After building the snowman, the three of them played in the snow for a while, and then Yan Niang called them into the house to eat, and the three of them went back to the house to wash their hands and eat.

After breakfast, Shen Lan set up the carriage and took Yan Niang, Shen Wei and Shi to the shop, smelling the rich aroma of food from a distance, almost half a month ago, Shiweixuan launched a hot pot, the pot of hot pot is not a copper pot, but a casserole and a small yellow clay stove, this is prepared by Shen Lan when she opened the store, and she was ready to cook hot pot in winter, mainly because Shen Lan's own world hot pot has always been very popular, so Shen Lan plans to make a hot pot in winter, and the spices at the bottom of the pot are all configured by Shen Yunting, and eating it in winter can nourish qi and replenish the body.

At this time, there is naturally no induction cooker and solid alcohol, the fuel of the hot pot is just charcoal, and charcoal as a fuel is actually very easy to cause carbon monoxide poisoning, so Shen Lan once instructed the store that if there are a lot of hot pot, the doors and windows must be fully opened, otherwise it is easy to cause poisoning.

The hot pot in Shen Lan's shop is divided into red soup and white soup, both of which are made with Chinese medicinal materials, and the soup base is made of bones and old hens, but the red soup also uses a lot of chili pepper and red oil, but the taste is very delicious, and the fragrance is strong.

When he came to the door, he found that there were already guests in the lobby, Shen Lan drove the carriage in through the back door, tied the carriage, and then took Yan Niang and Shen Wei to the front lobby, when he saw the proprietress coming, Zhao Yuan naturally stepped forward to say hello, Shen Lan nodded and asked, "Is there anyone in the box?" ”

"Business has just begun, not yet." Zhao Yuan replied.

"The last box is empty, I'll stay in the shop today, and this one will be my resting room." Shen Lan instructed that when the weather is warm on weekdays, she will be in the backyard when she comes to the shop, but now that the weather is cold, it is not good to stay in the backyard again, even if she is not afraid of the cold, but the two children will also be cold, so she plans to stay in the box.

"Yes, hostess." Zhao Yuan responded.

Shen Lan took Yan Niang to the box, first opened the window to let the wind blow for a while, and after a while, Mrs. Xu came in with a brazier, afraid that the people in the house would be cold.

Yan Niang also handed over the stone to Shen Lan, and she herself turned around and went out to prepare tea, Shen Lan instructed Mrs. Xu to place a kettle on the brazier, so that it is convenient to drink boiling water at any time, so Mrs. Xu went out to bring a pot of water, and Yan Niang's tea and teapot are also ready, just wait for the water in the pot to boil to make tea.

After getting these Shen Lan to let Yan Niang accompany the two little ones to play in the house, she went to find Pan Qingping, Pan Qingping was arranged by the shopkeeper Xu in a room at the back, which was Shen Fu's room before, and then Shen Fu was sent by Shen Lan to find Shen Lian and it was vacant, and then Shen Lan asked Yuan Tian for two people, so Pan Qingping stayed, and this room was naturally given to him and his subordinates.

There was a knock on the door, and a man's voice rang out from the house: "Who?" ”

"Brother Pan." Shen Lan stood outside the door and shouted, and then the door was opened.

"What is Mrs. Song looking for me?" After a while, Pan Qingping walked out of the house, it was impossible for him to invite Shen Lan into the house, after all, there was a difference between men and women, and it was a melon field and a plum.

"There are some things that Brother Pan would like to talk about." Shen Lan made a gesture of invitation, so the two of them entered the lobby one after the other, and then entered the box where Shen Lan rested.

In the box, Yan Niang took Shen Wei to turn over the rope, playing with wooden toys on the side of the stone, the three of them were happy, seeing Shen Lan bring Pan Qingping in, Yan Niang hurriedly collected the rope, and whispered to Shen Wei to look at the stone, and she herself got up to prepare tea for Shen Lan and Pan Qingping.

"Sit." Shen Lan stretched out her hand and made a gesture of please, Pan Qingping was not polite, she sat on the chair with her buttocks, and asked after sitting down, "What is Song Niangzi looking for me?" ”

At this time, Yan Niang also put the tea on the table, and after Yan Niang finished the tea, Shen Lan said: "It's nothing, it's just that my shop plans to close before the new year, so I will tell Brother Pan." ”

Hearing this, Pan Qingping nodded, and then asked, "Why did you close down so early?" ”

"Shopkeeper Xu said that he wanted to go home early for the New Year, so he closed down early." Shen Lan replied, "By the way, is Brother Pan celebrating the New Year at the bottom of the mountain, or going back to the mountain for the New Year?" ”

Pan Qingping naturally wanted to answer to go back to the mountain for the New Year, but then he thought that Shen Lan's question must have a deep meaning, so he asked, "Lady, is there anything I need to do?" ”

Shen Lan shook her head, but replied: "It's nothing, that is, if Brother Pan celebrates the New Year at the foot of the mountain, I will ask people to prepare some New Year's goods so that you can take them home for the New Year." ”

Hearing this, Pan Qingping laughed, and waited until he had laughed enough before he spoke: "I am alone, where is there any home." ”

Shen Lan knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly apologized to him, but Pan Qingping didn't care, but felt that it was nothing, after all, he still had a group of brothers on the mountain, everyone was as lively as the New Year together, and it didn't matter if he had a family or not, since he knew that Pan Qingping was going back to the mountain for the New Year, Shen Lan didn't have any other plans, but just told Pan Qingping to let him stay until the new year and then go back to the mountain, Pan Qingping naturally nodded and agreed.

After the matter was negotiated, Shen Lan sent Pan Qingping out of the house, and at this time there were already a lot of guests in the lobby, and everyone was eating hot pot around the table, chatting while eating.

"Lao Wang, have you heard? This time the border does not seem to be peaceful, and there have been several battles since October. Suddenly, a voice came into Shen Lan's ears.

"Yes, I don't know what the situation of the Tartars is this time, but there is a big drought in the north this year, and the pastures of those Tartars must have also suffered from the drought, so I'm afraid that the situation is not optimistic." The other replied.

Shen Lan couldn't help but glance at the costumes of the two, it seemed that they were dressed as merchants, to say that this place is actually very far away from the northern border city, Jixian County belongs to the Central Plains, and it is unlikely to suffer from the northern Tartars, unless the country is ruined, it is not enough for the things of this era, Shen Lan can't say, so he couldn't help but stop and listen.

"As long as this Tartar suffers a disaster, he will rob the border of our Sui Dynasty, and I don't know how many people will suffer this time." The man who spoke at first spoke.

"Yes, in this way, I don't know if I can receive good leather goods in the coming year." Lao Wang also sighed.

"Speaking of which, I'm afraid that the imperial court is going to recruit soldiers again this time, I heard that it seems that a lot of soldiers have been lost in these wars, and I just recruited soldiers in the spring of this year, and after this year is over, I'm afraid that I will recruit soldiers again." The previous man then spoke.

"Who's to say it's not, those tartars are really hateful." Lao Wang said hatefully.

"Lao Wang, come, drink, don't mention those things that are uninteresting." The person before took a wine glass to persuade Lao Wang, Lao Wang also picked up the wine glass, and the two quickly drank together, and they couldn't hear anything next, so Shen Lan went back to the box.

Back in the box, Shen Lan asked Yan Niang to make tea again, and then took the book and read it carefully, getting used to simplified characters, and suddenly began to learn traditional characters, Shen Lan often writes typos, and always pulls down the radicals of some words, and when she pretended to be Jia Xiangyu before, she didn't make a lot of jokes, so although she donated a lot of grain and grass to the county government, the county magistrate only praised her verbally, but she didn't have the meaning of having a deep friendship with her, but I was afraid that she also looked down on him in it, so now Shen Lan is as long as she is free, I will still read and read carefully, so as not to be laughed at.

Lunch and dinner are eaten in Shiweixuan, after closing in the evening, Shen Lan is particularly concerned about everyone, and said that the business is closed on the 24th of the winter month, so that everyone is ready, and also explained to the shopkeeper Xu, saying that he can't come here in the past two days, on the one hand, he has to prepare New Year's goods, and on the other hand, he has to go to people's exchanges, so that he thinks that there is a little shortage of manpower, after all, there are some things that Shen Lan can't do in person, so Shen Lan regrets getting the old Guo Tou into the space, and now after so many days, Old Guo Tou is already old and dying, and he can't come out to act anymore.

After the things in the shop were explained clearly, Pan Qingping personally sent Shen Lan and his party back, after all, they were two women, and it was not safe to go back at night, so Pan Qingping personally drove the carriage to send Shen Lan and Yan Niang and others home, and then helped unload the carriage, and the horses were also brought into the stable, and told them to close the door before walking back alone.

After washing, Yan Niang and Shen Lan each took the children back to the room, Shen Lan waited for Shen Wei to fall asleep, and then entered the space, and now the space manager has changed, because Lao Guo Tou has passed away, the current manager is Shen Gui, that is, the eldest child in the first batch of children brought in by Shen Lan, and now he is in his thirties, and he can no longer find the shadow of the year on his face, he is completely a strong man, after Shen Lan entered the space, he wanted him to find out what he needed manpower, so Shen Gui didn't say a word, and immediately picked someone for Shen Lan, In fact, looking at the young heroine as before, Shen Gui is still very embarrassed, obviously decades have passed, but the master is as young and beautiful as ever, which makes people feel a little weird, and the second generation of children has been born in the space island.

Shen Lan had asked them before if they were willing to go out and return to their families, but they knew that although they had lived on the island for more than ten years, they had passed decades earlier in the outside world, so they chose to live, after all, the life on this island was stable and rich, and they didn't know how much better than the outside world, so they asked Shen Lan to bring these years of salary to their families, so they stayed in the space to help Shen Lan teach their children. R1152