After finishing the work in the fields, May was over. The hottest season of the year is just around the corner.

Yunzhu plucked the watermelons that had been planted on an acre of land safely, and waited for the hot weather to eat the watermelons. Yunzhu also said to Ping'an,

"When the time comes, you're pulling the cart. We wore straw hats and walked down the street to sell! ”

Unexpectedly, Ping An agreed: "Okay! ”

When the real watermelon comes down. Yunzhu personally ran to the ground and picked one down, it was verdant and green, big and round. I took it back and washed it, and after cutting it, there were red and black seeds inside, which was very good-looking.

After she cut it, she first loaded a plate and served it to Mrs. Feng, and put the rest on the table for them to take it themselves.

Mrs. Feng was busy picking up the sand and stones in the rice, and when she saw the watermelon, she smiled: "I can finally eat what I grew this year." ”

"Mother try it, see if it's delicious."

Mrs. Feng wiped her hands, picked up a piece, and took a bite gently, it was juicy and sweet, and there was no strange taste at all. One piece is very good and it is finished.

"The smell of our field is good. It's planted right in that sandy soil. ”

Yunzhu said: "I agreed with Ping'an, and Ming'er will sell watermelons on the street in the morning." ”

"Cheng, don't worry, I'll watch at home."

Early the next morning, Ping An found a cart from somewhere and found some large bamboo baskets. He and Yunzhu went to the field to pick watermelons. I picked three baskets. Then Yunzhu went to fetch two straw hats, found a water bladder and filled them with water. I also carried a blanket on my back, planning to pretend to be money for a while. I also packed a few buns, which I intended to use to satisfy my hunger. She also took a large fan.

The cart was strapped for the mule. Yunzhu sat on the cart. And he drove the mules safely, and went out into the streets.

Yunzhu felt that he hadn't set up a stall for almost a year and a half, but he was used to doing it before. When she arrived, she found a suitable place to rest. Then he shouted at the top of his voice:

"Big Watermelon Lak! Red and black seeds, open the bag and open the bag of sweet Lak! Not long after Yunzhu shouted, someone surrounded him. Ping An helped pick melons. Don't look at the first time he came out to sell, but people have old experience, such as what lines are wide and thin, and the sound of slapping is related to whether this melon is good or not. Don't say it, pick one by one. It's all sweet and fresh.

"Hey, you're good, I didn't expect you to hide this hand."

Ping An said proudly: "That's nature. Who am I? In fact, he didn't tell Yunzhu the truth. When he went to buy melon seedlings, he specially asked the melon farmer for advice on how to cultivate and how to take care of them. How to pick melons. Everyone is pouring their money into it.

Ping'an is also a word of praise, praising Yunzhu: "You have a good voice and can shout, which is not bad." ”

"Of course, it was not in vain to come to set up a stall in the wind and sun." Yunzhu squeezed his eyebrows at him, and finally smiled knowingly.

On the first day, three baskets of watermelons were sold until the afternoon, and there were still half baskets left, but there were only five or six of them. Yunzhu was hungry early and said, "Let's go back, and the rest will be sold tomorrow." Or keep it for the family. ”

Ping'an said: "Cheng, let's go." ”

When I got home, I washed my face and changed into dry clothes. Yunzhu ran to take a shower again to feel a little more comfortable, and when she came out, Ping'an had already eaten two bowls of rice.

Hurriedly filled my stomach. Yun Zhu untied the blanket, poured out the money inside, and counted them one by one, and there were more than a hundred coppers in total.

They sold for a penny and a catty, and they only sold for more than a hundred catties.

"It's okay, it's good to sell it for the first time at such a price."

Ping An made a rough calculation: "It seems that it can be sold for a few rounds, with an output of thousands of catties, and it can earn more than one or two silver." ”

Yunzhu said: "It's okay." Those fruit trees can't be counted on this year, and they will bear fruit for three or four years. When the time comes, find a master to help graft, and the taste will be good. ”

Ping An nodded.

In fact, their biggest hope this year is not only that kind of corn, but also more than ten acres of cotton. The price of cotton is good, and it is expected to sell well. Miscellaneous things add up, I hope to have an income of ten or two taels of silver, and it will be up to the sky. Yun Zhu thought about making a few more ducks, but he was afraid that he would be able to make up enough thirty taels to pay back the money of the Wang family's brother-in-law.

Feng Lao Niang found a net bag, filled three large watermelons, and said to Ping'an: "You can send this melon to the Liu family." ”

Ping An took the net bag, hesitated and said: "But it is not good to only give it to the Liu family, and not to give it to the second aunt's family." ”

"At noon, your second aunt came to visit the door, and I already gave her two, or she went down to the ground to pick them up herself."

Ping'an thought that this was about the same, and picked two more to send to the Wang family.

Tian Tian ate watermelon this time, at the end of the day, she and Xiangmei solved two watermelons, and when it was time for dinner, Tian Tian touched his round belly and said, "No, I ate a stomach of watermelon, I don't want to eat it again." ”

"It's just the beginning here, and that's how you can eat. This year, the watermelon tube is full. ”

Feng Lao Niang smiled on the side and said, "I'm afraid I'll get tired of eating two more." ”

The next morning, he went out safely, and Yunzhu fed the livestock with his mother-in-law at home.

Tian Tian follows Xiangmei to learn needlework, and Xiangmei wants Tian Tian to teach her to read. The aunt and nephew reached an opinion. Yunzhu thought that this was also good, learning from each other and making progress from each other. It's just that Xiangmei got married in the moon, and at that time Tian Tian was going to be alone again.

Yun Zhu was stunned for a while, and Xiangmei showed Yun Zhu the pattern she had designed twice, and said the color scheme. Yunzhu felt that the color scheme was a little cheesy, and gave her another opinion, but Xiangmei humbly accepted it.

It was rare to have a moment of leisure, Yunzhu wanted to lie down for a while, but before she entered the house, she didn't have time to lie down, and she heard Xiangmei shouting in the courtyard: "Sister-in-law, there are guests." ”

Yunzhu thought, who is it at noon?

She straightened her clothes, opened the door and walked out, and saw that Master Zhang, whom she hadn't met for a long time, actually came. Yunzhu was a little stunned for a moment.

"Master, what kind of wind is blowing you and your old man?"

Yunzhu hadn't seen Master Zhang for almost half a year, and at this moment he found that Master Zhang was a little old, wearing an apricot-gray gauze robe and a black scarf. There is a jade flute in the bun. Elegant and elegant, he doesn't look like a cook at all, but he feels like a reader.

Master Zhang took a look around. He sneered: "I haven't been here for a long time, and it's very different from the last time." ”

Yunzhu said: "The previous houses were dilapidated, and they were all demolished to feed some chickens and ducks and other livestock. The two are joined together. ”

"No wonder!"

Mrs. Feng also came out, greeted her with a smile, and went to the stove room to boil water, and did not accompany her.

Xiangmei went back to the house to do needlework. Yunzhu invited Master Zhang into the hall to rest. Master Zhang saw Tian Tian. I feel more and more that this little girl is getting closer and closer to He Zhiliang between her eyebrows and eyes.

"Master, how are you doing?"

Master Zhang smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just that I'm old." It's not as tough as it used to be. ”

"People will get old, and when they are old, they will definitely not be as good as when they were young. Master, you are a chef again, and you will definitely not be able to stand it after standing for a long time. The restaurant is doing good business now, right? ”

"It's done. The shopkeeper is very well managed. ”

Yunzhu secretly said. Although Chen Shen is a villain, he still has two brushes to do business.

Wait until Mrs. Feng boils the water, brews lotus leaf mint tea to cool off the heat and sends it.

"Big brother, we countrymen only have these things to drink, and we don't have any tea at home. You're going to do it. ”

Master Zhang nodded and said, "It's already good." Thank you very much. ”

Mrs. Feng knew that Master Zhang must have something to talk about when she came to find her daughter-in-law, and it was not good for her to have a pestle next to her, and besides, she was a widow, and she always had to avoid it when she saw a foreign man. I made an excuse and went out.

Master Zhang picked up the tea bowl. I took a sip and it was lukewarm. The water temperature is just right. When I took a sip, the unique aroma of mint spread in my mouth, which made people feel very refreshed, and my thirsty throat was immediately moisturized and comfortable.

"I'm used to drinking those good teas, and this one really has a different flavor. It really cools off. ”

Yunzhu thought that there were still watermelons at home, so she said to Master Zhang, "Master, sit down, and I'll come when I go." ”

Master Zhang nodded and said with a smile: "Song Niangzi can take care of herself." ”

He buried his head and thought about the purpose of his coming to Yunzhu, and was thinking about how to speak.

Sure enough, Yunzhu came back soon, and the watermelon was freshly cut in the basket, and Yunzhu asked Master Zhang to take it and eat it.

Master Zhang took a piece, took a bite, and couldn't help but praise: "Sweet, it tastes good." ”

"Yesterday we went to the street to sell watermelons."

After Master Zhang finished eating the piece in his hand, he asked, "Song Niangzi is still doing some breeding at home now?" ”

"No, there are not many ways out for the croppers."

"If life is tight, it's better to come to the restaurant to do things, I'll go and tell Chen Shen, I believe he has nothing else to say, and then let him give you a better salary." None of this is difficult, how? ”

Yun Zhu was silent for a while, shook his head with a smile and said, "No, there are many things at home now, and I can't be busy at all." The restaurant still counts. I would like to thank Master for nurturing me, and I hope that I will have a place to repay Master in the future. ”

Master Zhang saw that Yunzhu refused, and he didn't persuade her very much. After all, Yunzhu has remarried, has a husband to rely on, and has a new family, not as lonely and helpless as before, he must still be willing to live a quiet and stable life, and he is not reluctant. Then Yunzhu didn't want to go back to the restaurant because of He Zhiliang. She was afraid to see He Zhiliang again. Master Zhang understands it psychologically.

"Actually, I came to you today because I wanted to ask you for something."

Yunzhu immediately said: "Don't dare to be, Master, please speak." ”

Master Zhang sighed first, and then said leisurely: "Actually, the business of the restaurant has not been very good recently, but it is supported by a few regular customers. Maybe you already know that there is another restaurant on the other side of Nanqiao. I'm afraid the scale is bigger than ours, and I heard that the backstage is also hard. The shopkeeper was worried and wanted to work on the dishes. I also went to that house to inquire privately, and they all have the dishes we have at home, and the chef invited is also famous in Beijing. Technology goes without saying. He asked me to order a new dish, and I didn't come up with anything for two days, so I came to talk to you about it. ”

Suddenly said this to Yunzhu, and she was also a little confused: "What is the name of that house in Nanqiao?" ”

"I really want to call it 'drunk and get together', but the name is okay."

Yunzhu never goes in and out of those high-end restaurants, so he doesn't know anything.

"When did it open?"

"On the day the second dragon raised its head in February, you say, people will really choose the day. Doesn't that put our wishful thinking down? ”

Yunzhu secretly said that those who do business pay attention to these.

"Master, when you suddenly asked me about the dishes, I really couldn't think of anything new for a while. I have to think carefully for a few days before I can give you an answer to Master. ”

"It's okay, and I'm not in a hurry in the next day or two."

Yunzhu breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

"But you really don't want to go back?"

"No, you are my master, and I will tell you the truth. I'm still waiting for the future when I have saved enough money and want to open my own restaurant. ”

Master Zhang laughed: "It turns out that the ambition is here, no wonder." It's good, it's good. ”

Being laughed at by Master Zhang, Yunzhu felt a little embarrassed at the time.

Master Zhang drank a cup of lotus leaf mint tea, ate two more pieces of watermelon, and then left. Yunzhu promised to meet him again in three or five days.

Master Zhang was very pleased.

Not long after Master Zhang left, Xiangmei came out of the back room and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is really good, the chef in the big restaurant will also come to ask my sister-in-law." ”

"Well, the things I know in my stomach don't necessarily make it to the table."

"No, my sister-in-law's cooking is delicious, everyone knows it, and she will do it in a different way. Otherwise, other chefs will not look down on it. ”

was complimented by her sister-in-law, and Yunzhu felt very useful.

"Meizi, you go down to the restaurant with me tomorrow, okay?"

Xiangmei was a little surprised and hurriedly asked, "Why do you want to go to the restaurant?" ”

Yunzhu smiled: "Only with investigation can we have the right to speak." I'll have to figure out what to do with that house before I know what's next. Don't worry, I'm in for a treat. ”

There are delicious food, and Xiangmei is naturally happy.

The sister-in-law summed it up again. Tian Tian ran out and was about to shout, but Yunzhu also allowed it.

When it was dusk, Ping An came back with a basket on his back.

"What's it loaded?"

Ping An said: "It's hard to get." Look. So saying, he poured all the contents of the basket into a wooden plate, which turned out to be strips of yellow eels. The larger ones are the thickness of the thumb, and the smaller ones are also the thickness of the little finger.

"I also said what you were doing when you went out early in the morning, it turned out that you were catching them."

"Raise it for one day, and eat it tomorrow."

Xiangmei interjected: "Tomorrow, my sister-in-law will have a treat, so I won't eat this." ”

"A treat? So what are you going to eat? ”

Yunzhu smiled and said, "Go down to the restaurant." ”

Xiangmei told her brother about today's events. Ping An didn't say anything, so he said, "Then let's raise it for another day." ”

Yunzhu followed Ping'an into the house and said, "Why don't you know that there is another restaurant on the other side of Nanqiao?" ”

"I know."

"Then why didn't you sue me?"

"I didn't know you'd notice that."

Yunzhu thinks too, all her thoughts are on these things at home these days, and besides, she may not be able to go back to the restaurant all year round, so she really has nothing to pay attention to. (To be continued......)