"Hey, walk slowly, my old legs really can't walk."
After Wang and Li had dinner, Lu Changgeng gave them ten cents. They couldn't spend it carelessly and could only walk to the county seat.
"This Mrs. Jiang really doesn't get along with me. Every time I have anything to do with her, nothing good happens."
Wang scolded Jiang Ning as she walked, and Li helped her walk slowly.
"Yes, mother, come to our house from the Jiang family and do something that doesn't go well with you."
What Li Xiuxiu wants most is to speak ill of Jiang Ning to her mother-in-law. As long as she makes the other person bad enough, then she is good.
The two of them talked as they walked and took a break before arriving at the county seat.
"Let's go, then Mr. Jiang must be at the market."
Ms. Li was also full of confidence and wanted to find Ms. Jiang quickly. She didn't want to see Jiang Ning again in a short time.
The two of them had a beautiful idea. They walked from the east end of the market to the west end, but they didn't see Mrs. Jiang and her three children.
"Then Mrs. Jiang was watching us from a distance and ran away with the child."
This market has the most people now. If you don’t sell in the most crowded place, where else can you sell?
"Mom, Mrs. Jiang said that she rented half a shop. Is it in the shop? Let's go east and have a look."
Mrs. Li helped Ms. Wang walk eastward along the road. She looked around. If she didn't see anyone in any shop, she went in and looked. When she saw it wasn't Jiang Ning, she walked away timidly.
"Mom, look what the long queue is for, let's go and take a look."
When the two of them reached the end of the line, they smelled the aroma of meat.
"What kind of food does this store sell? Why is it so delicious?"
Ms. Li stopped a little girl who had just finished shopping and asked.
"Little girl, what does this shop sell? Why are there so many people?"
"The shop sells pancakes, meat pancakes, meat pancakes that just came out today, and rice balls."
Mrs. Wang also smelled the delicious fragrance. Along the way, the food she had eaten had long been gone, and her stomach growled when she smelled the aroma.
"How much is this meatloaf you're holding in your hand?"
"Grandma, these are the new meat and egg pancakes from their shop. They cost five cents each."
"Mom, these cakes are only five cents each." Wang said in surprise.
The little girl was startled by Wang's shout and ran back. She planned to take a long way home.
The people in line looked at Wang and Li. Li felt really uncomfortable being looked at by so many people. She wanted to tell Wang to stop but couldn't stop them.
"Things in this county are really expensive. A piece of cake costs five cents."
"That's not what the old lady said. How much does it cost when you go to sell chicken? You have to cook it when you come back. They even put an egg on it. The most important thing is that the chicken is delicious. You can't do it on your own. eat."
The speaker was none other than Aunt Liu, who came to buy cakes in the morning. She had many children in her family, and each of them got one cake, but they still made a fuss about eating it, so she came to buy it again.
Mrs. Wang did not dare to quarrel with people in the county, so she took Mrs. Li away.
"When Yaozong becomes a high official, I will eat one and throw the other away." Wang murmured.
There were too many cake sellers, and the door of the shop was tightly blocked. Lu Sheng was small, and the cake sellers blocked him, and neither of them saw Lu Sheng.
Even if they saw it, they probably wouldn't dare to recognize it. They didn't expect Jiang Ning's shop to be so popular.
The two of them continued walking east, unaware that the store they just passed by belonged to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning, Lu Ping and Lu Yuan were working enthusiastically in the kitchen. It was obviously winter, and the three of them were still sweating while roasting by the fire.
"Lu Yuan, go make two more noodles and stay awake while setting the fire."
Both Wang and Li walked to the street, but still couldn't find Jiang's shop.
"Then where are Jiang and the others? Why can't they be found?"
"Hmph, how much money does Ms. Jiang have to rent a shop? She can't afford to rent even half a shop. Maybe it's in the corner of the house."
"Mom, what you said makes sense." Mrs. Li seized the opportunity to flatter her mother-in-law.
The two of them walked back. The prices in the west of the county were high and they couldn't afford to eat here. They had no choice but to go back. The prices near the city gate were lower.
"Mom, look at this shop and there are so many people queuing up. This is so delicious."
"No matter how delicious it is, I won't eat it." Mrs. Wang pulled Mrs. Li and walked quickly through the shop.
The two of them returned to the market and wandered around for a long time. In the end, they each ate a bun and a steamed bun, which cost only ten cents in total.
Wang also wanted to eat meat buns, but he understood Lu Changgeng's habits better. If she really spent all the money, Lu Changgeng would be upset.
"Seller of steamed buns, when you were selling them here, did you ever see a woman with three children, two boys and one girl, one boy was the tallest and one boy was the lowest." Wang suddenly asked.
"I've seen it before. They were setting up stalls at the market before."
Mrs. Li became excited: "Then do you know where they are now? I am her sister-in-law and came to help her, but I forgot the place she told me."
"Over there, she opened half a shop called Baiwei Restaurant, and next to it was an embroidery workshop called Yunshanfang."
"Okay, okay, thank you very much."
The two of them were not in a hurry after getting reliable news, and planned to have a full stomach first.
There was a stone sitting against the wall. Li suddenly stood up while eating.
"Mom, do you think those are Dad and Yaozong?"
Wang looked in the direction, and the two people opposite seemed to feel the sight and looked over.
"Dad, sir, why are you two here?"
Lu Changgeng looked at the two of them up and down, then saw that they were holding vegetable buns and steamed buns, and his expression softened.
"Seeing that you haven't come back until noon, I'm worried that something will happen to you. How are you? Have you found Ms. Jiang?"
Wang swallowed the steamed bun in her mouth and pointed in the direction.
"We asked about it. It's over there. Half of the shop is called Baiwei Restaurant, and there's a shop next to it called Yunshanfang."
Lu Changgeng frowned and looked at the two of them.
"Co-author, you haven't even seen anyone from the Jiang family all morning/"
Wang didn't say anything, and Li could only reply weakly: "My mother's legs hurt, and she wasted some time on the road."
Lu Changgeng waved his hand behind his back.
"Let's go find Mrs. Jiang."
