took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away her tears for Aunt Tang.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and on this day, after breakfast, Uncle Lao Gen and Aunt Lao Gen pushed the cart and pushed the stone mill to Duran's house, followed by two sons.

"Duran, we brought you the stone mill." Aunt Lao Gen said with a smile.

"It's here, then ......" Duran glanced at the courtyard full of water tanks, and pointed to a remote corner of the courtyard: "Just leave it there, I'll go get you money." ”

"Huh." As soon as she heard this, Aunt Lao Gen agreed happily, and pushed the trolley with her wife to the place designated by Duran, and let the two characters work together to unload the stone mill and level it for Duran.

Du Lan went back to the house and took two strings of copper coins and handed them to Aunt Lao Gen, "This is two thousand coins, you count them." ”

Aunt Lao Gen took it with a smile, turned her head and handed it to Uncle Lao Gen, "Old man, you order." ”

Uncle Gen was black and thin, his face was full of wrinkles, and he was honest at first glance, and after listening to the old woman's words, he glanced at Duran embarrassedly, and began to count the money in front of Duran.

Duran was not surprised, silently waiting for others to finish counting, Uncle Gen nodded with a smile: "That's right." ”

"Okay, then you guys go and get busy, I won't send it." Duran said.

Uncle Lao Gen turned the cart, but saw the old woman standing still, and the two sons also poked on the spot and had no intention of leaving.

Duran looked blankly at the three people who stayed in the courtyard, "What?" Anything else? ”

Aunt Lao Gen smiled embarrassedly, "Didn't you say that I should work here as a casual worker?" I thought that I would be idle at home, so I took my two sons to find an errand here. ”

"Oh, that's right." Duran glanced at the soaked soybeans in the yard, and thought that after the corn harvest in a few days, he would get some corn stalks to ferment the soy sauce, so he said, "When the corn is ripe in a few days, you can help me go to the field to pull the corn stalks." ”

Aunt Lao Gen nodded happily: "That's it, let's go home and wait first." ”

Old Man Gu came out of the house, and Aunt Lao Gen hurriedly complimented: "Old man, your family is blessed to be blessed to marry such a capable lady." ”

Old Man Gu smiled politely: "That's the daughter born to the Zhao family." ”

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, as soon as Zhao and Du Liang entered the courtyard gate, they heard Old Man Gu praise her, and smiled weakly.

The Zhao family is well-known in the village, and all the women in the village look down on her behind their backs, but now it is different, the daughter of the Zhao family is out of the picture, and looking at the entire mountain valley village, there is no woman better than Du Lan.

married into the Gu family, and the Gu family's life was prosperous, and even Gu You'an's sick seedling became vigorous, and even the people in the village followed it to make money.

Aunt Lao Gen passed by the Zhao family and flattered with a smile: "The eldest sister is really good at giving birth, with such a great daughter, she will be happy for the rest of her life." ”

Zhao smiled and said nothing.

Aunt Lao Gen left in a daze.

Duran looked over here, "Mother, Liangzi, you came so early. ”

Zhao walked to the big vat in the yard, looked inside and said, "These soybeans are soaked, my mother came here early to help you." ”

Duran also walked over, scooped up a handful of wet soybeans, and gently crushed them with his hands, a layer of film on the outside of the soybeans fell off, and the soybeans were also twice as big as they were soaked, and there were no wrinkles at all in the roundness.

She was happy: "It's really soaked, and the next thing is to steam soybeans." ”

Speaking of steamed soybeans, Duran couldn't help frowning when he looked at the big vat full of yards, steaming pot by pot, each pot had to be steamed for two and a half hours, how many pots and hours of steaming had to be done.

Seeing Du Lan's embarrassed face, Zhao asked with concern: "Tell my mother how to steam, and I'll help you steam." ”

"Mother, let's not rush to steam first, we have to clean it first."

"Then clean it, Liangzi, go get a bucket of water, and we'll help your sister clean the soybeans."

"Huh."

Du Liang nodded and was about to go to find the bucket, Du Lan glanced at Du Liang, and saw that he was in good spirits and in much better condition than before, so he smiled and quipped: "Liangzi has been getting a lot stronger recently, and this physique is stronger than my sister." ”

Du Liang said embarrassedly: "Sister, no matter how powerful you are, you are also a woman, how can you compare with me." ”

"Huh! The tone is not small, then you can bring a few more buckets of water, and let my sister see if you have enough strength. Duran looked at Du Liang appreciatively.

"No problem." Du Liang rolled up his arm sleeves and arched his strong biceps with all his strength, "Let's see, is it stronger than my brother-in-law." ”

The smile on Zhao's face suddenly condensed, Gu You'an hadn't come back last time it was dark, and he didn't seem to have seen him in the past two days, his eyes were full of uneasiness, "Lan Lan, where did You'an go?" Why haven't you seen him for a few days? ”

"He's out on business, and he should be back in a few days. There is no shortage of him as a laborer in the family, and Liangzi can do it better than him. ”

Duran forced a smile, but he felt a trace of loss in his heart, when he was at home before, he rushed to do a lot of work, but now that he is not there, he has to do everything by himself.

The point is, I'm used to him being by my side.

That's right, waiting, she must have treated him as a squire, that's why she didn't feel comfortable.

"How many days will he be back?" Zhao asked uneasily.

"It's a few days, don't worry. How about the You'an people, you still don't worry. Duran sneered.

Zhao smiled, this is true, Gu Youan can say to Du Lan that he is obedient, and he must have something to do when he goes out.

After thinking about it, Zhao picked up the bamboo and rattan fence and began to fish for soybeans in the basket.

"Mother, can you do it physically? Don't tire you out with so many jars of soybeans. Duran asked intimately.

"My mother's body is much better, and thanks to those precious tonics you sent, my mother can get better so quickly." Zhao smiled, and his hands were more energetic.

"Okay, then the mother will be busy first, and if she is tired, she will take a break." After Duran finished speaking, he went to the house to settle the accounts.

Since opening the restaurant, she has really a lot of income, but the expenses are also quite large, such as buying soybeans and tomatoes, asking people to go up the mountain to pick pepper, buying water tanks, grates, etc., business does need to be carefully calculated, if there are no points in the heart, I am afraid I don't even know how to lose.

"Lan Lan, someone is looking for you."

As soon as Duran entered the house and sat down, she heard Zhao calling her in the courtyard, Duran put down the account book, got up and walked out: "It's here." ”

When I walked to the courtyard, Boss Du was chatting with Zhao, "Uncle, what are you looking for me?" ”

While asking, he looked back, only to see Du Mi stumbling out from behind Boss Du with a grin, "Cousin." ”

"Du Mi, you're here too."

Du Lao laughed and said, "I told you the day before yesterday that I want Mimi to learn the craft of making spices from you, how do you think about it?" ”

Du Lan is a little embarrassed, making spices is her way of money, the day before yesterday the uncle said, she didn't go to her heart, now she really brought Du Mi, it seems that she can't wipe the uncle's face.

"Mimi wants to learn?" Duran asked.

Du Mi nodded again and again, and Boss Du said for her: "She is a girl, and she can't make money after learning needlework, so it's better to learn some crafts from you." ”

"Okay, if Mimi wants to learn, I'll teach you a hand, but you can also see it, I'm all dirty work, and the taste is a bit smoky for girls, hehe, salty and salty, can you accept it?"

Duran thinks that if you learn from Du Mi, don't give up halfway.

Du Mi hurriedly said: "Cousin, don't scare Mimi, I have made up my mind to learn from you, and I will definitely stick to the end." When I earn money, I will also have the ability to honor my father and mother in the future, and I will study hard and will not learn badly. ”

Du Lan smiled at Du Mi with a serious face, and praised him: "My cousin believes that Mi Mi is a good girl who is willing to endure hardships." ”

Boss Du was very happy when he heard this, and said modestly: "What hard work do you have, just let her do it, don't look at the uncle's face, and exercise her well." ”

"Good! Then let Mimi stay with me, uncle, you can go on your own. Duran said enthusiastically.

Boss Du said goodbye happily and left, he had a strong thought in his heart that one day Du Lan would definitely soar.

Du Mi circled around the big water tank in the yard, and even poked her head into the water tank, and shouted in surprise after seeing that it was soybeans inside: "Wow! Cousin, you soak so many soybeans. ”

"yes, these are for soy sauce. Let's go, my cousin will take you to the room and teach you how to make ketchup. ”

Du Mi looked overjoyed, and followed to the room: "Cousin wants to teach me how to make ketchup?" Is it the red sauce of the roasted sweet and sour fish? ”

Last time, she saw Duran teach the villagers to make sweet and sour fish, and she also learned it at that time, but she couldn't make that sweet and sour sauce when she went back.

"That's right, it's the sauce for making sweet and sour fish, and you'll be busy after learning this."

Du Mi nodded again and again: "Well, anyway, my father said that needlework is not in a hurry to learn, and he wants me to learn this first." ”

"Okay, then you roll the tomatoes in hot water first, and then peel off the skin." Duran commanded unceremoniously.

Duran only taught Du Mi to make ketchup in the room, and after a while, a sharp female voice came from the courtyard.

"Yo, it's so lively at home."

In the courtyard, Zhao and Du Liang stopped what they were doing and looked at the door together.