A few days later, Song Yuehua got on the ox cart early in the morning to go to the chess hall. She saw Lin also rushing over with a lot of fresh vegetables in her backpack.
"Auntie, are you going to look for Xiaohu?" Song Yuehua greeted.
Lin said helplessly, "Yes, after going to the county for the New Year, he didn't even go back home."
The small restaurants in the county have been eyeing Zhou Xiaohu's set meal business, so it's normal that he doesn't have time to go home.
There's no point telling your family about this kind of thing. They can't help but worry.
After arriving at the county town, Song Yuehua brought Lin to You's house, and happened to meet Xu Ji running out with a basket of vegetable dumplings.
"Xu Ji, this is your brother Xiaohu's mother. You should call her Aunt Lin." Song Yuehua introduced.
"Hello, Aunt Lin." Xu Ji responded quickly.
Lin knew that Xiaohu had hired a child to do the work, and praised him, "He's a smart kid."
Song Yuehua explained to Lin, "Usually, there are too many vegetables sent to our family to prepare the special meal, and we are afraid that they will become stale if we keep them, so we make them into vegetable dumplings and Xu Ji goes out to sell them every morning."
Lin took a look at the basket. The steaming vegetable dumplings looked delicious.
Although the quality is good, I am still a little worried, "Can we sell all of these?"
Xu Ji replied, "If we can't sell all the goods in East Street, we can go to West Street. Besides, we can sell all the goods in the chess hall."
This child speaks logically and seems smart, but he is a little young.
"You are so young, no one will bully you, right?" Lin asked.
Xu Ji shook his head. "Some hooligans would come up to cause trouble, but Sister Xiao Cui would help me drive them away. We would set up stalls next to each other so we could take care of each other."
"Xiao Cui?"
Lin was a little surprised. She didn't expect to hear Xiao Cui's name here.
Xu Ji had to go to the market early to sell vegetable dumplings, so Song Yuehua asked him to go quickly.
"I didn't expect Xiao Cui to be so powerful." Lin said to her.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Yes, she is now dressed as a man and setting up a stall, selling everything."
As soon as the two entered the room, Lin saw Zhou Xiaohu eating breakfast with Zhang Rushan and a child, with steamed buns stuffed in their mouths.
Zhou Xiaohu took the steamed bread and said in surprise, "Mother!"
"You little bastard." Lin scolded with a smile.
Zhou Xiaohu quickly swallowed what he had in his mouth and ran over to help Lin get the backpack.
Lin smiled and said, "Before dawn today, your father picked a basket of fresh vegetables from the vegetable garden. He picked all the vegetables in the garden for you, and also brought some dried and pickled vegetables. You can see which ones are easy to sell and ask Master Ma to send them to you another day."
"That's enough, that's enough," Zhou Xiaohu said hurriedly, "Mother, you haven't had breakfast yet, I'll get you something to eat."
Pan An stuffed the Wo in his hand into his mouth, "Brother Xiaohu, let me help."
Lin brushed off the dust on her body, and finally had time to look at the You Mansion. She sighed, "These guys are lucky to live in a place like this."
Song Yuehua poured a cup of tea for Lin, and then poured one for herself.
"Rushan, you seldom go back to the village on weekdays. Are you very busy?" Lin suddenly asked.
Zhang Rushan coughed. He didn't know how he had attracted so much attention. He could only swallow his saliva and said, "Yes, I'm quite busy."
Song Yuehua laughed twice.
Zhang Rushan, "..."
Lin didn't notice and continued, "Xiao Hu is about the same age as you, but you're already engaged, to a good girl like Xiao Yu. I really envy your mother."
Zhou Xiaohu, who had just come out of the kitchen with a plate of vegetable dumplings, turned back smoothly when he heard this.
Zhang Rushan hummed twice perfunctorily, then quickly stood up and said, "Aunt, the county court is about to open. I really can't stay with you any longer. I have to go."
"You should go quickly and don't delay important matters." Lin said hurriedly.
Zhang Rushan finished drinking the water in the cup, called out to Pan An, and quickly slipped away with his men.
Lin glanced at the kitchen, stood up and said to herself, "What's wrong with this child? He's so slow in doing his work."
After Song Yuehua finished her breakfast leisurely and was about to leave, Zhou Xiaohu stuck his head out and called her.
"We're having lion's head for lunch. Daya, come over and help rub it." Zhou Xiaohu said.
Song Yuehua couldn't figure out what the relationship was between lion head and noodles, but she still stayed to help.
"Kid, it's just kneading dough, let me help you. Daya has to take care of the chess club, why are you ordering people around so casually?"
Lin asked in surprise.
When Lin wasn't paying attention, Zhou Xiaohu's eyes almost made him kneel down to Song Yuehua.
"Aunt Lin..." Song Yuehua came over and said, "I'm strong, and the dough I knead is popular with customers. Let me do it."
Song Yuehua pointed a finger at Zhou Xiaohu, meaning, you owe me a favor.
There was no one else in the room now. Three of them were kneading dough, washing vegetables and cutting vegetables.
While washing the vegetables, Lin asked, "I see you're quite busy here, why don't you call Xiaocao over to help you."
Zhou Xiaohu paused for a moment before saying, "I'm not busy at all. It's still the same as before. Please don't worry about it."
"Why are you making such a fuss?" Lin stood up and asked, shaking the water off her hands.
"You are 17 years old, not young anymore. Xiaocao is only 12 years old now, and your family doesn't even talk about getting married. They just want you to go back and get engaged. What are you thinking?"
Song Yuehua screamed in her heart and continued kneading the dough with her head down.
Zhou Xiaohu sighed helplessly. He knew that A Niang was going to say this. He wanted to ask Daya to stop her, but in the end she failed.
"Mom, can we wait a few more years until Xiaocao is a little bigger?"
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