Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 142

Half an hour later, Wen Shu waited outside the yamen with the exchanged two pennies. After a while, Mrs. Zhao and the two men also came over.

Wen Shu handed the money to Mrs. Zhao, then reached out to Goudan and said, "If my sister-in-law trusts me, I can take care of the child first."

"I can trust you, thank you, my lady." After thanking Mrs. Zhao, she handed over the child to Wen Shu, and went to the appraisal court at the west corner of the yamen together with the two strong men.

The Appraisal Institute, as the name suggests, naturally does appraisal work.

Kaifeng Government Office has a lot of things to do, in order to save time, and to do things more efficiently, so like the general handprint and handwriting identification, most of them do not need to go through the court, but only need to be identified here. The official seal of the upper government office is used as proof.

When Wen Shu came back from buying candied haws on the opposite street with the crying dog egg, Mrs. Zhao and the two big men were coming out of the corner gate of the Appraisal Institute.

No need to ask, just by looking at her expression, Wen Shu already guessed the result.

Sure enough, within a short while, the two big men said: "The appraisal result has been released, so Sister-in-law Huai has nothing to say now, tell me, how do you plan to repay this debt, whether it is a house or a child with the land. , you choose one."

How could it be possible to use children to pay for it, Mrs. Zhao shook her head again and again.

Goudan is her treasure and Da Lang's only child. The house cannot be sold, otherwise the two of them won't even have a place to live. The only thing that can be bought is
"Use the land to pay for it." After a while, she said with trembling lips: "My family has four acres of dry land. According to the current land price, one mu is eight acres. I will pay you three acres. I want cash for the extra four acres."

"Fresh!" The two men laughed loudly: "Then tomorrow morning, we will still be here, we will bring the copper coins, you will bring the land deed, and after the successful transfer of ownership, the matter will be settled."

Seeing the two walk away, Mrs. Zhao squatted on the ground covering her face and cried loudly, "How are you going to live this day!"

Goudan was eating candied haws with relish, but when he saw that he seemed to be infected, his mouth shrunk and he burst into tears.

"Hey, hey, don't cry." Wen Shu looked at this and looked at that, but he didn't know who to comfort.

After a while, Mrs. Zhao, who had vented all her sadness, wiped away tears, stood up and took the dog egg in Wen Shu's arms, and then saluted Wen Shufu: "Thank you for your help, Miss Zhao Wuniang. If it is useful, just ask and borrow your two pennies, and when they bring the money tomorrow, I will return it to the little lady, but I don't know where the little lady lives, and where should the money be sent?"

"It's okay. I'm not in a hurry to wait for the money right now. Sister-in-law Zhao will save it for now if she has difficulties. It won't be too late when I have more money."

"That won't work. Since you have promised the little lady before, you should keep your word, and if you pay the land tomorrow, you can get four pennies in cash. If you pay back the lady, there are still two pennies left. Save some money, and it will be enough." It will last for a month or two, during which time I will find a way to find a job, so you don't have to worry about it, little lady."

Seeing that she insisted on returning it, Wen Shu didn't say any more, nodded and said: "It's still the same place, I intend to open a tea shop there, and I will go there in the next few days. My sister-in-law will go there to find me when the time comes."

"Okay, then I'll take my leave." Mrs. Zhao gave a slight salute, and staggered away holding the dog egg.

The slanting sunset hit her body, dragging a long shadow, looking a little lonely.Wen Shu sighed softly, turned and left towards home.

The next day was a sunny day.

Early in the morning, there was a clanging sound from Wen's cook.

As the steamer was opened, the pink flowers were steaming in the mist. Wen Shu took out one and tasted it. He felt that it tasted similar to yesterday, so he nodded in satisfaction, and moved the two cages of hibiscus jujube paste cakes to the small courtyard in the courtyard. on the cart.

After finishing all this, she went back to her room to change her clothes and recomb her hair style, then said hello to Father Wen who had just got up in the East Wing, and then pushed the cart out.

Meet up with Wang Ling at the intersection of Xizi Street, and the two go to Daxiangguo Temple together, talking and laughing.

The two gatherings in January made the Daxiangguo Temple extremely lively in these two days, and the level of noise was even higher than that of the Zhouqiao Night Market.

Amidst all kinds of shouting and shouting, the two found a good place, and then put out the items to be sold one by one.

The wooden box Wang Ling brought was filled with the rouge gouache she developed herself. She first spread a worn cloth sheet on the ground, and then took out the finished rouge boxes one by one and placed them neatly on the ground.

Wenshu is much simpler, except for two baskets of hibiscus jujube paste cakes, there are two baskets of vegetarian steamed buns.The steamed buns are all in ordinary patterns, there is nothing to display.

On the contrary, the hibiscus jujube paste cake looked pleasing, and it was just used to attract customers, so she took out the white porcelain plate she brought from home and put two flowers in it and put it aside.

"Furong Jujube Cake, sweet and delicious, soft and sweet Furong Jujube Cake, everyone who passes by will take a look at it, it is beautiful and delicious, and it costs five cents a piece."

"Look at the rouge, look at the rouge, the face is as beautiful as a peach blossom match fairy, Linglong rouge, you deserve it."

"Pfft..." Hearing Wang Ling's yelling words, Wen Shu burst out laughing, "Where did you learn the strange words, they are worth having, but you should talk about what is not worth having."

Wang Ling shot her a look: "What's the point of a swearing word? I also heard it from others, so I thought it would be easy to learn." Then, she turned her head and sniffed, "What are you eating? It smells so delicious. Give it to me." one comes."

"Steamed buns stuffed with leeks." Wen Shu replied, throwing one over to her.

Half an hour later, as the sun got higher and higher, more and more people came to the market.

Seeing that Ling'er next to her had already sold two boxes of rouge, and her own hibiscus jujube paste cake was still uninterested, Wen Shu couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

No, it can't be said that no one cares about it, someone still asks, but when I heard the price, I shook my head and left.

Is it expensive?She looked at Ling'er next to her suspiciously, and her eyes seemed to say, didn't you say you could sell it?
Wang Ling had just sent away a little lady who was buying rouge, and when she turned her head and saw her expression, she hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, the people who come here are ordinary people, and in half an hour, those little ladies from rich families will be gone." It's time to come, and I will definitely be able to see it when the time comes."

Well, that's all I can do to comfort myself!Wen Shu sat down on the ground discouraged, chatting with Wang Ling.

About half an hour later, the number of pilgrims in brocade clothes really increased, Wen Shu hurriedly pulled himself together and yelled, "Furong jujube cake, sweet and delicious, soft and sweet, Furong jujube cake, pass by Anyone passing by should take a look, it looks good and delicious, and it costs five cents a piece.”

The clear voice spread far and wide in the market. Not far from the entrance, a little lady in a lotus-colored short jacket and a moon-white long skirt got on and off a luxurious carriage.

She has an oval face, slender eyebrows, long eyes, the corners of her mouth are slightly raised, and a pair of narrow and long phoenix eyes look excitedly at everything around her.

On the nearby horse, the young man with a tired expression jumped off the horse and said, "Let's go."

"Hey." The little lady in pink obediently followed behind her.

(End of this chapter)