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Chapter 22 Peas

A few days later, the shop was renovated inside and outside, the walls were painted white, and the stove was plated. Lao Cui's house was sent over. Yan Xue was amazed. This was the skill passed down by his ancestors. The repaired furniture did not look dilapidated, but added a bit of heavy and elegant.

Li Qiniang felt sorry for the money. Before the house was delivered, she bought cloth and cotton. After two days and one night, she made the bedding. Now that she had a bed, Li Qiniang retreated the inn and moved it with Yan Xuehuai.

Before leaving, the mother and daughter thanked Manager Hu repeatedly. Manager Hu, the accountant, and the two friends were reluctant to leave, especially Manager Hu. The mother and daughter lived here for ten days, and he ate for ten days. From simple to extravagant, from extravagant to simple to simple, now that the stomach and intestines have been tricky, what should he do if someone leaves?

Fortunately, the inn and Huichang Street are not far away, so he will definitely visit him when he has time.

In the afternoon, Sun Sheng brought what Yan Xuehuai wanted, which was beyond Yan Xuehuai's expectations. She thought she would have to wait for a few more days.

Li Qiniang picked up the things like that, looked at them again and again, and sighed: "It's a pity that my kitchen knife is gone."

Yan Xuehuai quickly stuffed the new kitchen knife into Li Qiniang's hand: "Mom, try this new knife and see if it's worth it."

Li Qiniang weighed it and sighed: "I used that one by your grandfather."

It was the first time Yan Xuehuai saw Li Qiniang sighing when she escaped from death twice. Who would have thought that her mother was sad about the wind and autumn, not for the tragic life, nor for the scumbag Yan Lao Er, but because of a kitchen knife!

Well, kitchen knives are always more useful than scumbags. They can be used to protect their daughters, but scumbags don’t.

Yan Xuehuai swore that when she had money, she would buy more than 20 kitchen knives for Li Qiniang and comfort her mother's love for her.

At night, I lay on the new bed, new quilts, and even the kang mattress is new.

Yan Xuehuai touched the kang mattress under her. The kang mattress was as thick as half of her palm. She was covered with two layers of mattresses. Well, her whole hand mattress was just that long.

"Mom, how much cotton did you use?"

"It's comfortable, this is new cotton. You are too thin now. I'm afraid that the bed will be hard and will hurt your little ribs."

Yan Xuehuai reached under her clothes and touched her two small ribs, one braised and the other steamed.

She remembered the fairy tales she heard in an orphanage when she was a child. A pea under the layers of bedding made people unable to sleep. She treated all the fairy tales as jokes, and she could fall asleep even when she lay on the stone.

At this time, Li Qiniang stretched out her arm and took her into her arms, patted her back gently, and muttered a faint little song in her mouth: "The moon is bright, the window is quiet, and the leaves are covering the window lattice... Mother's baby closes her eyes..."

The familiar voice and familiar lyrics, Yan Xuehuai couldn't remember where she had heard it. When she felt sleepy, her head gradually became confused and she soon fell asleep.

The woman in the dream held a kitchen knife and slashed the man one by one. She wanted to see the woman's face clearly, but her eyes were blurred and she could not see anything...

The next morning, Li Qiniang took Yan Xuehuai to Dengshi Street with her.

In the early years, there were two lantern workshops on the streets of Dengshi. The business was very good. As the Mid-Autumn Festival and Shangyuan were approaching, the business was better.

After Renzong's death, the Empress Dowager felt sorry for his beloved son and changed the rule that "Silk and bamboo marriage will be suspended for a hundred days, military and civilians will be banned for slaughter for 49 days" when the dynasty was established. Whether it is officials or military and civilians, all silk and bamboo marriages will be banned for three years.

Later, a woman was unable to get married for a long time, but her fiancé died in filial piety. Because the woman had not got married, she had no children, but she still had to be a widow for the man. Even if her husband's family was willing to let her go, it would take three years later. In the first three years, the woman's youth had passed, and there was someone who couldn't think of it and hit the stone lion in front of the government office.

Such incidents happened several times in succession. The chief minister Tao Zheng and others wrote a letter. Although the Empress Dowager did not take back his life, two years later, when Emperor Baokang passed away, the Empress Dowager still followed the rules set by Taizu. The whole country was married, and the military and civilians were suspended for a hundred days.

Of course, one month later, King Yu raised an army, and even the Empress Dowager still used the rules of Renzong, which became a piece of paper.

However, the two lantern workshops on the streets of Dengshi failed to survive this day. The owner could not hold on and sold his house and went back to his hometown to farm.

There were no lanterns on the streets of Dengshi, and gradually became the largest vegetable market in Xinjing.

There are not only vegetable markets, but also fish markets and meat markets. Whether it is firewood, rice, oil and salt, or dry goods from the north or south, there are all on the streets of Dengshi that are arranged along with cooking.

Dengshi Street is becoming more and more lively, and the alleys on both sides are also in this business. Sun Sheng is in the alley behind Dengshi Street, without even a front door, but his business is quite large.

Li Qiniang and Yan Xuehuai came to buy seasonings and dry goods. There were many people in the streets of Dengshi. Yan Xuehuai was worried that Li Qiniang would be found by Yan's family and didn't want her to come at first, but she looked dark. Li Qiniang was an expert. If she wanted to buy seasonings and dry goods, Li Qiniang had to come.

Manager Hu recommended two shops, both of which are well-known. The mother and daughter are planning to take a look at the market first and then go to these two shops.

Everything went well. An hour later, Yan Xuehuai and Li Qiniang walked out of Dengshi Street with big bags.

"Mom, let's hire a donkey cart."

Li Qiniang wanted to say no, why did she spend that money? But when she saw that her daughter's little hand was white because she tried too hard, she immediately agreed. She could endure hardships, but her daughter couldn't.

At this moment, someone next to him exclaimed: "Sister-in-law, it's you."

Li Qiniang turned her head to see that she was a young young man. She looked familiar. She hesitated for a moment and remembered: "Are you the manager of Huangjia Jiangyuan?"

When the Huangjia Soybean Garden packed the large jar that day, this young man came with a mule cart.

An old man following the young man quickly introduced: "This is not a manager, this is our eldest son."

Isn’t the eldest son of the Huang Family’s Sauce Garden the step-grandson of the Wang family’s aunt?

However, the Huang family obviously did not recognize the relative of the Wang family, otherwise they would not have sent Mrs. Wang back then.

"Sister-in-law, my name is Huang Bo. Are you here to purchase for the shop??"

Huang Bo?

Yan Xuehuai raised her eyebrows gently. This name sounded thunderous... She bit her tongue and didn't make her laugh.

"So it's the young master. I really don't know Mount Tai. I worked hard that day and helped me carry those two big jars to the back. I'm so sorry." Having said that, Li Qiniang's tone was not nervous, but only sincerity.

"Sister-in-law, are your shop open? " Huang Bo noticed that the little girl next to Li Qiniang was giggling. For some reason, he subconsciously looked down at his clothes. The clothes were neat and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Not yet, I'm preparing for the opening of the 16th. If Huang Shaodong has time, I'll come and sit down."

The 16th day was decided by Li Qiniang herself. She did not read the almanac, but thought that any two days were a good day.
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