Chapter 222: Surprisingly Ingenious
readx;?“ Fei's meat stall, I've seen it there! Zhao Erlang said categorically: "My father loves beef, so he asked me to go to the Fei family's meat stall to buy some beef at the end of three days." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info I remember that his family used beef from beef bones, and the blade of the knife was like that. Yes, you can't go wrong! ”
"That's a knife like a boning knife. Fei's meat stall? Okay, I also have some friendship with his boss Fei Hong, so I'll send a clever guy to his house to knock on the side and see if I can find some useful clues. "Liang Yan has a big package.
No matter how bad his impression of Liang Yan was before, after hearing his words, Zhao Siniang still glanced at him gratefully, and even Jiang Helianzi re-examined him thoughtfully.
It took a long time to work, and Zhao Erlang's side gained a lot, but Su Ji's side was not very smooth.
In a hurry, he made a wish in front of the Buddha. The day after making a wish, Su Jin's fever subsided, and most of his previous cough was also improved. Mrs. Wei was overjoyed and decided to take him to the monastery to make a vow. Because there are no famous temples in Youzhou, Mrs. Wei and Su Jin went to Yunzhou, and they were afraid that they would not be able to come back in the first month. What's worse is that Zhou Zhangshi, who has always had a good relationship with Zhao Siniang's family, also took his wife and children back to his hometown for the New Year a few days ago, and for a while he couldn't find someone who could help him from Su Ji.
At present, it seems that Su Ji's road is impassable, and what is even more worrying is that. Not only now, but I am afraid that even if it is the twentieth day of the first month, it may not be able to bring Su Ji to help. You know, with the intervention of the Xiao family. and the "mutiny" of the Li family, Zhao Erlang's case has become more and more muddy, far more complicated than imagined. In this case, without Su Ji's help, it would not be easy to successfully rescue Zhao Erlang.
Thinking of this, not only Zhao Yongzhong, who didn't have much of a city government, but even Jiang Helianzi, who had always been calm, became a little impatient. She believes. If this happened to Zhao Siniang, or Zhao Siniang's closest person like Zhao Yongzhong, he would definitely not stand idly by. But it was Zhao Erlang's turn who didn't have too deep feelings with Zhao Siniang. Whether he will come to the rescue is unknown. All in all, Zhao Erlang's life is in danger!
Although Zhao Siniang and the others all know that everything that should be taken care of is done, staying in the county town now will not be of any substantial help to Zhao Erlang. But none of them were in the mood to go back to Jiangjiatan for the New Year. Even if it's almost Chinese New Year's Eve. also still stayed in the Double Happiness Inn. Speaking of which, this inn is also a well-known time-honored brand in the county, and it stands to reason that it is quite comfortable to live, but they can't feel comfortable when they are worried.
Among them, Zhao Siniang, Jiang Ling and Ah Xian are fine, maybe they are also worried, but they can't see it at all on the surface, they should eat and sleep. But the others are miserable, they can't eat well and can't sleep. For two days, they all looked listless. Zhao Yongzhong even lost a lot of weight.
Early in the morning, Zhao Siniang dragged Zhao Yongzhong, who refused to eat well, out of the door and watched him eat breakfast. Just when Zhao Yongzhong, who had no appetite, counted the rice grains in the bowl, the girl who sold rabbits last time appeared with rabbits again.
"Miss Zhao, this is our newly hunted rabbit, which is bigger and fatter than the one last time. It doesn't matter whether it's braised or steamed, it's sure to be delicious. The girl enthusiastically sold.
Zhao Siniang told the girl last time that she could come to her when she hunted game, but that was just a casual remark, but she didn't expect that people really got rabbits again. She is surprised, in such a cold winter, even a skilled hand like Ye Linxiang may not be able to hunt rabbits the next day, I heard that this Zhan family is left with his wife and young lady in addition to this girl, how can the three weak female streamers always catch rabbits? Yo, there is more than one today, and in addition to the big rabbit that the girl showed in her hand, there is also a string of smaller rabbits on the ground. Obediently, this is the whole family of rabbits, right?
"The girl's name is Qiaoyun, right? Miss Qiaoyun, you really have a hand at catching rabbits! Zhao Siniang took the rabbit in Qiaoyun's hand and took a closer look, only to find that the rabbit was still alive, and then carefully observed the string of rabbits underground, and became more and more surprised: "As far as I know, if you want to catch rabbits, you either dig traps or set rope sleeves, but no matter what, the rabbits that are caught are basically dead." Why are all the rabbits you caught alive this time? ”
"The rabbit I accidentally found last time when I was collecting firewood on the mountain, and it should have been killed by knocking on a sharp rock, which happened to me, and it was just right to exchange it for money. But the New Year is coming up in two days, and everyone has bought everything they should have bought, and now there are few people in the East Market, and the rabbit can't get rid of it. Fortunately, I met the kind-hearted Miss Zhao, and I exchanged the rabbit for silver money. Qiao Yun said with a smile: "Later, I took the money to buy three more pairs of medicines, not only I was happy, but our young lady was also very happy, and I felt that hunting rabbits was also a good livelihood." So, Miss, she made a few traps, and put them on the mountain only yesterday, and this morning she found that there were a number of rabbits in them. It's not that I'm boasting, Miss is really ingenious, and she uses the trap she makes to catch rabbits, and she won't hurt the rabbits at all. The skin peeled from this rabbit with full beard and tail can be sold to the leather goods store for a good price! ”
When Zhao Siniang heard this, her heart moved, and she said: "I heard that the late master of your family was a well-known carpenter in Jinghai, and his craftsmanship in making woodware is one of the best, but I didn't expect your young lady to also have this craft." ”
"Of course! Our young lady has been raised as a boy since she was a child, not only learned all the skills of the master, but also came out of the blue, and figured out a lot of novel mechanisms! Qiao Yun said proudly.
"Who said that women are inferior to men, your young lady is a clear proof!" Zhao Siniang's eyes rolled twice, and said with a smile: "That's it, I want all these rabbits of yours, so you don't have to look for buyers anymore, so that you can go home early to prepare for the New Year." ”
Qiaoyun never expected Zhao Siniang to be so bold, her eyes were shining, and they were full of gratitude. But the little girl is kind-hearted and will think about others. He asked worriedly, "Miss Zhao, can you eat so many rabbits with just a few of you?" ”。
Zhao Siniang said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you can't eat it." I can take it with me! Our family runs a food shop, not to mention so few, even hundreds a day, and we all have the ability to use it up. ”
"Eat shop?" Qiaoyun's eyes lit up suddenly, but then she thought that Zhao Siniang and her party were staying at the inn, most of them were not locals, and her shop would definitely not be opened nearby. So she didn't have much hope. He cautiously asked, "Where is your shop?" ”
The result was just as Qiaoyun expected, and she couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"Actually, selling rabbits is not a long-term solution. It's okay to make a little money from it, but it's a bit of a hang to use it to rebuild your family. Zhao Siniang said step by step: "In my opinion, since your young lady has such good woodwork skills, she should apply what she has learned." Then I will be engaged in woodwork-related work. ”
"Our young lady wants to too! But now our family can't even eat. Where is the capital to open a woodware store? Qiaoyun sighed.
So, did she ever think about opening it with someone else? She can make a move, and others will pay for it! Zhao Siniang asked.
Qiao Yun shook his head and said in a muffled voice: "There are also many discerning people who have taken a fancy to our young lady's craftsmanship and have moved the idea of cooperating with our family. But after inquiring carefully, I stopped thinking about it. Hehe, who would dare to partner with our family in Jinghai now? ”
"So how about going to the secluded capital and starting over? If you go to the hidden capital, no one will stumble on your family. Seeing Qiaoyun blinking and looking at himself. Zhao Siniang simply said: "Our family has a small workshop in Youdu, where we do the work of twisting ropes and weaving bamboo strips. Business is quite good. I thought about expanding the scale in the next year, taking it with me to make some woodwork, but I never found a suitable carpenter. I heard that your young lady is good at this, so I want to ask her to come to our shop to help. ”
When Qiaoyun heard this, his eyes turned back and forth, and he couldn't squeak for a long time.
"Who would want to leave their homeland unless they had to? I want to come to your house as well. Zhao Siniang said in a gentle voice: "In this way, please tell your lady what I said, and let her consider it." If she is interested, she can come to our workshop to visit and make a decision. ”
The amount of information in what Zhao Siniang said was too much, and Qiaoyun hadn't fully digested it until she left, and finally went home with a confused mind.
"Do we want to make woodwork in our workshop? After it is done, will it be consigned in someone's shop, or will we find a door to open a woodware shop? By the way, that Miss Zhan is a girl after all, can she do it? Although Zhao Sanniang was in a low mood, she was still very concerned about her own business because she was eager to make money.
Zhao Siniang often cares about the end of her business, so don't expect her to give a reliable answer: "Whether it's consignment or direct sales, this is it, wait until the finished product is made." As for whether Miss Zhan is reliable, I think it should be okay. ”
Knowing that my little sister is sometimes unreliable, it's enough to be unreliable like this.
It is estimated that Zhao Sanniang is about to go crazy, Jiang Helianzi hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Siniang, how can you eat so many rabbits?" Is it still a stir-fry? ”。
In Jiang Helianzi's opinion, Zhao Siniang's business is enough as long as she takes care of her size, anyway, with him, Zhao Siniang will make a steady profit no matter what she does, and there is really no need to be sad about business. Instead of spending that effort, it's better to eat and drink.
"I won't stir-fry today, let's change the way of eating and eat it with marinade." Zhao Siniang felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so she pulled Jiang Helianzi out and said: "In the past year, the Wang family has taken care of our family a lot inside and out, and I feel embarrassed." I'm going to teach his family to make rabbit heads, which can be regarded as a repayment! ”
However, in the blink of an eye, Zhao Siniang, who was running fast, disappeared along with Jiang Helianzi and those rabbits, so that Zhao Sanniang had no chance to count them if she wanted to.
Zhao Siniang and the sisters shook into Qingfeng Building, only to find that the shopkeeper Wang was actually here.
In modern times, it is not uncommon for parents to go to their son's house for the New Year, but here, it is quite rare. Shopkeeper Wang's love for his son can be seen.
Shopkeeper Wang was naturally very happy to see Zhao Siniang, and when he heard that she had come to teach him how to cook again, he was even more happy, and he happily welcomed Zhao Siniang into the back kitchen.
Making a rabbit head looks quite labor-intensive, but it is not complicated, and whether it is good or not depends on how well the brine is prepared.
After Zhao Siniang handled the rabbit head briefly, she focused on demonstrating how to prepare brine, and saw that the shopkeeper Wang didn't seem to understand, so she demonstrated it again. Although the demonstration was repeated twice, the process was relatively simple, and it was not yet lunch time after the teaching.
Shopkeeper Wang wanted to invite Zhao Siniang to rest in the private seat, but she politely refused and sat directly in the lobby.
It was not yet time to eat, and many people had stayed at home to prepare for the sacrifice a few years ago, and most of the seats in the Qingfeng Building, which had been doing well, were empty at this time. But even so, the restaurant was bustling without stopping for a moment.
The reason why Zhao Siniang gave up the elegant private room and came here to endure the noise was because she felt that the restaurant was an excellent place to inquire about the news, and maybe she could hear some valuable news.
However, Zhao Siniang pricked up her ears and listened for a long time, and she didn't hear anyone talk about Zhao Erlang's case, in fact, almost everyone was talking about the same thing - Miao Youren, who was a tyrant in Jinghai, was missing.
Zhao Siniang synthesized the gossip, and added her own brain supplement, to outline a general outline of the incident: Ten days ago, Miao Youren, who was wandering around the major flower buildings in Jinghai, suddenly disappeared. At the beginning, the Miao family didn't take it seriously, after all, Miao Youren often went to the secluded capital to look for flowers and ask willows without saying hello, and it was common for him to be away from home for three or five days. It's only been half a month, and Miao Youren still hasn't returned home. And as the only seedling of the Miao family, although his actions smeared the face of his ancestors, he was still indispensable when worshipping his ancestors. So the Miao family sent the family to pick up people in Mingyufang in Youzhou, which is Miao Youren's favorite land, ten times to go back to Youdu, nine times to visit there, to pick up people there can be said to be nine out of ten.
However, when I arrived at Mingyufang, the girl there said that Miao Youren had come once in half a month, but after staying overnight, she left, saying that she was looking for other friends. Something else? Which one is it? The Ding family looked around aimlessly, but he searched all over the large and small flower buildings in the secluded capital, and even turned over the private kilns that could not be put on the table, but he couldn't find any trace of Miao Youren. After the Wen family sent a large number of people to search for it, but there was still no news, they had to ask the government to come forward. (To be continued.) )