The young shopkeeper, as if receiving an amnesty, waved off his staff and greeted him in person.
After welcoming him out, seeing Gu Yin's young and tender face, he hesitated.
It's not that he looks down on people for nothing, but the old rice from Daxing Rice Shop. It's not the kind of old rice that has been put away for many years, moldy, rotten, and easy to distinguish. It's just put away for another year or two and has undergone secondary processing. A layman like him can't really see the way out.
With this hesitation, the Wang family looked down on others looking down on his daughter-in-law, and immediately said: "I have been in the countryside for half my life, and now I do some food business, and I also deal with rice noodles. This shopkeeper should not look down on people! "
Seeing that Mrs Wang was so confident (mainly because of her loud voice and looking particularly imposing), the young shopkeeper immediately nodded and said, "Then I will trouble this lady and the little lady."
Gu Yin walked to the pile of rice bags and squatted down, opened a bag, grabbed a handful, and said, "The new rice is whiter, like the yellowish color in my hand, although there is no musty smell, but it is obviously Chen rice. Secondly, you can also see whether there are white spots on the head of the rice, which is the germ of the rice. After the second refurbishment, the old rice has almost no white spots. Then you can also see whether the rice has cracks and gaps, and the new rice has no cracks or cracks. The surface of old rice may be cracked or cracked after secondary processing. The hardness of new rice is higher, while the hardness of old rice is small. If you put it in your mouth and bite it with your teeth, you can also tell the difference.”①
As she spoke, Gu Yin opened the second bag again, "You can also insert your hand into the rice. If there is white flour sticking to your hand, and after blowing lightly with your mouth, the powder is blown off, it is new rice. If it is not easy. It is blown off, and after rubbing your hands, there is sludge phenomenon. The two sticks are also different. The new rice is very sticky. It’s very bad, and it can’t be clumped together. In the end, it can be judged by smell. If you smell new rice carefully, you can smell the fragrance of rice, but this bag of old rice doesn’t.” ②
She explained while distinguishing, and every time a bag was divided, Wang helped her to remove the bag of rice.
After opening five bags of rice, Gu Yin divided the two bags of new rice that she wanted to buy.
The young shopkeeper nodded again and again, and did as she said, and it didn't take long for dozens of bags of rice to be distributed.
The guy who made the trouble had a weird face, but he didn't smile and said: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I don't think the little lady is actually a middle-class expert."
The young shopkeeper also showed a look of surprise, and quickly handed over his hands to apologize, "It's my clumsy eyes, thank you little lady for taking care of me."
Gu Yin didn't even look at the guy, she just chuckled with the young shopkeeper, "You don't need to say thank you for your effort."
She does not take credit. Although she knew how to distinguish ingredients from a young age in her last life, she owes more to the convenience of the Internet in later generations—these industry knowledge that was kept secret in this era, is a lot of investigation in modern times.
And when she saw the guy's weird look, she guessed that most of them would do this too, just to embarrass the new shopkeeper on purpose.
As she said before, Gu Yin bought two big bags of new rice that she had divided.
When paying the bill, the shopkeeper insisted that the price was 20% cheaper, and said that as long as she came in the future, it would be calculated at today's price.
20% is almost the profit from selling rice.
Gu Yin was about to resign, but she heard the other party lowered her voice and said, "The little lady knows what's going on today, the matter of decimeter is small, and on the first day I took office, the rice shop was unable to do business and lost face. I'm not the owner, but the master can still do this. Letting this little bit of profit be regarded as the little lady's hard work, and it is also to let these guys know that I am a person who is rewarded and punished. So, little lady, don't worry, just keep it.
Gu Yin didn't say any more, and after thanking her, she left with the Wang family.
The young shopkeeper sent them off in person, but when he turned back to the store, he was stopped by a young man wearing a brocade blue round neck silk shirt.
The young shopkeeper hurriedly saluted, "Why did the eldest young master come here in person?"
The person who came was Sun Wenlang, the eldest son of the Wen family's big house.
Wen Lang stretched out his hand to hold him, and a folding fan in his hand rattled, "What time has Peifeng greeted me. After I received your message, I went to invite the old Xingzun from other rice shops. Let the old gentleman separate the rice first, and let's go back and clean up those dog things that dare to embarrass you!"
Wen Lang entered the store after speaking, but the scene in the store was different from what he thought. Although there were indeed dozens of bags of rice, they were divided into two batches, which were obviously already divided.
Wen Peifeng followed him into the store and explained, "Before you came, there was a little lady who helped me out with justice. She has already helped me."
"What little lady? Does a layman know this?"
In order to make sure nothing goes wrong, Wen Lang asked the old gentleman who invited him to check it again.
The result is really a good bag!
After the results came out, Wen Lang and Wen Peifeng looked at each other with smiles on their faces.
In the past, the eldest room of the Wen family followed Mrs. Wen as an official in the capital, while the second room operated ancestral property in the original place.
In the past, when Mr. Wen was in Beijing, he never checked the accounts of his second son, and said to his eldest son in private: "The second son has no brain for reading, but he can do some small business and make a living with my official voice. It stands to reason that you should also share the inheritance of the family ancestors. But if you are a brother of your mother and compatriot, don't care about those external things with him. "
The eldest gentleman of the Wen family is also a serious two-ranked scholar. He has been precious in the Hanlin Academy for a lifetime, and naturally he will not care about this with his brothers.
However, a month ago, Mrs. Wen and Jin had a big fight in the courtroom and resigned in anger. Today, he didn't even keep it, and he directly released the officials of the old man, not counting, and also exempted the officials of the eldest master of the Wen family.
Grandpa Wen brought his eldest son back to Hanshan Town, and naturally he had to find some livelihood for the big family, so he let the second house divide some property.
Master Wen Er is no longer willing. They used to rely on the shadows of their father and elder brother to go well for so many years, and they have never encountered any hardships. Now that the big tree in the family has fallen, and they have offended today, they don't know how their business will go in the future!
But he was unwilling to return. The head of the Wen family was still Mrs. Wen. The second master picked and chose the few rice and noodle shops with the thinnest profit head and let them out.
The big house of the Wen family didn't care about any advantages or disadvantages, and quickly let his confidant come over to take over.
Unexpectedly, on the first day of taking over the Daxing Rice Shop, the people below would dare to deliberately stumble like this!
These people in the store didn't want to stay, but if they didn't have a proper life, people would say that he couldn't tolerate people trained by his uncle.
Now it's just right, a little layman can tell the difference between fresh rice and old rice. Can't you guys who have worked in rice shops for many years do it? Then it's better to switch careers as early as possible and do something else!
Wen Peifeng nodded to indicate that he already understood, and Wen Lang stayed longer.
Wen Peifeng sent him out, and Wen Lang let out a long breath when he reached the door, "Grandfather was also afraid that my father would be depressed, so he thought of finding something to do for us earlier, but I didn't expect the second uncle to be so unwilling. You have to tell your grandfather, and you won't be wronged in vain."
Although Wen Peifeng and Wen Lang were nominally masters and servants, his father was a book boy from Master Wen, and Master Wen regarded him as half a son, so he still knew the stakes, so he persuaded: "The old man is currently It's just a small matter when you're in a bad mood, don't disturb the old man."
Speaking of this, Wen Lang also sighed.
Grandpa Wen has been an official all his life, and he has also been a teacher of the late emperor. Unexpectedly, Yi Yifeng now began to indulge in pleasure, delegate power to the eunuch, and completely ignore him.
After helping the royal family all his life, Lin Lao Lin Lao ended up like this, one can imagine how angry he is in his heart.
The old man didn't hurt the people around him when he was in a bad mood, he only hurt himself - he hadn't had a good meal since he returned to Hanshan Town, saying it was not his appetite.
Although we all know that the so-called "no appetite" is still in the old man's heart, but the children and grandchildren still hire famous chefs for this matter, and they have invited famous chefs from this town, this county, and even the next county, but they didn't let him. Grandpa eat more.
"My grandfather has lost weight again in the past few days. My parents are anxious at home, but they have nothing to do. Seeing that the New Year will be coming in a few months... I don't know where to go to invite the master." Wen Lang sighed and walked away.
For some reason, Wen Peifeng suddenly thought that the little lady's mother just now seemed to have said that they were selling food. That little lady already has this kind of ability at such a young age, so most of her cooking skills are not bad
Thinking of this, Wen Peifeng shook his head again. Although the old man's refusal to eat is a heart problem, his tongue is also really tricky. After all, he was used to eating in the imperial pantry in the palace. Craftsmanship is in his mouth. That little lady was dressed in a poor family, and she was not very old, so she didn't seem to have that kind of ability.
He sighed again, and then went into the store to deal with other affairs.
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The words were divided, Gu Yin had a simple lunch after returning home, and was driven back to the house to sleep by Wang's flies.
She had been busy all morning, and she fell asleep shortly after lying down after taking a shower.
She slept until midnight, and it was so dark outside that she could not see her fingers, so she quickly got up and went to the kitchen.
In the kitchen room, Mrs Wang and Xiao Wuan were sitting in front of the stove talking.
While burning the fire, Mrs. Wang vividly talked about what happened on the pier for the past two days. First, she talked about how Gu Yin's food was popular with everyone, and then she talked about her feat of punching through the table with one punch.
Xiao Wuan rested his elbows on his knees and held his head in his hands, listening with relish.
Seeing this scene, Gu Yin couldn't help bending the corners of her mouth and said, "Why didn't you call me, mother?"
Wang shi turned to see her rising, and smiled, "I'm going to call you after I finish this paragraph."
Gu Yin started to work, and Wang Shi and Xiao Wu'an also got up from the small bench to help.
"Are you still asleep or awake?"
"I slept with me not long after you went to bed. It's just that this stinky boy dragged me to ask about our stall, and tried to sleep with me. I said it before going to bed, he didn't know what kind of dream urine he had at night. After the kang, the old lady had to get up to clean up, and he refused to sleep."
Xiao Wu'an blushed with embarrassment, and quickly lowered his head.
Gu Yin and Wang Shi often gossip, and they don't feel bored when they work.
When the morning light was dim, Gu Yin's 200 steamed buns were all steamed.
Aunt Ge was afraid that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would not be able to handle so many things, so she came to pick up the goods early.
Xiao Wu'an followed them like a small tail, and walked to the gate and watched them eagerly.
Gu Yin looked at it and couldn't bear it. She and Mrs Wang were busy from midnight to noon every day, and when they came back in the afternoon, they were so tired that they would rest without saying a word. Such an older child does some housework at home every day, guarding an empty room with no one to speak to. It is estimated that he is too lonely, and he, who has always been well-behaved, will sleep with Wang's family, and also get up together in a dark light.
Seeing her son following her line of sight, Wang shi asked him if he wanted to go together.
Xiao Wu'an's eyes suddenly lit up, and just as he was about to nod his head in a hurry, he heard his mother say, "No, it's not safe on the pier, so you should stay at home."
As she spoke, she glanced at Aunt Ge, apparently thinking of the abducted daughter of the Ge family.
Aunt Ge said, "It doesn't matter, you can take the child if you want. Since the police arrived at our place, there is no need to worry about the security in the town. Many people on the dock take their children, and I have never heard of them again. Whose child went missing?"
Seeing his son's pitiful appearance, Mrs Wang nodded and told him, "Then you are not allowed to run around, you must follow your mother and your sister-in-law."
Xiao Wu'an smiled until his eyes turned into two little moons, turned around and closed the door of his house, and followed them to the pier.
The two families also separated and went to work at their own stall.
At the beginning of the morning market, people began to come to Gu Yin’s stall one after another. Mrs. Wang was in charge of selling steamed buns and porridge soup. Wontons and empty bowls, the three of them cooperate more and more with less effort.
An hour later, a large group of people in the morning market passed by. Mrs. Wang asked Gu Yin to sit in it to rest, and she began to count the rest of the food.
Suddenly, I heard a sudden scream from Xiao Wu'an outside!
"What's the matter!" Wang Shi quickly picked up the long-handled wooden spoon for scooping porridge and rushed out from it, and Gu Yin also quickly stood up.
Xiao Wu'an's face flushed with anxiety, and he stretched out his little finger to point in one direction, "I was collecting the bowl just now, and then... that thing jumped out of nowhere, grabbed my bowl, hid under the table and started eating. "
"Why is your child so surprised? There are too many wild cats and dogs on the dock!" Wang hurriedly pulled Xiao Wu'an to his side and knocked him a slap in the face, "I still think you meet a kidnapper. !"
Xiao Wu'an patted the head that was beaten in pain, and said, "It seems... It seems that it is not a kitten or a puppy."
Only then did Wang Shi and Gu Yin take a closer look, and saw that under the low table, a group of black figures were crawling on the ground, gobbling their food.
Where is the wild cat and wild dog, it is clearly a child!