North and South groceries

"What's Qilang worried about?"

Luo Yong could also hear that this gentleman wanted to talk, just like when Si Niang and the others are hungry and want to add a meal, they can ask him brother if you are hungry.So he took advantage of the situation and asked him.

"Worried about the disharmony between people." Du Xiyou sighed.

"What Qilang intends to do can't be achieved if there is no harmony between people?" Luo Yong asked him.

"..." Du Qilang thought for a while and said, "That's not true."

"Since that's the case, why should Qilang worry about it?" Luo Yong said with a smile.

"..." Du Qilang rubbed his chin, for a moment he couldn't remember why he was so worried just now, since those people can't block his way, why should he worry about this matter?

Like this, it disappeared.

Du Qilang was in a better mood and talked a lot. On the next trip, he told Luo Yong many interesting things in Chang'an City, many of which had something to do with Luo Yong.

"... There was an old man who disliked Menglang, the peony cushion, and forbade the younger generation to use it. His daughter-in-law wanted to use it, so she pestered his son. When his son couldn't help it, he came to me to give him advice, and then I gave them some advice. The old lady sent a cushion over there, and within two days, his son and daughter-in-law will be able to use it, and the house is very peaceful, but there is nothing wrong with it."

"Recently, there are quite a few people in Chang'an City wandering in clogs on the streets, just to show off the pair of woolen socks on their feet, tsk, it's really not afraid of the cold..."

"Some time ago, Liu Yushi's family wanted to build a heated kang, and his family came out to find craftsmen. When they asked your disciples how much a heated kang cost, your disciples said, a heated kang costs ten yuan, and his family heard it. It was so cheap, how could it be worthy of the rich family of his family, so I asked someone else to ask, and finally found a group of well-dressed and neat craftsmen, who said that it was specially made for the nobles, and a heated kang cost a hundred dollars. "

"In the end, guess what, the old lady in his family only slept for one night, and she was not well. I invited the doctor to see it. The doctor probably saw a lot of cases like that. When I went, I touched the Kang surface first. , I was startled when I touched it, and I kept yelling, "How can you sleep on a kang? You are obviously roasting people on the fire! The heat preservation is not good, right? You have to burn firewood from time to time, and let it cool down after roasting." Baked, which old lady can withstand this?' Hahahaha! When we arrive, those kangs have to be dismantled and re-plated."

"My disciples didn't cause any trouble in Chang'an, did they?" Luo Yong asked with concern.

"How can it be? The sage knows that this heated kang was handed down from your Lishi County, and also knows that your disciples' craftsmanship is authentic, so he specially sent palace people to find them to enter the palace to serve as the emperor's kang. No one said that your disciple's kang is not working well, so who would look for it at this time to feel uncomfortable." Du Qilang said.

After Xuanwu Gate, Li Yuan retired, and has been living with Li Shimin in the Tai Chi Hall for these years, so the relationship between father and son is naturally a little delicate.

The process of Li Shimin's attaining the throne was criticized by many people. After that, he also paid great attention to shaping his own image. Regardless of the actual relationship between their father and son, on the surface, today's saints are really very filial and considerate. Yes, at this time, he made a kang for his old man, and those who are knowledgeable and interested naturally say that this kang is very good and the most authentic in the world.

Knowing that those disciples of his own family can still have such a layer of protection in Chang'an City, Luo Yong is also quite relieved.

After all, they are people from a small place, and they haven't seen much of the world in their life. When they first went to Chang'an City, they were afraid that they would cause some trouble, or they would be involved in some complicated relationships for no reason, and they would be used as cannon fodder. It seemed that he was overthinking.

The two of them walked all the way and said that it was almost dark by the time Xie Kui was sent back by Tian Cunzheng and Zou Lizheng.

"It's still a long way to go to Xipo Village. Do you want the two of us to see you off?" Du Xi stretched his waist and got off the donkey.

"No, you can go back to the city yourself." Luo Yong said.

After the two parties said goodbye, Luo used the donkey cart to continue walking towards Xipo Village, while Du Xi, master and servant, drove the carriage towards Lishi County.

Although Xipo Village is also good, but there is no serious guest house, and it is very inconvenient to live in Luo's courtyard all the time, and the variety of food is not as rich as in the city.Recently, in Lishi County, even the juicy green vegetables are being sold, hot pot sake barbecue noodles, and a can of Dongpo meat from Xipo Village from time to time, the food is really good, no wonder Yan Liulang stays here After a while, it swelled like a dough cake.

"Mr. Lang, why did you come here instead of entering the city?" Xie Kui asked Du Xi after the carriage had gone a certain distance.

"Lang Jun, I feel a little lonely today, and I want to talk to someone." Du Qilang said quietly.

"So Luo Sanlang is okay?" Xie Kui asked him.

"It's very good. I don't worry at all that he will stab me in the back." He grew up in the shadow of swords and swords since he was a child. For Du Qilang, as long as he can't stab a knife in the back, that is the best. In this world, there are still a few people who will not betray. Don't you see that even Chang'e stole Houyi's elixir and flew up by herself.

"Lang Jun, it's better to be careful." Hearing what he said, it seems that Luo Sanlang is not even half wary, which is not a good thing.

"I know." Du Qilang sighed leisurely again.

"There are three jars of Dongpo meat in the car. I just bought them from Naluo's yard. I wrapped them in fur and put them in the car. It should still be hot now." Seeing that his husband seemed not in a good mood, Xie Kui said Said.

"I'm eating." Du Qilang replied to him.

"..." So it was already eaten, Xie Kui sniffed and said, "Save some for me."

"To be honest, have you eaten there just now?"

"No."

"Can I trust you?"

"If you don't believe me, you still ask."

On the other side, when the master and servant had gone far away, Luo Yong quickly took out a few darker coral fleece blankets from the space, put two on the car floor, covered the legs with two, and draped two more on his body.

These blankets are the last orders from the factory that he received for ten yuan a piece. Some of them are surplus goods, and some are defective products. The villagers didn't think it was cheap, but fortunately they didn't think it was cheap, otherwise there wouldn't be any left in Luo Yong's space.

Wrap yourself like a fur ball, and then take out a box of white rice, a box of boiled meat, hot soup and rice from the space, add some spicy food, eat a few bites of food, and you will immediately have Hot.

"Ang...Ang..." Smelling the fragrance, the five couples felt restless.

"What's the matter, do you want to eat?" Luo Yong jumped out of the car wrapped in a blanket, took two balls of rice with chopsticks and put them in his palms, and fed them to the five couples: "Eat, eat, this is white rice, Lian Si Niang They don't have to eat."

The five couples were panting and chewing the rice, eating very sweetly. Seeing him panting, Luo Yong stretched out his hand and ran along its neck: "I'm really tired today. It's okay. If you're tired, walk slowly."

"Ang..." Wu responded, not knowing if he understood.

Luo Yong thought for a while, then touched a carrot from the space and gave it to eat: "This is a good food, and ordinary donkeys can't eat it."

"..." The five couples didn't dare to open their mouths when they saw the red thing, because they smelled strange, so they couldn't help but put their noses close to smell it again and again.

"Do you want to eat it? If you don't eat it, I will put it away." Luo Yong said.

"Kacha!" The five pairs bit down, it was crispy and sweet, and it really fit the donkey's taste. After a few bites, the carrot was bitten down to the small part on the head, but the useless part was useless. Ken gave him something to eat, and put it into the space without any hassle, planning to put it in the field again when he had the opportunity to watch.

One person and one donkey filled their stomachs, drained the water, rested enough and continued on the road until late at night, before finally arriving at the entrance of Xipo Village. Received.

Enduring the low temperature that could freeze people to death, he huddled in the donkey cart tremblingly, and when the cart reached the slope in front of his house, Erniang came out to greet him before he knocked on the door, but she kept waiting, and Luo was not seen. After using it, she couldn't sleep peacefully, she was knitting a sweater with an oil lamp while listening to the movement outside.

"Why did you come back so late?" Erniang hurriedly pulled the donkey cart closer to the courtyard, and on the other side, Peng Er had already closed the courtyard door.

"Didn't I go to Xiaohe Village first this morning, how can I come back so quickly?" Luo Yong hurriedly ran to the grocery store after getting out of the car, covering his ears while running, his ears are very delicate. It’s better not to get chilblains. He had it when he was a child. The blisters formed one by one. After the skin was broken, the water would flow. It was very itchy in spring.

"I see that Tian Cun is back before dark." After handing over the work of unloading the carts and feeding the animals to Peng Er, Er Niang also came to the grocery store.

"I happened to meet Du Xi, master and servant, and he kindly gave me a ride." Luo Yong said.

"If I knew it earlier, if you didn't drive the donkey cart, you would be able to come back in a carriage." Luo Erniang first made him a bowl of corn porridge to warm his stomach, and then asked him: "But I'm hungry, I will cook it for you." How about some Hoto?"

"Okay." The food he ate just now is almost digested, and Luo Yong feels that he can still eat a big bowl of Hoto now.

Seeing that his siblings were talking, Peng Er didn't have anything to do with her, so he said hello and went to bed first. She would get up early in the morning to cook pig food.

Because Luo's family has sufficient materials, and they are not afraid that those pigs will eat too much, Peng Er has fed them another meal in the past two days, three meals a day, pointing out that they can grow faster and wait until they are slaughtered. Time to have more pork.

While Luo Erniang was cooking Hoto, Luo Yong slowed down for a while, then washed his hands and face with hot water, and soaked his feet.

As soon as that foot was dipped into the hot water, goose bumps appeared all over his body, and the cold air in his body burst out, and after a while, his body warmed up.

Erniang finished cooking the Hoto, and went to Luo Yong's house to help him light the kang. When he finished eating the Hoto and went to sleep, the top of the kang was already warm.

On the second day, without any accident, Luo Yong went to bed late again, and when he got up, Peng Er had already fed those pigs.

For the two of Siniang Wulang, Baba brought him corn porridge and stewed pickles in lard. The pickles also added some sliced ​​frozen tofu. The lard was fat from the belly of pigs. The pigs are well-raised, but there is no peculiar smell. Most of their family eats this kind of oil recently.

When he and the others went to Lishi County together yesterday, Luo Yong asked Zou Lizheng how his pigs were doing now, but would they like to kill them?

Seeing Zou Lizheng's reaction, Ying was still reluctant. Luo Yong told him that if he killed him now, he could buy the meat for Zou Lizheng at twice the market price. Zou Lizheng was also a little moved, but he didn't directly agree.

Some things are not easy to do with money. This is like the crops that grow well in the field. If you say that I will give you the money to buy grain right now, you can pull them all out. Many farmers Not willing.

The same is true for raising pigs. If they are well-raised, they will grow in size. Why do they have to kill them now? Many people can't resist that.

If Zou Lizheng and the others refused to kill pigs these days, they wouldn't be able to survive for long with just the few pigs from the Luo family.

There are also pigs in Xipo Village, but they are all piglets bought by the family. If Luo Yong wants to buy pork from them, he will spend more money and food.

Luo Yong thought about it, he should still walk around the village in the past few days to see what the villagers think and what the price is in his mind.

As a result, when he walked around, he hadn't found out the price of the pig, but he heard gossip all over his head. He was talking about Luo Yong spending two hundred yuan a month to ask Lin Wulang and Mrs. Luo to help him. The idea of ​​money is crazy, but it's [-] yuan a month to guarantee the income from drought and flood, and it doesn't require any investment, and it doesn't require them to do heavy work. Why are the old couple of the Lin family so embarrassing?

"I put forward this matter first, and don't do the matter of the second elder of the Lin family." Luo Yong saw that the rumor was wrong, and quickly stood up and explained.

If we let it go on, wouldn't we be pushing Aunt Luo to the forefront?If the two elders of the Lin family were criticized because of this incident, needless to say, they would definitely have a lot of dissatisfaction with the aunt. At that time, wouldn't the conflict between the Lin family become the conflict between Aunt Luo and the two elders?

As for how this evil wind blows, needless to say, Luo Yong knows it well.

If the Lin family didn't take it outside to talk about what he discussed with the two elders of the Lin family, who would know about it?

This matter can't get rid of Lin Dalin's second family anyway. From Luo Yong's point of view, they clearly want to take the opportunity to make trouble and stir up the Lin family's dissatisfaction with Aunt Luo. Then pick out the matter of the separation of the family, and their two families just picked up a ready-made one.

Even if they didn't plan it so carefully, at least they wanted to muddy the water with this matter. As for the situation of Goro and his wife, they didn't care.

"Sanlang is really kind." It's not easy to say this, you are stupid, are you being taken advantage of?

"My job is to make jujube cakes and cook Dongpo meat. If I change it to another one, how can I rest assured? The Lin family also has a lot of jobs. I was worried that my sister and brother-in-law would be lost. I was too busy, but the second elder of the Lin family was straightforward, saying that I was short of manpower here, and I just asked my aunt Wulang to come over to help, but she never mentioned the matter of money and food to me. Is that so?" Luo Yong's words were not completely false, he was the one who looked for this matter first, and the salary was also proposed by himself.

"It's so much [-] yuan a month, and the two elders didn't refuse?" After all, the villagers still felt that [-] yuan a month was really too much.

Although they can earn so much from making tofu recently, sometimes even more than that, but the tofu business is also seasonal, how can they earn so much in spring and summer?

In addition, it is hard and tiring. The elderly and children in the family have to help, care about the business at home, and worry about it all day long.That can be compared to Luo's job, which is [-] yuan a month to guarantee the income from drought and flood, without hard work and without capital.

"You say you give a lot, but I still think it's too little." Luo Yong said, "Is it easy to raise a child? The two elders of the Lin family have worked so hard to raise their son to such a great age. Now two hundred dollars a month is called I was hired out, even though it is at the entrance of the village, after all, I can’t see them as often as I used to at home. When I think of this, I feel very guilty towards them in my heart. Besides, my sister and brother-in-law are both physically strong. Those who are strong enough to work can earn a lot by working at home on weekdays, and the two hundred yuan is really not much."

The villagers don't know that it is not easy to raise children, especially some old people present at this time, when they think of the hard years before, they feel a lot of emotion in their hearts, even if someone said:

"It's really not easy for the old couple of the Lin family. In such years, they had to support four sons and one daughter. Now that they are old, they should enjoy the blessings of their children and grandchildren."

After such an explanation, the matter was basically revealed. Although some villagers still complained about the two hundred wen wages, in the end it was Luo Sanlang's volition, not the two elders of the Lin family who insisted.

Besides, those two old people have worked hard all their lives, and now that they are old, even if their behavior is slightly inappropriate, the younger generation should be more considerate and tolerant.Since then, the public opinion in the village has changed, and everyone said that the Lin family's marriage is really good.

After hearing this, Mother Lin wiped her tears in the house, and said to Father Lin:

"I knew that aunt was a good woman, she never liked to make trouble, and her brothers were also polite, but the two of them dared to make us look so ugly now, and when we separated in the future, how could they still keep us together?" Are we in the eyes of the two of us?"