Wu Sheng didn’t push back either. After the Duke of Qi’s title was taken away, the family was having a hard time. He came here this time to make a show of himself and brought some money to buy some nice things to bring over.
He reached out his hand to accept it, “Many thanks, cousin.”
Zhang Zhuan sent them out of the house and watched the three of them get on their horses and leave before turning around to go back, only halfway there, she saw Zhang Lan hurrying out with her maid, and when she saw her, she stopped dead in her tracks, “Big, big brother.”
Zhang Zhuan rarely saw her like this, and casually asked, “What are you doing in such a hurry?”
Zhang Lan’s eyes flickered, “No, it’s nothing, I’m halfway through my embroidery work and I’ve run out of embroidery thread, so I’m going to buy some.”
Zhang Zhuan didn’t ask any more questions, “Buy it and come back sooner.”
When Zhang Lan answered, she lifted her skirt and ran outside when Zhang Zhuan had gone away.
The maid at the side lowered her eyes, not daring to say anything.
……
Wu Sheng soon caught up with the Huang family’s carriage, following not far behind on the way.
Two days later, at noon, when they reached a small town, Jin Hao found a snack shop and stopped. Several people dismounted, dismounted, handed their horses and carriages to the fellows and went in to eat.
The couple became more and more satisfied with him, and Huang Yu also changed from not saying a word the day before and spoke to Jin Hao intentionally or unintentionally.
Jin Hao was overjoyed and answered whatever he was asked, without hiding anything.
Wu Sheng also stopped at the snack shop, dismounted and gave a wink to one of his attendants, who understood and did not follow him into the house, but approached the Huang family carriage when the fellows were not looking.
Two quarters of an hour later, several people finished eating, came out of it, got on the carriage and continued their journey. Five miles out of the town, Jin Hao heard the carriage click, his heart fluttered and he hurriedly shouted, “Stop!”
The coachman stopped the reins.
Jin Hao dismounted and inspected the carriage carefully, and found that the wheel was cracked and he could not continue on his way.
“Can you fix it?”
The coachman shook his head.
Jin Hao looked to Huang Gao who had lifted the curtain of the carriage, “You guys wait here for a while, I’ll go to town to find someone who can fix the carriage.”
“I’ll trouble you, Sir Jin.”
Jin Hao turned his horse around and headed back to the town, walking a few dozen feet away from Wu Sheng and then walking a few feet away from him, he didn’t care.
Watching him walk away, the corners of Wu Sheng’s mouth curled up and he walked forward unhurriedly, almost reaching the carriage when he saw all three of the Huang family dismounting and waiting by the roadside, he spurred his horse over, “Is the carriage broken?”
He was wearing an ordinary silk shirt and the attendant beside him was also dressed as a boy, Huang Gao only thought he was a gentleman from an ordinary family and said back, “Yes.”
Wu Sheng got off his horse, saw the large seam on the wheel of the carriage, and called out to his own servants, “You two help, fix the carriage.”
The two attendants answered, got down from the carriage, took a brand new set of tools off the horse’s back, got under the carriage and repaired it.
“You guys are really lucky ……”
Wu Sheng didn’t look at his two attendants, he just looked at them, “My boy’s father is the family’s carriage driver and just passed through that town, he thought this set of tools was good and bought it back for his father.”
Huang Gao thanked him repeatedly.
Wu Sheng waved his hand, “When you go out, who doesn’t have a difficult time, I’m helping you now, I hope someone will help me in the future when I’m in trouble.”
“Young master is so helpful, you will be rewarded in the future.”
Huang Gao flattered.
Wu Sheng looked in Huang Yu’s direction out of the corner of his eye and saw that her back was to himself, his eyebrows wrinkled slightly, then he shook the reins without a trace, the horse was frightened and hissed, Huang Yu was instantly frightened and turned around, just in time to meet his gaze.
Before Huang Yu could blush, Wu Sheng had already quickly turned his head away, even his body followed, and gave his own horse a pat on the head, “Don’t be in a hurry, we’ll leave once they’ve repaired the carriage.”
His voice was so nice that Huang Yu inexplicably took it to heart.
By the time Jin Hao returned with the men who could fix the carriage, it had already been repaired.
Huangcao told him how it had been repaired, and Jin Hao, feeling lucky, paid the man who had found it half the silver and resumed his journey.
……
Song Wan Yue was unaware of what had happened on their way and went to the workshop where the marinated meat was made.
The three women in the workshop were busy, and when they saw Song Wan Yue, they were all delighted, “Dongjia, you’re here?”
“Are you tired?”
“No, I’m not tired at all.”
Xu Laosan’s family smiled back, there was money to be earned every day, she really didn’t feel tired.
The other two women were similar to her.
The workshop is a rented yard, not very big, and these people work meticulously, the yard is clean and there is no big odour.
“There are a lot of people on the self-help side now, so you will work hard, and when it gets hot, there will be fewer people.”
“No hard work, no hard work.”
Xu Laosan’s family waved their hands, this was much easier than the work they normally did too, it wasn’t hard work at all.
“I have to go out some time later, I may not be back for a long time, if there is anything over here, you will look for Master Jin, remember, no matter what the situation is, things must be made clean.”
Several people answered in unison.
Song Wangyue looked at Xu Laosan, “Go and buy some chicken claws, chicken legs, duck legs, duck necks, and duck wings and come back.”
Xu Laosan answered, added a thick piece of firewood to each stove, asked his daughter-in-law for money and dashed out.
Song Wangyue said, “These things can also be brined, just like brined meat, so you can brine some and try it.”
The three women looked at each other, the chicken legs and duck legs were fine, after all, there was some meat, but how to eat chicken claws and duck necks and duck wings, but the three of them still cleaned them neatly, dried the water and put them into the pot.
“So many things can be brined, you do not have to stick to pork these, anything can be tried, if you feel unsure, you can try another small stove first, even if things are not brined well, spoil that pot of soup, it is not a heartache.”
Several people responded.
They were all wage earners and were afraid that if they did not do well they would be dismissed by Song Wangyue and lose their income.
When the food was ready, Song Wan Yue told them to try it.
Xu Laosan took one of the chicken claws first, bit into it and nodded, “It’s delicious.”
The other three also took one and ate it separately, and it was indeed very good.
“You guys brine some of these every day, just about three or four catties, I’ll go back and tell Master Jin to add this dish to the buffet side.”
The four of them swallowed the contents of their mouths in response.
“Do you and my third uncle still drink together regularly?”
Song Wangyue asked Xu Laosan.