Yipin Farmer

In the courtyard of Meng’s house behind the Caigenxiang restaurant, Ting Shuang slowly sips the wine in his glass. He needs to stimulate his nerves with wine. The news brought by Lu Zhengming makes him feel confused. These people in the family come from different places. But it's really like a family, he really doesn't want to doubt anyone.

However, at least one insider has sneaked into the big family that is as strong as a fortress, and he is a member of a cult.

Ting Shuang took another sip of wine to straighten out her complicated thoughts, and the doubts gradually became clear.

Jiang Liu is very honest, he does whatever he is asked to do, and he doesn't deliberately choose those jobs that stay at home. During the Lantern Festival fire, he hugged Xiaolan and used his body to protect her and rushed out. How could he be a member of a cult?

The monkey-player is very good at taming animals. He really knows how to play monkeys. He can do whatever he is asked to do. He is also very happy to let him go to the city as a waiter. There is nothing suspicious about it.

Ping An's abandonment of the pawn shop's wealthy life and returning to his hometown to farm is also related to his temperament. He is a person who can't stay at home by nature and likes the free air outside. If he joins a cult, he will definitely try to stay at home and work to find treasures, but He didn't.

The suspicious thing is Chen Guang. When he was running last year, Chen Guang also joined the running at that time. After the running, he seemed to be deliberately waiting for Ting Shuang to lead him home.Where does he come from? His family composition and political background are completely uncertain. I heard from Chu Yue of Queshan that only Geng Xianghua is his opponent in martial arts, that is to say, he is a master of unknown origin.

Ting Shuang took another sip of wine in annoyance. On the way, Chen Guang was protecting him, which was obvious. Could it be that his protection had a purpose?

The most suspicious one is Baoqi.

He fell in the field of his house for no reason, the reason is unknown, the people here are simple and honest, no gangsters have been heard, what happened when he was injured and fell in the field?Now he likes to follow him around, but at first he was willing to stay at home and work, and changed the topic to Chu Tianqing a few times, was it out of curiosity or on purpose?Who the hell is he?If he was a member of a cult, it would be conceivable to have figured out the family long ago, or threatened violence, but he didn't.

When Baoqi came home from her work, she saw Ting Shuang sitting alone at the table drinking wine. If he was in a good mood, drinking wine until the glass drank was very refreshing. Now he sips the wine in small sips, with a heavy expression on his face. It's just a show of concern.

"What's wrong with you? Are you worried? Are you sick?" Baoqi touched his forehead worriedly.

"Don't touch me." Ting Shuang patted his hand away with a palm, with vigilance in his eyes.

Baoqi looked at him in surprise, and what was even more surprising was that the way he looked at her was no longer open and gentle, but suspicious and alienated.

"What's wrong with you? What did I do?" Bao Qi was very hurt, he would rather Ting Shuang angrily pinch his neck with him than be looked at by him like this.

Ting Shuang could read the grievance, puzzlement and injury in his eyes, like a small animal abandoned by its owner for no reason. He was not even given a chance to explain.

Ting Shuang pondered for a while, then Fang said, "It's nothing, I'm upset."

"Why are you upset? Tell me." Baoqi hurriedly asked him.

Ting Shuang didn't know where to start, thought for a while, and said, "You know every hair on me, but I don't know you, it's not fair."

"So I'm upset about this." Baoqi laughed, "You're being childish again."

"What I said is true." Ting Shuang carried out the political investigation very seriously, "Where is your home, who are your parents, what do you do, and who else is in your family? Before you lost your memory, now you say you have found your family Now, it’s time to tell me. My policy is to be lenient for confession and strict for resistance. If you tell me honestly, I can consider leniency.”

Baoqi was silent for a while, and said: "Is it because of my family and my identity that you associate with me?"

"Of course not, don't try to change the subject." Ting Shuang was a little angry, and stared at him with wide eyes.

"You doubt me." Baoqi lamented and sentimental.

"I didn't." Ting Shuang hastily confessed, turning from interrogator to apologist.

Baoqi was sad and sad: "My family is rich and I was born noble. Many people flatter me with my family and approach me with purpose. I hate other people's masks and hope to get people's sincerity. So I and When people are in a relationship, they are generally reluctant to reveal their family background, for fear that others will cling to them if they find out, and the friendship will no longer be pure..."

"But..." Ting Shuang tried to explain.

"I know you are not such a person," Baoqi interrupted him, "I didn't intend to deceive, but I was afraid that after you knew my family background, there would be estrangement and estrangement. Although I was surrounded by many people since I was a child, no one People can open their hearts to me, and no one can talk to me about everything. You are the first and only one. If you alienate me and doubt me because you don’t know my family background, my heart will be broken.”

Baoqi's melancholy expression, pure 45-degree elevation, so innocent, so pure, so hurt, successfully aroused Ting Shuang's sense of guilt and guilt.

Bao Qi continued to work hard: "We work together to enjoy the fruits of the harvest, and face the threat of wild wolves and tigers together. When I face danger, I only want to protect you. You know best whether it is good intentions or malice, but you don't believe me. "

Ting Shuang began to reflect.

Bao Qi continued to complain: "We eat, live, and rest together, we talk about everything, we are very close, but you suspect me because you don't know my family status, and you try to snub me, I am so sad."

Ting Shuang hurried up to stroke Shun Mao to comfort her.

Bao Qi wanted to cry, "How could you do this?"

Ting Shuang made a deep self-criticism by the way.

At the end of the meeting, the interrogator and the interrogated parties reached the following agreement:

First, both parties respect each other's privacy. If you don't tell me, I won't ask. If I ask, you have the right to remain silent, but you must not lie.

Second, if the other party voluntarily confesses the past, as long as the truth is told, the other party is not allowed to use violent behaviors such as choking the neck, stepping on the feet, twisting, hammering, kicking, etc., and has to ignore the other party in the cold, or walk away.

Third, respect each other and not interfere with each other's practices and inner thoughts.

After the two parties reached a friendly agreement, they began to live happily again. Ting Shuang still had something in his heart, and focused his suspicion on Chen Guang. Although Lu Zhengming refused to let him tell others, he still told Ting Hui and asked him to help pay attention.

The business of the Meng family is still booming, and the restaurant business is very good, but on the left is the theater garden that was burnt into ruins, and on the right is the old shop that was half collapsed by the earthquake. Heck, Ting Shuang urged the two families to repair the house quickly, it would affect the appearance of the city too much, and even affect the appearance of his store.

The owner of the opera garden was badly damaged by the fire, and he didn't want to rebuild the theater. The owner of the Nanhuo shop on the right didn't want to rebuild either. He wanted to sell the land and return to his hometown for retirement. Ting Shuang saw that the location was very good, so he bought these two pieces of land , preparing to open a food store and a new store, and installment payment, his reputation is now in full swing in the city, and the other party naturally trusts him and accepts the installment payment.

Then it was to clean up the ruins and build a new house. The funds were borrowed from the bank. With the help of Tingshuang, Yutong Bank was able to act as an agent for the county treasury. an excuse to send him out.

Shi Jie disapproved a little, and said: "In business, you must strive for success in a steady manner, and don't be in a hurry."

However, Ting Shuang has his own opinion. In order to be more resistant to risks, it is necessary to use other people's funds to expand the business. After seeing it carefully, there will be no major problems. For example, if his family does not use other people's funds They don't know when they will be able to develop and lose a lot of opportunities.

The twelfth lunar month is coming soon, and every household is busy preparing for the New Year. Naturally, Ting Shuang doesn't have to go out to work in the winter, but stays in the village and continues to run a family school, teaching children to read and learn, playing together, and going to the city every few days Delivery Check out the business at home.

Geng Xianghua sent someone to send some good horses. Ting Shuang was very moved. He didn't expect Brother Geng to make such a big promise. He still remembered that he said that he wanted to start a mule and horse business, and he really sent him some good stallions. Hurry up and take out some money to let Brother Zhang watch and buy a few good donkeys to breed the horses and donkeys at home.

In the middle of the month, Ting Shuang gave wine to the guys in the store to send them back to their homes for the New Year, and also gave out red envelopes for the end of the year.Others went back to Meng's house for the New Year, including Shi Zhaodi and Zhang Wuge who had nowhere to go. Now there are seventeen members of this big family, and the courtyard of Meng's house and even the room next door to Zhou's house are full. There are two tables for meals. , very lively, Aunt Li and Aunt Liu put all their energy into preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Ting Shuang decided to change the way this year, and announced at the dinner table: "This year's New Year's Eve dinner, Aunt Li and Aunt Liu are too busy, I decided to let everyone in the family cook a dish, and see who can do it well."

"Is there a reward?" Ping An asked.

"Yes." Ting Shuang has always been very clear about rewards and punishments. If she does well, she will be rewarded with a red envelope;The criterion for judging good or bad is that whoever has more dishes left is not good, and vice versa, the one who has eaten all the dishes is the winner.

Everyone was gearing up after hearing this, the red envelopes were secondary, if other people's food was eaten up and their own food was left over, it would be embarrassing.

"Should I do it too?" Xiaolan asked.

"Of course." Ting Shuang gave her a task. Girls of her age in the village can do some housework within her capacity. Only she dresses beautifully all day long and only knows how to play. People in the village complained that he is too used to children. up.

Xiaolan only knows how to play, she doesn't know how to do any work, and she has never cooked. She glanced at Zhaodi melancholy, and felt that even if she was ashamed, there would be someone to help her, so she was relieved.

Zhaodi is very calm. She works as a cow and a horse in her adoptive parents' house, and she can do a lot of housework. She can't cook good dishes, but she still has confidence in home-cooked dishes.

After many days of busy work, Tingzhi still took on the task of writing couplets for the villagers for free. As for Tingshuang, he was squeezed out of the calligraphy world as early as last year, and was responsible for doing chores such as grinding ink, cutting paper, and running errands.

In addition to Aunt Li, Zhaodi was the one who cut the window grilles. A piece of red paper was in her hand, and after a while, a lively little tiger was cut out. Xiaolan looked at it with jealousy. Zhaodi was only three years older than her. She is quite young, but she can do so many things. It seems that she has to learn something.

29 On this day, the whole family gathered together to make dumplings. Ting Shuang exchanged a lot of new money at the money shop in the city and wrapped a few small copper coins into the dumplings. Aunt Li made jujube buns and put red dates on the buns to make beautiful Taking advantage of people not paying attention, the little monkey stretched out his hairy paws to steal red dates and eat them.

Soon the New Year's Eve came, and the whole family focused on this different New Year's Eve dinner. The rooster and carp are indispensable for the New Year's Eve dinner, which symbolizes "good luck", pig's trotters, called "money rake", and tofu. As for steaming jujube buns, it is the work of women.Baoqi took over the job of cooking chicken, Pingan made pig's trotters, Xiaoye made fish and vegetables, and Tingshuang made a lot of tofu.

"Why do you make so much tofu?" Baoqi didn't understand.

"Yingshen, the God of Wealth will think that we are poor when he sees so much tofu in our family's New Year's Eve dinner, and will give us money."

"Tch, you've really become a money addict, and now you're not poor, so you've got so much tofu, we'll have to eat it after offering sacrifices to the gods." Baoqi doesn't like tofu and hints that he should cook more fish and meat.

"That's right," Chen Guang comprehends the spirit and helps to speak, "You can mince fish or meat and make it into tofu."

Ting Shuang said righteously: "How can an honest person like me do such a thing to deceive the gods."

Everyone pouted.

Competition is a good way to develop one's potential. Even Xiaolan is learning how to cook. As for what she will do for the New Year's Eve dinner, she has been keeping it a secret.

On New Year's Eve, Ting Shuang led his family to worship the ancestors, and then had a New Year's Eve dinner.More than [-] dishes were placed on two kang tables, and [-] people sat in a circle. It was very lively and felt like a big family.

Tingshuang makes mapo tofu and guotuo tofu, which are both delicious in color and fragrance.What Ping An cooks are stewed yams with pig's trotters, red and white, beautiful and delicious.Zhang Wuge cooks leg bone stewed kelp, one of the eight great stews in Xinyang, which is fragrant and hot.Tinghui cooks loach stew, Tingke cooks braised pork with three layers of five flowers, red and bright, and Tingzhi cooks spicy mutton, which is fragrant and spicy.All of them are delicious in color, fragrance and taste.

The dishes cooked by Chenguang are unique, very simple and not simple. The pig ears are cut into thin shreds, each with a little cartilage, and the seasoning is well matched. The more you chew, the more delicious it is. It is a model that decided to launch it in restaurants after the Chinese New Year.

The thing made by the monkey man is a big pot helmet, and the batter is put on the big pot, the stove is sealed, and it can be eaten after it is cooked. It is said that it was invented by a lazy daughter-in-law who can’t cook. It was dry, fragrant and crisp. Ting Shuang didn't say in advance that she had to cook, so it wasn't a violation of the rules.

Jiangliu's dishes are very unique. Chicken feet are boiled in salt water and soaked in bad oil. They are spicy and delicious.

Xiaolan's creations are even more unique, with sliced ​​apples mixed with peanuts and goat's milk.Ting Shuang took a sip, um, this combination... really... I can only say that children's imaginations are really rich.

Recruiting younger brother is very simple, a plate of thinly sliced ​​radishes, the knife is very good, each one is as white as snow, mixed with white vinegar and soft white sugar, sweet and sour, crisp, and there is a fragrance of pears.

After eating too many greasy meat dishes, this crisp and refreshing dish is welcomed by everyone.

Ting Shuang couldn't figure it out after eating with chopsticks, and asked, "What's the matter with the sweetness of pears when you chew it carefully?"

Brother Zhao said, "I cut some pear shreds and mixed them together."

"Okay, it's a perfect match." Ting Shuang greatly appreciated it. After eating everyone's dishes, Baoqi's next dish was Fugui Roasted Chicken.

As for Baoqi's cooking skills, Ting Shuang only asked him to be able to cook well. She was fully prepared and put a chopstick in her mouth.Baoqi looked at him nervously and expectantly: "How does it taste?"

Ting Shuang chewed and swallowed hard, and said, "Does it taste like this? After making the chicken like this, I can only say that Brother Chicken, you died so unjustly."