"Shopkeeper Su, I'm just a poor person, and I don't provide good hospitality. Please forgive me."
There were two daughters-in-law who cooked the food, and they had it ready before dark!
Although the sky still showed brightness outside, Ning Pengpeng asked the second, third, fourth and fifth child to take out all the oil lamps in his room and light them in the corners of the living room.
Then he took out the dressing box belonging to the third daughter-in-law and daughter, opened the box, and pointed the bronze mirror at the lit oil lamp so that the light could be reflected in the bronze mirror.
I just added these two bronze mirrors, which made the entire living room brightly illuminated.
Ning Pengpeng was satisfied and asked Shopkeeper Su to sit down for dinner and said politely.
Shopkeeper Su was very curious about the arrangement of the oil lamps and bronze mirrors in the Ning family.
Logically speaking, these few oil lamps alone did not make the room very bright because there were too few, but the refracted light actually increased the brightness of the room several times.
Normally, the lights in Chunfeng Tower are brightly lit every night, but the lamp oil spent is not a small amount.
Although the Ning family is poor, they do know how to think carefully.
"Ms. Ning is so polite. She treated her so generously, but Su is so disrespectful!"
Shopkeeper Su had a high opinion of Mrs. Ning because of the oil lamp incident.
He nodded politely and sat down. When he drank the old hen soup, Shopkeeper Su also nodded secretly.
Although this rural place is simple, the food it prepares is unique. The old hen soup is not greasy at all, the stew is so crispy that it melts in your mouth.
Ning Pengpeng also expressed satisfaction with the craftsmanship of her two daughters-in-law.
"I can just stay next to this shed at night."
Originally, Ning Pengpeng asked the fourth child to clean up the room in the old family's house and let shopkeeper Su live there.
Unexpectedly, he flatly refused and said that he would live in the shed in the backyard.
Ning Pengpeng looked at the twinkling stars in the sky and knew that with this weather, it would probably not rain.
Anyway, it's not cold yet, so even if you sleep outside, nothing will happen.
There was no further persuasion, but the fourth child was asked to get lamp oil and a thin quilt and put them on several stools made up of pieces.
Shopkeeper Su barely slept a wink that night. When it got dark, he couldn't help but open the tile and peek inside.
I saw that the syrup that had been soaked by the yellow mud water now all crystallized and turned into snow-white particles.
Shopkeeper Su reached out and twisted a handful in his hand to examine it carefully. Sure enough, it was exactly the same as the one in the oil paper bag that Ning Pengpeng showed him yesterday. Shopkeeper Su was immediately overjoyed.
It happened that Wang's porridge was ready, so Ning Pengpeng went to the backyard to call out to Shopkeeper Su, but Shopkeeper Su waved her hands and refused. She poured the white sugar she had prepared yesterday into oil paper and wrapped it up, without even eating.
Driving the carriage back to town!
Shopkeeper Su hadn't returned home all night, and the waiters at Chunfeng Tower were still worried.
After all, although shopkeeper Su is not the boss, his family background is not bad.
The two brothers and the old lady who took Shopkeeper Su away yesterday, what if they get interested in getting rich?
Just when they were thinking wildly about whether to report it to the official, shopkeeper Su hurried back.
But he didn't even get off the carriage, and directly called the original horseman to drive to the state capital. He hugged the bag of sugar, and the drawings of the pulping truck and tiles hidden in his arms, and fell asleep.
He had to make up for his sleep before the carriage arrived at the state capital.
Shopkeeper Su's carriage is heading to the state capital, while the manager of the Liu Mansion on the other side of the state capital is leading people to Anzhen.
"Manager Xu, didn't Liu Wangcai say that the sugarcane juice squeezed by his relatives is only suitable for use on the same day? The state capital is so far away from Na'an Town, why do you have to go to the trouble yourself?"
The servant Chen Yi who came out with Steward Xu flattered Steward Xu all the way.
However, this road is quite far. Although there is a carriage, the bumpy road is really painful.
Manager Xu shouted to stop the carriage, climbed out of the carriage with his back supported, and replied angrily.
"The eldest son and Butler Liu have always been a little worried, so naturally they had to send me and other confidants to see it with our own eyes before they gave up.
However, this road is really rugged. How could those mud-legged people from the countryside have such smart heads? I think the eldest son and Butler Liu are worrying too much!
That’s why I asked you to drive slowly, so as not to have nothing to do but lose your life on the road."
Originally, it was more than 400 miles from the state capital to Anzhen. If the carriage traveled all night, it would take at least four days to get there.
Now, Manager Xu is forced to walk twenty or thirty miles every day. Even so, Manager Xu still feels that his waist is about to break.
It's been seven days since we set off with this stop and go, but we haven't reached Na'an Town yet.
At this speed, Chen Yi estimated that it would take another four or five days to reach Anzhen.
"Steward Xu is still kind and considerate of us servants. However, the road here is quite remote. How about we hurry forward and see if there is anyone who can give Steward Xu a sip of hot soup?"
This Guanshi Xu was originally the elder brother of the eldest son and was favored as a concubine. Because of his sister's relationship, he was appointed as a steward in the Liu Mansion.
However, Butler Xu and Butler Liu have never dealt with him.
Just because Butler Liu considers himself a son of the Liu family, and only recognizes the eldest son and the eldest mistress, he has no regard for concubines and the like, let alone someone like Manager Xu who relies on nepotism to work in the Liu family.
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This time, the eldest son sent people to Anzhen, which is so far away, to inquire, because Butler Liu suggested it in the eldest son's ears.
Manager Xu hated this so much, but had no way to refuse, so he could only make this trip full of displeasure.
After hearing Chen Yi's words, Manager Xu touched his stomach and swallowed.
Although there were stops and starts, all I ate along the way was dry food and cold water, and the few pieces of dried meat I brought from the state capital had long been finished!
Now that Chen Yi said this, Manager Xu was really moved.
Compared with the discomfort of being jolted, it is more attractive to have a hot bite early.
Manager Xu nodded, held Chen Yi's arm, and was about to climb into the carriage.
They saw a carriage on the opposite side, roaring like lightning, and whizzing away next to their carriage.
Not only did it frighten Manager Xu, but the carriage moved too fast, blowing sand all over his face.
Manager Xu was so angry that he spat several times, then wiped his face with his sleeves and cursed angrily.
"Which bastard is driving like this, so anxious to reincarnate?"
Shopkeeper Su, who was sleeping soundly in the carriage, felt something blowing by his ears, turned over, and fell asleep again.
Manager Xu cursed and got on the carriage angrily, asking Chen Yi to rush to the next place with a village and have a good meal first.