Luo San stared at the woman.

Her back was petite, and she wore a dirty, dark blue coat that only country women would love. Every day at dawn, she would push a cart made of old wood through the south gate, cross the street, and park under the big locust tree around the corner.

When the women started setting up their stalls, the doors of the shops on both sides of the city's main streets were usually closed. Most of her customers are like her, who come from the countryside to make a living in the city, including coolies who carry goods, shop boys, and some vendors who set up stalls like her.

Luo San is a jailer on night duty. When the woman came out of the stall, it happened to be when he left the yamen and went home to sleep.

Xu was aware of Luo San's gaze, and the woman raised her head and smiled at him.

Luo San frowned, lowered his head and walked away.

"Miss Tian, morning!"

Xing Ruyi dragged the fox and said hello to Tian He with a smile.

"Master Yin is early, Mrs. is early." Tian He nodded slightly at Xing Ruyi and the fox. "Sit down first, we'll have to wait a while."

Tian He said, getting busy.

"It doesn't matter."

Xing Ruyi found a table and dragged the fox over.

Tian He glanced at it from the corner of his eye, shook his head with a smile.

"Are Lord Yin and Mrs. still the same?"

"Hmm."

It's a conversation that repeats itself every day for seven days. Tian He is used to it, and Xing Ruyi is also used to it.

"Ruyi girl, it's so early!" A few workers dressed in short clothes walked over with a smile on their faces: "It's really early for the two of you, every time we think it's early enough, but when we come, we can see the girl sitting here with this master." ”

"I've said it a few times, but you don't remember Brother Geng." Xing Ruyi pointed to her hair: "I'm not a girl anymore." ”

"Look at my brain." The worker who spoke patted his head: "It's the little lady of the Yin family." ”

"Yes, you better call me Miss Ruyi." Xing Ruyi arched his hand: "This little lady of the Yin family, why do I sound so awkward." ”

"Brother Geng, you still call Ruyi Mrs. Yin." Tian He replied on the side: "Madame, I'm afraid I can't get used to hearing the three words little lady." ”

"Come on, Mrs. Yin, let's remember this time." Several people also found a table and sat down: "Miss Tian, do you still have wild vegetable porridge today?" ”

"Yes, I don't know which one you want to eat, Brother Geng, I made three kinds today."

"Anything goes, anyway, it's fragrant from your girl's hands. By the way, let's add a plate of side dishes today, any side dish will do. ”

"Yes, we are the same as Brother Geng, we can do any porridge and any side dish." The rest of the workers followed suit.

Tian He raised the corners of his lips and nodded at everyone.

Serving porridge and adding ingredients, Tian Hewu was busy with his own work. A cold wind blew, causing her to shrink her shoulders.

"But it's your shoulders again?"

Xing Ruyi took the porridge sent by Tian He and asked by the way.

"I was in a hurry to come out in the morning, and I forgot to add clothes." Tian He responded: "There is no Mrs. Xie yet, the medicine given by Mrs. is very good." ”

"No matter how good the medicine is, it's better to raise yourself." Xing Ruyi put the porridge on the table, took out a delicate small porcelain bottle from the small cloth bag he carried with him, and handed it to Tian He: "This is taken internally, three times a day, together with external use." ”

"I can't do it." Tian He hurriedly pushed out: "The money for the medicine used in front of me has not been given to Mrs. yet." ”

"If you take it, you will take it." Xing Ruyi pointed to the porridge in front of him: "The medicine money is worth the porridge money, I don't lose, and you don't earn either." ”

"How does this make my porridge not worth so much money."

"It's not up to you to decide whether it's worth it or not, it's up to me. In my opinion, your porridge, like my medicine, is carefully selected and carefully boiled. My medicine is not cheap, and your porridge is not cheap. ”

"It's not Madame, I love to hear what I say." The worker surnamed Geng drank porridge and looked at Xing Ruyi: "In my opinion, Miss Tian, you can take it." This Mrs. Yin is a piece of kindness, if you don't accept it, it will make people unhappy. Besides, if your body is not well maintained, where are we going to drink porridge in the future? In this city, the porridge made by your Tian girl is the most delicious, and the price is the fairest. ”

"Take it, my father-in-law and I are still waiting to drink your porridge."

Xing Ruyi stuffed the small porcelain bottle into Tian He's hand, Tian He pursed his lips, turned around and took two more plates of side dishes, and then accepted the things.

The warm rice porridge is thickened and has the unique fragrance of millet. There were three side dishes in the rustic small plate, and Xing Ruyi carefully identified them, only recognizing two of them as seasonal wild vegetables.

"Miss Tian, have you ever considered cooking?" The bowl in Geng Da's hand has already bottomed out: "Although it is good to drink porridge in the morning, and the price you give here is fair, but we men who do rough work eat a lot." You see, every day I come to you to drink porridge, I have to drink four or five bowls to be full. If you make rice, or flatbread or something, I wonder if it would be better. ”

Tian He stopped what he was doing, looked at Geng Da and explained: "It's not a hassle to make flatbread, but it's better to drink porridge in the morning." This porridge has oil in it, which can moisturize the stomach and intestines, and it is easy to digest when drunk in the stomach. ”

"It's quite easy to digest, and we will be hungry before noon."

Tian He smiled reluctantly and didn't answer, but the aunt next door who had just opened the door to do business helped him.

"Look at you guys, you come to Tian He to drink porridge before dawn every day, this porridge is drunk, and there are many things."

"Didn't we just mention it, why are there too many things."

"Isn't it much?" The aunt poked Geng Da twice with her hand: "You are greedy for Tian He's skill in cooking porridge, but you complain that you can't eat enough." Can't get enough to eat, right? Come to me, two black steamed buns are in your belly, you take care of it or not. ”

"Yes, we don't dare to eat your steamed buns."

Geng Da shook his head and handed the empty bowl to Tian He: "Miss Tian, another bowl!" ”

Tian He took the empty bowl in Geng Da's hand, turned around and smiled at his aunt: "Fetch me two steamed buns." ”

"It's for that crazy old man again, right?" The aunt rubbed her hands.

Tian He smiled softly and nodded.

The crazy old man, with no name and no surname, wanders the streets all day long.

No one knew him, and no one knew where he came from.

On the first day of Tian He's stall, the crazy old man passed by the stall and refused to leave when he smelled the aroma of wild vegetable porridge. Tian He saw that he was pitiful, so he scooped a bowl of porridge for him, and when he saw that he was eating wolf, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat enough, so he bought two black-faced steamed buns from the aunt at the steamed bun shop next door. The result is good, this crazy old man seems to be entangled with Tian He. I come every day, and it must be a bowl of wild vegetable porridge with two black steamed buns.

"I'm angry when I say it, this crazy old man doesn't go to find others, he just comes to pester Miss Tian." Geng Da took a sip of porridge: "Tell me, is it easy for this Tian girl to make a living?" I finally earned a few copper plates, and I had to buy black-flour steamed buns for this crazy old man to eat. ”

"If Miss Tian is annoying, we can help the girl, and keep the porridge cart that the crazy old man will take a detour when he sees the girl in the future."

"Thank you big brothers, it's just a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, and it doesn't bother much. Everyone is a poor person, and it is also appropriate to help each other. Tian He buried his head in cooking porridge: "He is very pitiful, if his children see him like this, they will also be distressed." ”

"Alas! These days, there are not many people with such a good heart as Miss Tian. ”

Geng Da and the workers finished eating, left the copper plate, and left the stool.

"Brother Geng is wrong, there are still more kind-hearted people in this world." Tian He looked at Xing Ruyi: "Master Yin and Mrs. Yin are also kind-hearted people in Brother Geng's mouth, if there is no Mrs., where would Tian He still have this blessing to stand here to make porridge and drink for the big guys." ”

"It's also said that there are only so many people in this city, and how many people come to Miss Tian to drink porridge every day, but this good person let us meet two. Oh no, it should be three. Geng Da stretched out three fingers, and at the same time pursed his lips and said, "It's a pity that these good people we met are not very wealthy like us." Miss Tian, it's not that I want to talk more, but you should think more about yourself. You are a girl's family, it is not easy to come out to make a living, it is better not to take care of the idle things that should be ignored, and this kindness cannot be used indiscriminately. ”

"What do you mean by this, Brother Geng?" Tian He asked.

Geng Da licked his lips and replied: "It's not interesting, anyway, I'm thinking about you for Miss Tian, and everything you say to the girl is also good, as for the girl, whether you can listen to it or not, it's up to the girl herself." ”

"Tian He understands, thank you Brother Geng."

"What the girl just said is that they are all poor people, and they are poor people, so they should help each other. If the girl can trust me, listen to my advice, in this city, taking care of yourself is a blessing, people and things that have nothing to do with you, we can not mix with what we can not mix, and do not touch what we can not touch. ”

"Brother Geng, do you know anything?"

"I'm a hard-working old man/rough can know something." Geng Da sneered: "Yes, I have to work, and I will come back tomorrow morning to drink the girl's porridge." ”

Tian He nodded, watching Geng Da and his party leave.

"The one standing on the corner of the street is Luo Zhukuai from the yamen?" After Geng Da left, Xing Ruyi accosted Tian He.

"Is Madame asking about Master Luo?"

"Master Luo?"

"Oh, it's Luo San." Tian He glanced at the corner of the street: "Everyone here calls him Luo Ye, he is not a fast catcher, he is a jailer in charge of guarding the cell in the yamen." I heard that Luo Ye's father used to be an executioner in the yamen, and he specialized in cutting off people's heads. Many people in the city were afraid of him. ”

"What about you, are you afraid of him?"

"I was scared before." Tian He turned his gaze back to the boiling porridge: "I'm not afraid now." ”