The shopkeeper also likes to write empty checks too much.

Jiang Han thought so, since she just drew a big pie, now it is more reliable for her to do a good job in her bun business first.

"Dad, I'm back!"

Jiang Han and Liu Xiaomei entered the door one after the other, and the quiet Jiang family's courtyard became lively.

She carried a burden on her left shoulder, a bag in her right armpit, and a small bag in her right hand, while Liu Xiaomei carried a piece of bacon and half a piece of fat in her hand.

The black dog Duoduo was the first to run over, and he barked around Jiang Han in a not very friendly way, almost tripping Jiang Han, who was obstructed in his vision.

Jiang Han stretched out his legs to chase it: "Go, you stinky dog, be careful that I will break your feet again!" ”

Daddy Jiang was the second to come out.

He first greeted Liu Xiaomei kindly, then looked at Jiang Han, who was carrying the bag to the kitchen, and scolded with a straight face: "You have a few dollars in your hand, if you don't spend it, you will feel uncomfortable!" ”

Jiang Hanhun didn't care about his attitude, and said with a smile: "Aren't I all here to make more money?" Just wait and see! ”

Father Jiang was annoyed by her indecent attitude, snorted, and went back to the room.

Yun Niang hurriedly greeted her from the West Chamber at this time.

Seeing Jiang Han's big bag, she asked puzzledly, "Why did you buy so many things?" Didn't you just buy ten pounds of flour yesterday? There's still half of it left! ”

As she spoke, she reached out to pick up the small bag in Jiang Han's hand.

Jiang Han avoided her hand, and while motioning for her to go directly to the kitchen, he said, "I also bought those in my little sister's hand!" ”

The three of them entered the kitchen back and forth, and Jiang Han first threw the burden on his hand and armpit on the desk, and then unloaded the big burden on his shoulders in front of the rice bowl.

She said, "Isn't our family running out of rice?" When I went to buy flour this evening, I bought fifteen liters by the way, and the boss only charged me seventy cents. ”

"How many catties of flour did you buy?" Yun Niang took the things in Liu Xiaomei's hand, put them on the desk, and asked.

"Fifteen catties, I only have 300 Wen on me, and I also bought bacon, fatty meat and sauerkraut and capers."

Yun Niang looked at this pile of things and asked in astonishment: "When you go to work, you go out to buy things so blatantly, and bring all the things into the store, and the shopkeeper Wang also allows it?" ”

"Well, business in the store has not been good in the past two days, I took a leave of absence under the pretext of going to my little sister for something, and I bought it and put it in the pharmacy by the way!"

Just for this little thing, not only did Liu Xiaomei put on a face for her, but Dr. Qiu nagged her again, and Jiang Han slandered her again.

"Humph! Only this once, not for example! I'm leaving! Liu Xiaomei, who had been silent, said coldly.

Yun Niang understood the disagreement between the two of them as soon as she saw her reaction, and said with a smile: "Little sister, thank you!" I'm bothering you today, your sister Yue will definitely remember people's feelings! ”

Liu Xiaomei didn't appreciate her kindness very much, not only gave her a "hum", but also glanced at her coldly.

"Remember to tell my aunt, don't make breakfast tomorrow morning, I'll send you steamed buns, and ......" Jiang Han was only halfway through speaking, but Liu Xiaomei had already gone out of the kitchen door.

"This awkward child, I haven't finished talking yet!" She caught up with her and grabbed her, and then explained: "I told your mother in the morning, if your brother comes home tonight, no matter how late it is, he must let him come to my house, I have something important to look for him!" Don't forget this! ”

"It's a very important thing, but it's related to his future!"

Liu Xiaomei looked at her suspiciously, nodded and left.

……

When Jiang Han returned to the kitchen, Yun Niang was scooping the rice in the bag into the rice bowl.

She walked over, squeezed Yun Niang away, picked up the rice bag, poured all the rice into the jar in one go, clapped her hands, and said, "I'll go cut out the fat and refine the oil, you go and make the old dough!" Tomorrow I'm going to bring a hundred buns on my behalf! ”

"A hundred? Can it be sold out in one morning? ”

"Rest assured, it's easy! There are fifty of them ordered today, and the remaining fifty will be sold out in two quarters of an hour! ”

"If you go to the wharf one day, you will find out that there are a lot of people, and there must be one or two hundred coolies on the wharf of the cargo ship alone, plus the coachman and the dart man on the other side of the warehouse, and the miscellaneous laborers...... Also, I haven't been to the passenger ship dock to sell it these days, and there are boats coming early in the morning. ”

Listening to her words, Yun Niang exclaimed: "Luoxia Wharf is just a small town wharf, it is so big!" ”

"Because, this is the distribution center for goods from the three nearby counties. If it weren't for the land route to Shanyang County, the frequency of accidents would be too high, and an accident would be a major matter of human life, otherwise, there might be more boats parked at Luoxia Wharf! ”

"These bandits are hateful! Why can't they be good citizens, so they have to rob people of their money and hurt their lives? ”

When it comes to the bandits, Yun Niang thinks of what happened to her, and infinite hatred suddenly appears in her eyes.

Thinking that Mama Yu didn't know where she was, she was so sad that she wanted to shed tears.

Jiang Han didn't notice anything unusual about her, she put the cleaned fat on the cutting board, and said while cutting: "If you can be a good citizen, who wants to hide in the mountains!" It's not that the government can't make people be good citizens, and they force people up the mountain! ”

As soon as the words fell, she heard the slightly heavy breathing sound next to her, looked sideways, and saw Yun Niang's cheeks with tears, and her eyes were slightly red.

She hurriedly changed her words and said, "These bandits are indeed hateful! I know that you want to find Mama Yu as soon as possible, but it is not easy to find someone, and you need money to support you in the process of searching. Do you think I'm right? ”

Yun Niang raised her hand to wipe her eyes, sniffed, and nodded sadly.

"How many finished products can you embroider a day now?"

"If you embroider all the handkerchiefs, you can get five handkerchiefs a day, and if you have a purse and a handkerchief together, you will get twelve handkerchiefs and one purse in three days."

"A handkerchief earns two or three wen, fifteen wen a day - when will I have the money to find Mama Yu?"

Yun Niang glanced at her, poured water into the basin, and asked vigilantly: "Looking for Mama Yu is just to inquire about the news, how can you use a lot of money?" What are you trying to trick me into doing? ”

Jiang Han shrugged with a smile and said, "Don't be so precautionary!" I'm good for you, too! ”

"Thank you! I'm afraid something will happen and I can't run as fast as you! Yun Niang sneered.

"Don't worry, now I'm not as good as I was then, and my backer is the inspector! You don't have to worry about that red paper anymore, Lord Shen not only didn't lock me up, but also praised the good handwriting! ”

"Did you say that Xiao An wrote that word?" Yun Niang stopped pouring water and asked with a frown.

"Put a hundred hearts! Do you think I'll let go of this good opportunity to show off? ”

Yun Niang glanced at her, put the water bowl aside, no longer bothered with it, and kneaded the noodles attentively.

"Hey, I'm serious, think about it! Just go in the morning and don't delay you to do the embroidery work! Today, Shen Patrol has already acquiesced that I am a special approval for inspection, and as long as he does not fall in the future, we will definitely not have any more ruffians chasing after us when we sell buns! ”

"Don't think it's a trivial thing to sell buns! I'll do the math for you, one pound of noodles and one pound of stuffing can make seventeen or eighteen big buns, which can sell for about thirty-five Wen. ”

"Bacon is three catties and ninety pounds, and it can be mixed out with nine catties of fillings, and sauerkraut and beans are cheaper, one pound and one pound, and the cost of one pound of stuffing is eleven dollars. By the way, more than a dozen drops of lard are added to the filling, and the fat meat is thirty-six wen a catty, even if the oil money is good, the cost of the filling is twelve wen......"

She said as she cut the fat by dividing it by two.

Putting down the knife, she sat down in front of the stove to light the fire, and continued: "Calculate some other losses, firewood, spices, etc., according to the calculation, the cost is eighteen yuan!" In this way, a bun made of a pound of flour can earn at least 17 Wen, a bun can earn 1 Wen, and a 100 Bao can earn 100 Wen! ”

When Yun Niang heard this number, her hand moved slightly.

After being stunned for a moment, she bit her lip again and did not speak, lowered her head and quickly kneaded the dough well, and found a lid to cover the wooden basin.

"Selling a bun for an hour is much more than the copper plate you earn by embroidering a handkerchief for a day! Do you think it's inappropriate? ”

"You're still not a little impressed? You're greedy! ”

"I'm not greedy, I'm self-aware......"

"You are self-aware! - I know, I'm all backwards! - This is just an excuse for your cowardice and fear......"

While the two were arguing, Duoduo Dog, who had been circling around the desk, suddenly turned around and ran to the kitchen door, barking "Wangwang".

After a while, the sound of opening the door and the voices of Aunt Liu and Xiao An came from the courtyard one after another.