"God's eyes open!" Wang Shi stroked his chest, so excited that his body trembled.
Gu Ye also trembled, but after trembling, he still stood still.
Gu Yin gently pushed Wang Shi, Wang Shi came back to his senses, put down the rag to scrub in his hand, and stood up from the small bench.
Gu Ye thought that his mother was going to catch him, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
However, instead of arresting him, Mr. Wang went out and closed the door.
Gu Yin pouted at the small bench where Wang was sitting before, "Take off your pants, come over and lie down."
Gu Ye flattened his mouth, but still obeyed obediently, untied his belt, folded his trousers to his knees, and threw himself on the bench.
He went out for a walk, and his whole body turned black again, but his body was still extremely white, his little butt was round, and all the white was reflective.
The little-finger-thick wooden stick fell down against the flap of his buttocks, and Gu Ye's body trembled every time he hit him.
After five or six hits, his little butt was swollen, but he didn't shout.
After the fight, Gu Yin threw the small wooden stick back into the corner and asked him, "Do you know what went wrong!"
Gu Ye's eyes were red, and he held back his tears and said, "I know... I know."
Seeing him like this, Gu Yin couldn't bear it anymore, but she still said with a cold face, "Do you dare to do it next time?"
"Next time... Next time I'll tell my mother first." Gu Ye tried his best to widen his eyes so as not to let the tears fall, but his voice was nasal.
"Hey, forget it," Wang shi helped smooth things out, "Xiao Ye really knew he was wrong. Forgive him once, and he will be fined again next time!"
Gu Yin also followed the trend: "Mother take him back to the house, and I will cook the evening meal."
"I'll go by myself." Gu Ye was sobbing, blushing as he tried to lift his trousers, but this little effort was naturally no match for Mr. Wang, and he was carried by Mrs. Wang to the kang in the room in the end.
Seeing the little brat lying on the kang baring his teeth and grinning, Mrs Wang sighed, "Don't blame your mother, she hasn't had a good night's sleep these days."
Although everyone knows that Guan Huotou is a reliable person, he is a big man, he has no experience with children, and he goes to a place like the state capital to handle the case. Who can not worry
Gu Ye immediately shook his head, "I don't blame my mother!" Embarrassedly, he pulled the quilt over his buttocks, and urged, "I will help my mother cook."
Wang shi responded and went out of the house to the stove, but did not see Gu Yin.
After a quarter of an hour, Gu Yin came back and handed Mrs Wang an exquisite small porcelain box, "I just went to buy medicine for Xiaoye, and my mother will help him with medicine in a while."
Wang Shi said with a smile: "I'm not going, I'm heavy. Besides, you are his mother, you go by yourself."
Gu Yin has no experience in raising children, she just couldn't hold back her hand when she was angry, but now she calms down and regrets it. She doesn't advocate corporal punishment of children, especially when she thinks that this brat of her family used to wander around and was used to wildness. The family adopted him for only two or three months, so her habits must be slowly changed.
"Wu An is so good, I beat him when he was naughty when he was a child. How could there be a mother who wouldn't beat a child?"
The daughter-in-law is capable, and now Wang is habitually letting her make up her mind. It is rare to see her in such an embarrassment, and Wang couldn't help laughing, "It's all right, cook first, and after dinner you two have a good chat. , how can mother and son have an overnight feud?"
Not long after, Wu An came home from school with a small bookbag on his back.
After entering the house, he first asked Gu Ye if he was coming back today.
Knowing that he was back, Wu An's book bag was not put away, and he jumped into the house.
"You're finally back!" Wu An said, and was about to pounce on him. Seeing that he was lying quietly on his stomach, he stopped again and asked him what was wrong.
Gu Ye grinned and said, "What else can I do? I've been beaten!"
"My mother beat?"
"No, my mother called it."
Wu An pouted in disbelief and said, "Liar, my sister-in-law is the most gentle. She never hits anyone."
After Wu'an finished speaking, he thought about it and said, "But it's normal for my sister-in-law to be angry. You left without saying anything that day. My mother and sister-in-law were still at home waiting for you to eat dinner. When it was so late, I would get up to pee. Now, they are still sitting in the main room."
Gu Ye also felt guilty and said, "I don't know, it's so far away, I thought I'd be back soon."
"Later they went out to look for you. I said I would go too. My sister-in-law told me to stay at home. I don't know when you will come back. My mother went to Li Zhaotou and found Tianliang... But you can just come back now. , I haven't seen you for many days, I'm not used to it."
"I'm not used to it either," Gu Ye said flatly. "There is no mother, no milk, and no you. I will never go there again."
"Then you just know it's wrong. Actually, I still can't believe that my sister-in-law would beat you. I wouldn't be surprised if you said that my mother beat you."
Gu Ye patted his side, let Wu An lie beside him, and whispered, "I'm learning a new sentence, 'Women are like tigers'. I think it's a lie, but my mother is very gentle... It turns out that she is also a tiger!"
Gu Yin, who walked to the door with the wound medicine:...
This little brat has gone a long way, and his speech is getting smoother and smoother, but what is he learning!
In order to take care of Gu Ye, whose buttocks were injured, Wang moved the table to the house and put on the evening meal.
"Eat quickly, especially Xiaoye eat more." Seeing that Gu Yin and Gu Ye were a little awkward, Mrs. Wang specially served Gu Ye with vegetables and said, "It's rare for your mother to cook at home, she made it for you!"
I usually eat a simple evening meal at home. I eat a lot on this day, such as spring bamboo shoots, fried shredded pork, green vegetable ball soup, cold wild vegetables and white steamed buns.
Wu An couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled when he saw his mother frying Gu Ye with bamboo shoots.
"Eat, why are you laughing?" Wang Shi also gave Wu An a pair of chopsticks.
Wu An couldn't help laughing out loud, "Xiao Ye has already eaten a meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots, this is the second meal!"
Gu Yin couldn't help laughing, "You little guy has been studying for a few days, and everyone has become narrow."
The atmosphere became relaxed, and Mrs. Wang also opened the chat box and asked Gu Ye how he was doing outside the past few days and whether he had endured hardship.
Gu Ye wanted to talk for a long time, without stammering at all, and immediately said: "I have a good time, Guan Jutou took me, and when someone asked me who I was, he said I was his apprentice. There is a fat man. Fat, what's your name... Prefect, please invite us to dinner."
Wu Anchang had never been to such a big place as Fucheng, so he immediately asked, "What did you eat?"
"There are fish, meat, and elbows," Gu Ye put down his chopsticks, and his two small hands made a big circle, "It's so big!"
"Wow, that's really big." Wu An sighed.
Wang Shi asked him again, "What else do you do besides eating?"
"Please also listen to the play, listen to the song, what building to go to... But the eldest master doesn't like it, so he didn't go."
Wu An said enviously: "I can go anytime. My husband said, 'It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books'."
"Go, let's go all the way!" Wang said with a smile, "Our family is rich now, why don't we go out to play?"
After speaking, she stopped talking and said in a low voice: "But it's for now, I heard what Ono said, and I feel that the prefect is not a good person. There is also a war outside, and it may hit the city one day... Wait, but definitely going!"
After the evening meal, Mrs Wang cleaned up the dishes and Gu Yin gave Gu Ye medicine.
"Does it hurt?"
Gu Ye hissed and sucked in the cold air, but still said: "It doesn't hurt, just sleep."
"You," Gu Yin said helplessly, "it's better not to do this next time, just follow people out of the city without saying hello. Didn't you hear what your grandmother said? Our town is peaceful, and it's not sure when you go outside. You say you want to If you lose it outside, how can you come back? Mother can't find you every time."
"There is no next time!" Gu Ye put his head into his mother's arms like a puppy, "I promise!"
The two children snored not long after they lay down, Gu Yin went out to wash up, and Wang was still sitting in the main room.
"Are the kids asleep?"
"Yeah," Gu Yin said when she saw the smile on Wang's lips, and laughed along, "Mother always smiles more, she looks good and young."
"What's the matter with Hu Man!" Wang Shi gestured to hit her, then pulled her to his side, "I'm thinking about taking another day off tomorrow, we'll go and ask for the bill. That's three hundred taels! I'll be back! You don't have to go to the pier, it's enough to buy a shop. I'll buy it for you and keep it in your name, how about it?"
"Would it be better to keep it in your mother's name? It's something your grandfather left you."
Wang Shi smiled and did not respond. It is naturally better to write it down to Gu Yin than to put it in her own name. First of all, the food and clothing expenses of the family are all earned by Gu Yin's craftsmanship, and the shop must be run by her. And this is an industry, and there is a shop nearby, so she doesn't have to worry about remarrying in the future.
But when it comes to remarrying, Gu Yin is very resistant, so Wang Shi only thought about it in her heart, but did not say it, she just urged Gu Yin to rest.
Early the next morning, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law packed up and went to the Wang's old house.
The door of the old house was wide open, and the door was in a mess.
Wang Shi and the neighbors who were watching the lively inquired about it, only to know that an official came to Fucheng early this morning to confiscated the property of the second house of the Wang family.
Although the Wang family's eldest room and the second room were separated long ago, they still lived together. Those officials didn't care so much. They were like bandits entering the city. , let them count all the property and turn it over to confiscation.
Wang Dafu came back with the county magistrate and Guan Zaitou the day before. Fortunately, the prefect did not let the yamen beat him on the spot after the prefect sentenced him. You might not be able to save your life.
Therefore, he and Mr. Zhao were beaten only when they returned to Hanshan Town yesterday. After the beating, Mrs. Zhao was imprisoned for a year, and Wang Dafu was brought back.
In the morning, the house was in chaos. Wang Dafu was anxious and angry, but he couldn't move. He heard that Wang was coming, and he quickly said: "No, hurry up and block me, saying that I can't get up now!"
But he didn't know that today the officials raided the house and frightened the servants of the Wang family.
Hearing Wang Dafu's words outside, Mrs. Wang entered the door and said, "If you can't get up, eldest brother, you can't get up if you don't get up. It doesn't matter if we are brothers and sisters talking through the door."
When it comes to the words "brother and sister", Wang's face is so cold that it freezes.
Wang Dafu laughed awkwardly inside, "Why did my little sister come here in the morning? The house is in a mess, so I didn't have to scare you."
Mr. Wang sneered with his hands in his hands, and didn't go around in circles with him, "In the play, there is still nothing to go to the Three Treasures Palace, of course I have something to do. The prefect's verdict is already in the county government office. Will the eldest brother follow me to the government office, or is it my own? Give me three hundred taels of silver?"
"This... this," Wang Dafu couldn't avoid it, and suddenly changed his style of painting, "The Moon Moon Tower was mortgaged, and your two nephews were robbed of 1,400 taels. Now they are still injured and can't get out of bed. You don't have a single active man, so you can't tolerate it for two days?"
Wang Shi said no, and added: "Either you take it now, or I'll go and invite Guan Caotou!"
Wang Dafu cried inside: "The family really can't get so much money, I die when I die at this age, and I also save money for the soup, but your two nephews are still young, so you can't cut off their soup. …”
Coincidentally, as they were talking, a child about the age of Wu An came over with a medicine bowl.
He obviously hadn't done this kind of work. He was holding the medicine bowl until his face was wrinkled, and he almost tripped over the threshold when he walked to the door.
Wang Shi picked him up with one hand, and took the medicine bowl in his hand with the other hand.
The child patted her chest in fear, and when she saw it, she laughed again, "Thank you auntie!"
When Wang's family returned to her parents' home for the first time, she took Gu Yin to the Wang's old house and met with several children in the family.
Wang Shi also had an impression of him, and vaguely remembered that he was the child of the big house.
"Why do you carry such a hot medicine bowl yourself?"
The child said, "Mother wants to take care of Dad, let me come and see Grandpa."
Mrs. Wang handed the medicine bowl to the old servant who was beside Wang Dafu and said, "Auntie and your grandfather will talk for a while, you can play by yourself first."
The child responded, holding his earlobes with his red hands, and ran away.
"Oh, my poor grandson," Wang Dafu continued to cry inside, "Is all the servants dead? How could the young master do such a thing?"
The old servant also cried and said, "The official came into the mansion in the morning, and even locked away the people in the second room. The servants were all terrified. I guess they all hid and didn't dare to move."
"Damn Wang Dagui, harming people!"
"Okay!" Mrs Wang shouted, "Just tell me how much money you can spend now!"
"Two... no, thirty-two! Little sister, look... "
Wang Shi couldn't say, "You give me fifty taels first, and I will give you a few days for the remaining two hundred and fifty taels."
Although the big room was severely damaged, fifty taels could still be taken out. Wang Dafu immediately asked the old servant to help open the hidden compartment under the bed board, and took out the silver note inside and handed it over.
The Wang family also wrote a receipt on the spot, and asked the old servant to hand it over to Wang Dafu.
After leaving the Wang family's old house, Mrs. Wang sighed, took Gu Yin's hand and blamed herself: "I'm soft-hearted. Son, I'm sorry, mother, that shop can't be bought for the time being."
Gu Yin shook her hand back and said it was fine, "It's my mother's stuff, it's all up to you."
Wang Shi took her hand and squeezed it, and spat again: "This Wang Dafu is not a good bird. His grandson will not come to deliver medicine early or late, but he will come when I come. The servants hide. Can't he take medicine later? This is tricking me into being a fool!"
The Wang family could see it, and of course Gu Yin could see it too.
Not only did she see it, she also had a way to make Wang Dafu immediately spit out the three hundred taels as they were.
But her mother-in-law is really soft-hearted, and she feels sorry for the younger generation. If Wang Dafu is really asked to hand over so much money, and the children and nephews suffer, she is afraid that she will be uneasy. And this is Wang's own money after all, since she said it can be slow, Gu Yin can't go against her intentions.
"Wait another month and they'll be healed. If they still refuse to pay back the money, I'll twist Wang Dafu's head!"
Wang scolded and dragged Gu Yin away.
Although only fifty taels were required to return, for Gu Yin and Wang Shi, it was a lot of money.
What Wang thought about was to open a shop and not let Gu Yin suffer on the pier.
She did what she said, and immediately took Gu Yin to the Daxing Rice Shop, and asked Wen Peifeng if the good shop was rented out.
Of course there is no such thing. Master Wen Er is still not giving up, he will not rent it out. The old man also had the heart to wait for Gu Yin, so he was not in a hurry.
There was only a smile on Mrs. Wang's face. She stuffed the fifty taels of silver bills to Gu Yin and asked her to go to Wen's house to sign a contract with Mrs. Wen, while she went home and washed the guys who set up the stall to prepare They were all sold together. Of course, the most important thing is to make a trip to the pier to publicize the news that they are going to open a store.
Wen Peifeng lent Gu Yin his carriage and asked the coachman to take her to Wen's house.
When Mrs. Wen heard that Gu Yin was coming, she was led to his study.
"Boss Gu goes to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, what's the point of coming here today?"
Mrs. Wen started to speak in an official tone, Gu Yin couldn't help bending her lips, and then said sternly: "I got a sum of money at home, thinking of the good shop in your old hands, I came here specially to sign the contract with you."
"If you don't come to sign the deed, you won't come, right?" Mrs. Wen snorted.
He had a cold before and had a headache for several days, and was forced by Master Wen to rest at home. After he was well raised, he knew that someone was using his name to interfere with Gu Yin's business. Although the latter matter was solved, it involved other cases. After the old man found out, he drafted a letter overnight to help Gu Yin fight. lawsuit.
However, his cold was not yet complete. He lit the lamp and boiled oil for a long time, and the next day he developed a cough.
How could Mr. Wen see him like this, and hold him back, let the doctor come to give him a pulse and prescribe medicine, and then send the servant to take the paper to Gu Yin, and say that although the old man is going to recuperate, he can also give a copy force.
After that, Gu Yin's methods all worked, and the investigation of the case went smoothly.
"Where can I not come? I came to see you in the afternoon two days ago. Didn't you see me?"
The old man's eyes flashed, his previous coughing attack was really severe, and when he coughed, he couldn't catch his breath. And at that time, he knew that the case was handed over to the prefect for trial - the prefect was a scumbag, and now, as Bai Ding, he couldn't help, and he simply didn't see her.
"Last time I stewed Chuanbei Snow Pear Cream and sent it, are you okay with it?"
Chuanbei Snow Pear Cream is a very common thing in later generations. It is also available nowadays, but it is not common. It can be bought in big places like the state capital. Most of the people in Hanshan Town are ordinary people. Slowly boil.
Gu Yin simply did it herself.
Grind the washed pears together with the skins, grind the Fritillaria into powder, add the powdered red dates and soaked lilies, cook on the stove for a quarter of an hour, filter with gauze, and then boil the pure juice. Cook until it thickens.
Of course, it is better to add Luo Han Guo, but unfortunately this thing is produced in the south, it is not easy to buy, and the price is ridiculously expensive.
The old man couldn't hold it anymore, and said with a smile: "It's good, it's much better the day after drinking it. Later, Chef Xu did as you did, and the boiled one is not as good as yours."
"I gave you medicine, how can you still decide whether it's good or not?"
As he spoke, Mrs. Wen took out the deed.
The deed this time is different from the last time, it is based on 80% of the market price, and the annual rent is forty taels.
"Is there enough money? In fact, monthly delivery is also possible."
Gu Yin said no, "It's good to pay quarterly. Don't worry, when the store's income is stable, next year I will pay on an annual basis like others, and I don't want you to give me 80%."
"Who gave you 80% of the price?" said Mrs. Wen, "The price difference of 10 taels is the price I pay for a table. Remember to leave it for me... What did you say it was called last time?"
"Call the VIP seat."
Gu Yin readily signed the contract, and Mrs. Wen also gave her the key to the shop.
After coming out of Wen's house, Gu Yin still felt a little unreal while holding the key in her hand.
Her dream shop is here!
But before she could go far, Chef Xu chased after her.
"Congratulations to Master!" He bowed his hands.
Gu Yin curled her lips, "You'll get the news soon!"
Chef Xu smiled, "When the master was talking to the old man, my little apprentice just went to deliver the pear cream. After listening to it, he told me when he came back. There are a lot of things to buy when the new store opens. Let's go, I will accompany me. You go!"
Gu Yin asked him not to work
It wasn't even noon, so Chef Xu naturally didn't get off work, so he waved his hand indifferently, "What kind of work do you still have? We promised that I would come to help you when Master opened the shop. The housekeeper and I took a day off. Come over tomorrow and officially resign."
"Okay." Gu Yin looked at him and said, "Then we will do it together, I will definitely not treat you badly."
"Master, what are you saying, you are treating me favorably if you take me with you."
The master and apprentice went to the shop, but Chef Xu knew the way. Although Gu Yin had been there last time, she was sitting in the carriage at the time and didn't know the exact location.
"One of these two streets is called Wencheng Street and the other is called Anxing Street. Although the shop under the master's order is located at the intersection of the two streets, it is generally still on Wencheng Street."
The shop is still the same as last time, but maybe because of the different mood, Gu Yin likes it more and more.
But if you like it, you like it, and there are a lot of things to add, not to mention the firewood, rice, oil, salt, pots and pans, and since you are opening a store, you have to think of a resounding store name and customize a good sign.
And because no one has been here for a long time, there has been a thin ash inside, and it has to be cleaned well.
In addition, since we are opening a store, we have to think about what to do.
At first, Gu Yin only wanted to open a small shop near the wharf, and she also thought about making porridge and noodles like the one on the wharf.
Now such a good shop, it is not enough to make those, and you have to develop some other signature dishes. You have to invite a master of the red case, and the red case and the white case are two-pronged, in order to make the best use of this good shop.
The others are very good, it is the chef of the red case...
Gu Yin looked at Chef Xu helplessly, the apprentice is a good apprentice, but the craftsmanship is really not very good, and he can't afford this for the time being.
It would be nice if the shopkeeper Zhou was still there.
It's a pity that Wangyue Building was closed down at that time, and Gu Yin's mind was all about the case at that time, but she didn't expect her family to rent her dream shop so soon, and she didn't contact Shopkeeper Zhou at that time.
Now I don't know where to look for people, and with the skill of the shopkeeper Zhou, the monthly money is definitely not enough for a month.
Probably writing down what to buy, Gu Yin went home with a thought.
It was not until noon in the afternoon that Mrs. Wang returned home, and Wu An also came back from school.
What's even more rare is that Gu Ye came back not long after.
"You just ran out after being beaten up. You little brat is so wild, but fortunately you know you'll be back early." Wang shi said helplessly.
Gu Ye just came back and said, saving his mother and his mother worrying that he would have to go out again.
Wang asked him what he was doing, and Gu Ye said, "I have a friend who is leaving, and I will see him off."
Hearing this, Mrs. Wang was very strange, and said, "Why don't I know you still have friends? What friends are you?"
"In winter, he feeds me. He cooks deliciously, too."