Since he had no source of income, Qin You's life was below the poverty line for a long time, and he couldn't eat enough but couldn't starve to death for a while. Today, the east will give a cake, tomorrow the west will give some corn ballast, and the south will send a sweet potato the day after tomorrow...... Even if his skin is thicker than ordinary people, he can't hold on.

Yesterday, the old Wang family next door killed the pig, not only cut a small piece of fat for Qin You, but also gave him all the bones of the pig.

Ancient people, especially the poor, did not eat bones. On the one hand, they don't know that the nutritional value of bones is very high, and on the other hand, the poor don't have the capital and leisure to boil any bone broth to drink.

Qin You took the pig bone, and he was so happy that he couldn't find the north, this is a good thing.

Although there are no spices such as star anise to remove the fishy smell, after simply removing the water, adding ginger can still ensure the deliciousness.

The pot for boiling soup was given by the village chief's family, and it was a very ordinary earthen pot. In this era, iron was also a relatively expensive thing, so there was the word "smashing pots and selling iron". In ancient times, for a family, smashing the pot and selling iron was equivalent to bankruptcy, which was a very strict behavior.

There was a lot of firewood piled up in the yard, which was naturally the work of the stones. It's really embarrassing to say, he is so busy, but he insists on chopping a few catties of firewood for Qin You every day.

Thanks to this firewood, he can use it so luxuriously to make soup.

When the smell began to bubble in the jar, Little Cuihua came with some food.

"Big brother went to the town to deliver firewood." Buying firewood is also a good way to make money, but Qin You is too wasteful of firewood and can't chop firewood, so he gave up.

"These are two eggs, my father asked me to send them to you to replenish your body. There are also three cakes, it's my ......" Speaking of this, Cuihua's face turned even redder, and she coughed a few times unnaturally, "It's so fragrant, brother of the Qin family, what did you cook?" ”

"It's bone broth, do you want to drink some?"

Little Cuihua nodded, her face flushing again.

"Wait a minute," Qin You looked at the eggs in the basket, and suddenly had an idea, "Make a delicious dish." ”

Qin You scooped a little bone broth into another jar, then burned the stove and cut two small slices of fatty meat, and after a while, the oil in the fatty meat was fried. After scooping out the oil residue, Qin You clumsily beat an egg, and in an instant, the air was filled with the smell of cooked protein, which caused Qin You's index finger to move.

With such a delicious fried egg, Qin You guarantees that he can eat ten in one go, no, twenty is no problem!

After breaking the eggs and putting a little salt, even if there is no MSG, the taste is tempting and tempting.

Then pour the boiling bone broth into the pot, then pour the washed and cut tomatoes into it, and after three to five minutes, put the chopped green onions in it and immediately remove from the pot.

Tomato and egg soup is nothing in modern times, it is simply a commoner, and it can no longer be a civilian. But for the poor who only eat steamed buns, pickles, gruel and cereals and can't eat meat several times a year, this is undoubtedly a luxurious meal.

Qin You took out a little of the pickles sent by the village chief's family, put them in a small dish that was washed, and then took out two multigrain pastries from Xiao Cuihua's basket and handed her one.

"No need, brother of the Qin family, you can keep it for yourself!" Xiao Cuihua swallowed.

Muli Village is not a wealthy village, and most families are fed by people who work hard, and girls like Xiao Cuihua, who are young and have no labor, are almost always half full and half hungry. Not to mention those two cakes, she can drink them all with that pot of fragrant soup.

Qin You smiled, "Good girl, you should accompany your brother to have a meal." ”

"Brother Qin, what is this red one?"

"It's a vegetable with a high nutritional value."

Xiao Cuihua looked confused, it was obvious that she didn't know what nutritional value was.

"It's just good for your body to eat it."

"Really?" Xiao Cuihua coughed and ate at the same time, her eyes full of trust in Qin You.

To be honest, this meal looked shabby, but it was the best meal Qin You had since he crossed. It's really sad to say, look at those seniors who have crossed over, and they are really not ordinary miserable.

"Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious, it's fresh, the soup is delicious, cough cough cough ......"

Today is the seventh time that Xiao Cuihua has coughed, and her face is also very abnormally pink.

"What's wrong? Choking? ”

"No," Xiao Cuihua put down the bowl in a panic, "I've been coughing since last month, maybe I've been suffering from a bit of a cold." ”

"Your face is so red, it can't be a fever!"

Qin You didn't think about it, he touched Xiao Cuihua's forehead with his hand, and felt that there was something unusual and low-grade fever.

"It's a little hot, why is it sweating so much?"

It's a summer afternoon, but you shouldn't sweat so much if you don't have to spend your body and bask in the sun.

Bidding farewell to Xiao Cuihua, Qin You quickly forgot the doubts in his heart. After all, he is not a medical graduate.

I brewed a cup of vitamin C effervescent tablets and drank it as a drink. This adjunctive medicine has a good effect on people with serious injuries and weak bodies.

In the past few days, Qin You has almost recovered his body, and Qin You decided to take a carriage to the town tomorrow, sell the box of ancient jade for a good price, and then start his great business of making money.

With such a beautiful dream, Qin You lay down and decided to take a □□ nap.

Therefore, our waste firewood Qin You classmate is so lazy and still wants to make a fortune, hanging!

Before I could wake up, there was a knock on the door.

Qin You got out of bed in a daze, opened the door, and found that there were many people standing at the door, led by Shi He's old lady, the super bad talker.

"Bastard boy, what did you eat for my family Cuihua at noon!"

Qin You was still in a state of not waking up, and thought about it for a while and said, "Tomato and egg soup, multigrain cakes, and ......"

"What tomatoes! Is that a poisonous wolf fruit? You gave my daughter the poisonous fruit, what kind of heart did you get? Aunt Tooth immediately howled, "Our family has treated you with delicious food and drink, but you have killed my daughter." My life is so bitter, so bitter, Elder, you have to be the master for me! ”

Qin You frowned while plugging his ears and asked, "Death?" Who do I kill? ”

"My daughter, little Cuihua, she's dying!"

The situation of Xiao Cuihua is indeed not optimistic. Her face was flushed abnormally, she was panting all the time, and there was a lot of sweat on her forehead, and she was still coughing, looking terminally ill.

Although he was very worried about Xiao Cuihua, Qin You still had to defend himself: "Tomatoes are not poisonous, and they are very nutritious and ......."

"Didn't you eat that poisonous wolf fruit! She was fine this morning, and after going to your house, she came back and collapsed. You are a bad spirit, and you will take my daughter's life! Aunt Tooth was like a raging female beast, she pounced, scratching and biting, seeing that Qin You was about to be torn apart, a person quickly pulled away the crowd and pulled Aunt Tooth apart.

"Mother, don't talk nonsense, my little sister doesn't necessarily eat poisonous wolf fruit like this!"

"You fool with your elbows outward, and you're not your daughter-in-law, you protect this wild boy so much!"

"Aunt Shi, what the stone said is good, if the poisonous wolf fruit is really poisonous, why is this Qin family kid also eating it, how can it be okay?"

Qin You also ate the poisonous wolf fruit but was fine, this is an indisputable fact, and Aunt Ya can't refute it, so she can only sit on the ground and beat her legs and cry.

The elders were also hard enough, and they were called without eating. After being called, he didn't have the right to speak, and his ears were full of the shrew's piercing cry, and his ears were almost deafened.

It was not until Aunt Ya was appeased by the enthusiastic crowd that the elder had a chance to speak.

"Boy Qin, have you picked that poisonous wolf fruit for the Shi family sister to eat at noon?"

"Well, I made the dish and we both ate it. It's not poisonous, really, did anyone in our village eat that thing and get poisoned to death? Have you seen with your own eyes that anyone has eaten and died? ”

The villagers looked at each other, indeed, the poisonous wolf fruit is a plant that has only suddenly appeared in recent years, and the poison is also spread by word of mouth in other places, but in fact, it is not really eaten, and there are no cases of people in this village eating and dying.

"I see, it seems that the sister of the Shi family is not because she ate the poisonous wolf fruit."

"What the hell happened to my daughter?" Aunt Tooth cried with tears and snot, and Daddy Tooth was sullen and said, "This child has no fate with my family." ”

In ancient times, due to lack of food and clothing, once a child from a poor family fell ill, it was almost equivalent to stepping into a coffin. Parents look at their seriously ill children and say that they have no chance with them, so they say they will give up treatment. More often, in order to alleviate the pain of the child or the burden on the family, the father will quietly carry the sick child to the deep mountains and old forests and throw it away, or bury it directly. In a famine year, it is normal to sell children and even change children for food.

It sounds cruel, but it is a true portrayal of the people at the bottom of this era.

But Muli Village is different, the elder is a kind and far-sighted old man, unless he is desperate, he will never allow such a thing to happen.

"Stone, you go to the town, go and invite Dr. Hao to come!"

"But Elder, last time I ......" Last time Qin You was half sick to death, and the stone knelt on the ground for a long time, and the snobbish old man refused to come, this time......

"Elder, look ......"

The elder trembled and took out a washed white brocade bag from his arms, and poured out a jade lock from it.

"Elder, this is your daughter's natal jade lock." People here, whether rich or poor, will put a lock on their children when they are born, meaning a long life. The rich man's lock is a gold lock and a jade lock, a slightly worse one is a silver lock, and the worst one is a copper lock. This lock stays with a person for the rest of their lives and is not removed until death.

Qin You's body originally also had a good golden lock, which was still produced by a famous Tiangong workshop in the capital, but at that time, Qin You didn't know it, and he was cheated.

"People have been dead for so many years, it's useless to keep this thing, it's better to take it as a pawn, hurry up and invite Dr. Hao, some Shi family sisters can still be saved."

Qin You felt guilty.

It turns out that there were really such self-sacrificing people in ancient times, on the contrary, it seems a little too bad to be so stingy? Qin You pinched the jade pendant in his hand and cleared his throat:

"Elder, that jade lock is your daughter's thing, it's a shame to be it. Yesterday I was in the mountains, and I met a big tiger with a jade pendant in its mouth, so I picked it up, but I don't know if it's worth it! If it's worth it, trade it for some money! ”

The value of jade was very high in ancient times, and the literati and ladies liked to wear jade, but because of the material, this kind of thing was not easy to measure with gold and silver. The best jade has a price, and the jade that is too bad is not even worth playing.

The elder took the jade pendant that looked like a fat pig, and a trace of surprise flashed across his face.

"This is a very ancient jade pendant, I have never seen this kind of craftsmanship!"

Qin You whistled and nodded with satisfaction: "Since it is a very ancient jade pendant, it should be very valuable, it's great!" ”

The elder hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously, "Little Brother of the Qin family, is this really what you picked up?" ”

Oh, the elder is afraid that the jade pendant is not clean!

"Believe me, I'm definitely not lying, I did pick it up in the mountains." A sincere smile appeared on Qin You's face, "I always thought that God had mercy on my suffering, so let me pick up this jade pendant." Now I finally understand the meaning of picking up this jade pendant. ”

Qin You pointed to Xiao Cuihua and said sonorously: "God has the virtue of a good life, and he doesn't want Xiao Cuihua to die, so he asked me to pick up this jade pendant." ”

As soon as he said this, the people who originally had some opinions about Qin You immediately had a great change in their impression of this person, and they praised his character one after another, and even the elders showed a moved expression.

The sound of everyone talking woke up the unconscious little Cuihua, she opened her eyes and saw her mother's snot and tears, and saw Qin You's torn clothes and scratched face, and immediately said guiltily:

"Mother, it's not the Qin family's brother's fault, it's me...... I insist on eating it......" cried while saying, "Dad, mother, I'm sorry for you, I want to ......" Before he finished speaking, he coughed violently again, and when he coughed badly, he also coughed up blood.

Qin You half-squatted beside the bed and comforted her gently: "Don't talk nonsense, your brother went to ask for a doctor, tomorrow the doctor will come, the day after tomorrow will be cured, and my brother will make you a good ...... to eat."

I don't know if Qin You's comfort will not work, the simple girl smiled tearfully, coughed again, and a painful look flashed on her face.