Pan Jinlian's petty bourgeoisie life

"Shopkeeper Chai, the head of our family has gone out to do business, and you always ask me to do it inside. I'll buy some good tea for you."

But Chaide waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Today I'm here to find my wife."

"Find me?"

Pan Jinlian was puzzled, but she also opened the door, turned sideways to let the two of them in, brought a pot of ready-made good tea from Wang Po, poured water, sat down by herself, and then replied with a smile:

"What's the business of Shopkeeper Chai looking for me, a woman?"

"My lady is too modest. When I came that day, I could tell at a glance that you were the one who made the decision in this family, so I paid a special visit to my lady today to discuss the business of wheat drink formula."

Chai De shook his thin head and tapped his fingers on the table. The young man behind him immediately handed over a black cloth bag, weighed it, and Chai De took out a few pieces of red and green paper from his pocket and put them on the table. :

"In this dynasty, the usual money for exchange is one tael of silver. Here are 100 taels of silver bills, which are used to buy the formula for the lady, and there are ten guan coins, which are used to treat the lady to a light meal. I wonder if the lady is satisfied?"

"The shopkeeper Chai was joking. I have never seen so much money in my life. How can I be dissatisfied. But I can't accept your money. Our family has already said that this formula is not for sale, and shopkeeper Chai can take it back." gone."

Pan Jinlian smiled, didn't even look at the money on the table, just stood up and poured a cup of tea for Chaide, seeing the young man behind him standing there very restrained, she said with a smile:

"Why is this brother standing? Please sit down too. The visitor is a guest. Our family will not neglect the guests. Wait for me to pour you a cup of tea or have some snacks?"

The young man leading the horse today was still dressed in black, with a snow-white collar, neat hair, and two rows of teeth showing in a smile.

"Don't bother my lady, I'll just stand up."

Seeing that he just came out to do business with someone, he might be a member of the Chai family or a distant relative. Pan Jinlian couldn't force it, so she just smiled, then turned her head and said to Chai De:

"Everyone in the Chai family knows the rules, and sure enough, the business is booming. Shopkeeper Chai, our small family is just trying to live a smooth life. We have an income every day, enough to eat and drink. As for the big rich Dagui has never thought about it, and he has no greed for money."

Chaide was thoughtful, turned his eyes and immediately asked:

"As a lady, how should this business be done?"

"I'm just a woman, of course I don't pay much attention to it, but according to my idea, this business should benefit both families, and everyone will be happy. This happiness is enough motivation, and life will be better in the future, right?" ?”

"You want to buy shares?"

Chai De was startled, his face remained calm, as if he was still sitting firmly on Mount Tai.Pan Jinlian straightly said that he is also a shrewd person:

"To put it bluntly, that's what it means. We use the formula to invest in shares, and we earn dividends every year. But the Chai family must first give us [-] pennies to be considered sincerity—you always know that this wine is made differently than usual. With sincerity, I will Let me tell you the process first, as for the formula to be added in it, I have to pass it from me. Shopkeeper Chai, our family is honest, and we will not blackmail people. What kind of sorghum white and daughter red are sold in your wine shop? It has nothing to do with us, what we want is only three-tenths of the annual income from this wheat drink, and you will pay me at the end of the year. When the time comes, you will give me an account. Find another buyer, but I can't give you money to make up for it. We are also villains first and then gentlemen. I have said all the ugly things, and the rest is up to you to make up your own mind."

"This……"

The more he listened to what Pan Jinlian said, the more Chai De wrinkled his old face into a ball, every crease was filled with anger, but he remained silent.It wasn't until Pan Jinlian finished speaking that she rolled her eyes and smiled:

"The lady is really smart, I admire it to the end. But I can't make the decision about buying shares. It needs my master to make a decision. I will convey the lady's words to the master in every detail. As for whether it will be successful or not, it is not up to our servants to decide It's gone."

Pan Jinlian tilted her head and glanced at him, said with a sneer:

"Think about it, shopkeeper Chai. We are not in a hurry. I know that shopkeepers like you all have shares in the shop, and you get your salary every year and you will get a dividend at the end of the year. If the shop loses money at that time, you will naturally lose money yourself. It's safer. It should be."

When the merchants are outside, the owner usually entrusts all decisions to these shopkeepers. If the owner can't even do this, what is the use of them?Chaide didn't come up with a plan to delay the attack, since that's the case, Pan Jinlian didn't force him, business is something he can't get away with, and even if it wasn't his own, he would throw it away sooner or later.

Send Chaide and the young man behind him who has been courteous and polite and didn't talk to each other out. Wang Po was standing at the door of the tea house watching, she seemed to have planned to come over a long time ago, but she was blocked by someone in the shop and couldn't get away. look around.

"Master Wu, is that the shopkeeper of Chaiji Liquor Shop? How are you and the Chai family so close? I've lived here for so many years, why haven't I heard about Wuda?"

Pan Jinlian saw that Wang Po came over quickly in small steps, pulled herself to question, and hurriedly replied:

"Mom was joking, what relationship do we have with the dignified Chai family? It's just that the shopkeeper of Chaiji Liquor Shop likes to eat our family's cooking cakes and wheat drinks, so he asked here on purpose. Why don't I hurry up and get them? If we offend this big customer, we will have to come back and scold the street."

"Really?"

"Really, really, my mother has lived with us as a neighbor for so many years, have you ever seen someone from the Chai family come to look for him? So there is really nothing to do with it, it's just a business." Seeing that she was still skeptical, Pan Jinlian hastily persuaded her to dispel Wang Po's suspicion, and then said another word, "Didn't Mom say she wanted to tell Sister-in-law Liu a bosom friend? When will we see you again?"

Wang Po smiled coyly, waved her handkerchief and lowered her voice and whispered a few words next to Pan Jinlian's ear, saying that she had invited that person to the tea house for morning tea tomorrow morning, and let Sister Liu take a look at her.

After hearing this, Pan Jinlian felt relieved. If she could see the appearance of this ancient marriage, it would be considered out of line. What's more, Sister-in-law Liu would decide whether to make it or not, and there was no parents' high-handed matchmaker's words to force her to marry, so I don't have to worry too much .

After finishing this matter, they chatted a few more words and sent Wang Po back. Pan Jinlian saw that the sun was gradually setting to the west, and it was time to prepare dinner.Walking to the kitchen, Wu Song, Wu Da and herself had finished the rest of the dishes in the morning, and she was in a good mood today, so Pan Jinlian thought about making dumplings.

There happened to be some yams, so Pan Jinlian lit the fire and steamed the yams in the pot first, then went out with a basket and bought a pound of pork and half a slice of freshly killed old duck. Ye Baoyi always took it back.When I got home, the yam had been steamed, and the smell filled the room.

Pan Jinlian put half a piece of old duck into the pot and put water to stew the soup. She used the back of a knife to grind half of the yam into puree, beat in an egg, mixed it into the pork stuffing, and then covered it with half-wet gauze and put it aside. .

After making the stuffing and wrapping it, Pan Jinlian makes steamed dumplings, which is the skin of the hot noodles. Pour the other half of the yam into the basin, add boiling water to mix a large basin of noodles, and use a rolling pin to roll it into a round dumpling wrapper At this time, the old duck soup in the pot has been scummed twice, just pour the duck meat soup on the meat filling, and after stirring, make small round dumplings one by one, and steam them in the steamer.The rest of the noodles and stuffing are filled with dozens of small wontons, and a bowl of ready-made thin noodles is the best wonton noodles in duck soup.

As for the boiled squishy duck meat, Pan Jinlian also shaved it with a knife, chopped it into a paste, added five-spice powder, pepper, wine, chives, and chives, and fried it with bread to make the duck meat golden on both sides.

After finishing the meal, Wu Da and Wu Song also returned home in the twilight. Pan Jinlian took out the dumplings, wonton noodles, and Guoluo. The two looked busy and opened a jar of shochu, and drank with the steamed dumplings .

Pan Jinlian saw that the two were eating and drinking to their heart's content, so she told about Chaide's visit today. Both of them had nothing to say, and they all praised Pan Jinlian for doing a good job, which is exactly what they should do.

According to Pan Jinlian's plan, the Chai family is her best backer. If she hadn't been so anxious to see the Chai family coming, she would not be so harsh on people. I'm afraid she would agree to it if she gave less money. It's just that it's not about business , since the family is so urgent, I took advantage of the situation and brought back all the coffins in the future, so I was not in a hurry, just eating and sleeping with peace of mind.

In the early morning of the second day, Wang Po's tea house opened early, and Wu Da and Wu Song were also on time to sell cooking cakes and go to the Yamen. When Pan Jinlian got up early and opened the gate, the sun had already risen Lao Gao, there are people sitting opposite the door in Wang Po's tea house, and there is a small gap in the window on the second floor of Sister-in-law Liu's house opposite.

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Pan Jinlian blinked her eyes for a long time, and saw that there was a mist in the morning, and the people in Wang Po's shop were just half-covered shadows, which couldn't be seen clearly.So she turned around and went back to the house, and found out a long green embroidered bamboo dress that she wore when she went out, matched it with a dark beige jacket, and sighed how wrong it was for her to meddle in other people's business, as she walked out, He carried the teapot by the door in his hand.

"Mom, bring me a pot of tea. The firewood in my house is wet, and it still can't start the fire."

After entering Wang Po's tea house, Pan Jinlian handed the teapot to the little girl Xing'er, smiled and greeted Wang Po, and peeked at the seat on the seat.