Leisurely Farmer's Family: A Strong Man and His Broken Leg Son-in-law

Early on the morning of the second day, the day of the town meeting, the sky was dark, and there was a noise in the Liu family courtyard.

Liu Yu and Changsheng loaded the things they had packed up in advance onto the cart, while Liu Meixiang made breakfast in the kitchen.

Nian lifted Xiaoxue up from the kang, sat at the door of the hall, and combed the little girl's hair in a bun in the morning light.

Lean less and the meal will be ready.

Each person has a bowl of hot pimple soup. There are still a few sesame seed cakes that Liushan brought yesterday. They are steamed briefly and divided among several people as the staple food.

After dinner, Nian locked the door, and the family pushed the cart and started to set off.

They got up quite early, the whole village was quiet and peaceful, and the courtyard doors of every house were closed.

After walking across the bluestone bridge, Nian suddenly said: "Oops, I forgot to make an appointment with Shanzi yesterday, and I don't know if this kid has left or not!"

There are only two or three streets in Shangzhang Town, and it doesn't take long to go shopping on a few streets during weekdays.

When meeting these days, the stage is not set up in the town. In previous years, it was set up in the spacious grass market outside the town.

Not to mention other things, if they don't make an appointment together, it will be hard to find someone when they arrive!

It's just that there's no point in talking more now. We've already come this far, and we can't go back to Liu Maoye's house to ask. They got up early and wanted to get a good seat, but they couldn't waste time!

The old ones were old, the young ones were young, and there was a Changsheng who had an injured leg. They didn’t know what was wrong with them. They didn’t walk very fast.

I did encounter scattered pedestrians on the road, and some were also pushing carts, covered with a layer of oilcloth, so they were obviously traveling together.

Several people discussed it on the road and unanimously decided to set up the stall at Caoshikou.

The streets in the town are not very wide. Although every year during the town meeting and wheat festival, various shops will let them set up their small stalls for free. After all, it is inconvenient for people under the eaves.

And they also have hot stoves. It will be crowded and it will be troublesome if someone gets burned.

Caoshikou is good. Not far ahead is a stage. In previous years, Caoshikou would also have acrobatic buskers set up a stage here.

The kids quite liked this.

There are old people who love to listen to operas and children who love to watch acrobatics. The large number of people can always drive business.

The group of people went straight to the grass market with confidence but a little uneasiness. When they arrived, they found that all the good seats had been taken. Others selling float tea and noodles had even set up oilcloth sheds.

"Grandpa, grandma, eldest sister, come here!"

A few people were scanning where there were better places, when a voice came from this stall.

"It's third brother!"

Liu Yu was overjoyed and quickly looked around. Sure enough, somewhere south of Caoshikou, Liu Shan was waving a few people over.

"Third brother, when did you come?"

Liu Yu quickly pushed the cart over. This place was quite large. Liu Shan moved the cart he was laying across there, just enough for Liu Yu to push the cart in.

"Just right, third brother, you left this for us, right?"

After placing the cart, Liu Yu turned around and saw Liu Shan's face filled with dismay, and couldn't help but laugh.

"It's not reserved for you. These people arrived at the beginning of the morning just to get a good seat. I guess you must have arrived late!"

As Liushan spoke, he moved his clay stove a little further to leave a gap for people to come in and out.

After hearing this, Liu Yu couldn't help but feel that they were wronged. It wasn't that they got up late, it was actually that these people were too early.

Place a bench under the armrest of the cart to balance the cart.

The twists were put in clean cloth bags, and the cloth bags were put into the rattan basket. A large rattan basket was filled with it, and it was placed on two flat wooden boards at the armrest. The pile of golden twists stood out, which was very pleasing to look at.

Clamp two pieces of charcoal from Liushan's stove, burn the fengmu stove, place the flat-bottomed iron pot on it, and let it heat slowly.

The rattan basket for placing the cake embryos is placed directly on the trolley for easy access to the kang for making.

A whole cart was their shop today. The space was small, and there was no need for so many people. Nian and Liu Fusheng took the small horses and Xiaoxue and went to the stage.

The stage was not far away, and the curtains were lightly covered. The show hadn't even started yet, and there were already many people sitting under the stage waiting to hear the show.

As the sun rises, there are more and more people here in Caoshi. Most of the children gather at the entrance of Caoshi, waiting expectantly to watch the acrobatics.

"Seobing, big hot and fragrant sesame cake, only a penny each!"

Liu Shan flipped the iron frame on the stove with one hand and shouted loudly.

His voice was quite high-pitched, even though it was heard above the bustling sounds of passers-by, he actually attracted a few children with red cheeks!

"A penny each, delicious and big sesame cakes!"

On the iron frame inlaid with wood, a round iron plate is embedded in the center. On both sides of the iron plate, there is a large round white flour sesame seed cake sprinkled with chopped green onion and sesame seeds. It is golden and crispy.

As the iron frame rotates, the heat also escapes, and the aroma of wheat, fragrant onions and scallions goes straight into your nose.

"Boss, give me a sesame seed cake, I want it freshly baked!"

An eight or nine-year-old boy carefully took out a penny, handed it out, took a look at the straw basket on the trolley, and said solemnly!

"Don't worry, I've just made this!"

Liu Shan took the iron tongs, picked up the hot sesame cakes, put them into the stove basket first, let them cool slightly, and handed them to the boy who was staring at the sesame cakes and swallowing saliva!

The other children who came together were attracted by another kind of food next to the sesame cake stall.

The pancakes in the pan look the same golden and crispy, and the outer skin has risen from the pan. Take a deep sniff, and you can smell the sweet aroma!

"Boss, what kind of pancake is this and what's the filling inside!"

A little guy with a tweet wrinkled his little nose and asked.

"The ones with white sesame seeds are brown sugar shortbreads, and the ones without sesame are sesame shortbreads. They are both sweet. Do you want to try one?"

Liu Meixiang flipped the shortbread and introduced the young guest.

"How much do these two kinds of shortbreads cost each of yours!"

The boy holding the big sesame seed cake took a bite of the sesame seed cake in his hand, puffed out his cheeks, and spoke a little slurred.

"They cost a penny each, delicious and not expensive!"

Liu Yu took over the conversation and smiled.

"This is too expensive. Your shortbread is too small!"

As the boy spoke, he stretched out the chipped sesame seed cake in his hand towards the pan. The size was clearly defined.

"Your shortbread is only about the size of the palm of your hand. My sesame cake is bigger than my face, and it's too expensive. Make it cheaper, boss!"

The boy held the sesame seed cake in front of his face and gestured.

Liu Yu glanced at the child and felt that it was better to argue with him about whether shortbread or sesame biscuits were more cost-effective.

This is all our own business, so we can’t ruin our own jobs.

Not much nonsense, just take a small bamboo plate, let Liu Meixiang pick out one of each kind, and divide it into a dozen small pieces when it is hot. Pick the part with enough stuffing and divide it into pieces for each child.

"Try them all. Our shortbread is filled with brown sugar and special fillings. It's fragrant and sweet. If you like it, buy it. If you don't like it, it doesn't matter!"

When Liu Yu was dividing the cakes, another pedestrian happened to see her and stopped with her children.

He was not stingy and scattered the remaining pieces.