The wharves were full of people, and the ships carrying goods from the south surrounded the various trestles, and there were constantly small stewards in sheepskin jackets, shouting loudly for the laborers to carry them carefully, and the storage sheds of the government were also full of goods, waiting for the main family to be transported by the Dart Bureau into the city to load them away.

At the pier on the far edge were three or four passenger boats, and from time to time there were little maids, or men dressed in ordinary clothes, stepping on the gangplanks and going to the riverside dwellings that were strongly recommended by the laborers and boatmen. It is said that the food there is not expensive, and it is very delicious, so on such a cold day, instead of blowing the cold wind on the boat for an hour, it is better to find a warm place to sit and eat some hot meals, so at this time, everyone is rarely generous.

A few days ago, Rui Xue mixed two kinds of dumpling filling, a small pot of cabbage pork, a small pot of radish pork, and Zhang's sister-in-law wrapped more than 300 dumplings, white and fat full of three large round curtains, and then, at noon, I cooked a few plates, tried to sell them in the shop, and everyone who ate them liked it very much, a plate of sixteen dumplings, the selling price was sixty Wen, equivalent to four Wen a, this price is really not cheap, of course the workers are not willing to buy to eat, but the guests of the South House, There are also little maids who buy food for their masters, but they are not short of this money, and more than 300 dumplings are soon sold. In this way, Sister-in-law Zhang, who was originally worried about the price being too high, and the bolt and the stone were all happily closed.

Ruixue sells very frankly, the price looks a little higher, but the dumplings are the best fine noodles, most of the filling is meat, cabbage and radish are mixed very little, the oil and water are very sufficient, it is definitely called thin skin and big filling, genuine.

The only thing that makes her a little regretful is that there are no greens in winter, and the space that can be played is too small, fortunately, the sauerkraut in the big clay jar yesterday was pickled, she got up early and fished a few trees, and Zhang's sister-in-law was busy all morning, in addition to the cabbage and radish dumplings, and wrapped a hundred more sauerkraut fillings.

I thought that this sour taste was very unique, and no one necessarily liked to eat it, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly hot, especially those little maids, originally Ruixue sent a few extra ones, and asked them to take them back to the master to taste, but as a result, almost then they rushed back to buy two more plates, and the lively ones also asked if they were frozen, and wanted to buy more back, and cooked and ate them at any time on the way to the master.

It's a pity that Ruixue has to be responsible for stir-frying and cooking dumplings, serving tea with plugs and stones, and taking care of the fire, only Sister-in-law Zhang makes dumplings alone, and it is too late to sell them now, so how can there be excess left for them to take away.

However, Rui Xue found a business opportunity here, and asked the maid that their boat would stay for one night, and after going on the road again tomorrow, she received a fixed fee of 200 yuan, and said that she would prepare 200 dumplings with sauerkraut stuffing for them tomorrow.

After lunch, the laborers have work to go busy again, for the time being, there is no work, just sit on the kang to drink tea and gossip, since the establishment of the Peishui Gang, no one is noisy for the job, everyone's income is considerable, the two pennies handed over to the gang do not feel much distressed, every day raise their eyes to look at the black wooden box temporarily stored in the corner of the north house, thinking that there is more than half of the copper coins in it, in case there is an emergency, that is a guarantee, but feel very down-to-earth.

Stone is busy in the shop during the day, and sleeps in the shop with the bolt at night, one is to guard the deposit box, and the other is to follow the bolt to learn abacus and bookkeeping, if there is something you don't understand, take advantage of Rui Xue to ask when he is not busy during the day, Rui Xue is never a stingy person, eat and use things, treat him and the plug in general.

One afternoon, everyone wrapped five or six hundred dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut stuffing, Ruixue cooked more than 100, divided seventy to make dinner for stones and bolts, and divided the rest equally, and Zhang's sister-in-law each loaded half and went home.

Today is rare, the northwest wind that has been blowing for half a month is much smaller, and the way home is a tailwind, Sister-in-law Zhang remembered that the children must be happy to see dumplings to eat for a while, and the mood is very good, the corners of her mouth have been raised high, and she turned her head to see Rui Xue's thoughtful look, so she asked with concern, "Sister, what's wrong?" But what good ideas have come up with to make money? ”

Rui Xue smiled slightly, avoided a mountain rock under her feet, and said, "Sister-in-law really guessed correctly, I thought, our shop is doing so well now, and it is already very busy to prepare the big pot of food in the north house and the stir-fry in the south house every day, and I really can't take care of it with more dumplings." ”

"Girl, you don't want to stop selling dumplings, do you?" Sister-in-law Zhang thought that she was going to cut off her money, so she was so anxious that she even put down the wheelbarrow in her hand, "Although I am a little tired, but the four of us can still be busy, such a good business to make money..."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I didn't mean that, I was thinking that we couldn't be busy, so it would be better to find two little daughters-in-law in the village who are quick and clean to help."

Sister-in-law Zhang heard this, knew that she had misunderstood Rui Xue, and felt that her tone was impatient just now, and she had some intention of accusing Rui Xue, so she hurriedly said, "It's that I thought wrong, my sister is so smart, she only thinks about making more money, how can she push the silver out." ”

Rui Xue didn't care, smiled and held the handlebar, continued to walk forward with her, and said, "These days are approaching the wax moon, and most of the people who go out are going home for the New Year's reunion, so there are more passenger ships on the dock, and dumplings are sold quickly, but they can only be sold for about half a month, and there are fewer passenger ships, so I am afraid that such expensive food will not be sold on the dock." It's better to add some handmade money to find someone to help, and sell it to the guests to take away, as for the freshly eaten in the shop, we can supply it now. ”

Sister-in-law Zhang nodded happily, "No, there were two guests yesterday who said that it would be nice if this dumpling could be taken away, they have a small stove on the passenger ship, and it is very convenient to cook." ”

"There is a suitable candidate in the village, my sister-in-law will help me refer to the details, two people should be enough, as for the salary, how about a hundred dumplings for ten cents?"

Sister-in-law Zhang pondered for a moment, "Cuilan in the west courtyard of my family is a skillful person, her eldest son is still studying with your husband, and her sister-in-law Wu San's sister-in-law lives in the west of the village, and she is also a neat and clean one, so it is better to just let them be sisters-in-law." ”

Ruixue's original intention was to find two hands and feet to be nimble, but there were some small contradictions on weekdays, so that they could supervise each other and prevent someone from cutting corners, after all, there are too many such things in modern times, and it has become a habit to prevent everywhere, but Sister-in-law Zhang said this, and she couldn't tell the reason for it, so as not to leave Sister-in-law Zhang with the impression of suspicion.

Thinking about it, the people of this time and space are still very simple, far less treacherous than modern people, she may really be too worried.

"Okay, after dinner, borrow the place of my sister-in-law's house, let's prepare the dumpling filling, and then invite the two sisters-in-law to teach them, tomorrow they will be wrapped and frozen at home, and they can be sold at the dock the day after tomorrow."

The two discussed all the way, and soon arrived at the door of the house, and each carried a basket home.

Rui Xue happily entered the courtyard door, but felt that there was something wrong, and after a closer look, he suddenly found that the window between the stoves was originally pasted with earthy yellow cotton paper, but now it has become black, is it... A fire in your home?

She almost trotted into the house, and was colliding with Zhao Fengnian, who opened the door to greet her, Zhao Fengnian subconsciously hugged her, staggered back two steps, and barely stood firmly, both of them were a little stunned, only to feel a thump in their chests, jumping each other red-faced, and immediately let go of each other's hands.

Rui Xue stabilized her mind, coughed clearly, pretended not to care, raised the basket in her hand, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, I brought you dumplings back, fry them in oil for a while, and eat them with porridge." ”

Zhao Fengnian didn't know what he was thinking, he answered in a low voice, turned around and was about to go back to the house, Rui Xue remembered the strange situation in the stove, and didn't care about the embarrassment and ambiguity just now, so he hurriedly grabbed him and asked, "What's going on in our stove, there is a fire?" Can there be burned? ”

Zhao Fengnian raised his hand and pointed to one place and said, "You picked up the good things that the little guy did, you can ask him." ”

Rui Xue immediately looked at the corner, Wu Yu, who had been washed clean last night, and her appearance was better than that of a girl, her face was full of black ash at this time, as if she had just crawled out of the charcoal pile, and the whites of her eyes were particularly clear, the hair on her forehead was curled upward, slightly burnt yellow, and the new cotton jacket on her body was also full of holes the size of cow beans, which was as embarrassing as she was.

Seeing Rui Xue's bad face at this time, not only did he not feel a little ashamed, but raised his chin very unconvinced, and said, "It's all that poor boy who is bad, and he refuses to teach me to make a fire." ”

Rui Xue didn't have to guess to know that the poor boy in his mouth must be Da Zhuang, and his brows furrowed, it seemed that the two precepts in the morning still didn't make him remember for a long time, so he smiled coldly, "I'm afraid that even if Da Zhuang teaches, you don't bother to learn." You call him a poor boy? Don't you know that the little guy belongs to the subordinate, a lowly family, although he is a peasant child, he is a good family, and his status is one level higher than yours. In the future, remember that when you insult others or despise others, you must first see your own position. Standing in a low place and laughing at people standing in a high place does not show that you are noble, but will only make people feel that you can't eat grapes but are sour. ”

Although Wu Yu hadn't heard the story that he couldn't eat grapes and was sour, he really understood the first few sentences, his face was blue and white, he clenched his fists, and desperately controlled himself, so he didn't rush forward to kill this vicious woman. He is the dignified fifth prince of the martial kingdom, and he was so insulted by a village slut, she will definitely learn a lesson for today's events...

Rui Xue saw that his eyes were blood-red and his teeth were clucking, and she guessed that he must have hatred in his heart, but she did not regret what she had just said.