Apart from anything else, Chen's cooking is much more delicious than Liu's. Liu's cooking is amazing! It's really a meal without making a sound.
Li Yunlan taught her for several days and finally gave up. Later, she was only asked to cook, and she cooked all the dishes herself. Now that the two sisters take turns cooking, she can no longer help Liu.
During Mrs. Liu's shift, Mingyue couldn't stand it any longer. The little person stood on the bench and prepared to cook. Mrs. Liu said angrily: "Do you even think that my mother's cooking is unpalatable?"
Mingyue pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I told you, don't be angry, mother. I never thought that since grandma started cooking, not only the food you cook is not delicious, but the food cooked by my second aunt is not that delicious either."
Mrs. Liu asked her son again: "Do you think so about Chengcai?"
Chengcai said expressionlessly: "A little bit!"
Mrs. Liu sighed and said, "That's not necessary for you. You're still young. This stove is not for fun. If it gets hot, my mother will be heartbroken. Go and play with your sister!"
Mingyue had no choice but to get off the bench and go up to the back room to play with her sister.
Li Yunlan asked his eldest son how far the nearest town or county was from Xiaoliu Village.
Qiu Degui then asked, "Mom, why are you asking this? If you want to buy something, you can go to the market in the next village."
Li Yunlan just felt tired: "Whatever I ask you, just tell the truth. Why is there so much nonsense?"
Qiu Degui heard that my mother's voice was rising, so he replied: "The closest one is Songjiang County's Twenty Mile Road. It takes about an hour to walk. There is an ox cart in the neighboring village where you can ride in the morning."
Li Yunlan nodded after hearing this: "You can accompany your mother tomorrow."
Qiu Degui swallowed what he wanted to ask, and then went out to do his own thing.
Early on the next morning, Li Yunlan opened the box, wrapped the plain silver hairpin, bracelets and rings and put them into his pockets. The mother and son walked all the way to the county seat. When they arrived at the county seat, the sun was already high, and they were both dressed in the same suit. Sweating, especially Qiu Degui, the back of his clothes was soaked with sweat.
The tall city gate has the word "Songjiang County" written in large letters. There are small officials guarding the city gate. People entering the city line up, and horse-drawn carriages and ox carts line up.
When Li Yunlan and others came forward, the clerk stretched out his hand to stop them: "Everyone entering the city has a penny."
Want more money? Li Yunlan turned to look at Qiu Degui, who also had an expression that he didn't know he had.
Li Yunlan no longer had any money on him, and the people behind him had already begun to urge him: "Can you leave? How can I enter the city without money?"
In embarrassment, Qiu Degui took out two pennies from his arms and gave them to the city guard.
By the time the mother and son entered the city, Qiu Degui was already sweating profusely: "Mom, I don't know how to ask for money when entering the city. I've never been here before."
You can tell even without saying it, Qiu Degui was extremely nervous, and he didn't forget to tell me to follow him closely.
Li Yunlan ignored him and walked away. This county must be quite big, with all kinds of pretexts floating around, and all kinds of vendors on the street shouting constantly.
"Degui, do you still have money on you?"
Qiu Degui thought that his mother was going to settle a score with him and quickly explained: "Mom, there is still a penny left over from the things you bought me before. I forgot for a moment. It is definitely not private money."
At first, Li Yunlan thought it was nothing. Seeing how nervous his eldest son was, he wanted to tease him: "Isn't it private money? If you don't hand over the remaining money, you can keep it for yourself. What do you think it is?"
"Mother, no, mother, it's not what you think."
"Okay, mom doesn't want to hear it."
Qiu Degui rubbed his hands anxiously, while Li Yunlan looked around, and finally saw a half-grown beggar at a corner.
She walked forward: "Brother? Are you familiar with this county?"
The beggar pushed aside his dirty hair and looked at the old lady in front of him, then turned his head back, still sitting still.
"I have a penny here. If you tell me the layout of the county, I will give it to you."
The beggar twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Hey!" A penny, too lazy to care about you.
Seeing that the beggar didn't move, Li Yunlan stood up straight and said, forget it, just wander around by yourself!
