Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 103 Long-Term Business ([-])

On the second day, Du Xiaoyu marinated the three rabbits and prepared to go to the county with Du Xian and Du Wenyuan tomorrow.

Two of them were taken to the restaurant, and one was given to Lin Meizhen as a thank you gift. If it weren't for her selfless dedication, they wouldn't have been able to get this stewed rabbit, so naturally they have to thank them.

In addition, she also packed some dried rose flowers, which are good for making tea and smells very fragrant, so she brought them to Du Huanghua to have a taste.

After everything was ready, she ran to Mrs. Zhao's room to speak.

Since Lin Song came yesterday, Zhao's mood has not completely stabilized, and she doesn't know what is hidden, but although she is curious, she can't ask it out.

"It's all done?" Mrs. Zhao waved her hand when she saw her come in with a smile, "Come on, take this to your sister."

Du Xiaoyu looked down and saw that they were a pair of brand-new cotton shoes, exquisitely handcrafted, with two golden crabapple flowers embroidered on the left and right uppers, "Looking at the soles of Niangna's shoes a while ago, they were originally going to make shoes for my sister, really. Looks good, my sister must be very happy." After speaking, she looked at Zhao Shi eagerly.

"You don't have to be greedy, you can." Zhao smiled a little, "It doesn't look cold today, but it can change quickly, and you will be shivering in the blink of an eye. Your sister is not at home now, and her feet are hot in the fields. Sitting and embroidering all day, don't let your feet freeze."

"There is also a big kang. The sister who said it seems like she can't use a kang."

"Where is there in that workshop? I went to see it, and all of them sat and embroidered."

Du Xiaoyu laughed, "That's right, that's right, I forgot, mother really loves elder sister. I must tell elder sister not to freeze her feet, otherwise mother will feel bad!"

Mrs. Zhao glanced at her, lowered her head to tidy up the dried clothes, and her face slowly sank again.

Du Xiaoyu looked at her, hesitated for a while and said slowly, "Second brother said that Aunt Cui went to Wan's house to find her sister."

"What?" Huo De Zhao raised his head, "Wen Yuan said?"

"Well, I mentioned it when I was gossiping. The second brother doesn't know much about the Bai family's affairs. I do know that they come to our house all day to annoy my mother."

Zhao frowned and didn't speak for a while.

"Second brother said that my sister was busy that day, and Aunt Cui didn't see her, and Mrs. Wan didn't accept the gift from her later." She tentatively asked, "Mother, does Aunt Cui want to marry my sister back as a wife?"

At this time, Mrs. Zhao was upset beyond words, and said sharply, "They really want to! They just brought their son over that time. If it was really good, they would have been jumping around in the village long ago. , how can you still shrink at home?"

"That's right, mother, next time when Aunt Cui comes back, you shouldn't be so talkative. She thought our family agreed, and she can marry my sister back only by asking Mrs. Wan's family to let her go."

Mrs. Zhao looked at Du Xiaoyu, nodded, and warned, "Don't talk too much in front of your sister, your sister is soft-hearted, maybe she will think about it when she knows about it."

Hearing this, Du Xiaoyu suddenly remembered what Du Xian said that day, he said that he was going to test Du Huanghua's mind, did he tell her?But here Mrs. Zhao is telling her not to tell Du Huanghua about this...

She didn't respond immediately, and she wanted to continue testing what happened between Zhao and Lin Song, but she swallowed the words.Zhao's temper was quite terrifying when she lost her temper. She will always remember that she was slapped severely on the palm of her hand, and she immediately picked up her shoes and turned around to go out.

Du Wenyuan was going to the academy the day after tomorrow, so they didn't leave early, so they set off at noon.

On the bullock cart, Du Xian asked his son about his studies, how well his master taught him, and so on. Only then did Du Xiaoyu know that the academy still had annual exams, and Du Wenyuan was going to take part this year.This year's examination must have excellent grades, so that the selection of scientific examinations can be carried out, and only those who pass the selection can take part in the rural examinations.

I have to say that the imperial examination system in this dynasty is really strict!
Du Xiaoyu felt that it was much more terrifying than the college entrance examination system. Just think about it, there were college students everywhere at that time, but how could there be so many candidates here!
Thinking about it, she couldn't help casting a sympathetic glance at Du Wenyuan.

When they arrived in Defeixian County, several people got off the bullock cart and went to the restaurant.

"Little fish, how much do you plan to sell this stewed rabbit?" Du Xian asked.

"What did dad say?"

"I think wild rabbits are so heavy that they cost 220 renminbi. How about we sell them for 150 renminbi?"

Du Wenyuan laughed beside him, "Father is really kind, even if the rabbit is not marinated, it costs 150. Let's wash it, cook it and sell it for so much. The shopkeeper will get a big bargain!"

Du Xian scratched his head and said with a foolish smile, "These rabbits were all born from a litter of big rabbits, and the vegetables and leaves we ate were grown by our own family. We didn't spend a penny."

"I didn't spend any money, but what I spent was something that money can't buy, Dad!" Du Xiaoyu took Du Xian's arm and said with a smile, "Dad, think about it, it will take five years for the rabbit to grow up." About six months, these five or six months have we spent time taking care of them? Should we clean up the dirty things? Let’s greet them warmly? It doesn’t take much effort, time can’t be bought with money.”

After being told by her, Du Xian thought for a while and said, "That's right, hey, I don't care, it's up to you how much you sell, at this age, Dad should enjoy the blessings of a son and a daughter." He said pretending The look of an old man.

It made the two of them laugh.

"Actually, there is another way to eat rabbits." Du Wenyuan said at this time, "I read it in a book, it's called the Pao Xia Gong."

"Peel what?" Du Xiaoyu opened his eyes wide, expressing that he didn't understand these three words.

"In the Song Dynasty, it was very popular for a while. It is recorded in "Shanjia Qinggong", "Only thin batches are used in the mountains, and the wine, sauce and pepper are fertile. They are placed on the stove, and the water is less than half a cup. After a cup of soup, each part One tendon, so that you can put it into the soup, cook it, eat it, and serve it with juice.' The rabbit meat is cut into thin slices, cooked in hot soup, and the color is like clouds, hence the name. "

The two people next to me were drooling.

Du Xiaoyu thought, isn't this the rabbit meat hot pot, she really didn't expect to eat it this way!
"Then when you rest next time, we'll eat this at home." Du Xian rubbed his hands, "It must be a pleasure to eat when the weather is cold, and your master must also like it."

"Buy a stove when I go back." Du Xiaoyu was also ready to move.

"If you don't, you can call Mr. Zhang, there are so many people, it's best that Huang Hua can come back together."

When Du Wenyuan heard this, he blinked at Du Xiaoyu.

The latter immediately thought of what the two of them said yesterday. He just mentioned what his father and mother thought about Zhang Zhuoyu, and immediately pushed Du Xian, "What did father say? It will be rare for our family to get together at that time. What do we ask an outsider to do?" ?”

"Outsider?" Du Xian was dissatisfied, "You have no heart, you girl, how kind is Wanjia to us, Mr. Zhang and your brother are classmates, and they often help you, what's wrong with asking him to eat rabbit meat? Wen Yuan, ignore your stingy sister, just call Mr. Zhang here."

Du Xiaoyu rubbed his forehead, suddenly he became stingy...

While talking, the three of them had already arrived at the Moon Tower.

Mao Zong usually sits in a restaurant, and when he heard that someone was going to do business with him, he immediately asked the waiter to invite him in. When he saw that it was the Du family again, he couldn't help laughing, "Your family has too many friends in this restaurant like mine." The business is over, I wonder if there is any good stuff this time?"

Du Xiaoyu peeled off the oil paper wrapped around the stewed rabbit, and the fragrance came out.

"Yo, it's a rabbit!" Mao Zong twitched his nose, "Well, spicy rabbit meat, good!"

Hearing his praise, Du Xian was quite proud of his daughter, and said with a smile, "They are all rabbits raised by our daughter."

"Have you raised rabbits yourself? The little girl is really capable." Mao Zong praised a few more words by the way, but then changed the subject, "However, there are not many people who eat rabbit meat here, and there are more than a hundred people who come to the restaurant to order food. I don’t know if someone will order it, so I usually don’t sell rabbit meat.”

Du Xian was a little anxious when he heard this, so what should this silly girl do if she raises so many rabbits!

Du Xiaoyu was already mentally prepared. He had already investigated the situation of eating rabbit meat with Mao Zong a long time ago, so he was not surprised. Isn’t it popular now? I believe that people who have eaten rabbit meat will love it.”

This is a very good example. Mao Zong didn't know how to refute it for a while, and said half aloud, "You can try it in our restaurant if you want to sell it, but the ugly thing is first, this rabbit meat is not expensive, and it will be good if someone eats it."

Knowing that he wanted to lower the price, Du Xiaoyu smiled, "I don't want money for these two rabbits. If the shopkeeper Mao sincerely does business with us, when the guests have dinner, please send a plate to each table and taste it for free. Mao Shopkeeper, what do you think?"

Mao Zong's eyes were puffed up when he heard that, the two rabbits cost at least [-] Wen, which is not a small amount of money for a farmer's family, but this little girl can figure it out.

Du Xian was also stunned. He didn't expect them to come to Feixian County to sell rabbits. As a result, the two stewed rabbits were given away for free. He immediately pushed Du Xiaoyu, "Girl, you really don't need money?" This child His thoughts are really deep, it is difficult for him as a father to understand in his life.

Only Du Wenyuan showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, she will always have a good idea, and she is generous, and it is indeed the material for doing business, but unfortunately, no matter for himself or for the whole family, he can only take this only way Go to the imperial examination road of Guandao, otherwise, even if we open a restaurant together, we may not be able to live happily.

Thinking about it, his eyes were half-closed, and he smiled wryly.

Du Xiaoyu once asked about Mrs. Zhao, but how could he not know about the matter between her mother and Lin Song? He knows it better than anyone else!
In the past few years, I figured it out. Even if he was not from the Zhao family, she raised him and everyone in the family loved him so much. Slowly, he didn't want to find the truth anymore, thinking that maybe he could live like this forever go down.

However, now it seems that it may not be possible.

But if there is a day to leave, how can the friendship of these years be easily let go?

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