Blissful Days After Widowhood

    The young shopkeeper waved away the man and greeted him personally.

    After coming out, seeing Gu Yin's young and tender face, she hesitated.

      , but also through secondary processing. A layman like him can't really see the way out.

    His hesitation made Wang look down on his daughter-in-law, and immediately said, "I have lived in the countryside for half my life, and now I do some food business, and I also deal with rice noodles. A shopkeeper, don't underestimate people!"

    The young shopkeeper saw that Wang was so confident (mainly because of his loud voice and looked particularly imposing), and immediately nodded: "Then I will trouble this lady and the little lady."

    Gu Yin walked to the pile of rice bags and squatted down, opened a bag, grabbed a handful and said: "The new rice is whiter, like the yellowish color in my hand, although there is no mildew But it is obviously old rice. Secondly, you can also see if there are white spots on the head of the rice, which is the germ of the rice. After the second refurbishment, there are almost no white spots in the old rice. Then you can also see whether the rice has any white spots. Cracks and gaps, new rice has no cracks or gaps. After secondary processing, the surface of old rice may have cracks or cracks. The hardness of new rice is larger, and the hardness of old rice is small. Put it in your mouth and bite it with your teeth. can distinguish.” ①

    While talking, Gu Yin opened the second bag again, "You can also insert your hand into the rice, if there is white powder on your hand, after blowing lightly with your mouth, the powder will be blown off. , it is new rice. If it is not easy to be blown off, and after rubbing your hands, there is sludge phenomenon, it is old rice. The two stickiness is also different, new rice is very sticky, if you knead with your hands, you can even squeeze it into a ball The old rice is relatively blunt, with poor stickiness, and cannot be clumped into a ball. In the end, it can be judged by smell. If you smell the new rice carefully, you can smell the fragrance of rice, but this bag of old rice does not." ②

    She explained while distinguishing, every time a bag was divided, Wang helped her to remove the bag of rice.

    After opening five bags of rice, Gu Yin divided the two bags of new rice she wanted to buy.

    The young shopkeeper nodded repeatedly and followed the method she said, and it didn't take long for dozens of bags of rice to be distributed.

    The guy who made the trouble had a weird face, but he didn't smile and said: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I don't want the little lady to be a middle-class expert."

    The young shopkeeper also looked surprised, and quickly apologized, "It's my eyesight, thank you little lady for taking care of me."

    Gu Yin didn't even look at the guy, she just chuckled with the young shopkeeper, "You don't need to say thank you."

    She does not take credit. Although she knew how to distinguish ingredients from a young age in her previous life, she owes more to the convenience of the Internet in later generations—these are secret and undisclosed industry knowledge in this era. A lot.

    Besides, seeing the guy's weird look, she guessed that most of them would do this too, just to embarrass the new shopkeeper on purpose.

    As she said before, Gu Yin bought two big bags of new rice that she had divided.

    When paying the bill, the young shopkeeper insisted on a 20% cheaper price, and said that as long as she came in the future, it would be calculated at today's price.

    Twenty percent is almost the profit from selling rice.

    Gu Yin was about to resign, but she heard the other party lowered her voice and said, "The little lady knows what's going on today, the matter of decimeters is small, the first day I took office, the rice shop could not do business, It's a big loss of face. Although I'm not the owner, I can still do this. Letting this little bit of profit be regarded as the hard work of the little lady, and it is also to let these guys know that I am a person who is rewarded and punished. Don't worry, just keep it."

    Gu Yin didn't say more, thanked her and left with Wang.

    The shopkeeper personally sent them off, but when he turned back to the store, he was stopped by a young man wearing a brocade blue round neck silk shirt.

    The young shopkeeper hurriedly saluted, "Why did the eldest young master come here in person?"

    The person who came was Wen Lang, the eldest son of the Wen family's big house.

    Wen Lang stretched out his hand and pulled him, a folding fan in his hand rattled, "What time did Peifeng greet me? I received your message and went to invite others The old man of the rice shop is here. Let the old gentleman separate the rice first, and let's go back and clean up those dog things that dare to embarrass you!"

    After speaking, Wen Lang entered the store, but the scene in the store was different from what he thought. Although there were indeed dozens of bags of rice, they were divided into two batches, obviously already divided. looks like.

    Wen Peifeng followed him into the store and explained, "Before you came, there was a little lady who helped me out, and she has already helped me."

    "What little lady? Does a layman know this?"

    In order to make sure nothing goes wrong, Wen Lang asked the old gentleman to check it again.

    The result is really a good bag!

    After the results came out, Wen Lang and Wen Peifeng looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

    In the past, the big house of the Wen family followed Mrs. Wen to be an official in the capital, and the second house managed the ancestral property in the original home.

    When he was in Beijing, Mr. Wen never checked the accounts of his second son, and said to his eldest son in private: "The second son has no brain for reading, but he can do some small things with my official voice. The business can make a living. Although it is the inheritance of our ancestors, logically it should be yours. But if you are brothers and sisters of your mother, don’t worry about those external things with him.”

    The eldest master of the Wen family is also a serious two-rank jinshi. He has been precious in the Hanlin Academy for a lifetime, and naturally he will not care about this with his brothers.

    But a month ago, Mrs. Wen and Jin had a big fight in the courtroom and resigned. Today, he didn't even keep it, and he directly released the officials of the old man, not counting, and also exempted the officials of the eldest master of the Wen family.

    Mr. Wen returned to Hanshan Town with his eldest son. Naturally, he had to find a way to make a living for the big family, so he let the second house divide some of the property.

    Master Wen Er is unwilling. They used to rely on the shadows of their father and elder brother to go well for so many years, and they never encountered any hardships. Now that the big tree in the family has fallen, and they have offended today, they don't know how their business will go in the future!

    But she was unwilling to return. The master of the Wen family was still Mrs. Wen. The second master picked and chose the few rice and noodle shops with the thinnest profits and let them go.

    The big house of the Wen family did not care about any advantages and disadvantages, and quickly let his confidant come over to take over.

    I didn't expect that on the first day of taking over Daxing Rice Shop, the people below would dare to stumble like this on purpose!

      Then it's better to switch careers as early as possible and do something else!

    Wen Peifeng nodded to show that he understood and Wen Lang stayed longer.

    Wen Peifeng sent him out, and Wen Lang exhaled a long breath at the door, "Grandfather was also afraid that my father would be depressed, so he thought of finding something to do for us earlier, but I didn't expect The second uncle is so unwilling. I still have to talk to my grandfather when I look back, and I won't let you be wronged in vain. "

    Although Wen Peifeng and Wen Lang are nominally masters and servants, but his father was a book boy from Master Wen. Master Wen regarded him as half a son, so he still knew the benefits and went out Sheng persuaded: "The old man is in a bad mood now, it's just a small matter, don't disturb the old man."

    Speaking of this Wen Lang also sighed.

    Mr. Wen has been an official for a lifetime, and also a teacher of the late emperor. Unexpectedly, Yi Yifeng now began to indulge in pleasure, delegating power to the eunuch, and completely ignored him.

    He worked hard for the royal family all his life, and Lin Lao Lin Lao ended up like this, one can imagine how angry he was in his heart.

    The old man was in a bad mood and didn't hurt the people around him, he only hurt himself - he hasn't had a good meal since he returned to Hanshan Town, saying it was not his appetite.

    Although everyone knows that this so-called "no appetite" is still in the heart of the old man, but the children and grandchildren still hire famous chefs for this matter, and make famous chefs in this town, this county and even the next county. Please come over, but I didn't let the old man eat more.

    "My grandfather has lost weight again in the past few days. My parents are anxious at home, but they have nothing to do. Seeing that the Chinese New Year will be coming in a few months... I don't know where to ask a master." Wen Lang sighed and left.

    For some reason, Wen Peifeng suddenly thought that the little lady's mother just now seemed to have said that they were selling food. That little lady already has this kind of ability at such a young age, so most of her cooking skills are not bad?

    Thinking of this, Wen Peifeng shook his head again. Although the old man refuses to eat, although it is a heart attack, his tongue is really tricky. After all, he was used to eating in the imperial pantry in the palace. To be picky, there are few people in the world whose craftsmanship can enter his mouth. That little lady was dressed in a poor family, and she was not very old, so she didn't seem to have that kind of ability.

    He sighed again, and then went into the store to deal with other affairs.

    …

    She was busy all morning, and she fell asleep not long after lying down after washing.

    She slept until midnight, and it was so dark outside that she could not see her fingers, so she quickly got up and went to the kitchen.

    In the kitchen, Mrs. Wang and Xiao Wuan were sitting in front of the stove talking.

    While burning the fire, Mrs Wang spoke vividly about what happened on the pier for the past two days. First, she talked about how everyone liked Gu Yin’s food, and then said her feat of punching through the table with one punch.

    Xiao Wuan rested his elbows on his knees and held his head in his hands, listening with interest.

    Seeing this scene, Gu Yin couldn't help but bend the corners of her mouth and said, "Why doesn't mother call me?"

    Wang turned her head to see her rising, and said with a smile, "I'm going to call you when I finish this paragraph."

    Gu Yin started to work, Wang Shi and Xiao Wuan also got up from the small bench to help.

    "Are you up or down?"

    "I fell asleep not long after you fell asleep. It's just that this stinky boy dragged me to ask about our stall, and wanted to sleep with me. I said it before going to bed, He urinated on the kang at night without knowing what to dream about, so my mother had to get up to clean up, and he wouldn't sleep."

    Xiao Wu'an blushed with embarrassment, and quickly lowered his head.

    Gu Yin and Mrs Wang gossip every so often, and they don't feel bored when they work.

    When the morning light faded, Gu Yin's 200 steamed buns were all ready.

    Aunt Ge was afraid that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would not be able to carry so many things, so she came to pick up the goods early.

    Xiao Wu'an followed them like a small tail, walked to the gate and watched them eagerly.

    Gu Yin couldn't bear to see it, she and Wang were busy from midnight to noon every day, and when they came back in the afternoon, they were so tired that they would rest without saying a word. Such an older child does some housework at home every day, guarding an empty room with no one to speak to. It is estimated that he is too lonely, and he, who has always been well-behaved, will sleep with Wang's family, and also get up together in a dark light.

    Wang shi saw her son along her line of sight, and she asked him if he wanted to go together.

    Xiao Wu'an's eyes suddenly lit up, and just as he was about to nod his head in a hurry, he heard his mother say: "No, it's not safe on the pier, you should stay at home."

    As she spoke, she glanced at Aunt Ge, obviously thinking of the abducted daughter of the Ge family.

    Aunt Ge opened her mouth and said, "It's not in the way, you can take the child with you if you want. Since we got here, the security in the town doesn't need to worry anymore. The child is taken, and I have never heard of any child lost."

    Seeing his son's pitiful appearance, Mrs Wang nodded and told him, "Then you can't run around, you must follow your mother and sister-in-law."

    Xiao Wu'an smiled so that her eyes became two small moons, she turned and closed the door of her house, and followed them to the pier.

    The two families also separated and went to work at their own stall.

    At the beginning of the morning market, people began to come to Gu Yin's stall one after another. Wang's was in charge of selling steamed buns and porridge soup, Gu Yin was in charge of making wontons, and Xiao Wu'an was young, but he was used to his work. , with quick hands and feet, helping to serve wontons and collect empty bowls, the three of them cooperated more and more with less effort.

    An hour later, a large group of people in the morning market passed by. Mrs. Wang asked Gu Yin to sit in it to rest and began to count the rest of the food.

    Suddenly, I heard a sudden scream from Xiao Wuan outside!

    "What's the matter!" Wang hurriedly picked up the long-handled wooden spoon for scooping porridge and rushed out from it, Gu Yin also quickly stood up.

    Xiao Wu'an flushed with anxiety, and pointed his little finger in one direction, "I was collecting the bowl just now, and then... that thing jumped out of nowhere and grabbed my bowl, Hiding under the table and eating."

    "Why is your child so surprised? There are too many wild cats and dogs on the pier!" Wang hurriedly pulled Xiao Wu'an to his side and knocked him a burst of chestnuts, "Mother And when you meet a kidnapper!"

    Xiao Wu'an rubbed the hurt head, and said, "It doesn't seem like it's a kitten or a puppy."

    Only then did Wang Shi and Gu Yin take a closer look, only to see a black shadow crawling on the ground under the low table, gobbling up food.

    Where is a wild cat and a wild dog, it is clearly a child!