Rebirth of farming for a living

Li Qiuyan went to the grocery store first. He couldn't use a large food box. The grocery store didn't have the size he wanted.

Li Qiuyan went to the carpenter again, but the carpenter didn't have anything ready-made. If he ordered it now, the paint would smell bad, and time didn't allow it to be too fine.

Unexpectedly, the mooncakes were made smoothly, but they got stuck at this point.

Li Qiuyan was thinking about it while walking aimlessly on the street. Suddenly, Li Qiuyan's eyes lit up and he actually asked her to find it.

Now that he had an idea, he was not in a hurry. After thinking about it, Li Qiuyan knocked on Cui Qiong's door.

After the servants passed the message, someone came to invite them. Seeing that it was Li Qiuyan coming, Cui Qiong was very surprised: "Sister, why are you here today?"

Li Qiuyan handed the candy man to Cui Qiong. Cui Qiong rarely ate food from outside and happily took it and licked it.

After careful consideration, Li Qiuyan said, "Qiongqiong, do you have any ice cubes at home?"

Li Qiuyan thought that it would be more authentic to ice the snowskin mooncakes with ice cubes.So I saw that I still had enough time, so I came over.

Cui Qiong shook his head in confusion: "There is no ice, sister, what do you want ice for?"

Because the Cui family arrived relatively late, they did not store ice this year.

Li Qiuyan had no choice but to play with Cui Qiong for a while, told Cui Qiong to come see her again in a few days, and then left.

I was debating whether to go to Master Mei's house to ask again, when I walked to the door of Desheng Hall before I knew it.

Li Qiuyan asked casually: "Is there any saltpeter?"

The waiter said enthusiastically: "Yes, sir, how much do you want?"

"How to sell?" Li Qiuyan hesitated.

"Eight coins per catty." The guy was still very enthusiastic.

Li Qiuyan really didn't expect that the saltpeter necessary for time travel would be so common and so cheap.

But I haven't made it myself. It's not expensive either. Li Qiuyan bought five kilograms.

When Li Qiuyan returned home, he went to find Old Li Tou.

Old Li Tou was sitting in the yard weaving baskets. When he saw Li Qiuyan coming, he smiled: "Yanyan is not busy today?"

Li Qiuyan squatted next to Old Li's head: "Master, do me a favor."

Old Li Tou was puzzled: "What are you busy with?"

"I want a small basket, made shallowly, with a lid and a handle on it." Li Qiuyan gestured: "Just this big, shallow one will do."

This is not difficult. Old Li Tou thought about it and made up a prototype: "That's it?"

"Yes, just put the handle in the middle and the lid can cover it."

An old man and a young man are in the courtyard, in great harmony.

Not long after, Old Li Tou made up one: "Is this okay?"

"Okay, that's it. Master, you can compile five or six more for me, and I'll pay you for the craftsmanship." Li Qiuyan said.

Lao Li waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. It costs nothing to knit a few things for my granddaughter. What's the use of this? It's too shallow and can be used as a sewing basket."

Li Qiuyan smiled: "Master, I want to be so shallow."

When Mrs. Yang saw the two of them chatting animatedly in the room, she came out and said, "Why don't Yanyan come in? Are you two not hot?"

"It's not hot, milk, I asked you to help me." Li Qiuyan smiled happily, and agreed with Old Li Tou to make it up as soon as possible, and said goodbye to Yang.

Seeing that Old Li Tou was cheerful, Mrs. Yang also smiled and said, "You're so happy when I ask you to work." He poured another bowl of water for Old Li Tou and then returned to the house.

Li Qiuyan skipped home. He saw someone selling knitted baskets on the roadside, and he thought of this.

Farmers like to weave baskets when they have nothing to do, and the raw materials are all ready-made.Sometimes I make too much and sell it at a stall.

Li Qiuyan couldn't help but praise himself for his intelligence and wit.

However, when making ice, she began to doubt life a little.

First I took a basin and put half a basin of water in it.Take another big basin, put saltpeter in the big basin, and put the smaller basin in the big basin.Add water to the large basin.Yes, that's the process, exactly.Li Qiuyan is full of confidence.

After waiting for a while, I came over to look, but there was no movement.

Li Qiuyan walked away.

After waiting for a while, the water became colder to the touch, but not to the point of turning into ice cubes.

Li Qiuyan added some more saltpeter. After a while, small pieces of ice came out, but they didn't form lumps.

Li Qiuyan added more, and added more.

It was finally finished. When I looked up, it was getting dark.

Li Qiuyan was extremely tired. It seemed that he was only good at cooking and eating, but not everything else was easy to do.

Fortunately, the result was good. Li Qiuyan put a larger basket on top of the ice cubes to ensure that they would not fall off even if the ice melted. Then he put a layer of cloth over the basket and put the prepared mooncakes in it. I took a lid and put it on.

Let’s call it a simple refrigerator.

After dinner, Lao Li Tou came over to deliver the knitted mooncake boxes. In one afternoon, he knitted eight of them.

Li Qiuyan looked around and couldn't help but praise him repeatedly.

He thanked Old Li Tou and forced him to give him fifty cents: "Master, I won't say how much more, just keep it."

Old Li Tou continued to push, but Li Qiuyan whispered: "Take it as private money."

Old Li Tou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who told Yan Yan that he had no pocket money?So I took it.

However, he didn't dare to keep his personal money, so he should go home and hand it over to Yang.