Beloved Concubine

Chapter 21

The stewed pork in the cauldron is ready.Chunhong fished out the meat, put it aside to cool down, and then cut it into small pieces.

Looking at the tempting braised pork, Wu Baozhu swallowed.

"How much do you earn a month?" Wu Baozhu asked.

"No wages."

"No wages?" Wu Baozhu thought it was impossible.

"I almost died back then, but my boss saved me."

At this time, another guest came, Chunhong hot rice noodles.

After she finished working for a while, Wu Baozhu said:

"Go back and see your parents, they are about to be forced to death by the Ruan family."

It has been almost a month since Chunhong escaped from marriage, and she has never been back, nor has anyone sent a message.

"Why did the Ruan family force you?"

"The Ruan family wants your family to take your little sister, or else they will pay you 20 taels of silver."

"My little sister?" Chunhong was surprised.Her sister is only nine years old.

"Your mother hid your little sister elsewhere. The Ruan family guarded your house every day asking for money. Your mother was almost dragged to Ruan's village."

Chunhong was silent.

Her parents are duty-bound people who have stayed in the mountains all their lives and have never seen the market.

Before meeting Fang Yu and Chen Xiao, Chunhong's vision was only on the hillside of the village.Although she yearned for the county seat, in her opinion at that time, the county seat was unattainable.

20 taels of silver... In the past, she would think it was a huge amount, but now...

"Go back and send a message to my parents and tell them I'm here."

"it is good."

Wu Baozhu nodded.Even if Chunhong didn't say anything, she would tell the Hu family and the Ruan family that Chunhong was in the county.

At this time, another guest came, and Chunhong began to get busy.

Seeing that there was no free food, Wu Baozhu said goodbye to her.

After the people left, Xiaoshitou asked Chunhong:

"Is that person your friend?"

"No."

Chunhong's tone was cold.

……

After noon, Chunji Snack Restaurant closed.Because the items have been sold out, even if Chen Xiao grinds out rice noodles, the toppings are gone.

When Chunhong went to count the word "positive", she was surprised that three bowls of 190 were sold today.

It's a pity, if there are more things prepared, she thinks she can sell another 190 bowls in the afternoon.

In the backyard, small stones are cleaning pots and pans.

"Sister Chen, what is mixed with this water? Why is there foam?... Hey, the oil washes off immediately."

Before Chen Xiao could speak, Fang Yu said:
"It's her secret, and I won't even tell it. Let alone you."

Chen Xiao gave Fang Yu a funny look.said nothing.

After finishing packing up the front shop, Chunhong came to the backyard with a heavy bamboo box in her arms.

The bamboo box contains their income from selling rice noodles.

Chunhong said: "I sold three bowls for 190 today, now let's count the money."

She found a few hemp ropes and threaded coins of different denominations into a string, with one hundred pieces on each string.

Wenqin in this era has a denomination of one, two, five, and ten coins.Most of the coins in the bamboo box are five or ten coins in face value.

Chen Xiaodao: "Three bowls of 190 should be 790 Wen."

Xiao Shitou was surprised: "I made more than five taels of silver in half a day!"

Chen Xiaodao: "This is gross income, not pure profit, and costs must be removed."

"How much does that bowl of rice noodles cost?"

"About fifteen pennies."

Little Shitou sighed, "That's not a lot. I made a net profit of more than two liang of silver a day!"

Fang Yu said: "This does not count the wages of me and your sister Chen. We both have at least 50 taels of silver a day."

Chen Xiaobai glanced at Fang Yu. 50 two days?Dreaming!
Fang Yu liked watching Chen Xiaobai a little bit.That coquettish little look is so cute.

50 taels, he said to Shaoli.No one can afford his wages.

Chen Xiaodao: "I'm going out to buy vegetables."

Fang Yu got up: "I'll go with you."

They've sold out everything today, and no one has had lunch yet.In addition, we must also prepare the materials for selling rice noodles tomorrow.

When the two went out, Xiaoshitou said to Chunhong:

"If the business is so good in the future, how can you be so busy alone!"

Chunhong wore the money and counted, glanced at him, and continued to count.

Xiao Shitou had something to say, but he couldn't talk to Chunhong after thinking about it, so he buried his head and continued to wash things.

Chen Xiao and Fang Yu came to the street, the people on the street were still so crowded, Fang Yu stretched out his hand and pulled Chen Xiao to his side.

Chen Xiao didn't react much to his actions.As long as it is reasonable contact, such as holding and pulling, she thinks it is normal.What's more, her attention now is to see what is sold on the street.

While walking, Fang Yu suddenly grabbed her, and Chen Xiao stopped.Unknowingly, Fang Yu's position has changed to her side and rear, using his chest and shoulders to block the people behind her.

"what happened?"

Chen Xiao saw Fang Yu staring at a roadside stall.A pile of stones is sold on the stall.

Fang Yu squatted down and picked up a piece, looked at it carefully, and asked, "How do you sell it?"

The stall owner, a man in his 40s, replied, "It depends on which one you want."

Fang Yu picked up a few pieces, looked at each carefully, and asked:
"Where did you dig this stone?"

The stall owner smiled honestly: "I can't tell you this."

Fang Yu put down the stone, patted the dust off his hands, and dragged Chen Xiao away.

"What kind of stone is that?" Chen Xiao asked.

"A negligible spirit stone."

Chen Xiao didn't understand the meaning of these words: "What is an insignificant spirit stone?"

"It's just that this stone contains spirits, but the content is not much, very small."

"What is the use of this stone?" Chen Xiao asked.Since it is sold on the street, it is naturally of some value.

"do not know."

"I don't know you still ask the price."

Chen Xiao was curious.Turning around and going back, I asked the stall owner what kind of stone it was, and the stall owner said it was jade.

No matter how Chen Xiao looked at it, it didn't look like jade.She has seen jade wool before, this stone looks more like quartz.

The water for playing with rocks is too deep, I accidentally cheated you and ruined your fortune.

Chen Xiao was not interested in the stone, so she also dragged Fang Yu away.

Fang Yu saw her pulling his sleeve with a smile on his lips, and he didn't resist or remind her.

"You said it was a tiny spirit stone, and he said it was jade, but I thought it looked like quartz stone. What kind of stone is that?"

"Lingyun can be in many kinds of stones. But his one is definitely not jade." Fang Yu didn't know what kind of stone she was talking about.

"I think he's probably a liar. In this kind of country fair, there are some honest and honest people who rely on their deceptive faces to deceive people who don't understand." Chen Xiao has been fooled like this before.

Fang Yu smiled and said nothing.This is the county seat, she said it was a country fair.When the stone is polished, it will indeed look a bit like jade, but it is not real jade.It seems that Chen Xiao still has some knowledge, and it is not easy to deceive her.

The two walked to the section where meat and vegetables were sold, and Chen Xiao ordered pork and chicken for the shop with the two who often bought meat and chicken, and they would deliver them to the shop later.Then they bought their own food and returned to the shop.

(End of this chapter)