After reading the two letters, Xu Qinyu felt warm in her heart. Whether it was her father, mother, brother or her uncle, they were all very good people. All she could do was to bring them together to live a better life. Now My uncle also earns several hundred taels of silver a year, so he can save a larger shop to expand the storefront, and he will earn more and more in the future. My uncle also gave one-tenth of the money to my mother, and my mother did not. Will worry about silver flowers again.

Thinking of this, Xu Qinyu finally calmed down.

She smiled and said, "Sixth brother is the same as last time? Will I leave for the capital tomorrow? Then I will write two letters at night, and ask Sixth brother to help me bring it back to my mother tomorrow."

As for the three hundred taels of silver, she would definitely not ask for it. As long as she put two thousand taels of silver in the letter, my mother would understand everything, and she would never worry about her lack of money and try to stuff her with money.

Ma Liu smiled and said: "Yes, then I'm still the same as last time, I'll find an inn to live in a while, and when Sister Xu finishes writing and hand it over to me tomorrow, I'm following the boss and they set off back to Beijing by water."

Xu Qinyu said thank you, and chatted with Ma Liu for a while.

Ma Liu said something about the capital. He didn't know what was going on in the court. That is to say, how the court sent people to slaughter those victims of diarrhea. He said that the capital was a little chaotic during that time, but it got better later. The people also complained a lot.

In the end, Ma Liu scratched his head, "I also want to say thank you to Sister Xu, the recipe for the wooden barrel fermented bean curd you gave me, I will give it to my mother and my daughter-in-law after I go back, and let them tinker with it. Now at least every month. One or twenty taels of silver came in."

In fact, when she brought this recipe back, her mother felt that it was not just moldy tofu, how much money could she make.

His mother can also make moldy tofu. It's salty and dry, and it's a bit bitter in the mouth. This thing itself is a meal, and it's naturally salty. Maybe the wooden barrel fermented bean curd made by the little lady is similar to moldy tofu. It's completely different, looks different, and tastes even more delicate and delicious.

When Ma Liu told his mother, his mother was dubious.

In the end, it was Ma Liu who persuaded him for a long time, and his mother decided to do it according to the ingredients in the recipe.

At the beginning, it was sold to the neighbors for a penny or two. Although a large piece of tofu is only a penny, a piece of tofu can be made into fermented bean curd for thirty or forty yuan, but this thing needs a little spice and wine to make, and it is sold naturally. It is much more expensive than other people's moldy tofu. Others' moldy tofu costs six or seven yuan, but his family can only have two yuan.

Neighbors thought it was expensive, but after trying it once, they thought it was really delicious, but they couldn't eat the moldy tofu that was too salty and a little bitter. When heard that it needed spices and wine to make it, didn't say it was expensive. If you want to eat, you will buy it for a few cents.

At the beginning, he made a few hundred dollars and a tael of silver. Later, the reputation of the wooden barrel fermented bean curd spread, and all the people in the nearby alleys liked his wooden barrel fermented bean curd. Every month, he made a profit of two or three taels of silver.

Not to mention how happy his mother and daughter-in-law were, they also said that they must let him come to thank Miss Xu.

Until later, a chef in a restaurant tasted his wooden barrel fermented bean curd, used it as a seasoning to study dishes, and found that it was very delicious, so he came to buy a recipe from him, and said that he would buy his recipe for one hundred taels of silver.

He's not stupid, and of course he won't sell formulas. Originally, his mother was a little bit moved until he made it clear to his mother that he was serious.

If this formula is sold, it will definitely monopolize the entire capital. At that time, only the neighbors around will continue to buy and buy the fermented bean curd from his family. If they don't sell the formula, even these big restaurants can only buy from They just buy wooden barrels of fermented bean curd.

Besides, this is the formula Xu Meizi gave him, and of course he will not sell it to others, unless Xu Meizi agrees.

In the end, the chef of the restaurant couldn't do anything, so he told the owner that he ordered a lot of wooden barrels of fermented bean curd from him every month.

Because this fermented bean curd can not only be used as a condiment, but the diners in those restaurants also like to eat it. Order a few pieces when eating, whether it is with noodles or porridge, it will have a different taste.

Therefore, the supply volume is still very large. Now his mother has also invited relatives at home to help with the work. The most critical ingredients are guarded by his mother, and the relatives are not allowed to see it. The bigger it is, there are two or three restaurants that order from his family, at least ten taels of silver each month, and more than twenty taels of silver.

In fact, he has tasted his mother's wooden barrel fermented bean curd, which is not as good as Xu Xiaoniang's. The taste is much worse, but it is already delicious. It feels so delicious.

Earning twenty taels of silver a month is something their family can't even imagine.

After earning money, his wife repaired the house in the family, and said that the money was not revealed, so he could not tell the public, and withheld the money, and planned to make other plans after making more money.

But he didn't hide it from Mrs. Xu. If Mrs. Xu hadn't given the recipe, how could he earn so much.

When Xu Qinyu gave Ma Liu the recipe for the fermented bean curd in a wooden barrel, he knew that he could earn a little bit every month, but it might not make much money from retail sales, but when some cooks found it delicious, they knew that it could be used as a seasoning or as a side dish.

The fermented bean curd can be used to cook pork ribs, stewed fish, and stir-fry vegetarian dishes.

She also makes a lot of fermented bean curd in wooden barrels every year, but her fermented bean curd is used as a seasoning, as well as with porridge and morning food in the morning, and they all give diners two pieces for free. Many people especially like her wooden barrels. fermented bean curd, not only her fermented bean curd, but also spicy cabbage, various small pickles, and asked her if she sold it.

Of course they don't sell them, and the restaurant has limited manpower, so what can be made is only enough for the guests who eat in the restaurant.

Xu Qinyu chatted with Ma Liu again, sent him out, and prepared to send him to the inn.

But Ma Liu refused to let her deliver it, and said that he lived in the inn last year, and would come back tomorrow to get the letter, and asked her to go back to the room early to rest.

Xu Qinyu didn't push anymore. After Ma Liu left, she went back to the house and began to write letters to her parents and younger brother, asking them to take care of herself. She also said that she was no longer short of money, and that the restaurant could earn several hundred taels of silver every month. , I also worked in a wine shop with others, and I will earn more in the future. I wrote a separate letter to Brother Li, and I just said that I had a good life in the border town, so that the little guy didn’t have to worry, saying that he was already a little boy. A young man should take good care of his parents, especially his mother.

Later, I wrote a letter to my uncle, in which he also asked him to take care of his mother, and said that he could earn a lot, and told his uncle not to give her any more in the future, and told him to save enough money early, and rent a bigger shop to expand storefront.

After finishing writing, Xu Qinyu stuffed the 300 taels of silver notes and the 2,000 taels of silver notes into the letter to her parents, forming a thick stack.

Putting the letter away, Xu Qinyu went to the kitchen, intending to make some dried meat for Ma Liu, so that he could take it with him as a snack on the way back tomorrow.

Pork tenderloin is needed to make jerky. There are two pieces at home, but it is not enough. She went out to a nearby butcher’s house to buy some, and went to several butchers to buy enough. The tenderloin is not very easy to sell, so there is still a lot left. Because pure lean meat is more tender, everyone prefers pork belly that is fatter, and it is oily and watery after eating.

The jerky is also easy to make. After boiled with ginger, scallion, flower carvings, star anise, bay leaves, pepper and salt, add the tenderloin and simmer for two quarters of an hour.

After cooking, take out the strips cut into the thickness of a thumb, add oil to the pot, pour in the meat strips and stir-fry after the oil temperature is right, stir-fry the water, add five-spice powder, pepper powder, cornel powder, continue to fry for a while, and it will become a dish. When it is eaten, it is fragrant and spicy, with a rich taste.

After it is cold, the taste is a little dry, but it is chewy, and the more you eat, the more delicious it is.

Xu Qinyu made this jerky before. Last year, when the fourth brother went out, she made jerky for the fourth brother to bring. While making the jerky, she couldn't help but think of the fourth brother.

Where is fourth brother at this moment? Could it be that the fourth brother really had an accident? But soon, she threw away this kind of thinking again. The fourth brother is highly skilled in martial arts, medical skills, and can also watch the sky. She doesn't think that something will happen to the fourth brother.

Sighing, Xu Qinyu only hoped that the fourth brother would come back safely.

She went to put the jerky away, Wen Shi came to clean up the kitchen, Xu Qinyu was going to wash up and go to bed, but she heard someone knocking on the door outside the yard, she thought it was Ma Liu who had something to do and turned back, went to open The courtyard gate said, "Sixth Brother, why do you..."

But when he could clearly see the people outside the door, the remaining half of Xu Qinyu's sentence got stuck.

She stared blankly at the person outside the door. She was tall and slender, wearing a commoner dress. She seemed to be darker, but also taller. Her face was still handsome, but the outline was like a knife, with a hint of sharpness. When she saw her, this Silk sharpened and restrained.

After Xu Qinyu was stunned, she turned into ecstasy. She didn't even think about it, almost subconsciously, she rushed towards the man in front of her, hugged him, and said a little excitedly, "Fourth brother, you are finally back!" La."

Pei Weixuan opened the courtyard door, and the moment he saw Yuniang, the sharpness around him dissipated naturally.

He looked at Yuniang in front of him, she seemed to be the same as she was more than a year ago, except that she was whiter and tenderer than before. The chilblain on her face had not completely healed at that time, but now her cheeks are white and tender, and the skin has been peeled off. Like an egg, the originally withered and yellow hair has also been raised, and it is black and shiny. It is tied into a simple bun, and an ordinary wooden hairpin is inserted.

His eyes fell on the wooden hairpin for a moment.

Just about to call out to Yuniang, before she could say it, she suddenly rushed over and hugged him.

She should be very excited, hugging him is not quite right, wrapping his whole body around him, together with his arms.

Pei Weixuan was only stiff for a moment, then he naturally relaxed his body.

After hesitating for a moment, he put his arms around her waist and held her tightly in his arms.

After Xu Qinyu got excited, she found that her fourth brother was also hugging her, but she didn't think too much about it, she thought it was because her brother had been away for more than a year, and now he was as excited to see his relatives as she was when he came back, so he hugged her.

"Fourth brother, you are back." Xu Qinyu raised her head, looked at fourth brother again, and suddenly realized that the two were still tightly hugging each other, so she took a step back in embarrassment.

Pei Weixuan also let her go gently.

Xu Qinyu was excited and joyful, "Fourth brother only came back at this hour, he must have not eaten evening food yet, fourth brother will go back to the room to wash up first, and I will cook a bowl of noodles for you."

"Okay." His voice was slightly hoarse, but his eyes couldn't help lingering on her face.

Wen Shi was still cleaning the pots in the kitchen, when she heard Yu Niang say fourth brother, you are finally back, she thought she heard it wrong, hesitated for a while, and heard Yu Niang say fourth brother, you have come back, and then she thought of the possibility Really my son is back. She hurried out of the kitchen and saw her son standing at the gate of the courtyard, tall and thin, her tears came out all of a sudden, "Brother Xuan..."

Pei Weixuan looked at Mrs Wen.

"Mom, I'm back."

Wen shi cried: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back."

There is nothing more important than the safe return of people.

Xu Qinyu didn't cry, but when she saw her mother-in-law and fourth brother like this, she felt a little sad and her eyes were slightly red, and she said, "Mother, talk to fourth brother for a while, and I will go and eat Zhuwan noodles for fourth brother. "

After he went into the kitchen.

The mother-in-law has cleaned the pot, Xu Qinyu fry two eggs, pour water into the pot and boil it, and then put the noodles. She rolls the noodles by hand and keeps them at home all the time. She served the food over there, and she simply cooked some for Brother Feng and Sister Qian.

Ning Jie'er is now able to cook some simple meals, although the taste is a little ordinary.

While the noodles were cooking, Xu Qinyu planned to season it in the bowl.

Pei Weixuan and Mrs Wen had already entered the kitchen, and seeing Xu Qinyu's movements, he naturally took a large bowl from the cupboard and handed it to Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu took it and smiled at the fourth brother, "Fourth brother, please sit and rest for a while, and you can eat it in a while."

She mixed some ingredients in a big bowl, a spoonful of lard, a little salt, a little soy sauce and vinegar, and finally a handful of chopped green onion. When the noodles in the pot were cooked, she put a few spoonfuls of noodle soup in the big bowl, and then took out the noodles. Put it in the seasoned noodle soup, and finally lay the poached egg on top.

There were still bean sprouts at home, she cut them, put them in the pot and heated them for a few seconds, then took them out and put them in a bowl and put them on a plate.

A bowl of Yangchun noodles with all the colors and aromas is good.

Wen didn't ask where his son had been for the past year, but was busy boiling water. After a while, Brother Xuan could go back to the house to wash up.

Ning Jie'er brought Feng Ge'er and Qian Jie'er in the main room. She also heard the fourth brother's voice. She led the two children out. When they entered the kitchen and saw Pei Weixuan, the three of them were all stunned. Only then did he excitedly call out fourth brother.

Sister Qian also stammered and called her uncle.

The little girl's house was undergoing great changes. Seeing her infant brother being thrown to death, and seeing her mother hanging herself with a white silk ribbon, she was frightened, and she was reluctant to speak any more. Although the knot in her heart has not been completely resolved, she has been willing to speak for the past two months, but it is very rare that she speaks. The first one she called out was her auntie, Xu Qinyu, who made Xu Qinyu so excited at that time. No, I hugged the little girl and kissed her.

The cause of that day was when Xu Qinyu was taking a bath, and she was unhappy when she was eating the morning meal.

She has been in the orphanage, and she can feel the emotions of the children the most. Even if Sister Qian can't speak and her performance is not obvious, she still sees that the little girl is in a very bad mood. , but the little girl just shook her head and didn't say anything. At that time, Sister Qian was also reluctant to speak.

It was still in the afternoon when Xu Qinyu found out what was going on.

Sister Qian is already five years old and has lived in Osmanthus Lane for almost two years. Naturally, she has her own playmate. She has become playmates with other girls of the same age in Osmanthus Lane, and often goes to play together.

Occasionally, would go over to find a few little playmates to play with, because they were all very familiar neighbors, and there were women sitting at the door working and chatting in the alley during the day, so there was nothing to worry about.

In the afternoon, a little girl named Xiao Xiao from Osmanthus Lane came over to ask Sister Qian to go to her house to play.

But Sister Qian was not willing to go, she just shook her head.

Xu Qinyu remembered that Sister Qi had only recently played with Xiao Xiao. In the past, it seemed that Xiao Xiao always thought that Sister Qi was too young to play together. They only played together in the last two months.

Xiaoxiao is two years older than the elder sister, already seven years old, and taller than the elder sister. Seeing that the elder sister refuses, she begged and said, "Sister Qian, you can go play with me, let's play the house. , this time you will be your daughter, I will be your mother, and I will take care of you."

Xu Qinyu was a little embarrassed when she heard it.

Unexpectedly, whether it is a little girl in ancient times or in later generations, she likes to play house when she was a child.

When she was a child in the orphanage, she also liked to play house, but she was eight or nine years old at that time. Playing house was a real game, and she really prepared firewood. She hid in an empty wood behind the orphanage to make a fire and bake Grilled fish, grilled corn, and grilled crabs. The fish and crabs were caught in the river by the group of friends in the orphanage, and they ate happily with a few friends.

After baking, also know to extinguish the fire.

Seeing Sister Xian playing house with Xiao Xiaoxiao, she kind of misses it.

Play house is very fun for children.

Xu Qinyu was still thinking about how Sister Xian would refuse, but she was still very happy to see Sister Xian playing house with other girls in the alley occasionally.

Seeing that Sister Xian was not happy, Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand to pull her.

Then Xu Qinyu saw a string of bracelets on her little wrist, which looked familiar, and she bought it for Sister Xian.

Although she is busy on weekdays, sometimes she can't rest when she is free in the restaurant. She will go shopping in the South Street Market, look at the rouge, gouache and jewelry shops, and naturally buy some. She usually wants It's inconvenient to bring jewelry for work, and I don't buy much for myself, they are all small silk flower hairpins, not even a silver hairpin or a gold hairpin.

It's not that she doesn't like gold jewelry, but she didn't lack money in her previous life, and she has had all kinds of jewelry. She prefers those jewelry that are special or simple, or that are beautiful and stunning enough.

In ancient times, there were also many beautiful jewelry, such as some filigree inlaid jewelry. This kind of jewelry has complicated craftsmanship, many patterns and shapes, and it is extremely beautiful, but it is extremely expensive, and she does not usually wear it on occasions, so she simply does not buy it.

Although I don't buy much for myself, I like to buy for my family, so I bought a lot for Sister Xian, all of which are cute ropes or silk flowers or beautiful and unique small bracelets.

Sister Xian used to be the daughter of the eldest prince. She was well-clothed and well-fed. In fact, there was no shortage of jewelry, but it was a hard time coming to the border. Now that life is better, only buy some jewelry, so the little girl also likes this kind of beautiful little jewelry. .

The bracelet in Xiaoxiao's hand was bought by Xu Qinyu for sister Xian. It is exactly the same. It is not expensive for Xu Qinyu now, but it still costs a lot of money. It is made of copper wire with a string of finely crushed jade on it. Leftovers, these jade leftovers are only the size of rice grains, and have different shapes, but they are all very fine, and the sharp corners are also worn away, so they are not very valuable. They can be sold as bracelets, and the finely crushed small jades are also good in color. There are several kinds, and they are quite beautiful when strung together. The sun shines on these fine jade stones, sparkling. Sister Xian's favorite is this string of bracelets, which is worn on her wrist every day.

Seeing the exact same bracelet on the little wrist, Xu Qinyu immediately knew that it was wrong, it should be sister Xian's bracelet.

No wonder she thought so, but in a small family, the monthly wages of the parents are not high, and most of the meals they eat are bean porridge and bean rice. How could they buy such a bracelet for the little girl?

Furthermore, the shopkeeper of the jewelry shop told her that this bracelet was the only one, and even if there was one, the colors were different.

The bracelet on the small wrist, the color of these fine jade stones is the same as that of Sister Xian.

But Xu Qinyu didn't pull Xiaoxiao over to question, just smiled and said: "Xiaoxiao, the bracelet on your wrist is very beautiful, I remember that my sister Xian has exactly the same bracelet, it's a weird coincidence."

After Xiaoxiao heard about it, she withdrew her hand immediately, covered the bracelet with her sleeve, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "This, this is what my mother bought for me."

Hearing what she said, Sister Xian looked at her angrily, and finally looked back at Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu now understands that Xiaoxiao must have snatched it from Sister Xian when she was playing with her, or borrowed it forcibly and told her to take it for a few days.

Sister Xian likes this bracelet very much, it is impossible to give her to Xiaoxiao.

Xu Qinyu was a little helpless, they were all little girls, and she was from the neighborhood, so she couldn't just come up and scold a seven-year-old girl, so she could only say, "It seems that we haven't seen that string of bracelets of sister Xian in the past few days. She took her, Xiaoxiao, this string is a bit like our sister Xian's, that bracelet costs a tael of silver, Xiaoxiao, did your mother really buy this for you?"

The little girl is over seven years old, and she knows how much a tael of silver is. In her family, her mother only pays two or three hundred cash a month for doing work for others. One tael is much, much more than two or three hundred cash.

The little girl was startled, and she never dared to say that her mother bought this bracelet for her. If Xu Qinyu went to ask her mother, her mother would definitely ask her where she came from. If you grab it, you will kill her.

In fact, she just asked Sister Xian to wear it for a few days because she saw that it looked good on her.

But Sister Xian disagreed, and she forcibly pulled it off Sister Xian's wrist. The headbands were also bought by Xu Qinyu for Sister Xian. They are made of silk, they are very beautiful, and they cost a couple of tens of pennies.

Xiaoxiao saw that Sister Xian's headband was beautiful, so she borrowed it from her, saying that she would wear it for a few days.

Sister Xian also disagreed, she directly tore off the hair rope from Sister Xian's head, and Sister Xian came to snatch it, but she pushed him away, and finally ran away.

But she didn't dare to take this rope back with her, for fear that her mother would see and ask her where it came from, she couldn't tell, so she secretly put it on occasionally by herself.

After a long time, when she saw her, she asked her for it, but she couldn't speak, and she didn't say anything. The other little girls asked her what she was doing, and the little ones said, "How do I know what Sister Qian wants to do? What, let's ignore her, let's go play the house."

But the other little girls really liked Sister Qian, and they had to play with her.

Because Sister Qian is generous and has some snacks at home, she will also bring it out to share with the little girls.

On the day she grabbed the bracelet, she didn't play with her, but with other friends. In the end, the others were called back by the family, so she took her to continue playing, but she still wouldn't. Ken played with her, and when she was pulling, she saw the beautiful bracelet on Sister Qian's wrist, and she couldn't take her eyes off her eyes.

Xiao Xiao used the method of robbing the headband of Sister Pei'er last time, saying that it was borrowed and worn for a few days and then returned.

In fact, she didn't plan to pay it back at all. The two headbands hadn't been paid back in the past month. She just knew that Sister Qian was dumb and couldn't speak, so she couldn't complain to her family.

Now that the bracelet was discovered by Xu Qinyu, Xiaoxiao was so panicked that she could only stammer and say, "I, I lied to you, but I actually picked it up, yes, it should be from Sister Qian, I'll give it back to you. Sister Qian." After speaking, she took off the bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into Sister Qian's hands. After she finished stuffing it, she wanted to run home, but she didn't expect that Sister Qian grabbed her clothes and continued to reach out to her.

Xu Qinyu looked at Xiaoxiao and knew that there must be something else.

Seeing Xu Qinyu staring at her all the time, Xiaoxiao was also flustered, and stammered, "Yes, I borrowed a headband from Sister Qian a few days ago, and I forgot to return it to her, I'll go back and get it back. she."

Only then did Sister Quan loosen her small clothes and let her go back to get the headband.

After Xiaoxiao left, Sister Qin went over to the tub and washed her bracelet in water before putting it back on her wrist. Finally, she turned around and smiled at Xu Qinyu, calling out to Auntie.