my wife is queen

Chapter 48
The sun slanted to the west and gradually came to dusk.

Chen Yuanyuan cleaned up the tofu stall and was about to go home. Qiu Shui glanced at the money box and couldn't help but smile.

Before starting to sell tofu flower, Chen Yuanyuan already had an estimate in her mind that she should be able to earn a lot of money.

Today's business is booming, far exceeding Chen Yuanyuan's estimate, selling hundreds of bowls of tofu flower, and earning three renminbi in one day.

Chen Yuanyuan is not a woman in the market who has never seen silver. In the past, she encountered gifts from benefactors, let alone three coins, and there were many benefactors who gave 3000 taels of silver.

However, she has never been so happy as today, full and content in her heart.

The three coins were earned by her skills, not because of her beauty.

Chen Yuanyuan walked up to Sun Gong and Yuan Gong, made a wish, chatted a few words, and was about to leave the Jinshui River and go home.

At this moment, Li Mian came late and brought Pheasant and Yunniang over.

He also greeted Sun Gong and Yuan Gong, and accompanied Chen Yuanyuan home without saying a few words.

Chen Yuanyuan could tell that Li Mian didn't come here to see her off, but just dropped by.

Chen Yuanyuan wrapped her fingers around Qingsi, and asked in a low voice: "Young master, why didn't you come over today, um... The idea of ​​selling tofu flowers was given by you at least, don't you want to see how the business is going?"

She set up a stall by the Jinshui River early in the morning, and thought that she would meet Li Mian very early, but she didn't see Li Mian until she returned home in the evening.

"Huh?" Hearing this question, Li Mian came back to his senses and said casually, "It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that I was delayed by other things. The lady should know that I'm writing a thousand-character essay in vulgar style. I found a lot of rare books in a study today, I haven’t read them before, so I stayed in the study for a long time.”

After Li Mian finished speaking, he saw the money box on the little donkey, reached out and knocked on it, making a dull sound, not empty.

Judging from the sound, the copper coins filled the money box.

Li Mian smiled: "It's the same whether I come or not. With the craftsmanship of the little lady, I just watched it once. The tofu flower made by the little lady is better than mine. It will definitely stop the diners. If you eat a bowl of tofu flower at a tofu flower stand, maybe some diners will eat two or three bowls."

Chen Yuanyuan didn't know why, but when she saw Li Mian coming, she brushed off the hood of Duke Wen's robe, and took the initiative to reveal her picturesque face.

She was much more happy when she heard a sentence about good craftsmanship than when talented scholars wrote brilliant poems and songs praising the skill of playing the pipa.

It was just two or three ordinary words, but it made Chen Yuanyuan feel unspeakably happy.

"Here we are." Li Mian stood at the door of the exquisite building, not eager to go in, let alone get along with Chen Yuanyuan's family, he cupped his hands, and continued walking along the Jinshui River with Chinu and Yunniang gone.

Chen Yuanyuan was standing at the door of the exquisite building again, watching Li Mian's figure disappear at the end of the street, showing a gentle smile, turned and walked into the exquisite building.

In the next few days, Chen Yuanyuan's tofu flower business was booming day by day, and he was almost overwhelmed.

She takes money very lightly. If she was a snobbish woman, she would have married an official with her appearance, which is the best in the capital.

After collecting enough money for the city tax, Chen Yuanyuan no longer sold more than 100 bowls of tofu flowers, but only sold fifty or sixty bowls a day, and went back in the middle of the afternoon.

After returning home, he has not been idle, tending to the chickens, ducks and geese at home, and watering the vegetable beds.

In the past, when she had no spare money, Chen Yuanyuan always wanted to raise ducks and white geese and had no money to buy ducklings and goose seedlings. When she had a little money in her hands, she raised a few more ducks and white geese in the courtyard.

When Li Mian passed by the exquisite small building today, he stood at the door and chatted with Chen Yuanyuan, and heard her say that the family raised a few ducklings and geese.

Pheasant Nu and Yun Niang had never seen each other before, and begged my uncle to take a look at the courtyard, and then took them in.

The pheasant slave and Yun Niang were laughing and laughing around the cage, looking at the cute duck and goose seedlings, and even thought of raising a flock in the mansion.

It's just that thoughts can only be thoughts, there are many rules in the mansion, and livestock can't be raised casually.

"Is the lady of the Chen family at home?"

An older voice came from outside the wooden door of the exquisite small building, and an older mother-in-law stood at the door and shouted.

Chen Yuanyuan was obviously familiar with this mother-in-law. Hearing her voice, she turned around and opened the door.

Chen Yuanyuan saw the old woman holding a vegetable basket in her hand, and led her to the courtyard: "Wang Po's grandson is back from the private school again?"

Wang Poqiao saw a man standing in the courtyard, with the same smile on his old face, he hurriedly greeted him, but was wondering whether he should tell the nobleman about it.

Fortunately, he didn't have a tryst with Chen Yuanyuan alone, and there were two maids by his side, so it shouldn't be a problem, so he didn't want to speak out.

Wang Po wasn't thinking about Chen Yuanyuan, but she was just worried that if she told about the fact that there was a man in Chen Yuanyuan's family, that nobleman wouldn't give her money to watch here.

Wang Po handed the vegetable basket to Chen Yuanyuan, and when there were tofu in the basket, she also gave Chen Yuanyuan the copper money, but she did not leave.

Chen Yuanyuan didn't care. When she didn't know Li Mian before, Wang Po also talked with her several times in the courtyard.

It's just that this time it's like usual, Wang Po is idle at home and has nothing to do, so she came to talk to her.

Li Mian frowned, and glanced at Wang Po who was sitting on the twig, and realized that her intentions were impure.

Chen Yuanyuan was grinding tofu in the shed, preparing to set up a stall to sell tofu flowers tomorrow. She didn't notice Wang Po's old eyes and kept staring at her grinding tofu.

Wang Po also exacerbated her breathing. It seemed that she was getting old and her breathing was not smooth.

Li Mian could tell that it was not enough for Wang Po to just stare with her old eyes, she also used her nose to smell the smell in the tofu shed.

As for the purpose, it couldn't be more obvious. I want to know the secret recipe of Chen Yuanyuan's white tofu.

Li Mian saw through it, but didn't reveal it.

He and Chen Yuanyuan have been getting along for a long time. Wang Po and Chen Yuanyuan have been together for a longer time, and they are still neighbors.

Without conclusive evidence, saying this would inevitably lead to misunderstandings. There was a suspicion of provoking the relationship between Chen Yuanyuan and her neighbors, and Li Mian seemed like a gossip.

In addition, Li Mian didn't want to tell the truth, even if he knew it, so what.

Gypsum and lime are two different things.

Chen Yuanyuan can barely distinguish the difference between gypsum and lime, and those who don't know the way will only harm themselves.

Using gypsum to make tofu will not have any effect after eating.

Lime is different. If it is light, it will cause vomiting and diarrhea, and if it is heavy, it will directly burn through the intestines.

(End of this chapter)