The braised pork tastes so good that word spread quickly after just a few days of sales, and many people came to buy it.
Peng Zhang came to patronize the store every day without fail. After all, he was a partner! Tian An had no choice but to send some to him every day. Since he was going to send it, he couldn't just send it to him!
In this way, the Peng family, the Qin family, and the Gu family would send gifts every few days. When they didn't send gifts, they would send people to buy them.
Tian An was speechless. Wouldn’t you get tired of eating it every day? Hey! Anyway, it’s already a gift, so it doesn’t matter!
Then, instead of delivering it every two or three days, it became delivered every day, and sometimes they would ask for more.
The reason is simple. Many relatives and friends know that they can get braised meat from them. Some who want to eat it but can't buy it go through them.
It’s not like they’re taking it for free. We’re all friends and talking about money would hurt feelings, so let’s just give them gifts!
In this way, the Qin family bought out all of Tian An's marinade ingredients, and she never spent money on marinade ingredients again.
The Peng family sent some cloth from time to time, and we had a lot of cloth stored at home. During Mangzhong, we were busy setting up the stall and had no time to make clothes, so all the cloth was piled up in the warehouse.
And what about the Gu family! At first, Gu Jinyan gave jewelry to Tian An, but Tian An refused it on the grounds that she was a country girl and it was not convenient for her to wear it.
Later, she began to send candies to Tian An, and Tian An only then realized that the candied fruit shop she often went to in the county town was run by the Gu family.
Tian An never bought candy again after that. Gu Jinyan would send some every now and then, and the family couldn't finish the excess. Tian An would take it to the homestead to feed the children.
The other children in the village were so greedy that the brave ones ran to Tian An's house to ask for more. Since they didn't need any and couldn't finish them, Tian An gave each of them a handful.
Then it was like stirring up a hornet's nest. Every evening, there would be a bunch of children waiting for Tian An to come back at the door.
Although small, the children were not quick to take advantage. Every time they came, they cut some grass to feed Tian An's cows. Some of the boys, upon hearing that Tian An's family raised quail, dug up earthworms to feed the quail, and the quail grew even fatter.
Because of the relationship between the three families, although some people in the upper class circles of the county town were jealous of the braised pork recipe, they all knew that there was someone behind the braised pork stall and did not dare to act rashly.
But there are also some blind people who want to offend others.
Tian An asked Mangzhong and the others to look after the braised meat stall while he carried the braised meat on his back and went to deliver it to several families. The last place he went to was the silk shop of the Peng family.
After putting down the braised meat, the shopkeeper settled the money earned from making dolls in the workshop with Tian An.
This time he paid more than three hundred and nearly four hundred taels of silver. Tian An put the banknotes into his bag. In fact, it was the space that was installed. After that, he said hello to the shopkeeper and walked out of the silk shop.
Tian An walked on the streets of the county town, weaving in and out among the endless stream of people. His pace became faster and faster, his brows furrowed, and his face looked serious.
Shortly after leaving the silk shop, she noticed someone following her. Since she was a bit far from Luo Youcai and the others, and since there were only little girls and young men there, she didn't go to the stalls. She thought she'd just wander around the street a bit to shake them off. Unfortunately, she couldn't shake off the dog-skin plaster after all that wandering.
Tian An's eyes rolled around, and he gradually slowed down his pace, occasionally visiting the street stalls.
She looked at the handkerchief, then at the rouge, and finally walked to a stall selling cheap jewelry at the entrance of the alley, picked up a hair flower and put it on her head, then took a bronze mirror from the stall and looked at herself.
Not far behind him, he saw two men, one fat and one thin, wearing coarse clothes, staring at him closely.
Tian An's grip suddenly loosened, and the bronze mirror slipped to the ground. She quickly squatted down to pick it up, rubbing it hard against the ground. In an instant, a scratch was clearly visible on the bronze mirror.
Tian An took off his hair flower and handed it to the young vendor along with the bronze mirror. "Oh! Brother, I'm sorry, I accidentally dropped this bronze mirror and it seems to have scratched it. But my brothers are following us. I'll take a look here. Please help me call my brothers."
The peddler looked behind Tian An and saw two big men looking at him, so he walked towards them.
Seeing that the hawker had attracted the attention of the two men, Tian An put down the copper coins he had prepared in advance and quickly slipped into the alley behind the stall.
The two men argued with the vendor for a few words, turned around, and found that Tian An was no longer in front of the stall.
The two men quickly ran to the stall and looked around. Seeing an alley behind the stall, they immediately chased in. The vendor tried to pull them away, but the fat man threatened them with a fierce look on his face. The vendor was frightened and let go.
The thin man ran into the alley, and the fat man followed behind, panting.
Tian An ran along the alley and soon reached the end. What bad luck! This alley turned out to be a dead end.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and Tian An knew that the two men had arrived.
After carefully looking around and making sure that no one was there, he slipped into the space. He could only wait until they left before leaving.
As expected, Tian An heard the voices of two people talking as soon as he entered the space.
The thin man first ran to where Tian An had just stood, looked around but couldn't find anyone. He looked at the wall in front of him, his eyes almost popping out.
"Damn it, this is a dead end. How on earth did that little bitch get away?"
The fat man caught up and took two breaths before saying, "Brother, why did this person disappear? This is a dead end. She can't just disappear out of thin air! Didn't she run in?"
The thin man said with certainty, "Impossible. I was staring at this side the whole time. Although I was distracted by that kid, I just happened to see the edge of her clothes when I turned around. Let's look for it again!"
The two searched everywhere, even the trash can in the corner, but they couldn't find Tian An.
Tian An, who had vanished into thin air, looked at the two of them in the space with a look of disdain. "Go ahead and search! Go ahead and search! Even if you dig three feet deep, you won't find me."
The two big men sat on the ground, exhausted and sweating, and left reluctantly after a while.
It took Tian An a while to come out of the space. He was jumping happily towards the outside of the alley!
As a result, tragedy happened when they were almost at the entrance of the alley.
Damn it, can someone tell her why these two big guys who look simple-minded but strong-limbed can actually know this trick!
"Haha, you silly girl, you're quite good at hiding! Keep hiding!"
Watching the two men approaching, Tian An slowly stepped back, clenching his fists.
"I advise you not to come over here again. If you do, I will call for help."
They both responded: "Hahaha, go ahead and yell! No one will come even if you yell your throat out."
Tian An: ...What a bunch of trivial words!
Suddenly, Tian An's eyes lit up and he looked behind the two people.
"Brother Daniel!"
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