When I got home, it was already dusk.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Xu Hanliang took out a few big coins from his pocket and handed them to Li Zhongwen as his own carriage and horse fare.

After some insulting prevarication, Li Zhongwen accepted the money.

With all the money on his body, Xu Hanliang couldn't help but smile bitterly, and now he has become a real breeze on his sleeves.

Pushing open the wooden door, the first thing I saw was a young girl who was busy pulping laundry.

It was a cold winter, and the warm water in the wooden basin had long been out of heat, and even a little ice ballast had formed.

As the saying goes, twenty-eight years is like a crisp, and it is the most beautiful age.

And the child's hands were soaked in ice water, which had frozen red, and her fingers were a little swollen.

Seeing this, Xu Hanliang couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, and hurriedly walked to the side of the childish girl.

"Lang Jun, are you back?"

After seeing Xu Hanliang's figure, the young lady raised her hand and stroked the broken hair on her face, and asked with a smile.

"Why don't you use warm water?"

Xu Hanliang half-squatted down and asked distressedly.

"The price of firewood has risen again, if you can save a little, you can save a little, Lang Jun is cold outside, you better go back to the room first."

Zhiniang held her head high, still with an indelible smile on her face, and didn't care about the swollen hands at all, but cared about Xu Hanliang.

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and said quite arrogantly: "By the way, Lang Jun, in fact, the cold winter is not bad, and the old man of the Zhu family is not bad, because the weather is cold, this month's salary, I have sent a few more eldest sons." ”

Hearing the words of the childish mother, Xu Hanliang was angry and funny.

It's really useless to be a scholar, the predecessor was so big and a man, and all the work to make money was done by women.

When he first came, Xu Hanliang didn't feel anything wrong.

But when I saw the hard work of the childish girl, there was an indescribable sourness in my heart.

My heart tightened, and I took off the big coat on my body and draped it on the shoulders of the childish girl.

Feeling the warmth coming from her body, the childish girl's body shook slightly.

Hurriedly turned around: "Lang Jun, what are you doing?" When you are recovering from a serious illness, you should pay attention to your body. ”

Xu Hanliang waved his hand, took the childish girl's red hand, covered it to his mouth, and sighed.

"Let me do this, you go and boil some hot water, don't worry about money, I'll solve it."

Xu Hanliang looked at the childish girl, and his expression was extremely serious.

Hearing this, Zhiniang's face changed suddenly, as if her brain had made up something, and tears were already hanging on her peach blossom eyes: "What does Lang Jun mean by this, does Lang Jun want to sell the slave family to others?" ”

Xu Hanliang smiled dumbly: "Where did I think of it, I am a man, and I don't need to worry about money, so I don't need you to worry about it, you go and boil water, and I will help you wash these clothes first." ”

Hearing that Xu Hanliang didn't want to sell himself, the childish mother breathed a sigh of relief.

However, his brows were still twisted like a hemp rope, and he didn't say anything: "As a maidservant, I can't share the worries of the main family, Lang Jun is Wenquxing's hand, how can I touch these pickled things." ”

However, Xu Hanliang could only get up and go to the kitchen and boil some hot water.

As the young lady said, this firewood is only enough for two or three meals, which is indeed not enough.

The paper window was blown out by the cold wind, and the howling cold wind made a whistling sound and blew in through the window.

After adding hot water, the speed of the childish's clothes is much faster.

By the time the sun went down, the clothes were almost washed.

When the young lady sent the clothes back to the Zhu family's mansion, Xu Hanliang was preparing the materials for making MSG.

How can the seasonings of this era be as ruthless as modern science and technology.

By the time the young lady returned, Xu Hanliang had already prepared almost the materials.

Under Xu Hanliang's explanation, the young lady helped Xu Hanliang half-understand and extracted MSG together.

She naturally didn't understand what MSG was, but he understood that Xu Hanliang had smashed all the good beans.

There was not much food left in the family, and Xu Hanliang was more than half of it at once.

The childish girl doesn't talk much, even if she is distressed, she just stares at those beans with her eyes.

But that little bit of caution, Xu Hanliang couldn't see it.

……

Early in the morning, Xu Hanliang got up early.

There is really no nightlife in this world, and when he was a night owl, he went to bed early every night.

Now the body has recovered a lot, but it is still a little weak.

This is not something that can be remedied by medicinal stones, and if you want to be strong, you can only rely on exercise.

He didn't want to become a fat man in one bite, so this workout started with jogging.

Xu Hanliang, who has a little bit of social cattle, doesn't care about the eyes of those passers-by, and enjoys the beautiful scenery by the river while recuperating his body.

In cities that have not experienced industrialization, the morning air is slightly fresher.

Five kilometers is Xu Hanliang's current morning running requirement, not far or close.

Half an hour later, Xu Hanliang returned home.

As soon as I pushed open the creaking wooden door, I heard a male voice from home, which was a little familiar.

"Lang Jun, you're back, Shopkeeper Sun is looking for you."

When the young lady heard the sound of the door opening, she was busy welcoming her.

Seeing Sun Chengde, Xu Hanliang was not surprised, after all, he was in his own calculations.

Sun Chengde walked in front of him and bowed his hand politely: "Early in the morning, there is some trouble, please forgive Xu Gongzi." ”

The expression on his face was a little flattering, and at first glance, he knew that he had something to ask for.

Just as Xu Hanliang thought.

The small jar of MSG he gave yesterday was not enough to fry a few dishes.

After running out of MSG, he went back to cooking the old way.

But who would have thought that those people who used to praise their own stir-fried dishes began to complain again and again.

All of them shouted that the dish was tasteless, and that the mysterious condiment should be added.

It was not easy to calm the resentment of those old customers.

However, the delicious taste has remained in the hearts of many customers.

Sun Chengde also started as a small chef back then, and with his keen sense of business, he became the second-in-command of the Red Mansion.

Naturally, I know Xu Hanliang's family heirloom seasoning, and the attraction of customers.

I was a little worried in my heart, if there were other restaurants that learned about the family heirloom seasoning and asked Xu Hanliang to buy it, it would be troublesome.

According to the popularity of the family heirloom seasoning, it may really become a heavy blow to their Red Mansion.

If you don't want to be an enemy, you have to be a friend.

Because of this, he hurried over to take advantage of the gap between the morning and the dishes to be purchased.

"Shopkeeper Sun, what are you doing?"

Xu Hanliang returned the courtesy, pretending not to know.

Sun Chengde smiled bitterly, but he didn't hide it: "I want to ask, yesterday Xu Gongzi's family legend jumped out, is there still anything in the house?" ”

"There are a few." Xu Hanliang nodded, and asked suspiciously, "Is this what Shopkeeper Sun is for?" ”

"Xu Gongzi, I can't hide it, this time, I just want to buy the secret recipe of that family heirloom."

Hearing Sun Chengde's words, Xu Hanliang pretended to be surprised.

But in his heart, he was secretly complaining about Sun Chengde's greed.

A treasure that can make money, and want to buy it out all at once? There are no doors!