As soon as the news spread, the business of the tofu workshop reached a new level, the original four plates of tofu every morning, and now it has risen to six plates, fortunately, Zhang Dahe is capable, and Wu Yu also helps every day, and can still cope.

Rui Xue crackled the abacus, turned out all the deposited silver, and planned to find someone to repair the main house in a few days, and then put the east and west compartments to cover up, the east chamber is close to the well, used as a tofu workshop, and the west chamber is left to Wu Yu, after all, he can't always live in Zhang's house, and it is good to use it as a warehouse or guest room.

There is no shortage of manpower in the village, at most there is some food, and the wood and stone are not much to cost, and it is estimated that sixty or seventy taels of silver can be built well.

At the beginning, the more than 100 taels of silver that resisted the jade pendant had long been spent, but fortunately, the dock shop earned dozens of taels, and the Gao family husband and wife gradually recovered more copper money every day than Niu Dou, and it was a big entry after thinking about it.

Thinking that she would live in a spacious and bright house in the future, Rui Xue felt full of energy, turned over the pen and paper, and pulled Zhao Fengnian and Wu Yu to draw a sketch together.

Zhao Fengnian proposed to separate a washing room, Wu Yu also shouted that it was too cold to take a bath, Rui Xue happily agreed, with a stroke of the pen, the small shed in the west of the room became an ear room, and when the time came, while boiling water, taking a bath, it was convenient and warm.

Zhao Fengnian and Wu Yu both felt that this idea was good, and they were full of interest and discussed the furnishings everywhere in the house, and even planted a few laurel trees and begonias in the back garden, Rui Xue really wanted to raise her hand and knock on them twice, a farmer's yard, pay attention to what scenery, what flowers to enjoy, although she also likes laurel trees, but still prefer pear trees, peach trees, spring flowers, autumn fruit picking, wouldn't it be better.

So she didn't pay attention to it, and the two people who were arguing about the beauty of begonias or osmanthus quietly wrote two peach trees and two pear trees.

When the family set the osmanthus in the yard, the day will be fifteen, Zhang's sister-in-law is a quick temper, and she ate the glutinous rice dumplings made by Ruixue in the morning, and urged Ruixue to pack up her things one after another, and rush to the shop on the dock to clean and settle down, waiting for the opening tomorrow.

Although Rui Xue felt that it was a little early, it was not good to discourage her enthusiasm, and there was nothing to do at home, so she explained that Zhao Fengnian and Wu Yu were at home, ready to pack up and go out.

Zhao Fengnian sat in front of the window, holding a book in his hand, hearing that she was leaving, his face was a little gloomy, and he asked, "When will you come back?" ”

His rare reluctance made Rui Xue think of the child abandoned by his mother for no reason, and he was amused, but if he thought about it carefully, it seemed that he had never been to the dock shop since it opened, so he stepped forward and took down the book in his hand and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, if you don't think the dock is dirty, come with us, and go back in half a day." ”

Zhao Fengnian's eyes immediately burst out with a light of surprise, his thin lips also grinned, and his handsome and fair face was also covered with a faint flush, "I'll go too?" What do you do at home? ”

"Isn't there still Brother Yu?" Rui Xue turned around to look for Wu Yu, but saw him standing by the door with a black face and pouting, obviously reluctant to stay at home.

She was really helpless and funny, how could these two men be in their forties together, and they were all like children at this time, was she too "spoiled" to them on weekdays.

"That's it, there is nothing to be afraid of losing at home, if Brother Yu wants to go, lock the door."

Wu Yu's beautiful little face immediately turned cloudy and sunny, glared at Zhao Fengnian demonstratively, and ran to find his newly made coat.

Rui Xue helped Zhao Fengnian dress neatly, and quickly packed up the things to take to the dock, Zhang Dahe drove the ox cart to the door, Da Zhuang saw that Wu Yu was also going to get in the car, so he pestered his mother to go with him, Zhang's sister-in-law already loved Da'er, thinking that the school was going to open again, and there would not be many opportunities to play in the future, so she nodded and agreed.

So, the team that originally thought that there were only three people actually grew to six people, and the small ox cart was crowded to the full, with all kinds of objects in the middle, and everyone gathered in a circle, talking and laughing all the way, which was very lively.

Zhao Fengnian looked at the white wilderness in the distance, only to feel the depression in his heart, as if it had dissipated a lot, turned his head and saw that Rui Xue's cheeks were red by the cold wind, so he turned slightly sideways to cover her, Rui Xue noticed it, turned around and gave him a sweet smile, which made him blush instantly, and continued to enjoy the snow scene.

The shop on the pier has only been empty for a month, so after a simple cleaning and arrangement, it will be restored to its original appearance.

Sister-in-law Zhang made a fire and stewed a small pot of mutton and tofu, cut two plates of pickles, took out the dry food prepared in the basket, and everyone ate a few bites, and the lunch was fooled.

After the meal, the Zhang family and his wife fetched water and brushed the dishes and chopsticks, Rui Xue and Zhao Fengnian walked around the front and back of the shop, and even went to stand by Peishui for a while.

Rui Xue saw that the sun was setting in the west, and she went home just to read and settle accounts and make dinner, so she might as well walk around with him more, so she pulled Sister-in-law Zhang and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are the customs in the city during the Shangyuan Festival today?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang wiped a pair of wet hands on her apron and said with a smile, "Every year and today, there are lantern festivals in the city, which are particularly lively, but they are a little far away from the village, and it is inconvenient to travel at night, so only some descendants will go together." ”

"Is that a night in the city?"

"No, the city gate will be closed two hours later than usual, just go back after seeing the lights."

Ruixue was overjoyed, "The work in the shop is almost busy, let's take the car into the city, and then go home after watching the lights at night." ”

When Zhang's sister-in-law heard this, her eyes lit up, she was still when she first married Zhang Dahe, and she went to see the Lantern Festival together, and later had children, and she worked hard every day, so she didn't have such free time.

Zhang Dahe listened to them on the side, and saw his daughter-in-law's happy face, so he said, "You guys, don't worry about home, I'll go back and give a few children dinner." ”

Wu Yu and Da Zhuang happened to enter the door, and when they heard that they were going to enter the city to see the lights, they were so happy that they smiled, and Zhang's sister-in-law no longer hesitated, drove Zhang Dahe home, and then closed the door of the shop.

The old cow is easier to control than the horse, and Da Zhuang has driven it a few times before, but he also got to the east gate smoothly.

A straw hut was erected in the open space on the side of the official road, and some wooden stakes were nailed to the outside of the shed, and four or five horses and a few ox carts had been tied, apparently to make it easier for the peasants to go into the city to look at the lights and store the carts and horses.

Da Zhuang stepped forward to ask, and sure enough, Rui Xue paid ten copper coins, and then the five of them walked into the city.

Xu is a lively opportunity in a year, there are many more people in the city than usual, crowded with people everywhere, and there are countless small stalls on both sides of the street, kneading noodles, selling fried noodles and fish, selling sugar paintings, and even some small jewelry, purses, handkerchiefs, everything, Da Zhuang and Wu Yu stopped in front of a noodle stall, and saw that the old craftsman pinched it twice, it was a lively little monkey, and they couldn't help but applaud.

Rui Xue didn't like to be caught in the crowd, and it was not good to pull the two children away, so she took out more than one or two pieces of silver from her arms, avoided people's eyes, and handed it to Sister-in-law Zhang, "Sister-in-law, you lead the two children around, these silver money buy food and toys for them, and don't even leave the few small ones at home." My husband and I went to the calligraphy and painting shop for a walk, and after an hour, we met at the Haocai restaurant in front. ”

Sister-in-law Zhang was also squeezed by the crowd and couldn't stand up, and thought that Ruixue wanted to be alone with Zhao Fengnian, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of the two children, you can go shopping." ”

Rui Xue didn't explain much, turned around and slowly squeezed to the side of the street with Zhao Fengnian, and let out a long breath in a slightly quiet place.

Zhao Fengnian smiled slightly, reached out and shook her hand, "I'll pull you, don't squeeze it apart." ”

Rui Xue's face was slightly red, "Let's go, the guy from the calligraphy and painting shop last time didn't know what books he left for us, let's go and take a look." ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded, the two of them squeezed into the crowd again one after the other, Zhao Fengnian pushed away passers-by with one hand, and led Ruixue with the other, but it was not difficult to walk, and he entered the calligraphy and painting shop in less than a quarter of an hour.

The young man was walking out with a marquee, and when he saw Rui Xue standing at the door with a smile, he immediately greeted him in surprise, half complaining, half happy and whispered, "You sister-in-law, why haven't you come for so long, the day before yesterday, the book seller Xiucai sent more than a dozen books, I hid them, I was afraid that the shopkeeper would find out, so I was waiting for you to pick it." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly entered the shop, and quickly took out a stack of old books in the box in the corner, urging, "Our shopkeeper has gone home to get the account book, and it is estimated that he will be back soon, sister-in-law should move quickly." ”

"Okay, okay, don't worry." Rui Xue comforted the young man for a few words, and then pushed the book to Zhao Fengnian, Zhao Fengnian opened each book and glanced at it twice, and finally picked out three books and put them aside, and said, "That's all." ”

Seeing that his eyes blinked quickly, Rui Xue immediately took out her purse, picked up a piece of silver for two taels and gave it to the young man, and said with a smile, "In addition to the book fee, the rest will be used to moisten the hands of the little brother." ”

The young man secretly calculated, these three books charged for one or two, and now that he got two taels, eight hundred wen fell into his pocket, which was almost half a month's salary, so happy that he couldn't see his eyebrows, stuffed the silver into his arms, and said, "Thank you sister-in-law for rewarding, I will collect old books in the future, I will definitely keep them for my sister-in-law." ”

Rui Xue nodded, hugged the book with Zhao Fengnian and went out, and walked out of the young man's sight before she asked, "How is it, shopkeeper, but you have found a good book again?" ”

Zhao Fengnian saw that her eyes seemed to be as blazing as two clusters of flames, and he couldn't help but smile, "A lone good book like "Travels to the Twelve Kingdoms" is not something that can be encountered casually. ”

When Rui Xue heard this, like an eggplant beaten by frost, she instantly wilted, and said angrily, "I saw you making a big profit." ”