Chapter Twenty-Nine: Two Brothers
After negotiating with Zuifeng Lou's business, Shumin's tofu business was officially on track.
Zhengxing has now adapted to the life of grinding beans, and can grind about 100 catties of beans every day. That's twenty tofus. Except for the amount in the village, most of the others were sold to Zuifeng Building.
Since Zhengxing came, Zhengxing's daughter-in-law has also been running very diligently, using the excuse of delivering food to Zhengxing, but she always stays for more than an hour, and asks about the secret recipe for making tofu from time to time. Shu Min naturally wouldn't sue her, and over time, she would die of heart. However, she likes to take advantage of small advantages, and always takes some tofu home from time to time. Shumin knows these things and doesn't say anything, because she doesn't have any other big problems except for the problem of being greedy and cheap. And she is an idle person, seeing that Shumin's backyard has a vegetable patch but does not plant anything, she took the initiative to help her take care of the vegetable patch, and also planted some vegetables such as green vegetables and radishes.
Shumin felt very embarrassed, in fact, she had already planned for the vegetable garden, but she was really not good at farming, and the other was busy making tofu and didn't have time. Shumin also rented out his uncle's acre of land. After planting rapeseed, the rent collected next year is squeezed vegetable oil, which saves worry and effort.
Since there is a Trojan horse, Hui'er no longer has to shout to find the horse, except for food and medicine every day, she just stays quietly and plays by herself. Shumin is a little worried about this and encourages her to go and play with other children, but Hui'er can't let go. Shumin worries that she will become more and more withdrawn, so she makes up her mind to take Hui'er into the Tongde Hall in the city again. As the saying goes, heart disease still needs heart medicine, and Dr. Hu has no better way, so he has to say that he tries to make her happy.
Since Hui'er's incident, the Zhang family's reputation can be said to have plummeted. Old man Zhang thought about it and felt that Hui'er should still be kept in his own home, anyway, Qiuhua had already entered the door, so he simply let Qiuhua take it, so the Zhang family came to take Hui'er away. But Hui'er now regards the Zhang family as a tiger's den in Longtan, and she has to make a detour when she passes by on weekdays, and she is willing to go back, so she made a big fuss again. Hui'er fainted from crying, and the Zhang family gave up. Shumin was very annoyed by this, but there was no choice but to stay next to Hui'er and wait quietly for her to wake up.
Hui'er had been in a coma for a whole day, and after waking up, she was in a trance, and she didn't even want her beloved Trojan horse. There was no way, she had to hug Hui'er and go to the back of the mountain to find the beard.
The bearded man likes children so much, he shouldn't embarrass himself, right? But it's embarrassing, she has to be cheeky to beg for Hui'er. Shumin also knew that he was embarrassed to come to the door empty-handed, so he brought a few pieces of tofu as a gift for visiting the horse.
Behind the peak ridge is a small canyon with a trail along the mountain that plunges diagonally into the mountain. The bearded house is right on the border between the canyon and the mountain.
The house is made of wood, and the perimeter of the house is covered with plum trees. It's a pity that it's not the season of plum blossoms, otherwise this place would really be called a paradise.
I didn't expect him to have a gentle heart under his rugged appearance. Thinking of this, Shu Min shuddered for a moment.
Shumin knocked on the door, and it turned out to be two children who opened the door, the eldest one was tiger-headed, fair-skinned, and very beautiful. The smaller one was about the same age as Hui'er, but it was obviously very thin and a little timid.
"There's no one you're looking for!" The older child saw that he was a stranger, and closed the door with a word.
Am I really in the wrong place? No, isn't there only this one family in this back mountain?
So Shumin knocked on the door again. Say "I'm looking for the bearded man, does he live here?" ”
It was the door that opened again, and it was the little boy who opened the door
"My father went out and hasn't come back yet." The child was a little nervous and whispered, "Father doesn't like strangers." ”
"I'm not a stranger, I've seen him." Shumin hurriedly said, "I brought you tofu, it's delicious." ”
The little boy Pu Ranpu fanned a pair of big eyes and looked at Shu Min as if he was hesitating, those eyes were like a big beard, very beautiful.
"You see that my aunt is still holding my sister, my sister is thirsty, can you give my sister a drink?" Shumin said again.
The boy said, "Okay, then you can only rest in the yard." With that, Shumin finally let Shumin enter the door.
The courtyard is quite large, the left side is like a small martial arts training ground, and there are two tables and chairs on the right, and there are ink on them that have not dried up, which is written by a child at a glance. It was supposed to be these two children practicing their writing.
Shumin breathed a sigh of relief, and walked so far with the child carrying the tofu, her arm was really sore, so she put Hui'er on the small bench in the yard, and handed the tofu to the child in front of her.
At this time, the older boy ran over, pointed at Shumin and said to his younger brother, "I went to the toilet, why did you let them in?" Have you forgotten your father's words? ”
"I don't think they're bad people." The little boy whispered.
"Haha, you know what's wrong with the bad guys? Do bad guys write on their faces? Look at how ugly the monster looks so ugly, you know it's a bad guy at a glance. The older boy said to his younger brother.
The younger brother was not convinced and said, "Brother, how can you judge people by their appearance!" ”
Ugly? Say whom? Say me? Shumin has a black line on his head. Although I haven't looked for a mirror, people say that Hui'er looks like herself. Hui'er is white and tender, so beautiful and cute, she shouldn't be far behind, how come these two children become ugly in their mouths.
"Hey, kid, you're not right to say that. Isn't there a bad guy who looks good? Shu Min said unconvinced: "You see my daughter is so beautiful, how can I be ugly!" ”
The brothers stopped arguing and looked at Hui'er curiously. Half a day later. The eldest child hesitated and said, "She is really your daughter, it can't be where you kidnapped!" ”
Shumin has a black line: "Your father also has a big beard, why don't you two have a beard?" ”
If you quarrel with a child, you have to use the child's method, and the two children naturally don't know why they don't have a beard. looked at each other for a long time, and felt that it made sense.
"Well, I'm sure you're her mother. But what's wrong with her, why doesn't she speak? Are you sick? The little boy observed for a long time and wondered
"Well, yes, my sister is sick and wants to see the horses. That's why my aunt brought her here. Shumin liked this little boy very much, and his tone of voice was much softer.
"My father has a big horse, and when he comes back, I will let him take his sister on horseback." When the little boy heard that he had come to see the horses, he immediately became excited. "My horses are running fast, just like the wind."
"Hmph, you don't dare to ride every time." The big boy immediately dismantled his stage.
"It's not that I'm afraid to ride, I'm afraid of falling off." The little boy immediately retorted
"A coward is a coward, and I dare to ride alone. Sister, when the horse comes back, I'll take you on a horse! The big boy said
The two brothers were noisy like this, and they still pulled Hui'er to play, but they forgot about Shumin, an adult. Seeing that Hui'er was okay with them, Shumin carried the basket into the kitchen.
The kitchen is so clean, you can tell that you don't cook at a glance. There is a hanging basket in the kitchen, and there are some jerky and pastries in the basket that can be stored. Others, such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, are not at all.
A big man with two children, it is estimated that life is not easy! Shumin suddenly felt that his tofu was superfluous, because he couldn't make it at all, and they wouldn't make it.
"Don't you usually cook?" Shumin asked the little boy that his name was Yunkang. The big boy's name is Yuntai. Yunkang shook his head and said, "I did it when my mother was here, and then I stopped cooking after my mother left." ”
The mother he said was gone, and Shumin just thought he was leaving, but later learned that he had passed away.
"What do you eat if you don't cook?" Shumin asked.
"My father would bring food back, and if we caught game, we would light a fire in the yard and roast meat to eat." The older boy rushed to answer.
"The barbecue is delicious, I can eat so much at once." He compared it with his hand, and told him how much it was.
"My brother is very useless, I can only eat a little."
Yun Kang listened to his brother say this, and bowed his head. Maybe he also thinks it's a shame for him to eat a little bit.
"My brother is still young, when Yunkang grows up, he can eat so much!" Shu Min saw that he was embarrassed, so he helped him out, and he immediately nodded and said, "When I grow up, I can eat a lot." ”
Yun Tai was noncommittal, stuck out his tongue at his brother, and grimaced. Hui'er on the side laughed.
At this time, a horse whistle remembered, "Father is back" Yunkang and Yuntai immediately rushed out. Even ran out with Hui'er