"I want to buy a donkey or a mule. Please help me find out."
When she went to the car dealer to return the donkey cart, she asked. The car dealer didn't sell the donkey cart, so she had to ask the dental shop. After all, the dental shop does all kinds of business.
Wu Miao thought for a while and said, "It's been a long time since I saw a donkey and mule dealer come to the county. I'll keep an eye out these days. If there's any news, I'll go to Qinglian Lane to look for you."
"good."
After agreeing to buy a donkey or a mule, Shen Zhiyao took Shen Yueyue to the market to buy a cart first. Before she had the labor to pull the cart, she would have to pull the cart herself to set up a stall. pier.
After buying the trolley, Shen Zhiyao went to buy some mung beans, a few kilograms of cucumbers and other needed vegetables.
When she got home, she processed the mung beans first, and then made the Bobo chicken sauce.
Yes, she was preparing to sell Bobo chicken at the pier for dinner.
After it was done, she looked at the sky and said to Shen Baiqiu who was lighting the fire: "Bai Qiu, go get a small bowl of peanuts and fry them. Let's make a cool and delicious meal tonight."
"Sister, I'll go right away." Shen Baiqiu didn't ask her what she wanted to do, and obediently went to get the peanuts.
Shen Zhiyao took an appropriate amount of flour, added salt and water, kneaded it into a dough, kneaded it into a ball, and set it aside to rest.
When it was time to wake up the noodles, Shen Zhiyao guided Shen Baiqiu to fry the peanuts. When he finished frying the peanuts and put them on the plate, Shen Zhiyao praised: "Not bad, not fried, and the peanuts are evenly heated."
Shen Baiqiu secretly raised her lips with joy and volunteered: "Sister, from now on, I will cook the meals for the three of us?"
In the afternoon, my sister said that she was preparing to go to the dock to start a food business. She also had to make food to sell, and she also had to cook for the three of them. It was too hard.
He had watched how his sister cooked in the past few days, and he thought he should be fine.
"If you have time, you can cook it. Make a small portion of the dish first and try to see if it tastes good." Shen Zhiyao did not dampen his enthusiasm. After a pause, he continued: "However, I am going to inquire about it when I have time. There are some enlightening gentlemen in the county who want to accept students and send you to study."
Shen Baiqiu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Sister, I won't go."
My sister will be very busy if she wants to sell food. If he goes to school, he won't be able to help her. The crescent moon is small... As a result, my sister will be very tired.
"Before, on Yanliu Mountain, every time I taught you and Yue Ya how to read, you didn't notice that your eyes were shining. When Lin Jinglan, the son of Aunt Lin next door, came back yesterday, you also looked at her for a long time. Bai Qiu, you Likes to read.”
Shen Zhiyao's tone was very affirmative. She had long noticed Shen Baiqiu's unintentional desire to study.
"Yeah, brother likes to study." Shen Yueya nodded. She didn't expect Shen Baiqiu to be that much, but she just felt that her sister was right.
Shen Baiqiu clenched his fingers: "I..."
"I know what you are thinking, don't worry, if I am too busy, I will hire someone when I make money." Shen Zhiyao smiled easily and patted him on the shoulder.
"When I start selling food, I won't have time to teach you and Yue Ya how to read. If you go to school and learn something, you can teach it to Yue Ya when you come back, otherwise you and Yue Ya will become illiterate in the future."
"Sister, what is illiteracy?" Shen Yueya raised his little head to look at her blankly.
Shen Zhiyao: "Well, it's Bai Ding."
Shen Baiqiu was still reluctant because studying would cost too much money.
Shen Zhiyao thought for a while and persuaded him from Shen Baiqiu's perspective: "If you really think I'm working hard, then go to school and try to be a scholar. If you pass the exam, you can be exempted from the land tax. If I buy a field in the future, , it’s up to you to be exempted from taxes.”
"Sister, if you are admitted as a scholar, you will be exempted from corvee and land tax?"
This obviously involves Shen Baiqiu's knowledge blind spot. When he was in Lihua Village, he only knew that his grandfather hoped that his fourth uncle would be admitted as a scholar, but he did not hear his grandfather say that there were any specific benefits of being admitted as a scholar.
Shen Zhiyao nodded: "Yes, of course. Not only that, scholars can also not kneel before officials and not be punished easily when they are guilty."
Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, in this ancient time when imperial power was supreme, believed that "everything is inferior, only education is high". Being an official can obtain many privileges. It is also the only way for people at the bottom of the class to change their class.
"Okay, sister, I'll go." After hearing this, Shen Baiqiu finally stopped objecting.
At this time, Shen Zhiyao's dough had also woken up.
She scooped some water into the dough and started washing it.
"Sister, what's so delicious about this?" Shen Yueya saw her washing her noodles several times and curiously looked at the pink water that came out of the wash.
"Liangpi, this is more appetizing when the weather is hot." Shen Zhiyao steamed the washed gluten in a pot.
While waiting for the clear water to settle, Shen Zhiyao took a hoe to loosen the soil in the designated vegetable plot.
Shen Baiqiu also went to help.
Shen Yueya fanned them with a fan.
After busying for a long time, Shen Zhiyao estimated that the pink water had almost settled, so she put down the hoe and went to wash her hands and make cold skin.
After pouring away the upper layer of sedimented pink water, leaving the thick part, Shen Zhiyao began to make cold skin.
Shen Yueya watched in amazement as the pink water turned into cold skin: "Wow, it's thin and translucent."
"You can eat it soon~" Shen Zhiyao took a bowl of sauce.
"Sister, there seems to be someone knocking on the door."
There was a knock on the door, and Shen Yueya called out to Shen Zhiyao who was cutting courgette shreds.
Shen Zhiyao put down the kitchen knife, opened the door and saw Lin Suxin again.
"Miss Shen, I made some mung bean cakes for you to try."
Lin Suxin handed the food box in her hand to Shen Zhiyao.
Meeting Lin Suxin's eager eyes, Shen Zhiyao turned her eyes and guessed something.
"Thank you Aunt Lin. Aunt Lin, please come in and sit for a while." Shen Zhiyao took the food box with both hands and invited Lin Suxin into the room.
Lin Suxin nodded slightly excitedly and followed her into Shen's house.
Inviting Lin Suxin into the main room, Shen Zhiyao poured her a cup of cold boiled water and said sheepishly: "Aunt Lin, we haven't bought tea at home yet, so you can just drink it."
"Just plain water, Miss Shen, you don't have to be so polite." Lin Suxin immediately picked up the water glass and took a sip.
Then he opened the food box on the table, revealing the mung bean cake inside. He looked at Shen Zhiyao lovingly and said, "Try it to see if it suits your taste."
"It's soft and refreshing, delicate and fragrant. Aunt Lin's cooking is delicious." Shen Zhiyao immediately ate a piece without being polite.
After eating, she met Lin Suxin's kind eyes and smiled heartily: "Did Aunt Lin recognize me?"
Hearing what she said, Lin Suxin nodded and snickered in a gentle voice: "I'm ashamed to say that when Miss Shen came to visit yesterday, I thought Miss Shen looked familiar. It was only later that my son pointed it out and I realized. "
Lin Jinglan?
Shen Zhiyao was slightly stunned, and the figure of Lin Jinglan wearing a long gown yesterday appeared in his mind.
