Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 73

"Why didn't you call me?" Wen Yue walked over and complained to Fang Dachuan.

Da Chuan smiled, leaned into Wen Yue's ear and said, "Didn't I see that you were too tired yesterday? I want you to sleep more."

Wen Yue's face flushed, she glared at Fang Dachuan, turned around and went to Mrs. Zhao's to help, leaving Fang Dachuan alone with a smirk.Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li are both people who have been here. Seeing Fang Dachuan's appearance, they knew that the young couple must be flirting again. They were afraid that Wen Yue would be ashamed, so they didn't say anything, but the narrow smiles on the corners of their mouths But it still made Wen Yue feel ashamed. She always felt that they made too much noise last night and Zhao and the others overheard them.

After finally going out to deliver the goods, Wen Yue ruthlessly twisted a few marks on Fang Dachuan's body. Seeing him grinning, she felt a little better.After a while, she felt regretful again, she shouldn't have vented her anger on the innocent Da Chuan like this, "Da Chuan, did you hurt you just now?"

"It doesn't hurt, what's the pain with your little strength? If you want me to hurt, you have to eat a few more bowls of rice."

In order to hurry up, the car bumped forward all the way, and when she arrived at Baiweiju, Wen Yue felt that her whole body was about to fall apart.Fortunately, the time came quickly, and the restaurant was not yet open.When the shopkeeper of Baiweiju heard that they were coming, he went downstairs to greet them in person again with difficulty. Looking at the things Wen Yue and Da Chuan brought, the smile on his face never faded.

"Come on, come in and rest for a while, I'm afraid I'm on my way early in the morning when I deliver it so early." The shopkeeper, Fang Dachuan and Wen Yue, welcomed them into the lobby. The sharp-eyed Wen Yue saw the menu board hanging in the restaurant at a glance In the position, a few new menus have been added.

Fang Dachuan followed Wen Yue's gaze, and then said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, you are fast enough. It only took one night to order the new dishes to be added."

The shopkeeper of Baiweiju said proudly: "Soldiers are expensive, and our business is the same. Even if it is a stick of incense earlier, we can earn a lot more than others."

"Taught!" Fang Dachuan punched the shopkeeper, thanking him for his advice.

"Where, I'm speaking from experience. Even if I don't say it, you will understand soon. By the way, my surname is Wu, so you can call me shopkeeper Wu."

It didn't take long before the prime time for Baiweiju's business arrived. The guests filled up the first and second floors of the restaurant one after another. The lobby sounded.Wen Yue and Fang Dachuan were sitting at the corner of the lobby, carefully observing the sales of new dishes on the first day in this restaurant and the reactions of customers.

The waiters of Baiweiju have a clever mouth. After their recommendation, almost every table of guests who come to eat has at least one vermicelli or a dish made of vermicelli, and the best seller among them is jelly. .

But it's not surprising, let's not talk about how the finished jelly looks like, just say that after it was delivered to Baiweiju, shopkeeper Wu asked someone to wrap the jelly with ice cubes. cool?
Seeing that Xiaoer began to ask for additional dishes, Fang Dachuan could only say to Wen Yue in a low voice, "Yue Niang, it seems that we have to increase the supply of jelly tomorrow."

Wen Yue shook her head with a sad face and said: "But I don't want to. You saw how early we got up this morning, but we did so much, and we didn't even last until night. If we increase the amount tomorrow, you, me, grandma I'm afraid my mother and I don't need to sleep anymore. Besides, it's a bit of a pain to come here so early every day to deliver jelly. I thought it was easy yesterday, and I didn't think about these objective problems."

"What's the matter, how can you not be tired of making money?" Fang Dachuan said indifferently.

"I know that making money is hard work, but what do we make money for? Isn't it also to live a good life? Now I am only tired, but I don't feel how comfortable life has become. What's the point of that. "

"But... Fang Dachuan still wanted to continue persuading, but Wen Yue interrupted him and said: "I understand what you mean, but our family is different today. If life is still difficult as before, I may insist on continuing to do this Go on, after all, being tired is not too much of a threshold.But now our living conditions are not too bad, so there is really no need to be so tired.

Dachuan, can you see if this works? Let’s sell the method of making jelly to Baiweiju. Anyway, it’s going to be cold, and this thing won’t be popular for long. When it’s hot next year, the way of making this thing is probably I couldn't keep it anymore. "

Fang Dachuan pondered for a while, looked up at Wen Yue and said, "Yue Niang, I'll listen to you, as long as you think it's good. The reason why I want us to do it ourselves is only because you have the idea of ​​​​opening a shop. , I feel that if we want to do well, we must have our own things. But now that you think so, I will support you no matter what you do. "

"Thank you, Dachuan!" Wen Yue lightly shook Fang Dachuan's hand and looked at him gratefully.

Just when the two looked at each other affectionately, shopkeeper Wu came over wiping his sweat: "Brother Fang, hurry up, the jelly you brought is not enough, I need to buy some more."

Letting go of his hand in a hurry, Fang Dachuan cleared his throat with a little embarrassment and said, "Shopkeeper Wu, I'm afraid you forgot that it takes half an hour to get from my house to the town at a fast pace. What's more, the jelly I made today is all It’s already been brought, you want it from me now, if you make it now, you can’t eat it until evening.”

"Oh, this, this is really, I didn't expect it to sell so well today. I'm afraid that the vermicelli you brought can only be sold until evening." I was thinking about the loss after there was no goods.

"We still have vermicelli at home. If you want to buy more, shopkeeper, I can bring them to you in the afternoon, but I'm afraid jelly is not available." Fang Dachuan said without hesitation.

Seeing shopkeeper Wu's sad face, Wen Yue knew it was time for her to go on stage, pretending to hesitate, she said softly: "Sir, can this work? Our family has few hands, just making vermicelli and fans It's been a lot of hard work, why don't we hand over the method of making jelly to the shopkeeper, and it will save us a month of running to the town every day, you are too tired."

Shopkeeper Wu's eyes lit up. Wen Yue's words brought him a surprise that was no less than what he felt when he was selected as the shopkeeper of this restaurant. If it weren't for the incompatibility between men and women, he really wanted to give Wen Yue a big hug. .The recipe of jelly is what he has always wanted. It would be even better if he could sell him the recipe of vermicelli.

He looked at Fang Dachuan with his small eyes without blinking, afraid that Fang Dachuan would disagree, but the more he was afraid of something, the more he would come. Fang Dachuan shook his head and said, "No, Yueniang, let's not agree." Now, are you going to be the main business of these things in the future? It’s too bad for you to sell this prescription to the shopkeeper because of your hard work. People can be hired to do it, and the difficulties are only temporary.”

The hope in shopkeeper Wu's eyes suddenly faded, and he knew that things would not be so easy. He also knew that Boy Fang was not the kind of short-sighted person, but he was a little disappointed in the end.No, you can't just give up like this. Since the young daughter-in-law of the Fang family has this idea, it means that there is still hope of persuasion.

"Brother Fang, that's not what you said. Although the difficulties can be overcome, you have to do what you can. Look at your current scale, which can no longer supply the sales of our family, let alone you will open in the future It was not so difficult for the shop to sell takeout at that time." Seeing that Fang Dachuan wanted to interject, shopkeeper Wu didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and said to himself: "Yes, it is possible to hire people, but you have to know, as long as When there are too many people, it will be difficult to keep it secret. A negligence may cause the recipe to spread, and by then, this thing will be worthless."

Taking advantage of shopkeeper Wu's effort to wipe his sweat with his head down, Wen Yue winked at Fang Dachuan. Fang Dachuan smiled slightly. Before the two of them could make eye contact, shopkeeper Wu raised his head again.

Fang Dachuan immediately changed his expression of serious thinking, while Wen Yue seemed to have lost her mind, she looked blankly at Fang Dachuan and remained silent. After a long time, Fang Dachuan looked at Shopkeeper Wu unwillingly and said: "The shopkeeper, what price do you plan to charge us for this jelly recipe?"

"50 taels!" Excited shopkeeper Wu stretched out five fingers and shook Fang Dachuan's eyes.

Fang Dachuan was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's not hide it from the shopkeeper, we are really not short of 50 taels of silver. This is an exclusive secret recipe. It's a pity to sell it at this price. We still keep it." Let’s sell it later when conditions permit.” He stood up and said to Shopkeeper Wu, “Shopkeeper, I don’t know if you want jelly today, but if you want, I’ll go back and make it for you.”

Shopkeeper Wu pushed Fang Dachuan down on the stool and said, "Oh, don't, since we've already talked about it, how can we not talk about it and come up with a result? If 50 taels doesn't work out, then eight...he didn't mind Fang Dachuan. Impressed, he quickly changed his words and said, "100 taels, how about 100 taels? "

"This... Fang Dachuan hesitated for a moment, and Wen Yue hurriedly said: "Sir, I think shopkeeper Wu is very sincere, and what he said is also reasonable.Let's just sell it. My mother and grandma are both old, so we really can't work so hard all the time. "

"Ah!" Fang Dachuan sighed heavily, nodded unwillingly and said: "Well, I am incapable after all, so let's make it so."

"Sister, don't say that!" Wen Yue looked at Fang Dachuan worriedly, as if she didn't know how to comfort her.

Shopkeeper Wu didn't care what mood the young couple was in, he was overjoyed, bought this prescription, made a fortune, and would be able to claim credit from the master again later.Without further ado, he stood up clumsily and went upstairs as fast as if he had lost a hundred catties, and then went downstairs quickly, holding a contract in his hand and handing it to Fang Dachuan, saying: "Brother Fang , look, if there is no problem, let's sign this."

Shopkeeper Wu cared a lot about the method of making the jelly, so he brought Fang Dachuan and Wen Yue to the backyard of the restaurant, and arranged for someone to find him and someone he trusted to introduce to Fang Dachuan and Wen Yue. The method was passed on to him.

Shopkeeper Wu watched the whole teaching process. When he saw that the method was so simple, he suddenly felt at a disadvantage, and said with a wry smile, "I never expected that you young couples would use such a simple method to start from I took so much money here."

Fang Dachuan still said with a gloomy expression: "No matter how simple it is, this is what we came up with, and no one else knows it, so it is valuable. Shopkeeper Wu, if I don't sell it now...

"No, no, Brother Fang, we have signed the contract, so we don't want to go back on our word." Seeing that Fang Dachuan was about to go back on his word, he quickly reminded him.

"Ah!" Fang Dachuan sighed again, lowered his head and at the same time quietly glanced at shopkeeper Wu, seeing him happy again, he hummed in his heart.This person is really a master who doesn't want to suffer. When talking about business with him, if he shows a little happiness, he will regret it for a long time. He is not a person to be friends with.

The people selected by shopkeeper Wu are smart, and the method of making the jelly is simple. Wen Yue only made it once, and he can already draw a ladle like a gourd.The only thing that was missing was the proficiency of the technique, which only needed to be given a little time for him to do it. After agreeing with shopkeeper Wu to deliver a batch of vermicelli tomorrow, Fang Dachuan and Wen Yue left Baiweiju.

On the way back, because they wanted to choose a gift for Zhou Xianli, the two finally decided to buy a few feet of material for her to add makeup, and it would be considered a practical thing to go to the mother-in-law in the future.Giving gifts is also a science, the difficulty lies in making the recipients satisfied and face-worthy, without looking too shabby and at the same time not exposing one's own wealth and making others jealous.

In the cloth shop, Wen Yue chose a pomegranate-shaped satin ruler for Zhou Xianli, and pulled a few feet of cloth for everyone in the family, from the old to the young, and went back to make new clothes for autumn. Then he walked home with Fang Dachuan.

On the way, Dachuan mentioned that there were not many potatoes and sweet potatoes left at home. If calculated according to today's sales volume, it might not be enough for Baiweiju for a month's supply, and asked Wen Yue if she wanted to buy more.Wen Yue also agreed to buy more, but she didn't because she was afraid of not being able to supply Baiweiju. Today's sales are so good, and it's not because everyone wants to eat fresh food. After two days, the freshness has passed, and the sales volume will naturally decrease. down.

The reason why they need to do more is to prepare for the opening of their own stores, and the second is that the weather is going to be cold, and the time to dry vermicelli will become very long, so it is also a good idea to prepare more stocks while the weather is good. OK

On the day of Zhou Xianli's wedding, it was a beautiful autumn day. Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao went to Lizheng's house early to help. This is how people in the village marry. Because there are many people at the banquet, more people are needed to help. .Picking vegetables, lighting a fire, washing dishes, and serving dishes all require people.

And the source of these people is the women in the village. Usually, people in the village live next to my house. People know which daughter-in-law is clean and which wife is hardworking, and these hardworking people are the main people invited when holding banquets.

As for the remuneration, that's really not there yet, because who can guarantee that there will be no banquet at home, it's all about human relations, and it will be paid back sooner or later.

Fang Dachuan was going to the town to deliver vermicelli, so he didn't plan to attend Zhou Xianli's wedding banquet, so Wen Yue went to Zhou Lizheng's house alone with a gift.When Wen Yue went, the backyard of Zhou Lizheng's house was as lively as a picture of fire. From a distance, she saw Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li sitting at the mouth of the well washing vegetables, and they chatted happily with the daughters-in-law next to them.

Wen Yue went up to say hello to them, and Wen Yue, accompanied by Li Zheng's eldest daughter-in-law, went to Zhou Xianli's wedding room.There were a lot of people in the room, all Zhou Xianli's friendly little sisters in the village, and Guo Lixue was among them.Zhou Xianli seemed to have been teased by them, she was blushing and bowed her head in silence, when seeing Wen Yue came in, all the little girls in the room got up and called "Sister Fang"

Wen Yue greeted them with a smile, then put the things she brought in Zhou Xianli's hand and said, "Congratulations, Xianli."

"Thank you, sister-in-law Fang." Zhou Xianli said still blushing.

Wen Yue smiled, sat in the room for a while and then went out. The young girl looked at the back of Wen Yue leaving, and someone said enviously: "Sister-in-law Fang is just like the wife of a big family in the city. For sister-in-laws like us in the country, looking at her clothes, the material is not so good, but it looks good on her."

"That's right, my mother can tell you that since Fang's family came to us, she has never seen Fang's sister-in-law. She has been here once! The Fang family's grandma and mother-in-law are very kind to her, raising her with delicious food and drink. Can you not be watery? But people also have that ability. You can embroider any pattern you want, and you can sell it for a few taels of silver? I have heard that the things she embroidered are very valuable, otherwise the things she embroidered at the beginning would be worthless. It will be lost together with the belongings." When the girl said this, she intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Guo Lixue who had been hiding behind everyone since Wen Yue came in.

Guo Lixue is really suffering right now, she can feel what kind of mentality everyone is looking at her at this time, if there is a seam in the ground now, she really wants to get in.After what happened to Guo Liniang, she honestly followed Guo Liniang's instructions and stayed at Zhao's house without leaving the house, in order not to let the villagers point fingers at her, and also wanted to downplay the impact of this incident in the village.

But she is a living person, how can she not go out?She had been hiding for so long, and she couldn't bear it anymore. Taking advantage of Zhou Xianli's marriage, she decided to return to people's attention.I also want to take this opportunity to find an opportunity to fulfill the thoughts in her heart all along. She wants to plan for her own future, and she can't listen to Guo Liniang for everything. Although Guo Liniang promised that she will return to the village, it has been so long , who can believe it?People have to live for themselves, don't they?
"Look, what did sister-in-law Fang give you?" Just when Guo Lixue was afraid of being ridiculed and didn't dare to look up, a group of little girls had already turned their attention to other places, and she also looked up after a long sigh of relief. At the beginning, I saw the girl who deliberately mentioned Guo Liniang's theft just now was looking at her with sarcasm.

She blushed, smiled dryly, and quickly put her eyes on the target of those girls, satin material!Like those girls, she was startled. How many country girls can wear satin clothes?Even if there is, it is just to make a dress or a skirt, but now this is enough to make a suit of clothes and there are more.The Fang family, as my sister said, is really hiding money!

Wen Yue, who was helping Mrs. Zhao and the others outside the house, had no idea that the ruler she gave would make Guo Lixue's imagination run wild again. Now she is living a fulfilling life every day, with countless things to do, if she hadn't seen it here today Guo Lixue, she had long forgotten about this person.

Not long after, the sound of gongs and drums came from afar, and the team to pick up the bride finally arrived.There are not as many rules for marrying a daughter as there are for marrying a daughter-in-law. With the help of Quanfu's wives from the two villages, Zhou Xianli got into the man's sedan chair and walked away under the reluctant eyes of Zhou Lizheng and his wife.

(End of this chapter)