Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 4
Li Qing on the side saw it, and said enviously and fortunately: "Thanks to your quick response, otherwise something happened to the screen, and we would have to eat and hang up when we go back." Wen Shu, who was guessing the value of the red cover, agreed very much. head.

If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have reacted subconsciously so quickly. Although the department wouldn't ask them for full compensation if something was broken, they still have to bear joint and several liabilities, such as dismissal or deducting monthly payments.

Although she came to work as a top worker, she had no money left in the department, and it was impossible for the department to deduct her monthly payment, but the tiger who gave her insurance was ruined. Because of this, she always carried twelve dollars when she did work. Pay attention, lest you make mistakes and hurt others.

Looking at Li Qing with envious expression at this moment, Wen Shu's heart twitched slightly.

After a moment of hesitation, she quietly opened the red envelope, took out the handout inside, and took a look, only to find that there were five sheets of two hundred cash, totaling a total of one dong.

After thinking for a moment, she took out two sheets from the inside, handed them to Li Qing and said, "Brother Li, this is for you."

Li Qing didn't expect her to act like this, so he took a few steps back in shock, shook his head and said, "Brother Wen, what are you doing?"

Wen Shu said with a smile: "Today, I guard the screen with Brother Li. If we neglect our duties, neither of us will be able to avoid punishment. Since we are both honored and both are honored, we are rewarded and should share with Brother Li."

"No, no." Li Qing shook his head hastily: "It was all thanks to you to save my lord today, I didn't do anything, how can I get the money, besides, if it wasn't for your quick response, I would go back if something happened to the screen I still have to eat and hang up, now that the screen is fine, it has been in your honor, how can I lick my face and ask for your money."

Seeing what he said, Wen Shu didn't force it, smiled and took back one handout, and then stuffed the remaining one into his hand involuntarily.

"You are"

"Today's red seal is really an unexpected joy. The boy has been taken care of by Li Ge in the past, and this money is a little bit of my heart. Besides, the Yushi Mansion is hosting a full moon banquet today. Li Ge shared the money and shared it with him." Be happy."

Who doesn't like to listen to such obedient words, not to mention that Wen Shu's words are going to touch Li Qing's heart.

He is twenty-three this year, and has been married for two years, but his wife has not given birth to him a boy and a half girl.His mother was anxiously talking about going to burn incense at home every day, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious when he heard it every day. Now that Wen Shu said this, he just thought it was a good sign, and he would readily accept the money.

"Success, then I will lend you a good word. If there is anything he can help with in his office, just say it. If I can help, I will definitely not refuse."

"Hey, thank you Brother Li for taking care of me." Wen Shu happily agreed, but actually had another consideration in her heart.

She has been employed by Hu Zi as the top worker of Baolai Wangji's fourth division, not ten times, but seven or eight times. Although she has dealt with this brother Li a few times, she has not had a deep friendship.

Now, with this excuse, firstly, I want to see if Brother Li is a man who is greedy for money and not righteous, and whether he is worthy of close friendship, and secondly, I also want to try to please him.

Don't they all say that money can test people's hearts the most?

She disguises herself as a man and comes out to make a living. Although she is well-dressed, it is inevitable that there will be times when she is a hundred secrets. She is trying to be kind at the moment, and she only hopes that when her feet are leaked one day, these people who get along with them on weekdays will remember their past friendship and show mercy. , how much to protect one or two.

Fortunately, the result was not bad. This brother Li is not a person who has an eye for money. Thinking of this, Wen Shu is very relieved.

In the afternoon, after handing over to Manager Li, Wen Shu trotted all the way back to the coffin shop, taking the [-] Wen salaries she had just received and the [-] Wen Li money that Wang Yushi gave her as a reward.

Before entering the shop, she purposely looked outside the door for a while, and saw that only her father was busy chopping wood, and there were no outsiders, so she stepped in and called out to her father.

Wen Tai was in a hurry to catch up with work, and said without raising his head when he heard the sound, "I'm back, go wash your hands, I left boiled water for you in the kitchen."

Wen Shu immediately smiled when he heard that there was boiled water, "How does Dad know I'm thirsty?"

"I've been busy all afternoon, how can I not be thirsty, go quickly, and wash my face along the way." Wen Tai urged.

"Hey, I got it." Wen Shu jumped up and down to the backyard in response.

When she reached the backyard, she first went to the room and put all the wages and gift money in her arms into the clay pot under the bed, and then counted them carefully to confirm that they were correct. Then she went to the well to fetch water to wash her face and hands with satisfaction.

If you say that today is really a blessing from the sky, if you calculate carefully, the money in her hand now plus the money she just got today is almost half of it. According to this progress, if you want to work hard for two or three months, you will be fine. I can help my father buy that pair of waist protectors.

Thinking of her father's back injury, Wen Shu couldn't help feeling guilty.

If she hadn't run to the roof to pick up keys three years ago, her father was afraid that she would fall and ran over to catch her, so he wouldn't have stepped on the moss by the well and hurt his waist.

Since then, whenever it rains and is cold, her father's back injury will occur once, ranging from soreness and pain to being unable to get out of bed.

She couldn't see it, and she took him to see all the medical clinics in Bianjing, but in the end she only came to the conclusion that he couldn't be cured and could only be raised slowly.

But the family is in the business of birthday materials, and for the sake of making a living, his father can't be idle. He bends down to make coffins every day, and over time, his waist injury has become more and more serious.

She finally found out that Jishitang in the south of the city has a waist protector, which can be used to protect the body and relieve pain when the waist injury occurs. Replace the inner core once, and it will cost you money once.

She turned around and told her father about it, but her father refused desperately, and said it was a lie, saying that if he had that spare money, he might as well save it for her dowry.

She persuaded her several times to no avail, so she had no choice but to pretend to go out to pick up the work, thinking of saving some private house to secretly buy back for her father, and he would never be able to take it back by then.

Thinking that he was getting closer and closer to that goal, Wen Shu was overjoyed.

After washing his hands and face, he went back to his room and changed back to his daughter's daily clothes, then let his hair down and combed into a normal style, and then walked slowly to the kitchen.

In the southwest corner of the kitchen, a brown earthenware pot is supported by a half-foot-high small stove. At this time, steam is bubbling from the vent hole in the lid of the earthenware pot.

Wen Shu approached, opened the lid, and suddenly a warm air filled with the fragrance of rice rushed to his face.

Seeing that the clay pot was full of boiled water, thinking that her father hadn't drunk it yet, she took out two large porcelain bowls from the cupboard, and took a spoonful of sugar from the bamboo bucket next to it and stirred it well. Only then did they take the bowls in one hand to the front shop.

"Father, stop, drink a bowl of cooked water to quench your thirst first."

"Yo, Ah Ning is here, I didn't go to school today."

Beside the shop door, a thin middle-aged man holding a sack of wood flowers stopped to say hello to Wen Shu.

"Uncle Sun." Wen Shu yelled, and hurriedly handed over the boiled water in his hand: "I'm leaving tomorrow, uncle came just in time, and the freshly boiled water is still warm, uncle, here is a bowl to warm your belly .”

The man waved his hands again and again: "No, no, I have them at home."

"Home is home. Uncle, try mine and see if there is a difference."

"That's right, what's the use of a bowl of boiled water? There's still plenty in the kitchen, so hurry up and drink it." Wen Tai chimed in while taking the boiled water from Wen Shu's hand.

Sun Heping and Wen Shu knew each other very well, so he took it with a smile without being too polite.

"Thank you, Aning. Yesterday your aunt said that the weather is fine these days, and I'm going to make moldy tofu. When it's ready, I'll make some for you to try."

"Hey, that's a good thing. The moldy tofu made by my aunt is a must. No one in the whole alley knows it. Let me tell you, if my aunt makes some and sells it in the street market, she will definitely make money."

The man laughed out loud at being teased, and then shook his head helplessly: "I think, but with your aunt's body, it's okay to cook for your own food, but it's too much to sell if you cook too much."

Thinking of Auntie Sun's body that was breathless after a few quick steps, Wen Shu could only comfort her: "It will be fine. Auntie's illness is not a serious illness. Take good care of her and she will recover one day."

"I hope so." Sighing, Sun Heping handed back the cleaned bowl to Wen Shu, "I've drunk the tea and filled the wooden flowers, and your aunt is still waiting for me to go back and clean her wooden cage." , I'll go first."

"Okay, uncle often comes to play when he has time."

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　　Tips for reading: Cooked water is a beverage most commonly consumed by the people of the Song Dynasty. Similar to the current herbal tea, various edible spices are roasted, put into boiling water, and soaked for flavor.

　　Different spices can produce different cooked water, such as: perilla soaked water is called perilla cooked water, cardamom soaked water is called cardamom cooked water, and fresh flower soaked water is called fragrant flower cooked water.

　　The beam stalk cooked water in the article was the most popular cooked water at that time. The method is to take a bunch of rice stalks, wash them, dry them in the sun, rinse them in boiling water several times, and a pot of beam stalk cooked water is ready.

　　Although the ingredients are simple, there is a smell of rice when smelling and drinking. If the taste is too weak, you can add some sugar or honey.

　　In the metropolises of the Song Dynasty, even in the middle of the winter night, there were hawkers selling hot boiled water from beams and stalks for drinking by night shift workers.

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