my grandmother

Chapter 38
The old man of the Zhang family went out of the city early in the morning and looked at it all day. Without letting Li Jinzhu see it again, he directly ordered a small workshop that was originally engaged in the incense stick business.

The next day, Mr. Zhang picked three or four safe men from his own warehouse, drove a car, and delivered the eggs from Li's yard to the small workshop.

Sister-in-law Yin called an idler from the street tea shop, gave him a lot of money, asked him to run around, and told the lime shop and other companies who had ordered the goods yesterday to deliver the goods to the small workshop as soon as possible.

Li Yuzhu and Li Yinzhu followed the first car, and Li Jinzhu and Sister-in-law Yin rushed to the dental shop closest to the workshop, picked two strong women, agreed to try it out for ten days, and took the two women to the workshop. .

Li Xuedong came home from school and waited until it was dark with Li Xiaonan. The three of Li Jinzhu and his sister-in-law Yin didn't come back, so the two had to do it themselves. Vegetables, oil and salt, nothing else, not a single egg left in the yard.

Li Xuedong went to the backyard to gather a handful of green vegetables, washed them and cooked them. Li Xiaonan lifted the lid of the pot while burning the fire, and spread a thick circle of lard along the side of the pot. The lard melted into the rice, sizzling and fragrant. It overflowed, and after a while, Li Xiaonan lifted the lid of the pot and wiped the lard again.

Li Xuedong fried the vegetables, Li Xiaonan wiped the lard three or four times, and the rice smelled fragrant.Two people each scooped up a piece of browned and crispy rice crust, put a chopstick of greens on the rice crust, and bit into it, it was really delicious.

While eating delicious food, the courtyard door squeaked, and Li Xuedong held the bowl and stretched his head to look out.

In the light from the kitchen, Li Jinzhu was in front, and the three walked in exhausted.

"It's so fragrant!" Li Yinzhu sniffled and exclaimed.

"These two little ones can cook now! Who fried this? It's all mushy." Li Yuzhu stretched her head to look at the rice in the pot, pointed at the fried vegetables on the plate and asked with a smile.

Li Xiaonan pointed at Li Xuedong with chopsticks.

"It was she who made the fire too hot." Li Xuedong quickly explained.

"Where did the lard go? The can of lard was still full this morning!" Li Jinzhu asked, picking up the can of lard.

"Here." Li Yinzhu had already taken a bite out of a piece of crispy rice, and while speaking vaguely, handed the oily and browned crispy rice to the elder sister.

"This must be Ah Nan's idea!" Li Yuzhu stretched her head to look, scooped up two pieces of crispy rice with a shovel, and handed one to Li Jinzhu.

"You really know how to eat! No wonder Uncle San Tang said you're a prodigal." Li Jinzhu looked at the large piece of lard that was emptied out of the jar with great distress.

"Uncle Santang is talking about you, not me, right?" Li Xiaonan bit her rice crust, looked at Li Xuedong and asked.

Li Xuedong nodded quickly, and felt wrong halfway through the click, and quickly explained: "And me, Uncle Santang said that we are prodigals by taking Aunt to Hangzhou."

"This rice is a bit raw." Li Yinzhu touched the rice in the middle with chopsticks and tasted it.

"She must be the one who poured oil on the pot, and the rice was raw." Li Yuzhu patted Li Xiaonan's head lightly.

"Take out the crust, put the raw rice in the pot, add some water to cook the rice, Yuzhu goes to the backyard to stir some vegetables, and Yinzhu lights up the fire. Lower the fire." Li Jinzhu rolled up his sleeves and started cooking again.

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Gu Yan picked up Mrs. Pan, Miss Shi, and the sixth wife of the Pan family, Pan Shihui, and immediately sent someone to Hangzhou to ask the sixth aunt, Mrs. Fu, to bring three cousins ​​to Pingjiang Bieye to accompany him. If the sixth aunt could not come, she must Let the three cousins ​​come and live for a while.

The manager who went to Hangzhou left, but Gu Yan left the other business and rushed to the Huainan Salt Field to check on the salt affairs.

He is a man in charge of official duties!

When Gu Yan went there for two or three days, when he hurried back from the Huainan salt field, although his six aunts did not come, the three cousins ​​had already arrived the day before.

When Gu Yan returned to Bieye, Mrs. Pan, accompanied by a group of young ladies, went to Hanshan Temple to offer incense.

As soon as Wang Gui entered the other business, he hurriedly called in the sentry who stayed behind to watch Li Xiucai's family, and asked carefully.

After Gu Yan finished washing and changed his clothes, Wang Gui had already waited outside the Chuihua Gate with his hands down. Hearing Gu Yan's call to come in, he walked into the house in small steps and reported the news of Li Xiucai's family in detail.

I heard that the Li family has partnered with Yin, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhang family who runs a warehouse next door, to do the preserved egg and salted egg business. The preserved preserved egg and salted egg are already being pickled in the workshop. Gu Yan raised his eyebrows and let out a haha.

This must be the idea of ​​the elder sister of the Li family, and he knew that this elder sister was not simple.

"Go, go and have a look." Gu Yan picked and picked a folding fan from the tray held by the servant, shook it open with a clatter, and lifted his foot out.

Shi Gun and Wang Gui hurriedly followed, left the other business, and went straight to Cailian Lane.

From the day after the workshop opened, Li Jinzhu asked Li Yinzhu to stay at home to wash clothes, cook and take care of housework.

They leave before dawn every day, and come back after dark. When they get home, they are covered in mud and sweat, their clothes need to be washed and changed, and they have to take care of Li Xiaonan and Li Xuedong. There is a vegetable field and a group of chickens in the backyard, so they have to stay alone Do chores at home.

When Gu Yan arrived at Cailian Lane, Li Yinzhu picked up the eggs and fed them to the chickens, unpacked and washed the quilts, washed them and hung them to dry. He had just been free, and was walking out with Li Xiaonan, discussing where to go for a stroll.

Just after leaving Cailian Lane, I ran into Gu Yan head-on.

Gu Yan just got off the horse halfway, his eyes fell on Li Xiaonan, and he smiled.

"Hey! It's that person!" Li Yinzhu screamed.

Gu Yan leaned back slightly when she called her, squinted at her with disgust, tapped Li Yinzhu with a folding fan, and smiled with Li Xiaonan: "You, third sister, have always been so surprised?"

"Who are you?" Li Xiaonan said like a furry cat.

"Back back." Gu Yan rolled the folding fan towards the stone.

Shi Gun hastily motioned to everyone, stepped back ten steps, and blocked the passing pedestrians.

Gu Yan's upper body leaned forward slightly, shook out the folding fan to make a cover, and said with a low voice: "We met in the Hangzhou Gongyuan, don't you remember?"

Li Xiaonan's eyes widened, "You! You! You talk nonsense!"

"Don't be afraid, if I want to do something, I have already done something. You see you are always like this, like a cat with a blown hair. I have to tell you that I really have no malicious intentions." Gu Yan continued to press The voice is sincere.

"Him?" Li Yinzhu's voice was trembling.

She understood Gu Yan's words.How did he know that Ah Nan took the exam for him?
"It's okay, nothing will happen to him, he has no malicious intentions." Li Xiaonan hurriedly comforted the third sister.

"That's right!" Gu Yan put away the folding fan in a hurry, and slapped it on the palm of his hand, scaring Li Yinzhu into a wit.

"Then what do you want? What do you want to do?" Li Xiaonan patted Li Yinzhu, looked at Gu Yan and asked.

"We are destined." Gu Yan looked serious.

Li Xiaonan looked up at the sky and rolled her eyes.

"How about making friends?" Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan's eyes and laughed.

Li Xiaonan let out a cry.

His appearance reminded her of the distant past, when on the way after school, she met a little rogue who thought he was extremely chic, and he shook his head at her: "Little beauty, let's make friends."

"Men and women are different, men and women can't kiss each other, men and women..."

Gu Yan stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Li Xiaonan's eyes, cutting off Li Xiaonan's words.

"Sure enough, you are talking nonsense with your eyes open." Gu Yan shook the folding fan again, "You are all nonsense, but there must be a reason for coming and going, so let's say, they say you have a good idea Excellent, I don’t know much about Gezhi, how about I ask you to tell me about Gezhi?”

Li Xiaonan and Li Yinzhu's four eyes widened.

"I'll give the money, one or two taels of silver per trip, and if the speech is good, how about adding more?" Gu Yan bowed slightly and looked at Li Xiaonan.

"Where are you talking? I won't go to your house." Li Xiaonan held her breath slightly.

"Then come to your house." Gu Yan answered very quickly.

"My house doesn't work either! That teahouse over there." Li Xiaonan pointed to a quiet teahouse not far away.

"Okay." Gu Yan turned to look at the teahouse after a quick word. "Then it's settled. I have a lot of things to do. I'll come here when I'm free. Let him invite you to teach at the teahouse. His name is Shi Gun."

Gu Yan's folding fan lit the stone roll, and the stone roll went in without knowing it. Following Gu Yan's folding fan, he quickly nodded and bowed to accompany him with a smile.

(End of this chapter)