I sell hot pot in Dasong [farming]

After Tang Xuan left, Si Nan couldn't sleep, so he ran to Erlang's room to count the money.I don't know if I don't look at it, but I'm shocked when I see it, I've made a lot of money these days.

The hammer was hung up by the flower ghost and beaten, his legs were broken, and he was thrown into the stinky ditch to be with the rats. Naturally, the previous threats had no effect.

The tile shops along the street began to order food again, and hundreds of meals can be delivered every day.

The income of the school is very stable, ten copies per day, plus one for the husband, Sinan insists on not charging money, the husband doesn't want to take advantage, so he cuts a piece of paper and stuffs it to Erlang from time to time.

The big head comes from Man Tingfang.

Yu Meiren and Die Lianhua brought up a trend of eating hot pot, except for the two of them, the other heads and their admirers all followed suit.

At first, everyone just bought it out of curiosity and tasted it. After eating it, it was really delicious, and then introduced it to relatives and friends.

For several days in a row, Sinan was busy from morning to night, and the boys of Huaishu and Erdou broke their legs every day, and there were rewards for timely deliveries.

The ampoule containing the money was filled again and again, and Erlang took him back to his room every day and put it in the big wooden box next to the bed, and now the bottom of the box is full.

Si Nan piled up ten Wen and ten Wen in a pile, and tied them up with a rope for every hundred Wen. At the end of the thread, his hands were sore and he hadn't finished counting.

Really. Counting money until your hands cramp.

Erlang was woken up, rubbed his eyes, his little face suddenly became serious, "Smelly brother, you stole money!"

Si Nan flicked his brains, "Stinky boy, think about it with your feet, which of us is the gold swallowing beast?"

Erlang lowered his eyes, picked at the corner of the quilt with his short fingers, "I know, the reason you worked so hard to make money is to let me go to the academy, otherwise you would have used the money to rent a shop..."

Si Nan raised his eyebrows, he was small and thought a lot.

He didn't want the little guy to have such a burden at such a young age, he smiled and said, "It's not for you that I let you go to the academy."

Erlang raised his misty eyes, "Who is that for?"

"For my own sake," Sinan smirked, "Your brother, I only hope that you will study hard and become a high-ranking official to support me."

Erlang believed it was true, with complicated expressions on his little face.

Sinan continued to tease him, "Everything is prepared for you, small backpack and four-wheeled trolley case, Da Song is the only one, there is definitely a lot of respect."

"Look at this box, it's a small, square box, made of white beech wood, carved with small flowers and engraved with your name, it was specially made by Brother Mumu for you. There is a pull rod on the top, and four universal wheels on the bottom. It can be pushed, pulled and ridden, and ten spare wheels are prepared, and any one that is broken can be replaced at any time."

"Your brother and I sewed this backpack with our own hands, tsk tsk, this shape, this craftsmanship, I dare not say that it is the best in the world, should it be third or fourth?"

Erlang took a look, "It's so ugly, the stitches are so big."

"Stinky boy..." Si Nan scratched him, "Your brother's hands are excellent for making delicious food. How dare you dislike him for picking up sewing for you?"

Erlang rolled to the corner of the bed, shrinking his body, depressed.

Si Nan sat beside him, and softened his tone: "Bao, tell me, why are you unhappy?"

Erlang clenched his fists and was silent for a while before he said sullenly, "I don't want to spend too much money..."

I don't want to make you so hard.

Si Nan smiled, "Do you know what input and output are? If you study for ten years, you will spend a few hundred taels to your death. When you become a general, your annual salary will be a lot of money."

"How many?"

"300 taels must be available..." Si Nan made it up.

Erlang wrung his little finger and calculated, but he didn't understand it, so he just took it as a lot, "But father doesn't want me to practice martial arts, and he doesn't want me to be an official, he just wants me to inherit the family business."

"What?"

If I remember correctly, his father has been urging Yuan to study, so that he can become an official through the imperial examination in the future, right?

Erlang sniffed, and said frankly: "Father said that you are stupid when you study, and the Si family's family business can only depend on me in the future."

Simon: ...

"The family business is gone, what a fart to inherit, I will send you to the academy after the tenth day."

Erlang whispered: "If father finds out, will he be angry?"

Si Nan curled his lips, "I have to wait for him to come back and regenerate."

"Will Daddy come back?"

"Of course I will." Sinan affirmed, "I have entrusted the spice merchants to go to the Western Regions to inquire, and sooner or later there will be news about my parents."

"What if...there hasn't been any?"

"Let's go find it." Sinan said calmly, "Wait for two years, if there is no news after two years, I will take you to the Western Regions, ask the caravan for help, ask the Northwest Army for help, or even go to Xixia, Tubo, and Xizhou Uighurs, go to Black Khan White Water City until you find them."

"Brother..."

Erlang looked at his determined expression, and suddenly thought of Si Xu, he didn't dare to think about it these days, but today he couldn't help it.

Today's brother is too much like his father, Erlang pursed his mouth, and tears rolled down.

Si Nan patted his trembling little body, "It's not a crime for a man to cry, cry, cry, taste the tears after a long absence..."

Erlang: ...

I suspect you are playing with me, but there is no proof.

The little man who couldn't figure it out cried very sadly.

This was the first time he cried aloud after his grandparents passed away, and it was also the first time he relied on Si Nan, and the first time he called him brother seriously.

Si Nan looked at the beams, his eyes were a little wet.

Alas, no matter how strong a person is, he has the right to be exhausted, why should he be so embarrassed...

That night, Sinan didn't go back to his room, and the two brothers put on a quilt.

It was the first time to sleep with a child, and Sinan thought it was quite fresh.The little guy is small and soft, like a big doll.

Erlang had a hoarse voice, looking for something to say: "Brother, did you catch the shrimp thief today?"

"I caught it." Sinan yawned.

He had been sleepy for a long time, and he stayed up in order to take care of his brother's fragile little heart.

Alas, being a breadwinner is really hard!

"Is it a weasel?"

"It's ferrets, a couple."

Erlang regained his energy and wanted to run under the bed, "I'm going to take a look, I haven't seen a ferret yet."

Si Nan held him down, "You're a fool, see you tomorrow."

"Oh..." The little man who cried just now was a bit obedient.

after awhile……

"Brother, is the ferret delicious? Will you kill it for meat?"

"What kind of meat do you eat? If you have a wife and children, you can let it go after the ideological education class tomorrow."

"……Oh."

After a while, Sinan drowsily fell asleep, and heard Erlang whisper, "Brother, if you can't marry a sister-in-law, I'll take care of you."

In the darkness, Sinan raised the corner of his mouth.

There is no sister-in-law, but brother-in-law can find one.

No, you can't call me brother-in-law.

Your brother and I are the one who married... what should I call it?

Before I could figure it out, I fell asleep.

the next day.

Si Nan went to the morning market before dawn, and when he came back, the locust trees had already arrived, swept the yard, chopped firewood, fetched water, and even fed the two little ferrets.

——Sinan told them on the first day, let them come to practice boxing directly, not to do chores, the little guys obediently complied every time, and pretended to have amnesia the next day.

Driven by them, Erlang also got used to getting up early, and at this time he was shaking his head and reciting the "Book of Songs", while the little guys were doing military boxing.

It rained last night and the ground is wet.

The children kept their faces sullen, repeatedly punched and retracted, and practiced earnestly, as if they were doing a sacred thing.

Si Nan was both relieved and distressed, "Today I will teach you two new tricks, horse stance horizontal strike, inner dial and lower hook, I can see clearly..." Demonstrated while talking.The children stared wide-eyed and looked hard, for fear of missing a little bit.

The cub followed suit, although he couldn't make a fist, but he remembered the movements the fastest and most accurately. Sometimes when Si Nan was not around, Huai Shu would ask him for advice.

Erlang put down his books, pretended to be passing by, and walked to the back of the line step by step—before this, he had promised that he would never learn.

Si Nan smiled tensely, but didn't expose him.

Erlang heaved a sigh of relief, and started secretly learning.

Not to mention, although I practiced with him on the first day, I practiced well. I hit the left hand with the small fist and the right hand, which is quite similar.

After a quarter of an hour, he broke out in a sweat.

Just in time, the water in the cauldron boiled, and Si Nan poured cold water and rinsed it briefly.

The children have been with him for a long time, and they have also developed a good habit of paying attention to hygiene, and they will flush every day.

They were still wearing tattered patchwork suits. Sinan thought about making new ones for them, but Huaishu refused. Firstly, he didn't want him to spend money, and secondly, he couldn't keep the new ones.

Now, Sinan only hopes that Tang Xuan can solve the flower ghost as soon as possible and return the children to freedom.

He has already thought about it, when the time comes, the younger children will be sent to Chengxi Shantang, and the older ones will stay at home, running errands with the locust tree to deliver meals, and he can teach them to read and write in their spare time.

After breakfast, the children didn't leave, they scrambled to help Sinan with his work.Sinan tried it, but he couldn't drive them away, so he could only assign them some light tasks such as choosing vegetables and adding firewood.

After Si Nan cut the meat, he threw two pieces into the basket holding the ferret. The little ferret rushed over and smelled it, and it was probably sure that there was nothing wrong with it, so he pushed it to the little ferret's paws.

The little ferret ate one and pushed the other to him.

The little ferret refused to eat it at first, until the little ferret let out two anxious calls, then it swallowed it in one gulp, and rubbed the little ferret's neck flatteringly after swallowing.

The children laughed, "So I'm afraid of my daughter-in-law!"

Si Nan laughed and said, "It's not fear, it's petting. When you have a lady you like, you have to learn to respect it."

The little guys wrinkled their faces in embarrassment, the meat is so delicious, why give it to the little lady?

Only Erlang nodded solemnly, not only meat, but also buns, dumplings and small wontons.

——This is the difference between a single dog and a little warm boy.

Sinan taught the little black weasel: "Don't steal any more, understand? Go catch mice when you're hungry, set a good example for your wife and children..."

Balabala talked a lot, until he was finally satisfied with the two little weasels, and he lifted the bamboo basket and let them go.

The two ferrets were very scheming, and when they left, they even made a little strategy - the little ferret ran first, and the little ferret covered it until the little ferret ran to the corner, guessing that Si Nan would not be able to catch it, and then the little ferret let go Paws ran.

After running halfway, he turned his head back, looked at Sinan with his dark eyes, and then left.

Si Nan folded his arms and smiled.

It's cool to do good deeds every day.

There are not many side dishes prepared today, and they were sold out after just over an hour at noon.

Si Nan went home and took a shower, and deliberately picked out decent clothes to change into. Then he rode a small tricycle, pulled the big round table, and went to the county prince's mansion.

He didn't tell Tang Xuan in advance, he just wanted to try whether the bronze token works well.

The Prince's Mansion was built in the outer city, between Xishuimen and Xinzhengmen, spanning more than half a block.

The steps in front of the door alone are six feet high, and there are two big gray stone lions, one on each side, staring with round eyes, so frightening that no one dares to approach.

Sinan made a face at the stone lion, which made the doorman chuckle: "Boy, go play elsewhere."

Si Nan lit up the bronze token, "Boy, who is your name?"

The doorman's eyes suddenly widened bigger than the stone lions, "You, you, where did you come from?"

Si Nan smiled and said, "He's from Tea Soup Lane."

"I'm asking where you got the bronze order from!"

"Of course it was given by your county king."

The doorman looked him up and down, frowned and said, "Nonsense, how could the master give you such an important thing?"

Si Nan raised his chin, "Tang Xuan likes me!"

"Bold! How dare you call the prince by his name!"

Si Nan nodded solemnly, "Well, I won't call him by his first name, but by his nickname, okay? Brother, please, tell Xiao Xuanxuan, just say that Brother Nan brought him a table."

"You, you, you..." The doorman pointed at him, shaking his fingers, "You wait for the blood to splatter on the spot!"

As soon as the words fell, the middle door opened wide, and a tall figure in red crossed the threshold.

The doorman looked at Sinan sympathetically.

The master is out.

Master heard everything you said.

You're going to die badly, boy!

Si Nan tilted his head and smiled: "You came to pick me up, Xiao Xuanxuan?"

Tang Xuan hooked his lips, "Naughty."

doorman: ...

The house collapsed! ! !