Yoshida Mii

Chapter 117
Although the middle-aged man had gray hair, his face was only about forty, with regular eyebrows and eyes, while the woman looked about 50 years old, with a round face and thick lips.However, when the two talked and looked at each other, their expressions were intimate and natural, like a couple who had been in love for many years.

Hearing his justification, the woman laughed, "You are right anyway, I can't say no to you."

"Don't you also like to eat, and you even boast that the food is delicious!" The man smiled warmly.

The woman turned around with a smile and handed the empty bowl to Dong Bao, and wanted to give Dong Bao money. Dong Bao waved his hands and pursed his lips and smiled, and said crisply: "I just said that it is for the uncle to eat, why not?" I can collect money! If the aunt tastes good, she will come to take care of my business in the future!"

"The little girl is very refreshing!" The woman laughed, "You made this dish? It's a good skill!"

Dong Bao pulled Zhang Xiuyu and said with a smile, "I made it with my sister."

"A few days ago, I saw some students came back with food to eat, and today they came out following the scent, but when they got here, they found that they didn't have any money on them." The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head, "It's thanks to the little girl's treat that I didn't get a penny." It's full of food. Is this tofu? It's better than the ones I ate elsewhere."

"Have you ever eaten elsewhere?" Dong Bao asked with interest.

The middle-aged man nodded and said with a smile: "I used to eat tofu in the capital, but there are very few people who know how to make tofu, and people in most places still don't eat tofu."

"I'm bragging again!" The woman smiled and patted the man's shoulder.

At this meeting, the bell rang in the academy, and the students of the academy were out of class, one by one.

Soon, a long queue formed in front of Dongbao's stall, and the middle-aged men and women saw Dongbao and Zhang Xiuyu getting busy, so they left.

Taking a break from his busy schedule, Dong Bao looked up and saw the back of the middle-aged man limping on crutches, while the woman was always slowly following the man.

After a while, Zhang Qian trotted over and wiped his sweat when he reached the stall.

Zhang Xiuyu was busy serving dishes, and complained, "Why are you here at this meeting!"

Zhang Qian smiled honestly, "I just started class today, so Master left me to talk for a while."

"What did I tell you?" Dong Bao laughed.

"I didn't say anything, just asked me what I had learned before, and encouraged me to study hard." Zhang Qian replied honestly.

Zhang Xiuyu quickly filled a bowl full of vegetables for her elder brother, covered it with two pancakes, handed it to Zhang Qian, and said, "You can eat at Uncle's shop."

Just now it was Zhou Pingshan's turn to cook, and he asked Dong Bao with a smile, "Do you know each other?"

Dong Bao nodded, "He is my cousin."

The burly young man who often followed Zhou Pingshan came out from behind Zhou Pingshan, and asked Zhang Xiuyu with a smile, "Then he is your real brother?"

Zhang Xiuyu nodded.

"Are you in the same class as my cousin?" Dong Bao asked.

Zhou Pingshan shook his head, "I saw him at the gate of another class during the morning break. We are not in the same class." He is in the intermediate class, so Zhang Qian must be in the elementary class.

"Hey, have you guys gone home to harvest the wheat these days?" The strong young man took the vegetables and paid for it, but he refused to leave, looking for something to say.

Zhang Xiuyu blushed, just lowered her head to cook, and ignored him.

The strong young man sighed, scratched his head, and had no choice but to go back.

After finishing the work for a while, Dong Bao poked his cousin's arm with a smile, and said mysteriously: "Hey, I think that big guy is interesting to you!"

"What nonsense! If you talk nonsense again, I'll let my second aunt deal with you!" Zhang Xiuyu yelled loudly, her face turning pale with embarrassment.

Look how excited this girl is...

Dong Bao pouted, "Okay, don't be angry, don't talk if you don't say anything, if he comes again in the future, I will drive him away."

"He came here to buy vegetables and eat well, why do you drive him away?" Zhang Xiuyu was anxious.

Dong Bao squinted at Zhang Xiuyu, and teased in a drawn out voice, "He's doing well—come to eat...how can you be so good?"

Zhang Xiuyu was ashamed and angry, and pinched Dong Bao's face, "You shameless little girl, I have never made fun of you and Brother Da Shi, but you took the opportunity to talk about me!"

Dong Bao giggled, took the opportunity to squeak Zhang Xiuyu's armpit, Zhang Xiuyu also put down the spoon and squeaked Dong Bao, just when the two were laughing hard, Zhang Qian came out with a bowl in his hand, watching the mess The two girls smiled and shook their heads, "What are you doing? I heard the laughter of two crazy girls in the backyard."

Zhang Xiuyu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked, "Brother, are you full?"

Zhang Qian nodded and said, "I'm full. My uncle just insisted on asking me to bring a pack of snacks, saying that I was hungry in the afternoon, but I didn't want it."

"Yes, we don't want it." Zhang Xiuyu said angrily, "If I take it, my sister-in-law might be very distressed. We only need to use her stove to spend more firewood, and we send her tofu and vegetables every day. Seeing the sky and talking about firewood."

Dong Bao patted Zhang Xiuyu's hand with a smile, and persuaded: "Okay, don't talk about it. There is uncle here, nothing else, we have to give uncle face. Wait a while, we are in town If I rent a shop, I don’t need my uncle’s stove.” In Dong Bao’s eyes, the Gao family is at best bitter and stingy. When their family was in trouble, the uncle helped their family. Compared with his family, he is a very good person.On this point, Dong Bao accepted her affection.

"Are you going to rent the shop?" Zhang Qian asked in surprise.

Satisfied, Zhang Xiuyu replied first: "Yes, I have already planned this."

Renting a shop means that what you want to do is a big business, and it is no longer a small business.

"There are a lot of goods stores on the street there, and many workers help unload goods and carry burdens all day long. I think those people bring steamed buns when they come out in the morning, and those who set up stalls go home at noon. They think restaurants are expensive. , just eat cold steamed buns with cold water, in fact, they also have a lot of money to carry sacks, and they are not stingy, they go to our stall to eat bean curd in the morning, they all eat two bowls, and some eat three bowls." Dong Bao said, "If we put these vegetables in the shop and sell them at this price, they will definitely be willing to buy them. Besides, the shop is bigger, there are places to sit, and the bean curd sells faster, which is also convenient for us to sell tofu. "

Zhang Qian looked at Dong Bao who was talking eloquently, filled his heart with admiration, and said with a smile, "Sister Dong Bao is the one who thinks carefully."

Dong Bao smiled, and suddenly remembered the lame middle-aged man just now, and asked, "Is there a lame handyman in your academy?"

Zhang Qian shook his head, smiled apologetically, "I just came here, and I only know the head of the mountain in our class."

"Oh." Dong Bao nodded disappointedly, and wanted to take care of his cousin more through this person!

After dinner, Zhang Qian went back to the academy to read.Zhang Xiuyu and Dongbao left the rest of the dishes to Jinzi, and went to Li's place, just as Liangzi was standing in front of the stall with a bowl, eating bean curd.

"Brother Liang, you're here!" Dong Bao shouted happily.

Liang Zi nodded, quickly cleaned a bowl of bean curd, wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "It still tastes the same, delicious! Auntie Xie saved two bowls for me, I'll go there first to patrol the streets!" said After finishing, he gestured to Dong Bao, took a bowl of bean curd, turned and left in a hurry.

Dong Bao laughed, it would be even better if he poured two drops of spicy red oil.She really wanted to use cornel powder to fry red oil, it would be more popular to pour it on bean curd, but unfortunately cornel powder is too expensive, if it is used for this, I am afraid that the cost of bean curd will increase too much, so I have to give up, those cornel powder I can only save myself to cook and eat.

"Liang Zi came here in the morning. He was very busy and didn't have time to eat. He asked me to leave two bowls for him. He didn't come until noon. That bowl was probably for Mr. Yan." Mrs. Li He laughed and said, "We ordinary people think that being an official is free, but I didn't expect him to be very busy!"

"Master Yan is a good official!" Granny Geng jokingly said next to her, and took the opportunity to ask: "Why are you so familiar with Brother Liang after you've only been here for a few days?"

This is a bit sour. It’s like a colleague in a company. He joined the job before you and has more seniority than you. He thought you were a newcomer who needed his advice and support, but suddenly found that you are more favored by the leader than him without knowing it. ... When this happens, it's hard not to feel sour.

Mrs. Li smiled, and tactfully blocked it back, "Brother Liang fell in love with tofu curd after eating it once. He is a nice guy, and he doesn't put on airs with us common people. He gets to know each other once he comes and goes. This is also a blessing for our mothers."

Dong Bao watched from the side with a smile. Li Shi grew up really fast, she spoke more quickly than before, and she was more straightforward and generous, but her temper was still gentle and amiable, and she did not develop in the aggressive direction as she had imagined.

When closing the stall at noon, Mrs. Li took the empty burden to Li Changfeng first. It was approaching the Dragon Boat Festival, and she wanted to buy things for the festival.

The people who went to the market on the street had almost left. Li took Dong Bao to find the grain shop where he bought white noodles. This grain shop had been asked by Dong Bao before, and it was not the property of a single family, so Dong Bao was at ease in their house. purchase.

Mrs. Li ordered fifty catties of white noodles first, and then ten catties of glutinous rice. The shop also sold green leaves for making rice dumplings, and Mrs. Li also bought a stack.

After leaving the grain store, Mrs. Li smiled while holding her forehead: "I'm confused, I should buy other things first." Fifty catties of white noodles are quite heavy to carry.

"It's okay." Li Hongqin said with a smile, "I'll just carry it, it doesn't weigh too much."

A few people were talking on the street when they heard a man's voice behind him and asked hesitantly, "Are you... Mrs. Song?"

Mrs. Li turned around, looked at the fat black man in green silk clothes behind her, stared blankly for a while, but didn't recognize who he was, and only asked with a smile: "Are you..."

The man laughed, all the flesh on his face piled up, "Sister Song, it's me, Shan Qiang!"

(End of this chapter)