Food for the people

The next morning, just after breakfast, Aunt Qiufeng brought Wen Sheng to knock on Qiao's courtyard door.

Qiao Ling, with his messy hair, opened the door a little, saying in embarrassment that his brother hadn't woken up yet.

Aunt Qiufeng smiled and waved her hand, motioning for her to come back later and let them clean up first, then Qiao Ling jumped up and down to knock on her brother's door.

In fact, it’s not that Qiao Yu got up late, it’s only seven o’clock in the morning at this moment. If Qiao Yu’s previous life and schedule were followed, he might not get up before nine o’clock. After coming here, the leisure and entertainment activities dropped sharply, and he slept at night. If you get up early, you get up relatively early in the morning, but compared to Aunt Qiufeng who is used to working, it must still be a bit worse.

When Qiao Ling knocked on the door, Qiao Yu had already woken up and was putting on clothes layer by layer. At this time, he would miss the down jacket with a zipper pulled all the way. It was warm and convenient, unlike this troublesome and The thick cotton coat, layer by layer, is wrapped like a bear shaking its head, but it is not necessarily warm.

Fortunately, now that winter is over and the weather is getting warmer day by day, Qiao Yu doesn't feel so hard.

They both got up and had breakfast, and Aunt Qiufeng came to help again.

She looks petite, but her strength is not weak at all. What she did once yesterday is much more proficient today. Soon, even Qiao Yu felt ashamed and became her underdog.

As soon as Qiao Yu's hands were idle, his mind moved quickly, and he asked while working: "Auntie, are you still working in the weaving workshop?"

Aunt Qiufeng quickly dropped the dough one by one, and the rolling pin made it so fast, she nodded upon hearing this.

She is alone and has a child, so she earns a small living by doing temporary work. Although Qiao Yu's wages are high here, she doesn't have work all day long, so the work in the weaving workshop over there She didn't let go, and she always earned a little bit.

Qiao Yu turned his head and took a look outside. Qiao Ling had nothing to do at the moment, and was playing with Wen Sheng. Although Wen Sheng was a two or three-year-old child, a poor child was already in charge of the family. He was also very sensible among children of the same age. Son, his mother is too busy to pay attention to him, and he will never come to disturb him, and he can play with his fingers for a long time by himself, so well-behaved, it doesn't look like someone who should be in the period of curiosity, but what can't be touched must be touched what a child.

Qiao Yu thought carefully about the idea that flashed through his head just now, and felt that it was quite feasible.

In fact, Qiao Yu's vision has never been too long-term. The first is because getting rid of poverty is more imminent for them than getting rich. The second is because he still doesn't know enough about this place. A little more, it is not too late to take a long-term view and make long-term plans.

So although this idea moved Qiao Yu a little, it was obviously not yet time, so he didn't intend to bring it up.

Let's wait until he earns some more money and has confidence, they will definitely get better and better, there is no doubt about it.

Aunt Qiufeng worked here for an extra hour today, and made more things than the previous day. The dustpan that Qiao Yu bought before was almost not enough, and there was also a jar, which he had only sold for two days. The sauerkraut has already been used up, and if it is calculated in this way, it will definitely not be able to turn around in the future.

So there are a lot more things that need to be purchased.

Qiao Yu wrote down the missing items one by one, and planned to buy them together when he was free this afternoon.

At noon, Qiao Yu took Qiao Ling out of the stall again.

This time his car was surrounded by people as soon as it arrived at West Street.

"Hey, little brother, don't go, there are so many of us, each of us has a bowl, and there's a packager there, waiting for you for a long time, even if you're hungry."

Qiao Ling didn't know what happened. Although the business was good before, it was not as exaggerated as it is today. He was so busy helping Qiao Yu with work that his forehead was sweating.

"Everyone came to buy this time, not only because of your delicious noodles, but also because of the good deeds you have done for everyone." The man said with a smile again.

Qiao Ling was even more confused this time.

But soon someone explained to him.

"The owner of Chongyang Noodle Restaurant and Cheng San are not good people, but thank you for eliminating harm for the people."

As soon as the man finished speaking, someone answered: "Isn't it? You have seen the boy in Zhao Chongyang's noodle shop, he is his own son, and the child's mother does not know where he got here. It's a little bad, but he looks good, so he was spoiled by this beast and gave him a son. But he didn't plan to live a good life with others, and he usually beat and scolded the two women, and he didn't allow it. That child calls him daddy, a tiger does not eat its offspring, he is worse than an animal."

"Then Cheng San is not a good thing, little brother, do you remember Wan Niang who bought your noodles two days ago?"

Seeing Qiao Ling nodding, the man said angrily again: "Cheng San saw someone with orphans and widows, and he came to Wanniang's courtyard in the middle of the night, probably thinking that Wanniang would be a bully." He couldn't help but think of the following plot Laughing, "Wan Niang is not easy to bully. Before the three of Cheng arrived at the door, she heard a noise and came out holding a kitchen knife. She saw someone standing in the yard. It didn't matter who he was, it was a mess when she went up." Chopped, the black lamp was blind, almost chopped Cheng San with a knife, and Cheng San was so scared that he didn't dare to think of her again."

Later, someone added to the situation at that time in a hurry. It seems that this incident was quite famous at the time, and everyone knew it very well.

Qiao Ling listened very seriously, and after he was serious, he looked up at Qiao Yu again, thinking that his brother was really amazing.

Qiao Yu knew what he wanted to say when he saw him like that, and it was hard to say anything with too many people, so he rubbed his head and was going to explain to him again when he went back.

In fact, it's not him who should be thanked by these people, he probably played the role of a matchmaker in the middle.

The matter of Zhao Chongyang and Cheng San suddenly gave Qiao Yu a lot of popularity, and many people who were not interested in the face-to-face also came to join in the fun and buy a bowl to try something new. Claiming that it is really delicious is well-deserved, and I will come again in the future.

On the third day of opening, in less than two hours, nearly half of the noodles that Qiao Yu had prepared were sold out.

This is still when the hard conditions are too bad, and the firepower is not enough to increase the speed, otherwise it must be much faster.

"Brother, your skills are really amazing. Why don't you set up a shop on the street, and you can do business all day long, which is no better than you are running around now." An uncle said with a wipe of his mouth after eating.

Before Qiao Yu could speak, Qiao Ling replied first, "I don't have that much money, brother has already worked very hard."

Everyone didn't know the situation of their family, but after several days, they only saw the two brothers, and they could actually think of it after a little thought.

Two children who depend on each other, it is very good to have a craft to support themselves. Although it is a pity that everyone is not related, but they can't help but buy him a bowl of noodles. After hearing the words, someone changed the topic. I don't want to bring up the sadness of the two, but I feel better towards these two children in my heart. Everyone is a person who makes a living, and most of them have children. The situation is the same for her own children, and she immediately feels distressed by the overflowing motherhood, thinking in her heart: If nothing else, just for these two lovely children, I should also support their business.

Yesterday's events were still warm, and everyone was enthusiastic. They didn't leave after they had nothing to do. They chatted with each other and asked about Qiao Yu's age.

The folk customs in the center are open, men can get married at the age of 20, and women are two years younger. Qiao Yu is good-looking and has a good handicraft. If it is not for the poor family, it is perfect.Besides, it's not that people don't look at character and family background, so when someone brings up the topic, there are quite a few people who inquire with Qiao Yu for a while.

"My little brother is only seventeen this year. That's a little younger, but we can still see each other in advance. Is there any girl who is engaged?"

Qiao Yu didn't expect that everyone would bring the topic up to this point during the chat. Everyone chatted enthusiastically and asked sincerely, so he had no choice but to tell the truth: "No."

Although he didn't, he wasn't worried at all. One of the reasons was that he was really too young at this age. In his eyes, 17 years old was still a child, and falling in love could only be called puppy love, let alone starting a family.The second is that he really doesn't have this kind of thought now. People say that he is full of warmth and thinks about sex/desire. He is still struggling under the line of food and clothing, so he really has no time to think about those romantic things.

The person who asked this question didn't understand what was going on in his heart, so he nodded and asked again: "Then do you have a girl in your heart?"

This is the precursor to being introduced as a matchmaker.

Hearing this, Qiao Ling also raised his head to look at his brother. He never knew what Qiao Yu was thinking about Zhao Siyun. He was different from Qiao Yu. It is a very humiliating thing for the country to be divorced.He didn't know that Qiao Yu didn't care at all, and he didn't dare to ask more questions on weekdays, but now that he was asked, he carefully raised his ears to hear what Qiao Yu had to say.

Qiao Yu actually has nothing to say. Although he had never had a serious relationship with a girlfriend in his previous life, because his parents were gone, his relatives at home didn't talk to him, so he wasn't urged to get married. So he didn't know how to deal with these overzealous uncles and aunts.

So I can only continue to tell the truth: "I don't have a girl I like, and I don't think about it. I just want to earn some money first and send my brother to a private school. The family looks like this. I don't dare to delay other girls. Wait for two years." .”

What he said was sincere, and the old lady who wanted to be a matchmaker and introduced him was not angry when she was politely rejected. Instead, he felt that this child was sensible. After thinking about it, he felt that he was indeed young, and it would not be too late to introduce him later , nodded in agreement and said: "That's right, I'm not too old, it's okay to start a career first and then start a family." After thinking about it, I felt that such a good seedling had to get to the bottom of it first, and said: "I have a distant family. My niece, who is fifteen this year, is pretty and hard-working, but the family conditions are not particularly good, if you don't mind, I will introduce you to my aunt when the time comes, how do you think?"

How could Qiao Yu dare to agree casually, let alone a girl who was only fifteen, even though he was only seventeen now, he felt very guilty when he thought about it, so he smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but I really don't care about it now, and if there is a real destiny, then I will ask my aunt to make a bridge."

The aunt wanted to say more, but was interrupted with a smile: "Aunt Cui, don't talk about it, you will be embarrassed if you talk about it, and it's not that you won't come in the future. When the little brother grows up, it's okay for you to be this matchmaker again." Late."

Everyone burst into laughter, and Qiao Yu was not angry when he was teased, anyway, he had no plans to get married for the time being, and he didn't even plan to talk about love, so let everyone talk about it.

Unexpectedly, just as he thought about it, he heard a smiling voice from behind: "Who will be a matchmaker for you? Are you?"

Qiao Yu turned his head and saw that the visitor had changed into a crow-blue robe today, with a dark pattern bordered on a proud and luxurious border, and a jade pendant of unrecognizable quality was hung on his waist.

If it's not Lu Jincheng, who else is it?

Qiao Yugang was still thinking about being teased casually, but now he suddenly shut up, feeling really embarrassed.