After all, there are many people coming and going in the medicine shop, unlike ordinary streets, and the people who come and go are ordinary people, and they can't afford to buy some with money. Some people buy food for food and clothing, and some people buy food for a bite of freshness. It is not easy for the Liu family to come to the market, if they return in vain, and bring back a basket of mushrooms as they are, it must not be a taste in their hearts.

When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes lit up: "What's the matter, the little lady has it in her hand?" ”

Chun Gui saw that his heart was steady, and Liu's basket of mushrooms may have fallen. She nodded hurriedly: "My cousin picked a basket of mushrooms on the mountain, and she is setting up a stall at the corner of the street at the moment, and the business is not very good, so I thought about asking you." ”

The shopkeeper frowned when he heard this: "Why did your cousin go to the street to set up a stall?" When I shouted at the door of the restaurant, many people collected it, although I shouted the price upwards. ”

Chungui said suspiciously: "Isn't there a special person in the restaurant to provide it, how can we break the rules of others." ”

The shopkeeper laughed at her: "It's not that you robbed that person's business, your basket can't get in the way of him." Not to mention mushrooms, there are often hunters who carry wild boars and pheasants to the restaurant, small business, no need to abide by the rules on the road. ”

"Even if the restaurant doesn't accept it, you go to the door of the outsider, and the housekeeper will come to buy it."

Chun Gui's face was happy: "Thank you to the shopkeeper in this way!" ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand and didn't care much: "Then will this business be done for me today?" ”

"My daughter-in-law is bitter, a few days ago she was still making a fuss about eating mushroom fried meat, and the welcome building on the side has just opened, and there is a shortage of mushrooms. She has been thinking about this for a few days, and I am thinking about closing the shop for a day and going to the mountains to find her. ”

How can you not agree to the business of returning to the door in spring.

"Of course! Wait, shopkeeper, I'll call my cousin. ”

As soon as she turned around, Qi You stepped forward and said, "I'll go, I'll go fast, you stay here and wait for a while." After speaking, he walked out of the herb shop.

The shopkeeper beckoned a few people to sit down and chatted with her. Only then did I know that the shopkeeper's surname was Fu Mingqing, who came from the countryside with his wife and son a few years ago, opened a pharmacy for a few years, and now his wife is having a second child. The family is harmonious and beautiful, and lives in the pharmacy.

The shopkeeper Fu also knew that it was not easy for her to live with a few younger siblings, seeing Zhixing on the side straightening his waist, his eyebrows were straight, Zhimin was gentle and obedient to the spring return, and Zhiping was obediently squatting in front of the basket to play with a brush.

I thought of the child who had just gone out, cool and considerate. He nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes were even more admiring when he looked at Chun Gui.

It didn't take long for Zhixing to lead the Liu family over. As soon as Liu entered the door, he looked for Xiang Chungui, holding the basket tightly in his hand.

"Spring return, this ........"

Chungui patted her hand soothingly: "Cousin, it's this shopkeeper Fu who wants to buy some mushrooms." ”

Liu hurriedly smiled at the people and said: "Good shopkeeper, I went to the mountains to pick these mushrooms early in the morning, and the mushrooms in the roots of the old trees after the rain can rest assured that they are fresh." ”

As she spoke, she opened the basket, and the shopkeeper Fu picked one up and looked at it and sniffed it, each of which was complete and fragrant.

He nodded and said, "Auntie, your mushrooms grow well, I want this basket." ”

Liu Shi was surprised and delighted: "Oh, this basket is too much, you can't finish this meal." ”

Shopkeeper Fu put which mushroom into the basket and said with a smile: "If you can't eat one meal, you can eat the second meal, or you can't finish it and dry it, it's also convenient." I don't know how to calculate this price? ”

When it came to the price, Liu hesitated, it was not that no one had come to ask the price this morning, but she was reluctant to do so, and more people were not willing to buy, she was really embarrassed, and turned her head to look at the spring return.

Shopkeeper Fu has been in business for a few years, where would he not know Liu's thoughts, so he spoke directly: "That's it, auntie, I have also received fungi in the past, and they are all collected at a price of fifteen wen a catty, if you really can't set the price, I will collect this basket from you at fifteen wen a catty, what do you think?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Liu family was as happy as if something, and nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, Shopkeeper Fu, I can also give you this basket." As he spoke, he pushed the basket over.

Shopkeeper Fu refused again and again: "How can I ask you for a basket for nothing, I have more straw baskets here, you can take this basket back." ”

The two weighed two catties, four catties and two taels, and the shopkeeper Fu directly gave seventy wen.

Liu Shi got the seventy Wen and thanked him again and again, and when he said goodbye to Fu Qing, a few people walked out of the pharmacy, and Liu Shi sincerely thanked Chun Gui, if it wasn't for Chun Gui, she would have to take back this basket of mushrooms as it was. She insisted on giving Chungui ten cents, but Chungui refused to go back.

Chun Gui pointed to the basket with rice paper paint in Qi You's hand, and whispered: "Auntie, I won't tell you, I just took over a job to draw a fan map today, the price is fair, you don't have to worry about our family, you should take back the ten cents." ”

Liu's eyes were full of surprise, and he tightened Chungui's hand tightly: "You kid, it's amazing to have this ability!" ”

There are a lot of craftsmen in Tianshui Village next door, and the conditions in the village are better than their Xiaoliangshan, an old man who has a good hand in painting has built a new house a few years ago, which shows that this craft is making money!

In just a few years, this world has formed a strong literati style, everything is stained with calligraphy, painting, piano and chess, not to mention respected, and even making money is much easier than making people.

Chungui looked at these children and smiled: "I knew that I should have come out early to take over the work, and I could raise our family Zhiping to be fat for nothing." ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late! If you have this ability, the family will only get better and better! Liu smiled happily and walked slowly forward with her.

When passing by the wonton bun stall, Chungui paid attention to Zhimin and Zhixing, and sure enough, the two children couldn't help but look inside, but they just didn't put it out today, and both of them were a little depressed. Chungui touched Zhimin's face, the little girl was well-behaved and cute, and leaned towards her.

"When I go back, my sister-in-law will make you steamed buns and wontons to eat."

Zhimin immediately laughed and whispered shyly, "Really." ”

Spring return: "Of course, our Zhimin's favorite wontons, as well as Zhixing's favorite buns." ”

She turned her head and looked at Qi You, who was standing on the side with a calm expression, but her eyes were also looking at the empty stall: "There are still ......."

She curled the corners of her lips: "And Qi You's favorite dumplings." ”

Qi You was immediately stunned, his eyes were withdrawn from the empty stall, and he looked at the spring return blankly.

I didn't seem to expect him to have a share.

His expression was uncertain, he opened his mouth, and subconsciously said, "Sister Chun...... How do you know I .....?"

Chungui intercepted his words: "The stuffing will be adjusted with me, and when I go back, let's wrap it together, don't run away from any of them!" ”

Zhixing immediately changed from a smiling face to a sad face: "Sister-in-law, I can't wash the dishes, I won't wrap ......."

Chun Gui nodded his forehead angrily: "You have been washing the dishes for a few days, and you are still used to washing them?" ”

Zhiping also echoed, but he didn't forget to return to spring, Zhixing washed the dishes for a few days, and Zhiping followed and robbed for a few days. Seeing that the two brothers were making a mess again, Zhimin watched with a smile on the side.

"It's done, don't get in the way of the guys, I'll take care of it myself."

After finishing speaking, Chun Gui turned his head and smiled at Qi You.

Qi You had swallowed back the second half of the sentence that he hadn't finished, and then he also showed an inconspicuous smile.

The group continued to walk forward, Qi You walked on the side, looked at the spring return who was talking to the Liu family, pondered for a moment, and finally smiled again.

He has always understood that offering to stay at Liu's house for dinner yesterday is probably the most urgent plea in his heart. Xu is when he put the grain, Chun Gui woke him up from the long empty self-exile, Xu is the moment when he let him carry a bag of grain into the Liu family that day, Xu is a simple but warm meal after meal, and his dependence on the Liu family is getting stronger and stronger.

But he is a reserved and quiet reader, and after his father's death, the more serious loneliness he has to yearn for and alienate himself at the same time. He understood, but he didn't know how to improve, but fortunately, she reached out again and again, and pulled when he was about to catch up.

Just like at this moment, a dumpling meal has brought him and this family closer again.

How can he be in this situation.

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It was noon when he got home, and Chun Gui hurriedly asked Qi You to take the basket of dyes and rice paper into the compartment, took the vegetable basket in Zhixing's hand, and took out all the meat and vegetables.

After boiling another pot of hot water, add cold water to the pot, add wine to the bones and wine to remove the smell and boil a pot of blood water, then cut a few slices of freshly bought ginger and two peppercorns into the saucepan, add the freshly boiled hot water again and start to stew. I added half a spoonful of cold water to the cauldron, cut the fat into small pieces, boiled the lard, and took half a basin of semolina from the grain bag. The grain is not fine, but fortunately, compared to brown rice, semolina is much more delicious when processed into dumpling buns.

I rubbed my dough and was about to call the children over, but I didn't expect Zhixing to come directly, with a happy face, and stammered: "Sister-in-law..... Sister-in-law! That one! If I write that poem well, can I earn money for my family? ”

Chun Gui looked helpless, presumably Qi You couldn't bear to know what to do, and told her about taking over the job from beginning to end.

"Yes, if you write well, a poem will cost twenty-five dollars."

got the answer, Zhixing was so happy: "Twenty-five yuan, we can eat almost a pound and a half of meat!" ”

Chungui made him happy and brought the flour to him: "Take it to the table and help my sister-in-law continue to knead the dough." ”

Zhixing was happily working, and as soon as he said that he returned to the spring, he remembered that one hundred of the three hundred texts belonged to Qi You, so he took them out and walked to the main hall, where Qi You was coming in with a small bowl of mushrooms.

"Aunt Liu brought it over just now, saying that there are still some mushrooms at home, so share a bowl."

Chungui didn't shirk it: "That's just right, wait until it's chopped and added to the filling." ”

As she spoke, she took out the hundred texts: "Come, this is your share." ”

Qi You was stunned, and pushed the money back: "Sister Chun, you don't have to give it to me." ”

Chungui laughed: "Hurry up and accept it, this is what you got it." ”

It is not easy for a young man, and she can't help but plan a little more for him if she takes care of a few more points. If she was allowed, she would like people to live directly in the Liu family, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation would be with these children in the family, but unfortunately this is ancient times, except for a meal, she can only think about it for him in terms of money.

Qi You shook his head: "If there was no painting of Sister Chun, I would not have been able to write that poem, it is the credit of Sister Chun." ”

The two pushed a few more times, and Qi You had no choice but to take out the bag of money given by Li Zheng and begged for mercy: "Uncle Li Zheng gave three taels." ”

looks a little like Zhiping's coquettish appearance.

Chungui was a little surprised, and his heart was okay for a while, but he still couldn't help but pat him: "You are a scholar who wants the imperial examination, and now you should slowly save up the silver, how can three taels be enough." "Not to mention the constraints of the private school, it doesn't cost money to go to Beijing to catch the exam.

Qi You was patted lightly, but he was in a happy mood, and raised his hand to return to the spring and made a serious gesture: "Then I will bother Sister Chun to help me save it." ”

After saying that, he picked up the bowl of mushrooms and walked directly into the kitchen.

Chungui looked at the hundred texts, sighed, and smiled after sighing.

She mentioned this dumpling correctly, and this child finally became more casual in this house.