Chapter 83 Causing Trouble
"How's it going?" Ms. Song asked about business matters.
“It’s almost done.” Ding Quan swallowed the food in his mouth, “You don’t have to worry about the money. I have already made an agreement with Brother Sun. I don’t have a few taels of money left for the house. I will only give it to him to join Xiaji. I will give it to him after I earn money. Then I will give him five hundred more."
"Brother Sun said that there is no need to give these five hundred more. Money, just let me do business That’s fine, but I think there’s no such thing as taking someone else’s money for nothing and starting the business first, so I think the money should be given to you.”
“That’s what you’re talking about. ." Mrs. Song said, "Brother Sun probably sees that our family is living a hard life and feels pity for us. Brother Sun and his family are all kind-hearted people. We can't let the kind-hearted people suffer in vain, so we must give them five hundred dollars."
"Yeah." Ding Quan nodded, "But it's useless to talk too much now. When the time comes when I earn money, and I get money from Brother Sun, he will probably be willing to accept it, so let's just do it for now."
“After this food stall opens, you and your children will have to work with me, and you will be tired.”
“It’s just business, so you will be tired.” Mrs. Song lowered her head and reached out to touch her cheek, "I'm just afraid that if I look like this, I'll cause you trouble..."
There is a birthmark on her right cheek, the size of an apricot, red and black. , looks very scary.
Because of her birthmark, no one came to propose marriage to her when she was eighteen years old. Until one day, Ding Quan, who had fled with his old father all the way, came to ask for water.
At that time, Ding's father was already dying because he had traveled a long distance without enough food and was bitten by a poisonous snake on the way. He might die at any time.
Seeing this, Father Song negotiated terms with Ding Quan.
Song's father helped Ding Quan bury Ding's father, but Ding Quan needed to marry the Song family and settle down in Dingjiazhuang.
Ding Quan and Mrs. Song became husband and wife, and soon had their first child.
Although Ding Quan treated her very kindly, and the two of them looked more affectionate than ordinary couples, Mrs. Song's heart was always unsettled, and she only felt that Ding Quan had a lot of helplessness in this marriage.
Song was once prepared to be abandoned by Ding Quan at any time.
It was just that the days passed by year by year, and the family suffered from the death of Song's father and the war one after another, and had to go all the way north to escape. Ding Quan seemed to always treat her the same, without any impatience.
Song's heart finally calmed down, but she was still very unsure about the birthmark on her face.
“When have you ever given me trouble?” Ding Quan stopped eating and shook Mrs. Song’s hand, “On the contrary, I always need your help.”
As a man, he cannot support his wife and daughter alone, but instead has to keep his wife and daughter busy because of life. Ding Quan blames himself endlessly.
"But having said that, God probably thought that I was really pitiful, so he made me feel a little regretful. Otherwise, given my virtuous and beautiful nature, she would have been betrothed by many people. How could it be the turn of someone like me to marry her?" Go home?”
Ding Quan smiled playfully, “After all, it’s me who is dragging me down, please don’t blame me.”
Ms. Song was so amused that she pursed her lips and smiled. , and added another bowl of stick batter to Ding Quan.
In the next few days, Ding Quan and Mrs. Song worked hard to prepare all the supplies for the food stall, and even went to Xia Mingyue's home to learn how to make cakes, how to make cold skin, and how to mix cold noodles and cold dishes.
Xia Mingyue taught very carefully.
However, Ding Quan was originally a salesman and seldom cooked, so he was not as quick as Jiang Erniu to learn these things.
On the contrary, Mr. Song is very clever and can learn everything quickly and well.
Ding Quan couldn't help but sigh for a long time when he saw this.
In the past, the doctor said that he had a bad spleen and stomach. He also said that since he was strong and had a big appetite, he had a bad spleen and stomach. Now it seems that what the doctor said makes some sense.
If your spleen and stomach are not good, you need to eat softer meals. And isn't he the kind of person who relies on his wife to make a fortune?
Sure enough, it was his good fortune that he was able to eat this bowl of soft rice when he met his wife.
Seeing that Song learned quickly, Xia Mingyue simply focused her teaching on her.
Husband and wife are one and the same. They want to do business together. It doesn’t matter who can teach them.
Song understood Xia Mingyue’s intentions and studied very hard.
Day by day passed, and with each passing day, the sorrow on the faces of Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu became more and more sad.
Because the task that Xia Mingyue gave to the two people has not been completed yet.
Don’t mention finding this fake physalis seed, just ask, many people have never even heard of this thing.
With no choice but to find Xia Mingyue, the two people asked what this so-called fake physalis seed was and what it looked like.
Xia Mingyue then patted her forehead and said, "I was confused too. I didn't tell you what he looked like. I just asked you to look for her by name, but you couldn't find her."
Each region has different names for some items, not to mention plants, each must have its own name. If you want to find something, you can't just go by the name, you need to have a shape description.
But it was not too late to wake up at this time. Xia Mingyue found a piece of paper and drew something on it without a brush, just a burnt firewood stick.
Xia Mingyue's painting skills are limited, and the patterns she draws are not exquisite, but they are enough to be distinguishable.
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu took this piece of paper and went to the street again.
Soon, they got a clue. The fake physalis seeds in Xia Mingyue's mouth, called small lanterns by local farmers, were wild and could be seen everywhere in the fields.
The two of them were overjoyed to see that they could find it, "Can you find some of this thing? Let's buy a basket of the fruits for this small lantern, and pay fifty cents for each basket!"
"One basket?" Sell it The young woman growing beans curled her lips and said, "These things can be found everywhere, but they are not like crops. They are long here and there, and they are small. Even if you look for them for ten days and a half, you can't find them." Basket, if you have the time to earn this fifty cents, it would be more cost-effective to serve the vegetable fields."
Is that so?
But she just thinks it is not cost-effective. For those who have idle people at home, if they can make an extra penny, there will definitely be someone who can do the business without having to make a living.
With this idea in mind, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu went on to look for the person.
But after searching again and again, from morning to noon, no one answered the question.
The two brothers became frustrated again.
The reason why Aunt Xia's mission was not completed before was because she didn't know what it was. Now that they know what it is, they still can't find it. Doesn't it seem like the two of them are incompetent?
It’s just incompetence, I can’t find this fake physalis seed, the reward Aunt Xia said...
I feel like I am about to miss out on a lot of delicious food!
"Why are you two brothers looking so sad? What happened?"
(End of this chapter)