When Qiao Chaoyang sent the second cart of wood, he gave Wang Jing a message. Mistress Joe told us to tell the girl, "We've collected hundreds of pounds of pine resin." ”

Wang Jing was surprised.

It is estimated that Qiao Chaoyang scraped the rosin more often, otherwise it would not be so fast. Presumably, he was short of silver, and he was very short of it.

She thought for a moment and said, "I inquired, this kind of oak wood is about six coins of silver, I can pay this account first, I wonder if you can send me a receipt?" She did this because she was afraid that she would make money by growing shiitake mushrooms in the future, in case someone was red-eyed and pulled out that this wood was pulled by Qiao Zhixian, so that he could be named a bribe boss, and then involve Liu Chengfang, both parties would lose more than they gained.

The person who delivered the timber didn't dare to call the shots, "I have to ask Master Qiao about this before I can talk back to the girl." ”

It's getting colder and colder, and there are still many people wearing summer shirts and going barefoot. Qiao Chaoyang has just taken office again, and he is full of enthusiasm, wanting to do his best work, and trying every means to raise money to let the people survive this harsh winter.

But when he wanted to raise money, Wang Jing helped him a lot during the plague, and told him how to eat acorns and how to pick pine resin...... How can you be embarrassed to accept her money for two truckloads of timber? And there wasn't much silver. I was afraid that she would be worried, so I deliberately took the time to go back to Xinglong and came to Liu's house once.

The old matter was brought up again, and Wang Jing hurriedly said the result of her insistence on paying.

In the end, Qiao Chaoyang was persuaded by Wang Jing, accepted the silver, typed the receipt, and gave her the title deed from Lu'an.

"Master said, that place is very big, aren't your fruit trees planted well? How about a big orchard? I'll take you to see it when you're free. ”

As soon as she saw that the title deed was Lu'an County, Wang Jing immediately thought of the famous tea "Lu'an Gua Pian". If you can get a tea mountain out, it must be very profitable. Moreover, it is far away from Haozhou, so as not to attract people to covet too many industries.

Wang Jing said: "This matter is not in a hurry, let's talk about it in the spring of next year." Do you have enough money over there? ”

Qiao Chaoyang said: "The winter days and nights are long, and there are also rich people who buy pine resin to burn lamps, and there are also merchants who make paper to buy and make paper, and sell it for more than 2,000 taels of silver; A few days ago, ponds were rising everywhere, and the fishermen collected two or three thousand taels of silver, and borrowed a few thousand taels from the squire. The amount of money for winter coats should be about the same. Of course, this winter coat is not issued to everyone, only to those who really can't afford it, otherwise this bit of silver is far from enough.

Wang Jing just listened.

Liu Chengfang happened to come back from outside, and he was very polite to this subordinate, not only kept the meal, but also chatted with him in the study for a long time, and his appreciation was beyond words.

According to Qiao Chaoyang's meaning, after meeting Liu Chengfang, he went home to see his parents, who thought that he had not left Liu's house, and the county Cheng sent someone to tell him that the master who invited him to specialize in charcoal burning must see the county master before he was willing to start the work, so he had to hurry back and ask his parents to go on the road.

Liu still hated Qiao Xinyan, so naturally he didn't have a good face for him.

"You give us a greeting for peace is just a face, please leave and say so much to do, even my sister is ruthless, what are my parents."

Qiao Chaoyang couldn't help but patiently explain: "It's really that the Yamen has official business, even the fourth uncle, but because Sister Jing helped me a lot, I sold the wood to her and came to collect the money." ”

When Liu heard this, he felt more and more that Wang Jing had seduced his son, otherwise the family would not have made such a fuss now. can think of Liu Chengfang's current momentum, so he has to put all his grievances on his son, "If you really want to collect money, who can't you send over, you want to go yourself?" You just want to see that wild girl. Then he began to wipe his eyes again and said, "My poor Yan'er, I don't know where you are now, whether you are alive or dead." Don't blame your mother, you can only blame yourself for the wrong birth, otherwise it won't be like today, you can't go back to your home, and you can't recognize your relatives. ”

Qiao Chaoyang had a cold face, turned around and left.

Qiao Guangli couldn't help but sigh: "My son has only come back once in a long time, so you can't say a word less." ”

Liu said: "I don't say it, I'm afraid that he has forgotten that he has a sister." Yan'er is only afraid of death, but it is not necessarily. "Worrying about her daughter is one thing, and on the other hand, she wants to take advantage of this incident to take care of her son.

Qiao Guangli thought of his daughter who didn't know where he was, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Qiao Chaoyang thought about Liu's cold words, so he shook his head helplessly, and left Xinglong unhappyly, and did not come back until the winter solstice.

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In the Great Zhou, the winter solstice is a very important festival, the government wants to "celebrate winter", officials want to "worship winter", the people want to sacrifice, and the whole family gathers together.

On this day, whether it is the government or the school, it will be closed.

Wang Jing had already ordered the kitchen to slaughter a fat sheep, and on this day she would drink mutton soup and eat dumplings.

There is even a saying among the folk that "don't eat dumplings on the winter solstice and freeze your ears." ”

This day is the shortest day and the longest night of the year.

"After the winter solstice, one rope grows a day."

Of course, the so-called "one rope" here refers to the width of the bottom line rope of the woman's shoe, which is about the same as the thin noodles that everyone often eats.

That is, from this day, enter the "counting nine days", every nine days is called a "nine", counting to five nine tails, six nine heads is the beginning of spring, into another spring.

The folk proverb often says: "If you don't make a move in 1929, you will ...... on the ice in 3949."

Entering the winter solstice, the coldest days of the year have just begun.

The northwest wind was raging, there were few pedestrians outside, and even Wang Jing's business was greatly affected, and the number of patrons was more than half of usual, and Hongyun came to Wang Jing to ask for advice.

When this restaurant first opened, Hongyun had already planned it, and she didn't expect Wang Jing to be a shopkeeper here like her, collecting cash money or something, just hoping that when business was not good, Miss Wang would be able to come up with an idea.

After the winter solstice, the New Year is coming soon, and the two daughters and their new clothes and the things that honor the old people on both sides will come from here. Li Ji has been losing more and more recently, the weather is cold, and Yipinxiang's business has become deserted, if there is no silver for the New Year, it will really be a famine.

Wang Jing said: "Then let's change the recipe." ”

Liu Yongan happened to come to look for her, and when he heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Is it going to be delicious again?" ”

Wang Jing nodded, "Let's go, let's go to a taste of incense today." ”

Zhang's was already four or five months pregnant at this time, and on such a cold day, he naturally didn't go out, only Bao Ge'er and Liu Yongan accompanied Wang Jing over.

Wang Jing instructed the kitchen, "Kill a live rooster, add condiments and stir-fry, this condiment should be doubled than usual, put more dried chili peppers, and bring it directly to us with the pot when it is medium-cooked." Each of the pigmented dishes should be served on a plate, only cut and not fried, and brought over. ”

After speaking, he asked the guy to carry a stove and put it in the middle of the hall, and he and Bao Ge'er drank tea around the stove.

Before the pot of tea was finished, the runner brought the things over.

Wang Jing said: "Just put it on the stove." ”

The smell of fragrant chicken soup wafts everywhere, and the fiery red peppers tumble with the soup, steaming hot, causing people to drool.

"If you want to eat any green vegetables, you can put them in and blanch them, and you can eat them directly."

Bao Ge'er said: "Such a fragrant dish, if you don't go with wine, it will inevitably be wasted." ”

"You can only drink one cup." Wang Jing said and ordered someone to bring the jar of Jinhua wine over.

Brother Bao suddenly sat down at the table where the dishes were placed, "Sister, can I burn whatever I want to eat?" ”

Wang Jing nodded: "Naturally." ”

Bao Ge'er excitedly took chopsticks and sandwiched cabbage, 1,000 zhang, tofu, kelp shreds, and wild mushrooms...... Go in, "This one should be very fragrant." ”

Wang Jing said: "Put a little less, open it quickly, and cook it while eating." ”

There were regular customers who came and were immediately attracted by them.

"What's this way of eating? It's interesting, so let's get a copy of the same. ”

The little boy in the running hall sang with a smile: "This is the latest way to eat launched by our store, spicy chicken stove pot, fresh, spicy and fragrant, covering you to sweat after eating in the cold weather, more comfortable than the gods." ”

Looking at the steaming pot on a cold day, I feel warm, not to mention the fragrant chicken soup, all kinds of delicious and delicious side dishes, which makes people look at it and increase their appetite, "Put less spicy, I can't eat too spicy." ”

There are one, two, and three......

With a pillar of incense, more than a dozen people ordered this dish. Even Li Ji's stove and small iron pot were sold out by Yipinxiang on this day.

But on the way back, Wang Jing encountered a strange thing.

"Uncle, why does the person in the cotton robe in the back keep staring at the girl every time, we also saw him when we came back from Dingyuan, and the girl came to the door to see the wood twice......" Du Juan said.

When she said this, Wang Jing seemed to have an impression, but others didn't do anything beyond it, so she didn't pay much attention. (To be continued.) )