The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

The shop was not busy today, so Sun was helping the newly hired cook in the kitchen.

She walked out with her hands folded, and said, "Sister-in-law, the mutton is really good today. Since we have guests, should we cut more?"

Zhao Shouzhong smelled the fragrance coming from the backyard. It was the taste of Zhou Yue's homemade hot pot base, which he had eaten once.

From then on, he could not stop thinking about it. When he went home and told his parents and elder brother about it, they all thought about how to secretly escape from Kyoto and come to Yi County.

When he heard what Sun said, he swallowed his saliva involuntarily, stamped his feet, and decided to stay for dinner.

Zhou Yue was greatly relieved and started laughing, with an expression that said it should have happened a long time ago.

Zhao Shouzhong asked his followers to tell his men to go to the restaurant for dinner.

He himself will stay in the shop and eat.

The attendant also swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Yes, sir, then the little one..."

He also smelled the fragrance and wanted to stay for dinner.

But his own son was so unsympathetic, Zhao Shouzhong waved his hand and said nonchalantly:

"You can go and play with them. You finally have a chance to leave Kyoto. No one will care about you anymore. Just go and have fun. I don't want you to serve me anymore."

The follower left with a sad face.

Zhou Yue and Qing Mo just found it funny.

They won't interfere in other people's family affairs, they just need to serve this important customer well.

Hot pot is the easiest meal to prepare. Just wash and cut the ingredients, put them on the table and you can start eating.

Zhou Yue asked the people at the counter to take turns eating, and their meals were taken to the second floor.

Zhou Yue brought Qing Mo and Yang Mo to the backyard hall to have dinner with the guests.

During the meal, Zhou Yue asked in detail about Master Cui's identity.

Only then did she know that Master Cui was a descendant of the Cui family in Taiyuan, who passed the imperial examination at the age of eighteen and was the second place in the imperial examination.

As for why he left Kyoto and lived in seclusion in Liangcang Town, Zhao Shouzhong could not explain it clearly.

Zhou Yue wanted to ask more, but Yang Mo discovered that the second young master Zhao stopped eating as soon as his mother spoke.

She quietly pulled Zhou Yue's sleeve. Zhou Yue looked at Yang Mo and saw her winking at him.

I understood what she wanted to say. She also felt strange. Why? Wasn't the mutton today fat and delicious?

Zhao Shouzhong hardly picked up his chopsticks to eat.

It turns out that this young master from a noble family has been taught since childhood to always adhere to the rule of "don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping".

Zhou Yue was his elder, so at the dinner table, he had to answer when the elders asked him questions.

But his upbringing ingrained in him prevented him from talking while eating.

Oh, the rules are so complicated and troublesome.

Fortunately, she came to the countryside, otherwise those rules would have annoyed her to death.

Zhou Yue stopped talking and motioned for everyone to eat quickly, as the pot had already boiled several times.

We finished the meal in silence and everyone enjoyed it very much.

Especially the second son of the Zhao family, although his family is not as short of money as the emperor uncle and the princess aunt.

But the aristocratic families have another rule, which is "Don't eat too much, and don't sleep too warmly."

Therefore, although he was a big guy, he had never eaten so much that his stomach was about to burst.

There was no way. The food at Aunt Zhou's house was so delicious and there was no one to supervise him. He ate too much without checking.

He secretly regretted it in his heart, worrying that he had left a bad impression of being greedy on Zhou Yue.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yue said happily while cleaning up: "Shouzhong, you are too thin. You should eat more in the future."

Zhou Yue was used to Jun Mo's huge appetite, and he felt that any other young man ate too little.

After dinner, everyone sat down to drink tea.

After the meal, they drank the hawthorn tea roasted by Qian.

Zhao Shouzhong took a sip and said, "Aunt, what kind of tea is this in your house? I want to go back and make some for my grandparents and parents."

“Nothing much, just hawthorn, hawthorn leaves, tangerine peel and a little rock sugar.

You don’t have to make it yourself, I’ll get you some more.”

"Thank you very much, auntie." Zhao Shouzhong stood up and bowed deeply.

The more courtesy, the less blame. He really likes the atmosphere of the Ning family, so he tries his best to show his courtesy, hoping that the other party will like him.

"Look at you, you're bowing again, a little tea is nothing.

You nobles in Beijing have tasted and drunk all kinds of delicious food. My tea is of crude variety, and it is our honor that your family likes it.

By the way, tell me more about Master Cui."

Zhao Shouzhong had told Zhou Yue everything he could.

To say more would be speculation and rumor. He was a gentleman, so of course he could not speculate or talk about the saint and his teacher behind their backs.

So he said, "I have told you everything I know. As for the rest, I am young and have only been in the government for a short time, so I really don't know."

Seeing that he was sincere, Zhou Yue didn't ask any more questions.

He was sent away politely.

Zhou Yue was not gossiping, he just wanted to know more about Master Cui's character.

After all, his two sons are now being taught by him, and even though it has been such a long time, he still trusts Master Cui's character.

But people’s hearts are hidden, so it’s better to know more.

Zhou Yue soon forgot about this because her attention was quickly drawn to business matters.

Business is so good. The sales before the New Year were really huge, and the purchasing power of people in the county is really strong.

Zhou Yue kept traveling between the village and the county, urging production in the village.

Due to the haste, the workshop in the village was set up in a sloppy manner and there were many problems in management.

Fortunately, Zhou Yue has many modern management concepts, although it was very confusing at the beginning.

But under Zhou Yue's guidance and Qing Mo's management talent, production and business soon got on track.

However, there is still a severe shortage of manpower.

They are mainly smart people who can read and write, and they are very hard to find.

Zhou Yue decided that when she had some free time, she would open a literacy class in the village and discover good talents in the process of teaching the children.

Specially trained as reserve talent for their own business.

This matter can only be implemented after discussing it with the village chief.

That evening, Zhou Yue returned to Fenghuangtai Village and gave Chunniang the letter from Yuan Mo.

He also read the letter that Yuan Mo wrote to his family to Mr. and Mrs. Ning.

The old couple were very pleased to receive letters from their eldest grandson from time to time.

The eldest son almost lost contact with his family, but fortunately his eldest daughter-in-law did not leave home, and his grandchildren are all very good.

Qian had mentioned this to Zhou Yue several times, both openly and secretly, suggesting that she could remarry.

They also said that they could marry a son-in-law to the family, because Ning Yuancai was a murderer and they no longer recognized him.

Zhou Yue had long given up the idea of ​​getting married, and every time Qian mentioned it, she just smiled and said nothing.

After finally getting divorced, who would want to jump into the fire again?

The old couple treats me well and the children are very filial. Isn’t it wonderful to live like this?

Why make yourself unhappy?

Even married couples are unreliable, let alone couples who get married later in life.

What's more, this is ancient times, and male chauvinism is prevalent. Deep down, they look down on women.

How miserable it must be for someone who is willing to marry into a family.

Zhou Yue was unwilling to let the wolf into the house and jump into the fire pit again.