Wu Da's craft of making cooking cakes is ancestral. It is well-known in Qinghe County. I heard that there was an old glutton named Yusuo in the capital, who wrote books to record delicious food.

Wu Da is quite confident in his ancestral craft. As long as the fool tasted his cooking bread, it would have been written in the book. The Wu family's cooking cakes are famous all over the world, which can be regarded as a little consolation to the ancestors. So, Wu Da took his wife, children, and mother all the way to the capital selling cooking cakes. It's a pity that when he arrived, Yusuo's "Fun Talk of Shouchun" was printed into a book.

Returning to his hometown is another big amount of money, Wu Dasi wanted to rent a small courtyard in Changle Village outside the city, and his mother and wife raised a few chickens and ducks at home, and planted some vegetables and vegetables. Wu Da still continued to sell cooking cakes to support his family.

Wu Da's cooking cakes are soft and filling, and there are many repeat customers. Normally, at this time, it has already been sold out and returned home, but today is Laba, and when it snowed in the early morning, it was delayed for a while, and there are still about 20 left in the burden of selling now.

It's so cold! After a while, go to the butcher shop to cut two catties of mutton, and make meatballs at night! Wu Da thought to himself. When I raised my eyes, I saw a little Taoist aunt not far away, talking to a few children.

Xiao Daogu's mouth moved, and she didn't know what to say, and those children shook their heads and followed along.

"It's kind of interesting...... "Wu Da laughed.

After a while, Xiao Daogu nodded with satisfaction, and the group of children dispersed in a hurry.

Everyone is gone, and there is nothing to see.

Wu Da stomped his feet, put his hands in his sleeves, and shouted, "Cooking cakes, delicious cooking cakes." ”

"Boss, five cookers." The sound is crispy and sweet.

Turning his head to see, yo, it's that little Daogu.

Wu Mari picked out six cooking cakes and put them on the oiled paper, "It's cold today and I want to close the stall early, I'll give you one more." ”

Pei Jinyao thanked him with a smile and took the cooking cake, but he was not in a hurry to leave, put the burden on his arm, and chatted with Wu Da.

"Listen to the accent, the boss is not a local."

"Well, my hometown is in Qinghe County."

Pei Jinyao took a bite of the cake and praised vaguely: "It's delicious!" ”

Wu Da smiled shyly. Xiao Daogu will eat tightly. Looking at the thin and small, it must be a picky child. She should have been given two more.

"It's so cold in winter, why don't you get a shop, so you can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain." Pei Jinyao took another bite of the cake.

"The shops in the capital are expensive. My family lives in Changle Village. Wu Dayao pointed out of the city, "Plant some vegetables, raise chickens and ducks, and raise dairy sheep for the New Year." When I had enough money, I sent Xiaobao to study. Don't look like me, I don't know a single big word. ”

Pei Jinyao listened carefully and nodded from time to time.

Someone was willing to listen, but Wu Da couldn't hold it back, "I'm here for Mr. Qian." Lao Jin, who sells sugar gourds, occupies a narrow strip in the book, and the business is booming. If I had come two years earlier, I might have earned some money. ”

"Is fifty taels of silver enough to buy a shop?"

"Enough!" Wu Da nodded heavily.

"You do me a favor, and I can get my wish after the New Year." Pei Jinyao's good-looking Danfeng eyes were bent into two crescents.

Wu opened his mouth wide and didn't know how to answer.

After being stunned for a long time, he asked with a wary face: "What, how can I help?" ”

"I have a letter here, and someone will pick it up in three days. When a man comes, you ask him for fifty taels of silver, and you will pay the money with one hand and the letter with the other. If I ask you anything, tell the truth, and if you don't know, say you don't know, and don't hide it, and don't add fuel to it. But you can't peek at it, you can't mention it to anyone, not even your family. The girl's shallots seemed to have slender and slender fingers, and the sealed envelope was held in the palm of her hand, and when Wu Da was stunned, a silver ingots jumped into view, "This is ten taels of silver, and it should be a fixed coin." ”

Fifty taels plus ten taels is sixty taels! Wu Dalian waved his hand repeatedly, "Too much, too much!" ”

"This letter is about my net worth and life, and ten taels of silver is not much." Pei Jinyao was very serious. Wu Da also solemnly followed, "I will definitely live up to the trust of the fairy girl." ”

Taking the letter and ingots with both hands, Wu Da's eyes were inexplicably hot. Pei Jinyao bent down, saluted Wu Dashen, said "thank you" and left.

The thin back wrapped in the big sleeves of the wide robe gradually drifted away. It wasn't until he disappeared that Wu Da withdrew his gaze.

Oops my goodness! I forgot to ask what the person who took the letter from Xiao Daogu looked like! Wu Da grimaced. W-How is this good?! The cool silver ingot hurts with hot hands.

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Pei Jinyao walked back the same way, took off her cotton robe and wrapped it in a secluded place, put on a cotton cloak and hood, turned out of the back alley, and saw a woman on the side of the street begging with a two- or three-year-old child. Pei Jinyao took out a few pieces of broken silver and gave her a cooking cake with a cotton robe.

The woman thanked her for her kindness, carefully hid the silver, untied her wrapping skin and wrapped her cotton robe around her body, and staggered away with the child in her arms.

Pei Jinyao looked at her back and couldn't help but feel pantothenic acid in her heart.

At the front door of the Golden Pavilion, the shopkeeper Xiao sent off the two distinguished guests, and the little girl who led Pei Jinyao to the west ran in a panic and reported: "The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, it's not good." Miss Pei San is gone......"

Miss Pei San didn't want her to serve, so she went to the kitchen to hide and eat a few pieces of snacks left by the guests. When I went to the west, there was no shadow of half a person. I searched inside and outside the shop, and asked everyone else, saying that they didn't see Miss Pei San, nor did they see the carriage of the Pei family to pick them up. The person is lost by her, in case Miss Pei San has a mistake, she can't afford this responsibility.

Halfway through the words, I saw Pei Jinyao standing in front of them with a smile, "Just now I saw that you were all busy, so I came out to breathe." I didn't tell you, it's mine, it's not. ”

The little girl's tears are about to fall. She didn't ask for anything else, as long as the little God of Wealth was okay.

Shopkeeper Xiao laughed, "Miss Pei San is lively and interesting" and other obedient words, and invited Pei Jinyao to sit in for a while.

Fortunately, at this time, Cui Qiao and Lao Sun came back, moved the first noodles and other things she bought earlier to the car, and the group went home.

After getting into the car, Pei Jinyao breathed a long sigh of relief, and said that she accidentally messed up her hair bun and asked her to comb it back to its original state.

Cui Qiao was puzzled but didn't ask.

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At night, the cold north wind was like a sharp steel knife, tearing at Fan Pu's wide robe sleeves. He didn't care, carrying a clay pot, standing at the gate of Shouchun Garden leisurely, not knocking, only shouting: "I'm coming!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the door opened, and Yan said, "Mr. Fan, please come in." My old lady has been waiting for a long time. ”

Fan Pu waved his hand casually and said, "I'll go look for him." ”

The people knew his temper, and he served him too well and complained. So he didn't talk to him politely, thanked him and went back to the back room to eat wine and warm up.