Chapter 39 Sour soup corn paste
Cui and Lu said goodbye in a hurry, and until they returned home, their expressions were in a trance.
She couldn't stop thinking about Lu's words - isn't the old man really meaning this?
How old is Han Chuan?
After turning the year, it's fifteen and right? Sixi is also a dog, and the two are the same age...
Cui's sat on the small stool in the stove room, watching the fire burn vigorously.
Sometimes she doesn't quite understand the old man's thoughts, although their family is not a big family, but it is not a poor family, right? Although Sixi has no merit and fame, he is also a public eater, right? My father-in-law has a face in the palace! Those who serve are noble masters! This relationship is all through the sky! Since his own family is an old household in Beijing, he has such an industry as Tieshi Hutong, and it cannot be regarded as a gateway without permanent property.
Everyone is beautiful, she doesn't think about it, but the little jasper can always climb it, right?
Don't say anything else! She didn't dare to ask for a young lady from an official family, but she could always pick and choose a girl from a wealthy merchant from another place, right!?
She has been married to the Bai family for 16 years, serving her frail and sick husband, taking care of her elderly and widowed father-in-law, and her mother acting as a father, as well as teaching young and ignorant children. Have you ever complained? But I was really conscientious!
is such a big deal, but her father-in-law didn't even tell her a word...
Cui wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, added a handful of firewood to the stove, and Bai Dalang's medicine was boiling on the stove, and it was bitter just to smell it.
It's bitter.
Same as her days.
There is not a penny of money, and there is no way to speak.
The sun in the yard is slanting down, there is the sound of rustling, Cui's side saw Han Chuan walking lightly in the yard to dry and wash the clothes, the little girl smiled at the corner of her mouth, her face was sweet, the melon seed Ren'er had a pair of willow eyebrows, two slender and slightly upturned eyes on her little face, the nose in the middle of the facial features was small and straight, and the most eye-catching thing was her complexion, white, white, like just ground tofu, tender, smooth and thin.
Cui Shi frowned.
looks so outstanding, and he also shows up on Broad Street every day.
Even the grandson of Mrs. Hu's family knows it!
At first glance, she is a restless, unruly girl!
Not to mention that this girl has no longevity, and no father or mother!
Even if you can make some money by setting up a stall now, if you really get married, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the Bai family to go out and set up a stall! Slapped her son in the face!
Is such a girl worthy of Xiao missing her son!?
Cui's anger suddenly rose from her heart, she didn't dare to blame her father-in-law, and this breath was all recorded on Han Chuan.
At noon, Han Chuan wiped his hands and came to the stove house to help, but saw that there was a handful of silver silk noodles left on the stove, Cui's back was to her, and only a bowl and a pair of chopsticks were placed in front of him.
Han Chuan was silent and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, are you not eating at home today?" ”
Cui Shi sprinkled the silver noodles in the boiling pot, picked the chopsticks up and down to prevent the pot from sticking, and turned his head sideways, "Huh? He pretended not to hear Han Chuan's words.
Han Chuan sighed in his heart, shook his head with a smile, and raised his voice, "It's okay!" I'll tell my sister-in-law that I won't be eating at home at noon! Take a stroll around the eastern suburbs and see if there are any suitable ingredients to make stuffing! ”
When Cui heard this, he said "oh" in his mouth, indicating that he knew, and seeing that Han Chuan was about to step out of the threshold, he called Han Chuan back again, smiling, "Chuan Er, sister-in-law heard that you have been setting up a stall on Broad Street these days, and your business is not bad?" ”
Han Chuan pursed his lips and smiled, "It's okay." The craftsmanship brought out in the palace is idle and idle, just to earn pocket money. ”
Cui Shi also laughed, "Now that you have established yourself in the capital, then your sister-in-law will come to be this wicked person." The five dollars a month that I received was a lodging fee, and Chu'er chewed and ate at home every day, which was not a small amount. Cui's eyes glanced at the east side room, and his face was a little embarrassed, "You also know that your eldest brother lingers on the sickbed, sees a doctor and takes medicine, and everything is money..."
Han Chuan listened with a smile, nodded from time to time, and never answered first.
Cui Shi gritted his teeth and crossed his heart, "Since my sister-in-law is also making money now, food and lodging, my sister-in-law will receive a fraction, is it okay to have a tael of silver a month?" In the past, in the spring and autumn, the room where the sister lives now is rented to students who come to Beijing for the exam, and they don't have to eat food, and they have to pay three taels of silver a month! ”
Han Chuan's smile seemed to be on his face, and he cleared his throat as if there was a thorn piercing it.
It's not deep or shallow, and it will hurt a little when you move.
Cui's eyes looked left and right, and his heart was also beating.
Doing these ghosts behind her father's back, she is also afraid!
Best, this little girl is sensible and can move out by herself!
Otherwise, when the time comes, it won't look good!
The wind blew through the stove, and it was hot.
Han Chuan smiled sincerely as if he was awakened, and took a small copper plate from his sleeve pocket and put it on the stove, "It's Chu'er who is not sensible, every inch of land in the capital is an inch of gold, and it is also troublesome to raise a girl for nothing." ”
"If you are a tenant, you have to guard the tenant's rules. Ming'er also asked her sister-in-law to help her take out the cotton wool, bedding, and thick clothes in the house to dry - it's almost October, and it's time to wear thick clothes. ”
Cui Shi was stunned.
Han Chuan smiled, "In the evening, I want to come back for dinner." It's good to bother your sister-in-law to help Chu'er cook a bowl of sour soup corn paste, you don't know the rules of eating. That Chu'er teaches you, you, first cut a piece of pork belly, do not put oil, use the fat of the pork belly to fry the bottom of the pot, and then put the diced mushrooms, peas, marinated meat, bamboo shoots into the stir-fry, and then sprinkle the cornmeal paste into it, the particles are small, and the size of the nail cover is about the same, the big is not tasteful, and the small is not fragrant. ”
"Do you remember?" Han Chuan looked at Cui Shimu's stunned square face, tilted his head with a smile and said, "You do it well, make it delicious." When you come out of the dining room, the requirements for food are quite high, if you cook according to the level of the previous cooking, even the pier of the dining room can not be a pier. ”
Cui's breath returned to his chest.
This... Is this telling her to do something?? Got it served?
She thought she was a tenant in the courtyard!
Cui Shi was stunned.
One or two silver a month, really... Tenants in the courtyard.
Cui Shi replied vaguely.
Han Chuan nodded with a smile and went out with a big bamboo basket.
As soon as he came out of the Iron Lion Alley, the smile on Han Chuan's face froze, he rubbed his forehead helplessly, leaned against the wall with a bamboo basket, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be nice to have your own yard... It's okay to be small, the courtyard in front is a restaurant, and in the courtyard in the back, she invites two guys, and then raises a big white cat, and gives Grandpa Bai an empty room, if Grandpa Bai wants to live...
Five hundred taels of silver.
50,000 pieces of bread.
How long will she have to work...
Han Chuan gritted his teeth, put on the vegetable basket, took a deep breath, and marched towards the vegetable market in the eastern suburbs with high spirits.
The money comes from the pot, so cook well!