W Chapter 75
by VolareIn the blink of an eye, it was May. The business of the shop in the county town was on track, leaving Ling Xing exhausted.
Fortunately, he could finally catch his breath and didn’t have to run the shop like a battlefield as before.
With Ling Xing and two others, they were completely able to handle the shop. And later, the business tended to be stable.
Except for the occasional family banquets that ordered a large number of soup dumplings, there were no more situations they couldn’t handle.
However, the first time Ling Xing encountered this situation, he announced that reservations had to be made three days in advance.
In this way, he had enough time to prepare and would not delay the shop’s business.
Now, the shop had a stable net income of nearly three taels of silver per day. If there were banquets, that day it could be five taels or even more.
All of his shop income was now in his hands. The Shen family no longer wanted him to give money to the family fund, and Shen Hui also said that he needed to study and could no longer help in the shop, so he didn’t want a share.
Ling Xing’s small treasury had almost been exhausted because he had sent Ling Yue to take the imperial examinations and renovated the small courtyard and shop front.
Now his small treasury was finally replenished, and Ling Xing felt a sense of security.
At least, based on the current income, after deducting the wages of the Liu brothers, business tax, daily expenses, and Ling Yue’s medicine money, it would only take three and a half months to earn Ling Yue’s tuition for a year.
Because Ling Yue bought his place with money, he had to give the County Academy another twenty taels per month, which was two hundred and forty taels a year.
This was only because Magistrate Lin personally intervened, and out of consideration for his favor, he was willing to give up this spot.
Twenty taels a month looked expensive, but there were many wealthy people who wanted to squeeze their children into the County Academy, and every year they broke their heads to grab a spot.
Shen Hui passed the County Academy examination on his own and didn’t have to pay tuition. He had also accumulated a lot of savings before, which was enough to use.
Moreover, his ranking in the imperial examinations was high. Although he ranked nineteenth in the entire prefecture for the academy examination, he ranked fourth in Yunshui County.
The first three were not young and had failed the examinations many times. This time, they finally passed.
The top five in Yunshui County could be promoted to government-funded students, and the County Academy would give them six dou of rice per month, as well as five taels of silver per year. In summer, there was a monthly ice subsidy, and in winter, there was a charcoal subsidy.
The rice given was old rice, but it was much better than the old rice on the market, all produced by the County Academy’s dedicated rice fields.
Ordinary old rice was now thirty copper coins per catty, but the rice issued by the County Academy could be sold for thirty-five to forty-five copper coins. Shen Hui earned at least 2,625 copper coins each month just by exchanging rice for money.
Shen Hui and Ling Xing had agreed before that he would give him one tael of silver per month for food and lodging.
He saved all the remaining silver for a rainy day.
Because tuition was very expensive, Ling Yue studied even more diligently after entering the County Academy.
He got up before the chickens crowed in the morning. First, he exercised for two quarters of an hour, memorizing poetry while exercising, and then started reading.
At the County Academy, while other people were playing, he was still reading attentively.
In the eyes of his classmates at the County Academy, Ling Yue was young but always very “mature”. He didn’t have any of the liveliness of a child and was disciplined and serious.
His mind was full of nothing but reading.
His classmates were between the ages of fifteen and thirty, and many of them were older than Ling Yue. When they saw Ling Yue, they couldn’t help teasing him and tempting him to play with them.
He remembered the first day Ling Yue appeared in the classroom, everyone was surprised.
Such a young child was already a child scholar!
After class, they surrounded Ling Yue. He had delicate features and long eyelashes, and everyone’s hands itched to poke his face.
But Ling Yue looked like a little adult, serious and earnest, “I want to study hard and can’t play with my classmates. Please forgive me.”
Everyone had the same academic status and should have a conversation on an equal footing. But put it on a six-year-old child, and it seemed very funny.
It wasn’t mocking Ling Yue, just simply found it interesting.
Ling Yue really didn’t let go of any free time, and even held a book while eating.
His classmates saw him, a little child, studying so hard and were afraid that he couldn’t bear it, so they advised him to combine work and rest.
They also said that they could take him to play children’s games and relax.
Ling Yue knew that his classmates meant well, but he really didn’t need it, so he said even more seriously and earnestly: “It’s not easy for my elder brother to earn money. He has to open a shop every day to let me study, and he is very busy. I don’t need to play. I just need to study quietly. Please, fellow classmates, grant my wish.”
After hearing these words, everyone knew where they stood. They were also impressed by Ling Yue. It was really amazing that he could be so self-disciplined at such a young age.
After that, the students in the child scholar class never pulled Ling Yue to play again.
They also secretly agreed that they would keep their voices down when they relaxed after class so they wouldn’t disturb Ling Yue’s reading.
Ling Yue had a good foundation. Wang Juan had taught him before in Xiao Liucun, so he could completely keep up with the classes at the County Academy.
The teachers also liked him. It was difficult for a teacher to dislike a hardworking student.
Continuing like this was also harmonious and beautiful.
But two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, something happened to Ling Yue at the County Academy.
The County Academy had holidays on the first and fifteenth of each month, and it also had holidays on various festivals.
The Dragon Boat Festival coincided with the usual holiday time, so there were two days off.
It was necessary to give the teacher gifts for the festival to show respect and to ask the teacher to take care of them more in the future.
There was no exact number for how much the festival gifts should be, and the teachers were not allowed to accept gold, silver, or jewelry.
The rule was that they could only accept food, and nothing else.
Ling Xing knew that he had to give a gift, so he bought a lot of pastries and meat.
Thinking that the teachers also went to his snack shop to eat, he got up early and specially made soup dumplings and pan-fried buns. The filling in the pan-fried buns was beef. Although meat was cheap, it was hard to buy and wasn’t available on the market at all.
It was Magistrate Lin who knew he was looking for beef and made it convenient for him, sending someone to bring him two catties.
Ling Xing also prepared festival gifts for Shen Hui. After Shen Hui thanked him, he took the money and gave it to Ling Xing.
If he were asked to prepare it himself, he would never be so careful. He would only buy whatever was expensive.
The festival gifts prepared by Ling Xing were all solid and substantial, without any ambiguity. Ling Yue couldn’t even lift them, so Shen Hui helped him deliver them to Chunhui Hall, where the child scholar class teacher was located.
Ling Yue had a total of five teachers, teaching the Four Books and Five Classics and calligraphy. Four of them taught not only child scholars but also Xiucai.
But because there were not enough seats in Ningyu Hall, they were arranged in Chunhui Hall.
Shen Hui’s teachers were all in Ningyu Hall, and he was also in a hurry to deliver the festival gifts, so he didn’t stay in Chunhui Hall for long and left after putting down the gifts.
The five teachers in Chunhui Hall were all there and smiled when they saw Ling Yue.
Their seats were already piled with festival gifts from other students, all of which were food at a glance.
Ling Yue gave the standard student salute and began to give festival gifts one by one.
The festival gifts for each teacher were the same, without any favoritism. Precisely because of this, a dispute arose.
Qin Mingfeng was the only teacher among the five who only taught the child scholar class. He only had the academic title of Xiucai, unlike the others who were all Juren. The head of the academy was even a Jinshi, and no one could compare with him.
In Chunhui Hall, he always felt inferior.
He wanted to raise his eyebrows more than anyone else.
Qin Mingfeng knew his own weight, and he certainly couldn’t rely on himself to raise his eyebrows. He could only rely on teaching outstanding students.
Unfortunately, he hadn’t met one in more than ten years.
Just when he was about to give up, he met Ling Yue.
This child was only six years old and was already a child scholar, even more amazing than Li Huiyuan back then!
Speaking of Li Huiyuan, it was a pity that someone in his family kept passing away, and he was not allowed to take the exam during the mourning period. This year, he finally passed the exam and obtained the qualification to enter the County Academy. The admission letter was issued, but he did not enroll.
In order to earn money to support his family, he chose to open a private school while studying.
Qin Mingfeng couldn’t help shaking his head after learning about it.
With such a divided mind, he was afraid that he would fail in the autumn exam. But the Li family was poor, and if he didn’t open this private school, he probably wouldn’t even have the travel expenses to go to the state city next time.
Anyway, Li Huiyuan was of no benefit to him and was irrelevant, so Qin Mingfeng didn’t pay much attention to him.
His mind was all on Ling Yue.
Although the child was young, his mind was stable and he was extremely serious and diligent.
Moreover, he paid twenty taels a month to study at the County Academy, indicating that his family had money and would not have to give up things because of money like Li Huiyuan.
Therefore, Qin Mingfeng poured all his efforts into Ling Yue. He looked at Ling Yue’s homework more carefully than anyone else, and his annotations were more than anyone else’s.
He also paid attention to Ling Yue in class all the time, answering his questions and always letting him answer questions.
He treated him so specially and taught him so painstakingly, but in the end, was he the same as the other four in this child’s eyes?
Was it just because he was a Xiucai and not a Juren?
“A Yue, your writing is good and already has some style. If you want to go further, you need to practice more and not be impatient.”
Cui, the teacher who taught Ling Yue calligraphy, couldn’t help but reach out and touch Ling Yue’s head, earnestly instructing him.
Ling Yue cupped his hands and said seriously, “This student will keep it in mind.”
Qin Mingfeng looked at the scene of the teacher earnestly teaching and the student obediently listening, and felt a surge of irritability in his heart. He said in a commanding tone: “Ling Yue, come here.”
Ling Yue was stunned for a moment, but he still apologized to Teacher Cui and turned to Qin Mingfeng.
“Teacher Qin.”
Seeing that Ling Yue obediently came over, Qin Mingfeng felt less irritated. He pulled out a piece of paper from the table, which had a lot of red annotations on it.
“Ling Yue, although there are no mistakes in the form of your poems and there is some emotion in them, the poems for the imperial examinations should not write about the lives of ordinary people. Write more about praising His Majesty, something more flowery.”
He had relied on praising His Majesty to get the title of Xiucai back then, which was his successful path.
Although writing it during the provincial examination still did not get him admitted, at least it was useful for the academy examination.
It wasn’t just Teacher Cui who had something to teach, he, Qin Mingfeng, also had it!
Ling Yue took his poetry homework. After hesitating for a while, he still cupped his hands to Qin Mingfeng and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: “This student cannot follow the teacher’s idea.”
Qin Mingfeng never expected that Ling Yue would refuse, and his face immediately darkened.
Ling Yue continued: “My elder brother said that His Majesty is pragmatic and does not like flowery articles.”
This was what his elder brother had found out from Magistrate Lin, and he really didn’t like taking shortcuts or flattering to get something. Things obtained through such means were too illusory and could not be grasped at all.
He wanted to take steady steps, one step at a time.
He could also avoid causing trouble to his family as much as possible.
Qin Mingfeng was stunned for a moment after hearing the reason Ling Yue gave. He subconsciously thought that Ling Yue’s elder brother was someone powerful.
Then he thought that Ling Yue’s elder brother was just someone who opened a snack shop and couldn’t help gnashing his teeth.
The other teachers were Juren, that was one thing, but the words of a mere Ge’er who had no academic title could become a reason to refute him!
He said angrily: “Your elder brother is just a Ge’er who sells food! What can he understand? He dares to make wild comments about His Majesty’s preferences, he really doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth!”
Ling Yue raised his eyes, his brow furrowed, and his small face tense.
He was not happy that someone said that about his elder brother, even if it was a teacher.
The high tuition fees of the County Academy ultimately prevented Ling Yue from speaking rudely, but he did not pay any more attention to Qin Mingfeng. Instead, he used a normal volume and seriously affirmed: “Teacher Qin, my elder brother did not make wild comments, he just believes that His Majesty loves the people like his own children and cares about the lives of the people. And I, believe in my elder brother.”
Now, the other four teachers in Chunhui Hall heard clearly.
With a little thought, they could understand what had been said before.
It was nothing more than Ling Yue refusing Qin Mingfeng’s proposal, and then Qin Mingfeng became angry out of shame.
They didn’t say anything for the time being, for fear of adding fuel to the fire.
Qin Mingfeng was refuted again, still by the student he valued and cared for the most, in front of the Juren he looked down on.
He couldn’t stand this humiliation. He slapped the table and pointed at Ling Yue’s nose and cursed, “You actually listen to him? Aren’t you as stupid as a pig!”
Teacher Cui and the others endured it again and again, but couldn’t bear it any longer. If they didn’t react, Ling Yue would definitely be beaten.
The four of them stepped forward together, tacitly protecting Ling Yue behind them.
Teacher Cui said, “Teacher Qin, A Yue is still young, why are you so angry?”
Another teacher had been to the snack shop and knew a little about Ling Xing. He also advised, “A Yue’s elder brother doesn’t earn money easily, but he does his best to provide A Yue with the best reading environment. He is a person with vision and knowledge. And what’s wrong with A Yue admiring his elder brother and listening to his words?”
Qin Mingfeng looked at them, his cheeks twitching, and snorted coldly, “That’s right, I’m just a Xiucai, how can I be worthy of getting angry in front of a group of Juren! I don’t dare to teach the child prodigy genius, and I can’t say anything about the child prodigy genius’s elder brother. Anyway, I’m not worthy!”
Everyone felt uncomfortable with his sarcastic remarks. The four teachers paid attention to Ling Yue, afraid that the child couldn’t bear these words.
Saying that, Qin Mingfeng looked at the festival gifts Ling Yue sent and directly swept them into the bamboo basket for garbage.
“You’re embarrassed to take out these shabby things!”
In fact, the things were very good, and he felt sorry for throwing them in. But he just wanted to disgust people and vent his anger.
The four teachers frowned, disagreeing with Qin Mingfeng’s actions and what he said.
The things that people sent were not bad at all, and it could be seen that they had put thought into them.
But there was nothing they could do. After all, it was Qin Mingfeng’s things, and no one else could interfere with how he handled them.
They wanted to take Ling Yue out so that the child wouldn’t feel more uncomfortable.
Ling Yue didn’t leave. He gently broke free from Teacher Cui’s hand and apologized, “Sorry.”
Then he walked to the bamboo basket, bent down, and picked up the things inside.
“This meat is pork belly. My elder brother ran to several shops and chose the good meat with even fat and lean, wanting the teachers to eat it without feeling greasy and having some meat.”
“The peach blossom cakes and peach cakes from Meiwai Zhai are the most delicious, the dragon’s beard candy and mung bean cakes from Qianwei Pavilion are the most delicious, and the thousand-layer cakes, crabapple cakes, and peach preserves from Fulin Hall are the most delicious. My elder brother tasted these one by one and chose the best ones to send.”
“The soup dumplings and pan-fried buns were made by him before dawn. He added high-quality spices to the seasonings. Considering that the teachers were old and couldn’t eat too much meat, and feeling that wrapping only lean pork would be disrespectful to the teachers, he wrapped beef in the pan-fried buns. This little bit of beef was bought by my elder brother after spending a lot of money and asking people for a long time.”
Ling Yue picked out the things one by one and hugged them in his arms.
“These are all my elder brother’s intentions for the teachers, and also his care and love for me. Since Teacher Qin doesn’t want them, then please allow this student to take them away.”
Qin Mingfeng didn’t move from the spot. Teacher Cui and the others looked at the festival gifts on their tables, knowing that people had prepared them with heart, and didn’t expect that they would be so attentive.
Beef, ah, they also had to make some effort to eat it once.
It could be imagined that it was not easy for Ling Yue’s elder brother to find beef.
Ling Yue did not wait for Qin Mingfeng to nod. He didn’t need the other party’s consent. He took the things and left directly.
Qin Mingfeng looked at Ling Yue’s back, only feeling that he had lost all face.
He dared to leave directly!
He was simply disrespectful!
The gazes of Teacher Cui and the four others were like fire, making it impossible for him to breathe.
He pushed away Teacher Cui and the four others and strode towards Chaoxue Pavilion, where the head of the academy was located.
“Head of the academy! That Ling Yue is disrespectful and incorrigible. I really can’t teach him!”
Han Shiqing was wearing a Confucian robe, his gray beard hanging down to his chest, and the writing brush in his hand kept moving, with powerful and vigorous strokes.
After Qin Mingfeng finished venting, he slowly asked, “Specifically how incorrigible and disrespectful?”
Qin Mingfeng was choked and didn’t dare to add too much fuel to the fire. After all, Teacher Cui and the others knew the truth.
He told the story roughly, omitting the part where Ling Yue said that the festival gifts were prepared with heart, and also omitting that he scolded Ling Yue as stupid as a pig.
After telling the cause, he retreated to advance, saying: “Head of the academy, even if I, as a teacher, was wrong first, he, as a student, should tell me in private, shouldn’t he? He directly refused in front of the other teachers and said that he would rather believe in his uneducated elder brother than believe in the teacher.”
“I was so angry that I accidentally swept away the festival gifts, and he didn’t give me any face and directly took the festival gifts away. Isn’t this slapping my face! How can I face myself in front of the other teachers?”
Han Shiqing paused his pen and followed the words, “Hmm.”
“After all, he is young and doesn’t understand human relationships. The way he handled it was not appropriate.”
Qin Mingfeng pressed on, “Then how will the head of the academy deal with him?”
Han Shiqing continued to write, casually saying: “I can’t deal with him. He was recommended by the magistrate.”
“What?” Qin Mingfeng was directly stunned. He said anxiously: “Why didn’t you tell me such an important thing before, brother-in-law!”
Han Shiqing looked up at him this time, his eyes and tone filled with warning, “How many times have I said it, pay attention to the title in the County Academy.”
“I told you, so you would treat him specially and try to get close to him to curry favor with the magistrate?”
Before, a relative of the county deputy magistrate came to study at the County Academy, and Qin Mingfeng looked for him every other day, and in the end, he annoyed him and directly told the county deputy magistrate that Qin Mingfeng was deliberately delaying his reading.
In order to appease Zhou, the smiling tiger of the county deputy magistrate, he spent a lot of money.
He didn’t dare to let Qin Mingfeng know that Ling Yue was sent by the magistrate.
Qin Mingfeng left Chaoxue Pavilion angrily again.
When he returned to the classroom, he saw Ling Yue distributing the food to the students, and a group of people praised it as delicious.
Ling Yue sat in his seat and nodded in affirmation, “If it’s delicious, eat more.”
Qin Mingfeng, with a dark face, looked at the scene of themGrab thingseat.
They were all bought from shops outside, hadn’t they eaten them before!
They had clearly eaten many things that were better than these. How come now they felt that these things that they were usually tired of were a rare delicacy?
Qin Mingfeng’s face became more and more ugly. To put it bluntly, Ling Yue was petty. The current situation was all to show him! He was scolding him for not knowing good goods and slapping his face!
He couldn’t bear it any longer and shouted angrily: “Ling Yue, you are disrupting the order of the classroom, get out and stand there!”
After Qin Mingfeng shouted, his head throbbed. He was a Xiucai anyway, how could he let a child ride on his head?
What if he was recommended by the magistrate? As a teacher, if he taught a student who made a mistake, could the magistrate arrest him!
The students, seeing Qin Mingfeng angry, quickly explained, “Teacher Qin, A Yue is just sharing food with us. It was we who were noisy.”
“Yes, teacher, punish me instead.”
Qin Mingfeng’s head was buzzing with pain. He scolded: “All of you shut up! Whoever speaks again, Ling Yue will stand for another hour!”
The students instantly fell silent. Ling Yue knew that Teacher Qin was in a rage, and he couldn’t avoid the punishment today no matter what.
He simply took the book and was about to go out and stand.
Qin Mingfeng said coldly, “Those who make mistakes are not worthy of reading the books of sages, put down the book for me!”
Ling Yue looked at Qin Mingfeng expressionlessly. He had been scolded, and his elder brother’s wishes had been ruined, but he was not so angry.
He really couldn’t understand why the Qin teacher in front of him was so angry.
In order to prevent Qin Mingfeng from continuing to make trouble unreasonably, Ling Yue put down the book, anyway, he could still memorize it silently.
Seeing that Ling Yue could not resist and could only resign himself to being punished, Qin Mingfeng felt more comfortable at this time and had a sense of control and accomplishment.
Ling Yue was punished for a whole class period, and his feet were sore from standing. However, the things that he had not memorized very well before, after this experience, were already deeply engraved in his heart.
Forcibly focusing attention can reduce the perception of pain and improve concentration and memory. He found a good way. He thought that if he encountered things that he could not memorize well in the future, he would stand and memorize them until he knew them by heart.
During the period, the teachers who passed by saw Ling Yue being punished, whispered a few words and knew the reason, and could only shake their heads and sigh.
They didn’t dare to provoke the brother-in-law of the head of the academy.
Fortunately, Qin Mingfeng only had one class today. After he left, Ling Yue entered the classroom and sat down, reading carefully.
When he went home at night, Ling Yue took the meat back.
Shen Hui had naturally heard some things at the County Academy. He thought for a moment and said: “Teacher Qin has problems with how he conducts himself. The fact that he punished you doesn’t mean that you were really wrong.”
Ling Yue nodded, very much in agreement.
“Second elder brother Shen doesn’t need to comfort me, I know. He is paranoid, he is afraid of what he lacks, he is self-righteous, self-moved, and self-centered. I won’t feel sad because of him and affect my emotions.”
Shen Hui was silent.
Ling Yue was really mature and steady beyond the norm.
Ling Yue did not hide the matter at the County Academy from Ling Xing. Seeing the worry in Ling Xing’s eyes, Ling Yue said: “Elder brother, don’t worry, I won’t let Teacher Qin affect me.”
Ling Xing sighed softly and hugged his younger brother distressedly, “A Yue has been wronged.”
Ling Yue, with red ears, corrected: “It’s A Yue who has made elder brother suffer.”
Ling Xing chuckled and pinched his younger brother’s face, which was soft and chubby.
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Ling Xing only opened the shop in the morning. He closed the shop at noon and went home to celebrate the festival. He also let the Liu brothers go back. The shop was closed in the afternoon.
Ling Yue and Shen Hui had two days off, and Ling Xing was thinking of going back to Xiao Liucun.
He would ask for a day and a half off for Shen Lai, and he could stay at home for one night.
It was also fast to take a carriage. After eating a casual snack at noon to fill their stomachs, they could get home earlier.
He would let the Liu brothers open the shop tomorrow, only selling cold noodles, rice noodle rolls, and pig skin jelly. They had been making these all the time and were completely proficient.
After closing the shop and returning to the small courtyard, Ling Xing and Ling Yue packed their things, and Shen Hui went to rent a carriage.
Halfway through packing, the courtyard door was knocked, and it was Wang Tuan who came on Magistrate Lin’s orders.
He also brought a big bag of sausages.
Ling Xing took the sausages and remembered this matter.
He only knew that Lin Qingyu had put a lot of effort and spent a lot of money to build the sausage workshop. In the early stage, he looked at many places for site selection, and finally chose to build it behind a ventilated and cool mountain.
During the hot summer, ice could be used here to lower the temperature and ensure the production of sausages.
He didn’t pay much attention to it later. His shop was also busy, and he had completely forgotten about it.
The sausage drying time was seven to fifteen days, depending on the amount of meat and the temperature environment.
Counting the time, it was almost time for it to be made.
Wang Tuan looked around the yard and didn’t see Shen Hui, guessing that he wasn’t there.
He quickly came back to his senses and said to Ling Xing, “The magistrate said that the first batch is about to be sold. Take advantage of the festival, and send some to Ling Ge’er first, so that Ling Ge’er can taste it and see if there is anything wrong.”
Ling Xing opened the oil paper package and saw that there were four different kinds of sausages inside.
He had written two flavors at the beginning, smoked and air-dried. The tastes were spicy and five-spice.
Lin Qingyu had made them all.
Ling Xing knew that Magistrate Lin had hired a lot of people before to taste them and adjust the taste.
The taste certainly couldn’t be bad.
But he still did it to make Magistrate Lin more at ease.
“Please wait a moment, I’ll steam some to taste.”
Wang Tuan naturally nodded in agreement.
Ling Xing cut more, preparing to buy some steamed buns when he went out, so that he could fill his stomach on the road.
The sausages steamed quickly. Ling Xing tasted each flavor, his brows relaxed, and he said with a smile, “It tastes very good!”
Wang Tuan followed with a smile, “With Ling Ge’er’s words, the magistrate should be completely relieved.”
Ling Xing packed the remaining sausages, preparing to take them back to the village and send some to his family and Xie Qingya.
Rolling the oil paper, he remembered something and said to Wang Tuan, “Can the official please ask Magistrate Lin if the freshly made, not air-dried sausages can be sold?”
Wang Tuan said, “Okay, I’ll ask the magistrate when I get back.”
Knowing that Ling Xing had something to do later, Wang Tuan also hurried back to report, and soon left the small courtyard.
Lin Qingyu heard from Wang Tuan that Ling Xing was very satisfied with the taste of the sausages, and nodded happily.
He also heard Wang Tuan say that Ling Xing had specifically asked if he wanted to buy freshly made, not air-dried sausages. He immediately thought that Ling Xing wanted to use the fresh sausages to make food and do business in the shop.
Ling Xing had many ideas for making food. Maybe fresh sausages could also open up a market because of this.
It just so happened that he also needed to set up a shop to sell sausages so that he could sell them to the outside world. He couldn’t have all the merchants crowding into the yamen.
The money for the shop all came from the county’s public account, and the income also went to the public account. Selling one more item could also earn one more share of money, and adding fresh sausages was also fine.
“Tomorrow, take a trip to Lingji Snack Shop and tell Ling Xing that a sausage shop will be opened on Chunhua Street in three days, and he can go directly to buy it.”
Wang Tuan responded and took his leave.
Before Shen Hui rented the carriage back, Ling Xing had bought enough steamed buns to eat on the road.
After Shen Hui rented the carriage back and carried the things to take home to the carriage, they went directly to Ginkgo Street to pick up Shen Lai.
Not only were Ling Xing and the others in a hurry to go back, but they didn’t have time to cook. Shen Lai hadn’t eaten lunch either, so he ate three steamed buns in one breath, filled with steamed sausages. The flavors were different, and the taste was also different.
The sausages were sliced into thin pieces, with a rich meat aroma, and the meat quality was evenly distributed with fat and lean, with a ruddy and shiny color. The taste was slightly spicy and appetizing, and also salty, fragrant, and delicious.
Undeniably, each one was delicious.
But Shen Lai preferred to eat the smoked flavor, which had a special aftertaste. He thought it was very fragrant.
The soft white steamed bun,Clippedsmoked spicy sausage, the oil on the sausage stained the steamed bun. Taking a bite with half of the sausage was really delicious.
Ling Xing looked at Shen Lai, who was devouring it, wondering if he had been excluded again at noon today and had not eaten.
These days, Shen Lai never talked about things in the clinic, thinking that there was nothing happy, otherwise, he would have talked about it long ago.
Ling Xing sighed softly in his heart, poured a cup of warm water from the water bag and handed it over, “Little Five, drink some water, don’t choke.”
Shen Lai took the water cup and smiled at Ling Xing, “Okay, brother-in-law.”