On July 22, just after the hour, the southeast corner of Qianmen Street began to sound the sound of crackling firecrackers. Amid the sound of firecrackers, several guys carried plaques and hung signs.

The guys in the surrounding shops all went to the street to see the excitement. It was a gilded sign on a black background, with three large characters on it: "Daoxiang Village".

I didn't understand this, so I asked the person next to me, "What kind of deal is this?" The pavement is magnificent! ”

The person next to him replied with a smile: "Dumpling shop, this unpleasant smell has spread to the street!" ”

The person who asked just now couldn't help smacking his tongue and said: "Isn't this a panic because the money is burned, there are also shops on the street that buy dumplings, and this small profit is tossed out of such a big store, isn't it just waiting for compensation." ”

Another person said: "That's not necessarily, I saw their house on the goods a few days ago, so I'm really not afraid of being expensive." Miyun's jujubes, Fangshan's walnuts, Taiwan's cane sugar, and Yunnan's osmanthus are all first-class good things. There are also truckloads of white sugar and tanks of sesame oil. Whose dumpling shop can make such a big noise? ”

"Hey, I'll have to go in and take a good look at that moment, my wife loves to eat dumplings the most. Ordinary shops, it's too hard to buy back, the old people are old, and their teeth are not good. This big sugar and big oil is designated to be soft. The questioner nodded.

Another person said: "It's right to buy it, I heard that this owner is from the palace or the earl's house, not only there are dumplings, but also pickles and braised pork that are eaten together by young and old." See? Just rushed to the shop, and it was cleaner than other houses. ”

The shop here is Chu Yu's dowry, and the store is not so big. Because of the large number of guild halls in front of them, whether they are from the south, or officials and businessmen, most of them live in this area.

Therefore, after Han Jiang's discussion with Cao Fang, he bought a shop next to the shop, opened it up twice, and made a big store.

Today, it is the opening of Daoxiang Village.

This signboard looks inconspicuous, but it is written by the sixteenth elder brother. It was written by Cao Hao in April before he followed the Hu, on the sixteenth elder brother of the central government.

Not only the front door, but also outside the Chongwen Gate and Xuanwu Gate in the outer city, there is also a shop open at the same time.

Those two places are also places where guild halls gather, and there are more than 500 guild halls and hundreds of teahouses and restaurants in these three places in the outer city.

In addition to these three places in the outer city, the three places of Gulou Street, East Fourth Archway, and West Fourth Archway in the inner city also have a Daoxiang Village that is open at the same time.

When Cao Hao thought about this business, he didn't think about doing just one. In addition, it is enough to find a master in Guangdong and Suzhou, so six shops were ordered at the beginning.

Three of them are Chu Yu's dowry, and the other three shops are looking for a lively area and bought again.

From cleaning up the shop to inviting the master, to importing raw materials, and studying the appearance of gluttony, most of the half year has passed, and it has finally come to the time of opening.

After all, Cao Fu is not a businessman, and it is not good to treat him with this fanfare. Therefore, although there are 180 strings of firecrackers in each shop, there is no Zhang Luo in the house.

It's just that relatives and friends have to say hello somewhat. Therefore, Cao Hao asked the shop to carefully prepare more than 100 boxes of dumplings, and sent a copy to everyone who knew each other, which was considered to be a taste for everyone.

* Chaoyangmen Inner South Street Dafangjia Hutong, Shilang Mansion.

Cao Fu sent someone to send four boxes of dumplings, and Wu Yashi looked at the exquisiteness, so he left two boxes for gifts. The remaining two boxes, one box was kept for her husband to try, and the other box was held by the maid and sent to the girl's room in person.

Ruhui was embroidering a purse on the kang, and when she saw her mother coming, she put down the needle and thread and came down to the kang.

Wu Yashi stepped forward and sat on the edge of the kang, looking at the girl's work, but her face was a little strange.

The simplest pattern has been chosen, "continuous wealth", to put it bluntly, it is a peony flower. Ruhui moved the needlework, and it has been three or five days, but it is only two peony petals.

The blue background is pink, which should be carmine, jujube red, garnet red, pink, and pink from the inside out, so that it is deep to shallow. Ruhui's work is mixed together, looking messy.

Ruhui saw her mother's expression like this, and said: "E-niang doesn't know, her daughter has always been impatient with this. ”

Wu Yashi sighed and said, "In this way, it's not mine, I have long urged you to do this." Put these down first, start tomorrow, hello embroider a cigarette purse out. No matter if you are impatient or impatient, you must not be so fooled again. ”

When Ruhui heard this, her face immediately turned red, but she shouldn't be, and she shouldn't be. This cigarette purse is different from the purse, according to custom, but it was given to her parents-in-law after her daughter got married.

Thinking of the jade smoking gun in her aunt's room, Ruhui lowered her head, fiddled with her handkerchief and didn't speak.

Wu Yashi felt sorry for the girl, and didn't want to nag her more, so she asked the maid to take the sewing box on the kang table and put the dumplings out.

The room was immediately sweet and fragrant, Ruhui raised her head, but her face was a little more happy, and she stepped forward to grab it with her hands to eat, but was stopped by Wu Yashi.

"Child? I have to keep an eye on it, I wiped my hands first, and no one grabbed it from you. Wu Yashi said with a bit of pampering.

Next to it, there was already a maid who threw a towel and sent it up. Ruhui stuck out her tongue, took it, and wiped her hands.

Here Ruhui had already picked out a piece of dumpling and sent it to her mouth, Wu Yashi saw that her arm was bare, and said, "What about the bracelet, why don't you bring any of them?" ”

"It's weird, I'm tired of doing needlework. E-niang is really, what are you doing when she buys these things, and her daughter doesn't love these. Ruhui wondered.

Wu Yashi said: "You are so old that you usually go to your relatives' houses, and you are not too plain, so you don't have to make people laugh at our shabby." The two pairs of bracelets are all styles from the palace, and Eniang personally went to Ruihezhai to pick them up. I heard that the owner of their house seems to have something to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the jewelry looks like it is all made inside. The pair of coral beaded bracelets cost one hundred and sixty taels of silver, and the pair of red gold bracelets with treasure are cheaper, and they cost one hundred and twenty taels. ”

Ruhui listened, bluffed, and said: "It's so expensive, two hundred and eighty taels, if it is exchanged for gold, it is enough for Eniang to have a golden face." ”

Wu Yashi smiled: "Although it is more expensive, but it is beautiful to wear on my girl's arm, where can the original pattern bracelet be compared?" Speaking of this, I thought of something else, and said: "By the way, don't you think your collar is heavy, don't you like to wear it, Eniang ordered a beaded Ruyi collar for you this time, and it can be sent over at the end of the month, and the style is exquisite." ”

Ruhui is eighteen years old, and she knows everything in her heart. Mother's meaning, she also saw that if nothing else, her life would fall on the cousin of the Cao family.

She took a bite of the dumpling, and what was sweet just now tasted like chewing wax.

Thinking about going to someone else's house to be a daughter-in-law and making rules, Ruhui couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

Wu Yashi sighed and said, "Speaking of which, your aunt's brother Shuo'er looks more sensible, and he is more like an eldest son than Brother Song." It's just that in the end, it's the second son, otherwise E-Niang will be fine to look at him......"

Seeing that her mother became more and more straightforward, Ruhui put down her dumplings and said in a low voice: "What does it have to do with her daughter?" Didn't E-niang say that my aunt's surname was not good, why did she talk about this again? ”

Wu Yashi was choked and speechless, and said with a wrenched face: "The girl's family, what kind of tongue do you learn?" It's just that E-niang complained in private, don't talk about this, carefully let your grandma hear, and just think that I said bad things about your aunt in private......"

*Qianmen Street, as the sky is approaching noon, there are more and more pedestrians coming and going on the street.

At one end of the street, a blue cloth carriage was parked, and a young couple came down hand in hand. The young couple were both dressed in monochrome plain satin clothes, and the man was in his twenties, looking very elegant; The woman looked younger, with a little shyness on her face. The maid who followed looked at the two holding hands, covering their mouths with a handkerchief, and they didn't dare to laugh if they wanted to.

The person who came was Cao Hao and Chu Yu, and with the opening of Daoxiang Village today, Cao Hao pulled Chu Yu out, just to take her to relax. The one who was waiting in the same car was the big girl Xiyun next to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu wore a simple flag gown, and because Cao Hao specially ordered him, he picked a pair of flag shoes with the shortest roots on his feet to wear.

If you just look at the dress, Chu Yu looks at it, she is just the little daughter-in-law of an ordinary rich family, but her appearance and bearing cannot be hidden.

After getting out of the carriage, she refused to leave, stood there, and stared at Cao Hao's hand with a red face.

Cao Hao sighed helplessly, and had to let go of Chu Yu's hand, who made his little daughter-in-law shy. However, if the two of them really walk down the street hand in hand, I am afraid that there will be an old gentleman behind him shaking his head and saying that the world is down.

Chu Yu smiled at this time, afraid that Cao Hao would not be happy, so he took the initiative to ask, "E, where is the shop?" ”

Cao Hao looked at it, but he was not familiar with it. Xiao Man and Zheng Hu followed behind with a few long entourages, and when they saw Cao Hao looking at him, Xiao Man took a step forward, pointed to the place where many people gathered on the corner of the street, and said: "Uncle, there is a shop over there, and the little one who went here to find his father a few days ago!" ”

Although it was nearly late July, it was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, but because it was noon, the weather was still a little hot.

Cao Hao was afraid that Chu Yu would be hot, so he asked in a low voice, "Sunburn?" ”

Chu Yu shook his head with a smile and said, "Xu is staying in the house." I feel comfortable when I take care of my head like this. ”

Cao Hao said: "In the future, when my yamen is free, let's go out and go around, it's boring in the house, it's boring." ”

Chu Yu listened with a smile and didn't say anything. There are a lot of housework, and you have to take care of the children, where is it so good?

Besides, who said that the father-in-law and mother-in-law are not in the capital, but the rules that should be followed still have to be followed, how can a daughter-in-law still think about going out all day long?

Cao Hao is already a good place to think about the four seasons, the eight places in spring, Shichahai in summer, Xiangshan in autumn, and Xiaotangshan in winter.

Now, the deficit is over, and the fourth elder brother is also stammering ambiguously. Cao Hao didn't want to be too tired, and wanted to spend more time with his wife and children.

This month, he thought a lot, the most of which was what he had done all these years.

He was worried all the time, like a little old man, but whether he was born, old, sick or dead, glory and wealth, he could not be the master of anything.

It's just doing his best and obeying the destiny of God.

He was a little tired of this world that was exhausted and could not be exchanged for health and freedom. Fortunately, there is also this woman next to him, who is willing to treat him wholeheartedly and unreservedly, so that his heart is not too lonely.

For Chu Yu, he was very grateful and guilty.

was about to arrive in front of the shop, but because there were many people in front of them, Cao Hao and they stopped.

Cao Hao pointed to the plaque and asked Chu Yu with a smile: "Look at this flying white hand, is there any famous style?" ”

Chu Yu followed Cao Hao's expectations, looked at it for a while, couldn't believe it, and asked, "This is written by Uncle Sixteen?" I haven't heard of Uncle Sixteen's good books? It is said that Uncle Sixteen is smart, and he has attainments in mathematics and music, but he didn't expect to write well! ”

Cao Hao smiled: "Can you get people?" It was still the beginning of April, and I personally went to the garden to find him, and I wrote dozens of photos with him, and finally found this one that could see people. ”

Although there are women on the street, there are not many young and beautiful people like Chu Yu, so some people can't help but sneak a look here.

Because Cao Hao and his entourage accompanied the maid for a long time, everyone did not dare to underestimate it, but it was indispensable to take a peek and two glances.

Chu Yu noticed it, and couldn't help frowning a little, and moved to Cao Hao's side.

Cao Hao crossed the eyes of two people with irregular eyes, grabbed Chu Yu's hand, and said, "Let's go, let's go into the shop and take a look." ”

While talking, the husband and wife entered the shop, and there were four or five guys in the shop, all of whom spoke the official dialect of Suzhou.

The dumplings are all prepared, packed on pallets, and placed on the counter, and there are ruler-long wooden signs hanging on the walls, with the names of the dumplings written.

The guests wanted to buy something, and with a gesture of their hands, they said how many pieces or how many amounts, and the guys took bamboo tongs and took them......

(To be continued)