Yoshida Mii

Chapter 86 Zhou Gongzi

The young man in the green cloth and thin robe immediately took out a handful of copper coins, handed them to Dong Bao, picked up the bowl and left.Dong Bao counted, and there were seven or eight coins. Looking up at the boy, he had already walked a long way.

"Hey, wait a minute, there's too much money!" Dong Bao shouted.

However, the young man didn't seem to hear Dong Bao's words, and kept walking forward with a dull head.Dong Bao was in a hurry, so he let Zhang Xiuyu support himself first, and ran over with the money by himself, and grabbed the young man in Tsing Yi who was still walking forward.

"This...Brother, you have paid too much, four fen is enough." Dong Bao said out of breath.

The young man in Tsing Yi's face turned red, glanced left and right, and whispered: "Take what is given to you, it is not easy for you to do business."

Dong Bao glanced at him in surprise, feeling weird in his heart, so he still put the money in his hand, stretched it out in front of him, shook his head and said, "That's not okay, as much as we should. No matter how difficult it is for us to do business, we can't have too much money." ask for money from customers."

"Take it!" The young man said with a blushing face, "I later heard from the servants of the Wang family that the young master of the Wang family drove you away because of me, and I feel... very sorry." He heard that but There are too many, the little girl won't say anything intimidating, she looks like she is going to leave her soul, and I heard that the little girl lost her father and went to the Wang family to work to pay off her debts. Because of him, she even lost her errand.

Seeing the young boy talking, even his neck was red, Dong Bao smiled slightly, he was really an honest person with a straightforward temper. "That's not okay, I don't want the money, you can take it back." Dong Bao moved the hand that put the money forward again.

"I... I don't have much money." The young man said awkwardly, "Don't think it's too little, just take it, it's my heart."

Dong Bao shook his head with a smile, and insisted: "If you want to compensate me, just come to our house to buy more food in the future. I really can't take this money. If you don't accept it, I will ask your classmates to give it to you." Brought it back."

Having reached this point, the young man in Tsing Yi couldn't say anything more, so he took the money back, nodded and said, "Okay then. That... my surname is Zhou, and my name is Ping Shan."

"Young master Zhou, take care of our family's business in the future. If you think the food is delicious, remember to recommend it to your classmates so that they all come to try it!" Dong Bao laughed.

"Definitely." Zhou Pingshan smiled shyly.

The number of students waiting to come out to buy food gradually decreased, and Zhang Xiuyu and Dong Bao could relax for a while. Zhang Xiuyu pushed Dong Bao with her arm, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know that student?"

Dong Bao shook his head subconsciously at first, then nodded, and said: "During the beginning of the year, the Song family had Ren Yazi take me to work as a servant girl to a big family in Anzhou. The family I went to happened to be his relatives. , met him once."

"I see." Zhang Xiuyu smiled, "I thought he was your third uncle's classmate."

"My third uncle?" Dong Bao asked back in surprise, and suddenly remembered that Song Bai, the delicate man with eyes on the top of his head, was also in Wenfeng Academy, but she had set up a stall here for two days and hadn't met him yet. Maybe he didn't come out, or maybe he left from the other side of the academy. "How is it possible? Look at that man's honest face. My third uncle is definitely not in the same way."

Zhang Xiuyu nodded, teasingly said: "Hey, it's been two days, if your third uncle comes to eat with us, will you ask him if he will take money?"

Dong Bao chuckled, "Of course I accept it, and my brothers have to settle accounts. But my third uncle is a noble man, so he doesn't like our rough food." Dong Bao also said it as a joke, If Song Bai really came to ask for food, she really couldn't accept the money, but she didn't expect it to come true.

In the end, the forty pancakes were sold out, and there were still a few spoonfuls of vegetables left, and Dong Bao didn't want to take them back. After seeing his aunt Gao, Gao squinted at the bottom of the pot, muttered something like "it's all leftovers", found a basin and asked Dongbao to put the vegetables out, and although he looked disgusted, he said nothing. Not to mention asking Dong Bao to bring the vegetables back.

When Li Lifeng led Li Hongqin out, both of them had red faces full of joy. Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu were cleaning up the stalls, so they rushed up to ask how it was.

Li Hongqin smiled and said: "The head of the academy is very talkative. There is no problem in enrolling. Let Xiaoqian take the exam and be divided into classes according to the results of the exam. I thought, after the wheat is harvested, I will let Xiaoqian come to the academy."

"That's okay, my brother studies so hard, he will definitely be fine in the exam." Zhang Xiuyu was also happy.

Li Lifeng didn't expect that Dongbao and Zhang Xiuyu had already sold out the meals he brought with him after he brought Li Hongqin into the academy for so long. He smiled in surprise, "Business is so good?"

Li Hongqin touched Dong Bao's head, and said with a smile: "It's Dong Bao who has a clever mind, and she can do whatever she wants!" She made up her mind, her son will study in the town, and her daughter will do business with Dong Bao. Bao is clever and quick-witted, and Xiuyu will definitely not suffer if she follows her.

Seeing the backs of the three walking away, Li Lifeng touched the short beard on his chin and shook his head regretfully, "It's a pity, it would be great if he was born into a boy for being so smart and capable!"

Gao Shi who came out of the shop just heard the last sentence, and asked with her mouth curled up, "What should I do?" Fortunately, she was not interested in knowing the answer, so she left a sentence, "Stay at the door and do nothing." What, don’t come in to eat!” He went into the shop, and mumbled as he walked, “I use so much firewood and coal every day, it’s not money, is it? Just give me two spoonfuls of leftovers and I’ll take advantage of the good people, she Why don't you take advantage of her grandma's family!"

"Okay!" Li Lifeng followed behind and blushed furiously, "Are you such a concubine? With your two handfuls of firewood, you feel so distressed. The food they give you is not money, is it?"

"Even if they don't give it, they won't be able to sell it!" Gao retorted confidently.

Li Li shook his head and was speechless. People don't know how to eat leftovers. From midnight to noon, people are willing to go home and cook by themselves!Isn't it right for a younger sister to be taken care of by a big brother!He has been married to Gao for many years, and he is too lazy to reason with his unreasonable daughter-in-law. His parents died early, and Gao has never been angry with his in-laws in his life. How could he know the duty of being a daughter-in-law!
When Dong Bao and the others returned to the tofu stand, there was only one piece of tofu left, and Mrs. Li didn't plan to sell it, but kept it for lunch, or it would have been sold out long ago.When cleaning up the stall, Mrs. Li was the last to put away the signboard hanging on the stall, carefully rolled up the signboard, and put it in the money pocket.

After Dongbao's unremitting efforts to persuade, Li now understands the importance of "brand". Today, she told every guest who came to her door about their "Baoji Tofu", so that the guests will recognize them in the future. this home.

Before leaving, Dongbao said to go to the stone store to buy another stone mill.

"Bao'er, our family already has a stone mill, why do you need a stone mill?" Li asked puzzled.

Dong Bao smiled and said, "Mother, don't you want to make more bean curd and tofu? Let's buy an extra stone mill and hire someone to grind some beans for us."

"This...is really hiring people!" Li Shi and Li Hongqin looked at each other, rubbed their hands and smiled, a little embarrassed, but also a little unbelievable, hiring people is only for big business, let alone hiring people Pay people too.

"Forget it, it's better not to hire someone." Li Hongqin said, "Your mother and I will work harder, just grind more beans."

Dong Bao shook his head, "That's okay, you and my mother have worked hard enough every day. Let's hire someone to come early every day to grind thirty catties of beans for us, and give her ten Wen a day. There must be more people who are willing." .”

Farmers seldom have any other income. Ten Wen a day is three hundred Wen a month, which is definitely not a small amount. Although the work of grinding beans is not easy, but for this generous reward, most people are willing to do it live.

Dongbao ordered another stone mill in the stone shop in the town, and spent two hundred dollars. The owner of the Yang shop asked a buddy to send them to Tagouji, and took Zhang Xiuyu to buy another twenty millstones at the market. A catty of vegetables, together to pick home.

After lunch, Aunt Qiuxia came to Dongbao's house to visit. They were all acquaintances, and she was not too polite with Dongbao's family. She moved a small stool and sat there to help Dongbao pick up beans. Hearing Dongbao said that she wanted to hire someone For the grinding of beans, he patted his legs and laughed, "Ten cents a day is really a lot of money. If it weren't for the fact that there are a lot of old and young men in my family to serve, I would all want to do this job!"

"Is there anyone recommended by my aunt?" Dong Bao asked, "You have to be able to work, and the most important thing is to be honest and trustworthy."

Aunt Qiuxia thought for a while, then turned her head and said to Mrs. Li, "How is Guizhi? She is an honest person and has great strength. The mother-in-law and several sister-in-laws are hardworking people. She doesn't have to do her homework. She would definitely like to come out and earn a wage."

"Guizhi?" Li Shi thought for a while, "Is it Qiangzi's wife? That's fine, Guizhi is a neat little daughter-in-law, as long as she is willing to come."

Aunt Qiuxia nodded, "If you think it's okay, I'll go and talk to her right away." Aunt Qiuxia was impatient, so she got up and went to Guizhi's house, and brought Guizhi after a while.

It was the first time for Guizhi to visit Dongbao's house, and he had no contact with Dongbao's house before, so it was a bit awkward to follow Aunt Qiuxia.

"Come on, this is your elder sister Li, and this is Guizhi." Aunt Qiuxia acted as the middleman.

Gui Zhi was in his twenties, tall, with neatly combed hair, clean clothes, and washed hands. He said to Li Shi and Dong Bao: "I... I am willing to come to the eldest sister's house to work and grind beans. Both my husband and I are willing. I will definitely work hard, don’t worry, eldest sister.”

She is from the same village, of course she has heard that Dongbao’s family makes tofu to make money, and when she comes to work at their house, she doesn’t have to worry about not being paid. Besides, it’s [-] yuan a month, and she just wakes up in the middle of the night to grind beans for a while. Where can I find such a good job!

(End of this chapter)