Embracing the ancient times with roses

Early the next morning, Da Zhuang's family got up early and planned to go to the town to handle the affairs of these three people after dinner. When Tong Xiaobao saw three people suddenly coming to the house, he was a little curious and asked: "Ah, what are they?" who is that"

Li Xiu glanced at Tong Xiaobao: "Those passing by, eat yours, don't ask."

While eating, Tong Xiaobao looked at the three people across from him, his eyes almost straightened, he had never seen such an edible person before, he steamed a big pot of fat cake, it was almost eaten by these people up.

The little brother on the opposite side felt embarrassed when he saw Tong Xiaobao always looking at him, so he put down the cake in his hand and stopped eating. When Li Xiu saw him, he ordered some food for the little brother, "Eat it, little brother , is not a good thing."

The little brother blushed and said, "Thank you, I, I'm full."

Li Xiu looked at the child and didn't say anything. After all, he didn't stay here for a long time, and he didn't know much about the customs here. It's just that he nestled in this place. What's the outside world like? He didn't even know, and besides, he didn't know the details of this family, so he thought in private that if he didn't eat it, he would bring it to them.

After several people had finished eating, Lixiu looked at the dishes on the table and was speechless for a while. There was nothing left. He sighed and helped Da Zhuang take down the empty plates. In fact, it was no wonder that the family ate There are so many, the main reason is that Li Xiu's cooking is delicious, and also because I have been hungry for a long time, the steamed buns I ate last night have long since been digested.

After the meal, Da Zhuang found a few people from the village and took the family of three to the yamen of the town. Li Xiu and Tong Xiaobao didn't go, mainly because the living things in the house hadn't been fed yet. Li Xiu hurriedly made these, and when he was done, he took Tong Xiaobao to the foot of the back mountain. The chestnuts there were ready, and he came back with a basket, ready to make snacks for Tong Xiaobao. When he got home Later, I saw that Da Zhuang had returned.

When Da Zhuang saw that Li Xiu was carrying a basket of chestnuts, he became anxious, "What's wrong with you, why did you bring the child up the mountain? Don't you know that there are wild animals in the mountain? You are not allowed to enter the mountain without my permission. Do you understand?"

Li Xiu was delighted when he heard it: "We didn't go into the mountain, we picked it in the chestnut grove at the foot of the mountain. I don't dare to say it again, for fear of getting lost, but I promise you, I will go with you next time. OK?"

Da Zhuang nodded, took the basket in his hand, "Why are you picking all these wild chestnuts?"

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Eat?"

Da Zhuang sighed and said: "Brother Xiu, I know you had a hard time when you were a child, but you can't eat everything, besides, it has no taste, just a little bit of sweetness, we don't like it food."

Li Xiuqi gave him a blank look, "Although I am an orphan, I know what to eat and what not to eat, okay? The hawthorn was an accident last time, okay, I won't make the same mistake a second time, okay Come on, don’t blot out the ink, I’ll cook something delicious for you in the evening, besides, he is good at strengthening the spleen, and my spleen is not good, so it’s just right to eat him.”

Da Zhuang said that he could not leave Xiu, but in the end he had no choice but to agree with him to do it, but he still carefully hugged him and entered the house, and the forgotten Tong Xiaobao quit: "Daddy, Ah, there is still Xiaobao, You forgot Xiaobao."

As soon as Li Xiu heard him yelling there, he was happy, and picked up the child, "You clever ghost, how could Dad forget." After speaking, he pinched his nose.

Tong Xiaobao immediately smiled and said: "It's not Dad, it's Ah, Ah, you forgot again."

Lixiu is helpless, every time he emphasizes that Xiaobao's classmate changes his words, the child just doesn't do it, I'm afraid this modern man must be an 'Ah Mo', Lixiu glanced helplessly at Da Zhuang and found Da Zhuang smiling.Li Xiu glared at him, and took the lead to walk into the house.

After entering the room, Li Xiu remembered, "Where are those people?"

Da Zhuang put down the backpack in his hand and said: "Those people were sent away to Chujiabao, and they probably won't come back."

Li Xiu was surprised, "What's going on?"

Da Zhuang sighed and said: "Those people are not good people at all, they are bandits who robbed their homes, because they were wiped out by the soldiers sent by the imperial court, they escaped, and encountered refugees fleeing famine on the way, killing them." They captured refugees, robbed their guides and clothes, fled to us, and were caught by our couple, and they deserved their bad luck. They wanted to escape last night, but they were cleaned up by the hidden guards before they left the yard. Oh, this morning, they came to our house for dinner because they had to bite the bullet, probably because they wanted to be a full-fledged ghost, and they also know that their days are over!"

Li Xiu nodded, "Brother Zhuang, it seems that our family is being missed by others now, it really can't be done, let's hire some people to help, otherwise our yard is getting bigger and bigger, so we can start raising pigs tomorrow." There is not enough manpower, and besides, I am afraid that such a person will appear here, what if someone who is more powerful than those bandits comes?"

Da Zhuang nodded: "How about I go to the town to see?"

Li Xiu shook his head and said: "You ask the dark guard to come out to see me, let's write a letter to Chu Batian and ask him to help pick out some good kung fu, and then we will buy those people, so that they can be with Chu Batian." It’s okay for the family castle, it’s ours, what do you think?”

Da Zhuang thought for a while: "Let me think about it. I don't want to see those people now, and I don't want to have anything to do with them. As for hiring people, I think it's better to buy a few people and come back to the town. There is a slave market, and I will go to see if there is any suitable person, preferably a family, so we can take care of it, otherwise, if something goes wrong, we will regret it and it will be too late, what do you think? ?”

Li Xiu nodded: "Okay, listen to you, but we have to be careful, don't regret it then."

Da Zhuang looked at Li Xiu and said, "Tomorrow, I'll go to Ren Yazi in the town and ask him to help us take a look. With their guarantee, I guess it won't be too far."

Li Xiu thought for a while: "That's fine. Anyway, let's just find someone who works honestly. It's fine. Don't be picky about looks, just be honest and willing to work, and have a good character."

Da Zhuang also felt that what he said was right, so he didn't say anything else. The current task was how to pack these chestnuts. Li Xiu asked Da Zhuang to shell those chestnuts, so that it would be useful at night.

Da Zhuang was very obedient, honestly picking up chestnut skins, and Li Xiu took Tong Xiaobao to make lunch. When the meal was ready, the family of three happily sat on the kang to eat. Da Zhuang's hands are already covered with calluses due to years of hard work. Now that the weather is getting colder, he is thinking about wearing a pair of gloves for Da Zhuang so that he will not get frostbite.

When Da Zhuang saw Li Xiu looking at him like this, he couldn't help but said, "Brother Xiu, what do you think I'm doing?"

Li Xiu said, "It's okay, I just want to see you."

Da Zhuang's old face blushed: "My son is here, pay attention, I will show you enough to see at night."

Li Xiu rolled his eyes angrily, "Smelly rascal."

Da Zhuang laughed out loud, Tong Xiaobao didn't know what his father was laughing at, and also snickered along with the food, Li Xiu glared at them both, and simply ignored them, and lowered his head to eat his own meal, out of sight don't bother.

After lunch, the family of three didn't take a break. They went directly to the east courtyard, took a look inside, and found that the temperature was okay. Lixiu planted the coriander seeds bought yesterday, as well as the cucumbers left at home. , and the garlic cores that I got specially, now it’s better. In winter, there will be green vegetables to eat. In the other room, Li Xiu planted green onions directly, and slowly through the room, he is still around the edges Beans were planted in the place where he thought that as long as he got the temperature right, he would definitely be able to grow vegetables.

When Da Zhuang planted these things, he was full of hope in his heart. As long as his wife said it could be done, he believed in him. No matter what the future results were, as long as his wife was happy.

At night, in order to comfort Lixiu, his own man and man simply made chestnut chicken, made Tong Xiaobao a chicken cake, mixed a cold dish, and mixed the mountain wine that had just been brewed two days ago. I moved a small altar, opened it and drank it, the whole family had a sumptuous dinner, and Li Xiu's heart was beautiful.

In the morning of the next day, Lixiu's family packed up. They prepared the side dishes to be sold in Wang Zhang's grocery store. They were actually spicy cabbage, spicy radish, and pickled cucumbers. I didn't know if people could accept them. So he only brought a few catties of each item, thinking that if it couldn't be sold, it wouldn't be a pity if it broke.

The family of three tidied up, and Lixiu put Tong Xiaobao on the hat he just knitted last night. It was very cute. On the top of the hat, there was a red ball hanging there. It flickered when Tong Xiaobao left, which was very fun. Even Da Zhuang said it looked good. Li Xiu told him not to worry, and knit him a top when the time came, Da Zhuang Le couldn't close his mouth anymore.

After everything was packed, the family ran to the town in a donkey cart. They first went to Wang Zhang's place and brought the side dishes in. There were many people in the shop, because in Tianfeng Town, only Wang Zhang's family did groceries. shop, so there are a lot of people here, especially when it's time to go to the market.

Lixiu and his wife saw that he was so busy, so they didn't bother to bother him. Lixiu just said to let Wang Zhang look at the sale, and he would send a letter when it was gone. Then he left with Da Zhuang. After all, he was delaying his money. Not too good either.

After leaving the grocery store, Lixiu took Da Zhuang to the cloth store in the town. When he was free yesterday, he drew a few designs of ancient clothes, some of which were based on what he had seen on TV in ancient costumes. It was drawn from the stills, and it is estimated that this place will not exist.

A family of three came to the cloth shop, and saw that there were many people in the cloth shop. Li Xiu didn't care what those people thought of them, so he went straight to the shopkeeper. Talk to Da Zhuang first: "You two, why do you have time to come over today?"

Da Zhuang raised his hand and said: "My Brother Xiu has something to do with you, look"

Shopkeeper Wu is a shrewd person, so he immediately asked them inside: "Go, let's talk in the inner hall."

Da Zhuang glanced at Li Xiu, held Tong Xiaobao in his arms, and followed him into the inner hall. Once inside, shopkeeper Wu sent someone to bring some refreshments, and Li Xiu took a piece of dessert and handed it to Tong Xiaobao. Tong Xiaobao said bluntly: "Thank you Ah." Then he lowered his head and began to eat in small bites.

I love you from Lixiu Tong Xiaobao was quiet, took out the bag he was carrying and said, "Shopkeeper Wu, I don't have any ink marks. I came here today just to discuss a deal with you. I have a few designs of clothes here. Do you think it can be used?"

Shopkeeper Wu took it over and took a look, his eyes lit up: "This, these are all your words?"

Li Xiu nodded and said, "Yes, why is there a problem?"

Shopkeeper Wu said with a smile: "No problem, no problem, the paintings are really good. If these clothes are made, it will definitely cause a sensation in the entire Qingcheng Mansion, and maybe it will spread throughout the Tianyao Dynasty."

Li Xiu was taken aback: "Really?"

Shopkeeper Wu nodded, indicating that what he said was true, and Li Xiu already knew it in his heart, but he still pretended to be a little farmer in order not to attract Shopkeeper Wu's attention.

Shopkeeper Wu was very cheerful, and said directly: "I am not a stingy person, I want all these pictures today, brother, please make a price."

Li Xiu looked at Da Zhuang, then at Shopkeeper Wu, and then smiled: "Shopkeeper Wu, I don't understand these things, so just give me a fair price, which is almost enough."

Shopkeeper Wu laughed when he heard this: "How about this, how about I give you 100 taels for these pictures?"

Li Xiu didn't speak, but took a look at Da Zhuang, and Da Zhuang answered immediately: "No, the money is a bit low, to tell you the truth about shopkeeper Wu, my Brother Xiu painted this thing, and he painted it for several nights. There are a bunch of them. If you give too little, we won’t sell them. Besides, this town is not a cloth store like yours. Any one I get these pictures can sell twice as much as yours. Price."

Shopkeeper Wu laughed as soon as he heard it: "Okay, since Village Chief Tong said so, I won't say much else, just do as you said, 200 taels is 200 taels, but you have to agree, When there is a good picture in the future, be the first to think of me, if the style is good, my price will be more than this, what do you think?"

Li Xiu and Da Zhuang looked at each other and nodded, "Yes."

So later, shopkeeper Wu signed a contract with Li Xiu. This was the idea that shopkeeper Wu thought of. He was afraid that Li Xiu would go back on his word. Xiu took it with a smile, then said goodbye to Da Zhuang, left the cloth shop, and went straight to the Ya shop.

Shopkeeper Wu, who came out to give it away, looked at the family of three going away, turned around and handed the sketch in his hand to the boy: "Send this picture to the castle immediately, and give it to the castle master for review."

After the little guy took it, he turned around and disappeared into the crowd in a short while. . . . . .