"The daughter of Xiucai surnamed Zhong?" Mrs. Zou frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you go to find some daughters from poor families?" How did you find a talented daughter? They have to sign a deed of sale when they enter the mansion, Xiucai is famous, and he is a scholar, so he can let his daughter enter the mansion as a maid? ”

is still a maid who serves the master.

"Madame, don't worry, that girl is not Zhong Xiucai's own child, but an adopted daughter picked up on the road." Mama Hong explained with a smile: "Zhong Xiucai's family fled from the famine, and the family background is not as good as before, this adopted daughter is not liked by his family, and the girl sold herself to be a maid in our house in order not to embarrass Zhong Xiucai." ”

In fact, Mama Hong also concealed some things, that is, Zhong Cuilan was still unclear with Zhong Xiucai's second son, and the second son's daughter-in-law forced her to die and wanted to drive Zhong Cuilan out.

That Zhong Cuilan had no choice, so she sold herself into slavery.

When Mrs. Zou heard this, she was relieved: "That's good." Remember, they have to be willing to sell themselves, but you can't force them to do it, lest you bring us into trouble. ”

"Madame, don't worry, the old slave is provincial." Mama Hong answered, and the next day she brought the eight girls into the Zou Mansion, divided them into the study and the main room, and served Zou County.

And the Zhong Cuilan they are talking about is Ma Cuilan on the way to escape.

Ma Cuilan originally wanted to use Zhong Xiucai's name to find a good family to marry, but when she came to Tianfu County, she realized that Zhong Xiucai was nothing at all.

Ma Cuilan knows the hard work of farming, and she will never dig in the soil to eat again if she dies in this life, so she heard that Mama Hong was looking for someone to enter the county mansion, so she sold herself to be a maid.

She had heard that many aunts started as maids, and her goal was to become an aunt.

When she becomes an aunt, she is the family member of the official master's family, the master of the house, and the master, who can trample all the peasants who are digging in the field under her feet, and no one will look down on her in the future.

……

The Gu family didn't know that Ma Cuilan had changed her name to Zhong Cuilan, and she had also entered the Zou Mansion as a maid.

They are busy making money from their stalls.

After Jiang County's arrest of Lu Laosan, their tofu stall became even more famous, and the business was as good as on the day of the Lantern Festival, when Chen's feet did not touch the ground, and he fried tofu and bean dregs cake with Yan's.

Gu Jinli saw that they couldn't be busy, so he and Qin Sanlang went to the hanging pot workshop to borrow a tandoor and fry tofu in an iron pot.

"Your six portions of fried five-spiced tofu and ten golden bean cakes, take them." Gu Dagui wrapped the fried five-spiced tofu and bean dregs cake in yellow paper and handed them to the guests.

It's not the first time they've sold tofu and bean cakes, and they won't give them anymore, but business is still good.

"Boss, let's have three portions of fried spiced tofu and six golden bean cakes." Just sent off a guest, and a new customer came to buy tofu and bean cakes.

"Eh, you wait and I'll do it for you."

"Boss, come thirty catties of white tofu and sixty packets of seasoning spices." Three guests stood in front of their stalls with baskets and said.

These three guests are rural farmers who come to the town to catch the market, and it is not easy for them to come to the town once, so they buy a lot every time they buy something.

When the third grandfather heard this, he said to them: "This tofu can be stored for a maximum of ten days, and you must eat it within ten days, otherwise it will spoil." ”

It's the fifth day of February, and although it's still very cold, no matter how cold it is, this thing can't be left for too long, so as long as there are guests who buy too much white tofu, they will remind them.

"Don't worry, the old man, we bought it for the people in the village, and after eating, it's not enough to eat." Whether this Gu family's tofu is fried or stewed, as long as you put some seasoning spices, it is very delicious, and everyone loves to eat it. And only one of them is selling in the town, and they can't buy it if they come late, so every time someone in the village comes to the town, they buy dozens of catties.

After hearing this, the third grandfather smiled and asked Qin Sanlang to bring them tofu.

Qin Sanlang gave them thirty catties of white tofu, as well as sixty packets of seasoning spices, collected four hundred and fifty yuan, and took them to the third grandfather.

Chen was very happy to see that he had made such a large amount of money, and the movements of fried tofu and bean dregs were faster, and he was full of energy.

After a while, another guest with a burden came to the stall and shouted, "Boss, bring us twenty catties of white tofu and twenty packets of seasoning spices." ”

Qin Sanlang went to move tofu for them again, and the guest who was buying fried spiced tofu saw it, and hurriedly said: "Little brother, can't you sell all the white tofu, if you sell out of white tofu, where can we go to buy fried spiced tofu?" ”

Pan-fried five-spiced tofu is made with white tofu, and when the white tofu is sold out, this pan-fried five-spiced tofu will not be sold.

"No, bring me six more fried five-spiced tofu and ten golden bean cakes."

"I'll also add three more pan-fried spiced tofu."

"I'll add six more golden bean cakes."

The guests who were waiting were talking one after another, for fear that they would not be able to buy it if they were late.

"Eh, this is coming, this is coming, and I am doing it for you." Chen was so happy that the whole person was about to float, and this business was so good that she could wake up laughing in her dreams.

Gu Jinli and they were busy for an hour, and they sold all the tofu and bean dregs cakes before noon, and those customers who didn't buy them were very sorry and complained to them: "Gu family, why don't you prepare more tofu?" We didn't buy any of them. ”

Chen Shi smiled all over his face, nibbled on the bean dregs cake and replied, "Don't worry, we will prepare more tofu tomorrow, and you can all buy it." ”

A middle-aged woman carrying a vegetable basket glanced at Chen dissatisfiedly: "You said the same thing last time, what was the result?" Didn't I get it today? No, you can leave six portions of fried spiced tofu for my family tomorrow, plus ten golden bean cakes, which my children love to eat. ”

The golden bean cake sells better than tofu, and many times the tofu is still there, and the golden bean cake is sold out.

Chen said: "Okay, okay, sister-in-law Xu, don't worry, I will definitely leave it for you tomorrow." ”

As soon as the other guests who didn't buy it heard this, they all began to make reservations, one let them keep a few portions of fried spiced tofu, and one let them keep a few golden bean cakes, and after a moment of effort, they set out dozens of portions of fried spiced tofu and hundreds of bean dregs cakes.

After dealing with the scheduled wave of guests, they packed up their things, put their things in the hanging pot workshop, and rushed to the grocery store, bought two catties of wine, two packets of caramel and some groceries, and then went to the grain store to buy five catties of white rice and white noodles, and also went to the meat stall to buy a few catties of meat, and then went to buy eggs and live chickens, and some cabbage and radish, and then rushed back to Dafeng Village.

They would buy these things because Shang Xiu sent a message to their family, saying that they would bring their wife and daughter to visit Gu's family tomorrow.

Shang Xiucai did it very formally, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they bought things and prepared to make a banquet tomorrow to entertain Shang Xiucai's family.