"Sister, what are you doing here? I walked around the village today and didn't see anyone. I never expected to see you coming from that way now. It seems to be the Su family's workshop. Are you going there? Are you working in the workshop?"
"We go to the workshop to work."
"Then tell me, what do you do in the workshop?"
"I don't know about that. I'm responsible for boiling water inside. I can't go anywhere else."
"Do you know where the goods in the workshop are sold?"
"I don't know even more about this."
Ji originally thought that Mrs. Liu was the same person as her, so she asked Mrs. Liu, but she didn't expect that after she asked so many questions, the man's answer was two different things: I don't know, I don't know.
Hey! She didn't believe she couldn't find out.
Just as he was about to ask, Mr. Liu stood at the door of a courtyard.
"His sister-in-law, I'm not home right now. It's too late today so I won't invite you to my house. I'll invite you to my house when I'm free another day."
After saying that, he hurried into the courtyard and closed the door tightly in front of Ji.
Mrs. Liu moved so fast that Mrs. Ji was a little confused and didn't react. When the women walking next to the two of them saw Mrs. Liu arriving home, they were worried that Mrs. Ji would catch her asking questions, so they walked one step at a time. Quickly, there was not even a ghost next to Ji.
"Ah! Who cares?"
Ji felt that the people in this village were really weird, why didn't they just ask about something? It wasn't about their lives, so why were they so nervous?
In fact, what Ji didn't know was that the village had already established regulations, and anyone who came to inquire about the Su family didn't know it. And Mrs. Liu is not stupid. If Ms. Ji is really Mr. Su's sister-in-law, then why bother asking her if she can just go shopping in the workshop.
They went out at night and found nothing, so Ji had to go back first.
Returning to Su's house just in time for dinner, Su Yu watched with his own eyes as Mr. Ji ate three large bowls of white rice, including the middle dish. I thought I had eaten enough, but it was still far behind compared to her aunt.
At the dinner table, Mr. Su and his wife did not come to eat, but asked the servants to bring her to the house. Then came Su Yan and Mrs. Lian. Mrs. Lian asked the servants to take her with her son on the grounds that she had to take care of her son. The portion was delivered to the house.
In the past, when eating at the old house, Mrs. Li would divide everyone's portion into their own hands and eat as much as they had. But now in Kyoto City, everyone eats with open belly. Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Deng do it. I have to cook more than twice as much food as before. I feel that the people in the old house are really good at eating. However, this is the master's business and has nothing to do with them being servants.
The servants of the Su family have always been well managed. Although they don't like the people in the old house, they still do a good job.
The food at home was good, and everyone in the old house was busy eating but did not find fault with the father and daughter. After a harmonious dinner, the family went back to their houses to sleep.
Su Laoer's family is fine, but the people in the old house can't sleep. They were just attacked by an assassin last night, and they are afraid that it will happen again today, so everyone is worried when they fall asleep tonight. Just spent the night like this.
When Ji woke up early the next morning, she felt something smelling in the yard. It smelled particularly fragrant. After walking around the yard, she realized that the smell was not coming from her home, but from outside the yard. .
After identifying the direction, she realized that the smell was coming from the workshop. Ji rolled her eyes and went to find her mother-in-law. At this time, Mrs. Li had just woken up.
"Mom, have you smelled a particularly fragrant smell? I smelled that smell just now. It must have come from the workshop. Isn't this second child's family still in the food business?"
Ji's thought was not without reason. The main reason was that the rows of houses next to Lao Er's house were all empty, and people were working in places further away. The fragrance could actually reach Lao Er's house, so It means that there are definitely a lot of things to make. Judging from her past experience, the second child's family is definitely engaged in food business.
In fact, Mrs. Ji was right about this. Although the Su family does not make bacon now, they have been doing the business of braised pig meat. Now, in addition to supplying it to the Imperial College, they also add it to the restaurant, so they braise it every day. Several pots were simmered starting in the middle of the night. After the simmering was completed the next morning, they were taken to the restaurant and the Imperial College by carriage.
Because there is a lot of braised food now, I didn’t braised it at home more than two months ago. Instead, I opened a small courtyard next to the workshop. There are several large pots in there that are specially watched by women. Although the braised food is delicious, It is sold to restaurants and the Imperial College, but it is not a secret in Jinjia Village. Everyone in Jinjia Village knows it, and if you want to eat it, you can take money and buy it from the Su family's steward who is responsible for the braised water. , the ones sold by the Su family are not expensive, only fifteen cents per catty.
Some women who are busy at work and have no time to cook will take some with them when they go back, and just simmer a pot of rice.
The eldest daughter-in-law didn't think so even if she didn't say it, but when she heard what the eldest daughter-in-law said, Mrs. Li sniffed, and there was really a fragrance in the air.
However, when Mrs. Li and Mrs. Ji were alone together, Mrs. Li never gave Ji a good look, and she usually looked out for Su Chen's face when in front of others.
"I said, boss, your nose is a dog's. No one else could smell it but you. Why! Didn't you feed yourself with three big bowls of rice last night?"
Upon hearing this, Ji smiled awkwardly. sheep.
"Mom, how can you say that to me? There is no shortage of food like mine at home now."
"Come on, you still have to take care of Brother Chen's face before you eat. Which scholar's wife is like you?"
"I know, mother, I will pay attention next time. Is the second son's family doing food business?"
Ji didn't take what Mrs. Li said to heart at all. She had been her daughter-in-law for so many years, and if she meant what Mrs. Li said every time, then she wouldn't live another life like this.
"Go and call Er Er and tell him that I have something to ask him."
"Hey, okay mother, I'll call my second brother over right now."
Ji was so happy when she heard that Su Laoer was going to be called over for questioning.
After Su Lao Er visited his son in the morning, he went to the backyard to chop firewood. In fact, he didn't need to do these things now, but since his parents came, he felt that he couldn't be idle. It’s just too much. If you think too much, your head will hurt. You still have to find something to do for yourself.
Regardless of the fact that there were other people doing it, he came to the backyard to chop firewood. When Ji came to find him, Su Laoer had already chopped a big pile of firewood.
"Second brother, mother calls you over."
Su Laoer was silent.
"I know, sister-in-law."
