After making trouble for a long time, it turned out to be an oolong, and a burly cook only made a gesture that he was about to raise his hand.

After a while of hell and a moment of heaven didn't feel very good, Xu Yuan was so shocked that she sweated, looked at Xia Shang crying and laughing, and finally coughed twice, probably catching a cold.

One hundred and eighty-six taels, and still no one answered.

When the statistician shouted one hundred and eighty-five, Xu Yuan raised his hand excitedly.

However, it was not only the misunderstood chef who raised his hand with Xu Yuan just now, but also many people!

The scene froze for a moment, and people's heads swayed back and forth, all counting how many people raised their hands.

There are only three or four people with the same results in the front, how can it be on the current scale? I don't know if it's a coincidence, there are twenty-seven participating chefs who also won 185 taels!

This number is frighteningly large, and the face of the cook, who was still glad to catch the last train, collapsed instantly.

With so many people on the same count, who can stand out from the crowd?

The rules are clearly written, if the silver is the same, it is more than the copper plate.

Few people pay attention to this rule, because no one believes in such a coincidence. I didn't expect the result to be like this, twenty-seven people have the same number, and there are many variables.

Who can have confidence? No one has officially counted the number of copper coins. Even the overseer's guards counted only the silver.

Now it's more than the number of copper coins.

Time is not allowed to be counted one by one, so weigh it instead. Twenty-seven people lined up in a row and weighed in turn.

The original plan was like this, and it soon became clear that there was no need to be so troublesome, because one of the twenty-seven had more copper coins than the others.

Put all the copper coins of this family on the board car, and the four officers and soldiers couldn't pull it together, and even the board car was pressed into some deformation, which also made the people who saw it gasp.

The copper plates are piled together and you can see a rough idea with your eyes, and the copper coins of this family are estimated to be more than the copper coins earned by four or five families combined, does this still need to be compared?

Although the more than 20 cooks were very unwilling, the mountains of copper coins were placed in front of them, and people had to be convinced.

Who is this?

Yunshui Pavilion - Xu Yuan.

……

After the first round of the banquet, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

The flavor of the ancient year is obviously much stronger than that of modern times, and every household is decorated with lights, and even heavy snow cannot stop people's enthusiasm.

Xia Shang didn't prepare the New Year's goods, and Li Luo didn't have any experience, so it was more monotonous in comparison, but the Fang brothers were very active, and they had already prepared bacon sausages, red lacquer and red paper, candy and candied fruits, etc., and also bought high-incense red candles to pay tribute to the ancestors.

Xia Shang's impression of the New Year is nothing more than eating and drinking well, so he prepared a lot of delicious food.

Sugar cane, peaches, watermelons, apples, wine and the like are on the table, the shop is closed, and the emerald flowers are also recalled, ready to spend Chinese New Year's Eve comfortably.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the snow was still falling, and the snow accumulated half a foot deep on the ground for days, and the world was occupied by silver and white, and there were fewer and fewer other colors. The jujube tree in the courtyard was crushed a few more branches, and Luo Luo took a long broom and poked the snow on the tree under the tree, trying to relieve the pressure on the jujube tree.

The open space under the eaves was all ice, and only with sackcloth wrapped in his feet could he stand firmly.

Fang Buyu came back with twenty catties of charcoal, took out four braziers and lit them all. Luo Luo said that he was wasteful, and Fang Bu said that it was festive.

When Fang Buyu and Luo Luo were poor, the hall became a place for Fang Xiangxiang to talk about his relationship with Cuihua.

There is nothing to do today, hiding behind the counter and touching and playing is not lively. Cuihua has lived in the mountains for a long time, has little leisure, and will be bored with the flock of vegetables, fruits and sheep all day long, and from time to time on the mountain will think of this annoying brother, and suddenly find that they are not so annoying after meeting.

The brothers of the Fang family are thinking about Cuihua, they only meet on weekdays, and they will leave after Cuihua is delivered.

The charcoal was gone just now, Fang Buyu was reluctantly called to buy charcoal, and when he came back, he found that he had let Cuihua and his eldest brother get behind the counter for a moment, this kid was suddenly anxious, so he still had the heart to talk to Luo Luo? Hurry up to Cuihua's side and be courteous.

On weekdays, it is annoying to watch the three people entangled, but today it is warm to see the three of them get together, and then look at the slim young lady on the side, Xia Shang feels that he has mixed well after half a year, and the small courtyard finally has a bit of a taste of home.

It's good to spend Chinese New Year's Eve peacefully like this, although there are fewer people, but with the girl in the courtyard, all the emptiness can be filled.

Just then, there was a knock on the backyard door.

Xia Shang was about to leave, Li Luo hurriedly threw away the broom and ran to open the door, and after a while, he came back with a big rooster and looked at Xia Shang with a cute expression: "The gave it." ”

"Huh? What is Xu Yuan's purpose in sending a chicken at this time? Xia Shang muttered, and Youzai Youzai walked to the door of the backyard and found that Xu Yuan had not left yet.

"What are you doing standing outside? Come in and sit down. ”

Xu Yuan was also wearing a heavy cotton coat and a velvet hat, which was different from her previous dress, and she was a little hesitant at the door at this time, Li Luo enthusiastically pulled her sleeves, and then invited her in.

In the courtyard, Xia Shang pointed to the big rooster: "This is?" ”

Xu Yuan smiled: "If it weren't for the little master yesterday, I would have been eliminated." At that time, I was in a hurry, and I didn't even say thank you, and it was the New Year, and it meant to send a rooster. ”

Xia Shang touched his nose: "Look at what you said, you didn't make much effort." It's cold outside, so go to the building to make a fire. ”

Xu Yuan shook his head: "No, you have a good New Year, I won't bother." ”

Saying that Xu Yuan was about to leave, Xia Shang thought: "By the way, where are you going to celebrate the New Year?" Ouyang's family? ”

Xu Yuan's expression was gloomy, and he shook his head again: "Alone." ”

"Alone? What else does a person go? Stay with us right here. ”

"It's not appropriate."

"What's out of place? There is no one else, how can you say that you are also my closed disciple, what's inappropriate? Aren't there just two nominal disciples and a younger sister in the building? ”

Xu Yuan couldn't resist Xia Shang's enthusiasm and stayed in the delicious way.

After lunch, the six people chatted under the eaves, ate fruits, watched the snow scene, and occasionally chatted about this year's events and next year's expectations, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

The people in the courtyard are all rootless people, and there are not too many traditional programs.

Until the evening, everyone used the prepared paper money to recall the ancestors, and silently recited the thoughts of the immortals while lighting the fire.

Maybe it's been a person who has lived for too long, and the Fang brothers and Cuihua haven't changed much, and they are still laughing and playing.

Xu Yuan felt more deeply that she was celebrating the New Year with so many people in the courtyard today, and she had not felt like this for a long, long time.

Li Luo's feeling is even weaker, he used to have his father, but now he has a father-in-law, and he doesn't know how to miss his relatives.

Only Xia Shang sat silently with everything, throwing paper money, looking at the fire, and the firelight seemed to reflect the faces of his parents.

At this time, my heart was empty, and I was stunned, and it was like a dream.

Suddenly, a small hand slipped into the palm of his hand, and the feeling disappeared without a trace, and the empty heart was filled again.