"Six taels." Master Yuan said.
"Uncle." Minghe called softly.
Xiao Yu saw that Ming He had something to say, so he bent down and put his ear to Ming He's mouth.
Minghe covered his mouth with his small hands and said in a small voice: "Uncle, six taels of silver is a lot." In addition to studying poetry and arithmetic with Xiao Yu every day, he also sold steamed buns, bought vegetables, bought cloth, etc. Yes, I already understand the purchasing power of six taels of silver.
"Yeah, a lot." Xiao Yu nodded.
"That--"
Xiao Yu answered: "Then uncle will go and help."
Minghe immediately said: "I'll go too."
"become."
Master Yuan really wanted to invite Xiao Yu to his grandson's birthday party. Maybe his grandson would like Xiao Yu's craftsmanship as much as Ming He did. Thinking of this, he became more and more eager to have Xiao Yu enter the house, so he said: "Xiao Xiaolang Jun, don’t you have enough money?”
Xiao Yu and Ming He were silent at the same time and looked at Master Yuan together.
"Can you see eight taels of silver?" Mr. Yuan asked cautiously, as if he wanted to increase the price.
"Okay, okay." Xiao Yu straightened up immediately and said.
Minghe followed the sound of milk and said: "Okay, okay."
"You agreed?" Master Yuan asked.
As long as you have enough money, you can do any posture!
Xiao Yu said: "I agreed." With eight taels of silver, he and Minghe already had thick cotton quilts, cotton clothes, cotton shoes, and umbrellas. He could even make a small square quilt to cover the buns and keep them warm.
Master Yuan asked: "Then when will you come to my daughter's house tomorrow?"
Xiao Yu didn't want to delay his small business, so he said: "The buns will be sold out tomorrow morning."
Mr. Yuan agreed: "Tomorrow happens to be a good time for me to buy buns too, and I will take you with me."
"OK."
"Grandpa, I'm going too." Before Xiao Yu could make the request, Minghe said anxiously, "I want to be with my little uncle for the rest of my life."
Xiao Yu followed: "Mr. Yuan, I'll take Minghe with me. He's very good and won't delay my work, okay?" Now he wants to take Minghe with him in everything he does, otherwise he won't worry.
Master Yuan naturally knew how well-behaved Ming He was, and said, "Okay, let Xiaofang help you keep an eye on it when the time comes."
A smile appeared on Xiao Yu's face: "Thank you very much, Mr. Yuan."
Master Yuan said: "Then please think carefully and make something that my grandson likes to eat and other children." The main thing is to make something that his grandson likes to eat.
"Then I will go to the house tomorrow to look at the ingredients and ask the young master again." Children's true thoughts sometimes differ from adults. Moreover, Mr. Yuan has just come to Qingshi Town and may not know much about his grandson, so Xiao Yu did not Didn't ask him.
"Okay." Master Yuan suddenly thought of something, took out some broken silver from his sleeve, and said, "Here are three taels, which can be regarded as a deposit."
"Then I'll write you a note." Xiao Yu said.
"No, I still don't believe you?" Mr. Yuan traveled all over the country when he was young and met all kinds of people. He could tell that Xiao Yu was a smart, upright, and kind-hearted young man: "Take it, you go back and think about the case." Good food, see you tomorrow.”
"See you tomorrow." Xiao Yu took the money.
Mr. Yuan hummed a tune and walked away leisurely.
Minghe pulled Xiao Yu's belt, raised his little feet, raised his chin, and looked curiously at Xiao Yu's hand: "Uncle, let me take a look, let me take a look."
Xiao Yu handed the silver in his hand to Ming He.
Minghe was satisfied.
"Come on, let's go shopping."
"Um."
Xiao Yu subconsciously glanced at Yang Jiu and his wife not far away. As he expected, Yang Jiu and his wife did not hate him as much as before, but focused on selling steamed buns.
He was very satisfied with their performance, and then took Minghe into Qingshi Town. This time he bought a lot of fabrics, cotton batting, shoe soles, vegetables, etc.
The small bamboo basket can no longer hold it.
Minghe said: "Little uncle, I'll hold you, I'll hold you too."
Xiao Yu hung two pairs of cloth shoes on Ming He and asked him to hold two big white radishes: "Is it heavy?"
"It's not heavy." Ming He said angrily.
Xiao Yu was holding a bamboo basket in one arm and holding a cloth in the other.
Minghe asked: "Uncle, are you done pretending?"
"We're done pretending, let's go home."
"go home."
The uncle and nephew returned home sweating profusely.
Xiao Yu's craftsmanship was so bad that he did not make the clothes himself this time. Instead, he took the money to find Grandma Hao and asked Grandma Hao to make autumn clothes and cotton-padded clothes for him and Minghe.
Grandma Hao is a well-known female worker in Jinxiu Village, better than anyone in the town. Of course, she also has a good heart. She knows that Xiao Yu and uncle and nephew Minghe get up and sell steamed buns every day before dawn to make a living. It’s hard money, so I only charge 20 cents to show my appreciation, and then give Xiao Yu and Ming He their measurements.
"Grandma Hao, you are so kind." Ming He said.
Grandma Hao smiled and said, "You are the only one with a sweet mouth."
Minghe said: "When I grow up, I will also treat you well."
Grandma Hao smiled more kindly: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
After leaving Grandma Hao's house, the uncle and nephew returned to their small yard. Xiao Yu did not do any work. He kept thinking about Bai'an delicacies that adults and children liked to eat. After thinking about it for a long time, he met Master Yuan as scheduled the next morning.
After Mr. Yuan ate two steamed buns shredded with radish, he chatted with Ming He while waiting for Xiao Yu to finish selling the steamed buns.
The three people came to Jin Mansion together.
Xiao Yu originally thought that Mr. Yuan's daughter's family was well-off, but he did not expect that it was a wealthy family. In front of the wide and tall red lacquer door was a high threshold, with majestic stone lions on both sides, which was very majestic.
"Wow." Minghe opened his mouth wide.
Seeing this, Mr. Yuan explained: "My son-in-law doesn't have much ability. He just made some achievements in his early years and got this house."
modesty!
This is humility!
Xiao Yu smelled the air of humility, and suddenly realized that the old man in front of him might be an official. He had relieved himself of his heavy responsibilities, so he was eating and drinking leisurely. His son-in-law should also be an official.
It's just that Xiao Yu didn't have the ability to interact with officials in his previous life, and he didn't understand the official system in this life and didn't know what officials they were.
Since Mr. Yuan didn't know what to say, he couldn't ask more questions. He just wanted to make delicious food, so he took Ming He's little hand and continued to move forward.
This mansion is not luxurious, but it is simple, clean, elegant and large.
Xiao Yu has seen such buildings in books and scenic spots, but Minghe has never seen them. What he usually sees are thatched houses in the village. The most beautiful building in his eyes is Wangyue Restaurant. At first glance, this mansion has carved beams and paintings. Pillars, pavilions, rockeries, flowing water, and flowers and trees.
He was stunned.
After a while, he finally said: "Uncle, is this the Heavenly Palace?"
Sun Wukong causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace was a short story he had just heard from his uncle some time ago. The Heavenly Palace he imagined was a beautiful house, a beautiful ground, and beautiful flowers and plants, just like it is now.
Mr. Yuan laughed loudly after hearing this.
Xiao Yu and Ming He explained in a low voice that this was not a heavenly palace, but someone else's home.
Minghe said: "Other people's homes are so beautiful."
"Do you like it?" Xiao Yu asked.
Minghe nodded fiercely: "I like it."
"Then do you want to live here?" Xiao Yu asked again.
Everyone likes good things, and so does Minghe. He raised his face and asked, "Does uncle want to live here?"
Xiao Yu shook his head: "I can't live in it, I can only live in a thatched house."
Minghe immediately said: "Then I will live in a thatched house with my uncle."
Xiao Yu was surprised: "Don't you like it here?"
"I like my little uncle better. I like my little uncle the most."
My uncle Xiao Yu was very excited when he heard this.
Master Yuan also heard this, and he admired the uncles and nephews Xiao Yu and Ming He even more. His smile became more and more gentle, and he led them around, introducing a few words from time to time, and then turned into a small courtyard.
There are a lot of hemp ropes neatly tied inside, with bacon, salted duck, air-dried chicken, smoked fish, dried beans, dried celery, etc. hanging on them. There are many large and small dustpans on the table next to them, with red dates, wolfberry, and peppers hanging to dry. , fragrant leaves, etc., the two women were doing something.
"Wow, you are so rich!" Minghe sighed.
Xiao Yu didn't say anything, but he said in his heart: "A rich family, this is a rich family!"
"Master Yuan." When the two women saw Master Yuan coming, they saluted quickly.
"You guys are busy, I'll bring you a chef." Mr. Yuan took Xiao Yu and Ming He into the kitchen again.
After placing so many pots, pans, bottles, dishes and other kitchen utensils, the area of the kitchen is still larger than that of Xiao Yu and Minghe's family. Six uniformly dressed and clean cooks are busy on the large chopping board in the middle. .
Master Yuan introduced Xiao Yu to them.
The six people looked Xiao Yu up and down. His clothes were shabby, he was young, he was good-looking, and he had no characteristics of a cook at all. Due to Master Yuan's introduction, they all smiled to save face and didn't say much.
Master Yuan smiled at Xiao Yu and said, "Xiao Yu, you can use the things here as you like, and you don't have to worry about what they do. You just need to cook what my grandson likes to eat."
Xiao Yu nodded: "Okay."
"You can make some today and let's have a taste. The dinner will be officially served tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"
"Can."
"That's good. I'll ask Xiaofang to come over later and help you keep an eye on Minghe. You can concentrate on the white case."
"Thank you, Mr. Yuan."
"You're welcome, so what's your problem? Just ask," Master Yuan said.
Xiao Yu asked: "Can I meet Young Master Jin?" Young Master Jin is Master Yuan's three-year-old grandson.
"Of course -" Before Mr. Yuan finished speaking, he suddenly felt something come out from under the chopping board, and then ran out of the kitchen with a "swish". He was shocked: "What is it?"
"A child!" Minghe saw clearly.
"Go and have a look." Master Yuan said.
None of the group of people knew that there would be a child hidden under the chopping board, so they hurried out and saw a two or three-year-old child holding something in his arms and running straight towards the door of the small courtyard.
The child didn't pay attention and stepped on a vegetable leaf on the ground. With a "squeak", he fell to the ground and let out an "ah uh" sound. All the vegetables and radishes in his arms fell. He opened his mouth and wanted to cry. He realized that no one saw it. He fell.
Stop crying.
He put away his tears and was about to get up when he heard the sound of chaotic footsteps and turned around to see a group of people looking this way.
Everyone, everyone, saw him fall, it was so embarrassing.
snort!
He wanted to cry, and he wanted to lose his temper. He squeezed his eyes so hard that it hurt, and finally squeezed out some tears, and then opened his mouth.
Master Yuan and other people in the mansion saw it and suddenly felt a headache.
Minghe suddenly took two steps forward and said loudly: "Baby, it's okay, it's natural, you can't tell it's a fall!"
The child immediately turned his head to look over, closed his little mouth and opened it again, and asked: "Is it natural?"
