"Alright, I know your personality, otherwise why would you ask me to do this together?" Wang Ergou smiled and then took out two clean oil paper bags from his chest. "Don't your younger brother and sister love this braised mutton the most? Take the rest of the mutton in the dish back for them to try, and also take half of this braised pork."
As Wang Ergou spoke, he quickly and efficiently divided the food into portions.
As for the remaining half of the roast chicken and the other half of the braised pork on the table, they were wrapped in another piece of oil paper and taken back to his mother. The Daughter's Red wine on the table was unopened and was returned to the tavern intact.
"Thank you, Brother Er Gou. Be sure to call me next time there's something like this." The man with the pointed beak held the warm oil paper package, his mouth agape.
"Of course," Wang Ergou waved his hand and laughed.
Braised mutton, three and a half qian; roast chicken, three qian; braised pork, one qian; plus the ten extra copper coins collected from returning the Daughter's Red wine.
Tonight's play cost a total of seven coins and six copper coins.
All these expenses were for his brother and mother's food, so he didn't lose anything. After the job was done, he would receive a solid five taels of silver. There was no better job than this. He just hoped that Feng Zicai would get the job done as soon as possible, so that Su Hua would trust his abilities from the bottom of her heart and would come to him first if she ever had any tricks up her sleeve.
After all, his relationship with the Su family wasn't exactly good before.
Now that the Su family is letting the villagers grow vegetables in the village, he has also followed suit and cultivated two plots of land in front of and behind his house. If the relationship remains strained, he probably won't have the face to go to the Su family to sell vegetables after the vegetables have grown well, let alone earn any other money.
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A mountain breeze stirred, causing the moon's shadow to disappear into the clouds, and mist rose from the earth, half-shrouding the entire Shanghe Village in a white fog.
"Giggle giggle—"
"Woof woof woof—"
"Meow!"
Su Hua woke up to a symphony of roosters crowing, dogs barking, and cats howling. She lifted the covers above her head, propped herself up on her hands, and looked at Lou Shanhong and the ten-foot-long curtain by the window for a long while before she slowly regained half of her senses.
People who come from military camps are truly not to be trifled with, especially veteran military doctors who come from military camps.
Last night, after a hearty meal, it was already past midnight, but the old man showed no signs of the exhaustion he claimed to have endured. Instead, he was full of energy and kept talking to her about the 'Yellow Springs,' which was his name for the Three Insects and Three Flowers Poison. They talked until one or two in the morning.
If Xiao Jinhan hadn't dragged him back later, he would have been up all night.
Especially the questions he asked, such as: Why could he determine the Three Insects and Three Flowers Poison from Xiao Jinhan's blood? Why are Hongxiao, Yunlian, and Hunduan the ones that restrain the Viper, Red Spider, and Cold Scorpion? How did she know where the Three Flowers grow? Can these Three Flowers be replaced with other flowers? What is the dosage? Who is her master, how old is she, which valley did she come from, and why have I never heard of her before? Can she be invited over for a sparring match...?
One question after another almost exposed her true colors.
Just thinking about it gave Su Hua a headache, and she just hoped she wouldn't have to see that old man again for the time being.
However, no sooner had this thought crossed his mind than a hastily made chicken coop slowly emerged from between the two flowerpots—
A smile slowly spread across her rosy, mountain-red face, and then a bowl of bright red lard noodles appeared at the window. "Girl, you're awake? Sister-in-law Su and Da Hu's wife made lard noodles this morning, with a big fried egg underneath and two generous spoonfuls of braised venison on top. It's so much better than those brats' cooking..."
The old man was halfway through his sentence when he slurped down a mouthful of noodles. As he slurped, he kept chatting away by the window frame, "Oh, Sister Su's cooking is really good. Girl, get up quickly, it's hot right now, it won't be as flavorful if you wait too long."
Su Hua's lips twitched almost imperceptibly. This person's ability to make friends was comparable to that of Qin Yucheng. In just one night, he was already calling her "sister-in-law" and "little girl" repeatedly, and even Su Dalang and his three little radish heads were calling her "Grandpa Xue."
With such eloquence, it's a real waste of her talent that she's not a historian.
However, seeing him slurping noodles made her a little hungry too.
Moreover, I've been busy searching for Hongxiao in Fuhu Mountain these past few days and haven't had time to deal with the restaurant and house construction in the county town. The foundation for the adjacent site has already been laid thanks to the villagers' enthusiastic efforts, and now we need to quickly prepare the waterproofing materials for the toilets and bathrooms.
However, while the cedar trees grew in abundance on the mountain behind, and the tung oil and lime used to make lime were readily available, a reliable carpenter was nowhere to be found.
There are bamboo weavers and bricklayers in Shanghe Village, but no carpenters.
If you go to Cangwu Town or Qingshui County to look for them, you may not be able to find a suitable one in a short time. After all, old craftsmen are often eccentric and have their own temperaments. Even if you give them enough money, they may not be willing to obediently listen to them and do things that you have never even heard of.
"Have you forgotten, Hua'er? There's a carpenter right here in our village!" Su Baishi laughed when she saw her looking worried. "Your brother Husheng has been learning the craft from the old carpenter all these years. The village chief came over yesterday afternoon to deliver vegetables, just worried that Husheng had nothing to do."
"Brother Husheng?" Su Hua swallowed a mouthful of noodles, a hint of memory flashing in her eyes.
Su Chengde and his wife had two sons, the eldest son Su Haisheng and the second son Su Husheng. Because Su Chengde and Su Chengde were cousins, the two brothers Su Haisheng and Su Husheng had a good relationship with the Su family siblings. When they were young, they often went to the end of the village to play with Su Dahu and his brothers. They also cared for the original owner's little cousin.
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