Chapter 11 Door-to-door courtship
"That's the case, pay attention to the dough when wrapping it must not exceed this size, otherwise the size of the bun is different, and the thickness of the skin is uneven, which will affect the taste ......"
Lin Zi followed her all day and reported everything she had done to Du Yunze one by one.
"Lin Zi, you're talking about it again, do you mean that Tang Mian went to a shop to teach the guys inside to make steamed buns and boil bone broth, and he also showed it in the courtyard in person, and his technique looks very skillful......
"Back to the young master, it's true, Miss Tang's speed is very fast, whether it is knife work or buns, it looks like she should be doing this business for a long time." Cooking is the same as their martial arts, emphasizing practice, especially if you want to learn to cook, you must start practicing knife skills.
While the two were talking, Xiao Tong came back from the yamen, and he had already obtained the information of the seller of the shop, which was similar to the young master's estimate, and Miss Tang was the boss.
How many secrets does she have?
"Lin Zi, you continue to stare at Tang Mian, and report it immediately if there is news."
Lin Zizhen was about to retreat, and they stopped with each other, "Young master, my subordinates found out that Chen Sheng asked someone to investigate Miss Tang's affairs recently, and he often wandered around the store, it seems that he was beating her idea." ”
His reminder gave Du Yunze a good way.
can not only clean up Chen Sheng, but also find out the secret behind Tang Mian.
"What! You have an opinion on what Young Master Ben wants you to do! Du Yunze saw from the afterglow that he was unwilling to retreat, and he was a little unhappy.
"If your subordinates know their mistakes, let's do it!"
Chen Sheng followed Tang Mian for a few days and found that the time when she went out and returned home was very regular, usually she set off to the store on the fifth watch day and returned home a moment before the sun set.
Just when he thought that he would find nothing today, the news came from his brother, saying that it was the person who dragged the yamen to find out that the owner of the store was really Tang Mian.
"Brother, you have to seize this opportunity this time, Tang Mian is worth at least this amount now, and the store or anything after marrying her is not all yours!"
Chen Sheng looked at the collected information again and again, and suddenly felt that the sky was also much clearer.
She Tang Mian didn't want to escape from the palm of his hand this time, as long as he got the title deed, he could go to live elsewhere with the money.
More than 6,000 taels of silver were enough for him to squander for a while.
Tang Mian's side, she didn't expect that it was because of the heat of her brain that saving a bad guy would bring earth-shaking changes to her future life.
She was still humming a little song and cooking on the fire in the kitchen.
After eating and cleaning up, take out a pen and paper and write down the content of Ming'er's teaching.
Early in the morning, not long after she left home, Chen Sheng came to the door with his seventy-year-old mother, saying that he wanted to thank Tang Mian personally, and after saying this, Chen Sheng also knelt in front of Bai Yunniang.
"Auntie, no one has been so good to me since I was a child! I want to marry Miss Tang as my wife, although my family is poor, but I have the strength to work to support my family, I swear that I will be good to cotton in the future. Bai Yunniang has not recovered from the matter of helping her daughter repay her debts, and Chen Sheng, who visited her for the first time, said that she would marry cotton as his wife, and made a big poisonous oath.
She couldn't handle it at all.
Fortunately, the only shred of reason left made her prevaricate this matter.
When Tang Mian came back, he found that there was no one at home, and his mother was gone, and after looking around, he found her sitting in the house.
The look was intimidating.
"Mother? What happened to you? Don't scare me, what's going on? When Tang Mian approached, he clearly heard her sobbing, and his heart trembled.
Her heart also became uneasy, she squatted down and held her hand, "Mother, what happened?" Don't scare your daughter. ”
She held Tang Mian's hand with her backhand: "Mian, how do you educate your mother on weekdays, you must be honest and kind, you can't lie, a person named Chen Sheng came to find you today, saying that he wanted to repay you for saving your life." ”
Who is Chen Sheng? She didn't even know her!
"Get on your knees!" Although Bai Yunniang didn't know a few words, she was very upright.
She saw that her daughter didn't know what was wrong at this time, and her heart was also very empty.
"Mother, my daughter knows that she is wrong, don't be angry, I really don't know Chen Sheng!"
"Tang Mian, everyone came to the door in the morning, saying that they couldn't return you a hundred taels of silver for the time being, and they wanted to marry you as a wife, and brought his old mother to the house, you are really confused! If he makes such a fuss, you will have to marry if you don't marry in the future! Bai Yunniang knew that the mouths of the people in the village were broken, and many people saw Chen Sheng kneeling in front of her today.
This has to be said nonsense, the cotton name is damaged, and it will be over for a lifetime.
"Mother, I remember, here's the thing...... Du Yunze wanted to send him to report to the official, I pity no one to help him, so I came forward to testify, I didn't tell you because I resisted a foreign debt of one hundred taels, I don't want to think about it, I met Chen Sheng for the first time, and my daughter didn't like him at all! How could it be that I had anything with him! After Mian finished the simple description, the reasonable Bai Yunniang didn't blame her daughter when she heard the end.
Wiping away the tears of grievance from the corners of her eyes.
"Cotton is not good for my mother, I was wrong, don't be angry with me......"
"Mother, don't meddle in this matter, I'll make it clear to Chen Sheng over there." Tang Mian couldn't understand that he had helped him so much, he didn't care if he wasn't grateful, and he took advantage of her absence to act in front of his mother to play such a play.
Could it be that Du Yunze didn't wronged him that day, she was mistaken?
Thinking of this possibility, her heart was full of sorrow, and she really didn't stop for a moment.
I wouldn't have been nosy if I had known.
Guessing that Chen Sheng and they would come today, Tang Mian asked Uncle Cai, who was driving the ox cart, to help her go to the store to spread a message, saying that there was something at home today and she needed to take a day off.
In order to save two pennies, Chen Sheng dragged his seventy-year-old mother away for three hours.
Aunt Chen thought that her son had really changed his ways, and wanted to marry his daughter-in-law to live in peace, but her feet were tired, but she was very happy in her heart.
She went back to find someone to inquire, and Tang Mian's mother was well-known for being virtuous in the village.
Her biological father is said to have sat in the sixth rank official, because her mother was divorced, so he lived in the village with him.
Both parents are fine, and she is very much in favor of this marriage.
Early the next morning.
"Mother, do you remember what I said when you get to Tang's house later?" Chen Sheng's mother and son walked on the path, and Chen Sheng explained these words back and forth.
I thought that Bai Yunniang was similar to those ignorant women and children in other villages, but I didn't expect that it was not easy to fool at all, and she refused to be so decisive in refusing her relatives.
After going back, he pondered for a night, thinking that if he wanted him to agree to this family business, he still had to start with Bai Yunniang, and it was best for her mother to ask for marriage.
"Auntie, take the liberty to disturb, after I went back yesterday, my mother and I pondered that it was indeed a little inappropriate to come empty-handed to ask for marriage, so I took some small gifts over, I hope you can accept it." Bai Yunniang changed her panicked face yesterday, she smiled and welcomed them into the house to talk, and waited for them to sit down before saying that Mian'er was also there today.
Tang Mian saw through the crack in the door that it was really the person she saved that day.
She put away all the emotions on her face, sorted out her clothes and went out to meet customers.
After Aunt Chen saw Tang Mian's appearance, she liked it so much, but she didn't expect her son to have a good eye, this Tang girl was several times more handsome than the girl of the Zhao family in their village.
"I'm sorry, Brother Chen Sheng!" Tang Mian sat down and asked after saluting.
Chen Sheng was busy with drama that day, and he didn't see Tang Mian's appearance clearly, and she was wearing gray clothes for the next few days, and today she changed into a peach pink for the guests, and her whole temperament immediately improved several times, so that Chen Sheng couldn't take his eyes off her for a long time.
"Son, what are you still doing in a daze? Miss Tang is talking to you! How can you reply! Aunt Chen was still a little worried about whether her son would suddenly want to marry a wife, but now she was overjoyed when she saw his stunned appearance.