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Chapter 198: Stealing the chicken but losing the rice (two chapters in one)

Xu Tianxin felt it was so hard.

When she opened her eyes in a daze, it was still dark outside and the room was dark. She was about to get up.

Don't you know that the train is about to leave at the shop?

Her third uncle next door also got up an hour ago to chop wood and prepare the firewood for the house.

Xu Laosan had just finished feeding the cows and was loading the cattle cart. He was so busy that he was sweating.

And his niece Xu Tianxin tentatively stretched out her little hand from the quilt, still with her eyes closed, and touched the cotton jacket and trousers under the kang mat just as she stood up.

Since winter has entered, grandma will put the clothes she is going to wear on the hot kang to keep warm in advance.

It feels warm when worn like this.

Xu Tianxin touched the kang mat next to him with his hand and suddenly realized that his grandma was picked up by a car and taken to the shop in the middle of the night. No one warmed her clothes.

No, someone heats it up.

The old lady got up early and went to her great-granddaughter's room to stuff her cotton-padded jacket and trousers under the mattress.

At the moment, the old lady is heating rice and burning the kang in the outer room.

The old lady knew in her heart that her daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law's group had not returned last night, so they should have eaten there.Later, the third child, Tian Xin, must also go to the shop to eat, and after making breakfast, he will eat alone.

But she still cooked more wild vegetable porridge. Knowing that her great-granddaughter didn't want to eat whole grain pancakes, she got up early and steamed a lot of white flour red bean buns, and took two chopsticks of mustard greens and pickles and put them next to the stove.

My daughter-in-law’s family is in good condition now, and if she’s tired from working and doesn’t want to save on her mouth, then she can eat.

Who wouldn’t know how to eat if they had extra money?

If the third grandson and Tian Xin stay home for dinner this morning, the old lady plans to cut two more salted duck eggs.If you don't want to eat it, don't cut it.As for dry food, it won't be wasted if she makes too much. The bean buns produced in this pot are enough for her to eat for several days, and she can also pack some for her third grandson who is about to travel far.

Since opening the shop, the old lady has been staying at home to do handicrafts, washing clothes, cooking the house, serving vegetables, growing bean sprouts, and taking charge of managing the work of women in the village.

Although she doesn't need to take care of it, her daughter-in-law has also found reliable people. She will take charge of each business. In addition to salary, she will also be paid more management fees. If there is any problem, she will go directly to the person in charge.

But the old lady is used to worrying and is always afraid that others will take advantage of her family.I can't help but stare.

At this time, the old lady put the prepared bean buns and vegetable porridge in a pot to warm, and used the nearby stove to boil a pot of hot water, leaving it for her grandson and great-granddaughter to wash their faces, and then went to the side rooms on both sides.

She wants to pack the dishes.

At first, the old lady didn't take it seriously, thinking that her daughter-in-law wanted to go to heaven to earn some money, and she was too docile and refused to listen to advice.Is it possible to grow fresh vegetables in the middle of winter?Spending money on adding stoves and firewalls is sheer nonsense.

Later he lived.

The old lady couldn't tell whether it was because of the horse manure base fertilizer to keep warm, or because there were so many stoves added.Anyway, now, everything is supported.I'm so glad that my emotional intelligence has been forced to improve a lot now. I didn't say anything disappointing at the beginning, otherwise I would get slapped in the face.

At present, there are vegetable shelves on the floor and windowsills of the two wing rooms of the Xu family, including the empty space in the house where she lives.Xu's green plants are vegetables.

Even the mint and flowers that Xu Tianxin raised were grown in other people's homes and he had no place to put them in his own home.

Vegetables grown from vegetable roots include: celery, leeks, garlic seedlings, and green onions inserted into the long flower pot made of wood. Slowly, fresh onions will grow on their own.

The old lady had to put in a lot of energy to serve these dishes.

Because it has to be heated up in every house, bean sprouts have to be sprouted for takeout every few days.

The old lady was busy packing the bean sprouts and cutting the fresh celery and garlic seedlings. She was telling her third grandson Yougang: "When delivering goods to several restaurants, be sure not to freeze the vegetables."

Recently, restaurants in the town ordered Xujia dishes and sausages, sticky bean buns, vermicelli from big noodles, fish balls, pork floss, braised pig head meat, and Wanjia’s frozen tofu and dried tofu skin. This business was contacted by Zhao Dashan .

The restaurant here will use bamboo slips to hang out menus depending on what ingredients are available that day.

Therefore, the Xu family is also very casual in shipping goods. Sometimes they will deliver goods when they go out to do errands and pass by.But most of them are Zhao Dashan's Guokui shop, which requires starch sausage and instant noodles, or they ask people to send messages to Fucheng restaurants and inns in the county, and then deliver the goods to restaurants in the town.I won’t go out of my way to town.

It's okay to send a message now. Don't worry about contacting other people for business outside. Just send a message or a letter directly to Lord Zhenting Zhao.

For example, a while ago, I asked various places to help me buy rare fish. There were several times when Zhao Dashan's servants went to the villages below to check and clear the snow, or they went out to run errands and brought back fish.Whether they are buying from fishmongers or ordinary people in forest areas, they still dare not fool them.

In addition, restaurants in Xishan Town also order Xu family products.

The last two times Xu's family went to order porcelain, the car was basically full and the porcelain was brought back.

The best restaurant in Xishan Town. I heard that Xu’s family sells sausage, sticky bean buns and meat floss, so I took the initiative to find the porcelain boss as a middleman to introduce them. He said that there was no problem between the two towns and whether he could also deliver the goods.Xu Youyin said hurriedly, I also have fresh vegetables, bean sprouts, frozen tofu and the like, do you want them?

Just like that, now the Xu brothers go to Xishan Town to buy porcelain and don't need to spend money on food at all.The restaurants there are very smart, and they will give you a free bowl of hot soup noodles every time they make a delivery. Sometimes, if there are steamed buns on the menu that day, they will also bring you a basket of steamed buns.

After all, the Xu family only goes there every few days.

The two restaurant owners in the town have also heard that the Xu family has business in Fucheng and County, and they are busy replenishing goods there, and they make a lot more money.It's so cold and cold that I don't have time to go out of my way to deliver goods to a small town.If you have the time, you might as well go all out and go to the capital.

And this time Xu Laosan went on a long trip again, and it was the shortest number of days between them.

Because even Xu Tianxin himself did not expect that the porcelain bottle would be used up so quickly.

Isn’t that right? Xu Laosan was reminding the old lady:

"Milk, you don't need to pack too many sausages. The last time I sent the goods, the two restaurants couldn't keep them and they haven't been sold out yet. Bring less vegetables. If you don't keep the goods, the vegetables will freeze under the quilt. It’s better to stay here in the shop and earn cash.”

Hearing this, the old lady took back some sausages and sighed in her heart while thinking:

How can this be done? I heard from my daughter-in-law that the house will be expanded next year, and a new shop will also be built and expanded. You see, the family will make more money, and the shop will become bigger and bigger.It will cost a lot of money to build a house.

A month ago, she wouldn't have dared to think that her daughter-in-law's newly built big house was not big enough to stock and grow vegetables. Everywhere she looked was very narrow.

Just like that, all the people who worked were moved to other people's homes, and those who had to pay the rent for this stall and that stall.

Not to mention, Tian Xin would have to pay half a tael of silver as rent. Fortunately, the landlord was an old man who only had two daughters and was married off.The old man was taking a bath in the shop, and the old woman was left at home. In addition to delivering food to the old man, she also collected firewood for Tian Xin to use.People are still very kind.

Otherwise, the old lady would be even more troubled. In her opinion, spending money to rent a house would be taken advantage of.

As soon as I thought about Cao Cao, Xu Tianxin came.

Xu Tianxin stuffed a horsehair toothbrush in his mouth and said vaguely: "Tainai, don't always look at my lamp oil. Why do you blow it out for me when I light the lamp?"

She slept so deeply because there was no light in the room. In the north, it was bright in the morning and dark in the early morning.

The old lady clicked her tongue and said, "I went over to see you and fell asleep while holding the book. Reading at night is not good for your eyes. Besides, if I don't blow it out for you, it will burn all night long."

The urine pail was specially placed in the kitchen house so that it could be accessed in the dark.But this child insisted on lighting the lamp and didn't know how to blow it out.Life must be calculated.

Let’s make money again, some money shouldn’t be wasted.I have forgotten the hard days of drinking dog tail porridge. This is, one by one.

I really forgot how the child came to carry two large strings of copper coins on his shoulders.

"What did you do with so much money so early in the morning?" Xu Tianxin handed two large bunches of heavy copper plates to the old lady: "My wife, I'll send my third uncle away first, and then go to the shop to help my grandmother write the menu. Then I'll go back Village, but I will retreat in the house where I work. These two days, I have something on my hands, and I must be busy as well. Please keep the money, and I will pay for the wages of the workers in our family. You these two days Don’t forget to pay for my milk.”

"Can you trust me?" The old lady's nose suddenly felt a little sour, and she thought to herself: Even your uncles can't trust me. I only let her eat and drink in this house, but never let her touch the money.

"What are you saying? There is nothing credible about it."

The wages are all calculated in advance. Why do you seem so moved?

"You are the only one in the family who can make a lot of money. You are too top-notch and too discerning. Great-granddaughter, we can't do any better. Let's leave a way for others to survive. Otherwise, others will be compared to you and they will be too unsatisfactory... …”

Before the old lady finished her praise, Xu Tianxin jumped on the bullock cart.

The old lady chased her to the gate: "What are you going to do? The rice is hot in the pot, so just stay home and eat."

"Go to the shop and eat fried dough sticks!"

Alas, she was alone again, and she also wanted to eat fried dough sticks.

The old lady stood at the door of Xu's house and slapped her legs again. Oh, why was she so stupid that she came out with money in her arms? This was too revealing of her wealth, so she hurried back to the hospital.

The child trusts her, and she will never spend a copper coin by mistake.

……

"The caravan is preparing to leave for the town. Please be prepared, officers."

Mule carts loaded with goods were pulled to the door of the shop.

Shopkeeper Zhang's men were checking out.

Shopkeeper Zhang himself was sitting cross-legged on the hot kang, and continued to drink tea and chat with the leader of Lu Shang in an unhurried manner.

This time I don't have to worry about them at all when I go out.

Just send some of your subordinates to keep an eye on the goods and make sure they don't pick up the wrong ones. As for loading, the villagers of Erdaohe will help with the loading.He also brought the rations for the mule to eat in the town today.Because I paid a day's worth of money, I missed a meal, so I didn't take advantage of him.

So in order to avoid the cold for a while, many people just sit on the hot kang and wait for the call.

It wasn't until this "please be prepared" that Shopkeeper Zhang started to put on his leather hat and jingang grass shoes.He just needs to go straight out.

The leader of the Lu Shang team wearing a cloak on the side also asked his subordinates: "Have you finished settling the account?"

"It's done. The store also gave away a lot of toothbrushes that everyone used. When I saw that they couldn't just have brushes, I also bought two bamboo tubes of tooth powder." We meet people to talk and so on. This time we have to contact the Zhenbei Army and officials. , it just so happened that they were not fully prepared.As well as a few bars of soap, a can for the shopkeeper to wipe his face, a bottle for wiping his hair, and three pairs of ready-made thousand-layer cotton shoes.

It was all recommended by the tea merchants. The tea merchants arrived early and I heard they even bought medicine. How could they be free when they arrived in the middle of the night?

"This hotel is really nice. The food is good. I'll stay here when I pass by on my way back. Let's go."

The question came, how to go. There were no road signs from Erdaohe to the town. It was strange. There used to be one every now and then.

The villagers of Erdaohe were very enthusiastic: "You don't need to read the sign, gentlemen, just walk. If you don't walk very far, you will see a Gulu Road with houses being built next to it..."

Wait a minute, no one in the two caravans can understand.

Liu Laozhu scolded the villagers, can they speak some Mandarin.

Please Laozhu Navigation to serve you.

"Keep going. About three miles ahead, follow the road and turn to the right. You will see someone building a green brick house with a stable on the roadside. At this time, a group of people have been designated to continue building. That is the north of the town. The guard house where the army is stationed here has not finished setting up the kang."

and then?
Then no.If you are really afraid of going astray, if it doesn't work, just find someone to ask you what to do next.

This navigation is over.

When Xu Laosan drove to the shop, he saw this scene.

Mrs. Xu hurriedly stuffed a few fried dough sticks into the third child's oil paper bag. The hot water bag had already been installed. Zhang Luo said: "Two big shopkeepers, let my third child lead the way. He happened to be going out to deliver goods. If you follow him, you can get into the city as quickly as possible."

Shopkeeper Zhang immediately joked with the Luzhou manager next to him and said, "Look, I have long said that my aunt's family is extraordinary, and even this Erdaohe is extraordinary."Let's live here and borrow all the money.

The voice was not deliberately lowered.

Mrs. Xu couldn't pretend not to hear, so she could only smile and say modestly, "They are just ordinary villagers, there is nothing special about them. It's just that my cows are reddish brown, which is rare here, and my car has a big logo on the plate. People here can’t even pretend they’re not impressed by my bullock cart.”

Only then did the caravan stewards realize that this was not the case. There was a big word written on the side of the Xu family's car: CHUA.

What does it mean?
Mrs. Xu said that only the locals would understand what children do when they are playing around. They run away in a flash, which means fast.

Well, no matter it was for Zhenting's sake, there were still well-informed people who knew that Xu Tianxin knew the generals in the Zhenbei Army. When he saw the Xu family's vehicles, he could guess that they were delivering goods everywhere, and he would not provoke him if he could.

The car is parked outside, and the goods placed in the car cannot be taken carelessly.Otherwise, if you steal from the Xu family, we will really investigate.

"Guest officers, welcome to visit again!"

It was around seven o'clock in the morning, and it was not bright yet, so we still needed to light a torch.

The heavy feeling of winter in the north, the clouds of white mist exhaling from the mouth, and the squeaking sound of wheels on the snow-covered road, the two long mule teams seemed to be integrated into this early morning ink painting.

Many of the escorts who were buying pig paws, pork knuckles and liquor also looked back and waved to the Erdaohe villagers.

Background music playing in the live broadcast room:
True love is like a plum blossom that has bloomed. The cold ice and snow cannot drown it. It blooms on the coldest branches... The snowflakes are fluttering, the north wind is blowing, and the world is vast.

Xu Tianxin hummed: "This feeling flows forever, in my heart..." while he hurriedly ran back to the house with his arms folded, and hurriedly ate fried dough sticks.

The villagers of Erdaohe also went back to their shops to tidy up and catch up on their sleep.

What they didn't know was that an incident occurred not far away when the caravan turned a corner.

Several villagers in Wangjiagou Village were squatting beside a few small carts covered with quilts, shouting to the caravan: "We sell big ballast porridge and salted duck eggs!"

Two caravans passed by one after another, but they didn't even give them a look.

In Erdaohe Village, Dazai porridge is served free and unlimited.As long as you drink it, it's there.Even if you meet someone who takes advantage of you and buys food for free in Erdaohe, you will be provided with it.

Not to mention, when someone had leg pain, they gave hot compresses with salt bags and moxibustion with ginger slices.The water used to wash your face in the morning is also warm.

After the caravan left, the men from the Wangjiagou family scolded their wives: "You must listen to Wang Laoba every day. Do you have so many bowls? You don't even have a place to warm yourself by the fire. Let people squat on the street and drink them." Do you want to drink when your stomach is cold?"

If you are not allowed to come, you have to come and cut off your beard. This time it is settled. Let’s have a week’s worth of porridge.

"What should we do, his father, Xu Laosan also saw us in the team. Will Erdaohe go to our village to smash and loot again? Those girls in Erdaohe Village are crazy, they pull their hair and beat us. "

"What should we do? Cold salad, if Li Zheng knew it, he would not be able to spare our family. This time, when the river fish opens, they won't buy from us. Let's see if you can't stop it."

(End of this chapter)