fish street dad

"You are fine, follow me from now on!" The private communication with Shang Qiulu went smoothly, and Wang Kunfeng had a good impression of this shrewd and principled secret guard. It was sent by the concubine mother to monitor the elder brother and the others. If he agreed to cooperate with him in lying, it would be tantamount to betraying the concubine mother. If he didn't ask this person to be with him, he was afraid that if this person turned against him, he would kill the elder brother who wanted to kill him. Tell the mother and concubine about it, then the eldest brother and the others will be in danger.

"Thank you, son!" Shang Qiulu smiled slightly, he knew that he had won the bet again.

No matter how powerful the princess is, this Prince Yu's mansion will belong to the crown prince one day.

Besides, he was also abandoned by his family when he was very young, otherwise he would not have been reduced to the dark guard camp. Deep down in his heart, Shang Qiulu hated the princess's abandonment of her parents and children.Now that he has the chance to get rid of that disgusting woman, Shang Qiulu is extremely satisfied.

It's just that the only pity is that after following Xiao Shizi, he can't stay here in the future. Maybe it's hard to see that river mussel and that stupid crab again, right?

That's right, they were not all the way.

There was one person missing from the food shop. The shopkeeper, Bai Chunsheng, was in a hurry, and when Wang Kunfeng came back, he agreed to bring him a boatful of fresh chili peppers. At that time, he would definitely need some people to help chop the chili peppers to make chili sauce. After thinking about it, Bai Chunsheng found a middleman on the street and asked him to help find a few servants. It would be best if he could buy them directly, so that he could arrange these people for some more important positions. up.

The middleman regretted it a long time ago. At that time, he saw Bai Chunsheng, a silly mussel who had just landed on the shore and didn't understand anything. When he was renting a house, he couldn't help but trick him and make a small profit.Later, when I heard that this person had become brothers with that street bully Wang Dalang, I was worried all the time, worried that that bastard Wang Dalang would come to find a place for his brother, he would not be able to beat Wang Dalang!

Fortunately, Wang Dalang never troubled him, so the middleman wondered whether Bai Chunsheng hadn't found out what he did when he exchanged the money. Now that he heard that Bai Chunsheng asked him to help find some servants, he suddenly felt that this was a fool. The good opportunity to make meritorious deeds was taken away immediately.

Although the country is prosperous and the people are safe these years, there are many children and daughters in the poor areas of the countryside. The middlemen quickly picked a dozen children and sent them over for Bai Chunsheng to choose.

Bai Chunsheng saw that these children were all dressed in shabby clothes, their small faces were very thin, and they didn't wear any good shoes on their feet. They were all homemade straw sandals, and the tattered ones could hardly hang on. Those in the nearby countryside or mountains, because there are too many children in the family, or because the parents are sick and anxiously waiting for life-saving money, so they ask someone to sell themselves.

In fact, Bai Chunsheng also knows that for these people, selling one's body sometimes is not necessarily a bad thing. If they stay at home, the whole family will starve to death. Let’s not talk about the future, let’s just say that the servants of the adults in their county have more face than the shopkeepers in the shops in the town when they go out. If they are appreciated by their masters, they might not be able to be released from slavery.There was a general in this dynasty. It is said that he used to be the coachman of the princess's family. Because of his good whip, he was appreciated by the princess. He was released from slavery and sent to the army.

"This... How much is it per person?" Worried about hurting the self-esteem of these children, Bai Chunsheng pulled the middle one aside.

When the middle man saw a few big men with cold faces standing in the yard, he was in a bad mood. He knew that Wang Dalang had gone out to visit friends with his family, but he didn't expect that when he was leaving And arranged for Bai Chunsheng to look after the house?This, brothers can't be so thoughtful!

As if thinking of something, the middleman didn't dare to lie to Bai Chunsheng, nor dared to make him too much, so he carefully quoted a real price that made his heart bleed——

"The youngest one is four taels of silver. In the future, when you are older, you will need an extra tael of silver. If you buy it and put it in the food shop, it is best to buy those boys. If you put it at home to serve tea and needlework, in the middle Those two girl dolls are nice."

"If you want them all, you can give me the real price!" The price was similar to what Bai Chunsheng had inquired about. It seemed that this person didn't cheat him too much. After thinking about it, Bai Chunsheng asked.

"If you want it all, I'll count it as 120 taels for you. What do you think? Conscience, I didn't earn a single copper coin this time! You can go outside and ask, how much is it to buy an innocent maid in the state capital now?" How much does it cost to buy a big kid?"

"Stop talking nonsense! When I was renting a house last time, you lied to me for money. I bought it for 100 taels. We will write off the matter last time. Otherwise, you will know my brother Kun's temper." It's..." Bai Chunsheng threatened unhappily.

Although the price quoted by the youngest middle-aged man is reasonable, the price of older children is not as high as that of seven or eight-year-old children. But the middle-aged man only told him that he would need an extra tael of silver when he was older. He was obviously guilty of an occupational disease, and he was trying to trick him.

As soon as the middleman heard Bai Chunsheng say "my brother Kun", his legs and feet went limp, and he almost knelt down!Nima, when he saw this clam spirit last time, he was obviously easy to deceive, why did he become so difficult to serve after calling Wang Dalang his brother and brother for a while?If I had known earlier, he wouldn't be here.

However, it's already here, if you really dare not to do this person's business and take people away, when the evil spirit Wang Dalang returns, I'm afraid he will take people to smash his signboard.

"It's only 100 taels!" The middleman gritted his teeth, he didn't lose money at this price, but he earned less. If he offended Wang Dalang because of this, he, a middleman, wouldn't want to do it anymore.

At that moment, Bai Chunsheng asked someone to invite Wang Kunfeng's acquaintances from the pier to help him transfer the household registration of these children to himself. Now you are still renting a house to live in, and you have bought so many people in one go, where are you going to settle down?

"I, we will sleep under the eaves." The oldest boy stammered.The child has a big birthmark on his face, so although he is tall and strong, the price is not high because of his ugly appearance.Probably because he was worried that the new master would dislike them for taking up the space, he offered to sleep under the eaves.

Bai Chunsheng bought people to help them with work, not to abuse them, why would he let them sleep under the eaves?Although the weather is not very cold now, just sleeping outside like this, with heavy dew late at night, will make you sick.

"How about this? It happens that the place on the other side of the shop is also spacious. I'm sorry for you these few days. Go to the side of the shop. In the evening, put together a few tables, separate for men and women, and block the middle with a curtain. Let's make do with it and wait for the workshop. The house next door has been rented, so you can move there." Bai Chunsheng decided after thinking about it.

The food shop is right next to the pier on Fish Street. The people on the pier are watching, and the safety factor is higher than their generation. You don’t have to worry about staying there at night.The most important thing is that the tables, chairs and benches over there are all newly made. A few tables are put together to form a big bed, with mattresses on the bottom and a few thin quilts on top. Anyway, he has to catch up with Wang Kun Before Feng came back, he rented the house he wanted to rent for the workshop, and when the time came, he would rent it over there, move the people there, and buy some beds that could be used for a long time.

These children have just been sold by their families. Whether they are voluntary or not, they are all dazed and frightened at the moment. Bai Chunsheng asked them their names and ages, but did not change their names, and let them still use their original names. Name, he is not interested in accepting any loyal servants, and besides, whether he is loyal or not cannot be determined by changing his name. Lu Bu is mighty, right?Hasn't the infamy of "three family slaves" been left behind in history?

Shang Qiulu has been standing silently watching since Bai Chunsheng called the middleman over. At first, he was worried that he would be too soft-hearted and be deceived by others. Later, he found out that Bai Chunsheng was easy to bully at first, but because he didn't know the people on the shore. Those rules are nothing more than those rules. After living here for a period of time, shopkeeper Bai, who still looks easy to bully on the surface, is not easy to bully at all now. He knows that Wang Dalang is used to suppress the middleman to reduce the price for himself.

Bai Chunsheng had seen Shang Qiulu standing there a long time ago, and after dealing with the matter of buying people, he didn't treat him politely, and asked him to help take these people to the restaurant to have a full meal, and then buy some cheaper ones. He settled down with his clothes, shoes, bedding, etc., and he was so bachelor that he didn't even give him any money. The reasons were all ready-made——

"Aren't you doing business for the palace? I'm taking care of the children for your palace now. If I can't spare to take care of my own business, the palace must pay this money for me, right?"

Shang Qiulu nodded in response, and took the dozen or so children to settle down without mentioning it.It is about the safety of the young prince, but he can still do this for a matter of a few taels of silver.

"Why do you have so many things to do?" Xiao Shizi stayed in the room and was bored like a cat. The room was narrow and stuffy, not even as good as the firewood house in their palace, and he didn't know how the river clam lived. go down.

Just when Mao Shizi's patience was about to run out, the clam spirit who was addicted to his career finally came back, holding a handful of dogtail grass picked from a corner in his hand.

"Here, let's play with it!" Bai Chunsheng took an old strip of cloth, tied up the dog's tail grass and hung it on the lamp post, letting Mao Shizi hang it to play by himself.

He didn't dare to play with such a noble cat casually, if he bumped into it somewhere, it would be a serious crime of beheading!

Xiao Shizi looked at the messy bunch of dog's tail grass in disbelief, it was the first time anyone dared to play with dog's tail grass for him when he grew up so big!But... this fluffy dangling and looking good?

Mao Shizi was still a little angry at first, but was attracted by the bundle of dogtail grass, and after a while, he concentrated on competing with those dogtail grass, hooked his paws, and the seeds of the dogtail grass fell on his head. Shaking his head vigorously, he continued to hook and play again, never tired of it.

Seeing that he was playing happily, Bai Chunsheng confidently took out the registration information of several houses brought to him by the middleman today, and compared them repeatedly to study them.

Since it is going to be used as a pickle workshop, the place where the sauce is dried must be large, so the orientation of the yard is very important. It is best to sit north-south and have sunlight throughout the day.Moreover, making pickles also requires a lot of water, which is convenient for cleaning the sauce jars and ingredients. It is best for the house to be close to the river, otherwise there is no pump, and two people must be specially assigned to fetch water just relying on the well!

After choosing and choosing, I finally chose a house outside the town. This house has been around for some years, but the house is average. The advantage is that the yard is large, facing south, and there is a clear spring flowing behind the house. I will excavate it a little at that time. , dig deeper, and install a row of stone slabs by the river, which can be used for washing.

Housing is generally not a problem. He originally rented it as a workshop, and he didn't live in it himself. After earning money, he still wants to spend his own money to buy land to build a workshop. This place is just for transition, and it can accommodate people That's fine.

Moreover, the most important thing is that because this house is far away from Fish Street, it is a bit old, and the owner of the house can't afford to repair it, so ordinary people would not rent such a house, and the rent is also lower than that of houses in the town. It's cheaper, only 80 taels of silver a year, which is cheaper than the small courtyard he lives in now.

After it was settled, Bai Chunsheng put the booklet away again, and planned to talk to the middleman tomorrow, rent the house as soon as possible, and arrange for the children who bought it today to go there, clean up the house first, and the creek behind Find someone to dig deep and clear it, and then find a kiln factory to order a batch of kimchi jars. When the mountain peppers arrive, he can start making the first batch of chili sauce.

After settling down his affairs, he turned his head and saw that the bunch of dogtail grass had been scratched bald by Xiao Shizi, and a layer of fluffy dogtail grass seeds fell on the ground. Gather the dogtail grass seeds together with paws on the ground, and then scatter them again, playing with relish alone.

"My lord, it's getting late, do you want to take a bath and rest?" Bai Chunsheng knelt down and looked at him.

"Your hands are wrapped like this, can you bathe this prince?" Mao Shizi raised his eyes and looked at him, "Go, call Shang Qiulu in, and bathe this prince."

"If it wasn't for saving Brother Kun, I would have kicked you out a long time ago, and you still eat fish noodles? Pick up fishbone from the garbage dump and eat it!" Bai Chunsheng slandered twice, and ran out resignedly to find Shang Qiulu.

For dinner, Bai Chunsheng specially ordered someone to make fish balls. In addition to white porridge, he also had a plate of grilled golden and fragrant fish steaks. Xie Huang secretly made it for Wang Kunfeng while Wang Kunfeng was away, and there were not many of them. , There are less than ten fish steaks on a plate. According to the method dictated by Bai Chunsheng, the grilled fish steaks are covered with a layer of honey, and the golden yellow looks very attractive.

After Mao Shizi finished his big bowl of fish balls, he looked eagerly at the grilled fish steak in Bai Chunsheng's hand. This guy had a lot of self-esteem, and he never asked for fish steaks no matter how greedy he was.

Or Bai Chunsheng couldn't stand it any longer, so he took the initiative to ask him if he would like to taste a piece, Shizi Mao said very reservedly that since he had already asked, then this Shizi would reluctantly try a piece.

The grilled fish fillet was crispy and chewy. Mao Shizi gnawed hard with his deciduous teeth, and there was a sound of purring in his throat. It didn't look like he was reluctant to take a bite. It was eaten by him in a while.

He didn't speak after he finished eating, but just looked at you directly, his eyes seemed to say: Damn it, why don't you offer grilled fish steaks to my son?

Bai Chunsheng suppressed his smile, and put the last three grilled fish steaks together with the plate in front of him. Mao Shizi gave him a satisfied look, and continued to eat the fish steaks with his head down.

From Shang Qiulu's secret letter to Prince Yu's mansion, in just five days, Bai Chunsheng felt as if he had endured most of his life. There was no other reason.

It's not difficult to deal with. In fact, the first time I met him, he felt pretty good about Mao Shizi. A cute and cute little milk cat, he is simply a cute baby!

It's a pity that a creature like a cute baby probably only lives in other people's homes. If you don't believe me, try giving birth to one yourself?Guaranteed to make you doubt life.

The elder son can still pretend to be noble and noble when facing strangers, but, probably because he got to know him well, he has become more and more like a bear boy recently, and he only eats fish when he eats Wan refused to eat, let alone vegetables. When he took a bath, he began to dislike the smell of the fragrant soap bought in the county. Even if he changes the sheets every day, he can't hold him rolling around on them!

Where is this noble and noble little son?It's clearly a bear kid from a relative's house who visits during the Chinese New Year!

Just when Bai Chunsheng was about to collapse, the big ship of Prince Yu's Mansion finally docked!

When he heard the news, Bai Chunsheng almost cried with joy!It is even more hopeful than Xiao Shizi himself that his parents will come to pick him up sooner!

Shang Qiulu didn't dare to let Xiao Shizi play as usual. As early as when he got the news, Shang Qiulu coaxed Xiao Shizi to take a bath, groom his hair so that it was shiny and smooth, and put on He bought the small clothes that Shang Qiulu ordered people to order for him from the state capital, and wore a small jade crown on his head, which looked like a noble and noble prince again.

Prince Yu's power is all over the court, so the trips are naturally huge. Just the servants serving the couple are full of eight big boats. The Qingshui River is too narrow for the big boats regulated by the prince to enter, so the officials of the state capital are replaced. The boat was delayed for half a day, and finally arrived at the wharf in Qingshuihe Town.

Martial law was imposed on the wharf three days in advance. During these three days, people in the town had nothing to do, and they were not allowed to walk around at random. It was a holiday. Now they moved their benches and stood behind their own walls, trying to go Watch the excitement on the street.

It's a pity that the street has already blocked the two sides with curtains, and you can only vaguely see some guards of honor and tall horses passing by. The prince and princess are sitting in a big carriage, and you can't see the real person at all.

However, this is enough to make them talk about it for a long time.After all, in this time and space with inconvenient transportation, ordinary people may never have the opportunity to go to a place like the imperial city, let alone see the prince's guard of honor with his own eyes. This is really an eye-opener!It's worth it if you don't do business for three days!

Bai Chunsheng and Aunt Zhou's family had been invited to the canteen a long time ago. The courtyard where they lived has been cleared, leaving only Shang Qiulu and the palace's own secret guards there to protect the little prince and wait for the prince and The princess is here.

"My son~" As soon as the princess saw Xiao Shizi, she couldn't help but rushed over, hugged the kitten and broke down crying.Since her son was lost until now, she has hardly any sleep at night, can't eat, and can't sleep well. When she closes her eyes, she sees her son being beaten and scolded by someone holding a stick. I was going crazy, now I only know how to hold my son, and I won't let go at all.

"Where is the benefactor who saved the son?" The prince is more reliable. He found that his son seems to be fatter than before he was lost, and his fur is still smooth. It doesn't look like he is suffering. Naturally, he understands that it must be the one who saved him during this period of time. The son's benefactor took good care of him, so he immediately looked at Shang Qiulu and asked.

"My lord, the person who saved the son is the shopkeeper of the Baijia food shop in the town. He is in the shop at the moment, so I will invite you personally."

"It's okay, let them invite them. I don't know much about the letter. You can tell me first, who is the benefactor who can save my son?"

Shang Qiulu knew that the prince would not easily believe what he said in the letter, so he slowly reported the explanation he had prepared long ago——

"After receiving the secret order from the prince that day, my subordinates sent out all the capable subordinates to look for the little prince. It was a coincidence that I was dormant at the Baijia restaurant, and I was going to find the shopkeeper that day. , I went out to look for Shizi myself, but I just happened to bump into the shopkeeper cleaning the house and found a kitten in the closet."

"Although my subordinates have never met the prince, they saw that the kitten was very similar to the portrait sent by the palace, so they became more careful. When the shopkeeper went to the yard to get things, he revealed his identity as the prince, and the prince really Yes. It’s just that all the subordinates were sent out at that time, to prevent accidents, the prince did not reveal his identity, and still pretended to be a kitten and lived with Shopkeeper Bai.”

"You have a heart. Finding the son is a great achievement, and this king will definitely reward you a lot!" Prince Yu paused, "Then shopkeeper Bai, how is he?"

"Returning to the lord, the shopkeeper Bai is a clam spirit who just came ashore not long ago, and he has a good personal relationship with the eldest son. His subordinates have secretly investigated it in private, and indeed they did not find any problems."

"What about that Nizi?" When the princess heard Shang Qiulu mentioning Wang Kunfeng, she immediately raised her eyebrows and looked over angrily, "That Nizi didn't worry at all when he heard that his biological brother was missing? Did he ever help you?" Looking for the whereabouts of the son?"

"Returning to the princess, the subordinates have not had time to tell the eldest son about the missing of the son, and the elder son took his family to a distant place to visit friends, but he has not returned yet... The subordinates, the subordinates are busy arranging manpower to protect the son, so they did not send anyone to go. Take care of the eldest son, this subordinate knows his mistake!"

The lord glanced at the wangfei. He knew that the wangfei had been sending people to monitor the eldest son and the others, and he still wanted the manpower he wanted. However, he always thought that the wangfei was worried that the children would not live well outside, so he sent someone to secretly protect them. Yes, but now it seems that it is not what he imagined?