Unexpectedly, the little maid stopped her, "Wait, what kind of broken bowl are you, it's pitch black, and it's dirty when you look at it." Use the bowl I brought. As he spoke, he took out a half-large blue and white porcelain bowl from the small bamboo basket in his hand, and a small lid was buckled on it, which looked very delicate and delicate.

Rui Xue smiled, ignoring the disgust in her words, took it, filled the snow soup, poured the marinade, handed it to her and smiled, "Thank you for your patronage, four cents." ”

The little maid took out four copper coins from her purse and threw them on the table, carried the basket and wanted to leave, Rui Xue thought about it, called her out loud, and took two more fires wrapped in oiled paper and stuffed them into her basket, "This is a novelty snack in the store, it tastes better with snow soup, give your young lady two pieces to taste fresh." ”

The little girl pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw the white and chubby appearance of the fire, so she swallowed the words back, turned her head and walked out of the shop, without even saying a word of thanks.

Sister-in-law Zhang frowned and snorted, and complained, "What kind of slave is this, why don't you even understand a little etiquette, your eyes are about to grow to the door of your head, sister, you too, why do you still burn her two?" ”

Rui Xue washed her hands and said with a smile, "Doing business is about making money with harmony, and she is a guest when she comes to the door, she is just a little picky, if she encounters the kind of ruffian who pretends to be crazy by borrowing wine and doesn't give money for wine and food, it is much more troublesome than this." ”

The bolt took the basin and wanted to go out and pour it out, but when he heard this, he smiled and said, "Master, don't worry, with my father and Uncle Chen here, no one at this dock dares to come to our shop to make trouble." ”

Rui Xue patted him on the head, "Yes, the master forgot that there is a big backer like your father." Go and pour water, and when you come back, you have to learn the words, and yesterday's Analects is only halfway through. ”

"Yes, master."

The store was calm again, Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't be idle, she wiped and picked up everywhere, and Ruixue took the bolt to learn to read. As a result, within two quarters of an hour, another little maid came to the door, but it was not the pink dress before, this one was wearing a water green, and her eyebrows and eyes were very pleasing, as soon as she entered the store, she smiled when she saw Rui Xue, "This sister-in-law, but the proprietress in this store?" ”

Rui Xue got up and replied, "Exactly, is there something wrong with this girl?" ”

The little girl in green stepped forward with a smile and pulled Rui Xue's hand, "The boss lady is really a good craft, just now Sister Hongxing bought snow soup and that... Dim sum back, our lady eats very appetizing, no, ask me to send some silver to the proprietress over, and buy some back for everyone to taste. As she spoke, the little maid took out a piece of silver horn the size of one or two from her purse and stuffed it into Rui Xue's hand.

Sister-in-law Zhang and Bolt originally thought that the reward would be dozens of dollars, but they didn't expect it to be silver, and they immediately surrounded them with surprise on their faces.

Rui Xue didn't have any excitement on her face, she still smiled and thanked her, "Thank you for the reward for me," and then asked, "I don't know how many people are still on the ship, and there is not much snow soup and fire left in the shop." ”

The little maid thought for a while, "There are a total of fifteen people on the boat, why do you need fifteen bowls, and the fire is counted as two per person, I wonder if the proprietress may make it enough?" ”

"Almost, girl, wait a minute."

Ruixue took Zhang's sister-in-law and the bolt, counted fifteen pottery bowls, scalded them with hot water, and then filled the snow soup, and counted the rest of the fire, exactly thirty, so they put them in a large tray together, and let the bolt send the little girl to the boat. The little maid was very happy, counted one hundred and twenty dollars and gave it to Ruixue, and then smiled and led the way to the bolt.

Sister-in-law Zhang saw them go away, and immediately ran back happily, and said with a smile, "Sister, if there are such guests every day in the future, we will be rich." ”

Rui Xue lifted her apron, put the copper coins and silver into the cloth bag around her waist, and said with a smile, "Today is good fortune, and there may not be such generous guests every day in the future, but this reminds me that those passers-by on the ship are an excellent consumer group." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang didn't know what a consumer group was, but Ruixue often came up with a new word like this on weekdays, so she regarded it as a dialect from the south, and she didn't feel much surprised, but asked, "Why don't I go to the trestle tomorrow and shout two sentences?" ”

"No, just go home tonight and write a pretense and hang it on the side of the trestle."

The two agreed, and the bolt also trotted in with the tray and basket, and shouted with excitement on his face, "Master, look, what good things have I gott?" ”

As he spoke, he lifted the cloth towel on the basket, Rui Xue and Sister-in-law Zhang turned their heads to see that there were actually three apples in it, and they didn't know what variety it was, but it was much larger than the ones sold on the streets in the city, and the red color reflected the sunlight shining in from outside the door, which was very attractive.

"This is the young lady's reward again?"

"No," the bolt lowered his head a little shyly, "It's the apprentice who went into the back kitchen to deliver something, this fruit is beautiful, so I took two more looks, and Sister Lurui took the lead and sent three apprentices." After speaking, he seemed to be afraid that Rui Xue would be angry, and hurriedly continued, "Master, it's a mistake, you shouldn't covet other people's food, I'll send it back." ”

Rui Xue laughed, "There is nothing wrong with you going to send food and people generously sending you fruits, but if you send it back now, it will look petty." ”

Hearing this, the master didn't blame him, and immediately smiled, took the largest one and stuffed it into Ruixue's hand, the second one was given to Sister-in-law Zhang, and he took the smallest one and ran out, obviously sending it to the opposite side for his father to try.

Sister-in-law Zhang praised, "This kid is really sensible." ”

Rui Xue nodded, looked at the apple in her hand, thought about it, and put it in the small cloth bag that she carried with her every day, just as Sister-in-law Zhang also put her own one in the basket, the two looked at each other, and laughed at the same time.

After dinner, Rui Xue washed the apple cleanly, then cut it into small pieces, tied a sharpened wooden stick, and happily served it to Zhao Fengnian to eat.

Zhao Fengnian was stunned, sniffing the familiar fruit fragrance, and suddenly became angry, slapped the fruit plate, his eyes were red, and he stared at Ruixue, his voice was as cold as if it was frosty, "You... Want me to die too? ”

Rui Xue was so frightened that she didn't know how to respond, her heart was instantly full of grievances, obviously this was a good fruit that she was reluctant to eat, she was afraid of squeezing it along the way, so she carefully put it in her arms and brought it back, cut it and sent it to him, why did she provoke him, why did she want him to die?

"I don't know why you're angry, but I can't be wronged, you know, why do I want you to die when I save the fruit for you to eat?"

Rui Xue's same cold voice pulled Zhao Fengnian out of the chaos of anger, and in the flow of his eyes, he suddenly recognized that the person in front of him was his new wife, not the woman who was full of love that day, but wanted his life in her heart, and she was also a little stunned for a while, panting fiercely, not knowing how to explain?

Rui Xue waited for a long time, but didn't hear his response, so she smiled coldly, didn't say more than half a word, bent down to pick up the fruit pieces, and walked out of the house quickly, Zhao Fengnian opened his mouth, his arm leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to keep her, but in the end he hung down weakly, what do you want to say, what do you want to explain, do you want to tell her about the dirty, those hatreds, and those dirty conspiracies and tricks in the past? No, he can't...

Ruixue fetched water, washed the pieces, and then sat on the small wooden bench, gulping down like hatred, and smashing her chest twice with her fists from time to time, as if the pieces of fruit that she had eaten were blocked there, and she could not breathe.

She asked herself, although she also has selfish intentions and doesn't want to be sold into slavery, but she is really really good to this man, after all, in this world, he is the person she has the most contact with, the person who will depend on each other in the future, and the person who wants to live together, but in the eyes of this person, she is afraid that she is just a subordinate who serves him, and she does not give her trust and respect at all. Is it she who is self-inflicted, is it she who makes herself worthless?

Zhao Fengnian secretly looked at the woman who was desperately looking up and refusing to let the tears flow down outside the door, slowly clenched his fists, and pinched his nails into his palms, but he didn't feel the slightest pain, but there seemed to be something broken in his chest...

Early the next morning, as soon as Ruixue opened the door, she was so frozen by the cold wind blowing in her face that she couldn't help shivering, and then saw that the yard was full of mud, and most of the laurel leaves had fallen on the ground, bleak and desolate.

No wonder she felt a little cold in the middle of the night, it turned out to be raining at night, the so-called autumn rain and a cold, I am afraid there will be no warm days in the future, however, things have two sides, and the business in the shop should be better.

Ma Li washed and made breakfast, prepared snow soup and hair cake, fire, remembered the two little maids and a tael of silver yesterday, she took out the small piece of fresh meat and two bones hanging in the well, which was originally bought the day before yesterday and kept for Zhao Fengnian to replenish his body, but now people don't appreciate it, so they simply take it to the shop, maybe it can come in handy.

When Zhang's sister-in-law came to the door, the two put their things on the wheelbarrow and went to the dock. Along the way, Sister-in-law Zhang saw that Rui Xue's face was not good, and under the inquiry, Rui Xue only said that she didn't sleep well last night, so she didn't ask anymore, and gave the plug a look when she got to the store.

Sister-in-law Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and secretly gave a thumbs up to the bolt.

Thanks to the credit of this autumn rain, today is obviously much colder than in the past, and the laborers who have no work have taken out a penny and threw it into the wooden box at the door, and then sat on the warm kang to drink tea and gossip, which made the store much more lively.

Rui Xue asked the plug to send a pot of hot tea to Lao Wang and Chen Yan, washed the two bones, knocked them into four pieces, threw them into a hot water pot to blanch the blood, and then changed the clean water again, cut half a piece of ginger, threw it in with the bones, boiled over high heat, turned into a low heat and stewed.

In less than half an hour, the thick aroma of bone broth spread, and the energetic laborer poked his head out of the room and said with a smile, "Boss, what kind of delicious food is this making, which makes us all drool?" ”

Rui Xue said with a smile, "There are two pig bones left at home, and the weather is cold today, so I will use them to stew, and by the way, I will also burn the kang, everyone will not dislike it, and they will drink a bowl for a while to warm their stomachs." ”

The laborer thanked him again and again, and everyone in the room heard it, and they all said in their hearts that this proprietress was really generous.