Xia Yan and Xia Huai carried baskets on their backs, and when they arrived at Ruyi Zhai in the dust, Fu Duozhi had been waiting at the door of the store for a long time.

Seeing the brother and sister arrive, his beard trembled, and he stepped forward with a big laugh, saying, "Miss Yan'er, you can make the old man wait." ”

Xia Yan looked at Fu Duozhi's radiant appearance, and knew it in his heart. She smiled slightly and replied: "Uncle Fu, my brother and I also want to arrive early, but my house is too far away from here, my brother and I are carrying dozens of catties of radishes, and we have to walk for more than two hours, and I hope Uncle Fu will understand." Xia Yan bowed to Fu Duo, "Seeing Uncle Fu's red face, there must be a happy event happening recently." ”

Fu Duozhi pulled Xia Yan and said excitedly: "Miss Yan'er, you are really the lucky star of the old man." In just three days, Ruyi Zhai came back to life. In particular, the beef stewed radish and cold salad are simply in short supply. If you're a little late, I won't be able to open my shop today. ”

"That's really Yan'er's mistake, please forgive Uncle Fu."

"The old man didn't complain about the girl." Saying that, he ordered someone to take the basket on Xia Huai and Xia Yan's backs, "Please, the old man is the east today, please talk upstairs." ”

Looking at the delicacies of the mountains and seas brought by Fu Duo's order, Xia Huai's eyes were straight, and he looked at Xia Yan with a smile, not to mention how obvious the meaning of wanting to eat in his eyes was.

Xia Yan nodded, and Xia Huai immediately buried his head in eating.

Seeing Xia Huai eating so happily, Fu Duozhi touched his beard with satisfaction, it seems that the skills of the chef in his store are still good, I thought that he was used to eating the food cooked by Miss Yan'er, and this young man would be dissatisfied with the food in his store.

"This... Young man, I don't know what to call it? He was a little proud, "My Ruyi Zhai's meal is to your taste?" ”

Xia Huai hurriedly spit out the chicken bones in his mouth, and replied a little shyly: "My name is Xia Huai, I am Yan'er's brother, Uncle Fu doesn't need to be polite to me." Uncle Fu's food here is of course delicious, and it is the second best I have ever tasted. He looked at Xia Yan with a little disappointment, "But compared to these, I still want to eat the dumplings made by Yan'er." ”

"Dumplings? A new kind of food to eat? ”

"Yes, Uncle Fu. I've brought some with you this time. Xia Yan took out the dumplings and handed them to him, "These dumplings can be boiled, steamed, or fried, depending on your preferences, uncle." ”

Fu Duozhi looked at the white and chubby, ordinary dumplings, and beckoned Xiao Er next to him and said, "Go, let the people in the back kitchen fry this dumpling." ”

Xiao Er nodded in agreement, took the dumplings and hurriedly ran to the back kitchen.

After a while, the shopkeeper with an intoxicated and tangled face walked over with dumplings. Smelling the fragrance along the way, it had already led to the cravings in his stomach, but he didn't dare to eat secretly, so he could only keep swallowing saliva.

The fried dumplings are golden and crispy on one side and crystal clear on the other, creating an extremely contrasting beauty. Fu Duozhi took a bite, and suddenly, the rich soup spread out in his mouth, this thick meat aroma, mixed with the taste of an unfamiliar vegetable, with the crispy texture of the dough, made him extremely intoxicated.

After eating the dumplings, he looked at Xia Yan with burning eyes and said, "Miss Yan'er, I really don't know what is in your little head." Every time I take out something, I feel ashamed of myself. I don't know, can the practice of this dumpling be taught to Ruyi Zhai? ”

"Absolutely." Xia Yan paused for a moment, "It's just that among the dumplings that Uncle ate today, there is a vegetable that you don't have in this store." ”

"Which?"

"This dish is called cabbage, and I also found it in Wubi Mountain, and this is the only one in the sky and on the earth."

"Can Miss Yan'er bring it?"

Xia Yan shook his head and said, "My brother and I have limited abilities, so we can't bring so many things, so we can only show Uncle Fu next time." ”

Xia Yan and Fu Duozhi discussed the next delivery time, and taught Zhao Er how to make dumplings, and was about to leave with the twelve taels of silver obtained from selling radishes and recipes, but he heard the shopkeeper shouting from behind: "Miss Xia, please stay, our shopkeeper has something to give to the girl." With that, he led the brother and sister to the backyard.

As soon as they entered the door, Xia Yan saw a donkey staring at them energetically. Behind the donkey was a cart with several baskets.

"Miss Xia, the shopkeeper said that you are young, and every time you deliver food, you are afraid of hurting the girl, so I asked the little one to prepare a donkey cart to send you, and I hope you don't dislike it. There are some vegetables and fresh meat on the car, please smile. ”

Although the hands of the people are short, but thinking that it is not a long-term solution to rely on them to deliver food with baskets on their backs every time, this Fu Duozhi is also his only partner, so Xia Yan agreed.

Neither brother nor sister had ever driven a donkey cart, and Xia Huai felt sorry for his sister, so in the end, the job of learning to drive fell on his head.

After making a lot of noise, Xia Huai was finally able to barely control the car, he patted the car board with confidence, grinned and said: "Let's go, Yan'er, we are also people with cars, my brother will take you flying." ”

The two of them drove the donkey cart to the vicinity of the market, parked the cart in the distance, and walked straight towards Buzhuang. It was cold, and Xia Yan decided to add some bedding and clothes to the house.

After pulling some ordinary cotton cloth, Xia Yan bought another sixty catties of cotton and cloth for quilts, and followed Xia Huai to drive the donkey cart home with large bags and small bags.

When Yan looked at the donkey cart full of people, he was dumbfounded. She trembled and asked, "Yan'er, isn't my mother dreaming, this donkey cart is not cheap, where did it come from?" ”

"Uncle Fu saw that my brother and I were working too hard to deliver food, and he also gave us a lot of food."

"What about the cotton and cloth?"

"This is what Yan'er bought for us to make cotton jackets and quilts. Mother, it's cold, and the thatched house where our family lives now is leaking. It's just that it's hard work to make clothes and quilts, and my brother and I will help. ”

"Mother is not hard." Yan wanted to wipe her tears again, and then thought that this was a good thing and she shouldn't cry, so she endured it and sighed again, "Yan'er has really grown up." ”

Xia Yan's face turned red, and she said a little shyly: "Mother, if you praise me again, I will be shy." ”

"Okay, good, my mother won't boast." Immediately, she thought of something, "You guys came back all the way and didn't meet anyone from the village?" ”

"No, my brother and I were afraid of being seen, so we came back from the path."

"That's good, so that no one has to worry about it."

The Yan family would say this, which really surprised Xia Yan, is this still the Yan family who can't hide it, and others don't dare to say anything about their own things?

But after thinking about it, I figured it out, after going through so much, if the Yan family is still as naïve as before, it will be really difficult to do.

Early the next morning, a knock on the door woke several people up. Xia Huai opened the door and saw that it was Zhang Xiaohu, the child king who bullied Xia Yanle all day long.

"Zhang Xiaohu! Did you come to my house so early in the morning to find a smoke? ”