After the speech, it was already afternoon.
The curfew in Jiangzhou is still very strict. Once the shadows are gone, it won't be so easy for them to leave the city!
After walking out of the shop, Cao Wenshan could hardly believe it. He had finally found work, and his father's medicine money was finally secured! He no longer had to worry about going hungry, and his steps became lighter.
In the southern part of the city, a low thatched house is where Cao Wenquan and his father now live! In order to settle down here, he spent all his savings, but he never expected that the rent for this thatched house would be one or two taels of silver for half a year!
These past few days they have been surviving on wild vegetables. Fortunately, there are many small plots of wasteland around them, and many residents have reclaimed the land to grow vegetables to supplement their household income. Naturally, there are also wild vegetables to dig up.
But eating wild vegetables all the time isn't good either. Father's illness is getting worse and worse. If he doesn't take his medicine soon, I'm really afraid he won't make it through the summer.
Cao Wenshan touched the steaming multigrain bun in his arms and walked into the low-ceilinged house. The house was dimly lit, and there was no oil lamp, which was really inconvenient.
Hearing footsteps outside, Cao Adie knew his son had returned. He quickly forced himself to get up and asked in the dark, "Wenshan, is that you? Come in and rest!"
"Lie down quickly! Father, I'll get myself some water!" Seeing his father about to get up, Cao Wenshan quickly went over and helped him lie down. "Father, this is for you, eat it quickly! I'll go boil some hot water, you can't always drink cold water."
Before leaving home each day, he would boil a pot of water for his father and keep it warm on the stove next door. Fortunately, as the weather got warmer, the water temperature was just right for drinking. However, he would still boil some hot water every night so that his father could soak his feet.
The soft texture of the multigrain steamed buns and the aroma of grains in the air were a shock to Old Man Cao's understanding. They were actually steamed buns! He asked in surprise, "Wenshan, where did you get the money to buy steamed buns? Hey, take these steamed buns and eat them. I lie around all day and I'm not hungry."
Although they are multigrain steamed buns, they are still steamed buns! They are made from grains! They are completely different from the wild vegetable porridge they ate before.
Cao Adie felt he was already a useless person, and rather than wasting food here, he would rather save it for his son.
Upon hearing his words, Cao Wenshan knew what he was thinking. To prevent him from worrying, he stopped and went to the bedside.
"Father, I've found a job! I'm working as an accountant at a really nice pastry shop. The owner is very generous, and I get a full twenty coins a day! Plus, if I do a good job, there will be bonuses. I've calculated that I can earn at least seven or eight hundred coins a month, and then we can eat steamed buns every day! Tomorrow I'll take you to see a doctor, and we'll get some medicine to help you get better. We still need to go see Mother and the others!"
"What? Twenty coins a day? And that gold too? Wow, there's such a good job here? My son is amazing! Hey, then Dad will eat, Dad will eat." Old Man Cao shakily broke off half a steamed bun and handed it to his son, indicating that they should each eat half.
Knowing that this was his father's limit, Cao Wenshan had no choice but to pick up the other half of the steamed bun. The father and son each ate half of the bun with cold water, and the heavy weight in their hearts was lifted!
Cao Wenshan studied at the village private school for several years, but later his family ran out of money and he could no longer continue his studies. So he went to work as an accountant and shop assistant at a general store in town. Just as his family's life was gradually improving, he did not expect to encounter war. He had no choice but to flee south with his fellow villagers.
They had gone through many hardships along the way. Even though everyone was very careful, they still encountered several groups of bandits. The family of four was separated by the scattered refugees. Cao Wenshan, who was left alone, searched for a long time and finally found his injured father, but he never found his mother and wife again.
The father and son searched all the way, but found no trace of the two women in their home. They had no choice but to join a group and travel south together. Although they had both prepared for the worst, Cao Wenshan still comforted his father, seeing his condition, saying that he and his wife had agreed to settle in Jiangzhou. He said that if they went to Jiangzhou, they might be able to meet his mother and wife.
Old Cao was at his wit's end. His own illness had become a burden to his son, and he had long harbored thoughts of ending his life. But when he heard that he still had a chance to see his wife and daughter-in-law, he suddenly felt reassured. The two of them walked together all the way to Jiangzhou on their own two legs.
Upon arriving in Jiangzhou, they found they couldn't enter the city gates, so they settled for He County instead. They found He County to be peaceful and secluded, giving them a sense of being isolated from the world, and decided to settle there.
However, work was hard to find. Although Cao Wenshan had worked as an accountant before, very few shops were hiring accountants, and the heavy and strenuous work was beyond the capabilities of someone as weak as him. If he couldn't find work, Cao Wenshan really considered trying his luck at the docks, hoping to earn some living expenses by carrying heavy loads. Unexpectedly, just when he was about to give up, a glimmer of hope appeared when he came across a job opening at Ruyi Cake Shop.
This Ruyi Cake Shop is a godsend.
Cao Wenshan cherished this opportunity and would arrive at the shop on time every day to tidy up the shop with Xiao Jin and others. He also kept clear and detailed records of the accounts each time. His elegant calligraphy made everyone envious.
Xiao Jin's parents were overjoyed to hear that their son could work at Ruyi Pastry Shop. Wasn't that the old Siji Pastry Shop? That shop used to be very successful. They just didn't know if it would still be as prosperous now that Boss Si was gone.
Xiao Jin wasn't worried about that. Brother Mu Chun had said that their boss and the old boss were siblings. The pastries sold at Ruyi Pastry Shop were exactly the same as before. And don't underestimate their boss; the shop might be launching new products soon!
Qin San Niang was unaware that Mu Chun and the others thought so highly of her, but on her way back, she was also thinking that she should come up with something new! Otherwise, how could she make money? It was always the same few kinds of pastries, and she was getting a little tired of them! Besides, those kinds of pastries weren't that difficult to make. As long as an experienced pastry chef kept trying, he could always make them.
The truth is, for someone who owns an entire book of pastry recipes, creating dozens of pastry recipes is not a difficult task at all.
When I got home, I saw a basket of washed apricots in the main hall. The apricots were orange-yellow with a hint of green, and they weren't very big. They looked like wild apricots from the mountains.
Seeing the two return, Liu poked her head out from the kitchen. "Those apricots were sent over by Qingshan. He said they were wild apricots from the mountains, and they taste a bit sweet and sour. You should try some!"
Da Wa's eyes lit up. Back in his hometown, there were apricot trees in the mountains, which were one of the few treats for children like them. Although the family's conditions are better now, fruit is still not as common, so apricots are still very popular.
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