Begging You to Break Off This Engagement!

Xi Yanqing was extremely depressed, but when he thought about it, he found it extremely funny.He had heard before that once a person is pregnant, there may be great changes in taste, mood and personality, but he never thought that Luo Fei would be like this one day.

If it wasn't for Luo Fei's inconvenient situation, Xi Yanqing would have wanted him to be executed on the spot.Now, we can only wait.

The next day, the officials were coming to collect taxes, and the folks in Huaping Village had to go to the threshing ground with the things they had to pay.

Xi Yanqing packed the rice and soybeans, and carried them on his shoulders: "Then I'll go first, and you should be careful at home. I'll be back after I finish paying."

Luo Fei hugged Xi Yanqing's head and kissed him heavily: "Go! I'll make something delicious and wait for you to come back."

Xi Yanqing rubbed Luo Fei's head, made sure to close the door when going out, and then left.

After cleaning up the wild boar yesterday, Xi Yanqing left a pig hind leg, a pig front leg, a rib, a tenderloin and a large piece of pork belly.He also kept the pig heart, and the rest were basically divided into the Han Yang family and the Luo family.As for Luo Yong, he originally shared a pig's front leg, but he brought it back to Liang's house, because Dr. Liang and his wife have bad teeth and have not eaten meat for a long time, and Luo Yong himself can't do it.

Luo Fei thought, then he will make more food, and then choose some soft and tender ones to give to the old couple.As for Luo Yong, just call him over and eat together.

Luo Fei took out all the pork belly.The wild boar was leaner and not as fat as the domestic pig, which was exactly what he wanted.He cut a large piece of meat into strips five or six centimeters wide, and cut out a total of nine strips. He kept one, and divided the remaining eight into two.For one of them, he took some salt and pepper and rubbed them for a while, then took a large bowl and arranged them neatly, and after it tasted, he dried it for smoking.For the other, he took out a bowl of soy sauce.He poured some salt into the sauce, reconciled, and then evenly spread the salty sauce on the meat strips, and found a bowl for them to arrange.This kind of marinated bacon in sauce is rare on the market, and Luo Fei had eaten it at a classmate's house before.It seems that most people in the north will do this. After cooking, it will have a unique aroma when cut into slices and roasted beans.

It is estimated that if Han Xu did this job, Han Xu would have vomited and passed out, but Luo Fei worked very hard.

Luo Fei preliminarily prepared the bacon, and then took out the ribs and blanch them in boiling water to braise them all.He put more garlic in it, and made it a little salty.The main reason is that there is no refrigerator here, and the weaker the dishes, the harder it is to keep them.It was cold outside, but not enough to freeze completely.Luo Fei thought, bacon can be stored for several months, but the ribs and tenderloin should be eaten as soon as possible.

At the beginning, someone suggested that Luo Fei sell some of the pork so that he could get some money.But Luo Fei didn't do it.He and Xi Yanqing had a tacit understanding and chose to give Shifu a pork leg and a pork rib.They didn't go there either, so they asked Luo Yi to drop it off at Shifu on the way to school, and Luo Yi took it away just this morning.

Anyway, this wild boar came by accident, and Luo Fei and Xi Yanqing would not be stingy with their benefactors and those who helped them.

Luo Fei took out the braised pork ribs and stewed some rice to eat when Xi Yanqing came back.

But at this moment, Xi Yanqing is queuing up.He would have been about to pay his taxes by this time, but a happy accident happened in the threshing floor, and the team was stuck there for a long time.

"Young man, you mean, you mean that Zhang Yangfan's family also has to pay land tax?" The person who spoke was the old village chief.Huaping Village pays taxes every year. The old village head and an official will first register the amount of grain output on the threshing floor.The tax collector is called Cheng Guangguang, and the old village head is talking to this person at the moment, and it is the first time he has dealt with this person, so he should be newly appointed.

"Yes old man." Cheng Guangguang said, "Zhang Yangfan's family also has to pay taxes. Why didn't you write the amount of taxes this person should pay?"

"But, but Zhang Yangfan is a scholar, he hasn't paid taxes all these years."

"This..." Cheng Guangguang repeatedly confirmed the list of taxpayers sent down from his superiors, "there is indeed Zhang Yangfan's name. Old man, don't you remember it wrong?"

"No, young man, if you don't believe me, ask other people in our village. Everyone knows that Zhang Yangfan is a scholar."

"Yes, Zhang Yangfan is indeed a scholar." Someone said.

"Then trouble, old man, take someone to his house and ask his family to come and check it out." After Cheng Guangguang finished speaking, he signaled the others to start moving forward in line.

When the village head saw that this was inappropriate, he hurriedly called his grandson to come and make a trip so that he would not fail to handle the matter.

The head of the village was in his early ten years, and when he was running fast, he disappeared in a flash. After a while, he arrived at the Zhang family: "Mrs. Qin! Is there anyone in your family, Mrs. Qin?"

Qin Guizhi came out in a hurry: "Hey, isn't this a small pillar? What are you calling auntie for?"

Qin Guizhi's face was not very good-looking.She got up early this morning and said that she was going to watch the excitement in the valley market, just to let those people know that her family does not have to pay taxes, and make the gangsters envious, but her son stopped her and said nothing, which made her I was upset for a while.

Xiaozhuzi said: "Ms. Qin, the official said that your family has to pay taxes this year. Let someone go and have a look at it."

Qin Guizhi yelled: "This is impossible! My family Yang Fan is a scholar, why should I pay taxes?"

Zhang Yangfan in the room thumped in his heart, and his face turned pale.

Qin Guizhi couldn't care less, she twisted her waist and followed Xiao Zhuzi all the way to the valley field.When she got to the place, she didn't care about 21 and shouted: "Who said that my family's land tax should be collected? I have a scholar in my family! Why should I pay the tax?"

Cheng Guangguang frowned when he heard the news: "Are you from Zhang Yangfan's family?"

Qin Guizhi was jealous and had a thick neck: "I am Zhang Yangfan's mother! My son is a scholar, and everyone here knows it! Why do we have to pay taxes? It's impossible!"

Her family has dozens of acres of land, and this year they recruited a lot of workers. Because of Jiang Baining and Zhang Sheng's incident, she herself was so angry that she lay down for several days without doing any work. This year, she spent a lot of money recruiting workers. Yes, she dared to spend because she didn't have to pay taxes.If you let them pay taxes, then the money will be much more.You know, the taxes paid by her family are different from others, and they pay much more than others.

Cheng Guangguang also had doubts in his mind.He is a newly appointed tax collector. He has never been to Huaping Village before, nor has he met Zhang Yangfan.But it doesn't look like the people in the village can tell lies.So he called his subordinate who was inspecting the quality of the rice outside: "Yunjie, get on my horse, go back quickly, and ask the higher-ups what's going on."

The one called Yun Jie left quickly.They all came here with Cheng Guangguang. This is the first time they have come to Huaping Village to collect taxes. They used to be in other villages.The reason why the higher-ups change shifts to collect taxes is also to prevent the tax collectors from dealing with a certain village for a long time, embezzling and accepting bribes.

Cheng Guangguang didn't want to waste time, so he asked Qin Guizhi to wait aside first, and then began to arrange for other villagers to pay taxes.Most of the villagers know how much they have to pay, so the food they bring is basically the same.As long as they are inspected, the quantity is confirmed, and they are not shoddy, then they can hand it over and leave, and someone will record the handed-in content in the register.

Xi Yanqing's queue was relatively late, but after waiting for about half an hour, he arrived.He had seen the rice from other families before, so he knew that the one he got could pass. Although the one he got was not the good one, it was similar to the other ones after all.He kept the good ones for making rice for Luo Fei.

The registration staff finished registering the quantity handed in by Xi Yanqing. Xi Yan patted the ashes off his body after collecting the bag and was about to leave when Luo Fei's voice came from not far away: "Brother Qing!"

Luo Fei really came, and there was Han Xu beside him.

Han Xu was originally at his natal home, and when he heard the movement next door, he went to chat with Luo Fei, and the two of them couldn't sit still, and wanted to come and have a look.No, here we come.

Xi Yanqing hurried over: "Why did you come out? Isn't it cold?"

Luo Fei said with a smile, "Come and see the excitement. If it snows in a few days, it will be even more difficult to go out for a walk."

Xi Yanqing thought about it, so he followed Luo Fei. It happened that Han Yang was still in line, so they gathered together to chat.

It took a lot of time to walk to the town, but riding a horse was different. Xi Yanqing and Han Yang didn't chat for a while, and the man named Yun Jie came back on a horse, and in front of everyone Said to Cheng Guangguang: "Brother Cheng, the people from the taxation department said that Zhang Yangfan cheated in the examination room this year, so he was kicked out by the examiner, and he will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination in the future except for the name of scholar. So their family started this year. You have to pay taxes."

"What?!" Qin Guizhi was stunned, "This, this is impossible, my son didn't tell me about it, you must have made a mistake!"

"Auntie, why are you so unreasonable? Since there is a registration here, and we are not mistaken, you have to pay taxes according to the regulations here." Cheng Guangguang said hard to his companion, He signaled the other party to keep busy, and then told the old village head: "Old man, please go to the Zhang family to find someone who can take care of the matter. We have to finish your village's taxes before dark today. If you miss it, the higher-ups will be fine." to be held accountable."

"Okay, okay." The village chief hurriedly called his grandson again, "Little Zhuzi, hurry up to Zhang's house and call Zhang Yangfan."

"Oh my God! You're killing me!" Qin Guizhi threw himself on the ground and sat down, then began to howl, "What evil did I do, woo woo woo..."

"It's useless for you to cry. It's serious to ask someone to prepare taxes." The registration officer glared at Qin Guizhi.

"I won't hand it in!" Qin Guizhi stood up suddenly, "I didn't listen to what my son said, I don't believe any of you! I have to go back and ask!" Qin Guizhi pushed away the person next to him and hurried back angrily.She couldn't believe it, how could her son cheat? !Could it be that her hard work for all these years was in vain? !

"Tsk tsk tsk, there's a big movie on the screen." Luo Fei was about six or seven meters away from Qin Guizhi, "Brother Qing, shall we go back too?"

"Okay. It's rare that you didn't want to stay and wait." Xi Yanqing was a little surprised, "I just happened to be a little hungry."

"Gululu..." A sound came from Luo Fei's stomach, "Hey, the little tiger and the little donkey are also hungry."

The young couple walked home holding hands, and when they were about to reach the door of Zhang Yangfan's house, they saw Xiao Zhuzi still knocking on the door, but no one came out.Until Qin Guizhi came and pushed the door open: "Zhang Yangfan! Tell me, why does our family have to pay taxes this year?!"

Zhang Yangfan seemed to be annoyed, so he said, "Mother, can you not mention this matter? If I ask you to hand it over, I will do it!"

Qin Guizhi was almost fainted by these words: "You bastard boy! So you are really, really cheating?! If you ask me to pay, I will pay? Do you know how much our family has to pay?"

If the land exceeds [-] mu but less than [-] mu, [-]% of the grain produced will be handed over; if it exceeds [-] mu but less than [-] mu, it will pay [-]%; if it exceeds [-] mu but less than [-] mu, it will pay [-]%. The family will pay [-]%! ! !

Zhang Yangfan didn't say anything.

Xiaozhuzi was shut outside the door, and he was still yelling: "Aunt Qin! Take Brother Zhang to the valley, my grandfather and the others are still waiting!"

Qin Guizhi yelled: "I won't go! My mother can't afford to lose this person! Whoever likes to accept them let them come to my door!"

Zhang Yangfan retorted violently: "How can it be done?!"

Come to the house to collect it, so do you want his face?

Zhang Yangfan told Qin Guizhi about this, and the two quarreled again after a while.

Luo Fei and Xi Yanqing listened, and Luo Fei called Xiao Zhuzi: "Little Zhuzi, I don't think anyone will come out of his house, you'd better go talk to your grandpa, don't wait here."

Xiao Zhuzi also got tired of shouting, and said to Luo Fei: "Understood, brother Erbao." After speaking, he ran towards the gate of Zhang's house with a "Humph!" and ran away again.

Luo Fei looked at Xiao Zhuzi and ran: "Hey, I run so fast, when can I run..."

Xi Yanqing looked at Luo Fei's stomach: "Next year, we can raise our child after it is born."

Luo Fei is used to being noisy, and he has to be more careful in what he does recently, so he always feels a little bored, so he said that.In fact, he himself knows that he will only be able to run and jump next year.

But when Zhang Yangfan heard the word "Luo Fei", he wanted to come out and take a look, but he never expected to hear that Luo Fei and Xi Yanqing had a child!

Qin Guizhi just didn't want Zhang Yangfan to blame her, and he didn't want Zhang Yangfan to think about Luo Fei, so he never told Zhang Yangfan, but now Zhang Yangfan still knew.

At the beginning, Qin Guizhi persuaded Zhang Yangfan to marry Jiang Baining many times on the grounds that Luo Fei would not be able to have a child. Now, Jiang Baining is pregnant with Zhang Sheng's child and gave him a cuckold. The child is gone, but Luo Fei has Xi Yanqing's child!

How ironic?

Zhang Yangfan only felt that the breath was stuck in his chest and he couldn't move up or down, it was almost suffocating him to death!

"Bang!" Zhang Yangfan suddenly pushed open the door on impulse.He looked at Luo Fei's background with a complicated expression, clenched his fists tightly, "Luo Fei..."

"Brother Qing, I marinated the bacon this morning, later you find me a cool place to hang it up." Luo Fei put his arm around Xi Yanqing's arm without even turning his head, "Hey? Is it snowing? !"

"No, it's really snowing." When I woke up in the morning, I felt that the weather was okay.

"It snowed quite early this year."

"Well, be careful, don't fall." Xi Yanqing carefully supported Luo Fei's waist, "Is it cold?"

"It's not cold." After Luo Fei finished speaking, he stretched out his tongue to catch the snow, and felt the coolness on his tongue, so he put his tongue back again.

When the young couple entered the house, the snow slowly stopped.Luo Fei was thinking about building a snowman, but now it's gone.As soon as the sun shines, the little snow will disappear in a short time, so he has to stay at home.

This is basically the case in the countryside. After the winter comes, there is nothing to do. Every family stays at home and waits for the next spring.There are also some families whose harvests are not good, so they simply go to the town to do a part-time job.

Xi Yanqing also wanted to find something to do in the past, so as to earn more money to subsidize the family, but Luo Fei's current situation is special, so he let go of this idea first, after all, Luo Fei is the most important thing at present.

Of course, it would definitely not work to just sit idle and just watch Luo Fei, after all, the stay would last almost four months.Besides, he hasn't given up on the idea of ​​building a house in the coming year.

But how to make money?

When Xi Yanqing was thinking about how to get money every day, Luo Fei suddenly gave him an inspiration.

"Brother Qing..." Luo Fei said, licking the corners of his lips, "Do you think I can freeze it with some sugar water in a bowl?"

"It should be fine at night, but it's hard to completely freeze it during the day, are you hungry for ice cream?" Xi Yanqing smiled.

"Well. But it seems that you can't make ice cream, can you?"

"No." Xi Yanqing had eaten ice cream, but he really didn't know how ice cream was made.But he knows one thing, to make ice cream, especially the ice cream with fresh milk, there must be fresh milk.

Not to mention, his family really needs a cow or a milk sheep.

When a child is born next year, he must drink milk, but when the time comes, he wants to find a cow or goat, but what should he do if he can’t find it?So this matter really has to be busy in advance.

Xi Yanqing found Han Yang again, but Han Yang's second uncle was not there.

There was no way, so Xi Yanqing ran to the town, because there were no suitable dairy sheep in the nearby villages. Those few sheep were either used by others or had been producing milk for too long.Xi Yanqing felt that the milk would not have much nutrition in this way.

In the town, there are some who specialize in selling dairy goats, some who are pregnant with lambs, and some who are not conceived.Xi Yan calculated the time, and felt that the newly conceived one was the most suitable, and the best colostrum could be given to the child and Luo Fei.But the problem is, he doesn't know how to raise sheep.This is not like chickens, ducks or puppies, easy to feed.If you don't understand it, it's not good to spend money and delay the child's milk.Now the cattle are still being raised by the old man's family, but they have not been brought back. It is because there is a lot of attention to raising large animals.

So Xi Yan went around all morning, but didn't buy any sheep, so he bought some milk and goat's milk for Luo Fei and went back.After returning, he didn't go home first, but went directly to Chen Huazhang to get a small wooden plate, cut out a round groove in the wooden plate, and after polishing it, cut out a small opening for ice cream sticks, and made some ice cream stick.After taking these, Xi Yanqing went home and made ice cream for Luo Fei while Luo Fei was sleeping.

He boiled the milk with sugar, poured it into the molds, and sprinkled some blue prunes in it.He still picked the blue plums, and Luo Fei sun-dried them. If you sprinkle a little in, at least it won't look so monotonous.

Xi Yanqing didn't know if it tasted good or not, because he was in a hurry, so he only asked Chen Huazhang to help him make an ice cream mold, and he didn't taste it himself.

Anyway, he made these quietly at night, covered them and put them outside to freeze.The temperature has been below zero at night recently, and Xi Yanqing estimated that it should be able to freeze well.

In order to give his daughter-in-law a complete ice cream, Xi Yanqing also worked hard.

The next day, Luo Fei felt bored after breakfast, so he sat on the kang and continued making small clothes for the child.He didn't mention the ice cream this time, but he drank some water after a while, feeling like he was uncomfortably hot, but after a closer look, he didn't sweat any more.

Seeing this, Xi Yanqing brought the small wooden box: "Open it and have a look."

Luo Fei looked puzzled: "What? It's like a small coffin."

Xi Yanqing also gave in to the lack of barriers: "Well, there is a small corpse inside, please open it and have a look."

Luo Fei didn't believe it, so he opened it and said, "Ah! Ice cream?! Brother Qing, you made it?!"

"Who else could it be if it's not me? Try it." Xi Yanqing took out the ice cream with a small stick.It was a bit cold just now and it was hard to take it out. Now it melts a little in the room, and it will be unmoulded as soon as you take it.

"Talented." Luo Fei took a bite, "Well, it's delicious. Try it too."

"It's not bad." Xi Yanqing felt that this was better than he expected.Although it is not as soft as the ice cream he ate in modern times, it should be a milk stick, but it is indeed much more delicious than that kind of pure popsicle.

"Thank you Brother Qing, it's so delicious!" Luo Fei licked his mouth, not willing to waste a bit, "Is this made with milk? Where did you get the milk?"

"I went to the town to buy it. I originally wanted to buy a milk sheep for you and the child, but the ones that are suitable are those who have just conceived lambs. I didn't buy them because I was afraid that I would not be able to raise them well. There is still a bottle of goat milk outside. I’ll warm it up and you can try it. The goat’s milk seller said that goat’s milk has more smell than cow’s milk, I don’t know if you’re used to drinking it. If you’re not used to drinking it, why don’t you buy a cow?”

"Dairy cows?! I'll fall. Brother Qing, if you keep spoiling me like this, be careful and I'll go to the house tomorrow!" Ordinary people may not buy dairy goats. If there are suitable mothers with sufficient milk in the village, let them help feed their heads together. For four months, some milk money will be given, and rice soup will be given to the children later on. Few people buy sheep. How about cows? !

"I'd better try goat's milk." Luo Fei had never drank goat's milk, not in his previous life, nor in this life.

Xi Yanqing went to warm up the goat milk and brought it to Luo Fei. Luo Fei tasted it, gurgled it, and after a while, gurgled it, and drank it all in one go!

Luo Fei licked off the milk beard: "Where is the smell coming from? How fragrant is it? It smells more fragrant than milk."

Xi Yanqing: "..."

What Luo Fei said was true, he didn't pretend to be because cows were more expensive, he really thought goat's milk was particularly fragrant.Xi Yanqing saw that this sheep must be bought, and there is no need to wait. It is best to buy a milk-producing sheep now. Children drink for children. No matter how calcium is lacking, isn’t that how it was done in previous commercials?Pregnant women need to supplement calcium and folic acid...

Xi Yanqing began to inquire about the milk sheep again.

This day Luo Fei made some dumplings at home, Xi Yanqing went to deliver some to Dr. Liang and his wife, and then called Luo Yong over to eat.As soon as Luo Yong heard that Xi Yanqing was still thinking about buying milk sheep, he said without thinking, "Brother Xi, don't look for it, I'm going to look for Jing Rong in the next two days, and I'll bring you two back by the way, he There must be."

"Are you going to find Jing Rong?" Xi Yanqing asked, "Why did you suddenly think of going to him?"

"Jing Rong came out of the house. He distributed some sheep and left the house completely with the sheep. Now in Huangtan Town, there is a piece of land from his family, and that land was also distributed to him. I'm afraid I won't be going back."

"When did it happen?"

"Just the letter I received yesterday. I asked Dr. Liang to read it to me. Jing Rong asked me if I was free, so I went to help him. The land allocated to him is the worst land in the family. He said he couldn’t do it there, and he wanted to change places. No one at home has seen him unable to leave these days, so he thought about asking me to help him for a while, and he went to find a new place.”

"Why not let him come here to have a look?" Xi Yanqing said with a smile.This is purely a joke.

"Hey, I'm going to watch his house now, and let him come and have a look. I think this place is very good. There are mountains and rivers."

"That's it. I'm not in a hurry these days. Let him come and have a look. If he really thinks this place is good, we brothers can do something else together by then." Xi Yanqing thought about it. Sheep, why not set up a mutton restaurant in his shop next year? !Or...think about how to sell ice cream?

Although it is cold now, ice cream may not sell well, but what if this thing can be made in summer? !