Pei Weixuan left the town and headed west all the way.

There is a bamboo forest outside the town. It is not on the road where people come and go.

The bamboo forest was quite big, and Huo Ye didn't know that he was in the corner of the pimple.

Entering the bamboo forest, Pei Weixuan saw some spring bamboo shoots sprout.

Seeing these bamboo shoots, Pei Weixuan subconsciously felt a little pity, if he could dig these bamboo shoots back on weekdays, Yu Niang could turn them into delicious dishes.

When Pei Weixuan thought of this, he couldn't help but be startled. He shook off the thoughts in his mind and walked towards the depths of the bamboo forest.

Into the depths of the bamboo forest, saw a few people squatting on one of the thick bamboos.

It was Huo Ye and his party, except Huo Ye and several other guards in black armor, all wearing sackcloth and sackcloth, they looked like ordinary plain-headed people, and they were probably in their twenties and thirties.

Huo Ye turned around when he heard the sound, and saw the little master.

When the little master approached, he also smelled a very strong cake aroma and a very unique meat aroma from the little master.

"Little master, it smells so good."

A few of them squatted in the bamboo forest all night and all morning, and they didn't even eat the morning meal.

Huo Ye smelled the fragrance and swallowed.

Pei Weixuan thought about it for a while, opened the bag, took the oil paper bag inside and handed it to them, "Sauce-flavored cake and pork jerky, eat it."

Huo Ye and a few people opened the oiled paper, which contained the sliced ​​sauce-flavored pancakes that had been brushed with sauce, and inside the other oiled paper bag was a kind of jerky with sesame seeds and some other seasonings on it, about the thickness of a finger.

A few people were welcome. They grabbed the sauce-flavored cake and ate it. The sauce-flavored cake was still warm. The entrance was amazed. It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. pie.

I grabbed another piece of dried pork. The entrance was spicy and fragrant mixed with meaty flavors. The more chewed, the more fragrant it became.

Huo Ye didn't expect the food brought by the little master to be so delicious.

"Little master, this is delicious, where did the little master buy it?"

There is no such delicious sauce pancake and jerky in Beijing.

"Yu Niang did it." Pei Weixuan said lightly.

Huo Ye was startled.

Yu Niang? The second girl from the Marquis of Dechang? Also a poor girl.

Huo Ye didn't ask any more questions. When he was full, the sauce-flavored cakes were finished, and they didn't want to eat too much jerky. After all, it was made by His Highness's wife, so he naturally wanted to keep more for His Highness.

After eating, Huo Ye wiped his mouth and asked, "Little master, where are we going now?"

Pei Weixuan asked him, "Where are the others?"

Huo Ye said: "It's all hidden in the mountains on both sides of the canal."

He also became a water bandit and formed a small caravan...

"Go look for them first."

Huo Ye couldn't help but ask again, "Little Master, what are we going to do after that?" How do people who have no money or soldiers go to the capital?

Pei Weixuan didn't answer, and looked further afield. There was the sea, and Yu Niang said that there were people living on the opposite side of the sea. There were crops with a yield of several thousand catties per mu, and many large-scale prosperity. toward something that has never been seen.

If there are people on the other side of the sea, there are also many small islands in the sea.

The small islands near the sea are more likely to hide people than on land, and even if the court calls, it is not so easy to fight...

And those overseas...

But the premise of these is that there are ships and money.

Pei Weixuan looked in the direction of the canal and said, "Let's go, find someone first, and then find a way to get some boats and money."

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Xu Qinyu didn't feel sad for a long time after her fourth brother left, she was busy making money.

Because the fourth brother was gone, no one helped her to kill the fish and wash the fat intestines. Therefore, Mrs. Wen did not follow Ning Jie'er to make bags for the past few days. It was Ning Jie'er who made the girl red, and Mrs. Wen helped Xu Qinyu. Kill the fish and wash the fat intestines.

But Mrs. Wen is a woman, so her skill in beating fish and mud is not as good as that of the fourth brother.

Xu Qinyu still planned to hire a small worker, but there were no candidates for the time being. To recruit a small worker, she had to recruit someone with more strength, someone who could bear hardships and stand hard work, and be able to help with errands.

If it really doesn't work, a notice will be posted at the door in a few days, saying that they want to find a small job, and women who have some spare time in the nearby home can come and try, as long as they can bear hardships and stand hard work and are strong.

But Xu Qinyu was still a little hesitant for a while.

After a few days like this, Xu Qinyu marinated the fat intestines early in the morning, and the butcher Tian came over to get the brined fat intestines and gave her water.

Not long after, Uncle He also drove the donkey cart to deliver fish and milk to her and left.

There is no sugar or other spices at home, Xu Qinyu plans to go out and buy some.

Out of Osmanthus Lane, walked towards the market on the other side of North Street.

As soon as he reached an intersection, he bumped into the child named Wen Shuncheng from the third room of the Wen family.

He seems to have just returned from outside the town, and there is an opening leading to the outside of the town.

Wen Shuncheng still carried a pocket of things in his hand. This was the eel that he went to collect the net early in the morning. Today, he harvested a lot, there were about ten.

This is also the method he came up with after racking his brains a few days ago. He made a few eel cages at home, put some bait in them, and ran out to the fields or ponds every night, and went to see them the next morning. As few as a few, as many as ten.

Xu Qinyu bumped into him, and he also saw Xu Qinyu.

Wen Shuncheng touched his nose, came over and shouted, "Sister-in-law Four."

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "What are you holding?"

When she took a closer look, she saw a pocket of eel, she smiled and said, "Eel? Where did you catch the eel?"

Wen Shuncheng turned back and pointed to the outside of the town, "It was caught in the fields outside the town and in the small ponds and rivers."

He said, suddenly stuffed a bag of eels into Xu Qinyu's hands, "These eels are for the fourth sister-in-law to eat."

My aunt also said that the second aunt and the fourth sister-in-law are very good people.

It doesn't matter that he earns dozens of pennies less a day, just to give the fourth sister-in-law a taste of early adopters, and Aunt Gui has to supplement her health if she is not in good health.

Xu Qinyu didn't expect that the child would suddenly stuff her a pocket of eel.

She also wanted to eat eel. Eel is a good thing. It is high in protein and low in fat. It has less cut and thick meat. Besides, it is wild and has higher nutritional value.

But you certainly can't take things from other people's children for no reason.

The third house of the Wen family had a hard time living in the Wen family, otherwise they wouldn't have forced a twelve- or thirteen-year-old child to go out of town to catch eels to earn money.

She planned to take out a bunch of money from her body. A bunch of money was one hundred cents. She didn't know the price of this eel, but she estimated that it should not exceed ten cents a pound. People here don't like it very much. Eating things from the river and pond is too earthy.

Wen Shun saw that she had paid for it, and ran away immediately.

Xu Qinyu stayed for a while, this child, she suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly shouted, "Brother Cheng, don't run away, come back, I have something to discuss with you."

Wen Shuncheng stopped just now, but he still didn't believe her words, probably because she thought she would fool him back so he could give him money.

Xu Qinyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and waved to him, "Come back, I really have something to discuss with you."

This child is a good-natured person, and the Gui family always praises the children in the third room.

There is also a concubine Wen Yuntao in the third room who is similar to Wen Yunling, and her personality is also very gentle and gentle.

Wen Shuncheng then turned around and went back, "Fourth Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"

Xu Qinyu said: "Your fourth brother went out to run the caravan, and no one at home helped me with the work, just killing fish, washing fat intestines, pounding fish mud, and running errands on weekdays, do you want to come to work with me? One I will give you the usual money every month, and the rest of the time you can go out of town to catch eels. The money you make is also your own, how about it? Of course, there is one more thing, you can’t do anything with your grandfather in the Wen family. The grandmother and the people in the second room said."

Wen Shuncheng grinned, "What am I talking to them about, I never talk nonsense to them."

Xu Qinyu couldn't help but laugh, "So brother Cheng agreed?"

Wen Shuncheng nodded vigorously, "I do."

Xu Qinyu didn't expect to pick up a small worker when he came out.

She smiled and said, "Okay, then you go out to buy something with me first, and then go back and help me with my work."

Wen Shuncheng was naturally willing, he took the pocket in Xu Qinyu's hand and helped her carry the eel.

On the way, Xu Qinyu also asked what price he sold the eel, and learned that it was only five cents a pound, which was quite cheap.

The people here don’t seem to like the things in the Heligou very much, and their favorites are chicken, duck, pig and sheep or some game.

After buying sugar, a bag of brown sugar and other spices and seasonings, Xu Qinyu and Wen Shuncheng returned to Osmanthus Lane.

Gui Shi was also very happy to see Wen Shuncheng.

"Brother Cheng, why are you here?"

Wen Shuncheng scratched his head, "Hello Aunt Gui, I came back with the fourth sister-in-law, and the fourth sister-in-law called me to work for her."

Xu Qinyu told her family that she wanted Brother Cheng to help her with her work, and to give her a monthly salary. Everyone naturally agreed. She hired a small worker, and Mrs. Wen only had to do some housework. Live and be a female celebrity.

Xu Qinyu tried it out on the spot, taught Brother Cheng how to scrape fish scales to kill fish, as well as a little trick to kill fish.

Brother Cheng learns very fast.

A half-year-old boy may not be as strong as an adult, but he is still quite strong, and it is not a problem to beat fish and mud.

With the help of Brother Cheng, Xu Qinyu made some custard buns and milk buns, and the noodles were made last night.

Brother Cheng didn't eat morning food in the morning, smelling the milky and sweet fragrance, he swallowed and his stomach was still rumbling.

Xu Qinyu couldn't help laughing when she heard Brother Cheng's stomach growling, and finally picked up five milk steamed buns and five custard buns from the pot for Brother Cheng to eat.

A half-year-old boy, eating poor Laozi is not a joke.

Wen Shuncheng was shocked when he took the first bite, and then devoured the five milk steamed buns and custard buns.

Wen Shuncheng stayed here until it was time for Mu Shi, mainly because he didn't have anything to do when he went back, so he didn't really want to go back. When he saw the fourth sister-in-law's house, he helped to do it, fetching water, washing dishes and pots. even.

When the fourth sister-in-law started selling fish balls and braised fish head, he was also helping.

After selling the fish balls, Xu Qinyu killed the eel and shredded it, made a stir-fried shredded eel, added ginger, garlic and dried cornel to stir-fry, and quickly came out of the pan. The fried eel shreds were called fresh. Fragrant and crisp and refreshing, the yard is full of fascinating fragrance.

Brother Cheng was a little distracted by the scent.

Xu Qinyu didn't give Cheng Ge'er the money for this eel. He made a lot of fried eel with seven or eight catties. He packed half of it in the food box for Cheng Ge'er, and also packed him a dozen milk steamed buns. Two packs of fish balls, let him take them back to Bai Yiniang and the people in the third room to have a taste.

I didn't give the custard buns, ate some at home, and sold the rest to the Xia family and Xu Kongmu's family, and they were gone.

Wen Shuncheng came home with the food box, milk buns and fish balls, feeling a little dazed.

When he got home, he sneaked in through the back door. Because of Aunt Gui's illness, he couldn't get in or out from the front door. He only got in and out from the side door. There was also a back door. The back door was where their three bedrooms lived. On weekdays, the second room of the big room doesn't come in from the side door at all. Every time he goes in and out, he comes from the back door, so he won't bump into the people from the big room and the second room.

This time back was no exception, and he secretly noticed that no one was there, so Wen Shuncheng came in cautiously.

Concubine Bai and the others went back to the third room just after eating the evening meal. Today, the master of the third room, Wen Zixiao, also returned, but not in time for the evening meal. When they got home, they were sitting in the main room talking to their family.

After looking around, but not seeing the eldest son, Wen Zixiao asked, "Where did Brother Cheng go?"

Bai Yiniang said, "Brother Cheng has been going out of town recently to catch eels and sell them. He usually comes back very early, and he hasn't come back since today."

Wen Zixiao didn't think it was a big deal. The family encountered such a change, and the eldest son was almost thirteen, and he should grow up. It was right to think about helping the family earn some money.

Just as he was talking, Wen Zixiao saw the Chuihuamen directly outside the door, the eldest son Wen Shuncheng entered the courtyard with bent over and tiptoe, like a little thief, with a food box in his hand, and he didn't know what to do in his arms. holding something.