Yoshida Mii

Chapter 258
When Dongbao came home, Mrs. Li was kneading noodles. In the iron basin next to the chopping board was chopped cabbage and pork dumpling stuffing. A bright yellow fragrance.Master Yan also washed his hands and sat beside him, ready to start making dumplings after Mrs. Li reconciled.

"Are you back?" Mrs. Li was so busy that she didn't even look back.

Dong Bao smiled and nodded, scooped hot water from the big pot in the kitchen and washed his hands, ready to make dumplings together.

"Father can make dumplings?" Dong Bao asked in surprise.

Lord Yan smiled a little embarrassedly, with a little pride, and said, "Why don't I know how to make dumplings? In the past, Xiaoxu and I used to make dumplings for Chinese New Year every year by myself. Come here often to eat and drink."

"Don't underestimate him, your father knows as much as I do!" Li said with a smile, rolled the live noodles into long strips, put them on the chopping board, cut them into pieces with a knife, and then cut them into pieces. Sprinkle the noodles with flour and knead them a few times, knead them into long and thin strips, cut them into small cubes, press them into small round pieces on the chopping board, and roll them into dumpling skins with a small rolling pin.

The dumpling wrappers that Li rolled out were different from those Dongbao had seen in her previous life. She held the dough with one hand and turned it quickly, while the other hand rolled the rolling pin. In a few seconds, a dumpling wrapper was rolled out. Well, the dumpling wrapper rolled by this method will have a thick round bun in the middle.

People around Yuanshui roll dumpling wrappers in this way. Rolling with both hands as Dongbao knows, the thickness of the final rolled dumpling wrapper is different. According to Li, the thick dumpling wrapper in the middle can be Put more stuffing, it is not easy to be broken.

Li's dumpling wrappers were rolled out and thrown onto a drawer made of sorghum stalks. Master Yan also quickly spread the dumpling wrappers in his hands. After wrapping them, he squeezed them together, and a fat, flower-shaped dumpling was formed. It is formed and stands on the lid drawer.

Li's rolling speed was very fast, even Dong Bao and Master Yan couldn't keep up with her rolling speed alone. After a while, a high stack of dumpling skins was piled up on the lid drawer, and Li put down the rolling pin, Start making dumplings together.

"Did you send all the things to each family today?" Li Shi asked.

Dong Bao nodded, "I've given them away."

"Your grandma... did you say anything?" Li Shi asked.

Dong Bao smiled, Huang's words could not be said in front of Mr. Yan, so he said: "What else can you say, you are kind enough to add makeup to Song Zhaodi, but when they come up, they scold us for being uneasy and kind, and they are here to laugh at her."

"This child..." Mrs. Li froze after hearing this, and couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, "She has such a temper, she will suffer after going out."

Taking advantage of the time when Master Yan went out to pick up Xiaoxu, Dong Bao said slowly: "When I gave my grandma a new year's gift, at first they didn't come out, but then I called my second aunt to come out to receive the new year's gift. My grandma couldn't sit still. Before I left, I kept saying bad things about Mr. Yan, saying that Mr. Yan had his eyes on our workshop and would try to steal it from us in the future. Why don't you invite my third uncle to give it to us? In charge of things, I ignored her and left."

No matter how good-tempered Mrs. Li is, she couldn't help but get angry, "Your grandma...then never hope that our mother and I will have a better life, and the enemies of several lifetimes are not like her! Usually, she is not short of food. Don't give her a drink, treat them with all kindness, they don't have the kindness of an old man... She just hates us!"

Dong Bao smiled, "I'm not angry if you're angry, just pretend I didn't hear it." She knew the thoughts of the Huang family quite well. Continuing the incense, so these two people are a heinous crime. It is not enough to pay the debt owed to the Song family by both of them. It is too bad for them to plead guilty and pay their debts after they have money. This hatred is deeper than the sea!The second is because the Song family has become accustomed to the devotion of Song Yang and Li. After Song Yang passed away, the responsibility of dedication fell on the shoulders of Li and Dongbao. Like Song Yang, he gave everything for the Song family.

When these demands that they take for granted cannot be met, it is conceivable how angry they will be.

"Hey, didn't your grandma say that your third uncle is the big shopkeeper in Anzhou? Why do you come to our small rural workshop to manage things?" Mrs. Li curled her lips, with disdain on her brows.

Dong Bao chuckled, since they came back from Anzhou, everyone knew that Song Bai was actually just working as a handyman in a small grain and oil shop, and it was really hard for him to study for so many years.I heard from Aunt Qiuxia that Song Bai asked someone to send a letter saying that the shop was busy during Chinese New Year this year, and that he couldn't leave and would not come back.

What's so busy a little guy can't get away?It was just because he was afraid that Second Aunt Song would ask him for money when he went back to the New Year, and he would be ashamed if he couldn't get it out. Wouldn't the cowhide that he boasted about being a big shopkeeper be blown out?
Thinking of the Song family, Dong Bao said with some dissatisfaction: "Why do you add makeup to someone like Song Zhaodi? She kindly supports her, but she doesn't appreciate it. Either it's too little or we are uneasy."

"Why are you uneasy and kind?" Li Shi was very surprised, "We are kind enough to add makeup to her, why are we uneasy and kind? Her parents may not give her silver jewelry!"

Dong Bao said in a low voice: "I guess she looks down on Wang Xiaobao and thinks there is something wrong with him. Whenever I say I came to add make-up, she is so annoyed that she wants to cry." There is another sentence that Dong Bao didn't hide in his heart. Well, if Song Zhaodi goes on like this, something will happen sooner or later. Being rejected by her husband's family is a big deal. I haven't seen Darong's sister, Yang Xiaohong, and I haven't talked about a desirable husband's family. If the girl is divorced, then only If you marry low, how low you can marry depends on your luck, and on the cruelty of your parents.

Mrs. Li sighed, "There is nothing perfect about getting married and finding a partner... Zhaodi was not like this before. At that time, your second aunt had just given birth to Da Mao, and the whole family regarded Da Mao as a baby, and your second uncle and aunt couldn't even care about it." Guan Zhaodi, she slept with me for a few months. At that time, you were still young and didn't remember anything. At that time, you two, one slept on my left side and the other slept on my right side. It was like I had two daughters. At that time, Zhaodi was obedient and obedient. Hey, following people like your second uncle and second aunt, no matter how good a child is, he will learn crookedly..."

Dong Bao wrapped the dumplings in her hand and said nothing. Li Shi belonged to the kind-hearted person. There was Shan Liang in the front, and Song Zhaodi in the back. She had silently paid maternal love to all the children she had brought up, and tried her best to take care of them .As for whether those people appreciate it or not, Li Shi doesn't care too much, anyway, he can do what he wants.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Cong sent the big shopkeeper of the tofu shop to follow the guy who came to get the tofu, and brought Dongbao a dividend of 800 taels of silver.

The silver was packed in a wooden box, which was heavy. At this moment, the sun had not yet risen, and under the light of the candle, the silver shone beautifully in the box.

Dong Bao couldn't help being surprised even though he was happy. After thanking the shopkeeper, he asked, "Why are there so many this month?"

The big shopkeeper smiled and said: "Miss Song doesn't know something. Every year, the business is the best in the twelfth lunar month. The bosses of the major shops invite the shopkeepers and fellows, and the boat gangs who run the boats on the canal also invite the boat bosses to eat. Our tofu shop It has become famous again, and the business has been very good this month."

Dong Bao nodded. She still understands this truth. Even in modern times, every company invites employees to eat and drink at the end of the year, and then organizes a lottery or something to win over and motivate employees to continue working hard next year.

These 800 taels of silver, together with the total of 700 taels in the previous few months, are the dividends from the tofu workshop to Dongbao, and do not include the profits of the workshop and shop.The profits of workshops and shops have come down for more than half a year, and about 300 taels were allocated to Dongbao. Dongbao divided the 300 taels into three shares, one for her, one for Li, and one for Xiaoxu.

In any case, Mr. Yan firmly refused to take Xiao Xu's share of the bonus, saying that a man should earn his own money, but Dong Bao insisted on giving the share of the bonus she gave to Xiao Xu to Li's deposit.Xiao Xu sincerely regards her as a sister, since they are brothers and sisters of the same family, isn't it natural to give Xiao Xu a bonus!

As for the 800 taels in her hand, Dongbao decided to spend 500 taels to buy land, and the remaining 300 taels she wanted to buy a house in the provincial capital.

"Why do you buy a house in the provincial capital?" Mrs. Li asked in surprise, "We don't know anyone in the provincial capital, so we can't live in it if we buy it."

Dong Bao said with a smile: "Brother Dashi and Brother Qian have to go to the provincial capital to take the exam, and Xiaoxu will have to take the exam sooner or later, and they will have a place to live when they go. Besides, our tofu business, It looks good, but the places where it can be sold are limited, if the workshop is opened in the provincial capital, wouldn't it sell better?"

Mrs. Li stared at Dongbao for a long time, shook her head and sighed, "You are a quick-minded kid with big thoughts, mother is not as good as you..." She has always felt that doing business in Anzhou and Qingzhou is already the ultimate When she and Dong Bao were still in the Song family, she would never have dared to think about it, but when she was satisfied with the status quo, her daughter had already set her sights on the provincial capital.

Dongbao is still patiently explaining to Mrs. Li, "The stewards in our workshop have only signed for ten years. After ten years, they have learned how to make tofu. There must be someone who wants to start their own business. If we don't take advantage of these ten years to make our treasure Ji’s brand became the number one in the country, and it will be snatched by others!”

Mrs. Li was still shaking her head and muttering, "Fortunately, I promised you to Da Shi's child a long time ago. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to accommodate such a big-hearted daughter-in-law like you! It's okay, it's okay....

(End of this chapter)