Yoshida Mii

Chapter 122 Song Bai's True Face
"It's salty, with pork belly mixed in, it's delicious!" Dong Bao advertised vigorously.

The man stroked his beard and laughed, then turned his head and said to his wife: "When I was in Jiangnan, I ate the meat dumplings there, and the taste is really unforgettable..."

His wife interrupted him rudely, and said with a smile: "It's blowing again! You don't feel ashamed to always blow in front of other little girls!" Then she whispered to Dongbao and Zhang Xiuyu: "What did he say, you guys Just listen to it, but don't tear down his platform, this man has a very strong heart!"

The man laughed angrily, couldn't help but stamped the crutch in his hand, smiled and shook his head and said: "Madam, Madam, you are very quick at dismantling your husband's stage!"

The woman also laughed, stopped arguing with her husband, and said to Dong Bao with a smile: "Come two."

Zhang Xiuyu hurriedly tied the rice dumplings with hemp rope and handed them to the woman.

"How much is the total?" The woman asked with a smile.

This time Dong Bao stopped being polite to them, and said with a smile, "The food costs two Wen, and the zongzi costs ten Wen, so the total is 22 Wen."

The woman took out a handful of copper coins from her purse, counted 22 and gave them to Dong Bao. Dong Bao took the money, looked at the back of the woman and the crippled man leaving slowly, and yelled with a smile: : "Come again tomorrow!"

Zhang Xiuyu pulled the copper plate in the box, stuck out her tongue and said, "Wenfeng Academy is not bad, even the handyman is so rich!"

22 Wen is not a lot of money, but it is enough for a farmer to spend a month on salt, soy sauce and vinegar. If it weren't for the abundant money, I'm afraid I wouldn't be so quick to buy two zongzi at once.

"I don't see them as handymen." Dong Bao shook his head.

"Not like a handyman?" Zhang Xiuyu looked up at the two of them, and asked strangely, "What is it if you're not a handyman?"

Dong Bao smiled and said, "I don't know." She just felt that although the crippled middle-aged man didn't speak in the same manner as her cheap father Song Xiucai, he always had an indescribable strong She has a bookish atmosphere, and she doesn't feel decadent like ordinary disabled people. Even the old lady, who looks old, has a hearty personality, without the acrimonious look of a low-level young lady.

After a while, the bell for the end of the academy rang, and many students poured out from the entrance of the academy, and there was also a queue in front of Dongbao's stall. Everyone who came to buy food, Dongbao recommended his own meat Zongzi, because it is a rare item, most of the students who come to buy rice are from relatively well-off families, and many people will buy a Zongzi to try.

When it was Zhou Pingshan's turn, there was only one zongzi left, Zhou Pingshan laughed quickly and said, "I bought this one."

Zhang Xiuyu smiled regretfully, she still planned to leave it to Zhang Qian.

After finishing the dishes and pancakes, Zhou Pingshan and his tall and strong friend didn't go back immediately. After the students who came to buy food had almost left, they smiled at Dongbao and Zhang Xiuyu: "The fifth and sixth grades of our academy Take two days off."

This Dong Bao heard what Zhang Qian said, nodded and said: "Well, I know, I won't come for those two days."

"No, I, that..." Zhou Pingshan blushed a little, stammered for a long time before saying: "On the sixth day of May, my mother asked me to go to Anzhou to visit relatives. My carriage is quite big, enough for several people. Do you want to go to Anzhou? I can take you there."

If there were only two girls, Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu, it would be inconvenient for him to take them with him, but now there is another Zhang Qian, and with him, it should be fine.

"Your relatives in Anzhou?" Dong Bao hesitated, and she immediately thought of the palace in Anzhou. It was not a good memory, especially the young master who was beautiful but "unscrupulous", how old was he? Thinking about the house, the people in the house, etc. at a young age, he is a bastard!

As if seeing what Dong Bao was thinking, Zhou Pingshan quickly said: "Don't worry, it's not the Wang family, their family... I won't go there again, and they are not serious relatives. When you arrive in Anzhou, you are in the city." Let’s go shopping, I’ll go to my cousin’s house, have lunch, and we’ll be back.”

Both Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu were a little moved. They glanced at each other, and they both saw the look of anticipation in each other's eyes.What woman doesn't like shopping?Especially in this closed ancient time, the only places to visit are these few streets in Yuanshui Town. Dongbao can walk with his eyes closed, which is no longer a novelty.Anzhou is a big city, and it is not comparable to a small town like Yuanshui in any aspect. In the eyes of a native like Zhang Xiuyu, it is no less than a trip to Beijing and Shanghai for modern people.

"Then... will it trouble you too much?" Zhang Qian asked politely.

Zhou Pingshan smiled and waved his hands, "No trouble, no trouble, anyway, the carriage is big enough, so there is no problem for a few of us to take it. You come over in the morning, and we will meet at the entrance of the town."

"I want to bring two more people from our village, do you think so?" Dong Bao asked tentatively.

Zhou Pingshan thought that Dong Bao wanted to bring a little sister from the village, so he immediately agreed proudly, "No problem!"

Dong Bao thanked Zhou Pingshan with a smile. Her impression of Zhou Pingshan had always been that of the young man who was humiliated by Young Master Wang in the Wang family. He was stubborn and forbearing. She never thought that there was such a youthful side.

When Zhou Pingshan said goodbye and was about to go back, Dong Bao suddenly thought of something, stopped him, and asked, "Brother Zhou, do you know someone named Song Bai in the academy?"

Zhou Pingshan nodded and said: "I know this person, he and I are in the same class." He remembered that Dong Bao's surname was Song, could it be that he was related?

"How is he... studying?" Dong Bao asked, although she felt that Song Bai's kind of person looked like a fool with high eyes and low hands, but she couldn't help asking with a glimmer of hope. After all, if Song Bai can be successful, Song Bai Jia Erfang and Huang's family would not want to hit their orphans and widowers all the time.

But Zhou Pingshan is at most 14 years old, Song Bai is almost [-] years old, and they are actually in the same class.

Zhou Pingshan was stunned, and then said euphemistically after a long while: "I don't know this well. I'm not familiar with him. I heard that he's going to try it out this year." At such a young age, he knew what kind of person Song Bai was, and was afraid that telling the truth would make Dong Bao sad, so he tried to tactfully try to get over it.

If you really don't know, don't know Song Bai, you won't stop talking for a long time, Dong Bao thought to himself, and said directly to Zhou Pingshan: "Don't think too much, Song Bai is my third uncle, before I My grandma sold me to the Wang family as a servant girl just to help him study and expect him to test his achievements, so I just wanted to ask him how he was doing and see if my job as a servant girl was worth it."

"Is there such a thing?!" Zhou Pingshan was so angry when he heard about Dongbao's family for the first time, he couldn't hold back and told the truth, "I'm afraid your grandma's hopes will come to nothing, Song Bai often hangs out with a few people in the town , he... It's hard to say anything else, I'm afraid he will return without success this year."

"Hanging together with people from the town? Who is it?" Dong Bao asked, "We've been selling food here for several days, why haven't we seen him come here?"

Zhou Pingshan shook his head and said, "I don't know who they are. After class, Student Song followed those people to the town for dinner..." Looking at Dong Bao's fair face, Zhou Pingshan couldn't help being angry for Dong Bao, She was sold to be a maid at such a young age, just to support her uncle to go to school, but Song Bai has that kind of virtue!He simply said directly, "I have been drinking several times, and the whole room is full of alcohol, so I was driven back to the wing to sober up by the master."

Dong Bao was so shocked that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, this, this is clearly a bad student who mixed with bad young people!People who study hard in the cold window may not be able to pass the exam for scholar. If you don't study hard and eat, drink and have fun every day, it is a strange thing to be admitted to scholar!
"How much does it cost to eat, drink and have fun every day?" Zhang Qian frowned. Before that, his mother didn't want to send him to study in the academy because the third child of the Song family spent a lot of money. No wonder, all the money was wasted on eating, drinking and drinking!Zhang Qian looked at Dong Bao, hesitated to speak, and felt aggrieved in his heart. For such a person, the old lady of the Song family would sell Dong Bao, and it was hard not to be angry!

Dong Bao was also very angry in her heart. She had guessed that Song Bai spent a lot of money, but she didn't expect it to be like this. He didn't care about himself, so he should also care about Mrs. Huang and Mr. Song. Here and there with a group of cronies, eating and drinking... Oh, wrong, in the eyes of others, they are capable, have face, and are respected by others. Isn't the Huang family proud of it!
"Okay, I see." Dong Bao nodded to Zhou Pingshan and thanked him. Apart from anger, there was a kind of peace that was finally relieved in his heart. Song Bai was raised by her talented father, so it's fine if he doesn't appreciate his elder brother's support. , He is most eager to sell himself, eating and drinking outside in the name of studying, saying that he is cold and selfish, it is not an exaggeration at all.

When they returned to Li Shi and Li Hongqin, both Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu were a little silent. Zhang Xiuyu felt sorry for Dong Bao, and he loved this smart and sensible cousin even more in his heart. Dong Bao was thinking about how to tell Li Shi, probably. Mrs. Li also felt uncomfortable.

All the tofu and so on were sold out at the moment, and none of them thought that the zongzi would be so popular, and there were not enough to sell.On the way back, Li Hongqin and Li Shi were both smiling and explaining that they would make more zongzi for sale tomorrow. Many people didn't get any zongzi today, so they yelled at them to make more zongzi tomorrow.

"This stuff is very fresh in our place! Everyone loves to eat something new!" Li Hongqin laughed.

Mrs. Li nodded with a smile, "That girl Dongbao can figure it out. According to me, this meat dumpling is so easy to sell, we can sell it every day in the future. After the Dragon Boat Festival, we don't have to do so much. We can do it every day." Twenty or thirty will do."

After so many days of tempering, Mrs. Li is now very clever, and when it comes to making money by doing business, she speaks clearly and logically.

(End of this chapter)