The boy was angry. It is really difficult to make cold skin, and it must be prepared in the early morning and left close to noon, so that a unique secret recipe can be added to season and let the guests taste. In addition, there has been a rule since the opening of the shop, that is, it does not do evening trading, and must be closed at the end of the day, so the daily cool skin is ...... "Gu Yuanhe explained without humility or arrogance, without hurry.

The man at the head didn't have the patience to listen to him explain, "It's useless to talk about this. Which one of the shops is not open from morning to night? I have never heard of anyone stupidly closing at an early time and not doing business. ”

The thin man echoed, "Brother Wen said very much. He obviously doesn't take us seriously. His voice paused, and glanced meaningfully at Zhou Boyan's table, "There are more than a dozen bowls of cold skin, but there are no three bowls of cold skin, which is to divide the guests who come to the door into three, six, nine and so on." ”

The fat man smiled kindly, "Brother Wen, Brother Zhang, don't be angry." Whoever buys and sells, you have to have some eyesight. Good things should naturally be reserved for those who cannot be offended. This is the normal feeling of human beings, the normal feelings of human beings. We are those who read the books of the sages, and we cannot lose our dignity and understand him one or two. No need to be angry, no need to be angry. ”

At first glance, the fat man seemed to be a peacemaker, persuading his companions. But how did Gu Yuanhe feel awkward when he heard it, what is it that good things should be reserved for people who can't be offended? The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the business of Liangpi is getting hotter and hotter. Wake up early, the chefs who specialize in making zuò cold skin are making more and more every day, and they are sure to sell out before closing every day. Today, Yan Gongzi and his group of thirteen people ordered twenty-six bowls of cold skin at once, and there are indeed only two bowls left in the kitchen.

In this case, there is no need to wait until it closes, even if the three scholars don't order the last two bowls of cold skin, someone will come in the next moment to buy it. His heart is not happy, but no one who buys or sells does not smirk. So he smiled and wanted to explain here. However, others did not give him a chance to speak.

The thin man, that is, Brother Zhang in the fat man's mouth, shook the fan in his hand quickly, "This is wrong!" We are the students of Songhe Academy, but we were slapped in the face, how can we stop there? Brother Wen, do you say yes or no? ”

"Exactly." The man surnamed Wen at the head took the beauty in his hand and pointed at Gu Yuanhe's nose, "No matter what method you use, my son will limit you to serve three bowls of cold skin within a quarter of an hour." ”

Gu Yuanhe Kexia found an opportunity to speak, "This son, the cool skin of this shop has a fixed number every day, and it will be sold out as soon as it is sold out." It's the day when the business is not good, no matter how much cold skin is left, the rules of closing have never changed. Businessman, who doesn't want business to prosper in the shop, and who doesn't sell good things but will lie to customers that they don't? Today's cold skin can indeed only produce two more bowls. But don't worry, the shop has a few very characteristic cold dishes, which are as comfortable and refreshing as the cold skin in summer, so you might as well sit down and try them. ”

"Who gave you the courage to dare to contradict this son?" The son surnamed Wen at the head of the group made a difficulty.

Immediately, two small servants stood up to Gu Yuanhe, one left and one right, "Kneel down and admit your mistake to Gongzi." ”

With a sonorous sound, someone slapped a sword on the table vigorously, causing the cups, plates, and butterflies on the table to tremble, "Shopkeeper, come with two bowls of cold skin." ”

Whether it was the three scholars or the four little servants who followed the three scholars, they were all startled and looked at the sound.

Gu Shi stepped on the chair with one foot, stepped on the ground with the other, pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword that slapped on the table, and looked at them with a smile, "Shopkeeper, are you stupid?" I said, two more bowls of cold skin. ”

Zhou Boyan sat indifferently in the first place, and he didn't mean to stop Gu Shi's words and deeds.

Although he was being held left and right, Gu Yuanhe did not feel threatened at all. He said to Wu Xiaoshan and the others who raised a chair and was about to save him, "Didn't you hear? Guests want to add dishes, move quickly. ”

Wu Xiaoshan put down the chair he had raised, and the anger on his face was immediately replaced by a smile, "Okay! Two bowls of cold skin, coming soon. ”

Hearing the movement, Ning Si, who appeared from the corridor leading to the kitchen, picked it up, turned back to the kitchen and shouted, "Two bowls of cold skin, walk." ”

The people in the kitchen also shouted loudly, "Today's last two bowls of cold skin, out." ”

The fat man was stunned for a moment, and reacted to what was going on, and he couldn't do it in a hurry, "Wait, wait, these two bowls of cold skin are what we want first." Shopkeeper, how can you sell it to others? ”

Gu Yuanhe had already broken free from the grip of the two little guys, and replied unhurriedly, "Although the three are already in the shop, the three of them have not taken away the last two cold skins. In addition, since the opening of the shop, adhering to the principle of treating customers equally, we have never divided customers into three, six, nine and so on, but only on a first-come, first-served basis. ”

"Shopkeeper, come with a bowl of cold skin, no, come with two bowls." Gu Ruixing stepped into the threshold and ordered two bowls of cold skin. He couldn't sleep in the heat, so he was cool under the tree. I suddenly thought of Liangpi, so I came over.

The young man apologized and wanted to tell him that the cool skin had been sold out today, but before he could speak, he was preempted.

"Today's cold skin is gone, if you want to eat it, please be early tomorrow." Gu Shishi told with a smug face.

"Why are you here?" Gu Ruixing's words of only taking care of the stone were a joke and ignored them. He strode to Zhou Boyan's side, dragged a chair from the side and sat down, "Come back so early, the matter is done?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Boyan replied lightly.

Ning Si, who was no longer a buddy, personally took the tray and came out of the back and went straight to Zhou Boyan's table.

Wu Xiaoshan and another young man stood at the table. As soon as Ning Si brought it over, they brought a bowl of cold skin from the tray and asked Gu Shi who he wanted to put in front of him.

Gu Ruixing waved his hand, "My cool skin naturally wants to be placed in front of me." ”

Gu Shi smiled at Gu Ruixing, and he didn't need Wu Xiaoshan to set the table, he took the bowl of Liangpi directly from Wu Xiaoshan's hand and protected it, "I have already said, if you want to eat tomorrow, please be early, this is what we ordered." Then he picked a cold skin and put it in his mouth, and deliberately sucked it out.

The other bowl has already been occupied by Hong Wei, and naturally there is no Gu Ruixing's share.

Gu Ruixing realized something, "What's going on?" ”

Wu Xiaoshan explained apologetically, "Childe, today's cold skin is sold out, and the last two bowls have just been served." ”

"What?" Gu Ruixing shouted regardless of his image, and reached out to grab Gu Shishi's cool leather bowl, "You kid, what do you eat?" Hurry up and give Ben less. ”

Gu Shishi naturally didn't give it, so the two of them grabbed one side of the bowl, and didn't care whether their fingers were in the bowl or not, and dragged each other and grabbed it. And their other hand was not idle. Gu Shishi used his own chopsticks, but Gu Ruixing grabbed a pair of chopsticks on the table indiscriminately, and the two of them used chopsticks in the air to make a move.

They made a lot of noise, and Zhou Boyan resisted the urge to scold and moved to sit next to him. The others took care of their bowls and hid elsewhere.

Everyone understands that when these two meet together, they will always be so naïve, and they will always quarrel, and they will fight for everything. But outsiders don't know. Not only were the people working in the shop dumbfounded, but even the trio of scholars and their little ones were dumbfounded.

One of Gu Ruixing's subordinates, Cai Jian, who is known as a stupid big man, came in. He saw that everyone was far away, and came over suspiciously. When he saw what the two were fighting for, "Ho, the bowl is cracked." ”

"Where?" Gu Shishi immediately let go.

"How is that possible?" Gu Ruixing let go at the same time.

In the blink of an eye, the so-called cracked bowl was gone.

"Thank you." Cai Jian grinned, turned around and took the chopsticks from the hand of a brocade-clothed guard, and stood to eat.

Everyone couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths. What kind of leader there is, what kind of subordinates there are. This is true. Just look at Gu Ruixing and Cai Jian.

Cai Jian is called a stupid big man, not that others are stupid, but that he is ridiculously tall, a head and a half taller than Gu Ruixing and Zhou Boyan. He stood there like a hill, and he did not sit, but ate the cold skin with his bowl high.

Although they don't have any image on weekdays, Gu Ruixing and Gu Shishi, who think they have a tall image, refuse to grab things from the stupid big man (in fact, they are as short as children in front of the stupid big man), so the two of them continue to use chopsticks to continue the trick in frustration.

Zhou Boyan turned a blind eye, pretending not to see, and was in no mood to pay attention to their childish behavior.

The faces of the scholar trio, who were completely left to the side, turned cloudy. They wanted to have a seizure, but no one from the shopkeeper to the guy looked at them. These people are either tidying up the tables and chairs, or watching the fight over there, as if they don't have zài.

The scholar surnamed Wen at the head narrowed his eyes and ordered with compassion, "Smash this son." ”

"Wait." The fat man hurriedly stopped, looked around, and saw that no one was looking, so he thought that it was good that no one heard. Then, he lowered his voice and said, "If you want to be angry, you have to have time and a way, but not at this moment. Don't forget, autumn is approaching, and we can't let any gossip out against us. ”

The thin man felt reasonable, and paid attention to Zhou Boyan's back with the corner of his eye, "Let's talk about it when we go out." From beginning to end, he was afraid of Zhou Boyan, a stranger, and always felt that it was very abrupt to appear in the small Kangxi Town with so many guards.

In this way, the three of them agreed, the leader surnamed Wen had a gloomy face, the thin man was smiling, and the fat man was still smiling kindly, and the three of them left together. Probably because the dogs were used to fighting people, and when their little servant finally went out, two of them invariably knocked down the two round stools in the bunk.

Even so, the guys still smiled at each other and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please go slowly." ”

As soon as the screen door of the restaurant closed, Zhou Boyan looked at Hong Wei. The three of them thought that no one heard their conversation, but what kind of characters and what ears Zhou Boyan and Hong Wei were!

Hong Wei bowed his head, took the sword and left.

But when passing by Gu Ruixing's side, Gu Ruixing stretched out his hand to stop, "Ben Shao needs to move his muscles and bones recently, and he is tired of Lord Hong to give up the opportunity." ”

"What do you know? Or I'll come. Gu Shi put down his chopsticks and walked out.

Gu Ruixing came late, so he naturally didn't know what had happened before. But he is a person who likes to join in the fun, and he followed the chopsticks on the table in his hand, shouting that he wanted to be together.

Hong Wei looked at Zhou Boyan.

Zhou Boyan glanced around, saw that everyone had finished eating, and got up, "Man, settle the bill." ”

Gu Yuanhe behind the counter hurriedly said, "Gu Gongzi bet a hundred taels of silver tickets on the counter. Then he took out an account book from the counter, "This is a book specially prepared for the use of this silver ticket." ”

Zhou Boyan bowed his head and left with the guards. Gu Ruixing spent all his silver, and even so, he naturally would not pay the bill again.

There were no customers in the shop, and the guys continued to tidy up the tables and chairs, while Gu Yuanhe recorded Zhou Boyan's spending on the account book just now.

Wei Tiehammer came in and spoke to Gu Yuanhe in a low voice, "Shopkeeper, Gu Follower brought me back and didn't let me follow, what should I do?" "He was arranged outside by Gu Yuanhe in advance. His task is to follow the scholars and find a way to find out where and what their identities are.

Gu Yuanhe was surprised, but he didn't say anything, "Got it, go back to the stall." "It doesn't matter if Wei Tiehammer can't follow, and there are beggars who are watching.

The daily leftovers and soup and water in the restaurant are not emptied, and beggars with begging bowls come to the back door to line up to receive them before closing. Therefore, if there is something to listen to, just order these beggars who have gathered together. These beggars are very discerning, and every day they will automatically and spontaneously sweep the back alleys of the food and miscellaneous shops belonging to the ancient mansion, as well as the other three or four shops adjacent to the left and right. Therefore, it only took seven or eight days for the proprietor of the adjacent shop to take precautions at first and then to never ask about the large number of beggars in the back alley.

At the next moment, the person in charge of the window stall came over and reported to Gu Yuanhe.

After selling the account for the food that he was in charge of at the window and handing over the money he had sold for the day, he changed his clothes and went back to rest.

There are more than two catties of soybean sprouts, three white flour steamed buns, and twenty-three bud flour cakes left in the window where steamed bread and bean sprouts are sold. Gu Yuanhe looked at the account book handed in, counted the broken silver and copper plates handed in, no problem. "The rest goes to the kitchen of the grocery store and adds it to everyone's dinner," he arranged. "The guys who work in the food shop and the grocery store, who are not in the local area, and who live at the back of the shop, cook and eat together at night, and they use the kitchen of the grocery store.

A window to sell cooked food. The pork trotters, pig's head, whole chicken, eggs, and chicken feet were all sold out. There is not a single pig heart and pig ears left. Pork liver, pig lungs, chicken hearts, chicken gizzards, pig skins, etc. are left, but there are not many. Gu Yuanhe pulled the abacus beads, and the account and the silver money handed over were correct. He arranged it, "The shopkeeper of Zhu Ji Noodle Stall, Zhu left a message yesterday, saying that there were leftovers of chicken hearts, chicken gizzards and pig skins, and he wanted them all." You wrap it up, and send it to Zhu Ji. If you pay the money on the spot, you will give him a pig's lung. If it is bookkeeping, the pig lungs are exempted. The rest of the rest will also be sent to the kitchen of the grocery store and added to your dinner. ”

The accounts of the four stalls are correct. Gu Yuanhe watched from the sidelines, Ning Si, who was in charge of procurement, and the chef in the shop counted the remaining ingredients in the kitchen. For example, rice, flour, oil and some of the vegetables that can be put away are put away, and those that can't be put away and some of the remaining vegetables are also sent to the kitchen of the grocery store. Whatever ingredients are needed tomorrow, they are all right one by one, and then Ning Si will put away tomorrow's purchase list.

During this period, some guests came in and asked if there was still Liangpi. The answer, of course, is no.

There is no problem in all aspects, and the time is about to pass, Gu Yuanhe spoke, "Close." ”

The guys closed the shop and went back to rest.

Ning Si followed Gu Yuan River to Gu Mansion, said goodbye to Gu Yuan River Road, and then waited in the gatehouse. In a short time, his wife and his son came, and his two sons ran ahead of them.

Besides, Gu Yuanhe did not go back directly to his residence, but found the Gu housekeeper. He said that he had sent a beggar to inquire about something, and if there was any news, he would remember to inform him.

At that time, Qing Shu was in front. When she heard a word, she called Gu Yuanhe over to ask. After figuring out what was going on, Qing Shu asked, "Yan Gongzi was there at the time?" ”

"Yes, miss."

Qing Shu nodded, indicating that he understood, "Okay, go and rest, and accompany Aqin." Her body is getting heavier and heavier, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I don't know how she suffers? Seeing Gu Yuanhe walk out of the door of the front hall, she turned her head and explained to Xiaojuan, "You keep an eye on this, if there is any news, remember to tell me immediately." ”

Xiaojuan agreed.

Qing Shu shook the fan in his hand, and the more he sitted, the hotter he felt, so he got up and walked out. She walked down the verandah for a while, then turned around and went to the front of the school. There are two small trees here, and they are not yet able to shelter people from the scorching sun on a hot summer day. However, because of the position of the sun, the shadow in front of the house is very large, and there is wind, so if you sit in front of the stone table and stone chair that was only set up this year under the tree, it is also a good place to enjoy the coolness.

The breeze blew, and in the rustle of the branches and leaves, Qingshu listened to the sound of reading aloud from the school, imagining the appearance of Qingyang and them shaking their heads and reciting, and couldn't help but smile lightly, and his heart became quiet.

Xiaoya didn't dare to disturb the people in the school, so she lowered her voice and asked, "Miss, do you want to eat?" The slave and maid will go and bring it. ”

Qing Shu wanted to shake his head, but thought of what the four in the school might want to eat during the break, so he thought about it and ordered, "The cherries sent by Mrs. Bai and the wild fruits sent by Mrs. Cheng are washed and brought over." I still have two plates of untouched snacks in my house, so bring them too! ”

Xiaoya said yes and was going to pick it up.

Xiao Yu tapped her forehead, "Little ghost spirit, you accompany Miss here, and I'll serve something." ”

Xiaoya pouted slightly, but she also knew that she couldn't hold so many things at one time, so she gave up.

Qing Shu smiled, "Go to the kitchen and see, is there any sour plum soup?" If so, let Ding Jiamei serve five bowls. ”

In this way, the two maids, big and small, were sent out.

Qing Shu gently shook the fan in his hand, looked at the surrounding scenes and things, and sighed that the days passed quickly. If we can move to the wasteland this year, it will be split in two. On one side, the house was left unmoved, and was used for the occupancy; The house on one side has been slightly modified to serve as a temporary warehouse for storing rice and grain. The grain on the Zhuangzi can be loaded in the storehouse on the Zhuangzi. Fifty hectares of bud valley down, the storehouse built on the wasteland can probably hold more than half, and there is still a small half that has no place, just enough to put it here.

The years are good and bad, her population is large, and it is necessary to store a large amount of food. This year's grain, she will not sell a pound. She has silver in her hand, and all shops are profitable, and she doesn't point to selling grain to make money, so she dares to do this.

"Rest for a quarter of an hour."

Mr. Lu's words were simply heavenly to Chen Qiaojiang, he was the first to rush out of the school and ran to Qing Shu's side, "Sister, I heard your voice." ”

Qing Shu beckoned to him, "Come here." ”

Chen Qiaojiang approached.

Qing Shu wiped the ink on his cheeks with a handkerchief, "Hehe...... You can practice calligraphy, save paper and practice all the face. ”

Qingyang: They have also come over.

Luo Xiaorong complained, "Sister, he got it when he dozed off in class, not when he practiced calligraphy." ”

Chen Qiaojiang didn't admit it, "How can there be?" Where? I never dozed off in class. ”

Luo Xiaorong pulled Qingyang to testify for him, and then the three of them argued about whether they dozed off or not.

Xiao Yu came back with cherries, small red wild fruits, and two plates of dim sum. Lily of the valley and Xiaoya followed her. There were five bowls of sour plum soup on the tray in Lily of the Valley's hand, and a plate of yellow apricots in the little girl's hand. The apricot season is coming to an end, and soon there will be no apricots to eat.

The things were placed on the stone table, and Qingshu asked Qingyang to invite Mr. Lu out to eat.

Mr. Lu drank a bowl of sour plum soup and was not very interested in the fruit.

Qingyang, they are more enthusiastic about the wild fruit. The bright red fruit was only the size of Luo Xiaorong's little finger nail. When eaten in the mouth, there are hard seeds in the middle, and the flesh is very small, and the taste is sweet. They rushed to ask what it was.

Qing Shu shook his head, "Sister doesn't know." Cheng Niangzi said that the children in the village were looking for it all over the mountains to pick and eat, and there was nothing nearby. This was accidentally found and picked by her maternal uncle when he entered the mountain, and he was specially sent to you to taste. Is it tasty? ”

They say it's delicious, and they throw one into their mouth, and they spit out the seed at once, and then throw another one into their mouth.

Mr. Lu tasted one curiously, and said that this is what children eat, and did not take it again.

Seeing that the plate was about to bottom out, Qingyang and they stopped eating it, saying that the rest would be left for her sister to eat.

Xiaoyu and the others immediately handed over the prepared wet cloth towels for them to wipe their hands.

Mr. Lu deliberately glared at Qing Shu, "It's okay to sit here, but there is one thing, don't quarrel with Mr. Lu's students." ”

Zhou Boyan happened to come over with his hands behind his back, "No one is arguing with Mr.'s students, Mr. go to class, the students are waiting." ”

Mr. Lu looked him up and down a few times, "Mr. Lu invited you to drink in the evening." Then he led the students into the school with his hands behind his back and taught behind closed doors.

Zhou Boyan sat beside Qing Shu and looked at the small and red strange fruit at the bottom of the plate, "What is this?" ”

"Unknown wild fruit, taste it." Qing Shu pushed the plate towards him, "Have you rested?" Why did you get up so quickly? ”

"Get rested." He pinched a wild fruit with two fingers and looked at it carefully, "It seems to be a medicinal fruit." ”

"You recognize? It was sent by Cheng Niangzi's maternal uncle, saying that the children in the village eat this and can eat it. ”

"Not sure. I'll know if I show Dr. Zhou. He put it in his mouth and tasted it, "It's really something that children eat." ”

"I didn't expect to ask Dr. Zhou." As she spoke, she pinched one and put it in her mouth to eat. Sure enough, it was something that children ate, and the flesh was too little, but the sweet taste was what the children liked, and she liked it too. "It tastes good." She pinched another one and ate it.

Zhou Boyan pushed the plate to her, "If you like to eat, I'll send someone out tomorrow to find it for you." ”

Qing Shu was slightly stunned, "What?" "It's not like she's hallucinating, is she?

"Leave one for me. Wait until Dr. Zhou to see what kind of fruit it is, and then ask it about the suitable environment for growth. It's easy to find. ”

She was sweet in her heart, but she said, "Let the guards find wild fruits, and you can figure it out!" ”

He said solemnly, "The guards are naturally looking for Qingyang theirs. Yours, I will pluck it for you. ”

Not with such demagoguery. She listened to the sound of her own heartbeat, lowered her head, and the uncontrollable smile lines on the corners of her mouth illustrated her joy.

Xiaoyu quietly pulled Xiaoya and Lily of the Valley from the distance.

Glancing at the too quiet school, he lightly shook Qing Shu's hand hanging down at his side under the table, "Let's change places to cool off, talking here will affect Mr.'s class." In fact, what he thought in his heart was that they knew their private words. A man of Mr. Lu's temperament may be eavesdropping on them with his ear on the door right now.

"Hmm." She blushed slightly, shook off his hand, and stood up first.

He said to the fish, "Withdraw here." Then he got up, took two steps to her side, and took her hand, "Go this way, there is shade here." ”

She tried to shake off his hand, but after one unsuccessful attempt, she gave up. She let him take her hand, and the two of them walked side by side, slowly walking in a shady place.