Chapter 523 523. Boiled Tea Eggs
Actually, Sister-in-law Wang’s family also raises chubby chickens, but because she either digs worms in the ground every day or eats some leaves and roots, they can still be called free-range eggs.
The price is slightly cheaper than real free-range eggs, so they are quite popular.
Of course, when people in the village do business, there is always a point where they can't let go. You and I pushed back and forth for a while, and then Ulan gave away the money.
Sister-in-law Wang was quite embarrassed: "Then I'll just charge you..."
“Take it, take it.”
Ulan is now used to doing business, and is much more relaxed than before. Before leaving, he heard Sister-in-law Wang couldn't help but ask:
“Ulan, how much did it cost to buy your peach tree? My boss Baoyuan, can you keep your business this year?”
“There are not many trees on the hill to the east of me, so I thought I might as well plant some fruit trees...but I’m afraid I won’t be able to afford it, and the fruit won’t be easy to sell.”
How much does one cost?
Wulan remembers it so clearly that when he says it now, he feels like he lost his mind and went crazy:
“Eighty yuan a tree! What we bought are three- or five-year-old seedlings that can bear fruit in the same year. They are not cheap anyway! Later, we will open up wasteland and plant trees—I remember you also went to plant trees, right?”
Sister-in-law Wang nodded: I just went there, and saw that the branches were still bare in early spring, but they were full of fruits last week... and two bosses came to Baoyuan without having to go to the market to sell. This made me excited.
Even the two bosses of the garden claimed that there were too many fruits and they didn’t even want to keep them. They were too embarrassed to ask for a taste...
Otherwise, we would know which varieties are so popular!
Here, apart from not mentioning the price of peaches, Ulan helped analyze everything else.
"You have to hire someone to do this. If you plant it yourself slowly, the saplings won't last that long... If you delay planting the saplings, the fruiting will definitely be affected."
Anyway, there’s a lot of money to spend!
“Coupled with the management of fertilization and the installation of protective nets, it’s a lot of money. The price of renting a garden is not bad..."
She didn’t mean to say 50 yuan per catty, so she could only vaguely say: “The price is higher than the market price. This year’s harvest is good, I can keep my capital and make some profit.”
"What kind of fruit seedlings do you want? I'll ask Tantan to give you the boss's phone number later, and you can ask about it?"
Sister-in-law Wang pondered for a moment: "There's no rush... You've spent a lot of money... How much does it cost to use an excavator to go up the mountain for a day? You must have four to five hundred, right?"
“That’s for sure!”
Ulan felt distressed when he thought of the money: "It's such a big mountain, and it takes a lot of effort to cut down trees. Just the roots of the trees, if you dig them manually, several people may not be able to dig them out in a day... You also need an excavator. Come."
“They also have a rotating head that directly crushes them. It’s more expensive, but it’s much faster.”
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she couldn't help but retreat.
Not to mention the question of whether planting trees can make back the money, just repairing barren hills will cost a lot of money!
How much money have they saved in their entire life? I still have to save it to prepare my son to buy a house in the city - now I don’t have an apartment in the city, and I can’t get a wife.
At this moment, she couldn’t help but look at Ulan with envy:
"It's better for your family to be promising, get into a good university, and work in the provincial capital... You still said that you don't make much money. If you don't make much money, your family hires an excavator and opens up wasteland. How can you have the capital? ?”
As soon as Ulan said this, he didn’t know what to say.
She knew that this was what the villagers guessed about her family.
After all, no one would have thought that the initial income started from 20 yuan a pound of wild vegetables...
After thinking about it again and again, I could only say dryly: "My child works hard and doesn't really make much money..."
Sister-in-law Wang laughed: "I know I don't earn much! I'm not asking you to borrow money, so why are you panicking?"
Ulan:… She hesitated to speak and went back with the basket.
…
When I got home, the hot water in the pot was boiling.
Qiaoqiao took the egg and brushed it quickly with a small brush. He has experience brushing duck eggs, and today his movements were fast and meticulous.
Then he took another pot of cold water and put the eggs in the pot.
This time the eggs did not need to be overcooked. Soon, the seventh cousin picked up the reddish-pink eggs one by one and placed them in the pool nearby. They were rinsed with cold water and then soaked.
And sprinkle salt into the boiling water here:
“Qiao Qiao, remember, adding salt is not only for seasoning, but also to prevent the undercooked egg liquid from being exposed later.”
Then Sichuan peppercorns, fennel, tea leaves—
“This tea has not been roasted, and I don’t know if it will be fragrant enough later. But if it is left like this, it will only taste better after roasting.”
“Let’s try it today.”
As the seventh cousin spoke, he pondered: "Actually, the old leaves are just right to use. You can't use the young shoots for boiling tea eggs. The taste is too bland and the taste is not fragrant. You have to use this kind that is resistant to soaking. Yes, it tastes strong.”
Wait until the water in the pot has boiled for a while, then pour in some soy sauce: "Okay, you can use a spoon to break up all the egg shells and beat them evenly - once the eggshells are broken, put them in so they taste better."
"good!"
There are always light and heavy cooking methods, but Qiaoqiao was able to figure out the right strength after just two experiments.
At this moment, I was banging with a big iron spoon, and there was a crisp clicking sound all over the kitchen.
When Qiaoqiao lifted the stew pot from the stove and put it on the stove on the side, the eggs could be put in.
"Okay! Let's stew it. If you're in a hurry, you can try it at lunch. If you're not in a hurry, wait until the evening. It should be more delicious at night."
Qiaoqiao thought for a while: "Can you put a few eggs from home?"
The seventh cousin was happy: "My family will eat it, what do you want to put in it? Use a net bag to separate them. When they are almost cooked, just pick them up and knock them."
Qiaoqiao instantly became happy!
Then, his eyes moved around the kitchen—
“Roast duck, where to roast it?”
Seventh Cousin:…
That’s right, there’s no separate smoking table built for him in the kitchen! There are also racks, and I need to put up a few of them!
With the big eaters in our family, we can’t get enough without preparing a little more.
The seventh cousin raised his voice: "Thirty percent, if you have nothing to do this afternoon, let's build another table in the kitchen! By the way, we can come out somewhere else."
Everyone in the family attaches great importance to the matter of eating, so Song Sancheng immediately agreed: "Okay! I'll go pull some cement bricks in the afternoon."
Those that were not used up to build the house are still piled up behind!
Song Sancheng couldn't help but wonder: "Should our family dig another cellar? Otherwise, where can we put some sweet potatoes and radishes collected in autumn and winter?"
The pile of sand behind the house is getting smaller and smaller, and there are not many radishes to bury in the winter!
There is a sand pile in front of our house, and the winter radishes are stored in the sand. They still taste fresh and sweet in March!
But it’s no longer possible to hide it after the beginning of March, the temperature is getting too high.
There will be an extra update in the evening! (After all, I’ve already updated two chapters at this time, right...amazing!! Went to eat.)
(End of this chapter)