When the Li family was taking a lunch break, Li Laoshi came back with a wheelbarrow that smelled of blood.

Qu got up and put on his clothes to open the door, and saw Li Laoshi park the wheelbarrow covered with black cloth in front of the kitchen door, and said happily: "There is nothing to do in this view, come back so early?" ”

In the past, before noon on the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Taiqingguan pilgrims were still there, and Li Laoshi got home in the evening.

Li Laoshi was sweating profusely, and said happily: "Mother, it rained heavily yesterday, and a ploughing cow in Guanli was frightened by thunder, rolled down from the mountainside and fell to his death. I bought a cow leg and a cow head, and I got a set of cow water for nothing. ”

The previous dynasty and the present dynasty attached great importance to agriculture, and every ploughing cow was named in the government from birth, and after natural death, it had to go to the government to cancel its name.

The law stipulates that stealing or killing a ploughing ox is punishable by 100 taels of silver and 10 rods, and stealing or killing 3 or more ploughing oxen is punishable by 500 taels of silver and 50 rods.

In the previous dynasty, from the emperor to the common people, almost everyone loved to eat beef, especially the law strictly forbade the killing of cattle, and beef became a rare product, and sometimes even if you are rich and powerful, you can't eat it.

Taiqingguan has thousands of acres of land, all of which are rented to farmers. Fifteen ploughing cattle were given by pilgrims, and they were all registered in the government, and every time they died of natural causes, they had to go to the government to cancel their names.

The legend of Lao Tzu, who is regarded as "Taishang Laojun" in Taoism, is to ride a green ox to the west to send a letter to Guguan to become an immortal, so the Taoist meat-eating faction prohibits eating beef.

Taiqingguan cultivated the cow died, and the Taoist priest could not eat it, so the steward broke down the dead cow and sold it, and the silver money was still returned to the view.

When Qu heard that a pound of beef was only three yuan, which was ten yuan cheaper than thirteen yuan a pound of pork, which was about the same as giving it away for nothing, he was a little excited: "Beef is rare to eat." The cow's head and cow are cleaned up and the taste is no worse than dog meat. ”

Li honestly said a lot of happy words, and said with a smile: "Our steward is afraid that the beef will not be fresh after a long time, so I will go home immediately, and by the way, the share he bought will be delivered to his house." ”

The right to manage the Taiqing Guanzao is very large, and the large and small livestock raised in the Guanli, pigs, dogs, sheep, cows, chickens, rabbits, pigeons, deer, etc., are all under his control.

The home of the stove house steward is in Xiaoju Village, ten miles away from Qujia Village. He asked Li Laoshi to send the beef, and he didn't let Li Laoshi run away in vain, and gave away a set of cattle that was very troublesome to pack up in vain.

Qu poured a bowl of tea from the hall and said, "You have walked ten miles more." Drink water first, I'll give you a hot meal. ”

Li honestly drank the tea, and then said: "Uncle Lobby also bought a leg of ox, just now I passed by the old patriarch's house and sent it in directly, the old patriarch and the aunt in the lobby were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, and they wanted to keep me for tea, I didn't drink it when I thought about going home." ”

Uncle Datang is the eldest son of the old patriarch. He was the welcome steward in Taiqingguan and was responsible for entertaining pilgrims with status.

Qu said with a smile: "I also talked to your aunt in the lobby all morning. ”

Li Jingjing rubbed her eyes and walked out of the bedroom, yawned and said, "Daddy is back." ”

The black cloth of the wheelbarrow had been lifted halfway, revealing a large basket containing the head, legs, and water of the ox. The gray-black bull's head was placed on the top, staring at the two bull's eyes with bloody eyes, terrifying and terrifying.

Li Laoshi glanced at the bloody bull head that could frighten adults, and said loudly in a hurry: "Jingjing closes her eyes and doesn't look." ”

Qu's shot like an arrow and picked up Li Jingjing, covered her face with it, and said, "My baby heart, why did you wake up?" ”

Li Jingjing said listlessly: "I heard my father's voice, so I came out to take a look." ”

As soon as she came out of the bedroom door just now, she saw the bull's head, and she was not afraid at all, but in order to match her age, she only pretended not to wake up and saw nothing.

Li Laoshi breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly wrapped the cow's head in a black cloth and threw it into the corner of the kitchen.

The Li family's kitchen is bigger than the hall, and the well is in the corner of the kitchen, and a dog hole is opened in the corner of the wall to facilitate washing and washing vegetables and pouring dirty water.

Qu put his hand down, kissed his granddaughter on the cheek, and coaxed softly: "Sister Jing can drink some water, okay?" ”

Li Jingjing saw Li Laoshi coming out of the kitchen, opened his arms and said, "Daddy." ”

Li couldn't help but laugh and said, "I have dirty hands, I'll hold you later." The little thing you told me last time, I made it by the people in the view, and I brought it back to you today. ”

Li Jingjing was overjoyed, asked Qu to put her down on the ground, ran to Li Laoshi, stretched out her right hand and said, "Daddy, where is my little play?" ”

Li Laoshi took out something wrapped in oiled paper from the small basket next to the big basket, put it on the bluestone ground far away from the smell of beef, and said, "You see, right?" ”

Li Jingjing squatted down and opened the oil paper, and inside was a set of purple sand medicine jar ceramic bottles for boiling soup pills, a set of small stone mortars and stone mallets for pounding medicine, and there was even an ultra-small guillotine used to cut medicinal herbs.

She has been in this world for more than three years, and every day she thinks about the guy who has a set of medicines.

Li honestly smiled and asked, "Do you like it?" ”

Li Jingjing's small face was radiant, and she said, "I like it very much." Xie Lu, thank you, Daddy! ”

Li Laoshi hurriedly finished the meal and assisted Qu in the kitchen to clean up the cow's head and the cow's water.

Qu specially marinated the beef leg with salt wine, and prepared to make it into smoked and cured tomorrow, waiting for Li Bing to come back to eat.

When Li Yunqing and Li Qubing came out of the bedroom, Li Jingjing had already placed the baby guy in the cabinet in the miscellaneous room.

Li Jingjing lowered her head and said seriously: "Brother, help me bring the small stove to the yard and light firewood, and then help me use a wooden bucket to draw some water and put it next to the small stove." I'm going to boil the ointment this time. ”

Li Yunqing didn't say a word, went to the miscellaneous room and brought out the iron stove that was used in the house every year to burn charcoal for heating.

Li Quzhi quipped and asked, "Sister Jing, what kind of ointment are you boiling?" ”

Li Jingjing said: "A kind of ointment that coughs after drinking it in winter. ”

He walked out of the hall with Li Yunxiao, who had just woken up with bed gas, and when he heard his daughter's words, he smiled and said, "Sister Jing is so amazing." ”

"My brother came and played with me." Li Yunxiao waved his little hand, knowing that he had robbed his brother with his sister.

"My brother helped me make firewood to play with you." Li Jingjing stuck out her tongue at Li Yunxiao and said, "You go to see Daddy." ”

Qu leaned half of his body from the kitchen and said, "If you are sick, your uncle can bring a message, so that they don't cook at night and come here to eat beef." ”

The laughter and laughter of the Li family came from the courtyard sprinkled with the gentle autumn sunshine, and the very strong aroma of beef that hooked people's stomachs replaced the disgusting smell of blood.

Li Yunqing chased Li Yunxiao in the yard and ran wildly, grabbed him with both hands and lifted his collar and threw him into the air, making him so happy that tears came out.

Suddenly, Li Yunxiao broke free of Li Yunqing's hands and ran towards where Li Jingjing was standing.

Li Jingjing had already boiled a jar of boiling water in a purple sand medicine jar to disinfect and sterilize all the "baby guys", and began to boil the second jar of water to prepare to boil the ointment, and when she looked up, she immediately rushed over, glared at her hands and crossed her hips, and threatened loudly: "If you run over, you will be scalded by my stove and you won't be able to eat beef!" ”

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