Because it is a small year in a few days, more and more people are buying New Year's goods on the street.

In this year's goods, dim sum dumplings are indispensable, for the ancestors to be used, to visit relatives and friends, and to use the snacks of women and children in the family.

The dim sum of Daoxiang Village has only been sold in the capital for less than half a year, but it is famous for its many oil polysaccharides. Buy a pack, leave it at home for about ten days, and take it out is still soft and sweet, and it doesn't taste at all.

This dim sum shop pays attention to the "four seasons and three festivals", and the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and New Year's Day are all peak seasons for dim sum shop sales.

The dumplings of the Dragon Boat Festival, the moon cakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the rice cakes of the New Year's Day, as long as they are the ones who have been there, everyone has to buy two packs of dim sum to celebrate the festival.

Daoxiang Village was opened in early August, just in time for the season of selling mooncakes, and the thin skin and big filling were also all the rage.

Now, in the wax moon, the rice cakes launched here have also become one of the New Year's goods that many people in Beijing want to buy.

Speaking of rice cakes in Daoxiang Village, there are lard rice cakes, nut red and white sugar rice cakes, among which the best selling ones are lard rice cakes.

Not to mention the delicate white light, according to the filling, there are four kinds of roses, osmanthus, jujube paste, and bean paste, whether it is the elderly or children, you can find the one you like to eat.

Since it is a good thing, the price is not cheap, and it costs eighty yuan per catty. Nowadays, money is expensive, 800 wen for one tael of silver, and these 80 wen is one penny of silver.

Ordinary people, in addition to rice and silver money a year, there are only a few silver coins left, and it is a festival to eat a snack. In the Qi's family, there are two taels of silver per month, and there is not much wealth to buy snacks and food.

For the dim sum in Daoxiang Village, it's okay to buy one or two pieces to satisfy your cravings, and you can buy them in large bags and small bags like that, and there are few local neighbors, most of them are wealthy officials and businessmen living in the Qianmen area.

Today, there are many old neighbors and neighbors who have gathered in front of the shop in Daoxiang Village.

Seeing this, the street boss leaned to the tail of the line and asked with a little curiosity: "This is half a street, what kind of moth is this?" Seeing that they are hanging a guise at the beginning of the day (nine o'clock in the morning), it is almost noon today, why hasn't the door been opened yet? ”

The old neighbor Zhao in front of him replied: "Naturally, I encountered a good thing, didn't you see the big red paper notice posted in front, open the door at noon today, buy a pound of lard rice cake and get half a catty." The quantity is limited, and each person is limited to two catties, until supplies last. Who doesn't want to pick up a bargain, their things are not bad! ”

"Hey, that's a good feeling, I bought half a catty last month, and my wife and children love to eat this. No, I have to send someone back to call my daughter-in-law and the girl to line up together, buy a few more catties, and the New Year's gift is also decent. Lao Wang said, opened his eyes and touched people, saw the old neighborhood, and said busily: "Second uncle, are you walking around?" If you go back, please call my family, and let her bring her daughter to the front door to find me, thank you......"

Those who have the idea of Lao Wang are not designated as one or two.

After all, it is the New Year, and when the New Year is celebrated, a dim sum box is indispensable. The dim sum in Daoxiang Village is in fashion now, and it is a good thing for 800 seriously, who doesn't want to take advantage of it?

So there are more and more people queuing up at the gate of Daoxiang Village.

When the news of the "discount" in Daoxiang Village spread, many students and businessmen living in the nearby hall also came to have fun.

The streets were lined up to the end of the street, and even the patrolmen of Shuntianfu were alarmed.

There were originally two stewards in the shop, and they came out with a few small servants to occasionally count the number of people, and they were relieved to see the inspector of Shuntian Mansion coming over.

These people outside also make people worry that if everyone hugs forward together when the door is opened for a while, and then step on and hurt people, it is not a big incident.

The leading head catcher is also familiar with the shop manager here, and he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Steward Chen, in the end, he is rich and rich, this is said to give half a catty, what a big deal." I don't care about anything else, you can talk to someone later, set aside two catties for me, and I will also take it home to give your sister-in-law a tooth sacrifice. ”

Steward Chen bowed down and said with a smile: "Where do you still need to catch the head and order, our chief steward also mentioned you just now, saying that he wanted to catch up with you and lead people to patrol the streets, so as to drive the town scene, save the New Year, and squeeze a good person when there are too many people." I'm not afraid of accidents, isn't this afraid of trouble? ”

The catcher listened and said, "Didn't you hear that the Earl's Court is doing family business?" Why is the steward not waiting in the house, and there is still the effort to come here? ”

Steward Chen said with a smile: "Although this stall is our grandmother's business, most of them are taken care of by the chief steward. The old man in charge of the house, needless to say, is the old housekeeper in the southern mansion; The master of the housekeeper is also an errand boy by our uncle's side, and he is also very decent. Because of this, the eldest grandmother didn't treat the big steward as an outsider. ”

The catcher listened, laughed twice, and said: "Since it is the order of the chief steward, what else is there to say, I will take my brothers around here for an hour or two." If something really happens, the yamen will have no face. ”

Steward Chen said: "That relationship is good, stay young for a while and tell the big steward, let the old man come to thank you......"

*Compared with the joyful atmosphere outside Daoxiang Village, the atmosphere in the shop is low and slightly nervous.

After all, since it is a "reward", the number of rice cakes needed is much larger than that of Pingru, and the dim sum chefs are already busy with this.

In the inner hall, Han Jiang sat on a chair, and because he was wearing a face towel, he couldn't see his joy or anger.

Cao Fang sat on the side, his face a little gloomy and frightening. Now, in this Cao family's efforts to do happy events, if there is really a life lawsuit in this shop, it will affect the business or a trivial matter, and this New Year's Day is also unlucky.

Annoyed in his heart, Cao Fang glanced at Han Jiang's family, but he admired Han Jiang's family a little.

It is also a skill to prevent problems before they occur and eliminate a catastrophe invisibly.

Earlier, it was not worth looking for her to be the chief shopkeeper for the uncle, and I felt that she had taken a big advantage, but now it seems that this trading shop really needs to have a helm.

Han Jiang looked at what Cao Fang was thinking, and said unhurriedly: "As soon as the shop opened, Cao Ye reminded the little woman that this snack and food is something to eat, and it must not be ignored at all. Otherwise, if there is a right or wrong, no matter how good the signboard is, it can be ruined. ”

Although Zhang Luo started from this side of the shop, Cao Fang was also here, but he was responsible for the rest of the shop and the arrangement of manpower, and he never interfered in the business matters, so it was the first time to hear Han Jiang say this.

"I can't complain that I have raised more than a dozen big dogs since the opening, I thought it was used by the hospital, and it seems that the big shopkeeper was guarding against outsiders at that time." Cao Fang replied.

Han Jiang shook his head and said, "After all, outsiders are outsiders, and if they want to make yin, they can't hurt the foundation. When doing business, the most feared thing is the inner ghost, which is impossible to prevent. If there is a disturbance, it will hurt the muscles and bones. ”

While the two were talking, they heard footsteps, and strode in and one of them came.

Cao Fang saw that he was holding a piece of paper in his hand and said, "Have you confessed everything?" Can you ask who instigated it? ”

The person who came was one of Cao Hao's long-term followers - Zhao Tong, who had some strengths in interrogating people, and was sent by Cao Hao to be Cao Fang's helper.

Zhao Tong handed the paper in his hand to Cao Fang and said, "Although this kid has a little hard bones, he still recruits." It was said that the steward of Fengrunzhai gave ten taels of silver and asked him to add some materials to the things here. The things here are usually locked in the warehouse, and the rules for each pick-up are that a master with two guys and three people is a companion, and he has no chance to start. Only the half of the bucket of oil was used for brushing the baking sheet, and when it was placed outside, he moved his heart and scattered the things inside. ”

Speaking of this, he frowned and asked, "Fengrunzhai is also a dim sum shop?" Such a dirty method can't be tolerated, do you want to take the uncle's name card and send this kid to Shuntian Mansion? In that case, even the radish with mud will slip up. ”

Although I had thought that the business would be good, my peers would be red-eyed, but I never thought that the other party would dare to take the poison to explore the way, which is not as simple as ordinary dumping.

Cao Fang snorted coldly and said, "Is this to see that the uncle has a good temper, or does he not put our mansion in his eyes?" Go back and ask the uncle and grandmother, do you want any cats and dogs to jump in front of you? ”

Han Jiang listened to it, and when he saw the two of them say this, he said, "The chief steward should be calm and impatient, this matter is not easy to go to the yamen." It doesn't matter how the lawsuit goes, it's just that the news that someone has poisoned the shop spreads, and it's still our own signboard that is dirty. It's hard to say whether the bad person is really Fengrunzhai, even if it is, the other party used a shop to destroy our six shops, and this lawsuit didn't mean anything. ”

"Well, I know, I'll go back to tell my uncle about the situation here, and I'm still bothering the big shopkeeper to cook here." Cao Fang got up and said.

Han Jiang got up as he got up: "Don't worry, the big steward can rest assured, because the shop is a little expensive, and the New Year's dim sum will let other shops share a lot." Now, it is just taking advantage of this empty space to sell more New Year's goods. ”

Cao Fang and Zhao went out, and only Han Jiang was left in the house.

She sat for a moment, walked to the back of the bookcase, picked up the account book and abacus, and continued to calculate the various coins needed for next spring.

* Cao Mansion, lobby.

In addition to Cao Yin and his wife, Zhao Jia's and Cao Hao's others, even Pingjun Wang and his wife, Sun Jue and his wife, and Seshtu and his wife were all present.

Jinghui, as the bride, worshiped the ancestor Buddha and the god of the stove, and followed Cao Song to the lobby to meet the elders, determine the name, and recognize the size.

Zhao Jia's mother-in-law sat on the Taishi chair in the hall, and Cao Yin sat side by side with the Li couple on the other side.

Jinghui was wearing a bright red flag suit and a velvet flower on her head, reflecting a small face that was pink and fair, looking particularly beautiful.

Zhao Jia's family saw Jinghui in his early years, and he thought she was mediocre, but now he looks at it, and it is a little more pleasing to the eye than in the past, and he received the "double salute" of his son and daughter-in-law, and took out an agate bracelet and put it on the tea tray as a meeting gift for his daughter-in-law.

Cao Yin and Li remembered Li Ding, and they had some nostalgia for Jinghui.

It's just that she has already entered the gate of the Cao family, which is the Cao family, and as elders, even if they don't like it, they don't have a reason to make things difficult, so they all took the tea and drank it.

After this circle, it took half an hour, and Cao Song and his wife were sent back to the cave room after the two of them finished their salutes. Over there, there are other tedious etiquette to continue.

In this house, it is rare to take advantage of the happy event to get together, and this side naturally has to prepare for the banquet.

Before the meal, several aunts and grandmothers went to talk to the Li family with Zhaojia's family. Nersu, Sun Jue, and Seshtu accompanied Cao Yin to speak in the front hall.

Seshtu had a heavy filial piety on his body, and it was not good to attend the wedding, so he didn't come over yesterday.

Except for the fact that he just returned to Beijing, he came to ask Cao Yin for a while, and Cao Yin saw him for the first time in the past half a month.

Seeing that he had lost a lot of weight, and his eyes were black, Cao Yin said: "This white thing can't be done in three or five days, and it also needs to take good care of your body, so as not to worry about your mother-in-law." I just got a few old ginseng plants from Guanwai here, and when you leave in a while, take two back. ”

When Seshtu heard this, he hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you father-in-law for worrying about it, it's all the son-in-law's unfilial piety, which makes the elder worried." ”

Cao Yin waved his hand and said, "Sit and talk, it's the first time to take care of such a big thing, it's already good to be able to do this." It's just that even though you are young, your body should also be maintained. Wealth and prosperity are foreign things, and good health is the greatest blessing. ”

Seshtu complied and sat down again.

Nersu said on the side: "I heard that there were people making a fuss a few days ago, and even Uncle Jian Wang was alarmed, how is it now, can you use me to help with the handle?" ”

Seshtu said with a smile: "The prince's kindness, my brother-in-law understands it, it's all some misunderstanding, and it has already been said." ”

Cao Yin listened, nodded and said: "Home and everything is prosperous, noisy and noisy, after all, it is a joke, or it is better to make peace." ”

Sun Jue sat on the other side, listening to the greetings of a few people, and felt very uncomfortable. Although he was happy that he had been promoted from the fifth rank before, now he is nothing compared to Seshtu's sudden high position......

(To be continued)