Chapter Eighty-Five: The People of the Town
Wu Eryou went out, Pan closed the door, turned around and counted Wu Dayou, she said: "Erlang spent so much money on reading, now he says that if he doesn't read, he won't read, come back home, follow you to learn to make steamed cakes, wouldn't you be laughed at by others!" β
Wu Dayou had a gloomy face, glared at Pan fiercely, and said: "Who dares to laugh at my family, what do you mother-in-law know, my brother's business, you are not allowed to talk too much!" β
Pan had the heart to quarrel with Wu Dayou, but seeing Wu Dayou's ugly face, she didn't dare to squeak, she was just resentful in her heart, blaming Wu Er for not being able to study, and blaming Wu Dayou for his brother!
Pan thought to himself: "If Erlang's waste comes back, not only will he have to eat and use at home, but it will be really inconvenient to go in and out, but it is not like before when he was alone at home, there are outsiders at home, and many things are inconvenient!" β
Wu Da is in a bad mood, he has almost done two things in his life, one is to sell steamed cakes, and the other is for his brother to study, but the business of steamed cakes is okay, but his brother is not good at reading, of course he is in a bad mood.
Wu Da took a sip and drank all the bottles of wine, he was unhappy, so he went upstairs to rest.
There was only one person left in the shop downstairs, and she had to do all the work, the two apprentices ran fast, and there was still some work left, and it was all manual work, she was doing it, muttering and cursing in a low voice, scolding Wu Eryou, and then scolding Wu Dayou.
Wu Eryou walked on the street, the small market town is too small, the street is neither wide nor long, there are shops on both sides, and these shops are also small faces, doing small business for merchants.
After walking a short distance, Wu Eryou saw a newly opened shop on the side of the road, which was actually a crude medicine shop, the shop was not big, and there was not even a plaque, but a flagpole was erected next to the door, and a small flag was held on the pole, which said Ximen Crude Medicine Shop.
Wu Eryou stood at the door of the crude medicine shop and thought to himself: "This small market town is a tourist business, and everything sold must be convenient and fast, but what's going on with this crude medicine shop?" Medicinal herbs are still bought in a big pharmacy to ensure the quality! β
As soon as he stopped at the door of the crude medicine shop, the shopkeeper inside saw him, thought it was a guest coming to the door, and hurriedly greeted him, saying, "This guest, are you going to sell medicinal herbs?" I collect medicinal materials here at a fair price, and I guarantee that you will not suffer! β
The shopkeeper was thin and withered, with a small goatee, sparse hair, pulled into a small bun and held on the back of his head, with a lewd expression, and his eyes flashed when he looked at people, giving people a sneaky feeling.
Wu Eryou was slightly stunned, and said: "What do you call the shopkeeper, your business here turned out to be to collect medicinal materials, not sell medicinal materials?" β
The shopkeeper pointed to the small flag and said with a smile: "My surname is naturally Ximen, and the guests call me the shopkeeper of Ximen, and I also sell medicinal materials here, but the varieties are not complete, mainly to collect medicinal materials, there are more mountains and forests here, and there are several kinds of excellent medicinal materials!" β
Wu Er had an oh sound, it turned out that this Ximen shopkeeper was a medicinal herb merchant, who specialized in collecting medicinal materials and then reselling them to the big pharmacy in the city, no wonder the faΓ§ade of this store was so small, and the name of the store was written on the cloth.
Wu Eryou said: "I don't sell medicinal herbs, I just pass by your shop, stop and take a look, you are busy with yours from the shopkeeper of Ximen." With that, he walked forward, bowing his head.
The shopkeeper of Ximen sighed, and when he saw that Wu Er was gone, he hurriedly said: "If the guests have medicinal materials in the future, remember to come to my store to sell them!" β
Wu Eryou nodded his head, he thought to himself: "Maybe, I'm good at collecting medicine, well, that reflects on the subject, I'm about to apply for the medical exam, and it seems to be a very good thing to be a doctor in the future!" β
Thinking about things in his heart, Wu Eryou walked forward again, but after only a dozen steps, he walked to a melon and fruit shop, this melon and fruit shop is across the street, and the faΓ§ade is not big, and what makes Wu Eryou feel funny is that the melon and fruit signboard of this store is also written on a small flag, and the store name is Yunji Fresh Fruit.
From this, Wu Eryou understood, no wonder his brother Wu Dayou is very respected in this small market town, the reason is that the shops here are too small, at least the brother's shop, the name of the store is written on the plaque, and the small shop here can only write the name of the store on the flag.
Walking to the door of Yunji Fresh Fruit's store, there was a young man busy inside, this young man's clothes were a little shabby, and he was squatting on the ground to clean up melons and fruits, seeing that Wu Er was coming, this young man quickly stood up, accompanied by a smile, and said, "What do the guests want?" β
This young man is only in his early twenties, and his appearance is outstanding, and when he smiles, he shows his white teeth, and he doesn't smile or speak, which makes people feel good at first sight.
Wu Eryou looked at the small shop and thought: "The guests here can buy a few fruits, and he opened this small shop here, it should not be a guest business, but because of the lush forests here, you can harvest a lot of fruits, and then transport them to the city for resale." β
Wu Er said: "What do you call the shopkeeper, are you here to collect fruits, and also do retail business?" β
The young man smiled: "My surname is Yun, I don't have a big name, and everyone who knows me calls me Brother Yun." I mainly collect fruit here, and of course I also sell it in small quantities, but there are only so many people in this market town, if an acquaintance wants to eat a fruit, how can they ask for money, just eat it and take it! β
Wu Eryou nodded and said, "I am Wu Ji Steamed Cake Family, my name is Wu Eryou, and Wu Dayou is my brother!" β
Brother Yun sighed and said busily: "It turned out to be the family of the shopkeeper Wu, disrespectful and disrespectful, I have newly harvested pears here, Second Brother Wu try them!" β
As he spoke, he hurriedly handed over a large pear, which was big and yellow, and very beautiful.
Wu Eryou took the pear and said, "It's such a beautiful pear, I don't know if it's delicious to make preserved fruit, when I was in the academy, I saw pears made of preserved fruit, and the taste is quite good." β
Brother Yun scratched his head and said, "Take pears to make preserved fruits?" I don't know about this, but the second brother Wu reminded me that just selling these fresh fruits, the money is too little, especially the fresh fruits, bumped into it, even if it only touches a little skin, it can't be sold at a price, people in the city pay special attention to the quality, I often lose money, but if I try to make preserved fruits, then I am afraid that I will not be able to lose money in the future, even in winter, there will be business to do. β
Wu Er said: "Yes, you can't do this business in winter, but if you do preserved fruit business, you can do it in winter, maybe it's better to do it, especially during the Chinese New Year, who doesn't buy some sweets for children!" With that, he took the pear and walked on again.
Brother Yun was behind, and bowed to Wu Eryou with a fist, grateful in his heart, he had never thought about the business of preserved fruits before, but he didn't know how to make preserved fruits, so he had to find a relevant master to learn it.
Wu Eryou walked forward again, at this time it was completely dark, the street had already finished, only the last small shop in front of him was left, this small shop was really very small, and it actually had a bit of the nature of the grass shed shop that Wu Da had.
At the exit of the small market town, there is a grass hut, behind the grass shed is a grass roof earthen house, the grass shed is lit with a small oil lamp, the oil lamp emits very black smoke, it must be the worst lamp oil, there is an old woman in her fifties in front of the lamp oil, she is sewing something, her head is bowed, and she looks very concentrated!
Of course, the grass shed will not hang a plaque, but also a flagpole, a small flag is hung on the pole, and the flag reads "Wang Po Tea Soup", looking at these four words, Wu Eryou couldn't help but shake his head, the four words are not only written crookedly, but the last word soup is also written wrongly, this signboard is really careless.
Wu Eryou didn't enter the grass shed, this grass shed knew what it was doing at a glance, selling tea and soup, and the old woman of the shopkeeper must be surnamed Wang, most of the women in these years only have surnames, but no names, so the old woman should be called Wang Po.
Wu Eryou shook his head, turned around, and slowly walked back home, but the princess thought that it was business coming to the door, and hurriedly ran out of the grass shed and shouted: "Guest officer, guest officer, but you want to drink tea soup to satisfy your hunger, the tea soup in the small shop tastes good and affordable......"
Wu Er thought to himself: "It's so late, who still drinks tea soup, this thing can't really satisfy hunger!" He didn't even look back.
Wang Po shouted twice, and when she saw that Wu Er didn't react at all, she snorted, then went back to the grass hut and began to sew her rags again.
Wu Eryou didn't think about it until he returned home, should he learn agriculture, plant fruit trees, and make preserved fruits from fruits, what kind of family is preserved fruit, is it agriculture? Alas, these have never been studied before, and now it is too late to regret it.
After returning to Wuji steamed cakes, Wu Er went back to his room, his room is actually a guest room, just because he has lived in the academy for many years and rarely goes home, so the family did not deliberately leave him a room, but fortunately, there are not many guests in the Wu family, so this room is always empty.
went to bed, but slept until midnight, but heard movement in the room of the brother and sister-in-law, as if the eldest brother was beating the sister-in-law, I don't know why, it may be that the eldest brother drank too much and woke up in the middle of the night to find water, but the sister-in-law took the water slowly, so the eldest brother took this as an excuse and began to beat the sister-in-law.
Brother and sister-in-law's family affairs, Wu Er had a bad time, he sighed, and tried to continue sleeping, he remembered that his brother and sister-in-law were not like this before, when they were poor in the past, the husband and wife were very affectionate, but now that the family is rich, they began to beat and scold!
Suddenly, Wu Eryou remembered a sentence, you can share hardship, not wealth! In a daze, he fell asleep again!
When he went home this time, Wu Eryou was not very pleasant, and his brother was still very good to him, but his sister-in-law always spoke coldly, which made him very uncomfortable, so he only stayed for one day, and then said goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law and returned to Shangyang Academy.
Wu Eryou left, Wu Dayou could see that his brother was not happy, but he could also see that his wife was not happy, and he was in a dilemma, one side was a brother, the other was a wife, he was caught in the middle, and there was no way.
So, Wu Dayou made an excuse to go out to collect grain, planning to find a quiet place to stop for a few days, and the things at home were out of sight and out of mind!
Wu Dayou used to go out often, but they always came back in two or three days, Pan has long been accustomed to it, she opened the steamed cake shop every day as usual, and urged the apprentices to work, and two days passed.
On this day, Pan felt a little unwell, there was no doctor in this market town, only a crude medicine shop, or a new one, Pan went to the Ximen crude medicine store to buy medicine, she didn't know what was wrong with herself, and she didn't know what medicine to take.
When the shopkeeper of Ximen saw that Pan was coming, he hurriedly stammered, the market town is so small, of course he knows Pan, this is Wu Dayou's wife, Wu Dayou is the most prominent person in this market town, and what is his Ximen shopkeeper, Pan entered the store, of course he had to stutter.
Hearing Pan's say that he was not feeling well, but he couldn't say any symptoms, the shopkeeper of Ximen thought about it for a while, and said: "Maybe it's the reason why Mrs. Wu is weak, this is to eat some good things to make up for it!" β
He took out a small jar, took out a little red medicine, wrapped it into a small bag, and said: "Lady Wu, you put this medicine away, this is a good thing, called wolfberry, you use seven or eight wolfberries to soak in water every day to drink, drink the water and then eat the wolfberry, at most five or six days, the body can be repaired!" β
Pan said with a smile: "Really, this medicine is called wolfberry, it's pretty good-looking, how much does it cost?" β
"What kind of money to mention, Mrs. Wu eats first, and then calculates, and it's not too late to calculate later." The shopkeeper of Simon smiled.
Pan Shi was not polite to him, thanked him, and left, and the shopkeeper of Ximen sent her out.
Looking at Pan's back, the shopkeeper of Ximen thought: "This figure, this appearance, Wu Dalang is so blessed!" β
Suddenly, someone behind him said: "Don't look at it, your eyeballs are about to fall out, the lady of Master Wu's family, you dare to think of a poor medicine seller?" You stinky shameless! β
The shopkeeper of Simon was startled, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Wang Po, and he hurriedly said: "What nonsense are you talking about, when did I think about it!" β
"If you give me a pack of that kind of wolfberry, then even if you don't think about Mrs. Wu, otherwise I will shout loudly, saying that you want Mrs. Wu, see Master Wu come back, don't break your dog's legs!" Wang Po whispered and threatened.
The shopkeeper of Simon snorted and said, "If you dare to shout, I will break your dead old woman's dog leg first, you shameless old woman!" β
"You stinky shameless!" Wang Po really didn't dare to shout, it was going to be a big incident, but she didn't dare to scold the shopkeeper of Simon.
The shopkeeper of Ximen suddenly said again: "You said that Master Wu came back, and he went out?" β
Wang Po stretched out her hand and said, "Take a bag of wolfberries, and I'll tell you what Master Wu is doing!" β
"Phew, do you know how much a pack of wolfberries is, you just shamelessly ask, what did Master Wu do, it's my business, I know it!" After the shopkeeper of Simon finished speaking, he drove the princess away, and this old woman was too fond of taking advantage of small advantages, and she was very annoying.
When Wang Po left, the shopkeeper of Ximen looked at Wu Ji steamed cakes again, and thought, "It turns out that Master Wu ...... Phew, what kind of master is he a cake seller, this Wu Dalang actually went out, not at home! β