After going out, he saw that he didn't see anyone from Jiang Michia's family, so he breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly to the street.
After walking around a lot and wasting a lot of time talking, Mr. Niu bought vegetables that he was satisfied with.
A carrot, a cabbage, a mustard knot, and a piece of tofu weighing one pound and two taels.
After returning home, Mr. Niu started to make lunch.
The cabbage dumplings are mixed with stick noodles and sweet potato noodles, and steamed into vegetable steamed buns. The carrots and tofu are stir-fried together to form a dish. The remaining piece of mustard greens is cut into thin strips and salted to prepare for the evening meal. Eat vegetable steamed buns and drink stick noodle porridge.
These dishes only cost five cents in total, plus the stick noodles and sweet potato noodles that I ate, they only cost four or five cents in total.
With ten cents, you can feed your family two meals comfortably, but I'm afraid no one can do this.
When it comes to being diligent, thrifty and virtuous, I'm afraid no one can compare to her!
Niu raised his chin proudly.
When the vegetable steamed buns were out of the pot and the fried carrots and tofu were served, there was a sudden movement at the door.
Niu looked around and saw Zhang Yaosheng.
"My husband is back?" Niu was immediately overjoyed, "Why is my husband back for dinner today?"
Niu looked at Zhang Yaosheng expectantly, hoping to hear the words "I miss you, come back and see you" from his mouth.
Zhang Yaosheng had no expression on his face and responded calmly, "The cooking master in the academy got cold and did not go to the doctor. As a result, he passed the illness to others, and several fell ill at once. The mountain chief sent a message to those people. People need to have a good rest, there will be no food supply in the academy during this period."
"Originally, some of my classmates were planning to go out to eat together. I was thinking that going out to eat and drink would be expensive, and I hadn't seen Da Ya for a while, so I came back to take a look."
With that said, he waved to Zhang Daya, "Daya, come to daddy quickly. Dad will bring you maltose."
When Zhang Daya heard that there was maltose, she hurriedly ran over, took the oil paper bag from Zhang Yaosheng's hand, and said crisply and sweetly, "Thank you, dad."
"Go and eat." Zhang Yaosheng only had such a daughter, so he loved and cherished her. He reached out and rubbed Zhang Daya's head, "Daya seems to have grown taller."
But he seems to have lost some weight.
Zhang Yaosheng frowned slightly.
Seeing that Zhang Yaosheng didn't mention her at all, let alone bring her anything back, Niu felt a little aggrieved, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. She just said, "The meal is almost ready. Wash your hands and eat."
"Why are you talking like this?" Zhang Yaosheng heard something was wrong when he heard Niu's words. When he noticed that Niu's front teeth were dark, his face became even more unhappy, "What's wrong with the teeth?"
"I accidentally tripped over the threshold and fell..." When Niu said this, tears fell down. "As a result, I lost two front teeth and it hurt for several days."
"Why are you so careless?" Zhang Yaosheng frowned.
Wealthy families are all high-ranking families, and the threshold is much higher than the threshold for this kind of house.
Even Mr. Niu would trip over such a threshold, so if he passes the exam and lives in a big house, wouldn't he have to trip over it every day?
It seems that this Niu family really does not have a happy life.
Maybe it was because Niu didn't have this destiny, so he had been admitted to the scholar examination for many years, but he had never been able to pass the examination.
Seeing that Zhang Yaosheng did not care about her current situation, but blamed her for not being careful, Niu felt more and more uncomfortable and did not dare to shed any more tears. She only wiped the corners of her eyes, brought the food into the main room, and invited Zhang Yaosheng and Zhang Daya to eat. .
At this time, Zhang Daya was very hungry. Today's dishes included tofu, which was rare to eat. She happily chewed and ate.
Niu also had an empty stomach and kept stuffing vegetable dumplings into his mouth. Also thinking that Zhang Yaosheng wanted to eat more good things, he put the carrots and tofu slices into his bowl.
Zhang Yaosheng's brows wrinkled again.
The taste of carrots and tofu slices stir-fried together is really not delicious, and Niu's cooking skills are not a little inferior to those in the academy.
And such unpalatable carrots, stir-fried tofu slices and vegetable dumplings were eaten so sweetly by Zhang Daya, which shows how bad his food was on weekdays.
This Niu family really doesn't know how to manage a house, and he doesn't even know how to raise and teach his children.
Mrs. Niu was completely unaware of Zhang Yaosheng's boredom at this moment, and was only happy because her husband-in-law came back once in a while, "Since we can't eat in the academy, I think my husband-in-law will come back to eat recently. I'll fry an egg for him in the evening."
an egg…
The corner of Zhang Yaosheng's mouth twitched.
The iron pot in the kitchen is not too small. If you fry an egg, you might not be able to see it.
"The butcher's shop sells pigs every evening. Although the smell is a bit stronger, it tastes like meat. I will buy some in the evening and wash it well with plant ashes. I will eat it in a big pot and it will last me several days." Niu Shi said.
Pigs go into the water...
The corner of Zhang Yaosheng's mouth twitched again.
Those things are indeed fishy, but the smell is really strong. After eating, I am afraid that the smell will be stained on my body, which will last for a long time. If I go to school like this, I am afraid that I will be questioned and laughed at.
What's more, he is a scholar and will be a master in the future. How can he be reduced to eating pigs?
Zhang Yaosheng was unhappy and his tone was not very good, "I give you taels of silver every month for household expenses. Do you know how to budget carefully?"
Those silver taels are not only enough for a big meal of fish and meat, but they are also enough for porridge and side dishes. At least, you won’t eat vegetable dumplings and think about making pigs out of water.
Niu didn't notice that Zhang Yaosheng's tone was bad, and just thought he was praising his diligence and thrift in managing his family, and said hurriedly, "Living in the county town requires spending money everywhere. I save some of the money my husband gave me, so I can save money everywhere." Save everything, and save the remaining money for my husband to take the exam in the future."
"Speaking of which, I have always been diligent and frugal in housekeeping. Only when I take care of the whole family can I feel at ease. I will definitely not be like that Lady Jiang, who eats, drinks and enjoys herself all day long, wishing she could devour the whole family. Song I don’t know what happened to Mr. Lang, but I’m really pitiful to have such a poor woman who doesn’t know how to be frugal.”
Is Song Jingyun pitiful?
How pitiful is he? The real pity is Zhang Yaosheng!
The anger in Zhang Yaosheng's heart could no longer be suppressed, and the chopsticks in his hands fell on the table, "It's Mrs. Jiang's business to eat, drink and have fun, what do you care about them? Besides, Mrs. Jiang makes all the money in the house. Yes, Mrs. Jiang is confident in eating and drinking!"
"Here you are, you are a woman, and everyone else knows how to do some business, do some work, and earn so much money to support your family so that your husband can study with peace of mind. All you do is idle at home all day long, all pointing at me. People make money by copying and writing poems, delaying my study and examination for fame?"
(End of chapter)
