Before the end of the day, the carriages and horses at the wharf began to become scarce, and the laborers went home when they saw that there was no work. Lao Wang and Chen Yan came over and talked a few words, Rui Xue also felt that there were no guests to come to the door, so she put the plug and went back with Lao Wang, the bolt shook his head with a smile, worried about which greedy and cheap ruffian was nearby at night, and moved away the rice, flour, oil and salt stored in the stove, and must stay to guard the house.

Rui Xue didn't expect this, but when he said it, he was also worried, and after thinking about it, he smiled with Lao Wang, "If there is no important matter at Brother Wang's house, I will leave a plug to watch the store at night in the future, and he eats three meals a day in the store." If the child is homesick and can go home again at any time, what do you think? ”

Of course, Lao Wang is a hundred willing, his son lives in the store to save the family's food, and he can follow the master for a long time, so he can naturally learn more, so he should be full of mouthful, "Go back tonight to clean up a bed for him, and let him live tomorrow, I just touched the north kang is still hot, and the weather is cold after two days, this kid sleeps here and enjoys it, it is much hotter than the bed at home." ”

Chen Yan also echoed beside him, "No, I look like I want to sleep with my father at home, his old man had cold legs and feet when he was young, and he always shouted that his legs hurt in winter." ”

Rui Xue said with a smile, "It's the neighbor in the front yard of our house who is making this kang, if Brother Chen really wants to break ground at home, I'll help you ask." ”

"That's great, thank you, big sister." Chen Yan smiled with joy, and after a few more gossips, everyone went back.

Ruixue got out of the ox cart and knew that the Zhang family and his wife were worried about their children, so she smiled and drove them home first, and then carried the wooden barrel and other things into the stove.

When he returned to the house, Zhao Fengnian was leaning on the bed reading, and when he saw her come in, he asked lightly, "I'm back, how is the business?" ”

Rui Xue took a heavy bag of things from the small basket at the door, poured out a lot of copper coins in a daze, and said with a smile, "The opening is auspicious, in addition to the snow soup and fat cake given for free, the remaining capital of fire and meat dishes has been recovered." ”

Zhao Fengnian saw her sitting at the table counting copper coins, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, reached out to help her take out the account book and pen and ink inkstone under the bed, put it on the table, and sat down, Rui Xue thanked him, talked to him about today's lively scene, and then said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Zhang and Brother Zhang have contributed a lot today, why don't I cook some good dishes in the evening and invite their family to dinner?" ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded, "Okay, you can make up your mind." ”

Rui Xue remembered that he had to go to the cabbage field twice a day, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind, so he said tentatively, "The cabbage in the back garden grows well, I'll dig a few and come back and wrap some dumplings with cabbage and pork filling, right?" ”

Sure enough, Zhao Fengnian's eyes immediately burst into a bright light, although his voice was still flat "Hmm", but anyone could see the joy on his face.

Rui Xue was amused in her heart, took the account book, and happily went to the back garden to pick vegetables, and happened to meet Da Zhuang sitting under the tree shaking his head and reading, so he called him over and said, "Da Zhuang must learn to combine work and rest, and don't become a nerd who only knows how to read stupidly." ”

Da Zhuang smiled and scratched the back of his head, "I know, Master, there was no class in the morning, and I was afraid that I would forget the Analects I learned yesterday, so I read it twice." ”

"Didn't start classes? Why? Rui Xue's subordinates quickly pulled out two cabbages and asked with a little doubt.

"I don't know, Mr. Morning said that I want to go to the school first, I don't have to wait for him, and then the sixth brother in the front yard ran to tell us that Mr. is not feeling well, and he wants us to write ten big characters each before leaving class, and he will check it tomorrow."

"Not feeling well?" Rui Xue thought that when she first saw Zhao Fengnian, he looked like a living dead, and she was so shocked that the dishes in her hand fell, but after thinking about it, his face was good just now, not like he had made an old mistake.

She lowered her head and quickly picked up the cabbage, patted Da Zhuang's shoulder, "Go back and tell your father and mother that you brothers and sisters will come to Shiniang's place for dinner in the evening." After speaking, he trotted back to the front yard, threw down the vegetable basket and entered the inner room, and ran to Zhao Fengnian in a few steps, looking him up and down five or six times.

Zhao Fengnian was stared at by her, frowned, put down the book in his hand, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Shopkeeper, you have made the same old mistake again, but where is your body uncomfortable?"

"No, everything is fine."

Rui Xue breathed a long sigh of relief and complained, "Then why do you say that you are not feeling well, and you didn't go to teach Da Zhuang and them?" Scared the hell out of me. ”

Zhao Fengnian froze slightly, and quickly changed his words, "Oh, I was just a little dizzy at the time, and it was good to lie down for an hour." ”

"Vertigo? Didn't you sleep well? Rui Xue blamed herself a little, she was busy opening a restaurant recently, and she didn't do anything good to eat for him, it was really a little negligent, it seems that she will have to be more careful in the future.

Thinking of this, she reached out and took the book in Zhao Fengnian's hand, closed it and put it under the bed, then half-pushed him to lie flat, pulled the corner of the quilt and covered his stomach, "Reading is too exhausting, you better sleep for a while, and then come in and call you when I am ready." ”

Zhao Fengnian listened to her footsteps and hurried away, these days, the warmth that he suppressed in a corner of his heart began to break through the soil, take root and sprout, and gradually spread, submerging the entire chest, and his warm nose was slightly sour. In addition, I haven't walked far for a long time, and my body is really tired, so I slowly and really fell asleep...

Sister-in-law Zhang listened to what Da Zhuang brought back, and she was not polite, picked a basket of various vegetables, and came over to help cook.

She is a clever person, and she has much more strength than Rui Xue, kneading dough, chopping stuffing, and making dumplings, but she got started in the middle of the day, the two laughed while talking, and soon made enough two hundred dumplings, and then made salted meat stewed beans and eggplant sauce, fried leek eggs, patted a minced garlic cucumber, and made four dishes.

Rui Xue went into the house to wake up Zhao Fengnian, and when he washed his hands and face, he moved the table to the courtyard, and by the sunset, the two families happily sat around and ate.

Zhao Fengnian was not in good health and couldn't drink, Rui Xue naturally didn't think of preparing wine, Zhang Dahe didn't pick it, he was a little restrained at first, and later saw that although Zhao Fengnian didn't talk much, his face was gentle, Rui Xue and Zhang's sister-in-law chatted happily again, and the children ate sweetly, and gradually let go of their hands and feet, eating dumplings one by one, but also a lot more happy.

After a meal, the guests and hosts were happy, and after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, the Zhang family said goodbye, Ruixue boiled a pot of hot water, first let Zhao Fengnian take a bath, then changed to new water, and washed himself, so he slowly combed his hair with a peach wood comb, and sat under the osmanthus tree to blow the wind.

The osmanthus on the osmanthus tree has already passed the vigorous period, but there are many late blooming, unbearable night wind shaking, fluttering down from the tree, Rui Xue remembered that in her previous life, her mother had used osmanthus to make good food for their sisters and brothers, so she ran into the stove and turned over a large sea bowl, and picked up the osmanthus while humming a song by the cold moonlight.

Zhao Fengnian stood behind the window, looking at the woman in white clothes and black hair, laughing out loud from time to time in the moonlight because she received an osmanthus flower that did not fall to the ground, and unconsciously became stupid...

"Hey," Sister-in-law Zhang pinched a cyan rag in her hand and sighed for a long time.

Rui Xue dropped the last stroke on the paper in front of her, picked it up and checked it carefully, then handed it to the bolt sitting next to her, and said, "This is the abacus formula, you put it away, memorize it carefully in your spare time, the more skilled the better, and when I pass the test, I will teach you to dial the abacus." ”

The bolt's face turned red with joy, he stood up respectfully, and took it with both hands, "Yes, master, the apprentice will definitely recite hard." ”

"You don't have to be too tired, you can't succeed in a day."

Before the bolt could answer, Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't help it, approached the two of them, and said in annoyance, "I said sister, we don't have a single customer in this store, why aren't you in a hurry at all." ”

Rui Xue smiled and quipped, "I thought my sister-in-law was going to wipe a hole in the table, but I was worried about it." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang said with a wry smile, "Aren't I anxious for you, so much silver has been invested, if you don't make money, won't you be busy in vain." ”

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, aren't there still more than 20 guests at noon, and there are 100 Wen in the account today, which is not in vain. Besides, this is only the fourth day, so it's hard to say what it will look like after that. ”

"Hey, how can this hundred wen be enough, yesterday's small half bucket of snow soup and five pieces of hair cake, you gave it away, right?"

"It's still very hot now, wouldn't it be a pity if you don't send it out, and it's a pity to let it go, besides, Brother Xu Kuan's family has too many children, and he is an honest man, so let's help it is also a good deed."

If you're afraid of sourness, you can keep it for your family to eat, but you can't even get it back. Sister-in-law Zhang is helpless, she is not unsympathetic to the Xu Kuan and Xu Ren brothers, it's just that there are dozens of dollars a day in this store, Ruixue is so generous, I'm afraid it will have to close in less than half a month.

She opened her mouth to persuade her, but at this time, a little maid in a pink dress walked in outside the door, and when she saw the three of them sitting at the table, she asked, "Is your boss here?" ”

Rui Xue stood up and said with a smile, "I'm the boss lady, what's wrong with this girl?" ”

The little maid didn't answer immediately, her eyes rolled twice, she looked at the furnishings in the room, her brows furrowed slightly, and she said with some disgust, "Your shop is too simple." ”

Rui Xue raised her eyebrows, carefully looked at the dress and accessories on the little girl's body, and guessed that her master must be rich, so her tone was so arrogant and contemptuous, but she opened the door to do business, and she was kind, so she still smiled and said, "The country shop, naturally be rough, the girl hasn't said it yet, but something?" ”

The little maid pursed her lips and said as if she was very reluctant, "Our young lady heard that you sell a kind of food called snow soup here, and it happened to be time to eat dim sum, so she sent me to buy a bowl and go back to taste the freshness." ”

"I see, the girl waits a moment." It turned out that the buyer came to the door, Rui Xue smiled and picked up the white cotton sleeves and apron on the side and put them on, and was about to take the pottery bowl to scoop the snow soup.