Chapter 7: Slander
Xu Qiuqiang listened to the move, although he was skeptical about whether she could make tofu, but he still knew Xu Chunhua's character, in case his nephew came to the county seat to study, he would have to rely on him, Xu Chunhua would not use his job to play.
Xu Qiuqiang, who didn't know that his sister was a white wolf with empty gloves, finally agreed to her.
Xu Chunhua has always heard from other people's mouths how rich the Yan Mansion is, and when she followed Xu Qiuqiang into the courtyard of the second son, she knew what it meant to have a lot of money.
The white marble, which was smoother than her skin, was used as a staircase for her feet, a railing in her hand, and even the maid she occasionally glimpsed, the clothes she wore on her body and on her head were a hundred times better than hers.
Xu Chunhua was dazzled, and she was even more determined to use Jiang Huaiyu's heart, anyway, she is a single woman who looks a little bit good, maybe she is making such a fuss, and she really makes the second son fall in love with her as an outer room, how can it be considered cheap Jiang Huaiyu!
People don't kill for themselves, and when Xu Chunhua, who was becoming more and more righteous, was led outside the courtyard of the second son, she respectfully shrank aside and waited for the summons.
Xu Qiuqiang walked into the courtyard, he was very worried, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but in the end he was persuaded by the benefits after the fact.
The Yan family made a fortune in medicinal herbs, and was an out-and-out businessman, and the family rule was that after becoming an adult, men would receive one hundred taels of silver and go into business by themselves, no matter whether they succeeded or failed, they had to leave the Yan family and stand on their own after five years.
But there is an unspoken rule here, that is, the one who does the best business will become the heir of the Yan family.
Just a young master's yard is magnificent, like a garden, it is enough to see the Yan family's heritage, plus the Yan family's young masters are pampered, and one hundred taels of silver is just the cost of going to Beijing to walk around in their eyes, and they are not gray when they go out to do business.
Xu Qiuqiang knew that Yan Ergongzi had been worrying about business recently, how easy this tofu was to sell, he could see it if he was a discerning person.
After making up his mind, Xu Qiuqiang stopped the eldest girl serving beside the second son, didn't dare to raise his head, looked down at the ground and said respectfully: "Miss Juan'er, can you inform me, the little one has something important to report to the son." ”
"Snort." Juan'er's sneering voice entered her ears, and she did not hide her disdain in her words: "You are a little retinue, what important things can you do, who is Childe, and you can see it if you want to?" ”
Xu Qiuqiang was accustomed to it, and continued: "It's about the tofu that has been selling hot in the city in recent days, and I still have to see Gongzi and talk to him about it." ”
Hearing the word tofu he said, Juan'er's beautiful eyes widened, and she didn't dare to think that the white, tender and smooth tofu would have something to do with an entourage in the house.
"I don't think you will have fun with your own job, just wait here." Juan Er didn't dare to take Qiao in this matter, so Lianbu walked lightly through the corridor and through the small garden, before walking to the small hall where the second son had dinner.
The hall was full of well-looking twenty-eight girls, serving a well-dressed young man with breakfast.
The young man leaned on a young girl, holding a piece of crispy tofu with chopsticks in his hand, lifting it up and turning it in the air, he wondered: "How did this little piece of tofu come out, fried and crispy and tender, mixed with refreshing and delicious, salty, sweet and ......."
When Juan Er entered the door, he happened to hear him talking to himself in confusion, and he wiped away his disgust for the other maids in the hall, and saluted with a coquettish smile on his face: "Young master, an attendant in the house said that he has something to tell you about tofu, but do you want to see him?" ”
Yan Ergongzi immediately came to his senses, sat up straight directly, and the maid next to him was just about to feed him soy milk but spilled himself.
Without looking at the maid next to him, Yan Ergongzi got up and said, "Let him see me in Baishao Courtyard!" ”
Then, he looked at the table full of tofu dishes in front of him, his eyes burning.
The five-year period is approaching, and the blood of the Yan family is pure businessman's blood flowing in the blood, saying that no matter what, you will be expelled from the house if you have to set up your own door, and Yan Er doesn't know where to spend the one hundred taels of silver given by the family.
Later, with the help of his mother, he did several times in business, but he either lost money or was tepid.
Seeing that the five-year period was approaching, Yan Er was also anxious, no matter if what this entourage said was true or not, he would talk about it first.
Walking to the White Peony Courtyard, Yan Eryi frowned: "Didn't you say the entourage, who is this woman?" ”
Xu Qiuqiang hurriedly bowed his waist: "Son, this is the younger sister who married to Wangjia Village, and the tofu came out of Wangjia Village." ”
"Oh? Okay, tell me what you want me to do. Yan Er suddenly felt that he had been tricked, just like this in the house, his eyes flew around, a peasant woman who had never seen the world, what could he understand?
Xu Chunhua was also a little disappointed, she thought that the second son was a handsome character, but she didn't expect to look like a monkey.
But what does the other party look like, he is also the second son of the Yan Mansion, she retracted the gaze of Yu Ruyi who was glued to the Bogu shelf, and said with a sneer: "This tofu is actually made by the little widow next door to my house, but in order to hide people's eyes, she had to hand it over to the Wang family husband and wife next door to her, tsk, I watched it all day long, very pitiful." ”
Xu Chunhua didn't know Jiang Huaiyu's origin, but in her opinion, this kind of woman, who married not a short life and was sick, gave her the identity of a widow.
Yan Er was disappointed when he heard this, what is this called? The tofu made by the person next door to you is not you, so what does it have to do with you?
When he wanted to throw off his sleeves and leave, Xu Chunhua spoke again: "I just saw them divide the money today, and the Wang family husband and wife are so shameless that they divided the silver money into three parts and monopolized two parts." Poor little widow, the secret recipe for tofu is hers, but she can only take a small head, I thought, I always heard that the second son of the Yan Mansion was righteous, wise and martial, so I wanted to come to you to administer justice for the little widow.
And this tofu is tightly grasped by the two bullies of the Wang family and the husband and wife, and they can only sell so much every day, and the extra money they can earn is gone in vain, I look really distressed, wait for you to rescue the little widow and buy her secret recipe, with your son, you will be able to make everyone in the county eat tofu, isn't it a great good thing! ”
A clumsy flattery, but Yan Er stopped moving, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized.
That's right! If you can't do business by yourself, spend some money to buy the secret recipe for tofu, and then find someone to control the little widow in Xu Chunhua's mouth, and use the connections of the Yan family, which is a proper and stable income!
Besides, if it was really like what the peasant woman said, the little widow was threatened by a bad neighbor, he could be regarded as doing a good deed, after all, this unique tofu secret recipe would only be remembered by him in his hands.
Yan Er sat back in his position, nodded at Juan Er with a smile on the corner of his mouth, the other party understood that he would withdraw, and when he came back, he held two sachets in his hand and handed them to Xu Chunhua.
"Since you are here to find Ben Gongzi to stand up for others, it can be regarded as a good deed, and you should be rewarded." Yan Er narrowed his eyes as he spoke: "However, if this matter is a little different from what you said, these coins will be regarded as your family's soup and medicine expenses, understand?" ”
Xu Qiuqiang listened in a cold sweat on the side.
However, Xu Chunhua weighed the weight of the sachet in her hand, listened to the sound, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed with a smile on her face: "The little one understands." ”
She didn't believe it, these two sons would not be lustful when they saw Jiang Huaiyu, and at that time, would he not want tofu and beauties? Xu Chunhua, who has never seen the world or read a book, has made full use of people's hearts at this moment.
After getting Yan Er's approval, Xu Chunhua and Xu Qiuqiang retreated together, and it was not until in a corner that no one was there that Xu Qiuqiang said angrily: "Since tofu is not the secret recipe you came up with, how can you tell the second son like this, isn't it a scourge to the widow you said?" ”
After being an entourage in the Yan family for so many years, Xu Qiuqiang knows the face of businessmen best, especially these young masters, in their eyes, it seems that silver and gold are the king's law, don't look at this moment and be kind, the next moment you can turn your face and deny people for money.
Before, it was because the tofu was too popular, and the man who picked and sold it was a man with five big and three coarse people, coupled with the concerted efforts of the villagers to the outside world, which made it inconvenient for these rich and noble sons to start.
But Xu Chunhua's words gave the second son an opportunity to know that the secret recipe turned out to be on a widow, which was tantamount to opening the treasury of the money village.
Xu Qiuqiang didn't expect his sister to be so ruthless, he twisted his eyebrows: "Isn't it that you see that others are doing well, and you are jealous!?" I should have known that if Tofu really had something to do with you, you wouldn't have come to recognize me as a brother! ”
Xu Chunhua pursed her lips, feeling that Xu Qiuqiang's hypocrisy was not good: "Oh, two sachets, give you one!" What are you yelling about? When the second son buys the secret recipe for tofu, will there be less of our brothers and sisters when he opens a tofu shop? I don't seem to be the kind of person who can't see the good of others, who doesn't want to live a better life. ”
"Unreasonable!"
Xu Qiuqiang didn't take the sachet, he suddenly felt that he was blinded by a ghost before, so he would believe that his sister would also get better one day.
"Hey, don't want me to save it!"
Xu Chunhua glanced at it, immediately opened the sachet, took out a piece of silver, and bit it directly with his teeth regardless of the dirt, and then his eyebrows fluttered.
A corner of the house was burning with freshly scraped agarwood, and the smoke was heavy, and Juan Er wondered: "Son, does a small Wangjia village make tofu, could it be that the peasant woman is trying to cheat some rewards......
Yan Er's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the account book sent by the next person at the end of this month, if it wasn't for his mother secretly giving the silver tael, it would be an embarrassing loss.
"Let Yan Yang take someone to Wangjia Village to investigate, if the tofu is not made by the peasant woman's next door, it will break her man's leg." Yan Er waved his hand in a bad mood.
In Wangjia Village, Jiang Huaiyu dried the washed clothes and skirts on bamboo poles, Wang Dazhuang and his wife were down-to-earth and hardworking, and the tofu business was handed over to them to develop steadily, just waiting for the shop to open, and it would not be long before they could buy a house in the county.
So Jiang Huaiyu doesn't go out much when he lives in this village, and he is really too lazy to deal with those women with broken mouths, and even the laundry is washed at home by digging wells and washing water.