Chapter 46: Buying the Secret Recipe
It is said that on such a hot day, you should not have the appetite to eat wontons, but this old man has a way to make the wontons fragrant but not greasy, and then garnish them with some finely chopped green onions, which is simply full of color and flavor, which makes people have a great appetite, no wonder the business is good.
After the mother and the family finished dividing the two large bowls of wontons, Xiao Nuan glanced at the rhubarb under the tree that gnawed on the bones and gnawed extremely satisfied, and took out five cents from the money bag and put it on the table, "Grandma, this is the bone money of my rhubarb these days." ”
The old lady smiled kindly, "No, these bones have been boiled several times, and it's useless for me to keep them." ”
"Then thank you, when you can't get busy, you can ask Rhubarb to help watch the stall, it's quite capable, you can't let it eat for nothing." Xiao Nuan took back the copper coin and said with a smile.
"Wang, Wang!" Rhubarb squealed twice in cooperation and continued to gnaw on the bones.
The old lady looked at the rhubarb with a very kind gaze, and said calmly, "It's a good dog with human nature, but I can't trouble it with this broken stall, and this pot of broth won't be sold after buying the old woman, old man, it can't be sold." ”
Several frequent diners expressed their pity, but as the old man said, she was too old to sell.
Xiao Nuan's eyes rolled and she came up with an idea, "Grandma, do you sell this secret recipe for making wontons?" ”
The old lady smiled again, "It's not a secret recipe, it's just a little trick after years of doing, if you want to learn from the old woman, I'll tell you about it, I can't get the money." “
Xiao Nuan said seriously, "Don't hide it from grandma, our family is going to open a store, and we want to use it to make money after learning this from you." Tell my mother about it later, and we'll pay you. ”
Qin immediately sat up straight and looked at the old lady with a blank eye, "Old lady, can you tell me?" ”
"Okay, okay." The old lady was happy, "But there are many people here who can't explain clearly, when I finish selling the last few bowls of wontons, I'll go home and tell you." ”
Xiao Nuan couldn't ask for it, Xiaocao thought that she would be able to eat chaos every day after her mother learned it, the corners of her eyes were smiling like crescent moons, and rhubarb gnawed bones more energetically.
After selling the last bowl of wontons, the old lady closed the fire and covered the pot, picked up the money box, "You mothers and women come in." ”
Xiao Nuan greeted the rhubarb under the tree, "Rhubarb, look at the stall!" ”
"Wang!" Rhubarb walked to the side of the stall with a bone in his mouth, lay down and continued to gnaw.
Xiao Nuan and Xiaocao entered the small courtyard cleaned up neatly after entering the stall with their mother, and they heard their mother ask, "The old lady lives alone?" ”
"It used to be our old couple, and after the old man left, I was the only one left." No matter what the old lady said, she was smiling, which made people look comfortable, but what she said was always with a touch of sadness, she took out a few small stools and placed them under the laurel tree in the courtyard, "Sit." ”
Qin opened his mouth, but he didn't ask.
The old lady knew what she was going to ask, "Originally, there were two sons, the eldest was recruited by the imperial court and died on the battlefield, and the younger died of illness at the age of fifteen. ”
The Qin family was a little at a loss for a while, but the old lady smiled again, "It's okay, everything has faded in the past few years, I have dreamed that the old man and the children have asked me to go over for a reunion in the past few days, and I thought that it was almost time, so I closed the stall." ”
Qin stood up in a panic, "Old man, don't think so. ”
The old lady waved her hand, "This is a good thing, I have been a lonely old woman for almost twenty years, and it will be time." Just now your girl said, learn my skills to give me money, this is really useless, and after my wife and son enter the soil, if you are convenient for the New Year's holidays, you can burn a few pieces of burning paper for me, I will be content. ”
The old man's two sons are dead, and they are no descendants, and they must be lonely before the grave after death, Qin immediately nodded, "Don't worry, if there is really that day, I will definitely burn paper and send money to you every year." ”
The old lady could see Qin's sincerity, and tears flashed in her eyes, "Good, good!" You come with me. ”
The two went into the kitchen to talk about the practice of big bone wontons, and Xiao Nuan pulled Xiaocao out of the yard, feeling that he should still leave some money for the old man in case of emergency. But they only brought out one or two pieces of broken silver, but they couldn't take them, so they thought of the splendid cloth village not far away to find Uncle Xin to ask for it.
Looking at the still bustling crowd at the gate of Buzhuang, Xiao Nuan frowned again, it was not convenient for Uncle Xin. Her family has spent a lot of money these days, and her cash is less than five taels.
What to do? Xiao Nuan swept into the crowd and suddenly saw a familiar back. Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she told Xiaocao and Rhubarb to look at the wonton stand, and she quickly chased after her.
Wu Yu, who was hanging out in a cloth coat with a big hat and a big hat, was irritable, and suddenly saw Xiao Nuan's eyes shining towards him, and he was overjoyed, and walked quickly to meet him, "Xiao ...... Chen ......"
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Nuan passed by him, ran to a tall scholar, and smiled extremely brightly with his little face, "Brother Zhao, what a coincidence!" ”
Zhao Shuyan stood up and asked in surprise, "Why is Sister Xiao Nuan here?" ”
Hearing these two people call each other, Wu Yu's face suddenly darkened.
Xiao Nuan didn't notice the existence of Wuyun at all, so she only pulled Zhao Shuyan to the side of the road and asked embarrassedly, "Did Brother Zhao bring money, can you lend me some?" ”
Zhao Shuyan immediately took out the money bag and handed it over.
Xiao Nuan didn't expect Zhao Shuyan to be so happy, and hurriedly said, "I don't need so much, ten taels is enough." ”
Zhao Shuyan looked for it from the money bag, his face was very unnatural, "It's unfortunate, the foolish brother only brought three pieces of silver, and the rest are silver tickets, silver tickets are lighter than silver, and it is convenient to ......"
...... Hold your small purse with only copper coins, and your eyes are full of tears. Is this the difference between the rich and the average person......
"What do you want money for?" Wu Yu, who was angry for a long time but no one paid attention to him, had to move over by himself.
Xiao Nuan was startled by the sudden appearance of Shi Wushuang, patted his chest and asked, "Why is Young Master Wu here?" ”
When Zhao Shuyan saw Wu Yu, he was more surprised than Xiao Nuan, "Wu ......"
"Stop, I'm not familiar with you!" Wu Yu's face was long, and he snorted angrily.
Zhao Shuyan glanced at Xiao Nuan and did not continue.
Xiao Nuan looked left and right suspiciously, and asked, "Brother Zhao, do you know each other?" ”
"Brother Fool is not familiar with Young Master Wu." Zhao Shuyan said with a smile.
......
Well, it has nothing to do with her anyway, Xiao Nuan turned her head to look at Shi Wushuang.
Wu Yu asked again, "What are you borrowing money for, so-and-so!" ”
After speaking, a handful of broken silver was stuffed directly into Xiao Nuan's little hand, Wu Yu squinted at Zhao Shuyan, "If you have something in the future, you will find Wu, this sour nerd is unreliable!" ”
Zhao Shuyan smiled temperlessly, Xiao Nuan borrowed the silver, and smiled with a smile on his face, "Thank you Young Master Wu, I'll pay you back next time." Brother Zhao, I still have something to do, so I'll go first. ”
Seeing this, Wu Yu's face turned black again, and he turned around and left in a huff.
Zhao Shuyan watched him walk away, and then followed Xiao Nuan and asked, "How did my sister meet Young Master Wu?" ”