When Chen Qianshan went home with half a catty of pork, his mother Liu was stroking her forehead and worried. Without him, the girl who recently asked someone to look at her eldest son replied, but she didn't fall in love with her because her daughter didn't like her eldest son.

As soon as I heard this, it was a pretext, and most of them thought that the family was poor. After all, although the eldest son of her family is not handsome and chic, he looks better than Pan An, but he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he has a lot of strength, and he is a good worker, and everyone in the village knows it.

The girl just glanced at it from a distance, and where did she know that it was not suitable?

I must have known the family's financial situation.

The four sons in the family, one older than the other, have seen several families, but none of them have married a daughter-in-law, so what should I do?

She has a headache when she thinks about it!

Seeing Chen Qianshan come back with the meat, although it was only a small piece, Liu was still unhappy in his heart and frowned. This kid doesn't know how to save, although he has recently earned more than a tael of silver, but he cares about making money as soon as he starts, which is not a good habit.

Seeing Liu's frowning, Chen Qianshan knew that his mother was distressing about money again.

Over the years, his mother has been worrying about this family every day, and she is getting older day by day. Just rush this, you must also work hard and seize the opportunity to make money. When you have the money, you should honor your father and mother, and marry a daughter-in-law for the eldest brother, second brother and fourth brother.

Thinking of this, Chen Qianshan said: "Mother, I haven't eaten meat for a long time, and I'm hungry, so I bought half a catty." This meat is more fat and less lean, so it is just right to fry sauerkraut. After a while, you fry it, and everyone drinks porridge, which is delicious enough. By the way, I didn't spend any money, and I earned it here today. ”

After speaking, he stuffed the money bag into Liu's hand.

Liu subconsciously took the money bag, the weight alone was much heavier than the previous days, and he was overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to open the money bag, and saw that there were at least ten taels of silver, and suddenly became a little excited.

"This ...... How can there be so many today? ”

"Didn't we cut down a dozen camphor trees before, and we made all of them into cutting boards. No, it's basically all sold, and this is the silver that has been distributed. ”

When Liu heard this, he understood.

It's just that the smile on his face has blossomed. With this silver, there is no need to worry about telling the eldest son that the family is good.

I thought about it again, if I want to talk about this Chen Jixing, I don't know where to come up with these ideas. This camphor wood is used to make furniture, he is good, he wants to use it to make a cutting board, but there are still people to buy.

But she wasn't interested in any of this, she was happy that they were willing to take their three sons together.

Chen Qianshan has been active recently, and he runs to Chen Jixing's house whenever he is free.

At the beginning, the Liu family was a little worried, not because they didn't like Chen Jixing's family, but because they were afraid that their son would cause trouble.

Fortunately, Chen Jixing is at home every day, and Da Niu's father occasionally goes, plus Da Niu's mother, they are all his elders, and no one will say anything if he wants to.

Even if you want to say something, there is a big cow mother, and it is estimated that no one will dare.

As for fights, that's even less to say.

In fact, although Chen Qianshan's family supports the matter of being a village cook, their enthusiasm is not very high, after all, they don't see the money, and they have to take it out first, and no one is happy.

As a result, within ten days, the child actually had an income of more than ten taels.

To say that this is better than simply farming. She and Chen Jiqin have farmed all their lives, and they have saved nothing except debts and four sons.

So today, as soon as Chen Qianshan finished breakfast, he was pushed out by Liu. She thanked the Ye family for bringing her son to get rich.

When Chen Qianshan arrived, Da Niu's mother and Chen Jiwan had already arrived, and several people were discussing when to enter the mountain again, try their luck, and see if they could cut down a few camphor trees and come back. After all, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and no matter how poor the villagers are, they will buy New Year's goods, and if they are a little richer, it is not a big deal to pay for a cutting board.

In the past few days, the income from selling cutting boards has made them very excited, as if they have seen a very reliable way to make money.

However, without camphor wood, you can't make a cutting board, and camphor wood is not so easy to find. In addition, they didn't know the ginkgo that Ye Feng was talking about.

Ye Feng said: "A few of us may not be available at any time, and our ability is limited. Do you think that's going to work? Let's go and tell the villagers, if anyone can find a camphor wood that meets our requirements and carry it to the yard, we will give him a tael of silver. However, we have to say in advance that the tree is too small, or the quality is not good, we don't want it. ”

Hearing this, Chen Jiwan said: "That's the reason." If the tree doesn't work, the cutting board can't be made. Don't worry, I'll take care of the tree. ”

When everyone heard this, they all thought that this method was feasible.

The more people go into the mountains, the greater the chance of finding camphor trees. The most important thing is that everyone can make money without leaving home.

When I was happy, I was about to disperse, and I went to the village to inform me of the matter. It's just that he went into the mountains to cut down trees, and when he brought it back, he would have a tael of silver, and there were many men who were willing to do this.

At this time, I heard a female voice crying out: "Sister, brother-in-law, I'm here." ”

Ye Ermei stood outside the house and found that the door of Ye's house was not closed, but she almost didn't know the people sitting in the yard.

When he wanted to enter the house, he saw that there was still a guy in the yard, so he was a little embarrassed, so he had to call Ye and Chen Jixing.

Everyone was stunned, and they all saw Second Sister Ye. Chen Qianshan hurriedly lowered his head, and after a few more quiet glances, his face turned even redder.

Ye Shi was the first to react, and hurriedly got up and went out to pull Ye Ermei into the house, and asked as he walked: "Why are you here now, look at what makes you tired, is there something going on at home?" ”

Seeing that Ye Ermei was so tired that her face was red, Ye thought that she was walking in a hurry. She was afraid that something would happen to her family, and it would be inconvenient to have no man in the family.

Seeing that Ye was worried, Second Sister Ye knew that she had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "Sister, it's okay at home, don't worry." I have come today to tell you good news. ”

When Ye Feng heard her say this, he faintly looked forward to it in his heart, thinking that most of them were someone who wanted to make the banquet. Everyone else is the same, waiting for Ye Ermei to tell the good news in her mouth.

Sure enough, I only heard Ye Ermei say: "Uncle Lan's family in our village, sister still remembers, right?" Grandpa Lan will celebrate his sixtieth birthday in a few days, and he wants to invite relatives, friends and people in our village to celebrate lively. Didn't I say it before, Sister-in-law Zhu came to our house yesterday and said that she would leave the banquet to us this time. ”

"Really, we really have a business?" Da Niu Ma was slammed by this good news, and there was some unbelievable feeling.

She has been busy calculating the cutting board business these days, but she forgot that the original intention of the combination of several people was to be a village chef.

But when the Ye family heard this, he clapped his hands together and smiled: "I can't be wrong, I know Uncle Lan's family, we are famous for our rich life in our village, and I don't care about this money." And Grandpa Lan is celebrating his 60th birthday, so it is indispensable to celebrate. By the way, Sister-in-law Zhu said that it was not on that day? ”

Ye Ermei said with some annoyance: "I forgot to ask this." ”

After receiving the notice, she was really excited, but also afraid of delaying time, so she hurriedly walked to Chenjia Village to report the news.

Just when a few people were doing a homework, the Ye family had already sent Qianyan to invite the Zhao family's mother and son over.

As soon as Zhao arrived, when he heard the reason, he was very sober, because he said: "I think it's better to send someone to ask the time, and we can also prepare." ”

Indeed, this banquet is not a joke, not to mention that it is the 60th birthday of the old man, and he must not be sloppy.

Everyone thought about it, but this was not the reason, as soon as they decided to be represented by the Ye family, they immediately set off to Master Lan's house to have a look and ask about the situation. Others continued to stay at Chen Jixing's house, taking out the previous kitchen utensils and examining them carefully.

Seeing that everyone had something to do, Chen Jiwan went back to see the ox cart. When the time comes, when you go to Yejia Village, there are so many kitchen utensils, so naturally you need to take an ox cart to go.

Chen Qianshan couldn't sit still, and hurried home, he wanted to tell Liu the good news and make her happy.

The Ye family took Qianyan and Ye Feng and set off immediately, and went to Yejia Village with Ye Ermei. Ye Feng thought about it, and then went into the house and brought a cutting board on his body.

It's not that Ye Feng is favoritism, but everyone has discussed it, and the ten chopping boards that were originally made were used as favors. If there is someone who helps with publicity, I will give one to others.

Ye Ermei brought the first business to everyone, and it is also appropriate to send a cutting board.

A few people were chatting, and because they had business, they were in a hurry. It's that Qianyan sometimes gets tired of walking, so he lets Ye memorize a paragraph.

When they arrived at Yejia Village, Ye first took Qianyan and Ye Feng back to their parents' house.

In the yard, Daddy Ye was chopping wood with his back to a few people. From behind, the body is very rickety.

Seeing this, Ye's eyes were a little wet.

If she used to blame Ye's father and mother for being patriarchal and letting her do any work, and later married her into the Chen family regardless of Mrs. Liu's gift money, then now, all complaints have disappeared.

She is now also the mother of two daughters, so she naturally understands her father's helplessness.

If you want to blame, it's better to blame this family for being too poor.

"Dad, my daughter is back. A thousand words, quick, call grandpa. ”

Father Ye's eyes were cloudy, there was no man in the family to help him, he was tired a lot over the years, and he slowly turned back when he heard Ye's words.

Outsiders said that he also knew in his heart that his eldest daughter was resentful of him. Seeing her back at this moment, I was a little surprised, but also a little at a loss, and I felt that I didn't know how to put my hands.

"Grandpa, grandma", Qianyan saw that Ye's mother Lin also came out, so they called together, the etiquette is not bad at all, and it looks very well-behaved and cute.

"Alas, good boy, come to grandmother."

Lin greeted a thousand words.

A girl is a girl, in the end, she is the only grandchild of the Ye family. Lin subconsciously forgot a thousand words in his heart. In her opinion, a girl who was abducted by Hanako must not be able to find it. Even if it is found, it will probably cause a lot of trouble for the Ye family.

After talking about the old days, Ye Shi pointed at Ye Feng again and said, "Dad, mother, this is the younger brother I recognized before, called Ye Feng." Recently, he came up with all these money-making ideas. Ye Feng, this is my father. ”

"Godfather and godmother are good. I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring any gifts, this is a homemade cutting board, and I brought you one, which is stronger than a stone cutting board, and I hope you don't dislike it. ”

If Ye Feng wants to please someone, it is still very easy. Anyway, it is not an exaggeration for him to call the Ye family his sister, and to call Ye Lao Dad and Lin his godfather and godmother.

Father Ye and the Lin family saw that Ye Feng was knowledgeable and reasonable, and they talked clearly, so they were naturally happy for their daughter. Hearing Ye Feng directly call his godfather and godmother, he was excited.

Although there are some regrets that he does not recognize him as a son, his younger brother is the same. And the Ye family recognized Ye Feng as his younger brother, and he thought that he had that level of expectation.

After talking for a while, Lin and Ye's mother and daughter took Ye Ermei and a few other children into the stove to cook.

Ye Feng and the others simply ate a bowl of noodles at the Ye family, and then went to Master Lan's house.

Lin knew that this was the right thing to do, and he didn't keep it.

Anyway, since the eldest daughter has changed her mind and has no knot, she will not have a chance to meet in the future. She is now counting on the Ye family to bring Ye Ermei with her, make a few bucks, and settle the family affairs as soon as possible.

This girl, she is too old to stay and stay.

Ye Feng saw that Father Ye and the Lin family were not as wicked as he imagined, and they were also very good to Qianyan, so he told him about receiving a camphor tree for one or two pieces of silver. Anyway, Daddy Ye often goes up the mountain to chop wood, and if he encounters it, it is also an income to chop it back.

This made Father Ye happy, and as soon as Ye Feng finished speaking, he immediately went into the mountain with his tools. Lin thought that Qianyan couldn't help, so he pulled Qianyan to play at home.

Second Sister Ye took Ye and Ye Feng to Master Lan's house.

With Ye Ermei leading the way, and the Ye family had some impressions, the three of them easily found the rich old man Lan in Yejia Village.

Although it is not obvious from the outside that there are many entrances to this courtyard, the white walls and tiles alone compare the low and dilapidated thatched houses in the village to the dust.

Second Sister Ye stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, Master Lan's wife, Zhu's sister-in-law, came out.

Seeing that it was three people, Zhu greeted a few people very warmly.

The Zhu family and the Ye family knew each other when they were girls, and they had a lot of greetings for a while. Ye Shi didn't plan to reminisce about the old days, and after chatting a few words, he asked straight to the point: "Auntie, there are two ways for us to make banquet noodles, the first is that you buy all the ingredients yourself, and we come over to make them, and the cost is twelve taels." The other way is that the ingredients are bought by us, you only have to pay the money for the ingredients in advance, and then sit and enjoy it, and then calculate how much money it cost in the end, anyway, you can return more and make up less. ”

The price of twelve taels was also unanimously set by the Yaya Township Chef after hearing the news that Ye Feng went to the restaurant in the county to inquire and came back. It's neither expensive nor cheap, and it's considered mediocre.

Zhu seemed to have been prepared, and said unhurriedly: "Of course we choose all-inclusive, you should be responsible for it, and then calculate the expenses in the end." As you know, we have a small family, and I can't cope with just buying vegetables, meat, chickens, and ducks, not to mention that there are a lot of relatives to greet me. ”

Ye seemed to be a little embarrassed, and wanted Zhu to pay some deposit first, but he didn't know what to say.

After hesitating for a long time, he was just about to say his request, but he didn't expect Zhu to put it forward first: "Since it is all-inclusive, it must be paid first." Now, here are fifty taels of silver, and you take them first. We don't ask for much, the main thing is that there are more meat dishes than vegetarian dishes. ”

What Zhu didn't say was that her brother and sister-in-law were poor, had many children, and were extremely good at eating meat. If there is not enough meat by then, it will be a shame.

On the other hand, she also intends to save face and show that she is well married and that there is no shortage of money in the family.

Before coming here, the Ye family took advantage of the time to cook lunch and repeatedly confirmed with the Lin family the time of the Lan family's birthday, so that when he went to the people's house to discuss, he could say it casually, and the other party was happy.

Aside from the current relationship of doing business, everyone still lives in the same village. As the so-called etiquette is not strange, if the Ye family can remember the other party's birthday, it is at least a kind of respect.

After thinking about it, Ye said, "Auntie, will we do it in three days?" ”

Hearing this, Aunt Zhu was really full of smiles, Ye said that three days later, it means that she still remembers her father-in-law's birthday, so she said with a smile: "Yes, it will be done in my yard in three days." ”

The group discussed other matters at the table.

I didn't expect this Zhu to be really a good match, and he had very few requirements, that is, he asked for good taste and more meat dishes. To put it bluntly, I hope that the vegetable will have more oil and a stronger taste, and the croppers will love this bite.

After the discussion, the few people left.

On the way home, Ye Feng asked Second Sister Ye: "Why is this Aunt Zhu so simple!" It stands to reason that they will bargain for as much as they want, and they are willing to buy their own ingredients, so that they can save a little silver. ”

In fact, he also wanted to ask why there were so many meat dishes, and to be honest, such a request was somewhat different. To say that the average person is eager to do the most with the least amount of money.

Hearing this, Second Sister Ye looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so she said: "Sister-in-law Zhu and Uncle Lan have been to the county before, but they quarreled with the restaurant for some reason. It just so happens that the owner of the restaurant has a good relationship with several other restaurants in the city, so these few don't accept the business of Master Lan, otherwise the price is outrageous. No, as soon as I said a few days ago that our family could make a banquet, they immediately came to me. ”

Only then did Ye Feng understand that the Lan family was also a retreat, and there was no way to do this.

He said, well, a wealthy family like the Elan family must look down on a country chef like them who is not a little famous.

However, then again, if there was no Ye Feng and their duck and duck country chef this time, presumably Master Lan would have died in a hurry in the end.

The old father's sixtieth birthday, but he couldn't find anyone to cook, and those who didn't know the inside story would definitely say that Master Lan was a miser, an iron rooster, and he was reluctant to pay for his father's birthday banquet.

It has to be said that monopoly was more common in ancient times, because there was no relevant legislation to punish it.

In a disaster year, this situation is even more obvious, profiteers buy grain, sit on the ground to raise the price, hoard, no matter how expensive you have to buy, after all, no matter how expensive it is, you have to eat.

In short, the collusion of these restaurants in the county can be regarded as creating conditions for the Yaya Township Chef to make a name for himself.

As long as the banquet is done well this time, and the guests and hosts are happy, then once it is spread out, the duck duck village kitchen will not worry about no business. After all, their fees are reasonable, the price is there, you can save a little bit, where will someone think more silver.

In this way, the three of them went to the Ye family to say goodbye, and the Ye family took Qianyan and Ye Feng home. Lin insisted on sending the three of them far away, until they couldn't see anyone, and then they wiped their tears and went home.

At the beginning, before she got married, a Taoist priest met her and said that she was a person who had no son in her life, and would only give birth to a daughter, which was okay. The Taoist priest also said that unless she changed her life, her daughter would have to give birth to a daughter.

Hearing this, Lin's mother was a little unhappy and quarreled with the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest insisted on his own statement and did not change his words because of the conflict.

Now it seems that what the Taoist priest said is true.

Ye Ermei made noodles for the family that night, and she wanted to practice again to ensure that the day's longevity noodles were foolproof.

When they got home, several people acted separately, Ye Feng went to Liu's house to call Chen Qianshan, Qianyan went to call Da Niu Ma and Zhao, and Ye seized the time to take a breath and rest.

After a while, all the staff of Yaya Township Kitchen gathered in the courtyard of Chen Jixing's house and started a collective meeting.

Ye Shi naturally took the lead and took the lead in saying: "Our Yaya Township Chef is lucky, and the first business we received is a birthday banquet, and it is all-inclusive. Looking at the appearance of Old Man Lan's house, there is no shortage of silver, and it is set to make a banquet in three days. Oh, by the way, here is fifty taels of silver, the deposit given by Sister-in-law Zhu. ”

Zhao was steady, and after thinking about it, he said, "Is all the fifty taels of silver spent, or can't it exceed this amount?" Also, what do they like to eat? Can you ask these questions? ”

Ye replied one by one: "Speaking of this, their requirements are very simple, that is, there must be longevity noodles, meat dishes must be more than vegetarian dishes, and the amount must be sufficient." As for the silver, he didn't say anything. But people are polite, we also try to save a little for them, calculate the total amount first, it is best to have a balance, if not, just let Sister-in-law Zhu add it. ”

Hearing Ye say this, several people breathed a sigh of relief, after all, this was the first time to make such a formal banquet, if they asked for more, they really might not be able to do it. In their consciousness, it should be an ordinary peasant banquet, not this kind of wealthy.

Next, the group began to discuss the dishes.

Ye's, Da Niu's mother and Zhao's are all experts, and their experience over the years is not a joke. After a while, several people discussed twelve dishes, and most of them were meat-based.

Chen Qianshan listened on the side but couldn't help, he was a little anxious, but he thought in his heart: "It seems that this Master Lan must want to vent his evil anger and win face." You know, most of the current dishes are vegetarian dishes. The main family wishes for as few meat dishes as possible, this Lan master is good, and he wishes that there are more meat dishes, the better. ”

After another discussion, everyone felt that the required details were almost the same, and they were about to disperse, after all, they had to go to the market tomorrow to make a big purchase.

Seeing that everyone was about to disperse, Ye Feng said: "Everyone must work hard this time, if we do well this time, our duck duck township kitchen will be known by more and more people, and we will not worry about finding no business in the future." Also, remember to bring some dried chili peppers tomorrow morning, I want to make chili noodles so that I can make chili oil in two days. ”

The day before the birthday of the old man of the Lan family, everyone brought some dried chili peppers when they came.

Qianyan doesn't want to be at home and wants to go to the city to play. Anyway, there are a lot of people, Ye thought about it, and he just followed.

Originally, Ye was a little embarrassed, after all, he was going to do business today, but Qianyan had to follow. As a result, when I walked to the ox cart of Da Niu's house, I saw Da Niu's mother with Da Niu, and Zhao also took Chen Qianliang.

Da Niu's mother's idea is very simple, there was no income in the family before, and Da Niu went to the city with him, but he was reluctant to buy anything. Although he is also poor now, it is more or less a subsidy, and he can buy some delicious snacks for his son.

Zhao is thinking about taking her son to the city to see and learn, and when the time is ripe, she wants to pull her son into the Yaya Township Kitchen. If everyone doesn't agree, it's a big deal for her and her son to take one of the money.

She was determined to teach her son.

The three women didn't get into the car, so they stood there chattering and chatting. Chen Jiwan had a headache when he saw it, I really don't know what these women think, they meet every day, how can there be so many endless words.

Therefore, it gives the big bull a look.

Unexpectedly, Da Niu didn't understand Dad's intentions at all, and thought that his eyes were not good: "Dad, what's wrong with your eyes?" ”

Chen Jiwan sighed helplessly, because he said loudly: "Get in the car, get in the car, it's too late for a while, and you can't buy meat." ”

When several women heard this, they hurriedly took the children into the car.

Chen Jiwan drove the cattle and slowly walked towards the market. Anyway, there is a time today, everyone has discussed, after buying the ingredients, go home first, have a simple meal, put on kitchen utensils, and set off directly to Yejia Village.