flstandardbreds Chapter 285 What a coincidence
Chapter 285 What a coincidence
"Miss, what do you want to talk to me about? Come over here with me." Shopkeeper Yang walked out from behind the bookshelf, looked at Xu Yuan, and led Xu Yuan to the reception room on the second floor.
I was feeling a little bit expectant. The last girl who came to me like this had already made the store's business booming. I wondered if this would be another one that would bring in fortune.
With a smile on his face, he invited Xu Yuan to sit down, "Miss, please sit down for a moment. I'll go get you a glass of water."
Xu Yuan was very satisfied with this way of hospitality and would not look down on or neglect her just because she was a girl.
After waiting for a while, Shopkeeper Yang brought a pot of tea, turned over the upside-down teacup on the table, added tea into it, and placed it in front of Xuyuan.
Then sit down opposite Xuyuan.
"Boss, I won't say a lot to you." Xu Yuan picked up the teacup, blew away the hot steam, took a sip of tea, and put it down.
He took off the cloth bag on his back, took out a small wooden box, and moved it in front of Shopkeeper Yang. "This is what I want to talk to you about. Take a look first."
Shopkeeper Yang took it and opened the wooden box. Then his pupils trembled and his lips trembled slightly, "Girl, this..."
Isn’t this the playing card that everyone was talking about in the market some time ago?
Shopkeeper Yang closed the wooden box, looked at Xu Yuan with a happy face, and said, "I wonder how the young lady would like to cooperate?"
"Boss, please look at this." Xu Yuan took out a note he had written in advance from his cloth bag and handed it to Boss Yang.
Shopkeeper Yang took it and examined it carefully.
Although he appeared calm on the surface, he was laughing out loud inside.
He is a very rich man, we must not offend him.
After all, people who have played the game a few times try to remember the patterns of the playing cards, but after playing the game, they have no memory of them at all.
Those who wanted to seize the market first failed to make any splash and ended up in nothing.
"My last name is Yang Dawei. May I ask what is your last name, young lady?" Shopkeeper Yang spread the paper on the table and looked at Xu Yuan.
"Make a wish."
"Hmm? Girl, your name is Xuyuan!"
Yang Dawei was a little surprised to hear this familiar name, and asked quickly, "Miss, are you acquainted with Miss Ye?"
Make a wish and nod.
Yang Dawei was even happier now, "That's really a coincidence."
"Miss Xu, I accept your cooperation. I will also add a few benefits. I hope that if you have any innovations in the future, you can tell us about them. I am very grateful. Thank you very much."
"Okay, okay." Xu Yuan picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, picked up the cup and took a sip.
"Miss Xu, I will write the contract right away, and we will have a pleasant cooperation."
When Xu Yuan walked out of the bookstore, he already had the contract and a storybook in his arms, and sat back on the ox cart with satisfaction.
I drove the ox cart to the grocery store and bought some daily necessities.
Then he went to the butcher's shop and bought some fat meat. When he had bought all the things that were missing at home, the cart was already full of big and small bags, and he walked towards Gu Qinghan's house.
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Hsinchu Village
When Xu Yuan returned home, the gate was not locked and no one was at home.
The shelves in the yard were filled with bamboo sieves, on which were placed bamboo shoots and some wild ferns that had been dug from the mountains a few days ago.
First, I stopped the cart and tied Dahua under a tree. Then I went to the cowshed to take a look at the piglet. It was still lying down and sleeping as usual.
After putting the things in the car in place one by one, I washed the piece of pork sent by Li Junyong and the fat pork I bought by the small pond formed by the waterfall.
Although it rained yesterday, the water in the pond recovered quickly and is not very turbid, so at least it is safe to wash in.
The surrounding mud has been filled with stone slabs by Xuyuan. The natural storage space under the waterfall has also allowed Xuyuan to build a bamboo box with a lid using bamboo strips for storing things.
Wash the meat quickly, cut a small piece of the pork, and put the rest into a bamboo box and press it down with a stone.
I returned to the kitchen, cut the fat pork, lit a fire on the stove, poured the fat into the pot, and simmered it on low heat.
While the oil was boiling, Xu Yuan went to the vegetable garden. From the chicken coop not far away came the clucking sound of hens, probably because they were about to lay eggs.
Yesterday's rain washed away some of the mud on the edge of the field, and the water in the pond became a little turbid. Some of the seedlings were knocked down by the rain, and some of their roots have turned out. I wish to fill them up one by one.
At present, the vegetable garden is planted with Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, bitter melon, sweet potato seedlings, some wild onions, ginger, and beans and cucumber seeds. I plan to wait until mid-to-late April to do anything else.
He cleared the accumulated water on the earthen ridge, sorted out the loose mud, rubbed the mud off the soles of his shoes, and then went into the kitchen.
It was almost noon.
It is still cloudy today, there is no rain, no breeze, and the air is very stuffy.
I used a wooden spatula to stir the cooking fat in the pot. A lot of oil had already been fried out and the meat had become dry. It was time to shovel it out.
"Sister, I'm back!"
Xu Zhi pushed open the half-open courtyard door and walked in carrying a backpack.
Xu Yuan said, "Hmm," Xiaozhi, do you want some oil residue? It's just out of the pot."
"Okay, by the way, sister, today I found another edible wild vegetable in the ditch with my aunt in the village. My aunt said it's called watercress."
Watercress? It seems to be also called watercress.
Xu Yuan looked at the wild vegetables in the basket, and a reminder sound rang in his mind, indicating that he had earned fifty points for free.
"Well, there is some lard residue, we can stir-fry it together."
"Xiaozhi, wash some of it and I'll fry it."
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"Xiaoduo, slow down and don't get your trouser legs wet, otherwise you will get scolded when you go back." Guozi rolled up his trouser legs to his knees and warned Xiaoduo who was standing in the ditch.
"Brother, there are still a lot here, let's pick them quickly. Don't worry, my trouser legs are rolled up."
Many of them stood in the ditch, bent over, pinching the wild celery in the ditch with their little hands, breaking them one by one, listening to the crisp sound, they were so happy.
"That's enough. We can't eat so much if we take it back. We'll come back tomorrow to get more." Guozi put the wild celery in his hand on the shore and pulled up a lot of it.
"Brother, do you think these wild celery can be made into sauerkraut?" Guozi looked at the wild celery growing lushly by the ditch. It would be such a big patch if it grew too old. He really wanted to pick all of it and take it home.
"How should I know? Ask my elder sister."
"Let's go, let's go back first."
The two little kids put on straw sandals and walked home with wild celery in their hands.
On the way, I met several children who were going home, each holding wild celery in their hands, and they all smiled at each other.
The water in the ditch was not deep, just up to the feet of many children, and there was nothing dangerous nearby, so the adults in the village were very confident that their children could play in the water by the ditch, as long as they paid attention to safety.