Imperial Exam Daily

There were four unfamiliar men on the bullock cart back home. They were tall and strong, so the bullock cart was extra crowded. Axi got into the cart and sat down next to Yang Ye, with their legs and feet close to each other.

Master Zhou smiled and said, "It's rare to see Axi come to the county, and it's rare for you two to be together today."

Axi lowered his head and glanced at Yang Ye quietly, but he couldn't tell whether the scholar was happy or not, so he just said: "Master Zhou has given me such a long time, I just paid my wages today, and I will wait until now." You can calculate my travel expenses later."

Master Zhou groaned: "What did Yang Tongsheng say? Axi has sent my little grandson several times to make small clothes. They look good. I'll pass along how can you ask for your money."

Yang Ye realized later, he said that during these days he sometimes got off work a bit late and Master Zhou still hadn't left, so it turned out that he was specially waiting for him, so he turned his head to look at the young man who "operated in the dark".

Ah Xi was flustered, unexpectedly, Master Zhou was so straightforward that he told the matter, he was a little guilty and didn't dare to look at Yang Ye.

Master Zhou was also sharp-eyed. He could see the atmosphere between the two of them. He knew he was talking too much, so he said with a smile, "You two have such a good relationship."

Axi buried his head even deeper.

Yang Ye chuckled lightly, with nothing on his face, but his heart was already warm, no matter how hard-hearted a person is cared about so thoughtfully, it must be touched.

"Can you still embroider?"

Seeing that he didn't mean to blame, Ah Xi nodded.

Yang Ye said again: "You really know a lot of things, go back and show me what you embroidered, is it okay?"

"it is good."

Two days later, when Xu Qiuhe got married, Yang Ye specially took a day off to send Xu Qiuhe off with Axi.

Xu Qiuhe's house was originally remote, and there were not many spectators, and the only ones to marry were Axi and Yang Ye, which saved a lot of trouble.

Axi accompanied Xu Qiuhe to talk in the room, and Yang Ye waited outside the room alone without disturbing the two of them after saying hello.

Xu Qiuhe's complexion improved a lot after he recovered from his illness, and it was the second spring of his life. He put on a new set of red clothes and put on makeup. But it has more rare charm.

Not long after, Yang Ye saw a muscular man pulling a cart coming this way from a distance. He saw a brand-new attire, followed by a matchmaker and a few bridegrooms, so he entered the house shortly: " People are coming."

Axi hurriedly covered Xu Qiuhe's head, and slowly helped Xu Qiuhe outside the house.

The three of them waited side by side outside the house, watching the greeters come.

Yang Ye tilted his head and glanced at Axi, afraid that he would not want Xu Qiuhe to be sad, but the young man lowered his head and couldn't see his expression.

He deliberately lowered his head to look at Axi, and said in a low voice, "Why do you always keep your head down and don't look at your uncle?"

Ah Xi squinted at Yang Ye: "I, I met Uncle."

"Then don't hang your head down, as if you are afraid of life."

Wu Qiuhe at the side listened to the conversation between the two and moved his body. Just as he was about to say something, he heard steady and windy footsteps approaching.

The marriage procedures of ordinary people in the village are simple. The people who welcome the relatives come forward and give Axi and Yang Yexi money. The matchmaker speaks auspicious words, but the groom and official Orion is taciturn.

After the Orion approached, Yang Ye saw that the man was even taller than he looked from a distance, his feet were two inches taller than him, and his high browbones were full of sharpness. This man with this appearance was not attractive in the countryside. Hi, it looks like a living Shura, many people are afraid of it, and the Orion has been hunting wild animals all year round, with a bloody smell on his body, and he doesn't talk much, so no one dares to say that he married his daughter brother Oh, that's why Orion hit thirty.

Yang Ye didn't have the prejudice of those villagers, but felt that Orion was safe and capable, while Xu Qiuhe had a good sense.

Axi nodded, and when he was about to lead Xu Qiuhe to the cart, Orion unexpectedly picked up Xu Qiuhe by the waist, and put him on the cart with a few strides.

The matchmaker smiled and said, "Oh, look at our groom and the officials can't wait!"

A group of people laughed, and Xu Qiuhe under the hijab blushed, but fortunately no one saw it.

People came and went, and after a short period of excitement, the house here returned to tranquility, and was completely empty afterward.

A Xi said to go in and pack some things, Yang Ye waited outside, but no one came out after a quarter of an hour, he searched and went in, and saw the young man sitting quietly on the long bench, with his back slightly arched, in the simple house. , looked extremely sad.

He called softly: "Axi..."

Ah Xi raised his head when he heard the sound, and two lines of teardrops suddenly slipped down his chin as if he had been frightened. He wiped it with the back of his hand in a hurry, and stood up quickly: "I, I..."

Yang Ye's heart seemed to be twisted severely by someone. He held the back of Ah Xi's head and brought him into his arms. He really couldn't bear to look at the teary face: "If you want to miss your aunt in the future, go to the next door. The village sees her, just invite her to be a guest at home from time to time, it's only a few miles away, don't be sad."

He could understand Ah Xi's mood. Although Xu Qiuhe was not born, the two had a good relationship. Now that Xu Qiuhe remarried, she was a daughter-in-law from another family. There was no chatter here, and when Ah Xi returned to her mother's house, there was no one to welcome her. At the age of four or five, he is still very dependent on others, and Axi has a gentle and delicate personality, so how can he not think too much and not feel sad.

"I saw that the jujubes in the village are ripe, and many villagers have begun to pick them and sell them in the county. We also go home to pick the dates. I'll cook something delicious for you."

"Give it, do it for me?"

Yang Ye looked down and saw that Axi's long eyelashes were stained with tears, he sniffed his nose lightly, the red tip of his nose moved with the agitated nostrils, it was very pitiful.

He nodded seriously: "Well, I'll do it for you."

The jujubes in September are already ripe, and the children have already tasted them. Most of the adults around the jujube tree are jujube pickers, and the children are most likely to join in the fun under the tree.

Cyan and dark red jujubes hang all over the branches one by one. The taste is full and crispy and sweet. It is very pleasing to look at. Even though the jujubes are not worth much, every time the jujubes are ripe, the villagers are still very happy to beat the jujubes.

Yang Ye and Axi picked the dates in the yard nearby first, lest the rain knock the dates down and look distressed.

The jujube tree was not tall, and after picking all the jujubes that could be picked with a bench, the ones that grew at the top would be beaten with a stick. Picking up, even a jujube tree, also harvested a small half basket.

There was a smile on Axi's face, he squeezed the jujube and asked, "Do you want to sell it?"

A few days ago, there were villagers selling jujubes in the county town. Mrs. Yang picked some dates and sold them in her free time. I heard that jujubes are still booming this year. Fresh dates cost four cents a catty, but they just started selling fresh dates. At that time, the price was a little higher, but now it is sold in a big way and it is estimated that it will fall to three pennies a catty, which is not bad, and it is worthless. In those years, it was sold for two pennies.

Yang Ye had to go to work and didn't have time to sell dates. If Ah Xi was allowed to go, he would have trouble talking, and he would inevitably suffer grievances.

"No need to sell it."

He is going to make jujube cake after the dates are dried.

Ah Xi heard from him that it would be useful in the future, and that he wanted to dry and store the dates, and without asking any further questions, he obediently put the dates into the large round dustpan where the beans were dried and spread them out evenly to dry.

"If you are free, you can pick more dates from the jujube trees that don't belong to you."

"it is good."

After picking up the jujubes, it's time to apply, and the weather in September is not as hot as before. Yang Ye said that he would make delicious food for Axi. After wandering around the house, there was nothing suitable. If he went to the county to buy it now It was too late, and finally he set his sights on the beans that had been recovered from the previous field.

Axi went into the house to see him picking up the beans, and asked, "Do you want to sell the beans? My sister-in-law's family is in the tofu business, one, usually someone will come to collect them."

There are quite a few people in the tofu business in Daji Chaoli. It can be said that the popularity is wide. The people seek and love this delicious and nutritious cube. The production process of tofu is cumbersome, so the price is not close to the people. Two pieces of tofu will sell. Five cents.

Yang Ye knew that Wu Yonglan's natal family was in the tofu business, but the Wu family had many children, and Wu Yonglan was the third eldest, with elder brothers and sisters on the top and younger siblings on the bottom, and the children in the middle were not very eye-catching. The Wu family was dissatisfied, so the relationship between the two families was not close. Apart from collecting beans every year, they hardly communicated on weekdays.

"I won't sell it, I'll keep something delicious for you."

A Xi was puzzled: "Can you make tofu?"

This craft is passed down through the family.Of course Yang Ye also knows that the so-called craftsmanship is actually the secret skill of brine. There is no open sales in the market these days, and the tofu business can continue to do business only by grasping this point.

"I don't make tofu." I don't have brine at home, and it's hard to get it, so I simply skip the steps after putting in brine and ordering the pulp, and make some other soy products.

The two took three catties of beans and went to the public mill in the village to grind the beans into powder. One catty of beans was five catties of water. The bean powder was boiled to filter the dregs and soymilk.

Yang Ye poured a cup of soy milk and took a sip. Generally, soy milk is delicious with some sugar added, but sugar is expensive, and there is no preparation at home. Although there is no sugar, the taste of soy milk without any addition is also unique. The taste of soy milk is very pure.

"It's hot, you can try it too."

Ah Xi took the cup and took a sip. This cup of soy milk costs one or two pennies a bowl in the county town.

Yang Ye poured the filtered soy milk back into the pot, put the fire on the stove to boil the soy milk, then turned off the heat, and as it stood, the thick soy milk would slowly condense to form a layer of bean skin. Pick it up and dry it on the bamboo stalks prepared early in the morning, but the fresh and tender yuba with a strong bean fragrance is ready in a short time.