butcher's cook

?? After sixteen, Bai Ning and Tan Ming packed up their things and went to Qingwan.

??The journey to Qingwan is relatively long. In addition to bringing some dry food, Bai Ning also packed two changes of clothes.

??The journey was rather boring, so Bai Ning asked about the plan for Wuji Mountain.

??Tan Ming had a plan in mind, "When I go back, the mountain grapes can be harvested. I will harvest the mountain grapes first, then I will take Eryu and they will clear the road, and then go to buy seeds, except for those old trees. This side has to be replaced with fruit trees, or castors."

"Is it just you guys? That area is not small, just you guys, it's going to be the year of the monkey?" The last time the sour jujube forest was cleared, Tan Ming's brothers also came to help, a total of Four of them, one named Eryu, got married at the end of this year.There is also a man named Liu Shu, who is four or five years younger than Tan Ming. He is not married yet, but there is a girl who is seeing each other.There is also Minghui, who is the same age as Tan Ming. She had a wife before, but she suffered from dystocia during childbirth.The last one is called Dashi. This is the biggest one among them, and he is also the most mature. He is married to a brother, and it took him three or four years before he became pregnant. He will give birth at the end of this year.

??Tan Ming pondered for a moment, thinking it was the same, "Then invite some brothers from my uncle's family to come up."

?? "That's the best. Try to clear the road before March next year. During the time when the larger miscellaneous trees are cleared, I will raise the seedlings. By March, they can just be planted."

?? "Okay, I will listen to you."

?? They went with donkeys this time, faster than the bullock carts. After half a day, they arrived at the outskirts of Qingwan Mountain.

??Tan Ming didn't expect them to arrive so early this time, so he took Bai Ning to a farmer's house. That family had sold pigs to Tan Ming before and recognized him.

?? gave a dozen more copper coins, said they would stay here for one night, and asked if they had a room.

?? If there is money to make, the family will naturally be happy, "Yes, but it's a bit rudimentary, don't mind."

??Tan Ming didn't mind, "We brought dry food, don't worry about ours."

?? When the people from that family brought them into the house, Tan Ming explained to Bai Ning, "It will take us two hours to go to the mountain. If we go in now, we won't be able to come back today, so we will stay here temporarily. Go up early tomorrow morning, and you should be able to come back in the afternoon."

?? "Oh, this place is far away, why did you come here to collect pigs?"

??Tan Ming smiled wryly, "Those years were not very good, the grain harvest in the field was not good, and the grain collected was not enough for him to eat, so there were fewer people feeding pigs. At that time, one pig could be sold every two days. Pigs are not bad. I really can’t do anything about it, I only come here when I hear that there are pigs for sale here.”

?? "A family caught wild boars in the mountains and fed them. At that time, I was only a swordsman, and I was not good at driving pigs. In order to get these wild boars back, I had to waste my old nose. You go up on them and walk forward, they bump into you everywhere, and you are in the mountains, and you are afraid that they will accidentally rush down the cliff and die on the road..."

?? "Haha..." Bai Ning could imagine that kind of scene just listening to it like this, and laughed out of no sympathy.

"Still laughing!" Tan Ming pinched Bai Ning's cheek.

?? "Ha, I stopped laughing, and then?"

"...Then, it took two days before the group of wild boars got out of the forest with the help of the villagers."

?? "Then did you go there again?"

?? "No, at that time I killed pigs just to have something to eat, as long as it could fill my stomach. If this kind of thing happens twice, I will die. What else do I want to do?"

"By the way, your father used to study, why didn't you study with him and become a pig butcher, so he didn't beat you?"

??Tan Ming was silent for a while, and Bai Ning thought it was inconvenient for him to say something, so Tan Ming whispered, "I actually admired my father when I was young. My father is the first scholar in our village. He is 19 years old. Juren, do you know? When I go out to play, those little friends are very envious of me, saying that I am the son of Master Juren, and I will be a little giant in the future. I grew up like that, and I have been enlightened by my father since I was very young. At the age of three, I read the Three Character Classic of Hundred Surnames, and I could recite it backwards before I was seven years old. I always thought that I would follow my father and get a famous name at a young age."

?? Bai Ning opened his mouth wide, "I can't tell, you are actually a little genius!"

??Tan Ming glanced at him, "Did you know what your husband is capable of?"

??Bai Ning shook his head. He really didn't see anything special about Tan Ming, but there were many small advantages.

??As if seeing what Bai Ning wanted to express, Tan Ming smiled helplessly, and pecked his face lightly, "Can't you praise me?"

?? Bai Ning really wanted to hear the next story, so he asked tentatively, "My husband is the gentlest in the world?"

??Tan Ming pinched his nose, "You know how to perfunctory me?"

?? "But I have neglected some details of our life. My mother always wears old clothes, and my father has two long gowns. My grandfather has been sick for a long time and is not well. He has to work in the fields. Other things My friends would brag about when and when my family ate meat, but my family never had it, so I knew that when my uncle and the others ate meat, my aunt would secretly stuff me with two yuan... Later, I found out that my father three Every year, the cost of going to Beijing is my mother’s frugal work, hard work on embroidery and my grandfather’s farming. He failed the exam again and again, and he was too lofty to be copied by others. Studying or being a teacher in the academy, the family quickly fell into decline. When my grandfather fainted from hunger, and I drank cold water again and again and couldn’t get enough..."

"Stop talking." Bai Ning hugged Tan Ming tightly, he never thought that Tan Ming had such a miserable childhood before.

??

??"Who?"

?? "The old butcher who taught me how to butcher pigs."

?? "Do you think that anyone who kills pigs can eat meat, but you who are studying can't eat meat, so why not kill pigs?" Bai Ning looked at him in disbelief.

?? Tan Ming nodded embarrassingly, "I really thought so at that time. I was only ten years old at that time."

?? "Haha, I understand. I passed by a pancake seller before, and I thought that I would become a pancake seller in the future, and then I could eat as many pancakes as I wanted."