Mu Siyu had just eaten two pies, her empty stomach was comforted, she patted the sesame seeds on her hands and walked out.
"Aunt Yao."
Mu Siyu looked at Yao in confusion.
Yao said with a smile: "I've exhausted you today. This is a little thought from our family. Don't take it too little!"
The sun went down and the golden light shone down, making even the copper coins that Yao handed over turn golden.
"No, we are not outsiders. What does it mean to do a small favor to each other? How can we collect your money?"
Mu Siyu declined.
Mrs. Yao grabbed her hand and held on: "If you do this, I will be embarrassed to ask you for help in the future. Besides, it's not much. If I hire a master chef to cook, it will cost at least a hundred big bucks!"
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"That's different." Mu Siyu still refused.
"Take it. If you don't, I'll be angry." Yao said, "It's a bit embarrassing that this happened today."
"Aunt Yao, are you talking about the bride?" Mu Siyu said: "Let me tell my truth, the bride is right, she is the most hurt by this kind of thing. You can't be stupid and look down on her with outsiders.
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"I held the wedding banquet properly, but if I make such a fuss, I will lose all my face." Yao frowned.
"Face is given by oneself, not by others. The bride is a flower in Zhangjiacun, and of course there are many people who miss her. As the saying goes, a girl from a family can beg from hundreds of families. If the bride doesn't choose one from other families, she will choose one from the big one.
Brother Zhu, this shows that Brother Dazhu is worthy of being entrusted with him for life. The bride is discerning, and Brother Dazhu is also capable of marrying such a good wife. If others talk nonsense, just ask him if he has not married such a good wife.
Sour bubbles?”
"Haha, your mouth is so unforgiving."
The gloominess on Yao's face disappeared a little.
Mu Siyu just saw that Yao was not a mother-in-law who couldn't handle things, so she helped to persuade her. Originally, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law needs to be maintained, and a good marriage cannot be ruined because of that kind of rubbish.
"For the sake of Zhu Zhu's wife, you should collect this money. Okay, that's it, take it."
Mr. Yao forced twenty coins into her hand.
Mu Siyu had no choice but to accept her after seeing her stuff her money and leave.
The next day, Mu Siyu called Mrs. Tong over to help make tofu.
That’s right!
Mu Siyu plans to make tofu by herself, so that not only can some of it be left for dried tofu, but also the tofu skin and the like.
As for the braised pork, she certainly didn't forget it. She bought a lot of ingredients when she came back yesterday and braised it directly today.
"How did this Mu Siyu become so capable all of a sudden? With this smell, how are you going to eat the wild vegetable steamed buns for lunch today?"
"Let's go, let's go! With the way their family eats, I'm afraid they won't be able to pay off their debts in this life. Lu Yi is really unlucky for eight lifetimes to marry such a wife."
"A prodigal is a true prodigal, but his craftsmanship is also really good. Didn't you also eat a mouth full of oil at yesterday's wedding banquet? Then you started grabbing it like a starving ghost reincarnated."
The villagers passing by the door stopped to complain, said a few words, and walked away with envy and jealousy.
"Mom, the delivery will be delivered to the city tomorrow, can I go?" Lu Zhiyun looked at Mu Siyu expectantly.
Mu Siyu responded while busy with her work: "Okay! It's boring to stay here all day long. What's wrong with going out for some fresh air?"
"That's great." Lu Zhiyun hugged Mu Siyu's arm.
"Don't move, don't move, mother is busy! Be careful of oily soup splashing on you."
Lu Zhiyun let go of Mu Siyu's arm.
Lu Shaoyu hesitated for a long time and said, "I'm going to take care of my little sister."
"Okay. I will be too busy by then and I won't be able to see anyone by myself. It's up to you to help take care of my little sister." Mu Siyu followed his words and said.
During dinner, Mu Siyu called Tong and Mu Zhenghan over for dinner, and by the way mentioned that they were going to the city the next day.
Envy flashed in Mu Zhenghan's eyes: "Then I'll fetch the water from home, and then pick up the firewood."
"Do you want to go with us?" Mu Siyu asked.
She did not ignore the flash of envy in Mu Zhenghan's eyes.
"Is that okay?" Mu Zhenghan was surprised.
But he thought of something and shook his head: "No, no, I help my sister with some housework at home."
"We'll do it when we come back. It won't be too late. Shaoyu and Yun'er are too young. You can help me take care of them tomorrow. There are many bad people in the city. If I don't pay attention for a moment, I will be kidnapped.
It's possible. Ask Shaoyu, did you encounter something dangerous last time?"
Mu Zhenghan looked at Lu Shaoyu.
The latter nodded with a straight face: "Yes."
"What happened last time?" Ms. Tong asked. "Can Han'er do it alone? Do you want my mother to come with me and take a look?"
"Then let's all go!" Mu Siyu said, "It's okay if more than one person takes care of you."
We made seven kilograms of dried tofu, one kilogram of tofu skin, and ten kilograms of braised pork offal. Carrying these things on our backs, the family set out early.
Today is not a market day, so I didn't meet many people on the road.
Tong looked at the scenery around her and tried to find similarities in her memory.
After being married for so many years, I only had two opportunities to go to the city, and that was when I was asked to deliver something to Mu Zhengyi, who was studying in the academy.
"Are you tired? How about we take a rest?" Mu Siyu asked.
Mrs. Tong was not tired, the world outside was so vast, she felt so relaxed for the first time, as if the darkness of these years had been dispelled.
However, seeing how Mu Siyu was out of breath after saying a word, she still said cooperatively: "I'm a little tired."
"Then let's take a rest."
"Is the city fun?" Mu Zhenghan asked Lu Shaoyu.
"Today is not a market day, there are not many people." Lu Shaoyu was still very polite to this young uncle.
"Oh." Mu Zhenghan was a little disappointed.
After another half an hour, we finally saw the city gate.
"Entry tax." The soldiers stopped them.
"There was no city entry tax before." Mu Siyu felt strange.
"It didn't happen before, but now it does. According to the law I just received yesterday, everyone who enters the city now has to pay a city tax of one penny. But you have three children here, so you only charge two adults' city tax."
Mu Siyu paid the price honestly.
Mrs. Tong said distressedly: "If I had known I wouldn't have come. This costs a penny!"
"A penny is not much. You came to the city to help me take care of the children. What if they run around? This money should be spent." Mu Siyu did ideological work for Tong.
However, with the sudden increase in taxes, it seems that this ancient time and space was not as peaceful as imagined.
Jiang's Restaurant. The shopkeeper saw Mu Siyu coming in and greeted him with a smile: "Madam, you are on time. Are there braised pork today?"
He is more interested in braised pork than dried tofu. No matter how delicious the dried tofu is, it is just an ordinary vegetarian dish and not worth much. Braised pork is the profitable business.
