There is a family named Zhang in Qilipu. There is a daughter named Tweety, who is eighteen years old this year. As the saying goes, "every family has its own problems", which is true. It is precisely because Tweety looks outstanding that the young descendants of Shili dream of finding a matchmaker to ask for marriage, including many rich children and bureaucratic families, but they are rejected by the Zhang family.
Zhang Jia is a foreigner from Qilipu, but his family has moved to Qilipu for some years. Mrs. Zhang lost her husband in her early years, and orphans and widows lived alone. It stands to reason that she is both a father and a mother, raising Tweety in one hand.
On this day, Mrs. Zhang suddenly said that she would open the door to recruit a husband, but the two conditions she offered were surprisingly simple: first, she would learn a trade to ensure her harvest through drought and flood; The second is to be a responsible person and be kind to Tweety. For a time, the matchmaker who came to match-making almost broke the threshold of the Zhang family. Finally, Mrs Zhang chose two of them, one of whom was Fu Sheng, the chef of Dongzhuang. This young man is not only white, but also smart and eager to learn, and his cooking is outstanding. Another man named Erkui is a kiln worker in Xizhuang. This man is dark, quiet and honest, and he can't make a fart with eight poles.
After matchmaking, Mrs. Zhang made the same request to two young students, saying that they wanted to taste the lotus roots on Tiantai Mountain, and asked them to go to Tiantai Mountain tomorrow to pick some lotus roots themselves, and then come to the Zhang family to make lotus root slices by themselves. After Mrs. Zhang tastes it herself, we will talk about relatives and friends.
The next afternoon, Fu Sheng in Dongzhuang was covered in mud, carrying a bag of lotus roots, washing his hands and face, and then cooking by himself. When it comes to cooking, of course, it is Fu Sheng's specialty. However, this cooking is serious, and Fu Sheng dare not be careless. He almost used his ability to suck milk to make delicious and smooth lotus root slices.
As for Erkui in Xizhuang, he only carried a bag of lotus roots at dusk, but his body was clean. According to Mrs. Zhang's instructions, Er Kui cooks in person, but after all, he is not good at cooking, and the slippery lotus root slices make people lose their appetite at first sight.
After Mrs. Zhang tasted the lotus root slices made by two people, she didn't say who was good or bad. She just told them to go home and wait for news. Whoever wins the Zhang family's son-in-law, the matchmaker will give good news within three days.
Three days is like a year for two young people. Three days later, early in the morning, the matchmaker hurried to Erkui's home in Xizhuang to report the good news. Everyone is silly, especially Fu Sheng, who was confident and determined to win. After learning the news, 100 people were unconvinced and proficient in their own crafts, looks and eloquence. What is better than his eloquence?
In desperation, I came to the Zhang family and asked for a statement. When Mrs. Zhang saw it, she didn't rush to explain the reason for this mate choice, but told a story earnestly-
In the past, the largest pharmacy in Huang An County was named Puji Pharmacy, and the owner, Mr. Huang Lao, had no children. So when Mr. Huang Lao was in his 70 s, he decided to recruit a disciple to inherit the family business. As soon as the news came out, people who came to study medicine were crowded for a time. Mr. Huang Lao also made the same request to the people who came to study medicine, that is, they wanted to taste the lotus roots on Tiantai Mountain, and let them pick some lotus roots from Tiantai Mountain and make a slippery lotus root slice with their own lotus roots. After he tastes them separately, he will discuss learning from the teacher. As soon as this was said, dozens of people went to Tiantai Mountain to collect lotus roots, but Mr. Huang Lao decided to accept only two apprentices.
Fu Sheng was so strange that he couldn't help interrupting Mrs. Zhang: "Is there anything special about the lotus root in Tiantai Mountain?"
Mrs. Zhang took a sip of tea and explained unhurriedly, "Actually, there is nothing special about lotus roots in Tiantai Mountain, except that lotus roots produced elsewhere have seven or nine holes, but lotus roots produced in Tiantai Mountain have eleven holes. Traditional Chinese medicine regards eleven holes of lotus root as a prescription, which is cool and bitter, nourishing middle jiao, nourishing heart and benefiting qi, and is a good medicine for reducing fire and stopping diarrhea. Maybe the average person, even your chef, won't notice how many holes there are in the lotus root in Tiantai Mountain, but Mr. Huang Lao is a family of Chinese medicine. Of course he knows what lotus root is produced in Tiantai Mountain. Mr. Huang Lao formulated this method in order to recruit a filial and honest person to inherit the medical skills of the Huang family. "
Fu Sheng retorted, "However, although Er Kui brought the lotus root from Tiantai Mountain that day, it cannot be concluded that he personally went to Tiantai Mountain to dig it. Besides, he didn't see mud all over. Maybe he bought it at the vegetable market? "
Mrs. Zhang said with a smile, "Tiantai Mountain is nearly twenty miles away from here. The mountain is high and the road is far. It takes a day to go back and forth, but you will come back in the afternoon. How is that possible? The water in Tiantai Mountain is high, and the lotus root produced is cold, bitter and slightly sour. It is rarely used for cooking, so it is difficult to buy it in the vegetable market. After Erkui came back from picking lotus roots in Tiantai Mountain, he went home and changed his clothes because he was covered in mud, but his hands and fingers were purple, which was the imprint left by picking lotus roots. "
Fu Sheng was ashamed to hear that, because he didn't go to Tiantai Mountain at all that day. He just wandered around the vegetable market in the afternoon and bought a bag of superior lotus roots at a high price. In order to prove that the lotus root was dug by himself, he deliberately put some mud on his body, but Mrs. Zhang saw it at first sight.
Mrs. Zhang went on to tell the story of Mr. Huang Lao recruiting an apprentice: "In fact, the only young apprentice recruited that day was the lotus root in Tiantai Mountain. Others came to worship lotus roots bought in the vegetable market, but Mr. Huang Lao finally forgave him and accepted him as a big apprentice because of his outstanding appearance and brilliant talent. So, two apprentices followed Mr. Huang Lao to study medicine. A few years later, Mr. Huang Lao was bedridden due to illness, and decided to divide the Puji Pharmacy, which he had painstakingly managed, into two parts, which were inherited by two disciples respectively. After the death of Mr. Huang Lao, the two brothers and sisters opened a Puji drugstore in the south and north of the city respectively. My brother is honest and sincere, and he never prescribes drugs indiscriminately. However, the eldest brother has not changed his nature. When prescribing medicine, he is short of weight, and when he uses expensive medicine, he is confused with the real thing. Finally, he died, filed a lawsuit and died in prison. Later, his wife sold her family property, moved to the countryside with her underage daughter, bought several acres of wasteland, remained anonymous and made a living by chatting. However, the most popular pharmacy in the county today is Puji Pharmacy, and the owner is still the little brother. "
"That big brother is Tweety's father ..." At this time, Mrs. Zhang was in tears. "Tweety's father told the old woman again and again before she left. When Tweety grows up, she must find a filial husband for her."
In this way, Tweety finally married Erkui, a kiln worker in Xizhuang. Although Erkui is not good at words, he is simple and honest and hardworking. Although he is far from rich, he has a good life. Fu Sheng of Dongzhuang thinks that Erkui is lucky and has been aggrieved, so he deliberately finds fault and wants to straighten it out.
One day, Erkui came to Dongzhuang with a load of pottery to sell. Fu Sheng said he wanted to buy a chamber pot. Just at that time, there was no chamber pot in the pottery selected by Erkui, so he promised to bring it to him next time. The so-called chamber pot is a ceramic urinal that men use to relieve themselves at night. It is a bit like a ceramic teapot with a handle and a spout on one side.
A few days later, Erkui brought a chamber pot to Fu Sheng, and Fu Sheng looked at chamber pot. He thought that the spout was too small, so he didn't want it, saying that he wanted to customize a bigger spout. Erkui is an honest man, and he really burned a big chamber pot. As a result, Fu Sheng saw that the spout was too small, and he wanted to customize a bigger spout ... So repeatedly, in fact, Fu Sheng didn't intend to buy chamber pot at all, he just wanted to play a trick on Er Kui. As a result, chamber pot burned one after another, one after another, and burned dozens, all of which were chamber pot with a huge mouth!
Every time Er Kui carries the burden from village to village, people often point to chamber pot, the man with a big mouth, and make fun of him: "Er Kui, who is suitable for you to make such a big mouth in chamber pot?" Who will buy it? Er Kui can only tell the truth: "That was customized by Dongzhuang Fu Sheng." "
From then on, whenever Fu Sheng took a fancy to a girl and proposed to the matchmaker, they refused her. Later, Fu Sheng was a bachelor all his life, but he still didn't understand why his life was so bad that he couldn't even find a wife.