Chapter 24 Everyone is happy
However, after saying a few words, another noodle-eating guest came over, and Gui Qiu followed Zhou Dingxiang to greet the guests.
Gui Chongyang and Gui Chun sat down to eat noodles. It was not the soup noodles on other tables, but two bowls of sesame paste across the water. The fragrant sesame paste and the vigorous noodles made their index fingers squirt when they smelled Gui Chongyang.
Guichun is the time to eat, and the breakfast I ate in the morning was almost the same, so I was hungry.
Gui Chongyang and Gui Chun had two meals, but they knew how much he had eaten. They looked at the top noodles in the bowl and put them out half a bowl.
Gui Chun was about to stop him, and Gui Chongyang said, "I have a low appetite, so it's not easy to waste it."
Guichun then let go of the bowl. Gui Chongyang plucked it and found something was wrong. There was a poached egg at the bottom of the noodles.
Gui Chongyang couldn't help laughing and held the poached egg and said to Gui Chun, "Sister Zhou is such a solid person. Brother Chun also takes a look. You should have it in your bowl."
Gui Chun opened her face and looked at it. Sure enough, there was a white and tender poached egg underneath.
"How is this good?" Gui Chun became more uncomfortable: "It's noodles and chicken again, it's too much."
When Guichun was a child, he ate noodles at the market with his elders. He always asked for three cents a bowl, and then an egg, and another penny. The two bowls of noodles in front of him cost eight cents.
Gui Chun touched the wallet on his chest: "We all have the money, so we can't take advantage of this for free. We should give the money later. Fortunately, the waiter took the money, otherwise he would have to owe it."
This is certainly a good virtue, but sometimes it is not a favor, but a favor. If you should owe it, you will owe it.
Gui Chongyang thought this way and advised: "It's not that there's no tomorrow, why are you anxious? Sister Zhou is kind to treat her, and it's not good for us to give her money directly. My aunt said that the wheat at home is going to be harvested and the fresh noodles are delicious. Next time, I'll give Sister Zhou some fresh food."
Gui Chun is a man who listens to advice. It is true that he starts to eat noodles with peace of mind.
As more and more people went to the market, the noodle stall was full of people. Gui Chongyang and Gui Chun also got up and gave seats to others. Gui Chongyang watched Gui Qiu busy and pulled Gui Chun over to help.
Gui Chun was not smart, so he was responsible for the above; Gui Chongyang's people were looking thin, so he helped Zhou Dingxiang next to the stove, and there was no word he talked about with Zhou Dingxiang.
But in a moment, Gui Chongyang found out about the Zhou family clearly.
Master Zhou, also known as Boss Zhou, is from Shanxi. When he was young, he came to Tongzhou. He also started as an apprentice and learned a craft. Later, he started by picking up and selling pastries and accumulated a family business and got married here. Master Zhou got married only at 27 or 8, and his children came late again. This year, he is already forty-five years old. Now the Zhou family has four, in addition to the fifteen-year-old Zhou Dingxiang, there is also a seven-year-old boy who is sent to a private school in the west of Zhen to study.
The Jiang family’s teahouse ordered several pastries from Master Zhou all year round, so Master Jiang Wu is familiar with Master Zhou. Last year, he heard that Master Zhou wanted to find an apprentice, Master Jiang Wu immediately thought of his second nephew, and then introduced him. Now Gui Qiu has been younger than the Zhou family.
This noodle stall in the restaurant was proposed by Gui Qiu, and Master Zhou also agreed. Before Gui Qiu could go to formal school, Zhou Dingxiang grew up by the stove since she was a child, so she came out to be a "master master".
The more Gui Chongyang heard it, the more he felt something was wrong, and asked, "There is only an apprentice in this restaurant? Is there any other guy or a small worker?"
Now, when you can call yourself a "old man" at the age of thirty, it is not a short life after fifty. Master Zhou is almost fifty and his son is young. I wonder how many years to hire a son-in-law to support him? How can I recruit an apprentice?
The recruitment of son-in-law here is different from the son-in-law. It is still a marriage to a daughter, but there is no bride price. It is only explained clearly before marrying a daughter. The son-in-law works in the family for a few years. The two parties agreed on the age limit and wrote it on the marriage letter. They are still two families, and they live separately after the age limit.
Master Zhou had a daughter who was a general and a bastard. He refused to propose marriage from two families in the town, and had no intention of seeking a matchmaker. This was obviously to keep his daughter in his parents' home for several years.
"Is there a little one? Brother Qiu may have eaten it, and he can eat four bowls of rice in one meal, and he can't afford to raise one." Zhou Dingxiang said with a smile.
Listening to this, Gui Qiu was free and at home in the Zhou family, so that she could eat freely.
Gui Chongyang felt a little uncomfortable. Master Zhou chose Gui Qiu as an apprentice, because of the face of Jiang Wuye, or because of the poor family of Gui Qiu, Gui Qiu is the second son again?
Who would agree to let his son get married to a half-married family in a family?
The Gui family has only three younger generations, and Gui Chongyang is reluctant to let go of one. Before, he was satisfied with Zhou Dingxiang, but now he is picky.
Gui Chongyang is also concerned about Gui Qiu. When the face is taken and connected, there is no place beyond the ceremony.
It was almost noon when the noon stall was gone and the restaurant behind it began to open.
Gui Chongyang and Guichun has arrived, he always has to say hello to Master Zhou, so he followed Gui Qiu into the restaurant.
A short and fat chef came out, shaved a shiny bald head, and greeted Gui Chun and Gui Chongyang like a black Maitreya.
I heard that Gui Chongyang was a relative, so Master Zhou looked at him several times, but he was still concerned about Gui Chun. He asked his grandparents how good they were in good health and whether the wheat at home was going to be harvested.
Gui Chun naturally had any answers, and Master Zhou joked with a smile: "I heard from your fifth uncle that you are two years older than Qiu'er, so you are eighteen this year. Can the family talk about marriage?"
Gui Chun immediately turned red and couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Master Zhou smiled more lovingly and touched his big bald head: "It seems that this is going to be ordered. Don't forget to send you Uncle Zhou's post. At that time, you must go over and ask for a glass of wedding wine."
Zhou Dingxiang lowered her head and still smiled "hehe".
Gui Qiu's reaction was a little wrong, as if he was surprised that Gui Chun was talking about his marriage, revealing a hint of surprise and confusion.
The bystander from Gui Chongyang was clear and he had already seen it. This time, Master Zhou has regarded Gui Qiu as half of his son-in-law and took the initiative to find an opportunity to meet the elders of the Gui family. He must have a taste of the situation.
The elders and young people are in order. Guichun’s marriage is settled, and Guiqiu’s marriage can be discussed. The Gui family’s family is there, so it will be difficult to get married. Master Zhou helps at this time, which also means “taking advantage of the situation.”
Master Zhou was in a good mood and asked to keep the Gui brothers for lunch.
Gui Chun hurriedly said, "I'm going back, and my family is still waiting."
Although it was not yet time for wheat harvest, Master Zhou came from the countryside. He knew that there were a lot of work in the countryside, so he did not waste customers. He went back to the kitchen to work hard.
Gui Qiu couldn't wait to pull his brother out, not caring about avoiding the little tail that followed behind Gui Chongyang, and asked in a low voice: "How can brother say hello? What should I do if my cousin Mei?"
Gui Chun was so shocked that he couldn't shut up: "What should I do? What do you mean when you waiter?"
Gui Qiu frowned and said, "Of course it was your marriage with cousin Mei. Everyone grew up together, not better than the random introductions from outside?"
"Okay, but Grandma said...what you promised Cousin Mei to you...you forgot?" Gui Chun swallowed and spitted, wondering whether to bother with his younger brother's irresponsibility or be glad.
Gui Qiu rolled her eyes and said, "Can you forget this? But that's just a word, and there's no future. I know that cousin Mei doesn't want to, otherwise my aunt wouldn't have been dragging it down..."
Gui Chun stared at Gui Qiu directly. Seeing that he was only upset and had no other intentions, he finally let go of his heart and said directly: "I thought about it before, but I didn't expect that I was... I liked cousin Mei, but I didn't know how to speak. Now that the Mei family is here, I want to pick up cousin Mei and say hello. I don't want cousin Mei to leave..."
Gui Qiu punched Guichun hard: "Brother is really hardworking. If it weren't for the Mei family, would you still be a dull gourd? Humph, I'm watching it. You two are good since childhood. I don't know when I'll meet you, so I'll hide it from me?" He said this, but he didn't look really annoyed on his face, but he was really happy for his elder brother: "I don't know when to serve wine, and let Dingxiang go over and take the spoon..."
Gui Chongyang was watching the two brothers, not knowing whether to be happy or worry.
Chapter completed!