Little wealth

"We won't go to the town for the next two days. We will stay at home and wait for the child's father to make something before sending it to the town. Why don't you go to our place for dinner tomorrow, so that you don't have to cook extra?" Josh said I saw that there was only a basket of vegetables on the stove, and there were no other vegetables.

He knew that if he didn't bring this bowl of meat and soup tonight, they might have a meal with just a pot of vegetables.

In fact, during this period of time, their family came here almost like this. At most, they could cook two eggs and eat meat. There were very few days when they could eat meat. Pickles are a meal.

Now that he has some money on hand, he also wants to live a better life. At least the stomach needs to be full, and only when there is a bit of oil and water in it will he feel that there is something in his stomach. hungry.

"Does the boss have a lot of work?" Zhao Amu asked.

"Well, I'm a little rushed. I have to rush to work these two days, so I'm probably a little busy." Josh agreed.

"Oh, then I'll ask Xiaohu to help his brother tomorrow. Xiaohu can't do anything else. It's okay to help his brother as a helper and do chores." Although they live separately, they are both their own sons after all. Zhao Amu also hopes that the two brothers can help each other, work together if they have work, and help each other if they have difficulties in the future.

"Okay, remember to come here tomorrow morning, Mu. In the morning, I will make meat buns. If you come over to have breakfast together, don't make breakfast. The child's father is still waiting for us to go back for dinner. We will go back first. Hurry up, Mu Let's cook and eat." At this moment, everyone hasn't eaten yet, so Josh won't delay others from cooking, and they also have to go home to eat.

"Wait, I'll pour the stuff out, and you go back with the basket."

"Don't worry, when you come over tomorrow, just take it by the way, Eminem, let's go."

Before Eminem returned the basket containing things to them, Josh took the child back.

Zhao Hu sent his brother and nephew to the door, and after seeing them leaving, he turned and ran back to the kitchen.

**

Carpenter Zhao, who was at home, waited until Fulang came back with the child, and then went into the kitchen to bring out the dishes and put them on the table outside, "Why did it take so long to come back?"

"Oh, I said a few words to Eminem and the others. I asked them to come to our house for breakfast tomorrow morning. Eminem said to ask my uncle to come over to help you. Aren't you too busy alone? It just so happens that my uncle is here to help you It's good too." Josh took the child to wash his hands, picked up a dry cloth hanging on the bamboo pole, wiped the child's paws, and took his son to eat.

It was a bit late to go out and come back, and the family of three sat around the table to eat.

A bowl of dried vegetables and braised pork, a large plate of bone vegetable soup, and a pot of rice are enough for their family of three to eat.

"Ah Huang, come here." Josh turned around and called the dog to come over, fished out the bones from the vegetable soup and threw it over to feed the dog.

The big yellow dog wagged its tail at the owner, happily carried a big bone in its mouth to the door, lay down, lay its two front paws on the bone, and bit a little brittle bone on the top of the bone, leaving some tooth marks on it.

Seeing the big yellow dog running to the door to chew on the bone, Josh filled a small bowl with bone soup for the child to drink.

Seeing the child drinking soup from a small bowl, he took a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. The stew was soft and delicious, and the taste was even better than he had imagined. He took another piece and fed it to the child, "Ah ~Open your mouth and bite it open."

The little baby opened his mouth obediently, took a bite of the meat, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"Isn't it delicious?" Seeing the child's reaction, Josh couldn't help laughing.

"Delicious!" Xiaowaer replied without hesitation.

The man on the opposite side also ate a piece of meat. As soon as he tasted the meat, he knew that the meat was very delicious. It was probably the most delicious meat he had eaten since he grew up.

Josh is serving rice for the children. After filling the rice, pour some stewed meat juice on it, cut the stewed meat in half with chopsticks, and put it on top of the small bowl. It will be convenient for the children to eat with a spoon later. .

Looking up at the man who was eating, he motioned for the man to pass the bowl over, and scooped two spoonfuls of braised gravy into his rice with a child's eating spoon, "It will taste better if you pour this gravy on the rice, try it .”

"Yeah." Zhao He glanced at his bowl, lowered his head to pick up the rice with chopsticks, and found that the rice in the bowl was even more delicious than before.

They ate this meal to their hearts' content, and the child even ate a big bowl full of rice by himself, and also drank two big bowls of bone soup and ate vegetables.Josh himself felt unwell from eating, and the only one who looked relaxed was the man next to him.

The sun was setting in the west, and their supper was finished.

The remaining soup and rice were poured into the big dog's bowl, and Ah Huang abandoned the big bones that couldn't be chewed and ran to eat.

Recently, Ahuang thinks that it is living a very happy life. It doesn’t have to be hungry every day, and it can taste the taste of meat from time to time, and the big bone grinds its teeth. Even the big master who always hated it doesn’t seem to hate it so much now. up.

After eating his stomach full, Ah Huang took on the responsibility of looking after the little master again, and followed behind the little master every step of the way.

The man in the yard sat at the door of the wooden house and worked, while the other owner hung the clothes on the bamboo poles to dry for a day, and returned the dried clothes to the house to put them away.

The little baby was playing with his small wooden cart in the yard, and the big yellow dog followed the little master, and tried to help the little master push the cart, but it was a pity that he couldn't push it after working hard for a long time.

This day was the same as many evenings and sunsets in the past, until the last light in the sky disappeared, the small village gradually calmed down, there was no sound of people talking, every house was closed, and adults and children went back to the house to rest.

The big yellow dog lying in the yard is still holding the big bone it gnawed earlier, and there are two other bones hidden under the wood in the corner, and those are all its treasures!

***

The cold winter has passed completely, and the breath of spring is getting stronger and stronger.

It was getting earlier and earlier in the morning outside, and the crabapple tree planted in their yard was full of rows of birds, jumping up and down on the tree, chirping.

Hearing the sound of Zhao He getting up in the morning, Josh also got up.

Walking out of the house into the yard, he heard birds chirping. He looked up at the tree and saw the birds singing above. He seemed to feel the joy of the birds, and his heart followed suit. Feeling relaxed, he couldn't help smiling before going into the kitchen.

Seeing that the man was scooping water into the pot, he said, "I'll make breakfast today. The water tank in the yard is running out of water. Go and bring back two buckets of water. Just leave it to me here."

"Well, then you come, I'll fetch water." Zhao He took a step back, handed over the kitchen to Fu Lang, took out a shoulder pole from behind the door, carried two wooden barrels and went out.

The big yellow dog at home followed the owner to the gate of the yard, wagging its tail at the owner who had left early in the morning, glanced back, stopped three steps away from the door, and did not continue to follow the owner.

They bought a lot of things in the town yesterday, and they also bought a small bag of white flour, which happened to be used to make steamed buns today.

He took out the bag from the bottom of the cabinet, opened the bag, Josh found a bowl, and used the bowl to measure out three big bowls of white noodles.It seems a little less?After adding half a bowl, I tied the bag back and stuffed it into the cabinet below.

The water in the pot was still boiling, and the water inside made a gurgling sound, and it was about to boil.

When the water in the pot was boiled, he scooped a little boiling water into the flour with a spoon, and stirred it quickly with chopsticks. The flour inside formed small pieces, and then he started kneading the dough. He felt that the water was a little less, and he added a little more. water goes in.Until all the white flour is kneaded in, knead a whole dough and cover the bowl with a white cloth.

Put part of the boiled water in the pot into the kettle, let it cool for a while, and let the child get up to drink. He also took a bowl and filled a bowl of water, and put it on the table.

I went out and picked a small handful of shallots from the vegetable field and came back. I took off the head and tail, washed them twice in clean water, took them out, chopped the shallots into minced green onions, put them in a large bowl for later use, and chopped them again. Put a little minced garlic in it.

The pork bought yesterday has been hanging in the water tank. The weather is not very hot now. There is water in the water tank, and the temperature is relatively low. It is quite a natural refrigerator, and the meat will not go bad if it is left in it overnight.

Wash the pork, cut it into small pieces, then chop it into minced meat, put it into the minced green onion just now, then add a little soy sauce, salt, and a little white wine, and stir evenly with chopsticks.

When he was chopping meat, he heard the sound of water coming from outside, so he poked his head out to take a look. It was the man who poured the water into the water tank and went out with the wooden bucket.

"What should I do?" You may not be full from just eating steamed stuffed buns in the morning, so let's make some noodles!

Thinking about it this way, Josh felt that it would be good to eat noodles. He hadn't eaten noodles since he came here for a long time, so he would just eat noodles today.

He took out a bag of flour from under the cabinet, but it wasn't the white flour just now, but their buckwheat flour. This time, he didn't have Xiao Qi, so he scooped out four or five bowls of flour, and then started kneading the dough again.

While making the noodles, he was still thinking, if their business is as good as yesterday, or even better than yesterday, will they be afraid of starvation or no meat in the future?Obviously not.

After they delivered the goods, they got the rest of the final payment, just a dozen or so taels of silver, which was enough for them to live a good life for a long time.

However, Josh knew that his ambition was not just to earn such a dozen taels of silver. In the eyes of ordinary people, a dozen taels of silver seemed to be a lot, but in fact, a dozen taels of silver was not enough for them to buy two taels of silver. Acres of good land.

Of course, he doesn't want to buy land now, he would rather use the money to start a small business than farming.It is always good to save a little more money in your hand. The child is still young now, and he will send the child to study in the future. There are still many places to spend money.

Furthermore, the earthen house they live in now, if they have money, it would be better to build it into a green brick house.As long as they work harder, isn't it impossible?In short, he believes that as long as they work hard, they will definitely be able to live a better life, eat well, dress well, and live a good life!