You are unlucky and I am tough

After the incense burned out and the offerings were sorted out, the family said goodbye to Mr. Lu's family and left Kuixing Temple.

First send the two younger brothers back to Mingde Academy, and then go to Baicaotang to get the donkey cart.

Cheng Shuang also stopped by to see Doctor Tao. Doctor Tao hadn't seen Cheng Shuang for over a month, and when he saw her finally arrive, he immediately asked, "Shuang girl, when will you come back to see patients? A lot of people have been asking for help lately."

Cheng Shuang smiled and said, "I just finished a big thing over the past month, so I'll take a break from seeing patients for a while before we talk about it."

She asked straight to the point, "Doctor Tao, I came here to ask you if there's anything unusual happening in the county town lately."

Doctor Tao stroked his beard. He had seen many strange things. "What do you mean?"

Cheng Shuang knew that this guy was old and cunning, so she whispered two words, "Yamen."

Doctor Tao was stunned for a moment, then coughed lightly and said, "Yesterday, the county magistrate sent people to various clinics to recruit doctors. He said they wanted to go into the mountains to collect herbs, and the wages were quite high. My two apprentices reported to the government office early this morning. I don't care whether they get paid or not. The main purpose is to help the county magistrate and make him familiar."

Cheng Shuang asked again, "Do you know if there's anything unusual happening in Goutou Town recently?"

"I've heard a little bit." Doctor Tao spoke frankly. "There are several villages under Goutou Town where people suffer from headaches as they age. Some of them have come to me for treatment. Three years ago, when the county magistrate organized doctors to see patients, I went to Goutou Town to see them. It was very strange, but they couldn't find the cause.

But I heard recently that someone was able to cure it, but I don’t know if it’s true or not, I guess it’s just a rumor.”

"It's not a rumor."

"Oh, who is so powerful?" Doctor Tao was surprised.

Cheng Shuang pointed at herself with a smile. Doctor Tao looked at her in surprise, then asked in surprise, "You said before that you were from Chengjia Village. Could it be Chengjia Village in Goutou Town? Are you the one who is rumored to have cured headaches?"

Cheng Shuang nodded. She came to see Doctor Tao specifically to tell him about this matter and asked him to help spread the word. She promised that as long as the county magistrate found the medicine, she would teach him how to treat the disease.

Doctor Tao readily agreed. He had spent his entire life studying medicine and could not resist the temptation of being able to cure difficult and complicated diseases.

After finishing his talk, he came out of the main gate and found a donkey cart waiting at the door. Cheng Shuang felt relieved. The next thing to do was to deal with the county magistrate.

Once the news of the cure spreads, the next step will be to spread the cause of the disease and the rumor that there is treasure hidden in the mountains. It won't be long before the county magistrate comes again, and the discovery of the mineral vein won't be far away.

Cheng Shuang didn't sit in the back, but sat directly with Wei Qinglang who was driving. "Let's go home."

Wei Qinglang nodded and pulled the rope to turn the donkey cart around. Having been here so many times, he was now very familiar with the county town and knew that the fastest way to leave the city was to go through the big market.

It was inevitable to buy something when passing by the market. When passing the meat market street, there were many people on the street. Wei Qinglang slowed down and asked Cheng Shuang, "Do you want to buy some meat?"

There is no meat at home, and I can’t buy it in the mall with my younger brother and sister-in-law. But I have money now, so I don’t need to save it, Cheng Shuang turned around and asked her younger brother and sister-in-law behind her.

"What do you want to eat? Let's buy some meat. Pork, chicken, or lamb?"

Cheng Pan looked at the dazzling array of meats on the street and pointed to the chicken stall in front. "Chicken, let's go. The chicken soup my elder sister made with ginger last time was delicious."

Wei Xinyi also raised her hand. "I want to eat fish. Can I buy some?"

Cheng Shuang waved his hand and said, "Buy!"

Then he asked Wei Nanxing, "Nanxing, what do you want to eat?"

Wei Nanxing shook his head, "No, but the chickens and ducks at home are grown up, so we can buy some more to raise."

Cheng Shuang looked at the sky and said, "The livestock market is not here. It's getting late. Let's buy chickens and ducks next time."

Then they got off the car, went to the chicken shop and bought a chicken, went to the fish stall and bought a black fish, and then saw someone selling goose meat. Cheng Shuang bought half a goose and said she would go back and stew the goose in an iron pot.

Going further, there is a snack street where Cheng Zhengyi and his wife sell braised food every day. When I passed by their stall, they were no longer there. I guess they had sold all their food and went home.

As I was walking, I suddenly saw a middle-aged man chewing duck feet on the roadside. He took two bites, frowned, and said, "What the hell? It tastes nowhere near as good as the one in front."

Cheng Shuang frowned, wondering if there was an imitator, and then she heard a familiar voice.

"Braised chicken feet, braised duck feet, and braised eggs. They're delicious and inexpensive. They're all two cents."

It was the voices of Zhao Daya and Cheng Dafu.

Didn’t these two shameless guys only dare to sell secretly in the town before? Why did they come to the county town?

Looking up, he saw Zhao Daya and his wife hawking their wares on the street. Wei Qinglang asked sullenly, "How about I go over and knock down their stall?"

Cheng Shuang asked him to stop the car, then jumped out and said, "I'm going to meet these two shameless people."

Cheng Shuang lined up directly behind a customer, and after he bought a chicken foot and left, she stood at the front.

"What do you want? Everything is just two cents..."

Before she could finish her words, the smile on Zhao Daya's face froze when she looked up. Cheng Dafu, who was standing next to her, almost dropped the wooden box containing the money, especially when he saw a donkey cart parked in the back with the entire Wei family on it.

Over the past month, seeing that the headman's family made money selling braised meat, they knew that it must be Cheng Shuang who taught them. They even secretly went to the county town to ask people to buy braised food from Yang's stall to taste it. Only then did they realize that there were so many things that could be braised, and that they tasted much better than what they made.

They guessed that the taste was so different because the cooking method was wrong, but they didn't know how to improve it. In addition, they felt guilty and only dared to sell it in the town. However, the food was not delicious enough, and once the novelty of the people in the town wore off, they made less and less money.

They also followed Cheng Zhengyi's example and went to negotiate with restaurants for supply, but after tasting the food in several restaurants, none of them wanted their products.

So they had no choice but to run to the county town to sell their products, imitating the Yang family's selling of Lu chicken feet and duck feet. Yang's only sold them in the morning, while they sold them in the afternoon. Although the taste was very different from what Yang's sold, there were too many people in the county town, so they would cheat as many people as possible.

It’s only the third day, how come we were run into by the Wei family?

Zhao Daya forced an ugly smile, "Qinglang's wife, your family is also in the city, do you want to buy some braised food? Auntie can get it for you whatever you want, no need to pay since we are from the same village."

"Did you make these?" Cheng Shuang glanced at the braised dishes. Just by looking at the color, she knew that the cooking method was wrong. Moreover, they were directly soaked in the brine and then sold. It was unknown how long the brine had not been changed.

It's so hot today, people who buy their stuff are really unlucky.

"Yes, your uncle Dafu and I bought some spices and figured it out ourselves." Zhao Daya had calmed down. She would insist that they figured it out on their own, and the Wei family had no evidence to prove that they stole the recipe.

Cheng Shuang scoffed, "But why does this smell seem familiar to me?"

"Maybe all braised dishes are similar." Zhao Daya picked up a duck foot and handed it over. "Qinglang's wife, try it and see if there is any difference from yours. Give me some advice."

Cheng Shuang moved aside and said disdainfully, "Such strong spices can't cover up the fishy smell. I dare not eat it."

Two women came over and originally wanted to buy something, but after hearing what she said, they looked at Cheng Dafu and his wife with a puzzled expression on their faces, and finally did not buy anything.

Cheng Dafu got anxious when he saw the customer leave, and glared at Cheng Shuang, "If you don't want to buy, just go away and don't block our business."

Cheng Shuang looked at them motionlessly, "It's useless for you to steal the spice bags. If the cooking method is wrong and the food tastes bad, it won't last long. I'll give you a chance to confess. As long as you confess and stop selling it in the future, I'll forgive you."

She was not being magnanimous, but she did not want these two people to continue to mess around. Not only did they cook everything in one pot, they also did not get the proportions of spices right. Most importantly, they did not know how to preserve the marinade at all. They would just heat it up even if it went bad. Eating bad food would tarnish the reputation of the marinated food.