Chapter 131
Ever since the incident with the Song family went to court, the secret ice-making recipe of the Li family had been exposed in front of the gentry. After returning to the official office, the thoughts of those big households may not have died down.
She was already prepared to be made things difficult for her today, but she didn't expect Song Ren to take the lead.
They say the enemy of an enemy is a friend.
Compared with the benefits that cannot be obtained, compared with the hatred that has been formed because of the benefits, everyone chose revenge. Jiang Wan, who was able to vent her anger on their behalf, immediately drew closer to them.
How could they bother to make things difficult for her after everyone ordered and started to eat? Everyone only hates that their belly is not big enough!
Jiang Wan didn't know how to thank Song Ren for such a beautiful and harmonious situation, so she hoped that he would come to 'Mixue Drink' to eat a bowl of honey-stuffed Yuxue balls when he was free.
The fermented glutinous glutinous rice balls with goji berries are both filling and satisfying. The formula that Dr. Su has seen may be able to replenish his body someday.
Coming out of the male guest room on the second floor, Jiang Wan already had an extra order of one hundred and thirty taels of silver.
For the female customers, Zhao Yunniang and Mrs. Yao are in charge, and many rich wives and young ladies come to the door one after another.
Even more lively is the lobby on the first floor.
Take advantage of the free air-conditioning and have a good-looking and delicious exquisite cold drink Meizizi. Even if you are hungry after noon, you can order a few cold cakes and small balls. There are everything sweet and salty. The people of Jiang County have opened the door to a new world of foodies.
What made Jiang Wan laugh and cry the most was that the snacks she racked her brains to develop seemed to be defeated by pure ice cubes in the end!
When the night fell on Linjiang County, thousands of lights and tired birds returned to their nests, "Mixue Drink" finally sent off the last customer, closed the door and closed the door.
The other waiters who had been hired had already returned home from work, and the few people who lived in the Osmanthus Courtyard were still counting the harvest of the day under the oil lamp.
"What did you sell?" Jiang Wan pulled out a large order of two hundred taels of silver, puzzled.
"Oh, this is the order for selling ice cubes. By the way, mother, I forgot to tell you that our wooden basins are not enough. When the old men left today, they all wanted a basin of ice, and there was nothing to put them in. I let them take it away with the basin."
Zhao Yunniang said casually.
There is no way to implement computerized cash registers. 'Mixue Drink' adopts the traditional manual billing sales method to enter the account. The back kitchen and the waiter make two copies, which is convenient for settlement of the waiter's commission and daily revenue statistics.
"It is better not to sell such a large amount of ice in the future." Jiang Wan was worried that the ice would not be able to be made.
Just for today's opening, not only the back of this shop has become an ice-making workshop, but even the sweet-scented osmanthus courtyard has almost no place to stay, full of pots and buckets.
But when she really saw the quantity ten and the unit price twenty on the list, she was dumbfounded.
Good guy, Zhao Yunniang sold a pot of ice for a sky-high price of twenty taels of silver!
Unprocessed ice is so valuable, and she worked so hard to come up with these tricks, including chicken wings and chicken feet, and the only difference is French fries. What is the picture?
Excluding the group of people invited by County Magistrate Zheng who spent 130 taels of silver, after the rest of the bustling day, they only had an income of more than 200 taels of silver.
This blow to Jiang Wan was too great, she was really disheartened! "Mom! Two hundred... two hundred and seventy-six taels of silver
! I, am I right?"
So excited?" Jiang Wan looked at the excited Zhao Yuniang and almost thought she was pretending to herself.
"How can it be the same?" Zhao Yuniang was quite flattered, "Buying ice in pots and pots is only done by those old men who have too much money to spend. I don't know how many times a year they can take turns, but our shop The rest of the business here is serious business."
"If you can sell more than two hundred taels every day, and there are still nearly two months left in this summer, then it will be... 13,000... Mom!" Zhao Yunniang was a little frightened by the number she calculated, and hurriedly covered her lips. mouth, looking at Jiang Wan with round eyes.
After deducting the 70% that needs to be handed over to the county and the cost of materials, they can get three or four thousand taels of silver themselves!
How could Zhao Yunniang not be surprised? At the beginning, Zhao Zhixiong, who was so big as a living person, was sold everywhere, and he only dared to offer a price of ten taels of silver. Later, he met Li Yanrui, a stunned young man, who sold her for a high price of twenty taels of silver.
Three or four thousand taels of silver, she has never dreamed of so much in her life!
"Yes, yes, not much. Our family can only earn more in the future, and I will let you count it!"
Jiang Wan just lamented that Zhao Yunniang was down-to-earth, and she seemed to be doing big things. The frightened look was so cute, I couldn't help but pat her on the head lightly.
"That's what my mother said. If you want to earn money, tell me." Zhao Yunniang didn't have any quarrel with her, and rubbed her head under her hand. That head of black hair is soft and shiny, and feels very good to the touch.
"Okay. But today I collected 606 taels of silver and handed over 70% to the yamen. The 420 taels here are not ours, so it's more serious to send them to the yamen as soon as possible." Jiang Wan arrived at this
time It also occurred to me that I had overlooked a big problem.
At the beginning, she didn't expect the daily turnover to be so huge, and she didn't agree with Zheng County Magistrate on the handover. Now more than 600 taels of silver are piled up at the cash register and already occupy most of the corner.
Leaving aside the occupation of space, she is more worried about being coveted by someone with a heart.
In case of theft, Jiang Wan would not be able to pay for such a large sum of money even with all her net worth.
But with such silver and copper coins, it weighs seventy or eighty catties! Not to mention that it's not safe to walk through the city carrying swagger all the way, the two of them alone can't carry it.
"Mom!"
"Aunt Jiang!"
Almost at the same time, Li Yanrui and Wuwei's shouts came from outside the door.
"Isn't it closed yet?" Li Yanrui just came back from evening class at the county academy.
Since the cooperation between Jiang Wan and County Magistrate Zheng was reached, she asked Li Yanrui to move back home. Who made someone covet her daughter-in-law suddenly appear in the family?
"My mother and I are about to leave. Wuwei, where is your young master?" Before Jiang Wan could speak, Zhao Yuniang had already looked out.
Mr. Su Qi has not been idle in the Osmanthus small courtyard these days. He is worthy of being a descendant of a family of genius doctors. He is very kind and warm-hearted.
"It's in the back. By the way, the opening of Mixue Drink today is not a small one. My son and I have heard people mention it outside!" Wuwei looked at the back kitchen eagerly.
It's a pity that he had to follow the young master's side, and missed the excitement and the big blessings.
Wuwei is only a child of thirteen or fourteen years old. Although he is more than a year older than Li Yanping, he is much shorter in stature. Jiang Wan always feels that he is eating vegetarian with Mr. Su Qi to make him hungry.
Immediately, he brought out a food box that he had prepared to take back early in the morning. "Here!"
"I knew Aunt Jiang was the best!"
Wuwei looked at the food box, like a cat smelling fishy, with his eyes wide open.
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All soft and cute things can make people's hearts soft.
Looking at Wuwei, Jiang Wan naturally thought of her own family in Liuzhen, Li Cui, Li Yanping, Li Yanzong, Jiang Mei, and Brother Yu who hadn't even learned to call her grandma.
In fact, it was only a month since she left Liu Town.
So, is it really the ass that decides the head? It turns out that I have really been assimilated by the identity of grandma and mother?
Jiang Wan looked at the group of children in front of her, secretly terrified.
Speaking of which, I am still an unmarried young man...
"Are these going to be sent to the Yamen?" The cold voice quickly brought back Jiang Wan's increasingly divergent thinking, and when she came back to her senses, she saw that Mr. Su Qi had already stood in front of her, all dressed in clothes. The spotless appearance in white clothes seems to be isolated and independent, which is in stark contrast to the children who are playing around and fighting for food.
"Yes, I'm worrying." Jiang Wan glared at Li Yanrui, who would only be silly at Zhao Yunniang, and then looked at the outstanding children of other people's families. What a discerning child, she seemed to have eaten a whole lemon It seems sour.
But this outstanding child from other people's family appeared at the right time.
Although Jiang Wan didn't witness Su Qigong rescue Zhao Yunniang like a gust of wind that day in the yamen court, but these days he was also fortunate to see him doing morning exercises in the small courtyard.
He practiced very well, with an elegant and good-looking figure. Obviously, he did not learn the same way as Li Yanping, the third child, but there is no doubt that he has kung fu, and he is very good at kung fu!
"I don't know if Mr. Su can go with us all the way?" It would be a waste of money to have such a powerful bodyguard without it, which doesn't match Jiang Wan's character.
People don't talk harshly much, and they are talking about people like Mr. Su.
Without saying a word, he picked up the more than 400 taels of silver that Jiang Wan had sorted out and was about to hand over to County Magistrate Zheng with one hand!
"Let's go."
Jiang Wan: "..."
At this time in the back house of the county government, County Magistrate Zheng was like a donkey pulling a mill, turning around in circles, his heart was so hot that he couldn't calm down at all.
He accepted Jiang Wan's surrender at first, but with the attitude of trying it out.
I really didn't expect Jiang Wan, a peasant woman, to create such a unique "Mixue Drink", let alone a piece of ice that can make so many tricks, which gave me such a big surprise.
Today is the first day of business, and the name of "Mixue Drink" immediately caused a sensation in the whole city.
According to his observations, today's running water alone may cost hundreds of taels of silver.
Thinking that he doesn't need to do anything, 70% of the money belongs to him, so how can he sit still?
After studying hard for most of his life, he finally became the county magistrate of the seventh rank. In these years, he has made no achievements in this position. Every year, he only has a salary of sixty taels of silver from the imperial court, plus twenty shi of Lumi.
The sum of the annual income is not enough for Jiang's income in one day!
"Master, why don't you rest? You've been tired all day." The old servant has never seen County Magistrate Zheng so anxious.
But yes, after enjoying the refreshing comfort of 'Mixue Drink', even if the heat at night is slightly reduced, it becomes unbearable.
Although the old servant doesn't understand the principle of "it's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal", he has the most real feeling.
"If we also get a few big ice cubes like the ones in the Mi Xueyin shop, we won't be afraid of a sad night." When the old servant said this, his face was full of fascination.
"That's impossible!" County magistrate Zheng immediately warned.
The resolute attitude is not only a warning to the old servant, but also a warning to himself.
Now those icy cold ice, but his cash cow!
Good steel should be used on the blade, and good ice can only be used to make money. Even if the person enjoying it is himself.
He has seen the scene of Mi Xueyin making ice with his own eyes. Although he can't see any tricks, he also knows that it is not easy to get a piece of ice.
If he squanders one yuan here, he will lose one yuan to make money. In this way, it seems that the heat is not unbearable.
"Why don't you come? Ordinarily, shouldn't the income from Mi Xueyin be sent to me today?" Although I could already
predict that today's income will be a lot of money, I didn't receive the real money into my pocket for a moment, and I never I can't stand up.
"Ouch! Master, it's getting dark today, why don't you send someone to meet you?" The old servant's disappointment was only momentary when his desire to use the ice fell through, but his good professional ethics cheered him up immediately.
"Welcome, hurry up and greet!" County magistrate Zheng also came to his senses at this time, and hurried to the front yard.
As soon as this side came to the front yard, there was a knock on the corner door of the yamen.
Looking at the heavy silver bag, magistrate Zheng almost reached out to pick it up and count it, but seeing who was handing it over, he hurriedly and reservedly called someone to put it into the warehouse and keep the accounts.
"Mr. Su, it's really wrong for you to work so hard at night. It's my negligence!" "
I heard that Mr. Su is busy working for the people of this county these days. I'm really sorry..." County
magistrate Zheng said on the sidelines. Holding on to Su Qi and wanting to continue to make friends, while her eyes seemed to be glued to the money bag, it was a bit funny, Jiang Wan took the children and hurried back to handover with the staff in charge of the yamen's accounting.
...
Feng Zhenhe and the Yao family sisters were the last ones to leave in 'Mi Xue Yin'.
Jiang Wan and Su Qi took Li Yanrui, Zhao Yuniang and Wuwei to the county government to deliver money, and the job of cleaning up the house fell to them.
"Let's see if there is a tight place." Several people were about to leave, but Mrs. Yao was still worried, so she circled the shop again.
She didn't feel at ease until she clearly confirmed that the fire was extinguished, the door was closed tightly, and there were no omissions.
Although Mrs. Yao has been married before, she is actually just a young girl under the age of twenty.
But too many hardships in life oppressed her so early that she was not qualified to fantasize and dream, and she was always dull and inarticulate.
But she is a serious and down-to-earth person. Jiang Wan knew her temperament long ago, so she was relieved to assign her the final job of cleaning up the house.
"Your sister, it's so true. I checked everything before I went out. How could there be any omissions?" Feng Zhen just said casually while waiting for someone, just waiting to pass the time with Yao Chunhua.
"Aunt Jiang is a good person." She didn't expect to wait for any reply, but Miss Yao, who seldom even raised her head, said this time with a serious look on his face.
Good people deserve no accidents!
This is her simplest idea.
"Yes, yes, we should be more careful." Feng Zhen rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly, "Otherwise, I would be sorry for Aunt Jiang's kindness." When it comes to being favored by Aunt Jiang, he is no better than
Yao There are few sisters in the family, on the contrary, I am a little carried away these days and don't think well.
"Let me do the job of closing the shop from now on." The three of them were about to leave after discussion.
"Master Yao! Are your wings really stiff? Why, you didn't even go home?" Suddenly, a vicious old woman rushed out from the night.
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Just hearing this voice, Lady Yao trembled in fright.
When the old woman stretched out her sharp claws towards her, she even forgot her instinct to avoid it.
Could it be that the nightmare came to her again because of the darkness?
"Hey! Who are you and what do you want to do?" Feng Zhen stood in front of the trembling sisters without hesitation, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he easily grabbed the paw that the old woman was scratching towards Mrs. Yao.
He was secretly startled.
This old woman's mind is really vicious! These hands were fast and ruthless, and they were directed at Lady Yao's face. If he hadn't blocked it in time, his face would have been scratched by now.
"Ouch, ouch, I've been beaten to death! I've been beaten to death! The little whore is going to kill me, an eyesore old woman, shamelessly looking for her concubine!" The old woman's harsh
voice was very high-pitched, echoing in the quiet street. It was horrifying, and many people immediately came out to look at it.
In fact, after Feng Zhen grabbed the old woman's hand, he immediately flung it away, and even pushed her away several steps, but the old woman quickly entangled him again, hugged his arm tightly, and specially made Give the illusion that she is being beaten.
"Hey, don't talk nonsense, okay! We just came home from work, what do you want to do when you suddenly come out?" Feng Zhen didn't expect that one day he would be touched by someone, and he was caught off guard.
"Listen, everyone, come and listen, they're all called 'we', this little whore doesn't obey women's morals, and won't go home after secretly hooking up with someone!" "Your place has never been our home! You
bully People!" Lady Yao was so angry that she could only wipe her tears away, but Yao Chunhua was filled with resentment.
She had always been worried that Mrs. Zhang would appear suddenly one day, but she never expected that she would find her so soon.
Yao Chunhua still firmly remembers what Aunt Jiang once said, don’t be afraid when you meet wicked people, most of them bully the weak and fear the hard, the more scared you are, the more he will bully you, the only way to fight back is to let him know that you are not easy to bully Talented people will do.
It's a pity that she is too young after all, she only knows that Mrs. Zhang is a bully, but she can't say one, two, three. She stood firmly in front of her sister, her face was flushed red, and her chest was bulging with anger.
At this moment, she was extremely eager to have the ability and courage of Aunt Jiang's family. When the Song family's affairs were full of turmoil, and Yunniang's sister-in-law went to court, they could come out safely.
"Oh, so you are Mrs. Zhang, and you came just in time. Since these two sisters belong to your family, return the money you owe me for the medicine!" Feng Zhen quickly guessed from Yao Chunhua's reaction. who.
I don't panic when I have a bottom in my heart.
"You may not know this. At the beginning, this old woman didn't spend any money, so she tricked Mrs. Yao to go back to celebrate her son who was dying of illness, but her son died that day, and this old woman became ill-intentioned. She tried to find a way to let the two orphaned sisters whose parents both died earn money for her to support the family." "
A few days ago she broke her sister's leg, and then she threw her sister on a stone by herself. The blood flowed all over the ground and she almost died. The old woman thought she had killed someone and ran away in fright, and I passed by the doctor who paid money for it because I couldn't bear it."
Feng Zhen explained to the people who came around in twos and threes.
"Although the two of them have nothing to do with your family, it's okay if you insist on admitting it. At least you have to return the money I hired Lang Zhonghua." Feng Zhen spread his hands at Mrs. Zhang and asked her for the money directly, "Not much, not
much It’s only four and a half silver to save two lives.”
“I don’t think you are someone who can afford it, or if you don’t do it to the end, you just need to pay me back the four taels?” Feng Zhen looked at Mrs. Zhang and deliberately taunted her.
Mrs. Zhang was pestering Feng Zhen that he was beating someone, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen, and she was immediately taken aback.
With this dazed effort, Feng Zhen escaped from her confinement.
"Hurry up if you want to pay back the money, it's late at night, and you have to go to work tomorrow!"
"You goddamn, why don't you go grab it? Such two cheap lives are worth four taels of silver?" Mrs. Zhang rolled her eyes and was about to renege on the debt, "Besides, it's none of my business for you to spend it on whom?
"You don't believe in going to the medical clinic to inquire about it. At that time, the person was beaten to the point of death by you. The doctor in the medical clinic took a lot of effort and spent a lot of precious medicinal materials to save his life. All of them can be accounted for. " Check it out, why am I lying to you?"
"Listen, everyone, it's only a matter of time, and you turn your face and deny people! Didn't you just keep claiming that these two girls belong to your family?"
In fact, Feng Zhen didn't need to. No matter what to say, the bystanders began to talk about it. "I didn't spend a penny, and this marriage didn't work out. What do
these two girls have to do with her family
?
"
Her eyes kept glancing towards the dark place, but unfortunately no one rescued her.
"Who told you that this whore has nothing to do with my family? She was born as a member of my Zhang family, and died as a ghost of my Zhang family. She has been the wife of my third son since early in the morning." Mrs. Zhang looked at Feng Zhen provocatively, and
she I want to see if this whore has become a broken shoe, and see if this man wants to!
Her calculations have always been excellent.
Before, she thought she had accidentally dropped Yao Chunhua to death, so she ran away in a hurry. Later, she never heard from the sisters of the Yao family, and no one from the yamen came to the door. She was really lucky once.
Lady Yao injured her legs and feet. Although she was able to move after treatment, Jiang Wan insisted on not letting her go out on the grounds that her muscles and bones had been injured for a hundred days.
This child is quite wary of the Zhang family, and has never shown his face in front of the Zhang family.
Although Mrs. Zhang is still reluctant to part with these two free laborers, she will be gone if they are gone. Of course, her life has become more and more difficult in the past month.
But today's opening of 'Mixue Drink' shocked everyone in the city, and Zhang's family was no exception.
Most people don't have money to enter the store to spend, but they don't hinder the onlookers.
The third child of the Zhang family recognized Mrs. Yao immediately, and the mother and son made a secret plan when they returned home. They planned to stop the sisters on the way and take them back to the Zhang family while the 'Mixue Drink' was over. go.
They have heard that this 'Mixue Drink' is a shop run by the yamen government, even if you lend them ten guts, they dare not enter the shop to arrest people.
But they also heard that the waiters here are paid two taels of silver every month!
Thinking about the loss of Mrs. Yao's source of income, the only remaining mother and son in Zhang's family are struggling to live. When they hear the two taels of silver a month, their hearts burn like fire.
What's more, Zhang's mother and son are too lazy to work. In the past, Mrs. Yao worked as a helper and didn't save a lot of money. Seeing that Zhang's third child is also at the age of marrying a wife, but even the matchmaker doesn't come to the door, he can't help but move his mind.
Especially seeing Mrs. Yao again this time, not only did her legs and feet become easier, but she also seemed to wake up a lot, making Zhang Laosan's eyes turn red.
Unexpectedly, they waited until it was dark.
Zhang's mother and son were rejoicing that the timing was just right, but they didn't expect that the man next to their sisters would point to them to collect debts!
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Mrs. Zhang came here for Mrs. Yao's wages and people, not to pay off her debts!
Originally, she had made up her mind that she would come forward to scare the two sisters first, and then the third child would drag them back, and wait for the raw rice to be cooked. At that time, Mrs. Yao will be from her family,' Mi Xueyin 'The wages are also her family's.
Mrs. Zhang has already fantasized in her mind how she will brag to her neighbors in the future. After all, their family is also related to the government from now on.
Hmph, those who raise daughters who have eyes on their foreheads and ignore their third son, let them regret it!
"You! You're going to die!"
Mrs. Zhang was planning to wait for the man in front of her to retreat, so she could ask her third son to drag him over. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yao, who used to be like a face, suddenly went crazy.
With red eyes, she shot out like a cannonball. She was determined to die with this wicked woman who ruined her reputation.
In the past, living on the streets without a fixed place, it was fine to have nothing to eat, but now it is different. Not only do she and her younger sister have a rich source of income, but they also have a status that can be obtained, and they are no longer just doing whatever they want. An orphan who was bullied by others.
She has been like this all her life, no matter how bullied she is, it doesn't matter, but she must not ruin her reputation and hurt her sister!
My sister is still so young, her good life has just begun, and she can marry decently in the future. If Mrs. Zhang is allowed to smear her relationship with Zhang Laosan, after her reputation of being a bad street spreads, how will others talk about her sister Chunhua?
Lady Yao swallowed her anger because she wanted something from the Zhang family, but it doesn't mean that she is a lump of ooze.
At this moment, he completely showed the ferocity he had when he was fighting for food with the vicious dogs when he was a child, and threw himself on Mrs. Zhang, straddled her body with one foot, and slapped her mouth angrily.
"I'll call you nonsense! I'll call you nonsense..."
Mrs. Zhang, who was smug and arrogant just now, was pinned down by Mrs. Yao on the ground and smacked her mouth.
Everyone was startled by this sudden change and didn't react at all.
Feng Zhen was also taken aback, he didn't expect Mrs. Yao, who is usually the softest and gentlest, to be so tough!
But soon he was relieved, and even faintly felt a sense of pleasure that let out a bad breath.
Just now he had to take into account that the other party was an old woman, and she didn't dare to be cruel when she was caught. Have you met a ruthless person now?
Clay figurines have a three-pointed earthy temperament. Is this the case of Mrs. Yao who was pushed into a hurry?
But he didn't think it was bad, on the contrary, he was a little thoughtful. If I had the courage of Mrs. Yao when I was bullied by my stepmother and younger brother, would I be able to keep the job of delivering official documents in the yamen?
But then he shook his head again.
If it weren't for what they did, he wouldn't have taken refuge in Aunt Jiang, let alone the good life he has today.
Thinking that in addition to receiving a salary of two taels of silver per month, there is also a commission, Feng Zhen still feels that today's life is more exciting.
...
Feng Zhen and the people around him waited for Mrs. Yao to get tired from the beatings before they stepped forward to start a fight. Not only did Mrs. Zhang not get half a cent, but she was beaten so badly that her nose was blue and her face was swollen. leave.
Mrs. Yao is not as strong as Mrs. Zhang's Kong Wu, and she rushed up all in one breath. When Mrs. Zhang left, she was also exhausted. She was crumbling with the support of her sister Yao Chunhua, and she was almost cured by Master Su's plaster just now. Legs are a little sore.
But she didn't regret it at all, and looked at her sister Yao Chunhua and let out a long sigh of relief.
Her back straightened up unconsciously, the amount of exercise just now was too much, her face was soaked with sweat, she raised her hand and brushed the loose hair behind her ears, and saluted Feng Zhenfu, "Thank you Brother Feng for helping our sisters again! "
You're welcome! Aren't we all a family?" Feng Zhen raised his head and happened to meet Lady Yao's eyes.
His eyes are so clear that they can reflect his figure, they are big and round, his face is not covered by his hair and his features are clear, he is completely different from his usual hunched back and not looking straight at others!
Realizing that there seemed to be some ambiguity in what he blurted out, he hurriedly explained: "Aunt Jiang always said that we are all one family, and a family does not need to speak two different languages." "Let's go back quickly, I wonder if Aunt Jiang and the others are home?
Otherwise It's time to worry about us." Feng Zhen always felt that he had explained it, but he didn't seem to understand it, and his ears were a little hot.
On a windy summer evening, the three of them were walking home, all they had in their hearts were happy things.
Thousands of lights are bright, and some are happy and some are sad.
Every family has a hard-to-recite scripture, and the other family, which is in stark contrast to this group of three, is also located in Ximen Alley, only two families away from the Osmanthus Courtyard.
"Bao, why didn't you go to work today?" Feng Baoniang asked softly after putting a chicken leg into Feng Bao's bowl.
"Why, why? Haven't you gone somewhere to be lazy again!" Feng Datou, who is the head of the family at the dinner table, stared at the chicken leg, took the pot from his mouth in displeasure, and put it on the side of the pot. Knocked on. "How did you guarantee it at the beginning? Did you promise to be a good errand?"
"What are you doing so loudly? Scaring the children!" Feng Baoniang was a completely different person at this time, her voice was rough and anxious, and she was full of dissatisfaction with Feng Datou. Yue roared, "It's not that you're incompetent! Which one was the job you agreed on?"
"Yes!" Feng Bao tore off a large piece of meat fiercely, chewed it with his mouth full, and glanced at his father. He said nonchalantly: "I said at the beginning that I would work hard as an errand, but I am not a handyman now!"
Feng Bao was annoyed when he thought about it.
When his elder brother Feng Zhen was working in the Yamen, he was only responsible for delivering official documents. There was also a special free carriage, and he could go wherever he wanted, which was very beautiful. Wasn't he just arguing to go because of this prestige?
Unexpectedly, he was only asked to send it once, and when he came back, the boss excused that he had sent the wrong official document and relieved his errands. Now in the yamen, besides serving tea and water, cleaning and cleaning, he also had to listen to everyone's errands. People sent him on top, busy like a dog, who can bear it?
He had known for a long time that the chief of the yamen servants got close to Feng Zhen because he didn't like him.
Official documents are all sealed, and he can't read, so he will give him whatever they give him. How can he be blamed if he sends it wrong? It was clearly a frame for him!
"I told you to give our boss more presents, you are always reluctant."
Feng Bao was already strong, and he stood up abruptly, like an iron tower in front of Feng Datou, his eyes widened. It was about the size of a copper bell, "You still say you are not partial! Why did people treat Feng Zhen so well when he was here? It's not because you used money behind your back!"
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Feng Datou's aura of admonishing his son just now disappeared, and he immediately picked up his chopsticks, "Eat, eat! How can there be such a thing." "It's not like you don't know
our family's wealth, how can we have the money?" He said It was directed at Feng Baoniang.
"Bah~ Don't always try to teach me a lesson if you don't have the skills." Feng Baoniang didn't give Feng Datou any good looks, and when she turned her head to talk to Feng Bao, she directly put on a spring face, "Bao, No matter what, I still have to go on the job, the yamen sent a letter today, if I miss work again, I'm afraid I won't be guaranteed the job." "Hmph, if you don't get guaranteed, you won't be guaranteed,
who wants to do the job of serving people!" Feng Bao He had already been comforted by his mother and sat down, took a sip, and half of the porridge in the bowl was missing, but he didn't care about it.
"Hey~ You can't say that! You are on a job in the yamen, even if you are serving someone, it depends on who you are! Be more active, maybe one day you will fall into the favor of the magistrate of the county?"
" You will be the boss someday if you don't keep it all together, right?" Feng Baoniang was persuasive and patient, and only hoped that her son would be more peaceful.
A few days ago, she had entrusted a matchmaker, and as long as her Bao'er's marriage was completed, she would have no objection to how to make troubles in the future.
"Who is the county magistrate? Anyone who wants to see him can see him? Besides, being the boss is not very interesting, isn't it the same as seeing the sky so busy that you don't touch the ground? You are exhausted in the yamen every day. In this hot day, sweat It's like falling into the water, it's boring."
"Then what can we do? Isn't everyone like this?" Feng Baoniang's persuasion was ineffective, and she was secretly worried.
Today, the yamen issued an ultimatum, and if you don't go to work tomorrow, you will be dismissed!
"It's not impossible." Feng Bao squinted at Feng Datou, "Now Feng Zhen's job is very suitable for me." "
You can go and talk to him tomorrow, and I will change jobs with him."
"What?" Feng Datou couldn't believe his ears, turned his head and stared at Feng Bao again.
Feng Bao: "I said I gave him back the errand that he regarded as a treasure. He has nothing to say this time, right?" "Impossible,
impossible!" In that case, it's not like you don't know, he said that he has nothing to do with us and signed the divorce letter, how could he still listen to me?" "So what if you signed it
? Are you still his father?" Feng Bao didn't Opened the mouth, but Feng Baoniang couldn't help it, "Besides, it was for this errand at the beginning. If my Bao'er kindly returns it to him now, wouldn't it be indebted to him? It's too late for him to be happy. How do you know if you haven't tried?" Can’t you?”
Feng Baoniang was already smiling, “My Bao’er is still smart! Why didn’t you think of it?”
Feng Zhen’s damn boy didn’t know what kind of shit luck he had, so he came out of the yamen and returned to the yamen went. And this time, the government-run "Mixue Drink" not only has a frighteningly high salary, but also only needs to stay in a cold shop all day long.
I heard that the food sold in that shop makes my mouth water just by smelling it. It's just right for her Baoer to go!
Her Bao'er refused to go on errands again, but it was just too tired. As long as he changed back with that kid Feng Zhen, he would be able to calm down, continue to do errands in a peaceful manner, marry another wife, let When she hugged her grandson, her life would be complete.
The more Feng Baoniang thought about it, the more beautiful she became. If it wasn't dark outside, she immediately wanted to drive Feng Datou out to find Feng Zhen.
"I'm afraid...it's really not good." Feng Datou is not so optimistic. The cold gaze that was like ice knives when Feng Zhen signed the letter with him last time can't help shivering now thinking about it.
The way he looked at him at that time was colder than looking at a stranger. Presumably, he really wouldn't recognize him as a father.
"It's a government-run business there. I went... What good fruit can I get?" Thinking of the government-run business, Feng Datou only felt that his calves were starting to cramp.
The last time I signed a letter of proficiency with Feng Zhen, I went back to the court. At that time, I hadn't seen the magistrate, but the way the master looked at him was enough to make people frightened.
"It's not that you are asked to find trouble in the shop, you just need to go..." Feng Bao suddenly became clever, and put his mouth into Feng Datou's ear and whispered, even his mother didn't tell the truth.
"Is this really possible?" Feng Datou was still worried after hearing this.
"How do you know it won't work? Are you going or not? If you don't go, I won't give you a pension. Go find your promising son!"
Seeing that Feng Bao was going to get angry, Feng Datou immediately froze, "I'll try it! It's just that I don't dare to guarantee whether it will be successful..."
Apart from Feng Datou's family, in fact, in the entire Linjiang County, how many families are not talking about the novelty of 'Mixue Drink' tonight? In an era without television, computers, and mobile phone networks, no small and new things that happened could escape the raging fire of gossip from the common people in the market.
Only the people in the sweet-scented osmanthus yard followed the routine as usual, doing what they should do, and fell asleep immediately after tidying up the yard in an orderly manner.
A full day of high-intensity labor is not as easy as outsiders may see.
Not to mention so many orders, each table is changed like flowing water, and the orders are flying back and forth between the waiting room and the back kitchen like snowflakes. Just this whole day, everyone is worried about making any mistakes, which is enough to make people feel uncomfortable. I'm exhausted.
Not to mention working in a food shop as Feng Bao imagined, where he could get whatever he wanted. Each of them has been trained in advance and must strictly abide by various disciplines.
But no matter whether they are tired or disciplined, everyone has no complaints, but is full of confidence.
On the first day of its opening, the name of 'Mixue Drink' became very popular in Linjiang County. People who can work in it, even if they are just waiters, are extremely jealous.
In the early morning of the next day, "Mixue Drink", which had been quiet all night, opened again facing the morning sun.
All kinds of novelty things have been fermented overnight, and their reputation has risen to a higher level. When Jiang Wan and others arrived, Qiqi was frightened by the people surrounding the store.
If it weren't for Feng Zhen to clear the way, Jiang Wan would not be able to squeeze in with just a few girls!
"Aunt Jiang, Aunt Jiang!" The ice in the shop had just been put on the table, and before Jiang Wan could catch her breath, she saw Brother Jiang from the yamen rushing in.
This is the one who later took over Feng Zhen's errand, and was responsible for sending official documents from the county to the towns below. Since Jiang Wan came to Linjiang County by phone, he passed most of the news about Liu Zhen's family.
"Brother Jiang?" Usually Jiang Wan had a lot of dealings with him, but seeing him sweating profusely today, she suddenly felt a little panicked for no reason.
"Not good, not good! Your brother Yanzong asked me to send a message, saying that the younger sister is missing!" Jiang Xiaoge took the water Jiang Wan handed over, but didn't bother to take a sip first, until he was in a hurry. When the words came, he raised his head and poured down a large bowl of ice water in one breath.
"My little sister is gone?" Jiang Wan was still a little dazed, but Zhao Yunniang happened to pass by, and when she heard what Brother Jiang said, she was so shocked that the tray in her hand fell to the ground, "How could my little sister disappear!"