What has Pudding been doing for the past month and a half? As Qi Sheng said, every morning, he took his homemade fishing gear and went to the riverside boulder outside the east gate to fish. Fishing until sunset before harvesting, whether there is a harvest or not, the pudding is like this every day. Recently, there has been less and less tailoring work at home, and Bu Mao can do it alone, so Bu Mao is too lazy to take care of him. When the pudding is lucky, it can catch more than 40 catties a day at most, most of which are grass carp and catfish. When he returned to the city, he passed by Ximen Bridge, and gave the fish at a low price, almost half of it was half sold and half given to the "Tailai Restaurant" in Ximen Bridge.

The owner of "Tailai Restaurant" is surnamed Wu and is called Wu Renpu. Although the Wu family is not as good as the Yuan family, it is also a large family in Ximen. Unlike other big families, Wu Renpu has an excellent heart and is one of the few good people who are benevolent for the rich. In previous years, whenever natural and man-made disasters were encountered, the first person to give porridge along the street must be the Wu family. Boss Wu's good popularity has made his business the hottest of the four restaurants on the street. Even if Master Bu has any happy events, he will come to his field to support him.

Pudding is not related to Boss Wu, but why does he sell the fish to Tai Lai Restaurant for less than half the price? It's not that fish prices are falling, on the contrary, fresh fish prices have skyrocketed in recent times.

It turns out that because the business of Tai Lai Restaurant is becoming more and more popular, and the signature dishes are mainly fish, a large amount of fish is needed. At present, the water ghosts and river gods in the Zijiang River are making trouble, the yamen does not allow minors under the age of 16 to approach the river, and many fishermen are afraid to collect their nets and go fishing, and the number of live fish in the market has dropped sharply, and the supply exceeds demand. Therefore, Boss Wu spread his words and bought a large number of fresh fish and turtles at a high price.

At a high price, few people still dare to go fishing. Pudding didn't believe this, he didn't fish and sell money to subsidize his family, he had his own purpose - to take the opportunity to frequent the restaurant. Pudding doesn't come to the restaurant to drink and eat, but to see someone here. Since he had accidentally seen the man a few days ago, Pudding had only felt that half of the three souls and seven spirits had been taken away, and since then he has only thought about looking at her again all day long. As the so-called wealthy courtyard is as deep as the sea, as soon as the person enters the large mansion compound, he has disappeared from the world since then, and he can no longer be found. I had no choice but to send Acacia to Tailai Restaurant, hoping that she could occasionally patronize her own property. Speaking of which, the officials seem to understand that Pudding has met the first love in his life, and the woman he is longing for is Wu Cuilian, the only daughter of Wu Renpu, the owner of Tailai Restaurant.

Speaking of this Wu Cuilian, who is the same age as Pudding, was born in a wealthy family, has been taught by her master since she was a child, stays at home, is knowledgeable and courteous, and is deeply spoiled by Wu Renpu. A few days ago, I was bored at home, and while my father was not at home, I secretly took my maidservant out to buy some supplies for my daughter's family. happened to be seen by Pudding, and with just one glance, he regarded it as a celestial being. Pudding thought that there were no four gates and thirteen streets in the small city that he was not familiar with, but unexpectedly, there was a fairy-like lovely person who did not notice it under his nose. Pudding secretly followed, only to learn that she was Wu Renpu's daughter. When he got home, Pudding felt like he had lost his soul. His age is also the season when love is beginning to bloom, and being teased by Tang Rongqi several times has accelerated his inner precociousness.

Pudding remembered a sentence in the book: "To be an official is to be a ruling Jinwu, and to marry a wife is to marry Yin Lihua." "The ambition Pudding in his career has not been considered, but he has a clear goal of marrying a wife, that is, to marry a wife and marry Wu Cuilian.

With this goal in mind, Pudding acted. Recently, there have been old dead people along the riverside, and along the river, the county has sent people to regularly inspect and prohibit children from approaching. Pudding decides to "risk death" to solve the problems of his future father-in-law, and why should the fish caught at the risk be sold to Taylor Restaurant for less than half the market price? He was about to use this to get Wu Renpu's attention to him. Pudding has a lot of ghosts, and in those years, the parents had to decide the major matters of marriage. Pudding has a good relationship with his father-in-law first, and it will be a matter of course in the future.

Pudding didn't work in vain, and he managed to get the attention of Oh Inpo. Because Pudding gave money many times, Wu Renpu was once very reluctant to send someone to Bu Mao to send back to the hotel's famous food - "Four Happiness Balls".

Today, Pudding came back from work early, carrying five or six fish in his hand, passing by Tailai Restaurant, and Yang Sanqing, the shopkeeper, ran over. Because, this kid is very dexterous with a mouth and can blow and pull, so he got the nickname "Yang Lazi". Because of this, he was favored by Wu Renpu and hired as the second junior of the shop. Yang Lazi and Pudding are familiar with each other, he is two or three years older than Pudding, but he does not dare to be big in front of Pudding. Lao Yuan saw Pudding and shouted, "Pudding, how is the harvest today?" ”

Pudding said weakly: "That's all, ten catties." ”

Yang Lazi was also a little disappointed, "Grandma's, the fish in the river have been eaten by the river god, and if this continues, the fishermen will starve to death." So saying, he went to take the fish in Pudding's hand, and Pudding only gave him the two big ones in his hand. said: "It's still the old rule, these two are for you, buy one get one free, and I'll take the rest of the small ones back and eat them myself." ”

Yang Lazi said, "Okay. He took it to the counter and passed the scale, turned around and handed it to the pudding with thirty yuan in his hand, and couldn't help but whisper: "If you don't take sixty yuan, what are you doing?" If you are full, you can do good deeds to give food to those who ask for food, Boss Wu's family is still short of you? ”

Pudding didn't answer and asked: "Isn't Boss Wu here?" ”

Yang Lazi said: "I'm accompanying the guests upstairs, and a few distinguished guests are here today." The two fish you sent will be ready to dig out the intestines and serve them later. Don't say, where do you fish from? Didn't the yamen forbid children to come near the river? ”

Pudding said: "Open your eyes and see, is this young master a child?" ”

"Hey, Xiaomi, it's not big, you still have five people and six people."

"Lazi, let me ask you, Wu ...... Never mind. Pudding wanted to ask him, Wu Cuilian was not upstairs, but remembered that his mouth was leaking, and he was afraid that he would say it. simply didn't ask, turned around and left.

Walking through the streets, Pudding came to the alley of Big Tooth's house. From afar, I heard the sound of Big Tooth's whirring and panting, and when I looked closer, I saw Big Tooth in the yard, fiddling with the flat pole that carried the iron bucket. danced vigorously, quite a bit of a killing atmosphere.

Pudding asked, "Big Tooth, what are you doing?" ”

When Big Tooth saw Pudding, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Pudding, you see that I have created a few tricks of my own magic skills, and if I meet bad people again in the future, I will not be afraid of them." ”

Pudding handed the fish to Cao, sat in the yard and watched Big Tooth dance the flat dan, but Big Ya accidentally pulled the flat tan to the plane tree in the yard, and the flat dan cracked the opening, and it seemed that it could no longer be used. Big Tooth immediately cried and mourned a face, this flat shoulder was specially reinforced for picking up the iron bucket, and it was not good to buy it again. Cao Shi came over and scolded with big teeth: "You loser, where can you get the same flat shoulder again?" How are we going to make a living in the future? ”

Pudding touched his pocket and said: "Anyway, Big Tooth has strength, so why don't you go to the blacksmith Wang tomorrow to get a pair of iron flat poles, and the iron bucket and iron flat poles are a perfect match." ”

Big Tooth said: "That's a lot of money?" ”

Pudding calculated: "Two coins of silver should be enough." "At the mention of money, both of them wilted.

Pudding patted Big Tooth on the shoulder and said, "I'll come to you tomorrow morning, I have some private money for fishing recently." ”

Without waiting for the Cao family to say anything, Pudding walked out of the yard quickly.

It's late in the summer, and it's dinner time, but the sun still has a glow in the sky.

As soon as Gu Zhao entered the door, he saw several horses parked in front of the door. I couldn't help muttering in my heart: Could it be that the yamen is looking for it again?

When I entered the room, I saw a young man in a gorgeous costume of the same age sitting on each side of the Eight Immortals table in the hall. And Bu Mao turned his back to the door, and kept busy with scissors, needles and threads in his hands. Before Pudding could speak to them, he fell to his knees and fell to his knees involuntarily. I heard one of the gorgeous clothes laughing: "Whose grandson is this, when he sees someone, he kowtows to recognize his grandfather, hahaha." ”

The young man sitting opposite him said to Pudding: "Grandson, hurry up, grandpa will kowtow to you." As he spoke, he threw out a copper and smashed it on Pudding's head.