The old man hesitated, and didn't say to buy or not to buy.

Erniu smiled earnestly and said, "Uncle, there are so many people on the street, you keep buying so many things, it's inconvenient to squeeze over to buy them!" ”

"Who are you fooling!" Sister Qiu shouted loudly, "Who asked you to sell water tofu?" It's all from the villagers, Erniu, why did you come to the town to get people? ”

Erniu gave Sister Qiu's frightened palms trembled, and the knife that cut the water tofu fell on the water tofu, and when she looked up, it was Sister Qiu, and the little lady stood there with her angry crossed waist, staring at him, and there was a big seal and a donkey in the village standing next to her. It's nothing more than a half-grown baby, after Erniu experienced the most initial weakness and fear, he straightened his waist and ate loudly: "Where did the hairy child come from?" Go home! After speaking, Heng Mei frowned and his eyes showed a fierce light, and he waved the knife in his hand towards Sister Qiu.

"What do you want to do? There are so many people on the street looking at it, and I want to kill people by selling fake water tofu in my name! "Sister Qiu is not afraid of him at all, but walked a few steps forward, Erniu is mixed up again and again, he dares to beat people and scare people at most, but he does not dare to provoke people's lives and lawsuits, in ancient times, he was hurt by heart, he was exiled at the lightest, and he was beheaded at worst, and the laws and regulations of the dynasty were even more strict, like Erniu, who had no money and no power, had nowhere to dredge the relationship, killed people maliciously, and beheaded the right autumn queen.

Sister Qiu concluded that the water tofu made by Er Niu was not delicious, and if the water tofu made was delicious, he didn't have to spend such a big tongue to get people to say that the water tofu he sold was similar to the water tofu sold by Jia's.

"Go back! If you dare to mistreat grandpa again, I'll beat you to death! Everyone, don't listen to this Nizi's nonsense, a village head, she has a problem with her head, or the fate of the lonely star, and her family is driven out, no one is taking care of her, and she is even more sick. Seeing that the old man was not allowed to buy it, there were more and more people watching, and the two cows were anxiously screaming, and a pair of small eyes were round, showing a fierce and vicious look.

Sister Qiu was stunned, ignoring the onlookers and shouting: "Uncles and aunts, the bean blossom stall on the east side of the street was set up by me and my mother, we have never sold the water tofu to others, this person made his own water tofu and pretended to be my family, the big guys have polished their eyes and looked carefully, don't be deceived!" ”

"Yes, yes!" The big seal with an active brain first shouted with Sister Qiu, pointed at Erniu and said loudly: "We can testify that this person is a ruffian in our Xiaohe Town!" What can't you do, you are the most powerful! ”

"You little beasts!" Erniu'er's mouth was all crooked, and he looked around a few times, and saw that someone was selling firewood on the side, and he went up and smoked an arm-thick firewood and was about to beat someone.

The big seal and the donkey didn't look right, and they all blocked in front of Sister Qiu, Brother Dazhun taught them, Sister Qiu is a girl, they are gentlemen, and they must be in front of Sister Qiu at all times.

Sister Qiu's heart was gloomy and anxious, in her eyes, she was an adult, and Da Yin and the donkey were still children, what if she beat Erniu, she hurriedly bypassed them and fell on Erniu.

"Erniu, you badass! I sold the fake water tofu and the rotten water tofu still wanted to beat people!

So many people are watching, you can move and give it a try! If you beat someone, our Xiaohe Town won't be able to tolerate you, and the people in the village will get you out! Sister Qiu pointed at Erniu and shouted fiercely.

Er Niu Yang's palm in the air hesitated, he was not afraid of the orphans and widows of the Jia family and Sister Qiu, but he was afraid that Lin would not spare him if he rubbed Su with Hongya.

The onlookers pointed and pointed down, and a few people who bought Erniu water tofu heard about it in the market, turned back, and pulled Erniu to ask him to return the money, Erniu was angry and weak-hearted, and he didn't care about teaching the baby a lesson at the moment.

Erniu is a mixed and laid, and he can't make a mark on his face in the ground, so he stretched out his face to a few people, saying that his water tofu is no problem, and it will be delicious. If you don't want money, he's embarrassed, just ask them to fight, just don't ask him for money. A few people who bought his water tofu were all honest, and they couldn't do anything with him when they encountered such a scoundrel's popularity.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and Sister Qiu whispered a few words to Dayin, and Dayin ran out quickly.

"What's delicious!" One of the popular people who bought water tofu and wanted to return the money said, "I just tasted it, it was astringent and salty, how can I eat this!" ”

"Why can't you eat it?" Erniu craned his neck, pointed at Sister Qiu and said: "I don't have anyone, the beans I use, and the water is the water in their well, everything is like what they use at home, how is it not ordinary water tofu?" What does their water tofu taste, what does my water tofu taste like! You can't eat the water tofu I made, and neither can her water tofu! ”

Sister Qiu thought about the two buckets of water that Second Uncle Mei picked up from their house yesterday, and she had an idea in her heart, and slowly opened her mouth, "Erniu, didn't you say that the water tofu you made was delicious?" If you eat half a pound of your water tofu, I will buy it all at three times the price of your water tofu today, what do you say? ”

Erniu's eyes turned, what does the water tofu he made by himself taste like, he has a clear mind in his heart, otherwise he would not have met people and said that this water tofu is similar to Sister Qiu's water tofu, and eating half a pound will kill him! Erniu didn't pay attention, turned his head and wanted to run out, he didn't even want all the stalls, and before he ran out of the circle of onlookers, he caught an official in a soapy suit!

"Eh, the eldest grandfather spares his life!" Seeing the official errand, Er Niu immediately coaxed, kowtowed and knelt to ask for forgiveness, crying tears and nose everywhere, "Grandpa, the villain is the first time to come out to do business, and the villain knows that it is wrong!" The villain is blinded by grass lard, grandfather, forgive the little one this time! ”

The young official in the soap coat that Sister Qiu recognized was the one who came to their stall to collect taxes yesterday.

"Official, you're just in time!" Sister Qiu hurriedly said, "This person sells fakes and cheats people, and he doesn't return the money to others!" "This time, a few bitter masters who bought Erniu's water tofu also talked about it one by one, and scolded Erniu pit people.

"Where can I eat this? Eating it will kill you! We also said that it was with the east

The two daughters-in-law sell a family! An aunt preached angrily.

At this moment, the people are mellow, although they have not reached the point of staying overnight and not closing the door, but it is also very stable and auspicious, and the quarrel in the bazaar is at most due to the lack of a market catty and a short two, and the sale of fake food that may be fatal is definitely a big case of inferior nature.

The regimental face officer shook the second cow down with a tiger's face, and asked loudly: "What's the matter?" Make it clear! ”

Erniu cried and said with a sad face: "Master Guan, the water tofu I sell is a little unpalatable, but I will never eat the dead!" You don't believe it? If you don't believe me, I'll eat it for you! As he spoke, he grabbed a piece of water tofu from the board and stuffed it into his mouth.

The water tofu was salty and astringent, and Erniu's painful eyebrows were squeezed into a lump, and after swallowing it forcibly, he smiled flatteringly at the official and said, "Master Guan, you see, you really can't eat dead people!" ”

"You were told that your water tofu belongs to us, otherwise how would people buy it? Can you eat things that don't die? Look at the way you eat water tofu, it's worse than eating bitter medicine! Sister Qiu said.

Seeing that Erniu's water tofu was only unpalatable, but it was not a dead person, he didn't plan to take Erniu into prison, and said coldly to Erniu underground: "Don't hurry up and return the money!" ”

Erniu continued to be only only, under the supervision of the official, obediently returned the money to the guests one by one, and in the laughter and peeking of everyone, he ran away with the pick.

"Big guy, remember, buy delicious water tofu in the back, go to my family's water tofu stall on the east side of the street to buy it, make sure it's delicious, don't pay if it's not delicious!" Sister Qiu hadn't left yet, and made an advertisement for her own home.

The group-faced petty official smiled and said, "You little lady, on the contrary, you are bold and smart!" He could see that the person must be a ruffian idler in the village, and this little lady dared to carry it with him, and her courage was unusual.

Sister Qiu smiled, her mouth was very sweet, "That's to see the official you are standing not far away, he has done bad things, the official can't spare him, I dare to say him so far!" She observed these many days, and found that these servants were multi-tasking, both responsible for collecting taxes and maintaining order in the market.

A sentence made the little official's heart extremely comfortable, and he waved his big palm and said with a smile: "You don't have to call me the official master, I am not a few years older than you, you can call me Brother Cheng." ”

"Huh!" Sister Qiu responded, beckoned the big seal and the donkey, and the half-grown children shouted in unison: "Brother Cheng!" ”

Sister Qiu pulled Brother Cheng and said with a smile: "Brother Cheng, you came late yesterday, my bean curd was sold out, you can go and taste my bean curd today." ”

A few children responded and pulled Brother Cheng from the west side of the street to the bean curd stall of Sister Qiu's house in the east, and Sister Qiu personally filled Brother Cheng with a large porcelain bowl of bean curd, put sesame oil marinade, and sprinkled a large handful of crushed green shrimp on it, and handed it to Brother Cheng, "Brother Cheng, how about you taste it?" ”

Brother Cheng took the bean blossom with a smile, put it in his mouth, and praised: "It's delicious!" "Brother Cheng, look

is not yet 20 years old, just when he can eat, a bowl of bean curd is only a few strokes, so he will eat it all, and Sister Qiu will give him a second bowl, which is blocked by Brother Cheng.

"If you don't eat it, you won't eat it!" Brother Cheng said with a smile, and wiped the remaining bean curd on his mouth with satisfaction, showing two dimples on the round surface, "Little lady, auntie, I told our boss about your situation yesterday, this tax, 350 copper plates will be collected in the next month, how about it?" ”

"Thank you, Brother Cheng!" Sister Qiu was surprised and delighted, this was much better than she expected, she felt that this brother Cheng was only perfunctory verbally yesterday, but she didn't expect to really help them fight for less public taxes.

Brother Cheng smiled and said, "It's useless to thank me, it's good for our boss!" I'll tell you first, it's not easy for you orphans and widows, and your taxes have been reduced. The first thing to do business in our old land is sincerity, and if there is anything unruly, then you can't continue to do business on this street. ”

"This Cheng brother is at ease!" Sister Qiu agreed, "We are the most honest in our business, and we can only sell more and more things to others." ”

"Little brother, you are completely at ease." Jia Shi said with a smile, "Our mother has nothing, so I hope that this stall will make a living, eat and pay off debts, it will take a long time to work, and it will not ruin the reputation of our stall!" ”

Jia's came out to set up a stall, and there were a lot of diners coming and going, and a lot of diners who loved to laugh ate bean curd, and they had to talk to Jia's and Li Ailian, asking where did they come from? What are the crops like at home? In the first two days, Jia was still very restrained, her mouth was not good, she couldn't answer strangers' questions, and she was afraid that people wouldn't come to eat bean curd if she didn't speak well.

The past two days have been much better, the idea is good to earn money, Jia's heart is comfortable, and he has confidence in speaking, and his horizons in the town have been broadened, and people have become much more cheerful, and he is no longer the timid and timid old Xiucai lady in Xiaohe Town.

"I'm relieved to have you say that." Brother Cheng said with a smile, he looked at the people who set up the stalls, Jia and Li Ailian were all honest, and the little lady was clever and understood things, and it didn't seem that she would do bad things, otherwise the idea would not be so good.

Sister Qiu counted out 350 copper plates from the cloth bag she collected the money from, and handed them to Brother Cheng in her hand. Brother Cheng glanced at it roughly, then put it in the heavy pocket tied around his waist, and gave Sister Qiu a blank ticket seal, Sister Qiu can not fully recognize the words on the ticket print, you can only see the words of May 27 of Da Chu Yuanqing, and it is also stamped with a bright red official seal, which should be a receipt for paying public taxes.

Sister Qiu carefully folded the ticket and put it on her chest, and enthusiastically beckoned Brother Cheng and said, "Brother Cheng, I'll come to eat bean curd tomorrow!" ”

"Every now and then!" Brother Cheng smiled and said, "The little lady is quite polite!" ”

"My name is Sister Qiu, and Brother Cheng will call me Sister Qiu backwards." Sister Qiu preached.

Brother Cheng nodded, touched the head of the big seal and the donkey, then turned his head and left, and when he left, he took out some things from his purse, and threw them by the way, and the things fell on the lid of the bowl where the marinade was placed

The copper plate swayed on the lid of the bowl made of iron sheet for a long time, and then stopped.

"This little brother, how can you be polite!" Jia Shi looked at the two copper plates and said nostalgically, he had never heard of those Xu officials who were bad and bad in the play, helping the county grandfather to bully the people, and never heard of the officials going to the street to eat and pay back.

Sister Qiu wanted to open her mouth to stop Brother Cheng, but when she raised her eyes, Brother Cheng's back had already blended into the bustling flow of people. She invited Brother Cheng to eat bean curd, which also meant "bribery", their orphans and widows were inevitably oppressed on the street, and they ate their bean curds for nothing.

(End of chapter)