Because the two sides are relatives, they have a somewhat competitive mentality of not wanting to admit defeat to each other. Not only does no one feel embarrassed to point fingers at Xia Daohua in front of their opponent, but they have reached a slightly strange dynamic balance.
Even if there were some short-sighted people, with Erlang and the aunt leading the way, they would not be able to find Xia Daohua.
Apart from occasionally taking over some first- and second-tier orders from the pickle workshop, Xia Daohua spends most of her time in the "Daohuaxiang" store, compiling statistics on her customers' consumption tendencies.
Or she would quietly change into men's clothes, bring Linghua with her, and walk around the streets trying all kinds of delicious food.
Life is very carefree and comfortable.
As refugees poured in, County Magistrate Yang handled the situation effectively, and the Wang family provided great assistance. The entire Jixiang County seemed to be thriving.
The city walls became taller and stronger, the moats deeper and deeper, and even the criss-crossing water ditches and sewage networks became much deeper and wider than before.
In order to ensure that the refugees continue to have work, County Magistrate Yang not only replaced all the local people who were doing labor, but also began to lead the people in building roads.
He first repaired the official road, widened it between counties, rebuilt the roadbed, paved it with loess, and used fine sand and gravel mixed with glutinous rice flour to repair the road surface like repairing a city wall.
Xia Daohua watched it twice. Seeing them working so hard to build the road bit by bit like ants moving house, she felt a little sorry for them and couldn't help but want to get some cement.
She carefully recalled the formula of cement and found that it didn't work.
Without supporting industrial products, the kind of cement that would be produced in later generations would not be possible.
However, it is worth giving the traditional method of making cement a try.
However, if cement were available, the construction process could certainly be accelerated. But where would County Magistrate Yang find so much work and resettle so many refugees?
Xia Daohua thought about it and decided that she could buy a kiln and conduct experiments in secret, but there was no need to rush to launch the finished product.
Cement has many uses. If it is really developed, there will be no problem with sales.
As for County Magistrate Yang, it would be better to let him do what he wants. It would be better not to help with good intentions but end up doing more harm than good.
Thinking about these things, Xia Daohua's attention was not on the surrounding environment, and Linghua was concentrating on eating. Neither of them noticed that they had unknowingly walked into a quiet street.
To be precise, this is a very wide alley with several small restaurants and stalls on the roadside.
But this place should be very lively on weekdays, but it is quiet at this time.
When Xia Daohua and Linghua came to their senses, they only felt that the surroundings were too quiet, as if business was not very good. Apart from that, they did not notice anything wrong.
The two walked to a small stall and sat on the bench serving customers. After sitting down, they realized that their legs and feet were a little sore because they had walked for too long without realizing it.
Linghua wrinkled her face pitifully and rubbed her stomach: "I'm so hungry!"
Xia Daohua instructed, "Hurry up and serve something first!"
"Okay!"
The middle-aged woman at the stall smiled brightly and responded decisively. She quickly picked up a strand of noodles from the chopping board next to her with chopsticks and put it into the pot of boiling water.
After adding two drops of cold water, he took out the noodles and put them into a bowl. He then used a big spoon to scoop out a big spoonful of mutton soup with meat chunks from another pot next to it, poured it on the noodles, and sprinkled a handful of tender coriander on top.
Two bowls of noodles were quickly placed in front of Xia Daohua and Linghua, and they started eating with chopsticks.
Linghua's face lit up immediately: "Delicious! Really delicious!"
Xia Daohua tasted it and felt that Linghua was right.
The mutton soup at this noodle stall is exceptionally fresh and delicious. I don’t know if it’s because of the quality of the ingredients or some special seasoning, but it doesn’t have any smell of mutton at all.
Such genuine noodles are only three cents a bowl.
However, the bowl of noodles was only as big as Xia Daohua's fist, and an average adult would definitely not feel full after eating one bowl of noodles.
Compared to the huge bowls that can fit a person's face in most noodle stalls these days, this small bowl is so tiny!
This small and exquisite bowl is only suitable to be placed in high-end restaurants with luxurious decoration.
If it is put on a roadside stall, the business may not be very good.
After all, those ordinary people who value practicality will be discouraged when they see the size of this bowl!
Linghua ate three bowls in a row before she was satisfied, but Xia Daohua only ate one bowl.
She ordered an extra large portion of roasted lamb and gave herself a meal.
Linghua also hurriedly took two chopsticks and commented on the mutton. She thought the mutton was cooked to perfection, tender and fragrant, but she still found it easier to eat noodles with the mutton soup.
Xia Daohua looked at Linghua with a smile on her face as she ate happily, and couldn't help but think that maybe she could open a restaurant.
It would be nice to put it next to the teahouse I had thought of before, facing each other.
An inn can be arranged next to the restaurant.
Unfortunately, there are not enough people on hand, so no matter how many good ideas we have, we can only think about them first.
Linghua's belly was round from eating so much that she pulled Xia Daohua to get up and take a walk to help digest the food. Xia Daohua smiled and stood up with the help of her strength, then followed her. After walking a few steps, she felt her vision getting blurry and her head felt dizzy.
Immediately afterwards, Linghua's legs went weak and she fell to the ground with a thump. Xia Daohua reached out to help her, but when she bent down, she couldn't hold on and fell down.
Xia Daohua wanted to stand up, but found that her whole body was weak and she had no strength.
A thought flashed through her mind: "Damn it! I've been tricked! There's something wrong with that stall!"
The thought had just flashed through his mind and had not yet completely disappeared when his eyes went dark and he passed out.
The lady boss, who had been smiling broadly just now, laughed even louder now:
"Brothers, come out to work!"
Following this shout, several waves of people rushed out from the surrounding shops. They were all wearing the same clothes as the group of big men they met at Jingweiju last time, and their faces were full of joy.
"This arrogant little girl has finally fallen into the hands of our brothers!"
The middle-aged woman's face suddenly became serious:
"Jia Liu, this little girl is the one that the master has repeatedly asked for and specifically requested!
You must serve carefully and remember to keep your people under control!
If anything goes wrong and the master's business is delayed, you can forget about getting that thing around your neck! Even if Madam Huo is willing to come forward, she can't save you!"
The big man Jialiu was originally laughing happily, but after hearing this, his face suddenly turned ugly.
He silently took out a roll of rope and tied up Xia Daohua's hands and feet, and then tied up Linghua as well.
He stuffed two walnuts into the mouths of the two unconscious little girls, blindfolded them, and then stuffed the two into the carriage of a carriage on the side of the road.
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