Young Jin was shocked by this unprecedented news, and she showed a helpless smile: "Mother, I'm only twelve, do you think it's too early?" You must know that she was twenty-eight in her last life Now that I am still single, do I have to compensate myself for being single for too long in my previous life
"You have your thirteenth birthday at the beginning of the new year, where is it early?" Su shi rolled her eyes at her angrily: "Then He's eldest son is also sixteen this year, you are not in a hurry, there are many people who are in a hurry. It's gone!" Su Shi seemed to be looking at He Xuanhai as a golden tortoise-in-law.
Only then did Youjin realize that things were going in a strange direction, and hurriedly stopped Su Shi's words: "Mother, I'm not getting married." Seeing Su Shi's ghostly expression, he quickly changed his words: "At least I haven’t married for a few years, if I get married, then I’ll be someone else’s daughter-in-law, I still have seven younger sisters, and Kang’er, what should you do?”
"It's not that you're going to get married now. You can set things down now, and then get married when you are married!" Su Shi retorted in a low voice, and she didn't think of her family until her daughter talked about family affairs. Although it is better now, the children are still young. If there is no young gold, I am afraid it will still be difficult in the future: "We can't drag you down because of us, right?"
Youjin looked straight at the Su family and said sternly: "Mother, listen to me, I brought our family from Cuifeng Village to Wuliqiao, and it is also my responsibility to raise my sisters in nature. I can only feel at ease when my sisters have a good home."
Hearing what she said, Su Shi deeply sighed: "You are still young, so naturally you don't know the importance of marrying a good husband, but mother is a past person, and mother can't let your temperament act!"
"Now our family has earned such a big family business in less than a year. In two or three years, it can be doubled if you don't talk about it. Wouldn't it be better to talk about marriage then than now?" You Jin It also pointed out another fact, their family is much better than He's family now, and in two or three years, they will definitely make a fortune: "Why do you raise your head to marry a daughter and bow your head to marry a daughter-in-law? Can't it?"
It's not that You Jin looked down on the He family, but the imperial examination was really difficult: "There are many people who are only in their 40s and 50s, and in case He Xuanhai is still in his 40s and 50s. Tong Sheng, don't I want to live with him for the rest of my life?"
Hearing that You Jin did not hesitate to curse others for failing to pass the test in order to reject this marriage, Su Shi smiled irritably, and then rolled her eyes at her: "It's just you who are crooked!" But she still listened to her daughter's words. Go in: "But since you don't want to, I won't force you. It's just a pity for such a good boy as Xuan Hai!"
In fact, I can't blame the Su family for this. After all, He Xuanhai is indeed the best son-in-law candidate she has been able to come into contact with so far in her life. It is indeed a pity to miss it in vain.
The Zhao family did not expect that the Su family would refuse this marriage. After listening to the Su family euphemistically speaking, the smile on Zhao's face also faded a bit, but the face still responded: "Indeed, this child is still young, It's not too late to see each other in a few years."
Both parties talked absentmindedly for a while, and the Zhao family went home for a reason. After sending off the Zhao family, the Su family asked You Jin worriedly: "Is this about to become an enemy?"
"No, when Aunt Zhao's thoughts come back, it'll be all right. Besides, we didn't agree to this marriage, did we?" You Jin thought it was not a big problem, after all, there was still a layer of window paper. However, she still warned Su Shi in advance: "But if such a thing happens again in the future, mother can't hide it from us and make a decision, if this is a forced marriage, no matter who will be blamed in the future On the lady's head!"
Listening to the threat in her daughter's words, Su Shi didn't take it seriously, and nodded slightly: "I know."
Falling flowers are in love with flowing water and unintentional, and this picture has quietly turned the page before piercing the window paper. Zhao Shi was still a little nervous in her heart. After all, her most proud son was rejected, which really made her angry.
Later, He Hao solved her with two sentences: "This man and woman marrying is what I want from you, right? Oh, if you want someone to agree, then you should stop selling buns and be a bandit. Isn't it?" But He Hao also felt a little pity in his heart, after all, Young Jin is really good, he can't decide now, and he is afraid that his son will not have this chance in the future.
After listening to his ridicule, Mrs. Zhao rolled his eyes at him angrily: "You are the bandit!" But the knot in her heart disappeared. Well, fortunately, this is not to be said on the bright side.
***
During the first month of the month, the Su family has no relatives to leave, but the Su family sisters read books and calligraphy at home every day, and recuperate. It was not until the eighth day of the first lunar month that the Sujiaxiang dim sum shop reopened. Getting busy again.
Now that it is still during the Chinese New Year, many people come to buy cakes. On the first day of resumption of business, it was a busy day without touching the ground. Until the newly-baked bean paste pie was sold out at the beginning of Youshi, everyone was dragging it. Exhausted, he got on the mule cart and went back.
"After being lazy for a few days, when I came back, I was so busy that my head was about to fall off. I really couldn't bear it!" Sitting on the mule cart, he thumped his arms and said with a smile: "But if you are so busy every day It's not bad!" Because Young Jin gave them bonuses based on the sales of pastries, the busier they were, the better the business, and the better the business, the more money they could get!
"Earn more money to buy flowers to wear?" Several girls laughed and laughed, but they were very happy.
At night, after Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi were all asleep, Young Jin, who had just come out of the bath, sat alone under the candlelight and recorded today's income, and then locked up the silver and lay on the hot kang with a pillow in his back. On the back of her head, she kept thinking about it, and she didn't know when she fell asleep. When she woke up again, the sky outside was already bright.
Gently covered the quilt for Little Six and Seven who was still sleeping, then quietly changed her clothes, and combed her two buns with a lotus-colored hairband, then she crept out of the east wing and stood at the door to feel it. The coldness of the winter morning came, and the heat came out with a big sigh, and the cold drove away the sleepiness.
"Miss, it's time for breakfast." The people who were in charge of making breakfast today were Cardamom and Cao Guo. Seeing that Young Jin was freezing under the porch, he hurriedly invited someone in.
After breakfast, Han Li drove the mule cart to send everyone into the city. Inside the rickety mule cart, Young Jin explained what he had planned last night and said, "In a few days it will be the New Year's Eve, I heard that it will be there. There will be a lantern festival in Luohe Prefecture, and on that day, our shop will also be open at night, and we will hang up a few lanterns for guessing puzzles, so that we can attract a lot of guests."
However, when they heard that there were lanterns, the little girls were very excited. Bai Zhi, who had seen the lanterns, said with a smile, "The lanterns! I followed my parents to the town to see the lanterns once when I was a child, and they were beautiful!"
"I haven't seen lanterns yet!" The little girls bought by the Su family are all children of poor families. Naturally, not everyone has the experience of visiting the town to see lanterns like Bai Zhi. For most of them, it is more suffering.
Seeing that the two sisters had feelings for each other, and the two sisters were full of desire, You Jin smiled and said, "In this way, on the day of Shangyuan Festival, as long as our cakes are sold out, we will close the door and watch the lanterns together. how?"
Listening to You Jin's words, everyone nodded happily, and then began to look forward to the Shangyuan Festival in a few days.
***
Now Su Jiaxiang's shop is basically staffed, and there are Xiaozhu and Xiaoyin in the back kitchen who are responsible for grasping the recipe and adjusting the amount. Inside, Young Jin brought Xin Yi and Lilac in charge of welcoming guests and selling dim sum, and they cooperated very well before and after.
After the first scent wafted out of Su Jiaxiang's kitchen, guests came to the door. Now both Xinyi and Lilac are very skilled, they can wrap up the snacks that the guests want to buy in a short time, and then hand the recovered money to the young gold at the counter, and then send the guests away with a smile and a loud voice: "Mrs. Delicious and come back after eating!”
In the afternoon, there were fewer guests coming to the door. Young Jin took off the handkerchief wrapped around his head, and told Young Yin to look at the shop in front of him, put on the party-style lotus-colored cotton-padded jacket, and went outside.
Chen Yaren, who was sleepy after lunch, saw a somewhat familiar figure. He hurriedly cheered up and greeted him. He smiled and greeted the visitor: "Miss Su! Long time no see, how's business doing recently?"
"Thanks to Uncle Chen, everything is fine." After Young Jin greeted Chen Yaren with a smile, he said, "Uncle Chen, can you talk in another place?"
Chen Yaren knew about Su Youjin, and when she came to the door, she must have business to find her, so she took people into the tea room and poured a cup of steaming tea for Youjin: "Miss Su is here to buy a shop or a land. ?"
After drinking the fragrant tea to ward off the cold, You Jin explained his intention: "If you want to buy more fertile fields nearby, it is best to be not far from the Houjiawan area. By the way, I want to ask if there is any suitable wasteland near the official road. I want to buy some too."
Hearing what she said, the only trace of sleepiness left in Chen Yaren's mind disappeared, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "There are some, it depends on how much land you want, Miss Su, so I can ask the price for you. ."
"Twenty mu of fertile land is almost the same. As for wasteland, as long as it is close to the official road, about fifty mu is appropriate." This was the final decision that Young Jin made after calculating the family's money.
"There is still a piece of land in Houjiawan now, just across the river from the piece of land you bought last time, Miss Su. It's a good piece of land, and the price is right, but the seller said to sell it together for 40 acres... ..." Chen Yaren said hesitantly, then glanced at Young Jin's expression to see if there was anything unusual.
Young Jin looked as usual, and asked lightly, "I don't know how much the original owner offered?" Although 40 acres is a bit more, but the Su family's savings now add up to nearly 1,000 taels, and they can still get this silver. .