CH 58.2

After finishing the work, the carriage was full of things, even more than when he came earlier.

They were all things that were easy to break. So when he went back he drove the carriage slowly. By the time he arrived at the tea shed, the sun had completely sunk, leaving only the heat of the day on the ground.

"There are so many things you brought back!"

Xu He heard the sound of the wheels on the official road, and guessed that Zhang Fangyuan had returned. The official road here was very quiet, there were few sounds of carriages and horses, but there were many people rushing home.

He put down the tablecloth and went to help him to carry the sauce and wine jars and put them in the tea shed.

Zhang Fangyuan smelled the scent coming out of the kitchen, and asked, "What's for dinner tonight?"

"Stir-fried pork with dried tofu."

Xu He carefully hugged the wine jar, and said as he walked in, "The dried tofus I made yesterday were sold for several copper coins, and there were two leftover, and it would be spoiled tomorrow. It happens that there was some meat left, so I just fried it."

Zhang Fangyuan knew the dried tofu that Xu He and Zhang Shiyue made together, about the size of his palm, a piece was as thick as a little finger, sliced it ​​thin with a knife, the dried tofu could fit on a plate. It was delicious either fried or cold.

It costed six copper coins a piece in the city, but according to Xu He, their tea shed only sold it for five copper coins a piece. Beans were not expensive, and farmers usually had them in their homes, but making tofu or dried tofu was complicated and labor-intensive, so the price was naturally higher than ordinary fruits and vegetables.

Occasionally, the nearby villagers would be willing to buy a piece and go back home to cook.

The business in the tea shed was good today, and Xu He was in a good mood. Everyday, the tea shed sold some dishes that could  be bought back, such as tofu and stewed vegetables, which were bought by the villagers: "Today, the slaves of the landlord in Zaojiao Village came here and bought two catties of stewed meat to bring back."

"That's a good."

The two picked all the things in the carriage and put them in the cellar of the tea shed. Zhang Fangyuan hung a small square signboard with the word "wine" at the door, indicating that there was wine for sale in the tea shed.

After he hung up the signboard, the kitchen was already filled with the smell of stir-fried, and there was very little smoke above the kitchen. Passers-by who smelled the scent and were hungry, so they hurried home.

Zhang Fangyuan went into the kitchen and watched Xu He stir-fried, and waited for his fulang to give him a piece of meat for him to eat. Then he took a pair of bowls and chopsticks and opened the pickle jar by the corner of the kitchen. There was a refreshing sour smell.

The peppers in the pickle jar were bright red and shiny, the cowpea was soaked and raw, and the young ginger was tender yellow. Xu He made the pickle very well.

"The pickle vegetables in the second jar was made today, so don't get it wrong. Take the pickle radish in the third jar, it was made two days ago, so it's sour and crispy."

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Doesn't the first jar also have radishes? There are also sauerkraut and cabbage there. "

Xu He said: “It has been soaked for a long time, and I only eat it when I want to eat something very sour, or use it for stir-fried vegetables and stews. "

“That’s it.” Zhang Fangyuan then opened the third jar, he scooped some pickle ginger radish that he like to eat on weekdays. This season was just right to eat it with porridge.

The benefits of opening a tea shed in their family was there were many choices of food every time they ate. They often had porridge and cooked rice, and there were many dishes that could  only be bought in the city and were not often cooked by farmers. Of course, the most important thing was they could eat the remaining leftover on the day.

After the food was cooked, the four of them decided to eat at the table outside the tea shed, which was cool and bright outside.

"Brother Zhang, are you going to to eat?"

Zhang Fangyuan heard the voice, and it turned out to be Ao Er who he met in the city today: "Why are you here? are you willing to go back to the village?"

"I have to thank Brother Zhang for his righteous action today." Ao Er laughed and said: "I just want to come here to try my luck and see if there is any wine to drink.”

Zhang Fangyuan snorted softly: "You've been thinking about it since you woke up."

"No, there just happened to be a visitor at home, and my mother asked me to come over and have a look, to entertain people."

Zhang Fangyuan didn't say anything, took his jar and went into the room to get him wine, and he warned him: "In the future, if you dare to use my name and mess around in the city, I won’t be polite and easy to talk to."

Ao Er scratched his head: "Don't dare again."

After that Zhang Fangyuan collected fifteen copper coins from him. He looked at the person who was inhaling the aroma of the food and was reluctant to leave, he didn't say anything to keep him for dinner. Seeing the person walking away, he shook his head helplessly, no wonder the people in the village didn't like him before, he was really messed up and disgusting.

"You know him?" Seeing him staring at the person, Xu He couldn't help asking.

"Why don't you recognize someone from our village?" Zhang Fangyuan urged him: "

Let’s eat! After dinner, we have to decorate the tea shed. Now that there are too many things, it’s definitely not enough to just lock the door, and I have to use my hunting tools to guard against thieves. In addition, someone needs to guard this place, so we and the second aunt should switch to guard the tea shed. "

Xu He agreed that the villages around them were actually quite stable villages, and there were no vicious people. However, it was common for people to want to steal things. There was such a thing as the Guang family at first, and it was best to be on guard and be prepared.

After a few days, Zhang Fangyuan had been doing small business in an orderly manner, and was never in a hurry to find out if the fragrance dew had become famous.

But this morning, not long after he came to the stall, a young man came from Yunliang Pavilion, he rubbed his hands and bowed to him, to inquire about the fragrance dew.