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I was planning to eat zongzi rice this afternoon. When I took out the bag of rice, I found that there was not much rice left in the bag. It was estimated that it would be just enough for today's meal, so Zheng Yuan simply poured it all out.

I’ll buy more at the market tomorrow and eat enough today.

I accidentally pulled up a few garlic sprouts while weeding, which were perfect for making twice-cooked pork. Unfortunately, I didn't have any bean paste, so I could only make a light version.

The radish is used to make radish bone soup, and the cabbage is stir-fried as usual. There is enough oil and water, and the quantity is large, which is almost enough.

As the smoke from the cooking stoves rose, a strong aroma of meat drifted over the village. In a village where no meat or oil had been eaten for ten days or half a month, it was no secret which family ate meat.

Especially the Chen Xuecai family next door, who were so tempted by the aroma of meat wafting over from Zheng Yuan's house these days that they couldn't even eat their own porridge.

The youngest son Maomao was so greedy that he cried and asked for meat, but his family's situation was not much better than that of old lady Zheng's family before, so he had no money to buy meat.

Chen Xuecai's mother Liu Cuilan was cooking when she smelled the aroma of meat coming from next door. She couldn't help but come out. She heard from the villagers that Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Duan were selling ice jelly in the town. Could it be that ice jelly made so much money? She kept looking towards Zheng Yuan's yard with a spatula in her hand.

It happened that Dashu's children came back and saw her wandering in front of the door and asked, "Grandma, do you have something to ask my mother?"

Hearing the sound, Liu Cuilan was startled: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just passing by, just passing by."

As he said this, he went into his own yard.

Chen Sizhu asked in confusion: "This Granny Liu passed by my house holding a spatula. Is she walking around with the spatula?"

The children were also confused, but were soon attracted by the smell of meat coming from the yard. They didn't care why she passed by their door with a spatula in her hand, and quickly opened the door and ran towards the kitchen.

"Mom! Are we going to eat braised pork again today?" Sizhu rushed in first like a little cannonball.

"Today we're having twice-cooked pork." Zheng Yuan replied as he scooped up the radish and bone soup.

Looking at the large plate of meat on the table, the children were drooling, because it was juicy pork belly.

After waiting for Duan Minmin and the others to come, we could finally sit down to eat. We ate all the dishes on the table with white rice and even mixed the oil at the bottom of the bowl with the rice and ate it all.

After dinner, the family sat in the yard feeling dizzy, rested for a while and began to prepare things for tomorrow's market.

From time to time, a few people passed by outside, craning their necks to look inside.

Looking at these people, Sizhu remembered what he had just seen outside the door, Granny Liu from next door, and asked in confusion: "Mom, Granny Liu from next door was standing at our door with a spatula just now? She said she was passing by, does she walk around with a spatula every day? And why are there so many people passing by today?"

What do you mean by passing by with a spatula? What a silly kid. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin knew that it was the aroma of their own meat that attracted the villagers. It was also the season when meat could be eaten at any time. The braised pork and twice-cooked pork at home would definitely attract the villagers.

It seems that the fact that ice jelly makes money can no longer be concealed, and it is estimated that someone will follow suit soon. But they are not afraid, this thing is not sold well because of the ice jelly, but because of the ice. Their ice jelly is made of brown sugar and ice, and the cost is not low. Few villagers dare to spend this much money.

But the two of them still had to remind the kids about the ice-making thing, so as not to spill it out without any hesitation, otherwise they would be in trouble.

"They are not just passing by, they come here on purpose to see if we can really make money by making ice jelly so that they can go back and decide whether to do this business." Zheng Yuan said.

"Ah? Why are these people like this? This is our family business, how can they learn it?" Erhe knew how prosperous his own ice jelly business was, so when he heard that someone was here to inquire about the ice jelly business, he stood up angrily.

The other children were also very angry and wanted to go out and chase them away.

Zheng Yuan pressed down a few children and said, "This is human nature. The village is too poor. If there is a way to make money, everyone will definitely want to know and want to improve their family's situation. You don't have to be so angry. If it were us, if someone else found a way to make money, we would definitely want to follow suit."

"But Erhe, tell me, you went with us twice. Why do you think that every family can make ice jelly? Why does ours sell so well?"

"Of course it's because we have ice. People in the city would say that this is the ice that only people in Mr. Zhang's house can afford. Here we can get a bowl for three cents." Erhe said proudly.

"Yes, that's the key. Every family can make ice jelly, but not every family can make ice. That's why our ice jelly can be sold."

"So you don't have to be angry about people trying to get information. If anyone asks, just say you made money by selling ice jelly. But there's one thing. You've all seen your Aunt Duan making ice these days, but you can't tell anyone about it. If people outside ask, you can only say we bought it from Mr. Zhang's family in the city, okay?"

The relationship with Mrs. Zhang, who I just hooked up with today, will be put to good use. The villagers will not go to Mr. Zhang to verify the matter, and use Mr. Zhang's name as a banner. With Mr. Zhang's name, they will have less trouble.

The children knew that this was a big matter concerning their family’s money-making, so they all nodded and promised not to tell anyone.

Zheng Yuan also gave Sizhu a few words of advice. He was young and should not be fooled by others. Sizhu patted his chest and said, "Mom, Aunt Duan, don't worry, I won't tell you even if a knife is on my neck. I'm not stupid. If I tell you, I won't be able to eat braised pork or twice-cooked pork. Right, mom?"

The whole family was amused by him.

After giving the instructions, the family began to divide the work and prepare things for tomorrow's market.

Dashu and Erhe were responsible for fetching water from the well, Duan Minmin and Sizhu were making insulated ice buckets, Taoer, Meier, Xinger and Xu Huiniang were each kneading ice jelly in a basin, and Zheng Yuan and Sanni were starting to boil brown sugar juice. The yard was bustling with activity.

A few people passed by the yard from time to time, and saw them making ice jelly. They wondered if the people in the city really liked ice jelly so much. The brave ones thought about going with them to sell it next time.

After I finished kneading the last bowl of ice powder, the last ray of sunlight in the sky also set. I put the ice powder in the well water to calm it down, and after I cleaned up the yard, it was basically dark.

The ice jelly this time cost about 170 or 180 yuan, and it would not be enough for Erhe to go alone, so the two of them decided to ask Dashu and Taoer to go as well.

Dashu and Tao'er were very happy to know that they were going to the street with them. Looking at the other lost children, Duan Minmin comforted them, "Brother and sister are going to make money. I will take you to the city to play in a few days, okay?"

Hearing her say this, the children became happy and looked forward to the day of going to the city. They had never been there before.

Because Tao'er was going with her, Duan Minmin went home tonight and came early the next morning. She also brought two empty buckets with five bowls, a spoon, and a kitchen knife. There were no clouds in the sky tonight, and it was expected to be sunny tomorrow. Based on the popularity of the last time, she estimated that she would not be able to handle the five bowls.

After the arrangements, everyone washed up and went back to their rooms to sleep. Zheng Yuan still reminded Xu Hui Niang to remember to wake Dashu up, and that Dashu could come and wake them up when he woke up.