Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 172
The next morning, Wen Shu got up early to wash up and rushed to the tea shed. When she arrived, Mrs. Zhao was still waiting by the side of the road, holding the sleeping dog in her arms.

Wen Shu rushed forward and complained slightly: "Why did my sister-in-law come so early again, didn't she come to work at Chenshi?"

Mrs. Zhao smiled embarrassedly, "Wake up early, and come here if you can't sleep."

"How long have you been waiting? It's cool in the morning, so don't freeze the dog's egg," Wen Shu said while touching the dog's exposed hand.

It was really cold to the touch.

"Oh, this hand is not warm, hurry up and go inside, I'll make a bowl of ginger soup." Then, he turned and opened the door, not forgetting to say: "Sister-in-law will not like this in the future, I am not so Too many things, don't come so early."

She was afraid that Mrs. Zhao was late because of her scruples and would be blamed by her, so she hurried to speak.

Mrs. Zhao was grateful for her kindness, but she couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. It was one thing that she was afraid that her boss would criticize her if she came late, but the most important thing was that she had no desire to face that family.

After Dalang left, she and Goudan were the only ones left in the big house, which was unavoidably desolate. Looking at those old things from the past, I felt even more depressed.

"I really can't stay at home. If the little boss thinks it's appropriate, why don't you give me the key, so that I come early and I can boil the tea soup first."

As soon as Wen Shu heard that it made sense, and it was cool in the morning and evening, she was waiting outside with the baby in her arms, it was really not a problem, so she took a key chain from her body and handed it to her.

Mrs. Zhao took the key, carefully hid it next to her body, and carried the sleeping dog egg to the hut at the back to sleep, then put on an apron, and went to the front to get busy.

There was no grand meeting today, and the official road was deserted again. Wen Shu only steamed a basket of steamed buns, and stopped. Erchen Tang and Grandma Tea only boiled about half a barrel.

Speaking of yesterday's good start, it really took advantage of the Jinmingchi grand event. If the official market in the past, it would be good to earn a hundred and eighty cash.

After finishing these, the sun has come out, but there is not a single customer in the tea shop.

Mrs. Zhao was a little anxious, afraid that if there were no guests, Wen Shu would not invite her, so she hurried out of the tea shed and stood by the official road, constantly looking to both sides, thinking that if she saw someone, she would say hello, maybe she could pick up two.

It's a pity that she stood there for a quarter of an hour, but there were two or three people in the past, but they all went to the city to sell vegetables with burdens, or they had breakfast at home, or they walked away with cakes on their bodies.

In short, not a single guest was received.

Wen Shu was in a very good mood. Seeing her anxiously looking around, he took off the apron around his waist, went out with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be a gatekeeper here. While there is no one around, let's remove the weeds next to the land temple." Besides, offer another stick of incense, maybe the land guild will bless us and the guests are like clouds." She blinked playfully.

Seeing that she was really not in a hurry, Mrs. Zhao calmed down a little, and said with a smile: "My little boss has a great plan."

Saying this, the two of them went to the Earth Temple.

The land temple is only a hundred steps away from the tea shed. The temple is three feet high and two feet wide. Inside is a solemn statue of a god. No, not to mention incense.

Seeing this, Wen Shu couldn't help sighing: "At any rate, he is a god, how could he end up in such a deserted place?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao replied: "This temple was originally established in our village, but later the village moved to the opposite side. Because it was inconvenient to worship next to the official road, a new temple was rebuilt at the head of the village, and no one took care of the old temple. Yes. Goudan was seriously ill last time, and I was desperate and begged the gods. Unexpectedly, the land father really appeared and sent my little boss to help me."

She said, with a grateful expression on her face, "After Goudan recovered from his illness, I brought incense candles to come here to fulfill my vows. At that time, there were cobwebs around the statue, so it was really deserted. At that time, the surrounding area was as it is now. It seems to be covered with weeds, I pulled it once at that time, but after two or three months, it grew so tall again."

It turned out that when the strange road passed by, the front of the earth temple was completely new, and incense was still burning on the ground in front of the statue.

"Since my sister-in-law said so, then we have to clean up." Wen Shu winked at her playfully, then put his hands together, and bowed three times to the land temple: "The tea shed was built here, and we will look forward to it in the future." The father-in-law of the land will take care of you."

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help bowing down.

Next, the two worked together, one pulled the grass in front of the temple, and the other pulled the grass behind the temple. Halfway through the pulling, the sound of horseshoes and carts suddenly sounded on the official road.

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Zhao was overjoyed, stood up hurriedly, and looked towards the official road on the left, but saw three carriages coming slowly from the other end of the official road, and the leading black horse was shiny with oil. very good.

Mrs. Zhao threw down the grass at hand and wanted to greet her, but Wen Shu called her to stop and told her to wait.

In her opinion, those who can use horse-drawn carts are definitely wealthy or official families. This kind of people are more picky about food, and they generally don't pay much attention to roadside tea shops unless necessary.

Although he didn't understand what it meant, but since the little boss had spoken, Mrs. Zhao didn't insist, she squatted back and continued to pull the grass.

After a while, the carriage drove up and passed by them. A seven or eight-year-old girl looked out of the car window. Seeing Wen Shu and the others squatting on the ground weeding, she couldn't help asking the wet nurse beside her, "Mummy, What are those two ladies doing, farming?"

The nurse followed her gaze and said with a smile, "Oh, it's just weeding."

"Isn't weeding the same as farming? The master said that the weeds must be weeded before planting."

"Uh, planting the land is to weed, but weeding is not the only way to cultivate the land. The girl sees the land temple, and those two ladies should clean up the dojo for the gods."

"Oh, that's it." The little girl nodded half understanding.

At this time, a few children cried and howled suddenly from the carriage ahead, and the little girl suddenly became anxious and exclaimed, "Oh, why is fourth brother crying again, is he not feeling well again?"

The wet nurse withdrew her expression, and whispered: "Maybe it's peeing, girl, please don't go any further, be careful and be scolded again."

Hearing this, the little girl lowered her head in disappointment.

Seeing this, the nurse sighed softly, hugged her in her arms, and comforted her: "I'm going to Beijing soon to see the master, the master still likes girls very much."

"Really, Daddy really likes me?" The little girl's eyes flashed with dazzling anticipation.

"Of course, our girl is so attractive, the master will definitely like it." As she spoke, the wet nurse's voice gradually dropped.

"Oh, why did you vomit again, this"

"Ma'am, there is a tea house next to it, why don't we get off the car and let the store get some hot water for the fourth brother to scrub."

"Okay, let the driver pull over."

"Yes."

Although Mrs. Zhao was pulling the weeds all the time, she never took her eyes off the carriage from the beginning to the end. Seeing the carriage stop in front of the tea shed, she said happily, "Little master, they've come down."

(End of this chapter)