After servicing Zheng Peng, Lu Shu asked while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks: "Young master, will we still go to the stall tomorrow?" ”

"What do you say?"

"Go!" Lu Shu said with certainty.

In addition to half a basket of melons and fruits, there is only 52 yuan, which can not do anything, and the two people who have no source of income are almost stopped, and Lu Shu still understands the truth of accumulating grain to prevent hunger.

Only when you have been hungry can you experience the sweetness of food and the happiness of food and clothing.

Zheng Peng smiled: "That's okay, just don't be tired." ”

"The young master is not tired, and Lushu is not tired."

For three days in a row, Zheng Peng and Lu Shu went to set up stalls early, and then returned to the city before closing the city gate, with the previous experience, the business was not bad, and the money in his hand was saved to more than 300 Wen, with money, Zheng Peng bought a new quilt for Lu Shu.

It's not that Lu Shu has an opinion, but Zheng Peng is afraid that he won't be able to hold it back, and one day he will become a "beast".

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Lu Shu prepared dry food and water, and while waiting for Zheng Peng to get up, she packed up her things and prepared to set up a stall outside the city.

"Lushu, don't clean up, don't set up a stall today." Zheng Peng got up, saw Lu Shu who was ready, and said in an astonishing voice.

"Ah, not going? Young master, aren't we going to make money?" Lu Shu said with some surprise.

Well done, why don't you go?

Zheng Peng shook his head and said: "This way the money is too slow, maliciously reduce the price and rob other people's jobs, it is easy to attract resentment, besides, I found that the business is getting worse and worse, now there are not many letters, and there are few people who are willing to spend money in this area, and the pen, ink and paper we picked up are almost used up, it is estimated that it will be difficult to go to Guo's Academy to pick it up again, it's time to change the way to make money." ”

Setting up a stall is just an expedient measure, and it is a small amount of money to talk about it every day, and it is not a problem to continue to make a living, but it is difficult to make a profit.

It's a bit like a boiled frog in warm water, once the aggressiveness and ambition are exhausted in front of the ordinary life, you can only be a person who revolves around firewood, rice, oil and salt in the future, Zheng Peng II is a person, the previous life was too ordinary and ordinary, and I don't want to live a nest in this life.

Zheng Peng's words were like a basin of cold water, which suddenly extinguished Lu Shu's enthusiasm to go to the word stall, and said in a tangled voice: "What the young master said is that you are a person who does great things, and you can't stay in a small word stall all the time?"

After speaking, he comforted himself and said: "That's okay, yesterday I saw the person who usually sets up a stall in the City God Temple to go to the post pavilion, his eyes are a little gloomy, if he finds someone to make trouble, it will be bad." ”

I don't know why, Lu Shu suddenly had an idea in her heart: if she accompanied the young master to set up a stall every day, go out early and return late together, and talk and laugh for a lifetime, it would be a good thing, but it's a pity.....

Zheng Peng patted the clothes on his body and waved his big hand: "It makes sense, let's not set up a small character stall, my son doesn't believe it, such a big Guixiang County, see if you can find a business opportunity to make a lot of money." ”

Stepping on the familiar and unfamiliar Yuancheng County again, unlike last time, I came here three days ago to fill my stomach, and many places were not seen clearly, and now I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I can observe slowly.

From the planning point of view, the county seat of Guixiang is converted into a unit of later generations, with an area of about 2.25 square kilometers, which is not a big city in ancient times, with the county government as the central axis, the county seat is divided into four parts, there are no scientific rules in the small county town, a shop in the east and a house in the west, it seems to be chaotic, but in fact it is chaotic and orderly: the rich live in the west of the city, the powerful squires like to live in the east of the city, the south of the city is a market, and all kinds of processing workshops, and most of the people living in the north of the city are poor.

The three most famous buildings in Guixiang County are the county government, Guo's Academy and Guo's old residence, and the latter two buildings are related to the late Guo Yuanzhen, the secretary of the military department, which, in Zheng Peng's view, belongs to the celebrity effect.

The county seat is not big, there are two lively streets, one is the front street in front of the county government, the people can go shopping when they go to the county government to go through various procedures, there are many shops here, there are many goods, it is the most lively street in Guixiang County; The other is Silk Street.

Silk Street is located on the bank of the Xiushui River, by the mountains and rivers, the scenery is picturesque, there are the best restaurants and the most famous green buildings in Guixiang County, it is the place where the literati and scholars of Guixiang County like to patronize the most, whenever the lanterns are on, the lights of the tavern on the shore, the lights of the green building and the lights of the painting boat on the river complement each other, as if composing the glory of the Tang Dynasty.

Zheng Peng took Lu Shu, walked from the east of the city to the west of the city, walked from Fuqian Street to Xiushui Street, observed the business of the hawkers on Fuqian Street, and also went to Guo's Academy to explore whether there were any business opportunities, but after wandering around for a long time, he did not find a suitable project.

There is no way, there are few people, and it is difficult to do anything.

Seeing that Lu Shu was so tired that her face was sweaty, and the hair on her forehead was wet, Zheng Peng beckoned Lu Shu to sit on a stone on the side of the road: "Lu Shu, come, take a rest first." ”

"Young master, aren't we looking for it?" Lu Shu took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the sweat beads on Zheng Peng's face.

In her heart, everything is the priority of the young master.

"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, take my time." Zheng Peng cheered.

The capital is too small, I can't stand the toss, I have to be cautious in what I do, anyway, there is a lot of food at home, and there are still a few hundred Wen on my body, Zheng Peng has planned it, but I can't find it, so I go back to the stall to save some money and come again.

Lu Shu responded with an "oh", and after wiping off the sweat beads for Zheng Peng, he sat down next to him.

The two sat on the stone pier on the side of the road, and soon after they sat down, Zheng Peng's nose moved, and he frowned and said, "What smell, what's weird?"

"Young master, the market is nearby, and there are not only all kinds of groceries in it, but also a livestock market, so it tastes a little strange."

So that's the case, no wonder it tastes so bad.

"Whoa..."

Suddenly, there was a scream of a pig, and someone was killing a pig.

"It's noon, why do you kill pigs at this time?" Zheng Peng said with some curiosity.

Lu Shu explained: "It's not strange, young master, I guess someone invited someone to a banquet at night." ”

"Anyway, it's okay, let's take a look at the excitement and get a few catties of fresh pork to go home and fast." Zheng Peng stood up and said with some interest.

Datang's pigs are definitely natural green pigs with no additives, and the taste is definitely better than that of feed pigs in later generations.

Lu Shu didn't raise her eyelids, and said with some interest: "It's dirty, it's nothing to look at, and besides, it's cheap meat, what's so delicious." ”

Cheap meat?

Zheng Peng then woke up, this is the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty people like to eat sheep, the image of pigs is not good, the captive ones sleep on their own feces, and the free-range ones like to roll in muddy water, everyone thinks it is a cheap thing, the meat of pigs is called cheap meat, people with a bit of identity eat mutton, chicken, fish, only the poor people will eat pork, that is, the emperor rewards the courtiers with meat, and it is also a reward for sheep.

Many people think that it is difficult to get rich and rich after eating cheap meat and getting cheap.

Although Lu Shu has been wandering since she was a child and often has no food, she doesn't like to eat pork either, and her brows furrowed when she heard it.

This is not disgust, but a social ideology that goes deep into the bones.

Zheng Peng smiled, took the lead and walked forward, saying as he walked: "Anyway, it's boring, and you won't suffer a loss by looking at it." ”

Seeing Zheng Peng leaving, Lu Shu had no choice but to follow with a small mouth.

The place where the pig was killed was next to the market, and when Zheng Peng arrived, the butcher who killed the pig was instructing a few apprentices to pour hot water and shave the pig.

At this time, it was the turn of the butcher with a big waist to go out of the horse, and with the help of a few apprentices, I saw that he was very quick to disembowel the pig and remove the organs, digging and scraping, just a moment of effort, a whole pig went into the water and picked it off, and the action was like flowing water.

Just when Zheng Peng thought that he was going to hand it over to the apprentice to deal with, he didn't expect the butcher to throw it casually, throw it on the grass next to him, and then continue to process the meat, and he didn't even look at the pig in the water.

Not only did the butcher not look at it, but also the apprentices and onlookers, and no one paid attention to the pig thrown on the ground, which felt like the pig should have been thrown on the ground.

"No, such a good pig went into the water, and it was thrown away like this?" Zheng Peng said with some surprise.

Lu Shu said as a matter of course: "If you don't throw it away, you don't want to eat cheap meat, let alone go into the water." After speaking, he pulled Zheng Peng's sleeve and said, "Young master, it stinks too much here, the clothes stink, let's go." ”

Nobody wants it?

Zheng Peng froze for a moment, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and his eyes lit up suddenly.