Embracing the ancient times with roses

Li Xiu and Da Zhuang left, but he didn't know what happened to them at the market. They were all seen by two people. Those two were none other than Chu Junhao and Liu Ziran. They happened to be at the market. I was eating at a restaurant at the corner of the city, and I just happened to see this scene.

Chu Junhao put down the wine glass in his hand, glanced at Liu Ziran and said, "Zi Ran, what do you think of this little brother?"

Liu Ziran looked at the person who was going away, and said with a glance: "Hey, fate tricks people, why am I not the first to meet him? I chose such a farmer, and he will suffer from it in the future." After speaking, he touched the bracelet on his hand.

Chu Junhao looked at the movements of his hands: "Is that what he sold you?"

Liu Ziran nodded: "That's right, it's his family heirloom, if it wasn't for marrying that man, he wouldn't have sold it."

Chu Junhao didn't say anything, but he wondered if he should investigate his origin?

Liu Ziran has been with him for so many years, so he couldn't see his mind clearly, so he said: "Jun Hao, don't bother, they are living a very good life now, let him live happily, as long as he is happy , I don't want to disturb his life, and he never looked at me for an inch at all. I don't want him to look down on me because of my wishful thinking. Besides, my family has appointed a husband for me. Maybe one day I will get married, maybe better than him."

Chu Junhao nodded and said, "It makes sense."

After Liu Ziran thought about it, his mood improved a lot, "Come and have a drink with us, by the way, didn't you find someone to help you fix that thing? Why don't you ask him to try it for you?"

Chu Junhao nodded: "That's the only way to go, but I'll let him make me something first, to see how his craftsmanship is? Don't be a liar."

Liu Ziran nodded: "Be careful."

Looking back, Da Zhuang and Li Xiu loaded the purchases and the windfall money they got into the donkey cart, and drove the cart through. When they passed the blacksmith shop, Li Xiu got out of the cart and went inside to push the knife. The commission money was collected, Da Zhuang naturally followed, Li Xiule couldn't agree with him, he didn't expect to get a few taels of commission, and when he left, Li Xiu gave the picture he had drawn in advance to Liu Tou , Said: "Please Uncle Liu, you must follow this picture and finish it. I will pick it up when the time comes. Maybe you can make a fortune!"

The blacksmith Liu Xiao almost lost his eyes and said: "Okay, no problem, but what is this thing called, why is it so weird?"

Li Xiu shook his head: "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll tell you when I think about it."

Blacksmith Liu knew that Li Xiu didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask any more questions, and handed two boxes of snacks to Da Zhuang: "Tomorrow is the holiday, and I don't have anything for you, take these two boxes of snacks back and eat."

Comrade Da Zhuang said with a look of embarrassment: "Thank you then, come to my house for a drink when you have time."

Blacksmith Liu said with a smile: "Okay, I will definitely go when I have time."

Li Xiu and Da Zhuang left in a donkey cart. Li Xiu was very happy along the way. Today, he got a lot of bargains and made a fortune along the way. It was really cool. Da Zhuang sat beside him, watching Seeing his appearance, I started to mutter in my heart, I can't let Lixiu come out when I have nothing to do in the future, otherwise it will be bad when I meet those people who don't have long eyes.'

Lixiu didn't know that they didn't manage the little brothers very strictly here, and thought that it was like in ancient China, women were not allowed to come out here, so he never went out, and even when he went out, he went with Da Zhuang. The man I met didn't care much, but he was afraid that everyone would think about him, so he kept looking at Da Zhuang's face, and he let out a sigh of relief when he found nothing.

Da Zhuang also found out that Li Xiu was 'cautious', he thought that Li Xiu was afraid that he would dislike him, so he said: "Brother Xiu, don't worry, I didn't dislike you, you don't have to be so careful, I'm just angry , that person dragged you, it was my fault, I didn't stop him, although we don't have high requirements for my brothers here, but we can't behave ourselves, otherwise we will be gossiped, I don't want others to talk about you, I listened Not good."

Li Xiu complained there, 'disgusting' ass, if this is in modern times, a man is dragged by someone, it's a big deal, people here are really making a fuss, but what Da Zhuang said is right, It's better to avoid suspicion, after all, I am a foreigner, less trouble is better than anything else.

"Brother Zhuang, thank you, without you today, I really don't know what to do." Li Xiu pretended to be scared, and couldn't help rolling his eyes in his heart. It didn't take long for that outsider to bully him. Long-eyed, he has practiced martial arts for many years. At that time, his master forced him to practice. His master was afraid that he would be bullied by others because he had no parents, so he kept forcing him to learn this and that until he gained the mastery of martial arts. The championship of the National Youth Competition is the end of the game. At that time, the national team wanted him to join the team for training so that he could participate in the Olympic Games in the future, but he refused directly because he was too lazy and unwilling to move. The angry coach and him Master, when he saw him, he just stared at him, but when he returned home, he didn't say anything and practiced, and this matter was over. For a long time, his master felt sorry for him.

When Da Zhuang saw Li Xiu like this, he felt uncomfortable, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, but brother Xiu, what are you doing with these things?" After speaking, he pointed at the ginger and garlic with his finger.

Li Xiu was delighted when he heard it: "Brother Zhuang, you don't know that this is a good thing. The ginger can be used in cooking... and the garlic is even better..." Barabara's He said a lot, and he heard Da Zhuang in a cloud of fog, but he understood a little bit, that is, this thing is very good for people, especially when cooking, put some, it can enhance freshness and remove fishy smell, as long as Knowing these two is enough.

What Lixiu said is very easy to understand, he just needs to know that he can eat it when he sees Da Zhuang. The most important thing is that they don't have so many medicines here, and he doesn't know herbal medicine. The medicines he brought would be finished sooner or later, so where would he go to get the medicines, it would be better to prepare some earthen recipes.

Da Zhuang met a lot of people going home from the market while driving the car, and he picked up a lot of them, but those people were embarrassed when they saw Li Xiu in the car, so they just asked Da Zhuang to take the things back to the village. , not far away in a while.

Da Zhuang nodded, drove the donkey cart directly into the village, and sent all the things of those people home from door to door, and finally went back to his own home with Li Xiu. When they got home, they unloaded all the things. Loaded into the newly renovated warehouse.

The warehouse is a one-and-a-half one-and-a-half-room earthen house. It is located on the west side of the main building, next to the courtyard wall. Da Zhuang and Li Xiu raised the courtyard wall a bit higher. This was Li Xiu's suggestion because Li Xiu felt that This place is next to a mountain, so there is fear that wild animals will come down the mountain in winter and hurt people. It will be bad at that time, and we will put pointed branches on the courtyard wall, so as to prevent some thieves from entering the courtyard and stealing things, and those who The branches are thick, as thick as a child's arm, strong and durable.

The people who helped Da Zhuang build the house were all farmers in the village. They all came out to help during the slack season, and they didn’t need wages. They only needed to provide three meals. Lixiu specially made some potatoes for this purpose. These people have never eaten potatoes, and this is the first time I tasted them. I fell in love with them immediately, and I heard that this food is very good for storage and can be used as a main dish in winter. Everyone is even more grateful When they got stronger, they said that the couple were not people who hid their secrets. For this reason, the whole village sent out to help Li Xiu's house to build a warehouse, which was built in a few days.

Da Zhuang pulled Li Xiu and led the big guys into the mountains, dug a lot of potatoes, and shared them equally. Da Zhuang's family also got a lot, and the couple put these potatoes into the cellar, waiting for the next spring to sell well For potato seeds, Da Zhuang nodded and said, Li Xiu is doing very well, and the family can also get an unexpected income.

In the evening, the couple sat on the kang table and calculated the accounts. Da Zhuang said, "Forget about the harvest of this year, the total income of the dry and threshed rice and corn outside is 210 yuan. Expenses, there is still left... Mmm... Daughter-in-law, since you came, it turns out that our family's money has not been moved at all. It is all the unexpected small money you made, so our family's money is now enough for us. I bought a Zhuangzi, but your 1000 taels for selling jewelry is not included, so I’m afraid it’s not enough.”

Lixiu thought for a while and said: "Brother Zhuang, I think we will buy Zhuangzi next year. You said that it is not good to buy Zhuangzi after I have just been here for a while. I am afraid of what others will say. Besides, you are still the village head. It’s not good if you are chewing your tongue and saying that you are greedy for everyone’s money.”

"Being greedy for money, we didn't give the village chief extra money here. It's just that there is such a salary of one tael a month. I didn't want to do it at the beginning. If it wasn't for the master in the town's yamen, I had to pick up my father. The burden, I won’t do it, although it’s not a big deal, there are also a lot of trivial things, but now it’s nothing, because you are more in the family, maybe there is a little one in your belly.”

Li Xiu listened and said, "Can you talk properly? I said that I can't have children, so you should give up on it." Li Xiu didn't want to say that, but he was afraid that Da Zhuang would be disappointed because of this. That's why I said it bluntly.

Da Zhuang said with a smile: "It's nothing if you don't have a child. I will watch over you when the time comes. The saved child will take half of your attention. Then you will surround him every day, and I will have no chance to be with you." Speak well."

Li Xiu showed disbelief in his eyes and said, "Are you sure, I won't have children, and you still want me?"

Da Zhuang nodded: "I'm sure, and I swear, it's all true, God will testify to me."

After Li Xiu heard this, he felt a little better. Having a baby, what a fart, I am a pure man. If I give birth here, it means that I am very talented.

Li Xiu ate a mouthful of melon seeds, thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhuang, it's getting colder every day, do we need to build a firewall in our house?"

Da Zhuang shook his head and said: "It's okay, don't bother, we have a ground fire dragon, and we can just light it up at that time. I filled it with sawdust when it was slack, and when it was cold, we lit it." It’s on, don’t worry, our ground fire dragon is very warm, if you still feel cold, I will buy some charcoal and prepare it when I come back, you can see if it’s okay.”

Li Xiu nodded and said, "By the way, shouldn't those cabbages and radishes be taken back?"

"Well, let's collect it after the festival. By the way, you should collect the dried vegetables at home, right?"

"It's okay, those things are hanging under the eaves, right? It's okay, but Brother Big Zhuang, do you think the traps we dug two days ago should have prey?" Li Xiu said with a look of surprise, he It has been more than a month since I came here, and I realized that the people here don’t know how to dig traps and hunt at all. They always use tools to find prey. Zhuang Yi listened to the music and praised him for being smart. He sweated a lot at that time. This is a well-known thing in modern times, but it is a new thing here. I don’t know how these people’s brains grow. Absolutely. Make people have the ability to grind their teeth.

Fortunately, Da Zhuang of his family is smarter than them, and he will understand everything as soon as he is reminded, otherwise he would be so angry that he would find a fool.

The two of them chatted until very late before going to sleep, half of the candles were burned, and Da Zhuang felt distressed for a long time, Li Xiu said: "It's nothing, when we are done with the autumn harvest, when the cats are wintering, I will be here soon." Make some, that paraffin will last us a long time."

Da Zhuang nodded, thought for a while and said, "Brother Xiu, why don't we give this method to the big guys so that they can use it. You see, no one in the whole village or even the town uses this candle. Their families are all I still use the original oil lamp, and the lamp oil is also very expensive, I figured it out, it seems to be more expensive than this candle."

Li Xiu sighed and said: "Brother Zhuang, don't you understand that I don't want to expose the fact that we have candles because I'm afraid of causing trouble to us, I just want to find an opportunity to sell this technology Go, then let's buy a Zhuangzi and live a good life, I don't want to be out of tune with this world, I have tried my best to integrate myself into this place, and I don't want others to treat me as a monster, do you understand?"

Da Zhuang nodded: "Well, I didn't think much about it, I'm sorry, but can't we make and sell this thing ourselves?"

Li Xiu thought for a while, "It's not impossible. After the festival tomorrow, let me see. At worst, we can sell it in Wang Zhang's shop? Then it will be said that it was brought from the Western Regions. Maybe we'll send it out?"

Da Zhuang looked at Li Xiu's joy and sadness, and was happy: "You are a money addict, as long as you have money, you are happier than anything else."

Li Xiu said arrogantly: "Of course, this way I don't have to worry about the family having no money to spend, and also avoid the result of starvation, which is very good."

Da Zhuang nodded: "As long as you are happy, you can do whatever you want."

Li Xiu rubbed his eyes and said, "Brother Da Zhuang, I'm sleepy, let's go to sleep." Then he got into bed, Da Zhuang blew out the candle, got in too, and fell asleep with Li Xiu in his arms.