North and South groceries

The brothers and sisters of the Luo family all fell asleep, but the Zheng mother and daughter who lived outside the yard were still awake at this time. They lit a small brazier inside the house, and the mother and daughter sat on both sides of the brazier weaving covered baskets.

During the summer harvest, the straw collected from the Luo family’s wheat field was piled on the rocky beach behind the pigsty. When the mother and daughter had free time, they would often go there to pick some straw and make baskets.

Earlier, Luo Yong had planted some carnations on the rocky beach over there, but the carnations grew slowly, and now there are still a few sparse ones, and some of them are dead.

Dianthus are not very easy to grow, but as long as they let their heels down, they will not be afraid of anything behind them, no matter how cold the winter is or how dry the summer is, they will not be afraid.

The covered baskets they wove are useful for Aunt Luo and the others. When guests from the city come to buy frozen dumplings and jujube bean cakes, they often buy them in baskets.

So Mrs. Zheng would often weave some cover baskets and send them over. The aunt also said that she would count some wages with her, but Mrs. Zheng refused. share.

"Aunt, do you want to ask someone to bring some food to the city tomorrow?" Zheng's eldest daughter asked her Aunt while sorting the straw on the kang.

Luo Sanlang should know that they often want to bring some food to the city. Tonight, the cement workshop burned lo mei, so he sent a lot of them to their mother and daughter. The two of them were not very willing to eat, and most of them stayed. The meals we eat on weekdays are usually soupy, which is not easy to take along, but this braised meat is the best way to take it along.

"I'll go to the intersection to have a look tomorrow morning." Zheng said.

"Do you want to buy some steamed stuffed buns to take home? I see that Xu's guest house also sells steamed stuffed buns in the morning, and the village porters who go to the city will buy them to eat." Her eldest daughter asked again.

"It was deliberately made more the night before, and it can be sold after steaming in the pot the next day." Zheng Shi said.

"Shall we buy it?" She has eaten the oily steamed stuffed buns a lot lately. Luo Sanlang and the others sometimes don't make dinner, and the whole family eats that, and the mother and daughter also eat that.

She remembered that her mother used to bring them the oily steamed stuffed buns, and the few in the family ate them very deliciously, and they kept talking about them after a long time.

"What's the point of buying that?" Zheng said, "You're getting old now, you should think about your own affairs in the future, what's the hindrance for those of them who eat more and eat less. "

"..." As soon as Aniang mentioned this, the girl fell silent.Grandma Yu also helped her inquire a few times before, but in the end they didn't come to a conclusion. Either they looked down on others, or they looked down on them. This is how her family is like, so how much choice does she really have.

"You can make do with it this winter, and when spring comes next year, I will cut a new dress for you." In order for her daughter to find a good marriage, Zheng also plans to spend some money to dress up with her.

"Why do you buy those things when you have nothing to do?" The girl looked a bit uninterested: "Could it be because of the clothes that people look up to?"

"You are so young, why are you so resigned to your fate?" Zheng sighed.

"..." Her girl stopped talking.If there is a choice, who would not want to choose a stable and decent family to marry, but with their family's situation, how can a good family look up to them?

"Aniang, when Boss Wang and those people come back, I will go to Liangzhou City with them then?" After a while, the girl suddenly said again.

"What are you doing there? You don't know how to knit sweaters." Zheng was surprised.Before, she thought her daughter was too resigned to her fate, but now she heard that she was going to Liangzhou City, but she was very reluctant in her heart. If something happened so far away, it would be difficult for her to even know it here.

"I heard that Luo Erniang is making tofu over there. If they want it, I will help them make tofu." A Niang is right, she is still so young, she shouldn't have resigned so early, it's good No matter what, you should earn a living.

"..." Mrs. Zheng didn't speak this time.In order to support the family, she also earned some dishonorable money and food. Although it was a helpless move, it still ruined the family's reputation.

It is very rare for Luo Sanlang not to dislike them, let their mother and daughter live next to the yard, earn a few meals a day and some money.

Now she wants to take advantage of the popularity of this place to find a good marriage for her daughter, but she is a little too greedy. Her daughter is so old, she lives outside this yard, and Na Luo Sanlang always sees her without looking up. It also adds a lot of discomfort to people.

But the city of Liangzhou...

If she was really sent to such a distant place, would there still be a day in this life when we would meet each other again?

A few more days passed, this morning Luo Yong had just finished brushing his teeth squatting by the ditch in front of his yard when he saw Mrs. Zheng walking towards him, as if he had something to say.

Now Luo’s yard also has a laundry pool and a gutter, but Luo Yong is still used to squatting outside his yard every morning, brushing his teeth, taking a breath of fresh air outside, and letting the cool breeze blow a few times, his whole body will be refreshed.

Mrs. Zheng originally wanted to tell Luo Yong about her daughter's plan to go to Liangzhou City, but she didn't know how to speak. She worked with Luo's family, and what she did was not a great job. The wages were not less, and the food was a mouthful. I didn't eat less, and I had to cause a lot of trouble for the host.

"But what's the matter?" Luo Yong was also a little puzzled, this Mrs. Zheng has always been a person who works more and talks less, and speaks neatly on weekdays. If there is anything to say, why is he so hesitant today?

After thinking about it, Mrs. Zheng finally told Luo Yong about her daughter.

After hearing her words, Luo Yong didn't immediately agree. The situation of Mrs. Yin in the past was like that, and now the eldest daughter of Zheng's family is in the same situation. What kind of hindrance will there be to such people's reputation in Liangzhou City.

"At the moment, I don't know if she needs someone or not. I think your eldest daughter is getting old. Why don't you ask her to help in Xu's guest house first. If the second mother and the others need someone, she will go to Liangzhou City. I'll be able to get started right away." In fact, Luo Yong still wants to arrange her to go to another place, but right now, there is no need to talk to Zheng Shi.

If he wants to open a chain store, he must not only open the one in Liangzhou City. Since the eldest daughter of the Zheng family wants to leave Lishi County, he will arrange for her to work in other places in the future. Workers like her are also diligent and flexible. Young people who are willing to travel far are also seedlings that can be cultivated for their chain stores.

For no reason, she found a good job for her daughter, and Mrs. Zheng was both happy and ashamed. She didn't ask about the salary. In her opinion, even if there was no salary, it would be fine, as long as Aunt Luo could If you pull and pull her a little bit, your daughter will not worry about her future life.

She was thinking about it before, and she only wanted to find a good marriage for the girls in the family, but she never thought that if she could find a good job, even if she was a woman, even if her old mother was raped It's not a big problem for people to gossip, it's better than marrying into a family that looks down on them and living by watching people's faces all day long.

Zheng's eldest daughter went to the guest house of Xu's family, and she was just like Lin Ersao and others. She washed vegetables, cut meat, chopped stuffing, and rolled dumpling wrappers to make dumplings every day. She was busy and tired all day long, but she felt much more at ease than before. .

Luo Yong also talked about this with Aunt Luo. If they plan to open restaurants elsewhere in the future, it would not be suitable for them to drag their families like Lin Ersao and the others. The eldest daughter of the Zheng family can be cultivated. Look, in the situation of her family, Luo Yong can be regarded as helping them out of the predicament step by step. In terms of loyalty, they should be higher than those recruited later.

Aunt Luo also knew that Luo Yong was planning to open a food shop elsewhere, and if there were no accidents, the next shop would be in Chang'an City.

Aunt Luo wanted to manage this shop in Chang'an by herself. She was somewhat looking forward to it, but also a little apprehensive. She had never been out of Xipo Village a few times in her life, and she was not sure if she could really be in Chang'an. Run a good restaurant in a big city like Beijing.

"To open a shop in Chang'an City, the principal is really not low. If you can't do so many transactions every day, you may lose money." Luo Yong said to her: "Since you want to do so many transactions, naturally you have to A few more people to help, if you don't, start now and find a few suitable helpers early."

"In your opinion, can I manage such a shop?" Aunt Luo has never been to Chang'an City, and she has no idea about such a big city, but Luo Yong has been there twice, so she asked his opinion at this time.

"In my opinion, if sister doesn't go to Chang'an City for a while, she will really be a bit inferior." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"What a talent?" Aunt Luo laughed.But hearing what Luo Yong said, she felt more at ease, since San Lang said so, she couldn't be wrong.

In fact, Luo Yong didn't intend to let them open a shop outside by themselves. He planned to have a restaurant in Chang'an City similar to that in Liangzhou City. Set up a small shop in other people's guesthouses and sell it first. Whether it can be independently operated in the future will be discussed in the future.

As far as Chang'an City is concerned, the Ma family is doing well, but it's already winter this year, and none of the Ma brothers have returned from the south, so they should still be busy with the Champa rice business.

Speaking of which, this person is really careless. Luo Yong just thought why the Ma brothers hadn't come back yet. The two brothers came back from the south in a carriage. They had just arrived in Lishi County the day before, and the next day They sent a big bag of rice to Luo Yong, saying that they exchanged Champa rice seeds with local farmers for good rice this autumn.

Champa rice is easy to grow and has a relatively high yield, but the taste is indeed not as good as some rice in the south. If it is not for the hunger, you must eat these delicious rice.

"There are still some better ones in the back. The bullock carts are moving slowly, and they won't arrive until a while later. You can eat these rice bowls first." That boy Ma Feiyang got tanned a lot this year, and he also lost some weight. very good.

"It's fine when people come, and I can give you something." Luo Yong was also in a good mood when he thought that he would be able to eat delicious white rice immediately.

"Why does Sanlang need to see outsiders?" Nama Silang said: "Thanks to Sanlang's Champa rice seeds, our Ma family can gain a firm foothold in the Shannan area."

When Luo Yong heard it, yes, it took only a year to gain a firm foothold. You must know that in this era, people in many places are particularly xenophobic, especially in those places that were called Nanban by people at that time, but In terms of Shannan Road, it should not be too south.

The Ma brothers didn't stay in Xipo Village for a day. After all, they just came back from the south. The elders in the family must also want to talk to them more, and their business in the south for this year also needs to be done. Report with family.

After the two brothers left, Luo Yong's brain became active. Firstly, it was about the food shop, and secondly, it was about the promotion of goose down products.

In the past few months, Luo Yong has bought goose down a lot. There are many piles in the backyard, and now it is almost time to sell. It just happens that it is winter again. If you miss this season, you may have to wait. last year.

However, if goose down is only processed into goose down pillows, it will be more difficult to promote it. If there is no supporting system, it will not be a system. If you want to engage in individual combat, just rely on this goose down pillow, and the combat effectiveness is still a little bit too weak.

Luo Yong thought about it, and invited a few craftsmen who were better at carpentry from the threshing machine workshop, and vacated a room in his backyard. Some furnishings.

This kind of work is not difficult at all for these craftsmen from Chang'an City. Zhuo, with a few people working together, this work should be done soon.

Luo Yong asked them to work in a few vacant houses next to him, and he called a few disciples over. He first built a fire kang in the house, and then brought some earth and cement to wipe the walls and the floor.

On the other side, Luo Yong organized a few female family members of his disciples and asked them to make mattresses and big quilts, two pieces of pajamas, several goose down pillows and cushions with pure white silk and goose down.

In this era, people do not call quilts quilts, but quilts. The poor use cloth quilts, while the rich use brocade quilts, but plain silk quilts are rarely used.

As for the pajamas, it was originally called a quilt, and it was about one and a half long, and later it was called a small quilt, and a large quilt was a quilt.

After the room was decorated, Luo Yong took all these down products in, several big quilts and sleeping mats, bedding and covers, and put some on the wooden couch.

The wooden couch that Luo used to order this time has a backrest, and a thick layer of goose down cushions is spread on the couch, and the four corners are tied to the wooden couch with silk straps, which are well fixed and will not shift easily. The backrest and armrests are also fixed with white and fat goose down cushions. At first glance, it looks like a white and soft sofa. When people sit on it, there are two goose down cushions beside them. They are soft everywhere, just like sitting on a sofa. above the clouds.

Luo Yong made three wooden couches like this, and placed them around a coffee table. In addition to the tea set, the coffee table also prepared some tea-making ingredients according to people's habit of making tea.

When everything was ready, Luo Yong asked someone to bring a message to the county seat, and invited the Ma brothers to come to his house as guests.

It just so happened that the two Ma brothers have been a little impatient at home these days, and they have explained almost all the things that should be explained, and they were born to be filial in front of their own mother-in-law for a few days.

Other things are fine, as for their uncle, he seems to be afraid that the two brothers will be successful, and the old man will turn his heart to them, and even if he has nothing to do all day long, he will make some troubles, which is really impatient.At this time, I heard that Luo Sanlang invited the two of them to Xipo Village as guests. Without thinking about it, the two of them drove the carriage and went.

Luo Yong first invited the two of them to have a meal in Xu's guest house, and then invited them to sit in the room he had just renovated.

As soon as the two brothers entered that room, they felt very novel. Although people at that time also pursued simplicity and elegance, it was really rare for them to be so thorough, and they even used plain silk as a quilt.

"Both of you, please go your own way." Luo Yong sat down on a sofa and invited them to sit down too.

The two Ma brothers found a sofa to sit down on. At first, they were a bit uncomfortable, and they felt so soft that they had nowhere to put their strength. Seeing that Luo Sanlang relaxed and sat on it, he seemed very relaxed. They also slowly adjusted their bodies to relax, and after getting used to it, they became very comfortable.

When people sit down, they are supposed to take off their shoes and sit on it, so it is not considered rude for them to throw off their shoes and sit on the sofa at this time.

"Sanlang is really a person who knows how to enjoy life. He can come up with such a comfortable way of sitting on a wooden couch for nothing." Ma Silang praised so much while the tea smoke was curling up.

"Silang praises it." Luo Yong didn't come up with the sofa himself, and he didn't dare to take credit for it.

"Even this color is too plain." Ma Feiyang said.When he entered the room just now, he was taken aback. Isn't the Luo family already in mourning period, why is there still white silk everywhere in this room.

"Naturally, common people are obedient to plain color." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"Tsk." Ma Feiyang retorted: "The silk cloth is used up, and you still need the money for dyeing?"

"I didn't buy this silk cloth myself." Luo Yong said.

"..." Ma Feiyang thought the same thing, didn't Luo Sanlang get a lot of silk cloth from the emperor before, and when he thought about it, he felt that the cloth under his body seemed to be a little softer.

"Sanlang invited the two of us here today because of this room?" Ma Silang asked Luo Yongdao.

"What does Shiro think?" Luo Yong asked him.

"Does Sanlang want to run a guest house?" Ma Silang thought that Luo Yong wanted to open a guest house by himself, and wanted to borrow their Ma family's connections.

"It's not easy to run a guest house." Luo Yong said, "I previously cooperated with the Zhao family in Nashuozhou and set up a snack shop in his guest house. I don't know if you two have heard of it."

"I've heard it." This matter had already been heard before they returned to Lishi County. After returning these few days, they also met Zhao Chen in the county. It was not transported away in Lishi County.

"I don't know if your Ma family are willing to run another guest house in Chang'an City?" Luo Yong said bluntly.

If the Ma family had this wish, then it would be the best. After all, Luo Yong should get closer to them.If the Ma family did not have such a wish, Luo Yong might have to consider the Guo family in Taiyuan this time. I heard that their family secretly operated many guest houses.

"I still need to ask my father's opinion on this matter." Ma Silang said seriously.

"Good." Luo Yong was not in a hurry at this moment: "Please reply to me before the end of the year."

"Naturally." Ma Silang raised his teacup to him.

The business is over, the rest is pure enjoyment, that kid Ma Feiyang is not an outsider, nestled on the sofa, he actually dozed off, and complained that he was hungry after taking a nap, Luo Yong So he asked Wulang to run errands and asked Xu's guest house to send a lot of food over.

In the afternoon, there was a strong wind and heavy snow outside again. Several people sat in the house, listening to the cold wind blowing outside, with delicious food in their mouths, and a soft goose down sofa under their bodies , There is a kang burning in the room, and the room temperature is just right.

Luo Yong invited the two of them to stay here tonight, and the two brothers did not refuse. After Luo Yong left, the two brothers stopped wearing long robes and cloaks, and dragged their clothes to change into a wide and thin one. Big, soft and soft goose down pajamas, the pajamas are as long as a person and a half, the sleeves are also very long, and there is a hood behind the collar, if you feel cold, you can shrink yourself Go inside the pajamas and put on the hat, it can't be more comfortable and warm.

"Brother, you can go back by yourself tomorrow, and I will stay here." Ma Feiyang, wrapped in snow-white and soft pajamas, nestled on the snow-white and soft sofa, and said to his elder brother.

"You are so young, how can you indulge in pleasure so much?" Ma Silang was also wrapped in white and soft pajamas, lying on the white and soft sofa.

"Brother! Let's open a guest house!" Even if there is no business, it's fine to live by yourself!

"It should be opened." Ma Silang said.In fact, with his current status in the Ma family, it is not impossible for him to decide on opening the guest house, but this Lishi County is the place where their Ma family's old house is after all, and there are many elders in the family. Such a big matter , if he agreed with one mouthful, where would he put those elders in the family?

He had heard about the cooperation between the Zhao family and Luo Sanlang before. In fact, with the popularity of the Xu family guest house and their signature dishes, if they cooperated with them, the business of this guest house would not be too bad after it opened. .

Coupled with the distinctive and comfortable decoration of the room that Luo Sanlang showed them today, it will definitely spark some discussions in Chang'an City. As long as there are people talking about it and people paying attention, the business will naturally be done.

The only thing that Ma Silang is a little entangled with is the color. He is afraid that some people will be against this plain white color. After all, in this era, only ordinary people and those who are in the mourning period will use this color. The color of plain white plain white.

It's fine if it's dyed, but he's been in this room for a long time now, and he thinks the plain white color is particularly pleasing to the eye, and it makes him feel very relaxed...

"Huh..." After thinking about it, Ma Silang began to snore unconsciously.

Ma Feiyang on the opposite side raised his eyelids, admiring that Luo Sanlang is really powerful, a person like his brother who pays attention to appearance and manner, always sleeps flat and breathes always calmly, can be made to snore by him, tsk tsk.