I am old in the Han Dynasty

Li Zheng immediately turned to Xie Lang, "Sanlang, do you see this?"

"Making oil skin and tofu is a major event in our village. I dare not make decisions on my own. You are the leader of our village. If you teach, you can teach. If you don't teach, don't teach. I will listen to you." Xie Lang said with a look on his face. Obediently waiting for Li Zheng to order.

Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, he couldn't believe that Xie Lang just pushed the trouble to him like this.

"Yes, we all listened to Li Zheng." Xie Erlang and his wife, who were afraid of Xie Jianfen and only dared to hide by the wall to watch, came out.

It's hard for an upright official to decide on housework, so don't lie to me.

Lizheng sighed secretly, regretting getting involved, "Jianfen, you heard it all."

"I heard, you can teach or not teach." Xie Jianfen stared at Lizheng with an unkind expression.

Li Zheng sighed, pretending to be embarrassed, "Although I am the head of a village, I can't just say what I want, for such a big matter, the whole village needs to nod."

"According to what you said, as long as this kid disagrees, you can't ask Erlang to teach me?" Xie Jianfen pointed to Xie Lang and asked.

Lizheng: "There are more than 80 households in the silkworm farm, and if fifty households agree, I will ask Erlang to teach you. If they disagree, I will ask Erlang to teach you. Your nephew and I will be kicked out of the silkworm farm." Dun, "If you think this is feasible, I will ask everyone to come out. If you think it is not, then you have to go."

It is impossible for Lizheng to offend the whole village because of her.

Xie Jianfen pretended to be deaf and blind, but she couldn't ignore this.But she dared not let the whole village express their views.

"Okay or not, you give me a good word." Seeing that she was silent, Lizheng said again.

Xie Jianfen looked at Xie Lang's house and judged others by himself. The villagers must be envious of Xie Lang and would not help him, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Li Zheng immediately asked Xie Guang to call for someone.

Thanks to Xie Jianfen yelling at Xie Lang's gate, and Lizheng running from the middle of the village to the west of the village again, all the people who had nothing to do at this time came out.

Xie Guang walked around the village, and when he came back, everyone was there.

Li Zheng asked one person from each family to stand on the west road, and those who agreed to take a step south, and those who disagreed took a step north.After the words fell, more than 80 people followed Xie Lang to the north.Including Xie Jianye and their two sons.

Xie Jianfen couldn't believe it, "Brother, why don't you agree?"

"It's no use standing with Dalang and Erlang." Xie Jianye grabbed one of his sons and took a step south, letting Xie Jianfen see for himself.

Xie Jianfen choked, and then said: "Making tofu is your own business. When did it become the village's business? Don't think that I haven't come these days, so I don't know the tricks in it." Then he turned to Li Zheng, "Don't trying to lie to me."

If Xie Bowen hadn't gone door-to-door to inquire yesterday, Li Zheng could only reply when she said this, you promised just now, and you can't go back on your word.

Xie Bowen went out from Lizheng's house, and Lizheng asked his wife what she thought.His wife's general idea is that the mulberry trees have just sprouted and the weather is still cold, so they can't raise silkworms, and they are still idle, so they can earn a little.In the future when the imperial court recruits people, all the men have gone out. Xie Guang's mother may be powerless if she wants to help the villagers.

Li Zheng then said, "You are wrong. The oil skin and thin tofu that Bowen and Erlang sold yesterday were made by everyone."

Xie Jianfen immediately went to Xie Erlang.

Xie Erlang nodded, "Yes."

"When did you become so good?" Xie Jianfen didn't believe it.

Xie Erlang was so angry that he wanted to beat her himself.

"I haven't changed. The villagers gave us money." Xie Erlang said, "If you don't believe me, ask them."

Xie Jianfen: "You are all from the same village, I know they are toward you even if I don't ask."

Everyone was speechless, no wonder Xie Lang was arguing with her.If it were them, she would have to give her a big slap in the face.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Lizheng asked, "It's impossible to teach you how to make oil skin and thin tofu."

Xie Jianfen sat down on the ground, "Then I won't leave."

Lizheng was instantly angry, pointed at her, gritted his teeth and said, "Xie Jianfen, let me ask you one last time, what exactly do you want?"

"Teach me how to make oily skin." Xie Jianfen said.

Li just nodded at her, "Okay, okay. Dalang, Erlang, tie her up for me. Xie Jianye, go find your brother-in-law and nephew and get her back. If you don't come, I'll send her to the Yamen."

"How dare you!?" Seeing Xie Erlang picking up the rope on the ground and walking towards her, Xie Jianfen hurriedly got up and pointed at Xie Erlang, "Your grandpa and grandma won't let you go."

Xie Erlang sneered, "My grandfather and grandma will not let you go if you disturb us and drive us out of the silkworm farm." Throwing the rope to Xie Dalang, he went up to catch Xie Jianfen.

Snapped!

Xie Erlang froze, five finger prints instantly appeared on his face.

Everyone in the sericulture was stunned, including Xie Lang.

Xie Erlang's wife, Feng Ying, was the first to recover. Seeing Xie Jianfen waving again, and seeing that a slap was about to fall on Xie Erlang's face, Xie Erlang was frightened and remained motionless. Feng Ying went up and pushed Xie Jianfen away, and grabbed her face, " Dare to hit my man? I'll kill you old woman!"

"Feng Ying!" Yao Guizhi subconsciously ran over, "You—"

Feng Ying raised her hand and pushed Yao Guizhi away, "Don't touch me. If you don't kill this old woman today, my surname is not Feng!" She raised her hand and slapped Xie Jianfen.

Xie Jianfen raised his arm, but Yao Guizhi subconsciously blocked it.

Snapped!

Yao Guizhi received a slap on the face.

Xie Dalang, who was also frightened, suddenly came to his senses, "Hit my mother?!" He threw away the rope and kicked Xie Jianfen.

Li Zheng hurriedly pulled back, "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Pull them away quickly."

Everyone hurried forward, Xie Lang coughed, turned his back to Xie Jianfen, and stopped facing Xie Lang's people.

The people standing on the road with Xie Lang subconsciously stopped, and then they saw the person on the opposite side pouted at them.

Everyone turned their heads to look, Xie Lang said silently, "No rush."

Ah!

Li Zheng staggered back, and his two sons ran over in a hurry, "Father, what's the matter?"

"Father, are your hands bleeding?"

When everyone looked over, there were six more teeth marks on Lizheng's hand.As soon as everyone trembled in their hearts, they looked for Xie Lang, and if they didn't stop them, they would die.

"Stop!" Xie Lang said loudly.

The few people who were fighting hard stopped at the same time.Everyone took advantage of the situation to pull them away.Xie Lang walked over, frowned and said, "Have you had enough trouble?"

"We didn't make trouble." Feng Ying, Xie Erlang's wife, said weakly.

Xie Lang glanced at her, then turned to Xie Erlang, "You can't even handle a woman, you are really not a man."

"I..." Xie Erlang wanted to say that she was not an ordinary woman, the corner of his mouth moved to his face, and he gasped.

Xie Lang picked up the rope on the ground, Xie Jianfen hurriedly looked around, saw a wooden stick on the ground, grabbed it and greeted Xie Lang's face.

"Uncle Saburo!"

"Sauro!"

The crowd shouted in unison.

Xiao Qi burst into tears, "Third Master...Third Master..."

Xie Lang dodged to hide behind Xie Jianfen, and gave her a look at the crook of her leg. Xie Jianfen's legs were numb, and he staggered. Xie Lang took the opportunity to push her to the ground, and put his hands behind his back, "What are you doing here? Hurry up!"

Xie Erlang hurried over to tie her hands.

Xie Lang got kicked in the back and couldn't help frowning, "Xie Guang, get another rope."

Xie Guang ran home in a hurry and came out with two hemp ropes.Xie Dalang tied her legs and tied her to a tree.Xie Lang walked up to Xie Jianfen, "Are you still kicking?"

"Pooh!"

After spitting and flying past, Xie Lang turned his head to avoid it, walked to Xie Jianye's side, pulled off Xiao Qi's shoes and walked towards Xie Jianfen.

Xie Jianye hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?"

"Gag her mouth." Xie Lang said.

Xie Jianfen showed panic, "You, how dare you?! Xie Sanlang, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go."

"Wait until you become a ghost? My grandparents and my parents won't let you go. If you have the strength to scare me, you should think about how to deal with them." Xie Lang stuffed it into her mouth as he spoke.

Li Zheng stretched out his hand to stop him, and gave Xie Lang a wink, which was too much.

Xie Lang glanced at the teeth marks on the back of his hand, thinking he should bite lightly.When he bit the bone, he didn't think so.

"I'll save face for you." Xie Lang put on Xiaoqi's shoes, and seeing the child stretch out his hand to him with teary eyes, Xie Lang took him over and turned to Xie Dalang, "You and brother Bowen go to the city to sell tofu, call The second brother went to her house and called my uncle over. They didn't care, and they took her to see the official when they came back."

Xie Dalang subconsciously looked at his father.Xie Jianye felt that there was no need to make a fuss with the government, so he wanted to persuade him.But when he saw the slap marks on the faces of Xie Erlang and Yao Guizhi, his wife and children would hate him if he smoothed things over.

"Erlang, don't be rude when you see your uncle talkative." Xie Jianye said.

"I know." Xie Erlang glared at Xie Jianfen, turned around and left.

Li Zheng followed suit and said, "Okay, let's go."

"Just tie her here?"

Someone asked, and Lizheng glanced at Xie Jianfen, who was cursing, and sighed, "She's just the beginning."

"What do you mean?" Several people who were planning to go home stopped.

Lizheng: "Only our village can make oil skin and thin tofu in a hundred miles. She saw Erlang and Sanlang looking for them in the city, and others saw Bowen in the city." Glancing at Xiaoqi's uncle and Erbo, " And them, will they also come over? One word will be passed on, and it won't take long for your relatives to come over too. "

"According to what you say, you have to come out every day?"

Lizheng shook his head, then looked at Xie Jianfen again, "Not everyone is as thick-skinned as her."

"Yes. Not everyone begs for help like her and acts as if I beg you to think highly of you." Xie Lang said, "Someday your relatives will come here with cloth and meat. It will be more difficult than it is now. manage."

Li Zheng nodded, agreeing with Xie Lang's remarks.

"Then, why don't we do it?"

Everyone turned to the speaker at the same time.

The man stepped back again and again, and slapped himself, "My head is messed up, so just pretend you didn't hear me."

Soy products are best sold when there is no harvest.It can be said that as much as it is shipped out, it can be sold as much as possible.Even if it's just tofu.

Xie Bowen is willing to run twice a day, selling his own products in the morning and those from the villagers in the afternoon. Even if Xie Bowen made it clear that he has to make a little money, the villagers are also willing.

Those who have beans at home take out the beans early in the morning, and prepare to pick the beans to soak the beans, and it is impossible to agree to stop here.

Besides, we all know that people in their village can make tofu, so if we stop, trouble will still come.

Li Zheng glanced at the speaker, and said to everyone, "It's like what San Lang said, you don't know what to say, so just push it on me and let them come to me."

"Can't you push it?"

Li Zheng: "Just tell them how to make tofu." Turning to Xie Jianfen, "Grind the tofu into a pulp, filter out the bean dregs and cook it, pour in the brine with water, put it on a wooden board, and press it with anything It’s fine. It’s their ability to do it, and if we can’t do it, we will do our best.” Seeing Xie Jianfen’s happy face, “We have added too much bittern, and we have nothing to do with eating dead people.”

In a society of human affection, you don't reach out and don't hit smiling people.Let alone close relatives.

It's easy to refuse someone like Xie Jianfen, but most people have shame. Some people in the village even owe money and love to their relatives.

Xie Lang also understood this, so he said, "Li Zheng is right. For example, Chun'e's mother-in-law, if she made oil skin and thin tofu, I believe you would not blame me for talking too much. I am the same, you make tofu I won’t blame you if your relatives make oily skin by telling them about it.”

"Someone taught it secretly?" Xie Guang whispered.

Xie Lang said with a smile: "The oily ones are like radishes and cabbages. Your family can't make any money, and talkative people can't even sell them, let alone make money."

As Xie Bowen said, the lives of ordinary people are better, but only slightly better than their neighbors or relatives.It is far from being able to eat meat a day and wear fine linen clothes.

Xie Sanlang's family is considered very rich in silkworm farming, and Xie Lang built the house, but also emptied the family.Eighty percent of families are not as good as Xie Lang, and if Xie Lang doesn't talk about it, the villagers dare not cut off their wealth.

Lizheng looked around at the crowd, "Have you heard what Sanlang said? Our village has the method of making oil skin and thin tofu, and life will get better every day. If she knows, you can wait to be poor for the rest of your life." Pointing to Xie Jianfen.

"Damn!" Xie Jianfen spit at him, "I can do it if you don't tell me."

Li Zheng: "That's your skill, it has nothing to do with us. If you snatch the business, we will admit it." After speaking, he turned and left.

Seeing this, Xie Lang went back to the house to cook.

Xie Jianye followed subconsciously.Xie Lang heard footsteps, stopped and looked back, "What's the matter?"

"No, it's nothing." Xie Jianye has something to do, but seeing Xie Lang's expressionless face, he turned his head and said, "Da Lang, go make tofu. San Lang hasn't cooked yet, so I'll help him light the fire."

Xie Lang originally wanted to put some hot spring water from the map of mountains and rivers, but seeing him follow him in, he washed himself with cold water, steamed three bowls of egg custard and two yellow noodle cakes.Then he said, "Uncle, I didn't cook your meal."

"Your aunt did it." Xie Jianye tentatively looked at his expression, "Your aunt's house is quite far from here, and your aunt won't be able to come for a while. Do you think you should bring her into the house?"

While washing Xiao Qi's face, Xie Lang asked, "What are you doing in the house?"

"It's really not good-looking to be tied to that intersection." Xie Jianye said in awe.

Xie Lang raised his eyebrows, and said mockingly: "She is shameless, and I don't need to show her face. Besides, you shouldn't ask me about this. The rope is tied by the second brother. The second sister-in-law and aunt agree. She invites you to go home, and I dare not say no."

Xie Erlang's wives Feng Ying and Yao Guizhi couldn't possibly agree, that's why Xie Jianye came to Xie Lang.

"You didn't understand what I meant. I meant tie her up in the house, not untie her," Xie Jianye said.

Xie Lang said: "That's what I mean too. Auntie agrees, I have no objection."

Xie Jianye was speechless immediately.

Seeing the smoke coming from the stove, Xie Lang wiped Xiao Qi's face and said, "Go get Huzi out, let's have dinner. Uncle, I won't see you off."

"Sanlang..." Xie Jianye didn't move.

Xie Lang put down the towel, looked at Xie Jianye, and said in a cold voice, "You are my uncle, I respect you, and I think of you for everything good. If you dare to subdue her secretly in this matter today, I will move to the city tomorrow. I I can blacksmith and make tofu, and with the help of Wang Zhongqing's family, I can earn a family business in the city within three years."

Xie Jianye's complexion changed suddenly, and he stood up hastily, "Sanlang, Sanlang, don't be angry, I'll go home right away, I won't say anything, I'll go now." He got up and walked out, passing by Xie Jianfen subconsciously stopped, opened his mouth to say something , thinking of Xie Lang's words, turned around and continued to go home.

Xie Lang glanced at his back, snorted coldly, poured Little Tiger's egg custard into his bowl, and carried the bowl outside, "Xiao Qi, put the straw mat on the ground."

The child immediately threw the straw mat to the ground.

Xie Lang sat down, and he knelt in front of Xie Lang.

"I'll feed you first." Xie Lang glanced at Xie Jianfen not far away, scooped up a spoonful of egg custard, blew it twice and stuffed it into the child's mouth.

The child swallowed it in one gulp.

Out of the corner of Xie Lang's eye, he noticed that Xie Jianfen's mouth moved.

"Xiaoqi, is it delicious?" Xie Lang asked in a normal voice.

The child nodded again and again, pursing his lips to reveal a row of millet teeth, "It's delicious. The third master eats it."

"I'll eat it later." Usually the child eats it by himself, today Xie Lang chose to feed him just to be greedy for Xie Jianfen, "There are better ones, do you want to eat?"

The child nodded hurriedly.

"Then we'll kill the chicken after we eat." Xie Lang said.

The child's face changed drastically, and he said loudly, "No!"

"An accident happened again?" Xie Guang asked his father in a low voice.

Xie Bowen went to the corner to listen, but did not hear Xie Jianfen's voice, "Probably not." But he was worried, "Climb the wall and have a look."

"Why not?" Xie Langming asked knowingly.

The child said seriously: "The chicken lays eggs, you can't eat them."

"There is a hen in our family that is too old to lay eggs. If you don't kill it and eat it, it will die. It will die in the middle of the night, and it will stink at dawn, so you can't eat it." Xie Lang looked at the child, "I can't eat it. It can be thrown into the cesspool. Otherwise, we will be poisoned to death."

The child hurriedly said: "I don't want to die, and the third master doesn't want to die either."

"Then do you want to kill him?" Xie Lang asked.

The child pursed his lips, hesitated for a long time, and weighed for a long time, "Kill it."

"Don't be reluctant, let's feed a few more when the weather gets warmer." Xie Lang handed the bowl to the child, "Killing a chicken, we can eat it until tomorrow, it's a good deal."

Xie Guang got down from the wall and told Xie Bowen what he had heard, "I remember that Uncle Sanlang's chickens are only two or three years old. Could it be that I remembered wrongly?"

"It was obvious that I told his aunt on purpose." Xie Guang's mother whispered.

Xie Guang glanced to the west, "To anger his aunt, kill the old hen? It's not worth it."

"If it were your aunt today, you wouldn't say that." Xie Guang's mother said.

Xie Bowen frowned, "My sister is not that shameless."

"Let me make an analogy." Seeing him angry, Xie Guang's mother said, "When I meet someone like Xie Jianfen, I am Saburo and I can faint from anger. Killing a chicken is nothing, it's good if you don't kill anyone."

Xie Guang looked at his father, "How about we kill one too?"

Xie Bowen looked at his wife.Xie Guang's mother was reluctant, but after thinking about how much money she had made recently, "Kill at noon, I will do it when you come back."

"I don't know when Uncle Sanlang will kill him." Xie Guang was very curious.

Xie Bowen: "To anger his aunt, I have to kill him after eating."

After the meal, Xie Lang cleaned up inside and out, and went to boil hot water.

The water was boiling hot, Xie Lang asked Xiao Qi to go out and wait for him.

When the child walked to the door, Xie Lang picked up a fat and big old hen with a big knife in his hand.

After slaughtering the chicken, pour hot water over the chicken, Xie Lang went out with a basin, and cleaned the chicken by the cesspit.Then go to the house to move a few bricks, put the clay pot for stewing soup on the bricks, add some salt and stew directly at the door.

The three members of Xie Bowen's family were very curious about when Xie Lang would kill the chicken. Hearing the big commotion next door, the family came out and saw Xie Lang stuffing firewood under the clay pot. They were speechless and amused.

Xie Guang glanced at his father, and I went over to have a look.

"Don't talk too much." Xie Bowen reminded him.

Xie Guang nodded, and asked Xie Lang, "Uncle Sanlang, do you want my father to leave you two pieces of stewed chicken with tofu?"

"No need. I haven't eaten the oily skin your mother gave me. I'll use that later." Xie Lang fanned him with a cattail fan, then pouted at him, "I reward you with a chicken neck."

Xie Guang smiled and said, "Thank you Uncle Sanlang. But no need, my family will also kill chickens today."

"Really?" Xie Lang was really surprised, "When will you kill it? Bring it here and let's stew it together."

Xie Guang said "ah" and looked for his parents.

It happened that Xie Bowen came out with the thin tofu and oily skin. Hearing Xie Lang's words, he deliberately shouted, "Our old hen is getting old and needs to be stewed for an hour or two. It can be killed now."

Xie Guang's mother was helping him push the cart, she was standing inside the door, and heard Xie Lang and Xie Guang's words.Guessing what Xie Lang did on purpose, he called Xie Guang back to boil water.

Xie Lang's chicken was stewed, Xie Guang brought over his chicken and stewed it beside him.

After a cup of tea, the smell of two chickens floats in all directions.

Xie Jianfen, who came out in a hurry in the morning and hadn't eaten, swallowed frequently.

Xie Lang couldn't help but glance at her.

"What are you looking at?" Xie Jianfen glared at Xie Lang viciously, spouting out her saliva.

Xie Guang suddenly laughed, "You don't look at others, you know they look at you."

"I didn't talk to you." Xie Jianfen stared at him and said.

Xie Guang turned around and gave her the back of the head.

"Sanlang, what are you cooking?"

Yao Guizhi came from the east.

Usually it is from the west main road, but today it was purposely detoured a little farther away, Xie Lang didn't intentionally ask her what she was doing there.

"Stewed chicken. It's almost ready. I'll serve you a pot of chicken soup later, and let you go back and make noodle soup." Xie Lang said.

Yao Guizhi: "Leave it for yourself. My family has it. I will kill it when I want to eat it."

"Tang Duo, Xiao Qi and I can't finish it." Xie Lang said, "I won't give you the meat, and it's still in the mouths of those children when I bring it home."

Smelling the aroma, Feng Ying, who wanted to come over to see what Xie Lang was stewing, paused, turned around and went home, slaughtered an old hen, and put it in the yard to stew.

Xie Dalang's two children smelled the aroma and ran over. Feng Ying said loudly on purpose, "If you want to eat, ask your mother to cook."

When the wife of Xie Dalang next door heard this, she slaughtered her rooster.

After another moment, Xie Lang reckoned that the chicken would be rotten, so he asked Xie Guang to watch the fire for him, and went to the house to get four sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Give Xie Guangsheng a bowl of soup and a piece of chicken breast, give Yao Guizhi a chicken wing, and he and Xiao Qi each have a chicken leg.Then the four tacitly took out the chicken legs and wings, sandwiched the chicken, turned around to face Xie Jianfen, and ate it.