Although most people will only gossip from afar, and will not go to Ding's door to ask about it, there are a small number of people.

Zhang Wu's baked cake shop is next door to Ding's tofu workshop, the two have been old neighbors for many years, when Aunt Zhang and Ding's mother are fine, they love to hang out with each other, chat about gossip together, do needlework or something, so the friendship between the two is quite good.

The scene of Shen Hansong's troubles that day, Aunt Zhang completely saw it, and she was also anxious for the Ding family, but her own family was also a small family, and she couldn't afford to offend a big Buddha like Shen Hansong, so although Zhang Wu repeatedly waved the shovel with the baked cakes, and wanted to step forward to help the Ding family's mother, but Aunt Zhang kept desperately holding him, and didn't let him help, otherwise he wouldn't want to do his business in the future.

Fortunately, Sun Zhutou came in time, otherwise I really don't know what would have happened.

In the afternoon, Ding Page and Ding Xiaohu went to sell tofu flowers, and Aunt Zhang had nothing to do, so she took a half-filled sole and came to Ding's house.

Familiar with the way, he walked directly to the east room where Ding's mother was, but saw Ding's mother lying on the bed sighing uncontrollably.

Aunt Zhang sat on the edge of the kang, holding the needle and thread in one hand, and holding Ding's mother's hand with the other, and persuaded: "I said that the sister-in-law of the Ding family, there are more people who are messing around, anyway, all the grandchildren have helped your family today, I think you should relax your heart, if you are sad and sick, isn't it also trouble?" ”

Mother Ding had tears in her eyes, and she held Aunt Zhang's hand bitterly, and said mournfully: "His aunt, what do you say I did in my last life, why did I encounter such a thing?" We orphans and widows have an easy life, and our lives are stretched, and there are still people who come to blackmail our family, what do you think those people? ”

Aunt Zhang sighed: "I'm afraid I think you don't have a strong man in your family, so I feel like a bully." That's it, this kind of thing is still rare? On this street, every ten days and half a month, aren't there one or two incidents happening? It's important for you to take care of your own body. ”

Ding's mother knew that what Aunt Zhang said was reasonable, where there was business and a market, the commission of the local snake was absolutely indispensable.

While chatting here, a hearty woman's voice suddenly sounded in the courtyard, "Sister-in-law, are you at home?" Heavy footsteps followed.

Aunt Zhang smiled: "It seems that Ruyi is here." ”

Ding's mother hurriedly supported the bed with her hands, sat up slightly straight, and when she was young, she saw a sturdy woman who was not inferior to a man in height appeared at the door of the room.

"Ruyi, come, sit down quickly." Ding's mother greeted him diligently.

Wan Ruyi has a refreshing temperament, and he doesn't know what the image is on weekdays, so he immediately shook off a large piece of pork in his hand, and said with a smile with his mouth wide open: "Sister-in-law, I just heard that someone came to you to make trouble, I'm really sorry, it's far away, and it didn't help much." Mancai asked me to bring you some pork, and simmer some soup to drink, so as to suppress the shock. ”

Ding Mu saw that the piece of meat weighed three or four catties, and she was embarrassed to refuse: "Oh, then how can you be embarrassed?" We're all a family, it's already good for you to come and see me, why bring such a big piece of pork? Isn't that a waste? ”

Wan Ruyi smiled: "Sister-in-law, you said that we are a family, what kind words do you have to say to me?" You also know my temperament, since I brought it over, there is no reason to bring it back. ”

Wan Ruyi is not only cheerful, but also very bold, for the people she is used to, it is absolutely generous, but for the people she hates, there is absolutely no good face to show people.

In some ways, if it weren't for Wan Ruyi's help, Ding Mancai's pork shop might not have been able to open so big and so smoothly, and he could sell three big fat pigs every day, and almost all the pork business in this market was concentrated in their house.

Ding's mother naturally knew Wan Ruyi's temperament, and it was not easy to say anything more about refusal immediately, so she had to raise her voice and call: "Rou'er, Rou'er, are you at home?" ”

At that time, Ding Rou was sewing clothes in the West House, and when she heard Ding's mother calling her, she hurriedly responded and came over.

"Hey, mother, I'm here, what's wrong?"

Mother Ding pointed to Aunt Zhang and Wan Ruyi in the house, and instructed: "Look, your Aunt Zhang and your aunt have come to see me, why don't you go to the stove room to boil some tea?" ”

Ding Rou nodded hurriedly at Aunt Zhang and Wan Ruyi, and called with a smile: "Aunt Zhang, auntie." ”

Aunt Zhang also nodded, looked at Ding Rou and praised: "Rou'er is really getting more and more beautiful now, and I don't know which blessed boy can marry Rou'er and go back to be a daughter-in-law." ”

Ding Rou immediately blushed, and even raised her head in embarrassment.

Aunt Zhang's words were originally a very common words to praise the girl's family, but she inadvertently poked at the sore spot in Ding's mother's heart.

Because of Ding Page, the marriage of the two girls in the family has not yet been decided, which really breaks her heart.

Wan Ruyi handed the pork in his hand to Ding Rou's hand, and ordered: "Hurry up and hang it in the stove, cut a little in the afternoon and simmer the soup, and give your mother a good patch, you see that your mother's current physical condition is really not good, you as a daughter must know that you feel sorry for your mother." ”

This is what Ding Rou is saying now, her temperament has changed a lot, and she can listen to what others say. If this was left in the past, with Ding Rou's arrogant temper, where would he take care of them? Not to mention serving tea and pouring water.

Ding Rou carried the pork, thanked Wan Ruyi again, and then took the pork to the stove room, burned tea first, and served it to Aunt Zhang and Wan Ruyi respectively. Then, according to Wan Ruyi's instructions, he cut some pork and planned to simmer the soup for Ding's mother to drink.

Of course, such a big piece of pork, the food of several people in the family is almost the same, and Ding Rou can't be so stingy that she really cuts a little bit, which is only enough for Ding's mother to eat, but cuts almost half of the pork down, and simply the whole family has a good tooth sacrifice.

Although the economic conditions of the family have been much better, there are too many places to use money in the future, so the food is not very good, and I am almost never willing to buy such a large piece of pork.

Ding Rou was not only happy, but also had a better and better impression of Wan Ruyi, and her prejudice against her in the past also faded a lot. Maybe different people have different personalities, so they have to be good-hearted, so why bother with whether her temperament is like a woman's?

Although her aunt is a little bit of a man, she is really good.

Without the pork in the way, Wan Ruyi also moved a stool and sat at the head of Ding's mother's bed, intending to chatter.

Wan Ruyi asked with concern: "Sister-in-law, where did your family offend Shen Gongzi?" Okay, why did he come to your house to find trouble? ”

Ding's mother subconsciously glanced at Aunt Zhang, Wan Ruyi and her are concubines, and there are some things to say, but Aunt Zhang is just a neighbor who has a good relationship, and she can be separated and reconciled, but she can't talk about everything.

But Aunt Zhang didn't understand what Ding's mother's eyes meant, and still sat on the edge of the bed with a smile, waiting to hear how Ding's mother and Wan Ruyi would explain.

Ding's mother coughed dryly, looked at Wan Ruyi helplessly, and sighed: "Speaking of which, my family and Shen Gongzi can't get along, and I can't even see each other a few times, so why not offend him?" It was yesterday that Shen Gongzi personally came to my house. ”

This Aunt Zhang saw it with her own eyes yesterday, and she was curious at the time, but she was not embarrassed to come to the door to take a look.

Wan Ruyi said in surprise: "Oh? Shen Gongzi came to your house in person? ”

Ding Mu nodded, confirming Wan Ruyi's words.

Wan Ruyi became more and more surprised and asked, "What are you doing?" Shen Gongzi is a son-in-law, what are you doing at your house? It's not going to be tofu. ”

The Shen family is also a middle class, if it is the turn of the second young master in the mansion to come out in person to do rough work such as buying tofu, then how dilapidated will the Shen family be? Apparently impossible.

Ding's mother shook her head, frowned, and said: "I don't know what he's here to do, because the page is in charge of everything in the family now, so yesterday Shen Gongzi discussed with the page." I heard the page tell me, saying that the Shen family intends to open a tofu shop to expand the business, I heard that my tofu is doing well, so I want to know what is the secret of my family's tofu making, Shen Gongzi specially came to inquire. ”

Wan Ruyi's brain should be straighter, and he usually doesn't doubt other people's words, but when he heard Ding's mother say this, he pondered blindly in his head, as if this reason could be explained.

She knows that the Ding family's tofu is an ancestral craft, and there is actually no special secret to it, but it is just a little different from others in the control of the heat at every step. Moreover, this distinction is not something that can be said in words, but must be constantly honed in practice.

"How can this be said? Isn't this just a simple embarrassment? Wan Ruyi said angrily.

Aunt Zhang blinked her eyes strangely, and said in surprise: "Why did the Shen family think about doing the business of a tofu factory?" ”

Ding Mu shook her head, "How do I know that the brains of those rich families are spinning, if we can guess it, where will it be their turn to get rich." ”

Wan Ruyi and Aunt Zhang nodded in unison, this is also true, if they can guess the thoughts of rich people, then they are the richest.

"Because the page didn't tell Shen Gongzi the secret, so Shen Gongzi will come to smash your stall today?" Aunt Zhang continued to ask gossipingly.

Ding Mu said wistfully: "It should be, otherwise there is no other place to offend Shen Gongzi, only yesterday's incident can make sense." Early this morning, he indiscriminately threw a piece of rotten tofu on my stall, insisting that my tofu was not delicious and that he should compensate him. ”

Wan Ruyi sneered: "It's really a rich man's son, this thing doesn't suit his appetite, so he has to say that it's someone else's fault." ”