Chentan's Memories

No.19 back to the magnificent courtyard building, the resentful man outside the high wall is more acid than a vinegar pot

Tang Yushu is in good health, and it has only been half a month since he sprained his foot, and the bandages have been removed.But I was told by the doctor to be careful and not to run casually.So Lin Lang and Chen Nun took over the matter of going to the market to buy ingredients in the morning.

But Tang Yushu was restless—although the ingredients for the hot pot had been prepared the night before, and the tables, chairs and benches had been wiped clean long ago, he limped back and forth in the yard early in the morning to clean them up.

The northernmost part of the yard is a big high slope, and the main hall of the yard rises from the slope; but the scope of activities of the two of them is not that big, and the yard for setting tables is also big enough , so almost never went up.

Tang Yushu had never seen such a big family's house before, and he didn't know how to enjoy these large and magnificent spaces.He just stepped up the steps step by step, looking up at the main hall in a daze.Looking up from the bottom - the main hall is a small building, the second floor is as big as the first floor, and there is a small building above the second floor, which is the third floor.

The third floor is about a foot higher than the wall.

"It's so high..." Tang Yushu sighed, "You can see the whole town from the top!"

Tang Yushu wanted to go up and have a look.

So I pushed open the heavy carved door—while pushing it open, I sighed that "the door panels of rich people are so beautiful..."—the dusty space was filled with fresh air again, The raised dust evaporated quickly with a sour smell. Tang Yushu stood at the door for a while, and waited for the smoke to settle before he stepped forward, bypassed the thick beams, went up the stairs, and turned to On the second floor, the place to go was blocked by an iron fence.

"Eh...?" Tang Yushu looked inside through the fence, all kinds of furniture were available, but piled up in disorder.

It seemed that there was a sword thrown obliquely on the ground.

Very familiar.

Before Tang Yushu turned his head around, he heard someone shouting from the courtyard downstairs: "Master Tang...Master Tang?"

"Come on, come on—" Tang Yushu responded, and hurried downstairs without thinking about the familiar sword.

"Grandma—we haven't opened yet, so I don't have any food for you to eat." While patting the dirt that fell on her body, she greeted the old woman standing in the yard: "Come back later."

"You——is Shopkeeper Tang!" The old lady smiled happily, holding a stack of red paper in her hand, and tied a red string around her wrist: "I'm not here to eat—I'm here to tell you something good. !"

Tang Yushu was not familiar with this granny, so he was taken aback for a moment: "What's the matter?"

"How old are you this year?" Grandma asked bluntly.

"After the end of the month... twenty."

"Look, look, look! Tsk... so pitiful!" Grandma said pitifully, but twisted her waist and covered her mouth with a smile, and said, "Here, if you don't marry at eighteen, you will be laughed at Already!"

Tang Yushu finally figured out the identity and purpose of this grandma.

There are not many single male resources in Chen Tan; there are fewer young men of the right age who have a small career, are tall and well-looking.

Since the allusion of "Black and White Two Gods of Wealth" spread in Chentan and nearby towns, two resources, Tang Yushu and Lin Lang, have long been included in the list of "high-quality men" in the media circle.

Leaving aside Lin Lang—although no one knows the details of this young man clearly, but whether it is from his clothes or his speech and behavior, he can speculate about Lin Lang's family background—so ordinary people dare not rush to make high claims.Therefore, the honest and honest Tang Yushu became even more sought-after.

This room Tang Yushu was at a loss, and only blushed there: "I... still can't afford a wife."

"Why can't I afford to marry!" Grandma came forward a few steps, and landed on a table consciously, while spreading out the red sticker in her hand, she stretched out her hand to greet Tang Yushu: "Come, come, talk to Grandma Look: what kind of girl do you like?"

Tang Yushu limped over, scratched the back of his head for a long time, and said, "...I can't figure it out."

"Everyone is shy, grandma understands—"

"I really can't figure it out..."

"Stay!—Then grandma asks you, do you like tall and short?"

The matchmaker has strong professional skills, and the guide asked questions in exchange for Yushu's answer: "...higher?"

"Fat and thin?—I mean figure, you know what I mean?"

Yushu nodded: "...Be thin, it doesn't matter."

Grandma smiled: "It's different from ordinary men's tastes...the ones who like white and black?"

"White……?"

"Pretty or smart?"

"...Smart..."

"Strong tempered or gentle?"

"...a bit of a temper."

Grandma covered her mouth and smiled: "I heard that there are ear rakes in Shu, and I saw it today."

"According to your preferences, there are about a dozen people here that I can recommend—" After getting the information about her preferences, the matchmaker turned out a red leather book, flipping through it and muttering: "The idea is quite strange—don't The pretty ones also like shriveled ones...It's not the same as ordinary boys..."

Tang Yushu's face was flushed when she was commented on her aesthetic orientation, and all she could think of was to send her away as soon as possible; I", just thinking of this, I saw Lin Lang turning back from the door, walking leisurely with his arms folded, and behind him Chen Ni was sweating profusely pushing a wooden ox full of ingredients.

"How's your foot... What's this--what are you doing?" The attention shifted quickly.

Tang Yushu was taken aback for a moment, feeling like "being guilty of being a thief", and quickly covered the matchmaker's picture album with his hands, and stammered: "Grandma...no...otherwise, let's do this first—something else... Just... let's talk about it later, we're... going to start work!"

The matchmaker naturally didn't understand the reason, so she just urged: "What's next——I'll show you the portraits of these dozen people, you made your decision today, I'll go and kiss you in a few days! Look—these ten or so girls are all in line with your liking, look—eh? Shopkeeper Lin! I’m matchmaking for Shopkeeper Tang here, why don’t you come and have a look? If you like it, I’ll do it too I can tell you—of course, as long as you don’t think our girl from Chen Tan is small..."

Seventy percent of Lin Lang's smiling face just now disappeared, and the rest of his expression was like a twitching flesh on his face. He glanced at Tang Yushu with a dry smile, and wobbled forward to flip through the portraits: "These are all of you. like?"

Tang Yushu didn't speak - although he couldn't figure out why, he just didn't dare to speak.

Lin Lang still had the corner of his mouth hanging, but Tang Yushu didn't think that expression looked like a smile no matter how he looked at it.I just heard Lin Lang say: "This - it's not good, why is it so sharp? - This, this one looks like a man..."

He picked and picked and checked, but none of them caught his eye.

Seeing Lin Lang being bitter, the matchmaker pouted and snatched the red book back, and stuffed it into Tang Yushu's hand: "Oh... Sure enough, Master Jinling doesn't like our girl Chen Tan—but it's not you who picks a wife, it's better to let her be Shopkeeper Tang can see for himself."

Lin Lang didn't talk to the matchmaker, he just exhaled a burst of cold air from his nose, and looked at Tang Yushu: "Oh, our Master Tang wants to marry a wife?"

Tang Yushu apologized and said with a smile: "No gain, no gain, isn't this...Grandma found it herself..."

The matchmaker also chimed in and said, "Tang shopkeeper is getting old and old. People say 'get married and start a business'! This business has been established, and the family has to be established as soon as possible!"

"That's it!" Lin Lang said with a half-smile, "Success, I've been looking forward to having a wedding with you for a long time."

Although he got the order from Eldest Young Master Lin, Tang Yushu's dark eyes did not dare to move from Lin Lang's face, and just stood there motionless.

The matchmaker urged: "Choose it quickly."

Lin Lang also urged: "Hurry up and pick... I'm also curious about what kind of girl our brother Yushu likes."

It was difficult to ride a tiger in this room, so Tang Yushu had to lower his head and flip through a few sheets, pointing blindly and saying, "...that's all."

Chen Ni, who stood on tiptoe to peek, interjected, "Bai Shuci—is this Sister Ah Ci?"

Tang Yushu, who was illiterate, missed Miss A Ci by mistake, and was startled. He looked at the picture and jokingly tried to dispel the condensed atmosphere: "Why did the painting of A Ci look so ugly..."

Lin Lang couldn't laugh, so he just licked his fingernails, drooped his thin eyelids, and concluded subjectively, "Isn't that what Ah Ci looks like?"

Chen Ni, a child with a delicate mind, felt the atmosphere was weird when he saw this, and quietly ran back to the back kitchen to wash and pick vegetables, away from the place of right and wrong.

This time, Tang Yushu finally turned over the errand and sent the matchmaker away.Faced with Lin Lang's teasing from time to time, he was sweating and looking for things to do in the winter.

Tang Yushu couldn't understand why he was afraid, but he was afraid.

Suddenly there was a tinkling sound from the back kitchen.

Lin Lang had nowhere to vent his irritability, so he was able to make use of the topic: "Chen Ni—what did you fall again?"

Chen Ni poked his head out and smiled apologetically: "I knocked over a vinegar pot—but it wasn't broken, it wasn't broken...hehe!"

"Oh...be careful!" Since there was no loss, Lin Lang's performance could not continue.

Chen Ni withdrew his head and hurriedly tidied up. After a long while, a word came out from the back kitchen: "It's so sour..."

Lin Lang felt a pain in his chest, but he couldn't do anything to this child.

Lin Lang couldn't understand why he was sour, but he just wanted to be sour.

The tone didn't dissipate until after the guests were sent away in the evening, and the three of them hid in the back kitchen to keep warm.

"Recently, the business has been getting better and better--today, the last batch of customers was sent away after the half-hour of Shen Shi... But in fact, there will be people coming again soon." Facing the reflection of the water jar, he straightened his head Lin Lang said while wearing the red cherry velvet hairpin.

Tang Yushu nodded: "That's right—it's because there are too many people, and the tables are often not lined up. Recently, the guests at night have come earlier and earlier."

"It's so annoying..." Lin Lang complained, but the corners of his mouth were raised high.

If it continues like this, it will only make more and more money.

In the future, when I have saved enough money, I can open the store to Jinling, Gusu, Yangzhou, and Lin’an City—speaking of it...a few days ago, a businessman from Huizhou passed by and expressed his willingness after eating. Inject capital and introduce them to Huizhou—Huizhou people are well-known for doing business, and maybe you can make a lot of money by cooperating with them...

Finally tidying up the red pompom on his head, Lin Lang was contented to take leisurely steps again, walking around the house rubbing his muscles; a human voice came from the yard—"Tsk, look—it's really a late guest." It's getting earlier and earlier—Chen Ni?"

"Yes!" The little boy whose voice was still changing responded loudly.

"Clean up quickly, ready to pick up the guests!" After arranging Chen Ni's work, Lin Lang shook his neck and straightened his collar, put on a smiling face, picked up the big shopkeeper and made a pie, and walked out from the back kitchen.

——It was the matchmaker who came, and a shy girl was behind her.

The smiling faces disappeared without a trace.