People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

Chapter 36 036: Cui Boyan's Ambition

The price of tiles has really gone up.

Cai Xiaolan ran all over a small street, and the price rose by four or five times compared with a few days ago.

"Grandma, this price really can't be lowered. If it keeps lowering, I will lose money." In another brick and tile shop, the owner's honest face was red and white.

"Boss, it wasn't the same price a few days ago!" Cai Xiaolan also became angry.In modern times, she has already made a phone call to the Administration for Industry and Commerce.

"If you can't afford it, don't use a tiled roof. A thatched roof is also good. It's warm in winter and cool in summer." The boss turned his eyes to the sky. Cheaper ponchos.

The boss's words reminded Cai Xiaolan.Tiles are only expensive for one year, so they should be covered with thatch first, and then replaced when the price of tiles drops, which will cost some labor at most.

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In this way, June passed amid the busy construction and decoration.The hot summer is halfway over.

On a normal afternoon, Cai Xiaolan took on a new ordinary task:
Decorate with lanterns and festoons, with happy smiles.Cai Xiaolan built a teahouse after hard work.The world should have burst into applause and praised her for her outstanding abilities.Unexpectedly, most of the gains were non-verbal.

I feel unhappy!Within three days, he received praise from a hundred people and used his strength to impress this group of mediocre people who only knew how to talk.

Reward: Water Filtration System (Normal)
Cai Xiaolan's eyes widened. In the past 20 days, she has completed a total of seven missions, all of which were rewarded with money.As for the item reward, it was the first time after the completion of the red mission.

"Bo Yan, go to Mr. Wang's side today, remember to tell him, I'll invite him to the teahouse, and help me write some characters!" Cai Xiaolan suddenly seemed to think of something, "By the way, I have to tell him that I will ask him to write some characters at night." Let him eat!"

Cui Boyan nodded.

If it were anyone else, he wouldn't believe that he could call Wang Ji, but it was Cai Xiaolan who called him, and Wang Ji would definitely go.

This made him jealous, he always felt that Wang Ji loved Cai Xiaolan more than he loved himself.Moreover, the two sons of the governor also came here, they chatted with Cui's mother, Cai Xiaolan, and Cui Dongping under the grape trellis.At that time, he was very delicious.

"Hmph, don't obey women's ways!" Cui Boyan only dared to hum in his heart.If you say it, not only Cai Xiaolan will beat him to death, but Cui's mother will help beat him up too.

However, in his heart, the desire to become a Jinshi was even deeper, and he secretly vowed that when he became famous, he must strengthen his husband.Let Cai Xiaolan know who is the head of the family.

Cai Xiaolan, who was squatting by the well to handle the stew, didn't hear Cui Boyan's reply, turned her head and glanced, and found that his face was silent, and immediately cursed: "Be happy, keep a straight face all day, it's so ugly!"

He doesn't have to worry about eating, drinking, or working, but he still looks sad all day long.Really annoying.

Master Cai completely forgot the days when he was preparing for the college entrance examination and the postgraduate examination.

Cui Boyan immediately laughed and nodded, "Well, I'll talk to Teacher Wang right away!"

Cai Xiaolan turned her head and went to work again.When she went to the big market in the morning, she bought three chickens and killed one of them to make braised chicken.The other two were tied to the vegetable garden fence by her with cloth strips.This is her secret weapon to thank Wang Ji.

For the first half of the day, Cai Xiaolan didn't go to the teahouse.The teahouse has been largely furnished.Only the plaques and wall hangings remain.Cai Xiaolan can't do anything about it herself, she just practiced Zanhua Xiaokai for a while, and she hasn't studied how to write big characters.

In the second half of the day, Cui Boyan hurried back to ask for help in writing. He couldn't even prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone.He ran home to get these.

Cui Boyan, who was running all the way, was sweating profusely. He ran to the well to pull up the bamboo leaf tea that was sinking in the water, and drank it heavily, pouring the icy coolness from head to toe.

"Cool!"

"Bo Yan, what time is this? Why did you come back?" Cui's mother raised her head and glanced at the sun high in the sky. She thought she had remembered the wrong time.

"Xiaolan asked me to ask Teacher Wang to help me write, and he agreed. I'll come back to get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. By the way, Governor Li is also here." Cui Boyan shuddered.

"oh oh!"

Cui Boyan went to the main room to get these things, and ran out again with energy.

"This child..." Mother Cui muttered.

"Don't come back in a hurry once you've finished it. I'll take the ingredients to the teahouse, and we'll have dinner there!" Cai Xiaolan shouted from a distance, and he didn't know if Cui Boyan heard it.

When Cai Xiaolan heard that Li Cishi was there, she couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that two chickens are not enough!" Cai Xiaolan has seen Li Cishi's belly several times.It’s true that “the prime minister’s belly can hold a boat!”

"Mom, let's not sell the bamboo leaf tea this afternoon. The same goes for the braised pork. You have to keep three servings!" Cai Xiaolan shouted to Cui's mother and then went about her own business.Their own chicken was not big enough, so Cai Xiaolan took the money and went to a neighbor's house to buy another big rooster, which cost a full 35 yuan.It’s five yuan more expensive than at the market.

"Auntie, can I pick some vegetables from your vegetable garden?" Cai Xiaolan narrowed her eyes and asked her.

"What's so good about the vegetables, you can just pick them!" The aunt who had just earned an extra five bucks waved her big hand and asked Cai Xiaolan to pick them casually in the yard.

After receiving the order, she picked orchids and went to the vegetable garden to gather a handful of radish, spring onions, eggplants, spinach... whatever was available in the eldest mother's vegetable field.The vegetable basket hanging on the shoulder is full.

The old lady who followed her was so distressed, she only blamed herself for talking big, "I said, what are you doing with a basket, it turns out it's for vegetables."

When she got home, Cai Xiaolan scooped up some marinated soup and fried egg sauce.Although she didn't find miso as a base flavor, the taste of braised broth is not bad.

Treating guests to a meal with both meat and vegetables is not enough.More importantly, keep your guests well fed.In an era of backward productivity, people's dependence on staple foods is even more surprising.

In the yard, Cai Xiaolan set up a big frying pan.This pot was custom-made by the blacksmith at Daji, which cost her a full three hundred dollars.Each side of the pot is a flat surface, but the pot as a whole is sunken inwards, forming a flat cone shape.

"Fortunately, I have you!" Cai Xiaolan tried the temperature of the big frying pan, and it was just right.

The high level of water pancake, even if there is no oil, it will not stick to the pan.The high-temperature water is vaporized into steam, which will naturally reduce the contact area between the noodle cake and the pan, and of course it will not stick.On the night before the big fair, Cui Lushi and Cai Xiaolan both share one or two hundred sheets to serve with stewed pork.

"Xiaolan, didn't you just rush to the big market this morning? Why are you spreading water cakes again?" Cui Lu felt strange when she saw this scene.

"I invited Mr. Wang to dinner tonight. I haven't thanked him for his help before regarding the beef!" Cai Xiaolan told Cui Lu.

Cui Lushi didn't speak, but Cui Dongping who was at the side became excited, "Wow, there's something delicious tonight again!"

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