Red apricots make spring

Chapter 95

"Ah?" This thought was very sudden, Wen Rou stopped, and looked at Ye Yu in surprise, but saw his determined face.

"I don't want to be bullied every time to the point where I don't even have the strength to fight back." Ye Yu lowered his eyes and stared at his toes and said, "If I had practiced martial arts since I was a child, I wouldn't have been robbed. You will die. And that day, you won’t be able to just watch your stall being smashed down..."

"You're thinking too much!" Hearing that his tone was full of self-blame, Gentle slowed down his tone, and said with a gentle smile: "There are many things in life that are unpredictable, don't take all those uncontrollable disasters into account." For myself, I think that it is my incompetence that caused this fate.”

"I really want to practice martial arts." Ye Yu raised his head, his eyes were brightly illuminated by the dim light of the lantern.

"Then go, anyway, I'm about to open a shop, so I don't need to come out at night to set up a stall." Rourou knows that martial arts are not as magical as in martial arts novels, but it is true that people who practice martial arts are better than ordinary people, at least one can If you can play three or four times, go and learn, just to strengthen your body.

"The shop will be very busy after it opens. If I'm not here, who will help you?" Ye Yu was still somewhat worried.

"What are you afraid of? It's a big deal to hire two buddies. Many shops do this, so don't worry about it." Gentlely smiled and said: "But before the shop opens and business goes well, I won't let you go!"

Ye Yu nodded silently, didn't say anything more, but made up his mind in his heart, he must find a good martial arts gym, learn martial arts well, and then he can come back to protect Wen Rou.

Three days later, Rourou finally found a shop on Dongshi Snack Street. In front of it was a shop of about [-] square meters, enough for four or five tables, and connected to a very small kitchen, and behind it was the house of the family. , the layout is similar to the house they live in now, but the area of ​​the house is smaller.Between the pavement and the house, there is a small courtyard with a well and a row of vine trellises, which are already full of fruits.

Such a small shop needs 32 taels of silver for rent a year, so Wen Rou gritted her teeth and rented it out, and then all her belongings were only eight taels of silver left. I bought some bowls, chopsticks, tables and stools needed to open the shop, but they were useless, and the money flowed out like water. Finally, the shop and the house were almost tidied up, and the money was spent.As a last resort, she sold the copper-plated silver bracelet and silver hairpin, and exchanged them for five taels of silver. Only then did she buy enough food, and she picked an auspicious day, and she was about to open.

During the period of tidying up the shop, everyone was very busy. Xiaohuan and Wen Gang had to go back and forth between the East Market and West Market several times a day, carrying some soft objects. Mother Wen was in charge of cleaning and cleaning. The flowers and plants in the yard, especially Wenrou's most precious peppers and June persimmons, were moved to the yard of the new residence for planting, and they had to accompany Wenrou to go shopping.Of course, the busiest thing is Gentleness. She has to list all the big and small things from the inside to the outside, and she has to find time to list the food that will be sold, so that Wen Gang can write it out in a large scroll and stick it on the most conspicuous wall of the shop. superior.

Finally, on the day when the new shop opened, Ye Yu waited for the auspicious time to light a string of firecrackers at the outer door, and stepped on a vertical ladder to hang the plaque on the door.Rourou stood at the bottom and watched, and saw that the words "Wen's Food Shop" were quite tall and clear. Of course, they didn't have the money to hire someone to write them. The words on this plaque were all written by Ye Yu. As for that Needless to say, it must have been thought up by an uncreative guy like Wen Rou.

"The new shop opened, congratulations!"

"Gong Xi Fa Cai, in the future we will do business together, we should take care of each other!"

"A small congratulatory gift is not a respect. Don't laugh at Shopkeeper Wen."

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Rourou didn't expect that when the firecrackers were set off, shopkeepers from nearby shops would all bring gifts to congratulate them. Although the gifts they brought were some food sold in their own shops or some money they collected, the gifts were light on affection Heavy, tender or feel very touched.After all, the people in ancient times were much more simple, and making money from harmony was the first principle of businessmen in doing business. Unlike modern times, when you open a new store, you may even be cursed by the neighboring store owner!
After accepting the congratulatory gifts, they exchanged some polite words, and naturally wanted to invite people to taste the food sold by themselves. Rourou's small shop was packed to the brim at once, and it seemed that the business was really booming.A group of shopkeepers gathered around the note posted on the wall and curiously explored. This one yelled for a bowl of seven-star fish balls, and the other yelled for a fried dish. Starting to cook, Wen's mother was busy wiping the table and serving bowls, helping Ye Yu greet people. Wen Gang had nothing to do at the moment, standing outside to welcome guests. Shunzai was busy chopping firewood, washing vegetables, chopping minced meat, everything was taken care of in an orderly manner without any confusion.

"Hey, isn't this bowl of 馉饳'er? Why is it called Taipingyan?"

After the food was served, everyone was busy trying something new. One of the shopkeeper Xie scooped up a Taiping swallow from the celadon bowl in front of him, looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help asking.

Shopkeeper Li next to him turned his head to take a look in the rush of gobbling, opened his mouth full of food and said vaguely: "The Bao method is different... Take a closer look, it's not like 馉You!" After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and continued to eliminate the fried steamed buns he asked for. He finished one in two or three bites, but he was not afraid of being burned.

Shopkeeper Xie nodded when he heard the words, and put the Taiping Yan into his mouth, biting it down, he felt that the outer skin was smooth and tender, and the meat filling was crispy and delicious. Twice, swallowed carefully, took another sip of clear soup made from pork bones, and said in surprise: "This leather, what is it made of? Why is the taste so smooth and tender, and it doesn't stick to your teeth at all?"

"Old Xie, why are you asking nonsense? You asked the shopkeeper to tell you why? This is his secret recipe!" The shopkeeper Li finally got rid of the fried steamed buns and ordered another bowl of seven-star fish balls. He tasted it and praised : "Not bad! The food here is really unique!"

Their voices were quite loud, and Wen Wen, who was busy in the kitchen, could hear them, and turned her head to look at Xiaohuan and smiled. It seems that these meals can be accepted by everyone, and even if the business is not booming in the future, it will not As for the bad.

As for the Taiping Yan, to put it bluntly, it is just a famous snack meat Yan, and there is another name called Xiao Changchun, but it is really troublesome to make, the skin is not made of flour, but selected fresh pork legs The meat is made by repeated beating, which takes a lot of time. Even the meat stuffing is mixed with fresh fish, fresh pork and other ingredients. If there are only five kinds of soup dumplings, pan-fried steamed buns, Taiping Yan, Qixing fish balls and osmanthus cold shrimp, it will be too busy.
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