There were very few customers in the afternoon, and only twelve people were registered. After registering, Gu Rao had no intention of continuing to open the door for business, and quickly closed the stall with Bieye.

After putting it away.

Bieye said, "You should lock the door early and go upstairs to rest. There should be no oxcarts going to Donghuang County now. I will take a boat to the county now and I can report to the official early tomorrow morning."

Gu Rao said worriedly, "Are you going alone?"

Beyeye nodded.

"One person is enough."

"You stay at home, don't you still have to make rice dumplings?"

"I'm going to give you a hard time."

Gu Rao realized this later and said in disbelief, "You came up with the idea of ​​giving each of the guests a rice dumpling, didn't you just want to drag me home and go to the town to report to the official by yourself?"

Beyeye was silent.

He had indeed been thinking this way just now, but he didn't expect that his wife would be so keen and realize his intentions so quickly. For the first time, he felt a headache because his wife was too smart.

"It's nearly forty miles from Yezhu Town to Donghuang County. It takes at least two hours to walk, and at least an hour to take a boat or a bullock cart."

"You are weak and can't withstand the bumps, so you should stay at home. I'll be back after I finish my official report."

Gu Rao rolled his eyes.

"Do you think I don't know the procedure for reporting to an officer?"

“First, we have to find someone to write a pleading, then we have to wait for the county magistrate to bring it to court, and we have to argue with the defendant in court until the case is over.”

"Now we don't even know who the thief is, and we still need the government to investigate. We don't know how many days we will be delayed when we go back and forth, and we don't know how many days we will have to stay in the county seat when we get there."

"I don't trust you alone."

"Let's wait until the Dragon Boat Festival is over to discuss the matter of reporting to the police. The calmer we act, the more panicked the thieves hiding in the dark will be, and they might be exposed."

"After the Dragon Boat Festival, I will go to the county seat with you."

Without giving Bieye a chance to refute, he continued, "Do you think making zongzi is easy? I can't do it alone. You have to stay and make zongzi with me."

Biye can't defeat her.

"Ok."

Gu Rao said, "Wait for me, I'll go downstairs to get some money, and then buy some materials for making rice dumplings." After that, he ran upstairs again and took out a tael of silver from the space.

After going downstairs, I found a small backpack and a larger backpack. I carried the smaller one while others carried the larger one. We locked the door and went out to buy ingredients together.

On the way, Gu Rao asked, "What kind of rice dumplings do you like?"

Bieye said, "It's salty."

Gu Rao likes to eat both salty and sweet rice dumplings.

"We don't have enough time this year, so we'll just make four flavors of rice dumplings, fresh brown pork rice dumplings, salted egg yolk meat rice dumplings, brown sugar rice dumplings and eight-treasure bean rice dumplings."

"Two savory ones, two sweet ones."

Bieye hummed and said, "Aunt Bai hasn't replaced the food box yet. When we go back later, we can go to Wu's house and ask. Maybe they forgot."

Only then did Gu Rao think of his beloved food box.

"it is good."

"It's getting late now, and I don't know if the butcher shop still has fresh pork. If there's not enough pork, I have to use other meat."

The couple went to the meat market first. Many dried meat stalls had closed early. Fortunately, the butcher shop they had patronized before was still open.

After the boss saw them, he greeted them skillfully.

"Why are you here to buy meat at this hour?"

"How much do you want today?"

Gu Rao said, "Business is good today. We are just closing the stall now. Boss Zhu, is there any fresh pork?"

Boss Zhu said with a smile, "Today is the day of the market, and tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. There are many people buying pork, so I slaughtered an extra pig, and there are about twenty kilograms of pork, all of which were just killed today, fresh. Still waiting."

"Want some?"

Gu Rao looked at the pork on the stall. Although it had been there for a day, the color was still fresh, and he said, "Bring me four pounds of pork belly."

Boss Zhu said, "There is only a little over a pound of pork belly left. Can the pork shank be okay?"

Gu Rao nodded.

"Okay, try to have as much lean meat as possible."

Boss Zhu smiled and said, "Every time other people come to buy meat, they are afraid that I give too much lean meat and they all want fat meat. You are the only one who likes lean meat. I remember your preferences clearly, even if you don't tell me, I also need to cut more lean meat for you.”

"It's already afternoon, and I don't know if all the remaining meat can be sold. I'll give you an extra tael of lean meat."

Generally, the stale meat will be sold at a reduced price if it is left until tomorrow. It is better to give some to old customers to win over them and save such good customers from going to other people.

Gu Rao felt better.

"Thank you very much."

She suffered heavy losses today, her money and jewelry were stolen. Although she tried her best to hide her feelings and didn't want people around her to feel her negative emotions, the effect was not great. At this time, the boss just gave her a piece of meat. But it still made her feel like she had recovered some of her losses.

Next I went to buy glutinous rice.

Fortunately, the rice and grain shops usually closed late, so they rushed to the shop before it closed and bought thirty kilograms of glutinous rice, as well as some red beans, mung beans, barley, peanuts, and red dates.

Went to buy some miscellaneous items, and the couple returned home with a full load.

After returning home and putting things in the kitchen, Gu Rao counted his money.

She brought two taels of silver with her, and when she came back she had one tael and five hundred and eleven cents left.

Looking at the piles of things on the ground, I felt sorry for my loss.

"You can buy such a lot of things with just a few hundred coins, but that thief stole so much money from me. Don't let me catch you. If I get caught, I won't settle the account properly."

Not only property damage, but also mental damage.

Bieye raised his hand and touched Gu Rao's head, comforting him, "I've been angry all afternoon. Don't be angry. Money is something external to the body. If you lose it, you can earn it again. As long as you are fine."

Gu Rao thought so too.

"Okay, I'm not angry anymore."

"Go to rest early today, and wake me up early tomorrow. The rice dumplings must be made early, otherwise it will be too late for the guests to come and ask for the rice dumplings."

Bieye felt a little regretful.

"I shouldn't have made such a bad idea and caused you so much trouble."

Gu Rao disapproved and said, "What is a bad idea?"

"The idea you came up with just now is quite good. During the festival, there is nothing wrong with building some good relationships with customers. Only in this way will we keep repeat customers for a long time."

Biyeye hummed.

"Then let's go upstairs and rest."

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In the middle of the night, Gu Rao, who said he was not angry, fell asleep and cursed the thief for being choked to death while eating and being hit while walking.

Bieye was woken up, "..."

This was the first time he knew that some people were asleep but their mouths could still be awake.

Looking at his wife who was mumbling in her dream, Bieye's lips curved into a satisfied smile.

The arm was a little numb from the pressure, but Bieye had no intention of pulling it back. He just moved his hand, turned over, changed his position, and hugged his wife tighter.

It's time to close your eyes and fall asleep again.

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