Chapter 119 Take Action
As the year draws to a close, there are more and more people on the streets, and Li Chunhua doesn't want to miss this opportunity to make money.
So she used both reason and emotion to persuade Madam Zhou and Madam Zhang to continue helping out at the braised food stall.
"Look, look! Freshly baked braised chicken tips, drumsticks, duck wings, and duck necks~"
Li Chunhua's loud and catchy shouting attracted many people. Madam Zhou weighed the goods and Madam Zhang packed them. Li Chunhua calculated the accounts quickly and well, and soon sold a lot of goods.
"Weigh me twenty kilograms of braised food!"
Ruffian Cai suddenly appeared and stepped on the pedal of the cart in a frivolous manner. Many customers saw his appearance and did not dare to come forward to buy.
Li Chunhua knew he was looking for trouble when she saw his expression. She was angry but dared not say anything. She could only persuade him kindly, "My dear little brother, we only have ten kilograms of braised food left today. How about we weigh ten kilograms for you?"
"Hey, how do you do business here? You don't even have 20 kilograms!"
Ruffian Cai spat on the ground and started scolding without any courtesy. His voice was so loud that many people looked over here.
"Little brother, the best thing about this braised food is that it's hot and fresh. We only buy 15 kilograms a day. Just now, everyone bought 5 kilograms, so there are only 10 kilograms left."
Li Chunhua smiled bitterly and had to explain everything to Pizi Cai.
"Okay, okay, you guys are bullying us ordinary people just because you're doing business. Ten kilograms is ten kilograms."
Cai the Rascal said sarcastically, his eyes fixed on the braised food.
After Li Chunhua gave a wink to Madam Zhou and the other woman, Madam Zhang took advantage of the ruffian Cai's inattention and ran away.
"Come on, little brother, your ten kilograms of braised food costs a total of nine hundred coins." Li Chunhua held the oil-paper bag of braised food vigilantly, waiting for Pizi Cai to pay.
Unexpectedly, Pizi Cai snatched the bag and prepared to run away without paying.
As a result, when he turned around, he bumped into a strong figure. When he looked up, he saw that it was Broken Tooth.
"Ruffian Cai, didn't your mother teach you to pay for things you buy?"
Duan Ya's face was gloomy. He grabbed Pi Zi Cai's collar with such force that he lifted Pi Zi Cai's feet off the ground.
"Brother Broken Tooth, if you have something to say, let's talk it out. Don't use your hands. It's not nice to do that on the street."
Cai the Rascal smiled ingratiatingly. Everyone knew that Duan Ya was the big brother of the mixed Fangzi Street. If you messed with him, you would be more terrifying than Hong Niangzi.
"Haha, you useless bastard who only dares to bully women and children!"
Broken Tooth threw Ruffian Cai to the ground and stepped on his chest with his big foot, "Give me the money!"
"It hurts, it hurts! Broken Tooth Brother, please go easy on me! I'll pay for it."
Cai the Rascal was almost vomiting his breakfast after being stepped on. He quickly took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and put it on the stall.
"Brother Broken Tooth, look..."
"Get out!" Broken Tooth raised his foot and shouted sternly.
Pizi Cai quickly got up from the ground and fled.
"Huh, luckily we have Brother Duan Ya." Li Chunhua patted her chest. Fortunately, Duan Ya proposed to set up a stall with them this morning. As soon as Pi Zi Cai came, Li Chunhua hinted to Madam Zhang to ask Duan Ya for help.
"Oh, it's all a small matter. I'm just repaying Miss Shen's favor. Since the things are sold out, you guys should go home quickly. Maybe Ruffian Cai will come back with help later."
Duan Ya waved his hand, not paying any attention to the grateful looks of Li Chunhua and others. To him, it was just a casual help.
Li Chunhua and the others agreed, packed up their stall quickly, and got on the ox cart back to the village.
Chen Jinan and Yue Buwei were standing in the yard, setting up a simple rack to dry medicinal herbs. Yue Buwei had recently found a lot of good medicines and was going to make them into pills to improve the children's physique.
Gu Yanqing stood aside and read the text to seven or eight half-grown children. His voice was as clear as the breeze blowing through the willows. The children were fascinated by his reading, and their clear eyes were full of desire for knowledge.
"Doctor Shen."
Li Chunhua opened the gate quietly, not wanting to disturb the children's study, and walked in holding the pottery jar that Shen Jinan used to collect money.
"Aunt Li is here. Sit down and have some tea before leaving."
Shen Jinan enthusiastically cleared out a small table and made a pot of chrysanthemum tea for Aunt Li.
"Hey, excuse me, Doctor Shen. This is today's harvest."
Aunt Li took the teacup flattered and took a sip of the hot chrysanthemum tea. She immediately felt her throat soothed a lot.
"Is business going well today? Look, I still have a tael of silver."
Shen Jinan shook the pottery jar and found a tael of silver in it.
Li Chunhua then briefly told Shen Jinan about how Ruffian Cai had come to cause trouble today and how Duan Ya had driven him away.
"Luckily, Broken Tooth Brother is here today." She patted her chest, "Otherwise, Madam Zhou and Madam Zhang would have been bullied by that ruffian again."
"Yes, Broken Tooth Brother is indeed a good man."
Shen Jinan took a sip of tea and exclaimed in admiration.
After seeing Li Chunhua off, Shen Jinan went to the kitchen and dug out a few wooden barrels from the corner. They were filled with newly brewed wine. She looked at the barrels and her heart moved.
The wooden barrels were immediately stored in the system's space.
"System, please speed up the fermentation of these barrels of medicinal wine for me." Shen Jinan clasped his hands together and asked the system.
"Okay host, if you spend 10 experience points, you can brew a barrel of mellow medicinal wine within two hours~"
The system's electronic notification tone was cheerful.
Shen Jinan remained silent, and the system knew how to tempt her to consume.
"Okay, okay, then let's brew these barrels together, and you can just deduct the experience points." Shen Jinan waved her hand. She had obtained a lot of medicinal materials in the past few days, and her experience points increased by more than a thousand. These are just small amounts for brewing wine.
The system readily deducted fifty experience points and then disappeared.
Shen Jinan looked at the ingredients in the kitchen. There were a lot of vegetables and some leftover braised meat. She suddenly had an idea and decided to have hot pot tonight.
She took out a large iron pot that she usually didn't use, and asked the system for a packet of hot pot base. It would be too troublesome to make it herself.
I washed all the vegetarian dishes and put them aside, then simply prepared the various meat dishes, and then waited for Gu Yanqing to finish class.
"Okay, that's all for today. Come back to class tomorrow and review the text carefully."
Gu Yanqing stood in the middle of the yard and spoke gently to the students. His figure was like a tall and graceful willow tree.
The students politely said goodbye to Gu Yanqing, and then skipped away happily like birds returning home.
"Madam, what are you busy with? Let me help you."
Gu Yanqing rolled up his sleeves, walked into the kitchen with a gentle smile on his face and asked Shen Jinan.
"We're having a big dinner tonight."
Shen Jinan winked at Gu Yanqing cunningly, then took out the big iron pot and asked Gu Yanqing to build a simple earthen stove in the middle of the yard.
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