The wife of time travel

Chapter 7

Xu Xiaofu looked towards the gate of the yard, the gate had already been opened, and a tall man walked in, the man was a bit thin, but tall, with a mellow face, wearing a washed-out jacket, saw Xu Xiaofu, He showed her a simple and honest smile, "Sanmei, are you back?"

Xu Xiaofu hummed, and smiled at the man: "Second brother..."

This person is Xu Xiaofu's second brother Xu Qingshan, Xu Qingshan makes a living by hunting.Father Xu is not in good health and has not been to work. Wang's income from sewing, mending, washing and washing clothes on weekdays, plus Zhang Qingshan's money from hunting can only last a month. livelihood.

The Xu family doesn't have any land, this is the capital, and the fields near the capital are very expensive, the Xu family can't afford it at all.

Xu Qingshan closed the courtyard door, and threw the two wild rabbits in his hands beside the kitchen, "Father, third sister, I heard what you said just now, so I changed my clothes and went to touch some fresh mussels."

Wang was a little worried, "Qingshan, it's such a cold day..."

Xu Qingshan said with a smile: "Mother, it's fine, I'm in good health, you and daddy just wait for me at home." Then he turned to look at Xu Xiaofu, "Xiaofu, wait for brother to come back."

Xiao Fu hummed, and stopped talking.The lotus on the side stared at Xu Qingshan carefully, mother said, this is uncle.Uncle, grandfather, and grandmother all seem to be very good people. It would be great if they could live with them all the time.

Xu Qingshan turned his head to look at He Hua again, and said with a smile: "This is He Hua, right? He Hua is waiting for uncle at home, and will cook rabbit meat for He Hua when he comes back at night."

He Hua's eyes lit up and she nodded, "Thank you uncle."

After Xu Qingshan left, the family entered the house, and Father Xu looked at Xu Xiaofu, "Let's go back after dinner tonight."

Xu Xiaofu hummed, she is now a married woman, she is not allowed to stay out overnight, if it spreads, it will be very bad for her reputation, and it will also be an excuse for the Zheng family to divorce her.

Xu Qingshan went to a lake outside the city to touch fresh mussels, and the round trip took an hour.Xu Xiaofu helped Mrs. Wang dispose of a wild rabbit. Originally, Xu Xiaofu did not agree to eat this rabbit. After all, a rabbit can be bought for tens of pennies. The lotus came back for the first time, so I must eat better.Xu Xiaofu didn't insist anymore.

After more than an hour, Xu Qingshan came back with more than a dozen fresh clams with thin shells, yellow and fat.Xu Xiaofu helped cook the rice, and then started to help Xu Qingfei decoct the medicine.

After decocting the medicine and feeding Xu Qingfei the medicine, Xu Xiaofu told the Xu family some precautions. After all, pneumonia may be contagious, so we should pay more attention. Don't ask Xu Qingfei to heal, but others will catch it.Pneumonia is not easy to eat greasy things, so Xu Xiaofu boiled light rice porridge for Xu Qingfei to drink.

Next, Xu Xiaofu told Wang in detail what Xu Qingfei wanted to eat every day, and when to eat it.

After dinner, the sky was already dark, Xu Qingshan sent Xu Xiaofu and He Hua back to Zheng's house.

At the door of Zheng's house, Xu Xiaofu knocked on the door, then turned around and said to Xu Qingshan: "Second brother, you go back, I will go to see the fourth brother tomorrow, don't worry, the fourth brother will be fine .”

Xu Qingshan gave a compliment, glanced at the closed door of Zheng's house, and said: "I will go back when your mother-in-law opens the door." He was worried that Mrs. Zheng would not open the door for Xiaofu.

Xu Xiaofu knocked on the door several times, and the courtyard door opened with a creak. Taking advantage of the moonlight, Xu Xiaofu saw Mrs. Zheng's displeased expression, and seemed to want to curse, but noticed the tall man beside Xu Xiaofu He still didn't curse out, "Hmph, what time is it now, why did you come back!"

Xu Xiaofu didn't argue with her, he just said: "Mother, I'm sorry, I'm late..." Then he turned to Xu Qingshan and said: "Okay, second brother, go back."

Xu Qingshan hummed, and then glanced at Mrs. Zheng again, her eyes were heavy, and Mrs. Zheng was trembling with fear.

After Xu Qingshan left, Xu Xiaofu entered the courtyard.Mrs. Zheng closed the courtyard door and wanted to yell at her. As soon as she opened her mouth, Xu Xiaofu turned around and gave her a cold look, like looking at a dead person. The shocked Mrs. Zheng immediately shut up, and when she recovered, Xu Xiaofu had already Back to the room with the lotus.

Mrs. Zheng yelled angrily on the spot, and Zheng Shiwen, who was scolding, couldn't help feeling bored, and shouted outside: "Mother, it's so late at night that no one is allowed to sleep!" Then Mrs. Zheng closed her mouth and returned. house.

Knowing that Mrs. Zheng had returned to the room, Xu Xiaofu quietly went to the kitchen, boiled hot water, and boiled radish water soaked in chilblains.I fell asleep after washing with the lotus.In the past few days, the two have been insisting on soaking their hands and feet with boiled radish water, and the chilblain on their hands and feet has been cured a lot.

Covered with a quilt that wasn't warm enough, Xu Xiaofu couldn't fall asleep holding the lotus in her arms. She was thinking about the Xu family.The Xu family is too poor, so it's not an option to go on like this. In the future, she can only go back to the Xu family after leaving the Zheng family. What should I think of to make life easier for the Xu family?
After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Xiaofu fell asleep drowsily after thinking about it.The next morning, he woke up again to Mrs. Zheng's scolding.

Get up and make breakfast.

During the meal, Xu Xiaofu told Mrs. Zheng that she was going back to Xu's house. Because of the large number of people, Mrs. Zheng knew that Xu Xiaofu didn't dare to do anything to her, so she opened her mouth and scolded, "You bastard still wants to go back to see you The younger brother who is going to die? Hmph, no way, you just stay at home right now, and you are not allowed to go anywhere!"

As soon as these words came out, Nian frowned, but he just continued to eat and did not help Xu Xiaofu speak.

Xu Xiaofu gave Mrs. Zheng a cold look. Mrs. Zheng was terrified by her stare. Relying on the crowd, she said angrily, "What are you looking at! Dalang, Erlang, look at her, if you weren't here She must have hit my old lady again..."

Zheng Shihua frowned and said: "Mother, your words are too harsh. Besides, sister-in-law is just going home to see her sick brother. Why are you like this?"

Mrs. Zheng snorted coldly: "Just don't allow her to go back..."

After eating, Xu Xiaofu never listened to Mrs. Zheng, and returned to Xu's house with lotus flowers.

Going back this time, Xu Xiaofu didn't go back to Xu's house first, but walked around the capital, and finally turned outside the city.There are mountains and water outside the city, as well as a meandering river.Xu Xiaofu knew that this was the Yazui River, which went directly to several provincial capitals, and the waterway he traveled on weekdays started from the Yazui River.

Xu Xiaofu walked around the pier, and found that there were people coming and going, all of them were busy loading and unloading, and it was very lively.

The reason why she knew such a place was because the second elder brother Xu Qingshan didn't go hunting in the mountains when it was snowing, but came to help here at the pier.This wharf belongs to Prince Cao in the capital, ordinary royal family and nobles are not allowed to do business, but this is just a public statement...

Those who come here to help work all bring their own dry food, and when they are thirsty, they drink a handful of water from the river.

Now it is noon, the workers rested their goods and began to eat dry food. Xu Xiaofu faintly heard a few people chatting, and one of them gnawed on the cold rough bread in his hand and cursed: "Damn it, it's cold Tian'er, it would be nice to have some hot water to drink, but eating cold things all day is too uncomfortable."

Xu Xiaofu's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he hurried away with the lotus. She knew what to do for the Xu family.

Xu's family lives in Donglai Street in the capital city, which is regarded as a 'slum' in the capital city, where all the poor families live.Xu Xiaofu found a meat stall on Donglai Street and asked about the price of the big bone. The meat on the big bone has been picked clean, so it is very cheap, you can buy a big pork bone for only one penny.

Xu Xiaofu returned to Xu's house with an idea in mind.

Father Xu and Mrs. Wang were at home, Xu Qingshan went hunting in the mountains, and it was going to snow in a few days, Xu Qingshan went out early and returned late in the past few days, hoping to hunt more prey.

I went to see Xu Qingfei and saw him asleep, so Xu Xiaofu went out of the house and came to Mrs. Wang and Mr. Xu's room, and said his thoughts, "Father, mother, I'm going outside the city today. I went around and found a way to make money, do you want to try it?"

Wang asked, "What method?"

Xu Xiaofu said: "I saw a lot of people on Cao's dock today, and there's no one selling food there in this cold weather. Mother, I was thinking whether I should make some food and sell it there? Just get some soup and water. Yes, I also asked about the big bones at the meat stall outside, which cost a penny each, and a few of them can be boiled in a big pot, with some radishes in it, how about making a radish and big bone soup to sell? If it is sold Not bad, you can also add a pot of hot and sour soup."

Mrs. Wang was a little hesitant, "Xiaofu, is this going to work?" After all, the Xu family never had any idea of ​​doing business, and they didn't know whether they could make money from eating and drinking.

Father Xu, who was smoking a pipe beside him, said dully, "I can try what Xiaofu said."

Xu Xiaofu is very confident in this method, if there is too much, there should still be a profit of one or two taels a month, at least one or two taels of money may be able to support Xiao Fei's body well.

"I'll ask Qing Shan when he comes back." Wang said.

Not long after, Xu Qingshan came back, this time he brought back a big roe deer, and a dozen mussels, Xu Xiaofu saw the mussel's heart move, and said: "Mother, I used the leftovers from decocting medicine for my younger brother yesterday. Where did the clam meat go?"

Mrs. Wang was busy throwing those mussels into the wooden basin, and said casually: "The meat is too tough, throw it to the rhubarb next door to eat."

Rhubarb is the dog next door.

Xu Xiaofu said: "Mother, don't throw away the mussel meat later, I'll make some for you to eat."

(End of this chapter)