Tao Zhu: "..."
Although it is dark, it is a busy wheat day and there are still many people working in the fields at this moment. Some people even sleep in the wheat fields because they are afraid that the wheat will be stolen.
This place is located at the entrance of the village, and indeed people will come here at any time.
Staring at the three patties, he gritted his teeth to avoid swallowing in vain.
He ate four vegetables and a bowl of wild vegetable soup at noon, and he was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back.
But exchanging two vegetables for three big meat pies, he had never seen such a good thing in his life.
This was such an advantage that he didn't dare to take it...
Li Qiao saw that Tao Zhu was not moving, so he walked over and stuffed the meat pie into his arms: "Eat quickly."
"I don't want to ruin your reputation, but if someone really sees it, then we will get married. But now I owe gambling debts, and I am still a bad person in everyone's impression. Are you willing to marry..."
"you shut up!"
Seeing that Li Qiao was talking more and more outrageously, Tao Zhu, who originally wanted to refuse, couldn't help scolding him: "If you continue to talk nonsense, I will... um..."
He was forced to swallow back the harsh words he had not finished speaking.
Because a meatloaf was stuffed into his mouth.
Li Qiao was waiting for him to speak. When he opened his mouth, he quickly stuffed a meat pie into his mouth.
"..."
Tao Zhu was confused.
The eyes are even wider, like cat eyes, very cute.
Li Qiao suppressed a smile: "Eat quickly."
Tao Zhu: "..."
After two seconds of silence, he took the meat pie from Li Qiao's hand.
At this point, it would be hypocritical to refuse any further.
The meatloaf was freshly made and was still slightly warm. Because it was wrapped in oil paper, the outer skin was not crispy. But when he took a bite, his mouth was filled with oily pork. It was so fragrant that he swallowed it directly without even chewing a few times. middle.
His stomach, which was cramping due to hunger, was not satisfied with this bite of meatloaf. It took control of his body and directed his hands to lift the meatloaf and send it to his mouth.
When he came to his senses again, he had already eaten most of the meatloaf.
"..."
Cheeks feel hot.
He turned around with his back to Li Qiao, feeling a little embarrassed.
His eating looks were too ferocious. I wonder if he scared the person behind him...
"Do you have water? Don't choke."
Li Qiao's gentle voice sounded behind him.
He pursed his lips and did not speak.
Li Qiao knew that he was embarrassed. He glanced at the wheat scattered on the ground, put away his thoughts of helping, and said: "Actually, I still have a few fish left here, but if I give you the fish, you will definitely not be able to explain the origin of the fish. So I won’t give you any fish today.”
"I'll give you the fish in two days when there's no one around."
"I'll give you the remaining two patties. If you can't finish them, hide them and eat them tomorrow."
"I am leaving."
After saying these words, Li Qiao wrapped the remaining two meatloaf in oil paper and stuffed them into Tao Zhu's arms. Then he picked up the basket on his back, picked up the wooden bucket, and strode towards the village.
It wasn't until he entered the village that Tao Zhu looked at him again.
The night was hazy, and he was too far away to see his back.
But inexplicably, Tao Zhu felt a sour and empty feeling in his heart.
This man is actually domineering, but also a little gentle...
After a moment, he laughed to himself and grabbed the meatloaf in his hand.
How could an older leftover like him have the right to think about things?
He gave Li Qiao two vegetable nests, and Li Qiao gave him three meat pies. He had already taken advantage.
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Chapter 04 Selling Fish You Can Ask Brother Zhu
The layout of Tao's courtyard is similar to that of Li Qiao's, with several houses made of adobe.
When Tao Zhu arrived home, his eldest brother Tao Shu was coming out of the kitchen picking his teeth.
And his sister-in-law was nowhere to be seen. She must have fallen asleep.
As for his father, because of his poor health, he usually lies in bed and rests as soon as it gets dark.
Tao Shu saw Tao Zhu coming back and said lazily: "You're back. There's rice left in the pot. Eat it quickly."
"After eating, unload the wheat from the cart and remove another hundred pounds of wheat grains. The wheat used for testing to make maltose the day before yesterday became moldy and cannot be used."
"……good."
Tao Zhu responded.
His sister-in-law likes to eat sweets, but sweets are too expensive for his family to afford, so his eldest brother quietly climbed up the wall of a family in the county town who knows how to make maltose.
As a result, he was discovered just after he took a look into the yard.
Finally, I paid him two taels of silver and settled the matter.
But his eldest brother refused to give up.
After returning to the village, I started making maltose from wheat.
But his eldest brother only saw people washing wheat and didn't know anything else, so he tried three times in a row, all of which failed.
The wheat he had worked so hard to grow for more than half a year was wasted.
With a wry smile, he parked the cart and prepared to wash his hands and eat.
He had only eaten one meatloaf just now, and hid the remaining two in the wheat on the cart. He wanted his parents to also taste the meatloaf.
At this time, Mrs. Tao came out of the kitchen and saw Tao Shu standing in the yard. She immediately said, "Shu'er, why don't you go to bed? You've been making maltose for a day, aren't you tired?"
"Let's go, mother, you should go to bed early and let Brother Zhu take off Mai Li alone."
Tao Shu warned with concern.
"Well, with my old arms and legs, I really can't do much work."
Mrs. Tao looked at Tao Zhu: "Brother Zhu, there is rice left in the pot for you. You can eat it and then thresh it. Take a rest when you are tired."
"Okay." Tao Zhu quickly washed his hands and entered the kitchen.
There was a smell of green onion pancakes in the kitchen. The smell was not strong, but for a person like Tao Zhu who ate wild vegetables and grains all year round, the faint smell was still very fragrant, and he could smell it right away.
With a faint smile on his face, he opened the lid of the pot with anticipation.
A bowl of wild vegetable soup and four vegetable nests.
The green onion pancake was nowhere to be seen.
…
He stopped laughing, picked up the wild vegetable soup with one hand and the vegetable nest with the other, and ate it in big mouthfuls as before.
After eating, his stomach was completely full, and the yard was already quiet.
His parents, eldest brother and sister-in-law were all asleep.
By the moonlight in the sky, he began to thresh the wheat.
His family did not have an oxcart, so he had to pull a stone roller to crush the wheat ears to thresh the wheat. When he had removed one hundred kilograms of wheat grains, it was already late at night and he was so tired that he felt so weak that he did not want to move.
After resting for a full quarter of an hour, he stood up and took the two meat pies out of the cart.
This time he didn't gobble it up, but took small bites and ate extremely slowly.
He was afraid that he would never be able to eat meat pie like this again in his life.
Inexplicably, the image of Li Qiao appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but chew.
Recalling the pitiful details, his mood improved a lot, and he even had a smile on his face. Not only did he eat three big meatloaf tonight, he was respected and felt tenderness...
He would remember tonight for the rest of his life.
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Li Qiao had just returned home and before he could put down the barrel and basket, Li Gu's eldest son Li Chunsheng came.
Li Chunsheng came to give a return gift: five pounds of wheat flour that was just ground today.
After seeing off Li Chunsheng, Li Qiao counted the gifts from several families and felt very satisfied.
Everyone in the village knew about the original situation, so the gifts from these families were food.
The village chief's family gave him twenty eggs.
The third uncle’s family gave me ten large white-flour steamed buns.
My uncle, who was close to my original parents, gave me two kilograms of white rice.
In addition to the five kilograms of wheat flour that Li Chunsheng sent just now, together with the fish, it is enough for him to eat for three days.
After washing, he lay down on his original wooden bed covered with a layer of wheat straw and fell asleep quickly.
He fell into an extremely deep sleep, and when he woke up, it was already bright.
