"Bell ......"

After a while, the sound of a copper bell shaking came from outside, and the fourth girl Chu who was laughing with Wen Shu turned pale, and immediately got up and ran out.

A mule cart came from the west side of the official road, and at the head were two horses, on which sat a middle-aged man and a young man. The two were followed by dozens of carriages and horses, the front of which were two green canopy carriages, and a mule cart behind them, each loaded with goods.

"Third uncle, Liulang!" The fourth girl happily greeted her.

"Fourth sister, why are you here?"

"I know that you are here today, so I am here to greet you, you have a smooth journey, right?"

"Smooth, smooth." Third Uncle Chu said with a half-smile and half-reprimand: "Let's go, hurry up and enter the city, I'm tired all the way, and I can relax when I enter the city." ”

The third uncle Chu is chubby, laughs like a Buddha, looks extremely kind, and is also the most business-savvy person in the family.

"Don't worry, don't worry, this is less than twenty miles away from the city gate, third uncle, you should leave the mansion early in the morning, it's almost noon, you must be tired and tired." She pointed to the tea shed and said: "There is a tea shop here, which was opened by a friend of mine, why don't the third uncle come down and rest his feet and drink some tea soup slowly." ”

Third Uncle Chu glanced at the tea shed with a smile, and just as he was about to speak, he was intercepted by the sixth prince of Chu next to him: "Fourth sister, you just came to Beijing and made new friends again?" ”

"It's not a new friend, you know that little lady."

"I recognize."

Chu Xin was surprised, it was the first time he came to Beijing, how could he recognize the fourth sister's friend in Beijing.

Seeing his confused appearance, the fourth girl couldn't help but glance at him, and said hatefully: "Elm head, do you still remember the little lady Wen who treated you in Cangzhou?"

"Oh, it's her." Chu Liugongzi suddenly realized.

"Not really."

When Uncle Chu heard this, he didn't plan to take a break, so he immediately changed his mind? smiled: "Then you should go in and sit." Wen Xiaoniang Yu Liulang is gracious? Rokuro hasn't had a nightmare since he ate her fish? Since you met it this time? Thank you again. ”

After that, he turned over and dismounted? Walked towards a green canopy carriage behind him.

When the fourth girl saw him, she didn't go to the tea shed, but went back? Can't help but be curious? Bumped Chu Xin's arm: "What is the third uncle going to do?" ”

"The third aunt is here." Chu Xin said in a low voice.

"Ah, third aunt, why is she here?" Chu Hong was full of surprise.

The third aunt is in charge of the inner house, and the third uncle is in the same house? A mainstay? is an indispensable figure in the Chu family, why did he suddenly let go of a large family and came out.

"Grandmother agreed." Seeing her doubts, Chu Xin said softly.

"What's going on, you tell me about it carefully....."

But before the words are finished, a person has come down from the carriage? The fourth girl looked at it fixedly, it was her third aunt Chu Guo's undoubtedly? I could only press the doubts to greet him and salute him

Chu Guo just woke up? The eyebrows are still a little lazy, after seeing Chu Hong? Can't help but look up and down? Then he smiled and said, "Good complexion?" I have also gained some weight, and it seems that I have not suffered in Beijing. The old lady always chattered at home, saying that your fourth uncle is a big boss, don't wronged you. Now that I see it, I am relieved, and I will send a letter to her old man when I turn around, so that she can rest assured. ”

"Grandmother Lao is worried about her and her third aunt, and she has worked hard all the way, so hurry down and rest."

"It's not hard work, but after sitting in this car and horse for a long time, I really can't hold back the panic, and it's just right to breathe down." With that, he went to the tea shed with Chu Hong.

In the tea shed, seeing their group coming here, Wen Shu hurriedly turned around and beckoned Mrs. Zhao to wash and load all the ten catties of cherries she had just bought.

After a while, the group entered the tea shop, Wen Shu hurriedly stepped forward to greet and greet him, and the Chu family returned the gift.

After the two sides sat down, Uncle Chu happily asked when the tea shop opened? How long has it been open? How is the business and so on.

Wen Shu answered them one by one, and then asked them if the journey was smooth, what goods they brought to Beijing and so on.

After greeting each other and eating some fruits, the fourth girl continued to ask her previous doubts as if she had no intention: "Why does the third aunt have time to come to Beijing this time, and the family is okay." ”

"Okay, I've been in charge of the home for more than ten years, and I'm tired, it just so happens that your sister-in-law is a capable person, I took her for a while, and now she can be on her own, and then with your grandmother to help her, it's fine, I'm thinking, it's better to come to Beijing with your third uncle, one to take this opportunity to relax, and the other is ......"

Chu Guo didn't say any more, but the fourth girl Chu had already understood.

Eighty percent is for the sake of the offspring.

said that the three uncles and three aunts, the husband and wife are affectionate, the relationship is excellent, the only deficiency is that there are no children, the two have been married for more than ten years, except for the first two years after being pregnant and not kept, they have never been happy.

I saw countless doctors in Cangzhou, but they all said that the problem was not big, as for why I couldn't conceive, but none of them could say why, so the third aunt had to tearfully give the third uncle a concubine to continue the incense.

But Wang Xiaoniang, who entered the door, has not moved much in the past three years.

Seeing that the third uncle is almost forty years old, but there is no child under his knees, the family is already secretly discussing, and it is really not good, so he will give him a child from her father or second uncle.

But judging from today's events, I am afraid that the third aunt still wants her own child more, so she came to Beijing to seek medical treatment with this slim hope.

She figured out the trick in her heart, but she pretended not to know on her face, and said with a smile: "The third aunt is here right, this Beijing division is lively and interesting, I don't know how much better than Cangzhou, I will take the third aunt to see them one by one when I have time in the future." ”

Chu Guo smiled and responded.

After eating some fruit and drinking some tea and soup, the Chu family convoy left, and the elders came to the family, and the four Chu girls were not good to leave alone, so they also left together.

Wen Shu glanced at a small piece of broken silver and uneaten fruit on the table, smiled, first put the silver into his arms, and then put the scattered cherries together, and saw that there were still two catties on the right, so Zhang Luo Zhao Niangzi started a small stove, planning to make "cherry fried".

After the cherry has passed the water, it can't stand it, and according to the current weather, it will be spoiled before tomorrow morning.

The snack of "fried cherry" is a southern way of eating, but it has flourished in Beijing in the past two years, because the candied fruit class taught in their private school also has this snack.

The method is to wash the cherries first, remove the stems and cores, then add four taels of sucrose and stir evenly, pour into the casserole and simmer until the sucrose melts, and then simmer and cook for a quarter of an hour, during which it should be constantly stirred to avoid pasting the pot.

When the fruit precipitates water, pour out the boiled juice, press out the water in the fruit with a spoon, and then add four taels of sucrose and two taels of honey to the casserole, and fry for a quarter of an hour.

After that, take out and squeeze out the water, and then put it into the casserole to fry, and so on twice, until the fruit is all dry, the color is like amber, you can pour it out and let it cool, and then dry it in the sun, and it will not be bad for a long time.

Because of the complicated process and the exquisite materials, the selling price is not cheap, and the candied fruit shop in the city of one or two good "cherry fried" has to sell for 30 yuan.

And her two catties of cherries should be able to get four or five taels after they are made.

Because her hand is injured and it is inconvenient to operate, it seems that the work of cleaning and draining water is done by Zhao Niangzi, and Wen Shu is moving her mouth on the side and commanding.

Mrs. Zhao is also very willing.

Not to mention that she is a hired person, she should share these things and make her happy, the little proprietor asked her to avoid it throughout the whole process, and unreservedly put this fashionable candied fruit in front of her.

And told her that if she encounters a suitable cherry in the future, she can also buy more, and then make a cherry fry according to this method, and sell it in the store, which is counted as a new product.

Wen Shu guided in detail, and Zhao Niangzi did it one by one, and when the cherries in the casserole turned amber, the sun had already moved west.

During this period, the dog has been sitting obediently on the door, taking a branch and painting on the ground, never made a fuss, very quiet, Wen Shu looked strange, and sighed with Zhao Niangzi many times that the dog was obedient and sensible.