Chapter 60 Opening a Shop (1)

It was just past noon, the sun was setting, and Mujia Village was enveloped in a soft sunset glow. Smoke rose from the village, and the families began to cook dinner.

  Mrs. Du, who was helping with the cooking at Zhou's house, returned home after finishing her work. Before she even entered the yard, she could smell the strong aroma of barbecue in the air. When she entered the main house, she found that it was her children who were happily gathered around the charcoal basin. The eldest daughter was holding a few long dry branches with small pieces of meat skewered on the branches, roasting them over the charcoal fire. While roasting, she fanned the meat with a fan and sprinkled some seasoning on the meat from time to time.

  Seeing that Mrs. Du had returned, the children all greeted her happily: "Mom, come and eat the skewers, the skewers that my eldest sister grilled are delicious!"

  Mrs. Du followed the mouth-watering aroma, hugged Wu'er in her arms, sat down, and asked curiously: "What are you doing?" Caiwei

  fanned the fire and handed over a skewer of grilled meat, saying: "Mom, don't ask, just try it and see if it tastes good or not?"

  Mrs. Du took it and saw that the meat on the skewer was roasted golden and crispy, and various seasonings were wrapped around the meat, with a little oily sheen, and the fragrant aroma came in waves, making people salivate and their appetites move! Put it to

  your mouth and take a bite, and you suddenly feel that this taste should only be in heaven, and it is rare to see it in the world!

  "Well, delicious!"

  Mrs. Du, who has always been indifferent to the desire for food, showed a look of surprise in an instant.

  Several children each held a skewer and ate it in big mouthfuls, with a circle of oil stars around their little mouths.

  After eating a skewer, Mrs. Du thought it was delicious and asked, "What is this? Why is it so delicious?"

  Caiwei said concisely, "Grilled meat skewers!"

  Mrs. Du was a little puzzled: "How do you know this?"

  Caiwei said calmly, "I thought of it when I was free, but I didn't expect it to be so delicious!" Then she asked casually, "Mother, have those people from the Zhou family left?"

  "Yes, they have left. The carriage your uncle Zhou hired for them was from your uncle's family. They said they went to the town!"

  Hearing the topic raised by Caiwei, Mrs. Du talked more.

  "I am so lucky today. I met that noble man and got a hundred taels of silver for free. In the future, our family will be much more relaxed. That young man is really generous. Not only me, but also your aunt Zhou, he gave a hundred taels of silver! Oh! By the way, he ate your crystal jelly and praised it highly. He also wanted to meet you! But mother thought that although we are poor, it is not easy for a girl to meet outsiders, so mother refused!"

  "Oh!" Caiwei felt much more relaxed. She secretly

  thought: It's good that he's gone. She didn't care whether that monster praised her or not. As for whether he wanted to see her or not, she just wished that she would never see him again in this life!

  Women love to nag, and so did my mother. Because she was in a good mood, she talked more and kept chattering: "Do you know? There was a tiger in our back mountain. Your Uncle Zhou and Jiujin decided not to hunt anymore and are going to find a way to make a living..." Muttering

  , Mrs. Du ate a few more skewers. If she wasn't afraid of indigestion at night, she would have eaten more.

  When Caiwei heard what her mother said, she stopped what she was doing and asked: "Mother, do you know what kind of business Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou want to make?"

  Mrs. Du said: "The whole family is planning it, and it hasn't been decided yet!"

  As the mother and the daughter were talking, Aunt Zhou's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Sister Du, are you home?"

  "Oh, as soon as you mention the devil, he's here. Your Aunt Zhou is here. Mother will go open the door!" She stood up and went out to greet him.