Chen Afu introduced Chu Hanyan, "This is Brother Yang, and this is Sister Yang."
Yang Qian is more than a month older than Chu Hanyan and is also a little sister.
Chu Hanyan is now only used to getting along with Dabao and Luo Mei, a brother and sister. As soon as the Yang siblings enter the room, her little face becomes tense and her little mouth becomes tightly pursed.
People don’t like them!
Chen Afu was not angry at the little girl's performance, but was very happy. She finally knew how to express her thoughts, even if she didn't say anything, just made an expression, it was progress.
The Yang siblings didn't feel like they were being disliked. Yang Chao was chatting lively with Dabao, Qiqi and Huihui.
Yang Qian was even more outgoing. As soon as she saw Chu Hanchu, she fell in love with this beautiful sister. She took off her shoes and climbed onto the kang, sat opposite Chu Hanyan, looked at her and said softly, "Sister, you are so pretty. Let's play house."
Seeing that Chu Hanyan ignored her, she said, "Then let's play hide and seek, okay?" Seeing that people still ignored her, she was not discouraged and said, "Then let's recite nursery rhymes."
Then, regardless of whether others agreed or not, he clapped his hands and began to recite:
The cart pusher, the cart grinder,
Send my brother to school.
My elder brother studied for three years.
The first test will produce a scholar.
First worship the father, then the mother.
Say goodbye again and go into your wife’s room.
The golden key opens the silver box,
There was light in my wife's room.
Although her speech was not very clear, she recited it very seriously. When she finished, Chen Ahfu and Miaoer in the room, as well as Mother Song and Yang Qian's wet nurse Mother Huang outside the door, burst into laughter.
Chu Hanchu didn't react at first, she just stared at Yang Qian blankly, perhaps because she thought this little girl was so funny. Seeing that everyone else was laughing, she thought it was very funny, even though she didn't understand what the little girl was reciting, and she also grinned.
Yang Qian was very happy to see her sister smile, and said, "Sister, carry me." Seeing that she only smiled and didn't carry me, she didn't get angry, and took out a handkerchief from her bosom and said, "Then let's play folding handkerchiefs."
Then, he rubbed the handkerchief a few times, and stuffed it into Chu Hanyan's hands for her to fold. Then he took the handkerchief back, rubbed it a few more times, and stuffed it into Chu Hanyan's hands again.
Chen Dabao would attract Chu Hanyan's attention again, but he was also a little boy and too mature to play like those little girls like Yang Qian.
Although Luo Mei was a young girl, the hierarchy prevented her from treating Chu Yanhan like that.
Chu Hanyan found Yang Qian very novel and she no longer rejected her. She watched the chatterbox Yang Qian playing and talking to herself.
Chen Afu was very happy. He thought that if she could train the outgoing Miss Yang well, she would be Miss Chu's best friend.
Perhaps Mother Song thought the same, and the smile she gave to Mother Huang was much friendlier than when they first came in.
At noon, Chen Ming asked A Lu to invite Chen Ye and his son and Gao Lizheng to come over to drink with him. Not long after, Hu Laowu's dog nose somehow smelled the Chen family's wine and ran over, bringing a jar of wine.
Chen Ming really disliked this man, but since he was here, he couldn't chase him away. People say that it's better to offend a gentleman than a villain. It's best not to offend people like Hu Laowu.
Chen Afu also took the time to make a dish of golden pork. This was the children's favorite dish, and even Sister Yan took the initiative to point at it and asked to eat "that".
Yang Chao, who was eating with his mouth full of oil, said again, "Aunt Chen, the chef in my restaurant can't cook as good as you."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "If you like it, eat more."
After dinner, the children were all sleepy. Chu Hanyan and Yang Qian, holding their big swallow dolls, slept in the east bedroom, while Dabao, Luo Mingcheng and Yang Chao slept in the west bedroom.
Chen Afu asked Luo Mei to sleep in the east room with the two girls, but the little girl shook her head and said, "No, a slave must serve the master."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "You sleep next to my sister. If she needs anything, you get up and serve her."
After hearing this, Luo Mei obediently slept on the outermost side of the kang.
After Chen Afu heard that they had finished drinking and Chen Ye and others had left, he went to the old courtyard.
After lunch, Chen Ming was not feeling well, felt a little tired, and had drunk some wine, so he went to the west room to sleep.
Manager Luo and several men including Yang Mingyuan were arranged to rest in the east room.
Yang Mingyuan had something to do, so he came under the eaves to wait for Chen Afu.
He was wearing a camel-colored long cotton brocade robe, was of medium build, and his facial features were not handsome, but the shrewdness and calmness in his eyes added a lot of points to him, making people feel at ease.
Chen Ahfu didn't have much contact with him, but through his two children, Chen Ahfu felt that he should be a good person. The children were so well educated, so it must be that this father taught them well.
He saw Chen Ahfu coming from the side door and smiled at her, "I have a business deal. I wonder if Mrs. Chen is interested."
It turned out that Yang Mingyuan wanted to open another restaurant in Dingzhou Prefecture. He felt that with the special dishes of nine kinds of fresh braised food and fried with fine bran, he should be able to gain a foothold in Dingzhou Prefecture where there were many restaurants.
Some time ago, he went to Dingzhou. As soon as he found a location for a restaurant, he went to visit a friend who ran a wine shop.
It was evening, and smoke was rising from every chimney. I was still far from my friend's wine shop, but I could see the bustling crowd in front of his house. When I got closer, I could smell the delicious smell of stewed food. I squeezed in and saw a big pot on a clay stove. Some bamboo sticks were warming in the pot, and the sticks were skewered with meat and vegetables. It looked very strange.
A friend said that this was Chen San’s braised skewers, so he bought all the remaining braised skewers in the pot and invited Yang Mingyuan to eat them.
Yang Mingyuan felt that this kind of braised skewers was somewhat similar to his own Jiuwei Xianlu, but the taste was slightly lighter than Jiuwei Xianlu. However, the way they were eaten had changed, and they were strung into skewers, which was very unique and tasted more delicious. Moreover, the rich loved it, the poor could afford it, and the children liked it even more.
I heard from a friend that this kind of food has become a famous snack in the city in a short period of time, attracting many people to try it, not only because it tastes good, but also because the owner is smart and his way of selling braised skewers is very special.
It turned out that after Chen San became famous for his braised skewers, he found six more "sales points". He did not rent a shop, but found a wine shop with good access to the port where there were many wealthy families. He paid a high price to rent a small space in front of the shop to sell Chen San's braised skewers, and only rented it for one hour in the afternoon. If it rained or snowed, he would move the space inside the shop.
Of course the owner of the wine shop was happy with this kind of good thing. It would not affect his business and he could make money. Later, he found that the wine business was much better than usual, which was a pleasant surprise.
However, Chen San stopped renting the wine shop after eight days, saying that most of his earnings went into the wine shop, which was not worth it. The owner of the wine shop was unwilling to let them go, and lowered the price again and again until Chen San was satisfied, and then he continued to cooperate.
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