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Chapter 123 Basket Weaving

"It tastes great." Ji Shiyan looked at Su Mu tenderly and said softly, "Mu Mu's method is really amazing."

"You have contributed to this as well. If it weren't for milk, how could we have such delicious milk tea, right?"

Su Mu smiled and looked back at Ji Shiyan with bright eyes, which made Ji Shiyan feel embarrassed and even his ears turned red.

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Time flies and it is almost the New Year's Eve. During this period, the wedding date of my eldest brother and Jiang Xiaoman has been set, which will be at the turn of spring and summer next year.

The weather was very good at that time, neither too hot nor too cold, and the Su family’s house should have been built by then, and everyone was not very busy and had free time to come and participate.

The Su family pickled a lot of bacon, cured chicken, and also made a lot of sausages. They could make some extra and take them to the shop.

Su Dingguo made a sausage stuffing tool using a thin bamboo tube and a wooden board.

"Mumu, is this okay?"

"Yes, that's great." Su Mu said excitedly. His grandfather's craftsmanship was amazing. He could even make this.

The sausage stuffing tool is polished very smoothly, with a luster similar to that of a mooncake mold.

Soak the pork belly in water for two hours to remove blood and some dirt.

"Little sister, let's cut the meat into big pieces first." Several brothers were cutting the meat.

Su Mu and Wang prepared to grind various spices into powder, mix them into five-spice powder or thirteen-spice powder, and prepare a lot of chili powder.

"Mom, I like spicy food, let's make more."

"Mumu likes to eat it, so let's make more!" Mother didn't hesitate at all.

"What other flavors can we make besides spicy?" The third brother was chopping meat.

"Five-spice ones, and some Cantonese ones."

"From the name, you can tell that Wuxiang is fragrant and not spicy. What does Cantonese taste like?"

"It's a little sweet."

For spicy food, prepare some peppercorns, pepper, salt, a little ground rock sugar, chili powder, and white wine.

"Just knead the meat with salt into this state." In front of Su Mu was a bowl of stuffing that had become thick and a little sticky.

"Add seasoning and marinate for an hour."

Su Mu also prepared other flavors of seasoning powder and poured it into the meat to marinate.

"The casing goes into this enema magic tool." The very round bamboo tube fits perfectly. "This one made by grandpa is really exquisite."

Several people each held a magic sausage, "stuffing the meat into the wooden cylinder, and the meat will flow into the casing along the bamboo tube inserted into the wooden cylinder."

Tie the stuffed sausages into small pieces with thin ropes and poke a few small holes to let out air. The sausages are now canned.

"Hang it on a rack and let it air dry in the shade for a day or two. Then take it out and let it dry in the sun for ten days or half a month before you can eat it."

If you don’t leave any space, you can eat it during the New Year holidays.

The workshop is now closed for holiday, and we have prepared New Year gifts for them, including cotton, meat, vegetables and grains, which are all very practical things that they can all use.

When some girls from the workshop brought home their New Year gifts, the whole family was shocked.

"The Su family is so nice, they even gave us New Year gifts." I was very happy touching the cotton and vegetables.

I asked her to work in the workshop just to bring some income to the family, but I didn't expect she would get so much.

"There's no need to buy any New Year's goods this year."

For a moment, the women in the workshop felt very proud and their status was raised.

Su Mu is planning to put new tangerines on the market in a few days, but some of them are sold by the basket, so what to use to pack them is a problem.

"There is a man in the village who has excellent weaving skills. His house has many bamboo baskets and rattan baskets. I'll take you to see them." Su Dingguo said.

"There are such craftsmen in the village?" Su Mu was surprised.

“Most villagers have to learn some skills, but they have no money to buy them so they have to make them themselves.

It's normal that you don't know about his bamboo baskets. These things can't be sold at a high price, and every household can weave some baskets for their own use.

Anyway, they are for their own use, so as long as they can be used, they don’t care about appearance, so his baskets have never been sold at a high price.”

Su Dingguo brought Su Mu to a family's house, which was quite shabby.

"Is anyone home?" Su Dingguo shouted outside the door.

A young man opened the door.

"Is your father home?"

"Yes, come in." The man shouted to the yard, "Dad, someone is here to see you."

The two of them entered the yard, where there were many woven baskets, large and small, many made of bamboo and rattan.

A lame man came over and asked, "Are you from the Su family? Why are you here?"

Su Mu thought it was an old grandfather, but he turned out to be a middle-aged uncle.

The young man poured some tea over and said, "You are the only one at home who also needs tea. You can drink some hot water to warm yourself up."

"It's okay, Mumu has something to ask your father."

"Uncle, this is what I want to order from you. Do you think this kind of baskets can be made?"

The middle-aged man looked at the rectangular block drawn by Su Mu and took one out from a pile of baskets. "Is it like this?"

"Yes, yes! That's it. And it has a handle, which is nice."

The woven basket had no burrs, was very smooth and the size was just right.

"It's okay, you can use this basket, it's not valuable." The man handed the basket directly to Su Mu.

"Uncle, I want to buy a lot of baskets. How much do you think each basket is?"

"I usually sell them for three cents each, and the small ones are two cents each." The middle-aged man smiled.

Su Mu calculated in his mind that this price was not expensive for him, "Maybe I will need hundreds or thousands of them?"

"Really!" The middle-aged man was excited, but no one had ever been able to buy so much.

"Yes, uncle, can you compile it?" Su Mu was a little worried, as the amount he needed was indeed a bit large.

"Yes! My son and I will weave together. He is also very skilled. I guarantee that every basket will be beautifully woven for you!"

This was three taels of silver. Even if he had been weaving baskets for several years, he could not earn so much money. He had to weave them for her overnight.

"Okay, uncle, I'll order 1500 of these baskets first, and I'll keep ordering from you later if possible."

"Okay, I promise to edit it for you." The middle-aged man promised seriously.

"Thank you, uncle."

"I should thank you for ordering so many baskets from me at once." The middle-aged man looked touched.

After the two people from the Su family left, the family members in the uncle's house came out and cheered together. Because of his lameness, he could not do some work to earn money. He could only rely on working in the fields and weaving baskets to make money.

And woven baskets are not easy to sell. Now it’s really good. I can make a lot of money by weaving these baskets.

Family members who know how to weave baskets will do so carefully to ensure that each basket is of good quality; those who don’t know how will go and find thin rattan strips to make.

At night, I reluctantly lit the oil lamp and continued weaving baskets.

Within a few days, all the baskets were delivered one after another.

"Uncle, you're editing so fast!" It's only been a short while and you've finished editing everything.

"I can't keep you waiting any longer."

"Thank you, uncle."