The hour had just arrived, and the fog had not yet dissipated, and there was a slight light in the east.

On the street, there are only shops selling breakfast in twos and threes, and the lights are on.

A mother-in-law hurriedly knocked on the door of one of the early shops. "Knock knock, knock knock" is particularly harsh in the silent morning.

The proprietress was already sleepy and unhappy, but the visitor was a guest, and where could the business not receive guests, so she had to reply loudly: "Who? It's not open yet! ”

The mother-in-law said anxiously: "I am the mother-in-law of the Lu family, our girl is going to get married early this morning, and the family has not had time to make breakfast, so I want to buy some ready-made food in your shop." ”

As he spoke, he breathed into his hand, and the heat in his mouth immediately turned into mist as soon as he exhaled.

In the early morning of late autumn, it was as cold as winter, and after standing in front of the store for a short while, Mrs. Yu's face was already red from the cold.

In order to ward off the cold, Yu Pozi stomped her feet on the spot, and her hands shrank and shrank into her sleeves.

At this moment, the door of the store creaked open, and a middle-aged woman with a round face and big eyes greeted her: "It turned out to be Yu's mother, why did you start preparing for family affairs so early?" Your girl can't pick it up at noon? ”

Yu Pozi still stomped her feet and trembled: "It's not that there are many rules." It is said that as soon as the auspicious time comes, our girl will have to say goodbye to her mother's family and wait for her husband's family to pick up her relatives. We didn't sleep much yesterday, and early in the morning, we boiled hot water to clean our bodies and faces, and put on makeup to even our faces, and people in the yard had to turn over on their backs. ”

The proprietress listened to Mrs. Yu's nagging, her hands didn't rest, she lit a fire to burn the stove, poured oil into the hot pot, and the oil bubbled and bubbled, and the steaming rose.

Mrs. Yu couldn't help but lean on the stove, and seeing that she was about to stick to the wall of the stove, the proprietress hurriedly took the pliers and pushed her, and said, "Mom, be careful, the oil is hot, and you will be scalded carefully." ”

Mrs. Yu realized that she was a little close to the stove, smiled embarrassedly, took two steps back, and had a little more affection for this shop, and said with a smile: "It's bothering you so early." ”

The proprietress spread the kneaded dough into the pot, took a clipper and pushed the dough away, and said, "We are in this business, what's the trouble." It's just that there are so many cooks in your family, why haven't you even cooked a serious girl's meal? ”

Mrs. Yu stared at the gradually fried cakes in the pot, smelling the aroma of the dough, her nerves that had been tense relaxed, and she didn't speak more unconsciously: "Hey, the housekeeper at home is dispensable to our girl, but now this family business is not very glorious, where is there still that thought." As for such an important matter as the girl's marriage, it was all left to Aunt Chu. My aunt can't look at the face above, and she's inexperienced, no, I didn't even make a meal in advance early in the morning, so I hurriedly ran to you to buy food. ”

Ordinary people have always been sensitive to the privacy of rich and noble families, but Mrs. Yu's words aroused the interest of the proprietress, and she was still busy with the work at hand and stopped unconsciously, looking at Mrs. Yu with blazing eyes, and asked: "Aren't big families the most particular about the distinction between master and servant?" Why is the housewife not caring about things, but letting the aunt take care of it? ”

Mrs. Yu realized that she had talked too much, and when she saw that the cake seemed to have been fried, she didn't answer the conversation, but just reminded the proprietress: "Is the cake good?" Don't get scorched. ”

The proprietress saw that the firepower was a little strong, and she didn't care about the gossip, so she hurriedly picked up the cakes, put them on the side to dry, and said again and again: "Fortunately, it's not burnt." ”

Yu Pozi saw that the cakes were ready, and she didn't want to stay, so she pointed to a few fried cakes and said, "Wrap these six." He took out a few copper plates from his pocket and handed them to the proprietress "Thank you for your hard work." I'll gossip with you another day, I'll rush back first, otherwise I can't afford to miss the hour. ”

Since Mrs. Yu said this, the proprietress did not dare to delay, so she hurriedly wrapped the six cakes and sent Mrs. Yu away.

As soon as the people left, the cake shop was quiet again, and the proprietress saw that there was no one for a while, so she went back to the house to rest.

The boss was still lying on the bed and napping, and the proprietress was angry when she saw it, pinched his arm, and said, "You are lazy, you are still sleeping!" It's all here! ”

The boss was pinched like this, and the sleepy insects ran away, rubbing the red arm that was pinched, and said heavily: "Which one doesn't have long eyes to buy cakes so early?" ”

The proprietress sat down on the side of the bed and said, "The mother-in-law of the Lu family in the city said that she wanted to buy breakfast for their girls." ”

The Lu family at the head of the city? Isn't that the one who is going to have a happy event today?

The boss suddenly became interested: "Why do you run here to buy early?" Where is there a shortage of cooks in their big families? ”

The proprietress snorted and said, "That's not a last resort......

This half of the words only hung the boss's heart, and he didn't lie down, sat up, took the boss's wife's hand, and flattered: "Oh, my good lady, come and rest and rest, then the old woman will let her husband serve." ”

The proprietress pretended to be disgusted, slapped off the boss's groping hand, and said, "People have long left, where can I wait for you lazy people to get up?" ”

The boss was stunned for a moment, then squeezed out a smile on his face, rubbed the shoulders of the proprietress, and said softly: "Good lady, don't sell it, hurry up and tell the husband......"

The proprietress really didn't want to hide it from her husband, she was blinded and enjoyed the massage, so she took the Lu family to do her own business, and her aunt didn't care, and her aunt came forward, and she didn't even prepare breakfast and said it, and sighed at the end: "This Lu family is becoming more and more disagreeable, and even the rules of a big family are gone." ”

The boss silently wrote down these news, still a little unsatisfied: "Since the death of Mrs. Lu, the Lu family's family style has deteriorated, but which big family has not had some unsavory secrets, if there are no secrets, how can you and I make money for drinks in the tea shop?" ”

Her husband made a small amount of money by selling gossip news in the tea shop, and the proprietress knew about it, so she stopped to listen attentively when her mother-in-law was talking about something.

It's just that I've only heard half of the news, and I don't know how much stinky money I can sell.

The boss hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Lady don't have to worry about it, I have my own way to tell the news to the fullest." ”

The proprietress didn't understand at first: "How can this be said to be round...... and immediately reacted: "Aren't you going to talk nonsense?" How can that be done? ”

The boss hugged her over and said, "Why can't it be?" Anyway, no one knows whether it's true or not, and it can't hurt anyone. It's just to let the world know more about the real situation of big families...... Let's live our little life. After that, I had to pick up the proprietress up.

The proprietress blushed, took advantage of the situation to push the boss away, and said angrily: "You shameless, it's sunny and daylight, what is this going on!" ”

The boss leaned over and kissed her, groped up and down, and said, "What's the matter, and no one has come to buy cakes yet, let's sleep again......"

The proprietress no longer shirked, and lay down, and suddenly the red waves were churning, and ** stopped.

Anyway, Mrs. Yu took the six cakes, put them in her arms, walked back to Lu's house in three steps and two steps, and when she arrived at the back door, she knocked on the door twice, and a girl dressed as a big maid opened the door, with a look of blame: "Mom, where have you been, it took so long to come back, and the girl is so hungry." ”

Mrs. Yu said with a smile: "Oh dew, where is there a shop to sell breakfast early in the morning, I still sold my old face to ask for a few cakes." With that, he handed the cake to Dew.

Although the cake was not as hot as it had just come out of the pot, it had been held in the arms of Mrs. Yu, and it was still warm. The yellow-orange-orange dough and the faint wheat fragrance can't help but hook up the gluttony.

Although the maid named Dew was quite disdainful of her mother-in-law's words, it was important to send it early, so she only asked: "Is this cake clean?" Don't spoil the girl. ”

Mrs. Yu still smiled: "Clean, clean, those grandchildren in my family often eat, and I don't see anything wrong with eating." ”

Lu looked at the cake carefully, and finally sighed, took a piece of broken silver, and stuffed it into Yu Pozi's hand: "Mom, thank you for your hard work." You're rotting in your stomach today, don't spread the word. ”

Mrs. Yu touched the broken silver, felt that the weight had to be one or two, and thought that she had only spent a few pennies and benefited a lot, so she couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, I have a strict mouth." ”

Dew didn't bother to talk to her anymore, so she took the cake and hurried to the Red Fuyuan.