Chapter 233 It’s so pitiful that the man ran away
Aunt Zhang, Shitou, and the old doctor were very happy to see the two return early.
At nightfall in summer, a mountain breeze can occasionally blow in from outside, making it much cooler than indoors.
Aunt Zhang placed the dining table in the middle of the yard.
There were two plates of pickled vegetables on the table, made with purslane and wolfberry sprouts respectively.
The former is sweet, sour and crisp, while the latter is crushed and mixed with various spices, which is spicy and fresh.
He Jinglan tasted it and praised it highly, "Aunt's cooking skills are getting better and better. This side dish is even more delicious than meat!"
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "I didn't make it. Mrs. Zhou sent it over this afternoon."
"Her business is booming now. I heard people say that when you pass by her pickled vegetable stand on your way into the city, there are always many people lining up to buy."
"Recently, I often hear people in the village calling her the Pickled Vegetable Beauty."
Gu Xixi also smiled and said, "If the business is doing well, there will naturally be motivation to figure out how to do better."
"These two side dishes are pretty good. They use wild vegetables grown in the mountains behind us. Firstly, this helps save costs, and secondly, wild vegetables are rare for city dwellers."
As she spoke, she looked at He Jinglan and teased, "Just look at our client's reaction and you'll know."
He Jinglan raised her head and said, "Okay, I am a city person who is ignorant. I treat the mountain vegetables that you are used to eating as treasures."
Everyone laughed.
When they were almost done eating, Aunt Zhang glanced at the west room and sighed, "Is Xiao Chen really not coming back?"
"I'm not coming back." Gu Xixi drank the mung bean porridge without raising her head and said:
"From tomorrow on, if anyone asks, I don't have to hide it anymore. Just say that the person ran away."
The other four people were all shocked.
He Jinglan started coughing because of choking.
Aunt Zhang asked again in disbelief, "Tell me directly? Did the person run away?"
Gu Xixi straightened up and looked at everyone, "Well, that's what I said."
"It's already a fact. Instead of letting others speculate and spread rumors, it's better to be honest and have peace of mind."
After hearing this, several people had no choice but to believe it.
Shitou was a little sad. "Mr. Chen is gone just like that? He said he would teach us well. How could he go back on his word?"
Although Aunt Zhang was a little sad, she still pulled herself together and smiled to comfort Shitou, "Silly boy, didn't Mr. Chen find Master Liu to teach you? You still have to study hard in the future."
The old doctor looked serious and said nothing.
Although Mu Nanzhao did not reveal his true identity to the old doctor before leaving.
But when the old doctor agreed to let Mu Nanzhao make that batch of medicine, he already had some guesses in his mind.
This person's identity is not simple, and what he has to do is even more complicated.
When Aunt Zhang and Shitou took the dishes to the kitchen to wash, Gu Xixi took the initiative to ask the old doctor:
"Master, what do you want to tell me?"
The old doctor said seriously, "That kid ran away without saying hello. He really let you down."
"You don't want him, and you cut off all ties with him in front of the villagers. That's right. Master supports you."
Gu Xixi smiled, "Then what else do you worry about?"
The old doctor pondered, "But he is still an exiled criminal after all. If the news of his escape from marriage reaches the government, he will definitely be wanted. If he is caught again, he will be severely sentenced."
"There is no chance that he will ever be free again in this life."
"This consequence...Xixi, you have to think carefully about it."
The old doctor's idea is very kind.
Xiao Chen is not a bad person, and he has not committed any serious crime that is difficult to forgive.
We have lived together for such a long time and have gone through hardships together, so maybe there is no need to push him to the point of despair.
He Jinglan finally stopped coughing. She patted her chest and said, "Mr. Jiang is really kind-hearted."
"But that man is doing very well now, so don't worry about him."
Gu Xixi said, "So Master is worried about this."
She hesitated for a moment and said, "I can only assure you that if the news of his escape from marriage gets out, no one in the Qingtian County government will go to arrest him."
"As for the future...even if he ends up in jail again, it won't be because of running away from marriage with me."
The old doctor was a little puzzled at first. He frowned and thought for a while, then nodded slightly as if he understood something.
"Of course, you are the one who makes the final decision on the matter between you and him."
In the old doctor's opinion, his disciple has a good character and he doesn't need to worry about this aspect.
Since my disciple has said so, I will do as she wishes.
The next morning, the whole family worked together to load the threshed wheat into the truck.
There are twenty large bags in total, each weighing fifty kilograms.
Aunt Zhang said, "Why don't I go with you and help you move things."
Gu Xixi said, "No, the guys at the grain store will help unload the goods. If you want to go with them, it will be tiring, and Lai Fu will have to take one more person's load."
Aunt Zhang felt sorry for the animals suffering, so she looked at Lai Fu and gave up.
"Then I'll wait at home, you guys go and come back soon."
Gu Xixi said yesterday that she wanted to go in and out with He Jinglan, so He Jinglan naturally got on the car in advance.
The time to enter the county gate is about the same as usual.
Gu Xixi drove directly to Liaoji Grain Store, the store that had sold corn before.
Shopkeeper Liao was impressed by Gu Xixi. When he saw her come in, he quickly stood up from behind the counter.
"Oh, Boss Gu is here. It's still early for the corn harvest. Why are you here?"
Gu Xixi glanced around the lobby and found that the price of food had not fluctuated significantly compared to before the war.
So he simply asked, "The newly harvested wheat grains of the season are dry enough, are you ready to harvest them?"
Shopkeeper Liao's eyes sparkled, "Yes!"
Gu Xixi said, "The goods are outside, let's check them first."
Shopkeeper Liao took action himself, untied a small opening in the sack, reached in and grabbed a handful of wheat grains.
He spread the wheat grains on his hands, looked at them against the sunlight, then put them close to his nose and sniffed them again.
Finally, he put his hands together and rubbed them a few times, with a hint of joy in his eyes.
"No matter how good this wheat is... its price cannot be compared with that of corn."
"Boss Gu, look..."
Gu Xixi said, "The current market price of wheat is six coins per pound, so let's calculate it based on this."
Shopkeeper Liao was stunned. Is it that simple?
He saw it with all his might, this wheat was absolutely top quality, with large and full grains, low water content and a reasonable specific gravity, and it would definitely have a high flour yield if ground into flour.
How could a smart man like Boss Gu not take the opportunity to raise the price?
Seeing that Shopkeeper Liao was still in a daze, He Jinglan deliberately joked, "If you don't want to accept it, then we will go to another store."
Shopkeeper Liao suddenly came to his senses, "No, no, I'll take it. I'll take as much as you have!"
He licked his face and smiled, "I wonder if Boss Gu still has any stock at home?"
Gu Xixi said, "Sell these first, and we'll deal with the rest later."
"But I don't want copper coins, I want silver."
Wheat is different from corn in that it has a large yield.
Therefore, Gu Xixi did not expect to make money by raising the price per kilogram of wheat. Winning by quantity would be enough for her to earn.
I felt relaxed when I left Liao Ji.
The market was still bustling, but there were more soldiers patrolling the city.
He Jinglan said, "The market price is stable, and we don't see people rushing to buy and hoard food. Someone must be secretly stabilizing prices."
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