Chapter 90: A Chance Encounter
Li Yuntian saw the two nephews nodding solemnly, and his heart became satisfied.
Over the years, the sister has been subject to her mother-in-law everywhere, and he, the eldest brother, wants to pull the sister-in-law. Since it's going to be pulled, we must educate these two children well.
Chen Xuejiao, Chen Qi'an, and Li Danian were the first to come back to the fishing village market, and they were full of curiosity and surprise. Because Li Danian comes often, and has the same stable temperament as Li Yuntian, it is not like a few of them chattering non-stop.
After making money, Li Yuntian was very happy.
He regarded Chen Xuejiao, Chen Qi'an, and Li Danian as children in his heart, and bought rock sugar gourds when he saw them, bought novel gadgets when he saw them, and bought snacks that he hadn't eaten before.
walked down a market and made Chen Xuejiao have a round belly. Because the yellow dragonfly did not come to the boat's house, Li Yuntian brought her another copy according to the things he bought for Chen Xuejiao.
Li Yuntian bought a lot of things for Old Man Li, Old Lady Li, Qiao's and other family members, and went into the shop to buy a lot of things for Li's, Xueru, Jinghao, Qi and Ping.
At the door of a bookstore, Li Yuntian walked in with Qi An in his arms, saying that he wanted to buy some books and pen and paper for Qi An.
Chen Xuejiao, Li Dazhuang, and Li Danian were waiting outside.
Suddenly, Li Dazhuang stared at a craftsman's stall and was fascinated.
I saw that the craftsman was using pond mud to make all kinds of figures, including old people, children, and girls, and all kinds of characters were skillfully pinched by his hands.
Chen Xuejiao smiled and said to Li Dazhuang: "Big cousin, buy it if you like it." ”
Li Dazhuang suddenly blushed and said, "Just take a look...... Don't buy ...... I don't buy it, it's something that girls play with, and I don't like it. ”
If you don't buy it, you won't buy it, why blush, Chen Xuejiao thought it was funny.
Li Danian quipped: "My brother doesn't like to stare at it." Do you want to buy it for my sister-in-law who has not passed through the door? ”
Li Dazhuang suddenly felt like he had been stung by a bee, quickly turned his face, and reprimanded Li Danian: "What are you talking about? ”
It's just that the blush is even worse.
Chen Xuejiao suddenly thought of the saying that there is no silver three hundred taels here. Li Dazhuang obviously wanted to buy a clay doll for the girl of the Wang family, but he was embarrassed......
Chen Xuejiao thought for a while and said with a smile: "Brother Zhuang." I think your doll is also very good-looking, or I will buy it for you. ”
After speaking, without waiting for Li Dazhuang's reaction, he walked to the stall and picked up a cute clay doll and looked at it.
Chen Xuejiao put down the mud doll and asked while taking out the money: "How much?" ”
Before the money escaped, the clay doll had been picked up and asked in a delicate voice, "How much?" ”
Chen Xuejiao didn't think about it, and hurriedly spoke: "I took a fancy to it first." ”
"I paid the money first." The green-clothed girl beside her pouted.
"Obviously, I took it and put it here first." Chen Xuejiao said aggrievedly.
Suddenly, the girl in green opened her eyes wide and shouted in surprise: "It turned out to be you." Oops, why are you here? ”
Chen Xuejiao was confused when she heard this, and looked at the girl in front of her carefully, she was a little familiar, but she didn't remember knowing this girl.
Seeing Chen Xuejiao's dazed look, the girl in green said delicately: "In Baitu Town, my young lady asked me to buy your embroidery, do you remember?" ”
Chen Xuejiao suddenly remembered that at that time, Xueru and Jing were good at selling embroidery, and there happened to be a girl in green who was interested in double-sided embroidery. I bought it at a high price.
"Later, Miss and I went again, and you don't sell it anymore." The girl in green spoke, "It turns out that you are from Weishan. Great, my young lady can buy double-sided embroidery again. We are also from Weishan, and the last time we went to Xuzhou Mansion was to Miss's foreign house. ”
Chen Xuejiao said with a smile: "My home is Baitu Town, Xuzhou Prefecture, and I came to Weishan Lake to play this time." ”
The girl in green was slightly disappointed. Took another clay figurine, paid and left.
Chen Xuejiao looked back at her and walked towards a richly decorated carriage, the curtain of the carriage was slightly lifted by the wind, revealing a pair of sly eyes.
It was just a chance encounter, and Chen Xuejiao didn't take it to heart.
What she didn't expect was that the owner of those sly eyes actually remembered herself. Thus revealing the life history of his biological grandmother.
Of course, that's all for later.
Chen Xuejiao paid the money and took the clay figurine. turned around and handed it to Li Dazhuang, who blushed even more.
"Wait for the future cousin-in-law to pass the door. I'm going to please candy to eat. Chen Xuejiao said with a smile.
Li Yuntian walked out of the library with Chen Qi'an, Chen Qi'an was holding a few books in his hand, a stack of rice paper, and a few brushes.
Li Dazhuang set up a carriage and went to the boat's house to pick up Huang Xiucai and Huang Dragonfly's father and daughter to go to Lao Wu's house together.
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Seeing Chen Xuejiao's carriage walking away, the girl in green said to the young lady: "That's right, it's the girl who sells embroidery in Baitu Town, but it's her two sisters who embroidered it." ”
The young lady in the red shirt sighed: "The last time we sneaked out in Baitu Town, I bought it when I saw that the embroidery they sold was double-sided embroidery." I used to think that only my grandmother would embroider on both sides, but I didn't expect that there would be another person in this world who would embroider on both sides, I showed the embroidery to my grandmother, and my grandmother was very excited, and I wondered if there was something in the middle that we didn't know about the charter. ”
"Otherwise, when I go back this time, I'll tell the old lady that we have met a girl who sells double-sided embroidery." The girl in green said cheerfully.
"No, we sneaked out this time, if we sue my grandmother, wouldn't she know about it, and I will be banned again." The girl in red pondered, "Anyway, she said that she is from Baitu Town, and she will go to her grandfather's house in the future to inquire where her home is." ”
"Well, whatever the young lady says, it's what it is." The girl in green smiled sweetly, "Miss, we should go back, in case the old lady finds out that we went out without permission, you are nothing, but it is the slave who suffers." ”
"It's just you." The young lady nodded the forehead of the girl in green.
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picked up Huang Xiucai and Huang Dragonfly's father and daughter from the boat's house, set up a carriage, and led by Li Yuntian to Lao Wu's house.
Lao Wu's family is in a small village next to Weishan Lake, and the family has a simple population, an old father, a wife and a son.
I learned from Li Yuntian that the horse team was robbed by bandits in Tengzhou that year. Li Yuntian and Chen Xiucai pulled fiber on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to earn money for going home, and Lao Wu was also pulling fiber on the river at that time, and they have formed a friendship since then.
Lao Wu's wife, the lady of the Wu family, is a warm-hearted person, and when she heard that it was Xuejiao's idea to collect duck eggs, she couldn't help but pull Xuejiao to take a closer look.
Night. The lady of the Wu family rectified two tables of wine and food, Li Yuntian, Lao Wu, and Huang Xiucai had one table, and she took Chen Xuejiao and several other juniors to one table.
Draft by water. The Wu family is no exception, and the dinner table is almost full of fish and shrimp. Chen Xuejiao liked to eat shrimp in her previous life. I haven't eaten it once since I came to this world, but now I can't help but eat shrimp when I see it.
"Aunt Wu, your egg drop soup is delicious." Yellow Dragonfly smiled, "How did you do it?" ”
"Beat eggs and put dried shrimp, you drink deliciously, I don't think it's probably a habit of eating these things all day long." The aunt of the Wu family smiled heartily.
Chen Xuejiao suddenly remembered one thing, last time Li Yuntian went to Chen's house to see the Li family. I brought a pack of shrimp, and Chen Xuejiao put a little bit when she stir-fried the vegetables, and the whole dish tasted very delicious. It seems that the effect of shrimp and monosodium glutamate is similar, and it can increase freshness, so you must bring more when you go back this time.
Because Li Yuntian was in a hurry to go back every time he came to Weishan Lake to sell dry goods, he hadn't drunk with Lao Wu for nearly a year. This time, I took the opportunity to collect duck eggs and lived in Lao Wu's house, and the brothers drank it.
Li Yuntian and Lao Wu chatted while drinking, and it seemed that it would take a long time to finish.
After Chen Xuejiao and a few juniors finished eating, the lady of the Wu family began to clean up the table. Chen Xuejiao and Huang Dragonfly helped. The Wu family has only one son, and she always wants a daughter, so she can't conceive because she hurts her body. Now when I see Chen Xuejiao and Huang Dragonfly, the two smart girls, I don't want to iron more in my heart.
At the bazaar, Chen Xuejiao heard that she was coming to Lao Wu's house, so she bought a headscarf and gave it to the Wu family's wife. The headscarf is a bright aqua blue with lotus flowers embroidered on it, which is very delicate.
After the Wu family lady finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Chen Xuejiao took them out and gave them to her. The lady of the Wu family was overjoyed, and she thought that her daughter was still intimate, and her man and son had never bought themselves a handkerchief or a headscarf.
"It's better to be a girl. I know it hurts. "The lady of the Wu family held Xue Jiao's hand, and her eyes were red." Isn't this color too bright, and people don't say I'm pretending to be pretty? ”
"This color is just right for you to wear. You look young, don't wear it when you're young, wait until you're old? Chen Xue Jiaojiao smiled and responded.
The words made the Wu family lady even happier, hugging Xue Jiao and rubbing: "My son, your mouth is so sweet, does your mother know?" ”
Chen Xuejiao said modestly: "I still have a sister, and I am far from being as intimate as her." ”
The lady of the Wu family was even more envious in her heart.
Resting at the Wu family at night, the lady of the Wu family newly dried the quilt, which was very comfortable on the body. Chen Xuejiao didn't sleep well yesterday, in addition to running into the lake with Gu Siyuan and a few people to make trouble in the middle of the night to drive away the drowsiness, another reason was that the bedding on the boat was too wet, and it was very uncomfortable to cover the body.
With a new quilt covered, and she was really tired, Chen Xuejiao soon fell asleep.
When I woke up the next day, the sun was already shining brightly into the house. Chen Xuejiao hurriedly dressed and got out of bed, and found that Huang Dragonfly was helping the Wu family lady to set breakfast in the pot house, Huang Xiucai was asking Chen Qi'an's knowledge, Li Dazhuang and Li Danian were feeding the horses, Li Yuntian and Lao Wu had just gotten up after drinking late yesterday.
After breakfast, Lao Wu took Li Yuntian, Chen Xuejiao and others to the house of the duck raiser to see each other.
The ducks here are stocked in Weishan Lake, eating the fish, shrimp and aquatic plants of Weishan Lake, and the ducks are fat and tender, and the duck eggs are big and white with a pale green glow.
Chen Xuejiao selects duck eggs in style. Li Yuntian smiled in the back, and didn't go up to help, since his niece wants to do business, she has to rely on her own eyes, and she just mentions it on the side.
Salted duck eggs are mainly eaten with egg yolks, so you should choose duck eggs with large yolks, if there are double yolk eggs. Chen Xuejiao knows how to distinguish the quality of duck eggs, but she does not know how to distinguish double yolk eggs.
“…… Are there double yolk eggs? Chen Xuejiao asked.
"Yes, not much, every time a double yolk egg is laid, it is saved." The old man who raised ducks took Chen Xuejiao to the other side, only to see that the duck eggs in the basket were obviously much larger than the previous duck eggs.
Chen Xuejiao wants to pickle salted duck eggs by herself, so she has to pickle her own brand, and double yolk eggs are a good opportunity.
"How many?" Chen Xuejiao asked.
The old man couldn't help but admire Chen Xuejiao, a ten-year-old child, who spoke clearly like an adult and was not stage frightened.
"Fifty." The old man replied.
"Okay, I'll take it all." Chen Xuejiao made a final decision, "You will leave me all the double yolk eggs in the future, and you will collect them once a month, and the money will be settled in cash." ”
When the old man heard this, he looked back at Li Yuntian, only to see Li Yuntian nodding, and the old man hurriedly agreed. There are many ducks in Weishan Lake, and few people collect duck eggs in large quantities, but now that I have met Chen Xuejiao, it is like meeting a nobleman, how can I not be happy.
Chen Xuejiao thought, since this old man was introduced by Lao Wu, he must be trustworthy, and he must find a long-term partner to do business.
"Just now you said that duck eggs cost a penny, and I want three hundred." Chen Xuejiao said happily.
Three hundred duck eggs is not a small number, and Chen Qi'an was worried beside him: "What if I can't sell them?" Duck eggs are prone to spoilage. ”
Chen Xuejiao said firmly: "Don't worry, it will definitely be sold." If it can't be sold, it is not a problem to store it for half a year after pickling. ”
The old duck man saw that Chen Xuejiao was so cheerful, and quickly agreed.
Li Yuntian nodded, and Lao Wu said with a smile: "Chen Xiucai's daughter is a clever one. ”
After negotiating the price, the wagon began to load the duck eggs. Because they were afraid that the road would be bumpy and broken, Li Yuntian and Lao Wu put wicker baskets in the carriage, and then filled them with duck eggs and straw.
Chen Xuejiao looked at the cart full of duck eggs and felt that it was white silver. (To be continued)
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