Chunniu was also very happy, and said to Su Jinyao, "It seems that this method is really feasible." It's just that our buns seem to be missing. The four men ate half of it. ”

In fact, four catties of meat and a cabbage really can't make many buns. But on the first day, I just wanted to try the market, and I dared to let go and prepare after I knew it.

Soon, another well-looking carriage came, presumably for private use, and the owner of the carriage was also a generous man. So Su Jinyao didn't shout to sell steamed buns.

The owner of the carriage did not show up, but when the coachman came down to drink water, he saw that there were buns and bought two by the way.

This time, Su Jinyao didn't say that she would be rewarded, but just said that the buns cost five cents a piece, and the water didn't cost money, so you can drink it casually. Because such guests are all the bosses in the car, they may not be able to stay for a long time, let alone come at once. Therefore, their main business is still those merchants and porters who come and go.

If you really do big business in the future, you can sell some mountain delicacies and game here, and it is estimated that you can attract these big bosses to eat.

After that, several waves of guests came one after another. Knowing that lunch is available here is also very positive. The buns were sold out early.

The next wave of customers smelled the fragrance, and it was a pity to learn that the buns were sold out in advance. and also told Su Jinyao and Chunniu that they also often travel on this road, about one round trip every seven days, so let Su Jinyao and them calculate the time, and also prepare lunch for their team in advance.

When it was time to close the stall in the evening, Chun Niu and Su Jinyao calculated, excluding the money from selling steamed buns, today's income was twice as fast as usual. In other words, the steamed buns are sold according to the market price, which can drive the business of the small water shop. Even if it is based on reward money, it will not suffer.

What's more, today is considered to have taken over two orders, at least these two teams of people have passed back and forth here, and they will stop for a meal at noon.

Su Jinyao said, "I've been here to help you these days, let's prepare in advance what to prepare, with such regular customers, at least our business is half stable." It would be better for me to think about expanding this place a bit. At that time, the tables and chairs are all set up, and the guests can eat more comfortably. ”

Chun Niu is also full of joy, as if this business is all her own, and there is no meaning of blushing at all. also said to Su Jinyao: "I see that you will teach me the method of bookkeeping from today." In the past few days, I went to settle accounts with Brother Liu, and I saw that the ticks and circles he wrote on the paper were quite easy to learn. After you handed it over to me, I knew how many meals were sold here every day. ”

Su Jinyao listened and said, "Chunniu, if you plan to learn more, I will definitely teach you." But don't feel burdened in your heart and think that I will have a bad deal with you, so you will think about keeping accounts for me. I also know the business of this small water shop, and I am more at ease with you, so you don't have to worry about me distrusting you and secretly suspecting how much money you have hidden

。 If that's the case, you don't have to keep accounts, and I won't look at it. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao say this, Chun Niu hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, no, I just want to learn more." You also think too much, I think the advantage of bookkeeping is that it allows me to know how many things I sell each day so that I can prepare for the next day. Just look at the ledger to know what to prepare for tomorrow, and what to buy less, how good it is. ”

As soon as Chun Niu said this, Su Jinyao nodded and said, "This is right, no matter what you do, you know what you do, and it is right to plan it." I'm sticking with you. From today onwards, as long as I am at home, you will come to my house after the business of Xiaoshuipu is busy, and I will teach you to write and keep accounts. I have paper and pens here, and you don't have to buy them when you first start learning, just use my family's line. ”

Chunniu quickly nodded happily and agreed. Then he was silent for a moment, and muttered, "When I was a child, I heard people say that people who can write are knowledgeable and can have great achievements in the future." I also thought about going to school, but my family was poor, so I only sent my brother to the school for a year. I also pestered my brother to teach me how to read, but after learning for so many years, my brother could only write his name. He refused to teach me anything, and then he forgot about it. I can't imagine that now that I am married, I still have the opportunity to learn to write. ”

"Silly girl, what's so hard about this. As long as you have the heart to learn, I will teach you well. However, it is impossible for me to teach you to be a female champion, and I still expect you to work for me to make money. You're such a cash cow, I'm reluctant to let go. Do things for me well, I can't lose you. ”

After Su Jinyao finished speaking, Chunniu also smiled and said, "Who said I want to take the top prize?" Haven't you heard of a sentence, it's called 'thousands of miles for officials only for money', since the hard work of being an official is for money, I now have food and drink and can make money by myself, why should I go to the top exam? ”

"That's right, let's do a good job, and we won't worry about money." Su Jinyao patted Chunniu on the shoulder, and suddenly remembered that the matter of building a house had not been discussed with Chunniu, so she asked, "Is the mason craftsmanship of the house repaired before your family good?" Can you build a house? My family wants to build a new house, but I don't understand these things, and there is no one in the family who can support my head, so I want to ask if you can help me with this. ”

"Jinyao, is your family going to build a new house?" Chunniu looked surprised, and then nodded and said, "If you can help, you can help, you say let me do whatever I want." I have a lot of strength, except for the technical work of building walls and beams, I can do it, and I can do it with bricks and mud. ”

"Who told you to move bricks?" Su Jinyao glanced at Chunniu and said, "My father said that I am still young, and I am afraid that I will not be able to support these things, so I want to find someone to help keep an eye on it, for fear that those foremen will not work well." I just want you and Siping to be the overseers for me, see what needs to be modified, where to pay attention, and help me keep an eye on it. As for the salary, I'm sure I'm going to give it to you, and I can't let the two of you work in vain. Also, I don't know what kind of craftsman to find and what kind of material to use

Understand. I see that your family is very good at building fire resistance and stoves, does he also know a little bit of mason's work and can help me come up with ideas? ”

"Siping does do these jobs. In fact, Siping is not like his sister-in-law said, he didn't know how to do anything, he used to be an apprentice to a master mason, and went out to build a house with others. That is, in the past two years, the master has been old, and he can't do a lot of work, so he doesn't take his apprentices with him. In fact, Siping is quite capable, and he also made a lot of money for the Li family at the beginning. Others are honest and can't say it, and all the money they earn is handed over to their families. But in the end...... It's not that the Li family has been driven out. I estimate that they are afraid that Siping will have no children, and no one will provide for him in the future. ”

In ancient times, they all paid attention to raising children to prevent old age, and it is estimated that the Li family did have such an idea, so they put the matter of whether Chun Niu could give birth to it in their heads. Later, he used this incident as an excuse and forced Siping and Chunniu to separate from the Li family. Now it seems that the people of the Li family are really unkind. Chunniu said a few words, probably because she wanted to find someone to complain. After saying that, he sighed, and then said to Su Jinyao with a smile, "So, we have taken care of your family's building of a house." You just say how many rooms to build, what kind of style do you want, Siping and I promise to buy it for you. You can't be allowed to be bullied by masons who don't understand and take advantage of you. ”

Su Jinyao said, "Okay, then thank you." You and Siping will help me calculate first, and see how much it will cost to build three rooms and five rooms. I have some silver in my hand, and I want to cover it directly if I can make it bigger, so as not to have money in the future and think about flipping the cover, and I can do it in one step. ”

"Five rooms!" Chunniu was taken aback again, and said, "The old house where my family lives now is quite spacious, and it is only two and a half rooms." The house where the Li family lives now is three main rooms and one side room, which is only four rooms in total. Your family built five rooms at once, isn't that about to catch up with the Wu family? ”

Su Jinyao smiled and said, "I'm not comparing with others, but if I think I have the ability, I can build it better, and it is spacious and comfortable to live in." In the future, if my eldest sister wants to marry someone, and the son of Xiaocheng will marry a daughter-in-law, they will all pay attention to a façade. So I put the house in place first, and I look good on my face, so that my father also has face and scenery. I heard that if you build more than five rooms, you have to go to the town to find the mayor to get a seal, so I decided to build five rooms for fear of trouble, and it will save trouble to find Zhang Lizheng to stamp a seal in Dazhang Village. If I don't have these troubles, I want to build a small second floor directly, which looks more magnificent. ”

"Ouch, there is no one who has a good heart, and you have calculated the matter of your eldest sister finding a daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law in a small town. But why didn't you hear you talk about yourself? You don't work hard to give other people's marriages, marry wives, and end up being an old girl. Chunniu's joke is mostly an ingredient, so she said with a straight face, "Five rooms is really a lot, I'll go back and give you a total of Siping to see how much it costs." But I thought that if you use more materials, you can buy more cheaper, and you can use workers

It costs a few more days, and building three rooms is not much different from building five. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "I really don't understand this, you can help me think about it." When you come up with a number, I'll see how many I can build with the money I have. There is also the procedure for building a house, I asked Xiaochenger to know that I had to go to Zhang Lizheng of Dazhang Village to stamp. But Xiao Cheng'er is a child after all, and what he says may not be accurate, so see if you can help me inquire about it and see what the procedures should be and what to do. ”

Chun Niu replied, "Okay, I see." Then he asked, "Have you chosen a place?" Do you need to find a gentleman to look at feng shui or something? ”

Su Jinyao shook her head and said, "I don't believe in those ones, so I don't look at feng shui." Well, it's right next to my family's current land. When the new house is built, we will move in. The fence was enclosed in a large half circle and turned into a whole large yard, and the old houses here were torn down and vegetables were planted directly. ”

Chunniu couldn't help but sigh: "Then your place is big enough." Just the vegetable patch on the side of the old house can catch up with the yard in front of and behind the Li family. ”

"Yes, the house is big and comfortable to live in." Su Jinyao said to Chunniu again, "This year, my family will build a new house, and next year your family will build it, and we will all live a good life, so that no one in the village can look down on us." ”

"My family?" Chunniu didn't expect Su Jinyao to say this, shook her head and said, "I can pay back the money I owe you next year, and then repair the house." My requirements are really not high, just live a good life, eat enough and dress warmly. ”

"Don't worry, it will." Su Jinyao had a smile on her face and gave Chun Niu a big guarantee.

Chunniu also smiled, and the expectation in her eyes was actually not a lot at all.

The two talked and laughed and walked back, and soon came to the path of the village. As soon as I entered the village, I saw many people hurriedly walking in one direction, looking at the meaning, which one was lively again.

Su Jinyao knew that these villagers loved to watch the excitement of other people's homes when they were idle. Today it is the children of the east family fighting, and tomorrow it is the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the west family quarreling, all of which can provoke the onlookers of the villagers.

And Su Jinyao has seen this situation not once or twice, as if she has been watched a lot of times after she crossed over.

Chunniu obviously had a bit of gossip in mind, and looked at the direction of the villagers in front of her and said, "I don't know whose family it is, it seems to be quite lively." ”

Su Jinyao smiled and said, "Will you go and have a look?" Tell me about it later. ”

Chunniu is still quite positive about this kind of thing, and even nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a look." But after taking two steps, seeing that Su Jinyao didn't move, she came back and said, "Let's go to see the excitement, why don't you go?" Jinyao, let's go and have a look, maybe there's really something fun. ”

Su Jinyao felt that the funny thing was to watch Wang Changliang get beaten before. At that time, she was just watching from the sidelines, but when the people came to see the excitement, they ran away.

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Niu pulled her again and said, "Let's go, Jinyao, let's take a look." ”

Su Jinyao couldn't resist Chunniu, and she was also a little curious about what these people were thinking about watching the excitement, so she simply went with Chunniu.

These people are all running in the direction of the Wu family, could it be that there is something new in the Wu family?

Just thinking about it, he had already arrived at the gate of the Wu family, and he heard a burst of scolding from inside, what "chicken that doesn't lay eggs", "a pig that is delicious and lazy", "a stinky woman who eats inside and out, and doesn't have a good heart", and some dirty words are unbearable, Su Jinyao frowned when she heard it.

Chun Niu also heard it, so she whispered to Su Jinyao, "It seems to be the second sister-in-law of the Wu family again." Usually she is always beaten, every time either her sister-in-law beats her, or her man beats her, they are all scolding. ”

Su Jinyao pursed her lips and said, "Forget it, people scold people and beat their daughters-in-law, there's nothing to look at." Let's go back. ”

Chun Niu nodded when she heard this, she probably felt that this kind of thing was quite sad, so she followed Su Jinyao to leave.

But before the two of them turned around, they heard another shouting inside, and then they saw the lively crowd move in a hurry, flashing out for most of the time. Just as he had dodged the doorway, he saw a woman being beaten out of it.

It's better to say it's a kick than a hit. I don't know who kicked over, kicked the second sister-in-law, took a few steps backwards and fell out of the door, and just fell on the threshold, as if she was still bent on her waist, and she didn't get up for a long time.

Those who watched the excitement all dodged away, and no one moved forward, and no one wanted to go over to help them, and for a while, the second sister-in-law couldn't get up, and her tears fell vigorously on the threshold, which looked really pitiful. Su Jinyao and Chunniu were not standing in the front, but the people who watched the excitement dodged away and exposed them.

Su Jinyao couldn't help but sigh when she saw that one side of her sister-in-law's face was swollen, and the corner of her eye was broken, and now she was kicked to the ground. Out of sympathy, she stepped forward and gave her a hand. I asked, "Are you alright?" Did you break your back? ”

"It's fine." The second sister-in-law sobbed, shook her head and said. But as soon as she looked up and saw that it was Su Jinyao, she grabbed her hand suddenly.

Su Jinyao originally wanted to help her up, so she didn't notice that her movements were so aggressive. I wanted to throw her out out of instinct, but in the end I was endured by Su Jinyao. She kept telling herself to be vigilant, but not to react too aggressively. After all, these villagers are ordinary people, there will be no hidden killers in them, and she doesn't have to watch out for anyone all the time.

But Su Jinyao resisted the urge to throw the second sister-in-law of the Wu family out, but she grabbed Su Jinyao tighter.

Su Jinyao couldn't help but sink her face and asked, "I'm going to help you up." What are you doing here? ”

"Second girl of the Su family, you can help me say something. Did you come in the morning to buy meat and cabbage? How much money was spent, you told me the truth

Sister. After the second sister-in-law of the Wu family finished speaking, she shouted into the courtyard again, "Eldest sister, I didn't lie, the second girl of the Su family happened to come over, you can ask her." ”

"Who's coming?" The shouting female voice came from the courtyard again, and then I saw a very strong woman walking out, presumably the sister-in-law of the Wu family.

Su Jinyao originally thought that Chun Niu was quite sturdy, but now that she looks at this sister-in-law of the Wu family, she feels that Chun Niu is really a beautiful woman. This sister-in-law's height is similar to that of a man, and she is stronger than an ordinary man. Especially the big hands, at first glance, he is a person who is used to doing rough work, the fingers are short and thick, the flesh of the palms is also very thick, and the skin is rough.

When Su Jinyao was looking at her, the woman also looked at Su Jinyao. "Snorted" in his nose and said, "What if she comes?" Is your lie about to go unfulfilled? Look at your hard mouth. ”

After saying that, the sister-in-law of the Wu family flew up again and kicked towards the ribs of the second sister-in-law of Wu.

Su Jinyao was the closest, and she could feel that the Wu family's sister-in-law's kick had a lot of strength. Even if she doesn't know any martial arts, but such a tall woman really kicked on the ribs, and this second sister-in-law Wu's ribs will be broken at least two.

(End of chapter)

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