That bench is as high as a person's calf, and it can be big or small when it falls.
Gu Yin quickly pushed aside the crowd to help, but Wang steadied herself.
After stabilizing her figure, Mrs. Wang suddenly lost her arrogance, and shouted to the crowd watching the excitement: "If it's gone, buy it if you buy it. If you don't buy it, don't leave it here to watch the liveliness of the old lady."
Everyone saw that there was no liveliness to watch. Those who wanted to buy porridge naturally paid for it, and those who didn't want to buy scattered. Gu Yin also returned to her stall.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were still the same as before, one sold buns and porridge, the other sold wontons, while Xiao Gu Ye took Wu An's place and helped Duan Wan.
After being busy for almost an hour, I can finally catch my breath.
Wang shi stretched his neck and looked around. Seeing that he didn't see Mrs. Wen, he first exhaled a long breath, and then lowered his voice: "Why did Mr. Wen come back with you?"
Gu Yin said helplessly: "The old man didn't use the morning meal. I said to stay at Wen's house and make it for him before coming back. He didn't want to delay my work, so he just said it and used it."
"Then... Then he heard it all?" Wang shi murmured, and there was no longer the hooting momentum that he had just stood on the bench.
Gu Yin said with her eyes: What do you think
When the old man just heard Wang's words, he immediately took two steps to the side, pretending that he didn't come with her and didn't know her.
The people behind them all dispersed, and the old man also followed the crowd. I don't know if he was really angry.
"Why did mother say those things so well? He also wants to save face."
Mrs Wang regretted and said in a low voice, "It's the preserved egg and lean meat porridge in our house. They saw that black preserved egg was in it, and they didn't know who shouted that we sold the broken things for them to eat. I was angry. However, I just wanted to say that this was praised by Mrs. Wen. Naturally, it would not be a broken thing. Afterwards, it was a rush to talk and bald to go out. Do you think the old man would not let us Wuan go to their house? Are you studying?"
Seeing her grimacing face, as if the sky had collapsed, Gu Yin comforted her: "The old man has a lot of arrogance, I will apologize on behalf of my mother later, and it should be fine. Besides, I think he is the old man. I won't turn my anger on Wu An."
Halfway through the morning market, the old Liutou who sold fried ghosts next door came over to exchange a few words with Gu Yin, and then noticed Gu Ye next to her.
"This little guy is so good-looking, why haven't I seen it before?"
Gu Ye was whiter and fatter than before, wearing a brown jacket, a pair of black thin cotton trousers, a black belt tied around his waist, and a chubby little belly stretched out in a lively manner.
The frostbite on his face scabbed off after rubbing the medicine for a month, and the white and tender cheeks were no longer sunken like they used to be. When he smiled, he would have two shallow dimples, which were cute and sweet. Of course, the most special thing is the pair of black eyes, big and bright, full of aura.
Anyone who sees him like this can't imagine that he was a dirty wild child two months ago.
Gu Yin patted him and asked softly, "Do you remember how your mother taught you at home?"
Gu Ye nodded, strode on his short legs and ran to Lao Liu's head without any hesitation, knelt down and kowtowed to him, "Grandpa Liu, I wish you a happy new year!"
He had practiced this several times at home, so he didn't stammer at all.
"Okay!" Old Liutou laughed until his teeth came out. He started to open the money box and said, "I'll give you the New Year's money and buy something to eat by yourself."
Gu Ye pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes were curved and his dimples were shallow.
It happened that Aunt Ge came to steam the tray. Seeing his small appearance, he couldn't help laughing along, "Honey, where did the little Fuwa come from? It's more lovable than the one on the New Year's picture. Whose child is this?"
This time without Gu Yin's teaching, Gu Ye bowed down to Aunt Ge again and called out in a clear voice.
"Hey!" Aunt Ge grinned, and hurriedly pulled him up and touched her body again, "I didn't bring any money when I came out, wait, I'll go back and make it up for you right away."
Seeing Gu Yin smiling from ear to ear, Aunt Ge patted her with a smile, "Why haven't you seen such a baby in your family for two months? It's too polite, it's enough to hand over the New Year's greetings, why let the child Kneel down."
Gu Yin smiled and said, "You and Uncle Liu can stand this. Haven't the two of you figured out who this kid is?"
After she said that, Old Liutou and Aunt Ge looked at Xiao Gu Ye from head to toe again, and then they would recognize him.
"Fu Da Ming's big child, it's you!" Aunt Ge's eyes were red.
The child suddenly disappeared last year and winter. I asked Guan Caotou to help him find it, but there was no result. Everyone was in a hurry, especially Lao Liutou and Aunt Ge, who were the first to feed the child. They were more worried about him than Gu Gu. Yin and Wang are only a little more or less.
"Good boy, really good boy!" Old Liutou also wiped his eyes with his sleeves.
Gu Ye was generously accepted by their compliments, and Aunt Ge turned back and took the silver money, and also gave him the New Year's money.
Gu Ye took it unceremoniously, turned his head to look at Gu Yin's eyes again, and only took them a copper coin, and refused to take the rest.
"Oh, it's like a different person. If I was walking on the road, I would definitely not recognize it." Aunt Ge took Gu Yin's hand and patted it, "You teach really well. What will be the rules in the future? "
Aunt Ge knew that it was not easy for Gu Yin's orphans and widowed mothers. There was another five or six-year-old child in the family, especially Wang Shi, who saw that it was really difficult to get along with her, so she was afraid that she would not be able to tolerate this child.
"Don't worry, Auntie, my mother really likes him."
While they were talking, Gu Ye had already entered the stall with two copper coins, and showed them to Mrs. Wang as if they were offering treasures.
He hasn't forgotten to give the New Year's money to the Wang family!
"I don't want the milk, I'll buy the caramel and eat it myself." Mrs. Wang was putting steamed buns for people, so she pushed the cub out again with her elbow.
Gu Ye ran up to Gu Yin again and asked her with a smile, "Mother, should I eat?"
"Go, do you know the way back?"
He nodded hastily, and then ran away.
After watching the whole process, Aunt Ge finally felt relieved, and then said to Gu Yin, "If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just speak up."
Gu Yin thanked her for her kindness, and after the two talked for a while, Aunt Ge went back.
Not long after, Gu Ye came back with two strings of candied haws.
He had already eaten one bunch, and he handed the other one to Gu Yin first, and then to Wang Shi. Naturally, neither of them would eat it, so he asked Wang Shi to help him put it away. Seeing that Mr. Wang had inserted the string of candied haws, he went to Gu Yin's side again.
Gu Yin took him for a walk on the pier, and asked him to pay tribute to other families who had helped him in their old age.
Anyone who recognizes this child will not be surprised to see him again. First, they praise him in a different way, and then praise Gu Yin who adopted him with all kinds of good words.
Gu Yin's face blushed when he heard this, but Gu Ye always acted candidly - he thinks everyone is right, he is so good, so likable, and his mother is indeed beautiful and kind, like a heavenly man Fairy girl! It's a pity that he doesn't have much to say now, otherwise he must say something nicer to praise his mother!
As soon as he bowed down, Gu Ye's small purse had ten more coins. He counted back and forth many times, and his eyes became small crescents when he smiled.
When he returned home in the afternoon, Mrs. Wang saw that he was holding a small purse, and said with a smile, "Look at the appearance of this little money fan, I'm afraid no one will believe it if you say it wasn't yours!"
Gu Yin was counting the copper coins she earned that day with a smile, when she heard the words, she immediately touched her face and said, "Where do I have it?"
Wang Shi laughed for a while and asked Gu Yin how his income was that day.
Before the Chinese New Year, they could earn about 130 cents a day. This day, it was replaced with preserved egg and lean meat porridge. Although preserved eggs and lean meat were put, they would not put a lot in a large pot of porridge and soup, mainly to improve the taste. The profit head is a little thicker, so it stands to reason that you should earn more.
But unfortunately, the preserved eggs are not well sold, and many people are just as unacceptable as the Wang family at the beginning, so the total profit is similar to before.
But Gu Yin is not flustered. The launch of new products is a process of upgrading. If you can sell this amount on the first day, the business will definitely get better and better in the future.
Wang Shi heard her do the calculation, but unfortunately said: "Your porridge is really delicious, I have never eaten porridge with this flavor in my life. Not to mention two cents, three cents and five cents also make it, even on the pier. The people here are not very knowledgeable, and they are hesitant to see that they are not good-looking, and they are expensive for a penny... If only we had a shop."
The level of guests entertained by the shop is different from that of the people on the wharf, so the acceptance rate will naturally be higher.
And Gu Yin's craftsmanship was recognized by the old man, Wang Shi felt more and more that she should not be exposed to the wind and the sun on the pier.
Especially her skin is really tender. The frostbite in winter finally disappeared. The sun is good today, and she blushed after sunbathing in the morning, and she doesn't know how to get through it in summer.
"If I had known, I would have let Wu An read it again a year later. The twenty taels are enough for a good shop in Panshikou."
"It's a good thing to be able to go to Master Wen's door! What else do you want to do, mother?" Gu Yin put the copper coins into the money box, "It's okay, we can earn at least three taels a month, and we will spend more time in life. Be thrifty, and opening a store is only a matter of half a year."
Later, Mrs. Wang went out to buy ingredients and wanted to let Gu Yin rest, but she thought of promising to make fresh shrimp wontons for the old man the next day, so she went along.
Unfortunately, at the market, there are only freshly caught river prawns on the market.
In the early spring, the river prawns were not only expensive, but also small in size. There was a big gap between the full-bodied prawns that Gu Yin thought.
Gu Yin bought half a catty, thinking that it would take a lot of work to make shrimp wontons that satisfied the old man.
After thinking about it all the way until Wang finished buying other things, Gu Yin went to cut a pound of pork hind legs without any fat and a small bag of sweet potato flour.
She is going to make a yanpi shrimp wonton.
The so-called Yanpi is a thin slice made of mashed meat and sweet potato flour, also known as meat Yanpi.
It needs to beat the pork into a puree. Once it starts, it cannot be stopped. Gu Yin and Wang Shi took turns beating for a full hour.
And how much sweet potato flour is added is also very particular. If you don't master the proportion a little, the meat skin will not be formed.
However, Gu Yin's hand was more accurate than the food scale. After a while, the mashed meat and sweet potato flour were mixed into a pink dough.
After getting the dough, roll the dough into a thin skin with a rolling pin, and cut it into the shape of wonton skins with a kitchen knife. Only twenty wonton skins can be made with a pound of pork.
Because it took too much time to beat the mashed meat, Wu An returned from school after rolling the wonton wrappers.
He carried a small book bag temporarily sewn by Wang's family, and returned home happily.
Wang Shi said strangely: "Why did you come back by yourself? Didn't you say you should wait for your mother to pick you up?"
"It's not very far. It's far from picking up wheat ears in the field when I was in the village. My sister-in-law has taken me there twice, and I recognize them all." Wu An smiled and poured himself a bowl of water. After drinking, he added: "Besides, my mother and sister-in-law have worked hard to set up a stall every day. It's too troublesome to pick up and drop off sooner or later. I'm not a child anymore."
He is an introvert, and even at home, he rarely speaks so much in one breath.
Even Gu Yin couldn't help but be surprised: "We Wu An are really incredible, we've only read a book for a day and we're like little adults!"
Wu An blushed at her praise, scratched his head and stopped speaking.
When it was getting dark, Gu Ye, who was playing wildly outside, came back.
Wang habitually took a cloth towel and dusted him from head to toe.
Gu Ye obediently let her finish the dusting, and then pulled Wang Shi to ask for the candied gourd before. At first, Wang Shi refused to give it, only said: "I will eat the evening meal soon, and I will not be able to eat if my stomach is full."
But in the end, he was defeated by Gu Ye's eager begging and gave him the sugar gourd.
The candied haws had been let go for a long time, and the outermost sugar coating had melted and re-condensed, which looked very unsightly.
But in the eyes of the child, it is nothing to be unsightly, so when Gu Ye happily brought the candied haws to Wu An, Wu An's eyes also lit up.
"I'll leave it to you." Gu Ye said, swallowing.
Wu An happily ate one, and asked him to take another bite. The two of you took one bite and I ate the whole one.
"I was surprised before that this little brat can still eat leftovers. Dare is specially reserved for Wu An!" Wang Shi smiled and went to share this new story with Gu Yin, but saw that he was going back to the house to rest for a while. Gu Yin was so tired that she fell asleep with her clothes on.
In a few hours, she was going to get up again, so Wang shi didn't call her, only helped her loose her hair and covered her with a quilt.
Gu Yin slept until the middle of the night, and when she got up, she realized that her arms were so sore that they didn't feel like her own.
She "hiss" and put on the air-conditioning, then covered the quilt for the two children, and went out of the house to wash.
Wang Shi was already waiting for her outside the house, "I heard that you were snoring when you got up. Does your arm hurt badly?"
Yesterday, when mashing the meat, Mrs. Wang originally said she came, but Gu Yin said that mashing the meat looks simple, but in fact, it has to follow the texture of the meat and crack the fascia to be considered a success, so that one During the hour, most of the time, Gu Yin played by herself.
After speaking, Mrs. Wang went to press the meridians for Gu Yin. She was already very restrained, and without spending 30% of her effort, Gu Yin still took a breath of air.
Wang Shi quickly withdrew his hand, frowning distressedly.
"It's alright, it's just that I haven't done much work in the past two months, and I'm not used to it. It'll be fine in two days."
Seeing that she had finished washing up, Mrs. Wang immediately went to make stuffing and buns, and hurriedly went to help, while blaming herself: "I said something wrong yesterday, otherwise you wouldn't have to spend so much time apologizing to the old man. "
"It really has nothing to do with you. The old man has taken care of me like this for the past two months, and he has found the eldest master to be a gentleman for our family Wu'an. Even if there is no such thing as yesterday, it is what I should do."
After being busy until dawn, Aunt Ge came to pick up the buns, and Wu An and Gu Ye got up one after another.
Wu An carried a small book bag on his own to go to Wen's house for class, and Gu Ye followed them to set up a stall at the pier.
Gu Yin thought that Mrs. Wen would probably not come this day. After the morning market was half over, she would take the materials and bring them to Wen's house in person.
Unexpectedly, before the morning market started, Mrs. Wen arrived first.
"A bowl of fresh shrimp wontons." The old man was not polite, he sat down at the low table and started ordering.
The skin is the yanpi made last night, and the stuffing is prepared in the morning—the shrimp that have been raised overnight are peeled off the shrimp meat, the shrimp line is picked out, and the meat is mashed. Sugar and pepper, stir into shiny shrimp paste; add cold water three times to the three-fat and seven-thin pork filling, beat in eggs and stir vigorously. Finally, the shrimp paste and pork are mixed and stirred into meat filling, and then put into the thin asian skin to make ingots, which is the Yanpi shrimp wonton.
After the Yanpi wontons were cooked, Gu Yin sent them to the old man first, and then another person came to the stall, and then turned around to wrap the fish and meat wontons.
The yanpi is pink, and when cooked, the color of the powdered meat filling shines brightly. Just looking at it is different and appetizing.
After taking a bite, the fragrance of pork and the freshness of shrimp burst on the tip of the tongue. Coupled with the fresh and sweet Yanpi with a particularly special texture, the layers are clear and natural, and Mrs. Wen narrowed his eyes.
A bowl of twenty, every bite is the ultimate enjoyment.
The other guests who were eating wontons came later than the old man, but ate faster than him. Seeing that he was dawdling and enjoying his meal, the wontons in the bowl were also different from what they ate, so he could not help asking Gu Yin: " Little lady, is this something new?"
Without waiting for Gu Yin to speak, Wang hurriedly said: "No, no, this old gentleman is an acquaintance of ours, and this is the only one, not for sale."
Just kidding, the wontons went to her daughter-in-law's half-life this night, and it is impossible to sell them for any amount of money.
Everyone took another look at the old man who was still cherishing every bite of wontons. Although he didn't know the difference between the wontons, he still felt that the ones in his bowl were definitely better than the average ones!
I can't eat these different wontons, why don't I try this little lady's new porridge
Thinking like this, the person who didn't get full after a bowl of wontons called out another bowl of porridge.
In addition to the repeat customers who drank the preserved egg and lean meat porridge the day before, the porridge on this day was much better than the day before.
And Mrs. Wen saw that their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so busy that they didn't talk to Gu Yin after eating the wontons, but got up and summoned the accompanying servant and whispered a few words to him.
Soon after, the servant brought back a small horse and a fishing rod.
The old man sat on the open space beside the stall and caught fish.
Originally, it was just to pass the time to play, but I didn't expect that there are many people doing food business on this pier. The fish in the canal eat the scraps here every day, and they come back here after a winter of starvation.
The bait was bitten in less than a quarter of an hour.
When Gu Yin finished her business in the morning, the old man's fish bucket was full.
Although these prickly and small river fish were not worth much, the old man had a great time catching them.
After Gu Yin finished her work, she saw that the old man had a smile on his face, so she took the initiative to talk to him.
"Aren't you angry?"
The old man turned his head and glanced at the servant, and the servant stood up and gave Gu Yin his little pony to sit.
Gu Yin sat down next to the old man and listened to the old man: "I'm angry, why am I angry?"
After he finished speaking, he thought of the delicious bowl of Yanpi wontons that morning, and he said, "Okay, I'm a little angry."
Mr. Wen has a good face, but anyone who knows him a little knows.
Gu Yin first apologized for Wang Shi, and explained the whole story. The old man didn't bother any more, and said, "Actually, your mother-in-law is right. I am full of praise for that porridge. I don't seem to be selling it today. It's good, so let her continue to promote it like this. Sell a little more, and you will earn enough money to open the shop sooner." After he finished speaking, he did not forget to lower his voice and exhort, "But don't say that I am for that bowl of porridge. Baba chasing after him!"
"I can save it." Gu Yin laughed, "You are the most splendid person in our town. If you want to let people know that you appear on this pier, you must not block the pier. It is for my own business. Don't let my mother mention this."
In the same way, the words that came out of Gu Yin's mouth smoothed every pore of the old man.
Later, Gu Yin went back and conveyed it to Mrs. Wang. After Mrs. Wang heard it, she immediately began to shout: "The preserved egg and lean meat porridge that Mrs. Wen personally praised, spend two cents per bowl and eat the same thing as Mrs. Wen!"
Not to mention, Mrs. Wen has a very strong celebrity effect in this town. When such a shout is heard, everyone who hears it will stop.
Of course, some people asked Mrs. Wang, saying that you suddenly stopped talking after you mentioned it yesterday. Why did you shout again today
Wang's propaganda is "in accordance with the decree" now, and he said confidently: "Yes, I said it yesterday. But my daughter-in-law is a low-key person, thinking that everyone will know how delicious it is after eating it. I didn't expect everyone today. She was still afraid of this trick, so she went to ask the old man for instructions, and the old man himself agreed with me."
The other party sneered and said, "What kind of person is Mrs. Wen, who can speak up for such trivial matters? Besides, as you said, your daughter-in-law is no longer working in Wen's house, so why should she go to Wen's house, and why should she meet her? Old man? You wicked mother-in-law really exaggerates more and more."
"That is, even if your daughter-in-law really did it in the Wen family during the New Year's Eve, if, as you said, she was appreciated by the old man, why would you go back here to set up a stall? That's the Wen family! Don't be the workmanship, the appreciation is Fake, it's actually being resigned, right?"
Mr. Wang couldn't say that the little old man sitting next to him fishing was the old man, and his daughter-in-law had just asked. She had just suffered from Hu Yan's loss, and her eyes rolled, thinking that she couldn't say that her daughter-in-law just wanted to do her own business and didn't want to work for others - saying this, I'm afraid others will think that the old man can't even keep a cook. Stay, and let the old man lose face again.
So she said, "Why am I making up this shit? It's no secret that my daughter-in-law went to work at Wen's house. The young shopkeeper of Daxing Rice Shop and Chef Xu of Wen's family all know about it. As for not doing it later, then Originally, during the Chinese New Year, large families are busy entertaining guests, and they recruit short-term workers, will they come back when the construction period is up?"
Seeing her promise, everyone showed no signs of timidity, and even if they were skeptical, they couldn't help but believe it.
With this effect, the porridge that day was quickly sold out.
When the morning market was completely over, Mr. Wang looked at the short-sold porridge bucket with an unstoppable smile on his face.
The old man next to him had also finished catching the fish. Seeing her like this, he put away the fishing rod and asked, "Is this all sold out?"
This was the first time Mrs Wang had spoken to the old man after the stage, and she was still a little frightened—otherwise, she would not have asked Gu Yin to help her apologize before, and she did not dare to come forward.
But the old man really had nothing to say about her family, so she dared to answer: "Thanks to your old man, I used your words to promote it today, and it was all sold out in one breath! It's all thanks to your old man's eloquent words!"
Mrs. Wen raised his chin proudly, "How much more did you earn than yesterday?"
Wang Shi wanted to flatter the old man, so he deliberately said a little more, and said loudly: "Speak less than fifty cents!"
Grandpa: …
What a living signboard worth fifty pennies!