Chapter 92
Luo Xiyu didn't know why, she originally gobbled it up, but at this time, she couldn't even swallow the sweet sweet potato in her mouth, in order not to waste it, she held her breath and ate it, the old lady also kindly scooped a bowl of salted rice hot soup for her, she reached out and took it, and then raised her head and drank it, this mouthful, let her spit out the sweet potato together.
Fortunately, he spit in the spittoon on the edge of the pit, and he didn't get people all over the bedding.
The old lady and daughter-in-law patted Luo Xiyu on the back and couldn't help but say, "Ouch, why do you vomit so much, I put some egg flowers and salted rice in this soup, why can't I eat it?" ”
Her daughter-in-law couldn't help but say, "Mother, look at Sister Luo's yellow face, isn't there something sick?" ”
"Alas, I can't eat anything, my body is at a loss, look at this back, I'm so thin that I don't have any meat, poor boy......" At this time, Luo Xiyu spit out tears all over her face, and even bile, her face was yellow and her muscles were yellow, and the skinny chickens at home had more meat than her, which made people feel distressed.
"Child, it can't go on like this, if you don't eat this thing, your body can't stand it, and the child can't stand it......"
Luo Xiyu vomited, retched for a long time, and finally straightened up, she wiped away the tears on her face, and smiled reluctantly: "It's okay......" After speaking, she took out a small purse from her sleeve, which contained a few pieces of broken silver and copper plates that she found when she bought something, she said: "I still have some change on me, I don't know if it's enough, my mother-in-law will lend me some noodles and eggs, I will make some egg cakes to eat, and I like to eat egg cakes in my stomach." ”
said that the old lady and her daughter-in-law's eyes were red, how could they not see that this woman was smiling, it was difficult for women, it was even more difficult for a woman who had a dead husband, and it was even more difficult for a woman who died but was pregnant, and the days to come were not only difficult, but also more bitter to come.
The old lady is kind-hearted, and his daughter-in-law is the old lady who has seen her grow up since she was a child, and she picks up the old lady to marry her, and she treats the old lady as her own mother, she is a person who sees no one suffering, how can she ask for money from a pregnant woman in distress.
"Oh, girl, you quickly put it away, although our family is not rich and expensive, but I and the embroidery girl can embroider patterns to earn pocket money, my old man drives a carriage and earns a lot of money a year, my son is even more every year to the family silver, now is not a poor year, this rice and noodles have everything.
There are more than 20 hens in the family alone, and the eggs are all home-made, and they don't cost a few dollars, besides, how much can you eat alone?
We just have enough for you to eat, you can't finish eating, do what you want, I'll take you to the kitchen, but, you're weak, you have to be careful, now is the critical time to be sloppy, or I'll let my daughter-in-law help you get it? ”
Luo Xiyu smiled with a pale face, then shook his head.
In the kitchen, because there is still a fire simmering, there is hot water in the pot, so it is not cold, Luo Xiyu sat on a small stove for boiling soup, there was a small iron pot on the stove, it was the daughter-in-law who found it for her, at this time it was getting dark, she sat there alone, adding firewood to the bottom of the stove in a daze, I don't know what she was thinking, and when the oil was hot and made a "swish" sound, she woke up, while pinching the small round cake and putting it in the oiled pot.
Because I made too much, I almost didn't have to think about it, and after a while, I made a big scoop of egg cakes, one by one made exquisitely oval, a bit like an upside-down small pot lid, all yellow and clear, only a mouthful, and people were very appetizing.
The noodle does not cost any noodles at all, as long as you dig a scoop of water, add three eggs and stir it, put some sugar, and naturally put dew, so that a scoop of fragrant little egg cake is made.
I gave some to the old lady and her daughter-in-law to taste, and both of them praised in amazement: "I didn't expect it to taste so good, this is what you asked for with the embroidery lady to make a scoop of noodles?" Just beat some eggs and sugar, it's so delicious? Oh, Miss Luo is so skillful, it's really not big or small, just one bite at a time, you see the old lady ate a lot of it unconsciously, don't eat it, don't eat it, catch up with you to teach the embroidery girl, let her also learn to do it, when the time just comes, just make it for him to eat......"
When the embroidery lady heard this, she couldn't help blushing, but she quickly dragged the old lady, and the old lady thought that the woman in front of her was a widow, so she hurriedly changed her mouth.
Luo Xiyu smiled: "Do the old lady and Sister Xiu often sleep badly?" ”
"Huh? How does Miss Luo know? ”
Luo Xiyu smiled and said nothing, her egg cake was just simple noodles and eggs, at most there was some sugar, not as fragrant as before, and the others were not particularly delicious, but they could still be eaten.
But if there is dew in it, generally speaking, if you think it is delicious, it is an abnormal attraction to the dew, and such people are basically mentally tired, as if they are ......
Luo Xiyu hurriedly interrupted what she was thinking, and at this time, the old lady was already reading: "It must be my old woman's face is not good, right?" Alas, it's not that I'm worried about my son, since I know that the East Prison is very chaotic, I worry day and night, I dream that my son is back, even with a few days ago, I was sick, and even the embroidery girl didn't sleep well, and has been taking care of me, to be honest, I only ate something yesterday, and I feel so thin when I touch this face, but this egg cake made by the girl is really delicious......"
Luo Xiyu smiled and said sincerely: "Then tomorrow I will teach the embroidery girl, I have nothing to repay the old lady's kindness, there are just a few kinds of dim sum that are simple and delicious, and they look fine, I taught the embroidery girl to do it, and when the time comes, I will sell it in the village, and I can also make some money." ”
You must know that today's dim sum is not as popular as in modern times, and those who know how to keep it in mind, and those who have passed it down from generation to generation are either some snacks in the hands of chefs from wealthy families, but they are not something that ordinary people can afford, and ordinary people cannot waste so many precious rice noodles to try to make dim sum and sell it.
Hearing this old lady and embroidery Niang's eyes couldn't help but light up, and even said how embarrassing this is, but the two of them laughed and said, this is very profitable to make dim sum, more profitable than they embroider a happy pillow in a few days, the old Yu family in the west of the village, is not to open a dim sum shop in the city, and now they are rich, which of these visitors does not have some dim sum,.
After being polite for a while, the atmosphere was warm and harmonious for a while.
At night, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to sleep next door, Luo Xiyu was alone on the small kang in the west, drank three drops of dew and still couldn't sleep, she gently touched her flat abdomen, and then struggled with her eyes, put her hand in the white cloth bag next to the pillow, took out an egg cake and put it in her mouth, ate it slowly, and then reached in again, eating as if she was not full, until she finally had sleepiness, and then slowly lowered her hand.
The heavy snow overnight covered the entire mountain farm house white, at a glance, a piece of white mang, even the eaves have ice hanging, one by one like a sharp cone, it seems that Luo Xiyu will not be able to walk for a short time, at least until the ice and snow melt.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also tried their best to persuade Luo Xiyu to calm down, and then began to teach the embroidery girl how to make dim sum, this thing must be taught by the master, otherwise how to make the dough soft, how to add seasonings to taste good, oil and heat are very important, and someone must teach you carefully if you want to make fewer detours.
The embroidery girl is ingenious, and she looks like she does it a few times, and this snack has always been an appetite, Luo Xiyu because it is modern, those looks have almost become tricky in her mind, and she has taught her several ways to match it with a kind of dim sum, and she can see that the embroidery girl is surprised again and again.
The old lady was also stunned, thinking that Luo Xiyu's family must be making dim sum, otherwise how could the same thing come to her hands, so good-looking? Even if it's not, it's from a big family, otherwise there would be no such craft.
One cheered up and the other studied seriously, and the old lady gave some decent snacks made by her daughter-in-law to the neighbors, and the next day someone came to ask: "Oh, old lady, your son has come back from there with snacks?" It's better than what my kid brought back from the town, it's rare to go so far, and it's still soft and soft to bring back......"
"What nonsense, this is what my daughter-in-law did......" The old lady was very proud when she heard this, but she smacked that the woman had no common sense.
"Your daughter-in-law did it? This craft can be opened in the town, why haven't I heard of this craft before......"
"Hmph, there is a master in our family, and when my daughter-in-law learns it, I will let my son come back, and then let the two of them go to the town to open a dim sum shop, and there is no need for him to float around all year round as a boatman at sea......" The old lady said this, her eyebrows fluttered, and she was dizzy.
Soon, after Luo Xiyu taught more than a dozen kinds of dim sum, the snow melted almost away, she really returned to her heart like an arrow, although the borrowed family is good, the mother-in-law is warm, and the daughter-in-law is hospitable, but after all, she is not her own relatives, she has no sense of return, but she is more hesitant and has never been able to integrate into it.
And she lives alone in the house for ten days and eight days, half a month is okay, once she lives for a long time, it is inevitable that it is inconvenient and makes people mutter, and this only has two houses, an old lady and an old man, a son and a daughter-in-law, this person did not come back, if people come back, they will inevitably be embarrassed, and it will also make people feel uncomfortable.
However, she proposed to leave, and neither mother-in-law nor daughter-in-law agreed, but Luo Xiyu was extremely persistent, and finally the old lady said: "I know that the girl is homesick, and I won't stay, but the girl is too dangerous to be alone, and there is no one to take care of on the road, so it's better to do this, the old man asked people to talk back, saying that they would go home with their son in two days, and then I will let the old man and his son drive the carriage to send you to Ulan Zhou, which is not far from Ulan Zhou, and what Jiumu City, I remember that when the old man and I were not married, I did carpenter work over there, I can always get there in about seven or eight days......"
What Luo Xiyu lacks most now is someone who knows the roots to take her to Jiumu, and when she heard the old lady say that the old man had been in Jiumu before, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she was cheeky and wanted to stay for a few days.
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This is after October, it will go straight to the winter moon, the winter snow is one after another, at this time Luo Xiyu is extremely bloated, her body is full of thick cotton clothes, and her neck is wrapped around a big wool scarf, and she is slowly getting off the carriage at this time, and her movements are extremely clumsy, the reason why it is like this, one is because it is warm, it is easy to freeze, and the other is that it is dressed thickly, the cotton is thick, and it will not be too hindering to touch and fall, and it can be safer.
However, there are also drawbacks, that is, the action is too cumbersome, fortunately, the old and young masters took good care of her along the way, especially Gangzi, after hearing his daughter-in-law say that he had learned other people's skills, he has been extremely polite, and the carriage is not fast.
Luo Xiyu made some of the bags of egg cakes she made yesterday for the two of them, because there were women right away, the two of them never got into the carriage, the old man was very familiar with the road, and walked back and forth more than ten times that year, where there was an inn, where there was a resting place were clear, basically there was no camping, even if they slept once or twice, they were all looking for a warm hunting hole and making firewood.
Luo Xiyu was covered with a thick quilt in the carriage and hugged a few hot hand stoves.
"Miss Luo, your egg cake is very delicious, much better than that cold steamed bun." The old man also likes to eat this, probably older people, the spirit is not very good, sleep less, so I especially like dew.
In contrast, Gangzi felt worse, but there were sesame seeds sticking to it, and jujube paste was seeping into it, which was not delicious but also delicious, so he drank it with warm water.
"Miss Luo, probably after the front of the village, it will be to Jiumu City, I picked up all the official roads along the way, the road is easy to walk, but it is around, if you take a shortcut, you can get there in six days, but Miss Luo is weak, and the shortcut is too bumpy, so I would rather walk with Gangzi for a while." The old man said.
Luo Xiyu really didn't know how to thank the two of them, if she walked alone, I don't know if she could walk to Jiumu alive, maybe a few snows would block the snow in the mountain recess and freeze to death inside.
"Thank you, old man, and Brother Gang, I don't know how to repay you, I wrote some pastry recipes in the carriage in the past two days, you take them back and let Sister Xiu figure it out by herself, and when you get to Jiumu City, I will let someone buy some delicious food and bring it back to the eldest lady, even if it is to prepare a New Year's gift for you in advance......"
"Oh, Miss Luo, don't be so polite, you gave the dim sum recipe for protecting wealth to the embroidery girl selflessly, I and Gangzi don't know how to thank you, if you are like this again, it will make our grandfather embarrassed, if the girl still thinks of Jiumu, she will not mention this matter again......"
The old man needs to go to the north at the end, he is well-informed, he is very polite when he speaks, he is not greedy for small gains, and he is very comfortable, Luo Xiyu is still very relieved about this, in their eyes, she is now penniless, what else can she want?
But a few dim sum recipes, Luo Xiyu is willing to give them and can afford them, if she can bring her to Jiumu to see her younger brother, let alone some dim sum recipes, she is willing to take out the silver ticket.
In the stockade, the old man had an old acquaintance, and he sought him out at night and settled down at his house.
This acquaintance is a bold person, it seems that he is doing a fur business, it seems that he has a lot of oil and water, three wives and four concubines at home, and maids to serve, although Luo Xiyu is very excited because of the hurry, but after all, the road is not like being at home, the road is cold, and he eats cold food, and sometimes he has to drink cold when he is thirsty.
The body was a little weak, and began to be sleepy, there was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid to serve her, but only washed her face, and lay down sleepily, the house was not as cold as the carriage, the charcoal of the brazier was very strong, and it was placed next to the bed, and the room was considered warm, and she fell asleep after a while.
Luo Xiyu didn't know when she woke up, but when she woke up, she heard someone talking loudly in the next hall.
It seems that the old man and the old man's friends, and Gangzi and a few people, probably drank too much, and with the gathering of friends, there are some things that they will never say on weekdays, and they all slap the table without scruples at this time.
"I said Wu Laocai, you carpenter has really done enough years, more than ten years, right? Even your wife doesn't know that you, old Wu Cai, were not a little carpenter, but a dart man from all over the world, cutting people is like chopping chickens, but you can't let your wife be scared to death.
You said that a few of us traveled north and south back then, but what had we never seen? I haven't touched how much gold and silver, but it's a pity that you, the most thoughtful Wu Laocai, are still working as a carpenter now, and you have no interest, so it's better to follow your brother, which can make you rich more......"
The old man drank a glass of wine, "What do you say in front of the child?" What Wu Laocai? I, Wu Rengui, those are all things from the previous life, and I can't think of it at all, in this life, as long as the family is safe and the relatives are safe, it is much more valuable than those gold, silver and jewelry, you have become famous over the years, but you still haven't understood this......" The old man looked at the surrounding placements, plus the eighteen concubines who walked by the station from time to time, and couldn't help but shake his head.
When the warbler is rich, the warbler and the swallow swallow are flying, and when the disaster is great, they fly separately.
This old brother, until now, there is no woman who can share the ups and downs with him, no wonder he has always been so temperamental, and it has not changed.
"Cut, life needs to be happy, like you, you have to guard your old wife, more than forty, right? How can these concubines of mine be slippery......" Seeing Gangzi on the side, the man hurriedly changed the topic: "Oh, Gangzi, I have been friends with your father for a long time, and I have always spoken so out of tune, haha, you are still very young, there are some things that you don't understand, no matter how long it is, haha, we can talk about the topic together for a long time, ah yes......" The man thought of something and lowered his voice.
"I heard that there is really a war on the East Prison side? Gangzi, you work as a boatman over there, and you haven't heard any news? You know that my uncle does fur trading in the winter, and the summer is very cold, I was thinking of preparing some jewelry and stone crystals in the East Prison, turning it upside down, polishing it into jewelry and selling it, I recently heard that someone bought goods from the East Prison at a low price, and now he has made a fortune, but unfortunately when I want to do it, there is an accident over there, but this accident is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe I can get a handful, Gangzi, you have to give your uncle an idea......"
Gangzi has obviously been a shipwright for many years, those who are chatting on the boat on weekdays, except for money is a woman, but not much better than the one in front of him, he is not bad at training, and he is not angry, just took a mouthful of pig's head meat and said: "Uncle wants to go over and get a handful, it is actually a good idea, but this idea is not only you, many people think, to be honest, our line of boatmen have a mind, Dongjiao is very rich, I heard that the ordinary people there wear gold and silver, and there are all kinds of jewelry hidden in the house, if we can take some to the boat, we have a boat in our hands, As long as you take a little risk, and then divide it evenly when you succeed, you won't have to do this sweaty boatman in the future.
But for now, don't count on it......"
"What's going on? There are all kinds of hard money, how much is earned, listen to the meaning of Gangzi? Can't you make any more money? Tell your uncle about it......"
"It's not that we can't make money, if the owner of the East Prison dies and the other two prisons fight like land, we can grab a little bit while we are in a hurry, but now...... I heard that the prison master of the West Prison died, and was cut into a human stick by the East Prison Master, and the flesh and blood exploded all over the sky, and the demon lord invited by the West Prison couldn't even find his head, and I was still in the bow of the boat that day, and there were blood spots on my face, and I don't know which one's it was, it exploded into a rain of blood, and a mess of broken fingers fell on the owner's head, which frightened him and fainted on the spot.
The Holy Lord of the North Prison heard that he had escaped with a secret technique, but he was also seriously injured, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape back to the North Prison, and it will be difficult to fully recover within more than ten years, these are all said by some masters who are familiar with the captain, and they are very reliable......"
"I see, I heard that the prison master of the East Prison is the head of the four major prisons, and he really lives up to his reputation, and he is even rival to the two major prison masters, but he is not happy, right? You can't take advantage ......of the chaos when you leave," the host asked, still relentless.
In this world, people die for money, birds die for food, there is no one who does not love money, no matter how dangerous things are, there will always be people who will take risks to do it.
Gangzi rolled his eyes this time: "I should be glad that I didn't really fight this idea at that time, all the people who went earlier died, and none of them came back alive......" Gangzi was also a little drunk at this time, he burped, and said in a low voice: "I thought that the prison master of the East Prison couldn't support him to go back to his lair, and he wanted to take advantage of the chaos, but what happened?" The prison master is crazy......
Hahaha, crazy, kill people when you see them, kill a lot of them, I heard that the people from the West Prison and the North Prison escaped except for the prison master of the North Prison, all of them were cut off their heads, and the blood stained the two rivers, uncle, father, you didn't see that scene, it was too shocking.
No wonder some people say that the East Prison Master is a freak, the more people surround him, the more interested the freak becomes, and the thing in his hand ...... "Gangzi measured it with his hands, Boss, probably from here, all the way to the wall over there, I was far away from about this, the captain said that it was the dry bone whip of the East Prison, and there were white bones everywhere I went, it was true, looking at it from a distance, it was like cutting wheat at home, sweeping a piece, and everyone not only couldn't get close to him, but also became the soul of the two rivers, and there was no escape."
According to the ships that were a little closer, they could hear the screams of the dead, and they could also hear a strange "trug" chirp, which was extremely terrifying, and they all said that the East Prison Master was not a human being, he was a madman, he was a murderer, and he was completely insane, and he killed him for five days and five nights, and the corpses were piled up in the mountains, and no one dared to approach the two rivers at that time......"
There was silence on the table, obviously listening, as soon as the child stopped, the uncle couldn't help but say: "What happened later, what happened later?" ”
"Later? Later, I came back, speaking of which, someone asked me to get on the boat to make a profit, and I was motivated, but at that time I suddenly remembered my father and mother at home, and I received a letter the night before, telling me to be careful, and thanks to this letter, I should be most grateful to my parents, if it weren't for those letters and words, I'm afraid I wouldn't hesitate for a moment, if I didn't hesitate, I'm afraid that now, I will also lie on the corpses of those hills......
This is also the reason why I plan not to go to the East Prison to work as a boatman, my parents are not far away, they are old, I want to stay by their side to serve the elderly, and in the future, I will do a small business by their side, and the family will be reunited and beautiful, which is better than anything else......"
Seeing this, the old man next to him saw this, knowing that his old brother remembered the death of his only son, and couldn't help but tear up the topic and feign angrily: "Your uncle asked you about the East Prison Prison Master, what did you do to divert the topic, if you don't know, you don't know......"
Gangzi shrugged: "Dad, I had been away for a long time at that time, and the madman was still killing, but later some acquaintances said that the prison master was dead, and some said that he was not dead, and he turned into a black bat and flew away."
It sounds ridiculous, but there is a rumor that is somewhat true, saying that the prison master took some kind of medicine to maintain the peak of his strength for five days and six nights, but in the end he exhausted his whole body strength, and the price he paid was probably no better than the tragic death of the Holy Lord of the Western Prison, anyway, no one will see him again......"
"At the peak of the skill of five days and six nights, this martial arts practitioner knows that the meridians of the whole body must be broken inch by inch, and its pain is simply inhuman, this is a hundred times more painful than the pain of the flesh and bones, and in the end, I can't imagine it, I'm afraid it will turn into a pile of blood and mud, right?"
"Who knows, in short, the end is unimaginable, and it may ...... if it explodes"
"But damn it, those prison masters of the four prisons didn't do a few good things, our Luofu is an example, which of the five continents doesn't mention their color change, it's better to deserve all of them, this time there is movement in the five continents, right?"
"I heard that there was a move in the imperial court, and the Golden Eagle Guard secretly gathered."
"Well done, sit on the power of the fisherman, it is best to collect all the four prisons, and then we will be close to the East Prison, and we will always be able to make a ......"
At this time, Luo Xiyu reached out in the dark night and habitually touched the cloth bag next to the pillow, which was an egg cake, which was already cold and a little hard, she touched a subconsciously stuffed it into her mouth, moistened the egg cake with the jin and liquid in her mouth, and then swallowed it slowly.
One, two, three, kept putting her left hand into the cloth bag again, and at the end of the meal, somehow two lines of water stains flowed from the corners of her eyes, and she swallowed hard, but her face was never calmer......
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