WLAEF 38

Chapter 38


Putting aside what Jiang Yun Zhu thought. After Wei Kang Ping returned to the county with Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu’s attitude toward him remained indifferent. His temper hit his head.

The sun went down. Mrs. Liu was cooking and he watched from the side. His face was sinking like water. Originally, he wanted to have fun with her, but after knowing that she had been played by countless people, he found her dirty. Nor could he count on her for Jiang Yun Zhu. So he must quickly get the money into his hands.

This, he was familiar with.

It was getting dark. Mrs. Liu made dinner and sat at the table with Lu Yuan to eat.

Mrs. Liu was a thrifty person. For dinner, there were only two bowls of congee, two pancakes, and a side dish.

Wei Kang Ping sat down, "I know you're still angry with me. It's useless for me to explain, but I'm really innocent."

Mrs. Liu didn't speak.

"Forget it, over a distance, can one learn about the horse's strength; over time, one can see one's heart. You will know what kind of person I am in the future." Wei Kang Ping spoke again.

Mrs. Liu's hand holding the chopsticks paused.

Wei Kang Ping continued, "Anyway, I am determined to marry you."

At this time, he took out a few things from his arms and handed them to Mrs. Chen, "I have been looking for a chance to give you these two days and then I ask you to marry me. Never expect this kind of thing to happen today.

Look, this was all my net worth. I’m giving it to you. You should know how much I care about you! "

Mrs. Liu looked at the paper. What she saw were several house deeds and land deeds with the official seal on them.

Now, Mrs. Liu was really shocked. He wanted to give her such an important thing?

"Anyway, I'm set on you for my whole life." Wei Kang Ping said affectionately.

The balance in Mrs. Liu's heart began to tilt. She felt that Jiang Yun Zhu might have misunderstood him. Since Wei Kang Ping could give her something as important as his life showed that he really had her in his heart and wanted to spend his life with her.

"Believe me now? I don't have a lot of money, but it's definitely not little. What kind of girl can’t I get? So why would I want to touch her?" Wei Kang Ping said.

"Then you toward me?"

"I really like you. I liked you from the first moment I saw you. You are different from other women." Wei Kang Ping said while holding Mrs. Liu's hand.

Mrs. Liu wanted to take it back, but didn't.

Wei Kang Ping smiled, folded the house deeds and land deeds, and put them into Mrs. Liu's hands.

"I don't want it." Mrs. Liu declined.

Wei Kang Ping insisted on giving it to her.

In the end, Wei Kang Ping took out a box from his body, put the house deed and land deed in it, locked the box, and handed it to Mrs. Liu, "You take this first. The key was in my hand. I will give you the key on the wedding day. Let’s not distinguish between you and me. This works?”

Before Mrs. Liu could refuse, he put the box on the table. Then he looked at the food on the table and said, "Why are you eating this kind of food again? You can bear it, while the child can’t. He’s growing up.

You wait. I'll go to Baofulou to buy you some braised pork and stir-fried vegetables." Speaking, he stood up.

"No need." Mrs. Liu hurriedly said.

Wei Kang Ping insisted on buying it, "Wait for me, I'll be back in a while."

Mrs. Liu stood up and tried to catch up, but failed.

When she came back, she sat on the stool. She was in no mood to eat at all.

Half an hour later, it was already dark outside. Wei Kang Ping hadn't come back yet. Mrs. Liu couldn't sit still. Did something happen? It stood to reason that he should have come back long ago.

She went to the door to check, and it was completely dark outside. People occasionally passed by on the street, but there was no sign of Wei Kang Ping.

She stood there looking around for a while, went back to the house, and then came out to look around again after a while.

When she came out to look around for the third time, a person ran over from the street.

"Is this Wei Kang Ping's home?" The man glanced at the big poplar tree at the gate and asked Mrs. Liu's urgently.

"You are?" Mrs. Liu asked.

"It's not good. Come with me. Your husband met a bad guy in the back street of Baofulou and shed a lot of blood." The man said anxiously.

Mrs. Liu felt her head go blank and forgot to say that she wasn’t Wei Kang Ping's wife.

"How is he now?" Mrs. Liu immediately became anxious.

"The medical hall in the street in front. Come, I'll take you there."

The two turned around two streets one after the other and came to a small medical hall.

As soon as she entered, Mrs. Liu saw Wei Kang lying there. The clothes around his waist and abdomen were covered in blood.

"Eldest Brother Wei." Mrs. Liu rushed over, but was stopped by a man who looked like a doctor, "Don't touch him, or he will die faster."

Die? Mrs. Liu suddenly recalled her deceased husband. He was lying there like this at that time, she couldn't do anything except cry.

Her tears flowed down immediately.

"Are you his wife?" the doctor asked.

Mrs. Liu couldn't speak, but shook her head.

"Since you’re not his wife, you are?" The doctor asked again.

Mrs. Liu still shook her head.

The doctor sighed, "Hurry up and find his family. In his case, he can only be grasp a chance with an old ginseng first. Afterward, he will be treated slowly. If it got delayed, it would be hopeless."

His family? Mrs. Liu only heard Wei Kang Ping say that he lived in the west of the city. She had never been to his house, so how could she find someone.

"Then we can only wait death!" The doctor said, heading to the back.

Mrs. Liu quickly grabbed him, "Doctor, saving his life is top priority. Save him."

"If there is no silver, there woud be no ginseng. How can I save him!" the doctor replied.

Mrs. Liu hesitated, "How much money do you want?" She couldn't just watch him die.

"Anyway, it's a hundred liang." The doctor answered.

Mrs. Liu was stunned, "I, I don't have that much money."

"Then how much do you have? As long as the difference isn’t too much, it’s okay. Judging by the young man's clothes, he doesn't look like he has no money. When he wakes up, we can ask him for it."

The doctor's words eased Mrs. Liu's heart.

"I have, seventy-five liang." She said.

The doctor's eyes lit up, "That's enough, Ah Nian, you go back with her to get the money."

Just like that, Mrs. Liu returned home in a daze. It happened so fast that she had no time to think about anything else.

When she got home, she found the silver she had hidden in the baggage, clothes, and several boxes. It was a little over seventy-five liang.

She hurried back to the medicial hall and gave the money to the doctor.

"I'll save him right away." The doctor said and entered the back room. At this time, Wei Kang Ping had already been carried to the back room.

Mrs. Liu paced around anxiously outside, fearing that there would be any bad news.

At this time, three people dressed as servants came in from outside. They came in and asked, "Where is our young master?"

"Who are you?" The attendant named Ah Nian asked.

"Servants of the Wei Family. Where is our young master? I heard he is injured." The three said anxiously.

"Oh, Gentleman Wei is inside." The attendant replied.

The three of them immediately went into the back room. Mrs. Liu only heard the words ‘his life is saved’ and ‘go back and take good care of him’. After a while, the three carried Wei Kang Ping out.

"How is he?" Mrs. Liu hurried forward to ask.

"Who are you?" asked one of the leading servants.

Mrs. Liu's face blushed. She didn't know what Wei Kang Ping told his family. How should she answer now.

"Young Master's life is saved. Let's carry him back first. Whatever the matter, let's talk about it after Young Master wakes up." The servant said anxiously and carried Wei Kang Ping away after speaking.

Mrs. Liu stood there, worried and stunned. After a while, she returned home.

After returning home, she remembered that all her money had been paid for Wei Kang Ping's medical expenses and instantly panicked. Then at the thought that Wei Kang Ping's house and land deeds were in her hands, it seemed that money was nothing.

This night, she was destined to not sleep.

At this time, in an alley two streets away. Several people stood there, including an old lady.

"Boss, why did you let that little woman go this time?" A man with mischievous eyebrows asked Wei Kang Ping. In the past, Wei Kang Ping was all about money and sex.

"A broken shoe, I don't want it even if it’s given to me." Wei Kang Ping coldly replied.

Suddenly, he thought of Jiang Yun Zhu. A fierce look flashed on his face. He must get her.

At this time, the Jiang Family decided after discussion to return the mule to Wei Kang Ping.

"Father, let the village chief be a witness on this matter." Jiang Yun Zhu said. She was afraid that Wei Kang Ping would do something to harm them and that Jiang Cheng would be impulsive. Gu Yong De was the village chief. He was experienced and familiar with the officials in the county government. She was relieved to have him accompany him.

"Yun Zhu is right." Old Mister Chen immediately agreed after hearing this.

Jiang Cheng immediately went to Gu's house and told Gu Yong De about the matter. He didn't say that Wei Kang Ping wanted to touch Jiang Yun Zhu's arm today. Instead, he said that they felt there seemed to be a problem with his character. They didn't want to take advantage of him and wanted to return the mule to him. He asked Gu Yong De to be a witness.

Of course Gu Yong De was fine with it.

The next day, Jiang Cheng and Gu Yong De went into the county together to return the mule. Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to follow, but Jiang Cheng disagreed. For someone like Wei Kang Ping, he was afraid that Jiang Yun Zhu would suffer as she was a girl.

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't insist either.

As soon as Jiang Cheng and Gu Yong De entered the county with the mule, someone saw it. That person asked another person, "Is that our family's mule?"

The other person replied, "I saw it clearly. It belongs to our family. You keep an eye on these two people. I'll go back and call someone."

"Alright."

The county town was still bustling. Jiang Cheng didn't know where Wei Kang Ping lived. He only knew Mrs. Liu's address. Without a choice, he decided to ask Mrs. Liu.

After only two streets, five or six big men suddenly came over there. The leader was a bearded man. Tall and strong, with a fierce look on his face.

Gu Yong De's heart tightened when he saw this. He pulled Jiang Cheng to dodge to the side. They couldn't afford to mess with these people.

Jiang Cheng understood, so he hid to the side.

Who would have thought that those people would come straight toward them.

A few steps closer, the strong man grabbed Jiang Cheng's collar and shouted, "Dare to scam my son. You should had asked around what kind of people are our Li family!"

Saying this, his iron-like fist headed toward Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng was a strong man, but in the hands of this strong man, he had no power to fight back.

Seeing that the fist was about to hit him, Gu Yong De hurriedly shouted, "Stop, I'm the village chief of Changshi Village. What do you want to do!"

"Village head?" The strong man glanced at Gu Yong De and still wanted to punch Jiang Cheng again.

Gu Yong De grabbed his wrist, processing what the strong man said just now. His mind turned, "Why are you hitting people? We don't even know you."

"I'll let you get to know me today." The strong man said and flung off Gu Yong De.

The four or five strong men behind him surrounded him. It seemed that they were going to punch and kick Jiang Cheng.

At this time, one person said loudly, "You got it wrong. We bought that mule two days ago."

When everyone turned their heads, they saw a girl with bright and kind eyes.

"Yun Zhu." Jiang Cheng said.

It was Jiang Yun Zhu. When Jiang Cheng left with Gu Yong De, she kept feeling uneasy. Fearing that something might happen, she followed. Just in time, at the gate of the city, she saw two people pointing at the mule that Jiang Cheng was leading. She knew something bad was going to happen and hurried to catch up.

"You bought it?" The strong man didn't believe it at all.

"We bought it from a man named Wei Kang Ping for nine liang silver. If you don't believe me, we will take you to him right now." Jiang Yun Zhu said.

"This mule was indeed bought by us. Someone should have seen it at the mule and horse market." Jiang Cheng reacted.

"I'm the village chief of Changshi Village. I won't lie to you." Gu Yong De said.

Only then did the strong man let go of Jiang Cheng with suspicion, "Let’s see what tricks you guys are playing."

Then he added, "Don't even try to run away!"

Jiang Cheng smiled wryly, why would they run?

He led the way, and a group of people came to Mrs. Liu's residence.

Knocking on the door, Mrs. Liu opened it. She was frightened when she saw so many people.

"Is Wei Kang Ping here?" Jiang Cheng asked while suppressing his anger as much as possible.

"He, he was injured last night and was carried back home by his servants." Mrs. Liu stammered back.

"Where is his home?" Jiang Cheng asked again.

"On Qishan Street in the west of the city."

The specific?

Mrs. Liu didn't know either. Wei Kang Ping came to her every time. She had never been to Wei's house.

Jiang Cheng frowned.

The burly man surnamed Li snorted, "Qishan Street? I've never heard of someone surnamed Wei living there. Are you acting with me on purpose?"

Jiang Cheng didn't react to his words yet when Mrs, Liu's vision turned dark, "Impossible!" She exclaimed in surprise.

But the strong man surnamed Li waved his hand and wanted to beat Jiang Cheng and others again. He believed that these people were lying to him.

"We may have all been deceived." At this moment, Jiang Yun Zhu said something surprising.

They made a lot of noise here, alarming the neighbors. Many people came out to watch the excitement.

At a street corner, Wei Kang Ping looked at Jiang Yun Zhu in the crowd with a hideous expression. His mule didn’t come from proper channel, so he was in a hurry to get rid of it. The Jiang Family was in Changshi Village, so it stood to reason that they wouldn’t meet the victim so soon.

But who knew things would change so quickly. Wei Kang Ping gritted his teeth. He really didn't expect that the Jiang Family would come to the county to return the mule.

Turning around, he disappeared into the streets.

At this time, a carriage stopped on the street. A female voice inside asked the driver, "Song Li, what happened outside?"

The coachman got out of the car to inquire, but came back to report soon.

A glistening bare hand opened a corner of the carriage curtain and looked out, seeing Jiang Yun Zhu in the crowd as well as Wei Kang Ping who stood out from going the opposite direction of the crowd. Then the curtain of the carriage was lowered and the carriage left without a sound.

On the other side of the street, two people came.

Shen Feng Ming and Yang Sheng. It took them four days to return to the capital from Lu Prefecture last time. This time it only took three and a half days to reach Wuling County.

Just in time, they saw a group of people and Jiang Yun Zhu who was talking about something in the crowd.

"What's going on?" Yang Sheng asked a person next to him.

The man wasn’t clear, but it seemed from the girl said, they were cheated.

Yang Sheng raised his eyebrows. Oh, someone bullied their ground!

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7DLW 14

Chapter 14 Comparing


"What did you say! She really held a banquet?"

In the male educated youth dormitory, Han Guang Hui put down the various coupons he was sorting out and turned to look at Li You Hai in the dormitory.

Complying to his chubby belly, Li You Hai ate a snack, "Why would I lie to you? It's only been a day. It’s only been a day since it happened. Just the day before yesterday. I heard from Wang Gui Yue that they invited two tables. Xu Xiao Jiao was wearing a red dress. It was quite lively."

Seeing that Han Guang Hui's livid face, Li You Hai patted him, "Oh, you’re capable. Still, haven't forgotten her. I knew you were a couple since we first went to the countryside. I didn't see you being so enthusiastic toward Xu Xiao Jiao back then. Why can't you let it go now?"

Han Guang Hui turned back and continued to sort the coupons, "What do you know?"

In the past, he knew that Xu Xiao Jiao would marry him. It was always Xu Xiao Jiao who pestered him, making other female educated youths afraid to approach him. Apart from being a little annoyed, he didn't realize how good-looking Xu Xiao Jiao was.

But now, thinking of the gleaming tip of the knife in Song Wei Ping's hand that night, he dared not do anything.

"You already have Zhao Yan Yan here. You’re quite lucky. Aren't both of your family in agreement? Oh, when will you hold a banquet?"

Han Guang Hui was taken aback for a moment. Then he thought of something, "We will!"

He asked Li You Hai, "Do you know what kind of dishes that Song Wei Ping serves?"

He asked the right person. Li You Hai was a glutton. He had already inquired around, "Wang Gui Yue said that it was a huge sum. Not to mention stewed chicken and stewed meat, I heard that the vegetarian dishes were all fried in large oil. Quite tasty. I heard that there was some kind of stewed pork slices. It was extremely scrumptious. Zhou Ping Xiang had said that it was especially delicious. There were sweets given when leaving."

He smacked his mouth twice to swallow the saliva. He swallowed the remaining small piece of snack, "That Song Wei Ping really put in effort. Damn, if I were to marry such a flower-like wife, I would spend all my money to make it decent."

The more Han Guang Hui heard, the more angry he became. "Yan Yan and mine will definitely be better. I'll go directly to the state-run restaurant to book a banquet! What's does a red dress count as? I'll buy a bicycle!"

He wanted Xu Xiao Jiao to open her eyes and take a good look at who was the more capable man.

Zhao Yan Yan couldn't believe it, "Elder Brother Guang Hui, you, you really want to get married to me? And buy a bicycle and hold a lively banquet?"

Han Guang Hui stifled a breath, "Of course, Yan Yan, I want the whole village to see that marrying me is the happiest thing."

Zhao Yan Yan only felt that she was going to faint with joy, "But, a bicycle costs more than 100 yuan. And it requires a coupon. I heard that even if there are coupons, one can't get their hands on it."

Han Guang Hui sneered, "That's something useless mud leg can't get. My parents are both cadres. I have two-three hundred myself. I’ll get my dad to get me a coupon. Yan Yan, when the time comes I'll pick you up on a bicycle and go around the village to make everyone envious of you."

Zhao Yan Yan's heart pounded when she heard this, "Elder Brother Guang Hui, what you say is true, right?"

Han Guang Hui nodded. His smile turned gentle, "How could I lie to you? When we hold the banquet, we will order food from a state-run restaurant. No one will say no."

Zhao Yan Yan felt that she had never been so happy in her life. She was going to live a better life soon.

"They haven't got the certificate yet and are already showing off in the dormitory every day. Saying, beautiful clothes will be bought. Then saying, a bicycle will be bought. And saying a state-run restaurant will be booked for the banquet. You didn't see how her tail go up to the sky."

Wang Gui Yue nibbled on the pumpkin seeds indignantly and spat, "Say, Xiao Jiao, what is she showing off for? She is shameless. It’s just a snatched man."

Xu Xiao Jiao didn't even know why she was angry. The one who got the man snatched wasn’t her, "Do you need to anger yourself because of someone irrelevant?"

Wang Gui Yue wasn't that saintly, "Xiao Jiao, aren’t you mad? Think about it! That’s a bicycle. That money. That banquet in the state-run restaurant. It should all belong to you. It was Zhao Yan Yan who shamelessly snatched it away."

Zhou Ping Xiang couldn't listen anymore, "Gui Yue, what are you talking about? Xiao Jiao is married now."

Wang Gui Yue sighed, knowing that she had said too much. She changed the topic to herself, "Each and every one of you are getting married. Ping Xiang and I aren’t young. Xiao Jiao, do you think we should also find someone to marry?"

Xu Xiao Jiao really wanted to immediately refute loudly, 'Why get married? Long live singlehood'. But in the end she held back and said in a roundabout way, "What good marriage can you get now? Isn’t it better to find a city folk when you go back to the city?"

Wang Gui Yue didn’t hold hope, "How can we go back? Look at those who went to the countryside in the early days. All these years, not one was seen returning. They all have their household registration in the village. I think my fate is to marry a villager in the future and spend my whole life farming."

Xu Xiao Jiao knew that many educated youths in this era have taken root in the countryside, got married and had children after numerous years of hoping.

She thought for a while, "Who knows. In my opinion, if you can not get married, then don’t for now. Who knows what will happen in the future. If it was up to me, study more."

The college entrance examination will be resumed next year. Studying more was definitely the right way.

Wang Gui Yue disagreed even more, "Xiao Jiao, I don't believe what you said. What's the use of studying? After learning so much, we still end up coming here to farm. I saw howk Ping Xiang still studies every day when she has nothing to do. What's the use? If one has that time, it's better to have a good relationship with the Branch Secretary and get allocated some easy jobs for work."

Seeing that she couldn’t get through to her, Xu Xiao Jiao turned to Zhou Ping Xiang, "Ping Xiang, you’re still persisting on studying every day?"

Zhou Ping Xiang was a little embarrassed, "I'm not very tired from work recently, so I'll study when I have time."

Xu Xiao Jiao approved, "That's great. I also study every day. Knowledge is power. We can learn from each other."

When it came to studying, Zhou Ping Xiang had a lot to say, "I've been doing high school mathematics recently. You know, I didn't finish high school, so I'm not very good at some parts. You have graduated from high school, so you must know more than me. If I don't understand, can I come and find you?"

"Sure. If I know, I will explain to you." Xu Xiao Jiao nodded. She had already gone through the textbooks brought by the original owner. Not much difficulty. If it weren’t for her lack of interest toward the examination, it wouldn’t be a difficulty to be the top student. If it was just moving her mouth to help others a bit, she can still do it.

Wang Gui Yue curled her lips when she heard this. Two little fools. One married a mud-legged person. The other only knew how to study. Can it beat eating and drinking or exchange for a bicycle? Spring sowing was soon. Last year she was almost exhausted to death. This year she had to find a way to slack off.

Xu Xiao Jiao had no interest in Xu Yan Yan's bicycle and banquet. In her eyes, Han Guang Hui was a scumbag. She wouldn't bat an eye even if the scumbag’s things were for free. An impotent gentleman like Song Wei Ping was better. It was only half a month. In a short amount of time, he not only solved the problem of meat supply, but also didn't need her to participate in the pot stewed meat. Everything went smoothly and every day was a bliss.

What she didn't know was that Han Guang Hui gave her a huge sum of money in order to hold a glamorous banquet.

One day, Song Wei Ping told her, "A fatty came to buy two pieces of meat a few days ago. Today, he ordered another six jins." 

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WLAEF 37

Chapter 37


On the second day, Jiang Yun Zhu was doing the takeaway business. Sure enough, the number of people ordering food didn’t decrease today.

This afternoon, she was about to take a break when someone knocked on the door outside.

Mrs. Chen went to open the door and pleasantly said, "You're here!"

It was Mrs. Liu who brought Lu Yuan here. Wei Kang Ping was next to her. He was carrying a lot of things in his hands.

He carried the things for Mrs. Chen to the middle hall and put them down. He explained with a smile, "Brought some Song Ji's snacks, Baofulou's roast chicken, and some oranges from the south for you to try."

Mrs. Chen was a little flattered. There were snacks, roast chicken, and oranges. She saw them in the county last time. They were very expensive.

"Can’t really. It can’t do. We can't have it." She refused.

"Elder Sister-in-law Chen, keep it. Consider it as me thanking you." Mrs. Liu piped in at this moment.

Mrs. Chen assumed she was talking about reminding her to leave Jinniu Village before, so she responded, "It's really not worth doing this."

She just said a few words. Didn't really help her.

Naturally, Mrs. Liu didn't mean that. She was thanking Mrs. Chen for allowing her to meet Wei Kang Ping. However, this matter hasn’t been finalized yet and can’t really be clearly explained. She could only get Mrs. Chen to accept it.

Mrs. Chen had no choice but to accept the things and let them sit in the room.

"Where's Eldest Brother Jiang?" Mrs. Liu asked when not seeing Jiang Cheng upon entering the room.

"Him!" Mrs. Chen laughed, "After getting that mule, he couldn't sleep every day because of the joy. HeI rode the mule around to familiarize himself with the route."

At this time, Jiang Yun Zhu, Jiang Lin and the others entered the room. Mrs. Liu had brought things, so they were guests. As members of the family, they had to meet guests.

The others didn’t react too much. Except for Wei Kang Ping, his eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Yun Zhu. He didn't even have time to take a closer look at her when he glanced over at the mule and horse market that day. Today, she seemed to be more beautiful than that day.

Jiang Yun Zhu felt that someone was looking at her and looked over there. She met Wei Kang Ping's gaze.

Wei Kang Ping nodded slightly with the air of a nobleman. What he assumed was actually oily in Jiang Yun Zhu's eyes. It gave the self-centered feel of ‘I’m the best’.

Jiang Yun Zhu withdrew her gaze, thinking that maybe it wasn't her imagination that day. This Wei Kang Ping...

"Familiar with the route? What route to familiarize with?" Mrs. Liu responded what Mrs. Chen said just now.

Mrs. Chen explained Jiang Cheng’s plan to make a living by giving rides in the future.

Mrs. Liu listened and felt that this was a good career. But why later? The mule was already bought.

Don't have money to buy a cart. Mrs. Chen was embarrassed to say.

Mrs. Liu guessed it and immediately offered, "Elder Sister-in-law Chen, if you are short of money, just tell me. I still have some."

She was widow with an orphan. How could Mrs. Chen borrow her money, so she quickly said no need.

"If you are short of silver, I have some here. Elder Sister-in-law, just take it and use it. If you have it in the future, you can pay. If you don't, no need." Wei Kang Ping stated and even took out an ingot of ten liang silver and handed it to Mrs. Chen.

This was ten liang silver.

Mrs. Chen was taken aback, and quickly stepped back, "No, no, really no." She said repeatedly.

She dodged and exposed Jiang Yun Zhu who was sitting next to her.

With a turn of his arm, Wei Kang Ping stuffed the money toward Jiang Yun Zhu's hand and uttered, "Younger Sister, hold it for your mother."

He called Mrs. Chen ‘Elder Sister-in-law’ and Jiang Yun Zhu ‘Younger Sister’.

"Don't dare." Jiang Yun Zhu deftly dodged his hand and calmly responded.

Wei Kang Ping's hand stopped there. It was a little awkward.

"Quickly put it away. You've already helped us a lot." Mrs. Chen hurriedly dissolved the situation. The other party did it out of kind-intention.

"Okay. Then whenever you are short of money, just come to me." Wei Kang Ping said.

After this incident, everyone chatted and talked about all kinds of things in Jinniu Village and sighed.

In the middle, Mrs. Chen noticed that Lu Yuan was very well-behaved and cute. So she looked at Jiang Yun Zhu, conveying, was there anything to eat at home and to get some for the child.

The Jiang Family didn't have any snacks. Jiang Yun Zhu remembered that there was still glutinous rice lotus root made at noon. She got up and went to the kitchen.

She found glutinous rice lotus root in the jar. Thinking of Lu Yuan's age, she put the lotus root on the chopping board and planned to cut the lotus root into small pieces before giving it to Lu Yuan. This way it was easier for him to eat it.

"Younger Sister, what is this? Smells so sweet?" Wei Kang Ping arrived in the kitchen at some point and asked with a smile while looking into the jar.

Jiang Yun Zhu replied briefly, "Glutinous rice lotus root."

"Glutinous rice lotus root? What is that?"

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Wei Kang Ping smiled, took out a box from his sleeve, opened it, and handed it to Jiang Yun Zhu, "Younger Sister, look at you, you are so beautiful and don't even have a hairpin on your head. It's too plain.

This was for you. "

In the box, a butterfly-shaped bead flower was shining brightly.

If Jiang Yun Zhu was a girl from an ordinary family and at the age of wanting to be pretty, she would definitely be tempted by the sight of the beautiful bead flower. Too bad she wasn't. Not to mention the jade beads she wore in the Anping Hou Mansion in the dream, even in modern times, she had seen things a hundred times better than this pearl flower.

"No need." Jiang Yun Zhu put the chopped glutinous rice lotus root into a bowl, turned around, and left the kitchen directly.

The smile on Wei Kang Ping's face froze. His past invincible tricks didn't work with Jiang Yun Zhu!

He watched Jiang Yun Zhu's back. There was a hint of fierceness on his face.

In the room, Jiang Yun Zhu handed the glutinous rice lotus root to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was very moved by the smell of glutinous rice lotus root. He looked at Mrs. Liu.

"This is glutinous rice lotus root. Yun Zhu made it. Yuan-er try it." Mrs. Chen urged with a smile.

"Your Elder Sister Yun Zhu gave it to you, eat it quickly." Mrs. Liu smiled to Lu Yuan, "By the way, what else do you want?"

"Thank you, Elder Sister Yun Zhu." Lu Yuan accepted the bowl containing glutinous rice lotus root and faced his small face at Jiang Yun Zhu.

"You're welcome!" Jiang Yun Zhu patted his head, feeling heavy in her heart. This Wei Kang Ping wasn’t a good man. Mrs. Liu and this child...

At this time, Wei Kang Ping entered the room. Out of all the space in the room he could sit, he chose to sit next to Jiang Yun Zhu.

Though Jiang Yun Zhu didn't look at him, she was wary of him.

Suddenly, she noticed his arm bumping toward hers. He seemed to be talking to old Mister Chen, but he was actually looking at her from the corner of his eyes.

Jiang Yun Zhu was quite sure that he did it on purpose. He purposely wanted to touch her arm.

He was bullying the fact that old Mister Chen had bad eyesight!

Jiang Yun Zhu felt disgusted. Immediately, she withdrew her arms and yelled, "What are you doing!"

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the room. Everyone looked at Jiang Yun Zhu.

"He wanted to touch my arm." Jiang Yun Zhu directly told.

In this day and age, everyone valued women's chastity very much. Especially since Jiang Yun Zhu wasn’t married yet. A man like Wei Kang Ping wanted to touch her arm?

Mrs. Chen immediately stood up and looked at Wei Kang Ping with an ugly expression.

Old Mister Chen clenched the cane in his hand.

Mrs. Liu stood up in panic, looked at Wei Kang Ping and then at Jiang Yun Zhu. Completely at a loss.

Being stared at by everyone, Wei Kang Ping felt embarrassed and angry at the same time. He did want to touch Jiang Yun Zhu's arm with his arm. In his opinion, even if he did and Jiang Yun Zhu felt it, she could only accept it as an unmarried girl and dare not speak out.

Maybe she would show a shy and timid expression.

He liked to see girls showing this kind of expression the most.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yun Zhu dodged and even questioned him directly.

"I didn't want to touch you." Wei Kang Ping could only latch onto this point. Then he explained, "I only wanted to tidy up my clothes."

He pointed to his own clothes.

After all, there was no proof. Wei Kang Ping and Mrs. Liu left in embarrassment. Mrs. Chen threw all the things they brought into their arms and closed the door without saying goodbye.

Mrs. Liu stood there for a long time before walking back with a cold face.

Wei Kang Ping cast a bitter look at the gate of the Jiang Family and hurried to catch up, "Qiu Niang, I promise, I never want to touch her. You know, I like you."

"A girl would use this kind of thing to frame you?" Mrs. Liu didn't believe it.

"Maybe she misunderstood. Besides, think about it, why was she always staring at me?"

Mrs. Liu still ignored him with a cold face.

"Qiu Niang, I want to dig out my heart and show it to you. This way you can see who it holds inside. If you still don't believe me, alright, I’lll swear. If I really want to touch her today, I won't dead a good death." Wei Kang Ping swore.

Ancient people believed in the existence of gods and ghosts in this world and believed in swearing. Seeing Wei Kang Ping cursed himself like this, Mrs. Liu's heart began to waver. Did Jiang Yun Zhu really misunderstand?

But it was hard to explain. She originally wanted to thank Mrs. Chen, but who would have thought that it would become like this now.

She held Lu Yuan and continued to walk forward, ignoring Wei Kang Ping. Her expression softened though.

Wei Kang Ping gritted his teeth and quickly followed.

In the Jiang’s house. When Mrs. Liu trio left, Mrs. Chen saw there was no one and took the chance to ask Jiang Yun Zhu in private, "He, really wanted to touch you?"

"Mother, don't you believe me?" Jiang Yun Zhu responded.

Mrs. Chen was furious. Of course she believed Jiang Yun Zhu.

Later, when Jiang Cheng came back, Mrs. Chen told Jiang Cheng what happened in the afternoon. Jiang Cheng was so angry that his eyes turned red. He believed Jiang Yun Zhu. That surnamed Wei!

"I'll go find him." Jiang Cheng flushed. He headed out to settle accounts with him.

"Family Head." Mrs. Chen became worried again.

"Father! We have no evidence." Jiang Yun Zhu stopped Jiang Cheng. She was afraid that Jiang Cheng would suffer losses if he went.

"Yun Zhu." Jiang Cheng turned to look at her.

Jiang Yun Zhu frowned in thought. She wasn't touched, but Wei Kang Ping's motivation for this behavior was sexual harassment.

What's more, she was a little worried about whether people like him would retaliate. And Mrs. Liu and that child...

In short, preparing for the worst in everything was the right way.



Oh right. Seeing the mule that Jiang Cheng was holding, she suddenly wondered why a person like Wei Kang Ping would sell such a good mule to them so cheaply?

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Chapter 36


Shen Feng Ming first went to the palace to report the reason to the emperor. Afterward, he returned to the Shen Manor to bid farewell to his parents.

Hearing that he was leaving again, Academician Shen's face was ugly. Princess Danyang's eyes were even redder. She could feel Shen Feng Ming distancing from her today.

She regretted that she lost her head yesterday and did that kind of thing. But what can she do?

In the past few years, in order to make Shen Feng Ming approach women, she had used countless tricks, but none of them worked. Instead, there was a lot of rift between the mother and child. Seeing his personality becoming more and more ruthless and the time at home getting shorter and shorter, she secretly shed tears countless times.

His sword licked blood every day. Every time he goes out, she can't help but think, what if he won't come back?

She only had him, this one son. If he was gone, she...

So she thought, if he can marry a wife and have children. After having a son and daughter and someone he likes, will he no longer do that dangerous job and won't risk his life every time?

Moreover, she really wanted to have children and grandchildren around her knees like others.

Princess Danyang opened her mouth, wanting to tell Shen Feng Ming that she had already sent Du Ran Shu away. But she knew that he definitely didn’t want to hear this.

"How's your hand?" She asked Shen Feng Ming with concern.

"It's okay." Shen Feng Ming replied.

Princess Danyang didn't know what to say. Suddenly, she remembered that Shen Feng Ming was going to Lu Prefecture again, "If you see that sausage cook again, you can bring the person back if you like."

She thought, in this way, Shen Feng Ming might come back to the manor more often for dinner.

Shen Feng Ming raised his eyes to look at Princess Danyang. His spring-like eyes were slightly rippling.

Princess Danyang suddenly recalled something and did not continue this topic.

"Pay attention to safety along the way. If something happens to you, you know."

Academician Shen only said this mucho, but he believed that Shen Feng Ming could understand that if something happened to him, the Shen Family would be his strong backing and would definitely do everything to protect him.

Shen Feng Ming's face softened a bit, "Yes, Father, Mother take care of themselves."

"We're in the middle of the capital. We’re fine. Come back early after finishing your business," Academician Shen said.

"Yes, come back soon." Princess Danyang hurriedly followed.

Shen Feng Ming left the Shen Manor and went to the Division. Once he and Yang Sheng leave, it will take some time for them to come back. There were many things to arrange.

At this time, Yang Sheng came back from the Yang Family. He didn't dare to say goodbye to Madam Yang face to face, fearing that he would be locked up in the mansion and wouldn’t be able to get out. Madam Yang would really do this kind of thing. He went home, stealthily packed his bags, left a letter for Madam Yang, and slipped out.

He told Madam Yang, since she wanted to eat sausage every day, he would buy it for her right away. So she shouldn't be angry.

Yang Sheng was refreshed, while Shen Feng Ming was as stern as a mountain. The two of them stood in front of the Division's hall. The Qilin Guards stood below, all in high spirits.

Hearing that Shen Feng Ming said they were going to Lu Prefecture, they immediately thought of the fish head tofu soup that Nie Xin said that could make one swallow their tongues and the diced rabbit and shredded beef that they only tasted a little bit. Their eyes immediately brightened. Go to Lu Prefecture! They can!

Brats, what good things are you thinking? Yang Sheng stood on top and smiled. This time, they didn't need so many people to go to Lu Prefecture.

He picked the people who were going to Lu Prefecture with him.

The ones who were chosen were naturally full of joy. Those who weren’t picked were thinking about how much money they should prepare, so that those going could bring them something to eat.

The sun was just rising. Shen Feng Ming and Yang Sheng led a group of people to leave the capital on horseback. On a dusty old road, shadows of old trees flew by.

In a small courtyard in the south of Wuling County, Wei Kang Ping knocked on the door. When Mrs. Liu heard that it was him, she quickly let him in and poured him a cup of hot tea.

Wei Kang Ping took out a box from his sleeve and handed it to Mrs. Liu, "Look, do you like it?"

"What is it?" Mrs. Liu asked in a wazy voice.

"You'll know when you open it." Wei Kang Ping said with a smile.

Mrs. Liu accepted it, opened it, and saw a brightly colored bead flower inside, "This..."

"You've been dressed too plainly all day long. This bead flower is for you."

"I am a widow. What’s more my age..."

"What's the matter with being a widow? He left first. He was unlucky. You are only in your twenties this year. Perfect age!" Wei Kang Ping immediately interrupted her.

There were tears in Mrs. Liu's eyes. For a long time, no one had said such things to her. For many years, she hadn’t worn such colorful clothes and accessories.

In fact, not long after she was sold into Red Apricot Building, she was redeemed by Second Lu and he married her as his wife.

In Jinniu Village, she was afraid of being disdained for coming from that place and being called improper. She never dared to wear too bright clothes or too beautiful accessories.

But no one knew, she liked these beautiful clothes and jewelry in her heart.

"I'll help you put it on." Wei Kang Ping picked up the bead flower and said.

Mrs. Liu's face was blushing.

Wei Kang Ping stood up, walked behind her, stroked her hair with his hands, and put the bead flower on her.

Mrs. Liu's head drooped even lower.

At this moment, Wei Kang Ping hugged her from behind, kissing her neck like raindrops, and even had the intention of moving downward.

Mrs. Liu panicked, "What are you doing? Let me go!"

"Qiu Niang, I like you so much that I can't eat or sleep. Pity me and give it to me!" Wei Kang Ping hugged her tightly and even wanted to take off her clothes.

Mrs. Liu grabbed her clothes tightly, "Let go of me, or I'll call someone."

Viciousness flashed across Wei Kang Ping's eyes. A married woman dare to act innocent with him. If it weren't for the fact that she was still somewhat pretty and had a lot of silver in her bundle, he would have kicked her aside long ago.

"Someone..." Mrs. Liu really called out.

Wei Kang Ping reached out his hand to cover her mouth and then be forceful. He concluded that even if he did her, as long as he begged her for mercy, she would definitely forgive him and commit herself to him.

It was just that he thought of another beautiful figure. That person's snow-skinned appearance. Like a pearl under the moon. Truly too beautiful.

Thinking of this, he let go of Mrs. Liu and said anxiously, "Qiu Niang, don't shout. I won't do anything. Don't worry."

Mrs. Liu took a good few steps back, backed to the wall, leaned her back against the wall, and took a few more breaths before she regained her composure.

"Qiu Niang, it's my fault. I couldn't hold back just now." Wei Kang Ping was full of remorse, "I've never liked someone so much before. Thinking of you from early to late. It’s almost taking my life.

Suddenly I'm so close to the person I like... Qiu Niang, you are so beautiful." He said while taking at Mrs. Liu's reaction.

Sure enough, Mrs. Liu's face turned red. Her expression softened.

Women ah, they all like to hear this kind of talk. Satisfied, Wei Kang Ping continued, "Qiu Niang, don't worry, I will never touch you again without your consent.

However, Qiu Niang, I really like you. Marry me!

As long as you budge, I'll immediately ask the matchmaker to come ahead of time. From now on, I will treat you well and treat Yuan-er like my own son." He declared.

Lu Yuan was Mrs. Liu's son.

Mrs. Liu's face was red and her heart was beating. He really wanted to marry her? Suddenly, she gritted her teeth and told Wei Kang Ping, "There is one thing I have never told you."

"What?"

"I, I've stayed in that kind of place before." Mrs. Liu's head almost fell to the ground in shame and told the other party about such a terrible past.

That kind of place? Brothel! Wei Kang Ping's face instantly became cold and hard. He thought she was just a widow. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a broken shoe left over by countless people. Like this, she still acted innocent with him?

Mrs. Liu had her head lowered and didn’t see his reaction.

Wei Kang calmed down after a while and then responded, "It's okay. I don't mind your past, I only like your person. As long as you get along well with me in the future, it’s enough."

Mrs. Liu raised her head in surprise and saw a sincere face. Her eyes turned red again.

Wei Kang Ping didn't want to talk to her about this anymore. His eyes spun and said, "About the family we met in mule and horse market yesterday?"

Mentioning this, Mrs. Liu relaxed a lot, "I told you. They are from the same village as me. Their family is good people."

"I know they are good people, otherwise I wouldn't have sold the mule to them so cheaply." Wei Kang Ping purposely mentioned this matter.

Sure enough, Mrs. Liu said, "Thank you very much."

"No need. Between us, what need is there to say this? Let alone this bit of money, I'm willing to give you my life."

Mrs. Liu shyly pulled the corner of her clothes with her hands.

"By the way, that girl behind Jiang Cheng that day." Wei Kang Ping asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Her name is Yun Zhu, Jiang Yun Zhu. Elder Sister-in-law Chen's eldest daughter. She should be sixteen years old this year. Oh, she is a person with a bitter life." Mrs. Liu sighed.

"Why do you say that?" Wei Kang Ping asked.

Mrs. Liu recounted how Jiang Yun Zhu had a fever and almost lost her life. Later, the Jiang Family had no rice to cook and had to sell one of their daughters.

Wei Kang Ping's eyes sparkled when he heard it. The Jiang Family had another daughter. He wondered if that daughter was as beautiful as this one.

Such a beautiful girl can be bought for six liang silver. It was a pity that he wasn’t in Changfeng Mansion at the time. Otherwise he would definitely buy her. Whether playing or sell her, it wasn’t a loss.

But it shouldn't be too late now.

Thinking of Jiang Yun Zhu bowing her head with a smile on her face, he couldn't wait any longer.

"Speaking of which, if it wasn't for their family, I wouldn't have met you. They are kind of considered our matchmakers. You don't know many people in this county, so you should interact with them." Wei Kang Ping said .

"En." Mrs. Liu meant the same thing.

"When are you going to visit their house? Bring them some specialties from the county." Wei Kang Ping asked.

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Chapter 35


The next day, Jiang Yun Zhu raised the deposit for the lunch box to ten wens. Otherwise, the people who will order food in the future will have no lunch boxes. Besides, with her raising the price of the lunch box, Wang De's side can sell better. She didn't expect to make money from selling lunch boxes. Since she took payment money from others, she should try to leave the benefits to others.

At the same time, she changed the appearance of the deposit slip. This way to avoid those who took the lunch box before getting over-refund.

The person who ordered the meal knew that some people took Jiang Ji's lunch box and refused to return it. No one criticized her behavior of raising the price. Anyway, it was just a deposit. Not really wanting their money.

Jiang Cheng resigned from the mine yesterday. He originally wanted to go to Xu Qing Shan to familiarize himself with the route today. Who knew that Jiang Yun Zhu suddenly told him last night that they had enough money to buy the donkey?

He was so shocked that he thought she went on a robbery, no, picked up money.

After asking how, he sighed endlessly.

In the past, it was difficult to make a penny. Now it seems that making money has suddenly become easier.

It seemed that everything started from leaving Changfeng Manor and coming to Wuling County.

Sure enough, listening to Jiang Yun Zhu at the beginning was right.

After sighing, he became excited again. So, he could go buy a donkey today?

In this day and age, it was almost as difficult for the poor to buy a donkey as it was for ordinary people in modern day to buy a luxury car. No wonder he was ecstatic.

"En." Jiang Yun Zhu replied. Then she took out a money bag and handed it to him.

Now Jiang Yun Zhu was in charge of the family business. So all the money in the family was in her hands.

Jiang Cheng took the money bag and opened it. There were two relatively large pieces of silver inside. One was the one given by Nie Xin, which was worth three liangs. The other was the one given by Wang De, which was initially worth three liangs. After Jiang Yun Zhu ordered the lunch box and deducted the money, there were only two liangs or so left.

There were still some small pieces of silver and copper wens left. The total was estimated to be seven or eight liangs. It was more than enough to buy a donkey.

Jiang Cheng's hands were trembling while clutching the money bag. He had never seen so much money before. At the beginning when he and Mrs. Chen separated from the family, the most money he ever held was five liangs or so. At that time, he vowed to give Mrs. Chen a home and found someone to build a new house.

Five liangs or so wasn’t enough to build a house.

He owed some money to build the frame of the house. There were no tiles on the roof. No windows around the house. Let alone furniture. In this way, he and Mrs. Chen still lived in it Slowly, they finished the house, made the furniture, and had Jiang Yun Zhu and the others.

"Family Head, everything will be fine." When Mrs. Chen saw so much money just now, her eyes were red. She knew Jiang Cheng's feelings at this moment, so she spoke out to comfort him.

"En." Jiang Cheng nodded with a smile. It will get better.

Jiang Cheng carefully put the silver into his bosom, rubbed it again and again, and then went out to the town.

After more than an hour, he came back. By his side, was everything else.

Mrs. Chen was helping Jiang Yun Zhu cut the meat. From time to time, she would glance at the door and imagine Jiang Cheng coming back with a donkey.

What would the donkey look like? Was it black or gray? Were the ears long? Was the fur shiny?

Seeing that Jiang Cheng came back by himself, she immediately asked anxiously, "Why, didn't you buy a donkey?"

It can be said that Jiang Cheng left with hope and returned with disappointment. He wanted to buy a donkey that could give rides. Preferably a mature one, so that it could be used when it was bought. But such a donkey was rarely sold.

All the donkeys sold in the market were young or old donkeys. There was only one donkey that looked okay and the asking price was too high.

This money was earned by Jiang Yun Zhu at the stove from morning to night. Every time Jiang Cheng saw this, he felt very sad. He didn't want to waste money, so he didn't buy it.

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen was also disappointed. But there was no rush for this matter. They will meet the right one.

Jiang Yun Zhu looked at the sky outside and instead said, "There’s no fish in the river. Why not go to the county to have a look."

Then she turned to Mrs. Chen, "Mother, the weather is getting colder and colder. We should add some bedding at home. And you and dad's clothes are too thin. Why don't we go to the county together and buy more for the winter."

When Jiang Family came to Changshi Village, Mrs. Chen only bought fabric and cotton once. She only made quilts and thick clothes for old Mister Chen and Jiang Yun Zhu and the kids. She and Jiang Cheng couldn’t bear to make for herself and Jiang Cheng.

Also, Jiang Yun Zhu and the others only have this set of thicker clothes. She had been thinking about having a big purchase for a while. It just so happened that today was an opportunity.

Mrs. Chen's heart was a little moved. The family had the money. She didn't want to see her children lack food and clothing. It was just, "If we go to the county, we mightn’t be able to make dinner in time?"

"Then we won't make it. Let's tell the customers at noon. Tonight, we’ll rest and continue to do it tomorrow." Jiang Yun Zhu stated.

"Will the customers go to another’s?" Mrs. Chen was worried.

"Don't worry. Only take a break once in a while. People can understand as long as it doesn't happen every now and then." Jiang Yun Zhu said. After all, which family didn't have a matter to sort.

Mrs. Chen was still a little scared. She felt that if they didn't do it at night, they would earn a lot less money.

"You can never run out of money to earn, Mother." Jiang Yun Zhu said.

"That’s right. Perfect time to let Yun Zhu rest for a day." Jiang Cheng piped on the side.

Hearing what he said, how could Mrs. Chen not agree.

Jiang Yun Zhu laughed. In fact, she was never the hardest worker in the family. Before, Jiang Cheng was busy with business with them in the morning and evening and went to work in the mine during the day. He was the hardest worker.

Later, they stopped making breakfast. Mrs. Chen would pick and cut all the vegetables and meat for Jiang Yun Zhu. Jiang Lin and Jiang Yun Xue would clean the plates and bowls and help her in the kitchen. She was only responsible for cooking and some things they can't do. In the end, Mrs. Chen was busy all day long. She was the hardest worker.

So in fact, without Mrs. Chen and others, Jiang Yun Zhu's business wouldn’t be possible.

Within a family, one shouldn't settle it so clearly. Only by working together can they be better.

Jiang Family was going to visit the county town. Jiang Wu was the happiest. This day, he had been running around, wishing he could help everyone finish what they were doing so that they could go to the county quickly.

After delivering the meal at noon, everyone in the Jiang Family except old Mister Chen got onto a donkey cart and went to the county.

Jiang Yun Zhu also wanted old Mister Chen to go. Old Mister Chen felt that his eyesight was bad and it was useless to go. Besides, at his age, what had he never seen before? He preferred to stay at home and look after the house.

Jiang Yun Zhu respected his choice, so she stopped persuading him.

Wuling County was rich and prosperous. There were rows of shops in the county town. Quite lively.

Thinking about buying a donkey, the Jiang Family held back and went straight to the mule and horse market in the west of the county city.

The mule and horse market in the county was indeed a far cry from the town. As for the horses, there were no less than dozens of them here. Four or five in the town was quite good. There were countless mules, cows, and donkeys.

Jiang Cheng looked left and right. He was overwhelmed.

Mrs. Chen was also looking around. Compared with donkeys, those tall and strong horses were particularly outstanding. But it was a pity that they couldn't afford them.

She suddenly thought of Yang Sheng and Shen Feng Ming’s horses. They looked much better than the horses here.

The couple were fascinated by the sight. So Jiang Yun Zhu held onto Jiang Wu and told Jiang Lin and Jiang Yun Xue to follow her and not to run around. There were so many people in the market. If they were scattered, it will be bad.

She wasn't interested in these horses and donkeys. She only planned what to buy when going shopping later.

At this time, Jiang Cheng took a fancy to a donkey. Its black fur was shiny and smooth. He opened its mouth to look at its teeth. It was two years old. It was in the prime of its life. Looking at the hooves and tail, there was no flaw at all.

He was happy and started chatting with the donkey seller.

After talking for about a quarter of an hour, Jiang Cheng's face was serious. The donkey seller was an old man. He said his donkey was good and wouldn’t budge from seven liang silver.

Jiang Cheng naturally knew that his donkey was good, but seven liang silver was too expensive. If he added some more, he could buy a mule. Mules were stronger than donkeys and could run.

Mrs. Chen tugged Jiang Cheng's sleeve. How about looking elsewhere? She also felt that the price was too expensive.

Jiang Cheng looked at the donkey with reluctance and walked forward.

The couple continued to check the donkeys. At this moment, a female voice suddenly sounded, "Elder Sister-in-law Chen, is that you? Elder Sister-in-law Chen?"

At first, Mrs. Chen didn't think that someone was calling her. But when the person grabbed her sleeve, she turned around and uttered in surprise, "It's you?"

On the other side stood a woman with soft eyebrows and a body like a spring willow. She was holding a child about four or five years old in her arms. He was forty-fifty percent similar in appearance to her.

It was Mrs. Liu from the same village as them in Changfeng Manor. At that time, Jiang Yun Zhu's family left the village in a hurry and happened to encounter her coming out to fetch water. Mrs. Chen kindly reminded her. Never expected to meet her here again today.

Meeting old acquaintances in a foreign land, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Liu were indescribably happy.

"How did you get here?" Mrs. Chen remembered that she borrowed food from everyone in the village but failed to borrow food. Only Mrs. Liu lent her food. She was very friendly toward Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu was also grateful for Mrs. Chen's kindness in reminding her. She held nothing back from her. It turned out that after hearing Mrs. Chen's words that day, she also had the idea of leaving Changfeng Manor.

Her husband was dead and she had no relatives there. So leaving was nothing.

But where to? She didn't know, so she decided to go south first.

She had it better than Jiang Yun Zhu and the others. She had money. So she packed up her things, took her child, and hired a donkey cart to come to Lu Prefecture.

About 20 days ago, she was passing through Wuling County when an old lady suddenly rushed out from the street and hit the cart she was sitting in.

She and the driver were all terrified.

The driver said it was none of his business. The old lady bumped over by herself.

The old lady just cried in pain.

She got out of the cart and was at a loss.

At this time, a person stepped forward and asked them what happened.

After they finished speaking, the man directly called the doctor to give the old lady a diagnosis and treatment. The old lady was fine. The turmoil passed just like that.

"Who is that man? He is really a good man." Mrs. Chen was amazed.

Mrs. Liu was about to say something when a male voice asked, "Who are these?"

A man walked over leading a mule. He was wearing a lake blue robe, with fair skin and regular features. Not to mention looking very handsome, he was quite attractive.

"This is Mrs. Chen's family from my hometown that I told you before." Mrs. Liu immediately replied to the man and then introduced both parties.

The man's name was Wei Kang Ping. He was the one who helped Mrs. Liu uphold justice that day. Seeing that Mrs. Liu had nowhere to go, he let her live in an unused yard of his. Paying the rent or not was up to her.

It turned out to be him. Mrs. Chen looked at Wei Kang Ping and then at Mrs. Liu, who was standing very close to him. Then she seemed to have guessed something.

It had been two years since Mrs. Liu lost her husband. It would be great if the widow and orphan could find a suitable person to take care of them.

"Elder Sister-in-law Chen, how did you get here?" Sensing the look in Mrs. Chen's eyes, Mrs. Liu quickly changed the topic.

Mrs. Chen told them about their refuge in Wuling County.

Hearing that Mrs. Chen came to the county today to buy a donkey, Mrs. Liu was very surprised. She remembered that the Jiang Family had a hard time and couldn't even eat enough. In the end, they had to sell their daughter to live. They got money to buy a donkey?

This was quite a coincidence. She looked at Wei Kang Ping.

Wei Kang Ping’s eyes spun and told Jiang Cheng, "Eldest Brother Jiang, I happen to have a mule for sale here. If you think it suits you, take it away."

Jiang Cheng had noticed the mule he was leading a long time ago. The big maroon mule wasn't much worse than a horse. He hurriedly responded, "No need."

He was afraid that he would not be able to afford it.

"You have helped Qiu Niang before. The price is easy to negotiate." Wei Kang Ping said.

Qiu Niang was Mrs. Liu's name.

Jiang Cheng wanted to decline, but Wei Kang Ping directly stated, "Nine liang silver. If you think it’s worth it, I'll sell it to you."

Nine liang silver was really cheap. Jiang Cheng had eight liang silver in his purse. Jiang Yun Zhu had a lot of things to buy today, so she brought a little more. It was just enough to buy this mule.

Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment.

Mrs. Liu saw that Jiang Cheng wanted it and looked at Wei Kang Ping again.

Wei Kang Ping directly put the rein in Jiang Cheng's hand and said with a smile, "Then it’s settled. It won't save me from going everywhere to sell it."

"I can’t really." Jiang Cheng wanted to return the reins to him.

Wei Kang Ping didn't accept.

The two pushed and pulled for a while. Wei Kang Ping was determined to sell the mule to Jiang Cheng. In the end Jiang Cheng could only hold the reins in his hand.

After paying, Jiang Cheng looked at Jiang Yun Zhu.

Jiang Yun Zhu took out a liang silver from her sleeve and handed it to Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng took out the money bag from his bosom, put the liang silver in it, handed the money bag to Wei Kang Ping, and said embarrassingly, "Count it. "

Wei Kang Ping weighed the wallet, "What is there to count. I believe in you."

Coming out of the mule and horse market, Mrs. Chen still couldn't believe it. It felt like a dream. She met Mrs. Liu here by chance and bought a big mule for only nine liang silver.

"This mule is only two years old. It’s at the age of youth and strength." Jiang Cheng couldn't help but excitedly remarked. While talking, he touched the mule's head with his hand and couldn't get enough of feeling it.

"Have to thank Qiu Niang." Mrs. Chen said. Without her, they wouldn't be able to buy such a cheap mule.

"En." Jiang Cheng nodded, "Come to the county some other day and bring her more things."

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Liu had already made an appointment. They will often interact in the future. This was why Jiang Cheng said this.

Mrs. Chen nodded and suddenly smiled again, "She met a good person this time."

From what she saw that Wei Kang Ping seemed to have some family background. He was good-looking and could save people from danger. His character shouldn’t be bad.

Jiang Cheng nodded. He also thought Wei Kang Ping was a good guy.

Behind, Jiang Yun Zhu held Jiang Wu. Hearing what they said, she frowned slightly. Why did she feel that Wei Kang Ping's eyes turned toward her intentionally or unintentionally just now? Was it her imagination, or...

"Yun Zhu, are we still shopping?" Mrs. Chen turned around and asked Jiang Yun Zhu. Her tone was full of apology.

After buying this mule, they didn't have much money left. She knew that Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to buy a lot of things.

Putting aside other things, Jiang Yun Zhu was delighted to be able to buy a mule so cheaply. As for things, buy some first and buy the rest next time.

The family wandered around the county town.

The sun was in the west. Afraid that they wouldn’t be able to go home in time, they immediately left the city and returned home.

After arriving home, old Mister Chen was very happy when he heard that they bought a good mule for nine liang silver.

Jiang Cheng supported him to see the mule.

Old Mister Chen stretched out his hand to touch the mule's head and then touched down. The more he touched it, the happier he became. He praised, "This is really a good mule."

"That's right." Jiang Cheng couldn't help being overjoyed. He busied himself on getting food and drink for the mule, for fear that it would be thirsty and hungry.

Jiang Family kept grinning that night.

Shen Manor in the capital. It was already 7pm. Shen Feng Ming just came back from outside. His whole body was cold.

"Why did you come back so late today?" Princess Danyang handed him a bowl of ginseng tea and said distressingly.

Shen Feng Ming accepted the tea and drank a couple of sips.

"The Division has a lot of things to do." He replied.

"Why don't I talk to the Emperor and ask him to change your errand for you." Princess Danyang said. She didn't want Shen Feng Ming to be the commander. Not to mention the danger, nothing good would come from it.

"Mother, I like this job." Shen Feng Ming stated.

Princess Danyang wanted to say something, but suddenly she uttered instead, "Okay, then I don't intervene. Have you eaten yet?"

"I have."

"Then go back and wash up quickly. Rest early." Princess Danyang said.

Shen Feng Ming nodded.

In the spacious bathroom, someone had prepared hot water for Shen Feng Ming.

He didn't need others to serve him. After washing himself, he entered the bedroom.

As soon as he entered the door, he felt something was amiss. He knew exactly how exactly his own room smelled. But now in this room, there was a faint sweet smell.

"Who?" He frowned. His voice was cold.

On the couch, the brocade quilt squirmed, evoking a seductive arc. A beautiful and stunning face was exposed from the brocade quilt. A white snow shoulder could be seen faintly.

This kind of barely visible beauty was really alluring.

Shen Feng Ming only felt hot all over. Not right. He held onto the table next to him with his hand. His body wasn't right.

Suddenly, he remembered the cup of ginseng tea that Princess Danyang had just handed him.

As the commander of the Qilin Guard, Shen Feng Ming's caution was enough for him to avoid all dangers. But what about the tea his biological mother handed him?

Shen Feng Ming tightly grasped the edge of the table with both hands. The veins on his hands were bulging.

"Gentleman." Knowing that the medicine was working, Du Ran Shu stood up and walked toward Shen Feng Ming.

She was only wearing a tulle dress. As she walked, every look and every movement was enough to drive any man crazy.

Finally, she reached Shen Feng Ming.

She reached out to touch Shen Feng Ming. Her face flushed. Who said that only women can make men’s hearts move. Outstanding men can also make women's hearts sway.

The next moment, she opened her eyes wide in horror.

Shen Feng Ming pinched Du Ran Shu's neck like an angry god.

Two bangs sounded. Princess Danyang heard that the movement in the room wasn’t right. She quickly opened the door and went in to check. Entering her sight was Du Ran Shu sitting on the ground at one side, looking like a mess, and Shen Feng Ming standing with blood dripping from his left hand.

He held the corner of the table in his hand. He had actually broken off the corner of the table directly. The wooden thorn pierced his hand, causing him to bleed.

Princess Danyang only had Shen Feng Ming's bleeding hand in her eyes. She immediately shouted, "Quick, call the doctor."

"No need." Shen Feng Ming threw away the thing in his hands and staggered toward the bathroom next to him.

"Feng Ming, you..." Princess Danyang wanted to say something, but she was intimidated by Shen Feng Ming's return gaze. She had never seen him look like this.

She stopped talking.

"What's going on?" Academician Shen heard the noise and came over to check.

He immediately noticed that something was wrong with Shen Feng Ming's behavior and then looked at Du Ran Shu, who was disheveled at the side. In an instant, he made a good guess and furiously threw at Princess Danyang, "How could you do this? Hhe..."

He just said a sentence and Princess Danyang cried and yelled at him as if she had found an outlet, "Why did I do this? What right do you have to ask me? You talk about benevolence and morality all day long. You taught the child to be like this. Now you blame me.

I ask you……"

Princess Danyang quarreled with Academician Shen again.

Shen Feng Ming had already returned to the bathroom and jumped into the cold water. He slowly regained his senses.

Early the next morning, Yang Sheng took a case file and said to Shen Feng Ming, "Look at this Lu Prefecture case. Should we go..."

"Okay." Shen Feng Ming replied.

Yang Sheng was dumbfounded. He hadn't said what the case was yet? He agreed to what?

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Chapter 34


Naturally, he couldn't leave the capital so quickly. The emperor summoned Shen Feng Ming back because he had a difficult case to handle.

After hearing it, Yang Sheng froze there.

But soon, he asked, "Can we leave the capital after finishing this case?" In fact, he didn't want to stay in the capital anymore. The girls at home were all nice. But when grouped together, it gave him a headache.

And his old mother...

Mainly, he finished eating those sausages in one meal yesterday. And he hadn't eaten a few bites. When will he eat those delicious meals again and live a happy life?

"Probably." Uncertain, Shen Feng Ming replied. It stood to reason that even if the case was over, they wouldn’t leave the capital so soon.

"Then solve it quickly!" After confirming that he would be able to leave after finishing the case, Yang Sheng immediately stood up and rubbed his hands.

After a few days, Jiang Yun Zhu's takeaway business stabilized. Now they can earn more than five silver coins a day. This was worth Jiang Cheng's monthly wages.

Yesterday, she had already discussed it with Jiang Cheng. He would raise the matter of resignation with the mine today. Then he could follow Xu Qing Shan to familiarize himself with the road conditions in Wuling County. Wait a few days, save some money, and buy a donkey cart for him to let him give rides.

Jiang Cheng felt it was like a dream, never expecting to have his own donkey cart so soon.

The tall man looked at Jiang Yun Zhu and didn't know what to say. Words of gratitude? They were one family, it wasn't necessary.

In the end, he only told her to go to bed early and if there was any problem in the future, let him handle it!

Jiang Yun Zhu smiled and nodded.

Two days ago, Jiang Yun Zhu began to try to get Jiang Yun Xue to do the bookkeeping. Jiang Yun Xue was really talented. These days, she mostly remembered these words. It didn't matter if she didn't remember them. It was food anyway. Jiang Yun Zhu knew what it was.

Jiang Yun Xue liked this job. Holding a brush and paper like a scholar.

Today, Jiang Yun Xue went to the market alone to pick up orders for the first time. Mrs. Chen was worried, so she dragged Jiang Lin to go with her.

Jiang Yun Zhu found there was no problem. There was a first time for everything. It didn't matter if she made a mistake, just learn from it next time.

Comfortably, she had a lazy nap

Birds chirping outside the window, she turned over and got up. She didn't need to go to the market. The food for today's cooking was already prepared yesterday. A rare chance for her to be free.

Recalling that she had been wanting to eat something two days ago but had no chance to make it. Since she had nothing to do today, it was possible.

She got busy in the kitchen.

Grind mung beans and millet into powder with flour, add white flour in proportion, then add water and stir to form a thick batter.

On the side, use eggs and flour to form a small piece of dough, roll them into thin slices, and deep-fry them in an oil pan until they are golden and crispy. Then put them aside.

Then it was the last step. Brush a little oil in the pan, spread the batter in a thin layer in the pan, and then crack an egg on top. When the egg is about to solidify, turn the whole thing over, brush with the sauce, and then put the deep-fried bits on top. Sprinkle a little green onion and coriander. It can be folded and served out of the pan.

That's right, Jiang Yun Zhu made chinese crepes.

There were many differences in process when compared to modern crepes. For example, the pan she used wasn't a flat pan. The crispy bits she made weren’t thin enough. Still overall, this was still a crepe. It was enough to relieve her longing.

Jiang Yun Zhu handed the first crepe to old Mister Chen, the second to Jiang Wu, and the last to her.

They have made a lot of money in the past few days. The living standard of the Jiang Family had risen in a straight line. Although Mrs. Chen was still thinking about saving money for donkeys and preventing everyone from spending money indiscriminately, it was still okay for food.

The crepes were fresh out of the pan. The skin was soft and waxy but not sticky. And there was a scent of eggs. It was really delicious when paired with crispy bits and sauces.

"It's delicious, but it’s too much trouble." Old Mister Chen sighed while holding the crepe.

Jiang Yun Zhu had been busy all morning, just for these three crepes?

In his opinion, for breakfast, just eat some soup and pancakes.

Jiang Wu Ze was too busy eating and had no time to talk.

Jiang Yun Zhu smiled. It wasn’t only for the last bite, but also for the joyful process of making it. Just like modern times, many people still make Liangpi by themselves. Those were troublesome and easy to fail. Still, they enjoyed it.

If one makes delicious things, one will have a greater sense of accomplishment.

Besides, she just wanted to eat crepes. Being able to eat it was a kind of happiness?

"It seems that you really like cooking." That's all old Mister Chen could say.

Like it? Biting the crepes, Jiang Yun Zhu remembered that when she was young. Her mother asked her to help her to let her learn how to cook. But she kept refusing at that time.

She was thinking, why should she learn to cook and cook for others to eat? Why didn't others learn it and make it for her?

Later, when she grew up, she realized that it was better to ask for themselves than to ask for others. Themselves would be the safest option.

Just like now. She knew this skill. No matter where she went or whenever she wanted to eat, she could eat it instead of mentally drooling over it.

Jiang Yun Zhu was happily eating crepes. At this moment, Mrs. Chen walked in with an ugly expression, followed by Jiang Yun Xue and Jiang Lin.

"Mother, eat crepes. I'll make them for you." Jiang Yun Zhu put the last bite of crepes into her mouth, stood up and said.

At this time, Mrs. Chen wasn't in the mood to eat crepes. Even if she was given dragon liver and phoenix marrow, she can't swallow it.

"What? Something the matter?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked.

Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth, "There were two more meal sellers in the market today. Just like us, it’s ordering meals. They also sell red-braised pork meal, chicken meal and soy-braised giant meatball meal."

After a pause, she looked at Jiang Yun Zhu Said, "It's also sold cheaper than us."

After she finished speaking, she didn't know whether she was angry or panicked. Her hands trembled slightly.

Jiang Family suddenly had such a lucrative business. Mrs. Chen watched over at it as if cherishing a gold ingot every day. Anyone who took a second look, she would take it like they were going to snatch with her.

Now that there were suddenly two more people robbing her of business, she was shocked and angry. And a little bit at a loss.

Jiang Yun Zhu wasn't surprised. With one person doing the takeaway business, the second one would know it after seeing it. What's more, braised pork meal was really very popular.

And there were so many people in the mine. It was impossible for them to monopolize it.

The only thing they could do was to ensure the quality of the dishes and then keep bringing forth new ones.

With this thought, she recalled it had been a few days. Shouldn't her special lunch box be ready?

"Yun Zhu, what should we do?" Mrs. Chen asked. Other people sold it cheaply. The number of people ordering food from them today was obviously thirty percent less.

"I'll go to town to have a look." Jiang Yun Zhu replied.

"Do you need me to go with you? This way I can help you." Mrs. Chen asked.

"Mom, you haven't eaten yet. You should eat first."

Mrs. Chen couldn't eat it. But she was afraid of affecting Jiang Yun Zhu, so she reluctantly said, "Okay."

Jiang Yun Zhu went to the town to find Wang De.

It was just that when she got to the place where Wang De set up a stall, there was no one there.

Didn't he come to set up a stall today? Jiang Yun Zhu was puzzled. Knowing Wang De's name, she hesitated whether to ask someone and go to his house to find him.

At this moment, Wang De came over, "Miss, I was just looking for you! I finished what you want."

Jiang Yun Zhu's eyes lit up, "Can I take a look?"

"Of course. You follow me."

Jiang Yun Zhu followed Wang De to a house in the west of the town. The three-room was a tile-roofed house with the vermilion mottled door and wall. Alone, it looked good. But with the houses and walls on both sides that seemed to have been newly renovated and obviously a little taller, it looked very cramped from being sandwiched in the middle.

Knowing his situation, Wang De smiled awkwardly and invited Jiang Yun Zhu in.

Opening the door, a woman walked out of the room. The woman was dressed in coarse cloth. When she heard that Jiang Yun Zhu was here to pick up the custom-made lunch boxes, she went in after a few words of hello.

Putting aside the fact that the Wang Family made some money by making this batch of lunch boxes, the plan for Wang De to go to the mine was delayed after tremendous effort of persuasion. It will take a lot of talking to persuade him next time. So the woman wasn't so friendly toward Jiang Yun Zhu.

"She's like that. Don't need to take her seriously." Wang De was afraid that Jiang Yun Zhu would get angry, so he quickly explained.

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't mind. She just wanted to look at her lunch box.

Wang De went to the backyard, took out a lunch box, and handed it to her.

Jiang Yun Zhu's eyes lit up, yes, this lunch box was made.

"Boss's craftsmanship is truly wonderful." She praised. This lunch box was better than she imagined.

Wang De smiled honestly. There was nothing more pleasing than that the things he made were liked by others.

Immediately, Jiang Yun Zhu paid the money and hired a donkey cart to take those lunch boxes home.

When she went shopping in town again in the afternoon, she adjusted the menu.

The next day, Jiang Yun Zhu personally went to the market to set up a stall to receive orders.

"Boss, I want a braised pork rice." A regular customer said.

"Sorry, we don't sell braised pork rice today. We sell set meals." Jiang Yun Zhu informed with a smile. Before the customer asked, she began to explain, "The set meal consists of a portion of rice and a few dishes of your choice."

As she spoke, she took out a white porcelain lunch box from under the table and opened it. There were two layers inside. The upper layer was divided into four compartments, while the lower one wasn't divided.

Pointing to the lunch box, she explained, "Put rice here, and the dishes on top. Today's dishes include boiled pork, red-braised pork, spicy chicken, and sauteed meatballs in brown sauce..." There were ten kinds of meat and vegetables dishes in total.

"Ten kinds of optional. All vegetarian dishes, ten wens a portion. One meat and three vegetables, twelve wens a portion. Two meat and two vegetables, fourteen wens a portion. Three meat and one vegetable, sixteen wens a portion. All meat dishes, eighteen wens a portion."

Everyone found it novel at the sight of the lunch box she took out. The snow-white round lunch box had two pieces of trembling ruddy braised pork painted on the lid. The sauce dripped down. It was exactly the appearance of Jiang Yun Zhu's secret recipe red braised pork. It made people drool just looking at it.

Next to the braised pork was the word "Jiang Ji".

After hearing about her method of ordering meals, everyone immediately became interested. It was always red-braised pork rice and chicken rice. They were tired of eating it and wanted to order a small stir-fry with Jiang Yun Zhu? In the end, a small stir-fry was expensive. Now they only need to order one meal and can get four different dishes?

There was actually boiled pork. They have heard about it for a long time. The boiled pork made by Jiang Yun Zhu was excellent, but they have never had the chance to try it.

This was wonderful.

"Boss, give me one. I want four meat dishes. I want boiled pork, sauteed meatballs in brown sauce, fried livers, and sweet and sour pork."

"Boss, I want it too."

"Me too."

In an instant, many people want to order.

Jiang Yun Zhu continued, "There’s one more matter to tell everyone in advance. If you order this set meal, you have to pay a deposit of seven wens. It’s the money for this lunch box. Don't worry, everyone, when you give the lunch box back in the evening or whenever, the deposit will be refunded to you immediately."

Need a deposit? But when everyone looked at the snowy lunch box, they understood that some people might not return such a beautiful lunch box after eating. Won’t this girl be at a loss then.

Thinking about it this way, everyone suddenly felt that this lunch box was really good. If they used it to bring meals in the future, it would be much more convenient.

"Okay, here's the deposit. Here's the meal fee. Boss, the set meal I ordered just now..." Soon, everyone accepted the deposit and continued to order meals with Jiang Yun Zhu.

Jiang Yun Zhu took the money and gave him two slips of paper. One was a deposit slip with a number on it. When the time came, bring back the lunch box and the slip to refund the deposit. The other was a slip of the meal order with a number on it with another four other numbers, which were the numbers of the dishes they ordered.

This was Jiang Yun Zhu's idea. To replace the dishes with numbers, it will be easier to write when writing.

"I'll order one portion too."

"Order one for me too."

The ten dishes that Jiang Yun Zhu chose today were the most frequent dishes from the small stir-fry menu. It meant that they were also everyone's favorite dishes. As soon as everyone heard the name of the dish, those who had heard that it was cheaper elsewhere and thought of ordering food elsewhere immediately chose to stay here and continued to order food with Jiang Yun Zhu.

There was a rush of people all of a sudden.

In the end, even Deputy General Zhao and others chose to order a set meal. After all, ordering a set meal meant eating four kinds of dishes at once. Which was very novel.

At 7am, Jiang Yun Zhu closed the stall. Today's business wasn't ordinarily good.

"Yun Zhu." Mrs. Chen looked at her and didn't know what to say. It was really no problem that couldn't be solved when Jiang Yun Zhu took action. The business that wasn't great yesterday was even better today.

Jiang Yun Zhu smiled. Cooking today was easier than yesterday. After all, she only needed to cook ten kinds of dishes. Thinking about it this way, it was really suitable to make a set meal at this mine.

Of course, the most important thing was to ensure the taste and quality. Also, when the lunch box is brought back, it must be washed and boiled in hot water before it can be used again to ensure the hygiene of the food.

At noon, Jiang Yun Zhu's set meal won unanimous praise from everyone.

In the evening, Jiang Yun Zhu changed the menu. More people ordered set meals.

Changing the dishes every day kept the freshness of the dishes. Her business was booming.

But after two days, she found a problem, "Mom, are we getting fewer and fewer lunch boxes?"

It was almost not enough.

"I was about to tell you about this too." Mrs. Chen said.

"Elder Sister, I know about this." Jiang Yun Xue said stickily.

"What?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked.

"They said that our lunch box was convenient for buying and bringing food. Many people directly gave me the deposit note, saying that they bought the lunch box." Jiang Yun Xue had been in charge of ordering and keeping accounts for the past two days, so she knew.

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't expect this to be the case and was a little dumbfounded for a while. Why did it turn to buying a lunch box along with the meal?

Seven wens a lunch box. Though she made a little bit of money, she didn't sell lunch boxes!

It seemed that they had to go to town as soon as possible to order another batch of lunch boxes.

Doing as she thought, Jiang Yun Zhu immediately went to the town. But she didn't find Wang De at the stall. So she went to his house to look for him.

At this moment, at Wang De's house, Wang De was arguing with his wife Mrs. Cui. It wasn't about going to the mine though.

It turned out that in the past two days, many people have asked him about that special lunch box. When Mrs. Cui heard about it, she immediately told him to burn a batch to sell.

Wang De felt it was Jiang Yun Zhu's idea, how could he sell it easily.

He won't do it. Mrs. Cui was scolding him for being stupid. If he didn't sell it, won't others? There was money to be made and he wouldn't earn it, just wanted her to suffer with him.

At this time, someone knocked on the door.

"Go and open the door." Mrs. Cui angrily spoke.

Wang De went to open the door and saw it was Jiang Yun Zhu.

"You..." Wang De was stunned. Why was it speaking of who and it was whoever came.

"I want to order another batch of lunch boxes." Jiang Yun Zhu explained her purpose.

"Okay." Wang De agreed.

At this time, Mrs. Cui rushed out of the house, "Miss Jiang, you came all the way here, you must be thirsty? Come in and drink some water." She pulled Jiang Yun Zhu, smiling like a sunflower.

Her excessive enthusiasm was a great difference from her first performance.

Jiang Yun Zhu pulled her arm out of her grasp calmly, "I'm not thirsty. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Mrs. Cui felt a little awkward and gave Wang De a wink. Telling him to speak out.

Wang De pretended not to see it. He was ashamed to open his mouth.

Mrs. Cui gritted her teeth. It seemed that she was the only one who could be the bad guy. She sighed first before replying to Jiang Yun Zhu, "Then let me tell you the truth. Many people want to buy the lunch box you customized. I told him to make a batch and sell it, but he refused.

I know I’m in the wrong in this matter..."

Jiang Yun Zhu understood that the lunch box actually had no technical content. Only needed to know how to burn the porcelain and they could make it at a glance. It was just a matter of skill level.

"Then what do you plan to do?" She threw the question to the other party.

Mrs. Cui was embarrassed to say.

Wang De blushed from holding back. Suddenly he spoke out, "If you agree, I can give you money, and then I will sell the lunch boxes. If you don't agree, I won't make it! "After speaking, he squatted there. No matter how Mrs. Cui kicked him, he didn't look up.

Jiang Yun Zhu felt that he was really a good person in this world where there was no copyright protection at all.

In fact, she knew that even if Wang De didn't make it, someone else would.

It just so happened that she was short of money to buy a donkey.

Thinking of this, she smiled.

After talking with Wang De for a while, the two agreed that Wang De would give Jiang Yun Zhu three liang silver and he could burn the lunch box to sell. Of course, he couldn't burn Jiang Yun Zhu’s patterned one to others.

Wang De was very happy. He was finally able to continue firing porcelain again. He immediately went to the house and brought out three liang silver for Jiang Yun Zhu.

Mrs. Cui watched from the side, anxious and angry. How long would it take to earn three liang silver? To give it to others just like this?

After Jiang Yun Zhu got the money, she decided to help Wang De more. Anyway, even if he didn't occupy the lunch box market, others will. It was better to let him occupy it.

"There isn't just this kind of lunch box. You can burn the ones with three grids, two grids, or no grids. You can make square or long ones. By the way, you can also add a circle in the middle of the top layer, used to put side dishes or something.

You burn lunch boxes into a series like this. Customers can buy whatever kind they want. Even if someone makes lunch boxes to compete with you for business, they won't be able to beat yours.

Also, you can tell the outside world that Jiang Ji only chooses your family and only get you to make this kind of lunch box. "Jiang Yun Zhu's last sentence carries a lot of weight.

Now that everyone wanted to buy a lunch box, it was because of the lunch box she used. By saying that, she had authenticated Wang De's identity. If everyone wanted to buy a lunch box, of course they should go to Wang De.

It was the same as celebrity endorsement and agency certification.

Wang De was taken aback when he heard that. Even Mrs. Cui froze.

After a while, Wang De said excitedly, "Thank you, thank you, thank you very much!" He already had a premonition that no one else could take away this business. There were many miners in Wuling County. So many people will buy his lunch boxes.

Maybe it can be sold to other counties.

This business will definitely make money.

At this time, Mrs. Cui felt that the three liang silver wasn't spent in vain. Embarrassed, she said to Jiang Yun Zhu, "Thank you, Miss Jiang."

Jiang Yun Zhu didn't need to say the following words, but she did. This goes to show her character.

"Miss Jiang, stay at my house for dinner tonight." This time, she sincerely invited Jiang Yun Zhu.

Jiang Yun Zhu shook her head, she still had things to do.

"I really don't know how to thank you." Wang De rubbed his hands together.

"We will have opportunities to cooperate in the future." Jiang Yun Zhu said.

Wang De nodded his head heavily and decided that he would definitely do his best with all Jiang Yun Zhu's orders in the future.

Jiang Yun Zhu made an appointment with him on the delivery time of these lunch boxes before leaving. She didn't tell Wang De to make a seal like "Jiang Ji" on the lunch box because Wang De made other porcelain with his seal on the bottom.

It seemed that the ancestors of the Wang Family made porcelain with glory.

She ordered another 100 lunch boxes. It was originally 650 wens. Unexpectedly, she made money without spending any money. The point was, with this silver, they can buy a donkey.

Jiang Yun Zhu walked home with ease.

In the capital’s division. Shen Feng Ming came back from the palace. When Yang Sheng heard this news, he immediately jumped out of the room with two panda eyes.

"The case is over. Can we leave the capital?" He asked urgently. In the past few days, he had been running errands day and night and could be called the number one model working official in the whole country.

Shen Feng Ming quietly stared at him.

Yang Sheng stared at him back.

After a while, Yang Sheng lost his energy as if he had been discouraged.

One of them was the commander of the Qilin Guard, and the other was the deputy commander. Could they leave the capital whenever they want? They got to at least report to the emperor, lest the emperor want to find them for business and can't find anyone.

When telling the emperor, there must be a reasonable and legitimate reason.

The two entered the Division in silence.

Both of them didn't like to go home. So they ate at the Division's canteen at noon. The canteen’s supervisor was afraid that when Shen Feng Ming came, everyone would not dare to eat. So they got a private room for the two of them in the canteen.

Today, the two walked inside as usual.

The canteen was originally very lively. Nie Xin was telling his companions how delicious the fish head tofu made at the stall at the foot of the Wuling Mine was. Unfortunately, they weren’t blessed and couldn’t eat it. Then, for proof, he took out a few jars of something.

"Everyone, try it. You will know if we have lied to you." He declared.

At this time, Shen Feng Ming and Yang Sheng came in from the outside. Everyone saw them from a distance and immediately no one spoke. The canteen was silent.

Shen Feng Ming duo got used to it and continued to walk in.

Just halfway there, Yang Sheng raised his nose. What was so fragrant?

Turning his head, he saw a few jars of something on the table next to him. The smell was so fragrant, it seemed a little familiar.

He looked at Nie Xin and squinted his eyes. Oh. "You came back from Lu Prefecture?"

"I'm back. Reporting to Deputy Commander." Nie Xin replied at once.

Yang Sheng looked at the jars of things.

Nie Xin hurriedly said, "Do Deputy Commander want to try the things I brought back?" As he spoke, he handed a jar to Yang Sheng.

Yang Sheng picked it up, didn't say anything. Nor did he leave. He just looked at him like that.

Nie Xin was stunned for a moment. Tactfully, he picked up two jars and handed them to Yang Sheng.

Only then did Yang Sheng grin. Taking the jars, he followed Shen Feng Ming into the back room.

After they left, everyone gathered in front of the remaining three jars. Each took a spoon. They couldn't wait to eat the contents of the jars.

Cold-eaten rabbit was flavorful, crispy and chewy. Perfectly spicy and delicious. Stewed thin beef slices. The slices were thin to the point of transparent. In one bit, it was spicy and crispy.

There was also a jar of spicy beef sauce, which was supposed to be served with rice. In the end, it was snatched empty by everyone.

After eating, they all looked at Nie Xin at the same time. Was there anything else? Take it all out before everyone start searching!

Nie Xin duo shivered. There was really none. At the beginning, they brought back quite a lot. It turned out to be so delicious that the two of them almost finished eating it on the way. These few jars were specially reserved for them. If not, they would have eaten them up long ago.

In the canteen, Yang Sheng and Shen Feng Ming ate until their lips were red. The three jars were originally spicy. But Jiang Yun Zhu added more chili peppers in order to preserve them for two more days. The two of them enjoyed it with relish.

After eating, Yang Sheng felt comfortable all over. He seemed to have strength again. He looked at the half-empty jar, patted the table and said to Shen Feng Ming, "I don't believe it that such a big Lu Prefecture, there’s no case for us to handle it.

I’ll get them to send all the cases in Lu Prefecture and look at them one by one. "

Shen Feng Ming looked at him, but didn't speak.

Not speaking was acquiescing, Yang Sheng smiled.

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