Yangcheng

Tang Jianwei paid the money and asked Xu Dalang to help transport fifty altars of wine to the west courtyard of Tongfu first, and store the rest in his wine cellar first, otherwise the congratulatory gifts from Wu Xianrong would still be piled up, and there was really no place to put them in the west courtyard.

Xu Dalang readily agreed, and when Tang Jianwei returned to the breakfast stall, he found that there were still many people, and Zitan was winking at her.

Tang Jianwei quickly noticed something strange.

On the first day of the New Year today, the passenger flow was surging, and Tang Jianwei walked away again during this period of time.

Someone found Zitan working alone at the stall, thinking that she hadn't noticed, fished in troubled waters, and quietly poured soybean milk into his water bag.

Tang Jianwei and Zitan glanced at each other, hesitating for a moment whether to confront this person on the spot.

There are people who like to be greedy and cheap.

When she was in Boling, she had to fight these people every day.

At the beginning, there were still some upright thoughts, but no matter how upright, the shameless person with small eyes and thin skin continued to be restrained repeatedly.

Now Tang Jianwei was no stranger to such petty theft behaviors, not to mention that she had just started her business when she first came here, so it was inconvenient to have conflicts with others.

But if she doesn't teach her a lesson, I'm afraid these people will think she's easy to bully, and there will only be more and more moths.

While Tang Jianwei was hesitating, the old man who stole the soy milk suddenly let out an "ouch" and his wrist was grabbed.

"You, what are you doing?!" The old man's right hand was clamped by the people behind him, half of his body twisted back, grinning in pain.

"What do you ask me for? I want to ask you, if you don't ask about the truth that you are a thief if you don't ask yourself, didn't your mother teach you?"

The man who restrained him was a young gentleman, about the age of weak crown, wearing a blue head and body like a jade tree, a pair of slender phoenix eyes revealing Lang Lang's righteousness, and his handsome face was undeniably stern.

"Who is the thief! I don't know what you are talking about!" The old man turned over to face the gentleman, pointed at his hand angrily, and said, "Let go of me quickly! Otherwise, I will report to the police!"

Lang Jun sneered and said: "It's best to report to the official. How many eyes here have seen you stealing soy milk. When the official comes, everyone will testify and see how you can escape."

Several old customers also chimed in: "Hey, Wang Jiu, Wang Jiu, you want to steal just a few sips of soy milk, why bother? If you are thirsty, just ask Boss Tang for a few sips. Boss Tang is so generous. , will definitely give it."

"That's right, Wang Jiu, no matter how poor we are, we must have a backbone, and we must never do such stealthy things."

"Talk about it, it's a joke for foreigners."

The young gentleman who arrested Wang Jiu did speak with a foreign accent, but Tang Jianwei heard that he was also from Angzhou.

States like Boling and the surrounding Dongchun, though vast, have little difference in accent.

The states in the southeast are completely different. Not to mention the states, each small county has its own dialect. Every other county cannot understand the dialect of the other party, and the accent of the official dialect is not the same.

Tang Jianwei listened to Su County's official dialect for a while, and he could tell that this gentleman was not from the local area.

Wang Jiu was so outraged by a group of people, he just wanted to run away quickly, but the man refused to let him go, and when he became angry, he threw his fist at the man.

Tang Jianwei and Zitan exclaimed "Be careful" at the same time, the gentleman seemed to have guessed Wang Jiu's actions a long time ago, he easily dodged with his head slightly tilted, swept across with his feet, and hit Wang Jiu's knee hard.

Wang Jiu wailed and knelt down towards Tang Jianwei who was about to come forward.

Tang Jianwei: "..."

"I advise you not to move."

Five or six strong men walked out behind Lang Jun, surrounded Wang Jiu inside, blocking everyone's sight.

However, Tang Jianwei's eyes were good, and he still saw a glimmer of coldness through the gap.

Mr. Na Lang drew out a dagger and pressed it against Wang Jiu's throat, his upright expression just now was replaced by a gloomy killing intent:

"Otherwise, I'm not sure I'd slit your throat here."

Wang Jiu has lived to be 50 years old, and has never been so frightened before. His legs are weak for a while, and he can't kneel:

"Grandpa, spare me! Don't move, don't move, I won't dare again!"

Lang Jun approached him, and the sharp blade pressed against his skin, as long as there was a slight movement in his hand, his throat would be cut to see blood:

"From now on, you are not allowed to make trouble at Tang Sanniang's stall, or I will chop off your hands and feet and throw them out of the city to feed the dogs."

"Understood, I understand, the villain has eyes but does not know Mount Tai, and he will not dare again in the future!"

Lang Jun let him go, the crowd dispersed, and Wang Jiu ran away rolling and crawling.

The onlookers didn't know what happened, which could scare Lao Lai and Wang Jiu into such a state.

However, Tang Jianwei knew that the young man in front of him seemed to be upright, but in reality he was vicious... and the few behind him should be his followers.

Could it be that he is a member of the gang?

Tang Jianwei felt a little nervous. Those who do business are most afraid of being targeted by gangs. Not to mention making trouble all day long, these people are all blood-sucking bugs, and they won't leave without giving money.

Lang Jun looked back at Tang Jianwei, shaking his hand, the dagger was put away too late, or maybe he didn't care whether he would be seen or not, a cold light flashed, and everyone took a step back in horror.

"You are Tang Jianwei." The gentleman walked towards her.

The guests backed away in fright.

Tang Jianwei's heart beat faster, and when he wanted to turn around and draw his sword, he heard the gentleman say:

"Aniang asked me to call you home for dinner."

"..."

who?Which lady?What to eat?

Children's House.

Tang Jianwei handed over the tea respectfully, and called out sweetly: "Ah Shen has met my sister-in-law."

The woman who was dressed in men's clothes just now, but was actually her sister-in-law sat on the beard chair and took her tea.

"I've heard for a long time that Anian's wife is a noble girl from Boling. She is beautiful and handy, and she is especially good at making money. Seeing her now, she is even better than I imagined."

The eldest sister-in-law, surnamed Lu, named Fan, is twenty-one-year-old this year, and she is the elder sister of Lu's family in Lan County, a neighbor of Su County.

She has been married to Tong Shaolin, the eldest daughter of the Tong family, for five years, and she usually lives in the Tong Mansion. Some time ago, Tong Shaolin and her went back to her natal family to visit relatives, and they went there for more than half a year.

It's not going to be the day when Tong Shaoxuan got married, Tong Changting made a special trip to bring them back.

When the parents of the Lu family saw Tong Changting coming to pick him up, they immediately held his hand and burst into tears:

"Dear family, you are finally here, that's great... Our whole family is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally we are looking forward to you!"

Tong Changting looked at his father-in-law's face, and asked in surprise, "Why did you two lose so much weight? Could it be that you are sick recently?"

"It's not just a sickness, if you don't come again, our family will die suddenly."

Tong Changting: "??"

so serious?

Tong Changting didn't understand what happened at first, so he told about the fact that Yaonu was getting married on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and came to pick Tong Shaolin and Lu Fan back to Su County, and sent them wedding invitations by the way.

"Okay! This is a good kiss! Let's go, definitely go, let's go!"

Lu family Yeniang was so impassioned and vowed to go to Su County with him, Tong Changting didn't think much about it at first, but after returning home, he heard his wife tell him that he was enlightened.

It turned out that the eldest daughter's cooking was too unpalatable, but she also liked to take over the kitchen. After arriving at Lu's house, she was given three meals a day to harm the Lu family, and made the young and old of the Lu family pale and emaciated. She, Ye Niang, wanted to send Tong Shaolin back a long time ago.

But because Tong Shaolin is so fierce, even though he was the most vicious gang in Lang County, no one in the Lu family dared to say anything, and dared to ask the eldest lady to return to Su County.

Tong Shaolin's cooking like pig's food has been well-known since she was a child, as long as she fires at home, there will be friends from top to bottom of Tong's house to entertain and entertain, and they will find excuses to run away.

Originally, Tong Shaolin was disheartened and felt that she had nothing to do with cooking in this life, but who knew that at this moment, she met her future wife Lu Fan.

I don't know how Lu's parents and daughters have such a long tongue. No matter what kind of horrible food Tong Shaolin cooks, she can eat it with great interest and applaud.

At first, everyone thought she was Ai Wuji Wu, but she was just trying to hold on, but later found that it was not like that, her tongue is really different from ordinary people...

She really felt delicious.

These two are a natural match, very suitable.

When Tang Jianwei was given a marriage to the Tong family, the atmosphere in the Tong family was extremely dignified, and the surname Tang even said that he would live in the house directly, so Tong Shaolin could imagine how her aunt would explode.

She didn't like the atmosphere of quarrels the most, so she went back to her mother's house in Lan County with Lu Fan as an excuse.

After going back for more than half a year, no one dared to stop her, and she found the joy of cooking again, spending all day in the kitchen cooking food of unknown origin, very happy and happy.No matter what was served, Lu Fan applauded as always.

I don't know where Lu Fan inherited this strange tongue, none of her, Yeniang, and her siblings could eat it with her.

Only Lu Fan can eat the food cooked by Tong Shaolin.

After half a year of baptism, everyone in the Lu family was sallow, thin, and confused, and finally Tong Changting was expected to come.

When Tong Changting said that he wanted to pick up his daughter and daughter-in-law, Yeniang of the Lu family sent them back to Su County, just because he was afraid that Tong Shaolin would suddenly come up with another idea and kill him halfway.

It was decided to send him back to Tong's mansion, and the two elders just happened to give gifts to congratulate Tong Shaoxuan on his marriage.

Lu Fan is one year younger than Tong Shaolin, and she was the one who "married" into Tong's house back then.

When Tang Jianwei came back to meet the elder sister and sister-in-law, Tong Shaoxuan had already told her that the elder sister-in-law likes to wear men's clothing for her special family business. She looks a bit fierce, but she is actually very easy to get along with.

Tang Jianwei didn't expect that Tong's house was so poor that apart from her, the emperor's forced-in daughter-in-law, there was actually a same-sex marriage in the family... Just paying taxes would make Tong's family shed a lot of skin, right?

Looks like true love...

While Lu Fan was drinking tea, Tang Jianwei saluted Tong Shaolin who was sitting on the other side:

"Ah Shen met my sister."

Tong Shaolin is the elder sister of Tong's parents. She is 22 years old this year. She has a sweet and sweet face. She sits side by side with Lu Fan, who is still wearing men's clothes and is extraordinarily heroic. They look like a pair of attractive heterosexual couples.

Tong Shaolin smiled gently and said: "When Ado and I left Su County, you hadn't arrived yet. I wanted to meet you after you came and then go to Lan County, but Ado made a fuss about leaving, so I had no choice but to Follow her and take a step first. Now I finally see you, you are really a beautiful woman with bright eyes, kind eyes, and clear bones."

Tang Jianwei saw that she was so kind, her facial features were very similar to Tong Shaoxuan's, but after all, she was a few years older and obviously more mature and stable. He immediately had a good impression of this eldest sister, and the two chatted with each other.

Lu Fan, who was sitting beside him, drank tea quietly, his eyes fell on Tong Shaolin's face from time to time, as if he wanted to say something, but he stopped talking...

Song Qiao and Tong Changting had just visited their former teacher, and when they came back, they invited everyone to have lunch in the front hall.

Tang Jianwei: "Did you have lunch so early? I'm not ready yet..."

Song Qiao said: "It's okay, it's Yuan Day today, Ah Shen, don't be too tired, I'll leave the lunch to Aunt He."

Tang Jianwei was terrified when he heard that it was going to be handed over to Aunt He.

Aunt He has been in charge of the cooking of the Tongfu all year round, and she is best at arranging pickles.

Although Tang Jianwei hadn't eaten Aunt He's food in person, he had seen it when he came to deliver the food, and it was full of Su County characteristics.

Steamed dried bitter gourd, braised pork slices with pickled vegetables, fried shredded white radish with shredded green radish...

After eating this table of dishes, the face has to be the same color as the dishes.

Seeing how the Tong family was easily overwhelmed by Tang Jianwei's food, they knew that it was not that they didn't like spicy food, but that they couldn't afford to hire a more skilled chef.

Tang Jianwei absolutely couldn't eat unpalatable dishes, so she took the initiative to ask Ying to help in the kitchen.

Today the kitchen in Tong's Mansion is very lively, several servants will be overwhelmed, and Zitan also comes to help light the fire and serve the dishes.

Aunt He's face was blackened, and she was the only cook in Tong's house. When she was so tired that she was about to faint, Tang Jianwei came over to help.

"Aunt He, take a break, I'll help you watch the fire."

Aunt He saw Tang Jianwei approaching, with an uneasy expression on her face.

She has been employed by the Tong's House for many years, and there has been no major trouble. The Tong's family has the cooking skills of the eldest daughter as a foil, so they are quite satisfied with her.

Aunt He is sometimes lazy and steals food occasionally, but most of the time she is still conscientious.

After this Boling man came, she suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

This Boling woman is really powerful, she secretly went to the west courtyard to see, a big iron pot was set up in the small kitchen, so precious oil was put into the pot as if no money was needed, and the vegetables were sizzling.

The fragrance is really fragrant, and Aunt He was almost fascinated by the fragrance while lying on the wall, not to mention that the children of the Tong family actually ate it into their mouths.

Aunt He is not afraid of anything else, but she is afraid that this young lady from heaven is too good at cooking. The mistress will think that she is enough for the family, and there is no need for any cook. When the time comes, she will be fired. How can she support six people? child?

I thought that Tang Jianwei was going to come in to control the kitchen and occupy Yuanri's dining table. Unexpectedly, after Tang Jianwei came in to add more firewood, he found that Aunt He had performed exceptionally well today and cooked a lot of decent meat dishes. What Aunt He meant.

Tang Jianwei originally wanted to add a little stir-fry, but after feeling Aunt He's vigilant gaze, he gave up and brought out the stewed mutton and bamboo shoot soup with Zitan.

When Tang Jianwei came back again, he took a plate of dim sum brought from the west courtyard in his hand, which was the fairy bean cake she made the day before yesterday.

The outer layer of the fairy bean cake is puff pastry, and the inside is a stuffing made by mixing mashed taro roots with buffalo milk. try it.

Aunt He was chopping vegetables, she had no hand to hold, and when she saw Shangtang's bright and fair face, she felt a little guilty and guilty for no reason, so she declined:

"No, no, no matter how delicious it is, it's a waste for my old woman to eat. And my hands are not clean."

Tang Jianwei said: "Auntie, open your mouth, I'll feed you."

"This……"

Tang Jianwei insisted on feeding: "Ah——"

Aunt He had no choice but to open her mouth and take a bite.

After one bite, the puff pastry fell all over the floor, and the sweet and glutinous taro root and frankincense lifted the spirits of Aunt He who had been soaking in the kitchen all morning.

Tang Jianwei asked her: "Does it suit Auntie's taste?"

Aunt He spoke vaguely, but she could tell that she was sincerely praising: "It's perfect, it's perfect! Young Madam's craftsmanship is really well-deserved!"

Tang Jianwei fed her the remaining half as well, and asked her, "Another one?"

Aunt He shook her head with a flushed face and said, "No, no, it's time for me to work, let Si Niang eat."

Tang Jianwei turned around and found that Tong Shaoxuan was really behind him.

When Tang Jianwei appeared, he didn't notice it at all.

"Okay, it seems that I have taken care of you well. Not only has the flesh on your face grown back a bit after you recovered from the illness, but you have even learned the lightness kung fu directly. This will allow you to be elusive, and you won't be afraid to scare people."

Tang Jianwei was joking with Tong Shaoxuan, but Tong Shaoxuan's gaze was completely on the plate in her hand.

"what is this?"

"Xiandou Cake, a snack I made yesterday."

"You finished it yesterday, why didn't you tell me?" Tong Shaoxuan asked her sadly.

Not only didn't tell me, but also let Aunt He eat first!

You even hand-fed her!

Tang Jianwei knew that Tong Shaoxuan liked the food she made, so he used the food to hook her a few times, but he didn't expect that the child would go crazy, and he would get into trouble if he didn't give her the first one?

"Aren't I preparing for the night market tonight, so I didn't bother to deliver it to you? It's also easy to quarrel with me. Come, come, I'll feed you too."

"...I have my own hands, and I can eat them myself."

The two sat together in front of the stove, Tang Jianwei added firewood to it, and Tong Shaoxuan ate hard while holding the plate.

I just added two sticks of firewood to the stove, and when I looked back, my little ancestor ate the whole plate? !

"You eat so much, will you still eat later?" Tang Jianwei looked at the empty plate, and it was too late to rescue it.

Tong Shaoxuan whispered in her ear: "Aunt He is in charge, I'm ready not to take a bite."

Tang Jianwei looked back: "If Aunt He heard what you said, she would be so sad that she has worked hard for your Tong family for so many years."

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. How could I make Aunt He sad? But I really don't agree with Aunt He's food! My mother and the others like it, but I really can't get used to it."

"I told you not to be picky eaters."

"I'm not a picky eater, but a picky mouth. I only like to eat delicious dishes!"

"Yes, I see, you like to eat my cooking."

Tong Shaoxuan was at a loss for words for a moment.

This Tang Jian's face is as shameless as the city wall, and his boastful kung fu has entered the room!

"How can you praise yourself so much?"

"Do you still need me to boast? You almost licked the plate clean for me. I know exactly what you like."

"Tsk tsk tsk, too arrogant, too narcissistic."

Tang Jianwei looked at her with disdain, and suddenly thought of Qiu Xin talking about her reading poems and portraits, so he turned his head to look at her and smiled.

"...What do you mean? Why are you smiling so sinisterly."

"I've heard what Qiu Xin said."

Tong Shaoxuan looked back at her, with some doubts in Shui Lingling's big eyes, as if he couldn't figure out what she meant at all.

"What did Qiuxin say?"

Tang Jianwei originally wanted to expose her secret love for many years, but suddenly he couldn't bear to break the child's fantasy.

The portrait in Tong Shaoxuan's collection really portrayed her too gently.

Tang Jianwei knows that she likes to put on a smiling face, and she doesn't reach out to hit people with smiling faces. She upholds the principle that peace is the most important thing, and people don't offend me, so I don't offend others, so she does seem a bit deceptively gentle on weekdays.

But in reality, she is not what she looks like in the portrait.

She knows that she is well-known, and it is said that she is well-educated, polite, quiet and modest. I guess Tong Shaoxuan, a native of Su County, heard these beautified words, right?

If he had had the intention of admiring him early in the morning, then he was so frightened and fainted at the Spring Festival Banquet in Boling, wouldn't it be that Tong Shaoxuan broke a girl's heart into scum?

No wonder it resisted so much afterwards.

Tang Jianwei asked himself, if she changed her position and she was Tong Shaoxuan, when she saw that the woman she had admired for a long time was completely different from what he had thought, she would probably be deeply hurt and unable to extricate herself, right?

If such a shameful thing is going to be exposed by the person concerned, I'm afraid they will have to find a hole in the ground and get into it.

Tang Jianwei thought about it, but still didn't tell the truth.

The two of them are going to get married soon, and she will also move to the east courtyard to live in the same room with Tong Shaoxuan, so it is more appropriate to maintain a good relationship for the time being.

Tang Jian slightly changed his words: "Qiu Xin said, you really like to eat my dishes, the ones that linger in your dreams."

Tong Shaoxuan sneered, "I don't believe she would tell you that."

"Oh? How can you see it?"

"The servants of our Tong family never gossip."

Just as Tong Shaoxuan proudly announced, he heard Qiu Xin and a few little maidservants chattering into the kitchen to serve dishes, squeezing in while saying:

"Really? That's the eldest lady? I thought she was a handsome gentleman!"

"Have you never seen the eldest lady before?"

"That's right, I only came here last month, and it's the first time I've seen the eldest lady. Oh, she's so pretty!"

"The eldest lady likes to wear men's clothes, but it's not a hobby. It seems that because of her family business, she has to dress like this."

"What does her family do?"

"It seems to be..." It was Qiu Xin who answered people's questions, she whispered, "Gangsters!"

After saying the word "gang", a group of young ladies screamed, but they were so fascinated that they trembled.

Tang Jianwei, who was completely blocked behind the stove, glanced at Tong Shaoxuan beside him, and without opening his mouth, he had already conveyed his mood to her accurately with his eyes——

Don't you chew your tongue?

Tong Shaoxuan put a sad face on his forehead, and made the last resistance - it's just a nympho, not a gossip!

Qiu Xin seemed determined to betray Tong Shaoxuan, and continued:

"Don't look at how handsome the eldest lady is, in fact, she is Kun!"

"what--"

"Really! Don't look at our lady as weak and beautiful as a flower, in fact, she is the one!"

"Ahhhh—tell me tell me! How do you know?"

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, I happened to pass by their room and heard..."

The more he said, the more he went too far, Tong Shaoxuan couldn't bear it anymore, so he let out a "huh-huh" forcefully.

The little sparrow, who was still chirping just now, immediately fell silent, and there was no sound in the kitchen.

Qiu Xin and the little maidservants held hands, their faces were iron.

Tong Shaoxuan's head slowly rose from behind the stove, revealing a pair of fierce eyes and said:

"Is there nothing to do? Hurry up and send the food out!"

"Yes--!"

Qiu Xin and the others fled immediately with the dishes, Tong Shaoxuan's heart was still hurting, and he thought——

This gang is out of shape, luckily I heard it this time, if A Niang hears about it, why don't you punish them severely?

Looking back, I want to explain to Tang Jianwei that the servants of their Tongfu are generally very disciplined, and this incident just now was definitely an accident.

Before he could speak to Tang Jianwei, Tang Jianwei grabbed his wrist.

Tang Jianwei was still in shock and did not recover:

"Sister-in-law is Kun? Ah? Really? Is Kun like this? Can Kun be like this? Your eldest sister is the one who does it? Oh, it's eye-opening."

Tong Shaoxuan: "..."

Why do you think Tang Jianwei extracted some incredible new knowledge from it?

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Tang Jianwei: It seems to have opened the door to a new world.

Tong Shaoxuan: Come, let me take you for a walk in this new world where the universe is turned upside down, for a five-day and four-night harmonious trip.

Tang Jianwei:?

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