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Chapter 19, Aunt Zhou's Steamed Bun Shop

When passing by the cloth shop, Xiaoqing bought a few bolts of rough cloth worn by farmers, as well as fine cotton cloth for inner clothes, needles and thread, and other sundries.

Seeing that the weather is getting warmer, the whole family is still wearing dirty and greasy cotton jackets, which is uncomfortable and does not keep warm.

It's fine if you really don't have any money. Now that your husband is back and brings back so much money, it's unreasonable to treat the children badly, and the old lady of the Zhao family only counts the children's clothes as the most shabby.

While it was still early, I went to the bookstore where my eldest brother helped me and bought the Four Treasures of the Study and books for Kaimeng.

I have to say that this book is really expensive. It costs two taels of silver for a thin volume, which is still a discount.

"Or, don't buy this book yet?"

The books of Chen Xiucai's family had already been sold off in batches when his father was ill. At that time, they couldn't sell too much money. Looking at it now, it is really short-sighted.

"That won't work. You can't have poor education if you're poor. It's already too late for the two uncles to start education. If you wait any longer, it's really too late. I'd rather eat less, and get my children's education up first."

Xiaoqing disagreed with her brother's approach, and insisted on adding another stack of the cheapest paper, which cost a total of five taels of silver.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the two went to Aunt Zhou's bun shop.

Welcome to the gate of the city, next to the official road, there is a row of small stores.

Aunt Zhou's shop is at the end of this row of shops.

So there is a lot of open space.

The house is small, so the aunt set up a stall on the open space, put up a pergola to protect it from the rain, and arranged rows of chairs, so that it would not be a problem to seat 80 to [-] people.

Aunt Zhou's ancestral handicraft, with her son and daughter-in-law.

The son is in charge of kneading the noodles and chopping the meat, the daughter-in-law is in charge of collecting money and setting the table, and a young man is in charge of receiving customers, and helping the guests tie horses and feed the animals.

Mrs. Zhou filled a pot with meat stuffing and a chopping board. Flying her fingers, she rolled the dough and wrapped it. The dough and rolling pin seemed to come alive in her hands, and she wrapped a basket in a short time.

She guarded the stove, upside down the empty drawers one by one, and filled them with new buns in a short while. The buns in each drawer were stacked higher than a person, and she took the bottom one every time. A cage.

The stuffing of the steamed stuffed bun is fresh and the skin is solid. Once you bite down, a mouthful of tender soup will flow out, and then you will take a mouthful of the thick porridge, with the small pickles pickled by Mrs. Zhou. The hard work all the way is relieved a bit .

Therefore, people who travel from south to north will rest here, eat hot food, offer sacrifices to the Wu Zang Temple, feed the animals, and buy a few buns to take with them. Therefore, there are endless guests here throughout the day.

It was lunch time, and there were almost no vacancies.

"What's the matter, didn't you have knocked off the beard before? Why is it urgent at the border again?"

"Hey, those things about the imperial court, we common people can't guess."

"Hmph, why don't you know this? It's not because the fifth prince's achievements are so great that the prince is not happy!"

"Why, you know? Tell me quickly."

The business of the steamed stuffed bun shop is very good, and the inside and outside are full of diners traveling from south to north, and naturally there are many traveling merchants from other provinces.

The bearded businessman said proudly: "The fifth prince has been stationed at the front for three years, and he has defeated the barbarians several times. Whether it is the people or the court, he has a very high reputation. His reputation has surpassed that of the current prince. If you don’t do it, you will frame him.”

"What? How could this crown prince do such a thing, for his own self-interest, to shake the foundation of the country!"

"Hey, those rich and well-clothed people don't care about us people. In short, the prince wants to give the fifth prince a shit-pot. But the fifth prince is such a noble person, and he has a high prestige in the army, so he can't be wrong!"

(End of this chapter)