Embracing the ancient times with roses

The next day, when Li Xiu opened his eyes, it was already past nine o'clock in the morning. He listened with his ears and felt that there was no one in the room. After looking around, the porridge and steamed buns were still hot on the stove, and there were side dishes on the pot table. Li Xiu stretched his waist, felt back pain, and grinned angrily, "Damn, I really think the young master is made of iron." Ah, it's too inappropriate for you to be an outsider, you have to be in good health, or else you'll be disabled."

Li Xiu was cursing and cursing there. At this time, Comrade Da Zhuang was harvesting beans in the field. He didn't even think that the farm tool Li Xiu asked him to make would be so easy to use. , I named it myself, I have only seen that thing on TV, and it is now named Push Dao), and it will fall down a piece of bean seedlings when pushed, which is very easy to use.Even Li Da, who was in the field next door, ran over to watch the excitement, and there were also some farmers in the village.

Li Da asked, "Da Zhuang, where did you get your business?"

Comrade Da Zhuang said shyly, "My daughter-in-law asked me to order it. She said it was a farm tool from their hometown, but it is easy to use and easy to use."

Li Da asked again, "Where is this thing made?"

Da Zhuang smiled and said: "It's at the blacksmith shop in the town, Old Man Liu's. If you want to use it, you can go there and make it. This thing is really easy, you don't have to bend over, and it saves labor time. You see, in such a short period of time, I have collected half an acre of land."

Li Da heard: "Well, I will go to the town later and ask Liu Tou to give me two hits."

Da Zhuang nodded and said, "Okay, I won't quarrel with you, I have to work quickly, or I won't be able to cut anymore when the sun is high, the beans should be fried in the ground, and they will be spoiled." .”

The big guys didn't delay, they all started to go back to their fields and start cutting beans, because the most feared thing in autumn is rain, and the fields are full of mud and water, and people can't get in, which delays things.

Da Zhuang saw that the harvest was almost done, so he hitched the family's donkey to the cart, loaded all the beans in the field into the cart, and drove them home. There were not many planted in the first place, and the tools were easy to use, so it didn't matter much. Tired, I waited until I got home, unloaded the beans on the yard in front of my house, and prepared to wait until tomorrow to harvest the beans on the remaining half acre of land, so that I could shell and peel them together and harvest them.

After all the work was done, he went into the yard and saw Brother Xiu making his vegetables in the garden. He smiled and said: "Wake up, daughter-in-law, if you are tired, just leave it, and I will make it when the time comes." .”

Li Xiu rolled his eyes at him and said: "You think the young master is made of paper, I can still do this kind of work, but you, please pay attention, don't get tired, our family is still pointing to your autumn harvest."

Da Zhuang smiled and said, "Okay, I will. It's still my daughter-in-law who loves me. Make me something delicious for lunch today."

"Beary, if you dare to call me grandpa and daughter-in-law, I will fight with you. What kind of daughter-in-law, if this is at my house, you will be my wife." Li Xiu pinched his waist and opened his eyes, talking nonsense.

As soon as Da Zhuang saw that Li Xiu was blowing his hair, he immediately said: "Okay, okay, I'm your wife, why don't you come out quickly, although it's August, the sun is still pretty bright."

Li Xiu rolled his eyes at Da Zhuang, collected the vegetables in the basket, and then left the vegetable garden. Da Zhuang took the basket and followed him into the kitchen, helping Li Xiu to cook. He chopped the meat he bought yesterday into minced meat, and the noodles were reconciled, and he was awake there. He just cut some leeks in the vegetable garden, thinking about making dumplings with three delicacies stuffing.

Da Zhuang came to help, he likes this dumpling very much, he has never eaten it before, and no one knows how to make it, this was specially made for him after Lixiu came here, it was delicious for him at the time, one time After eating a big bowl of dumplings, if Li Xiu was not afraid that he would eat food, he would have eaten a lot more.

Lixiu's dumplings were made very quickly, and Da Zhuang just watched from the side, occasionally adding firewood to the stove pit, and splitting the firewood with an axe, and then the two talked about their own words, Da Zhuang felt that Life is the best, and Li Xiu also enjoys this kind of life very much. He has someone to accompany him and live a good life. He has fully integrated into this place now, and he is not as flustered as he was when he first came here.

In a blink of an eye, it was the middle of August in the lunar calendar, and the crops in the field were almost harvested.I collected a few sacks of soybeans, and kept some for myself at home, as well as seeds for the coming year, and took the rest to Li Da and his family.

Li Da and his family run a tofu workshop, and they use a lot of soybeans. The ones they grow at home are not enough, so the people in the village sell their own soybeans to Li Da. The purchase price of the rice shop is the same, and everyone also thinks that selling it to Li Da's family saves trouble, and they don't have to go to the town, which is very cost-effective.The bags of beans from Da Zhuang's family were sold for a few pennies, and he was very happy to leave Xiu. The family has another income, which is very good.

The rice in the field has also been taken back, and it is drying on the yard at the entrance. After it is dry, it will be threshed and returned to the warehouse. The corn has also been taken back, and the corn husks have been peeled. In order to prevent rats from entering the corn pile and harming the grain, Da Zhuang used wooden planks to put them under the fence, [-] centimeters above the ground. The corn stalks were also pulled back and placed at the gate for display. The neat ones are reserved for feeding donkeys and burning fires in winter.

After all this is done, the day will come to August [-]th, and tomorrow will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. Early in the morning, Da Zhuang drove his brother Xiu in a donkey cart to the town to go to the market. This is the first time for Li Xiu Going to the ancient market, the two times he and Da Zhuang came here before, they just went home after shopping in a hurry, and didn't do much shopping. Today he decided to take a good stroll.

The two of them came first, and the rice shop in the town sold all the old grain left over from last year. The leftovers at home were enough for the two of them to eat until the Gregorian calendar year. This time, the grain was sold immediately. After eight or two, Li Xiule couldn't close his mouth anymore. Seeing his happy face, Da Zhuang said, "Daughter-in-law, we can buy whatever you want, as you please."

Li Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, tomorrow is the holiday, I want to buy some moon cakes, do you think it's okay?"

Da Zhuang said: "Okay, you can figure it out, I will listen to you."

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Brother Zhuang, what do you want to eat?"

Da Zhuang scratched his head and said, "As long as it is made by you, I like to eat it. Besides, they are not as good as yours. Hehe."

Li Xiu blushed and said: "Then let's go to the vegetable market first, buy some fresh vegetables, and then buy some meat, and so on. After all, you have been exhausted for a while, so you should also make up for it. I see you are tired and thin now."

Da Zhuang was moved when he heard it: "I don't have anything, the main thing is to make up for you, why don't we kill a chicken tomorrow?"

When Li Xiu heard this, his heart ached: "No, the chickens have to be kept for laying eggs? If we want to eat chickens, we can go up the mountain tomorrow and hunt two wild animals. Anyway, it doesn't cost money, and maybe we can get two rabbits!"

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "Okay, I'll listen to you, just as you said that pepper, it should be harvested."

Lixiu waited until he said, "Okay, then let's go shopping."

Da Zhuang nodded and entrusted the donkey cart to the clerk of the rice shop, asking him to take care of it. There are too many people in the market now, and he is afraid of meeting people.Not good.

The couple walked around the market for a meal, and ended up buying a lot of things for home use, and food for tomorrow's festival. What made Lixiu most happy was that he was in the market. I met a group of merchants from Fanguo who were selling garlic, which made him very happy, but in order to save money, he pretended not to know the thing and said, "Boss, what is this? Does it look like this?"

The man saw that he was a little brother, but he was wearing a veil, so he didn't see what his face looked like, but he quickly cheered up and said, "This is called Hu Suan, it's delicious, brother, how much do you want?" ?”

Li Xiu looked at the size of the garlic, and said in a confident way, "Is this food delicious?"

When the man saw what Li Xiu said, he hurriedly said, "This is a specialty of our place. As long as you want it, brother, I'll give it to you at a lower price, okay?"

Li Xiu handed one end to Da Zhuang, and as soon as Da Zhuang smelled it, he said, "What is this? It smells too bad. We don't want it. It's ruining a good meal." .

That person has been setting up a stall here for a long time, and no one came to buy this thing, so I was very anxious, fearing that he would rot here and not get a penny back.He ran over to stop Lixiu and said, "Brother, as long as you buy this garlic, I'll give it to you at a cheaper price, or else I'll have to if no one wants it, and I'm at a loss."

Li Xiu thought for a while and said, "Then how much will you give me?"

The man gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you buy it, I will pay you the cost. When I bought this thing in my hometown, it cost me a total of [-] Wen, so you can just give me the cost."

Li Xiu looked at the pile of garlic, and saw that it would cost more than 20 catties, so he said, "Okay, but you have to give me a few dollars for that lump, I think it's very interesting."

The man saw that Li Xiu had simply asked for his garlic, so he agreed and said, "Okay, it's nothing, isn't it just a few pieces of ginger root, take it."

Li Xiu paid the money, took the garlic and ginger handed over by the boss, stood up and said, "Brother Zhuang, help me get some, I want to go over there and have a look."

Da Zhuang took the basket of garlic without saying a word. He knew that Li Xiu was not a wasteful spender, so it must be of great use, so the couple started to stroll around the market again. I bought some snacks and walked back. At this time, there were no people in the market. Many people were cleaning up their stalls and preparing to go home.When I passed by the garlic stall, I saw the boss moaning there, and didn't clean up the stall.

Li Xiu walked over and asked, "Boss, no one else will sell it, why don't you leave?"

As soon as the man saw that it was Li Xiu, his eyes lit up and he said, "Little brother, is it you? Hey, I've lost a lot this time. Among the things I brought from my hometown, there are only these two things. Some people don't recognize it, you said that I shipped this thing all the way here, and if I shipped it back, I would have to pay for it. This time I have lost it, or brother, can you see if you can buy something? I will definitely sell it to you at the original price, and I will never earn you a penny."

Li Xiu thought for a while and said: "But this thing is useless to me! I don't want it anymore, you should sell it to someone else." After speaking, he stood up and Da Zhuang turned to leave.

Seeing that they were about to leave, the man hurriedly grabbed Li Xiu's sleeves, and now he couldn't let go, he grabbed the man's collar and said, "What are you doing? Playing a hooligan? How dare you?" Molesting my husband?"

The man hastily bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm just in a hurry, this big brother, please let me go."

Da Zhuang looked at Li Xiu and saw that there was really nothing wrong, Li Xiu lowered his head and advised him not to do anything, the man was afraid of bad things when he saw it, besides, there are already many people around here, and he wanted to leave quickly, so he said: "Brother Son, in order to make up for you, I will give you these ginger roots, and I don’t want a penny, so I can just make amends to you, okay?”

Li Xiu was very happy when he heard it, but he still lowered his head and leaned on Da Zhuang's body. Da Zhuang comforted him and said, "Okay, for the sake of you being a foreigner, we won't be with you. Care about it, but remember not to let me see you again, otherwise, I will hit you every time I see you, my Brother Xiu is an innocent brother, if you do this, you will tell him how to meet people in the future, hum."

The man nodded repeatedly and said, "I'm leaving right away. I will never come here to set up a stall again. You can take all these ginger roots." After finishing talking, he packed up the remaining goods and drove away , I'm afraid that Da Zhuang will go back on his word and trouble him later, and he will definitely not come here in the future, the people here are too scary.

When the man left, Li Xiu walked away from Da Zhuang's shoulders, helped Da Zhuang clean up those gingers, cleaned them up, and then took them away with a smile. The change of face is too fast, I can't react right?But I hurriedly followed my wife and left, I'd better go back and talk about some things.