W Chapter 50

Chapter 50 “First, get the dishes ready to sell.”……

Chapter 50 “First, get the dishes ready to sell.”……

They were delayed at the city gate for a while, so Ling Xing and Shen Hui walked back a bit faster.

Knowing that they were taking Ling Yue to Xiao Liucun to see the teacher and the private school today, Xu Youfang made lunch early so that when they got home, they could unload their things, put them away, wash their hands, and eat.

After lunch, Shen Hui also went with them, having a man around meant they wouldn’t have to worry about being bullied on the road.

Ling Yue’s legs still couldn’t walk that far, so Shen Hui carried him on his back the whole way.

Because Shen Hui’s back was wide and he walked steadily, Ling Yue actually fell asleep.

When they arrived at Xiao Liucun, Ling Xing couldn’t help but laugh as he woke him up, preparing to wait a little while not far from the village entrance, until Ling Yue was completely awake before walking into the village.

It wouldn’t be good to meet the teacher while still sleepy.

Because there were many people sitting and chatting near the village entrance, Ling Xing didn’t let Shen Hui get too close.

In his previous life, he lived in a village, and the place he avoided the most was the village entrance information station.

If you participated in it, it would be fine, but if you just passed by, you would definitely become a new topic of conversation for the information station.

But Ling Xing underestimated the power of the ancient village entrance information station, which had no entertainment activities.

Even though they stood a little further away, it didn’t take long for these shrewd people to accurately lock onto them.

An old woman’s eyes seemed to be shining as she looked up, revealing her toothless grin, and said with a smile, “Oh, you two lovebirds have been standing there for a while, does the child not feel well?”

It had to be said that the old woman’s observation skills were quite strong, noticing that Ling Xing and the others had stopped because of Ling Yue.

At the same time, her ability to imagine things was even stronger, what on earth was she talking about?

Shen Hui didn’t pay attention to the rest, his mind was filled with the words “lovebirds,” his face remained cool, but his ears turned red.

Ling Yue, who was on his back, saw it clearly, he tilted his head, blinked, and then leaned back down, not taking it to heart.

Before Shen Hui could say anything, Ling Xing pulled him away directly.

At this time, it was best not to explain anything and leave quickly.

Otherwise, no matter what you said, they would drag you into a long conversation, and if you didn’t explain in detail from the beginning, they would definitely spread a bunch of nonsense.

By leaving directly, their information was limited, and they couldn’t spread any rumors.

The students studying in the private school came from other villages.

Only Lu Xiucai’s youngest grandson, Lu Zhou, studied at the school in Xiao Liucun, aside from him, no other children from Xiao Liucun attended the private school.

Therefore, at noon, the children brought dry rations to eat at the private school.

Lu Xiucai’s wife, Liu Xia, would use a pot to heat up their dry rations and also boil hot water for the students to drink.

Ling Xing was quite satisfied with this, at least they could eat something warm and drink hot water.

Now it was nap time at the private school, after eating lunch, they would sleep for a while, to ensure they had the energy to study in the afternoon.

After entering the courtyard, Ling Yue was put down.

Lu Xiucai, whose original name was Lu Zhengqing, came out and first carefully examined Ling Yue’s appearance.

Seeing that there were no obvious birthmarks or scars on his face, he nodded slightly.

He then asked about Ling Yue’s leg, “Will this leg be lame in the future?”

Ling Xing said, “The doctor said it won’t.”

The Da Yu imperial examinations continued the previous system, those with scars or birthmarks on their faces were not accepted, and those with disabilities were not accepted.

But if an official had scars on their face or had a disability after taking office, as long as it didn’t affect government affairs or cause any mistakes, their official position would not be taken away or demoted.

Knowing that Ling Yue’s leg would get better, Lu Zhengqing then tested Ling Yue’s knowledge.

He had heard Ling Xing say that the child was familiar with the entire Thousand Character Classic, but he didn’t expect that not only was he familiar with the Thousand Character Classic, but he had also read some of the Classic of Poetry and had his own insights.

The child in front of him was only five years old, yet he had such knowledge and insights, even among families with some background, few were so intelligent and gifted.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him a genius.

At least with some more studying, he could even take the children’s examination.

A six-year-old child who passed the children’s examination, that was definitely a genius.

At the thought of being the one to send him off to the examination, Lu Zhengqing’s heart fluttered.

The student’s achievements were the teacher’s glory!

“Good, I’ll take this child.”

Lu Zhengqing was really satisfied with Ling Yue and didn’t ask any more questions, directly accepting him.

The tuition in the village private school was much cheaper than in town.

For Ling Yue, it was two catties of pork, one catty of good flour, and one catty of aged rice per month.

The tuition in town was at least double that, and in addition to those things, they also had to give copper coins.

Lu Zhengqing didn’t want money, only rice, flour, and meat.

With just those things, few families in the village could afford to send their children. If he also charged money, no one would come.

The flour and rice could be saved up and sold, which was almost the same as receiving money.

Before leaving, Lu Zhengqing wrote a list of the books Ling Yue would need for his studies.

“You don’t need to buy particularly good writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones for now, but if you want to enter the examination hall, it’s best to prepare a better set. Otherwise, it will greatly affect the examination.”

Ling Xing put away the list and listened to Lu Zhengqing’s words, nodding repeatedly.

Leaving Xiao Liucun, Ling Xing said to Shen Hui, “Second Brother, let’s go to town again later to buy the things needed for studying.”

He didn’t need to buy books, there were ready-made ones in the pile that Wang Juan gave him.

But they definitely had to buy writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, not only for Ling Yue but also for Shen Hui.

Besides, Shen Hui had originally planned to buy the things needed for studying today, but because they had to send Ling Yue to Xiao Liucun, he didn’t delay in the morning and came back first.

Shen Hui nodded, “Okay.”

Ling Yue wasn’t feeling well, so they could only send him home first, they couldn’t take him to town with them.

The little guy was a little disappointed, after all, he was young and loved excitement and shopping.

Ling Xing saw this and said to Ling Yue, “When you’re feeling better, Brother will take you and Xiao Wu to town to play.”

Ling Yue was stunned for a moment, but still followed his true feelings and nodded shyly.

When he got home, Ling Yue directly grabbed Shen Lai to accompany him in practicing walking.

Hearing from Ling Yue that Eldest Brother-in-law would take them to town to play when he felt better, Shen Lai jumped up happily.

He hadn’t been to town for a long, long time.

Therefore, he was even more attentive in watching Ling Yue practice, wishing Ling Yue would be well tomorrow.

Ling Xing went into the house to get money, he had already bought the ingredients for making soup dumplings tomorrow, and had a total of more than 2,500 Wen in his hands.

After deducting Shen Hui’s 20% and the family’s 10%, Ling Xing could use 1,813 Wen himself.

Writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones weren’t cheap to begin with, and he also had to get medicine, so Ling Xing brought all the money with him.

Shen Hui didn’t need to buy writing brushes and inkstones for the time being, he had all of those.

He used to go out to write and read letters for people, and in the winter he would also go out to write couplets for the New Year.

It was just that he had been setting up a stall with Ling Xing recently, so he hadn’t continued to do that.

But he did need to buy some paper.

Ling Xing was afraid that Shen Hui wouldn’t have enough money, so he gave Shen Hui his 518 Wen first.

Xu Youfang also took out 200 Wen, 100 Wen for Shen Hui and 100 Wen for Ling Xing.

“Mother, I can’t take this money.”

Ling Xing refused without even thinking.

It wasn’t easy for the family to make money, it was even more difficult than for him. Besides, the embroidery business couldn’t be done now, and there weren’t enough velvet flowers, they were still accumulating and adjusting. The family was barely making ends meet, it was fine to give it to Shen Hui, but he couldn’t accept it.

Xu Youfang didn’t listen to Ling Xing and stuffed it into his hand, “Take it if I give it to you. In a few days, I can take the velvet flowers out to sell, and I still need to use your stall, asking you to help promote them. I can’t give you more, but you can take it to buy some cheaper paper for Ah Yue to use for practice. It can be considered a small token of my affection, are you disliking that there’s not enough money if you don’t take it?”

Ling Xing couldn’t win and had to accept it.

“I thank Mother on behalf of Ah Yue.”

Xu Youfang reached out and touched Ling Xing’s thin cheek, smiling, “We’re family, there’s no need for thanks. Be careful on the road, and come back early.”

There were stationery shops and painting material shops that sold writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones in town.

The stationery shops had all kinds of prices, and there were many cheap ones.

The ones in the painting material shops were basically expensive and good quality.

Ling Xing and the others went to the stationery shop.

There was only one stationery shop in town, and the shopkeeper was an acquaintance.

Seeing Ling Xing come, the shopkeeper thought he was here to ask if Ling Yue’s painting had been received back.

He didn’t expect that he was here to buy things.

The shopkeeper also knew about Ling Xing’s situation.

He directly took them to the cheap section, thinking about the food Ling Xing had sent earlier, and took out some paper that was damp and had marks.

“These papers are not in good condition, but you can dry them in the sun and use them yourself. This is already the cheapest, we usually sell it by the catty, normally it’s 20 Wen per catty. We’re all acquaintances, so I won’t give you a fake price, I’ll sell you the damp ones for 10 Wen per catty.”

Ling Xing didn’t know much about these things, but Shen Hui was clear.

Studying cost money, especially in these areas.

The cheapest paper in town was indeed 20 Wen per catty. It was relatively rough and would smudge the ink a little. But it wasn’t very serious, you could still use it and see it.

This kind of damp paper with some marks was actually very popular.

Generally speaking, you couldn’t buy it without some kind of relationship.

After all, it was half the price.

Anyway, you could dry it in the sun and use it the same way, it’s just that the quality wasn’t very good, but it didn’t matter.

Shen Hui nodded unobtrusively, Ling Xing understood and thanked the stationery shop shopkeeper. There were a total of ten catties, Ling Xing and Shen Hui discussed it and each bought five catties.

For the remaining writing brushes and inkstones, Ling Xing also chose slightly cheaper ones.

They had limited money in their hands now, so they could only follow what Lu Xiucai said, and wait until Ling Yue participated in the imperial examinations before preparing a good set for him.

The writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones added up to a total of one tael of silver for Ling Xing, and the stationery shop shopkeeper gave him a discount, so it cost exactly 1,000 Wen.

No matter how cheap these things were, they wouldn’t be very cheap.

Fortunately, they could be used for a while.

The stationery shop was close to Doctor Li’s clinic, so he went to get Ling Yue’s medicine for treating his throat for the next five days.

With the remaining 500 Wen or so safely tucked away, he thought about adding new food items to the stall on the way to the grain shop.

Otherwise, the money really wouldn’t be enough.

Steamed rice cake wasn’t selling because the fermentation recipe was public, Ling Xing wasn’t planning to sell it anymore.

Sugar was really expensive, and someone would definitely figure it out later, dividing up the customer base. It was still hot now, and it couldn’t be kept for long, hot food didn’t sell as well as in winter.

Selling something cold was more marketable in summer.

In his previous life, cold noodles and cold skin noodles were popular items on the streets and alleys in the summer.

But making cold noodles was time-consuming and laborious, Ling Xing didn’t have that much time to do it, so he simply made cold skin noodles.

The washed-out gluten could also be used, steamed and cut into pieces and placed in the cold skin noodles could also add flavor.

The matter should be done sooner rather than later, so after buying the rice and flour for Lu Xiucai’s tuition at the grain shop, he bought another two catties of flour to try making cold skin noodles.

He still bought the meat from Wu Dali, Ling Xing bought a batch in the morning, and now he came again, Wu Dali gave him a discount of five Wen.

After a trip, Ling Xing only had 378 Wen left in his hand.

He carefully put away the money, looking at the almost empty copper coins, he thought that the cold skin noodles had to be on the stall at the latest the day after tomorrow.

When the two arrived home, it was almost evening.

Ling Xing put down his things and started preparing to make cold skin noodles.

Making cold skin noodles was actually not difficult, there were no stainless steel pots in ancient times, but there were bamboo woven steaming plates.

The ancient people’s craftsmanship was really good, these bamboo woven steaming plates were woven tightly and the surface was smooth, there would be no leakage.

Ling Xing was not at ease and specially poured water on it to test it, there was indeed no leakage. If it was a long time, it would definitely still seep through, but the cold skin noodles should have been steamed and cooked by then.

Plus, the surface was smooth enough, and it was easy to take down, Ling Xing immediately started kneading the dough.

He added some salt to the flour, which could add flavor and make the noodles more chewy.

After adding warm water and stirring, he covered it with a lid and let it sit for a while.

During this time, he washed the linen cloth he had brought over, preparing to wash the dough and filter it later.

The rested dough was mixed with water again, like noodle soup.

Shen Lai and Ling Yue, two children, stood on one side each, holding the linen cloth in their hands, and Ling Xing slowly poured the noodle water to filter.

After several times back and forth, there was a lump of dough in the basin, this was the gluten.

Ling Xing washed it clean, pulled it a few times, and steamed it together later.

The bamboo woven steaming plate was custom-made according to the size of the large pottery pot at home, and it was quite large.

It measured nearly forty centimeters in diameter.

Ling Xing had previously filmed a video of making rice noodle rolls, and he used a bamboo woven steaming plate at that time.

But that steaming plate had a retaining edge around it, this one didn’t.

When pouring the batter and shaking it, although Ling Xing was very careful, he still failed several times.

A lot of it leaked from the edge and fell on his body.

There was no way, Ling Xing could only temporarily give up filling the bamboo woven steaming plate completely.

But by putting less, he couldn’t make it round, but an irregular shape.

Ling Xing had no choice but to give up making it round, anyway, it had to be cut open, so be it.

The cold skin noodles steamed quickly, and after a while, the white batter slowly became a little transparent.

Ling Xing soaked his hand in cold water and took out the steaming plate. After it cooled down a little, Ling Xing smeared some melted lard on the surface.

This could prevent the surface of the cold skin noodles from drying out and make it easier to peel off.

But Ling Xing failed to peel it off the first time.

Halfway through, he didn’t control the strength in his hand well and it broke directly.

The second time was even worse, he tore it off as soon as he peeled off a corner.

He tried it seven or eight times before he successfully peeled it off.

This was the most failures Ling Xing had had since making food.

Moreover, even later, he couldn’t make the shape of the cold skin noodles look very good.

But it was definitely better than the strange shapes at the beginning.

Ling Xing used one catty of flour, originally, according to the size of the bamboo woven mat, filling it all could produce four or five sheets.

But he didn’t fill them all, and they were of different sizes, and the shaking was uneven, affecting the taste, and finally made thirteen bizarre ones.

He thought it was very simple, but he encountered Waterloo.

Ling Xing sighed, cut all the failures, added seasoning and stirred, and the family ate it together in the evening.

Although the shape and the evenness of the shaking didn’t meet expectations, the taste of the cold skin noodles after being cooled and mixed with seasoning was still very popular.

It was refreshing, chewy, with a hint of coolness, and very appetizing.

Seeing that his family liked to eat it, he really felt that the taste was already very good, and Ling Xing was even more determined to sell cold skin noodles.

After eating and cleaning up the kitchen, Ling Xing didn’t sleep, but continued to wash the dough, and made the other catty of flour, and practiced his hands more.

Shen Hui was afraid that snakes and insects would crawl in and hurt Ling Xing again, so he didn’t enter the house either, but stood nearby guarding him.

He wanted to help, but he didn’t know how much strength he had in his hands, and he knew very well in his heart that it was better not to add to the trouble.

The oil lamp in the kitchen was always on, Cao Manyue hesitated at the door for a while, and finally chose to walk in.

“Eldest Brother-in-law, why don’t you let me try?”

She had watched it several times in the evening, at that time she wanted to say that she would try, but then she thought, that was someone else’s secret recipe, and it was not good for her to intervene.

She came over specially to say that she would try, also because it was too late.

The two of them had to get up early tomorrow to set up a stall, how could their bodies stand it if they didn’t sleep?

Cao Manyue thought that no matter what, she would help try to see if she could make it well.

Ling Xing naturally didn’t refuse, he quickly gave way and told Cao Manyue how to do it.

After understanding, Cao Manyue scooped an appropriate amount of batter water and poured it on the bamboo woven mat.

She gently turned the bamboo woven steaming plate with her wrist, and the batter water that flew around everywhere in Ling Xing’s hand, was very obedient and orderly in Cao Manyue’s hand, rotating and forming a perfect circle.

Not only was the shape beautiful, but it was also very uniform to the naked eye.

Cao Manyue put the bamboo woven steaming plate into the pot, and after it was cooked, according to what Ling Xing said, she smeared oil and peeled it off.

She circled the edge with chopsticks, gently peeled off the edge, and with a skillful twist of her wrist, she peeled it off perfectly in one go.

Looking at the big and perfect cold skin noodles, Ling Xing smiled in surprise, “Fourth Sister-in-law, you’re amazing!”

Cao Manyue was a little embarrassed by the praise, “I’ve been using a dustpan to turn beans since I was a child, and after turning them a lot, I can stop the beans wherever I want. Today, I accidentally saw this batter turning on the steaming plate, and I thought it was similar to turning beans. Eldest Brother-in-law, I hope you don’t mind me intervening.”

“Why would I mind you.” Looking at the perfect cold skin noodles, Ling Xing said, “Are you willing to help me make cold skin noodles every day? I’ll give you 50% of the profits.”

Cao Manyue was shocked, and waved her hands repeatedly, “Eldest Brother-in-law, you can just tell me to help, how can I take so much money.”

Even if he gave it, the recipe and sales were all Ling Xing’s, she wouldn’t dare to take 50%.

But in Ling Xing’s opinion, he couldn’t make such cold skin noodles himself, at least not in a short time.

This was also seasonal food, after this season, it wouldn’t be easy to sell.

Ling Xing was thinking that Cao Manyue would be responsible for making it, and he would be responsible for selling it.

In this way, the income would be split in half, which was normal.

It was just that Cao Manyue didn’t want it, Ling Xing thought for a while, “Then let’s split it 40-60.”

Money was a good thing, who didn’t want it?

Since the family’s parents said that they could each have some private money, Cao Manyue was thinking of finding some work to do after the busy farming season to save some money.

She didn’t want anything else, at least she could buy some candy for her little husband and Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia to sweeten their mouths.

Now there was a job that didn’t require going far, didn’t require heavy work, and she could earn money at home, Cao Manyue really wanted to take it.

“Eldest Brother-in-law, you give me 20%, I will definitely take this job.”

This was the price that Cao Manyue had gone over several times in her mind, which could both earn money and not make her parents angry.

Ling Xing felt that it was too little, and wanted to say something, but noticed Shen Hui shaking his head not far away.

He had to say, “Okay, then thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law.”

Cao Manyue was so happy that she couldn’t stand it, it was just turning the steaming plate a few times, it wasn’t any tiring work. She could also do it at home, she could also spend more time with Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia, and help her husband take care of the vegetable garden, where was the hardship.

“Then, Eldest Brother-in-law, when do I start doing it?”

“Tomorrow, maybe.”

Today was just a trial, and Ling Xing didn’t buy that much flour.

Cao Manyue didn’t expect that she could find a job so quickly, and after agreeing, she happily returned to the house.

“Second Brother, why didn’t you let me say to give more profits just now?”

Shen Hui said, “Fourth Brother’s vegetable garden has been harvested. He will sell with us tomorrow, he will prepare the good part and take it to the restaurants and taverns to try his luck. The rest is placed on the soup dumpling stall, and we will help watch and sell it.”

“If the profit of the cold skin noodles is given too much, Fourth Brother’s vegetables will need to be set up on a stall and sold by himself. Parents won’t allow Fourth Brother to put the vegetables on the soup dumpling stall again, and let Fourth Sister-in-law take so much of the cold skin noodle profit.”

Living in the Shen family, you have to follow the Shen family’s rules, Ling Xing nodded when he heard this, “I know.”

The next day, Ling Yue was going to private school.

Because Ling Xing and the others had too many things, taking the main road was too roundabout and tiring.

Xu Youfang said that she would send Ling Yue, and all the rice, flour, and meat for tuition would be packed, and she would send it all together today.

Ling Xing thought for a while, if Ling Yue followed him, it would indeed be difficult to carry him.

Plus, they had to get up early and sit in front of the private school for an hour in advance.

It was not good for Ling Yue’s body, so he followed what Xu Youfang said.

Today, Shen Gui also got up early.

Cao Manyue also got up together and helped Shen Gui pack the vegetables.

There were two baskets in total, one in front and one in back for Shen Gui.

Ling Xing also carried ten catties of pork skin jelly on his body because he made more today, he couldn’t help Shen Gui carry the vegetables.

Ten catties was already the limit that his malnourished body could bear.

Fortunately, Shen Gui’s strength was not as good as Shen Hui’s, but after all, he had been working in the fields, and he looked thin, but he still had strength.

The two baskets of vegetables were a little difficult when he got up, but it was much better after he stood up.

The three of them walked on the mountain path, and Shen Hui’s attention was more focused than before.

Now the insects and snakes were out, he had to be careful, so as not to be bitten by something.

On the road, Shen Gui lagged behind a little, and said to Ling Xing, “Eldest Brother-in-law, thank you for giving my wife work, you don’t know, she was so happy that she didn’t sleep all night.”

Ling Xing smiled slightly, “I also want to thank Fourth Sister-in-law, if it weren’t for her strong control, I wouldn’t be able to sell cold skin noodles this summer.”

This was the first time Shen Gui had heard someone praise his wife so much, usually when he went out, he heard some unpleasant gossip.

Either saying that his wife was old, or saying that his wife had children from a previous marriage.

Hearing Ling Xing say this, the smile on Shen Gui’s face was even stronger, “Right, I said my wife was amazing.”

Those who said things about his wife were all inferior to his wife!

Ling Xing looked at Shen Gui, who was full of pride, and thought that this Fourth Brother usually looked like a child, and didn’t look very serious. But he also loved his wife in his heart.

He took a breath of fresh air in the mountains, and hoped that the Shen family, him, and Ling Yue could all get better and better in the future.

After arriving at the stall, Shen Gui put down the vegetable baskets, and then arranged the vegetables neatly.

After finishing, he carried the better-quality basket of vegetables on his back to the restaurants and taverns in the town to try his luck.

Today, Ling Xing made ten catties of pork skin jelly that could be sold, and all the diners who had eaten it yesterday, and the diners who hadn’t bought it, all crowded up.

Seeing that the stall also had fresh vegetables for sale, many people didn’t want to run another trip, and there were quite a few people asking for prices.

Shen Gui’s vegetable prices were about the same as those who sold vegetables in town, and in order to save trouble, there were really many people squatting down to choose vegetables to buy all the food they wanted at once.

When half of the pork skin jelly was sold, Shen Gui’s vegetables were also selling out.

Ling Xing thought that the popularity of supermarkets in his previous life was really reasonable.

One-stop shopping, how good.

It’s just that the stall sold pork skin jelly, soup dumplings, and vegetables, and Ling Xing and Shen Hui were a little too busy.

If he added cold skin noodles, he was afraid that there would be chaos.

Ling Xing was thinking of hiring someone to work for an hour, which wouldn’t be very expensive.

He knew a little about the prices of hiring people at the labor market, from the days he lived with Tu Hai.

He knew it from chatting with Tu Hai.

According to the prices in town, someone who met his manpower needs could be hired for ten to fifteen Wen per hour.

He would sell and see when the cold skin noodles were added tomorrow, if it really didn’t work, he would go to the labor market when he closed the stall tomorrow.

It wasn’t until the pork skin jelly and vegetables were sold out that Shen Gui came back with the basket on his back, dejected.

When he saw that the vegetables placed on the stall were sold out, his face finally showed some smiles.

Ling Xing was busy making soup dumplings and didn’t pay much attention to Shen Gui.

Shen Hui glanced at Shen Gui’s basket, which was still full.

“Your vegetables didn’t sell?”

Shen Gui felt uncomfortable when he mentioned this.

The restaurants and taverns in town had fixed purchases of vegetables every day.

There were a few who had taken a fancy to his vegetables, but they were only willing to receive them at a low price, and were not willing to pay an extra Wen.

He was naturally unwilling in his heart, so he could only continue to look.

He finally found a small tavern that was willing to buy at a slightly higher price.

It was really because Shen Gui’s vegetables were really fresh and grew well.

Using good ingredients to cook, the taste can be improved.

Hearing that Shen Gui had a vegetable garden that could supply for a long time, the owner of the small tavern was even happier.

He was about to make a contract with Shen Gui on the spot, thinking of replacing the person who supplied the vegetables before, it just so happened that that person’s vegetables were getting worse and worse, and he was naturally unwilling to be a fool anymore when he met a better one.

Who knew that when it came to reporting his family name, the tavern owner’s smile disappeared as soon as he heard that he was a Shen family member from Xiao Liucun, and he directly said that he would not accept his vegetables.

Shen Gui was stunned, and didn’t forget to ask the reason.

It was obviously good before, and he was very satisfied with his vegetables, why did he suddenly not want them again?

The tavern owner didn’t hide it from Shen Gui, and directly said, “The matter between your family and Yunxia Tavern before has spread throughout our industry. Not only will I not accept it, but other families who know your identity will not accept it either.”

The words of the small tavern owner were clear enough for Shen Gui to understand.

In order to solve the matter of Yunxia Tavern’s boss’s coercion, he asked the county magistrate for help.

Shen Gui also heard that the county magistrate even asked the county deputy magistrate to personally go to Yunxia Tavern to resolve it.

The Liu family behind Yunxia Tavern didn’t make any more moves after that.

But after all, his family was the leader in this industry, and was backed by the county deputy magistrate.

Some words, the Liu family didn’t have to say, people in the industry all knew what to do.

It was good that the Shen family didn’t have any involvement with taverns and restaurants later, as long as there was any involvement, they would definitely encounter many obstacles.

The Shen family selling vegetables and taverns and restaurants in town not accepting them was just the smallest impact.

Knowing the reason, Shen Gui thanked the tavern owner for telling the truth, and it saved him from running around, and he directly returned to the soup dumpling stall.

Seeing that Ling Xing was busy making soup dumplings, Shen Gui whispered the matter to Shen Hui first.

Shen Hui frowned slightly when he heard this, and said to Shen Gui, “First, get the dishes ready to sell.”