Self-cultivation of male support

Shi Yan, these cronies, usually do things on the street like extorting money, going to brothels for free, or being hired to make trouble at someone's door, such as making trouble at the door of someone's house, pretending to be the family member of the deceased at the door of the pharmacy all day long Things like making trouble.

There's a knack for doing it, and you basically make a living doing it.

Because this kind of thing does not happen all the time, and the degree of generosity of each host is also different, so these people spend most of the year wandering in the streets, doing a lot of sneaky things.

Even if they report to the government, they can't do anything. These people go to the government prison more diligently than they go back to their own homes, and they are not afraid at all.

They are all petty thefts. At most, they will be locked up for a few days. They are all habitual offenders. At the beginning, the lord of the yamen will deliberately promote him to the court for trial. Later, seeing these people, he just waved his hand in annoyance: "Shut up for three to five days."

Xu Lao Wu was also one of these people before, and as a country boy who had never seen the world, he could not get in touch with these characters.

But after becoming the son-in-law of the Miao family, the Miao family drove him to sleep in the groom's servant's room, as if there was no such person in the family, they didn't care about his life at all, and if he wandered around the house a lot, he could still get the disgust of the whole family .

Gradually, he learned not to be an eyesore at Miao's house.

These people originally focused on Xu Laowu because he was the son-in-law of the Miao family and wanted to scrape off a layer of grease on him. But after spending a long time together, they found that the purse in Xu Laowu's pocket was cleaner than his face. To say he is poor is to flatter him.

Xu Lao Wu has been familiar with these people since he came and went. Most of the days when he was not seen by the Miao family, he would hang around behind these people, but he was timid and committed crimes and petty theft. Don't dare to contaminate it, for fear of being abandoned by the Miao family after entering the prison.

The Miao family doesn't want to see him anymore, they still have food and clothing, unlike in Xu's village, where the crippled father, the blind mother, and a house full of men who don't even have a change of loincloths, for him, life would be worse than death.

In Xu Laowu's place, the idea that it is better to die than to live is practiced very thoroughly by him.

When I went out today and met these people, Shi Yan was not surprised at all. Facing the group of people who came up, with a smile on his face, he said to the girl in his arms and the son who was holding his hand: " Say hello to the uncles."

Although Ayun and Xiaobao were a little scared, they still greeted them obediently with soft and soft voices.After asking, curious and scared, he hid behind Shi Yan and observed secretly, innocent and cute.

These people are also meeting Xu Laowu's two children for the first time. Among them, it is not unmarried. Some children are even older than Ah Yun, but people like them have a lot to do with the children at home. Well, don't even think about it.

Therefore, when Shi Yan was so close to the two children, some people were very jealous, so they said carelessly: "I heard that the one in your family didn't let you get close to the children at all, but now I see...it's a good thing for you !"

What was omitted in the middle, everyone understood that it was a good thing for Shi Yan to say that Miao Fenghua had left.

Things can't be calculated like this, if Miao Fenghua is alive, the Miao family can't fall into the current miserable situation.Xu Laowu is still a gangster Xu Laowu, so there is no time to do anything.

But these things don't need to be discussed with these people, nor can they be explained clearly.

So Shi Yan raised his eyebrows and asked, "This is it, everyone?"

One of the scruffy-dressed people smiled, pointed at Shi Yan's nose and said: "Our brothers heard that the shopkeepers of the Miao family ran away privately with money. On the day the Miao family came from Shangwu County, they even said that they would go to your house to help you support the scene." .

Later, when I thought about your personality, I felt that this was just your chance, so I didn't bother you.

Looking at it now, we were wrong. "

Shi Yan was noncommittal about the veracity of these words, and after expressing his thanks verbally, he said to several people: "Three days will be an auspicious day, and I plan to reopen my rice noodle shop, when the time comes, I would like to invite some brothers to show their respect."

Someone said unobtrusively: "I heard that your rice noodle shop is in charge of the secret recipe of yours. With your relationship, can she still leave you the recipe?"

Others were also incredulous.

Of course it didn't. Miao Fenghua was out of energy when she left, and she didn't even have the energy to make arrangements for her funeral, which made Mrs. Miao face such a situation.

Besides, regular customers will know if it is the original formula after a taste, and there is nothing to hide.

He only showed a wry smile: "You also know that I am a worthless person. When I was a child in the countryside, I was afraid of starvation. When I saw something to eat, I couldn't help thinking about it.

Right now, I have figured out this recipe by myself. As for whether the rice noodle shop can be reopened, I am not sure yet.

But there is no rice in the house, and if I don't want to find a way to make a living, do I really want to go back to Xujia Village to farm?If my family really had land, the whole family wouldn't simply ask me to be their son-in-law.

I'm afraid I don't even have a place to live when I go home now. "

When Shi Yan talked about this, people believed it, and someone comforted him: "It's right not to go back, such a big event happened to the Miao family, and no one from your family has come forward so far.

It means that they don't want you to go back. Although we are bastards, we also know the warmth and coldness of people.

If you stay in the county town, the Miao family is still up to you, and when you go back, you just look at the face of your parents, brother and sister-in-law. I have suffered enough of this kind of hardship. If my family hadn't been there, I wouldn't have..."

But these people are not very optimistic about Shi Yan's business. It turns out that the Miao family's rice noodle business can gain a foothold in the county, one is because of the secret recipe, and the other is because of the master chef.

Now, someone kindly told Shi Yan the news: "After the shopkeeper of your rice noodle shop ran away, the master chef was also poached away. I saw it when I passed by Tao's house yesterday. The rice noodle shop is busy."

Shi Yan had expected this, but he still thanked these people.

The group agreed to see each other in three days, and Shi Yan bought a lot of condiments in a fictitious manner, and then took the two children to buy their favorite gadgets in a good mood.

Small wooden swords, small wooden horses, colorful windmills, small fan pendants, and small sachets are not expensive, but they are small and exquisite, and children like them.

The two children stood in front of them and couldn't walk. Xiaobao pointed to the things in front of him with a look of joy, and turned his head to say to his father, "I want them all!"

Before the words came out, my sister grabbed her little hand: "No, grandma has no money, neither does daddy, and the rest has to be saved for grocery shopping."

Normally, he would not care about what this sister said, but now it is different from the past, he has fully realized his father's partiality for his sister, so he can only give in.

Aggrieved, she admitted that her sister was right, looked at her with covetous eyes, then reluctantly hugged his father's thigh, and said listlessly: "Go back, I don't like anyone!"

Shi Yan was not used to his problem, picked him up with one hand, raised his eyebrows at eye level, and asked, "Who are you, young master? Do you know that our family is already poor?"

It's almost time to sell the pot and sell the iron to buy rice noodles. Who are you going to be a master for?Um? "

This kid was quick to admit his mistake, and immediately thumped his legs and said: "Father, I was wrong, I am not Xiaoye, I am Xiaobao, I am Xiaobao!"

Shi Yan used practical actions to tell the two children that with him, obedient children have candies.

Backhand, I bought a whole set of wood-carved small yard models for my daughter. The tables, chairs, benches, window carvings, and little figures in the yard are all very exquisite, but the materials are ordinary, but it took a couple of dollars at once. silver.

In order to show that he is not a eccentric father, he bought his son a small wooden sword. The sword didn't even have a pattern on it, it was just ordinary willow wood, and it cost three copper coins in total.

Whether it is quantity or quality, the two are not the same.

Shi Yan felt that his meaning was very obvious, and if he came here a few more times, he would not believe that these two children were not obedient.

As a result, Xiaobao acted as if he hadn't noticed the difference in treatment, and carried the little wooden sword on a rampage happily all the way. When he got home, he even showed off his sword to the children of Second Aunt Liu's family.

Several boys gathered together in an instant, using nonsensical sword moves, fantasizing that they were heroes of the rivers and lakes for a while, and thinking that they should be born to be invincible generals, and they were having fun.

Looking at Ayun again, I am also very happy and quietly watching her new toys with the little girls from Aunt Liu’s family. Diaoer Fanxue.

"One tael of silver, Daddy said it's not expensive, as long as I like it. In the future, when the family has money, I'll buy it."

The little girls next to him: "Wow! Your dad is so nice!"

Whether Shi Yan is doing well or not, Mrs. Miao doesn't know, but now she feels her heart is congested and she can't breathe. She has seen a prodigal, but she has never seen such a prodigal.

Covering his heart, he said to Second Aunt Liu: "This family is so close to selling everything, how much can one tael of silver do? What can it be used for? His hands are so loose, this family will end sooner or later!"

Second Aunt Liu just rolled her eyes. In just one day, she had figured out the family background of the Miao family. To put it bluntly, the family is now supported by time inkstones, and Mrs. Miao has more than one copper coin in her body. I can't even get it out.

Shi Yan is also giving her wages!

That's all, what else is there to complain about?

In the past, it was said that the son-in-law Xu Laowu came to the door, looked down on him, and used him like a human being. Now look at it, this son-in-law is the most reliable!

It's good to say that Fenglan married, but what's the use of that?Since the Miao family's accident, except for Feng Lan's family who showed up on the day of Feng Hua's burial, who has seen the family since then?

Although she was also worried that this job would not last long, she had already taken a month's wages from others, and she had to do this month's work cleanly and beautifully. Her Second Aunt Liu was not someone who only knew how to take advantage of it!

So he began to persuade the old lady Miao: "Old sister, you are a person with good fortune, don't look at what is going on now, people, if you haven't reached the last step, who would have imagined what it will be like before you die?

Think about it carefully, in the future when Xiaobao is admitted to the No. [-] Scholar, you will be an old lady with a mandate!It is the only one in our entire Bai'an County! "

Shi Yan didn't care what the two old ladies were dreaming about during the day, and moved out a small stove by himself, and the casserole on the stove was gurgling and steaming.

I fetched a few buckets of water, and laid out the condiments I bought. Next to them were the paper pens, small tables and chairs from the study, and a large pot full of rice noodles that I bought from the street and didn't have time to cook.

Shi Yan was frying crispy beans and peanuts in another pot next to him, and there was a large basket of radishes beside him. He was going to pickle a sour radish and make mustard by himself.

By the way, capers and sauerkraut should also be prepared.

These things are necessary for rice noodles. Because the Miao family has made this before, the family has prepared it, but after Shi Yan tasted it, he didn't plan to use it. Those flavors were not what he needed.

Poached eggs, minced garlic, and pork chops all need to be prepared by him himself. Logically speaking, the time is very tight. Some things, such as sour menu, need to be fermented, and it takes a long time, but he is not in a hurry.

At this time, the benefits of his long life are revealed. He is well-informed and has a unique secret recipe. Although it is not as good as natural fermentation, it is better than nothing.

Get over the current difficulties first, and take the rest slowly.

For pickling vegetables, put some seasonings in the open pot next to it, and then write down a few notes on the paper. As for what to write, let alone some illiterate people at the scene, it’s really a literary master , I also don't understand the meaning to be expressed on the paper.

A tempting aroma soon came out of the pot.

The scent spread to the kitchen at the back. Mrs. Miao sat on a small bench and helped Second Aunt Liu wash and choose vegetables. She couldn't help sighing when she saw the back of Shiyan tossing in the corridor outside through the door and window, and chattered to Second Aunt Liu: " I can tell that my son-in-law has a plan in mind, but his heart is not toward my family.

When Fenghua was here, she didn't think about living with Fenghua, and didn't put her energy into one place.

Now that Fenghua is gone, I don't dare to ask extravagantly.

What do you think our family is poor?He can still spend money to buy those impractical fancy things for Kaiyun, and after only one day, the hearts of the two children are towards him.

How about a tael of silver? Who would have thought he would have such money when our master was still there? "

Second Aunt Liu was busy washing the pot, she just listened with her ears open and didn't speak.She figured it out, this old lady Miao was spoiled by others, she had no eyesight at all.

What is said inside and outside the words is that Xu Lao Wu has a scheming plan to hide his private money and win over the two children to alienate her.Can you say this now?Even if it is true, you can't say it in front of Xu Lao Wu!

I used to be quite envious of this old lady, but now I feel quite boring. Anyway, I didn’t take her wages, so I opened my mouth and said bluntly: "Oh, what you said is really interesting, old sister. The fifth hand is not short of money. It's worth it again.

Wouldn't it be good to leave your grandparents and grandchildren and marry an obedient and capable young girl to live a good life?You have to drag you old and young to worry, why don't you have any idea?

Besides, who in our alley doesn't know who?Your family puts the fifth child at the mercy of others, and makes people squeeze into a room with the groom. Entering Fenghua's room in your family is just like what is said in the drama, and you have to take a bath and change clothes in advance. Send people away.

You go outside to inquire, because of this, Xu Laowu is a complete joke outside!

As long as it's a man, he won't be able to bear it!

Just like that, do you still want him to be of one mind with your family?Go dreaming! "

Mrs. Miao panicked at the words, wiped her sleeves and said, "Is that what our family thinks? Is it what we think?

My family, Fenghua, has his eyes on the fourth son of his family, Mr. Tongsheng, who looks good, has a good temperament, can talk, and is lively. Even if he doesn't study in the future, he can support the big family with Fenghua.

But their family is not authentic, when things came to an end, after entering the bridal chamber, they found out that the groom had become such an inferior Xu Lao Wu!

Big sister, it's been so many years, and my sister's heart is in a panic. Tell me, is your family troubled by this kind of thing?Can you still greet Xu Laowu with a smile? "

To be honest, Second Aunt Liu couldn't think of it, because their family has many sons, so they don't have to consider the possibility of recruiting at all.

So she was chopping the vegetables in her hands, and she thought it was very fair: "Old sister, you can feel your conscience and say, is the condition of your family worthy of letting a well-mannered, temperamental, and ordinary Tongsheng master marry you?" ?

Is your family rich?Or is there someone in the officialdom who can open the way for others?Or is it that the girl in your family looks like a fairy and is as gentle as water, making it hard for a man to walk when she sees her?

Neither!

Isn't it good for a Tongsheng master like me to marry a yellow flower girl who is better than your Fenghua?Your Fenghua is already a 20-year-old girl!

You went there with unrealistic fantasies from the beginning, don't blame others if you are cheated!It's all the fault of greed!

Or break things up at the time and ask the Xu family for an explanation.If you endure it, live a good life!But your family is so strange, there are so many troubles, in addition to showing everyone a joke.

A young couple is not like a young couple. When the two children grow up in the future, will their faces be bright when they hear those rumors? "

Mrs. Miao was even more blocked by what she said: "After all, it's all my family's fault? Is there nothing wrong with his Xu family, Xu's fourth and Xu's fifth?"

Second Aunt Liu thought, of course there was something wrong, but it's not that your family is down and out right now, is it Xu Laowu who is in charge of the family?That person is wrong and right!

An old lady who is not clear-headed, you just talk to me a few words, in front of Xu Lao Wu, do you dare to say it?dare not!It can be seen that you also know the powerful relationship in your heart!

The corners of Shi Yan's mouth in the corridor outside couldn't help twitching. The two inside didn't know that he had good hearing, so they stood here and heard their conversation clearly. This feeling is not sour and refreshing.

Right now seven little fellows squatted in a row by his small stove, swallowing the aroma of the casserole.

I don't know whose stomach rumbled first, as if it was contagious, the sound of gurgling was endless.

After several children looked at each other, they looked at Shi Yan with more eager eyes. The most daring little treasure swallowed his saliva and said to Shi Yan: "Father, it should be delicious in the pot?"

Shi Yan cut the radish into strips and put them in the altar, without raising his head when he heard the words: "Tell Grandma Liu, take out the sauerkraut and pickled radish from the kitchen, and take a few more bowls by the way..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a huff, and in the blink of an eye, a group of children squatting in front of the small stove disappeared without a trace, and shouts came from the yard behind them.

Only Ah Yun approached Shi Yan carefully and tugged at his sleeve: "Father, Ah Yun already knows that you have no money on you, and next time let my sister and the others go home to eat."

She was very embarrassed as she said it, and she didn't want her father to think she was stingy, so she explained in a low voice: "Wait, when our family has money, please treat my sister and the others to eat."

Shi Yan dipped his hands in the vegetables, bent down and touched his daughter's face with his face, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, Dad can afford you, so don't worry about eating!"

The fact is also the same. Over the past few years, Xu Laowu has hidden a total of 13 taels of private houses, all of which were destroyed by Shi Yan.

Seeing the satisfaction of the children in front of him, even the two old ladies in the backyard couldn't resist tasting a bowl, Shi Yan had confidence in his future business.

However, my two cubs are still young, so I can only simply taste it, swallow my saliva and watch others eat it, and it is quite miserable, sad and funny.