The biography of Gu Qi, a poor girl

The price of mountain ear is calculated by taels. The usual market price is 30 to 40 taels. When it is expensive, it can be sold for 70-80 taels.However, this is the market price in the south. Gu Qi can't control the price at which the Zhou family can finally sell Shan'er in Jiangling County.

Anyway, at Gu Qi's place, all large quantities will be shipped at a price of 16 renminbi.

Of course, this price can only be settled now, not in arrears.

For this order alone, Gu Qi can get 160 taels of silver in the account.It has greatly relieved the pressure of the Gu family buying land and building a commercial market and receiving goods in the later period for more than a month.

Of course, after this wave, the wild mountain ears on Nanshan are about to be picked by Gu Qi.

Even if it can continue to grow later, it is not enough to support too much.

Unless Gu Qi has time, he will go deeper into the depths of the mountain.After the winter, it will be completely extinct.

Therefore, if we cannot engage in full-time cultivation and cultivation, even if the profit from the sale of pure wild mountain ear is large, it can only be used as a filler, which is not a type of sustainable development.

Apparently knowing that Gu Qi was short of cash here, Liu Qingshan didn't bring a bank note this time.When I came here, I asked the accountant to exchange thirty silver ingots weighing five taels, and brought the other 18 taels twisted into pieces of silver.

All kinds of grains ordered with Zhou's Grain Store will be delivered two days before the opening of the market.The deed for the grain was delivered to the store in the form of pay-as-you-go, so Gu Qi didn't have to hand over the grain payment in advance.

Just waiting for the people from Zhou's grain store to pay the delivery person on the spot when the grain is delivered every month.

After lunch, all the mountain ears were moved into the carriage. Liu Qingshan and Gu Qi made an appointment to go to the town to find Li Shun, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, two days later.

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Early the next morning, Gu Qi entered the mountain again, and first went to the area where Jizi was caught. The two traps were intact and nothing was caught.

Gu Qi was not in a hurry, and simply continued to walk half a mile in the depths. After carefully distinguishing the animals nearby, he dug a trap. After covering it up, he returned to the original path.

The last time he came here, Gu Qi discovered that there was a wild mountain ear bush nearby. The area was not too small. Taking advantage of the bamboo buildings he brought today, he naturally picked as much as he could.

Afraid of delaying time, before entering the mountain, Gu Qi told Gu Danian in advance that he would not go back for lunch today.Gu Danian touched a few pancakes for Gu Qi to take.

After filling the two bamboo huts with Shan Er, Gu Qi took out the pancakes to eat.

The pancakes will have cooled, but the texture is still soft, with the sweetness of white noodles.

It was actually mixed with red bean paste.I don't know when the scholar grinded it.

Such a delicate and soft taste, moderate sugar content, sweet but not greasy, absolutely professional level, definitely not made by Gu Danian.

Could it be that the one who brought it home was not a cashier, but a cook?

Tucao return to Tucao, the taste of this red bean cake is really good.Gu Qi originally planned to eat only one pad, but ended up eating three in one go.Just half a pot of water, and a little support.

After resting for a while, Gu Qi began to search for the remaining traps along the road.

Luckily, in addition to a few pheasants, I also got a hapless wild goat.

In fact, Gu Qi didn't really have the idea of ​​hitting the wild goat. The trap was for wild boars. There is actually a clear difference in the scope of activities of the two. This wild goat obviously created someone else's chassis by mistake and ended up taking the blame for the pig.

It shouldn't take long for the wild goat to fall into the past, and there are still a few breaths left, but it was only the front leg that was caught by the wooden thorn, which led to nothing but escape.

Gu Qi covered it with ropes, took off the wood, pulled it up, tied the front and rear feet, and threw it into the pallet.The goat blew only slightly, and there was not much movement.

It's a pity that the blood loss was too much, and the leg injury was also serious. It is estimated that it won't last long. Otherwise, it would be good to bring it back to be a companion with the big and small at home.

But soon, Chef Feng let Gu Qi know how fragrant the mutton is! !

Of course, this is something.

After going down the mountain, Gu Qi cleaned up the front yard, spread out all the mountain ears that were picked today, and asked Feng Qing to help send a few pheasants to Mrs. Qin's place, and then began to deal with the wild goats. .

A whole sheep, in addition to the mutton itself, a complete goat skin can also be worth a lot of silver.

The structure of goat leather is slightly stronger, so the tensile strength is better, and the surface layer of the skin is fine and compact. Although it is not as soft as sheep leather, it is better than the tanned leather, which is resistant to abrasion and easy to take care of, and the price is cheaper than other leathers. It is the best choice for ordinary people to go out in winter and snow.

Of course, to make a good goat skin, the process is much more complicated than that of making rabbit skins.

It takes a certain amount of patience just to peel a piece of leather from a sheep with its entire head and legs intact.Hold the knife firmly and not cut off, the line strength is clean and well-proportioned. Do not use a sharp knife to avoid damage to the leather, resulting in obvious knife holes and reducing the quality of the leather.

At the same time, it is also necessary to think about ways to avoid blood contamination of the fur.

It took Gu Qi an entire afternoon to completely seal a goat skin.

After processing the skins, Gu Qi disemboweled the goat and simply sorted it out.Just when he was thinking about what to do, Fengqing walked out of the room and took the lamb's hind legs, hips and breast meat and returned to the kitchen very wisely.

"Don't want the rest?" Gu Qi raised his head and asked.

Feng Qing smiled and said, "Enough."

Gu Qi nodded and didn't ask more, and packed the rest of the mutton.

"Do you want me to take it to Lady Qin?" Feng Qing asked.

Gu Qi glanced at Fengqing's thin body, with a bloodless face: "You can stay at home to cook."

After speaking, he carried the remaining more than [-] catties of goat meat and walked out of the courtyard quickly.

"..." Feng Qing: Actually, I can do it too.

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In the evening, Fengqing made a stewed leg of lamb with red radish and stewed lamb.There was actually a small plate of spiced kebabs.

On the spiced roast mutton that was just served, the hot oil oozing out along the mutton cubes infiltrated the green leaves at the bottom, exuding an intoxicating aroma.All the gluttons in Gu Qi and Gu Danian's stomachs were pulled out.

Gu Danian couldn't help but eat two skewers first, and couldn't stop: "I used to think that my daughter's cooking was first-class and delicious, even better than the chef's cooking in the town's wine shop, but I didn't expect you to cook it in a later life. The food is also superb.”

Gu Qi followed and ate some. The barbecued meat was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the taste was salty, sweet and slightly spicy.

"Scholar, you weren't really a cook before you lost your memory, were you?"

Feng Qing shook his head: "I can't remember."

"You don't look like a cook because of your weak appearance. But you are a cook, and now you will change my career as a bookkeeper." He said, "Remember, you will check and settle the wages from Mrs. Qin at that time."

"Should Shan'er's accounts be recorded in Gu's business market?" Feng Qing asked.

"It's all recorded in the book of the business market. In the future, Gu's business market will not only do retail business, but also produce or buy mountain goods and sell them to other places. However, you can make these accounts into several categories, which is convenient for you. Clear the account later."