There is a handsome man in the rough family

The dry and skinny little brother must have seen Tang Xiaofu's gaze, flinched and trot into the alley, hiding in the shadows.

Tang Xiaofu frowned slightly, feeling a little strange in his heart.

At this moment, it is almost time for ordinary people to eat.

The child looked to be eleven or twelve years old. He didn't help cook at home, and he looked like he had wounds on his arms and face.

Mrs. Li processed all the meat and put it in a big basin, ready to marinate.

He saw Tang Xiaofu standing in the courtyard looking outside in a daze, and walked over curiously.

"Fuge, what are you looking at? There's no one there."

Tang Xiaofu shook his head slightly, and told Mrs. Li what the child looked like just now.

"Is that child from our village? Or a beggar from outside?"

"Begging, that's definitely not it." Since begging happened in the village last time, someone maliciously broke into the village and almost killed people.

There are young and middle-aged lads patrolling this village every day. When they see people with foreign surnames, they will be interrogated.

Mrs. Li thought about the appearance Tang Xiaofu described just now, blinked, and then clapped her hands.

"Is it that brother Yun from the old Gong's family?"

"Brother Yun?"

Tang Xiaofu took the meat bowl from Li's hand and held it firmly in his hand.

The two sat on the edge of the stone table together, marinated the meat in soy sauce, salt, star anise pepper, and so on.

Mrs. Li returned to the kitchen, picked up half a jar of white wine, and gently poured it on the roe deer meat.

Spread all the sauce ingredients evenly, and nod upon hearing this.

"That's a hard life. The Feng family of the Gong family gave birth to four brothers in a row, and finally had a boy. To that boy, he is naturally the four brothers in the family who are so charming and pampered. They grow up like weeds. Usually he beats or scolds, and he can't even eat a full meal. The first two older brothers were married to a fool by his cruel mother, and the other married a lame old man. Brother Yun It's the third child, and I heard that he is going to marry Landlord Liu and that second uncle."

Tang Xiaofu shook his hands, and all the prickly ash in the bowl fell into the meat. He quickly grabbed it out and asked in surprise, "I remember the second uncle of the Liu family, didn't he just die a few days ago, and it's been nearly five years?" Ten."

Mrs. Li hurriedly helped Tang Xiaofu take out the extra prickly ash, and patted his hand gently.

"You child, why are you so unsteady at work? Before personality. One of the two elder brothers jumped into the river and died. The other was beaten to death by the vicious lame old man. The Gong family got five taels of silver as compensation without even a fart." Let it go. That child is only eleven or twelve this year, and he doesn't want to marry an old man who is over fifty years old and make trouble with the family."

Tang Xiaofu sighed, stretched out his hands to massage the bacon, so that the seasoning and meat could be mixed more evenly, feeling a little mixed in his heart.

"You're only eleven or twelve years old. I saw that child has a handsome face. He will definitely be a beautiful woman in two years. When the time comes to choose a family carefully, the gift money should not be small."

The rope awl brought by Mrs. Li pierced a small hole on the top of these pieces of meat.

Hang the meat with a rope and place it under the eaves to dry.

"His family said they wanted to send their youngest son to a private school to study. They can't wait, bah, the family has shallow eyes."

Tang Xiaofu looked at the bacon in the porch under the eaves. After a few days of drying, brush it with soy sauce every day, the color will become more colorful and delicious.

But when he thought of that scrawny kid Tang Xiaofu, he sighed again. This kind of thing happened a lot in Shili Bacun.

Those who care about reputation will choose one for their brother.

If it's the shallow-sighted person, he can do anything just for the gift money.

In this ancient era, parents had absolute control over their children.

As the saying goes, there are no wrong parents in the world, only wrong children.

Daqi also governed the country with filial piety.

If no one from Feng Shimu's house speaks out to dissuade this kind of matter, even the fellow villagers are not qualified to take care of it.

Seeing Tang Xiaofu staring blankly there, Mrs. Li knew that the child was soft-hearted and was still worried about Brother Yun.

He hurriedly stepped forward to pat Tang Xiaofu, took out a few copper plates from his waist and stuffed them into his hands.

"Go to Lao Lin's house in Xicun and come back with two catties of soy sauce. In the future, the bacon will be brushed with soy sauce every day. When it is almost dry, we will smoke it with turpentine, whether it is fried garlic or fried beans. It’s Xiang, go to the dead man, don’t think about it.”

"Okay, don't worry."

Tang Xiaofu smiled at Mrs. Li, went to the kitchen to get a basket, put a small jar in it, and went outside.

When Tang Xiaofu walked west out of the gate of the fenced courtyard, he purposely passed by the narrow alley that Brother Yun entered just now, and he saw him cowering in a corner.

Tang Xiaofu now has good ears and eyesight and etiquette. From a distance of a hundred steps, he saw the child clutching his stomach, his face pale, and he was always a little hungry.

Tang Xiaofu couldn't bear it, so he lifted the curtain above the basket and put his hand inside.

Covered by the curtain, he took out a big apple from the space, and took out two unfinished pancakes that he brought up the mountain in the morning.

Since the temperature and time of the space are constant, the oil cake is still warm.

Tang Xiaofu walked into the narrow alley with a smile on his face.

Brother Yun saw Tang Xiaofu, said something, and rolled himself into a small ball.

I wish I could dig a few meters deep in the ground and bury myself in it.

"Tang, brother of the Tang family."

He squatted in front of Brother Yun, took out two pancakes from the basket, and stuffed an apple into Brother Yun's hand.

"Eat."

He took lukewarm pancakes and bright red apples with a sweet taste, and immediately banned Brother Yun. His hands trembled, and he shook his head in horror.

"No, no, I can't have it."

Tang Xiaofu smiled indulgently, so he straightened his face and said, "I don't like to eat this pancake when it's getting cold. If you're hungry, I'll fill it up for you. If you don't want it, throw it away."

After speaking, Tang Xiaofu ignored the kid, turned around and went to the soy sauce seller in the west with his basket in hand.

Brother Yun was left alone, sitting on the spot in a daze, looking at the pancakes and apples in his hand, he came to his senses like a very hungry little animal, took out a pancake, and ate it.

After eating the oil cake in two or three bites, Brother Yun cherished the remaining piece of oil cake, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wrapped the oil pancake in the handkerchief, and carefully stuffed it together with the apple into his arms.

In the evening, if you go back home, it is specified that there will be no food for him.

This is what he will fill his stomach for today and tomorrow, Brother Yun tilted his head in doubt as he watched Tang Xiaofu's leaving back.

"Such a delicious food is delicious even if it is cold. He has never eaten such a delicious pancake. Why doesn't Brother Tang like it?"

Although Tang Xiaofu said that he couldn't help Brother Yun out of his current predicament, he could still provide him with food and clothing as much as he could.

Having done a good deed, Tang Xiaofu felt very happy and felt much more relaxed. The wind that blew over seemed to be sweet.

He walked to Xitou Qiao's house with a smile on his face.

He took out four Wen coins from his pocket, lifted the jar forward, and said with a smile: "Second Master Qiao, take two catties of soy sauce."

This is a dry and thin little old man who greeted me with a smile on his face.

It was Tang Xiaofu who took the plate and copper coins from him.

"This soy sauce is easy to spoil if you leave it at home if you make too much. What do you want to do at home? Otherwise, you can make less soy sauce at a time, and you can make it again when it runs out."

Tang Xiaofu followed behind the old man with a smile.

"Isn't it that I hunted some hunters to the north today, and I want to make some bacon and save it for winter when there is no food, so I want to get some soy sauce."

Xia Qiu pickled pickles and tried bacon in the farm's city. Mr. Qiao nodded.

Carrying the small jar neatly, he went into the warehouse in the backyard, but Tang Xiaofu stopped and did not follow in. There was a place where soy sauce was made, and every family had to have some tricks and secrets to make a living. Even those from the same village had to be careful. two.

After a while, the little old man came out with a smile and handed the jar to Tang Xiaofu.

"I saw that the jar was not too small, so I put half a catty more in it. Don't be too polite, it's not worth much."

As the saying goes, you don't get paid for nothing, Tang Xiaofu blinked a little hesitantly.

"If you have anything to do with Master Qiao, just say it, and I will help if I can."

Second Master Qiao was simple and honest, with a smile on his wrinkled face, and he rubbed his clothes in embarrassment.

"Our little brother married into Lincun. He is not pregnant and I am afraid that he will not be able to provide nutrition. I know that some crispy dates on your mountain are the best for nourishing qi and blood. I wonder if you can sell them to me for two catties."

When Tang Xiaofu heard this, he quickly nodded in a relaxed tone.

"Yes! There are quite a few on the mountain. Tomorrow, you can make your family stronger. Just follow my family up the mountain to pick them. In the pond, I raised some crucian carp a few days ago. The stewed soup is the best for nourishment. If you If my little brother wants it, just tell me. I'll ask the store to deliver it directly to his home, so he can eat the freshest."

Second Master Qiao smiled when he heard that.

"Hey, hey, that's good. Tomorrow, I'll let your brother Qiao go up the mountain with your family with a basket. We'll pay you as much copper as you pick."

Tang Xiaofu smiled and walked back with Second Master Qiao after graduation. When passing by the narrow alley, he took a special look.

Noticing that the kid named Yun Geer was not there, he didn't know where the Gong's house was, so he turned around and entered the house after looking around.

In the evening, stewed potatoes with pheasant, lightly patted the yellow and stir-fried cabbage, and served with a large pot of brown rice, the whole family ate round stomachs.

While sitting in the yard digesting food, suddenly there was a noise of chickens flying and dogs jumping outside.

Immediately, Tang Xiaofu's eyes lit up, he put down the teacup in his hand, and went to the fence to stick his head out to watch the excitement.

I only heard a rough voice from a man outside yelling and cursing: "Well, you shameless old man, you work hard to earn hard-earned money outside. You actually stole a man at home! The second uncle of the Liu family was the one who stole it. Why don't you hate him? The old man is full of wrinkles, and the flesh on his belly is almost hanging down to his feet? Bah, it's really not a thing!"