After saying goodbye to the Hu family and leaving the thatched hut, Han Yan asked the pig who was waiting at the entrance of the alley to contact the craftsman and let him renovate the old mansion of the Hu family, otherwise how to spend the winter?

Seeing that the old woman's coughing strength is probably in the late stage of tuberculosis, and it won't be long before she can live, if she can tell Hu Zheng a family matter, let the old woman see his son marry a wife before leaving, she will definitely tell Hu Zheng to repay her kindness, and she should be able to cultivate his loyalty.

However, being a matchmaker, Han Yan is at a loss, and he doesn't even know a woman in Luoyang City, where can he find his eldest daughter?

After thinking about it for a long time, I really couldn't buy a handmaid with a good appearance and figure, write down a slave release document, and give it directly to Hu Zheng as a daughter-in-law...... At least the girls of this era are still very pure-minded, and once they get married, they will not have other ideas, they respect each other like guests, and their lives will be like that.

"What wine house food is delicious in Luoyang City?" Han Yan touched his stomach, he came out early in the morning with the pig, and he didn't care about eating.

"I don't know in the city, but we have one in the old alley that's okay." Pig looked down at his shriveled stomach, most of the slaves are like this, the master eats you can eat, the master does not eat, you will probably have to starve, everything must be the will of the master's family as the standard of living.

"Then I'll go back to the old alley." Han Yan got on the horse and took the lead in leaving.

……

In fact, this is not a wine house, the shop is very small, about equivalent to the modern fritter old tofu stall, put a few tables on it seems crowded, but the business is surprisingly good, almost all the guests are rangers, because this shop is only 100 meters away from the martial arts hall, most of the rangers will fill their stomachs before going to the martial arts hall, and there are few people who order food in the martial arts hall, because it is very expensive.

Seeing that Lecturer Shanshi and the shopkeeper came to eat, and the rangers greeted each other familiarly, Han Yan smiled and nodded in response, and then found a case table to sit down, and then set his eyes on the shopkeeper, a girl with hemp braids, about twenty years old, with a thick back and a round buttocks.

"Su Niang, what's the best dish today?" The pig beckoned and posed as an uncle, and he had a sense of superiority here.

"Shopkeeper ......" The vegetarian lady who was cutting vegetables turned around when she heard the sound, wiped her greasy hands with a cloth and hurriedly came over to greet her warmly, her eyes stayed on Han Yan for a moment and then moved away, "There is not much meat today, it is all vegetarian dishes." ”

"A few things in your hand, if they don't taste good, you just ask."

"Whoa." With a slightly flattering smile, he hurried to cook.

Han Yan took a sip of tea, his eyes wandered between the two, and he quietly asked with some curiosity: "How did you know each other?" ”

"There are often people in our martial arts hall who don't go home at noon and will ask for food, but we don't have a cook, so we can only find a wine house to package the food out, it just happens that Su Niang is close to the martial arts hall, and the craftsmanship is also okay, so I wrapped the food in the martial arts hall for her." Pig muttered quietly.

"That's right." Han Yan nodded to show that he understood, there have been more and more rich people who have come to the martial arts hall to watch boxing matches recently, and drinking tea alone can't satisfy their tongues, many of them will order a table of dishes to put on the table, but they can't actually eat a few bites, and after they leave, the meals will be shared by those rangers who are struggling to live in poverty. There is also Hu Zheng's usual training consumption, and he can eat a chicken and half a bucket of rice for a meal, which he also bought from Su Niang.

If there is no martial arts hall to attract traffic, Su Niang's shop must be in a bleak business, so the pig can set up a shelf.

In Su Niang's opinion, the shopkeeper was a distinguished guest, but she looked at the food in the big earthen urn, only a little pork was left, and the rest was all vegetables, so she turned around and whispered to the old woman: "Mother, you go to the vegetable market to see if there are meat sellers, buy more and come back." ”

The old woman didn't reply, she was wiping the desk, and took the time to look up and glare at Su Niang, muttering something that only she could understand.

"People don't ask for meat, you can rush it...... As soon as Russia goes, the man Coke and ...... You're also happy, the meat is delivered, and your belly feels better. ”

Han Yan and Feng didn't understand the dialect very well, but the old lady was a little nervous, so Su Niang blushed, said "phew" lightly, and continued to cook.

After the old lady finished wiping the desk, she hesitated for a moment, probably thinking that she really couldn't offend the gold owner, so she went out to buy meat as she said.

There is no vegetable oil in the Han Dynasty, the oil for eating is fried with lard and mutton fat, the gold is very expensive, except for the princes and nobles, the meals of ordinary people are almost completely dry fried, no taste, less oil and water, so the amount of rice is very large.

Seeing that Su Niang only brushed the pot with lard sticks when she was stir-frying, Han Yan felt that his mouth was fading, and he directly took out a gold pill and put it on the table, "Put more oil, the money will not be less for you." ”

Su Niang's face turned red again, her lips moved, as if she wanted to explain something, but in the end, she didn't say anything, and directly put the whole lard noodles in the pot and fried them, making a pot of fragrant oil and gas......

In view of the fact that the owner of the gold probably has a habit of cleanliness, it belongs to the kind of pampered people...... Su Niang was careful in cooking, wiped a few stools with a kitchen knife, and washed and washed the cutting board, for fear that Han Yan would be dissatisfied, which would affect her livelihood in the future.

Han Yan was a little embarrassed to make people scared, and when he saw that no one was helping, he got up and said, "That...... I'll help you choose your dishes. ”

"Huh?" Su Niang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stopped, "The guests are exquisite, such rough work ......"

"There is no such word as noble in me, we are all human beings, all the same, regardless of dignity or inferiority."

"But ......"

Su Niang wanted to say more, but saw that Han Yan had already picked up the vegetables in the urn and started picking leaves.

When he saw this situation, he was stunned for a moment, and secretly said that Yan Shizi had opened his mind?

Then quickly get up, the master is busy with work, how can you sit and wait, see that there is not much water in the tank, so consciously pick up the wooden bucket to carry water, before leaving, do not forget to give the master a lewd look......

Han Yan ignored him, put the vegetables in his hand on the board, and asked, "The dish has been chosen, do you think it's okay?" ”

The oil pot was steaming, Su Niang took the time to take a look and said, "It's clean, you go and rest, I can do it." ”

"It doesn't matter, being idle is also idle." Han Yan smiled and asked, "That old woman is your grandmother?" ”

"Hmm...... My beloved's grandmother. He turned his head and glanced at Han Yan, his beautiful nose was very good-looking, and his side face was a little delicate and pretty, and he was even a little beautiful.

"Oh." Han Yan was disappointed in his heart, "Your man is also from Luoyang?" ”

"Well, it's gone, though."

"So?"

"During the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, he happened to be serving as a conscription, and was requisitioned by the imperial court to escort grain and grass, and then he did not come back, and the fellow township party said that he was tired and died on the road."

"I see that you are only twenty years old, ten years have passed since the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and you were only ten years old ten years ago, why did you get married?"

"The words of the matchmaker, the family affairs set since childhood, and the one who received the gift money, although I have not met my beloved, but I still have a husband's family." Su Niang's words were very calm.

Seeing that she had finished frying the dishes, steaming hot, Han Yan took out a plate from the low cabinet and put it on the board, "Actually, if you return the gift money, you should be able to withdraw from the marriage, right?" ”

"There is only one old mother left in the husband's family, if I withdraw from the marriage, my mother will be lonely, old and dead, I can't bear to ......" Su Niang's calm voice finally had waves, like a stone falling into a pond, rippling layers of ripples, life is not good, but can not lose responsibility, even if it is destined to be lonely for a lifetime, this is a woman in the feudal era.

"You're a good girl." Han Yan sighed heartily, and his mind became active.

"Make the guests smile." Su Niang smiled and hid the sadness in her expression, "Actually, my mother and I are very satisfied, this shop is enough for us to live, although the days are hard, but we will not starve and freeze." By the way, thanks to the martial arts hall, there are rangers passing by, and the livelihood of the shop is much better. ”

"Well, your business will be better in the future."

Han Yanzheng was talking, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the old woman was staring at herself and Su Niang outside the shop, carrying a plucked dead chicken in her hand, and half a basket of meat, the five fingers of the basket were pinched very tightly, the joints were white, and she sneered, and said tauntingly: "Why, when you see the nobleman, you catch up...... Can't hold it anymore? ”

"Mother......" Su Niang was embarrassed, glanced at Han Yan apologetically, but she was not afraid of the old woman, and explained softly: "The distinguished guest just saw that I couldn't be busy, so he kindly helped me choose the dishes." ”

"It's almost time to get together, look at you ...... widow"

"Wait for the guests, and talk when no one is around." Su Niang interrupted her, made a look, and motioned for you to hurry up and come over to help, don't make people wait for a long time.

The old woman's throat was stuck, but after all, she still didn't dare to offend Han Yan, at most, she dared to say a sour word.

(End of chapter)