he didn't pay attention to it.

was eating, but the scalper stripped the rice in the bowl and put the bowl aside and said, "Mother! Let me ask for something! ”

"Why don't you eat it?" Seeing her son put the bowl, Erniang was a little curious, so she took the bowl and handed it to Yuemei to let her add another bowl, and then said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Enough, no more!" The scalper stopped Yuemei, and after thinking about it, he told Uncle Yao yesterday that he wanted the family to move back to his uncle's house.

Yao Erniang frowned and said, "It's good to move back, but your father ......."

Of course, the scalper knew that the old man was the key to the problem, so he asked: "I want to ask, how much foreign debt does my family still owe?" ”

Yao Erniang replied: "It's not much, the foreign debts owed will be paid off last year, and your father redeemed 30 acres of ancestral land this spring, and it will cost 840 yuan to redeem the remaining 70 acres, and at least more than 1,000 yuan will be required to add the foot shop on the main street." ”

The scalper was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What is my father's disease?" ”

Yao Erniang said: "At the beginning, it was said that it was swollen, but later your master found out that it was a water Gu!" ”

"Water Gu? It's schistosome! The scalper suddenly understood that this disease can indeed make people bankrupt, and he didn't expect that the master could cure it.

After thinking about it, the scalper had to say to Yao Erniang: "Mother, in this way, this more than 1,000 yuan of money, based on my father's daily driving income, I am afraid that it will be difficult to accumulate it in three years and five years, I have an idea......"

How do you know that Yao Erniang said: "My son is good at studying, if it weren't for your father's stubbornness, how could your maternal uncle not find an errand for him in the yamen?" ”

Thinking about it, now that my uncle Yao Zheng is the lord of Huangzhou, it is not easy to find an errand for the old man, even if he is specially driving for the yamen, he will earn more than he does now.

However, the scalper knew that the old man couldn't make sense, and his strength had to be all on the old lady, so he said: "I will take care of the study, but this is going to school, and it will be okay to tie my uncle, and in the future, my family will not be able to rely on my uncle to help, right?" So I thought that a secret method I learned from the master can make chicken and duck eggs into preserved eggs, which is extremely delicious and has a lot of benefits. ”

"Preserved eggs?" Yao Erniang looked dazed, naturally she had never heard of it.

The scalper nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes!" Have you ever heard of it? ”

Yao Erniang shook her head, the scalper was very sure about this, he had inquired everywhere before, not to mention that there was no such food in Huangzhou, not even in Bianliang, Tokyo.

So the scalper hurriedly said: "I also saw the big chicken held by Fushou and Yuemei yesterday, and I just remembered this method." I asked, now in Huangzhou City, an egg is only two yuan, and the boiled braised egg is three yuan, and the price can be negotiated if it is sold more. The preserved eggs made by my secret method can be sold for at least ten yuan, and the cost of consumables is at least five yuan, so do you think you can do it? ”

Yao Erniang listened, but her eyes swept away the brothers and sisters of the Bi family and said, "Take it!" ”

Then he got up and glanced at the scalper, and then went out of the hall and said, "Talk in the courtyard!" ”

The scalper hurriedly followed, and after walking to the courtyard with Yao Erniang, Erniang asked: "This secret method actually costs three pennies for a preserved egg?" ”

When asked this, the scalper also knew that his mother was moved, so he put it together and said: "Mother, this cost is not because the materials are expensive, but because I am afraid that there will be defective products in the process of making preserved eggs, it will be inflated." The main ingredients used are only lime, salt, and artemisia ash, so how expensive can it be? ”

Yao Erniang thought about it, but said, "Or, when your father gets up, your mother and your father will total?" ”

The scalper said: "Mother, I'm afraid my father won't allow it!" ”

"Then ......" Yao Erniang naturally knows the temperament of her old man, if the scalper dares to mention anything to the old man to make preserved eggs, I am afraid that he will break his leg.

"Why don't I try to make some first, show my mother and father, and then think about it in the long run?" The scalper also knows that everything is not achieved overnight, and it has to be done slowly.

"Good! Mother promises you! Yao Erniang heard that a preserved egg could have five dollars, in fact, she was already moved, and she was even more convinced of the secret method of the scalper.

The scalper immediately smiled and said: "In this way, there is salt at home, and my uncle sent a lot of it yesterday, so my mother went to buy some lime and chicken and duck eggs, let's do it today!" ”

After saying that, the scalper went directly to get a sickle, a firewood knife and a dill, and said to the Bi brothers and sisters who were helping to clean up the dishes and chopsticks: "Fu Shou Yuemei, and go with me to cut some artemisia knotweed!" ”

The two children hurriedly put down their work and followed.