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Shunniang helped her sister-in-law wash the dishes and sent them back to the small foot shop on this street where she and Xiaojiao had held the engagement banquet before. When she came back, she went to the Hu's grocery store to buy another [-] baskets. Big wooden basin, this time Mrs. Hu's family neither gave her less money, nor sent her home.

I think it's because Shunniang, a younger generation, has a good name, and she can't recruit Shunniang to be her son-in-law, so she doesn't try to recruit her anymore.

However, he was still enthusiastic in words, saying that Shun Niang had good luck, not only being able to marry the daughter of the rich Xie Tu, but also having friendship with the local Guo Lizheng, this kind of business will be the only one in Yangliu Town in the future, anyway, Shun Niang will be in the future Mother is promising, if there is anything wrong with the Hu family, please ask her to help out for the sake of being a good neighbor.

Shunniang vaguely agreed, and after walking three or four times, she brought back thirty baskets and a few large wooden basins, and then went to the cloth shop in the town to buy a lot of linen with good air permeability, and prepared to send a large number of them. Use when bean sprouts.

After buying these things, hundreds of coins are gone.

The next step is of course to buy mung beans, because more than [-] catties of mung beans are used a day, so Shunniang went to bargain with the owner of the rice noodle shop.It turned out that the clerk of this rice noodle shop told her that if the mung beans were more than [-] catties at a time, he would give her a [-]% discount on the price.The mung beans in this store were bought by Shunniang for fifteen yuan a catty before, and if the price is [-] catties less than [-]%, it should be twelve yuan a catty.But this amount of fifty catties is required every day, so Shunniang talked to the owner of the rice noodle shop surnamed Ke, and she asked if it was possible to reduce the money, preferably one penny less per catty, which is ten cents. A penny a catty.

Boss Ke said that he had no choice but to negotiate the price, because even if he sold it to Shunniang at twelve cents per catty, he would only make about one penny per catty.If he gave Shunniang less, he would have no money to make.But Shunniang wanted a lot of mung beans, so he could offer Shunniang a discount for home delivery, as well as a discount for checking out every half a month.

As soon as Shunniang heard this, she didn't insist on reducing the price any more. Instead, she reached a verbal agreement with Boss Ke to send 160 catties of mung beans to her every three days. The family members look at it, and then Xi’s family members sign the deposit. After half a month, the bill will be settled, and Boss Ke will also need to come to collect the money.

After agreeing on this, Shunniang asked Boss Ke to send a clerk to deliver fifty catties of mung beans to her first. She was going to soak the beans today and grow the seeds, and the money today would also be paid to him half a month later.

Boss Ke said hello and asked Shunniang to wait, and he will arrange for the waiter to weigh the mung beans for Shunniang, and then send them to Shunniang on the donkey in the shop.

This Boss Ke also went to the market in the south of the town today, and saw with his own eyes how the local Guo Li did justice for the young man named Xishun in front of him, and he also knew that Xishun was about to be engaged to Xie Tu's young daughter. .That's why he put forward the preferential conditions so readily, and it was delivered to the door, and the bill was settled half a month.

According to the amount of mung beans that Shunniang wanted, it would be close to ten pennies in half a month. If it was an ordinary outsider, Boss Ke would definitely not give such preferential terms.

In Boss Ke’s view, Xishun is different. As an outsider, he has a solid foundation. His in-law’s family is one of the richest in the town. Come out, don't be afraid to resign yourself to success.In addition, Boss Ke felt that Xishun had a relationship with Guo Lizheng, which made him feel more at ease in sending so many mung beans to Xi's house.

Boss Ke sent a shop clerk to lead the donkey and follow Shunniang to Xi's house. After identifying the place, he carried the bag of [-] catties of mung beans into Xi's house where bean sprouts were grown. A ledger was issued, and Shunniang asked Shunniang to deposit [-] catties of mung beans from the Kejia rice noodle shop on a certain day and unpaid bill, and then went back with the ledger.

After all this busy work, the sun was already in the west, and the evening was approaching. Mrs. Qi cooked dinner, and the family sat around the table to eat. Fifty catties of mung beans need to be boiled and soaked, and then nearly four hundred catties of bean sprouts are sent to Bianliang City.So it should be very busy in the morning and evening. After all, there are a lot of bean sprouts, especially when you get up earlier in the morning than usual. She estimated that it would take more than one to harvest [-] catties of bean sprouts and load them on the bullock cart. Time, that is, two or three hours.Then we have to start from Yangliu Town around five o’clock. It takes more than half an hour on the road, and when we enter the city, we must try our best to deliver all these bean sprouts before noon, otherwise those hotel guests at noon will ask for this fried bean sprouts. , People can't make it without ingredients.

Mrs. Liu listened, calculated silently, and asked Shunniang: "If this is the case, doesn't it mean that the Xie family next door will get up to kill pigs?"

Shun Niang nodded and said yes, and said with a smile: "When I first moved here, I hated the ugly Xie family next door who killed pigs and quarreled with others, but now, I think it's a good thing for him to kill pigs, and I know it's time to get up when I hear the pigs. By the way, mother, don't get up so early, you take Kecheng and Hui'er and get up again at dawn, and my sister-in-law and I will just get up earlier."

Mrs. Liu said yes, and said that since she had to get up so early, Shunniang and Mrs. Qi would go to wash up after dinner and go to bed. As for washing the dishes and locking the door, she would do it.

The Qi family was still fighting to do it, and Shun Niang asked her to listen to her mother's advice and not to be aggressive, otherwise she would be overworked after a long time, and if she got sick, things would be delayed even more.

"Well, I will listen to my uncle, but I'll let my family come to boil the water and soak beans tonight." Qi said.

Mrs. Liu: "From now on, you and Erlang will work together to grow bean sprouts. I'll do the cooking, cleaning, and washing up in the kitchen. I can still do it."

The family each divided the work they did and did it according to the agreement.

After dinner, Mrs. Qi went to the back kitchen to boil water, Mrs. Liu washed the dishes and chopsticks, and Shunniang went to the bean sprouts room to weigh out the bean sprouts and put them in the big wooden basin where the beans were soaked. He went to the kitchen with the wooden bucket, scooped up warm water with a wooden ladle, carried it to the bean sprouting room, poured the water into the wooden basin, and soaked the beans.

The family was busy when Xie Yi and his wife next door came over. The two of them walked into Xi's room dedicated to growing bean sprouts with interest. When they saw Shunniang soaking so many beans, they were very surprised, so they asked Shun Can all these kinds of Niangfa be sold out?

Shunniang told them that the seeds from these beans were already wanted, so she just sent them around.

Xie Yi said that so many beans would have to grow hundreds of catties, and which hotel could have so many.

Shunniang said that it wasn't one hotel that wanted it, but dozens or hundreds of them. This was introduced by the proprietress of a regular store in the city, otherwise she wouldn't be able to sell so many goods.

"So that's the case, no wonder you have to distribute so many beans, it seems that you have met a noble man!" Xie Yi said with a hearty smile.

However, Mrs. Wu was interested in the proprietress Shunniang was talking about, and asked Shunniang how old the proprietress was, and who was her last name, which sounded like checking her household registration.

Shun Niang was full of admiration and gratitude for Sister Song Yu. Now Tian Tian heard Wu's question and told Xie Yi and his wife about Sister Song Yu's situation with a smile. Of course, she did not say that the eldest brother of Sister Song Yu's family was the second The housekeeper of Cao Shilang's house did not say how the Songjiazheng store changed from the Zhoujiazheng store. She only told Mrs. Wu how old Sister Song Yu was, what her name was, and how old her son was. Her husband died of illness. Waiting for words.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu understood, but she was inexplicably worried about her daughter's life-long event.

She kept silent and thought about something, but Xie Yi told Shun Niang the purpose of going to Xi's house after dinner. After hearing this, Shun Niang said that she had indeed gone to see Guo Lizheng and begged him to come forward to uphold justice for her and clarify the rumors, but But he did not bribe Guo Lizheng.Speaking of which, she didn't quite understand why Guo Lizheng helped her. She also told Xie Yi that she planned to see Guo Lizheng when she came back from Bianliang tomorrow. After the reason, she will tell Xie Yi and his wife.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to tell me why Guo Li is helping you. You guys are busy, so my wife and I will go back now." After Xie Yi finished speaking, he cupped his hands at Shun Niang and led Wu Shi back home. .As soon as he entered Xie's house, Xie Yi said to Mrs. Wu, "Perhaps my wife is right. This Xi Erlang is not a fish in the pool. Given time, he will definitely achieve something. If our second mother is with him, life will be sure." Had a good time."

Wu said: "Although the slave family has the right person, they are afraid that this Xi Erlang has high eyesight and looks down on our second mother."

Xie Yi asked her why she said that, and Mrs. Wu said that just now Xi Erlang said that his nobleman was the proprietress of a regular shop in Bianliang City, that is, the widow Sister Song Yu in her early twenties. I think that Sister Song Yu actually has a crush on Xi Erlang, but I don't know if Xi Erlang is greedy for money or lust, otherwise he will definitely be seduced by that Sister Song Yu.

"..." Xie Yi came to his senses after being reminded by Mrs. Wu, and asked Mrs. Wu what to do next. We can't let Erniang's good marriage be in vain.

Mrs. Wu thought for a while, and said: "The only way is to let Erniang go to Xi's house more and help Xi's house to do more things, let Xi Erlang see it in his eyes and remember it in his heart. After a long time, he may understand that it is better to go to Xi's house." Our second mother treats him well. Also, the slave family has to chat with Mrs. Liu often, saying that Xi Erlang is such a good young man that he must not be seduced by a widow. What is the point of asking a widow to be his wife? That widow has some money, and this kind of woman will definitely not take her mother-in-law seriously..."

Xie Yi smiled: "You're doing both, and I don't know if it will work."

Wu Shi: "Whether it works or not, you will know after trying it."

The husband and wife have made up their minds, so they don't talk about it after washing up.

The next day Shunniang got up early, still went out to catch a few fish, chopped two loads of firewood, and after breakfast, she dragged the firewood, thirty catties of mung bean sprouts, and a basket of fish into Bianliang City.Because it will take a few more days for the bean sprouts to be shipped in large quantities, Shunniang decided to get up early to chop firewood and fish these days, so as to make more money.

Arriving at Sister Song Yu's hotel, Shun Niang went to deliver the goods, but found that Sister Song Yu was not there, and there was an accountant named Xia whom she had met several times standing at the counter.

The accountant surnamed Xia saw Shunniang and told her that Sister Song Yu was ill and did not come to the store today, but she sent someone to order that if Shunniang came to deliver the goods today, he would accept and pay for it.If Shunniang wanted to check on Sister Song Yu's illness, he would send a shop assistant to take Shunniang to a house of the Song family not far from here, where Sister Song Yu was recuperating.

After receiving Shunniang's firewood, fish, and bean sprouts, the accountant Xia asked Shunniang if he would visit Sister Song Yu who was sick.

Shunniang thought for a while, and said that she should go there by herself. The accountant Xia turned around and called a shop assistant named Zhan Liu, and asked him to come and take Shunniang to the house not far from here, the proprietress, Sister Song Yu. Visiting sick.

Shunniang followed Zhan Liu out, went to a street shop and bought some fruit cakes, packed them in gift boxes, followed Zhan Liu to the end of Tianshui Lane, and stayed in front of a house with green bricks and pink walls.Zhan Liu said that this is the house of the proprietress of their store, and the proprietress usually lives here.

After finishing speaking, Zhan Liu went forward to knock on the door knocker. After a while, the door opened, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy dressed like a servant came out. The boy looked at Zhan Liu and asked him what he was doing here.Zhan Liu explained his reason for coming, then pointed at Shunniang, the servant looked Shunniang up and down, told her to wait, and said that he would go in and report.

Shunniang said yes, and the boy closed the door and went in. Zhan Liu told Shunniang that he had been to this house several times, but had never entered the second gate. Good luck..."

"..." Shunniang always felt that there was something in Zhan Liu's words, but she just smiled and it was over.

After a while, the boy who opened the door just now opened the door again, and then respectfully invited Shunniang in, saying that his master had ordered him to take Shunniang to the second courtyard.As for Zhan Liu, let him go back to the hotel to continue his work.

Zhan Liu agreed, turned around and left, and Shunniang followed the young man to the second courtyard door of the mansion. The young man went up to knock on the door, and the door opened, an old woman asked the young man where he was. In a word, the servant gave Shunniang to her.The old woman let Shunniang go in, then she closed the yard door, led Shunniang to go in, until she came to a magnificent house facing south, one bright and two dark, and then stopped, let Shunniang Wait a moment, she went in to report.

Shun Niang nodded, the old woman walked to the door with her skirt in hand, two maidservants opened the curtain, and she lowered her head to enter.

Soon, she came out, looked at Shun Niang with a smile and said, "Miss, please come in and talk."

After finishing speaking, she was still leading the way, and when she reached the door, the two maidservants still drew up the curtain, and Shunniang followed the old woman into the hall.

Stepping on the ground in the hall, Shunniang felt soft. She looked down and saw thick lichen covered with scarlet flower and bird patterns. Then she raised her head and looked around, and found that in the middle of the hall was a A low couch, flanked by twelve armchairs of the same design.The whole house is very luxuriously furnished, and exquisite porcelain and jade can be seen everywhere.But the room is empty at this time, Sister Song Yu is not in this hall.

The old woman led Shunniang to the room on the left, opened the curtain, turned around the screen, her eyes lit up, and Shunniang had already seen that she was wearing a ponytail, like a cloud of black hair with a green jade hairpin stuck in her body. Sitting on a low couch under the window, Sister Song Yu was wearing lotus-colored beanbags.The room was filled with a mixture of faint medicinal fragrance and rich floral fragrance. Shunniang could see that there were several vases in the room, and there were many flowers in the vases. They were freshly picked flowers. bottle.

Sister Song Yu looked paler than usual, but she still brushed her brows lightly, smeared lipstick lightly, and the nails of her slender fingers were stained with Danko. The glamorous appearance is a little different. At this time, Sister Song Yu looks weaker, comparable to a crabapple after the rain, and I feel pity for it.

"Sister..." Shunniang took two steps, stepped forward and asked concerned, "Are you feeling better?"

Sister Song Yu smiled at her, and said weakly: "Last night, I fell asleep while taking a bath, and when I woke up, I caught a cold. Sweating from the pills, it’s better now..."

Shunniang handed the gift box to the little maid next to her, saying that these were some pastries and fruits she bought, they were all worthless things, and she asked Sister Song Yu to accept them.

Sister Song Yu said, "If you say this, you will be out of touch. Why do you need to buy things when you come to see my sister's illness?"

After speaking, let the maid take the gift box brought by Shunniang, and wait until another maid came up to pour tea, then waved everyone in the room to leave, and the old woman who came in with Shunniang He and the other two maidservants agreed, and retreated respectfully.

"Come, Erlang, come with my sister." Seeing that there was no one in the room, Sister Song Yu cordially greeted Shun Niang to sit on the other side of the low couch where she was sitting.

Shunniang was looking forward to and nervous about being alone with Sister Song Yu, but she knew that her heart longed to be close to Sister Song Yu, so she followed her heart and sat on the low couch where Sister Song Yu was sitting, the distance between the two was less than a foot .

After waiting for Shunniang to sit down, Sister Song Yu took a bowl of tea from the low table in front of the couch that the maid had just poured for Shunniang, and let Shunniang drink tea.

Shunniang hurriedly said: "How dare you bother my sister..."

While going to pick up tea, her fingers accidentally touched Sister Song Yu's hand, Shunniang was so embarrassed that she almost lost the tea bowl.

Seeing this, Sister Song Yu let out a low laugh, and then asked Shun Niang: "What's the matter, Erlang, is the tea bowl hot? Is it hot?"

Shun Niang shook her head and said nothing, just bowed her head and drank tea. She was also thirsty all the way, and Sister Song Yu gave her this bowl of tea, which was fragrant and sweet. After drinking it, her mouth would become saliva, which quenched her thirst very well.

"This tea is really delicious." Shun Niang praised after drinking most of the bowl of tea.

Sister Song Yu then said that this tea was for the imperial court, of course it was delicious, and if Niang Shun liked it, she still had two bags here, so Niang Shun could take both.

Shunniang refused to take it, and said: "This tea is not for ordinary people like me to enjoy, and I'm afraid that if I get used to this tea, I won't be able to drink other teas anymore, so I just drink a bowl or two at my sister's place." .”

Sister Song Yu looked at Shunniang after listening, and said for a long time: "Xi Erlang, you are only sixteen this year, and you are only seventeen next year. Why are you so cautious? You don't look like a young man, but you look like a thirty-year-old. A man who has been through a lot."

Shunniang told Sister Song Yu that she just doesn't like chasing things that don't fit her identity and are beyond her ability to bear. She knows how much she has, and if a person does things beyond her ability, she is bound to end in tragedy.

"Oh...Xi Erlang, you surprised my family even more... I don't know if it's good or bad for you to be so mature and prudent?" Sister Song Yu blinked at Shun Niang, and then suddenly she changed the subject, "By the way, How do you feel about this slave's house?"

Shunniang: "It's a very good house, quiet amidst the noise. I'm afraid even the fourth and fifth rank officials in the court can't afford such a house."

Sister Song Yu smiled and said: "You guessed it right, this house is worth three thousand guan. It was originally the house of a second-rank official in the imperial court. Later, when he committed a crime, the house was sold by his family. My elder brother found someone to buy it." It only cost two thousand guan. My elder brother saw that I opened a hotel in Tianshui Lane, so he transferred this house near the Tianshui shop to me. There is also a garden behind the house. I found an old woman who knows gardening As a matter of fact, there are endless flowers in the garden in all seasons. Because I love flowers, they cut flowers every day to fill all the vases in my house."

"No wonder my sister's room smells so good. Once I come in, I feel comfortable in my limbs and bones."

"Do you like it?"

"like."

"Come here often if you like it. Now that you know where my sister lives, if you want to see me in the future, just come here."

Sister Song Yu was arranging her lotus-colored beanie and tube top of the same color while talking softly, her jade finger was slid across the snow-preserved chest, which made people think suddenly.

Shunniang's heart was moved, and what was even more terrible was that the last sentence that Sister Song Yu said was actually very meaningful. A woman who lived alone said to a young "man" like Xi Erlang, you know where I live, and if you want to see me in the future, just go You can come here, what on earth does this... mean?

It's just impossible to make people want to be crooked.

Shunniang was bored, and dared not agree to Sister Song Yu. In her heart, she had three parts desire, three parts gratitude, and three parts liking for Sister Song Yu, but she still had a part of reason.

After Sister Song Yu said those words, and coordinated with tidying up the tube top on her chest, she quietly glanced at Shun Niang from the corner of her eye. A few sweats broke out from time to time.

This idiot... should have understood the meaning of what he said, right?

Sister Song Yu was really looking forward to the nod of Xi Erlang, whom she cared about, but she didn't want him to nod.

Of course she knew what she was doing.

It was true that she fell asleep because she was too tired to take a bath last night. She suffered from a cold and caught a cold, but it was not serious.Originally, she planned to go to the store as usual today, but for some reason, she got this idea, and wanted to take advantage of this minor illness to ask Kijiro, who came to the store to deliver goods today, to come to her home.

She wanted Kijiro to know what her home was like, how lonely she was in such a big and beautiful home, and she even wanted to have something to do with Kijiro, but she didn't like Kijiro's eagerness to pounce on him.

If Xierlang can bear it when he sees that he is so rich and so charming, Sister Song Yu thinks that he has passed the first level, and then she will get along with him seriously in the future and treat him as her own future. The married official treats each other, and never seduces or teases him.

Obviously, Kijiro held back at this moment, didn't move, and didn't answer her meaningless words.

This made Sister Song Yu happy, but then she blamed Xi Erlang for being too honest.

For some reason, Sister Song Yu wanted to tease Xi Erlang one last time, so she pretended to stand up and pour tea from a tea bottle for Shun Niang, but she didn't expect that when she stood up, her feet seemed to be tripped by her skirt, and then she fell to the side.

Shunniang was caught off guard, there was already a soft body in her arms, Sister Song Yu's Hanchun noodles were right in front of her eyes, her moist and plump red lips looked like freshly picked red berries, tempting to taste its sweetness and mellowness.