peasant girl wedding

Chapter 179
Qingzhou, a secluded and exquisite house somewhere.

"Old lady, the meal is ready."

The woman stopped at the door and said softly.

"My tooth hurts, I don't want to eat."

The voice of the old woman and unhappy came from inside the house.

"Old lady, the food prepared today is different, it is tender and fragrant, and it melts in the mouth."

"There are some steamed rotten dishes..."

"No."

The old woman paused for a while before saying, "Submit it."

The woman gave the order, and happily went to the back kitchen to inform, and after a while, seven girls in exactly the same attire came in with trays.

Seven plates of dishes covered with opaque lids were placed on the table one by one by the woman.

At this time, the old woman was slowly walked out from the back room with the help of someone.

She has silver-white hair, golden hairpins on both sides, matched with bead flowers of the same color, and there is a majesty that is not angry and majestic in her actions.

"I met the old lady."

Everyone saluted respectfully at the same time.

The old woman waved her hand.

Everyone present knew her rules, and Dang even stepped aside quietly.

The woman helped the old woman to sit down, and opened a cover in front of her nearby. The tender, fragrant food made the old woman's eyes widen.

"what is this?"

"Back to the old lady, this is boiled tofu."

"Tofu?" The old woman murmured.

The woman opened the remaining six dishes one by one, "This is pickled cabbage tofu soup, this is eight-treasure tofu porridge, this is sliced ​​tofu, this is tofu mixed with shallots, this is boiled tofu in fish sauce, and this is stewed pigeon eggs with tofu. "

The woman carefully looked at the old woman's expression, took the chopsticks, picked up a chopstick of boiled tofu and put it in the bowl in front of the old woman.

"...Well, not bad, it's tender but not old, it melts in your mouth, good."

Seeing her eating happily, the woman was also very happy, and gave the old woman the remaining six dishes one by one. After confirming which dishes she liked, she picked the old woman's favorite dishes. clip.

For a meal, although there was quite a lot left on the plate, it was a big surprise compared to the amount of food the old lady ate in the past.

In the front yard, a young man went into the back yard after finishing his work.

Everyone saluted the young man in fear, and their attitude was more cautious and respectful than when facing the old woman.

"Sir, you are here."

Seeing the young man approaching, the woman immediately waited at the door.

The young man nodded, "How is grandma today? Still can't eat?"

The woman smiled, "The old lady has a good appetite today."

The young man looked happy, quickly entered the back room, and saluted the old lady who was leaning on the couch: "Grandson has seen grandma."

The old lady opened her eyes and looked at him lovingly, "Have you finished dealing with the matter?"

"Hmm. According to Wanyue, grandma ate more today than before?"

Thinking of the tofu I ate this morning, the old woman felt fond of it, "Have you ever heard of tofu?"

The young man paused, "What is tofu?"

"This tofu..."

……

This is the third day that Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei have been selling tofu.

In the past three days, the business has been very good.

Every day when they came here early in the morning, they sold out the tofu in less than half an hour.

After cleaning up the stall, Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei pushed the cart to the village.After returning home for a while, he heard someone calling him outside.

Tong Zhixin went out to see, but there were dozens of officials standing in the yard, headed by a middle-aged man in a red official robe.

Tong Zhi's head was full of doubts.

When Tong Zhixin was looking at the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man was also looking at him.

In front of him was a middle-aged man with slightly tall stature, dark complexion, honest face, and wearing coarse linen clothes. His hands were a little cramped, and he was obviously very nervous.

"You don't have to be nervous, I didn't come because you did anything."

In a word, it gave Tong Zhixin a reassurance.

He was really afraid that it was the woman from the capital from last time who wanted to do something to their family. When the middle-aged man said this, he was relieved.

"Are you Tong Zhixin who sells tofu?"

"Yes, it is the grass people."

Could it be that this official also heard about tofu and wanted to buy his tofu?

"Someone wants to see you above, you can go with us."

Tong Zhixin didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he told his family to let him know before he left with the middle-aged man.

"Ah? Where are they taking you?" Fang Cuiwei was extremely anxious.

Tong Duo'er looked nervous.

Tong Zhi'er looked serious.

Tong Zhu'er was a little scared.

Tong Zhixin looked at the family and comforted them, "The lord said he didn't come to take me, but someone from above wants to see me, so I'll come back as soon as I go, you don't have to worry too much."

After speaking, Tong Zhixin left.

He said that there is no need to worry about him, but how could Fang Cuiwei and the others not worry?

Standing by the door and watching Tong Zhixin walk away with the officials, Fang Cuiwei's heart twitched.

"Mother, Dad said that someone above that master wants to see Dad, which means that that person has a very high official position. Maybe he has also heard about our tofu and wants to meet the person who makes tofu."

By the way, for the sake of political achievements, or because he really wanted to benefit the people, he asked Tong Zhixin to tell him how tofu and soybeans are made.In this way, you can get the opportunity to be promoted to the rank of official.

With Tong Zhi'er's comfort, Fang Cuiwei felt a little more at ease, but no matter what he did, he couldn't get up his spirits, and looked at the gate all day long, with a terribly dazed expression.

……

Tong Zhixin boarded the carriage, changed boats halfway, and arrived in Qingzhou not long after.Afterwards, the middle-aged man hired another carriage and asked Tong Zhixin to go up, and told him not to look around along the way.

Tong Zhixin kept this in mind, sitting on the carriage, he did not dare to move.

When the carriage finally stopped, his whole body was stiff.

Getting off the carriage, Tong Zhixin slowed down for a while, lowered his head, not daring to look around, followed people around for an unknown how long, and was finally taken to a room to stay.

"Master, please come with the servant."

At this time, a girl pushed open the door, stood by the door and said.

Tong Zhixin nodded, followed behind her, walked through a courtyard, and stopped in front of a door.

"Young master, people are here."

The girl said respectfully outside the door.

"Come in----"

The extremely young voice made Tong Zhixin startled.

The girl opened the door and stepped aside respectfully.

Remembering what the adult said to him, Tong Zhixin went in watching his toes.

The room was covered with a thick white carpet, Tong Zhixin was startled, but he didn't dare to step on it for fear of staining the carpet.

It must not be an ordinary family to lay carpets in the house.

"Move forward."

Although the voice is young, it carries an irresistible majesty.

Tong Zhixin bent down and was about to take off his shoes, but he heard the voice say again, "You don't need to take off your shoes, just go straight ahead."
Amidst the majesty, there was already a bit of impatience.

Tong Zhixin didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and didn't care if the carpet would be dirty by himself, he strode forward ten steps and then stopped.

Li Xin looked at this person, and suddenly became suspicious. Was it really the person in front of him who invented such delicious tofu?

"Head up."

A loyal and honest face appeared in front of Li Xin, which could be regarded as Zhou Zheng.

"I...let me ask you, did you invent tofu?"

Tong Zhixin shook his head, "No, the tofu is made by Caomin's daughter and his wife."

"Oh?" Li Xin was even more surprised, "Tell me how to make tofu one by one."

"Tofu is made from our soybeans..." Tong Zhixin put his house on the edge of the woods. Tong Zhier found soybeans in the woods. The family planted soybeans, and then told the people in front of him the process of making tofu.

Li Xin pondered for a moment, and said, "Do you think that delicious tofu should be enjoyed by everyone in the world?"

"Ah."

Li Xin was satisfied, and continued: "Listen, I want you to sell your soybeans to the people everywhere and teach them how to make tofu after you go back. Of course, in exchange, you Whatever you want, as long as it's not too much, I can agree."

Tong Zhixin was silent for a while.

What this man said made him think a lot. He seemed to have everything he wanted. The family was harmonious, Duoer had a good marriage, Zhier was capable, Zhuer had her own ambitions, and Ah Fu was studying hard.

Thinking about this, Tong Zhixin shook his head, "The grass people don't want anything."

This time it was Li Xin's turn to be silent.

The person in front of him didn't mention gold thousand taels, nor did he seek an official position. Instead, he said he didn't want anything, which was somewhat unexpected.

"You go back first."

Tong Zhixin saluted the man, turned around and left the house.

……

"Father, what's the matter?"

As soon as Tong Zhaofu came back, he heard about the family affairs, waited at the door for a long time, and ran over quickly when he saw Tong Zhixin coming back.

Fang Cuiwei, Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er in the room also ran out quickly.

When Tong Zhixin entered the room, Fang Cuiwei poured him a glass of water, while the other children sat beside him, looking at him eagerly.

"I met a young son today. The son said that he wanted me to sell our soybeans to other people and teach them how to make tofu."

"Ah?" Fang Cuiwei exclaimed.

Tong Zhi'er frowned, "Father, what else did that man say?"

"He asked me what I wanted, and said it doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's not too much."

Tong Zhi'er was satisfied now, fortunately this person did not let Tong Zhixin suffer for nothing.

"Father, what do you want?"

Tong Zhixin shook his head, "I don't want anything."

"..."

Tong Duo'er and the others looked at him in surprise.

Fang Cuiwei looked at Tong Zhixin and smiled, "Your father thinks that life is good now, and our family doesn't lack anything. I support his choice."

"Me too."

"And I."

"I support Dad too."

"Me too."

Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhi'er, Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu said in unison.

(End of this chapter)