Little wealth

It was raining heavily outside, the father and son stood at the door and looked out, and saw that the man who had gone there with an oiled paper umbrella soon came back with an oiled paper umbrella, and when he came back, he brought the knife they wanted.

Zhao He put away the oiled paper umbrella in his hand, and put it by the door. He just went out to give the father and son a knife.

"Hey, thank you for your hard work." When Josh took the knife from the man's hand, he subconsciously looked down at the shoes on the man's feet, and saw that most of the uppers of the shoes on the man's feet were wet. Put the knife on the table, and said, "Wait here, I'll get something."

Back to the room where they slept, he came out with a pair of new shoes in his hand.

Putting the new shoes on the ground in front of the man, Josh stood up and looked at the man and said, "Change to this pair."

When Zhao He saw Fu Lang went back to the house, he thought that Fu Lang was going to do something, but when Fu Lang put a pair of shoes in front of him, he realized that Fu Lang was going to fetch shoes for him.Looking at the brand new shoes in front of him, he was sure he had never seen these shoes at home.So when did Fulang buy these shoes?

"Sit down and try to see if it fits." Josh pursed his lips and smiled when the man looked at him. Didn't he just buy a pair of shoes?Why do you look at him with a moved face, it's embarrassing.

"Why don't you try again another day?" Zhao He picked up the new shoes on the ground, a little reluctant to wear them.

"No, just try it now. If it's too young, I'll change it for you." Josh glared, and pulled the man to sit down.Being pressed on the stool by Fu Lang, Zhao He only had to take off the old shoes on his feet. His feet were still a little wet and the soles of his feet were a little dirty. He rubbed the soles of his feet on the bottom of his trousers before trying on the shoes that Fu Lang gave them. New shoes he bought.

The new shoes fit just right, not too big or too small.

"Is it okay?" Josh asked expectantly, "Will it be too small or too big? Get up and take a few steps and I'll see."

"Well, just right." Zhao He had no choice but to stand up, and took two steps to show Fu Lang.

"Hey, it looks okay." Josh was quite happy seeing the man wearing the shoes he bought just right.A few days ago, I went to the town to sell things and passed by a shoe stall. I remembered that the shoes on the man's feet were a bit worn out, so he went to buy a new pair and came back.

It's just that this person went out early in the morning and didn't come back for dinner until the afternoon. It was dark every day after they finished their work, and then he couldn't remember that there was a new pair of shoes at home.It wasn't until today that he remembered that he had bought a new pair of shoes and hadn't sent them out yet, so he just took them out to replace the old pair of shoes on the man's feet with a hole in them.

"Let's cut the sugar." Josh pursed his lips and smiled when the man looked at him, then turned his head and went to cut the sugar for his son.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard that the candy could be cut, the little boy who had been waiting surrounded him happily.

After such a long time, their sesame walnut candy has formed hard lumps, like a block of tofu.But their piece of tofu is made of sesame walnuts and sugar, so the texture and taste are naturally different from tofu.

"Wow~" This is the first time the little baby has seen such a big candy, and opened his mouth in surprise, "Big!"

"Haha, yes, our sesame candy is super big!" Josh looked at his son whose eyes glowed when he saw delicious food, grabbed the greased paper on both sides, and took out the whole piece of candy, leaving out the mold underneath.

Because a layer of oil paper was laid inside before making it, the candy is now hardened, and the whole piece of candy is not difficult to tear off.

Tear off the oiled paper directly, and the sugar inside is not sticky at all.

Josh cut along the edge with the knife in his hand. The walnut in the middle was a bit hard, but it couldn't match the sharpness of the knife.

The cut off a large piece of candy was divided into three pieces, and the largest piece was given to their carpenter Zhao, and the smallest piece was given to his son.

Seeing their son staring at the leftover piece on the table, with a hesitant little hand stretched out, and a pair of big black and white eyes looking at him, Josh told his son solemnly, "We are adults, eat big pieces , you are a child and eat small pieces. When you grow up and become an adult, you can eat big pieces. Now that you are a child, you can eat small pieces. Do you think it is okay?"

Xiaowaer took his small piece of candy, with a little hesitation in her big black and white eyes, she compared herself with her fingers, and said, "My lord, my lord."

"No, no, you, villain, little one." Josh compared his son's head with his hand, then pointed to the tallest carpenter in their family, Zhao Carpenter, and told their son, "You have to grow to be this tall before you grow up." It's my lord."

The little baby raised his head to look at his tall and powerful father, raised his chin to the highest point, accepted the fact that he was a villain with a little disappointment, and said with a small mouth: "Small person, little boy."

"Yes, you are a child, eat the small ones, and you can only eat the big ones when you grow up." When Josh saw his son's disappointed expression, he laughed so hard in his heart, Emma , Their son is so much fun.

In order to divert his son's attention, Josh picked up his own candy, took a bite, and said with a look of intoxication: "Well, it's really delicious!" A bite into it has the aroma of sesame seeds and walnuts, and the walnuts are crunchy. Yes, the maltose is a bit sticky and elastic, but the taste is not too good!

Seeing this, the little baby also pinched her own little candy, and took a small bite from the corner, her little face instantly beamed with joy, her eyebrows raised exaggeratedly, as if she could dance.

"Isn't it delicious?" Josh asked his son who had eaten the candy.

"Delicious!" Xiaowa'er replied without hesitation, laughed happily, and continued to eat the second bite.Seeing another father standing there looking at them, he didn't eat the candy in his hand, so he pushed his father's hand, "Dad, eat."

Zhao He saw with his own eyes how Fu Lang had fooled his son, and he had no intention of helping his son at all.

His hand was pushed by his son, and he raised his hand and glanced at the candy in his hand. It was a black piece, and he didn't know what it was made of.I took a bite, and unexpectedly found that this candy is delicious. The outside is black with crispy sesame seeds, and there are crunchy nuts inside. The maltose is a bit sticky to the teeth.

It was the first time he ate candy, and it turned out that candy can do the same, and it was even more delicious than he imagined.

"How about it, is it alright?" Josh had been staring at the man's face, and he naturally noticed the surprise that flashed across the man's face the moment he ate the candy. He knew that the man liked to eat it. Such sesame candies too.

"Well, it's delicious." Zhao He is not a person who likes to eat sweets too much. In the past, Fu Lang made small snacks, and occasionally he tasted them. He didn't hate them, but he didn't like them too much either.But this sesame candy is not very sweet, and it is more fragrant and crispy. It is delicious and not greasy. He put a bite of the candy into his mouth and nodded continuously.

"Hey, just eat as you like, you can eat two more." Josh didn't hide his partiality for their carpenter Zhao at all. The son can only eat a small piece, but the man can eat two more.

The little baby didn't understand the little daddy's eccentricity at all, and was very happy to see the two daddies, and smiled happily.

It was still raining outside, but it didn't affect the cheerful mood of their family of three at all.

***

This rain didn't last long, it ended in a bang, the sky cleared as soon as the rain stopped, the sky washed by the rain was azure blue, the leaves on the trees were fresh green, but some of the ground was hit by the rain fruit.

The vegetable seedlings in the garden were staggered by the shower just now, but the root seedlings are still well rooted in the ground, and they will be refreshed if they want to wait for tomorrow's long growth.

A group of chickens and ducks ran back from the outside, and the fur on a few stupid chickens was wet. I don't know if they didn't find a place to hide from the rain just now.The ducks spread their wings and flew around the yard, and their feet stamped on the ground in the yard full of footprints.

"I'm going to work next door." Seeing that the rain had stopped outside, Carpenter Zhao, who was rarely able to spend half a day with his husband and children at home, wanted to go back to the yard next door to do some work.

"Okay, you go. Emma and Brother Yan should come over later. I'll make dinner later, and I'll send someone to deliver it to you." Josh knew that the neighbor next door had been rushing to work recently. After a group of carpenters finished driving the threshing machine that the county magistrate wanted, most of the group of carpenters left, leaving only three master carpenters.

The three master carpenters were hired by their family, Carpenter Zhao, for five taels of silver per person per year. This annual salary was the result of a joint discussion between the two of them. If they can pay five taels of silver per person per year, it must be these A master carpenter is worth the price.

As for whether they will lose money or make money, this is completely out of their consideration.As long as there is enough labor, they don't have to worry about not being able to produce goods.

After finishing the threshing machine requested by the county magistrate and Master Xu, their carpenter Zhao and several carpenters have been working on the things that Mr. Zhou asked for in the past two days, so during this period of time, their house is buzzing. The sound of knocking on wood never stopped.Fortunately, the neighbor's house is still a little distance away from their new home, otherwise, a group of carpenters in their house would knock this way every day, and others would definitely have objections.

But their family hadn't had much contact with the family next door, and later he heard his mother talk about some conflicts and quarrels between their family and the family next door.In fact, to put it bluntly, the family next door saw that their orphans and widowed mothers were easy to bully, and the two families were close to each other, so the family next door always took advantage of their family in some matters.

Josh also remembered that when he went to the field a few times before, when he met the family next door, the old lady and daughter-in-law of their family had to say a few sour words when they saw their family members.This kind of person is deliberately adding insult to injury when he sees others are bad, and is jealous when he sees others are good. He also thinks that such people don't need to associate with them.

The old lady next door came over the day before yesterday and said she wanted to exchange grain with their family, but he flatly refused, saying that all the grain in their family had been exchanged, and the rest was grown by himself.Don't think he doesn't know about this old lady and her daughter-in-law, who often go to the village to speak ill of their family.

Based on this alone, it is not worthwhile for them to exchange grain for such a person. Who knows if such a person will deliberately exchange last year's old grain with them, it is better for him to just reply and finish the exchange.

As for how the old lady would go to the village and speak ill of their family, he didn't care at all.

But this time, a lot of people came to their house to exchange grain, but they didn't see Qiao's coming to exchange. Maybe the little stepmother was afraid of being bitten by the dog he played last time?Are you afraid to come to their house?If this is the case, it is naturally the best.

There is nothing wrong with him. The biggest problem is probably holding grudges. When others respect me three feet, I will return them.But if someone thinks he is easy to bully, it is a big mistake.

After Carpenter Zhao went to the yard next door, their mother also came from the house not long after, and Chen Yan fell behind.

Josh was washing rice and cooking in the kitchen, when he heard the sound of someone coming in, he poked his head out of the window, took a look outside, and saw that it was their Aunt Mu who came, and asked, "Auntie, did you go home just now?" ?"

"Yeah, I saw that it was going to rain, so I hurried back to pack my things."

As soon as he entered the door, he saw his grandson playing in the yard, his daughter-in-law cooking in the kitchen, and Zhao Amu also went in to help in the kitchen.Seeing vegetables soaking in the water basin, he found a basket, fished them up, and put them on a large bowl to dry the water.

Josh put the pot on the stove, turned around and asked him, "Did you make it in time? Did you get caught in the rain?"

"It's just right, it didn't get caught in the rain. Let me have some, and you can do other things." Zhao Amu went to help light the fire. This daughter-in-law is good at cooking, but she doesn't know how to light a fire.

As soon as he passed by, he lit the fire neatly, put a few pieces of firewood into the stove, and blew it in with a bamboo tube. When the flame touched the wood, it started to burn.Zhao Amu stood up and asked, "What are we having for dinner?"

"Fry some bacon and eggs, cook some tofu and stir-fry two dishes, it's about the same." There is no fresh meat at home, so we can only eat bacon. If we want to eat fresh meat, we have to go to town to buy it. They didn't go to town today. .

All they had at home were bacon and eggs, and they had been eating fish for the past few days, so they didn't really want to eat fish anymore, so Josh went to the morning market to buy vegetables in the morning, but he didn't buy any fish back.

"It's ok, I have a few dishes." I think their family used to have a pot of vegetable soup and steamed buns every day, and I don't know when they can eat fish and meat every day. Zhao Amu treats them like this The day has been very satisfying.

At the beginning, he still felt that this daughter-in-law cooked too much every day. How could anyone in the village eat fish and meat every day? I feel a little tasteless in my mouth.

Sure enough, once this person is used to living a good life, he will not be able to live a bad life!

After the two of them finished discussing what to have for dinner, Chen Yan also came over from their house, and the three of them were busy in the kitchen, chatting while cooking, and the time passed quickly.