Carefree Scholar Chapter 41: Candied haws
When Lao Fang got up and patted his **** and went home, the expression on his face was still a little confused.
With his wood-like head, I can’t figure out for the time being, what is good about the red fruits that he doesn’t like to eat that are not yet ripe and sour? My uncle asked him to pick those things and let him chop bamboo. The Lao Fang doesn’t understand the reason.
But soon, the doubt and confusion on his face disappeared.
Thinking of the white rice and pork at home, all the doubts of Lao Fang were thrown away.
Grandpa has great abilities, and he can eat meat with my aunt. What he said is not wrong!
In the following days, Lao Fang's life began to become busy.
Not only Lao Fang, but the bear children of Fang’s family have also been ruthlessly deprived of their playing time. They can no longer follow the bear children in the stockade every day, and follow the old man after going in the morning. The mountain only came back in the afternoon, often carrying a few bamboos on his shoulders.
Occasionally, someone will see Lao Fang go down the mountain every day before dawn, carrying a large bag of things back to the village at night, and not even letting go of the horse. Mysteriously, I don’t know what he is doing.
There is no airtight wall in the world. In Liuye Village, no one has any secrets.
Soon, everyone knows what Fang Laosan recently made. It is called a candy gourd. A few bunches of hawthorn fruit can be taken outside to sell.
Hawthorn is worthless to the people of Liuye Village.
There is a large hawthorn forest in the back mountain, which belongs to the public property of the village, but even if the fruit is ripe every year, no one picks it. This thing is not full, sour, the more you eat, the more hungry you eat, and the more you eat Still falling teeth.
Only those bear kids who are gluttonous will pick a few when the fruit is ripe every year.
It’s not that no one has considered bringing this thing to the mountain to sell, but firstly, because hawthorn is so common, the price is really low, and secondly, when the hawthorn matures, it is when the farming is busy. Going through these crooked ways will be laughed at by everyone in the stockade.
Lao Fang is the one who is laughed at by everyone.
What's so delicious about hawthorn fruit? It's also that the unseen children in the stockade are interested in this. Is there anything delicious and fun in Qing'an Fucheng? It's strange that someone will spend money to buy these hawthorn fruit!
What a good job is to free horses. I have a full 100 yuan of wages per month, and it’s okay to buy a few kilograms of rice. Why don’t you have to engage in these evil ways?
But, soon they realized that Fang’s family doesn’t seem to lack those few kilograms of rice...
But this does not affect their ridicule towards Lao Fang in their hearts.
When everyone has no big ideals and ambitions and feels at ease to be a salted fish, when they live like this for a lifetime, Lao Fang, a salted fish with dreams, will easily attract the attention of others.
Everyone is a salted fish. It’s fine to face the loess and back the sky all your life. Why do you have a dream?
So, Lao Fang, the salted fish that wanted to resurrect, soon became a post-dinner talk for everyone in the village.
"Have you heard, Fang Laosan seems to be selling some candied haws..."
"A crooked door, he doesn't even see if he is that piece of material?"
"Hey, of course Fang Lao San could not think of this kind of idea. I heard that it was made by Ruyi's cheap counterpart."
"Hehe, what does the sour scholar know? I heard that he invested a lot of money this time. I will wait to see how he ends up!"
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Arguments like this are not uncommon in Liuye Village these days, even Li Yi has heard of them.
But for these gossips, he just listened to them. After a smile, he passed away. There are many people in the village who want to see his jokes. Sometimes he will sigh in his heart. Sister Liu Ruyi is here. In the stockade, there seems to be enemies on all sides!
is that Xiaohuan is very uneasy when he hears something accidentally. Li Yi pouted and chattered when he saw her coming back from outside several times.
"What do you know, the candy candied haws made by my uncle is delicious, and you will surely be able to make a lot of money. You will be **** off by then..."
The little maid has been with Sister Liu Ruyi since she was a child. Naturally, she suffered from the cold eyes of other members of the Liu clan. In order not to cause trouble to the young lady, she suffered aggrieved outside and she could only endure it when she came back.
This situation has changed a lot after Li Yi arrived.
Now you don’t have to worry about your livelihood all day long. You can stand tall when you walk outside. My uncle is a truly powerful person. No one in the village can compare to it. Why do they laugh at uncle?
What Li Yi didn't expect was that those rumors had no effect on him, but Lao Fang couldn't help it.
"Auntie, what kind of candy haws, is anyone really willing to buy it?"
Until now, the Lao Fang still had doubts about the feasibility of this matter.
After all, it is just ordinary hawthorn, even if it is coated with sugar, it is still a hawthorn!
Auntie gave him all the money. If the money was squandered in the end, even if the aunt didn't blame him, he would feel sorry for it.
Looking at Lao Fang looking at him nervously, Li Yi glanced at him and said, "If you feel uneasy, or I will find someone else to do it? Old Wu came to see me this morning~ IndoMTL.com~ said he wants to try it too, why don't you rest and let him come?"
Looking at the expression on Li Yi's face, Lao Fang's heart felt at ease.
The next moment, Lao Fang’s face immediately changed to a signature honest smile, and he took Li Yi’s shoulders, and said, “No, no, no, Lao Wu’s brain has a nerve. He didn’t do this. That piece of material, besides, what is the relationship between my uncle and I? Don’t forget that I caught my uncle on the horse!"
Seeing the big man surnamed Fang walk out with a smile, several black lines appeared on Li Yi's face.
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Candied haws is very simple to make. It doesn’t require much preparation time. Lao Fang has bought it from the foot of the mountain. Hawthorn in August is not fully mature, but it has little effect on the taste.
Under the guidance of Li Yi, all the bamboos cut from the mountain by Lao Fang were cut into bamboo sticks of similar size. The edges were smooth and the bottom of the bamboo sticks was slightly wider, making it more suitable for holding. The hawthorn fruit was removed and wrapped in seeds. After the sugar syrup, a little sesame is dipped on the top, and Wanhong is a little white from it, which looks more attractive.
Put all the candied haws on the sticks made of wooden sticks and brooms. Seeing the bear boy beside him gulping drooling, Lao Fang had a little confidence in his heart.
took off a candied haws and handed it to him, and kicked the bear kid’s **** by the way: "Listen to your mother at home, wait for I to come back tonight..."
An hour later, on the rushing streets of Qing'an Mansion, the simple and honest man stood on the side of the road carrying a strange thing in his heart. After hesitating for a long time, the color of determination appeared on his face. After a while, he There was a voice full of breath...
"Bing~Candy~Gourd~Lu!"
For a while, several eyes of the crowd on the street cast their eyes.