Chapter 351
[The peaks and ridges are like gatherings, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are outside and inside Tongguan Road.Looking at the western capital, he hesitated.Sadly, where the Qin and Han scriptures traveled, thousands of palaces and palaces have been made of earth.Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer! 】
[Main task: Survive the world]
[Sub-task: If you live in a high temple, you will worry about its people; if you live far away, you will worry about its king! 】
Looking at the handwriting that appeared on the virtual panel, Wang Zhong couldn't help but wonder. This system seems to be getting lazy, and the tasks given are getting simpler and simpler. Survive the world?Just find a place to pick up and live him for a lifetime, which is also called survival for a lifetime!
However, the two words that appeared on the system panel are absolutely impossible for no reason.
Putting away her thoughts, she put the stewed braised pork into a plate from the kitchen, and brought it to the dining table. The little girl couldn't wait to climb up the little scorpion, holding the spoon, staring at the meat on the table with bright eyes. A large jar of braised pork.
Looking at the ruddy, crystal-clear and attractive braised pork, and smelling the tangy aroma of the meat so close at hand, even Mrs. Li couldn't help swallowing, let alone Wang Qian'er, a little baby.
Although the mother and daughter were already very hungry, their eyes were still looking at Wang Zhong, waiting for Wang Zhong to move the chopsticks first.
"Eat!" Wang Zhong picked up a piece of fat and thin meat with chopsticks and put it in Wang Qian'er's bowl.
"Thank you third uncle!" Wang Qian'er immediately picked up the spoon, ready to eat.
"Woooooo!"
"good to eat!"
"Mom, eat quickly!"
The little girl's cheeks were bulging, and the rich meaty aroma exploded in her mouth, stimulating her taste buds. At this moment, the little girl only felt that even the sweet caramel was not as tasty as this meat.
Li Shi also picked up a piece of braised pork with great anticipation, and put it in his mouth. His white teeth were lightly clenched, and a shocked expression appeared on his face.
Fat but not greasy, soft and fragrant, Li Shikong has lived for nearly [-] years, and has never eaten such delicious pork.
"Uncle, this..."
Seeing Li Shi's shocked expression, Wang Zhong smiled and said, "What do sister-in-law think of this meat?"
"Delicious!" Mrs. Li took out another piece in disbelief, looked at it carefully and asked, "Is this pork?"
"Pig streaky, fat and thin, layered on top of each other, the taste is the best."
"Unexpectedly, there is such a delicious food in the world!" Li Shi suppressed his emotion.
The daughter Wang Qian'er next to her was eating a piece of pork belly that Wang Chong had picked up.
Half a month later, 40 miles west of Yangzhou City, Baishui Village, half a mile east of the village, in front of a [-]-meter-high low hill full of bamboo, stood a three-entry house.
A spacious dirt road in front of the house leads directly to Baishui Village.
Mrs. Li, who had visited the whole house, still couldn't hide the shock in her heart. This house was originally the house of Yuanwai Li in the village. How can Li Shi not be surprised by buying this house and the more than 60 mu of land next to the house.
Baishui Village is not big, with more than 40 households, nearly [-] people. There are two surnames Yu and Li in the village. Chong's father was a disaster victim who was resettled to Baishui Village in the past.
Modestly, he entered the house with a cross-yard three times. In the front yard lived Zhuangtou Yu Laoshi's family of seven. The so-called Zhuanghu was actually a family in Baishui Village who leased the land in the village.
This village is called Xiaozhuzhuang, and Wang Zhong bought it from Li Yuanwai at a price twice the market price. From ancient times to the present, the land has been the lifeline of the common people. Although the market price is there, if it is not necessary Who is willing to sell their own fields.
"Uncle, this Zhuangzi..."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, this Zhuangzi came from the right way. The yamen has passed the deed, and now the house deed and land deed are in our hands." Said, Wang Zhong handed a dark wooden box to Li Shi.
"This is?" Li Shi looked at the wooden box, and then at Wang Zhong.
"Sister-in-law will know if you can't open it!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.
The box was not locked, so Li opened the lid, and what came into his eyes was a pile of deeds, documents and red books issued by the yamen, with big seals on them.
But when Mrs. Li saw the name written on the deed, her surprise became more and more indescribable, and she looked at Wang Zhong in puzzlement, her eyes full of questions.
Wang Zhong cupped his hands at Mrs. Li and said, "Sister-in-law, please don't worry. Although my brother is gone, my sister-in-law is still my sister-in-law, and I will love Sister Qian as my own daughter. My brother has lost all my sister-in-law's dowry. It is my sister-in-law's self, if my sister-in-law has someone she likes and wants to remarry, this Zhuangzi is my sister-in-law's dowry."
"Who does Uncle think I am?" As soon as Wang Chong finished speaking, Mrs. Li couldn't help but reply: "Since I, Li Sanniang, have married into the Wang family, I will be part of the Wang family in this life. Uncle, please don't worry about remarrying again." carry."
"It's my brother's slip of the tongue, please don't blame my sister-in-law!" Wang Zhong hurriedly saluted Li Shi.
Mrs. Li looked at her daughter who was having fun with the rattle drum in the yard, and said, "I don't have anything else to hope for in this life. I just want to see Erniang grow up safely, marry a good man, and do it smoothly." For a lifetime."
Wang Qianer is the second daughter of Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wang, so she is called Erniang. Mrs. Li gave birth to twins of dragons and phoenixes. At that time, people in the village regarded her as auspicious, but she never thought that her husband But suddenly he became addicted to gambling, and he stopped taking care of the fields at home. He ate, drank and played money with others every day. Everything in the family was taken care of by Li Shi and Wang Zhong.
But he didn't want the room leaking and raining all night, the eldest son died of a high fever when he was half a year old, and her husband also lost his life. Li Shi was distraught. There is.
"I'll go to the front yard to find Old Yu and explain some things, and I'll take a look around the field by the way, do you want my sister-in-law to go with me?"
"Listen to uncle." Li Shi is not a strong woman, on the contrary, she is a little weak. Since her husband left, the backbone of the family has become her own uncle, and Li Shi has gradually developed the habit of focusing on Wang Zhong in everything. habit.
"I'm going too!" The little girl ran to Wang Zhong's side at some point, hugging Wang Zhong's leg, and said expectantly.
Wang Zhong smiled and hugged his niece and daughter: "Okay! Let's go together!"
Old Yutou was originally from Baishui Village. When his parents died in the early years, he went to the city to work as a servant at Li Yuanwai's house. Because of his honesty and duty, he was reluctant to leave Baishui Village, so Li Yuanwai let him stay and become an official. Zhuangtou.
Lao Yutou's daughter-in-law, Wu Shi, was originally a maidservant of Li Yuan's family. After marrying Lao Yutou, she stayed with Lao Yutou in Baishui Village. Lao Yutou and his wife and children have praised a lot of money over the years, and bought There were a few acres of land, but the two sons married their wives one after another, and the eldest son gave birth to a granddaughter, and the family was gradually emptied out. With just a few acres of land, how could a large family be supported? I also leased ten acres of paddy fields to plant.
"Uncle Yu!"
"I've seen my master! I've seen Mrs. Li!" Old Yu was a servant. Although Wang Zhong was a mud-legged person like them before, he is now the master of Zhuangzi, that is, his family's master.
Old Yutou has been working on Zhuangzi for decades, and he is very familiar with every inch of land on Zhuangzi. Dang even led Wang Zhong and Mrs. Li out of Zhuangzi, and introduced them as they walked.
"There is a small lake in the south of Zhuangzi, which is also our property on the village. In previous years, we would plant some lotus roots and water chestnuts."
"Are there any fish in the lake?"
"Yes, but it's not big!" Old Yu said with his head, "The old man remembers that the biggest grass carp he caught was only three or four catties."
It is said to be a lake, but it is actually just a larger pond.
"The fields by the lake belong to our village..."
The fields of Xiaozhuzhuang are on the edge of Zhuangzi, surrounding the pond with a radius of only 50 meters and the Xiaozhu Mountain behind the village, spreading out in all directions. The 60-mu field is the size of several football fields.
But if you add the small bamboo mountain full of bamboos, it will be less.
Around Yangzhou, there are mostly plains formed by the erosion of rivers, and low hills as high as 40 meters like Xiaozhu Mountain are rare.
Bypassing the bamboo mountain from the field, and entering the Zhuangzi through the back door, it can be regarded as a tour of the whole Zhuangzi, Wang Zhong also has a bottom line in his heart.
In the evening, Mrs. Li brought Sister Qian in the courtyard, and Wang Zhong drew something on paper with a charcoal pen in the study that had just been tidied up.
The main task given by the system is to survive for a lifetime, but after dealing with the system for so long, Wang Zhong has roughly figured out the system's routines. Although the task is simple, it is not so easy to get a high score.
Wang Zhong stayed in the study for a whole night, and when he was sleepy in the second half of the night, he directly meditated in the study instead of sleeping.
The qi training has reached the sixth level, and the zhenqi in the body is as thick as a river. The pure zhenqi cultivated by Jiazi has the effect of feeding back the body.
After meditating all night, not only did Wang Zhong not feel tired at all, but he was extraordinarily energetic.
Since coming to this world, it seems that even the kung fu of exhaling and practicing Qi has become smoother.
It was not yet clear, and the big rooster in the backyard had already started to flap its wings and crow loudly.
Wang Zhong took out the long knife used in the world of "Swordsman in Double Flag Town" in the past, and practiced it in the courtyard. It was fast and slow, fast and slow, and between the changes of steps, the light of the knife like splashing ink walked with it, with a compelling momentum .
Now that there is Qiancai Zhuangzi, life naturally doesn't have to be as simple as before. After bathing and changing clothes, after breakfast, Wang Zhong came to the backyard. Old Yutou had already led a group of farmers waiting for a long time.
Seeing Wang Zhong coming out, Lao Yu hurriedly led a group of farmers to salute Wang Zhong.
A group of farmers stood in the courtyard, Wang Zhong stood on the porch with his hands behind his back, and said loudly: "Old Yutou must have told you all, but now the autumn harvest is over, and it is the time for the slack farming. I want to do a lot of construction work in the village, and I need a lot of people. , the daily wages of the strong men above fifteen and below fifty are fifteen cash, and the women are ten cash a day, and they provide two dry meals a day. If anyone is willing to come, he can sign up at Lao Yutou."
"Fifteen Wen a day, two dry meals, is this really true?"
"At the end of the day, you can get money when you finish the work. The premise is that you can't steal, cheat, and fish in troubled waters."
"My boss, don't worry, we are all honest people!"
"I regestrated!"
"I'll sign up too!"
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In a short time, almost all households have signed up. Now that the busy farming is over, it will be winter soon, and there will be less farm work. If it is this time in previous years, most of the strong laborers in the village will go to the city together to find work , go to the pier to carry and carry, or
The construction of the first phase of Xiaozhuzhuang officially started. Wang Zhong was in charge of supervising the construction, and his sister-in-law Li was in charge of meals for everyone with the old man's mother-in-law and two daughters-in-law.
Time passed day by day, the north wind blew in, the weather was getting colder, and snow had fallen at some point, beside the pond, there was an oil mill, on the side of Xiaozhu Mountain, distributed in a ladder shape, and five rows of pigpens had been built Finish.
If it wasn't for the delay in buying these wood, dry bamboo and bricks, I'm afraid it won't take so long.
"Boss! There's news! There's news!" Yu Chuer is the second son of Lao Yutou. He got married, but he doesn't have any children yet. Clever and hearty, just in time for Wang Zhong to find an errand boy, he begged his father and ran to Wang Zhong to offer himself.
This kid is quite flexible in mind, somewhat clever, diligent in his hands and feet, and has a bit of eyesight, so Wang Zhong kept him by his side for the time being.
"What a blah, how decent!"
Looking at the stern Wang Zhong, Yu Chuer hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"Small and shameless, my lord, forgive me!"
"It's not an example!"
"Yes!"
"Speak!"
"Go back to my son, I found a suitable shop!"
"Oh?"
Yu Chuer smiled and said, "It's right by the pier, at the corner of an alley, surrounded by food vendors."
This shop has always been said to have a grass belly with golden horns and silver borders. It has been a while since Wang Zhong asked Yu Chuer to find a shop near the pier. Wang Zhongben just wanted to find a shop with a better location as much as possible, but he actually came across it unexpectedly. caught.
"Go, go and see!"
For Wang Zhong, the journey of more than thirty miles is only half an hour's journey, but if it takes so long every day, the delay will be too long.
Yu Chuer directly led Wang Zhong to Yangzhou Wharf, to the shop that Yu Chuer mentioned was located at the corner of the Main Street of the Wharf.
Wang Erxi and the others often come to this shop, but unfortunately Wang Chong misses his sister-in-law and niece at home, every time he gets off the boat, he goes straight home, but he has never been there.
In broad daylight, the shop was closed. Yu Chuer knocked on the door. After a while, several vertical door panels were removed, and an old man with silver beard and hair and a somewhat stooped figure appeared in front of them.
"It's you?" The old man was a little surprised to see Yu Chuer, and then he explained helplessly: "Didn't I say that someone is interested in my shop, you should find another place!"
"Old man!" Wang Zhong stood up, cupped his hands at the old man and said, "The location of your shop is indeed very good, and I also want to sell it. I don't know if I can come in and talk about it. The price is negotiable!"
"Hey!" The old man sighed, cupped his hands at Wang Zhong and said, "Forgive me, my lord, it's not about the price."
"Is the old man in trouble?" Wang Zhong asked.
The old man's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Wang Zhong, who was surrounded by orchids and jade trees. He sighed again and said, "This is not a place to talk, my lord, please come in and talk!"
"That's annoying!"
The old man invited the two into the shop, served hot tea, and then slowly explained to Wang Zhong.
The old man's shop was passed down from his ancestors. It was originally a restaurant business. Because it is close to the pier, the location is good, and the old man's craftsmanship is outstanding, so the business is still prosperous, but he didn't want to come here three days ago Personally, he said that he wanted to buy the old man's restaurant.
How could the old man agree to the ancestral shop, but when the two revealed their identities, the old man fell silent.
"Those two people came from Master Tongsan's mansion. I heard that they are still the people who are very favored in Tongsan's mansion now. How dare a plain-headed commoner go against them."
Tongjuanfu?The butler's daughter?Lin Sushuang?
Wang Zhongdao: "As far as I know, Sheng Tong from Yangzhou has been in Yangzhou for several years. His official reputation has always been good. He has the reputation of being diligent and caring for the people. He has never heard of any act of oppressing the people?"
"Hey!" The old man sighed, "Who knows?"
"I'm afraid the subordinates are making their own decisions?"
"The third-rank officials in front of the prime minister's door, so what if they make their own decisions, after all, we ordinary people can't afford to provoke them." The older a person is, the less courageous he is. Parents of old men and their children and grandchildren naturally have to consider them.
Wang Zhongdao: "Such a good pavement, the old man is willing?"
"So what if you don't give up!" The old man's helpless tone was still somewhat sad.
Wang Zhong asked, "How much are they willing to pay?"
The old man said: "My shop is in front of the store and the house in the back. Besides the shop in front, there are seven rooms in the back. They are willing to pay a hundred pennies!"
"Baiguan?" Wang nodded his head and said, "It's not too little!"
Most of the people living near the wharf are ordinary people, and the prices of the houses are not high. However, the two sides of this street connecting the wharf and the main road of Yangzhou are different. Yangzhou is a hub connecting the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. There are countless large ships traveling from west to east, and most of these large ships going to various places will stop in Yangzhou, which naturally brings a huge flow of people to Yangzhou.
As long as people come, there will be business, such as the guards on the boat, small merchants passing by, and people from the rivers and lakes like Cao Gang.
"It's really not too little!" Even so, the old man still showed a bit of reluctance on his face.
"I'm bothering the old man, I'm leaving below!" Wang Zhong didn't say anything big about solving the old man's problem, and took Yu Chuer for a stroll around the city, buying a lot of medicinal materials.
When he was about to leave the city, Wang Zhong confessed: "On the second day of junior high school, find someone to keep watching the shop! If you have any news, report back immediately."
"Still staring?" Yu Chuer looked at Wang Zhong in confusion.
"The Sheng family is not a native of Yangzhou, and they will leave after all. They bought a shop, but they may not necessarily want to run it themselves!"
Yu Chuer suddenly realized that even if he ran to find someone, it would not be too simple to find a few beggar dolls to stare at for a dozen or so big money.
Two days later, Yu Chuer came to find Wang Zhong excitedly. After the Sheng family bought the shop, they did not run it themselves, but wanted to rent it out. Yu Chuer even found out that the people from the Sheng family bought the shop. In order to buy property for the little girl favored by Shengtong.
Wang Zhong asked Yu Chuer to lead Lao Yutou to come forward, rented the shop, and signed a three-year contract.
In Xiaozhuzhuang, the old man who was bought by the Sheng family was sitting in the front hall with his son. After waiting for a while, Wang Zhong in a blue gown finally appeared.
"It's really my fault to keep the old man waiting for a long time. I hope the old man is not to blame!"
"Don't dare dare!" The old man waved his hands quickly: "Young master sent someone to invite me, father and son, what can I order?"
Wang Zhong didn't directly answer the old man's question, he laughed and said: "The old man and the son came from a long way, they must be hungry, I have ordered people to prepare a banquet, why don't we chat while eating?"
The old man looked at Wang Zhong, didn't dare to refuse, cupped his hands and said: "Then I will bother you sir."
"Please!" Wang Zhong pointed his hand sideways, and led the old man and his son to the side hall. There was not much decoration in the hall, only a table of eight immortals, surrounded by a circle of round stools.
It's just that on the table of the Eight Immortals, there are four steaming dishes.
The three of them sat down, and Yu Chuer was waiting beside him with a jug, but the eyes of the old man and his son were all on the four dishes on the table.
The fragrance is overflowing and the appearance is excellent, is this?
Even though the old man has opened a restaurant for decades, he has never seen dishes like this.
But Wang Zhong smiled mysteriously, and said, "You two might as well try it first!"
The old man picked up some stir-fried rapeseed, and just put it into his mouth, he couldn't stop nodding.
The old man's son picked up a piece of stir-fried kidney, and just put it in his mouth, his face changed accordingly.
"How?" Wang Zhong looked at the old man and his son with a smile and asked.
The old man, father and son looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.
"Very good!" The old man said with great emotion: "The old man has been a cook for half his life, and he has never eaten such a delicious dish. It is full of color, fragrance and taste, and he is already familiar with the three tastes of cooks."
"It's just that this cooking method seems..." The old man has been a cook for half his life, and he has a lot of research on the way of cooking, so he just tasted it, and he was faintly aware of it.
At this time, stir-frying has not yet emerged, and ordinary meals are mainly stewed and fried. As for those fancy tricks, how can ordinary people have the thought to make them.
Seeing the old man's reaction, Wang Zhong was quite satisfied: "This dish is neither steamed nor boiled, nor fried nor fried. It is cooked by a cooking method discovered by chance. The old man feels that the dishes cooked by this method , can it win the favor of diners?"
"Absolutely!" said the old man.
But Wang Zhong suddenly sighed, and said: "However, I still have to study and take scientific exams. My father and brother died early, and there are only widows and nephews at home. They seem to be in the second grade of junior high school. They have no talent for cooking, so there is no such magic method. But there is no one around me who knows how to run a restaurant, so what can I do!”
The old man's eyes were slightly fixed, he looked at Wang Zhong, stood up and bowed his hands and said: "I have been running restaurants for many years, but I have quite a bit of experience. If you don't give up, I am willing to share your worries for you!"
"Old man, are you serious?"
"I would like to share my worries for my son." The old man expressed his attitude again, and the old man's son immediately followed the old man to show his heart.
"One salary is the same. If the old man and son have nowhere to stay, they can continue to live in the house in the backyard."
"Thank you sir!"
(End of this chapter)
[The peaks and ridges are like gatherings, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are outside and inside Tongguan Road.Looking at the western capital, he hesitated.Sadly, where the Qin and Han scriptures traveled, thousands of palaces and palaces have been made of earth.Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer! 】
[Main task: Survive the world]
[Sub-task: If you live in a high temple, you will worry about its people; if you live far away, you will worry about its king! 】
Looking at the handwriting that appeared on the virtual panel, Wang Zhong couldn't help but wonder. This system seems to be getting lazy, and the tasks given are getting simpler and simpler. Survive the world?Just find a place to pick up and live him for a lifetime, which is also called survival for a lifetime!
However, the two words that appeared on the system panel are absolutely impossible for no reason.
Putting away her thoughts, she put the stewed braised pork into a plate from the kitchen, and brought it to the dining table. The little girl couldn't wait to climb up the little scorpion, holding the spoon, staring at the meat on the table with bright eyes. A large jar of braised pork.
Looking at the ruddy, crystal-clear and attractive braised pork, and smelling the tangy aroma of the meat so close at hand, even Mrs. Li couldn't help swallowing, let alone Wang Qian'er, a little baby.
Although the mother and daughter were already very hungry, their eyes were still looking at Wang Zhong, waiting for Wang Zhong to move the chopsticks first.
"Eat!" Wang Zhong picked up a piece of fat and thin meat with chopsticks and put it in Wang Qian'er's bowl.
"Thank you third uncle!" Wang Qian'er immediately picked up the spoon, ready to eat.
"Woooooo!"
"good to eat!"
"Mom, eat quickly!"
The little girl's cheeks were bulging, and the rich meaty aroma exploded in her mouth, stimulating her taste buds. At this moment, the little girl only felt that even the sweet caramel was not as tasty as this meat.
Li Shi also picked up a piece of braised pork with great anticipation, and put it in his mouth. His white teeth were lightly clenched, and a shocked expression appeared on his face.
Fat but not greasy, soft and fragrant, Li Shikong has lived for nearly [-] years, and has never eaten such delicious pork.
"Uncle, this..."
Seeing Li Shi's shocked expression, Wang Zhong smiled and said, "What do sister-in-law think of this meat?"
"Delicious!" Mrs. Li took out another piece in disbelief, looked at it carefully and asked, "Is this pork?"
"Pig streaky, fat and thin, layered on top of each other, the taste is the best."
"Unexpectedly, there is such a delicious food in the world!" Li Shi suppressed his emotion.
The daughter Wang Qian'er next to her was eating a piece of pork belly that Wang Chong had picked up.
Half a month later, 40 miles west of Yangzhou City, Baishui Village, half a mile east of the village, in front of a [-]-meter-high low hill full of bamboo, stood a three-entry house.
A spacious dirt road in front of the house leads directly to Baishui Village.
Mrs. Li, who had visited the whole house, still couldn't hide the shock in her heart. This house was originally the house of Yuanwai Li in the village. How can Li Shi not be surprised by buying this house and the more than 60 mu of land next to the house.
Baishui Village is not big, with more than 40 households, nearly [-] people. There are two surnames Yu and Li in the village. Chong's father was a disaster victim who was resettled to Baishui Village in the past.
Modestly, he entered the house with a cross-yard three times. In the front yard lived Zhuangtou Yu Laoshi's family of seven. The so-called Zhuanghu was actually a family in Baishui Village who leased the land in the village.
This village is called Xiaozhuzhuang, and Wang Zhong bought it from Li Yuanwai at a price twice the market price. From ancient times to the present, the land has been the lifeline of the common people. Although the market price is there, if it is not necessary Who is willing to sell their own fields.
"Uncle, this Zhuangzi..."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, this Zhuangzi came from the right way. The yamen has passed the deed, and now the house deed and land deed are in our hands." Said, Wang Zhong handed a dark wooden box to Li Shi.
"This is?" Li Shi looked at the wooden box, and then at Wang Zhong.
"Sister-in-law will know if you can't open it!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.
The box was not locked, so Li opened the lid, and what came into his eyes was a pile of deeds, documents and red books issued by the yamen, with big seals on them.
But when Mrs. Li saw the name written on the deed, her surprise became more and more indescribable, and she looked at Wang Zhong in puzzlement, her eyes full of questions.
Wang Zhong cupped his hands at Mrs. Li and said, "Sister-in-law, please don't worry. Although my brother is gone, my sister-in-law is still my sister-in-law, and I will love Sister Qian as my own daughter. My brother has lost all my sister-in-law's dowry. It is my sister-in-law's self, if my sister-in-law has someone she likes and wants to remarry, this Zhuangzi is my sister-in-law's dowry."
"Who does Uncle think I am?" As soon as Wang Chong finished speaking, Mrs. Li couldn't help but reply: "Since I, Li Sanniang, have married into the Wang family, I will be part of the Wang family in this life. Uncle, please don't worry about remarrying again." carry."
"It's my brother's slip of the tongue, please don't blame my sister-in-law!" Wang Zhong hurriedly saluted Li Shi.
Mrs. Li looked at her daughter who was having fun with the rattle drum in the yard, and said, "I don't have anything else to hope for in this life. I just want to see Erniang grow up safely, marry a good man, and do it smoothly." For a lifetime."
Wang Qianer is the second daughter of Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wang, so she is called Erniang. Mrs. Li gave birth to twins of dragons and phoenixes. At that time, people in the village regarded her as auspicious, but she never thought that her husband But suddenly he became addicted to gambling, and he stopped taking care of the fields at home. He ate, drank and played money with others every day. Everything in the family was taken care of by Li Shi and Wang Zhong.
But he didn't want the room leaking and raining all night, the eldest son died of a high fever when he was half a year old, and her husband also lost his life. Li Shi was distraught. There is.
"I'll go to the front yard to find Old Yu and explain some things, and I'll take a look around the field by the way, do you want my sister-in-law to go with me?"
"Listen to uncle." Li Shi is not a strong woman, on the contrary, she is a little weak. Since her husband left, the backbone of the family has become her own uncle, and Li Shi has gradually developed the habit of focusing on Wang Zhong in everything. habit.
"I'm going too!" The little girl ran to Wang Zhong's side at some point, hugging Wang Zhong's leg, and said expectantly.
Wang Zhong smiled and hugged his niece and daughter: "Okay! Let's go together!"
Old Yutou was originally from Baishui Village. When his parents died in the early years, he went to the city to work as a servant at Li Yuanwai's house. Because of his honesty and duty, he was reluctant to leave Baishui Village, so Li Yuanwai let him stay and become an official. Zhuangtou.
Lao Yutou's daughter-in-law, Wu Shi, was originally a maidservant of Li Yuan's family. After marrying Lao Yutou, she stayed with Lao Yutou in Baishui Village. Lao Yutou and his wife and children have praised a lot of money over the years, and bought There were a few acres of land, but the two sons married their wives one after another, and the eldest son gave birth to a granddaughter, and the family was gradually emptied out. With just a few acres of land, how could a large family be supported? I also leased ten acres of paddy fields to plant.
"Uncle Yu!"
"I've seen my master! I've seen Mrs. Li!" Old Yu was a servant. Although Wang Zhong was a mud-legged person like them before, he is now the master of Zhuangzi, that is, his family's master.
Old Yutou has been working on Zhuangzi for decades, and he is very familiar with every inch of land on Zhuangzi. Dang even led Wang Zhong and Mrs. Li out of Zhuangzi, and introduced them as they walked.
"There is a small lake in the south of Zhuangzi, which is also our property on the village. In previous years, we would plant some lotus roots and water chestnuts."
"Are there any fish in the lake?"
"Yes, but it's not big!" Old Yu said with his head, "The old man remembers that the biggest grass carp he caught was only three or four catties."
It is said to be a lake, but it is actually just a larger pond.
"The fields by the lake belong to our village..."
The fields of Xiaozhuzhuang are on the edge of Zhuangzi, surrounding the pond with a radius of only 50 meters and the Xiaozhu Mountain behind the village, spreading out in all directions. The 60-mu field is the size of several football fields.
But if you add the small bamboo mountain full of bamboos, it will be less.
Around Yangzhou, there are mostly plains formed by the erosion of rivers, and low hills as high as 40 meters like Xiaozhu Mountain are rare.
Bypassing the bamboo mountain from the field, and entering the Zhuangzi through the back door, it can be regarded as a tour of the whole Zhuangzi, Wang Zhong also has a bottom line in his heart.
In the evening, Mrs. Li brought Sister Qian in the courtyard, and Wang Zhong drew something on paper with a charcoal pen in the study that had just been tidied up.
The main task given by the system is to survive for a lifetime, but after dealing with the system for so long, Wang Zhong has roughly figured out the system's routines. Although the task is simple, it is not so easy to get a high score.
Wang Zhong stayed in the study for a whole night, and when he was sleepy in the second half of the night, he directly meditated in the study instead of sleeping.
The qi training has reached the sixth level, and the zhenqi in the body is as thick as a river. The pure zhenqi cultivated by Jiazi has the effect of feeding back the body.
After meditating all night, not only did Wang Zhong not feel tired at all, but he was extraordinarily energetic.
Since coming to this world, it seems that even the kung fu of exhaling and practicing Qi has become smoother.
It was not yet clear, and the big rooster in the backyard had already started to flap its wings and crow loudly.
Wang Zhong took out the long knife used in the world of "Swordsman in Double Flag Town" in the past, and practiced it in the courtyard. It was fast and slow, fast and slow, and between the changes of steps, the light of the knife like splashing ink walked with it, with a compelling momentum .
Now that there is Qiancai Zhuangzi, life naturally doesn't have to be as simple as before. After bathing and changing clothes, after breakfast, Wang Zhong came to the backyard. Old Yutou had already led a group of farmers waiting for a long time.
Seeing Wang Zhong coming out, Lao Yu hurriedly led a group of farmers to salute Wang Zhong.
A group of farmers stood in the courtyard, Wang Zhong stood on the porch with his hands behind his back, and said loudly: "Old Yutou must have told you all, but now the autumn harvest is over, and it is the time for the slack farming. I want to do a lot of construction work in the village, and I need a lot of people. , the daily wages of the strong men above fifteen and below fifty are fifteen cash, and the women are ten cash a day, and they provide two dry meals a day. If anyone is willing to come, he can sign up at Lao Yutou."
"Fifteen Wen a day, two dry meals, is this really true?"
"At the end of the day, you can get money when you finish the work. The premise is that you can't steal, cheat, and fish in troubled waters."
"My boss, don't worry, we are all honest people!"
"I regestrated!"
"I'll sign up too!"
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In a short time, almost all households have signed up. Now that the busy farming is over, it will be winter soon, and there will be less farm work. If it is this time in previous years, most of the strong laborers in the village will go to the city together to find work , go to the pier to carry and carry, or
The construction of the first phase of Xiaozhuzhuang officially started. Wang Zhong was in charge of supervising the construction, and his sister-in-law Li was in charge of meals for everyone with the old man's mother-in-law and two daughters-in-law.
Time passed day by day, the north wind blew in, the weather was getting colder, and snow had fallen at some point, beside the pond, there was an oil mill, on the side of Xiaozhu Mountain, distributed in a ladder shape, and five rows of pigpens had been built Finish.
If it wasn't for the delay in buying these wood, dry bamboo and bricks, I'm afraid it won't take so long.
"Boss! There's news! There's news!" Yu Chuer is the second son of Lao Yutou. He got married, but he doesn't have any children yet. Clever and hearty, just in time for Wang Zhong to find an errand boy, he begged his father and ran to Wang Zhong to offer himself.
This kid is quite flexible in mind, somewhat clever, diligent in his hands and feet, and has a bit of eyesight, so Wang Zhong kept him by his side for the time being.
"What a blah, how decent!"
Looking at the stern Wang Zhong, Yu Chuer hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"Small and shameless, my lord, forgive me!"
"It's not an example!"
"Yes!"
"Speak!"
"Go back to my son, I found a suitable shop!"
"Oh?"
Yu Chuer smiled and said, "It's right by the pier, at the corner of an alley, surrounded by food vendors."
This shop has always been said to have a grass belly with golden horns and silver borders. It has been a while since Wang Zhong asked Yu Chuer to find a shop near the pier. Wang Zhongben just wanted to find a shop with a better location as much as possible, but he actually came across it unexpectedly. caught.
"Go, go and see!"
For Wang Zhong, the journey of more than thirty miles is only half an hour's journey, but if it takes so long every day, the delay will be too long.
Yu Chuer directly led Wang Zhong to Yangzhou Wharf, to the shop that Yu Chuer mentioned was located at the corner of the Main Street of the Wharf.
Wang Erxi and the others often come to this shop, but unfortunately Wang Chong misses his sister-in-law and niece at home, every time he gets off the boat, he goes straight home, but he has never been there.
In broad daylight, the shop was closed. Yu Chuer knocked on the door. After a while, several vertical door panels were removed, and an old man with silver beard and hair and a somewhat stooped figure appeared in front of them.
"It's you?" The old man was a little surprised to see Yu Chuer, and then he explained helplessly: "Didn't I say that someone is interested in my shop, you should find another place!"
"Old man!" Wang Zhong stood up, cupped his hands at the old man and said, "The location of your shop is indeed very good, and I also want to sell it. I don't know if I can come in and talk about it. The price is negotiable!"
"Hey!" The old man sighed, cupped his hands at Wang Zhong and said, "Forgive me, my lord, it's not about the price."
"Is the old man in trouble?" Wang Zhong asked.
The old man's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Wang Zhong, who was surrounded by orchids and jade trees. He sighed again and said, "This is not a place to talk, my lord, please come in and talk!"
"That's annoying!"
The old man invited the two into the shop, served hot tea, and then slowly explained to Wang Zhong.
The old man's shop was passed down from his ancestors. It was originally a restaurant business. Because it is close to the pier, the location is good, and the old man's craftsmanship is outstanding, so the business is still prosperous, but he didn't want to come here three days ago Personally, he said that he wanted to buy the old man's restaurant.
How could the old man agree to the ancestral shop, but when the two revealed their identities, the old man fell silent.
"Those two people came from Master Tongsan's mansion. I heard that they are still the people who are very favored in Tongsan's mansion now. How dare a plain-headed commoner go against them."
Tongjuanfu?The butler's daughter?Lin Sushuang?
Wang Zhongdao: "As far as I know, Sheng Tong from Yangzhou has been in Yangzhou for several years. His official reputation has always been good. He has the reputation of being diligent and caring for the people. He has never heard of any act of oppressing the people?"
"Hey!" The old man sighed, "Who knows?"
"I'm afraid the subordinates are making their own decisions?"
"The third-rank officials in front of the prime minister's door, so what if they make their own decisions, after all, we ordinary people can't afford to provoke them." The older a person is, the less courageous he is. Parents of old men and their children and grandchildren naturally have to consider them.
Wang Zhongdao: "Such a good pavement, the old man is willing?"
"So what if you don't give up!" The old man's helpless tone was still somewhat sad.
Wang Zhong asked, "How much are they willing to pay?"
The old man said: "My shop is in front of the store and the house in the back. Besides the shop in front, there are seven rooms in the back. They are willing to pay a hundred pennies!"
"Baiguan?" Wang nodded his head and said, "It's not too little!"
Most of the people living near the wharf are ordinary people, and the prices of the houses are not high. However, the two sides of this street connecting the wharf and the main road of Yangzhou are different. Yangzhou is a hub connecting the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. There are countless large ships traveling from west to east, and most of these large ships going to various places will stop in Yangzhou, which naturally brings a huge flow of people to Yangzhou.
As long as people come, there will be business, such as the guards on the boat, small merchants passing by, and people from the rivers and lakes like Cao Gang.
"It's really not too little!" Even so, the old man still showed a bit of reluctance on his face.
"I'm bothering the old man, I'm leaving below!" Wang Zhong didn't say anything big about solving the old man's problem, and took Yu Chuer for a stroll around the city, buying a lot of medicinal materials.
When he was about to leave the city, Wang Zhong confessed: "On the second day of junior high school, find someone to keep watching the shop! If you have any news, report back immediately."
"Still staring?" Yu Chuer looked at Wang Zhong in confusion.
"The Sheng family is not a native of Yangzhou, and they will leave after all. They bought a shop, but they may not necessarily want to run it themselves!"
Yu Chuer suddenly realized that even if he ran to find someone, it would not be too simple to find a few beggar dolls to stare at for a dozen or so big money.
Two days later, Yu Chuer came to find Wang Zhong excitedly. After the Sheng family bought the shop, they did not run it themselves, but wanted to rent it out. Yu Chuer even found out that the people from the Sheng family bought the shop. In order to buy property for the little girl favored by Shengtong.
Wang Zhong asked Yu Chuer to lead Lao Yutou to come forward, rented the shop, and signed a three-year contract.
In Xiaozhuzhuang, the old man who was bought by the Sheng family was sitting in the front hall with his son. After waiting for a while, Wang Zhong in a blue gown finally appeared.
"It's really my fault to keep the old man waiting for a long time. I hope the old man is not to blame!"
"Don't dare dare!" The old man waved his hands quickly: "Young master sent someone to invite me, father and son, what can I order?"
Wang Zhong didn't directly answer the old man's question, he laughed and said: "The old man and the son came from a long way, they must be hungry, I have ordered people to prepare a banquet, why don't we chat while eating?"
The old man looked at Wang Zhong, didn't dare to refuse, cupped his hands and said: "Then I will bother you sir."
"Please!" Wang Zhong pointed his hand sideways, and led the old man and his son to the side hall. There was not much decoration in the hall, only a table of eight immortals, surrounded by a circle of round stools.
It's just that on the table of the Eight Immortals, there are four steaming dishes.
The three of them sat down, and Yu Chuer was waiting beside him with a jug, but the eyes of the old man and his son were all on the four dishes on the table.
The fragrance is overflowing and the appearance is excellent, is this?
Even though the old man has opened a restaurant for decades, he has never seen dishes like this.
But Wang Zhong smiled mysteriously, and said, "You two might as well try it first!"
The old man picked up some stir-fried rapeseed, and just put it into his mouth, he couldn't stop nodding.
The old man's son picked up a piece of stir-fried kidney, and just put it in his mouth, his face changed accordingly.
"How?" Wang Zhong looked at the old man and his son with a smile and asked.
The old man, father and son looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.
"Very good!" The old man said with great emotion: "The old man has been a cook for half his life, and he has never eaten such a delicious dish. It is full of color, fragrance and taste, and he is already familiar with the three tastes of cooks."
"It's just that this cooking method seems..." The old man has been a cook for half his life, and he has a lot of research on the way of cooking, so he just tasted it, and he was faintly aware of it.
At this time, stir-frying has not yet emerged, and ordinary meals are mainly stewed and fried. As for those fancy tricks, how can ordinary people have the thought to make them.
Seeing the old man's reaction, Wang Zhong was quite satisfied: "This dish is neither steamed nor boiled, nor fried nor fried. It is cooked by a cooking method discovered by chance. The old man feels that the dishes cooked by this method , can it win the favor of diners?"
"Absolutely!" said the old man.
But Wang Zhong suddenly sighed, and said: "However, I still have to study and take scientific exams. My father and brother died early, and there are only widows and nephews at home. They seem to be in the second grade of junior high school. They have no talent for cooking, so there is no such magic method. But there is no one around me who knows how to run a restaurant, so what can I do!”
The old man's eyes were slightly fixed, he looked at Wang Zhong, stood up and bowed his hands and said: "I have been running restaurants for many years, but I have quite a bit of experience. If you don't give up, I am willing to share your worries for you!"
"Old man, are you serious?"
"I would like to share my worries for my son." The old man expressed his attitude again, and the old man's son immediately followed the old man to show his heart.
"One salary is the same. If the old man and son have nowhere to stay, they can continue to live in the house in the backyard."
"Thank you sir!"
(End of this chapter)
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