Most of the people present were from women, and they had children in their families. Even if they were a little biased, they still loved their daughters. They never thought about selling their daughters, let alone selling them to such places. They all felt that the Luo family was too much Excessive and deceiving. The women who had been divorced or divorced could not take their children away, but they subconsciously hoped that Lin could take away the two daughters, even if the life was hard, but this is not a famine year, as long as you work hard, can survive.

"No, I'm not afraid of being punished by the gods and causing sores all over your body. What a bastard, you really lose your conscience. And how did you, a man, become a father? That's your own flesh and blood, you black-hearted bastard... "

When the woman in the market scolded someone, it was vulgar and unpleasant, and the scolding made Luo Dagen's face flush.

"Isn't this Luo Dagen a businessman? You dare to buy such a black-hearted thing? If he really dares to sell his daughter to such a place, he is not afraid that he will carry the burden and be a kidnapper in the future to steal your children and sell them. After all, For the sake of money, he even sells his daughter to Xiangmanlou, what else would he dare to do?"

"It makes sense, I'll have to hide away when I see him in the future..."

When Luo Dagen heard this, he panicked instantly. He was a pick-and-place man who walked around the streets. If the people of Yuanbao Town stopped patronizing his business, how could he still make money?

Mrs. Luo wanted to scold these women, but the county magistrate suddenly slapped the table and said, "Quiet!"

After the case was filmed, he asked Luo Dagen, "Luo Dagen, what do you think? You are willing to let Lin's write down an IOU for twenty taels of silver, and then give the eldest girl Erniu to Lin's support."

Luo Dagen nodded sharply without thinking, "Sir, Xiaomin is willing."

Since he can get the money, he doesn't want to sell his daughter to that kind of place, and it's only a few taels of money to sell to that kind of place, and he is afraid that if he doesn't want to, he will be hated by the people of Yuanbao Town, and he will be hated by the people in Yuanbao Town. When he was walking around the streets to sell goods, no one paid him any attention, and without his livelihood, what would he do in the future?

He began to be afraid in his heart, thinking that if he could get the money, it would be better to sell a good name to go out.

"Dagen, you can't." Mrs. Luo was anxious.

She paid for the money to let Dagen divorce Lin, just wanting them to be separated from flesh and blood. What is the use of Lin's writing down the IOU? Whether Lin can earn twenty taels is another matter.

Wasn't her money given in vain?

Luo Dagen said angrily, "Mother, stop talking!"

The county magistrate nodded, "Since you agree, then the official will have someone write down the document, and you will press your fingerprints and seal the official seal, and the matter will be settled."

Luo Dagen nodded in agreement, and Lin also cried with joy.

The women around couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Luo wanted to say something, but Luo Dagen stopped her from talking nonsense.

Lin could not write, so the county magistrate asked someone to write an IOU that she owed Luo Dagen twenty taels of silver, and it was written that it should be returned monthly and repaid within ten years.

There is also another book of righteousness, stating that Luo Dagen accepted Lin's 20 taels of silver, Luo Da Niu Luo Erniu left Luo's house with Lin's family, and was raised by Lin's family. After that, Lin's mother and daughter all three The matter has nothing to do with the Luo family anymore, and the Lin family took two daughters to set up their own business.

The two pressed their fingerprints, and the county magistrate also stamped the official seal on the book of justice, in triplicate, Lin Shi and Luo Dagen each took one, and the other document was placed in the yamen.

From then on, Lin finally got her wish. Although she was burdened with a debt of twenty taels of silver, she was happy with it.

After reading it, Concubine Bai sighed, and couldn't help worrying about Lin and her daughter. After Lin took the two daughters away, she couldn't even go back to her parents' house. heard that Lin's mother's house was not a good thing. Nor would he be cruel to accept the high price of twenty taels of silver from the Luo family, and let the Lin family marry someone like Luo Dagen.

Moreover, Lin's mother has not visited her in these years, and there are two sisters-in-law in Lin's family, why would she not let her bring her two daughters back to Lin's family.

The only possibility for the Lin family to return to her parents' home is to let the Lin family remarry.

After watching the excitement, Bai Yiniang naturally told her about it when she went to look for Gui Shi.

So after Xu Qinyu and Wen Shi came back at night, Gui Shi also told them.

After hearing this, Xu Qinyu didn't speak for a while.

Wen couldn't help but ask, "Is Yu Niang worried about Lin?"

Xu Qinyu shook her head, "It's not a famine year, so I don't worry about it, I'll never die of hunger."

She just felt that the status of women in this era really worried her, and she was bound by various shackles. There are actually many things like Lin's, but other women are not as lucky as Lin's. Two, in the future, will bring daughters to set up their own houses. Many women who have been divorced or left will be sold by their parents to marry another man. These women have no right to speak.

Lin's luck was good, she took the first step by herself, went to the yamen and was not thrown out by the county magistrate.

Don't underestimate this self-supporting family. With the document of the county magistrate, Lin and her two daughters are a family, and they can no longer be manipulated by anyone. Even if Lin's natal family comes to the door, Lin has her own family , her family should not even try to take her away.

In this era, there are very few women who set up their own families, and they spend a lot of money or a little luck to set up their own families.

All in all, Lin's own family, to support the two daughters in the future, no longer have to worry about being sold by his mother, don't worry about the daughter being sold, and don't worry about the daughter being sold to someone else as a daughter-in-law with a high betrothal gift when she grows up.

At this moment, Wen couldn't help asking Gui, "Where does Lin live with her two daughters?" Then she couldn't help muttering, "The Luo family has done such a great job, and they are not afraid of being punished by heaven."

Gui said, "According to what your aunt Bai said, it seems that she is living with her daughter in that dilapidated wooden shed at the entrance of the town. In the past two days, Lin has brought her daughter to do odd jobs for the family, and can earn some money to make ends meet. "

However, there are a few kind-hearted people who are willing to let her wash clothes.

...

The next day, Xu Ji Restaurant opened its doors, and at noon, all the diners had dispersed, and Xu Qinyu also washed up.

It's summer, and the weather is getting hotter. She's sweating all over after cooking, and she feels better after washing.

At the moment she is sitting and resting in the front living room, and several children are still helping kill fish in the back kitchen, preparing the fish balls for the afternoon.

Xu Qinyu also changed the names of the children. One-eyed is Xu Feng, the ugly one is Xu Tiao, the lame is Xu Yu, and the six-finger is Xu Shun.

Taken from the word weather and weather.

They all took her surname, and they discussed it with the family. She said that since they were all beggars, she didn't plan to take them as slaves. Since they were apprentices, they could be reborn parents. It would be good to follow her surname. Xu Qinyu thought of this word overnight and named the four of them.

The four children got a new name, not to mention how happy they were, and when they were free, they could hear them calling each other's names.

"Xu Feng."

"Ugh!"

"Xu Tiao."

"Ugh!"

"Xu Yu."

"Ugh!"

"Xu Shun."

"Ugh."

Xu Qinyu couldn't help laughing, and let them make trouble by themselves.

She is sitting in the living room resting now, thinking that she will be able to rest again in two days, she can't lie down at home anymore, she is going to pick some mushrooms in the mountains, and the wild grapes on the mountains are ripe, this thing is very Sour, no one eats it at all, it can only be used to make wine or as an ingredient in sour plum soup, the taste will change a bit, with the taste of shredded grapes, you can make some at that time, let's see what flavor of sour plum drink you like.

Everyone was resting at the moment, and Mrs. Lin happened to pass by. She had just helped a family starch and wash their clothes, and gave her five cents.

When passing by Xu Ji, she saw the notice posted outside the door. She couldn't read very well, but she also heard about Xu Ji's Sun family and Ping An Restaurant, and guessed that Xu Ji might be short of a waiter now, and the post outside might be a sign. Seeing the notice from the waiter, Mrs. Lin hesitated for a moment, and stepped into Xu Ji.

She guessed it right.

Xu Qinyu is still recruiting women from the hall these days, but there are quite a few women who come, but Xu Qinyu doesn't recognize them, and is afraid of meeting people like Sun's, or encountering people who steal and play tricks, only let these women come. People tell them where their names and ages live, and when she chooses someone, she will go to inform them again.

Mrs. Lin went in to Xu Ji, and saw Mrs. Xu sitting on a bench by the window, her hands resting on her cheeks and her elbows on the table. She had probably just finished her work, and her snow-white face was still a little red. His eyes were watery, but his vision was a little stray at the moment, and he seemed to be in a daze.

Lin shi said in the past, "Xu Dongjia."

Xu Qinyu woke up, she was just thinking about the recipe in a daze. She thought that the recipe sometimes made her mind empty, and she just thought about the proportion of ingredients and the ingredients of the seasoning in some new recipes.

Even if it is an ordinary dish, her recipe is different from other people's.

Xu Qinyu smiled when she saw Lin, "Sister Lin."

Lin Shi stammered, "Xu Dong's family, did Xu Ji recruit to run the hall? Me, can I come to Xu Ji to work, the boss can rest assured that I am very diligent and can do anything."

Last time, Mrs. Xu had already refused to let her run the hall, but this time she still wanted to try it. If Mrs. Xu still refused, she would feel at ease doing the odd jobs of sweeping and washing clothes for others, and she would go to the lotus pond in Tiangou to catch some on weekdays. River prawns to sell.

Xu Qinyu said directly, "Okay, you can come to work tomorrow."

She still understands Lin's family. Lin's used to be weak, but that weakness is also caused by the environment and family she is in. If Lin can do this for her two daughters, her character is completely There is no problem, the most important thing for her to recruit employees is character.

I didn't agree before because of the Luo family. Now that the Lin family can get rid of the Luo family by themselves, there is nothing that can't be used.

"Ming, going to work tomorrow?" Lin was stunned for a while, and stammered and repeated, she didn't expect Miss Xu to agree so happily this time.

Xu Qinyu nodded, "In the past few days, the other two aunties are running to wash the hall, and the work is a bit heavy. If you go to work early, they will be able to relax more. Let's talk about it, the monthly salary is 800 yuan, including food in the morning and evening. If you have extra food in the restaurant on weekdays, you can take it home in divided portions. If you do well, you will get a red seal during the New Year, and your salary will increase in the future. You have to be diligent and work hard. Ask, and the restaurant will tell you if there is something or something to say.”

Lin's face flushed with excitement, and he nodded again and again, "Okay, okay, don't worry, boss, I'll save it."

Xu Qinyu thought for a while, then went to Mrs Wen and asked for 800 pennies for Mrs Lin, "First pay you a month's wages in advance, you go to rent a house and settle the eldest girl and the second girl."

Lin Shi wanted to cry all of a sudden, and wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Xu Qinyu to thank him.

"Hey, don't kneel on me." Xu Qinyu's voice changed a bit, and she ducked to the side.

Lin Shi couldn't get down on his knees, so he looked up and thanked Xu Qinyu again.

When Mrs Lin left, Xu Qinyu went outside and took down the notice posted to Zhaopaotang.

Lin Shi took eight hundred pennies and led the eldest girl Erniu to rent a house first.

Da Niu and Er Niu were still waiting for her outside. When Lin Shi said that Xu Ji's employer was willing to let her work, Da Niu looked back at Xu Ji, her eyes were very firm, she clenched her mother's hand, "Mother, The boss is a good person, Er Niu and I are both grown up, and every day you go out, I will bring Er Niu to work for the boss, although we and Er Niu are small, we can still do scattered work, and neither of us need any wages."

Lin Shi smiled: "Okay."

She also did not worry about leaving the two daughters at home alone, for fear of being taken away by Mrs. Luo.

Lin's two daughters went to rent a house on the North Street side. The house on the North Street side was cheaper than the South Street side. She rented a small yard for one hundred and fifty cents, which was enough for her and the two. daughter lives.

Lin rented a house for 150 cents, and kept 150 cents for herself. She went to Guihua Lane and gave it to the Luo family for the remaining 500 cents.

Afraid that the Luo family would default on her debts, she even found a piece of paper, on which she found someone to write forty five hundred pennies for her, and then gave the Luo family five hundred pennies every month, and asked the Luo family to put a fingerprint on the bottom, so that the three It will all be paid off in a few years.

When she went to Luo's house to give money, Lin also asked her neighbor's aunt to help her witness, so that the Luo family would not be dishonest in the future.

When Mrs. Luo saw that she had taken out five hundred pennies, she fiercely asked her if she had taken the money that she had secretly saved at Luo's house before.

Lin said with a cold face, "The owner of Xuji Restaurant is kind-hearted and willing to let me work in Xuji, and gave me a month's wages in advance for me to settle down, and I will give you five hundred cents per month in the future. ."

This matter can't be hidden, the Luo family will know sooner or later, so don't hide it, if Mrs. Luo really dared to make trouble in Xuji, she would dare to use a knife to drive people out.

"What?" When Mrs. Luo heard this, she was furious. "Then, didn't that little bitch not let you run the hall before?"

Lin's face became even colder, "Speak well, if you scold Miss Xu again, don't blame me for being rude."

Mrs. Luo pouted.

The woman next to her also denounced Mrs. Luo, and said that Mrs. Xu was really kind-hearted, and asked Lin to work there and raise her two daughters.

Mrs. Luo was tired of hearing it, and looked at the half-coin in Lin's hand and planned to take it.

Luo Dagen came out suddenly, he had already listened to what was said outside, he took half the money, and asked Lin to give him all the money in the future.

Mrs. Luo wanted the half-dollar money, but her son would not give it to her.

Luo Dagen knew that Lin was working in Xuji, but he regretted it a little, but thinking that Lin could not give birth to a son, he had nothing to regret. He wanted a son even more.

Lin gave the money and returned it.

The next day, Lin took two daughters to Xuji to work.

There were two more children, but Xu Qinyu didn't say much, and asked them to follow Xu Feng and the others to help in the back kitchen, but in this way, the back kitchen was strangely crowded, and there were only a lot of children. In fact, Brother Cheng was there. She is still a half-old child in her eyes.

When the big girl was helping, she saw Xu Qinyu making meat buns with sauce, and she said, "Master, I will also knead the folds."

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Okay, then you try it."

After the eldest went to wash and dry her hands, she followed Xu Qinyu's style and began to pinch the buns. She did not pinch fast, but not too slowly. She looked more proficient than many novices. Xu Qinyu took a look and found that the pleats were not round enough and were a little crooked, but they looked better than those pinched by many people.

Xu Qinyu was surprised, "Is it the first time the eldest girl has pleated the buns?"

The big girl nodded. Her family had never eaten steamed buns. She just watched the owner make them. She thought it should be simple and wanted to help.

Xu Qinyu was a little happy, but this child is quite talented in the white case. The white case is to make pasta, and it doesn't matter if she can make other pasta, but the folds of the buns for the first time are more beautiful than ordinary people. , This is a kind of talent for white case, maybe you can teach big girl to do white case.

She gave the eldest girl a lump of thick noodles, and asked her to practice kneading. In the future, she would help her knead the kneading, and then slowly hand over the rest.

The big girl took a lump of rough noodles and went to pinch it.

When Lin learned that, she was still a little scared. She was afraid that the boss would misunderstand that the eldest girl wanted to steal her master's skills, and it was Chengge'er who told her not to worry, saying that the fourth sister-in-law was very good at cooking, she just wanted to find a few apprentices to spread her cooking skills.

Lin Shi was relieved at this time, and he was more and more grateful to Xu Qinyu in his heart.

...

After two days, Xu Ji rested, Xu Qinyu went to borrow a donkey cart from Mrs. Xia, and was going to go to the mountains outside the town to pick mushrooms. Because he still had to pick wild grapes, he brought Cheng Ge Er Gong Ge Er to go out of the city. Xu Feng and the four of them also went with them, so they all went together, and even Mrs. Wen followed, just because she was worried about Yu Niang and a few children.

In fact, the family already had money to buy a donkey cart, but he was too busy on weekdays. Xu Qinyu planned to let Brother Cheng help him to buy a donkey cart when he came back this time. It would be more convenient for him to drive the donkey cart to buy food on weekdays.

Out of the city all the way towards the mountain.

Going to the mountain, Xu Qinyu went to pick wild mushrooms.

Wen Shi was worried about Yu Niang, there were many snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain, and she was afraid that she would be injured or meet the hunters on the mountain. Yu Niang was born beautiful, and she was afraid of meeting someone with bad intentions, so she asked Xu Feng to go with Yu Niang. She led Cheng and the others to pick wild grapes.

In summer, there are more delicious wild mushrooms on the mountain, especially those with bright colors, some can be eaten and some cannot be eaten.

In fact, at least half of these brightly colored wild mushrooms are absolutely inedible.

But looking at the other brightly colored fungi, Xu Qinyu is a little drooling. Although these fungi are slightly poisonous, but they are handled well, they are the real delicacy of mountain delicacies. Plant fresh.

In later generations, many people know that these wild mushrooms are slightly poisonous, and if they are not handled well, they will be seen as villains. Why do they eat them? It is not because of their deliciousness.

When Xu Qinyu was picking it, he told Xu Feng not to pick it indiscriminately. After all, even though these fungi were of the same kind, there were still slight differences.

Xu Qinyu picked these fungus for his own family to eat, and he didn't plan to put them in restaurants, lest someone learn to go up the mountain to pick fungi and eat them.

Xu Feng was very obedient, Xu Qinyu refused to let him pick, so he refused to pick, and went to help Xu Qinyu find bamboo shoots.

The bamboo shoots in this season are not so fresh and a bit bitter. They are bitter bamboo shoots only in summer, but they are still edible. They can be boiled to remove the bitterness and stir-fried to make sour bamboo shoots or stir-fried meat.

In addition to these bacteria, Xu Qinyu also picked a lot of other edible bacteria, which were dried and ground into powder for seasoning.

Seeing edible wild vegetables, Xu Qinyu also picked them along the way.

It was almost the end of the night, Xu Qinyu and Xu Feng went down the mountain, the donkey cart at the foot of the mountain was already full of wild grapes, Brother Cheng and the others picked a lot.

When driving the donkey cart back to the town, bumped into a group of ragged, skinny people, all of whom were dragging their families and carrying luggage. With just one glance, Xu Qinyu knew the identities of these people. People from the north who fled after the disaster, it has been more than half a year, and they have arrived in the southwest.

Most of the victims went to the south or the capital, but didn't expect that some victims would come here.

They shouldn't have taken the official route, otherwise they wouldn't have come here.

Seeing those people with numb eyes, Xu Qinyu felt strange.

At this moment, she couldn't give these bitter bamboo shoots and wild vegetables from the donkey cart to the victims, for fear that they would loot and hurt the children, and she was also afraid that they would snatch the mushrooms and eat them and cause trouble.

In fact, there are many mountains in the Southwest. Whether it is wild game, wild vegetables, or other wild fruits on the mountains, you can fill your stomach. Even if you can’t find these, there are many small lakes in Tiangou ponds outside the town, and you can eat fish in them. .

When you arrive in the Southwest, there is no shortage of food and drink.

Xu Qinyu was not worried that they would come to snatch the things on the stove cart. Wild mushrooms and wild vegetables were packed in baskets, and the donkey cart was full of wild grapes. Even the refugees would not want to eat this sour food, because the more The more hungry you eat, the more painful your stomach will be with pantothenic acid.

Just looking at the victims, one of the men was carrying a woman on his back. The woman's face was covered with rashes and her cheeks were sunken. She looked like she had passed out. Tell Brother Cheng, "Brother Cheng, take the other side of the road, don't go with these refugees, don't get close to them, then drive faster and overtake them."

Brother Cheng didn't ask any more questions, and immediately drove the donkey cart to another path, speeding up.

Xu Qinyu also quickened his pace, and the others behind him naturally followed suit.

Waiting to surpass these refugees, Xu Qinyu whispered a few words to Wen Shi, and Wen Shi's face changed slightly, "Okay, then you and Brother Cheng will drive the donkey cart back to the town and talk to the county magistrate first. Stop them outside the town, and I will take Brother Feng and the others back to town as soon as possible."

Xu Qinyu nodded and got into the donkey cart, Cheng Geer immediately drove the donkey to go faster.

The two returned to the town in less than half an hour. The town was also guarded by officers and soldiers. People in the town could come in and out at will, and people outside the town had to pay a toll tax of two cents to enter the town.

After entering the town, Xu Qinyu asked Brother Cheng to take her to the Yamen. She got off the donkey cart at the Yamen, and asked Brother Cheng to take the things on the donkey cart back to the restaurant for storage.

Brother Cheng didn't ask any more questions, nodded and drove the donkey cart away.

Xu Qinyu didn't ring the yamen's drum, but passed through the backyard of the yamen, knocked on the door, and a woman opened the door, and she also recognized Xu Qinyu, knowing that she was her girl's best friend, so she invited her immediately Come in.

Yang Zhizhi was also very happy to see Xu Qinyu, "Qinyu, why are you here?"

Xu Qinyu didn't have time to tell Zhi Zhi more, and said with a serious face: "Zhi Zhi, I want to see the magistrate."