Chapter 49 Attraction and Reminder
Hu Family——
When Matchmaker Huang walked in, Xiuxiuniang was surprised.
The two sat down in the main hall, and then Matchmaker Huang said, "Carpenter Cai said that the meeting will be postponed for three months."
"What?" Xiuxiu's mother already had a bad feeling, and sure enough! He said anxiously, "Why is it postponed?"
"What a coincidence. Carpenter Cai almost fell down when he went out that morning, and a monk happened to pass by and said that he couldn't get married within three months, otherwise there would be bloodshed."
"It is better to believe it than not to believe it. The Cai family has decided to postpone the meeting. Xiuxiu Niang, just wait a while!"
Xiuxiu's mother was unwilling and asked suspiciously, "Aunt, tell me the truth, is Carpenter Cai dissatisfied with my Xiuxiu and is he looking at other girls?"
"Well, I haven't decided on Xiuxiu yet. If I were to see other girls, I could also see your Xiuxiu at the same time and then take my time to choose. Why do you have to find such an excuse to postpone it for three months?"
Xiuxiu’s mother thought about it and agreed.
Not to mention that you haven't met each other yet, even if you have met each other and the other person says they need to think about it, you still have to wait.
"I have already delivered your message. I will come again in three months." Matchmaker Huang stood up.
Xiuxiu's mother said anxiously, "We have time anyway, matchmaker, why don't you find a few more for Xiuxiu? If after three months, the carpenter still doesn't like the one he likes, then we have wasted our time for nothing."
Matchmaker Huang's mouth twitched and she wanted to curse!
God knows how long she spent looking for a sucker who was willing to give 20 taels of silver as a betrothal gift!
But her professionalism made her smile: "Haha, don't worry! Carpenter Cai has only one son for five generations, and he just wants to find someone like Xiuxiu who is easy to give birth to. His family is not short of money."
Xiuxiu's mother breathed a sigh of relief and said a lot of nice things before sending the person out.
Hu Xiuxiu, who was hiding in the corner, glared at Hu Xiaosi and said, "Where did you find this monk, kid?"
"He was an old ruffian from He'an Village, a bald guy. I gave him twenty coins and asked him to pretend to be a monk and trick Carpenter Cai."
Hu Xiuxiu chuckled and poked Xiaosi's head lovingly.
During these three months, her mother was destined to live in anxiety.
Two months later, Brother Yong had collected enough money for the bride price. As long as he put 20 taels in front of her mother, how could her mother refuse?
…
Of the four newly opened Huo La Tang stalls in the town, three lasted only four or five days before going bankrupt.
Then they opened two more stores, but they also went bankrupt within a few days.
Finally, there was only one left, the one that knew how to use pepper.
I made a bucket of soup a day, but only sold half of it. It's half dead and I'm afraid it's also losing money.
Ye Caiping's business began to be affected, but later the customers came back. She could sell three buckets a day steadily, and they were all sold out in three hours. She could always return to the village before noon.
Baiweilou——
There were five bowls of spicy soup in front of Manager Lin, which he had hired someone to buy from Ye Caiping.
After drinking, the chef and two kitchen assistants of Baiweilou seemed to be thinking about something.
The chef said: "I have never tasted such an aroma. It is very special and different from the ordinary sweet, sour, bitter and spicy. I only tasted the most prominent flavor, which is pepper."
The smell was too strong, and his wife was sick, so he occasionally used pepper.
"Pepper is a medicine and can only be bought in a pharmacy," said the chef.
"Medicine?" Shopkeeper Lin's eyes flashed as he thought of something.
…
This morning, the town was as busy as usual.
Li Jiaojiao and Li Zimo got off the ox cart, and a little boy of seven or eight years old ran after them.
"Sister Jiaojiao, what are you doing in town?" Li Gou Wa asked enthusiastically.
"Buy some things." Li Jiaojiao smiled, "Buy a silver hairpin for mom, a set of four treasures for dad, and a piece of flowered cloth for grandma."
Everyone in the village knew that Li Jiaojiao had two hundred taels in her hand.
The Li family was proud of their achievements and were not afraid of being noticed by others, so they did not hide anything.
"Sister Jiaojiao is the best daughter and granddaughter in the world."
Li Jiaojiao glared at him, but her heart was full of happiness.
Although both her father and grandmother were step-fathers, they were thousands of times better than her scumbag biological grandmother.
She received their love and care for her!
As long as they were kind to her, she would repay them a thousand times.
Li Gou Wa kept praising Li Jiaojiao, and her ears were buzzing.
A candied haws seller happened to pass by, so he bought a bunch and stuffed it into Li Gou Wa's hand:
"You keep chattering away, it's so noisy. Here, that's enough to fill your mouth!"
Li Gou Wa was stunned for a moment, then his heart was filled with warmth: "Sister Jiaojiao is the best to me."
"loquacious."
"Jiaojiao, I heard there's a new food in town called Hu La Tang. Shall we go try it?" Li Zimo said.
"OK."
The three of them came to the stall selling Hu La Tang, only to see that it was surrounded by a crowd of people in three layers.
Several people were looking forward to it, but the next second, Li Zimo's face changed: "Jiaojiao... the guy selling spicy soup... is he the Ye family?"
Li Jiaojiao looked carefully and found that it was really her!
Li Gou Wa also recognized the person. He was as disgusted as he was looking forward to it just now:
"Humph, it's just selling spicy soup, what's so great about that? No matter how much you sell, you can't be as good as my sister Jiaojiao, who dug up ginseng and made two hundred taels!"
"Shh." Li Zimo covered his mouth. "This is not a village. The population in the town is complicated. Wealth should not be shown off."
Li Gou Wa was shocked. "I'm sorry, I spoke too quickly. Anyway, Sister Jiaojiao is the best, no one can compare to her. Sister Jiaojiao, let's not eat at her restaurant, let's eat at someone else's!"
Li Zimo also said: "Jiaojiao, let's go!"
Li Jiaojiao didn't think she had any deep hatred with the Ye family, but the embarrassment was real. Why bother going over and making herself embarrassed?
When Li Jiaojiao turned around, she was suddenly stunned and stared at Ye Caiping blankly.
"What's wrong?" Li Zimo asked.
"That jade pendant..." Li Jiaojiao was deeply attracted by the jade pendant hanging around Ye Caiping's neck.
Li Zimo followed her gaze and saw that Ye did seem to be wearing a piece of jade around her neck, but he couldn't tell what kind it was.
"What jade token? I can't even see it clearly."
Li Jiaojiao actually couldn't see it clearly, but for some reason, she was deeply attracted to it.
A special desire arose in my heart. It was strange. I just felt that the jade should be mine!
"Jiaojiao?" Li Zimo was a little anxious when he saw that something was wrong with her.
"Sister Jiaojiao, let's go quickly. We don't want that woman to see us and think we're after her stinky soup!"
Li Jiaojiao came to her senses and she didn't know what was wrong with her.
Gou Wa kept pulling her, and she could only let them drag her away hesitantly.
Ye Caiping and other three had already discovered Li Jiaojiao and her gang.
Ye Jin'er's face darkened: "They are sensible. If they really come over, don't blame me for being rude."
Ye Caiping knocked her head and said, "If they don't cause us trouble, we should ignore them."
As he was talking, a slightly plump middle-aged man came forward. It was the owner of the medicine shop, Fang: "Today's soup is still as delicious as ever."
"Thank you." Ye Caiping smiled.
Shopkeeper Fang suddenly remembered something: "Oh, young lady, let me tell you something. Do you know Shopkeeper Lin from Baiweilou?"
Ye Caiping was slightly startled: "I recognize him. He wanted to buy my prescription last time."
"He came to me yesterday and asked me to taste the spicy soup he bought from your house. He wanted me to taste what medicines were in it." Shopkeeper Fang shook his head.
"I didn't agree. I don't want to get involved in this kind of shit. But he should have hired a lot of doctors."
"Thank you. Today's spicy soup is free."
Shopkeeper Fang waved his hand: "I just mentioned it casually, not for anything."
Finally I insisted on giving the money.
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