Zhang Wucheng's house is a two-hall large tiled house, with a particularly large courtyard, which is full of thirty or forty tables, and only an empty piece of land by the well is placed with some stoves.

"Du Langjun, you will make noodles here later, do you think it will be done? The flour is all here. Zhang Renju pointed to the cooking utensils and said.

Du Qiyue opened the flour bag and grabbed a little flour and twisted it in his hand, seeing that the flour was very good, he said: "You can make noodles anywhere, but I have to knead the dough in advance, this is a special recipe that can't be seen, I bother you to find me a room where no one is, and I'll get it done before the banquet starts." ”

Although the banquet did not start, there were many people in the courtyard of the Zhang family, all relatives and neighbors who came to help in advance, and it was quite lively to go in and out. Zhang Renju stood and looked around, and said: "At this time, there are people in the kitchen, and there are people in every room, Du Langjun, you can see if this dough can be kneaded in the firewood room, there is no one there." ”

"As long as it's clean and no one is there, it doesn't matter what room it is."

"Alas, then I'll let people carry the table in, Du Langjun, you sit here for a while, drink a glass of water and rest." Zhang Renju was about to do something, and after letting Du Qiyue sit down, he beckoned his husband and asked him to bring Du Qiyue tea and melon and fruit snacks out to entertain him.

Du Qiyue grabbed a handful of peanuts and said, "Zhang Jiafulang, you go and get busy, you don't need to call me out." ”

Zhang Renju's husband Wu Momo is a very kind person, he wiped his hands on his apron, and said quite embarrassedly: "Today is really a bit busy, and the greeting is not good, Du Langjun must not be surprised." ”

"It's okay, Zhang Jiafulang just go and get busy, I'll just sit here." Du Qiyue said.

Zhang Jiafulang was really busy, and since Du Qiyue said so, he took the opportunity to go back to the kitchen. After Wu Momo left, Du Qiyue sat alone and felt comfortable, Zhangjia Village and Liushuwan Village left relatively late, so he didn't know any people in this courtyard, and it was best if no one came to talk to him.

It is true that no one in this courtyard stepped forward to talk to Du Qiyue, but everyone is paying attention to Du Qiyue, especially those with long tongues, all of them gathered together and quietly pointed at Du Qiyue.

Li Xiuhua is a cousin of the Zhang family, and she likes to talk about right and wrong the most, and when she saw Du Qiyue eating melon seeds, she pushed Zhang Renju's ten-year-old daughter Zhang Xiaoxiang with her elbow while eating melon seeds, and asked: "I said Xiaoxiang, this is the chef your father invited, looking at the appearance of being only ten years old, can he really make that longevity noodles?" ”

Zhang Xiaoxiang held a small hammer in her hand, knocked on the pecans on the table, and said without raising her head: "No, I heard that people only make birthday banquets for the rich people in the city, and my father invited them because they are related to our family." ”

"What kind of relationship do you have with your family?" Li Xiuhua immediately asked when she heard this.

Zhang Xiaoxiang stuffed the knocked out walnut kernels into her mouth and said, "My seventeenth uncle's osmanthus cousin is married to this Du Langjun's uncle. ”

"That's right." Li Xiuhua sighed and asked again: "Then do you know how much copper money was spent on this trip?" ”

"I said it cost three times." Zhang Xiaoxiang stretched out three fingers and shook it.

"What, three money?" The woman's eyes widened in shock, Sanguan money was the income of their ordinary peasant family for several months, but they came to make bowls of noodles, and they actually gave Sanguan money.

"Oh yo yo, no wonder only the lord in the city can afford to invite you, the salary for this trip will cost three times, and you have to receive red envelopes when you go back, which is really amazing!" A husband surnamed Zhang next to him said with envy on his face.

"That's it, three times, this table is only how much, it's enough to make more than a dozen tables." Li Xiuhua smacked her mouth and said.

The little brother who came to meet him was attracted by the surprised appearance of Li Xiuhua and Zhang Fulang, looked at the two and asked, "Two aunts, what are you talking about?" ”

"It's Brother Yun, alas, isn't your aunt Zhang Guihua, come over Brother Yun." Li Xiuhua saw that Brother Yun was busy beckoning people to her side, pressed on the stool and asked, "Let me ask you, do you know that your uncle and nephew are married?" ”

"What my uncle's nephew, who?" Brother Yun asked a little strangely.

Li Xiuhua quietly stretched out her finger and pointed at Du Qiyue, who was seriously peeling peanut shells, and Nunu said: "Well, just that Langjun, I heard that you are called your uncle and uncle, and you can also be regarded as your cousin, do you know each other?" ”

Brother Yun looked in the direction that Na Fu Lang pointed, and saw a young man sitting there eating peanuts, and the man also happened to raise his head to look at this side, and his handsome appearance made Brother Yun feel that his face was hot. He hurriedly withdrew his eyes, his heart was pounding, but he said seriously: "I don't know this Langjun, Aunt Li, what's the matter with you?" ”

"Why don't you know it, isn't your aunt married to this Langjun's eldest uncle? Didn't she tell you about this Langjun? Li Xiuhua asked in obvious disbelief.

Zhang Guihua has not been back to her parents' house recently, so Brother Yun naturally has never heard of Du Qiyue being a dim sum master, and when Li Xiuhua asked him this, he frowned and said, "Aunt Li, you mean that Lang Jun is the nephew of my uncle's family, right?" He shouldn't be related to Xiaoxiang's family, so what did he do here? ”

"Looks like you really don't know." Li Xiuhua pointed at Du Qiyue again and said: "It was Xiaoxiang and his father who invited him to make Shou noodles for the old uncle, and I only knew that it was a relative of your family after listening to Xiaoxiang." ”

"I really don't know about this, my aunt doesn't come back often, and I haven't heard her talk about it." Yun Ge'er said, and quickly went through the affairs of Zhang Guihua's family in his heart, he knew that Zhang Guihua had two little uncles, one of whom only gave birth to one uncle, and he was a scholar. Another uncle gave birth to two masters, the eldest one was already married, and the younger one was only twelve or thirteen years old. Thinking like this, Brother Yun knew that Du Qiyue was the man who read, but the last time Zhang Guihua came back, he said that Du Qiyue's father was dead, he couldn't read, and his family affairs had retired, and it was estimated that his life would not go on, and now Du Qiyue suddenly became a pastry master, which is also strange.

Li Xiuhua pouted when she heard this, everyone knew that Wang Guihua often came back to her parents' house after she got married for a few years, and every time she came back, she was empty-handed, but when she returned to her husband's house, she had a big bag. Brother Yun'er's mother Wei Lanzhi is Wang Guihua's sister-in-law, and at the beginning, her stomach was not angry and she couldn't give birth to a baby, and she couldn't stand on her feet in Zhang's house, so she couldn't control Wang Guihua's sister-in-law. Later, Wei Lanzhi gave birth to a young man and stood in Zhang's house, and when she saw Zhang Guihua coming back to get things, she must have a quarrel, which finally made Zhang Guihua have to reduce the number of times she went back to her parents' house. A few days ago, Zhang Guihua went back to her parents' house to catch the piglets, Wei Lanzhi also had a big quarrel with Zhang Guihua, forcing Zhang Guihua to pay the money to let Zhang Guihua take away the piglets, which was very lively at that time.

Zhang Fulang didn't think of this, but said half-truthfully, "Then Brother Yun, you have to inquire carefully, you relative, you may be making money, your family has to be tightened." ”

Yun Ge'er pretended not to hear the meaning of Zhang Fulang's words, glanced at the old cotton shirt Du Qiyue was wearing and said, "It doesn't look like it can make money." ”

"That person has money, so you can see it casually!" Zhang Fulang smashed his mouth, leaned into Yun Ge'er's ear and said: "Just now Xiaoxiang said that your relative will be paid three times a time for such a salary, and you said that even if he makes birthday noodles for people once a month, he can earn thirty-six yuan that year." He works in the restaurant in the town on weekdays, not to mention that he can make a lot of money in a month, so calculated, hey, make so much money, wouldn't life be like a rich man! ”

"So much?" Brother Yun immediately took a breath when he heard this.

"Not really!" Li Xiuhua swallowed a melon seed, spit out her shell and said to Brother Yun: "I said Brother Yun, do you know that this cousin of your family is married, if you don't have me, you want our family Fang'er to ask, this Lang Jun is good-looking, and he can make labor-saving money, but it is really difficult to find it with a lantern." ”

"Yes, I see that this Langjun is still young, it doesn't look like he is married, if he doesn't decide to marry, I will have to ask for our family's Zhu Ge'er."

"Two aunts, this Lang Jun is my cousin or you sue me, how will I know if he is married or not!" Brother Yun said with a dry smile, but his eyes quietly looked at Du Qiyue, and the more he looked, the more he felt that his face was getting hotter and hotter, and his heart was beating faster.

Du Qiyue was drinking tea, and felt that there was a gaze staring at him, so he turned his head to take a look, and just saw Brother Yun, who had not had time to withdraw his gaze, so he smiled politely and turned his head. Du Qiyue's face is really good-looking, and he is usually peeked at by the big girl and the little brother when he walks outside, so he doesn't take Brother Yun'er to heart about him.

That Yun Ge'er was glanced at by Du Qiyue, and suddenly had a plan in his heart. Du Qiyue is good-looking, educated, and earns a lot now, he is really a good marriage partner, if he marries Du Qiyue, won't he be able to live a good life in the future. Yun Ge'er thought so in his heart, and sat and chatted with Li Xiuhua and Zhang Fulang for a while, and then hurriedly returned to his house under the pretext of having something.

Wei Lanzhi was rummaging over the ground in the backyard of her house at this moment, and when she saw Brother Yun coming back in a hurry, she asked, "Didn't I let you go over and occupy a seat, what are you doing when you come back, a dead child?" ”

"Mother, let me ask you, do you remember the name of the man from my aunt's second uncle's family?" Brother Yun ignored his mother's question and asked panting.

"What are you asking for, hurry back, I guess the table will be held soon, but don't let people sit in all their seats, and they won't be able to sit down." Your father too, knows that he has to take your brother out to work for dinner today, and if he doesn't come back, he can't give less gift money. Wei Lanzhi muttered.

"Isn't my sister-in-law there to help, she will take a good position, mother, you tell me the name of the gentleman first." Brother Yun urged.

"Your sister-in-law is a wooden mallet, she can't eat anything but food, you let her help you occupy a place, and wait for the next life. I said you are a little brother, what are you doing when you ask the names of your uncles and uncles? Wei Lanzhi stretched out her hand and poked Brother Yun'er's head and asked.

"Oh mother, you're really annoying, doesn't this delay things, I'll sue you to do it. Just now, Aunt Xiuhua told me that the noodle master invited by my Zhang family turned out to be my uncle's nephew, and I thought about it should be the master of my aunt's second uncle's family. I heard Aunt Xiuhua say that the Zhang family invited him over and spent three times, and he still works in the restaurant in the town, and he can make a lot of money a year. Aunt Xiuhua also asked me if he had a marriage match, saying that she wanted to kiss their cousin Jiafang! Brother Yun muttered.

"So you're here to help people find out the news?" Wei Lanzhi said with a hoe: "You little brother, you haven't even decided to kiss, so you want to be a matchmaker for others?" Besides, you don't know what Sister Fang looks like, unless God is blind, how can you marry such a profitable man. ”

"Mother, what are you talking about, who is going to say kiss for Sister Fang, aren't we also relatives, I just want to know his name so I can talk to him!" Brother Yun stomped his feet and said, thinking of Du Qiyue's appearance, his face couldn't help but turn red.

Wei Lanzhi saw Brother Yun'er's expression and saw what Brother Yun was thinking, she pinched Brother Yun'er's face and said deliberately: "Talk, what to say, what can you say to a little brother who has not decided to marry a man who has not decided to marry?" ”

"Mother, what are you doing, you have to make my words clear, I just want to think that the fertilizer and water will not flow to outsiders? That man has such good conditions, and his family is also a relative, and if you want to say that you are close, it should be our family's turn first, so I want to know what his name is, so that I can get acquainted with him first. Brother Yun said embarrassedly.

"Sure enough, my brother can't keep it when he's older, and he hasn't skimmed the eight characters yet, so he wants to get acquainted with it. The name of the gentleman is remembered, called Du Qiyue. But I listen to your aunt's words, it seems that this gentleman's life is not good, how did he become a pastry chef in a restaurant, and what kind of longevity noodles will he make? Wei Lanzhi wiped his sweat and said.

"Wasn't my father a pastry chef before, maybe the son inherited his father's business. It doesn't matter to us, anyway, I just need to know that he can make money. Mother, I won't tell you, I have to get to know him while he hasn't worked yet! Brother Yun said, and ran away in a hurry without waiting for Wei Lanzhi to say anything.

"This stupid brother passed in such a hurry, and he didn't know how to make a good calculation. No, I have to go and see together, in case this guy is not good, even if I make money, I can't marry my brother to him. Wei Lanzhi stood in the courtyard and thought about it, and finally threw his hoe and chased after him.