Yoshida Mii

Chapter 237 Gao's Ambition

After Dong Bao heard this, he immediately understood what Wang Cong meant. For a while, he felt as if he was being poured down by a pot of dog blood, and he just wanted to scold Zhou Pingshan, what do you mean, boy!
Wang Cong saw Dongbao's face turning green and pale for a while, thinking that she was very disappointed and sad. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, Zhou Pingshan was selected as a scholar at a young age, and he might become a scholar after autumn. He looks good and his family background is justified, so he is a good candidate for a husband.

Now that he is living and cruelly breaking the little girl's dream, the trauma caused to her is not small, and naturally there will be various angry and sad reactions.

"Don't be too sad...I think Zhou Pingshan is pretty good. If he is sincere...it's not impossible." Wang Cong said lightly. As a big brother, he still likes little girl Dongbao very much. Leaving aside his background, Song Dongning is beautiful, smart, able to make money, and has a good personality. He thinks Zhou Pingshan is the best!I'm just afraid that the little girl will waste her feelings and youth in vain in the future when she fetches water from the bamboo basket.

"Who is sad!?" Dong Bao's hands trembled angrily, and he calmed down. He felt that there was no reason to be angry because of this. Besides, Zhou Pingshan had never done anything to apologize to her, so he said to Wang Cong: "Wang Brother, my family has already made a good marriage agreement for me. You have also met Lin Shi who came here with me a few times ago. We grew up together. We are officially engaged, and this matter will not change. As for Zhou Pingshan, I am not familiar with him, that is, thanks to him, I have negotiated the first business deal with you. If he asks me again, you will say that you don’t know. , I don't know."

Wang Cong looked at Dong Bao in surprise, nodded after a while, and after Dong Bao left, he said to himself: "Actually, I also think that kid is wishful thinking... He has never inquired about him. Said, I probably forgot that there was such a person.”

After coming out of the tofu shop, the family strolled leisurely in the street. Although it was midsummer, there were many clouds and a cool breeze blowing today, so it wasn't very hot.

After shopping around for a while, Mrs. Li bought a lot of things, filled the carriage to the brim, bought a lot of cooked beef and sauced meat at the famous lo-mei shop in Anzhou, bought a few big bags of pastries and snacks, and bought fashionable fabrics They even bought dozens of catties of cotton, saying that Xiaoxu and Dongbao are growing up, and this year each of them will have to make a new cotton jacket. Almost everyone in Li Shi has considered it. According to her words, it is , "It's rare for us to come out, why don't we give them a bag?"

Xiao Xu could only sit on the high piles of fabric and cotton, and as the carriage swayed, he also swayed, thinking it was funny, laughing foolishly.

The family settled for lunch in a small shop on the street. The store sold Hubing and mutton soup. The steamed half-cooked Hubing was broken into pieces and soaked in hot mutton soup. It was like Dongbao in modern times. The mutton buns that I have eaten.

Cumin is added to the lamb soup to cover up the smell of mutton. There is a thick layer of oil floating on the soup. When the pancake soaks in and absorbs the oil, it will not be so greasy.

It was the first time for Li Shi and Xiao Xu to eat mutton, and they tasted it carefully.There are very few sheep in the Yuanshui area, and mutton is naturally expensive. Although Mr. Yan has money to buy it, how can he be a man who can handle these things, and he is afraid that Xiaoxu will spoil his stomach if he eats them, but Mrs. Li didn't eat them when he was at her mother's house. However, when the in-law's family is so poor, there is no chance to eat mutton.

"So the mutton tastes like this!" Xiao Xu exclaimed in amazement, biting the crispy stewed mutton.

Li Shi also laughed and said: "I used to hear people say that mutton is delicious, but it smells bad, fishy and smelly, but it doesn't have that much smell, does it, Dong Bao?"

"En, um." Dong Bao quickly responded twice, trying to pretend that he tasted mutton for the first time.

Master Yan got up to pay the bill, and when he came back, he heard what his family said, so he smiled and said: "If you want to eat, we can sell it in Yuanshui. I know a family that raises sheep, but they don't necessarily kill them for a year. One time, when they killed sheep, they asked me if I wanted mutton. I didn’t know how to get it, so I didn’t want it. When they kill sheep again, I asked them to keep a piece of good meat for us.”

"Mutton is delicious. It's just that we haven't made it before. If it's not good, it's a waste." Li said with a smile.

Dong Bao then said: "It's not necessarily difficult to make, isn't that family raising sheep, they must know how to make it, probably some seasonings were added to cover the flavor, like fennel, star anise pepper, etc., we have them, it's not difficult to make .”

"Yeah, it's not hard to do! We eat meat, and we can give Xiao Hei some bones!" Xiao Xu's mouth was full of oil, and he didn't forget to raise his head to support Dong Bao, lest there would be no more mutton to eat in the future.

Yan Da laughed angrily, stretched out his hand and pushed it over, "Do you know what to do? You are a foodie just like Xiao Hei!"

Xiao Xu chuckled, lowered his head and sipped the hot mutton soup, but his heart was warm.Since the two families became a family, he felt that the family was much warmer, especially his father, who had changed a lot. In the past, his father was always stern, and his temper was also smelly and tough. Seeing his father was like a mouse seeing a cat Yes, now father smiles more, speaks softly and kindly, looks more and more like mother, and he dares to speak in front of father.

He likes this family very much, and he likes his current parents, mother and sister very much.

The family went back after dinner. Dong Bao originally wanted to take the family for another stroll. Mrs. Li looked at the sky and said that the clouds were a bit thick, and it might rain in the afternoon, so she went back. Dark clouds rolled in, and soon it began to rain.

Mrs. Li first went to elder brother Li Changfeng with snacks and cloths. When she came back, it was raining a little, and she went back to the house to change clothes. She sat there without saying a word, obviously angry at Li Changfeng.

Master Yan went to the town office, and Dong Bao stayed in Li's house and asked Li what was going on. At first, Li didn't say anything, but later Dong Bao couldn't stand it, and finally said it while cooking.

"What else can I do! Your eldest sister-in-law, what does she tell me to say? Hey, as soon as I passed by, without saying a word, I could see that she wanted to tell me something. Your uncle called me several times. I didn’t ask her to talk about it, and I thought at the time, it must be a bad thing. When I left, I walked a long way, and she chased me from home, saying that your two cousins ​​have nowhere to go, and you want them to be in your house. Daddy serves as a servant in the yamen." Li sighed and said while cutting the sauced meat on the chopping board.

Dong Bao was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head and said: "Mother, you can't agree to her, this is Lord Yan's business, we can't interfere."

"You child! Is your mother the kind of person who doesn't understand anything!" Li said with a smile, "Of course I can't accept her. The people around us can't help Lord Yan, and we can't hold him back!" Finally The important thing is that Mr. Yan treats her well, and she doesn't want Mr. Yan to be embarrassed because of her.

"Didn't the two cousins ​​of Chang Xin and Chang Liang learn their crafts well in Anzhou?" Dong Bao said, "Isn't learning a good craft better than being a government servant?"

Mrs. Li said: "Who knows what your eldest sister-in-law is thinking? I also think that learning a craft is better than being a yamen servant. Being a yamen servant looks at the scenery, but there are no craftsmen to make money. If you want to make a lot of money, you have to take that illegal way. Your Like your uncle, the two cousins ​​are honest and kind people, so they can't do that."

"Then why did you tell my eldest sister-in-law?" Dong Bao asked.

"What else can I say, just say that there is no shortage of people in the town now, and when there is a shortage of people, I will tell Lord Yan. I said that, and most people must know what it means. I think your sister-in-law is very upset. Even There wasn't even a word of farewell, just turned around and left." Li said with a smile, the more she said the perfunctory words became more and more fluent now.

Dong Bao nodded and said with a smile: "If my eldest sister-in-law brings up this matter again, you can tell her that we are going to open a shop in another place, and we will ask my cousin to help us when the time comes."

With this carrot hanging, Mrs. Gao should not be obsessed with the yamen servant.

"Ah?" Mrs. Li was taken aback, "Do we want to open a shop too?"

Dong Bao smiled and said: "Yes, I will definitely open it in the future. As for when it will open, let's see." If the two cousins ​​are capable, let them be shopkeepers; Pay more.Although Mrs. Gao is not likable, Li Changfeng took good care of their mother and daughter, and helped them when they were most difficult. Dong Bao must repay this kindness.

Mrs. Li nodded and said with a smile: "You are ambitious and know how to make money. Xiao Xu is good at reading. In the future, you two will help each other and have someone to rely on. Your father and I will be at ease."

Dong Bao smiled, sat down in front of the stove to light the fire, and asked suddenly: "Mother, let's buy two too, you are busy all by yourself, you are quite tired."

Mrs. Li froze for a moment, then quickly waved her hands, "What's on your mind, kid? Who would you buy? That's what the landlord Laocai did! There are only four of us in our family, do we need someone to take care of us? I have two for myself. Hands, I will finish my work in a while, and I will not delay working in the shop. We are rich now, and we can’t shake off when we have money... I don’t need to be waited on, and I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it!"

"Okay, okay!" Dong Bao didn't expect Li Shi to be so scolded by one sentence, and quickly raised his hand to surrender, "I just said, I want to ask you what you mean, if you don't want me to buy someone?"

Mrs. Li glanced at Dong Bao with a smile, and shook her head.It's a good thing for my daughter to feel sorry for her, but she didn't think about it comprehensively. Mr. Yan is just an official. After marrying her, he began to use servants to serve her. What would others think of him?Will it be discussed that he married a rich woman to live a comfortable life?Where is the man's face?And the Lin family, the gap is getting bigger and bigger, what will the Lin family think?That kid Lin Shi was already under a lot of pressure.

This day is already very good, Li Shi thought, it is a good day that she could never dream of before, she is full of endless energy, how can she feel tired!

(End of this chapter)