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

Daqingshan is about eight or nine miles away from home, and the Dongyue Temple Fair lasts for five days. It is not realistic to get up early every day and go there.

After some discussion, a few people decided to build a shed and live there temporarily for a few days. This way, it would be more convenient for people to open and close the stall.

A few people packed up their business and said goodbye to Nian and Liu Fusheng. Without any delay, they pushed the cart and headed straight for Daqingshan.

We arrived at the foot of Daqing Mountain in a dusty journey. Unexpectedly, someone had already set up a shed along the roadside.

Seeing someone coming, the small stall owners who came here first stopped what they were doing and looked at Liu Yu a few times. Seeing that there were quite a few people coming, they didn't bother them rashly. Their eyes only touched each other slightly. Nodding is considered a greeting.

Strong bamboo poles were used to hold up the bones of the shed, and finally they were covered with an oilcloth borrowed from the village chief's house. A small nest for people to rest and sleep was finally built.

Liu Yu and the others were not idle either. They moved all the things from the car and put the more expensive ones, such as iron pots, meat and vegetables, into the shed.

Big and bulky things like tandoors were placed around the shed.

After sorting out the things, Liu Yu urged a few people to go back. Although it was getting longer now, it was still dark early. The distance from Daqingshan to home was not close. This was the beginning of the month, and there was not much moonlight to borrow. The night road is always suspenseful.

"That's it, you can take care of things by yourself later. You and Changsheng can discuss how to arrange them. We will get up early tomorrow and come with your eldest sister."

Liu Maolin gave Liu Yu a detailed explanation, asking him to wake up and pay attention to safety.

Liu Maoye took Liu Fanqin to several nearby stalls and asked them to take care of them.

After seeing off the Liu Maolin brothers who were a little worried, Liu Yu also got busy with Changsheng.

This road at the foot of Daqing Mountain has been repaired by many people over the years, so it is quite spacious and smooth.

At this time, both sides of the road were about a hundred meters long and were occupied by various people. When Liu Yu came, there were only seven or eight stalls. By dusk, there were no less than fifty stalls on both sides of the road.

Liu Yu picked up firewood and walked in a circle from front to back. Looking carefully, she saw that most of the stalls were filled with incense paper and candles.

There are also people’s stalls with many dishes, tables and chairs, presumably just like my own stall, they also sell food.

Liu Yu was not surprised. Fortunately, they came early and occupied the stall near the front, closer to the foot of the mountain.

During this period, there were people like him who came and went to investigate for other reasons. Liu Yu was in front of his stall, collecting dead wood branches dragged out from the forest behind him.

I saw that the people guarding the stalls in other stalls were all two or more mature men, but only my own stall was guarded by two young men.

When another middle-aged man walked past the stall, Liu Yu held a branch thicker than his own arms in both hands, and with a slight force, the branch of the acacia tree broke.

"My little brother is so strong!"

This is acacia wood. The middle-aged man looked at the firewood thrown aside and was dumbfounded. He was stunned for a moment, then laughed twice and praised.

"Haha, uncle, thank you!"

Liu Yu clapped her hands, smiled, and continued to fold the wooden branches she picked up without stopping.

Within a moment of burning the incense, the news spread like wildfire that there was a young man here who was very strong and could break logs as thick as an arm with his bare hands, attracting a lot of onlookers.

Liu Yu didn't care, and folded the firewood in a generous manner. Anyone who wanted to see it could watch it. This was the effect he wanted.

He and Changsheng came back here to set up a stall for the first time. They looked young and it was inevitable that they would make people feel easy to bully. So they simply used one or two tricks today to make the person who is thinking about Xiao Jiujiu and someone with serious calculations be afraid.

Fortunately, the effect was really good. Later, Liu Yu asked others for advice on where to get water, and everything went smoothly.

He borrowed a fire from a nearby stall to make a clay stove and cooked some meals. Liu Yu and Chang Sheng were not idle either.

With the fire burning in the clay oven and half a bag of flour, I saw that the nearby stalls were sorting goods, so I simply didn't go to bed and prepared all the soybeans for the next day.

Cut two pieces of pork belly into dices, marinate with seasonings, cover in a basin, and save for frying tomorrow.

Peel the spring bamboo shoots and put the thin, fat and tender bamboo shoots aside to drain. To avoid moisture loss, they taste dry and dry, but they are not touched for the time being.

After putting everything away, Liu Yu went to fetch two buckets of water, heated it up a little, washed up a little, and then went into the shed to sleep with Chang Sheng.

The shed was not big, and the two of them were wrapped in quilts and hugged each other. It was very warm. Thinking that it would be opened tomorrow, they felt a little excited. With such a mood, they fell asleep quickly.

As if I had just closed my eyes, I heard the sound of a spatula hitting an iron pot, along with the smell of meat.

Liu Yu slowly opened her eyes, and the sound in her ears became clearer.

It was pitch dark inside the shed, but outside the shed it was as noisy as day.

Liu Yu couldn't sleep anymore, so she got up to check.

"What's wrong!"

As soon as he moved, Changsheng woke up, his voice was gentle and soft, with the unique hoarseness when he just woke up.

"I'll go outside and see what they are doing!" Liu Yu put on her clothes, pushed down Chang Sheng who was about to get up with him, tucked the corners of the quilt, and bent down to leave the oilcloth shed.

The stars are sleepless outside, and the night is still freezing cold.

As soon as Liu Yu walked out of the oilcloth shed, she saw that every stall was in full swing. In front of some stalls, the fire was burning brightly, and the woman or man in charge was rummaging through the pots and shovels.

Behind the fire, it was dim, and I could vaguely see someone kneading dough, and someone bending over to roll something.

Occasionally, the sound of chopping stuffing can be heard clearly.

Firewood was burned from front to back, making it a busy scene.

The two stalls on the left and right of Liu Yu were stalls selling incense paper candles. Liu Yu took a quick look and saw that the clay stoves at the entrance of these two stalls were also burning brightly, and the stall owners were placing incense paper candles.

"I disturbed my little brother!"

The uncle on the left was named Li. Seeing Liu Yu coming out neatly dressed, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Uncle, the temple fair is officially starting tomorrow, why are you so busy now!"

Liu Yu said directly.

"Hey, in another hour, someone will come to burn incense. Although I can't compare with Ming'er, I can make a lot of money!"

The uncle didn't hide his secrets and solved Liu Yu's doubts.

"Let's light the fire, put the eggs we brought home, and heat up the rice dumplings. Since we can't sell float tea and dumplings today, we can also make some soup noodles!"

Changsheng didn't know when he came out. He looked back and said.

"to make!"

Leaving Changsheng in charge of the stall, Liu Yu carried the bucket and went to fetch water.

After bringing back a bucket full of water, Changsheng had already lit a fire and was taking out a large clay pot from the shed.

Add water to the pottery basin and place it on the clay stove. Then take out some rice dumplings and put them in.

Let the fire boil, and then block the air outlet.

Tables, chairs and benches were also placed, and firewood was lit in the other two large clay stoves, and the large iron pots brought from home were placed.

One is mixed with water and allowed to burn slowly on its own, while the other is used for lighting.

A chopping board and a table are placed at the front, reserved for rolling out noodles and placing hard-boiled eggs.

After finally putting all these away, cleaning the pots and pans and putting them in one place, and preparing all the oil, salt and seasonings, Chang Sheng began to fry the dumplings.

Put another iron pot on the fire for lighting, lubricate the pot with a little lard, wait until the pot is hot, pour in the diced pork belly prepared in advance, and after a while, the meaty aroma will spread far away.