If you don't farm, you will be smashed [End Times]

After walking around the county, Brother Nan asked for a piece of candied haws, and under Xia Chen's reminder, he brought one for his brother, mother, and grandmother.

Xia Chen took the opportunity to buy some clay flowerpots, and also wanted to buy some bamboo baskets and bamboo strips, but Xia Dalang stopped him, saying that there are people in the village who can weave them, and they can exchange two for a bowl of brown rice, which is not worth the money.

There really isn't much to do in this small county town in a remote place, that is to say, Xia Chen has never seen it before, so he bought all the things he wanted to buy in a short time.

Xia Dalang thought about it, it was still early, and his father told him to go back later, so he simply drove the ox cart and took the two children to his uncle's house.When Xia Chen heard this, he asked his elder brother to buy two catties of cakes to take with him.

The grandfather of Xia Chen and Xia Dalang was a butcher in the town. Except Mrs. Xia, the young daughter, there were four other sons who all learned his skills of killing pigs and cattle.

It stands to reason that the family business should have been inherited by the eldest son, but my uncle married the only daughter of a butcher shop in the county. My grandfather simply asked my uncle to come to the county to help his father-in-law open a butcher shop. One side slaughters and the other sells, which can ensure the supply of meat , and can guarantee sales, both parties benefit.

Xia Dalang drove the ox cart to the butcher's shop. His uncle and a few cousins ​​were weighing meat for others. They were very surprised to see the Xia family brothers and asked them to go home for dinner.The uncle immediately ordered his son not to sell the remaining meat, but to take it home and cook it for guests.

In fact, it was getting late, and there were not two pieces of meat left on the meat case, but uncle's attitude was very reassuring.

Xia Chen's second sister, Xia Yinzi, married the younger cousin of the eldest uncle's family. Although the elder sister was already married when Xia Chen was born, she still loved Xia Chen very much and often sent some meat to her mother's house.Xia Chen and Brother Nan came to the county to study, and when Second Sister Xia was not busy at noon, she also delivered meat and vegetables to them a few times.

Second Sister Xia was quite surprised to see that elder brother came home with two packs of pastries.It's not that she thinks Xia Dalang is stingy, it's that she knows that her elder brother, who knows everything from one intestine to the next, is naturally incapable of understanding these ways of the world. Fortunately, his sister-in-law is capable and polite.

Thinking about it this way, when avoiding people, Second Sister Xia teased her brother, Xia Dalang scratched his head, and said with a simple and honest smile: "It was Yuanbao who reminded me."

Second Sister Xia immediately laughed, praised Xia Chen repeatedly, and said that Xia Chen used to be a smart kid, but no, he was much smarter than other kids when he was enlightened.After that, he gave Xia Chen two purses, saying that the elder daughter Xi Niang sewed them for his little uncle.

Xia Chen was young but senior, he touched his body, and the handful of fried beans in his purse had already been eaten by Brother Nan, so he touched his nose and smiled, spread his hands and joked that my uncle is still a poor scholar, I don't have money to buy sweets for my niece, so tell her a story.

Xi Niang is a slender and frail little girl, one year younger than Dong Ge'er, with a timid temper. Hearing Xia Chen's jokes, she hid her lips and smiled behind her mother, and heard him say that he was going to tell a story. expect.

Second Sister Xia is very happy to let her daughter get closer to her younger brother. She has heard from her mother that Yuanbao of their family is very talented in studying. The husband has praised her a few times. If she becomes a scholar or even an official in the future , their relatives can also follow suit.

"Our Yuan Bao is different after studying." Second Sister Xia boasted again, cheering Xia Chen very much: "Second Sister also listen to what story our Yuan Bao is telling."

Xia Chen thought about it for a while, and it was not appropriate to tell girls about beatings and killings. For romantic things, Xi Niang is still young.He hesitated for a while between "Journey to the West" and fairy tales. He caught a glimpse of his niece's shy appearance out of the corner of his eye and made a decision.

Then Xia Chen told a magically modified ancient local version of "Wild Swan": "The story I told is a fiction, that is, a fake, just listen to it."

In ancient society, people didn't dare to talk about the royal family casually, so Xia Chen had to change the background of the heroine. Considering Xi Niang's character, Xia Chen simply compared the situation of the uncle's family, and let the heroine change from a princess of a country to a princess. She became the youngest daughter of a grain shop in a small county town.

"It is said that there is a town of Andersen. There is a grain store in the town. The wife of the store gave birth to him eleven sons and one daughter. The youngest daughter is called Liniang..."

When Xia Chen talked about this, the eldest cousin who passed by suddenly interrupted: "Hey, whose daughter-in-law is this, she is so easy to raise, how old is her daughter? Your eldest nephew is also old..."

Xia Chen: "..." Once the promised time traveler tells a story, will everyone admire him?

Second Sister Xia suppressed her smile and said, "Sister-in-law, the story of Yuan Bao is a lie. No woman in our county has given birth to eleven sons."

"It's fake." The elder cousin sighed in disappointment.

"Yes, it's fake, and this woman is dead, and her daughter is still very young, less than ten years old." Xia Chen reluctantly continued to tell his story: "The owner of the grain shop has married a new wife."

This suddenly aroused the interest of the second sister Xia and the eldest cousin. One said that the bride had eleven more sons after entering the house, and she was afraid that life would be difficult. The other said that if the bride was not kind, the children under her called suffering.

A good fairy tale suddenly turned into a village house fight. Xia Chen's head was as big as a bucket, and he quickly brought the topic back: "This bride is actually not a human being, but a... a spider who turned into a ghost." .”

He originally wanted to talk about snake demons and fox spirits, but then he thought, if people talk about the gourd baby in The Legend of the White Snake and the Romance of the Gods in the future, wouldn't it be easy to play tricks, and he might as well come up with a less popular one.

This turning point shocked everyone who listened to the story. At this time, ordinary people’s spiritual life can be said to be extremely lacking. After all, if they want to read a storybook, they must be literate.Listening to people's stories and singing operas is also a pastime for those who have money and leisure.

Ordinary women like Second Sister Xia gossip about other people’s family with their sister-in-law, which is a daily pastime, so sometimes you can’t blame the women for breaking their mouths, it’s really nothing to divert their attention. Nothing to talk about.

When Xia Chen told this new story, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, even Xia Dalang and Brother Nan, who were not interested at first, came to listen to it.

Xia Chen's expressive ability is good, even if the original story can't be remembered clearly, he still remembers the general plot, and then adapted it according to the situation of the world. He deleted the emotional scene and the heroine's age became younger. Learning from the tenacity and bravery of the heroine is not to fool the niece into a relationship.

The fairy who helped the heroine turned into an old Taoist priest who seemed sloppy but concealed her secrets (refer to Xu Laodao). The necessary condition of the cemetery was deleted, and only hemp was required to make clothes, and other places were also localized one by one.

Following Xia Chen's narration, everyone around was immersed in it. This kind of story with supernatural powers and monsters is not too scary, has many twists and turns, has a slap in the face and a refreshing feeling, and has a happy ending. It is simply not too attractive.

A story is told until the meal is ready, and the people who listen to the story don't want to move. There are also voices discussing new stories at the dinner table, which arouses other people's interest.Second Sister Xia has a good memory, so I don't need Xia Chen to talk about it for him. If I don't remember, Xia Chen will make up for it.The eldest cousin also listened and memorized with her ears pricked up, determined to memorize this new story by heart and tell it to the women she has a good relationship with.

After eating a meal until it was getting dark, Xia Dalang hurriedly took the car home while there was still some light. The children of the uncle’s family were all bought by Xia Chen’s story, and he was reluctant to let him go. The little nephew Bei Geer dragged Xia Chen to go with him. Walking together, and listening to his stories, even the shy and timid Xi Niang asked Xia Chen when he would come next time, and she would make him a purse again.Being able to take the initiative to speak up shows that Xia Chen's storytelling still has some effect.

Before leaving, the eldest aunt stuffed two catties of meat into Xia Dalang's ox cart, which was specially left when cooking dinner today. Xia Chen also asked for some of the bones accumulated in their house and the offal to be disposed of.

At this time, meat resources were not abundant, and some people ate the meat, but few people ate it.After all, most of the offal is difficult to cook, and if the method is not mastered, it will taste bad.If you want to cover the smell of offal, you need a lot of strong-smelling seasonings, but at this time the seasonings are not cheap. People who can afford seasonings don't bother to eat offal, and those who can only eat offal are reluctant to spend so much money to buy it. Top filling condiments.

Among the miscellaneous books that Xia Chen bought in the mall, there are instructions on how to make stewed soup to make stewed meat. He wants to try it. If the result is good, uncles have this condition at home, and the extra offal can be made into stewed meat for sale. It is also an entry.

As for why this business is not done by his own family, for scholars, farmers, businessmen, his family just buys a shop and collects rent. If he starts his own business and is classified as a merchant, he will not even think about taking the scientific examination.

There are many children and grandchildren in the family of several uncles, and it is not an option to learn all the skills of butchers, and the family has always been good to their family. If you give a stewed soup recipe, you will give it. He gave the stewed soup recipe, and the uncles will not treat him badly. .

The extra bones can be taken back to stew bone soup, he still wants to grow taller.After the bone broth is stewed, the bones can be smashed to make bone meal. In the book on making fertilizer, bone meal is used as fertilizer.

Well, he still bought the exorbitantly expensive fertilizer book worth three golds. Isn’t he rich? In fact, the content in the book is quite useful, so it’s not too bad... right?

I wasted time at my uncle's house, and it was already dark when I got home. Master Xia was worried, and waited at the entrance of the village with his old head. .

His father had an old injury on his leg, and it was cold at night, and the cold was easy to relapse, and he couldn't sleep when he woke up from the pain.

Although Xia Chen didn't say it clearly, Mr. Xia's heart was like a bright mirror, very ironic, Yao'er really didn't hurt in vain, he knew how to love others at a young age.

Back home, Xia Chen remembered the reason why his father sent them out today, and after looking around, he did not see Mrs. Lei, so he asked his father directly where Mrs. Lei went.

In front of Mrs. Xia, Master Xia said without changing his face: "This scumbag stole your mother's hairpin together with outsiders, and I will sell her."

Xia Chen blinked and caught the point of his father's words: "Who is the outsider?"

"It's the maid of the Tian family." Mrs. Xia interjected, "I just said that she is not an honest girl. Who would have thought that she was Mrs. Lei's daughter and stole it into our house? If you dare to stay, the Tian family also sold her."

Xia Chen suddenly realized that he said that his father's delay in not doing anything for so long seemed to be not only to squeeze Mrs. Lei's remaining value, but also to wipe out the mother and daughter.

But he still remembered that when Xia Dalang proposed to sell Mrs. Lei, his father did not agree, saying that selling them would fulfill the mother and daughter, why did he change his mind now?

Ask if you don't understand, Mr. Xia smiled and said: "Since ancient times, when you are a thief, you have to be prepared to have your hand chopped off when you reach out. If you stole something from our house, how can you retract your hand properly?"

Xia Chen understood in an instant that Mrs. Lei's hand might be useless. She is a cook with a useless hand and has a reputation of stealing things from the master's house. What will happen in the future.Even if she is sold with her daughter, I don't know if her daughter is willing to support this mother who has become a burden.