Chen Xuejiao came to Qingfeng Village, and the shopkeeper Han went out, she only sat in the lobby and waited.

Lao Miao's voice came from the back kitchen, reprimanding the apprentice: "Where are your eyes, are you chopping vegetables or chopping pig food, how can I teach you to come, you just cut shredded meat like this, cut it as thick as your fingers, this can work." ”

Chen Xuejiao followed the sound into the back kitchen, and Lao Miao was carrying a kitchen knife in his hand and demonstrating the skills of shredded meat to his apprentice Xiaofang. Lao Miao is fat, and the kitchen is hot, I saw him wearing a white apron, a white high hat, and a fleshy face dripping with sweat, like a Maitreya Buddha.

Chen Xuejiao was happy. As soon as Lao Miao looked up, he saw Xue Jiao standing beside him, and asked with a smile: "The eldest niece of the Chen family, I have kung fu today." As he spoke, he wanted to make a bowl of noodle soup for Chen Xuejiao.

Chen Xuejiao hurriedly excused herself, saying that she had eaten in the morning.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the shopkeeper Han returned. He saw Xue Jiao carrying a big bag in her hand, and waved her hand to let Xue Jiao follow him to the account room.

"In the morning, I accompanied Gu Gongzi and Huang Gongzi to see the street scene, and after shopping for a while, I came back first, so that you can accompany Brother Zijian, and the young people have something to say together." Shopkeeper Han took a sip of tea and said.

"Wild chrysanthemums in your pocket?" Han shopkeeper said.

"Yes, it's already sun-dried." Chen Xuejiao said.

Shopkeeper Han nodded and said, "In the morning, I saw the shopkeeper Xu of Zhichun Pharmacy, and after talking about it, I and Shopkeeper Xu are old friends." The proprietor trusts the shopkeeper Xu very much, and he is responsible for all the medicinal materials, and he said that if your chrysanthemum is good, he will accept it. ”

After that, he got up and asked Chen Xuejiao to follow him to Zhichun Pharmacy. Walking to the lobby, there were few guests at this time, and the work was not busy, so the shopkeeper Han ordered a job to help Chen Xuejiao carry the chrysanthemum on her back and follow with her.

Zhichun Pharmacy is not far from Qingfengzhuang, just across a street market. A middle-aged man in a blue shirt stood at the counter watching a young man weigh medicinal herbs, holding a notebook in his hand to write down something.

Shopkeeper Han walked in with Xuejiao and shouted, "Shopkeeper Xu is busy." ”

Shopkeeper Xu raised his head, and saw that it was the shopkeeper of Han, so he hurriedly put down the pen and paper in his hand, and greeted him with a smile: "Shopkeeper Han, please inside." The head of the meeting instructed the work: "Go inside and soak my newly obtained Taiping Monkey Kui, and the shopkeeper Han will take this bite." ”

"No need to be so polite, we just met in the morning." Shopkeeper Han said with a smile.

"I was busy when I met in the morning, didn't I drink tea?" Shopkeeper Xu invited Shopkeeper Han and Xuejiao in, and the young man put down the chrysanthemum and went back.

"This is your niece." Shopkeeper Xu looked at Xue Jiao with disbelief, only to see that Xue Jiao was wearing purple clothes, although it was old, it was also clean, with a thin small body, two small pigtails, and a pair of big eyes that sparkled to add luster to the little round face.

"Hello Uncle Xu, my name is Chen Xuejiao." Chen Xuejiao stood up and saluted to the shopkeeper Xu. Shopkeeper Xu thought to himself, in the morning shopkeeper Han told him that his niece wanted to sell him wild chrysanthemums, and he thought it was a woman selling medicinal herbs to supplement the family, but he didn't expect to be a child. Although this kid looks smart, he is too small.

Shopkeeper Xu thought about it for a while, and didn't know what to say.

"Uncle Xu, I watched the wild chrysanthemums on the bank of the Xiaohuai River grow well. Both sides of the river are black soil, and I heard from the villagers that the black soil is fertile and the crops grow well. Wild chrysanthemums grow there, and every year they bloom and fail, and it's a pity that no one picks them. A while ago, my father's throat hurt during his teaching, so I picked some wild chrysanthemums to make tea for my father, and my father's throat soon improved. My father said that wild chrysanthemums can be used as medicine to clear the fire, so I picked a lot of them and dried them in the hope of earning a few pocket money. Chen Xuejiao looked at Shopkeeper Xu's constricted brows, let out a sigh of relief, and said what she thought. If you want to make money, it's always right to be thick-skinned.

"The kid is right, shopkeeper Xu, you can look at the wild chrysanthemums first." Han's shopkeeper echoed.

Shopkeeper Xu saw Shopkeeper Han speak, smiled, opened the bag, and grabbed a handful of wild chrysanthemums to take a closer look.

The wild chrysanthemum flowers are yellow and bright, and even if they are dried, the color is still bright and the color and shape are very good. Usually, the medicinal materials of Zhichun Pharmacy are purchased and purchased in Bochuan, the hometown of medicinal materials, and the texture of this wild chrysanthemum is comparable to that of Bochuan's wild chrysanthemum. Shopkeeper Xu is a knowledgeable person, and he understands it at a glance. He thought, since the wild chrysanthemum is of good quality, he simply accepted it and sold it to the shopkeeper Han for a favor, so he exclaimed: "Good, good, I didn't expect the chrysanthemums on both sides of the Xiaohuai River to grow so well, fortunately, the niece of the Chen family found out, otherwise it would be a pity to waste it every year." ”

Chen Xuejiao breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked her with sparkling eyes.

Out of the door of the big pharmacy, there was an extra five hundred dollars in his hand, so he picked it up for nothing, Chen Xuejiao was overjoyed, and wanted to invite the shopkeeper Han to drink tea, but the shopkeeper Han refused with a smile.

Xue Jiao thought that the second aunt opened a grocery store in the town, and she hadn't seen the second aunt for a long time, so she went to the second aunt's house to have a look.

Today, there is a market in the town, and the vendors put out everything and sell it with shouting. There are paper-cutting, candy pinchers, jugglers, storytellers, and people from all over the country come to the market, and the streets are very lively. The folk customs of Xuzhou Mansion are relatively simple and open, except for the lady of the big family who does not see anyone in the room all day, ordinary people can go out regardless of men and women. Xue Jiao felt a little lucky, went to Hu Fulou to buy a few pastries, and crossed two streets to the door of the second aunt.

The cousin of the second aunt's family was standing at the door sorting out the goods, and when she looked up and saw Xue Jiao coming, she put down the things in her hand and shouted to the shop: "Mother, mother, Sister Xue Jiao is here." ”

The eldest girl took Xue Jiao's hand and entered the shop affectionately, the second aunt Chen Wenying was busy greeting the guests, and when she saw Xue Jiao coming, she turned her head and called her man to come out to take care of the business.

Xuejiao handed the pastry to Wenying, and Wenying reprimanded Xuejiao for spending money indiscriminately. Xue Jiao briefly told her second aunt about the money she got from selling wild chrysanthemums, and Wen Ying seemed to like something. The big girl here quickly ran in and took some food and put it in front of Xue Jiao, Wen Ying personally went to the kitchen to make a bowl of sugar water eggs for Xue Jiao, and her uncle opened his mouth and smiled at Xue Jiao.

Xuejiao's second aunt Chen Wenying has been running a grocery store in the town since she married her uncle, and the business is not good or bad, just enough for the family to chew. Uncle because of a tooth, everyone called Zheng Huozi. Zheng Huozi is not good-looking, but he is honest, and he is obedient to his second aunt and Chen Xuejiao's family.

Xue Jiao sat and talked to her second aunt, talking about selling crabs and chrysanthemums, and talking about Qi Lin Xueyao coming back.

“…… Broken tendons and bones, no matter what, they are all descendants of the Chen family. Chen Wenying couldn't help but sigh when she thought of changing Xue Jiao for Qi Lin's future.

"You're a good person, blessed with a great life, don't hit the wall if you encounter anything in the future, don't say anything else, just say that your father and your mother can stand it." Chen Wenying pushed Xue Jiao and said: "Your idea is big, you are only half a year older than the big girl, and you know that the idea is making money." ”

Chen Xuejiao smiled shyly.

Chen Wenying talked about his son Dongping again: "Your brother Dongping has studied with your father in school for three years, except for knowing a few words and reasoning, he is not as smart as Qi An." I originally wanted to let him study and take the exam, but he told me that he didn't like to study and liked to sell things in the grocery store, so I didn't hammer him less. It's all your uncle's habit. Chen Wenying said and glanced at Zheng Huozi.

Zheng Huozi smiled, not annoyed.

"My father often said that everyone has their own ambitions, and they don't necessarily have to study, Brother Dongping is already very good at knowing words and reasoning, and not everyone has to take the show to be the champion. It's not a bad thing that Brother Dongping likes to do business, my father often says that Brother Dongping has a flexible brain. Xue Jiao persuaded.

Chen Wenying heard Xue Jiao say that the eldest brother of Xiucai praised his son, and he couldn't help but be happy again. After talking for a while, at noon, Zheng Huozi went to buy vegetables and left Xuejiao to eat.

Stewed a chicken and stir-fried two dishes. Chen Wenying thought that it would be difficult for Xue Jiao to eat well at home, and desperately put chicken in Xue Jiao's bowl.

After a short rest after dinner, Chen Xuejiao wanted to go back, Chen Wenying asked Zheng Huozi to deliver it, and brought a few snacks that Xuejiao bought to Xuejiao and said that it was for Xueru's children. Xue Jiao wanted to excuse herself, but she saw that Chen Wenying accepted it with a straight face.

"Qi Lin and Xue Yao are back, your second aunt can't keep it up because of what happened last time and made a feud with you, what they say, you pretend to be deaf and dumb, don't care." Chen Wenying instructed. When she was a child, she liked to work against Mrs. Chen, although she was not wrong, but in the eyes of others, a girl who had not been out of the cabinet dared to disobey her stepmother in the end, and she married Zheng Huozi when she became an old girl. She doesn't want her niece to be the same as herself, in this world, people are terrible.