Seeing Zhao Yongzhong and Zhao Siniang walking out of the pharmacy, Jiang's mother hurriedly surrounded them.

"Dad, I didn't take out the honeycomb and honey, did I sell it?" Zhao Sanniang asked eagerly.

Zhao Yongzhong "hehe" smirked a few times, he touched the one or two silver in his arms, and felt that it was still not very real, why did he have one or two silver all of a sudden? He's never made that much money in his life!

"The honeycomb was sold for 1,150 yuan, and the honey was given to Dr. Shen as a thank you gift." Zhao Siniang saw that there was no one around, and said softly. After that, ignoring the Jiang family and the two sisters and brothers who were stunned there, they shook Zhao Yongzhong violently, and begged: "Dad, it's hard to make money, go buy something to cushion your stomach!" ”

Lao Zhao's breakfast was too cold, so she was given two sweet potatoes and a small bowl of yellow rice porridge that could see the human figure. After walking such a long way, I was already hungry.

Zhao Yongzhong, who was woken up, agreed repeatedly, and for the first time in his life, he led his wife and children to buy food on the street.

Changle Town is not too far from Jinghai County, and it is a rather prosperous town. The two most lively streets in the town are South Street and North Street, and Jishengtang is located on North Street, and Zhao Kee's old shop is not far from this street. Zhao Siniang didn't want to meet someone from the old Zhao family, so she took Zhao Yongzhong to South Street.

South Street, like North Street, is paved with bluestone slabs. There are a variety of shops lining the road, and there are several restaurants alone.

Of course, Zhao Siniang's family can't afford to eat a restaurant, Zhao Yongzhong originally wanted to buy two pancakes at a cake stall to feed Zhao Siniang's hunger, but Zhao Siniang didn't agree, but pulled Zhao Yongzhong to go to a noodle restaurant that looked like a time-honored brand. Zhao Yongzhong touched the money in his pocket, looked at Zhao Siniang's slightly thin face, and gritted his teeth and pulled himself in.

The business of this noodle restaurant is quite good, and Zhao Yongzhong's father and daughter finally found an empty table in the corner, and then the guys who had been busy rushed over.

Although Zhao Yongzhong's father and daughter were wearing coarse cloth clothes, and Zhao Yongzhong's clothes were patched several times, the guy still greeted them warmly and said with a smile: "The two guest officers are the first to come back to our shop, right?" We have braised pork noodles, large rib noodles, pork loin noodles, shredded chicken noodles, duck noodles, and five-spice noodles...... What kind of noodles do you two want to eat?

Zhao Siniang looked around and saw a row of small wooden signs with the names and prices of the noodles hanging on the counter, and found that they were all written in traditional Chinese, which he could basically recognize, so he pondered it carefully.

The little girl looked at the shop curiously, while Zhao Yongzhong sat there cramped and uneasy, and said with a smile: "Our clear soup noodles only cost five cents a bowl, and the noodle soup uses big bone broth, and the taste is also good, do you want to have a bowl of guest officer?" ”

Zhao Yongzhong heard that a bowl of clear soup noodles only cost five yuan, so he relaxed a little, and was about to order a bowl, but heard Zhao Siniang ask: "What is your signature noodle?" ”

"Braised pork noodles, of course! Our Linjia noodle restaurant is a time-honored brand, not to mention that this braised pork noodles are in Changle Town, but they are famous in the entire Jinghai County! The guy said proudly.

"Oh, besides braised pork noodles, what other noodles sell best?" Zhao Siniang said curiously.

"If you want to say that this pork loin noodles sells well, do you want the little guest officer to come and try a bowl, a bowl only costs ten yuan!" The guy pitched.

"Well, then a bowl of braised pork noodles and a bowl of pork loin noodles, and four more bowls of clear soup noodles." Zhao Siniang said.

The guy looked at Zhao Yongzhong, and Zhao Yongzhong saw his little daughter's expectant face, gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Okay! Wait a minute, the two guest officers will give it to you right away! "The guy was busy and ran down to the end.

At this time, Zhao Siniang said strangely, the dishes are all ordered, why haven't the mothers and brothers and sisters who followed behind come in yet, this is also slow, right?

When I went out, I saw that Jiang and the others were standing under the eaves of the noodle restaurant waiting, and they had no intention of going inside.

Zhao Siniang sighed and persuaded: "The noodles are ordered, if you don't come in to eat, you will be thrown away!" That's when they pulled the Jiang family in.

The noodles were very fast, Zhao Siniang pulled the Jiang family and them in with the front foot, and the guy brought the noodles up with the back foot.

Zhao Yongzhong took the initiative to put the braised pork noodles and pork loin noodles in front of Zhao Siniang and Zhao Shilang, and like the Jiang family, he picked up a bowl of clear soup noodles and prepared to eat them.

Zhao Siniang asked him to wait and eat again. She first picked up a piece of braised pork and tasted it, then reached out and picked up a piece of pork loin from Zhao Shilang's bowl and tasted it, and said, "Dad, you have been carrying thirty pounds of things all morning, you must be tired, right?" You can eat the braised pork noodles, I'll just eat the clear soup noodles! ”

Zhao Yongzhong was so moved when he heard this, he refused to change it, and finally saw Zhao Siniang pouting, so he changed his face.

Zhao Siniang was eating clear soup noodles, and she was more sure of the business she was going to do next.

After eating the noodles, Zhao Yongzhong took out the money to settle the bill, a bowl of braised pork noodles for 15 Wen, a bowl of pork loin noodles for 10 Wen, plus four bowls of clear soup noodles for 5 Wen, a total of 45 Wen. Zhao Yongzhong couldn't help but feel a little distressed, he couldn't make so much money in a day! But seeing the happy smiling faces of the children, that little unhappiness disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Yongzhong looked up at the sun, it was almost noon. After going to Jiangjiatan to pay homage to his birthday, he had to rush back, if he didn't hurry up now, he would have to walk at night when he returned to Zhaojia Village later, so he urged Zhao Siniang to hurry up and stop wandering aimlessly on the street like now.

Zhao Siniang nodded very obediently, but it was better to look around this house and that one. Zhao Yongzhong saw that he wanted to urge again, but was stopped by Jiang's eyes. Only then did he find that not only Zhao Siniang, but even Zhao Sanniang's older children were also full of interest, and his heart couldn't help but darken, the children were so old, and this was the first time he took them shopping. He thought to himself, he originally planned to have a drink with his father-in-law with a few dimes of wine, but now he won't drink it, put down the congratulatory gift and leave, and he can get home before dark, so he won't urge anymore.

After Zhao Siniang had almost visited every shop on South Street, she turned around and said to Zhao Yongzhong and his wife: "It's not too early, let's buy something for grandpa as a gift!" ”

Zhao Yongzhong breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that shopping with his wife and children was more tiring than his work. Hearing that he could finally be freed, he asked with a smile: "Then Siniang said, what should I buy for my grandfather?" ”

Zhao Siniang blinked her eyes and said with a smile: "Fifty birthdays, naturally I want to hold a birthday banquet." I don't know how my uncle is preparing, but we can buy something and bring it over to make it, so we can add two dishes! ”

Zhao Yongzhong and his wife looked at each other for a while, and felt that this was also practical, so they even said that it was good.

So the family turned back and said that they had visited the grain store before, and Zhao Siniang let him weigh a bucket of white noodles, a bucket of soybeans and a pound of oil.

It's good to buy white noodles and oil, Jiang knows that her mother's life is very hard, and only when she goes back to her parents' house, her father is willing to exchange a few catties of white noodles and cut two taels of meat to make dumplings to entertain their family. Now that my father is finally celebrating his fiftieth birthday, it is also appropriate to give my father a meal of white noodles and cook a few dishes with oil and water, but is this a bit too much, and what is going on with these soybeans?

Jiang Shi hurriedly persuaded Zhao Siniang: "But for a meal, is it necessary to buy a bucket of white noodles and a pound of oil?" Weigh less! And what do you do with these soybeans? Don't buy it! ”

"Mother, we finally made a few bucks, why don't we take this opportunity to buy more, so that grandpa and them can eat a few more meals, which can be regarded as filial piety! As for soybeans, you can grind soy milk for Cousin Pear Blossom to drink! Speaking of this, Zhao Siniang said with a smile: "I originally wanted to get some chicken soup for Xiao Lihua to drink!" But now ......"

As soon as Jiang Shi heard the word "chicken soup", his face was uncomfortable for a while, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, buy it if you want to!" ”

Zhao Yongzhong has always been obedient to his youngest daughter, and seeing that Jiang no longer objected, he readily asked the guy to settle the account after weighing what Zhao Siniang said.

Then Zhao Yongzhong ran into the wine store and bought two jars of burning knives. Siniang is right, how can you eat a birthday banquet without wine? He knew that his father-in-law and brother-in-law both liked to drink two sips of wine, but they usually didn't have money to drink, so they would have a good time drinking it today.

The wine in Youzhou is still relatively expensive, and the two jars of wine add up to only ten liters, which costs a hundred dollars. When Jiang saw it, he complained that it was enough to buy one altar, so why should he buy two altars.

Just as the family was about to leave South Street, Zhao Siniang walked into a grocery store. The family had no choice but to follow in. I only heard that Zhao Siniang asked the guy to wrap a few small packets of ingredients such as peppercorns, old ginger and big ingredients, and made some sauce and vinegar.

Jiang saw it and was about to say something, when he saw Zhao Siniang take out a string of money from his pocket and shouted at the shopkeeper: "Check out!" ”

Jiang Shi suddenly looked back at Zhao Yongzhong, her husband touched his head, and said with a sincere smile: "All this money is earned by Siniang, it's not an exaggeration to let Siniang take a small head!" Only then did Jiang know that her husband had given Zhao Siniang one hundred and fifty yuan, and she was so angry and funny that she couldn't help but glared at her husband a few times.

Turning around, I saw that Zhao Siniang asked the shopkeeper to erase the two cents of the eighty-two yuan, and they were all counting eighty dollars to him, so she couldn't say anything, so she could only sigh secretly.

Finally got out of South Street, and when the whole family was in a hurry to Jiangjiatan, Zhao Siniang saw a butcher shop on the side of the road, and asked Zhao Yongzhong to buy some meat. Seeing that Jiang was powerless to stop it, he pressed the silver hidden in his arms, thinking to himself, anyway, the one or two pieces of silver around her husband have been confiscated, and after buying so many things, there is not much money left around the grandfather and son, and now you can toss as much as you like!

Zhao Siniang bought a piece of pork and two catties of pork bones in the butcher shop, and this time she didn't let it be wiped out, but asked the boss to send her something. The boss originally only planned to send a belly lung, but after Zhao Siniang bargained hotly, he insisted that the boss sent another pork belly, and then left satisfied.

When she walked out of the town, Zhao Siniang saw the car carrying passengers parked on the official road to solicit guests. When I stepped forward to ask, there happened to be a car passing by Jiangjiatan, and I once again offered to take a car to my grandfather's house. Who knew that the family still didn't say a word, and even Zhao Yongzhong, who had always supported her, didn't squeak.

"Siniang, in fact, the distance between Jiangjiatan and the town is much closer than the distance between Zhaojiacun and the town, and it can be reached in less than an hour." Seeing Zhao Siniang putting on a posture that I wouldn't leave if I didn't give me a car, Zhao Yongzhong had to persuade him out loud. In his opinion, although it is a little distressing to buy so much food, after all, it can be eaten in the stomach. But spending money on a car is a complete waste.

Jiangjiatan and Zhaojiacun are far from the town, what does it have to do with me wanting to take a car? At the thought of walking for another hour, Zhao Siniang's legs became weak. But when she saw Zhao Yongzhong carrying a bucket of grain in both hands, Jiang holding a jar of wine and a bottle of oil in his hand, Zhao Sanniang carrying pork, pork bones and pig offal bought in the butcher shop, Zhao Sanlang holding another jar of wine, and even Zhao Shilang, who was as big as her, was carrying the seasonings she bought at the grocery store, and he felt ashamed empty-handed.

Zhao Siniang silently ran to take off the oil bottle that Jiang was hanging on his arm, took a short step, and took the lead in the direction of Jiangjiatan.