webnovelfull Chapter 57 is very well hidden.
Chapter 57 is very well hidden.
In the west of the city, in front of a simple house.
The portly constable straightened his clothes. "Father, Mother, I'm back!"
The fat constable pushed open the courtyard gate and saw his parents sitting in the courtyard eating breakfast.
There was some thin porridge and some pickled vegetables on the stone table.
"Why is You'er back?!" Zhen Xiaoxi looked at her son and her eyes showed a moment of panic, but she quickly calmed down.
“Mother, the government paid out my monthly allowance today. I brought it back, keeping two hundred for daily expenses and using the rest to pay off debts.”
After the fat constable finished speaking, he took out the silver coins from his pocket and placed them in his mother's hand.
Zhen Xiaoxi took the money and sighed softly, "You'er, you've worked hard in the yamen. Keep some of this money for yourself, don't be too hard on yourself."
The portly constable waved his hand with a smile: "Mother, I'm fine. You need the money more at home. I have food and lodging at the yamen, so it doesn't cost me much. It's just... it's just that I had a hundred coins deducted from my monthly salary this month... It's because your son is useless..."
After saying that, the fat constable hung his head, his face full of guilt.
Pang Dahai patted the fat constable on the shoulder. "Son, don't say that. It's already very good that you're doing a good job in the yamen and helping out at home. Losing a little money is nothing; we can work hard to earn it back later. Don't be discouraged by this little thing. You're a man; you have to be responsible."
The fat constable looked up at his father and nodded. "Dad, I understand. I will work hard and try to earn all the money next month so you won't have to worry about me."
Zhen Xiaoxi also comforted him, "Yes, You'er, don't take it too hard. You need to be careful in the yamen and take good care of yourself. That's more important than anything else."
The fat constable nodded, "Don't worry, I will. I'll head back to the yamen now; I have other things to do."
Pang Dahai, leaning on a cane, stood up and, dragging his limping leg, prepared to see him out the door.
The fat constable pressed his father down onto a stool. "Dad, no need to see me off. I'm a grown man now. You guys eat first, I'm leaving!"
Pang Dahai and Zhen Xiaoxi nodded to the fat constable, smiled and waved, seeing them off at the door.
Zhen Xiaoxi looked at her son Pang You with a face full of relief, "Honey, our son has grown up and become sensible!"
Pang You nodded, "Who says otherwise! We're both chivalrous people, how could we possibly have a bad son? Our son, he's always been a good son!"
Besides his inability to change his foul mouth, he also hasn't corrected his tendency to provoke others the worse he is at a game.
They were very satisfied with everything else.
Zhen Xiaoxi nodded, then looked at the seven strings of copper coins in her hand and curled her lip in disdain.
However, since it was her own son who earned it, she felt very gratified.
She quickly got up and went to the bedroom.
He knelt on the edge of the bed and stretched out his right hand to pull himself off the bed.
She pulled out a large earthenware jar, opened the lid, and a golden light flashed in her eyes.
"Damn, I took the wrong one."
She quickly sealed the earthenware jar, pushed it back under the bed, then reached out and pulled out another earthenware jar. Opening the lid, a flash of silver light caught her eye again.
The third time, they pulled out an ordinary-looking earthenware jar. This time, when they opened the lid, it was full of copper coins.
Zhen Xiaoxi put the seven strings of copper coins in with satisfaction, sealed the opening, and pushed it back in.
Then he called out to Pang Dahai in the yard, "Dad, put the food out, it's time to eat!"
"Eh!"
Pang Dahai responded and, leaning on his crutch and dragging his limping leg, headed towards the kitchen.
After taking a couple of steps, he simply threw down his cane and ran briskly into the kitchen.
Lift the lid of the large pot, take out the chicken, duck, fish and meat inside and place them on the table, and also serve two large bowls of fragrant white rice.
After bringing everything out, the thin porridge and pickled vegetables on the stone table were taken back to the kitchen and placed in separate earthenware jars.
This is a veteran actor; we must preserve this memory.
Otherwise, in an emergency like today, if we can't find any veteran actors on the spot, things could get really messy.
The fat constable came out of his house and sighed.
The family fell into poverty due to debts incurred from their business.
His father's leg was broken, which made the already impoverished family even worse off.
Originally a spoiled rich young master, he left his hometown to come to this place and take on the responsibility of supporting his family, only to find out that supporting a family was incredibly difficult.
He returned to the yamen in a bad mood, and the constables immediately surrounded him, saying, "Boss, egg pancakes, eat them while they're hot, we brought them back especially for you!"
“You guys… this…”
The fat constable looked at the egg pancake handed to him and was so moved that he couldn't speak.
Bu Yixiao patted the fat constable on the shoulder: "Boss, don't just stand there, eat up, this is the best when it's hot!"
The fat constable's eyes welled up with tears. He took a big bite, turning his sorrow into appetite with his tears, and then ate heartily.
The delicious egg pancakes instantly brought him happiness again!
Meanwhile, Gao Mengli and Lin Xi at the city gate were so busy they barely had time to breathe.
The main problem is that there are too few fire holes; one large fire hole is used to steam elm seed buns.
Two small fire holes were placed in a flat-bottomed pan to fry locust flower and egg pancakes. There were so many people that my hands were blurry with activity.
It seems we need to build a large stove and set up a shed, otherwise, even though the sun isn't hot, it's not good to be exposed to it all the time.
So after packing up, they didn't rush to leave, but instead prepared to organize their stall.
Zhang Biao and the other diners watched as Gao Mengli and Lin Xi built a stove at their stall, and they were outraged.
The boss's hands are for making food, how can he do this kind of manual labor!
They rushed over in a flurry, saying, "Boss, you guys take a break, we can do this heavy work!"
Without a word, Zhang Biao and the others took the tools from Lin Xi and Gao Mengli and began working.
Gao Mengli, Lin Xi, and Da Niu were pushed out of the stall by customers.
The family stood by, staring at each other, watching the group of people busily working.
"Ah...this..." Lin Xi felt a little embarrassed looking at the scene.
After all, they made the money, and the customer did the work!
"Forget it, let them do it. Tomorrow we'll make sauerkraut dumplings to thank them for their work."
Gao Mengli rubbed her chin; she also happened to be craving sauerkraut dumplings!
"Dumplings?!" Da Niu exclaimed excitedly upon hearing the word "dumplings"!
He smacked his lips, and drool was streaming down his face!
The group of people, who were engrossed in their work, seemed to have their "excitement and excitement" switched on when they heard the word "dumplings," and they all looked up at Gao Mengli and Lin Xi.
Is this shop selling dumplings?!
They stopped working and, abandoning their tools, surrounded the three of them again!
They bombarded Gao Mengli and Lin Xi with questions.
"Boss! Are you selling dumplings?"
"Boss, I heard your Da Niu mention dumplings, so don't try to back out!"
After all, the two of them hadn't set up a stall before. Da Niu said it was because of the rain, and they didn't want to. They weren't selling elm seed steamed buns because their hands were sore from kneading the dough, so they decided to leave them unsold.
They finally understood: the two bosses were just lazy and idle people who did nothing all the time!
This won't do; we have to push them forward!