Jiang Yunzhu smoothed the messy hair around her ears and got on the donkey cart.
Xu Qingshan drove away in the donkey cart.
Chen stood there and watched for a long time before she walked into the yard with a smile, only to see Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming walking out of the side room.
She was slightly stunned, as she thought the two merchants who were staying there had already left!
If it really was a merchant who had lost his way and was staying here, he would naturally leave at daybreak and go about his business to make a living.
But Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming are not like that.
The two of them also went out in the morning, not long after Jiang Yunzhu and the others left. They went up the mountain and took a look at the situation of Wuling Mine. Then Yang Sheng insisted on going back to Jiang's house for dinner, so they came back again.
Yang Sheng saw Chen's expression, and he thought about it and said quickly, "Aunt, we want to collect some food in this village. Do you know if anyone has food to sell?"
So that's how it is. Chen now really believed that they were grain merchants.
"After dinner, I'll go to the village chief's house and ask for you," she said.
Hearing that it was time to eat, Yang Sheng perked up. He had walked around the mountain for a long time early in the morning and was cold and hungry. He had been wanting to eat for a long time.
What are we eating today? Yesterday’s soup was good, the pancakes were good, and the side dishes were also good…
When Chen brought the meal over, Yang Sheng pinched the gray thing in his hand and looked at Shen Fengming, "Is this a pancake? Why is it this color?"
This is the color of sorghum cakes. Chen felt a little embarrassed. Jiang Yunzhu was not at home and there was nothing else left at home, so she could only let the two guests eat this.
This is also their daily food.
Shen Fengming ignored Yang Sheng and started eating the pancake. He ate slowly and calmly without showing any strange expression. Yang Sheng thought the pancake just looked ugly, but it actually tasted good.
He took a big bite, and then he... began to miss Jiang Yunzhu!
After dinner, Chen went to the village chief's house and said that two merchants had come to collect grain, and asked him if there was anyone in the village who wanted to sell grain.
Gu Yongde thought about it and realized that it was true.
Soon Chen came back with a smile on her face.
When Yang Sheng heard that someone really wanted to sell grain, he curled his lips and looked at Shen Fengming. What should he do? Did he really have to collect the grain
Shen Fengming looked at him calmly.
After a while, Yang Sheng sighed and followed Chen out. He had to bear the consequences of his own lies.
At this time, Jiang Yunzhu had already arrived in the town. Along the way, she had already thought about what to buy and even where to buy it, so after getting off the donkey cart, she went straight to the market.
She went first to buy the food for cooking lunch for Deputy General Zhao and the other two. She was afraid that if she was late some things would be sold out.
The dark-faced customer ordered braised pork intestines, so she went to the butcher's stall.
"Pig intestines? We do have some today, but they are reserved for our old customers," said the butcher.
Jiang Yunzhu frowned, wondering where there was a meat stall in the town.
"Not many people buy that thing, so you have to make a reservation every day." The boss explained, and seeing that Jiang Yunzhu looked very embarrassed, he said, "You are also my regular customer. So, if you don't want much, I will sell you some."
Jiang Yunzhu was overjoyed. She really didn’t ask for much, just the amount for one dish. If the boss sold her more, she wouldn’t know what to do with it!
"Just right." The boss took out a wooden barrel from under the meat stall, pulled out a piece of pig intestines from it, and asked Jiang Yunzhu, "Is this enough?"
“That’s enough!”
The boss cut the pig intestines with a knife, tied them up with a hemp rope, and handed them to Jiang Yunzhu.
Jiang Yunzhu put it away and asked if there was beef today.
The boss shook his head. It was already very difficult to slaughter cattle for two consecutive days. There was indeed no cattle today. Not only did he have no cattle here, but there were no cattle in the entire Hongye Town.
Jiang Yunzhu didn't force it and bought a piece of pork.
Then she hurried to the fish stall. As the weather was getting colder, fewer and fewer fish were being sold. Fortunately, she came early today and one of the fishmongers still had a few carps. She picked the freshest one.
Now that we have the main ingredients, the only thing left is the side dishes, but there’s no need to rush.
She went to several stalls and bought all the ingredients.
Then came the ingredients for making spicy soup and oily steamed buns today. This was easy, as she was familiar with the place and bought them all.
It seems like there is nothing left to buy
Oh, there's one more thing she needs to buy. She went to the study in the east of town and bought some paper, a fine brush, and some ink. She's going to do takeout in the future, so she has to keep accounts.
The owner of the study was very considerate. He cut the paper she bought into small sheets according to her request, and then packed everything up and handed it to her.
Jiang Yunzhu took her things and went out. Xu Qingshan was already waiting for her outside.
She really has to thank him this time. If it weren't for him, it would have been difficult for her to take back so many things.
After packing everything, Jiang Yunzhu felt hungry. There happened to be a man selling sesame cakes on the roadside, so she went over and bought two.
The sesame cakes are really well made, crispy, tender and crunchy, freshly baked, and the flavor is full in your mouth when you take a bite.
This sesame seed cake is stuffed with pork belly and green onions. Jiang Yunzhu thought as she ate it that it would be equally delicious if it were made with pickled mustard greens and pork belly. She suddenly thought of the crab shell sesame seed cake, which was more delicious. When she had the chance, she would make a batch and satisfy her craving.
She was daydreaming when she suddenly saw a man selling porcelain on the street. There were bowls, plates, ladles, cups, etc. Each one had a different pattern and looked very unique.
Jiang Yunzhu suddenly remembered something. She was going to order takeout, and tableware was also a problem. For stir-fry, it was easy to handle, just use a bowl for rice and a plate for vegetables, but what about a work meal with two meat dishes and one vegetable dish
Mix it all together, or use three or four bowls
It doesn't feel good. It would be better if the lunch boxes were divided into several areas like in modern times.
An idea suddenly came to my mind.
"Girl, whatever you want to buy is cheap." The stall owner was a middle-aged man.
"Boss, did you make all these things?" Jiang Yunzhu asked.
"Yes, it's a family craft."
"I want to make a lunch box. I wonder if the boss can make it."
"Girl, tell me what you have to say."
Jiang Yunzhu told the man her thoughts.
The man thought for a moment and said, "It can be done. If you want, I happen to be firing up a kiln in a couple of days, so I can make it for you. It will be done in about seven or eight days. What do you think?"
"Seven or eight days, how much does it cost to make one?"
The man thought for a moment, "Seven cents, it's cheaper if you buy more, how many girls do you want?"
How many? This question stumped Jiang Yunzhu. She wanted to order a batch and make her takeout business flourish, but when she thought of what would happen twelve days later, she didn't dare to invest so much money.
She now thought that the incident might be related to the iron mine. If so, it was definitely not the work of bandits as the government said. There was an army stationed at Wuling Mine. Which bandit would dare to run to this area and cause such a big commotion? Are they tired of living
Gu Yanzhou said that Shen Fengming did it, but she did not comment. What good would it do for Shen Fengming to do this? And although he was called Shen Buliu, he had killed corrupt officials before, and had never heard of him slaughtering innocent people.
If not him, who else could it be? Jiang Yunzhu didn't know. But no matter whether it was Shen Fengming or someone else, that person must be a well-connected person. How could she, a commoner, fight against them
She wanted to observe for a few days. If there was no improvement before the beginning of winter, she would find a way to trick the villagers into going to the county town. She didn't believe that those people dared to openly kill so many people in the county town!
As for how to lie, she hasn't figured it out yet. This is just an immature idea she thought of on the way here.
Jiang Yunzhu remained silent, and the owner of the store thought she didn't want it anymore and immediately became anxious.
His family's ancestral porcelain-making craft was said to have been very successful, but by the time his grandfather came to power, there was only a small kiln left, which he made a living by making some plates and bowls. But even so, his family used to be a well-off family that everyone envied. But since the discovery of iron ore in Wuling Mountain, people around him all went to work in the mines, earning money like water.
Now when her wife sees him, she starts nagging him, saying that so-and-so went to the mine today and made so much money, and tomorrow she will tell him that someone’s family built a new house, and that the family has meat to eat every now and then, and can buy new clothes, etc.
As for him, he is dealing with this mud every day and his life is getting worse and worse.
He heard it and felt anxious.
A few days ago, he gave himself one last chance and told his wife that if he didn't make any money by the end of the month, he would go to the mine.
His wife was naturally overjoyed, and even made him a bowl of egg noodles for nourishment for the first time. However, he was not happy at all, as he was reluctant to give up this family craft.
As the end of the month is getting closer and closer and he hasn't made much money yet, how can he not be anxious!