Farmer's Notes from Another World

Making vermicelli is actually not difficult, just need patience and strength, both of which Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang lack.Although the sweet potato matter was a joke, the vermicelli matter was going smoothly.No, before going back, Liu Ah had already used vermicelli to make chicken and other mushrooms, and the duck blood vermicelli that Fang Zhiyuan mentioned.Although Fang Zhiyuan didn't like it very much, Liu Zhuang liked it unexpectedly.

Liu Ah also likes to eat, but the two baskets of sweet potatoes seem to be too much, so I don't cook much.Liu Ah was careful and left half of it for Fang Zeng and the others. Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang took advantage of the good weather and sent the fans and vermicelli to Fang Zeng and the others.Fang Zhiyuan still had some ideas in his mind, so he happened to find Fang Zeng to discuss it.

And here, Fang Zeng found some time and discussed things with Chen Yan.Although Chen Yan would occasionally pick on Fang Zeng's thorns, but Fang Zeng was his brother-in-law, he didn't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, so he was willing to help when there was a good thing.After all, Fang Zeng is well, his younger brother and nephew can only be well, no matter how much help from the natal family, there is a limit, they have to stand up on their own.

Therefore, Fang Zeng talked to him, but he was very serious.Taking him to the study to talk, Chen Yan was not ignorant, once the incident in the south happened, he knew in his heart that Fang Zeng's tea was not easy to sell without the shopkeeper Chen telling him.Don't look at him as a small official of the ninth rank, but the profit of this tea is really not something he can resist.

Fang Zeng entered the study, and said first, "Brother, is this conscription training in the local area, or going to the south?"

Chen Yan is a petty official, so he still knows these things.Said: "The imperial court means to gather people together first. Those who have been trained for a year or two will go to war directly. However, these soldiers are novices, and the imperial court will not put them on the front line. That is to cook, move It’s really hard to move things, even local soldiers like us can’t get a few rounds.”

After hearing this, Fang Zeng had his heart in his mind, and said to Chen Yan: "Brother, you also know that my family's tea will not be sold in another year or two at most. If this war breaks out, it will be chaotic, and I don't know. When will it stop. Although there are fields and shops at home, I think, while I am young, I will work for a few more years, earn more family property, and leave some for the younger generation."

Fang Zeng kept a lot of tea for Chen Yanke every year. Although the price of the tea outside has been increasing, Chen Yan's is not only the best quality, but the price has not changed.If Chen Yan hadn't brought it to his colleagues, the tea that Guangfang had given him would be enough for him to drink.

After hearing this, Chen Yan thought about it and said: "The town looks okay, but a restaurant like Second Uncle's, excluding the management, costs more than 1000 taels of silver. Actually, if you want me to say, it's still a trafficker It’s money. Some of them can earn several hundred taels after a trip. There’s going to be a war soon, things must be expensive, and I’m afraid they will earn even more.”

Fang Zeng also had this plan, and said: "I think so too. No, the second uncle said, he knows a few people who went to the west. I thought, brother, you are not going to send soldiers to the south, so I will follow you and lead Go to the south to sell some goods first, practice your skills, and then buy some things from the south and ship them to the west. This way, the price will be higher. And, let me see, the west side is not easy to sell, and I will bring the goods back. We can sell this too. We won’t suffer a loss, and when we go to the west, we will have a lot of money when we go next time.”

Chen Yan looked at Fang Zeng and knew that Fang Zeng was a person who didn't like to rely on others to live.Said: "Alright, silk is much cheaper in the south than this. Besides, you go with us, there will be officers and soldiers clearing the way, and there will be no troubles for you without blinking. I also know a few friends in the west, right? To be a catcher is to be a government servant. I will send them a letter and ask them to take care of you."

Fang Zeng hurriedly thanked Chen Yan: "Brother, thank you very much. When you leave, I am also ready to follow you."

Chen Yan said with a smile: "It's just one or two months, maybe it's too late to come back for the New Year. Otherwise, you can stay at my house. Otherwise, I don't worry about him taking care of the child alone. Is there any With his elder brother and mother, he can relax with Xiaotuanzi. By the way, if you go, if you take your nephew, don’t let your nephew’s husband and mother go back. Just come to my house, It saves a few of us guys to leave, they are deserted. There are many people, and there is something to say, so I can feel more relaxed."

After all, Chen Yan hoped that Fang Zeng would let Chen Mo stay in Chen's house, after all, if Fang Zeng really followed him to the south.Chen Mo took the child alone, even with the help of Fang Zhiyuan's family, he would seem to be struggling and lonely.He really felt sorry for his younger brother, and he even arranged for Fang Zhiyuan, a relative from the outside world.

Fang Zeng had some ideas, he planned to take Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang away.After all, Liu Zhuang's skill is similar to his, and his strength is stronger than him.The three of them can just hire a few more people. It is the first time to go to the south, and it is better to have more people in your own family to have some confidence.

However, in this way, Fang Zeng was not at ease leaving Liu Amo and Chen Mo with the little dumpling.After all, the conscription has just ended and the village doesn't know what's going on.At this time, his family can't do without a man.Therefore, when Chen Yan mentioned it, Fang Zeng thought about it, and it was okay.

Fang Zeng said to Chen Yan: "That's fine, but, big brother, Ah Mo is a member of my family with me, and I can't always eat and take your family for nothing. Besides, Ah Mo is your elder brother , you are willing to subsidize, but Liu Ah, they are not related to you. If they live here, they will definitely feel uncomfortable. I think, I will leave 20 taels of silver for Ah Mo, if Ah Mo does not accept, I will not let Ah Mo and the others stayed."

Fang Zeng went back and forth, and it took about three or four months. He thought about paying five taels of silver for food a month, not too much and not too little.The Chen family treats them kindly, but he can't treat them as fools. After all, Chen Mo married him, not him. Chen Mo's parents love him, but he has to express it.

Chen Yan knew that men generally didn't like their husband living in their natal family, it seemed that he was incompetent, and his husband's children had to be raised by his natal family.He felt sorry for his younger brother, not to make his younger brother and Fang Zeng unhappy. He was afraid that Fang Zeng would be unhappy when he just said it. Fang Zeng offered to give money, but he didn't stop him.

On the other side, Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang excitedly came to Chen's house with fans and vermicelli.Ah Chen opened the door, and saw that Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang were carrying something in their back baskets, which he had never seen before, so he hurriedly greeted them in and said, "Ah Yuan, Ah Zhuang, the sun is shining at noon. It’s very big, are you hot, take a rest quickly.”

Chen Yan's family was also there, hurriedly entered the room and poured tea for the two of them.At this time, Xiaotuanzi could already walk a few steps crookedly, and was being mixed with Chen Mo, walking on the ground step by step.Seeing Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang entering the room, he was excited, shouting "ah, ah, ah".

Liu Zhuang liked Xiaotuanzi very much, and specially brought Xiaotuanzi the soft pancakes that Liu Amo specially said according to Fang Zhiyuan.In fact, it is a non-standard cake, because there is no oven, it does not look so soft, but it is also very sweet and delicious.

Liu Zhuang hurriedly took out the wrapped soft pancakes from the basket, and took one piece for Xiaotuanzi to hold in his hand.The rest in his hand said to Grandma Chen: "Mother Chen, my grandma has made a new snack, but it is soft, and I specially asked me to bring it for you to try."

Grandma Chen took it, and said with a smile: "Here, look, you brought me something here, it's not an outsider. You won't be allowed to do this next time, but your mother's craftsmanship is really good, I envy you I won’t come. Your uncles miss you very much. They are always nagging in my ears!”

Fang Zhiyuan took out the vermicelli vermicelli from the back basket, and said to Aunt Chen, "Nurse, I have created a new food. The quantity is not large, so I will give you some to try first."

Grandma Chen was curious about this thing from the very beginning. When Xia Zhiyuan said it was a new food, he touched it with his hands and asked Fang Zhiyuan: "This is crunchy and hard, how do you eat it? I haven't eaten it before. I have seen it, A Yuan, come and tell Mammy."

Fang Zhiyuan said: "This thing needs to be boiled, first soak it in cold water for a while, and wait until it softens. If it's as wide as this, put oil and water in it and burn it heavily. It's like big meat with sauerkraut, or chicken stewed with mushrooms." , you can put some. And for the thin ones, you can use some duck blood, duck intestines, and duck soup to eat, of course, you can also put other things to eat, it depends on the mama's own preparation."

Hearing Fang Zhiyuan's words, Chen Ama said with a smile: "It's a good relationship, let's stew a big pork with capers and beans tonight, and try some of these vermicelli. If it's delicious, next time, I'll bring it to you again. "

Just when Xiaotuanzi stuffed everything into his mouth, Liu Zhuang gave him a soft pancake the size of the palm of his hand, soft and sweet.Xiaotuanzi stuffed it straight into his mouth, and when Chen Mo saw it, he quickly asked Xiaotuanzi to spit it out, otherwise he would choke.

Xiaotuanzi just didn't listen, took the soft pancakes in his hand and protected them well, and didn't give them to anyone.Maybe he knew that Liu Zhuang had delicious food here, so he hugged Liu Zhuang's calf, humming, as if he wanted to hug him, and also seemed to be asking for delicious food.Liu Zhuang hugged him up, Xiaotuanzi was smiling and excited.

Chen Mo said with some taste: "Look, this little heartless bastard. When he saw his elder brother Zhuang, he put me aside. Little thing, see your elder brother Zhuang is gone, ah? Still hug you."

Due to his small size, Xiaotuanzi could not understand, so he showed a "toothless" smile at his aunt.Chen Mo looked at him and nodded his head, and then called out "Baby, baby."Fang Zeng also came over at this time, just in time for him to talk to Fang Zhiyuan.Because there were so many people, Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan went to the next room to talk about things.

Fang Zhiyuan couldn't hide things, so he first stated his plan: "Uncle, I have invented a kind of food. It is made of sweet potatoes. If it works, we can earn some pocket money even if we don't sell tea leaves." Useful. I want to give some to shopkeeper Chen to try first, and if it sells well, I will open a shop in the town and sell some mountain delicacies and vermicelli vermicelli. In this way, I can earn a few dollars every year."

Fang Zeng listened and thought about it and said: "Huzi, what you think is right. In the future, when I get older, I will also open a shop in the town. I don't want to make a lot of money, I just want to be safe. But now, while I am young , I still want to run again. No, your uncle’s eldest brother is going to the south to escort the recruits. I just want to follow him to the south to have a look and bring some goods with me. Will you come with me?"

When Fang Zhiyuan heard this, he said to Fang Zeng: "Uncle, of course I'm going with him. But what about Ah Zhuang and his nanny? I can't leave him just after I got married, so those goofy guys in the village Don't laugh at him."

Fang Zeng laughed when he heard this, and said to Fang Zhiyuan: "Ah Zhuang will follow you. As for Liu Ah, I have already made an agreement with your uncle and elder brother. I will pick you up and stay with Liu Ah, your uncle, at Chen's house for a while." Life, don't be awkward, uncle, I will give the Chen family five taels of silver every month, so that it won't appear that we eat for free. Do you think it's okay?"

Fang Zhiyuan was afraid that Ah Liu would not like it, so he said to Fang Zeng: "If not, I'll go back and discuss it with my mother first. Uncle, you should get your things ready first. I still have four or five hundred taels of silver here. I will pay you tomorrow." Just send the silver here. Let’s prepare things first. Regardless of whether Ah Liu comes or not, I will definitely follow you. Otherwise, I don’t feel at ease if you are alone. If it doesn’t work, let Ah Zhuang stay at home .”

Fang Zeng thought about it too, the uncle and nephew talked for a while, decided to prepare something and went out.Fang Zhiyuan and Liu Zhuang kept Ah Chen's meal and went back early.Chen Mo looked at Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan chattering, and murmured in his heart, and found a time to ask Fang Zeng: "A Zeng, you look strange these days. What's on your mind?"

Fang once thought that after a while, he was about to leave, so he told Chen Mo about the matter.Chen Mo frowned when he heard this, although he was a little reluctant in his heart that Fang Zeng went so far south.But he also knew that Fang Zeng was also doing it for the good of the family, so he felt a little dark in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

Fang Zeng looked at it and felt uncomfortable, and said to Chen Mo: "Ah Mo, don't worry! You will be fine this time with Big Brother. Wait for me for a few months, and I will try my best to come back before the Chinese New Year. At home You should pay more attention to the things about it, it would be great if Aunt Liu came to keep you company. You take Xiaotuanzi, okay, I will give you a good life."

Chen Mo said to Fang Zeng: "Ah Zeng, I will take care of myself. Don't worry, I won't stop you from going, but you must come back safely. I don't want to be rich, as long as you are well. Satisfied."