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Guo Mianmian wrote out the pickling methods of several pickles one by one, and after sending a few nephews and nieces to the town to help the younger brother sell Spring Festival couplets on a sunny morning, he carried two air-dried pheasants and two hares to Benxinzhai.

As a leader, if there is no need, Fang Zhishen will not stay in Benxin Zhai every day. However, the guy who was in Ben Xinzhai still understood Guo Mianmian, and when he heard that she was looking for the shopkeeper, he ran to Fang's house again and again.

Fang Zhishen came quickly, and Guo Mianmian arrived before he finished drinking a cup of tea.

"I didn't expect that Guo Niangzi came to the door today, Fang Mou lost his welcome and hoped that Guo Niangzi would not be blamed." Fang Zhishen politely entertained as soon as he entered the door.

"Leader Fang is polite, it should be my unbeautiful intentions, so long before I came to the door to thank you." Guo Mianmian pushed the pheasant and hare in front of Fang Zhishen's eyes, uncovered the blue cloth covering the basket and took out the pickled recipe from it, and handed it over in Fang Zhishen's surprised eyes: "I don't know how to thank Leader Fang, I can only take out these pickled recipes, and I hope Leader Fang will use them." ”

Fang Zhishen didn't accept the thank you gift immediately, but asked with fun: "How do you know it's me?" "It's like he hasn't shown up as always!

Guo Mianmian said with a smile: "It's not a matter of the body that is difficult to guess, except for Leader Fang, I can't think of anyone else." ”

"Guo Niangzi is sensitive." Fang Zhishen felt that the woman in front of him was more clever than he imagined, and took the pickled recipe with a bit of fun, but after just a few glances, he calculated the price, and he didn't know how to say it in time.

Guo Mianmian is good at identifying appearances and colors, and when she saw Fang Zhishen's application, she knew that these pickles could more or less come in handy, so she pretended to be unbeautiful and said: "My family is He Jingyu, and the leader of Fang also knows, so these dishes that are not on the table can be slightly expressed." ”

"Mrs. Guo is serious." Fang Zhishen waved his hand, and his words were full of sighs: "The ancestors of the Fang family made a fortune by pickling, and at this time they still opened the largest pickled shop in Yunlai County. Although this pickled shop is only the most inconspicuous one of the Fang family's business, this is the root of the Fang family handed down from the ancestors, and it will continue to be passed on in the distance. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Zhishen glanced at the pickle in his hand and continued: "There have been many people doing pickle business over the years, and the Fang family's pickle shop is far-fetched to support it. ”

At this point, Guo Mianmian couldn't know Fang Zhishen's intentions, so he continued the other party's words: "These recipes were originally to thank Leader Fang, and at this time, they can be regarded as making the best use of things, Leader Fang can use them as much as possible, and I won't give them to the second person." ”

Gu Huai had only said that the Fang family had a pickled business before, and did not say how the pickled business was, but he didn't expect that this crooked fight was sending the pickled recipe that the Fang family needed, but it was an unexpected joy.

Fang Zhishen is a clever person, so he accepted Fang Zi politely and said cautiously: "This time the Fang family owes Guo Niangzi a favor, and another day, if Guo Niangzi has something big, she can report to Fang, and Fang will do his best to help." ”

Although he is only a side branch, he was separated from the Fang family early, no matter how far a family member is, the same qi will never change. He can't use this recipe, but it's good to hand it over to the clan, and the clan won't forget his hard work.

Guo Mianmian hurriedly said: "Leader Fang is too polite, this recipe is a thank you gift, there is no lack of affection." ”

Fang Zhishen smiled and continued to make noise about this question. Putting these few recipes at his mercy is much more important than the few words he said when he went to the mayor's mansion that day, if you don't talk about him, the clan will not treat this Guo lady badly.

Politely rejecting Fang Zhishen's good intentions, Guo Mianmian came out of Benxinzhai and went into a grocery store on the street. I picked and bought a large bag of items to be used at home, and after paying the bill, I went straight to the place where I set up a stall to sell Spring Festival couplets.

The Spring Festival couplets' business is a little worse than the previous two days, and it is not bad, and it is impossible to get 100 yuan a day. At present, there are ten days before the New Year, at least another seven or eight days can be sold, counting the silver that can be earned in these seven or eight days, plus the silver that has been earned, you can make a net profit of three taels at the mercy of the family, enough for the family to have a small fat year.

Standing not far away, seeing the three nephews and nieces soliciting guests, collecting money, picking Spring Festival couplets, and the most tacit understanding of cooperation, Guo Mianmian was overjoyed and walked over.

"Auntie, you're here!" Guo Guo, who greeted the guests, was the first to see the old lady in the crowd and hurriedly shouted.

Nodding to the eldest niece, Guo Mianmian motioned for her to continue greeting the guests, and arrived at the younger brother to see him write Spring Festival couplets wholeheartedly. After a complete Spring Festival couplet was written, she spoke: "A few of you are busy here, then I will take it home first." ”

In the past two days, the weather is good, and it is just right to remove the bedding at home and wash it well, otherwise it will be impossible to wash it when the day changes during the year.

"Well, eldest sister, go back first." Guo Yu had no reason not to agree, and specially reminded: "Be careful on the road, the most women walk with the crowd, so that someone will not see you alone for a long time." ”

Towards the end of the year, some people who usually had nothing to do stopped people on the way to ask for money. I don't want much, just give a penny or two and you can send it away.

Whose money is not earned back with great effort, how can anyone give it without far-fetchedness? Those who ask for money are cowardly and cowardly, and they are bold enough to rob directly.

Most of these things happened on the village roads that were better in those days, like the villages next to Lijia Village, which did not have these things. One is poor, the other is fierce, don't say silver when you encounter such a green turban, it's light to beat you without a hand.

A few days ago, Guo Mianmian heard about this from the guests who bought the Spring Festival couplets, and knew that it was always right to be careful if he hadn't encountered it, so he patted the big package on his back and said with a smile: "Peace of mind, there is a boning knife that my mother told me to buy, if you really meet someone who dares to beat me, it will all be a long life." ”

When Guo Yu heard this, he instantly thought that his seemingly weak eldest sister knocked the scoundrel surnamed Liu unconscious with a shovel that day, and couldn't help swallowing saliva and prompted: "Eldest sister, it's better to be careful, even if you encounter it, it is impossible to start arbitrarily and scare people away." ”

Guo Mianmian sneered, patted his younger brother's shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, your sister and I are very cowardly, it's too bloody to pick up a knife and cut someone, and it doesn't apply to me." ”

At this time, Guo Mianmian didn't know that she would soon slap herself in the face, she was not porridge and bloody, but she was not porridge, and some people were dancing in front of her eyes and trying to play ruffians!

Brother Guo was skeptical, but he didn't want to say more, he just waved his hand: "Then eldest sister, come back quickly, there are many pedestrians on the road now, even if you encounter that kind of green turban, you are not afraid." ”

"Okay, then I'll come back first, and you guys should come back early and don't be too late." Guo Mianmian prompted, said hello to the three nephews and nieces, and walked towards the entrance of the town with a large package on his back.

It's almost the New Year, and there are indeed a lot of people who go to the street to buy New Year's goods, and there are many pedestrians coming and going on the road after walking out of Taoyuan Town. Guo Mianmian walked peacefully behind a wave of people not far away, and when he was halfway there, the wave of people turned into a small divergent road, and Mingming Village was at the end of the small divergent road.

Along the way, he didn't encounter the legendary green turban blocking the way, Guo Mianmian stopped and took a breath and continued to walk forward, and also encountered several waves of pedestrians going to the town.

Until the back walked for a while, no one touched it, Guo Mianmian didn't feel the danger, but the hint of the little brother was still in her ears, she was still cautious, and simply unloaded the big package on her back, and directly took out the boning knife inside and held it in her hand.

"Stop!"

Xu is afraid that the body will really come to the body, and at this moment, a malicious shout suddenly came from behind Guo Mianmian. She subconsciously turned around and saw three or four young people standing not far away, who were not serious people at first glance.

Guo Mianmian didn't seem to know that these people were talking to him, so he glanced at it flutteringly, then turned around and continued to walk forward, his steps were much faster than before, and in the end he was already running.

It's impossible not to go, these people are not good. She alone is still a woman who is physically weaker than men, and she is not a match for three or four young people.

The four green turbans clearly didn't expect Guo Mianmian to have the courage to run, seeing that she was running fast, the person who took the lead hurriedly chased after her, and shouted to others while chasing: "Hurry, go and chase, don't let this stinky girl run." ”

"Peace of mind, Brother Tiger, this stinky girl can't run." Someone crossed Brother Hu, who was the first to shout, turned his head and grinned and answered, and then quickly jumped out like a wild dog on the loose, and soon narrowed the distance between him and Guo Mianmian.

Guo Mianmian turned her head, she knew that she couldn't run away, her eyes looked around, and she didn't notice any pedestrians' footprints, she simply dropped the big package on her back and stood in place to reduce her strength, and slowly received the hand holding the boning knife into her sleeve, staring sharply at the four green turbans that were about to come up.

Seeing that Guo Mianmian was not running, the four green turbans accelerated again and rushed up to surround her, with an unkind smile on their faces.

"Who are you? Do you want to dry yourself? Guo Mianmian asked calmly, she had already thought in her heart, if these people were asking for money, she would give them the remaining thirty dollars on her body, and the most important thing was to arrange personal safety.

"Hehe, you don't have to know who your brothers are, you know that your brothers will make you happy in the future." The flow of people known as Brother Tiger said angrily, their eyes turned on Guo Mianmian's body, as if they wanted to strip her naked.

"Hehe, Brother Tiger, you're so bad, what should you do if you scare the little woman?"

"Ouch, the little woman has been a widow for so long, and in the dead of night, I'm afraid that the man wants to go crazy, don't we just nourish and nourish her."

"That's it, let's have fun with this girl today."