Yoshida Mii

Chapter 81 Student Meals
Dong Bao recognized this young government servant in soap clothes as the one who came to collect taxes at their stall yesterday.

"Brother Guan, you came just in time!" Dong Bao said hastily, "This person sells fake products to deceive people, and he still doesn't give them money back!" Tongue began to speak, accusing Ergou of cheating people.

"How can this thing be eaten? It will kill you if you eat it! You even cheated us by saying that it was sold to the two daughter-in-laws in Dongtou as part of the same family!" An old woman said angrily.

At this time, the folk customs are simple and simple, although it is not up to the point of staying overnight, not closing the door and not picking up things, but it is still very stable and peaceful. The quarrels in the market are at most due to the lack of catties and the sale of fake food that may be fatal. It is definitely a big case of a bad nature. .

The round-faced yamen servant slammed Ergou down forcefully, and asked loudly, "What's going on? Tell me clearly!"

Er Gou cried and said, "Master Guan, the tofu I sell tastes really bad, but it won't kill anyone! Don't you believe it? If you don't believe me, I'll show you!" Then he grabbed a piece of tofu from the chopping board and ate it. Mouth stuffed.

The tofu was salty and astringent, and Er Gou's painful brows and eyes were squeezed together. After swallowing it, he smiled obsequiously at the yamen servant: "Master Guan, look, you can't kill anyone!"

"You lied to people that your tofu belongs to our family. Otherwise, why would they buy it? You can eat something that won't kill you? Look at you eating tofu, it's worse than drinking bitter medicine!" Dong Bao Said.

The round-faced yamen servant also figured out what was going on at this meeting. Seeing that Ergou's tofu was just unpalatable, but it couldn't kill anyone, he didn't plan to take Ergou into prison, and said coldly to Ergou on the ground: Don't hurry up and return the money!"

Er Gou kept saying Weiwei, and under the supervision of the yamen servant, obediently returned the money to the guests one by one. Amidst the laughter and onlookers of the crowd, he ran away with his pick on his shoulders.

"Remember, everyone, if you buy delicious tofu in the future, you can buy it from our tofu stall on the east side of the street. It's guaranteed to be delicious, and you don't need money if it's not good!" Dong Bao made it for his own house before he left. ads.

The round-faced yamen servant smiled and said, "You little girl, you are brave and smart!" He could tell that the person just now must be a ruffian in the village. This little girl dared to carry him on the shoulders, she was very courageous .

Dong Bao smiled, with a very sweet mouth, "That's because you are standing not far away, Brother Guan. He has done bad things, and Brother Guan will definitely not spare him, so I dare to speak of him!" She observed these things One day, it was discovered that one of these servants had multiple roles, not only responsible for collecting taxes, but also responsible for maintaining order in the market.

One sentence made the little yamen servant feel very comfortable, he waved his big hand and said with a smile: "Don't call me Mr. Guan anymore, I'm not a few years older than you, you can call me Brother Liang."

"Hey!" Dong Bao responded, calling Quanzi and Shuanzi, and the three and a half older children called out in unison: "Brother Liang!"

Dong Bao pulled Brother Liang, and said with a smile: "Brother Liang, you came late yesterday, and our bean curd is sold out, so you have to try our bean curd today."

Several children responded, and dragged Brother Liang from the west end of the street to Dongbao's bean curd stand in Dongtou. He picked up a handful of chopped shrimp and handed it to Brother Liang, "Brother Liang, how do you like it?"

Brother Liang took the tofu curd with a smile, took a sip and brought it to his mouth, and praised: "It's delicious!" Brother Liang looked less than 20 years old, and he was ready to eat. He ate it all up, and Dong Bao wanted to serve him a second bowl, but Brother Liang stopped him.

"Don't eat, don't eat!" Brother Liang smiled, wiped the remaining bean curd on his mouth in satisfaction, and two dimples appeared on his round face, "Little girl, auntie, I told our boss yesterday about your Situation, this tax, how about collecting 350 yuan in the next month?"

"Thank you, Brother Liang!" Dong Bao was surprised and delighted, it was much better than she expected, she thought that Brother Liang was just perfunctory them yesterday, but she really helped them fight for less tax.

Brother Liang smiled and said: "Thanks are useless, our boss is good! Let me tell you first, it is not easy for you orphans and widowed mothers, and the tax is reduced for you. Doing business on our boss's land, the first one who pays attention It’s honesty, if there is something irregular, then you will not be allowed to continue doing business on this street.”

"Brother Liang, don't worry!" Dong Bao agreed straight away, "We can't do business more honestly. We only sell things that are too much, but not too little."

"Don't worry, little brother." Li said with a smile, "Our mother and I don't have anything, we just count on this stall to make a living, eat to pay off our debts, we will work for a long time, and we won't ruin our stall's reputation!"

When Mrs. Li came out to set up a stall, there were a lot of diners coming and going. Many diners who liked to joke were eating tofu curds, and even chatted with Mrs. Li and Li Hongqin, asking where did they come from?How are the crops at home?In the first two days, Li Shi was still very reserved, with a bad tongue, and she couldn't answer well when asked by strangers.

The past two days have been much better, the business has made money, Mrs. Li feels at ease in her heart, and she has confidence in her speech. In addition, her vision has broadened in the town, and she has become much more cheerful. She is no longer a timid and timid scholar lady in Tagouji. .

"I'm relieved with your words." Brother Liang smiled. He saw that the three people who set up the stall, Mrs. Li and Li Hongqin, all had honest faces. Otherwise, business would not be so good.

Dong Bao counted out 350 money from the money bag, and handed it to Brother Liang.Brother Liang took a cursory glance, put it in the heavy pocket tied around his waist, and gave Dong Bao a receipt with the time printed on it. Dongbao could not fully read the characters on the receipt, but could only see that the Great Zhou Yuanqing The words of May 27, with the bright red official seal on it, should be the tax receipt.

Dong Bao carefully folded the bill and put it on his chest, and greeted Brother Liang enthusiastically, "Brother Liang, come to eat bean curd tomorrow!"

"Come when you are free!" Brother Liang smiled, "Young lady is quite polite!"

"My name is Dong Bao. Brother Liang will call me Dong Bao from now on." Dong Bao said.

Brother Liang nodded, patted the heads of Quanzi and Shuanzi, then turned and left. Before leaving, he took out something from his purse and tossed it on the lid of the bowl of marinade. The copper plate shook for a long time on the iron bowl cover, and then stopped.

"This little brother, how polite you are!" Li looked at the two copper coins and said with emotion. He had only heard how bad the yamen servants were in dramas, helping the county lord to oppress the common people. He had never heard of yamen servants going to the streets. I paid back the money after eating.

Dong Bao wanted to call Brother Liang to stop, but when she looked up, Brother Liang's back had already merged into the bustling crowd.She invited Brother Liang to eat bean curds, which also means "bribery". Orphans and widows will inevitably be bullied on the street, and they eat their bean curds for free. To be fair, it's just that she didn't expect the money to be returned, which made her a little embarrassed.

"I told you a long time ago, this master Yan is a good man, and the group of boys under him are also good, better than those masters before! I didn't belong to Master Yan before, ouch, those gang servants are fierce Yes, I can't wait to shave you off! They searched a lot, and only a little was handed in, and they will share the rest!" Mrs. Geng on the side laughed exaggeratedly.

Li Shi and Li Hongqin nodded with a smile. They didn't expect to pay 150 Wen less all of a sudden, and only pay 350 Wen a month. This money was earned back in one day.

"Where's Miss Xiuyu?" Dong Bao asked.

Li Hongqin said with a smile: "I went to your uncle's house with some things. Your uncle's house has a stove. She went to light the fire first and put the dishes on to heat up. After a while, the students would finish class. I'm afraid it won't be easy to sell if it gets cold. "

"Then I have to go there quickly." Dong Bao said, and walked towards Wenfeng Academy.

Quanzi and Shuanzi hurriedly shouted: "Wait for us!"

Dong Bao looked back at the two of them eating bean curd, sweating profusely, and waved his hands dumbfoundingly, "Eat slowly." If she was really too busy, she would take these two snacks as free labor.

When Dongbao arrived, Zhang Xiuyu was squatting on the side of the street fanning the fire with a broken cattail fan. The uncle was adding firewood to the small stove. Thick smoke kept coming out of the stove, and the two coughed a few times. Voice.

There was no briquette in this era, and lump coal was burned in the stove. Dry branches or wheat straw were needed to ignite the coal, which was troublesome.

The uncle and Zhang Xiuyu were both familiar with the work, and the stove was ignited after a while, and Zhang Xiuyu put the small pot of vegetables on the stove to heat up.

"The fire is burning hot, and it will be hot in a while. Bao'er, someone will come in a while, you greet me, I serve the dishes, and I have a stupid mouth, so I can't tell." Zhang Xiuyu smiled at Dong Bao, and there was a black ash on her fair face. mark.

Dong Bao grinningly wiped off the black ash on Zhang Xiuyu's face with his sleeve, and encouraged him: "What are you afraid of? Whatever you say, we have good things. I'm not afraid that he won't buy them!"

Zhang Xiuyu smiled, leaned into Dongbao's ear, pointed into the shop and whispered, "I just said it three or four times, in case I couldn't hear it, and kept saying how much firewood is per catty, and how much charcoal is per catty. Well, we use her little things, at most one or two dollars, and the tofu I give her every day is more than this amount."

"Ignore her!" Dong Bao laughed, "Why don't we have to give our uncle face, if the business here is easy to do, we'll bring our own stove here instead of using theirs."

The dishes in the pot were steaming, and the steam heated up the pancakes on the pot. The unique aroma of tofu and pancakes spread far away. After a while, several students wearing green cloth robes came over.

Encouraged by Dong Bao's eyes, Zhang Xiuyu blushed and stammered, "We're selling vegetables and pancakes! A pancake costs two cents, and a scoop of vegetables costs two cents. It's easy and delicious, and you don't need money if it's not delicious! "

(End of this chapter)