Chapter 41: Running to a New Life
"The shopkeeper, this is our relocation document, this is my Xiucai book, this is our identity document, please forgive the shopkeeper, I came from afar away from home, the road is difficult, resulting in such a situation, it is really ...... Shame on people, too! ”
"Come on these people? I can't open it! "The shopkeeper of the post house really didn't mean to embarrass them, more than 300 people, how to arrange it?
Xiao Er took a broom to drive people away, but the shopkeeper stretched out his hand to stop it, and the things that I didn't see with my eyes were distributed around Leping City, which is a place where ordinary people can go?
"According to the rules, Xiu only has one room, and Li Zheng can live in Datongpu, and the others ...... "There are only two people for free, what about the others?"
Fang Mingyuan didn't let the shopkeeper be embarrassed, "We have a big shop, you calculate how much it is, there is a firewood house, a livestock shed, and we can deal with it for a night." ”
The shopkeeper thought about it and nodded: "Cheng, there is a house in the number of places, and the Chase shop is free of a bunk, you have come from afar, it is really pitiful, I mean to charge you a few dollars, don't let the guys work in vain."
There are 20 copper plates for a chase shop, there are 50 copper plates for a chase shop, and the firewood house is counted as 20 copper plates, and the livestock shed will not charge money. You must bring your own meals, and the firewood will count as seven dollars for you, and the firewood for tomorrow's breakfast will also count as seven dollars. ”
The shopkeeper took the calculation chip and placed it on the counter like a fortune teller, Chang'an said casually: "A total of one thousand and fourteen copper coins, my father will give money." ”
The shopkeeper looked up at Chang'an, uh, where was it just now? I forgot, I have to do it again. The shopkeeper was sure that Chang'an was good, and his eyes were shining.
The patriarch followed and praised: "That is, our Chang'an is the son of the head of the Xiucai case, and his head is smart!"
Mrs. Song pulled Mrs. Niu and said: "It's still your son who is powerful, look at it, you don't need money to go out and stay in the guest house, Lizheng, if our patriarch doesn't have an ancestral heirloom, he will have to spend money, and the old boy will have a big shop for nothing." ”
The daughters-in-law were busy cooking on the fire, and the mothers-in-law were calculating around the grain bags, and the new wheat that they were not willing to eat along the way was not ground into flour, so how wasteful was eating wheat rice? Crisp, a little rough noodles, add some wheat grains to cook porridge!
"Don't eat too much at night, just go to sleep, press the kang head."
"I can't sleep even if I hum, eat some porridge to deal with a meal, and make wheat rice tomorrow morning."
The habit of developing all year round, the wheat is beaten down, ground into flour, the white flour is sold, and the rest is mixed with bean flour, sorghum flour, and cornmeal before eating.
The wheat grains that have not been ground into flour are directly steamed in the pot and eaten, how much white flour do you say is a disaster? What's the situation, how much money is at home, you eat white noodles!
All right! You have the final say, and the daughters-in-law received a small half bag of rough noodles, two bowls of new wheat grains, and porridge.
The shopkeeper chatted with Fang Mingyuan and the patriarch in the lobby, "We are here as an official post, and making money is secondary, but I also want to give an explanation to the top, I really didn't charge more cash, that is, I mean it, and give an explanation to the guys in the store."
If you go to another official post, I can't guarantee that there are no kind-hearted people, but if you can collect some copper plates like me, you can let it go, that's really hard to say. ”
The patriarch bowed his head and said in his heart, it costs more than one or two silver to live for one night, and it doesn't matter what to eat, the chase shop is still cheap, and you still want to ask for money for the firewood house? There is also firewood, you said that firewood costs money, let's go to the mountain to pull a cart back for you, besides, we have firewood on the car, and we really don't need to spend seven copper plates to burn the firewood given by the mountain for free.
Fang Mingyuan hurriedly said that he understood, and thanked the shopkeeper for his kindness to stay overnight.
The shopkeeper said tightly: "But don't tell me, it's all for people, be considerate of each other." I also look at you old and old, little and pitiful! ”
The third cousin kicked and squatted on the threshold of the back hall, looked, I don't know if I don't come out, the mouth of doing business is really good at saying, one or two more silver and said that I don't want much, it's to see us pitiful, ouch! One or two more silver, I save from my mouth a year, and the village in the field is tightly planed, and the family can't eat enough and can't wear warm, so I save one or two silver a year. Stay at the store and it's gone!
Fang Mingyuan's family has a guest room, Dong Xiaoying asked the children to live with her, and the daughters-in-law said no, it was already good to have a chase to live. No one went to squeeze with Fang Mingyuan's family, and the stuffy man fetched water, and the family was finally able to take a clean bath.
The women, children, and patriarchs of Datong lived in the firewood house with the elderly, and the men happily watched the cart in the livestock shed, and slept in turn.
Living in a post house, this copper plate is really cheap, Dong Xiaoying also knew that the shopkeeper was kind, so she got up early the next day to pull Mrs. Niu up from the Chase Shop, and the two quietly went to the stove room.
"What's the matter with you? I can't wake up all day long, and now I have a bed and a bed, and you don't sleep again, what's the point of tossing? ”
Dong Xiaoying pointed to the prepared sour dates and stretched out her hand to ask for something, "I want fine noodles, old noodles, and sugar." ”
What? Why don't you want my life? Mrs. Niu glared, "How much?" ”
White noodles, white sugar was given out, Mrs. Niu was distressed again, and couldn't stop nagging: "That bit of white noodles, I think about whose baby is sick, can stir a gnocchi soup for the baby, eat bitter medicine, put some sugar on the child, can be sweet." I still want old noodles, we took all the way, the old noodles in my hometown, I can't use old noodles when I get to the place to steam buns! ”
"You don't want to make money anymore? I said, let's make money, I'll let you see it today, how can we make money. ”
Mrs. Niu patted her thigh, "Then if there is white flour and sugar, I can also make money, so I can leave it anywhere?" ”
"You show me outside, don't let anyone peek at it." Dong Xiaoying pushed the old lady out to look at the wind, closed the door and began to work.
Now that everyone is eating together, there is no one's personal things, Dong Xiaoying naturally wants to ask Mrs. Niu for something.
There is white flour and sugar in the space, but everyone is together, her mules are killed and eat meat, to say that Miss Dong bought cattle for the Fang family at the beginning, it was really the best choice, willing to pay for the money, look, other people's cattle can also pull the cart! Our mules are gone. The fine grain stored in Dong Xiaoying's car had already been reversed to Boss Fang's car.
"Someone got up, what's going on?" The old lady spoke in a hasty voice.
Without an oven, the jujube cake will be sticky when it is steamed, and it should not be steamed too thickly, and the dough should be a little older. Add sugar to sour dates to make canned sour dates, this is simple.
Dong Xiaoying counted the time, "It's almost time, you come in!" ”
Stuffed a small piece of steamed cake into Mrs. Niu's mouth, and fed the old lady a sour jujube with a spoon, "There is no one here, can you make money by tasting it?" ”
Well! The steamed cake is soft, sweet and glutinous, and there are sour dates in it, which is delicious!
"You can sell it for money! This is the only one, no one will do it, I'll teach you later. Dong Xiaoying put her arm around the old lady's shoulders.
"We women! We must be kind to ourselves at all times, we can't point to men, we can make money ourselves, we can share the pressure on men, we can take it out to support children when they need it, and we can take money to take medicine when we are old and sick, so as not to burden our children. You say, right? ”
Without waiting for the old lady to speak, Dong Xiaoying said again: "Don't worry about one thing, that is, you have no money, I will honor you as much as possible, I don't just talk about it, you just wait, when you see the real chapter, you see what I do!" ”
Mrs. Niu nodded vigorously, "I believe your words, what you say is the truth, I understand!" Understand! ”
"In that, you can eat some more jujube cakes, sour jujube cakes." Dong Xiaoying cut the jujube cake that had been drying for a while into diamond-shaped pieces, pinched a piece and stuffed it into the old lady's mouth, "I didn't put much sugar, this is to thank the shopkeeper for calculating the price of a white store for us, in addition, you can also see the shopkeeper's reaction, can this be bought." ”
Put it on a plate and give it to the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper to eat. The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, the mountain was full of wild dates, why didn't he think to get it back to make snacks?
"Well, yes, sweet and sour, soft and delicious, are you going to eat it for yourself, or take it out and sell it?" The shopkeeper doesn't need Dong Xiaoying to ask, he has the same mirror in his heart.
Dong Xiaoying looked at Mrs. Niu, she didn't plan to sell this, she wanted to sell baked cakes. I'm afraid that if I say it, I want white noodles again, and Mrs. Niu thinks she is a liar.
"Am I the ignorant mother-in-law? Preventing you from talking to people outside? Hey, we don't have those rules, we can't eat, what are you paying attention to? ”
Mrs. Niu misunderstood, picked up Dong Xiaoying, and said to the shopkeeper with a smile: "I want to see if I can sell it for money, no, my daughter-in-law is a rich lady, and she eats a lot of rare things, so I want to try it." ”
The shopkeeper nodded, "Big families have dim sum recipes for heirlooms, your one is delicious, it shouldn't be difficult to make, so let's do it!" You sell me this recipe and teach it to the chef here, and I'll give it to you...... Two taels of silver. ”
"What do you say? Miss! Mrs. Niu directly said no.