Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1006 Tofu Shop

After blowing the wind in the fields and watching the scenery for a while, Dingniang walked back to the village. I just entered the village and met Saburo who was returning from school.

Ding Niang stopped Sanlang and said, "Sanlang, how many more days do you have to study in school? Can you still make progress at such an age?"

Sanlang said: "To be fair to my sister-in-law, as long as older students can learn it, it is easy to learn those elementary school textbooks."

Ding Niang laughed when she heard this and said, "Then how many more years do you plan to study in the hall?"

Saburo said: "This summer is almost over. I heard that the school will have exams in the next few years, and you will graduate if you pass. I'd better come out early."

Primary school, middle school, university, graduate school, graduation, completion, and dropout, this series of systems are all related to and supporting universal education. With the development of industry and commerce under Wang Xiaolie's rule, there was an urgent need for a large number of industrial workers, and it was imperative to carry out certain popular education.

In the initial stage of universal education, children do not need to teach too much content. They only need to have literacy and certain mathematical knowledge. Our current popular education involves politics, economy, culture and many other aspects, and many of them are not necessary. In the initial stage of popular education, there is no need to add too much ideology. First, ideological struggle did not appear, and second, it was not consistent with society.

After hearing this, the bride tried to ask Sanlang: "Sanlang, you are not young anymore. Have you ever thought about when to get married?"

Sanlang was startled after hearing this and said: "Sister-in-law, I am still young and my career has not yet been accomplished. How can I dare to think about that?"

Ding Niang sighed and said: "Even if you don't want to, your parents do too. Let me tell you, this morning, when I went to my parents' room to say hello, they wanted to get married for you. I said first I’m asking for your opinion, but daddy isn’t happy yet.”

After hearing this, Sanlang was quietly in a trance. After a while, he said: "Who is the family we are getting married to? Do I know them?"

Ding Niang said: "He is a member of the Communist Party of China near Dengzhou. His family owns six to seven hundred acres of land and has opened a tofu shop in the city. He is very well off. His daughter is seventeen years old, which is the age for marriage. .”

Sanlang said: "I wonder what kind of person his daughter is."

Dingniang smiled and said: "Now in Luoyang City, if a man and a woman want to get married, they must meet each other first, which is called a blind date. We don't have this custom in the countryside yet, and this is very bad. After getting married, you have to live a lifetime. , how can we not meet each other? Sanlang, I want you to meet this young lady first, see if she can fall in your eyes, and she will also look at you. If you two are in love, then It’s done.”

During the Song Dynasty, blind dates were already popular in big cities such as Kaifeng and Luoyang, but it had nothing to do with Wang Xiaolie. Under normal circumstances, as long as the matchmaker doesn't do evil things, the success rate of a successful blind date is still very high. They are all ordinary people, with ordinary looks, ordinary conversation, and ordinary manners. Ordinary people have no unrealistic illusions and are basically satisfied at first sight. People who disagree with each other on a blind date will be considered strange as long as there is no special reason.

After hearing Ding Niang's words, San Lang nodded silently.

Ding Niang said: "I'll figure out how you want to meet. Remember, don't tell your parents. They don't treat you like your elder brother."

Saburo smiled bitterly and said: "How can I compare with my eldest brother? I have been a soldier for several years and have achieved unified status. Most people can't compare."

After saying goodbye to Saburo, Ding Niang returned to her residence. After putting the child to sleep, I was thinking about how to meet Saburo and the little lady. After much deliberation, I wanted to go to Zhoucheng first and meet with the family.

The next day, Ding Niang asked to go to Zhoucheng to deal with the issue of Zhang Chi sending his salary back, so she took Saburo to Zhoucheng with her.

After staying at the Hongchen Inn under Xuanfu Division, Dingniang said to Sanlang, "I'm sorry for delaying your time to enter the school for a few days."

Sanlang smiled and said: "Sister-in-law is doing it for my own good, so what can I say to you? But staying in this inn is something I never dared to think about before."

Ding Niang looked around and said, "Of course you have to stay in an inn when you come out. Is there anything strange about it?"

Sanlang said: "We don't dare to stay in such a high-end inn when we come out. The inns we stay in don't care about food. If you want to eat, you have to either ask for firewood from the store to make a fire or go out to eat. The room you live in, even if It's a single room, just a bed, a table and a stool. It's not like this inn, it has everything."

Ding Niang smiled and took Saburo back to the room. Zhang Yan is worried about money, so when he comes to stay in inns, he always chooses cheap ones. Although Hongchen Inn is not a first-class inn, it has everything you need, and Zhang Yan cannot stay there. One or two hundred cents a day, what can't be done?

After everything was cleaned up, Ding Niang said: "Let's go and have a look at the tofu shop."

Seeing that Sanlang looked a little embarrassed, Ding Niang smiled and said: "What, you are still a little embarrassed now that things have come to an end?"

"No." Saburo straightened his back and forced himself to calm down.

Dengzhou is located in Rangxian County, and Dengzhou City is the seat of Rangxian County. As a large state, Dengzhou City is bustling with people and extremely lively.

After passing Fuqian Street and turning to a smaller street, there is a Hejia Tofu Shop, which is doing a particularly prosperous business.

Although tofu is said to have been born in the Han Dynasty, it was not until the Song Dynasty that it entered the homes of ordinary people. Nowadays, the method of making tofu has not been widely spread. Tofu is of high quality and low price, and is deeply loved by the people. The business of tofu shops is particularly booming.

Dingniang and Sanlang entered the tofu shop and saw a few boys selling goods, and a middle-aged woman from the host's family watching there.

Ding Niang said to San Lang: "Look at that woman, she must be from Miss He's brother's family. She is very capable of taking care of the shop."

After saying that, he stood aside with Saburo and watched the woman take care of business.

When Dingniang and Sanlang first came in, the woman noticed them. The two of them were neatly dressed, and judging from the bride's decoration, although it was not extravagant, it was extremely elegant. Such people will not go to the store to buy tofu in person.

After watching for a while, the woman saw that the business in the store had become colder, so she walked up to Ding Niang and San Lang and said, "Sisters and sisters, are you here to buy tofu? I've been watching you over there for a long time, just standing here. "

Ding Niang said: "No. My sister-in-law is talking."

The woman was full of suspicion and followed Ding Niang to the side.

Ding Niang said: "We are from Zhang Yuanwai's family in Zhangcun Town. We heard that the two families are getting married, so we came here to have a look."

Hearing that she was from the Zhang family, the woman was busy and said with a smile on her face: "Why don't you tell your family that you are coming so that they can go and greet you? My husband is making tofu in the shop. You wait a moment, I will call him. come out."

Ding Niang said: "No need. Today, I came here to let two young people who want to get married meet, commonly known as a blind date. See if you are satisfied or not."

The woman glanced at Saburo and whispered: "Is that the young man who wants to get married?"

Ding Niang nodded: "Exactly."

The woman looked Sanlang up and down and said: "Looking at how well-groomed the young man is, no wonder he wants to go on a blind date. Don't worry, my little lady is so charming and charming, he will definitely fall in love with her at first sight."

Ding Niang said: "It's better to see it."

The woman lowered her head and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine. I'll discuss it with my husband and then make a decision. How about that?"

Ding Niang said: "We will stay at the Hongchen Inn in the city. If you have agreed, come and let us know."

(End of this chapter)