Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 788 Unlocking New Neighbors
Chen Nian ate a total of thirty dumplings in this meal, and after eating, he drank half a bowl of dumpling soup.

Now he has developed the habit of drinking noodle soup after eating noodles.

In this way, for the next period of time, Chen Nian was busy with work every day, dealing with people all day long, and his life did not change much, until one day, a new family moved in to Lingma County.

When they came, the other party happened to meet that the neighbor next door to Gao Genzhu's house wanted to sell the house and go to the capital for development.

So I bought it here directly for convenience.

There are only two new neighbors, one is a man in his early forties, and the other is in his twenties.

According to Chen Nian, the relationship between the two of them should be father and son.

However, when they live in a new place, they naturally want to visit their neighbors. On the second day after the other party moved in, they went out to buy some things and got to know the neighbors living around them.

After looking at other people's houses, they came to the noodle shop.

I saw them standing at the door of the noodle shop with a small bag of rice, looked inside, saw Chen Nian was chopping vegetables inside, and asked, "Brother, is your adult there?"

The other party didn't know Chen Nian when he first arrived, but heard from other neighbors that this noodle restaurant opened, and after seeing Chen Nian, he thought Chen Nian was a child of this family.

"Yes." Chen Nian didn't care about these addresses, and after answering a sentence, he turned his head and looked to the other side: "Brother Genzhu, someone is looking for you."

Then Gao Genzhu patted his face on his hands and walked out: "Are you looking for me?"

The man smiled when he saw Gao Genzhu: "I just moved here, and we will be neighbors in the future, so I came here to visit and get to know each other."

As he spoke, he handed over the small bag of rice in his hand.

"No, no, no." Gao Genzhu quickly refused, "Don't we know each other now? You just moved here and have a lot of things to pack, you just keep them for food."

"It's okay, there are still many opportunities for everyone to deal with each other in the future, brother, just keep it."

"Oh, okay, thank you, our family is opening a noodle shop here, if you need any help in the future, just let me know, you just moved here?"

"Well, I just came here yesterday to pack up my things, and I wanted to come out this morning to get to know the neighbors."

"That's not bad. Your yard is still very good. The household I lived in before also likes to keep clean and not waste things."

"Yeah, basically nothing needs to be moved after we move in, just add a little furniture." The man agreed, "By the way, I forgot to mention, my name is Meng Ping, and the one next to me is my son-in-law named Li Yan." , now our family is just the two of us."

"Son-in-law?" Gao Genzhu thought for a while, "What about your wife and daughter?"

Hearing this, Meng Ping sighed: "The two of them died of illness last year, and now we are the only two left in the family, but my son-in-law is very kind, and his father and mother are gone. Now Just live with me, and I always treat him as my own son."

"That's quite a pity." Gao Genzhu also sighed, "But it is said that a son-in-law is half a son, and if he gets along well, a son-in-law may be closer than a son... My name is Gao Genzhu, and the one over there is my wife. Zhang Chuanfang, I also have a son."

Having said that, Meng Ping couldn't help but look at Chen Nian.

"No, he came to us later. He is my son's savior named Chen Nian. Now he is here to open a noodle restaurant with us, but we are no different from a family now." Gao Genzhu explained, "My son I’m still studying in a private school now, and I’ll come back later.”

"Oh, so that's the case." Meng Ping realized that he had misunderstood.

"That's fine. Anyway, we will have more contacts in the future. I am a carpenter, and I plan to open a carpenter's shop here. If you want to repair a cabinet or nail a table or stool, just come to me. No money is required."

"No problem." Gao Genzhu smiled, "But you just moved here, and you probably haven't prepared all the things, so come over for a bowl of noodles at noon."

"This……"

"Don't do this and that, just come and eat when the time comes, if it's really not possible, I'll let Chen Nian deliver it to you, we live so close, you're welcome."

"Okay, then thank you brother, let's go back and clean up first, so we won't disturb your work."

"Go, come and sit often when you have time."

In this way, they exchanged pleasantries for a while and left again.

Chen Nian looked at these two people, originally they belonged to two families, since there was only one person left in each family, they lived together.

But two people together can be regarded as a support.

But Chen Nian felt that Meng Ping, a carpenter, should have good craftsmanship. He made a lot of money before, otherwise how could he buy the yard next door with all the money?

Although their side is only a county, the commerce is quite developed. In addition, it is located on an important road, and there are many foreign businessmen coming and going all day long, so this place is also very lively.

If you want to buy the yard next to it, you will have to spend dozens of taels of silver.

It was agreed before that they would come here to eat noodles, but just when the business was about to start, Gao Genzhu suddenly saw a caravan walking towards here not far away, and the other party was also an acquaintance. I always eat here when I pass by.

"I'd better make them two bowls first, or I might not be able to take care of them when I get busy." Gao Genzhu said and started to make two bowls of sliced ​​noodles.

Sure enough, after the caravan came over, it stopped directly near the Genzhu Noodle Restaurant, and then the people on it brushed the horses and packed the goods. One of the people in charge came over and asked for 35 bowls of noodles.

But at this time, Gao Genzhu also made the two bowls of noodles, took them out, put them into bowls and gave them to Zhang Chuanfang to put the toppings on, and then he started to prepare for this big business.

After Zhang Chuanfang poured the toppings, he planned to take the bowl to the next door to deliver, but Chen Nian quickly took the bowl over: "Let me go, sister-in-law, please help my brother here first."

"also."

Zhang Chuanfang didn't shirk, so he handed the bowl to Chen Nian, who took the bowl and went to the next door.

The door here was not closed, so Chen Nian walked in directly.

"Shopkeeper Meng, I've brought you noodles."

When Chen Nian came in, Meng Ping and Li Yan were sawing wood. After all, they were carpenters at home, so there was no need to find someone to do these jobs.

The tools in their hands were also brought with them when they came, and they are now planning to make a few more tables as workbenches for future work.

"Oh, little brother, what do you think you are doing this trip? We can just go and eat at that time, and you have worked so hard to bring it here."

Meng Ping was very polite. Although it was already the winter moon, no matter whether it was Meng Ping or Li Yan, they were all only wearing a single shirt, and even the sleeves were rolled up, revealing their thick and well-defined arms.

"It's okay. A caravan came over to eat noodles just now. Brother Genzhu was afraid that they would ask for too much, so he made two bowls for you in advance and asked me to deliver them."

Li Yan also walked over with a smile after hearing this: "Thank you so much, how much is the total?"

"You don't need to give money, it's all about whether you have money or not, just eat." After handing the bowl to the other party, Chen Nian said generously.

Of course, this is what Gao Genzhu meant.

"Oh, that's okay." Meng Ping said at this moment, then touched his body, took out a few copper coins, pulled Chen Nian's hand without any explanation, and put the copper coins in Chen Nian's hand inside.

Chen Nian found that the people here are really polite, and the folk customs are quite simple. Although he knows that Shanxi people love money, they will not be greedy for small gains at this time.

Sometimes I would rather give a little more than accept other people's kindness in vain.

Chen Nian originally wanted to evade, but he found that the opponent was surprisingly strong. Even if he was physically strong, he was no match for the opponent at the moment. He wanted to return the money several times, but Meng Ping grabbed his arm and wanted to If you push it any further, you won't be able to do it.

It was the first time that Chen Nian had the upper hand in politeness.

In the end, he had no choice but to accept the money.

After noon, Li Yan brought over the noodle bowls and apologized again. At this time, they were basically ready to close the stall.

"Where are you from?"

"We came from Linfen, and we planned to go there to find one of his relatives, but we only found out that the family had moved away.

And we also looked at the courtyards in Taiyuan City, which are not cheap, so we came here, because my mother-in-law is from Lingma County, and they lived here for a while before, but they only returned to Linfen later. develop over there.

So I ran here again and bought a yard for a long-term stay. "

Gao Genzhu nodded: "I'll just say, your accent is from Shanxi, but it's definitely not from our side."

"Yeah, the accents on both sides are still a bit different, but my husband and I can understand what you're saying."

"That's for sure. Your mother-in-law is from here, and she must be talking here, but why did you move away?"

"Oh, it's not easy at home. A few years ago, my father-in-law offended a rogue, and that person came here every day to make trouble, which made it difficult for us to do business.

In addition, my wife and my mother-in-law are gone, so we thought about going out and finding a place to do it. "

"It's still quite troublesome. Some rogues are like sticking to their bodies when they are provoked. He is shameless and we have to be shameless."

"Yes."

"But that little brother of your family is not from your place, is he? My accent sounds like he is from another place."

"Well, he is from Sichuan. He came to us as a buddy from the very beginning. The old man is very clever and quick to work. He has also studied and has some skills. When he first came, my son and Several children nearby were playing together, but they were tricked and kidnapped by a murderer.

The murderer lost money in business, and after kidnapping the child, he asked the government and Mr. Liu's family for money. "

"How much?"

"100 taels, gold." Gao Genzhu said.

Li Yan couldn't help being speechless: "He really dares to ask for it!"

"That's right, but Mr. Liu's family is indeed rich, so he immediately sent someone to fetch it, but when they were negotiating, Chen Nian sneaked in from the backyard wall, and when the murderer didn't pay attention, he went up and threw him It fell down and saved those children.

So we adults are very grateful to Chen Nian, now Chen Nian is like our family here. "

"It's amazing! This is both civil and military!"

"Yes, both civil and military!"

As the man spoke, he began to praise Chen Nian, which made Chen Nian, who was washing dishes beside him, feel a little embarrassed.

But the other party left after chatting here for a while.

In the next few days, Meng Ping quickly got to know the people around him, and someone even asked them to make some furniture.

And Chen Nian would take Xiao Fugui over to have a look when he had nothing to do.

The furniture at this time was basically made of wood. I saw what is called the falcon structure in the old age here. Although the ironware of this era has flowed into the folks, except for some necessities such as iron pans and shovels for cooking at home, kitchen knives, etc. In addition, other furniture is still based on wood.

It's just that although it is made of wood, after it is finished, no matter it is a cabinet, a table, or a stool, each one is strong and firm, and it does not shake at all when sitting down.

The eyes of Chen Nian and Xiao Fugui kept shining.

Most boys like this kind of thing, not to mention anything else, as far as Chen Nian and Xiao Fugui are concerned, if they don't do anything all day, it's fine to just sit here and watch these two make furniture.

After lunch today, there was nothing to do, and Chen Nian and Xiao Fugui couldn't sleep, so they went to the next door to watch them make furniture.

It's just that after they came this time, the other party mysteriously asked them to wait for a while, then entered the room, and walked over with two weapons in a short time.

This is a knife and a sword made of wood.

There are also two red cloth bags tied to the handshake, which looks extremely delicate.

"These two are for you, one for each of you."

Li Yan said with a smile.

"Brother Yan, you made this? It looks like the real thing except it's made of wood." Chen Nian said with admiration.

"Well, I'll make two gadgets for you guys. They're all leftovers anyway. Let's take them back and play with them."

"Thank you so much, I really like this." Although Chen Nian felt a little embarrassed, he really wanted these two weapons.

After speaking, he patted Xiao Fugui on the back of the head.

And Xiao Fugui understood, and bowed deeply: "Thank you, Brother Yan!"

"You're welcome, it won't take much time to do this."

Then Chen Nian asked Xiao Fugui to pick one, and Xiao Fugui picked the knife, held it in his hand and waved it twice, feeling very comfortable.

The more you play, the more fun you will have.

But looking at the sword in his hand, Chen Nian suddenly became interested in the carpenter's work.

"Brother Yan, do you have any unnecessary scraps here? Can you send me some?"

(End of this chapter)