Chapter IV

The next morning, Master Tong did not mention what happened in the garden yesterday, Tong Yan kept peeking at Tong Xunfan, it was very strange, why did this child not sue. Yes, there must be no complaint, otherwise it would not be so calm, Tong Yan is very sure. Tong Xunfan didn't show anything, just looked at her a few times with disgust, exactly the same as usual. What's going on, wasn't you still crying and complaining about suing yesterday?

For the first time, Master Tong left Tong Yan to have breakfast together, this is the first time in history, Tong Yan was a little excited.

Yan ...... Ahem...... Yan'er has learned the rules well recently. Master Tong glanced at Tong Yan, remembering what his classmates said last night, if this daughter can be taught well, which official family can be married, it will be somewhat helpful to him, after all, the country's sacrificial wine has fallen, and his wife has also cut her hair as a nun, he is still a loose official, no power and no power, he used to rely on the country's sacrificial wine, and he can still get some oil and water, after this incident, his face has been lost, and he will not appear in the court, and the emperor will soon forget about him as a small sesame official. The son is still young, I don't know when I will be able to support this family, this imperial examination, is not a matter of one or two years, his own money, plus Zhuangzi's income, is only barely able to maintain this family, and he has to leave some way back for himself from his daughter's side, and earn some money for the Tong family and Tong Xunfan.

Tong Yan looked up at Master Tong with a look of surprise, it turned out that his father still cared about him. I couldn't hide the joy in my heart, and my hands trembled and knocked over the bowl of porridge in front of me in an instant.

Master Tong's face changed rapidly, this is not to be boasted, I want to lose my temper, and think about the words of my classmates last night, hey, forget it, I want to slap the hand on the table and wave it, so that the maid can clean it quickly. He put down the dishes and chopsticks and walked briskly to the study.

Tong Yan's shoulders collapsed, and he finally got a compliment from his father, and he messed up. Tong Xunfan on the side couldn't help laughing, pointed at Tong Yan and said, "Mud! ”

The whole morning, Tong Yan spent the whole morning in various regretful moods, until the female gentleman left at noon.

After lunch, Tong Yan was going to take a nap - yes, because of all the boredom in Tong Mansion, Tong Yan had developed a good habit of taking a nap to pass the time - and was about to enter the house, but he saw a small head at the gate of the courtyard. Tong Xunfan!

Tong Yan quickly rushed to the door, crossed his hands on his hips, from top to bottom, and looked at Tong Xunfan majestically: "You didn't sue me and thank you, but why are you coming to me, haven't you seen enough jokes in the morning?" ”

Tong Xunfan was not to be outdone, his hands were on his waist, from the bottom up, and he looked at Tong Yan majestically: "Yes, I just didn't sue, didn't you promise to make me something to eat?" ”

"......" for a long time, Tong Yan's own words to coax the child were listened to by the child.

Okay, talking counts, Tong Yan led Tong Xunfan into the house, and the two of them sat at the table, staring at each other with big eyes.

Tong Xunfan looked at the empty tabletop: "I didn't eat, you lied to me!" ”

Tong Yan: "The ghost knows that you really took that word seriously!" ”

"Okay, then I'll go find my father now!"

"Come back, I'll do it for you!"

Well, it looks like I'm really going to show off my cooking skills this time. Tong Yan looked at the small kitchen in the yard, crying with a sad face. Xinghua is waiting for the little master in the house, anyway, although Xinghua is a maid, she has not touched the spring water since she was a child. As for Chunlan, hehe, I have already asked just now, and Chunlan can also cook two taels of noodles. It's good now, what do you do for this little ancestor? Think about yourself in the countryside, all day long to eat all kinds of sorghum buns, all kinds of corn tortillas, occasionally eat a noodle is like a festival, when you meet a hare, but also weigh whether to sell or make bacon, on weekdays rarely stained with meat, and this little ancestor, every day big fish and meat, all kinds of delicious snacks waiting, what can be made to give him!

"Chunlan, can you make anything other than noodles?" Tong Yan asks Chunlan for help.

Chunlan also cried with a sad face, she used to work in the laundry room, not in the kitchen.

Well, Tong Yan resigned himself to rummaging in the small kitchen. Weekday food is made in the big kitchen, and the small kitchen is used when she wants to eat snacks or supper at night, but the child's face is used to being poor, where is the habit of eating supper, and there is really nothing to ask for in the small kitchen at this time. Flipping east and west, Tong Yan can't do anything.

Looking at the churning out of a few taro, a small bag of sorghum flour, a small bag of wheat flour, and a childish face full of black lines, the food made of these things, the little ancestor is afraid that he won't even look at it. Hey, the dead horse is used as a live horse doctor, just these materials, let's make some snacks, the little ancestor likes to eat or not, and he can't care about it, he has to come up with something.

At the moment, the taro is peeled and sliced, sorghum flour, wheat flour plus pepper powder and salt into a dough, pulled into small pieces, hand-pressed into cakes, let Mrs. Liu help raise the stove, paste the dough on the mud wall around the stove, sit on the pot, pour oil, the taro slices are fried and fried, the following dough is also baked, and the taro slices are sprinkled with a thin layer of salt, and it is done. Tong Yan looked at a plate of taro slices, and then at a plate of pretzel sorghum cakes, yes, little ancestor, do you like to eat it or not, that's it.

It is said that Tong Xunfan was sitting in the house bored, and he was about to fall asleep on the table, only to see Tong Yan come with two plates of strange things. It smells so good. Tong Xunfan came to the spirit, but when he looked at the plate, he was not interested in it for a moment, two plates of white things, looking at it, it was extremely rough, can it be delicious? Xinghua is also anxious on the side, my eldest lady, you coarse food, what if the little young master eats bad stomach. But I can't save my own face, hey, Xinghua is so worried.

"That's it? Are you kidding? Can this be eaten? ”

"You're just a child, okay, how do you know if you can't eat if you don't eat!"

"You're not going to poison, are you? Smelling the incense, it doesn't look very good. ”

"I'll poison you, dumb you!"

"If you poison me, my father will definitely drive you away!"

"Do you eat or not!"

After all, he is still a seven-year-old child, and he has never seen these things eaten by countrymen since he was a child, and he smells so fragrant, so he naturally wants to taste it. Tong Xunfan picked up a piece of fried taro slices, tasted it, well, it was really fragrant, and then broke a piece of sorghum cake, probably not used to the numb taste of peppercorns, and frowned instantly.

"It's okay to fry this piece, this cake is too unpalatable." Tong Xunfan frowned and looked at the sorghum cake with disgust.

"That's because you can't taste salt and pepper." Tong Yan broke a piece of sorghum cake by herself, it was so delicious, since she left her grandfather's house, she hadn't eaten these coarse foods, and now she took a bite and felt very satisfied, and she didn't know how her grandfather and grandmother were, the two of them were old, and they didn't know if they could do so much rough work at home, and Brother Wang, did he often come to help his grandfather carry firewood, and Sister Hua'er, did he often come to help his grandmother wash and cook. Thinking about it, tears welled up.

Tong Xunfan was a little stunned when he saw Tong Yan crying, and snorted: "Don't you just say it's not delicious, as for crying?" ”

"I'm homesick......" Tong Yan choked.

"Isn't this home?" Tong Xunfan blinked his eyes wide, indicating puzzlement.

"I miss my grandfather and grandmother......" Tong Yan's tears flowed even harder.

When he said this, Tong Xunfan's eyes also shone with water: "I...... I...... I miss my mother...... Wow......"

At this time, the two sisters and brothers hugged each other and began to cry bitterly.

Xinghua and Chunlan were in a hurry, why did they cry when they ate something, the two hurriedly persuaded this and that, but they didn't see the slightest tendency to contain their tears.

So, when the female gentleman came, he saw the sister and brother who were hugging their heads and crying, and the two maids who were crying urgently-what the hell is going on, she is here to be a husband, not to coax a child!