Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 334 Doing a base? (two in one)

The days passed quickly, and it was the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.After eating Laba porridge, Jin Xi left for the county seat. Ah Wang broke an arm and could no longer drive the coach, so the driver changed to A Gui, and A Cai was always with him.

In the Qianlixiang shop at the Xiaobeimen of the county seat, Sun Yuxia and Sun Dahu came out to help Jinxi unload the new goods, but they saw Jinxi nimbly jumping off the carriage, then turned around and took out a bamboo basket from inside the carriage, on the elbow.

"Xi'er, you have long released the news that you will send a batch of new goods for sale within the year, which made us busy to vacate half of the warehouse in the backyard a few days ago. The new goods you will buy during the year, shouldn't it be Is it the basket in your hand?" Sun Yuxia asked in surprise.

Jin Xi pursed her lips into a smile, and nodded vigorously, isn't that right?Sun Yuxia rushed forward in a novelty, and immediately lifted the cover of the basket that Jinxi was carrying, when she saw clearly that there were seven or eight roosters and hens in the basket that had lost all their feathers and had been disemboweled , was severely surprised.

"This is the new product you said? It doesn't count?" Sun Yuxia withdrew her hand with a look of disappointment.

"Auntie, let's go into the house. I'll tell you first, and then I'll show you how to do it. I'm sure you'll find it fresh!" Jin Xi giggled, handed the basket to Sun Yuxia, and held her hand for a long time. Stepped into the shop.

After a bowl of tea, Sun Yuxia walked out of the shop again holding Jinxi's arm, compared to the disappointment before, this time her face was full of excitement and joy.The two talked and laughed and went straight into the Xiaobeimen market. Although it was afternoon, they could still buy vegetables in the market.

However, Sun Yuxia and Jinxi didn't come here to buy the vegetables they sell daily, but bought ten catties of potatoes.The selected ones are healthy potatoes that are large in size and have no obvious rot, cracks or even green shoots on the skin.

After buying the potatoes, they went to the rice store in the market, weighed some wheat flour, and the two rushed to the store without stopping.Back in the shop, Sun Dahu took the things the two of them bought back, and according to Jin Xi's instructions, he hurriedly carried them to the backyard to start preparing.

Here, Jin Xi looked around the shop, couldn't help asking Sun Yuxia in amazement, "Auntie, where's my uncle? I didn't see him when I came in before, and I haven't seen him now, it's not like this usually!"

Usually, when Jin Xi comes back to Qian Lixiang at the Xiaobei Gate, Sun Yubao is always there.Either help Sun Dahu in front of the barbecue grill at the door, or just wait in the shop, or act as the accountant. Today's situation is a bit unexpected.

Suddenly, Sun Yuxia slapped her thigh, and said, "Look at my memory, I was so busy trying to figure out how to use that new gadget with you, I forgot to mention such a big deal!"

A gleam of light flashed in Jin Xi's eyes, and she instinctively told her that Sun Yubao really had special circumstances, but seeing Sun Yuxia's joyful look, Jin Xi guessed it must be a good thing.

The gossip factor in the body is stirring, could it be related to the girl who blocked people with a whip?

"What's the matter, tell me quickly!" Jin Xi said eagerly.

"Your uncle is going to the school. From now on, you will be a student and learn from the master of the school!" Sun Yuxia said crisply with joy in the corners of her eyes and brows.

"What?" Jin Xi thought she had heard it wrong, and then a burst of ecstasy and disbelief surged in her heart.

"When did it happen? Which school?" she asked.

"It's been half a month since I was young. I said it was called Jiuzhou Academy." Sun Yuxia said: "When I entered the school, I said to send you a letter to announce the good news, but Yubao stopped me."

Kyushu Academy?Jin Xi squinted her eyes, the name was so familiar, oh, she remembered it.Isn't that exactly the academy where Old Doctor Wang's family spent a lot of money looking for people to ask for connections, and wanted to send their grandson to it?I heard from Old Doctor Wang that Kyushu School is the most well-known school in the Wanghai area.

Although the school was founded less than the other two schools in the county, among the gentlemen who teach in it, there is one surnamed Li, who was once the second place hand-picked by the emperor of this dynasty.Later, because of the ups and downs of the officialdom, he was finally depressed, so he resigned from office and retired. Later, by chance, he came to the Kyushu School in Wanghai County to teach.

Mr. Li is unhappy in officialdom, but his talents are naturally overflowing.Not only the students from the Wanghai area, but also other students from neighboring counties, upon hearing the news, they all came to Kyushu Academy one after another. Among these students, some came from poor families, and some were the sons of officials and merchants.

These people all came for a common purpose, that is, hoping to be selected by the Kyushu Academy, and to get the opportunity to learn from Mr. Li to teach and solve doubts.

At the beginning, Guo Hai was willing to accompany the grandson of the old doctor Wang's family. A large part of the reason was to see if he could find an opportunity to get a place in the school. Street earns food and clothing by writing letters and painting paintings.

"Our family has no family support, no powerful people to rely on, and no huge amount of money to find the way. Uncle, how did he get a place to enter the Kyushu Academy?" Jin Xi immediately thought of this very realistic question and asked .

Sun Yuxia hesitated with a smile, shook her head and said: "He told me about this, and I didn't quite understand it, so I didn't think about it deeply. Anyway, our Yubao likes to read since he was a child, but it's a pity that his family's conditions are not good. It’s been delayed. You’ll be eighteen after the Chinese New Year, and it’s hard to find a chance to go to school. We have to support it even if we sell everything!”

Jin Xi nodded, the first time she went back to Sunjiagou after Jin Xi crossed, she found that young uncle always liked to pick up red stones in the mountains and write and draw on the ground.In order to get rid of poverty, the family resolutely left the valley where they grew up and came to Changqiao Town outside, drifting in the business sea, wearing stars and wearing stars, just to earn food and clothing.

Now, the shop of Sun Liang and his family has opened in the county seat. Sun Yubao, who had studied for a few years before, is the pillar and accountant of the shop.

However, even so, Sun Yubao still did not lose his dream in his heart.During the day, he was so busy in the shop that his feet never touched the floor. In the dead of night, in his room, the candlelight projected his figure buried in his studies on the west window.

Jin Xi is no stranger to such scenes, and Sun Yuxia is even more familiar.

Jin Xi nodded, and said seriously: "That's right, even if we sell everything, we still have to support uncle's study and learning!"

In this era, the ranks of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce are distinct.No matter how rich a businessman is, he looks like a man in front of others, but after all he is a big tree without roots.The bigger the tree is, the more attractive it is. Only those in the family who go from official to official, even if it is just a small seventh-rank county magistrate, are enough to support each other.

Early in the winter when it was dark, when Sun Yubao walked out of the gate of Kyushu Academy with the scroll in his arms, the bright colors of the sky were gradually being swallowed up by the night.

Sun Yubao walked hurriedly along the way, still unable to stop thinking about the subject set by his previous husband in his mind, just walking along with his feet.The way back to Xiaobeimen from Kyushu Academy, he has been proficient in the past half month, and he can take a shortcut back with his eyes closed.

Because of such proficiency and trust, the more he let go of his defensive heart, he suddenly bumped into the man in Tsing Yi who came out of the alley in front of him!

Sun Yubao was fine, but his forehead was a little sore, but the other party was knocked back two steps and fell to the ground.

"Brother, I'm really sorry..." Sun Yubao was startled, stopped his mind, and was about to bend over to help.

"Hey!" Under the night, the man was dressed as a young boy in green clothes. Although he couldn't see the specific description of the person who was hit at a glance, judging from the voice, it seemed to be a woman.

Hearing that beep, Sun Yubao's outstretched hand paused in the air.Just glanced in front of him and fell to the ground, dressed as a servant in green clothes, Sun Yubao frowned subconsciously.

"Hey, Idiot Sun, how dare you not help me when you hit me?" The girl sitting on the ground propped her hands on the ground, her willow eyebrows stood erect, and her big eyes with single eyelids glared at Sun Yubao.Although she was staring, but the delicate and bright face was not so much angry as it was angry and coquettish.

Sun Yubao simply withdrew his hand, stood up straight, and took two steps back, with one hand hanging by his side, holding the scroll in his hand, and the other behind his back.He has a tall and straight figure, handsome eyebrows and eyes, and a touch of bookishness overflowing from his body.

This place is located in a side street a hundred meters away from the entrance of the school, connecting alleys and alleys extending in all directions like spider webs on both sides.Although night fell and it was a side street again, there were still pedestrians passing by in twos and threes.

"A man and a woman don't know each other, please forgive me for not being able to help each other. Besides, it was you who ran out and bumped into me, not me deliberately offending you. Get up by yourself!" Sun Yubao said with a stern expression.

"Hey, how can you be like this? You are a scholar, so unreasonable? You don't know how to support someone when you bump into them. Is it possible that your knowledge has been buried in the stomach of a dog?" The girl in Tsing Yi sat on the ground and patted her hands. Looking at the ground beside her, her pink lips were pursed stubbornly, and she raised her eyes to stare fiercely at Sun Yubao, but the big eyes were full of radiance.

"I don't care whether a man or a woman is married or not, I want you to help me, I want you to help me, if you don't help me, I will just lie on the ground and not get up, so that everyone who comes and goes can see that the students of Kyushu Academy are bullying others! ’ she yelled, slapping the ground at her side with her hands, kicking wildly with her deerskin boots.

Sun Yubao's eyebrows darkened, and he stepped forward and bent over to cover the mouth of the girl in Tsing Yi with his hands, his eyebrows and eyes were stained with sternness, and he said in a low voice, "An Zhaoxian, stop messing around!"

"Then do you support or not?" On the edge of the palm, An Zhaoxian raised his willow eyebrows, and a sly light flashed in his big eyes.

Sun Yubao only hesitated for a moment, when suddenly there was a piercing pain in the palm of his hand, but it was the girl who bit his palm.Sun Yubao snorted, threw away his hand and jumped aside, glanced at the two rows of deep tooth marks on the edge of the palm that were still stained with the girl's saliva, and said in great displeasure, "Are you a dog? The woman bows with meekness." For the sake of beauty, I have never seen such a cruel and tyrannical woman like you! You are really nonsense, you can't afford to fall in love, and I will not accompany you!"

After Sun Yubao finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and was about to pass the girl and leave.Not seeing how the girl on the ground moved, Sun Yubao's raised leg was embraced by her hands.

"Men and women can't kiss each other, An Zhaoxian, let go!" Angry and embarrassed, Sun Yubao bent down to touch An Zhaoxian's hand, but An Zhaoxian grabbed Sun Yubao's hand with his backhand and did not let go, with a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.

The deerskin boots on the soles of the feet were kicking on, and he actually shouted out of his mouth: "Passing by, don't miss it, take a look, take a look, Kyushu students are playing havoc in the street, bumping into people without helping them, what is the law of nature, what is justice ..."

Sun Yubao's head suddenly became dizzy, and in the blink of an eye, An Zhaoxian's shout attracted the few pedestrians on the side of the road.

In the crowd, Sun Yubao saw a few young people who were dressed as Kyushu students like him. He raised his sleeves and turned his face away, embarrassed, wishing he could find a seam to drill into. Subconsciously, he kicked An Zhaoxian over. Then cover your face and run away.As if he could predict Sun Yubao's thoughts, An Zhaoxian used both hands to hug his legs even tighter.

"Help, or not?" An Zhaoxian asked again in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

Sun Yubao gritted his teeth, thinking how could he, an imposing man, be coerced by this woman's rascally means?If she helped this time, maybe she had a taste of the fun of this move, and it will be even worse next time, and it will never end. Sun Yubao is really tired of An Zhaoxian's move!
"Scholars can be killed but not humiliated, if they don't help them, they will definitely not help them!" Sun Yubao said coldly, stiffening his body.

He lowered his head and glared furiously at An Zhaoxian, An Zhaoxian raised his eyes and stared back at Sun Yubao as he succeeded in his treacherous tricks.

The people on the other side of the street who stopped and watched started whispering and pointing, and the night wind in the evening continuously spread their discussions to the ears of the two people who were facing each other here.

"What a handsome little book boy, could it be that student's companion? Why are you playing around in this alley?"

Sun Yubao and An Zhaoxian stared at each other, making moves in the air that no one else could see.

"Look at the eyes of those two people. They don't look like ordinary young masters and book boys. They look affectionate. Maybe the relationship between the two is not simple..."

Sun Yubao's eyelids jumped suddenly, and he turned his head and glared furiously at the passerby who said this.Don't yell if you don't know how to read people. Is this affectionate?
"Look at that student's attire. His family should be considered well-to-do. I've heard that the masters and young masters of those rich families all have the habit of molesting boys..."

This time, Sun Yubao not only twitched his eyelids, but also twitched the muscles on his face. An Zhaoxian raised his eyebrows proudly, and before he could make a sound, there was another discussion from the side.

"The young servant in Tsing Yi looks too feminine, and his voice is not too rigid. Maybe he really is a little prostitute for young masters and masters to play with! Sigh, it's a pity. The little book boy is not reconciled, he is making trouble with this..."

This time, it was An Zhaoxian who twitched.She let go of Sun Yubao's hand, got up from the ground, took Sun Yubao's arm, waved her hand to the people talking over there, and said, "If you can't talk, don't talk nonsense, I'm just playing around with my young master." , spread out, look at what look!"

"Hey, tell me, since ancient times, everything in the world has been intermingled with yin and yang. How does this man play with men?" The onlookers had no intention of leaving, and stood there thinking about this very important matter.

"You are really a frog in a well, you do it from behind, the red pestle stabs the golden chrysanthemum, have you never heard of it?"

Sun Yubao was already struck by lightning, standing there stiffly, his mind was buzzing blank, and he even forgot to peel off An Zhaoxian's white and smooth hand in his arms.

When An Zhaoxian heard that these people were still dispersing slowly, they were still pointing and talking about red pestle and golden chrysanthemum, An Zhaoxian's pretty face was flushed with anger.He took off the whip stuck in his back, raised the whip and swung it towards those people. The wind of the whip was crisp and sharp, and the passers-by with dirty thoughts were whipped and scrambled. Then he turned around and grabbed the petrified Sun Yubao, and rushed into an alley beside him...

Panting, when Sun Yubao stepped into the Qianlixiang shop on the side of Xiaobeimen, he happened to see Sun Dahu, Ah Cai, Agui, and Sun Yuxia sitting around a table near the door.All of them were smiling, stretching their necks and looking towards the entrance of the backyard, their faces and eyes were full of anticipation.

"Second sister, second brother-in-law, did girl Xi come to the county seat?" Seeing A Cai and A Gui, Sun Yubao couldn't help asking in surprise when he saw that A Cai and A Gui were there, and Jin Xi was not in the shop. The hand with the remaining teeth marks retracted a little into the sleeve.

Before he finished speaking, the door to the backyard opened, and Jin Xi walked in with a smile, holding a wooden tray in both hands.With a glance, I saw a pile of golden burnt objects piled on the wooden pallet.As she approached, an extremely special fragrance quickly swept through the shop.

Sun Yubao smelled the fragrance in the air, and immediately the five viscera temples became noisy.

"Uncle, come and take a seat, and try the food I've cooked up recently!" Jin Xi smiled and greeted Sun Yubao who hadn't moved since he stepped into the door, and he had already placed the wooden tray in the middle of the table.Immediately, Sun Yuxia and the others, who had already been aroused by the scent and moved their index fingers, all put their heads close to the things on the tray, and then everyone couldn't wait to take their favorite things to taste. Exclaims, inquiries, and chatter.

"Uncle, what you are holding in your hand are fried chicken nuggets."

"Chicken nuggets should be eaten like this, without even wasting the skin!" Sun Dahu said cheerfully, half of the chicken nuggets in his hand were missing in one bite.

"A Cai and A Gui chose spicy chicken wings." Jin Xi said again.

Ah Gui shook the spicy chicken wings in his hand, Ah Cai did not make a sound, put the spicy chicken wings under his nose and sniffed a few times, a smile appeared on his face with few expressions, and his eyes kept chasing Jinxi.

"My aunt is the most honest, she just took a fried chicken leg." Jin Xi walked behind Sun Yuxia, put her hands on Sun Yuxia's shoulders, and said with a smile.

"That's it, which part of the chicken is the most solid? Of course it's the legs!" After speaking, he opened his mouth and bit down on the big chicken leg in his hand, and a half-moon-shaped gap appeared immediately.

"It's delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and all the seasonings are delicious! What's more terrible is that the legs that are fried in the oil pan are actually oily but not greasy. Look, I can't even feel the flour shell on the outside. Eat it!" She couldn't stop praising while chewing.

Jin Xi nodded in satisfaction, looked up to find Sun Yubao's gaze, staring straight at Sun Yuxia's hand, the chicken leg was losing weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, and after a while, only one chicken leg was left bare bones.But Sun Yuxia didn't enjoy herself to the fullest, she reached out and broke off half of the chicken nuggets from Sun Dahu's hand.

Strips of chicken shreds, as delicate as white jade, protruded from the cracks in the broken chicken nuggets, and they were still emitting a hot aroma, which was alluring to look at.

Sun Yubao couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and at this moment his stomach started to growl.

"Here, uncle, try these." Jin Xi picked up a bowl on the tray and handed it to Sun Yubao. Sun Yubao looked at the contents in the bowl in amazement, raised his eyebrows and asked, "It looks like popcorn flowers, but this The smell is not!"

"This is chicken popcorn, with a layer of flour on the outside and diced chicken the size of a little finger inside."

Sun Yubao twirled one with his delicate and slender fingers and put it in his mouth. The outside was crispy and delicious, while the chicken inside was crispy, tender and slightly spicy.The kind of slightly spicy, just right, will not take away the strong meaty flavor of the chicken itself, but also have the effect of embellishing the appetizer.Every taste bud on the tip of the tongue is full of endless aftertaste when a chicken popcorn is eaten, and the temple of the five internal organs is even more noisy, wanting more and more...

Jin Xi looked at all the ancient people in ancient costumes in this room, in such an antique shop, surrounded by the light of the lanterns in the shop, surrounded by the simple tables, eating modern KFC, Jin Xi suddenly felt very funny interesting.

"Xi'er, bring up your so-called potato chips, let's taste them for you together!" Sun Yuxia was still full of food, and she greeted Jinxi as she sat there.

"Hey, here we come!" Jin Xi responded crisply, turned around and took small steps to the backyard, where the French fries had just been scooped up from the frying pan and were being left to dry to remove excess oil.

Jin Xi has long been familiar with the varieties of vegetables in Xiaobeimen Market in the county town. In this era, there should be no tomatoes.Jin Xi can't make ketchup, otherwise, it tastes better when dipped.

When the potato chips were presented to everyone, it naturally caused an uproar.

Sun Yubao didn't eat much, and he couldn't eat as fast as Sun Yuxia. In addition, he had eaten several handfuls of chicken popcorn before, so he couldn't eat French fries anymore. It's a bit lighter and a bit monotonous. I think this way of eating French fries is very suitable for selling as snacks to children in the past. If it is paired with other condiments, such as sweet sauce and spicy sauce or something , may be more popular with customers.”

Jin Xi's eyes lit up, and after being reminded by Sun Yubao, she suddenly thought of what to use to replace the traditional ketchup that goes with potato chips in KFC!

Before going to bed at night, Jin Xi confessed to Sun Yuxia, and came to Sun Yubao's room wearing a coat.

A crescent moon hangs high over the treetops, and the sky is like a stretch of dark blue satin with dots of cold stars on it.There are lanterns that can illuminate the corridors at the entrances of several houses under the eaves.The wind is not strong tonight, and the leaves rolled up in the courtyard hit the ground in the air, and the candlelight in the room casts a shadow on the upright figure who is studying hard, projected on the window here.

(End of this chapter)