Chapter 103: Zhong Cuilan
Chapter 103 Zhong Cuilan
"The daughter of a scholar named Zhong?" Mrs. Zou frowned and said dissatisfied: "Didn't you find some daughters from poor families? Why did you find the daughter of a scholar? They have to sign a deed of sale when they enter the house. Scholars But someone with a good reputation, who is considered a scholar, can allow his daughter to enter the mansion and be a maid?"
She is still the maid serving the master.
"Madam, please don't worry. That girl is not Zhong Xiucai's biological child, but an adopted daughter picked up on the road." Grandma Hong explained with a smile: "Zhong Xiucai's family fled from famine. His family liked it, so in order not to embarrass Zhong Xiucai, the girl sold herself and came to our house to be a maid."
Actually, Grandma Hong hid some things.
Zhong Cuilan was not clear with Zhong Xiucai's second son. The second son's daughter-in-law found out and threatened to drive Zhong Cuilan out. Zhong Cuilan had no choice but to sell herself into slavery.
Mrs. Zou felt relieved after hearing this: "That's good. Remember, they have to be willing to sell themselves, but they can't be forced to do so, so as not to bring trouble to us."
"Don't worry, Madam, I'll save you." Grandma Hong responded, and the next day she brought the eight girls into the Zou Mansion, divided them into the study and the main room, and served Zou County Cheng.
And the Zhong Cuilan they were talking about was Ma Cuilan on the way to escape.
Ma Cuilan originally wanted to use Zhong Xiucai's name to find a good family to marry. But when she came to Tianfu County, she realized that Zhong Xiucai was nothing at all. Although they had the reputation of being a scholar, they fled from famine and were still looked down upon by the locals. Those who could get married were farmers with slightly better conditions. .
Ma Cuilan knew how hard it was to farm, and she would never dig food in the soil again until she died, so she heard that Grandma Hong was looking for someone to join the county government, so she sold herself as a maid.
She has heard that many aunts start out as maids, and her goal is to become a aunt.
Once she becomes an aunt, a member of the official's family, the master of the house, a superior person, able to trample all the farmers who are digging in the fields under their feet, no one will dare to look down on her anymore.
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The Luotian family of Qin Gu did not know that Ma Cuilan had changed her name to Zhong Cuilan and had joined the Zou Mansion as a maid.
They are busy setting up stalls to make money.
After Jiang Xianwei arrested Lu Laosan, their tofu stall became even more famous. Business was as good as on the Lantern Festival. Mrs. Chen was so busy that she and Mrs. Yan were frying tofu and bean dregs cakes together.
Seeing that they were too busy, Gu Jinli and Qin Sanlang went to Xuanhufang to borrow a clay stove and fry tofu in an iron pot.
"Your six portions of fried five-spice tofu and ten golden bean cakes, please take them." Gu Dagui wrapped the fried five-spice tofu and bean dregs cakes in yellow paper and handed them to the guests.
“Boss, here are three portions of fried five-spice tofu and six golden bean cakes.” Just after seeing off a customer, a new customer came to buy tofu and bean cakes.
“Hey, just wait, I’ll do it for you right away.”
“Boss, please bring thirty kilograms of white tofu and sixty packets of seasonings.” Three customers stood in front of their stall, carrying baskets.
These three guests are farmers from the countryside who come to the town for the market. It is not easy for them to come to the town, so they buy a lot every time.
When the third grandfather heard this, he said to them: "The tofu can be stored for up to five days. You must finish it within five days, otherwise it will spoil."
It’s the fifth day of February now. Although it’s still very cold, no matter how cold it is, this stuff can’t be kept for too long, so whenever a customer buys too much white tofu, they will remind them. "Don't worry, old man, we bought it for the people in the village. After we finish it, there won't be enough to eat." Whether it's fried or stewed, as long as you add some seasonings to the Gu family's tofu, it will be delicious. Everyone is very happy. Love to eat. Moreover, they are the only one selling it in the town. If they arrive late, they won’t be able to buy it, so every time someone from the village comes to the town, they buy tens of kilograms.
After hearing this, Third Grandpa smiled and asked Qin Sanlang to get them tofu.
Qin Sanlang brought them thirty kilograms of white tofu and sixty packets of seasonings. He collected 450 cash and gave them to Third Grandpa.
Mr. Chen was very happy when she saw that she had made such a large sum of money. She fried tofu and bean dregs cakes faster and was full of energy.
After a while, another customer carrying a load came to the stall and shouted: "Boss, give us twenty kilograms of white tofu and twenty packets of seasonings."
Qin Sanlang went to carry tofu for them again. The customer who was buying pan-fried five-spice tofu saw it and said quickly: "Brother, you can't sell all the white tofu. If the white tofu is sold out, let's go there and buy pan-fried five-spice tofu." Tofu?"
Pan-fried five-spice tofu is made from white tofu. If the white tofu is sold out, the pan-fried five-spice tofu will no longer be sold.
“No, give me six more pan-fried five-spice tofu and ten golden bean cakes.”
“I’ll also add three more pan-fried five-spice tofu.”
“I’ll add six more golden bean cakes.”
The customers who were waiting all said that they were afraid that they might not be able to buy it if they were too late.
“Hey, here it comes, here it comes, I’m doing it for you.” Mrs. Chen was so happy that her whole body almost floated up. This business was so good that she could wake up laughing even in her dreams.
Gu Jinli and the others worked hard for an hour and sold out all the tofu and bean dreg cakes before noon. Those customers who had not bought any were very sorry and complained to them: "Gu family, why don't you prepare more tofu? We here Didn’t buy any.”
With a smile on her face, Mrs. Chen gnawed on the bean dregs cake and replied: "Don't worry, we will prepare more tofu tomorrow and make sure that everyone can buy it."
A middle-aged woman carrying a vegetable basket gave Mrs. Chen a dissatisfied look: "You said the same thing last time, but what happened? Didn't my family buy anything today? No, you can leave six portions of pan-fried five-spice tofu for my family tomorrow, plus Ten golden bean cakes, my children love to eat those golden bean cakes."
Golden bean cakes sell better than tofu. Many times the tofu is still available, but the golden bean cakes are sold out.
Chen said: "Okay, okay, sister-in-law Xu, don't worry, I will definitely leave it for you tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, other customers who had not bought anything began to make reservations one by one. One family asked to reserve a few portions of fried five-spice tofu, and another family asked to reserve a few golden bean cakes. In a short time, dozens of portions of pan-fried five-spice tofu were ordered, amounting to hundreds. A bean dregs cake.
After dealing with the scheduled wave of customers, they packed up their things and stored them in Xuanhufang. Then they rushed to the grocery store and bought two kilograms of wine, two bags of malt candies and some groceries. They then went to the grain store and bought five kilograms of white rice and I bought white noodles, and went to the meat stall to buy a few kilograms of meat, eggs, live chickens, and some cabbage and radishes, and then I hurried back to Dafeng Village.
They bought these things because Shang Xiucai sent a greeting note to their family, saying that he would bring his wife and daughter to visit the Gu family tomorrow.
Shang Xiucai did it very formally, and they did not dare to neglect it, so they bought things and prepared a banquet tomorrow to entertain Shang Xiucai and his family.
(End of this chapter)
