Embracing the ancient times with roses

Early the next morning, after Lixiu opened his eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief. He originally wanted to go out to practice boxing, but his back hurt, so he had no choice but to be lazy for a while, and couldn't get up under the covers.

Da Zhuang didn't urge him to get up, and Tong Xiaobao didn't get up either. He just looked at Li Xiu in Li Xiu's bed, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Ah, what's wrong with you? Why do you sleep late every day? Look Dad is already up, you can get up and play with Xiaobao."

Li Xiu couldn't help it, and rolled his eyes: "Go, go, play with your father, your father likes to play with you, I'd better sleep for a while and get up."

Da Zhuang was amused when he heard it. His daughter-in-law was tired yesterday, and it seems that she is a bit tossed about. She has to restrain herself from now on, otherwise it is not good to always be like this. Let the Qin family at home look at it Not too good either.After thinking about it, he walked over and lifted the quilt to get out the mischievous Tong Xiaobao, and while dressing the child, he said, "Go, dear son, daddy will take you to play, mother Qin will make a good baby for you." Eating chicken cake."

When Tong Xiaobao heard this, he was overjoyed. Ever since he came here and met Ah Mo for the first time, Ah Mo made chicken cakes for him. Since then, he has fallen in love with that taste, so he has to ask Ah Mo from time to time. Make him a bowl, and Li Xiu doesn't pick it up, as long as he wants to eat, make it for him.

Tong Xiaobao was taken away by Da Zhuang, and Li Xiu lay on the kang for a while, but didn't fall asleep much, just thinking about whether what he did was too high-profile during this period of time?Did you block anyone's way?Don't cause unnecessary trouble for yourself. Now his only request is to protect himself. Judging from Da Zhuang's background, they must have an enemy in the dark. As for who it is, it's hard to say, the Chu family castle is so big , Who did Da Zhuang hinder at the beginning?But it doesn't look like the old castle owner?Who on earth is it?

In the end, Li Xiu didn't come up with a clue, so he just didn't think about it. After getting up, he tidied up and went to wash up. Looking at the toothpaste that was almost used up, Li Xiu felt a little melancholy. He didn't know if people here had tooth powder, he remembered In ancient times, people used coarse salt to brush their teeth. I don't know what will happen here?I'll think about talking to Da Zhuang later.

After Lixiu had packed up, he left the main house and went to the barn where Qin and Meng lived. He wanted to see how the noodles made yesterday were. To make bean buns, now we have to cook the bean paste and then pack them.

When he entered the wing room, he saw Da Zhuang and Qin Hongchang talking again, and Tong Xiaobao was playing on the ground with the little wooden horse he made for him a few days ago, when Da Zhuang saw Li Xiu coming in, he asked, "Do you want to eat?"

Li Xiu shook his head and said, "I'm not hungry, and I don't want to eat. Let me see how the noodles are rising. If they are ready, cook the beans and make bean buns at night."

Da Zhuang didn't understand what Lixiu said about eating, so he didn't say anything. After Lixiu looked at the noodles, he nodded and said, "It's okay, it seems that it can be wrapped, Brother Meng, let's prepare bean paste, you Wash and cook the red beans selected a few days ago, and then make them into small stuffing balls, which can be wrapped."

Qin Mengshi nodded and went out. Lixiu returned to his own house and began to think about these things at home. He started to think about it recently, and he should be careful not to cause any trouble in the future. In the past two days, he has doubted The person surnamed Huang who is new to the village is not simple. He said that the box he gave to him did not expect the contents to be so expensive. He didn’t understand. Is it worth their fawning?

Li Xiu didn't eat breakfast, so he was alone in the room in a daze. When Da Zhuang came back, he saw him like this and said, "Brother Xiu, what's wrong with you? Why don't you eat? Wait for me to get you something to eat?" After finishing speaking, he went out without waiting for Li Xiu to speak. After a while, Da Zhuang came back, carrying a tray with a bowl of porridge, steamed buns, mixed pickles, and peeled skin on it. of two eggs.

Li Xiu's heart warmed up, and he smiled, no matter what, his family still felt sorry for him, looking at Shu Xin, under Li Xiu's warm gaze, Da Zhuang put breakfast on the kang table in front of Li Xiu, and said with a smile : "Eat it, it's not enough, there will be more in a while."

Li Xiu nodded, picked up the bowl, and said while eating, "Brother Zhuang, do you have any news about that person surnamed Huang?"

Da Zhuang shook his head and said: "No, I have inquired about several households near their home in the past few days, and they said that they are not at home, and I don't know where they have gone? Except for an old couple looking at the yard, there is no outsider. "

Li Xiu nodded and said, "That's the only way to go. Don't talk about anything else, as long as it doesn't implicate us in living a happy life. We don't want to offend or make friends with you in the future. Let's see and talk."

Da Zhuang nodded: "Okay, daughter-in-law, I will obey you."

Li Xiu nodded and began to eat his breakfast. After finishing eating, he got off the ground and helped Da Zhuang clean up the dishes. In addition, he also cleaned up the house, inside and out. Xiu didn't use the help of the Qin family, so he didn't come in when the Qin family was free.

When Li Xiu had finished packing up, he saw Da Zhuang talking to a few people outside the door. Li Xiu looked out of the window, as if there were some unfamiliar faces, and he didn't recognize any of them. He looked at Da Zhuang as if he was talking to them. I know, this is not going to let people in their room.

When those people had all entered the main room, Li Xiu didn't go out, just listening to them talking in the main room, Qin Mengshi brought some hot water for everyone to drink, it seems that people here don't drink tea, maybe they bought tea The reason why I can't afford tea to entertain everyone.

Just listen to the head of those people, that is, a man in his 30s, say: "Mr. Tong, our Zhangjia Village is next to your village. It's not unheard of. I'll come over when you go to the west to sell cattle. How about it?" ? That cow is very good?"

Da Zhuang smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, my cow is at the foot of the mountain. Why do you want to buy it?"

"Well, the last two years have been good. The big guys have spare money in their hands, and the money is idle in their hands. I didn't hear that your family had cattle, so we big guys came here. I don't know What's the price? If it's good, we'll hurry back today?" The man surnamed Zhang said with a smile.

Da Zhuang thought for a while: "The cattle I went to pick this time are all big and strong, and they will definitely be able to work. They are not like those cattle sellers in our town who only pick cheap cattle and drive them back. If you are the truth If you win, go and have a look, let’s talk about the price.”

The man smiled and said, "Just now we saw the herd of cattle before we entered the village. How about it, can it be cheaper than the market price?"

Da Zhuang nodded and said, "Okay, each cow is five taels cheaper than the market price, and horses and mules are as cheap as five taels. Is the price okay?"

The man turned around and discussed with the people next to him for a long time, finally nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it this way? But we bought so much this time, how about you give us a donkey?"

Da Zhuang was delighted when he heard it: "To tell the truth, Brother Zhang, our family only has a donkey, which I used when I didn't sell horses, and it can't do much work. If you really want to buy it, you can buy a mule. I don’t want more from you, so you just give it to me according to the purchase price, and just treat it as if I brought a mule back from there for nothing, do you think it’s okay?”

When the man heard this, he said, "Mr. Tong, you really know how to do business. If it's all right, I'll do as you say."

Da Zhuang heard: "Where, where, they all live nearby, and they don't see them when they look up. If you can use me in the future, just let me know. As long as I can help, I will do it."

When the few people heard this, they nodded, and the person surnamed Zhang said: "Okay, that's it, let's settle the money first, and then we will lead the cow to go. The cow walks slowly. When it comes It’s almost afternoon in the village, and it’s warmer to walk at noon in winter.”

Da Zhuang nodded: "Cows cost 450 taels, and mules cost 35 taels. The total is 480 taels."

The man took the money from the big guy and handed it to Da Zhuang, but Da Zhuang didn't take it: "Brother, we are all sensible people, don't call me stingy, I have to see if the money is worth enough, you know Well, I suffered a loss in the west once, and they gave me less than two taels of silver, I didn’t think so much at the time, so I lost 20 taels directly.”

The one surnamed Zhang said with a smile: "Okay, this is what it should be. I didn't expect Village Chief Tong to suffer too?"

Da Zhuang nodded: "Hey, isn't it? Now that I think about it, I regret it. That's half a cow's money, hey." After speaking, he got up and called out to Qin He, telling him to take the scale.

Qin He came in cheerfully, and weighed himself, "Master, it's not bad, just right."

Da Zhuang nodded and said, "Okay, then Qin He, go to the barn and get a few packs of candles for these brothers. Let them have a bright and dignified New Year after the Chinese New Year."

Those people were very happy. They had heard of candles a long time ago, but they were not willing to buy them. Now that they got a few packs of candles for nothing, they couldn't close their mouths with joy. , each took two packs of candles and went out to select cattle with Da Zhuang.

Before leaving, Da Zhuang went back to the Westinghouse, handed the silver in his hand to Li Xiu, and asked him to put it away, then he turned and left, and went to select cattle with those people.

Looking at Da Zhuang's back, Li Xiu felt that Da Zhuang was getting more and more good at doing business. He not only made money, but also made people lose his temper. Did he know that the mule was worth 25 taels, so he sold it? I paid 35 taels, and said that I didn’t make any money. I really have an honest face, and what I do is not so honest, cunning and cunning.

Da Zhuang didn't know that he had already been classified as a cunning person by his wife, and he was still complacently calculating that he earned 210 taels. If he did it a few more times, he would earn a lot, right?

After those people had selected the cows and left, he went home and saw Li Xiuxiu and Qin Mengshi making bean buns there. He was curious and sat beside Li Xiu to watch the excitement.

Seeing that the bean buns in Lixiu’s bag are very small, almost one mouthful, Lixiu saw that he was idle, so he said, “Brother Zhuang, don’t be idle, hurry up and help with the bag, there are so many, try for a day After wrapping everything up, when cooking from now on, you don’t need to make it fresh, just take it over and put it in the pot, turn it on and heat it up.”

When Da Zhuang heard it, he said, "Okay, it's just that my bag doesn't look good, so don't laugh at me."

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you can eat it, what about Brother Qin?"

Da Zhuang smiled and said, "He went to the foot of the mountain to see if there was any prey in the trap we dug."

Li Xiu nodded and said, "Oh, it's cold today, and there will be less prey on the mountain. Generally, cats can't come out of the cave, right?"

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "So you pay attention, don't go up the mountain if you have nothing to do, I'm afraid those big beasts will come down and hurt you, tell Qin Ming and his brothers not to go too far tomorrow, if it's really impossible, let's not let them go , put it at home and feed it with fodder.”

Li Xiu thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhuang, it's only two days until Xiaonian, you go to the town tomorrow, let those cattle and horse dealers come over, sell all the cattle, and those We can’t keep the mules anymore, if no one buys them after the New Year’s Eve and the village is opened, it’s bad, we’ll lose money, and earn less if we earn less.”

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it this way. The big guy has been busy for a year, so let's take a rest." After thinking about it, the big guy started to help make bean buns, and he was busy until after dinner. Finished, fortunately, I was rushing to steam the buns, and then the big guys were hungry, so they took them directly to eat. After the steamed bean buns were steamed, they were put on the table. Take them off the curtain one by one, wait until they are cold, and send them outside to freeze completely.In the end, they were packed into big bamboo flats and sent to the warehouse for storage.

After the big guys packed up at night, they all rested. Although they were not tired from work, they couldn't stand the long time. After a simple wash, they all fell asleep.