Xu Qinyu whispered a few words in Brother Cheng's ear.

When Brother Cheng heard this, his face flushed red with anger, and finally said: "Master, don't worry, I'll save it, so I'll do it now."

After eating evening food, Xu Qinyu went back to Osmanthus Lane as usual.

And Xu Ji also closed the door, Wen's is settling accounts, she also learned today that Ping An Restaurant started selling custard buns, she said that there must be some anger, but Yu Niang said that she is in business, so how can she not mix it up Yes, just take it easy.

Today, she asked Gong Geer to take a special look. There is still a wooden sign at the door of Ping An Restaurant, which says that it sells custard buns, glutinous glutinous rice intestines, and sashimi porridge.

Isn't this intentionally misleading?

Some of them came to West Street to eat morning food because of the reputation of Xuji Restaurant, and the Ping An Restaurant was in the middle of the market. She put up a sign like this, and she would attract customers who wanted to go to Xu Ji Restaurant to Ping An Restaurant.

Wen Shi is still thinking about this matter in his heart at the moment.

After the accounts were settled, Mrs. Chen and the others also returned. Brother Cheng was about to send Mrs. Wen back. Mrs. Wen didn't see Mrs. Gong, so she couldn't help asking, "Where's Mrs. Gong?"

Brother Cheng rubbed his nose, "Maybe he went somewhere again."

Gong Geer usually does some errand work, but he and Cheng Geer send Wen Shi back to Osmanthus Lane after work.

But at this moment, Brother Gong didn't go out to run errands, but went to help him with errands.

The master told her that there might be a thief in the store, and someone was bought by the people of Ping An Restaurant, and when he saw her making custard buns, he told Ping An Restaurant the method.

This thing is not difficult to look at, but the difficult part is the recipe, the ratio of ingredients and the heat, you can probably know how to do it after seeing it, but the taste is completely wrong.

That's why Ping'an restaurants sell custard buns that cost two cents each.

Master also said that maybe the last rumor was told to Ping An Restaurant by the thief in the store after hearing about it.

Anyway, this time we must find out the thief.

Brother Cheng knew that Master told him directly, and asked him and Brother Gong to help him follow up. Knowing that Master had never suspected him and Brother Gong, he was moved and became more and more determined to help Master find him out. There are only a few people in total, except for the second aunt, there are three running aunts.

The master also said that he asked him to help keep an eye on the three aunts who were running the hall, to see if they had any contact with people from Ping An Restaurant in private.

He also got along with the three aunts for a period of time. have to say that the three aunts are very diligent and quick at work, and they don't look like the kind of people who eat inside and outside, so he can't figure out who they are, and the master also said However, maybe she made a mistake, anyway, let him keep an eye on it, it would be better if it weren't for the three aunts, and the master doesn't want any thieves in the store.

Wen really thought Brother Gong was out to play, so he nodded and said nothing.

Brother Cheng said: "Second Aunt, let me take you home first."

The back kitchen and the living room have been swept clean, and the three aunts have also gone back.

Wen Shi nodded, and the two returned with a box in their arms.

The daily profits in the restaurant have to be taken home. Yu Niang has saved a thousand taels of silver in the past two months, and she has to go to the bank almost every few days.

The bank is the Luo'an bank, and it is also the largest and most famous bank in the Dasheng Dynasty. It can be found in almost every corner of the Dasheng Dynasty. Even smaller towns have Luo'an banks. The Luo'an bank is a century-old brand with already For almost two hundred years, even in troubled times, the Luo'an Bank could exchange money, so the people of the Dasheng Dynasty were extremely reassured about the Luo'an Bank.

Thinking back to when he was first exiled, Wen Shi really thought that the whole family had no way out.

Now Yuniang has already opened a restaurant, and she earns five or six hundred taels of silver every month, and her life is prosperous.

Brother Cheng ran away immediately after sending Wen Shi back.

He also planned to see if the three aunts had returned home.

Xu Qinyu had just finished taking a shower, and when she came back, her clothes were all sweaty.

The weather is getting warmer, and after staying in the kitchen to cook, her little clothes will be soaked. Unlike later generations, the kitchen does not have air conditioning. Even if the kitchens of later generations have air conditioning, the cooks have to sweat all over after cooking. Not to mention here, they are almost wet from head to toe.

She also specially brought a change of clothes to the restaurant every day, and after finishing the morning meal, she went to the utility room to wash up and changed into a clean and refreshing dress.

Even if he changed his clothes, he was still sweaty after finishing the evening meal.

So after finishing the evening meal every day, she didn't need to worry about the restaurant and went back to Osmanthus Lane to wash up.

I can wash off my close-fitting clothes at this moment, and tomorrow there will be a lady who starches the clothes outside to clean and sprinkle them at home.

The family made money, Xu Qinyu didn't want Wen's to work too hard. Wen's worked as a shopkeeper all day to collect money, and when he was busy, he had to serve dishes and dishes. It was very hard. Money, asked a lady to do it.

This lady is also from a nearby alley. She loves cleanliness and is very diligent.

Mrs Gui originally asked her to wash, but Mrs Gui was old, so of course Xu Qinyu would not make the old man work too hard.

After the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law counted the money, Xu Qinyu held the wooden box and poured all the money into her money box and locked it. Baiyu was not here at the moment, and he should have gone hunting in the mountains.

Bai Yu probably remembered Xu Qinyu's nagging, sneaking out of the house in the dead of night at night, hunting in the mountains to eat and drink, and running back the next day in the dark.

It is getting bigger and bigger, Xu Qinyu is naturally afraid of being bumped into, afraid of scaring other people, and afraid that it will be bad to call officers and soldiers to kill Bai Yu.

It is already mid-June, and the weather is getting hot. Fortunately, the heat in the southwest is not as hot as the heat in the south. It is the hottest in the noon. When the sun goes down, the weather is not so hot. Sitting in the yard, the breeze is gentle. , Xu Qinyu was a little more comfortable.

She also went to order a few rattan rocking chairs with the high carpenter, and it was very comfortable to lie on the door.

Except for the jujube trees in the yard, it looks a bit bare. If you can plant some flowers and plants, plant two vines, get a grape trellis, and make some wine. You can sit under the grape trellis and drink some wine when you are resting, which is also comfortable.

Thinking of grapes, Xu Qinyu licked her lips.

This dynasty did not exist in history, so she did not know the specific situation of the crops. Some crops had fruits and vegetables, but some did not. It seems that the grapes were brought back to the Dasheng Dynasty by the caravan a few years ago and started to grow. Now There seems to be no grapes growing in the southwest, so grapes are still very expensive in summer, but there are some wild grapes on the mountains.

Wild grapes were originally present in the Dasheng Dynasty.

However, it will not mature until August. At that time, you can go to the mountains to pick it up and make some wine specially. You can sell it or keep it for your family to drink. It seems that no one makes wine here.

...

After brother Cheng left Pei's house, he went to look for his younger brother Gong, but he couldn't find anyone. He went to the door of the three aunts to have a look. All three aunts also returned home. A few little beggars were hanging around.

Brother Cheng didn't take it seriously either. He squatted in front of Chen's gate until the end of Xu Shi, when every household turned off the lights and fell asleep before returning to Wen's house.

After returning, Brother Gong had already returned, and Brother Cheng asked him, "Brother, have you been to the neighborhood of the three aunts?"

Brother Gong was drinking the cold water from the big vat with a scoop. After drinking, he wiped his mouth and said, "Brother, don't worry, I won't mess up the errand. I happen to have a few friends and let them watch for me too. Now, otherwise, it's up to the two of us, and I can't stare at three people. I also asked my friend to help me stare at the Ping An Restaurant, and I already know where the owner of the Ping An Restaurant lives."

Brother Cheng nodded, still assured of his brother.

Although Brother Gong is more playful, he will definitely be able to finish the things that were given to him.

The next day, Xu Ji Restaurant was still open.

Because Ping An Restaurant is located in front of Xu Ji Restaurant and has such a large sign, it is true that some new customers have been deceived.

Therefore, the food in Xu Ji Restaurant was still affected.

But Xu Ji Restaurant has a lot of regular customers, and all the morning meals made in the morning are sold out, and there are still some milk steamed buns that are not sold out.

The food that is not sold out is eaten by people in the restaurant, or let everyone take it home to eat.

Even some meat can't go bad overnight, but it will affect the taste. Xu Qinyu doesn't need to use it anymore, and will share it equally with the three women in the waiter and Brother Cheng, and let them take it home to cook.

The three women running the hall knew that eight hundred yuan a month was a high salary, and the boss still cared about the food, and occasionally brought some meat home to improve the food. This kind of treatment, let alone Yuanbao Town, is afraid of Raozhou They can't be found in the city, and they are extremely rare. heard from the owner that there will be a red envelope of no less than two taels of silver at the end of the year. They want to help the owner to do more work every day and be more diligent.

There are a lot of milk steamed buns left, everyone has eaten and there are still a lot left, brother Gong ran to Xu Qinyu, scratched his head and said, "Sister-in-law four, can I take out eight milk steamed buns."

"As long as you don't waste it." Xu Qinyu smiled, "What are you doing with the steamed buns?"

Brother Gong was a little embarrassed, but told Xu Qinyu very seriously, "I have made some friends and asked them to help me with some errands, so I want to bring some milk steamed buns for them to eat, because I told them that I Sisao's food is very delicious."

This kid, speaking so seriously, is only ten years old, and he asks his friends to help with some errands.

Xu Qinyu said with a smile, "Okay, go and get it."

"Thank you Sisao!" Brother Gong grinned, and ran back to the kitchen in a hurry, and ran out the door with eight milk buns in his arms.

Gong Geer hugged the milk steamed bun, and quickly ran away without a trace.

He left the West Street Market and walked towards an alley. There was a small alley at the end of the alley. There were a few broken boards randomly placed inside, and four children in rags were crowded under the broken boards. The children The whole body is dirty, the hair is also messy, the face is jet-black, and everyone is so thin that only bones remain.

Not only that, the four children were obviously disabled. Looking at the oldest child, there was only a hole in the right eye, and only the left eye was still good.

There was also a child with a red birthmark on his face from the eyes to the corner of the eyebrow, and the other two children could not see anything on the surface, but when two of them stood up, they shouted in surprise: "Second Brother Wen, you are here."

When walking towards Gong Geer, one of the children was lame.

The other child looked fine, and looked like the youngest, probably only six or seven years old.

The child with only one eye looked the biggest, probably around ten years old.

Brother Gong saw them and said with a smile, "Look what I brought you."

He distributed the milk steamed buns he took from Xu Ji Restaurant to four children, and each of them divided two. When the youngest child received the milk steamed buns, he would find that he had six fingers on his right palm.

Several children took the milk steamed buns, looking at the snow-white and soft steamed buns full of milk aroma, they couldn't bear to eat them.

Brother Gong said, "Eat it quickly, it's still warm. Milk steamed buns are the most delicious when they're hot, but they're also delicious when they're cold. There's nothing bad about my fourth sister-in-law's cooking."

Finally, the children couldn't bear the aroma of the milk steamed buns. They picked up the milk steamed buns and took a bite. They were overwhelmed by the softness and milk aroma of the milk steamed buns.

They are just a few little beggars, not to mention being full on weekdays, even the leftovers are not eaten, and sometimes they have to compete with wild dogs for food.

"My God, it's delicious and fragrant."

"Brother Wen, do you eat this delicious food every day?"

Brother Gong actually looked a little sad, but he nodded, "Well, my fourth sister-in-law made it, and my fourth sister-in-law is very nice."

Several children looked at Brother Gong enviously.

They also want such a good sister-in-law, but they are all disabled, and even their own family members refuse to want them. How can others want them? They can only be beggars for a lifetime, and they may starve to death or freeze someday. Died on the street.

After the children finished eating a milk steamed bun, they carefully wrapped the remaining one and hid it on their bodies.

Only then did Brother Gong ask: "Did you squat down last night for what?"

The oldest child shook his head, "No, we squatted until the morning, and they went directly to Xuji Restaurant after getting up in the morning."

"Then you guys help me keep an eye on this." Brother Gong said, "I shouldn't be able to see anything in a day or two. It may take a long time. After the restaurant has leftover food, I will tell the fourth sister-in-law and give it to her. Send some."

The four children looked at him eagerly.

After delivering the milk buns to the four children, Brother Gong returned to Xu Ji.

Brother Gong has known these little beggars for more than a month, and when Xu Ji just closed the door that night, he left two Roujiamo in the morning to eat it at night. At that time, Roujiamo was only served in the morning. He especially liked it. To eat, not only eat in the morning, but also eat in the evening. specially reserved two of them to eat when go back in the evening.

Who would have thought that just after walking out of this street, a black shadow rushed past him and snatched the Roujiamo that he was carrying.

How can bear it, Brother Gong chased after him with a groan.

After catching up, he found that it was a child who was younger than him. He was going to grab Roujiamo. The child was protecting Roujiamo. During the scuffle, Roujiamo came out of his hands and was rushed over by a passing wild dog.

Brother Gong was dumbfounded and was so angry that he raised his fist and planned to fight this child.

Only then did realize that the boy had one eye missing, his clothes were tattered, and he was staring at him with the other eye.

Seeing the appearance of the child, Brother Gong knew that he should be a beggar, and he was missing an eye, so naturally he couldn't fight, got up and walked away, snorted and planned to leave.

After walking a few steps, thinking of Xiao Qi'er's bony appearance, felt uncomfortable.

Looking back, found that the child was actually crying, so tears kept streaming down his left eye without wiping it, looking extremely desperate.

Brother Gong really couldn't walk right now, so he turned around and said, "Don't cry, I'll buy you what you want to eat."

The kid said, "Whatever." The voice was so hoarse that he could hardly catch what he was saying.

Brother Gong bought a few meat buns nearby and brought them back to the child.

The child ran away with the meat buns in his arms. Brother Gong was a little worried. He followed up and followed into this small alley. He found that there were three children inside. The youngest was dying of hunger. The child grabbed his meat Jiamo is for this child to eat.

Brother Gong got acquainted with these children like this.

He knew that several of the children were little beggars, some of whom were not wanted to be thrown away at home, and some who were abducted and injured so disabled that they could not be sold, and were thrown away.

The youngest child with six fingers was considered a disaster star by the family, so he was thrown away after birth and picked up by an old beggar.

The old beggar passed away two years ago, and the child begged for food every day by himself. He knew three other little beggars and stayed with them. Every day, several children went out begging for food.

They often can't beg for food. Brother Gong'er buys them food for hundreds of pennies every month.

This group of little beggars heard the second brother's shouting every day.

Brother Gong knew that the fourth sister-in-law was going to stare at people, so he and his brother had only two eyes and couldn't take care of them, so he asked some of them to help.

A few beggars are also very responsible. Every day when the Xu Ji restaurant is going to close, they hang around nearby, waiting for the three aunts to leave Xu Ji. Auntie found out.

After staring at it for half a month, it is already early July, and the weather is getting hotter and drier.

Xu Ji Restaurant's sour plum soup is selling more and more. Because of the hot weather, Xu Qinyu also bought some ice cubes. The ice cubes are too expensive. If you break them and add them to the sour plum soup, the price will increase by two cents. The two pennies are all costs, and there is no profit at all.

However, these sour plum soups are boiled and hung in the well for one or two hours every day.

Therefore, ordering sour plum soup now depends on whether the diners want to add ice cubes.

If you add it, it will cost you two cents. If you don't add it, the sour plum soup that has been chilled in the well is still cold.

The same is true for milk tea. Women’s relatives order more milk tea, and they are willing to add two cents more and add some ice cubes to drink it to cool down and relieve the heat, with a mellow and rich milk fragrance.

The weather is hot and dry, and the business of the small restaurants and restaurants on the West Street is somewhat affected. Because it is too hot, they are unwilling to eat, and there is no air conditioning in later generations. Now the meals in restaurants and restaurants are mostly greasy. eat.

But Xu Ji's business was not affected much, because the conch and prawns in the sauce, together with the sour plum drink, appetizers and relieve the heat, more diners came.

And Xu Qinyu has added two new cold dishes in the past few days, cold lettuce, white meat with garlic, and roasted eggplant with garlic.

These new dishes are frequently ordered by customers recently.

In order to make the diners feel comfortable, Xu Qinyu bought some ice cubes and placed them in the four corners of the living room.

This kind of ice cubes is specially designed to relieve the heat, and it is much cheaper than the edible ice cubes, but this kind of ice cubes to relieve the heat costs two taels of silver every day!

She was willing to use ice cubes, and the diners enjoyed it comfortably.

Xu Qinyu watched Brother Cheng follow him for half a month, but she still couldn't find anyone who was connected to the Ping An restaurant. She couldn't help but wonder if she wanted to go wrong. In fact, there were no thieves in the restaurant. On the other side of the restaurant, they just researched the practice of custard buns by themselves.

If only the fourth brother was here, the fourth brother was smart and would know what was going on at a glance.

She doesn't have the fourth brother's ability to see people's hearts, except for the talent of cooking, she is an ordinary person.

Two days have passed.

This day, the little beggars were the same as usual, watching Xu Ji's restaurant closing, and wandering around behind the three aunts.

The eldest little beggar is almost ten years old this year. He has no name, and everyone calls him one-eyed.

One-eyed was following the Sun family today, the most sturdy of the three women who ran the hall.

In the beginning, the Sun family didn't know much. She left the market, but she didn't go back to the alley where she lived. Instead, she looked back and looked sneaky.

When Sun turned back, she didn't see anyone in Xu Ji's restaurant, she was slightly relieved, and walked towards the other alley.

When came to a door, knocked on the door, the door was opened, and a woman stuck her head out inside. It was the female shopkeeper of the Ping An Restaurant.

...

One-eyed didn't delay, and when he saw Sun's looking for the female shopkeeper of Ping'an Restaurant, he immediately went to Guihua Alley to find Brother Gong.

When Brother Gong heard this, he frowned and went to find his brother.

Naturally, Brother Cheng couldn't sit still, and immediately went to look for the fourth sister-in-law.

When Xu Qinyu saw Brother Cheng, he knew that the thief should be caught.

Hearing that Brother Cheng said it was the Sun family, and seeing her go to the female shopkeeper of Ping'an Restaurant.

Xu Qinyu couldn't help sighing. She had just found the most powerful one on the remaining list to come back to work, but she pointed out an unreliable one.

She no longer delays, and intends to block people in the past, if she passes by now, she can just block people.

Wen Shi also heard it, and seeing that Yuniang was going to go out, she hurriedly called Brother Cheng and Brother Wen to go with Yuniang.

Brother Cheng said: "Don't worry, aunt, I will keep an eye on it, and I won't let outsiders hurt the fourth sister-in-law."

When the three came over, they happened to see Mr. Sun coming out of the gate.

Sun's face was originally panicked, and he didn't notice anyone at all. When he noticed someone in front of him, he raised his head, his face turned white with fright, "Dong, Dong, why haven't you gone back to rest, I, I'm coming to my relative's house. Something happened, I didn't expect to meet you."

Before Xu Qinyu could say anything, Brother Cheng said angrily, "Aunt Sun, what are you pretending to be! This is where the owner of the Ping An Restaurant lives. What are you doing here to find the owner of the Ping An Restaurant? Those custard buns, Jiangmi fat sausages, and fish fillet porridge, did you see the Fourth Sister-in-law making the recipes and sold the recipes to Ping An restaurant? There was also a rumor more than a month ago that our owner's family suffered from tuberculosis. Is it also Ping An Food? Let you spread it out?"

"No, it's not..." Mr. Sun panicked, "Master, I, I, I don't."

She thought that the things that the female shopkeeper of the Ping'an Restaurant had just given her was still in her hands, and she was so frightened that she couldn't help but hide her hands behind her.

The movement of Mrs. Sun's hidden hand was too obvious. Obviously, there must be something in her hand. Xu Qinyu frowned and said, "Aunt Sun, what are you holding in your hand?"

"No, nothing."

Sun shi was so frightened at the moment, the beads of sweat on his forehead dripped down his face, and everyone was shaking.

Sun's appearance looked guilty, and while she was not paying attention, Brother Gong in the back stepped forward and grabbed Sun's wrist and pinched the meridian of her wrist.

Brother Gong learned a little bit of boxing and footwork from his father, and he had the strength in his hands. The pain caused Sun to exclaim, and he released his tightly clenched fist.