Chapter 7 The village recognizes relatives

It was still the widow of the old village who was in the old village, with gray hair and a neat face, and walked in with a crutch, and the other villagers also gave her some way out before leaving. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info came to the incumbent village square: "Little stone! Will they really beat us up again? Will you still ask for our big car? How are you going to divide this amount of money? I know you won't be greedy for ink, but wealth is moving! You shouldn't show them all. Are these high rollers coming in the right way? ”

The village has seen some of the world, many small cities in cities and big cities have gone to work, but I didn't expect their villagers to see this silver, and after they said it, the amount after being exchanged for coins became like this. Facing the widow of his predecessor Muramasa, he still bowed down in a very polite voice and replied: "Old lady, they may not come here in the future, and they may not use our big car when they come." However, because of our hospitality and my bitterness, they begged me that for the sake of my honest and decent part, they would choose the road here in the future, and they would not call for the carts from other villages to come to me directly. If we do a good job and keep it secret, the business will be secure. O old woman! I'm really doing this for everyone! After paying taxes, we can't exchange the grain we grow for a few dollars, and some people who don't have land have to pay rent and whether they can eat is a problem! Over the years, I have been bothered by these things, if my uncle hadn't bothered too much about these things, maybe he would be here now. As he spoke, he left a few tears, wiped his sleeve lightly, and continued: "It's not easy to come across such a business, even if they pass through once a year, we don't have a natural disaster, and the crops in the field will no longer starve." The silver thing is not easy to divide, I am going to go to the city with the convoy in person to exchange for coins, big and small money, and change some into boxes and pull them back. The car is divided into three, and the salary of the person will of course be calculated at the high point, and then the rest will be divided according to the head of the whole village, so that everyone can have some income. Seeing that winter is coming, with these coins to save some points, everyone is having a better time this winter. At this point, he stopped and looked at the audience, and no one was dissatisfied. Although the wealth is moving, but the hearts of the people are long, think about those difficult households can have a good year this year, they are all satisfied. Seeing that the villagers were still so simple and honest, the village was still saying: "The road is very right, and there are official documents, the old lady can rest assured!" ”

Then he explained some things and arranged the accommodation of the distinguished guests, and the village was preparing to pay some more blood for his own family to provide food for these adults. He named the two butchers in the village, and said in front of the whole village that in order to satisfy the guests, his family would kill pigs and pack their food. Now the whole village was moved, and the village was killing the pigs that everyone originally kept for the New Year and now they are not very fat. Kill a pig, kill one and hand it over to the government's village Zheng, this is really bleeding. Only Muramasa himself knows that as long as this old man can take in his own children, the pig is a fart. The butcher went home to get his tools, and the village trotted all the way back to the neighbor's house, and called out to the children and the women to kill the pigs, and the women to go home and boil the water. The family returned to their own house, and the three sons were still cleaning their rooms at home, and he called them together and said to the three sons: "Your future is in these people, and you will serve them well." Our family is about to develop, and now Lao Tzu can't tell you more, and you are not allowed to leave the village without Lao Tzu's consent from today. "When the three sons hear it, they can still have a future, what is the loss of two pigs? I can't be happy, I think Daddy really has a way! After the village was done, he trotted to the hall and took out an empty bottle from the cupboard. After taking it, he trotted to the firewood room, closed the door, opened the pyre, took out the bamboo tube containing the artifact, and carefully filled the small bottle. With the bottle full of fetish, he trotted all the way to the old woman's house.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he shouted, "Is the old lady back?" A voice came from the courtyard: "It's back!" Is it a small stone? "It turns out that the village has such a popular name! Muramasa hurriedly replied: "Yes! It's me! Where are you, old woman? Don't come and pick me up, I'll come by myself! The old woman replied, "Go to the hall!" Coming soon! My backyard! The village was tidying up his clothes, and he walked into the hall and stood at the door of the hall. As soon as she stood still, the old woman came, still holding her cane, and said, "Little stone! What are you doing so politely? Come into the house and sit down and talk about something! After the old woman sat on the chair, he took out the small bottle in his chest, handed it over with both hands, and whispered: "I often bother the old lady when I was young, and today the distinguished guest gave me something to honor the old woman." In addition, for the sake of this business, I would like to ask my old aunt to let my younger siblings cook at my house. I'm going to kill the pig, and I'll bring some to the old woman later." When the old woman heard this, she said, "Alas! You're just like your deceased uncle! For the sake of everyone's hard work and wealth in the village, I'll wait and call your two younger siblings to go over together, and I'll go there myself! When my mother's family was a cook, I taught them all this skill, but I also contributed to you when you made a lot of money! Before I opened the stopper, I knew what it was, and I was surprised: "Huh! This is honey water! It's so rich, and it tastes sweet when you open the stopper, which is a good thing! It's very valuable, is it really given to you by someone? Don't steal from anyone! Muramasa hurriedly said, "It's really given to me!" It turns out that this thing is called honey water! I even tasted it! The old woman was a little blamed: "It's really given to you, you can't drink it if you don't know how to take it!" This is only used by nobles, making pastries and big dishes, and seasonings. You actually took it and drank it! Muramasa said: "This is what their boss asked me to taste, and I just took a sip, and they said that he took this thing to drink to prolong his life when he went out." I just thought about bringing it to the old woman. But in my heart, I was thinking that I could drink two sips in order to show my loyalty, and I didn't care about regretting it. If he hadn't drunk two sips directly, the boss wouldn't have accepted his son! The old woman craned her neck, lifted the bottle, dropped a small drop on her lips, smacked her lips, and said, "It's so sweet! It's so sweet! Sweet soaked in the heart! Plugging the bottle, he saw that Muramasa swallowed his saliva and smiled and said, "Gluttonous cat!" You're almost fifty, looking at you like that? It's the same as when I was a kid! Auntie, this is a taste, and then she made up her mind, what can you do with this? Don't you dare to drink boiling water like they do! can use this as boiling water to drink, their identity must be indescribably valuable! No problem! ”

Muramasa thought that he didn't know if it was right or wrong to come to your old man, and he even knew such a fetish, and deduced the identity of the old man. hurriedly greeted: "Yes, it's unspeakably expensive, don't tell your aunt!" The old lady knew the severity and said, "Well! Keep your mouth shut! Don't let people know about this kind of thing, and don't give it to children. My aunt can make you pastries and enjoy them as your own family! It's true that this thing prolongs life! He can drink it as boiling water, and I am afraid that he will live to be more than seventy in the future! It's no better than us living one day at a time. Muramasa thought; What a good man, my lord! Such valuable things are given to yourself, and you must carefully seek a serious way out for your children. But he said, "Old woman! This can really prolong life! I'll give you everything in the house, don't make any pastries, and you will drink and live for a few more years! That's it, in the future, I will beg them to give some more, so that the old woman can take care of her health! ”

The old lady's eyes were red, and she took out a handkerchief and gently wiped her tears and said, "Child! I know you have this filial piety! You are not young anymore, if your grandmother is still there, you should give it all to your grandmother, and eating slowly can play a big role. Don't beg people, this is too expensive and you can't be favored! It's a gold tael in this bottle! Muramasa was dumbfounded when he heard this; It turned out that I actually gave away a gold tael or two! But the old lady can really live a few more years after eating! I'd better stop eating it and give it to the old woman! Later, when the children followed the old man and his old man was good, he rewarded the children in the future. Let them ask for this, and I'll eat some more to live a few more years! I also talked to the old lady about other gossip, comforted him, and asked him to eat by himself, and find a way to help the high roller get things done, and if there is a reward, bring it. The old lady nodded in agreement and drove him away: "Go back quickly!" Good life! Serve with care! Don't be lazy, I'll call your two younger siblings over right away, and I'll bring you the spices you don't have at home!" Let's go! Don't stand here, the children are still young, why don't you greet them yourself!" Muramasa responded: "Hmm! Good! Auntie, I'm going back! Trotting all the way, Muramasa ran back to his house, and the two butchers had already arrived. It was inconvenient to pile up the things that were carried down from the cart in the yard, so I beckoned the two butchers and three sons to carry the pigs, which were not yet very fat, to the gate. The fat pig of more than 200 catties probably knew that he couldn't be good, so he barked hard. A large iron pot had been set up at the door, and a large amount of dry wood had been burned into a high flame to wrap up the large iron pot made of stone. I was afraid that it would be too late, so I added a lot of dry firewood, and from time to time I also ordered my twelve-year-old eldest grandson to add firewood.

Xiao Gang in the backyard and they all came out when they heard the noise, and on the way, Xiao Gang thought that it was not easy for these people to live, and discussed with Qing Song, and then gave Mura Zheng some money after selling the drinks. When I got to the courtyard gate, I saw that the pigs had been killed, and two butchers were blowing on the pigs. It's not blowing artificial respiration on the pig's mouth, it's a hole in the pig's trotters, poking it with a thin iron rod, and then blowing and boiling water to shave the hair. Qingsong didn't say much, and led everyone to let the wild cow greet the village into the hall, and the village was told that the eldest son wanted to be more profitable, and then beckoned the eldest grandson: "Just keep the fire, add more firewood, but not too much, only smoke and no fire." I'm in! He poured water in the bucket, washed his hands and watered his face, wiped his sleeves, and ran into the courtyard and into the hall.

Qing Song was sitting and said, "Why are you doing this? Seeing that your family is not very rich, since I have killed a fat pig! "Muramasa got the brute bull" and quickly replied: "The villain is not to please, but to be respected!" I'm afraid that this time I haven't seen you for a long time, so I will kill the pig first, and you and all the distinguished guests will be relieved of their fatigue and go to work! "Only Qingsong can understand it, and it expresses its intentions, which is really leaky!

Qing Song also said without leaking: "Okay! The pigs have been killed! I already know your kindness, so I'll take you to thank you! Muramasa said, "Don't dare to thank you!" But if everyone can eat and drink, my heart will be comfortable! Qing Song asked Muramasa to go about his own business and take everyone back to the backyard. The two-day run is really tiring, if it weren't for the good food and drinking so much honey these days, it is estimated that I would not be able to stand up and lie down. After entering the bedroom, he hurriedly hugged Xiaogang and went to bed and lay down. Beckoned Qingshi and his uncle to go to sleep too, and the uncle said that he was fine, he was much younger, but he also withdrew from the room. The pillar and the brute really didn't matter, and the two brothers sat outside the bedroom and whispered gossip. The pillar said: "Brother Manniu, this family really killed pigs for us to eat!" I haven't eaten fresh pork for a long time, and everyone can only eat fresh pork once during the Chinese New Year. The bull said, "Yes! Xiao Gang is really amazing! We just got here and ate fresh pork, and when we entered the city, we didn't know how Xiao Gang got it. Why don't we go to the nearest county seat, but let us take a detour to the farther county town of Zhongcheng. The pillar said, "I don't know!" Uncle Qingsong must know! Anyway, we'll do whatever we want, it's not too tiring, and we just have a big car to run along. The bull said, "You don't need to run, the ox cart won't be fast, we can just follow." Now we have found the stonemason, and there are only the tailor, the warrior, the gentleman and the cook. The pillar continued: "Xiao Gang said that he would not look for a martial artist and a gentleman this time, and the cook would only need it when he met the right one, and only the tailor would be left!" ”

An hour later, before it was dark and the sun was about to set, the whole family of Muramasa and the people of the former Muramasa family were working at full speed, and finally the meal was ready. At noon, Qingsong, Qingshi, Uncle Lao, Zhuzi Manniu and Xiaogang had a meal at Murazheng's house, and now Murazheng sent his son to invite the other thirty strong men. There was one table in the hall, and four tables of women in the courtyard were eating in the kitchen. Everyone went to the dinner table, and in the hall, Xiaogang and the five of them plus Muramasa and his eldest son. Or Xiaogang sat next to Qingsong, and this time Muramasa brought his eldest son to sit down and warmly invited Qingsong to move his chopsticks first. When you look at it, most of the things on the table have never been seen, there are hot dishes, cold dishes, soups, vegetables, and legendary pastries. I don't know how to put down the chopsticks, and the thirty people outside don't care about tearing open their mouths and stuffing them hard. Xiao Gang stretched out his little hand and took the chopsticks, first grabbed a thin piece of cold chicken to Qing Song and said, "Grandpa, your old man likes to eat this cold chicken the most, see if it's delicious?" He sandwiched another square piece of red and bright pork ribs: "Grandpa, this braised pork ribs is very good in color, and your old man will definitely be able to gnaw on it." Qing Song first put the cold chicken in his mouth, and the boneless one turned out to be boneless, chewed it a few times and swallowed it. said, "Good! Xiao Gang also sandwiched a piece of pork ribs and nibbled on his own, and then everyone started. Muramasa and his eldest son hurriedly prepared to pour wine, and suddenly Xiao Gang said, "Yo! The bones of this rib are not bones, they are bamboo shoot sprouts! Better than our cook! "There are fart cooks at home, in addition to steaming and boiling, they are also cooks!

Qing Song also picked up the ribs in the bowl and put them in his mouth, it really tasted good, and he remembered Xiaogang's explanation. I could only shout again: "Okay! Picking up the wine glass, the village is already full of wine and drank it all, this time frowning, and didn't shout. The others also frowned after drinking, and the eldest son of the village who didn't shout good smiled beautifully after drinking it. After the first drink, everyone stopped drinking and just ate vegetables. After a while, more than a dozen dishes and pastries were eaten, and Qingsong shouted again: "Okay! Xiao Gang patted Qing Song's back, Qing Song looked down and listened to him say a few words in his ear and then said to Muramasa: "Are these meals made by your family?" Who did it? My grandson said that he had done a good job and shouted to see the reward! Brute, go get a whole tube of honey water that I haven't drunk! When Muramasa heard this, he nodded and ran to the kitchen to ask the old woman.

The old lady didn't want to meet a strange man, but when she heard that she wanted to see the honey water, she thought about going with a thick face! followed Muramasa to the hall house, and Muramasa hurriedly introduced: "This is my old aunt, the widow of the late former Muramasa!" Qing Song saw that it was an old lady still holding a cane, and he felt that it was no fun. Xiao Gang quietly told him again; The old lady must have a helper, who has obtained his true biography, and there is a play! You give honey water, the old lady must know the goods. Grasp it greatly!

Aomatsu got up and asked the old lady to sit, and Muramasa's eldest son quickly stood up and pulled out the bench. The old lady saluted and said, "The old body doesn't dare!" Thank you for your love! The surviving cannot afford to sit in front of distinguished guests. Qingsong said: "You are the same age as me, and you are the orphan of the former village, so why don't you dare to be considered an official family." Sitting, it's rude for me not to sit! The old lady had to pull the bench a little further away and sit down.

Qing Song asked: "I am more than sixty years old, how old is the old man?" How do you make so many meals with limited mobility? What is the reason for the immobility? I'm ashamed to bother you to do it yourself! The old lady got up and saluted and said, "The old man is fifty out of sixty, and his old age is weak, so his movement is impaired. Because my mother's family is a chef, I like cooking since elementary school, so my skills are progressing day by day. But the daughter can't be a cook, because she has two daughters-in-law who have learned the old skills, and she came to help the cook and was afraid that she would not have a wine banquet for a long time, so the old man brought her two daughters-in-law together. Basically, they do it, and the old body just lists the dishes to control the fire and taste the saltiness! There is no other person with cooking skills in the barren mountains and mountains, so the nephew of the village invites the old man to come, and the old gentleman should not be blamed! It is also a blessing for me and my daughter-in-law to be able to perform for a distinguished guest like the old gentleman. Qing Song bowed his head and Xiao Gang whispered a few words to each other, and then sat up straight and said: "Old man, parent, I am four years old, don't be polite anymore, if I am commensurate with my old sister, can I?" The old lady hurriedly said, "Don't dare! Can't! Mr. is a nobleman, how can he be commensurate with a poor person like Lao Ti? I don't dare to be an old gentleman and sister! Don't do it! "Muramasa was stunned, the old man recognized the old aunt as his sister, then the whole family would be big! What a great man, my lord! I don't dislike these people at all. I don't know what to say, my mouth is wide open. Xiao Gang sat on the bench with his feet hanging, so he simply climbed up and stood on the bench and said, "Grandma, my grandfather has always been like this, regardless of poverty. I like to eat the food you make, and if you are my grandfather's sister and my aunt, I can ask you for food! Qing Song hurriedly hugged Xiao Gang and sat on the bench, and ordered not to be rude. Then he said: "Old sister, don't be surprised, my grandson is very noble, and I don't dare to discipline and be rude on weekdays." But he's telling the truth, so say yes! The old lady looked at Xiao Gang so cute, and her brain was dizzy and she agreed: "Okay! Good little doll, can I hug it? Before anyone could agree, Xiao Gang slipped off the bench and ran over: "Hello aunt!" Aunt hug! When the old lady picked up Xiao Gang, Xiao Gang said, "Auntie, my grandfather is not in good health, you should drink honey water." It won't take long to get it right, and you can throw this cane away! Come and be a guest at my house! Teach my mom that I'll have good food. The old lady hugged Xiao Gangle and couldn't close her mouth, he said everything was good! Qingsong came over and picked up Xiao Gang and said, "The old sister smiled, this kid is very naughty." He looked at Xiao Gang in his arms and said, "Don't be naughty, I can only hold you when my aunt is well-healed." Now that she has been holding for a long time, she will be very tired. When my aunt is well-recovered, we will pick her up again. He pressed Xiao Gang to the bench again, took the bamboo tube from the manniu's hand and handed it to the old lady with both hands and said: "Sister, you and I are commensurate with my brother and sister, this is my brother's meeting gift, please accept it and don't dislike it!" The old lady shook and took the honey water from such a large bamboo tube and said, "Don't dare to dislike it!" Brother Xian's gift is too precious. To tell you the truth, this kid is very filial to me, and after getting the honey water, he has given me a bottle that is very rich. At this concentration, you will have to pay at least one gold for a bamboo tube, and this gift is too heavy. I don't have anything to give back, I really can't do it! Wait for the stone to go to my house and bring my jade bottle in return! Muramasa nodded hurriedly, already dazed by the excitement falling from the sky. Qingsong also said politely: "The old sister is too polite, the jade bottle is a rare thing!" My sister broke the bank! "The two old men didn't even tell each other their names, even if they recognized each other! Muramasa helped the old lady down with great discernment, and said as he walked: "Auntie, we are going to be developed now!" What a character that old man is! recognized my aunt as my sister, and the whole family is blessed! The old lady gently knocked him with a cane and said very deeply: "Such a character has a clear distinction between public and private, don't you don't know the sky is high because of this matter!" Do things well! Muramasa hurriedly said, "Of course! Of course! The nephew is the light and heavy of the province! It's just that in this way, he will come to us every time after we do a good job! The village will be rich! The old lady said, "It's not in vain that your uncle cultivated you!" You are shrewd, but you are also kind, benevolent, righteous and wealthy, but you think of your fellow villagers! Auntie didn't hurt you in vain back then, you didn't feed the dogs, and you fed a capable person who can do great things for the villagers! The old lady burst out laughing as she spoke.

A meal is delicious, the dishes in the hall are more than those in the yard, fried kidney flowers, vinegar and fat intestines, pig brains, cold hairy tripe, roasted pig's head, and the others are the same as in the yard. In the courtyard, every big man ate three catties of rice, even the soup and water, and ate cleanly, and one by one they stood up and didn't dare to bend down. The pillars in the hall were the same as those of a wild cow, and the three old men only ate half a catty of rice because Xiao Gang confessed that he couldn't eat too much. There are still a lot of dishes left, and the young people still have to bite their tongues...... Uncle has never eaten such a good meal, and he still wants to eat half a catty of rice, but he can't eat it when he sees Xiaogang's eyes, so he has to give up.

After eating, the village got up and saluted, and said ashamedly: "The food is a good dish, but it's a pity that the wine is not good!" None of the guests ate or drank alcohol. Qing Song smiled: "It's not that the wine is bad!" We have rules that we can't eat and drink outside, and we don't dare to eat more if we taste it! What else do you call a distinguished guest? I have recognized your aunt as my sister, so you can call me uncle!" Muramasa was stunned and blinded for a while, and immediately pulled his eldest son to kneel and kowtow and shouted: "Uncle and uncle, please accept the worship of your nephews and nephews!" ”

Qing Song smiled and helped him up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I still have a place to use you there, are you willing to take the children to help me work in the future?" Muramasa was hit by happiness in a row, and he was already immunized, so he immediately reacted and bowed down: "I am willing to go to the soup for my uncle and uncle, and I am willing to move my family immediately next time!" Qingsong smiled and said: "Don't be in such a hurry, I never thought that I could have so many relatives here, and there are no long things around you, you follow me to the city to buy some and bring them back." I'll buy two more healthy horses with you, and I'll pass by here often in the future, and you'll have a lot of two-horse carriages to make some money to make up for my expenses!" Hello, my Daqin's village is not allowed to leave his post without permission, and when I choose a suitable person to take over, I will operate for a while before you can go and work for me! ”

Muramasa burst into tears and wanted to kowtow again, but was held back by Qingsong and prevented from kowtowing. Qingsong said, "Okay! All right! Don't preach! These dishes will be made for breakfast tomorrow morning tonight! Don't go for another meal! After sending thirty strong men to settle down and stay, the village called the whole family to close the hall and kowtow to Qingsong. Qing Song accepted it, and told his family that he didn't bring a meeting gift, and let the stone follow him into the city to make up for the return trip. Muramasa watched Qingsong receive the family's salute and felt relieved, this uncle and elder are stable, and the children's future is also stable, and even he can walk on an errand and feel like he can float.

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