Rui Xue wiped the handwriting on the sand with her foot in annoyance, but heard someone laugh at the gate of the courtyard, "What's the matter, what is a person messing with." ”

Ruixue looked up and saw that it was Sister-in-law Zhang, and hurriedly pulled her into the house, filled her with tofu brains to taste, and immediately won her praise again and again, and then heard that this white jade-like delicious food was really made of cow beans, and her eyes were rounder than grapes, and she refused to believe it.

Rui Xue was worried about the high cost, and she didn't have the heart to explain it to her in detail, so she asked, "Sister-in-law, if your eldest brother goes out to work and can't come back at noon, or leaves in the morning before he can eat, what dry food do you want to bring him?" ”

"Dry food?" Sister-in-law Zhang didn't know why she asked this, and thought that Zhao Fengnian was going out, so she smiled and said, "My family is a rough person, as long as you can fill your stomach when you go out, you can bring two pieces of bread and flour cakes to deal with it." However, if Mr. Zhao goes out, you can't deal with it like this, let's still make steamed buns with two noodles. ”

"Breaded bread?" Ruixue's home in her previous life was near Shandong, and she mostly ate pasta on weekdays, and this package of cereal bread cakes really hasn't been pasted, but it is also like a pancake to eat, and it shouldn't be difficult to make.

She suddenly remembered that once she went to the north, and saw people selling a kind of golden-colored, soft and delicious pastries on the street, she asked curiously about the method, but it was steamed after fermentation of bread flour, which looked big and tasted a little sweet. If you make it, it will be much better than the pasted cake. She made up her mind to give it a try, so she put the dry food aside and asked about the sale instead.

"Sister-in-law, you said that I would make some dry food, and then add this tofu brain, and pick it to the dock, can it be sold?"

"You're going to the docks to sell food?" Sister-in-law Zhang was so shocked that she didn't even pay attention to the spoon in her hand, took her hand, and said, "Sister, your husband is a literati who teaches, how can you do such a lowly business?" ”

"Cheap?" Rui Xue had also heard in her previous life that the ancient class division was very strict, and the status of businessmen was not high, but she didn't expect to be looked down upon like this, she smiled helplessly, "Sister-in-law, I make money with my own hands, how can I be lowly, besides, our shopkeeper's income is only enough to ensure that the two of us are full and not hungry, this is about to enter winter, our house is still leaking, how can we repair it, the shopkeeper's body is not thorough, who knows when he will be sick, and he must take care of it on weekdays, this is a matter of one thing." , which one doesn't need money? ”

Sister-in-law Zhang looked up at the bright crack in the corner of the house, and sighed, and finally had to pat her hand and say, "You are right, you really have nothing to pay attention to when you make money with your own hands." This white..."She was just eating, and she really didn't hear the name clearly, and she couldn't remember it for a while.

Rui Xue smiled, "Sister-in-law, this is called tofu brain." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang took another big bite, clicked her lips, and said with a smile, "This thing is really delicious, but the name is a little weird, how can you call it brain." Sister, you and Mr. Zhao have both read, so it's better to have a more elegant name. ”

"Tofu brain, tofu brain..."Rui Xue felt a little awkward after chatting twice, it did sound a little out of place with this time and space, so she knocked her slender fingers on the wooden table a few times, and said slowly, "This tofu brain is as tender as egg custard, but the color is snow white, so it might as well be called snow soup." ”

"Snow soup?" Sister-in-law Zhang immediately praised with a smile, "This name is good, it's not as white as snow, it's clean and delicious when you listen to it." ”

The two laughed and set the name, Rui Xue asked for the trick of steaming bread cakes, under the guidance of Sister-in-law Zhang, scooped a scoop of bread of grain noodles and sent it, and then filled a small pot of snow soup, poured the marinade and asked her to take it home for the children to taste, Sister-in-law Zhang consciously used her own cow beans, so she was not polite, and walked away happily.

Early the next morning, when the rooster in the village had just gotten up and showed a high-pitched voice, Ruixue had already steamed a pot of golden hair cake and took a bite, and there was a unique sweetness of Baogu, which was softer than the one attached to the side of the pot. When Zhao Fengnian also got up, and then served it with snow soup, Zhao Fengnian ate a whole piece, and it was rare to praise the deliciousness, and said that the name of the snow soup was also good.

Ruixue was encouraged, and tossed all morning, smearing both sides of the cold hair cake with vegetable oil and frying it in the pan, which also had a different burnt aroma. Sister-in-law Zhang also thought about this in her heart, and came to see it twice, praising Rui Xue's ingenuity, and a grain cake can also make tricks.

Everything was ready, Ruixue picked a good weather, followed the guidance of the villagers, bypassed the back mountain, and went to Peishui Wharf in advance. In her previous life, she had only seen the dock on TV, and had not seen it with her own eyes, but now that she saw it at first glance, she felt new everywhere.

This is a medium wharf, because the Peishui River is wide and deep, able to accommodate large ships to pass, so, many merchants from the south to transport goods back, are willing to unload from here, and then by carriage to Lingfeng City, or more distant two cities, although it is troublesome, but the waterway is faster than the land route at least ten days, do business is particular about timing, hurry up not late, which also makes Lingfeng Wharf very lively as soon as it is completed.

However, because of the newly built relationship, the wharf is very simple, with only six trestles, and on the gangplanks, groups of laborers in short clothes carry all kinds of goods from the boats, and then either put them directly on the carriages, or pile them in a long row of wooden houses on the shore, pay the rent to the two men in the blue official clothes, and wait for their carriages to pick up the goods.

On both sides of the wooden house, there are also merchants who carry a burden to sell some snacks, there are snacks in the burden, there are melon seeds and peanuts, there are wild pears and dates, there are not many tricks, but the business is good, docked in the ordinary passenger boat on the edge of the outermost trestle, there are often small servants or stewards and the like come ashore to buy a few bags back.

At noon, the gray-clothed laborers squatted on the edge of the wooden shed or found a sheltered place to sit, took out the bread in their arms and nibbled on a few bites, which was a simple cushion for their stomachs, and then continued to wait for the work.

Ruixue walked around the dock a few times, but she had taken a fancy to a good place, next to the wooden shed where the stock was kept, there was an open space of about forty square meters, if you built a simple wooden house, in the winter to provide these laborers with a shelter from the wind, and then sell some hot food, the trade would be excellent.

Now that the dock has just been built, and the weather has not yet cooled down, no one has thought of this, if you rent or buy this place first, the price should not be too expensive.

She had a plan in mind, so she stopped a middle-aged laborer with a kind face, and asked with a smile, "This old brother, the slave family wants to rent a piece of land here and sell some food and other things, where can I go to inquire about the price of the land?" ”

The middle-aged uncle seemed to be in a hurry to do something, so he casually pointed to the two officials in the distance and threw down a sentence, "Just look for them!" Then he turned around and left, Rui Xue thanked him from afar, walked to the edge of the wooden shed and stood for a long time, thinking that he would come forward to ask when the two officials were done.

As a result, after a few people in charge dispersed, one of the young officials reached out to pour tea, and accidentally turned over a stack of papers on the table, which spilled on the ground, and would be scattered by the wind at any time.

Rui Xue immediately squatted down to help pick it up, glanced at the numbers at the end of the page, and quickly sorted it out and handed it over to the official.

The young official took the account book, I don't know if he was used to being arrogant on weekdays, or he looked down on the woman, he didn't say half a word of thanks, turned around and put the account book back on the table, and pressed it with an ink bead abacus.

Another older official, but with some eyesight and insight, Rui Xue's actions just now were seen by him, guessing that she might be literate, and he couldn't help but be curious, in Wuguo, reading people are too expensive, and ordinary children don't even dare to have the idea of entering a private school, let alone let a woman study, just like if he didn't know how to write two words, he wouldn't have gotten this good job.

But the woman looked young, but she was literate, and she stood there with a smile, not seeing any flattery, nor any fear, and being generous, he muttered in his heart, this little lady was afraid that she was not an ordinary woman, so she stood up and smiled, "Just now, thanks to the little lady's help, otherwise the account book would have been blown away, and our brother would be in trouble." ”

Rui Xue also saluted and said with a smile, "This official brother is polite, the slave family is just a gesture, how can he be worthy of a thank you." May I observe the eldest brother's surname? ”

When the official surnamed Wang heard that she dealt with it decently, he didn't dare to slack off, and said with a smile, "The surname is Wang, little lady, but if you have something to ask our brother for help?" ”

Rui Xue nodded, "Don't hide it from Brother Wang, the slave family lives in Yunjia Village behind the mountain, and the family is poor and has nothing to do, so I want to go to this dock to sell some food to supplement the family." Just now I saw that the vacant land opposite is very suitable for a small restaurant, so I dared to ask the two eldest brothers, is the vacant land rented or sold, how much is the rent, and what is the selling price? ”

Before the official surnamed Wang could answer, the young official laughed and said, "Open a restaurant? It's really a big breath, just a little woman, you don't know a bucket of big characters, you sell food, do you know how much copper money to charge? ”

Rui Xue frowned, a touch of disgust flashed in her eyes, and secretly said that this young official was really annoying, just tell her the rent and selling price, why ridicule people for being literate?

She was slandered in her heart, but because she had something to ask for, it was difficult to turn her face, so she pretended not to hear this with a smile, and still asked the official surnamed Wang, "Brother Wang, can you solve the little girl's doubts?" ”

The official surnamed Wang didn't like the young official to interject, but remembering that this person was the nephew of the head of the mansion, Bo, it was not easy to offend, so he pondered for a moment, and also persuaded, "Little lady, you really have to be able to settle accounts when you open a restaurant, it's not like these burden-carrying merchants, selling peanuts, two pennies for a cup, and you have to count twice to buy two cups." ”