People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

Chapter 88 088 The Dying Old Woman
The winter solstice is coming soon, everyone in the streets is smiling, and even several large market centers are full of people.

"The second one, what do you buy?" A small cloth bag was slung over the woman's shoulder, and a big rooster poked out only one head, and the head was held high, full of air.

"Oops! I didn't even see it. There are too many people on the street! Our family is going to buy half a sheep. You know, we have too many families." The woman across the street lit up when she saw the person.

"I remember that you are acquainted with Butcher Zhang in Dongtou, can you accompany me there? It would be wonderful to have less money!" the woman continued.

The rooster's head turned around, not understanding what the two men meant.

The woman has big round eyes...

"It doesn't matter. If it's really cheap, I'll cut off some leg meat for you."

"Okay, then let's go together. It's much cheaper, but it's impossible. I guarantee you'll lose about ten dollars, no problem!"

It's the same scene all over the street.This is still in Yangzhou Prefecture. If you are in Chang'an, it will be more lively.From the emperor to the people, everyone gathered together to prepare solemnly for the arrival of the winter solstice.

As the sole controlling family of Tofu Fong, the financial brand with the highest taxes that month, the Cui family must also prepare for the winter solstice.

"Xiaolan, what are you busy with? Are you going to catch the big market with me later?" Cui Lu passed by the window and found Cai Xiaolan lying on the table, writing something.

"I'm writing a letter home to Bo Yan! I just want to send it to him together with the money!" Cai Xiaolan stopped writing and raised her head to see Cui Lushi with erratic eyes, "Auntie, don't peek!"

"Understood, Auntie won't read it!" Cui Lushi turned her head away and continued, "Clean up first, go shopping with me, and write after shopping! If we go late, the good things will definitely be gone." It was bought by someone else.”

Cui Lu had a lot of things to buy in her mind, including mutton, pork, various candied fruits, etc. If she was lucky, she could encounter a cow that fell to death, which would be perfect.

"We must buy more pepper this time. Last time, because we didn't have any money, we only bought a little bit and finished it soon." When Cai Xiaolan heard the word "shopping", she immediately regained her spirits.

She continued to say to Cui Lushi: "These two stewed pork, because no pepper was added, were said by the guests. The smell is too strong!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came and went, chatting enthusiastically.But there was a person on the official road waving the whip in his hand desperately, "Hurry up! Hurry up, I want to go faster!"

Time went back to two hours ago.Around the sky, there are still a few remaining stars!

Xu Yinlian opened the door of Cai Zihao Tofu Workshop, and nine cooks and nine new apprentices filed in outside the house.

In order to make the first batch of tofu, they had to start grinding beans and making soy milk before dawn.

The Cui family's donkey was blindfolded and pulled to grind, and it walked so fast that people adding beans couldn't keep up with it.

"Sister Xu, today a total of five families asked for a tofu noodle, and three families asked for soy milk! They said they would pick it up at dawn!" Xue Xiangqin reported to Xu Yinlian with a bill that only she could understand.

"Okay, then let's make tofu curd in the first pot, and boil soy milk in the second pot. The third pot will be sold and given away. Girls, use all your strength and get busy! Xiaolan said the day before yesterday that she will be busy. On the winter solstice, give everyone bonuses!" Xu Yinlian encouraged everyone.

The past two days have been really busy. Many people from the city came to the store and asked for a whole box of tofu.They worked overtime yesterday and made it through the night.

"Okay!" The 18 girls responded in unison.

They earn more money than their entire family earns.What's more, when the weather gets colder, the government's relief-for-work program is suspended and will not be resumed until spring.

The third wave of tofu making is in full swing in the tofu shop. The heat is rising and there is great enthusiasm for life.

"What kind of tofu are you selling? Is it poisonous?" A shout shocked the neighbors.

Two men and a woman carried a bed board and stopped at the door of the Tofu House.

"Aniang, don't have anything to do with you!" the man continued to shout.

And the old woman on the bed has been humming all night, how can she still have the strength to speak?

"Auntie!" The woman's cry was so penetrating that it attracted frequent visits from the neighbors.

Xue Xiangqin quickly went inside and called Xu Yinlian. She couldn't handle this scene.

"Sister Xu, there is trouble at the door!" Xue Xiangqin panicked.

"Who comes to cause trouble early in the morning? It's really a troublemaker!" The ancients were more superstitious, and it was best to open the door early in the morning with the word "wealth" in mind.I am most afraid of things like returns and compensation.

Xu Yinlian and Xue Xiangqin went outside and saw four people kneeling and lying down at two stations. They suddenly panicked, but thanks to the majesty of the third master, they calmed down.

"Why are you making trouble in front of our house this early in the morning?"

"Still making trouble? Look at my mother. If she has a problem, I won't destroy your store!"

"Quick, you need to hire a doctor for my mother!"

The two men spoke one sentence after another.

"What evidence do you have to prove that it was caused by eating our tofu? People eat so much every day!" Xu Yinlian continued with a tigerish face.

"Haha, Auntie has had a bad appetite these past two days and couldn't eat. She wanted to eat something soft, so she ate two meals of tofu puffs, three pieces of tofu, and two bowls of soy milk. Aren't they all your stuff? I'm not looking for you. , Who am I looking for?" The woman kneeling on the ground quickly explained.If she couldn't tell clearly, others would think it was a big deal that she killed her mother-in-law.

"Don't I understand your thoughts? If there is really a problem, instead of going to the doctor for help first, you will come to us to extort money!" Xue Xiangqin thought quickly and immediately discovered something that was not common sense in the matter.

"Hmph, do you think we didn't go? The doctor felt the pulse and prescribed medicine, but my mother refused to drink anything!"

"There are so many people buying our tofu, why is it that your family has a problem eating it? I don't believe that the rest of you didn't eat it!" Xu Yinlian's decisive attack drove the four of them to the edge.

The onlookers started booing, saying that the four of them should not cause trouble, and that the owner of the tofu shop is a kind person and would not do poisonous things that hurt others.

The noisy sound startled the old woman lying down.

She groaned unconsciously and her breathing became weaker.The two men were so frightened that they knelt down and stopped talking, just crying.

"Auntie!"

One sound more miserable than the other!
People in the secular world are self-centered when it comes to looking at things. As soon as they heard the heart-wrenching cries of the brothers, they all felt compassion.They all changed their attitudes and thought that the tofu shop was wrong and that the old woman's illness was really related to tofu.

They all accused Cai Xiaolan of being rich and unkind!She is completely different from the one who gave porridge before.

Xu Yinlian and Xue Xiangqin were in a hurry, even with a hundred mouths, they couldn't distinguish clearly.

"Sister Xu, go and invite Sister Xiaolan, I'll support you here!"

　It's the holidays today, so I made a call on my mobile phone in my spare time!too difficult!Only one update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)