Crispy little husband

Without bringing anyone, Tang Dong quietly went to the villages near Chong'an County in person for a few days, chatted with the village chiefs or patriarchs of each village, and borrowed a total of more than a dozen copies that are enough for a village to breed. The seeds of sunflower seeds signed a contract with the village chiefs and patriarchs of these villages.

Tang Dong doesn’t need to worry about the next thing, he will lend the seeds, and when the spring plowing is over, these villages will plant sunflower seeds on the ground one after another, and after about four months, Tang Ji’s raw materials for melon seeds will no longer be in short supply up.

The same is true for peanuts. Tang Dong found more than a dozen other villages and asked them to plant peanuts in their homes and free places in the villages. Of course, these villages also quietly agreed, but they basically had enough peanut seeds and did not borrow Tang Dong’s only verbally promised to sell the peanuts they planted to Tang Ji.

Tang Dong finished all this quietly, and Su Xin also "developed" new flavors of peanuts and melon seeds. The people in the peanut and melon seeds workshop divided some and continued to make the previous ones, and the rest changed to new flavors. .

At this time, the spring plowing in the countryside was basically over, and Ning Wei, who had finished suppressing the bandits, came to Chong'an County. He came here to accompany his aunt and grandmother, and secondly, he wanted to ask which cook made those pastries.

When Ning Wei set off from Liang Pingzhou this morning, Mrs. Yao also sent someone to invite Su Xin to sit in Zhuangzi in the afternoon.

Su Xin didn't have to worry about Tang Ji's affairs, and happened to be free. After he got the news in the morning, he made two baskets of pretzels, kept one basket at home, and took the other basket out after lunch.

Most of the pastries that everyone eats are sweet, but this pretzel cake made by Su Xin is not. It is a Sichuan-style pastry, salty with numbness, and sweet after the numbness. Work up an appetite.

The old Mrs. Yao that Su Xin sent over last time was full of praise. He thought that he hadn't made cakes for a while, and he hadn't visited her old man's house for a long time, so he brought some more today.

"You are honest, kid. I just mentioned a sentence last time and you remembered it in your heart. You have done so much this time, and you are much more heart-warming than my two sons who ran away. I The old man has no daughter, elder brother, or granddaughter or grandson, looking at you is the same as looking at his own children." Mrs. Yao grabbed Su Xin's hand, full of liking.

Whether it is flattery or sincere concern, she is too old to be able to distinguish clearly. Su Xin's closeness and respect for her is from the bottom of her heart. The more Mrs. Yao gets in touch with her, the better she feels about this child.

When Su Xin came to Zhuangzi for the first time, Mrs. Yao thought the Jiuniang cake he mentioned was very good, and the pretzel cake she ate later was even more palatable. It can be regarded as her favorite pastry at present. It may be human. When I'm old, I like to eat things with emphasis on taste.

Eating fresh and crispy pretzels, Mrs. Yao looked at Su Xin with a smile: "Brother Xin, you made pastries in different ways every day when you were free. You have such a fresh idea in your head. Did you learn most of it from your grandfather and your mother, why didn't your little uncle continue to open a pastry shop, but changed to selling sugar after reopening?"

If it were the time when they first met, Mrs. Yao would not easily ask this question. After all, it might involve other people's family's private affairs, but now that they get along a lot, the two of them are getting more familiar, and their conversations are more casual. Ji and Baibao Pavilion also cooperate, so it doesn't matter if you just ask a question or two about the reason.

Su Xin smiled: "It depends on skill and talent to make pastry, not everyone can do it, my little uncle doesn't have the skill of making pastry, my mother is a little better, if my little uncle is like grandpa and grandmother Opening a dim sum shop, I am afraid that customers who have bought it will ask Tang Ji to refund the money. At first, I taught me how to make pastry, but the main thing is that I like it. I just want to make it delicious. After all, it is because I am greedy .”

Before that, Mrs. Yao always thought that Su Xin's craftsmanship came from his mother, that is, Tang Xi, and Tang Xi must have learned it from his parents. Tang Dong, as the successor of Tang Ji, should only improve his craftsmanship. good.

After listening to Su Xin's explanation, Mrs. Yao finally understood that Tang Dong, the authentic successor of Tang Ji, didn't know how to make cakes. Tang Xi was good at making cakes but not very good at it. On the contrary, Su Xin, the Su family, did it better.

As the old saying goes, the master brings you in, and the practice is up to the individual. Su Xin's skills are the result of his own practice. Personally, he likes and has talent. No wonder he has so many new ideas, and the cakes he makes are not bad.

In fact, the cook in Mrs. Yao's house also knows cakes, but he can't do it well, so he probably lacks talent.

Since Tang Dong doesn’t know how to make dim sum, it’s understandable that Tang Ji has changed from a dim sum shop to a candy and roasted seeds and nuts shop. After all, Su Xin is a brother and his surname is Su, so let him make some pastries for his family to eat. There is no problem, but it is not appropriate to make a large number of pastries and open a shop to sell them.

But there is one thing to say, Tang Ji's candy is very good, the taste is good and special, selling this kind of candy is no worse than selling pastries, it seems that Tang Dong's talent is in making candy.

Talking to Su Xin without saying a word, Mrs. Yao looked at the basket full of pretzels from the corner of her eye, thinking about what Su Xin would bring back later, and also thinking about waiting After Su Xin left, she immediately sent some to her nephew.

Riding horses from Chong'an County to the location of Ningwei's garrison in Liangping Prefecture, you can walk back and forth casually in a day. The person who delivered the cakes set off from Chong'an County in the afternoon and could reach Liangping Prefecture before dark, and returned from Liangping Prefecture early the next morning. I can start again.

However, before Su Xin left, he saw the people below coming in, and informed Mrs. Yao with a happy face: "Old lady, Master Biao is here."

In Mrs. Yao's place, there is only one Young Master Biao, and that is Ning Wei. After hearing the announcement from the servants, Mrs. Yao stood up excitedly, and blurted out: "Hurry up and let Wei'er come over."

Horseback riding is only half a day's journey away. There is no need to wash and change clothes when we arrive at Zhuangzi. It will not look rude if we cut our hair and clothes a little bit, but Ning Wei didn't expect that there would be an outsider in the house. After sorting it out, I walked in without waiting for the notification.

Inside the room, Mother Tian raised her hand to remind her that she had just said a few words, but before she finished a complete sentence, she saw that Su Xin and Ning Wei had already met.

If it is in the Du family or the Yao family, the male is unmarried, the elder brother is unmarried, and the two have no blood relationship or marriage contract, which is obviously not in compliance with the rules.

But this is a small county town, and Su Xin is not a young lady or son of a big family, and there is no outsider in the house, Mammy Tian thought, the old lady didn't stop her, maybe it's okay?

When Ning Wei saw the person sitting next to her aunt, she froze for a moment, and then frowned slightly. Isn't this the little brother with a very different face from before?

After being stunned for a moment, Ning Wei immediately realized that something was wrong, and his behavior was abrupt, so he quickly took two steps back and retreated to the door.

Ning Wei had a deep impression on Su Xin, but Su Xin no longer remembered that he had met Ning Wei, he stood up in embarrassment and watched the other party back away.

His embarrassment was not because of the rules of this era, but mainly because he thought that the man who had just entered the door was the grandson of Mrs. Yao. When he met Mrs. Yao for the first time in Pufang Temple, he had scolded Mrs. Yao in his heart. Feel that the other party is not filial.

Later, I talked a lot with Mrs. Yao, and then I learned that one of her sons was a civil servant in another province, and civil servants are generally not assigned to their household registration, while the other son went to the border as a military attache to defend Nanjing. safety.

It's not that they are disrespectful to the elderly, it's that they can't help it.

Seeing that Ning Wei's attire was obviously in favor of a military officer, Su Xin didn't notice the phrase "Young Master Biao" when the servant informed him, and thought that he came back from the border in a hurry.

"Oh, I heard people say that Wei'er was too excited when she came and forgot to tell you to wait outside." Only then did Mrs. Yao realize that Su Xin was still by her side. After all, she had experienced many things and did not panic because of this When she got up, she looked at Su Xin apologetically, "Brother Xin is really unlucky, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you talking today, after two days, wait for Wei'er to leave and come back when you are free, then I will ask the cook to give you Make it delicious."

The old lady Su Xinchong smiled: "I live in the county, which is close to here. If the old lady wants to see me, she can send someone to call me at any time. It's nothing, but the old lady finally has time to reunite with her family. I Don't bother here anymore."

Su Xin, who didn't regard himself as a brother in his heart, had a dignified and generous demeanor, and he didn't change his words or deeds because of the sudden addition of a foreigner. He walked out after he finished speaking, and when he passed by Ning Wei, he even gave Ning Wei a nod. nod.

Grandma Tian received Mrs. Yao's gaze, and followed Su Xin off, while Ning Wei entered the room after Su Xin left the corner.

"Finally finished?" Mrs. Yao frowned as she looked at her nephew and grandson who seemed to have lost weight during this time.

Not only does this child have no one to take care of him, but he doesn't even have two people who love him. He is already the closest person to him. Thinking of Mrs. Yao like this makes her feel very distressed.

"Well, I'm done, I can spend a few more days with my aunt." Ning Wei looked at Mrs. Yao's expression and calmed down a lot, but because he was thinking about what happened to Su Xin, he was a little absent-minded.

Guessing what Ning Wei was thinking, Mrs. Yao briefly explained to him how she met Su Xin, a little brother, and what was going on in Su Xin's family: "This kid is kind-hearted and handy, especially good at making pastries. Some time ago, when he was free, he made pastries and sent them to Zhuangzi every day. I tasted good and sent you a lot of these pastries. I bumped into it, and it doesn’t hurt to let you know.”

Ning Wei's breath stopped when he heard it, it turned out that he did it...