bookcurios Chapter 143 Braised Food
Chapter 143 Braised Food
People rushed to sign up, and soon thirty-five applications were signed up.
Although the younger sister did not quite understand her elder sister's idea, she took out pen and ink without saying a word and asked her father and second sister to write the deed together. She was busy calculating the accounts, collecting the money, and getting both parties to sign the deed.
However, not many people in the village could read. Song Chunbo could read, but he had a quarrel with his younger brother, so it was impossible to ask him to come and read the contract to everyone. In the past, when people needed to learn to read, they would go to Si Xingzhi.
The younger sister smiled and said, "If you can trust it, just press the seal. If you really can't trust it, that's fine. You can go back and think about it carefully."
He Song squeezed over and said, "I trust you. I'll sign first."
He took the lead and others followed suit.
The village head could recognize some characters, but he couldn't read the deeds. The children who had learned to read a little from Si Xingzhi also took the trouble to read the characters in the deeds to the adults. If they really didn't understand, they would ask Si Xingzhi.
Even if all the contents of the deed are stated, the only difference is how many shares are owned, or if there are several families in one family, how much each family owns.
After everyone left, the younger brother said happily, "Thirty-five taels of silver? You raised it so quickly, big sister is really amazing."
The younger sister complained, "But this means we have to share the money with them in the future. I should have borrowed money from others. We can earn it back in less than a month."
Si Muyan said seriously: "To be honest, we can pay half of the bricks and even owe a little to the workers. We don't even need to borrow money. But I have a purpose for raising money this way..."
My younger sister said, "I know. You're afraid someone might come and harm us. But those people outside are very powerful. If they really want to harm us, will these people in the village be able to help?"
Si Muyan said, "People say that the King of Hell is easy to deal with, but little ghosts are hard to deal with. I'm not doing this to guard against outsiders. Little sister, guess why rich people hire bodyguards?"
The younger sister was shocked and immediately realized: "Big sister, are you trying to ward off disaster by spending money?"
"It doesn't cost me money, and it can ward off disasters. Some villagers work for us, some invest, and some take seeds to plant. Following my method, we can have a harvest every two months or so. This will benefit most villagers, and everyone can make money, so there will be fewer people who are jealous."
After a long pause, the younger sister nodded and said, "Is this what they call strength in numbers?"
"Correct."
There were only five spots left, and my younger sister had initially thought no one would come. But since the family had almost gathered enough money, she wasn't worried anymore.
Unexpectedly, a few more villagers came early the next morning and quickly bought these five portions as well.
Most villagers only bought one share. After all, one or two taels of silver is not a small amount of money for everyone. What if they lose money?
Si Muyan, Mrs. Zhu and Aunt Jin were packing various seeds. Each family could get one kind of seed. Some seeds could be harvested in less than a month, some in forty-five days, and some in more than two months.
The prices charged were also set in advance.
"Chili peppers basically take 60 to 70 days to mature, and they're not available on the market, so I charge a little more for them."
Si Muyan decided on the purchase price and told the women who came to collect the seeds.
"The first batch of seeds will be given to you for free. Each person can only choose one. After the seeds are grown, I will not give you any more seeds. You can grow and store them yourself, and then you can exchange or buy them. I will not be responsible for anything."
Almost all the women in the village came, and most of them chose vegetables that could be harvested in a short time, and were not willing to choose those with a long harvesting period.
Aunt Zhu Si said, "Yan girl, then I want the chili seeds."
She thought that her mother-in-law had good food and accommodation in the Si family, and since she came to get seeds for free, she would not compete with others and would just give her the ones that could not be distributed.
Si Muyan smiled and said, "Okay, I remember your vegetable garden is quite big, so you don't need to take extra care of it. You can plant more. Just let Fourth Brother take care of it later."
You also need to register when queuing up to get seeds, and I will leave the registration to my second sister.
Si Muyan called out to everyone again: "There's one more thing. If you're willing, you can do it yourselves. I'm going to open another shop and I need chickens and ducks. If you have nothing to do, you can raise more chickens and ducks. When they grow up, I'll buy them in. I'll buy as many as I can."
Her mall has all kinds of seeds and poultry feed. Now that her business outside is developing steadily, she can come back and do her job properly.
The hardworking families in the village all raised chickens, ducks, and geese. The most people raised chickens, mostly for their own family's eggs. Hearing that Si Muyan was going to collect chickens and ducks, everyone caught chicks in the spring and decided to catch more and raise them well.
Last year, Si Muyan killed many of the chickens and ducks she raised during the Chinese New Year, leaving only eight ducks and six chickens. Si Muyan and Aunt Jin killed them all.
Prepare the marinade, marinate the chicken and duck separately, and let the family taste it first.
The younger brother grabbed a long duck neck and tore it apart, grinning from ear to ear: "Sister, the duck necks I ate before were all in pieces. This is the first time I've eaten a whole one like this. It's really delicious."
Si Xingzhi looked at the strange dish of meat on the table and asked hesitantly, "What... is this? How do I eat it?"
Si Muyan didn't let Aunt Jin tell Si Xingzhi what it was. She only said, "You can eat it directly or cut it into slices. Dad, try it first."
Si Xingzhi's brows were knotted.
Shao Qin was helped out by Aunt Jin and was happily teasing Xiaoxia in Mrs. Zhu's arms. The little sister took the chopsticks and picked up the meat from the plate in front of Si Xingzhi and fed it to Shao Qin.
"Delicious, little sister, what is this?"
The younger sister smiled and said, "Mom, this is a new flavor that my eldest sister cooked. We all love it."
"Big sister is really amazing. We little sisters have to learn from her, okay?"
Seeing this, Si Xingzhi also picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. As soon as he put it in, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide: "This is really delicious."
Si Muyan pushed the others in front of Si Xingzhi and said, "Dad, this is a new category I plan to make. My family will definitely want to try it first. Try them all. If there's anything wrong with the taste, tell me quickly so I can make changes."
Next to it were duck intestines, duck feet, and some meat he didn't recognize, which must be the internal organs.
Si Xingzhi never eats offal, but after hearing his daughter say that, he felt hesitant. If he, as a father, doesn't eat the food his daughter makes, how can he convince others to eat it?
Thinking about the meat I just ate, it was delicious, and everyone else in the family was enjoying it so much...
Si Xingzhi endured the pressure and ate the duck intestines. After finishing, he felt like he had opened up a world that he had never known before. It was crispy and delicious, a little spicy and a little sweet.
"It's delicious. Why is this... spicy and sweet?"