In order to make the meat taste better, they did not stew it at night, but waited until the next morning to stew it. Since there was agarwood in the water tank, Chen Afu was afraid that the stewed meat would taste bad, so he specially picked up a bucket of water and put it aside.
I got up early in the morning and braised the meat and large intestine. I ate some of it for breakfast, left some for Chen Ming for lunch, and took most of it with me.
Chen Ming also got up early in the morning. He was worried and wanted to go with Chen Afu. Chen Afu didn't dare to tire him out. Although his health was better, he still couldn't be tired. So he said he would take Jin Yanzi with him, and he was relieved. He also asked Chen Afu to go to Xile Restaurant. Although it was the second largest restaurant in Sanqing County, its prices were fair and it didn't bully ordinary people.
When Qiqi and Huihui saw that Jinyanzi was leaving, they insisted on following her. Chen Ahfu had no choice but to let them stay in the basket and not fly around. He also told them not to talk, so that no one would miss them.
Put them into the basket and cover them with cloth. Chen Ahfu, wearing a bamboo hat, carried the basket of braised meat, while Chen Dabao carried the basket of birds and went to the village to sit on Gao Lao's donkey cart.
Today is the market day, and many people are carrying things to sell in the county town.
The braised meat smelled really good. People on the bus didn't dare to ask Chen Ahfu, but asked Chen Dabao, "What's in your basket that smells so good?"
Chen Dabao said, "My mother braised the meat. We took it to the county town to sell it."
The old man driving the carriage smiled and said, "This is so delicious, it will definitely sell for a good price."
Dabao narrowed his eyes and smiled, saying, "Grandpa Chenggao said it well. I think so too."
When we arrived at Sanqing County, Old Man Gao said that the donkey cart would be waiting at the city gate at noon, and no one would wait after that time.
After entering the county town, Chen Ahfu pulled her hat down a little more and lowered her head, so that others could not see her face clearly. The original owner was bullied to death here, so she dared not be careless.
The golden swallow knew that she was not good-looking, so she flew out boldly and stuck to Chen Ahfu's collar to look at the scenery. The other two little creatures just poked their heads out and looked around at the prosperity and noise of the world.
They asked for the direction of the Xile Restaurant and headed there. On the way, they saw a grocery store. Chen Ahfu asked what kind of marinated ingredients there were. The shopkeeper pointed at the same few items, and she felt more confident.
Unexpectedly, they saw Jinyun Embroidery Workshop, so Chen Ahfu led Chen Dabao inside. Jinyun Embroidery Workshop was very large, with three floors, and was decorated with a wide variety of things. There were embroidered screens, embroidered fans, head flowers, pendants and other decorative items, as well as cloth and ready-made clothes. When the waiter heard that they didn't sell embroidery, and they didn't seem like they could afford the things here, he didn't greet them again, but he didn't chase them away either.
Chen Afu saw that all the buttons on the ready-made clothes were straight buttons and abacus-shaped buttons, and thought that if the beauty managed the business well, she could really make a lot of money.
Even though the ancients were smart and could create plum blossom buckles and lotus buckles based on chrysanthemum buckles, they would definitely not come up with double-layer buckles and auspicious buckles in a short period of time. Chen Afu knew all this.
But she still didn't dare to sell these button designs to compete with that beauty. Jin Yanzi said that those people were the families of the governor, and she was not someone a commoner could afford to offend. Let's talk about it after a year.
After visiting these two places, it was almost noon, and they hurried towards the Xile Restaurant.
On the way, Chen Ahfu bought a piece of jujube cake for Chen Dabao to eat. As a result, Qiqi and Huihui also clamored for it, so Chen Dabao had to eat a bite himself and then feed them a bite.
Suddenly, several men stopped them. One of them pointed at the basket in Chen Dabao's hand and said, "This bird is really beautiful. I want it."
The man who was speaking looked like a young master from a wealthy family, about twenty years old, wearing brocade clothes and holding a large fan in his hand. The other two were servants.
As soon as the man finished speaking, a servant took out one or two taels of silver.
It turned out that Qiqi was so happy eating that her whole body came out. Her beautiful feathers were even more bright and dazzling under the sunlight. She looked very funny when she stretched her little head to eat.
Chen Dabao took a step back and said, "Gentlemen, we don't sell this bird."
"Hey, you little peasant, I want to buy this bird because I think highly of you. You have to sell it today whether you want to or not." The man said domineeringly.
Are you forcing me to buy it? No, it should be said that I am forcing you to buy it. One tael of silver is only enough to buy a hair of Qiqi.
Chen Afu didn't say anything, she was afraid of attracting the attention of those people. With Jin Yanzi around, she wasn't afraid that Qiqi would be bullied.
The golden swallow flew up all of a sudden, hovering over Chen Ahfu's head and chirping. It was saying, "Mother Fu, let Dabao sell it to them. These people are too abominable, aren't they trying to force the purchase? Let's just give them up and let them lose everything." It called out to Qiqi a few more times.
Chen Afu was shocked. The golden swallow even knew about something like "standing up someone". It turned out that the golden swallow was really a well-informed bird.
She really couldn't afford to offend these men, and since Jin Yanzi had come up with this good idea, she had no choice but to do it. She said to Dabao, "Son, if these gentlemen like it, just sell it to them."
The men laughed and said, "That's right." Then they threw a tael of silver into Chen Dabao's basket, making Huihui scream, and then they grabbed Qiqi and said, "Let's go, I'll take you home to live a rich life."
Qiqi probably understood what Jin Yanzi said, and did not resist, so she was captured by those people. Jin Yanzi also flew up and circled in the sky.
As soon as those people left, Dabao burst into tears, "Qiqi, my Qiqi, I won't sell it..."
Chen Ahfu bent down to wipe Dabao's tears and whispered in his ear, "Don't cry, Dabao, Jinbao is here, Qiqi will come home."
Chen Dabao stopped crying after hearing this. With tears in his eyes, he asked Chen Afu, "Can Qiqi really go home?"
Chen Ahfu nodded and said, "Jinbao is so amazing, I will definitely be able to bring it home."
She put the small silver ingot in her arms and snorted in her heart. She didn't expect that someone would come to her and give her money.
The Xile Restaurant was also three stories high, with red doors and carved windows, and it was very impressive, and the business was very good. The waiter did not look down on them because of their shabby clothes, and still warmly invited them to a small table.
Chen Afu first looked at the menu, which included dozens of dishes such as braised pork elbow, rouge roast goose, honey-brewed mantis shrimp, steamed shad, oven-roasted chicken, sugar-steamed eggplant, five-spice braised pork, shrimp rolls, etc. Chen Afu had never heard of many of the names of the dishes.
She ordered a plate of five-spice braised pork, a relatively cheap Kung Pao diced pork, a vegetarian soup, and two bowls of rice, for a total of one hundred and twenty cents.
The waiter did not leave, but stood aside politely. Chen Ahfu realized that the waiter saw that the two of them were wearing shabby clothes and was afraid that they would eat and dine for free. He quickly took out a string of money and twenty coins from his bag.
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