Chapter 31 The Female Shopkeeper of Flower Point Workshop
"This is also a strange story in Shonan County~ As I just said, one year Shonan County won the champion in the kitchen, and the representative of Shonan County at that time was the declining dim sum shop."
"Oh? And why did it decline? β
The movements in his hands paused slightly, and Ruoshui raised his head to look at the tall and strong man who was telling the story, revealing a strong interest.
"It's because the master who made dim sum, that is, the owner's father-in-law, passed away many years ago~"
It seems like a simple sentence, but it actually contains a lot of information.
First of all, it is obvious that the shopkeeper is a woman.
In the era when men were respected, women showed their heads outside, most of them because of their poor families. And this woman obviously had a shop that had a good business at the time, and she also had a husband who could be the owner, but she still regarded herself as the owner of the shop.
In addition, the owner's husband relied on the craftsmanship of one person to support the whole shop, otherwise the whole shop would not have fallen down as soon as he died.
If you think about it carefully, I am afraid that the relationship between this couple will definitely be very different.
Ruoshui finally stopped his busy hand, raised his head and looked at the tall and strong very seriously, wanting to wait for his next step.
"This shop is called Huadianfang, and the owner's name is Bai Sulian, who is a side branch of the Bai family in the current dynasty, and has shocked the entire Xiangnan County with her outstanding appearance. But her father has a very high vision, and has always hoped that his only daughter can marry the prince and noble, relying on his distant relationship with the Bai family, he drove away all the people who came to propose marriage without pretense. β
"It's a pity that this Xiangnan County is located in the middle of nowhere, and no matter how much the princes and nobles who like to travel in the mountains and rivers are unlikely to come here to show mercy everywhere, the old man Bai has a low eye, and he dragged his daughter to the twentieth century, and now the first beauty in Xiangnan has become a joke."
"If it's just like this, forget it, but Bai Sulian has to work against her father, and she has already made a private agreement with a man outside for life, and even has a secret knot. This matter has been hidden from their Bai family, but how can there be an impermeable wall in this world, all day long preaching that his daughter will definitely marry the noble old man Bai, and suddenly married his daughter to a little-known foreign boy, this matter is strange, plus the tailor who made the wedding dress found Bai Sulian's slightly convex lower abdomen when measuring the size, this matter will be spread ten or ten hundred, if it weren't for the fact that the old man Bai has two stinky money, and has always been friendly with the government, I am afraid that Bai Sulian will be immersed in the pig cage. β
"Rao picked up a life, and Old Man Bai couldn't save this face, so he could only declare that he had cut off the relationship with his daughter, and gave her a sum of money in private, so he recruited a son-in-law."
Bai Sulian used the money to open a pastry shop, which was later known as Huadianfang. I didn't expect that the poor boy from other places had a good craft, making pastry is simply a must, and the business of Huadianfang is getting better and better, and later participated in the five-year cooking on behalf of the Bai family, and won the first place in the pastry subject in one fell swoop, and became famous. β
It's a pity that blessings and misfortunes depend, and after many years, the things that Old Man Bai had in mind came true. On the field of the cooking competition, Bai Sulian, who participated in the competition with her husband, was taken by the military department Shangshu, who was present as a judge at the time, and privately discussed with the old man Bai to accept Bai Sulian as a concubine. β
In addition to Bai Sulian, who was still on the way back to her parents' home, her husband and her child under the age of three, and the pastry shop that had taken the couple's years of hard work were all buried in the fire.
"Although the cause of the fire in the end is gone, everyone is not stupid, and the old man Bai is ruthless, and he refuses to let go of his grandson in order to become inflammatory."
"It's a pity that his wishful thinking was wrong, and this matter somehow reached the ears of the pilgrim, who was benevolent and recruited Bai Sulian into the palace to show comfort, and after learning that Bai Sulian was willing to keep the festival for her deceased husband for life, he praised her and gave her the archway of chastity, so that she could return to her hometown."
"At this moment, how can the military department still have the courage to defy the world's condemnation, and it has long disappeared without a trace. The old man Bai lost his wife and broke his soldiers, and he couldn't say the bitterness in his heart, when he welcomed Bai Sulian back from Beijing with the chastity archway, his face, tsk, his son-in-law and grandson had never had such a sad expression when they died, but they still had to pretend to be unusually happy, which was really ridiculous. β
"And then? What happened to Bai Sulian? β
After listening to this long story, Ruoshui has already entered the gods.
Tall and strong is not the storyteller in the market, he has the ability to add oil and vinegar to tell a story interestingly, but he just told the rumors in the most plain language, which also has a strong sense of personal color, but he is still deeply attracted by Ruoshui.
In her heart, a woman who is not afraid of power and dares to declare war with the world for love leaps onto the page. It's a pity that Bai Sulian finally lost all her cherished things, and I'm afraid that this life will be spent hopelessly.
She used the silver money given by the Holy Father to reopen the Flower Point Shop again. But somehow, she refused to hire a man, just made the snacks that her husband used to make. β
"She was originally a lady in the boudoir who didn't touch the spring water with her fingers, but after she got married, she learned some skills in making zuΓ² pastry with her husband, how could a pastry chef who was halfway home make any good dim sum. Gradually, her shop pΓΉ lost business, and this legendary story was gradually stopped being mentioned. β
It can be seen that although Gao Dazhuang has some disdain for Bai Sulian's private life with others, he is still quite embarrassed about what happened to her.
It's no wonder that even the heartless tall and strong will regret it, what happened to Bai Sulian is really suffocating, Ruoshui suddenly had the urge to meet this woman.
But in the face of Ruoshui's request, the tall and strong suddenly stood up.
"What? Do you have anything else to hide about Bai Sulian? β
Ruoshui is also shrewd, and when he saw the tall and strong face, he saw the crux of the problem at a glance.
"It's not enough to hide it, it's just that...... Bai Sulian's father was the white shopkeeper who had a conflict with us that day. I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to just go to visit like this. β
"Afraid of what? Her ruthless father killed her husband and child, and there must be a rift between the two. Compared with the revenge of killing our father and son, our little contradiction is nothing. β