Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

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Old Liang's head was struck by lightning, his eyes were sharper than knives, he turned back and forth on Jin Xi and Liang Lisheng, and finally shouted: "Liang Lisheng, don't embarrass me, quickly roll over and carry your brother to see the doctor!"

Liang Lisheng paused for a moment, glanced at the imploring Jin family, and strode forward to carry Liang Liqing on his back. When passing by Jinxi, Liang Lisheng turned his head and said to Jinxi: "Turn back and wait for him to see the doctor, and then I will take him Go and apologize to your cousin!" After speaking, she hurried towards the village, and Jin followed behind, wiping her tears.

Liang Libai had already run away in the chaos earlier, the old Liang looked around in the crowd with his hands behind his back, but couldn't find Liang Libai's figure, so he had to turn around and go to the village. Jin Xi, what he got in return was Jin Xi's mocking and disdainful gaze. Old Liang was so angry that he opened his mouth to reprimand him a few words. Jin Xi snorted, turned around and mixed into the scattered crowd, and went back to the village.

After Tao Zhi was carried home by Sun Erhu, with the help of Sun, she washed her body and changed into clean clothes, drank the decoction Sun Dahu tormented, and fell into a deep sleep.Jinrou was guarding Taozhi's bed, and everyone else withdrew and went to the main room of the outer courtyard. The Sun brothers who were filled with righteous indignation did not leave in a hurry, but discussed the peach branch falling into the river in the main room of the outer courtyard. Ask for an explanation.

Although Liang Yuzhong is related to both parties, he is a typical assistant who does not help relatives. In this matter, Taozhi is the obvious victim. Therefore, although Liang Liqing is his nephew, Liang Yuzhong's character is so straightforward, When the big guys were gathering in the outer hall to discuss how to get an explanation, Jin Xi came back and brought back what happened by the river after Sun Dahu and the others left, so that the big guys can stay calm.

Sun Erhu and the others, who were originally very irritable, couldn't help but calm down after hearing about Liang Lisheng and Liang Yuzhou's attitude and actions.Especially when they heard Liang Lisheng defending Taozhi in public, and even expressing his feelings, the Sun family brothers and Liang Yuzhong couldn't help but feel deeply moved. The brother also had the same thoughts as Jin Xi, and the rumors spread anyway, and Liang Lisheng also expressed his feelings, if Tao Zhi had no objections, it would be a good story for these two to live together.

As Tao Zhi's direct cousins, the Sun brothers naturally couldn't bear to see Tao Zhi alone at such a young age.

Soon, footsteps came from the outer court again, Liang Lisheng really kept his promise, after Liang Liqing massaged his ankle and touched the medicinal wine, he directly tied his hands and escorted him to Jinxi's house, where he pleaded guilty to Taozhi face to face.

Seeing the slap marks on Liang Liqing's face, the mud marks on his face and body, and the plaster on his ankles, the Sun brothers knew without guessing that the boy who caused the accident had also been repaired.The Sun family brothers were not the kind of people who would not forgive others, and the anger in their chests gradually dissipated. After all, if Liang Lisheng hadn't jumped into the river in time to pick him up, and went to Fujia Village to find Dr. Li, No matter how powerful Jin Xi is, she still has no way to save Tao Zhi, the merits and demerits balance out, let this matter go!What's more, if Taozhi can really marry Liang Lisheng to Qin and Jin in the future, then Liang Lisheng will be their cousin's brother-in-law and brother-in-law, and they will stay on the line in everything, so we can meet each other in the future, right?
The Sun family brothers relaxed, and did not do anything to Liang Liqing, Liang Lisheng had a little more respect for the Sun family brothers in his heart.

"Xi'er, what's the situation with your cousin Taozhi?" Liang Lisheng asked Jinxi, looking in the direction of the inner courtyard.

"My cousin changed her clothes and drank the medicine after she came back. She will be asleep now. When she wakes up, I will tell her what happened today." Jin Xi said, winking at Liang Lisheng after speaking. He rolled his eyes, with a hint of playfulness.

Liang Lisheng suddenly came to what Jin Xi pointed at, his handsome face blushed slightly, he hurriedly turned his head to cover up his embarrassment, and ordered Liang Liqing to kneel in the outer courtyard and kowtow towards the west wing of the inner courtyard to admit his mistake. Liang Liqing was beaten by Jin Xi by the river earlier I was afraid, and later I was taught by Liang Lisheng all the way, and the old Liangtou didn't follow him to support him. Now, seeing Sun Erhu's fierce appearance, and Jinxi's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling made him shiver, Liang Liqing Long ago he was no longer domineering by the river, put on a cowardly look of knowing his mistakes, and kowtowed obediently, still saying apologies.

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After the father, son, grandson, uncle, nephew and brothers of the old Liang family went to the house, there would naturally be some earth-shattering quarrels, about Liang Liqing and Liang Libai brothers, about Liang Yuzhou protecting his wife, and of course, among many things, Liang Lisheng's heart belonged to the little widow Taozhi. This incident became the focus of the old Liang's family's quarrel, and it was also the focus of discussion among people in the entire Jinjishan Village after dinner and dinner.

However, the two people in this vortex of public opinion never showed up again for several days after this incident.

Tao Zhi was ill after returning, and she has been lying in bed for recuperation. Even if she went to the field, Mrs. Sun did not allow her to go out of the outer courtyard, and she would only go around the inner courtyard.As for the other party involved, Liang Lisheng, since the day after the incident, the old Liangtou found an excuse to go to work as a bricklayer for a family who built a new house in Fujia Village. Liang Yuzhou did not escape this fate. Uncle and nephew The two went together, leaving early and returning late every day, without any free time.

Jin Xi has been busy with Qian Lixiang for the past few days, and Qian Lixiang has recruited two new members, one is Cui Xique and the other is Jin Baohong.

Jin Baohong is the second child of Daniel and his wife. She is two years older than Jinxi. She is thirteen this year and has been busy working with Daniel and the others in the fields. The 13-year-old child has gained a lot of strength.What Daniu meant was that now that Baohong was grown up, during the slack season, he would take him to other people's houses to do small jobs, peel bricks, make mud, etc., but Da Niu's wife didn't think so. The eldest son, Bao Lin, followed Daniu around the crops, and the second son, Bao Hong, asked him to follow Jinxi and the others to the shop to gain knowledge and take a different way to see.

Thus, Jin Baohong came to Qianlixiang.Jin Xi has been leading Cui Xique and Jin Baohong to familiarize themselves with the affairs of Qianlixiangli for the past few days. From greeting customers in the front to mixing the fillings for dumplings in the kitchen behind, they are almost hand-in-hand, without reservation, and in every detail. give them.

Cui Xique has always been a neat and capable person, and women are naturally talented in kitchens, so they can understand a lot of things, and they can even come up with some innovative ideas, which makes Jinxi quite pleasantly surprised and surprised.Although Jin Baohong is a half-child, but fortunately he has a flexible mind and is willing to study hard, especially he has a friendly and honest baby smiling face, which is very popular with customers.

For the first two days, Sun Dahu and Sun Yuxia were not at ease, and they also took care of them in the shop. Later, seeing Cui Xique and Jin Baohong gradually getting used to it, especially Cui Xique, who was able to stand alone, Sun Dahu and Sun Yuxia were relieved He handed over the shop in the town to them, and the couple packed up their bags and moved to the new shop in the county seat before it opened on 28.

On this side of the town, Cui Xique completely replaced Sun Dahu's previous work, and was responsible for all matters in the kitchen, kneading noodles, serving dumplings, ravioli, stewed noodles, fried rice, fried noodles, etc. Qinya was mainly responsible for running the hall and paying the bill, Jin Baohong Responsible for sanitation, cleaning and, of course, washing dishes.Jin Baohong lives in the attic, while Cui Xique and Qinya live in the backyard.

In the blink of an eye, it will be October 26th, and Jin Xi and Liang Yuzhong will leave early tomorrow morning to go to Xiaobeilou in the county town, and the new shop will open for business the next day.

On the afternoon of the 26th, Sun Yubao and A Cai had already left for Xiaobeilou in the county town. Jin Xi and Liang Yuzhong returned to Jinjishan Village half an hour earlier. Tomorrow, Jin Xi decided to stay there for ten days when he went to the county town Banyue, I went home early today to get together with Gapo, Niangqin, Rouer, mainly the third and fourth.

After dinner, she helped Mrs. Sun take a bath for the third and fourth children, and put the two brothers to sleep. Jin Xi went back to her room and packed her luggage. Guessing that it was still early, she went to Tao Zhi's room in the west wing opposite.During dinner, Mrs. Sun told Jinxi that Taozhi had recovered somewhat in the past two days, and she proposed to leave Zhengjia Village to go to her mother's house this time.

Taozhi's mother's family is now in charge of the sister-in-law's family. Originally, it was because she couldn't tolerate Taozhi, a married girl, that Taozhi asked Father Sun to come to her, and finally came to Jinxi's house. point.Now that something like this happened again in Jinjishan Village, Taozhi felt that he couldn't stay here any longer, so he asked Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun to leave for two days during the day.

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun took turns persuading them during the day, but they couldn't persuade them anymore, so they had to wait for Jin Xi's family to come to think of a solution.

Jin Xi tapped twice on the door of Taozhi's house, and after reporting her name, she opened the door and entered the room. The room was lit, and Taozhi was sitting on the head of the bed, wearing an outer jacket, and was pulling the thread to put on the soles of her shoes. .

Seeing Jin Xi coming in, Tao Zhi put the soles of his shoes aside, said with a smile, "I knew you would definitely come over at night."

Jin Xi cocked her lips, Tao Zhi stretched out her hands towards her, Jin Xi took Tao Zhi's hand, and sat next to her on the bed, glanced at the large-sized shoe soles on the side, smiled, and said : "The cousin said that she will leave in a few days, so who is this rushing to get shoes for?"

Taozhi didn't hide it, glanced at the sole of the shoe, and said, "It's for Boy Sheng."

"Oh?" Jin Xi raised her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes.

Tao Zhi glanced at Jin Xi, and said: "Don't think about it, I have nothing to thank him, I can only give him a pair of cotton shoes to express my gratitude."

"Well, what Aunt Biao said is correct. My second brother really has a life-saving grace for Aunt Biao. Let's be honest, Aunt Biao, you can't repay her even with ten pairs of shoes. But, my second brother Now the big guys know what they want most, if you really want to repay your kindness, Aunt Biao, why don’t you fulfill his wish?”

"I will keep this kindness in my heart for the rest of my life." Tao Zhi's eyes darkened, and she said in a low voice, "I, I am not worthy of Sheng, and dare not bury him."

"Is this why you rushed back to Zhengjia Village?" Jin Xi asked, because she didn't want to bury Liang Lisheng, so she chose to escape?

Taozhi nodded, and said: "I'm a widow, not just an ordinary widow. I'm a widow who can't have children. I'm a good person like Xiaozi. I'm five or six years older than him. We can't bury him, and we can't drag him down, he will naturally have a good old lady who can match him."

"Female junior, hold gold bricks, you are a sixth year, how can you hold a basketful of gold bricks!" Jin Xi said.

Tao Zhi couldn't help being amused by this statement, she shook her head and remained silent.

"Furthermore, my second elder brother said in front of all the villagers that day that it is you who will not marry me in this life! You just have the heart to go back to Zhengjia Village and let my second elder brother beat you as a bachelor?"

"Silly girl, do you really believe that? Boy Sheng is young and energetic. After I leave for a long time, when his mind cools down, he won't be so stubborn."

"Auntie, I haven't experienced these things when I was young, and I don't know how to persuade you. I only know that we have to follow our own heart when we live. My second brother can do that in front of all the villagers. I think he is a good person to protect you, and to say such affectionate words. Just because of this courage and courage, he is also a person who can be entrusted to you for life. If you don’t hate him, why not give him Let's give each other a chance to try it out? What will happen in the future? It's not something you imagined out of thin air, it's something you've lived through. If you look forward and backward like this, you're afraid of this, and you won't end up with anything in the end!" Jin Xi guided cautiously.

"As for the matter of childbirth, Xi'er always felt that she couldn't make a complete decision and said that the problem fell on you, Biao Aunt. Even if Biao Aunt really had a problem with childbearing, we can still seek medical advice! My mother hasn't had it for several years. Afterwards, I went to seek medical advice and got rid of my heart knot. You see, how good is the third and fourth child now? As long as you think about it, if you dare, you can be like my mother!"

Tao Zhi was so earnestly and kindly seduced by Jin Xi, a look of longing flashed in his eyes, but then disappeared again.

Jin Xi caught that look, and was secretly happy. From this point of view, Tao Zhi didn't have feelings for Liang Lisheng at all?Now that you feel it, it's easy to handle.

"Auntie, my second brother really cares about you. Think about everything he has done to you these days. Among the men you married before, is there anyone who is as considerate as he is? Let’s say you fell into the water that day, my second brother ran to Fu’s Village with wet clothes, and later brought Liang Liqing to kowtow to you, and asked me how you were doing in private.”

Tao Zhi listened in a daze, her face a little moved.

"My second elder brother and my fourth uncle went to other villages to do bricklaying work together these few days. Every day, he left the village before dawn and came back from work when it was dark. The red dates and goji berry soup that my mother cooked for you these past two days, It’s not from my family, it’s my second brother who paid his wages in advance and bought it for you.”

Tao Zhi opened her eyes wide in surprise, her eyes were slightly watery, not at all the dry eyes that were like stagnant water when she first met Jin Xi.

The magic of love is really the best nourishment for women, Jin Xi secretly sighed.

"Xi'er, I, my heart is in a mess, like this ball of thread. To be honest, I don't want to go back to Zhengjia Village. I can't let go of the third and fourth children. My natal sister-in-law doesn't want to see me either. As soon as I go back, my mother will save her rations to supplement me. However, when this incident on my side makes such a fuss, and the boy Sheng said such things again, everyone in the village pays attention to me, even with you. Being criticized by humanity. Seriously, I don’t dare to go to the pond at the entrance of the village to wash clothes now, I, I am very confused..."

Looking at Taozhi's troubled and helpless look, Jin Xi finally figured out what she feared in her heart. It was nothing more than the fact that the incident was too shocking, and it had only been a few days since the trouble broke out. escape.Jin Xi thought about it, felt that the heat was on her head, let Tao Zhi leave for a short time, let her sort out her thoughts calmly, find what she really wanted, and also let the people in the village who love Taoism cool down. Not missing a good idea.

Jin Xi turned her gaze, and said: "Then let me give my cousin an idea, don't stay here for a while, the new shop in my county has just opened, you can come with me and stay there for half a month , how about helping me by the way?"

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That night, it took a long time for the lights in the west wing to go out. The next day, Jin Xi got up to wash up energetically, while Tao Zhi stared at a pair of dark circles, handed a pair of brand new cotton shoes to Mrs. Sun, and entrusted her to hand them over to Liang Lisheng.

Hearing that Jinxi was going to take Taozhi to live in the county for a while, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun felt that this was a good way to compromise, and besides being with Jinxi, they were not worried that Taozhi would be bullied go.In this way, after breakfast, Liang Yuzhong loaded Jinxi and Taozhi's luggage into the bullock cart, bid farewell to the Sun family who carried the child out of the big yard, Liang Yuzhong and his party set off on the official road, heading towards the county seat.

In the Xiaobei Building of the county town, Jin Xi entered the new shop with eyes full of novelty, and it was the first time Taozhi entered the county town.On the painted door lintel, there are three large characters of "thousand lixiang" with black gilt edges. When you enter the shop, everything is painted and decorated. The shop is about the same size as the one in Changqiao Town, because the shape of the tables and chairs inside In relation to the placement, it looks more spacious and brighter than the shops in the town.

Doors are made on both sides of the wall, the door is the kind of carved wooden door with a few openings that is popular in this era, there is no attic, and a lantern is hung on the beam every other space.When Jinxi was designing the decoration, she came up with an idea. The lanterns broke the traditional red oval lanterns. There are pumpkin-shaped lanterns with soft pink-yellow sandpaper, green watermelon-shaped lanterns, and blue leaf-shaped lanterns. of……

In order to thank Wending for his great help, Jinxi specially asked Wending to write an inscription on the lanterns, and Sun Yubao couldn't help showing his hand.Wending's characters are strong and powerful, square and majestic, just like his people, calm and introverted yet elegant and uninhibited.

Sun Yubao's calligraphy is mellow and elegant, floating like floating clouds, and as frightening as a dragon.Sun Yubao's inscription was "Xijiangyue", and Wending's was "Qingping Xiaoling". Undoubtedly, the inscriptions of these two people, coupled with the elegant layout of the room, undoubtedly added a bit of elegance to an ordinary shop.It seems that entering this shop is not just for consumption, but a kind of spiritual enjoyment.

In the huge shop, a street is colorful and radiant at night, elegant yet warm.And each table is separated by a small hollow screen, which is lively but not noisy.

Sun Yuxia stayed in the shop and received Jinxi and his party, Sun Dahu, Sun Yubao and Acai to go to the market inside Xiaobeilou to buy ingredients.Here, Sun Yuxia led Taozhi and Jinxi to a table to pour tea, Taozhi turned her envious eyes from the top of her head to the wall, and finally landed on the tables and chairs. When she saw the middle of almost every red table, There is a hollow, circular hollow, and there is a distance below the hollow, there is a suspended wooden board, Taozhi is surprised.

"Taozhi, don't tell me, when I came here a few days ago, I saw a big hole in the middle of the table, and I was as puzzled as you. Later, Yubao told me in detail, I cleared my doubts." Seeing Tao Zhi's expression, Sun Yuxia giggled and said.

Tao Zhi smiled, then turned to Jin Xi and asked, what is that hole for?
"Oh, those holes and suspended wooden boards were used to put the small stove. See, there is something wrapped around the hole. The material is for fire protection. The stove is placed on the wooden boards. The flames just came out from there, and there was a pot on it, it's so cold now, let's eat hot pot!" Jin Xi patiently explained.

Before deciding to expand the business of Qianlixiang to Wanghai County, Jin Xi conducted some market research.The county town is no different than a small town. Here, shops selling various kinds of breakfast are springing up on the street. As for after-dinner desserts and pastries, there are special shops, and their delicacy is comparable to that of Qianlixiang.Not to mention opening up a new situation in the county town, Qian Lixiang, even if she has a firm foothold, just relying on the old tricks in the small town is enough in the small town, but it is not feasible in the county town.

Jin Xi thought for a long time, and decided that on the basis of retaining the original earlier varieties, she must make something unique.Selling various nourishing and medicinal soups?There are several soup shops in the north of the city, selling beer roast duck and sesame roast duck?Are there any wild game in those big restaurants in the county town?Besides, their drunk chickens and ducks have a lot of stuff in their stomachs, and they even take care of delivery. As long as you buy one, it's no problem to send it from the north of the city to the south of the city. This road will undoubtedly not work!
After continuously investigating and researching the eating habits of the residents in this area of ​​the county, Jin Xi came up with an idea.

That is: make a living by making hot pot!Dry pot dishes may be available in any restaurant and restaurant in the county. However, this kind of hot pot eating method, which uses various dry pots as the bottom of the pot and cooks them in the dry pot according to your own preferences, must be the only one in Wanghai County. This one!
"Taozhi, it's good if you come, more people are always better. Now our new shop is no better than the old shop in the town. We still sell breakfast in the morning, and now we have hot pot for lunch and dinner. !" Sun Yuxia grabbed Taozhi and started discussing with her. After a while, Sun Yubao and the others came back with purchases, including fish and meat, chicken and duck, as well as various vegetables and fungi.

Taozhi was amazed by the vegetables that did not meet the season, and it was Sun Yuxia who explained to her that in this county town, those rich and big families have their own special greenhouses to grow vegetables, and many big vegetable sheds are also from those big families. The family's property, vegetables and fruits of other seasons can be grown in the greenhouse!Taozhi suddenly realized that this business in the county town really opened her eyes one after another. What Xi'er said is true, one really can't stay in a small place all the time!

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