Red apricots make spring

Chapter 176
After saying goodbye to each other and coming, Yun Dan saw that they had a lot of things to say, and they left after drinking a cup of tea. Taking Xiaohuan to the kitchen to get busy, Ruan Rou quickly followed in, found the white rice cake bought from the street yesterday, cut shredded pork, cabbage and bamboo shoots, fried a rice cake, and steamed two large bowls Tender egg custard, I plan to have a simple dinner.

It's been a long time since a large group of people sat around eating together. Seeing those long-lost smiles, Rourou suddenly felt that she was actually living a happy life. At least she had relatives and friends, and she was no longer as lonely as before.

At the dinner table, Sister-in-law Liu was not gentle, and she blamed her for keeping the news tightly when she pretended to be sick. If Xiaohuan hadn't revealed the secret of her pretending to be sick in the early morning when she "feigned death", Sister-in-law Liu would still be the same. Be kept in the dark!

"This..." Rourou lowered her head, fiddled with the shredded cabbage in the bowl with chopsticks, and said awkwardly: "It's a last resort... Liu sister-in-law, don't blame me..."

"I know!" Mrs. Liu has recently recovered a little bit of her former brisk temper, sighed and smiled, "I know you are an arrogant person, but I didn't expect that Young Master Lu, who looks so stable, would follow you around. Fortunately, everything passed safely!"

"Did others see the flaw?"

As soon as Rourou asked this sentence, Xiaohuan couldn't help laughing "puchi". Wenrou asked her what she was laughing at, but she refused to say it. She brushed her hair and said: "That day After you left, Young Master Lu and Xi Zhu stuffed the pig into the coffin, nailed the lid on it and carried it out. During the funeral, they caressed the coffin and sighed in front of many people. It made people feel sore when they looked at it, but then I thought that there was a pig lying in the coffin, and then I thought that he really sighed at the pig, so..."

"If I hadn't seen that something was wrong and pinched her hard, she would have burst into tears!" Aunt Liu glanced at Xiaohuan unhappily, remembering the embarrassing look on her face that seemed to be crying and smiling at that time , I couldn't help laughing.

Wen Gang is a man, and it is understandable that men do not flick their tears easily. He smiled and interjected: "I am better than you, as long as I rub my eye circles red, keep my head down and don't speak, it will be fine, but my mother is a little embarrassed." ,she……"

"Don't say it!" Mother Wen blushed.

"Say it—" Gentle's curiosity was aroused, and she kept urging Wen Gang.

Wen just looked at Wen Rou, then at his mother, suddenly picked up the bowl and stood up, took two steps away before smiling and said: "Mother said she was afraid that people would find out her flaws, she was flustered and confused, and wanted to cry, but Just can't cry."

Mother Wen was in a hurry, she dropped the bowl and chopsticks and wanted to gag Wen Gang's mouth, but Wen Rou grabbed her, and she only urged Wen Gang, "Keep talking!"

Wen Gang slipped to the door so that he could escape at any time, and then said with a smile: "Later, I told my mother quietly that the fine nanmu coffin probably cost no more than a hundred taels of silver. She was surprised and forgot to panic." , and remembering that the pig in the coffin is also worth a lot of money, it will be burnt in the end, and the heart aches, and the tears flow down..."

Even Xiaohuan and Mrs. Liu had never heard of this story, and they couldn't help laughing at the moment. Mother Wen also felt ashamed and panicked, so she had to scold Wen Gang angrily to explain the ridicule, and she was still unwilling He justified: "I remembered that when Rou'er's father left, I didn't even let him sleep in a thin wooden coffin, and I felt so ashamed."

Seeing her mentioning her deceased husband, Wen Gang stopped making trouble, walked back and softly comforted her and said: "Mother, don't think too much, you have tried your best, and father will not blame you even under the nine springs."

Rourou has never seen the dead "father", so naturally she doesn't feel any sadness, but she feels a little sour when she hears Mama Wen's sad words, so she interrupts quickly: "The egg custard is getting cold, let's eat first."

Xiaohuan scooped up a spoonful of egg custard, lowered her head to eat, and suddenly said, "Sister, do you still remember that girl named Shen?"

Shen Mengyi?Gentlely stopped chopsticks and said: "Remember, what's wrong?"

"Her!" Mrs. Liu answered, "After the funeral, we will leave if we are not good. We will stay for a few more days, and see that girl brings her maid to find Master Lu every now and then, using the excuse that he is new. After losing his concubine Ji, he was afraid that his servants would carelessly take care of his food. Sometimes he would bring some tonic soup, and sometimes some shoes and socks. He would sit in the study and gossip with Young Master Lu, but his manners were still reserved. gone."

Hearing this, Ye Yu quietly raised his eyes to look at Ruan Rou, seeing her lowered her head eating egg custard, not talking to her, her heart ached.

"What are you being reserved for?" Mother Wen seemed very dissatisfied with Shen Mengyi, and continued: "If she is reserved, she should stay out of the door. Who has ever seen a lady who runs out of the door all day long? That’s all for the soup, can you give away the shoes and socks that you wear at will?”

The topic seemed to be off topic, Gentle had a headache, put down the spoon and said seriously: "Mother, let's not bother with other people's affairs, the important thing is to live a good life for ourselves."

As she said that, she told about the two shops under her management. Later, she was going to hand over the shop checking and accounting to Xiaohuan, and Mother Wen to take care of the housework. As for Aunt Liu and Ye Yu, they would naturally learn from her. The skill of cooking, so that everyone has something to do, and they will not be too idle or too tired.

"Sister, I can't stay at home all the time and eat, you can leave the accounting to me." Wen Gang was listening, and couldn't help interjecting: "After all, Xiaohuan is a girl's house, so she is running around outside. convenient."

Aunt Liu looked up at him when she heard the words, but she didn't say anything, but Mother Wen said anxiously: "You still have to study! How can you have such free time?"

"Yes." Xiaohuan said with a smile, "I'm used to running outside, so I don't feel any inconvenience. You should study at ease."

"There are only a few books to read, and I've memorized them long ago. Besides, I don't want to be a top scholar. It's important to learn how to support my family as soon as possible." Wen Gang said, seeing his mother's face change, and laughed again. She comforted her and said: "Mother, don't worry, if you really want me to enter the exam, that's okay. When it comes to the day of the township exam, I will go to the exam. If I pass the exam, I will continue to study. If I fail, Just follow my sister to learn how to do business with peace of mind, and get the best of both worlds."

"If you fail once, you might win next time! Why don't you think that if you fail the exam, you will come back to study more?" Mama Wen always felt that she had to become an official, so that she could be called out and shine in the family. No matter how good the business is, it is still a low-end vendor!
"Mother——" Wen Gang said with a bitter face: "It's not that if you study a lot, you will be able to pass the exam. Has Xu Xiucai studied enough? He has memorized everything by heart. Didn't he fail the exam year after year? , will always be a scholar!"

Speaking of Xu Xiucai, Ruan Wen had a thought, looked at Ye Yu, cleared his throat and interrupted: "I saw Xu Xiucai in this city a few days ago."

"What?" Wen's mother was waiting to chatter about Wen Gang, but when she heard this, her attention was immediately diverted, "What is he doing here? He still runs a private school?"

"I don't know." Ye Yu shook his head and said, "He's well dressed, and seems to be enjoying himself."

Mother Wen turned her head to Wen Gang and smacked her lips: "Did you hear that? Maybe he's already been admitted to an official position. It can be seen that people are not always down all their lives."

Rourou frowned slightly and said: "I said I met him, just to remind you, if you happen to meet him on the street, just pretend you don't know him, and ignore him, otherwise something may happen again."

Ms. Wen was very concerned about this matter. When she heard Ruan Rou say this, she stopped talking. Others didn't have a good impression of Xu Xiucai. They always made a detour when they saw him. How could they talk to him? Naturally nodded in agreement.Only Wen Gang, Xu Xiucai taught him to read after all, the ancients paid attention to being a teacher for one day and being a father for life, so he said with a smile: "If I meet him, just ask him how he is, and slip away immediately."

"That's all." Gentle nodded and said no more.

Everyone was tired all day, took a rest after dinner, chatted a few words, and then went back to their rooms to sleep. When they woke up the next day, when Rourou handed over the account books to Xiaohuan, they also called Wen Gang up, so that The two of them each manage a shop, on the one hand, let Wen Gang learn something, and on the other hand, they can also be companions on the way back and forth.

When Mrs. Liu was at Lu's house, she had learned two-handed cooking from Rourou, but not much. A few days ago, Rourou had prepared the menu that she was planning to make when she opened a restaurant in the future. Follow the dishes on the menu and teach them to Mrs. Liu.As for Ye Yu, what she taught was not dishes, but some simple and special snack recipes. Ye Yu has no special interest in cooking, and he wants to open a food shop just to save money so that he can cook in the future. You don't need to learn too deeply about other businesses.

If there are no accidents, the days will probably be so dull and busy day by day, but God often does not see people's comfort and carefreeness, and from time to time sprinkles a handful of salt or a little pepper on these plain watery days, Stirred it into a pot of muddy soup, so on this day, when Mother Wen went out to buy vegetables, she "coincided" with Xu Xiucai at the entrance of the alley.

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For my fingers, I'm going to write a leave note, and I'm applying for half a month, one chapter a day, updated at 09:30 in the morning.

I am not very willing to reduce the update. After all, I am so busy during the Chinese New Year that I insist on two updates on time every day, but there are really many things in the next half month, and I will go out for four or five days in a row. In order to ensure continuous updates, I had to start. Minus changes, write an extra chapter and keep the manuscript when you have time, and keep it updated when you are busy.

Knowing that everyone will be disappointed, I'm sorry here first. After I've been busy for a while, I will immediately resume two updates a day. I hope everyone can forgive me.
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(End of this chapter)