In the early hours of summer, the weather in the east has just shown a faint light, and the white light erodes each other with the dark night, forming a foggy patch.

When you could still see the starlight when you looked up, the city gate had already opened, and the pedestrians outside were already lined up.

There is an old man who carries fresh vegetables on his shoulders and prepares them to supply large households; There are also street vendors who drive donkey carts and go to deliver things to Zhumen.

This time is also very busy, only the prosperity of the poor, there will be a succession of people hurriedly walking in, looking for a good place, put their goods fairly, and start the day's business journey.

"Smack"

On the lively but not so bright street, there are two donkey carts, which are relatively large compared to ordinary donkey carts, and they are covered with rags.

One in front of one and one behind him, with one hand holding a rope fastened to the donkey's body, and the other holding a whip made of willow trees, drove the donkey forward with occasional blows.

In front is an old man, coarse linen, and his face is covered with traces of time; The latter was a young man, also coarse linen, with rough skin and some dark, as if he had grown ten years more out of thin air.

If you look closely, you will find that their facial features are somewhat similar.

At this moment, the corners of their eyes are a little blurry, obviously this night is relatively busy for them, not so stable.

Before dawn, I had to come to deliver the goods, and I was a little tired.

"Phew"

The old man tugged on the rope a little harder, signaling for the donkey to stop, and in front of them was a tall and luxurious back door of the pavilion.

The old man stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Ahh

After a while, someone opened the door, and a middle-aged man smiled: "It's here so soon, have you eaten?"

"The owner wants three pigs every day, and if he wants to come to business, how can the old man delay the business of the owner; Today's three-headed pig is fat, but fatten," the old man said with a smile.

"That's good, just put them in the iron shelf in the back."

"Holo"

The old man replied, and then looked at his son: "What are you doing standing stupidly, why don't you get the cloth down quickly and drive the pig into the shelf."

The boy nodded, and then uncovered the rope and lifted the cloth, and inside was an iron shelf, and inside the shelf was a relatively fat pig.

In this era, pigs were wild animals, and they were not tall or large, just like wild boars were malnourished, and their whole body was gray-brown.

After castration, the pig began to grow meat, and its belly was slightly rounder, but compared with the pigs of later generations, it was at least half thinner.

Of course, Yunyou Restaurant has a good business, and it needs a head and a half of pigs every day, so naturally you can't wait until the pigs grow fat, and the daylilies are cold, so how can you do business.

The boy drove the three pigs down, drove them from side to side with a whip, and soon drove them into the large iron rack, and then closed the iron door.

"Old Chen, this is a tael of silver, you can take it, I won't be responsible if I lose it" The middle-aged man took out a broken silver.

"Rest assured"

Old Chen stretched out his big hand like bark and carefully took the broken silver, took out a handkerchief, opened it, and put the silver inside.

The left layer and the right layer are wrapped, it seems that this is not a tael of silver, but hope, and the support for the family to survive.

In the end, I put it into the underwear compartment on my chest, touched it with my hands, and felt a hard tower, which was relieved.

"Let's go"

The old man said hello, led the donkey and went home.

Compared with the exhaustion and vicissitudes of life when he came, he seemed relaxed and happy at the moment, and there was a glimmer of light in the corners of his eyes.

"Let's go, follow and see"

Just as they were leaving, two men appeared in the corner not far away, saw all this as real, looked at each other, and then followed.

The road in the suburbs was a little difficult to walk, so the father and son sat on the donkey cart and swayed.

Soon, a small village came into view, which was Xishui Village, named after the fact that there was a narrow stream in the village.

The people who live here make a living by plowing the fields.

The days are a little hard, but they can still live, and they are happy compared to those who don't have enough to eat.

When he got home, the old man tied the donkey rope to the wooden stake and said to his son, "Go to the backyard and pick up a big bundle of licorice, and after eating, we will go to the mountain to feed the pigs."

"Daddy, I know," the boy secured the donkey and walked towards the backyard.

Not far away, two figures hid behind trees.

One of them said: "The pigs of Yunyou Restaurant are offered by the people here"?

Another said: "It should be, but judging by their poor and sour appearance, it is estimated that the place where the pigs are raised is somewhere else; Let's wait a little while and follow the father and son, and go see."

"The shopkeeper ordered, the people in this Yunyou restaurant don't know what to do, and after finding the place, they will release all the pigs."

………………

There is a mountain in the north of Xishui Village, the mountain is not very high, there are trees, grass, and the soil is relatively wet, especially on the mountainside, there is a flat land of more than 20 zhang.

Lao Chen Tou fenced this place with wood, and raised more than 30 pigs here, some large and some small.

"Dad, slow down"

The young man's name is Ergou, and no one in the village has read any books, and the life is hard, so it is easy to support him with a cheap name, so he is called Chen Ergou.

The mountain road is a bit rugged, it is not easy to walk, and if you are not careful, you will fall on a big heel.

Chen Ergou helped his father, step by step, walking cautiously.

Halfway through, some complained: "Dad, we also have some silver in our hands now, so it's better to circle a place in front of our house and raise more pigs, so that you don't have to run so far every day."

"You know, no one wants this pig, and even beggars don't eat this meat; Dad didn't know why the owner wanted it, but Dad didn't know how long he could do it.

If we suddenly don't want it, then we won't be at a loss, and what will we eat and drink when the time comes?

Baby, you must be diligent and thrifty, not lazy," the old man said earnestly.

"Got it, Daddy"

While the two were chatting, they had already walked up the mountainside, and there was a large fence with dozens of pigs in it, some of them sleeping on the ground, and some of them had begun to forage for food.

"One, two, three...... Twenty-two, twenty-three"

The first thing you do every day is to count the number of pigs.

On this mountain, it is inevitable that wild beasts will appear.

Of course, in order to avoid this situation, Lao Chen Tou arranged a lot of thorny vines around him, which could force back those wild beasts that came to feed.

"Eat, eat"

The two spread the licorice on the ground, and then waited quietly.

When he had eaten almost enough, he left, and before leaving, he repeatedly checked that the door of the fence was closed.

Until there is no problem, then leave with peace of mind.

The two walked away, and when the figures gradually disappeared, two figures quietly appeared.

One of them said with disgust and doubt: "You said that this pig that the dog doesn't eat can really be so delicious, listen to them, eat the next bite is like ascending to the immortal."

"It must be delicious, otherwise how could the shopkeeper let us wreak havoc? Let's get it quickly, the shopkeeper has a bad temper recently, and I don't want to be scolded."

After the two chatted for a while, they opened the door of the fence and drove out the pigs inside, until there was no one, and they all ran into the deep mountains and old forests, and then they left satisfied.

…………

Wisps of colorful sunlight penetrate the layers of leaves, shine on pedestrians, and also illuminate the earth.

It was noon, and Yunyou Restaurant was already full, and business was very hot.

If you want to say that the best selling, it is naturally braised pork, which is easy to make, a big pot at a time, and it can be sold out in a moment.

For Yoyo, the happiest time of the day is when she counts the money, and she earns more money than she used to be an oiran.

The most painful time, of course, is to settle accounts every day, look at the accounts, and then turn the abacus, not a single number can be bad, for the "two-finger Zen" people, it is simply torture.

"Hey" sighed and looked sad.

"Sister Youyou, what are you sighing for?" asked Yaya curiously with wide eyes.

"This account makes my head dizzy, for fear that I will miscalculate a word, which will cause the account to be mismatched" Youyou cried with a sad face, there was nothing more terrifying to him than to settle the account.

"Why don't you let Brother Yun invite a tent man" Yaya didn't understand, tilted her head and came up with a solution.

"No, Yun Lang's life in the princess's mansion must be difficult, how can I let him worry about such a trivial matter? I don't believe it, I can't calculate the account," Yoyo said stubbornly.

At this time, a few people walked in at the door, looking at their clothes, and they were also people with heads and faces nearby.

"Excuse me, is Shopkeeper Zhang there?" someone asked.

Yoyo looked up, looked at these people, blinked, what is this for?

Then he covered the ledger and walked out: "Zhang Lao is not here, you are ......"

"I don't know what to call the girl," Wang Jingqing asked.

"My name is Yoyo, what can you tell me, when Elder Zhang comes back, I will tell him" Yoyo hesitated, but still said his identity.

"Miss You, let's not hide it, we are all restaurants nearby, and we are just a meager business, begging for food; But with the appearance of Yunyou Restaurant, the people nearby have come to you.

There are only a few people scattered in our restaurant, and we can't make ends meet, so this time we are cheeky and want to discuss with the shopkeeper Zhang to see if we can raise some prices, or open a few days less, so that we can have a bite to eat."

"yes, we've been out of business for days, and if we continue like this, we're going to have to close our doors."

"How can this be done when all these men come to you?"

These people complained one after another, in the past, their business was not very good, but they could make do with it, barely able to support their families and earn some silver.

After all, those who can go to the seven major restaurants are rich masters, and they don't look down on them at all.

But the rich are a minority after all, most of them are ordinary people, and they are definitely not willing to spend huge sums on food.

That's what keeps them grounded in the neighborhood.

But with the advent of Yunyou Restaurant, all this has changed.

It's delicious, it's cheap, and there's a lot of variety, all of which are fresh and delicacies that have never been seen before, which must be a great attraction for the people.

Just ask, a restaurant that is good at everything and the price is cheap, and a restaurant with the same price, but in comparison, which one will you choose?

Normally, they will choose Yunyou Restaurant, which has also led to the precipitous decline in the business of other restaurants, and they have been unable to make ends meet.

"I'll tell Elder Zhang about this, or you will come back in a few days" You frowned, but she didn't expect another trouble to happen.

If you don't handle it well, you will inevitably give them small shoes.