Chapter 127 Crying while holding salt

"Yes, yes, yes." Boss Huang nodded with a smile and handed over a bowl of tofu pudding with sugar: "Miss Xiao, my tofu pudding tastes delicious. Please give it a try."

"Thank you." Xiao Jiuyue glanced at Boss Huang. If she remembered correctly, he also went to Sanlitun outside the city with He Changqing that day.

"Miss Xiao, you're too polite." Boss Huang smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed. That day he just went to Sanlitun outside the city, did some work with He Changqing, and finally delivered the corpse and the box to the gate of Fang's house in the dark, earning a few taels of silver!

He gets up early and works late every day to make buns, but he probably won't be able to earn these few taels of silver in at least half a year.

Boss Huang knew very well that if it weren't for Xiao Jiuyue, he would not have been able to earn this money.

Xiao Jiuyue tasted the tofu pudding. It was sweet and very tender. She praised it, "Boss Huang's tofu pudding is really good."

She remembered that the taro ball tofu pudding at Fengchunlou seemed to be made by the Shi family in Fu'an Village, but the one made by Boss Huang was no worse than the Shi family's.

"If Miss Xiao likes it, can you pack some to take home and eat later? Or maybe I can deliver it to Miss Xiao every day in the future?" Boss Huang said enthusiastically.

Xiao Jiuyue put down the bowl, wiped his mouth, and asked, "How's business at Mr. Huang's bun shop?"

"I can barely make a living." Boss Huang was worried when he mentioned this. He has three sons and two daughters. The eldest son just got married and had a child, which is a good thing, but the next two sons are about to get married, and there is a need for money everywhere!

"Fortunately, Changqing is a very good person and has been helping us make money. My second son followed Changqing to work in the salt well. I have to thank Miss Xiao very much." Boss Huang said, and bowed to Xiao Jiuyue again.

"Boss Huang, how old is your youngest son? If I asked him to work outside, would he be willing?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at him and asked.

"My youngest son is fifteen years old this year. As long as he can work, he can go anywhere." Boss Huang now has only one idea in his mind: make money, make money!

"Aren't there many people like your youngest son?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.

Boss Huang nodded and said, "That's right." He was talking to Xiao Jiuyue in a rambling manner. The eldest son followed him to make tofu, the second son went to the salt well, and the third son had no work to do. He thought that Miss Xiao was very capable, and maybe she could find a job for her youngest son!

There are many people like the third son in his family who have no jobs. Everyone follows He Changqing and sometimes goes hunting, which allows them to earn some snack money.

After leaving Boss Huang, Xiao Jiuyue had a clear idea in mind.

"Miss Xiao, you don't have to pay!" Boss Huang took the copper coins that Luo Kui had paid and hurriedly chased after her. Unfortunately, Xiao Jiuyue's carriage had already left, so Boss Huang had no choice but to return with the money. Aunt Huang asked, "Old man, why didn't you return the money?"

"I have no time to go back. I can't outrun a carriage." Boss Huang carefully put the money away and said, "Next time I see Miss Xiao, I must return it."

"Miss Xiao is a good person," Aunt Huang said. She then asked, "Do you think Miss Xiao can help our third son find a job?"

"This..." Boss Huang hesitated and said, "Whether it's possible or not, we have to thank Miss Xiao."

"You're saying that. I didn't say I wasn't grateful." Aunt Huang looked towards the direction where Xiao Jiuyue left, clasped her hands together and said, "God bless, the third child will also have a job."

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At night, He Changqing received the news and went directly to the Xiao family's old house to find Xiao Jiuyue.

"Miss, this is the recent salt production of the salt well." He Changqing took out the purified fine salt and said, "Using your method, the salt is finer and whiter."

Xiao Jiuyue took out the salt and looked at it. Compared with the yellowish coarse salt she saw last time, the salt that He Changqing brought back this time was much finer and whiter. She tasted it and found it tasted much better than last time.

"Brother Hu is especially grateful to you. The Hu family has been selling coarse salt all their lives, but they have never achieved this. Now, he has done it." He Changqing still remembers that when the fine salt came out that day, Hu Yi excitedly hugged the handful of fine salt and cried.

"The person he should thank most is himself. It is he who is willing to study hard." Xiao Jiuyue knew very well that all her knowledge was theoretical. To turn it into practice, Hu Yi would need to go through thousands of attempts before he could succeed.

Xiao Jiuyue asked, "He Changqing, when I saw your group of brothers before, they all had nothing to do?"

He Changqing paused for a moment before replying, "Yes, they are all ordinary people, with only martial arts skills. They used to work in the escort agency, or help unload goods at other people's homes, but they didn't have a regular job."

"If so, would they dare to go far away to deliver the goods?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.

"Going far to deliver goods?" He Changqing pondered for a while before saying, "They dare, but they rarely go far. I'm afraid they don't know the rules of the underworld. Miss, are you going to deliver goods? How many people do you need? My brothers are all reliable."

When he was in prison before, he relied on these brothers to secretly send things to her, so he survived.

"I, I'm in Yanjing and can't help much. If you need me, I can go." He Changqing volunteered.

Xiao Jiuyue looked at him and said, "Lingnan is a smoky and miasmic place. It would take more than a month to get there on foot. If you take a carriage, it would take more than 20 days."

"I'm not afraid, I can go." He Changqing said firmly.

"Don't worry about the reply. You can go ask your brothers." After Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking about the important matters, he sent He Changqing away.

Xiao Jiuyue drank a cup of tea and then heard Jin Wen come back and say, "Miss, Chu Ang went home yesterday and took a shower and slept until this afternoon. In the afternoon, he took Aunt Qu out to buy things. In the evening, they bought three pounds of meat."

Jin Wen explained everything in detail and said, "I heard Chu Ang wants to buy the house next to the Qu family."

"Buy a house?" Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered slightly. Chu Ang must have been given money by everyone when he returned from Lingnan. So, Chu Ang must have had several dozen taels of silver in his hands. She asked, "Didn't he brag to others about going to the escort agency?"

"No." Jin Wen shook his head and said, "I followed him all day today and didn't find any contact between him and the people from the escort agency."

"Keep watching tomorrow." Xiao Jiuyue gave the order and then stood up to return to the courtyard. Today, she had met Zeng Qing, He Changqing, and Jin Wen, and also dealt with the restaurant's affairs. She felt a little sleepy at the moment and asked, "Luo Kui, did I forget anything?"

"Miss, what did you forget?" Luo Kui stuffed a handful of snacks into her mouth and looked at Xiao Jiuyue with a puzzled look. When she reached the gate and saw He Lian guarding the door, she suddenly remembered. She asked, "He Lian, why didn't you come to the front yard to find me?"

"Miss." He Lian bowed to Xiao Jiuyue and said shyly, "I'm afraid of disturbing you."

“…”

Xiao Jiuyue looked at her thin clothes. Fortunately, the weather was warm now, otherwise she would have caught a cold.