Relying on the little food supported by the Zhang family, the villagers supported until the day when the relief food from the imperial court arrived. Not a single person starved to death in the village, but the other villages did not have the same good fortune as they did. I heard that many people died of starvation. Hearing this news, the people in the village were even more grateful to the Zhang family. The prestige of the Zhang family in the village has increased, and the old village chief is old and unable to do things, so he simply abdicates and makes way for Xian, and gives up the position of village chief to Zhang Dad, and Zhang Dad is the village head, and everyone expects it.

Zhang Shishi's family is living better than the people in the village, originally his family still has some food, which can support about two or three days, and then Zhang Niang sent some food over, and they survived until the imperial court disaster relief food was sent down. Zhang Shi's mind was extremely complicated, he thought that his father and mother had long stopped treating him as a son, but he didn't expect that his father and mother still remembered him in their hearts. Whenever his daughter-in-law nagged in his ear how indifferent Father and Mother Zhang were to him, Zhang Shishi never echoed his daughter-in-law anymore. He saw that his daughter-in-law wanted him to cut off relations with his father and mother, and he could only rely on his daughter-in-law's maiden family in the future. It's just, it's just...... Alas, I have done my best to send rice to my father and mother this time, and in the future, I'm afraid I won't recognize my son, right?

After receiving relief food, the county seat and the townships finally returned to normal and peaceful life. The farmers began to replant grain, and the Zhang family also worked hard. Although there are only four acres of land, that area is not small. Zhang's father and Zhang Niang worked hard in the fields every day, and Zhang's second brother and Zhang Mutou also worked with their parents. Father Zhang and Zhang Niang no longer let Zhang Mu go to the field because he was favored by the gods, and for the farmers, it is more important to go to the field to grow food without anything.

After a busy few days, the food was finally replanted, and everyone was finally able to relax.

"Ah, I can finally get some rest." Second Brother Zhang lay under the tree in the courtyard and breathed a comfortable sigh.

Zhang Mutou patted Second Brother Zhang's shoulder: "Second Brother, when you are rested, I will teach you to read." ”

Second Brother Zhang jumped up from the ground with a carp: "I'm resting, wood, oh, Dexing, hurry up and teach me to read." ”

Zhang Mutou smiled: "Second brother, don't worry, I'll teach you." You sit down first. ”

Second Brother Zhang sat down when he heard this, and Zhang Mutou took a wooden stick the thickness of his fingers and scratched it on the ground.

"Second brother, this is the word 'Zhang', and it is the 'Zhang' of our surname Zhang." Zhang Mutou pointed to the drawn words and told Second Brother Zhang.

"It turns out that the word 'Zhang' looks like this." Second Brother Zhang stared at the words on the ground and said excitedly.

Zhang Mutou wrote the word "Deyuan" again and pointed it out to Second Brother Zhang.

He handed the wooden stick to Second Brother Zhang and asked Second Brother Zhang to follow the three words he wrote on the ground and learn his name. Zhang Mutou got up and entered the hall, blocking Daddy Zhang, who was about to go out - Daddy Zhang was busy after becoming the village head, hanging in the village all day, and rarely being at home during the day. If Zhang Mutou was any later, he wouldn't have been able to catch Zhang's father.

"Dad, I'll discuss something with you." Zhang Mutou said.

"What's the matter?" Father Zhang stopped, he now attaches great importance to this little son.

"Dad, I want to take out half of the family's money to do business, can I?" Zhang Mutou asked.

"You earn all this money, and it's up to you to use it however you want." Daddy Zhang said, "But have you figured out how to use it?" ”

Zhang Mutou nodded: "The gods have taught me many recipes to eat, and I want to open a pastry shop specializing in selling pastries." ”

"Okay, the silver money will let your mother follow you. If you want me to do anything else, just tell me, your dad and I'll help you. ”

"Thank you, Dad." Zhang Mutou was overjoyed.

Although he learned a lot of cooking methods in the imperial dining room, his cooking skills could not be compared with those who were chefs by profession, but in making pastries and pasta, Zhang Mutou had some talent, especially the cream cake "invented" by the third lady of the Lan family, he could do it very well. The cream cake is novel and beautiful, and it can definitely be sold at a good price.

With the help of Zhang's father and Zhang's mother, Zhang Mutou's pastry shop finally opened a month later. Second Brother Zhang, who has learned three or four hundred words, became a clerk, Zhang Dad and Zhang Niang gave Zhang Mutou a hand, and Zhang Mutou himself became the master chef of the pastry shop.

"I heard that there is a pastry shop on the border between the East and South Cities."

"It's open, it's open, why are you so excited? Could it be that the pastries in that shop are very delicious? ”

"Of course it's delicious. But the most important thing is that the pastries are not only delicious, but also very beautiful and very novel. ”

"What's a pretty way?"

"The pastries are like flowers, and some of them have pavilions on top of them, and they look like the real thing. I can't describe it anyway, you can see for yourself. There was a huge pastry at the door of the pastry, half a man tall, like a pagoda. ”

"Really? Then I'm going to have to check it out. ”

People in the county are talking about giant cakes and pastry shops, and pastry shops are famous. Although cakes in pastry shops are expensive, there are still many wealthy people who don't care about money and go to the shops to buy them. Zhang Mutou made him tired like a dog just by making cream cakes every day, and he had no choice but to limit the number of cakes he could sell, only selling a hundred cakes a day, and how long would he not have it. This makes the demand for cakes even more scarce, and the goods can be sold out within an hour of opening every day.

Zhang Mutou finally had time to do his own thing. Every day after the shop closed, Zhang Mutou continued to teach Zhang's second brother to read. Zhang Mutou found that although he didn't have the mind to read, his second brother was a natural reader, and after discussing with Zhang's father, they sent Zhang to study in the academy.

"Dexing, no, someone made a fuss in front of our store, saying that they ate our cake and were poisoned, and they want us to be responsible!" Zhang Niang called her youngest son in a panic.

"Mother, don't panic, I'll go out and have a look." Zhang Mutou comforted Zhang Niang and walked out.

Outside the store, several big men blocked the door, and a corpse was placed on the ground, and many people watching the excitement surrounded the store.

"You are Zhang Dexing, who makes cakes?" The leader asked. Because of the fame of the cake shop, Zhang Dexing is also famous in the county.

"Yes, I am Zhang Dexing. What's the matter with you? Zhang Dexing asked lightly, his calm spirit suffocated the big man, he thought that Zhang Dexing was young, and he would panic when he was frightened, and let them do it, but he didn't expect this child to be old but calm and calm, and he looked very difficult to deal with.

"My brother ate your cake and was poisoned. How do you say to compensate us? ”