I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 121 Old House Coffin 2
Zhou Chenyu smiled as she watched the two figures walking away, and her vigilance relaxed. Suddenly, there was a clang of iron falling from the direction of the dark alley behind her, which immediately raised her nerves.

"Who?" She quickly turned around. Old Zhang, whom she hadn't seen for many days, was standing at the entrance of the alley, his eyes full of fear, and a rusty kitchen knife dripping under his feet. The kitchen knife should have caused the sound just now.

When Zhou Chenyu saw that it was him, he put on a smile and picked up the kitchen knife, "Old man, why didn't you say anything behind me? I was shocked by you."

Deaf Zhang looked at Zhou Chenyu in horror, his body was shaking violently, and he was saying uncontrollably: "Bad people! There are bad people!"

bad guy?

Zhou Chenyu was confused. Uncle Zhang had been here not long ago, and the only people who had been to the stall were Yang Xi, Xiao Qi and Qian Rushan. Qian Rushan was a notorious street bully. If he wasn't the bad guy, who else could he be?
Seeing his nervous and frightened expression, she looked down at the kitchen knife again and couldn't believe it, "Old man, the reason why you stood behind me without saying a word while holding the kitchen knife was because you wanted to protect me and prevent Qian Rushan from hurting me. Right?" ?"

Deaf Zhang nodded crazily, "Bad guy! Stay away from him!"

A warm feeling surged into Zhou Chenyu's heart. He didn't expect that his previous intentional kindness would be so cared for by Uncle Zhang.

She handed the kitchen knife back, "Old man, don't worry, I will protect myself and return the knife to you."

Deaf Zhang bit his dirt-covered finger, shook his head stupidly, and left without saying a word.

Zhou Chenyu originally wanted to chase after him, but the wild deer and rabbits in the stall were unattended. After thinking about it, he could only temporarily keep the kitchen knife for Uncle Zhang and find a suitable opportunity to return it another day.

Not long after, Baoyu came back from lunch and brought some food to Zhou Chenyu.

Zhou Chenyu gnawed on the pancakes he gave him, while the two siblings stood guard in front of the stall without saying a word.

In the afternoon, Xiao Qi indeed called his uncle to buy wild deer, and deliberately concealed his identity.

Zhou Chenyu had no way of knowing that this was the person arranged by Yang Xi. Seeing that the other party was selling it for a fortune, she set the price of the wild deer to two taels of silver, leaving some room for bargaining.

The man didn't even blink, so he quickly concluded the deal.

There were two hares left in the stall and no one cared about them. Baoyu couldn't wait to count the money he earned today, and said with a happy smile: "Sister, we are really lucky today. The customers we met are all generous and generous people, and the money we earned is much higher than expected." An extra tael of silver."

"I know, hurry up and put the money away." Zhou Chenyu sat in the noisy market all day, and his muscles and bones were sore. He couldn't help but stretch. It was okay if he didn't stretch. When he stretched, he noticed that the sky was Full of sunset.

She kicked Baoyu's shoes with her toes, "It's already dark, and we've been waiting for so long and no one has bought hares. Anyway, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival in two days, so let's keep these two for ourselves. What do you think?"

"Sister, okay." Baoyu thumped his sore shoulder, "This way, we can go back earlier."

The two siblings reached an agreement on their goals, quickly emptied the stalls, and rushed to the market to buy some pig bones, pork, and some miscellaneous fungi.

When they came out after shopping, they wanted to take a detour to buy some mooncakes, but the weather turned cold and the sky turned dark too quickly. They didn't want to walk in the dark at night, and it would be the same for buying mooncakes tomorrow, so they pushed the trolley back to Zhoujiacun first. .

In autumn, several corn stalks planted in Wubei's vegetable garden have produced fruit, but the loofahs are old, some peppers have turned red, and the dry and crisp leaves are full of holes bitten by insects.

Li Xiuju carried the basket and picked a basket of chili peppers and some corn. She also took a knife and cut off the old, hard loofah. She took it home and hung it on the beam outside the kitchen to dry.Zhou Chenyu entered the house carrying a bunch of meat and pork bones, and Huang Dou ran over and sniffed them vigorously.

The bench under Li Xiuju's feet was shaking. Zhou Chenyu quickly put down the pork bones and meat, ran over to support him, and said helplessly: "Old lady, these loofahs are old, why did you pick them back? Just throw them away. We are here today. We earned almost three taels of silver from selling wild deer and pheasants, so we have money to spend."

"Really? There are so many." Li Xiuju smiled and tied the rope around the loofah tightly. "Okay, although this old loofah cannot be eaten, it can be kept for washing the pot."

Li Xiuju stepped off the bench and patted the dust on her sleeves and the spider webs she accidentally stuck on, "Three taels of silver, have all those living things been sold?"

Baoyu heard the sound and came back with two hares, "Mom, the pheasants and wild deer are all sold out, and there are still two hares left. Can we keep them for the holidays?"

Li Xiuju glanced at the cage. The price of the prey was much higher than they expected, which was a big surprise. Moreover, as the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, it would not be a bad idea to kill two hares to add an extra dish.

She smiled, "Okay, let's keep it in the yard first. It's getting late. You guys have been busy all day, so you must be tired and hungry. Mom will make you dinner."

The two of them stayed at home to cook, while Baoyu carried a bamboo pole and went outside to look for chickens, ducks and geese.

Zhou Chenyu rubbed his hands, unable to help: "What should we eat tonight?"

Li Xiuju already knew it in her mind and smiled: "Mom will make two dishes and one soup, a wild loquat pork bone soup, a mixed mushroom braised tofu, and spicy stir-fried twice-cooked pork."

Li Xiuju blanched the newly bought pork bones in water, put them into the pot along with the wild loquats, soybeans and sliced ​​corn, and slowly simmered the soup over medium heat.

Zhou Chenyu squatted in front of the stove and watched the fire while picking the fungi he bought from his grandma. After peeling off the skin of the fungi, he took them out, washed them, and put them on the chopping board.

Li Xiuju was afraid that they would be hungry, so she hurriedly cooked, "Chen Yu, look at the tofu in the pot. If one side is browned, turn it to the other side. Mom cut the meat and peppers."

"it is good."

Zhou Chenyu took the shovel from Li Xiuju and paid attention to the white tofu in the pot. After frying for a while, the edges of the tofu turned golden brown. She turned the tofu one by one from the center to both sides.

All the tofu was fried until golden and slightly burnt. Li Xiuju smelled the aroma, took the shovel, and poured a plate of chopped mushrooms into the pot. The thick tofu juice softened the mushrooms, and the salty juice and the fresh and crispy Mix the miscellaneous bacteria evenly and finally serve them out of the pot together.

Zhou Chenyu walked into the main room carrying the fried tofu stew with mixed mushrooms and covered it with an empty plate.

The sound of pork belly being cooked came from the kitchen, the hot oil frying the fatty meat crackled, and then the chopped green peppers were added. The crystal clear hot oil moistened the surface of the green peppers, and the fragrant juice oozing out of the green peppers melted into the pork belly. The choking fragrance is really something that makes people love and hate it.

"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough." Zhou Chenyu and Li Xiuju choked to tears in the kitchen.

Baoyu heard it from all the way and came over happily but had no reaction at all, "With this fried pork with green pepper, I can have a few more bowls of rice tonight, hehe."

(End of this chapter)