After coming out of Yizhuang, Su Jinxiu's brows never relaxed.
She took the bamboo stick and returned to the city, preparing to go to the county government office.
Unexpectedly, when I passed by Ruyi Restaurant, I noticed that there were a few more government servants at the door.
There was not a single customer in the restaurant, and anyone who passed by and wanted to enter the restaurant was turned away by the government officials.
"Eat somewhere else. This is not the place for you to eat."
Deng Damu and Zhang Qiushui stood at the door, frowning.
Seeing Su Jinxiu coming back, the two of them hurried forward.
"Jinxiu, you are finally back.
Mr. Zhang just sent people to drive away everyone in our restaurant, saying that there was something wrong with the food prepared in our restaurant.
No one is allowed to come in to eat until they find out.
Tell me, how can this be good?"
Su Jinxiu glanced at several government officials and found a few familiar faces among them.
She stepped forward and stuffed a piece of silver into her hand.
"My lord, can you tell me why you are doing this?"
The yamen servant glanced at Su Jinxiu and lowered his voice.
"Miss Hou Fulin has approached you, but you can't do anything..."
With this sentence, Su Jinxiu has a foundation.
It turned out that Lin Zhaozhao had already gone to see Magistrate Zhang.
Su Jinxiu entered the restaurant and asked them to close the door.
"Since we can't do business, let's take a two-day break."
The restaurant was closed, and a few people were sitting in the backyard sighing.
Zhang Qiushui glanced at Su Jinxiu and Li Zhaodi and came up with an idea.
“Now that I have offended County Magistrate Zhang, how can I do business in the future?
If it doesn't work, Jinxiu should go back to Kaoshan Village!
With the villagers taking care of us, it’s better than here.”
Su Jinxiu was not so anxious and smiled to comfort everyone.
"Why are you so anxious? If there is no light in the east and light in the west, you will not starve to death.
I have been too busy the past few days, so I should just take a break these days!
Uncle and aunt will go home first. If anything happens, I will call you."
Deng Damu and Zhang Qiushui had no choice but to get up and go home.
Su Shuanzi thought of something and quickly stood up.
"I remembered that I haven't seen my mother for a long time.
Uncle Deng, Auntie, I will go back with you."
At night, after everyone in the family goes to bed.
Suddenly, I heard someone knocking on the door.
Su Jinxiu opened the door and saw Su Afang standing at the door panting while carrying two baskets.
In the basket, there were piles of millet and a strip of meat.
Su Afang wiped her sweat, looked at Su Jinxiu and smiled sheepishly.
"Jinxiu, don't blame the second aunt for not having the ability.
Now we only have these rations at home, you take them and eat them first.
If it's not enough, just wait for me to go to the flower house to pour night fragrance for a few days.
Don't be afraid, either you or your mother, your second aunt and Brother Shuan are here.
I will definitely not leave you without food. If you cannot live in this city.
Then I went back to live, and I tidied up the house..."
Su Shuanzi came out from behind Su Afang and carried two chickens into the yard.
"Sister, these two chickens are my mother's.
You guys stay here and lay eggs while I go back to the city to find some work and help out the family."
I guess Brother Shuan just arrived home and packed his things with his second aunt.
Thinking about the two families that were incompatible with each other before, but now they are united when they encounter difficulties.
Her heart felt warm.
It was late, so she asked Su Afang and Su Shuanzi to stay at home.
I began to think about what would happen in the future.
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Early the next morning, she used the leftover chicken soup from yesterday to make a pot of chicken noodle soup.
Su Afang almost burst into tears while eating chicken noodle soup.
If she had known that Jinxiu's cooking was so delicious, why would she have gone against Jinxiu in the first place?
After breakfast, Su Jinxiu set up a large pot in the yard and began to boil lard.
Su Shuanzi looked on, a little strange.
"Sister, we can't even open our doors for business.
Why are you boiling lard? It's a waste."
Su Jinxiu smiled mysteriously, took out barley, angelica dahurica, polygonatum odorifera and other Chinese medicinal materials, and asked Wang Jiu to help pound them into powder.
"You will know later that this lard is not only edible, but also useful."
The lard slowly boils and bubbles in the pot.
Su Jinxiu soaked the medicinal powder that Wang Jiu had pounded into white wine.
Take out the lard and let it dry, then add the medicinal powder according to the proportion and mix.
After stirring evenly, add some rose juice.
Before the fat solidifies, put it into a small jar.
Su Shuanzi picked up the small jars curiously, looked at them, smelled them, and licked them again.
“It looks good, smells good, but has no taste.
Sister, this is not delicious!"
Su Afang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she took the jar and gave it back to Su Jinxiu.
"This is the dough made by your eldest sister, why is it so delicious?
But, Jinxiu, how can you do this?"
She had been pouring night fragrance in the flower building for so long, and saw that the girl in the building had used face cream.
But none of the ones they used looked as good and smelled as the ones made by Jinxiu.
Su Jinxiu smiled, covered the jar and handed it to Su Afang.
“Having used it before, I thought about using it myself.
Second Aunt will give it a try, and if it works well, come back to me to get it later."
No matter how fierce Su Afang is, she is still a woman.
Is there any reason not to love beauty? She can't shirk it.
Open the jar carefully, scoop out some facial oil and apply it on your face.
After applying it, my face feels smooth and has a nice fragrance.
"Jinxiu, it's not the second aunt who blows it.
If you take this fat noodle and sell it in a flower shop, you can get at least two taels of silver."
Su Jinxiu raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
"Can it really be sold at a high price?"
When Su Afang heard this, she immediately patted her chest in assurance.
"It must be possible, otherwise, second aunt can help you try it?
If you can’t sell it, take it back.”
Su Jinxiu originally wanted to find more opportunities, but Su Afang said so.
He immediately put some facial fat in a basket and gave it to her, and gave her a few taels of silver.
"Second aunt, try it. If it doesn't work, come back."
Seeing that Su Jinxiu trusted her so much, Su Afang made up her mind to do this job well.
However, after she left, she didn't come back until nightfall.
Su Shuanzi was worried that something bad happened to his mother, so he told Su Jinxiu and went out to find someone.
Su Jinxiu made dinner and just put it on the table.
Su Afang and Su Shuanzi came back as soon as they entered the door.
Then he raised the empty basket to Su Jinxiu and was so happy that he couldn't see his eyes.
"Jinxiu, all sold out.
You gave me five jars of facial fat, and I sold them for fifteen taels of silver.
There were also a few girls who wanted facial makeup and gave them deposits.
Look, there are a total of twenty taels of silver here.
If you don’t believe it, go to Hualou and ask about it.”
Su Afang turned the bottom of her purse to Su Jinxiu to prove that she had nothing to hide.
Su Jinxiu really didn't expect facial fat to be so easy to sell, so she glanced at Su Afang.
He took eighteen taels of silver and gave the remaining twenty taels to her.
"Second aunt has worked hard, and this is the wages."
Su Afang was stunned, quickly shook his head and stuffed the money back.
"I just ran over and said a few words.
Where is it worth two taels of silver? No, no, no."
Su Jinxiu gave her the money and said with a smile.
"Here, if you work hard, you will be paid.
I see that my second aunt is very good at selling facial fat.
Why don't Second Aunt help me sell these from now on? I'll calculate your wages according to the money Second Aunt sells."