Chapter 185 She Wants This City to Live
There was silence all around for a moment, and then there was a murmur of voices.
"Repairing the city wall? That thing... even if it's repaired, there's no telling when it might be breached again..."
"Exactly! If you ask me, although Master Xiao Xue is an upright official, he is still too young and will mess around..."
"Don't dare to say nonsense... Master Xiao Xue... has a good heart..."
"So, should we go and repair the city wall?"
Everyone discussed it for a long time without coming to a conclusion. Then someone asked a question that silenced everyone.
Chen Chunxing seemed to be deaf to the commotion in the field and just kept making pancakes there.
The beige batter was poured into a pan filled with hot oil, making a "sizzling" sound. The sound of eggs breaking was so clear in their ears. They stared at the evenly arranged bacon and crispy crackers, trying hard to swallow their saliva.
"No matter when the city is captured, the copper coins I can get are the real ones..."
Chen Chunxing wrapped the pancake with bamboo leaves, handed it to Ge Baoer, and signaled her to eat it with his eyes!
Ge Baoer took it happily and took bite after bite.
Maybe it was because she ate too deliciously and the sound of chewing the crispy food was too loud. Everyone was thinking about Miss Shen's "careless words" just now, and their eyes gradually became filled with some complicated thoughts that they had never had before.
A half-grown child squatted on the street corner and looked around for a long time. Finally, he couldn't help it, jumped up, broke through the crowd, and ran out of the market.
Someone was bumped into and pulled him back, wondering, "Where are you going, Erwazi?"
The child waved it away and said in a muffled voice, "My brother is sick and needs to eat something good!"
The man let go of his hand in shock.
Everyone watched the child disappear at the end of the street.
“Crack!”
A noise behind them drew their attention back.
Chen Chunxing cracked a cooked salt duck egg, peeled it, and handed it to Baoer with a smile.
"We just opened today, and we're only giving away salted duck eggs to the first ten customers. There are only... three left."
It was Baoer's first time eating salted duck eggs. He took a big bite foolishly, and the corners of his mouth were instantly stained with red oil.
She stared at the plump, oily, and delicate duck egg yolk, frowned, and said vaguely: "It's good, but a little salty. I want a bowl of porridge..."
At this time, a few lazy guys sneaked away from behind.
No one asked them where they were going, but everyone knew where they were going.
The west city market, which had finally become lively, returned to its former silence in an instant.
But the little girl who asked for a bowl of noodles from the next door secretly curled up the corners of her mouth.
She wanted this city to live, the people here to live, this land to say goodbye to humbleness, and the high and mighty officials in Beijing to stop thinking of throwing ants here to die...
The Shen family was thrown here, and so was Xue Yongan.
Naturally, in Shen Chunxing's eyes, they should take root here and then grow into a towering tree, making those who are always thinking of stepping on them look up in silence.
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Business was not very good on the first day.
It was not until after lunch that only eighteen portions were sold. This was because the news spread to the market, and many people and peddlers from the south of the city came to buy it.
Even if you don't buy the pancakes for the sake of the food, you have to try them just for Mr. Xue's sake.
After trying it, I realized it was worth the money.
When many people came looking for the smell, they found nothing.
Chen Chunxing and others packed up their stalls early and rode a mule cart to the county government office.
Put the boiler into the yard.
And next time we go to the city, we won’t have to fill the mule cart so full that there will be almost no place for people to sit.
"When I was making the pancakes just now, did you see all the steps clearly?"
"To answer the young lady, I can see it clearly, but I have never used that flat iron pan. Maybe after trying it a couple of times, I will be able to do it."
Children from poor families have to grow up early. Before entering the Xue Mansion, Ge Baoer also helped with cooking at home. In terms of cooking skills, she is much more skilled than Chen Chunxing.
Making pancakes is actually not difficult. Just as Ge Baoer said, you can get the hang of it after trying a few times.
Chen Chunxing naturally didn't have the time to spend on setting up a stall. The village couldn't do without her for all the big and small matters. After much deliberation, she could only hand over the business to the two maids.
"I'll prepare the food and send it over, and have Maoping drive you to the market. From now on, you'll receive a monthly stipend from the master, and I'll give you another stipend."
The two maids agreed happily without hesitation.
They were born in the city and entered the Xue Mansion for a living. They had no idea that they could not "show their faces in public", but most of them were just a little embarrassed.
Thinking about.
The master is usually very kind, and the girls always think about them. Meeting such a boss is the luckiest thing in her life!
Bao'er is cute and naive, and goes out with Chen Chunxing more often, while Dong'er is more calm.
Don't fight or compete.
Therefore, no matter how happy he was in his heart, he did not show it. Instead, after pouring the tea, he carefully closed both doors and then reported quietly.
"Miss, the west wing hasn't been out for several days."
Chen Chunxing raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
Those who came from the Duke's Mansion lived in the west wing.
When she entered the house, she met Geba and heard that Manager Chen had already left with his men, leaving only a group of guards and Nanny Chen.
"Have you sent anyone to inquire?"
Dong'er replied, "I went there myself, but Cui'er stopped me from entering. She said that Nanny Chen had caught a cold during the night and shouldn't be seen by anyone."
Bao'er chimed in angrily, "She even lost her temper and gave the maids and aunts in our yard a good scolding! She blamed the quilt for being too heavy, the window paper for being too thin... She just wouldn't let anyone send for a doctor."
This sounds really strange.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too many cases waiting to be tried in the county government office recently, making it inconvenient to disturb the master, and Miss Shen hadn't returned home, she would never have waited until now to report it.
"Have you noticed since when did Mrs. Chen stop showing up?" Chen Chunxing frowned and slowly picked up the teacup.
"My dear, it must have started when the Jichang Pharmacy caught fire and the master was investigating the case overnight.
When I was serving tea to the master, I saw Nanny Chen in the back garden. The bruises on her face had disappeared, but she had a stern look and looked very unhappy.
I called a few servants to secretly watch her. Unexpectedly, from the second day on, I never saw Nanny Chen leave her room again. Even when she ate or went to the toilet, Cui'er, her maid, brought her in to take care of her.
The fact that Nanny Chen was suffering from a strange disease could not be hidden from the people in the mansion. She was always coming in and out, steaming medicinal food, and asking Doctor Chang to come back for acupuncture. Even if the servants did not know the inside story, most of them had heard a thing or two about it.
Dong'er also received guidance from the Shen family.
Therefore, after discovering that Nanny Chen was abnormal, she immediately took it to heart.
After receiving the report from the servant, she thought about it and figured out the problem.
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