Little wealth

When Chen Tuhu received Qiu Ge'er's rejection from his brother, this answer can be said to be within his expectation.But when he heard that the other party rejected him, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Chen Yan didn't want to see his father sad, so he persuaded him: "Father, don't be sad, brother Qiu is not the only brother in this world, wouldn't there be thousands of brothers without him? If you would If you want to get married again, why don't I ask the matchmaker in the village to help you ask, go to our village or the villages next door, and find someone who is willing to live with you, it is not difficult."

"No need, it's good for Dad to live alone like this now." It's not the person I like, after all, something is missing, otherwise he wouldn't have lived alone with a child all these years , It's just that I haven't met the person I like.

After finally meeting someone I like, the slightest thought was extinguished.

Since others are unwilling, they can't force others. It's the same reason whether the twisted melon is sweet or not.

"Go back, I'm going home. Don't embarrass brother Qiu, I'm wrong about this matter, I should ask him first, just pretend that I didn't let you ask, and you didn't ask Let it go, that's all." Chen Tuhu waved his hand and left alone.

Looking at the back of Father leaving alone, Chen Yan sighed.

This matter passed without the person's willingness, and no one mentioned it again.

It's just that Chen Tuhu didn't go to Zhao's house in the next few days.

***

There is still a big fat pig left in the family, so they are going to kill and eat meat on the day of Xiaonian, and set aside some meat for Chinese New Year.

Butchering pigs at home will naturally make pig-killing dishes. You have all the meat and vegetables at home, and you don’t need to spend money to buy vegetables outside. Even if you throw the meat and vegetables in a pot and cook them with some salt, everyone Children can eat a meat dish together.

The biggest change has been in their family this year. First they bought land and built a house, and opened several shops in the town. The business is pretty good, and they have made a lot of money over the course of the year.What's more, the oil mill at home, their oil mill can be opened, it depends on the village, your men go out to sell oil every morning in the cold winter, and the silver they earn in a month is ordinary farmers People can't make so much money in ten years.

Now that their family has made money, Josh is not a stingy person. After discussing with his family, he decided to invite those men who helped sell oil to their house for a meal.There are also the guys in the shop and the three masters in the shop. Inviting them to the house for a meal of slaughtered pig dishes is also a reward for everyone's hard work and hard work for so long.

So on the day of Xiaonian, their oil workshop was closed for a day.

They told everyone two days in advance that the oil shop was closed on this day, and asked everyone to come to their house to eat pig-killed vegetables on Xiaonian's day, so that those men in the village who got up early and greedy to sell oil on Xiaonian's day would also I can rest for a day.

Early this morning, Chen Butcher, who hadn’t been to Zhao’s house for so many days, also came to Zhao’s house early in the morning to help butcher pigs, and called a few men standing beside him to come and help, “Come and help, take this pig The big pig was tied up and carried out."

On weekdays, these men came to Zhao's oil shop early in the morning to sell oil, but today they were invited to eat pig dishes. Knowing that the Zhao family was going to kill pigs this day, they came very early one by one.Hearing Chen Tuhu's order, a group of people rushed up with ropes, tied up the big fat pig that was still sleeping, and carried it outside.

"Hum hum……"

The big fat pig was still sleeping in the pigsty, but was tied up by a group of men and carried outside.

The sound of slaughtering pigs resounded through the sky before stopping abruptly.

White knives in and red knives out, slaughtering pigs and bleeding, no one can do this kind of work more neatly than Chen Butcher.

Since the last time I went out to watch people kill pigs, Ah Qiu had nightmares for several days when he went back.But until this day, knowing that the big bald head came to help butcher the pig, he followed the person and watched from a distance. He obviously hated this person so much before, but after not seeing this person coming every day, he always endured it in his heart. Can't help but think of this person.

The man who butchered the pig was surrounded by a group of men, and he could still recognize the tall man standing in the middle at a glance. He had a hat on his bald head and his bald head was not exposed.

Seeing the big bald head through the crowd, somehow he remembered the day when their second master got married. He also hid behind the crowd and watched their second master marry his new husband from a distance. He saw that The scene of the bald man crying is inexplicably funny now that he thinks about it.

"Aqiu, why are you here? Aren't you afraid of people killing pigs? Why do you still come to see?" Caixia felt a little strange seeing Aqiu hiding here to watch people kill pigs.

"I... I'm just passing by." Ah Qiu poked his neck and made an excuse for himself.

Caixia's gaze fell on Ah Qiu's face, and she asked suspiciously, "Really?"

"Of course, I just stopped by to have a look." Facing Caixia's eyes that seemed to see through everything, Ah Qiu hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "Aren't you going to work in the kitchen? I'll go with you Well, it's so cold outside, I'm going to show you the stove and warm yourself up." He rubbed his hands as he spoke, and walked away first as if he was cold.

Caixia took a step behind and looked in the direction that Aqiu was looking at just now. She saw the group of men slaughtering pigs, and then looked at Aqiu who had gone far ahead. She thought you must die!

It is natural to eat meat when killing pigs.

A group of men came to help with the work, and the work was done quickly.

Before the pork was eaten, they first boiled a large pot of pork offal soup, put in a large pot of noodles, picked up the cooked noodles in clear water, put the cooked noodles in a bowl, scooped a little Deep-fried minced garlic and garlic oil, then poured a large spoonful of soup and pork offal, sprinkled a handful of chopped green onion on top, and immediately smelled fragrant.

Whether it is early or late, a big bowl of pork noodle soup for one person.

"Well, this soup is delicious!"

“This meat is tender and delicious!”

"It's delicious...the noodles are strong enough."

A group of men didn't pay much attention to it, they took their bowls and chopsticks one by one, and found a place to squat and eat noodles outside under the eaves, and soon a row of people squatted down.

There are quite a few men who came to the Zhao family to help build the house before, and everyone chatted while eating, and someone said: "At that time, I was looking forward to the dawn before going to bed every day, so that I could come to the Zhao family to work and eat." .”

"Haha, no, I wake up before dawn every day, and rush to work here every day. I eat such a big bowl of rice or eat steamed buns and noodles every day. Anyway, I can fill my stomach and start working. Come and use endless energy."

Even if these people eat at home, they may not be able to fill their stomachs. They only have to work at Zhao’s house every time. They only have one lunch every day. After eating that lunch, they can do a day’s work. up.Sometimes they eat steamed buns or pancakes, so they save one and hide it in their arms, and take it back to feed the children at home when they go home. With that meal and steamed buns and pancakes, they survived the most difficult food shortage at home. that period of time.

Not to mention that they still get paid for working every day, and after receiving their wages, they have a meal of meat at home.

Everyone talked about the Zhaojia Youfang from the building of the Zhaojia house, and someone said: "Don't tell me, since I came to the Zhaojia to work and do things, our family can have a meal of meat every now and then."

"Neither is our family."

"..."

"Shopkeeper Cao, you're here too. When did you come, Shopkeeper Cao? Why didn't we see you? Come, come, come and eat with us." Seeing Cao Ping coming over with noodles, the two squatting in the middle still Moved out a little position for Cao Ping.

Cao Ping squatted down unceremoniously. Although he became the shopkeeper now, he was still the same as before. He didn't have any airs in front of these brothers who went to sell oil together, and he would have a meal with everyone from time to time. , Ask everyone if they have encountered any problems when selling oil, and help others out.

After a while, Liu Changhong also came over with his face up, staring at the person squatting next to Cao Ping.

When the person next to him moved out of his seat, Liu Changhong squatted next to Cao Ping, drank a big mouthful of soup, and put a piece of meat into his mouth with the chopsticks in his hand, "Well, it's delicious!" Although the soup The meat is boiled in water from pigs, but the meat is tender and clean, and the taste of the boiled meat is very delicious.

"I heard that you brought people to Lucheng to sell oil. How is the business there? Is it easy to do?" Cao Ping knew that Liu Changhong had brought people to Lucheng. Originally, he also wanted to go to Lucheng. Yes, it's just that the husband at home is about to give birth, and the boss asked him to manage the shop in Anyang, so he can't spare time to go to Lucheng for the time being, but he didn't expect that Liu Changhong would take the lead.

"It's okay, I'll run a few times in the next year, and I want to learn from you, shopkeeper Cao, and ask you some things." Liu Changhong is a young and brave person, his eyes are full of fighting spirit, otherwise He would not take a few brothers to Lucheng without hesitation, but he had a sigh of relief in his heart and refused to admit defeat.

But let’s not say it, Lu Cheng was forcefully gnawed out by them, stealing a lot of other people’s business.

"Oh, you say it, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

The two people in the back were discussing how to sell oil and do business. Cao Ping was not stingy with his experience in selling oil. In a word, as long as he was willing to show his face, there was no business that could not be done.

The other men on the side listened. They could understand some words, but some didn't understand them very well, so they asked the people next to them who could understand.