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Chapter 26 Come to Fetch the Lantern
That day, Chu Ge and Chu Ge had just taken out a basket of fresh bamboo shoots, and then Xiu Niang dug slowly, and it took a day or two for Chu Ge to go to town.

Based on the fact that she wanted Chu Ge to go to another house, she thought that Chef Wang's tavern would have to be sold for a while, and she would not want it again.

But people couldn't guess, as soon as Chugo entered the town later, someone bought the fresh bamboo shoots on the cart, either from another place, or from the tavern where Chef Wang was staying.

It should be said that the people in the town are quite good at eating, drinking a small glass of wine, paired with a mouthful of fresh soup, it's too hot to eat like that.

Those who have had bamboo shoot soup in the town say it’s strange, many people went to Chef Wang’s to try something new, and they ordered this soup, so the basket of bamboo shoots that I had earlier was boiled for a long time. run out.

It’s been a few days since I saw Chu Ge’s people, so the chef Wang asked a guy to wait in front of the town, and when he saw the bamboo shoots, he was about to go down, and he didn’t have to let Chu Ge go to the tavern. The guy gave the money and dragged it away.

It was like this for three or two days. When Chu Ge went back, he talked to Xiu Niang. He even praised Mr. Wang, who was a real man, and he should be cleared up in person. Don't ask him to crowd people. Go through the alley to clear the account.

Xiu Niang listened and nodded, "Yes, it is true."

Chu Ge smiled, "Yes, this business is easy to do."

Xiu Niang smiled, "I'm not talking about Mr. Chef Wang, but you." This fool.

Chu Ge stared at Xiu Niang, he was real, everyone said he was real, but what Xiu Niang said seemed to be different.

Xiu Niang smiled, "How good is the chef Wang, who is blocking the door and wants to plant bamboo shoots, just because you are afraid that you will be tired?"

Well, Chu Ge has also been doing business among dealers for a few years, and he understood it as soon as he heard it, "Greatly, that chef Wang is afraid that other restaurants will see him, so he also came looking for bamboo seedlings, and he is afraid that when the time comes... It’s not easy to do a single business.”

After hearing this, Xiu Niang praised Chu Ge, his brain turned quickly, and it was clear at one point that he was a piece of business material.

If you want to say 'this is clear', Chu Ge thinks that Xiu Niang is smart enough, and he always says that women with foolish brains are not flattering, but he looks at people like this, and he speaks softly and has a soft voice Yes, work well and neatly.

After digging the bamboo seedlings, she went by herself, because things with deep roots were not easy to dig, and in order not to hurt the bamboo whip, she had to spend time digging lightly to remove the soil, and then carried herself back down the mountain with great effort. Every time my mother came home, she hammered her waist, and he felt blocked when he looked at it.

Xiu Niang looked at Chu Ge sullenly, she asked, "What's wrong?"

Chu Ge finished looking at Xiu Niang, "Why don't we call it a high price tomorrow." These good fresh bamboo shoots were brought by Xiu Niang with great effort, so they can't be cheap.

Xiu Niang thinks about it too, this cook Wang keeps withholding the extra money every time, the high price of his pot of soup, in her hands is the money of a vegetable, but it will increase.

A few days later, Chu Ge rushed to the town, Chu An took Xiao Xiang'er to the field, and there was only Xiu Niang left in the house, she put two new bamboo baskets by the wall, it was just time to go Laundry, along with the bamboo baskets exchanged with other people for the dried mushrooms in the bamboo basket, she can't always use the help of the sixth sister-in-law's family.

On the next trip, it would be better to bring a basket of bamboo shoots to Chu Gedo to sell, and Xiu Niang put the washed clothes on the small wooden stool, and took a shaker and opened it to dry.

She thought about waiting for the bamboo shoots to ring out in the town, so she could call Mrs. Liu and her four maids to dig more bamboo shoots and round up all the restaurants in the town. earn together.

Earlier, when she saw that the town was not big, she thought it was similar to Xiayang Village. In fact, Chu Ge just said that the one who took her to the front gate of the town was the front gate of the town. a land boundary.

Xiu Niang was muttering to herself that she was drying her clothes when she heard someone knock on the door, "Who is it?"

There was a pause outside the door, and a sweet voice came, "Hello sister-in-law, is Brother Chu there?"

Xiu Niang opened the door after searching, and there was a big girl in white floral dress standing outside, with big eyes and small mouth, pink face, pretty and dewy.

Looking at the beautifully dressed girl, she smiled, "Who is the girl?"

The girl didn't reply, "Sister-in-law, is Brother Chu there?"

Xiu Niang said, "Oh, he's gone to town, are you okay?"

The girl smiled, "I'm here to pick up the lantern that Brother Chu borrowed from me."

Xiu Niang understood that she was Aunt Zhao's family member, "I mean, you look familiar, I saw you when Aunt Mo Jian came here."

As soon as she saw the girl's white floral dress, she had a bit of imagination. It turned out that it was the lover of the expensive and happy place. A few days ago, she saw the two of them chatting in the corner of the wall.

Xiu Niang invited people to come in with a smile, she turned around and lifted the two bamboo baskets away, the long tube lanterns made of oil paper were piled up in the corner, she lifted the lantern and turned around, saw the people still standing outside, thinking It's hard for people and sisters to cross the house, so they take the lanterns to the door.

The girl took the lantern, "What did sister-in-law say, which Aunt Zhao?"

Xiu Niang was stunned, she didn't know what to say when he asked her, maybe there are many Aunts Zhao, "Didn't you borrow this lantern from Auntie?"

The girl turned the long lantern and smiled softly, "Sister-in-law, don't look at it, the word Guo is written on the lantern."

Xiu Niang looked at her eyes, she was really a Guo character, thinking about it she smiled, "Auntie's maiden name is Guo?"

The girl looked straight at Xiuniang, "Brother Chu borrowed the lantern from me, he talked to me for a long time that day, and I gave him the lantern until it was late."

Xiu Niang smiled, "Oh, sister of the Zhao family, thank you so much, I can hurry home with you, the lantern Chu Ge."

The girl smiled stiffly, and suddenly said angrily, "Are you really ignorant or just pretending to be confused, my surname is not Zhao, my surname is Guo, I am..."

Xiu Niang remembered that the clothes should not be hung to dry, and that they might wrinkle if they are rolled again, so she hurriedly said, "Hey, sister, you take this lantern first, come in and sit for a while."

"Hey, no, I, I haven't said that yet, I am, I am..." Seeing Xiu Niang smiling, she went back to the yard to dry clothes. The door was not closed. The girl was anxious to make a noise. Why don't people hear or ask.

The man shook his clothes all by himself so as not to hear her speak, at this moment a few good-natured mothers-in-law and aunts came over and stared at the girl, she turned her face back and forth to avoid it, and stared at Xiuniang. He stomped his feet angrily and left.

The women and aunts still stared at the girl, seeing that she was leaving from Chu Ge's house, "Auntie, who are you looking at?"

Xiuniang was drying Chu Ge's gown in the yard, and the corner of her mouth turned up, Guo Hehua?
(End of this chapter)