Rumors spread that the county captain had taken a liking to Li You and wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law.
There is nothing wrong with Li You having a son.
When Father Shen went out, he bent back a lot. When he heard someone talking about the previous marriage between Li You and Shen Yinxiao, his face turned red with anger.
When he returned to the store, Father Shen sat on a stool and said angrily: "I was blind at first, thinking that this boy was reliable, but he was just a scumbag, a descendant of the royal family, bah--"
"Okay, dad, don't be angry, it will hurt your health if you get angry." Shen Yinxiao comforted him.
"Hey, I know..." Father Shen sighed, looked at the slight bruise under her eyes, and said with some distress: "Don't be too sad, there are many good men in Youzhou, it's not a big deal for your parents." I will support you for the rest of your life, don’t be so angry that you have trouble sleeping and eating because of such a person.”
Having trouble sleeping and eating?
Shen Yinxiao was stunned.
"I heard sounds in your room in the middle of the night last night. If you can't sleep, let your mother sleep with you. Dad knows you feel uncomfortable," Father Shen said.
Shen Yinxiao blushed and said with some embarrassment, "I know, Dad."
Last night, she threw Wei Cheng's things out and drove him out like a pig. When Wei Cheng left, he was in a very embarrassed state, and his face was as black as the bottom of an old pot. Conveniently, Shen Yinxiao wanted to throw the pot of orchids on his head.
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"My dear mother!" Yunxian held the pot of orchids with trembling hands, "Isn't this the plain-crown lotus tripod! Yinxiao, do you know how much this flower is worth! How can I hold it!"
She almost knelt down in front of Shen Yinxiao, "Sister, you are my biological sister. What is your relationship with the Second Young Master Wei? He actually gave away such a precious flower as soon as he said so!"
Shen Yinxiao was silent for a moment, "He..."
Yunxian suddenly understood: "He can't be the man you mentioned! It's the one...the one to you..."
Shen Yinxiao nodded: "Yes."
Yunxian frowned: "Besides giving you something, he didn't say anything else? Didn't he say when he was going to marry you? Otherwise, what's the point of this? You, an innocent girl, have been with him for so long, could you be a prostitute in vain? Can’t do it?”
Shen Yinxiao felt a twinge in her heart when she talked about these things, and she took a breath: "I won't marry him, so there's no need to say this."
Yun Xian frowned even more, and suddenly understood something about their relationship.
There are many benefactors like this in Cuihua Building. She is used to it, and she is used to it, but for Shen Yinxiao, this is not necessarily the case.
"Don't be too sad. In fact, people from a wealthy family like them may not be good. People in the deep house are unpredictable. It's better to marry a small family and live an ordinary life."
Shen Yinxiao nodded: "What do you think of this orchid?"
"It looks good. The most important thing is that it is expensive and rare." Yunxian replied. "You can't let the royal lady see this orchid, otherwise they will definitely hate you."
Shen Yinxiao nodded: "So I plan to sell it, and the flowers are too precious. I don't like handling these things. It will be bad luck to keep them alive."
"It's not often that Cuihua House auctions some novelty gadgets. You sell them on my behalf, and the price will be 50-50 cents."
Yun Xian's eyes widened: "Really or not?"
"Why are you lying to me? I just want to trouble you to help me sell it."
After Li You broke off the engagement that day, she figured out how to go forward. Once her thoughts were clear, her mood became clear.
Now, she just wants money.
Make a good bean curd shop at home and save enough money. Even if you don't get married, you can take care of yourself for the rest of your life.
Appreciating flowers and reciting poems are the faults of rich and idle people. She doesn't like to serve the delicate and famous flowers, nor does she like to look at the flowers and plants to make spring sad and autumn. If she has the chance, she would like to leave Youzhou and go out to see the world outside. , take a donkey cart, bring a few books and tea, and travel around famous mountains and rivers.
Unfortunately, even such a wish requires a lot of money to achieve.
"In the past, our tofu pudding was one of the best in Youzhou City. How many people came to our house to buy it from half a city away. Unfortunately, when we got to your father's place, it was no longer possible." Mother Shen looked at her daughter busying herself. , sighed.
"Why doesn't it work?" Shen Yinxiao was curious.
Mother Shen looked around and whispered: "Your grandfather was still here at that time, leading your father to do business. I don't know what he did, but he was deceived. I was not married at that time. I only knew that the house could be sold." Everything was sold, even the bean curd prescriptions were paid for."
"Your grandfather passed away in anger, leaving behind your father who had just grown up. Your father didn't know the bean curd recipe, and the things he made were not as good as before, so there were fewer people buying them." Mother Shen sighed, "Don't Let your father hear it, and if he hears it, he will be trapped in a corner."
Shen Yinxiao was curious: "Why did you get defrauded so much? Who did you give it to? Can you redeem it?"
"This is the Wei family today."
It’s really a narrow road between enemies.
Shen Yinxiao never dreamed that the things at home decades ago would be mortgaged to the Wei family.
She sighed silently.
In fact, it’s okay not to have the bean curd recipe.
"There are no old prescriptions. We can also make new ones ourselves, and we can't always rely on the stereotypes of our predecessors." She comforted herself somewhat.
Neighbors who come to eat Douhua will occasionally sit down and chat for a while.
"Decades ago, I also ate your grandfather's tofu pudding. I always felt that compared with the ones made in the past, there was something missing."
But I can't tell what exactly is missing.
In order to taste something, she decided to try all the bean curds in the process to see how they were different from her own bean curds.
In one day, she traveled all over the city and bought all the bean curds. She tasted them over and over again at home, and kept some of the ones she thought tasted better than her own. She began to change the ratio of ingredients and try them bit by bit.
There were too many people in the store and she couldn't take care of them. Mother Shen told her, "Yinxiao, I think you should ask a busboy to help look at the store."
"I know, I'll see if there's anything suitable in the next few days." She nodded and continued to develop an improved version of tofu pudding.
She had been struggling with the beans in the store for several days, and the stock she had brought in was almost running out. She led a donkey cart and was going to buy more soybeans.
In the past, the farmers in the village would regularly pick up beans and deliver them to her door for sale. These days, the consumption of soybeans was huge, so she had no choice but to go get the beans herself. Father Shen originally wanted to go with her, but sprained his foot before leaving. , Shen Yinxiao was worried that he would follow, and waved his hand: "Dad, just take a good rest at home and I'll go by myself."
"The barbarians are making a lot of noise these days. Go where there are many people!" Father Shen warned.
"Know."
The country road is rugged, with cold-resistant Populus euphratica cypress trees planted on both sides of the road, and hills on both sides of the road. It is getting late, and the sun in the distance is gradually setting in the west.
We have to go back before dark.
The car also carried several large bags of soybeans. If they were robbed, this month's work would be in vain. She frowned and thought for a moment, gritted her teeth, turned the car around and walked down the path.
Nowadays, Youzhou is not at peace. The Qiang people often fight with the Han people. Some Qiang people will gather in groups to rob the Han people's cattle and sheep. It is even more dangerous at night. Thinking of this, she feels a little panicked. She shakes the reins and drags the horse. The donkey driving the cart ran faster.
While driving, I silently thought to myself that I would never encounter a gangster.
It's a pity that God does not follow people's wishes.
After not walking far, she pulled the reins and reined the donkey to a stop.
Her eyes weren't very bright, so she thought it was some village threshing grain, but she didn't see it clearly until she got closer, and she broke out in a cold sweat.
Less than a hundred feet ahead, a group of people in different colors were fighting each other. Among those people, there were sergeants wearing armor and swords, as well as Qiang people wearing Hu uniforms, with swords and swords shining.
