Chapter 130: Becoming a Tribute
Mrs. Niu is back, don't worry about the work, or busy with promotions, I don't care about anything, I listen to Mrs. Niu's vernacular in the big canteen.
"The boss of the capital, the city wall is really high, the city wall covered with big blue bricks, there are square holes on the battlements of the city wall, it is said that it is used for archery, and the city gate building is covered with glazed tiles!"
The patriarch asked, "Where is our shop?" ”
Mrs. Niu patted her thigh and said, "On the main street, after the intersection of Mahang Street, there is a restaurant in front of it, then a dim sum shop, and then a silk and satin village, a rouge shop, we are the fifth."
It is also the front and back yards, the front is a three-story small building, the back is a small pavilion and a small garden, an attic, a large house with carved floor-to-ceiling windows, it used to be a tea house, it is very elegant, but there is no place to live. ”
Fang Minggui asked, "Mother, where do you live?" ”
"Where else can I stay?" Mrs. Niu glanced at her son, "Live in your Aunt Hu's house, Guogong Mansion!" The front door is on Jinbao Street, the back door is on Wenzheng Street, and the side door is Jinliang Lane. When I first moved in, I got lost every day, and I was able to wander around the garden. ”
The third uncle said with a smile, "That old lady will not enjoy the blessings, she will not live in the big house, and she will come to our town to kill pigs and play." ”
Mrs. Niu smiled and said, "She just likes that!" You don't know! In the boss's mansion, in a garden with flowers and plants, she asked people to build a pigsty! That's 50 piglets! ”
The fourth uncle said, "That's it, people have money, how do you want to play, how can you play?" Our pastry shop business in Beijing is also very good! ”
Mrs. Niu shook her head and said, "Don't mention it, why am I only coming back now?" Mrs. Li couldn't hold back the formation, and she was in a mess every day. ”
"What's going on?" The patriarch was worried.
"What's going on! There are so many officials in the capital! I don't know why I haven't seen the world, it's strange to see what we do, when the shop was renovated, when the sewer was installed with a toilet, how many people laughed at us. Later, the governors of various provinces came to ask for advice, and said that men were not allowed to enter the backyard, and that it was not hit, so they waited until you closed to take a look at the flushing toilet. ”
Mrs. Niu shook her head in disgust, "There are also our pastries, everything on the side is easy to say, I have built a baking room in the Guogong Mansion, and I can replenish the goods nearby if I don't sell them, and the decorated cake is not good!" ”
The patriarch asked, "Why, is it that the master who decorates the flowers is not useful?" ”
Dong Xiaoying came in with a smile, "The old lady is back!" Let me see, oops! Why have you lost weight! Don't go out these days, rest at home, I'll make it up for you! ”
Mrs. Niu took Dong Xiaoying's hand and asked her to sit beside her, "Zhong, Zhong, you say anything!" ”
"Milk, the chick misses you, do you miss the chick?" Fang Yue threw herself into the arms of Mrs. Niu.
Mrs. Niu held her granddaughter's little face, "Oh, look at my granddaughter!" This little face is as white as tender tofu, I think the ladies in the capital are all better than us! miss the chick too, huh? Lost a tooth? Let the milk see, how many teeth have been replaced? ”
Fang Yue opened his mouth to show Mrs. Niu, "Just change a tooth, and the one next to it is also active." ”
"Oh, oh, my chick has grown up too!" Mrs. Niu hugged Fang Yue and rubbed it for a while, "Your Grandma Hu misses you the most, and she talks every day that she should take you to Beijing." ”
The patriarch said impatiently, "Your ancestors and grandchildren go back to the kang to kiss the incense, first talk about how our business is in the capital!" What's going on with the shop? ”
Mrs. Niu said angrily, "At the beginning, Mama Xue said that there are cows in the capital, so we don't have to drive the cows into Beijing, and when we arrived in the capital, we knew that there was only one bull and one cow left in the princess's mansion."
It's infuriating that the cow is still pregnant with cubs and has no milk! Just about to decorate the shop, just wait! Waiting for the cows to give birth, they haven't saved enough milk, and the good day of opening has come. ”
Dong Xiaoying frowned and said, "Not enough stock?" One cow is not enough. ”
Mrs. Niu patted her thigh, "We have enough other styles of pastries, and I pressed to sell the goods, and finally grinded until after noon." On the first day, I said that I tasted a lot, but then I didn't hit it, and I couldn't hold it down!
I explained that there is a fixed number every day, and if it is late, there is no one, and people are unwilling! Mama Xue came to the store every day to sit and listen to the reasoning of people.
Why can the fourth-grade official get a cake with flowers, my lord is a household waiter, and the third-grade official can't be determined? That, there are Sanpin official mansions, but we don't have them, you are stepping on the face of the Hou Mansion on the ground! ”
"Three products? Hou Mansion? The patriarch covered his heart, "People say that the county order is broken, and we offend an official who is greater than the county order, so it's okay!" The county lord, by the way, what did the county lord say? ”
Mrs. Niu glanced at the patriarch, "Look at your guts, the older you get for decades, the more courageous you are!" Didn't you say that there is Mama Xue! People just say a word, open the door to do business, don't look at the official position, the person who comes is a guest! Let's just come first, come first! ”
Dong Xiaoying nodded, "A cow can't do it, there must be enough supply if you come first and come first!" ”
Mrs. Niu patted Dong Xiaoying's hand and comforted, "It's okay, later the county lord went to the palace to find the concubine Niangniang and asked for two, now it's enough!" ”
Fang Mingyuan came in with Chang'an and looked around, "Money skewers!" ”
Mrs. Niu smiled and said, "Don't look for him, Dahua is pregnant, he can't stay in the middle without him, Dahua can't be idle for a day, and if she can't see it at a glance, she goes to the tile shed to watch the excitement, and the money string guards her, and she can barely hold it down and not let her go out." ”
Fang Mingzhang clapped his hands and said, "That old boy! That's pregnant, okay, okay! ”
Fang Mingyuan said in his heart, what a fart, one less of him, as if there are several arithmetic teachers missing, who will teach the multiplication table? At the beginning, Chang'an taught money strings, he left, and now the new arithmetic teacher has been recruited, and it is more difficult to memorize the multiplication table than to be in the law code.
"Before I go, Dazhongzi's daughter-in-law hasn't given birth yet, tell me quickly, what happened to Dazhongzi's daughter-in-law?" Mrs. Niu asked.
The patriarch said, "What else can you give birth, it's a milk doll!" ”
Dong Xiaoying smiled and said, "It's a naughty boy, Da Zhongzi makes his son toss enough in a day." ”
Mrs. Niu asked along the way, "The milk doll eats and sleeps, sleeps and eats, how can she be naughty?" ”
Zhang's helped Songhua in, "Mother! Why don't you come home? ”
Mrs. Niu immediately forgot about other people's babies, and stared at her granddaughter-in-law's stomach with bright eyes, "When will you give birth?" ”
Zhang smiled and said, "At the end of the month and the beginning of the first month." ”
Mrs. Niu looked left and right, there was no place, and pulled Fang Yue to stand up, "It's slippery outside, what are you doing with her out, I'll be home in a while!" Don't stand, sit down, sit down. ”
How dare Songhua sit in her grandmother's position, wave her hand and say, don't get tired after walking a few steps, sit down quickly, she is really fine.
The second girl has been standing in the corner, wanting to go up and ask her father how she is, but she is timid when she sees her grandmother's style.
Changxi ran back from school, and when he entered the house, he shouted "Milk, milk, my father!" ”
Mrs. Niu looked at her grandson and smiled, looked around and saw the second girl, and waved at her granddaughter to come over.
"Let me tell you, your father is now angry, how many people are chasing him and shouting to the whole shopkeeper, all masters! Just set our jar of chicken essence powder! Mrs. Niu smiled and said, "I haven't said the most powerful yet!" Do you know what has become of our chicken essence powder? Royal tribute, tribute! ”
The patriarch slipped out of his chair and slumped on the ground and asked, "Tribute?" Our chicken powder? The emperor ate it? Oops! I...... This...... Let's go kowtow to our ancestors, go, go, let's kowtow to our ancestors! ”
Mrs. Niu stopped and said, "After listening to me, why are you kowtowing?" Our family wants to supply 900 catties of chicken powder to the palace a year, and the Internal Affairs Office does not give a penny, only a brand!
There is no way, I will let the capital sell the chicken essence powder more expensive, and now there is a jar of chicken essence powder in the capital for 500 Wen, but the supply is not available, the whole child is busy and has no time to sleep, and the tired chicken feathers can fall asleep. ”
The third uncle immediately grabbed the patriarch, don't toss and get down to business, "Our chicken essence powder has become a tribute, and we can't sell it so cheaply here." Mingtong, Ming Quan is tired, there are a few idle boys at home, let's not talk about whether they sell or not, the tribute must be offered, and there must be no mistakes at that end. ”
The patriarch patted his thigh and said, "Yes, yes, Mingyao!" Knock on the gong, and everyone outside will hear it! Prices! ”
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