Early the next morning, Yulan and Lu Xiaoyi made all the remaining roses into sugar filling, steamed two large baskets of coarse noodle steamed buns, and a large basket of thin noodle steamed buns, and let Lu Zhong carry them into the city to sell.

Today is colder than yesterday, the withered grass on both sides of the road is covered with a thick layer of hoarfrost, the branches of the trees stand stiffly, as if frozen and do not move, there are no birds flying in the sky, but the sky is still blue, the clouds are still white, and the rising sun looks bright, but there is no temperature.

The donkey cart brought gusts of cold wind, poured into the padded jacket from the mouth of the leader, and instantly took away the sporadic temperature accumulated in the whole body, so cold that people's teeth couldn't stop knocking, despite wearing thick cotton gloves, Lu Xiaoyi still felt that the tips of her fingers were freezing and painful, she kept poking her fingers, and she felt much better when she moved.

It's so cold today, so cold to the bone.

Lu Xiaoyi pressed the hood down, tried her best to let the long curtain around the hat cover her small face and neck, and then tightened the cuffs and tucked them into the gloves to prevent the slightest cold wind from taking advantage of it, and then shrunk her hands and feet to curl herself up into a ball as much as possible, exposing her two eyes to prove that she was a living thing.

Looking at Lu Zhong sitting at the front of the car, as if he was not afraid of the cold, the cotton hat was pushed up to the hairline, the gloves were hung on the shoulders by ropes, and the whip was thrown empty-handed, and the white air curled around his mouth when he shouted.

Looking at the sporadic passers-by waiting on both sides of the road, they are also a tough body accustomed to the cold, although their cheeks and nose are red from the cold, they do not show the slightest languid appearance of shrinking their feet and hands.

Lu Zhong smiled and beckoned passers-by to get into the car, and when they got into the car and sat down, they chatted about the weather.

It's okay not to listen, but when I heard it, Lu Xiaoyi's heart was cold, it turned out that this was not the coldest time, and when 3949 could freeze the old dog to death. Recalling the melting spring when I first wore it, followed by the scorching summer heat without fan air conditioning, then to the cool sky in the golden autumn, and then the cold winter now, is this the real four seasons of the unpolluted earth?

Xiao Yi, who was afraid of the cold, suddenly felt so sad, he was used to down jackets and air conditioners in his previous life, and now although he has a warm kang, he is extremely painful when he goes out. Just look at her dress, the clumsy heavy thick cotton jacket is tucked on her body, and the men's clothes that are still fat on her body are covered with a small one, and then a brown belt is tied, and then paired with round cotton pants, it seems that the whole body is more and more - short rubbing, feeling like a moving dark old cotton ball.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaoyi shrunk himself even smaller.

A strange middle-aged man saw Lu Xiaoyi sitting and curled up in a ball, and laughed at her, "You kid is dressed like a bear, is it so cold?" ”

Lu Zhong turned his head to look at it and said with a smile: "Haha, this is me!" Then go to the city to do something. ”

The middle-aged man was a little surprised, "You? Ouch, I said Brother Lu, don't blame the eldest brother for being too talkative, does your son have a bad appetite? The weak one is like a girl, this is not good, our country boys grow like this, and in the future the plough will not even be able to support the ploughshare. ”

Lu Zhong laughed and said: "My son has a strong mouth, but he is very active, and all the food he eats is wasted on the wilderness." ”

The middle-aged man nodded in agreement, and began to say that his little child is also like this, he eats a meal, and often shouts that he is hungry, and the shadow of running away after eating is gone, and when he is hungry, he goes home and rummages through the cabinets to find food and drink.

The middle-aged man's words immediately caused the other passengers to echo them, saying that their son also had the same problem, and his tone was slightly complaining, but there was a faint pampering in his ears.

Lu Xiaoyi listened quietly, secretly straightened his back, and sat straight, showing the appearance of a teenager who was not afraid of the cold.

When they arrived at Yifu City, the guests got out of the car, and Lu Zhong took Xiao Yi to the bustling West Street.

Lu Xiaoyi swept away the sluggish state of shrinking his feet and hands just now, put on a posture and shouted in a thick voice.

After all, Lu Zhong is an adult man who works in the city all the year round, and he has seen more and seen it thoroughly, yesterday he did not shout because of his face, and then he thought about it, but he was a father but let his daughter stand in the way, and he was very ashamed, so he let go today, learned the rhetoric of his daughter's shouting, and helped attract guests.

Most of today's guests are repeat customers from yesterday, and they all say that the steamed bun filling is particularly fragrant, and the steamed bun is also steamed.

Just like yesterday, the coarse steamed buns were sold out quickly, leaving a basket of white noodles.

Lu Xiaoyi's feet were so cold that they hurt, but she stopped stomping around, because she knew that the more she showed cold, the more distressed Lu Zhong would be.

At this time, a grain store owner who knew Lu Zhong passed by, and when he saw Lu Zhong, he happily stepped forward and greeted: "Ouch, Brother Lu, what a coincidence, I was about to go to the old place to look for you, and a batch of grain was transported from the south and put it in the warehouse, and I was looking for your help to move it to the store." ”

Lu Zhong glanced at Xiao Yi, and was embarrassed: "Shopkeeper Qin, you see that I can't leave at this time!" My kid sells steamed buns here, and I don't feel at ease! ”

Shopkeeper Qin glanced at Lu Xiaoyi and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of putting such a big kid on the street?" Are you worried about being robbed in broad daylight? Besides, I have to pass through this street when I move the grain from the big warehouse to the store, can't you watch him back and forth? ”

Lu Xiaoyi was very familiar with West Street, and he was not afraid, so he said to Lu Zhong: "Dad, don't worry, I am familiar with this street." ”

The shopkeeper Qin said: "Your son is not afraid, what are you afraid of as a father, let's go, call two more people, and the salary will be settled." ”

Lu Zhong was still hesitating, Lu Xiaoyi persuaded a few more words, Lu Zhong sighed, lifted the white-flour steamed buns from the car, and ordered: "Just put the basket on the ground, if you are hungry, go buy a bowl of rice oil tea to eat!" If you can sell steamed buns, if you can't sell them, just wait for me here, don't run around! After speaking, he took out ten cents for Xiao Yi.

Lu Xiaoyi took it with a smile and nodded obediently, letting his father rest assured. As soon as Lu Zhong left, Lu Xiaoyi lifted the basket and sold it along the street, because he didn't feel cold when he walked around.

The crowd on the street is bustling, as if they have long adapted to the cold of winter, wearing a hood and a cotton jacket, walking and stopping comfortably, looking east and west.

Of course, Lu Xiaoyi will not be naïve to think that there are good people on the street, so he pays special attention when walking, neither wants to bump into others, nor does he want to be knocked over by others The steamed bun basket, and beware of pickpockets and the like. In addition to shouting, Lu Xiaoyi will glance back and forth from time to time, this is a habit she developed in her previous life, especially on the way off work, and find a way to get rid of the trailing person in time.

No, it really made her find a tailgator, and when the tailgator saw her looking back at him, he strode up and called her Xiaoyi with a smile.

"Brother Liang, why are you here?"

"Sell rabbits, and then do something by the way." As Yu Liang spoke, he naturally stretched out his hand to carry the basket, and Lu Xiaoyi was not hypocritical, and generously gave him the basket.

Lu Xiaoyi pushed the hood up and asked, "How do you recognize my dress?" ”

Yu Liang was a little proud, "Listen to the voice." ”

Lu Xiaoyi coughed twice, and said with some disappointment: "I thought it was very similar." ”

Yu Liang looked at her lost little appearance, and couldn't help but reach out and press down her hood, "The younger you are, the harder it is to tell, there is not much difference between you at this age, if you are older, you can't pretend if you want to, and a discerning person can see it at once!" ”

And he said, "Why are you selling steamed buns in the city alone?" ”

"My dad was still here, and he's busy with work now." Lu Xiaoyi explained.

"Oh." Yu Liang nodded, didn't leave, and followed Lu Xiaoyi with steamed buns.

Lu Xiaoyi opened his voice again and shouted, "Plum blossom steamed buns!" The fragrant and sweet plum blossom steamed buns, don't miss them when you pass by! You can't eat enough to eat one, you can't eat enough to eat two, and you still need to eat three! The last basket, if you want to buy it, hurry up! ”

It was just when he was there that he was attracted by such shouts that he found her, and although she tried to pretend to be rough as she coarse, it was all too familiar to his ears. Yu Liang glanced at Lu Xiaoyi a few times, curious about how her chapped and skinny little mouth could smoothly pop out different shouting words one after another, and even more curious about the different feeling she gave him, different from the kind of child like Xiao Ding Shenqiang, she felt like a peer, and even sometimes felt like she was older than him, as if she could see everything, and seemed to care about everything.

Lu Xiaoyi didn't know what Yu Liang was thinking at all, and was selling her steamed buns to a woman, who felt that the white-flour steamed buns were too expensive, waved her hand and walked away.

Yu Liang said: "Look at the woman wearing washed white cheesecloth, you know that she won't buy it, so why should you waste your lips and tongue." ”

Lu Xiaoyi scratched his head, "yes, why did I ignore this!" After speaking, he winked at Yu Liang and said cheekily: "I'm really smart and confused!" ”

Yu Liang smiled and motioned for her to continue.

Lu Zhong passed by with a cart of grain, and saw that the rest of the grain was with Xiao Yi, and finally let go of the heart he was carrying, and said, "Grain, help me look at Xiao Yi." ”

Yu Liang nodded, and Lu Zhong drove away with confidence.

At this time, a brown-clothed young man grabbed Lu Xiaoyi's shoulders and said in a loud voice: "Plum blossom steamed buns? Are you plum blossom steamed buns? I've found you! ”

Lu Xiaoyi was startled by the sudden young man, and Yu Liang reacted even faster, striding in front of Lu Xiaoyi, blocking the young man's hand.

Lu Xiaoyi fixed his mind, peeking out from behind Yu Liang to look at the young man in front of him, only to see that he was wearing a brown satin jacket, wearing a hood of the same color, and delicate green bamboos embroidered on both sides of the hat, which drooped down to cover most of his cheeks, only revealing thick eyebrows and a straight nose and ingots lips, and the corners of his lips rose up with a rather happy look.

It shouldn't be here to find fault, Lu Xiaoyi asked him: "Little brother, do you want to buy steamed buns?" ”

The young man nodded, grinning and revealing two tiger teeth, "You were also selling plum blossom steamed buns yesterday, right?" Didn't you say at the east end of the street? Why did I run to the west end of the street, I was easy to find. ”

"It's too cold to stand, it's warm to walk around." Lu Xiaoyi stood up from behind Yu Liang, pointed to the basket of steamed buns and said, "When the coarse noodles and steamed buns are sold out, there will be white noodles left." ”

The young man pursed his mouth and said in disgust: "Whoever eats coarse noodles, I want white noodles." After speaking, he said with a smile: "Yesterday, Wu's mother bought a few and came back, and the steamed ones were not enough for me to eat, and my mother, I was full of praise for eating your plum blossom steamed buns, no, I was specially instructed to buy them again." ”

Hearing that the steamed buns he made were so popular, Lu Xiaoyi smiled and couldn't see his teeth, and hurriedly asked, "How many did I buy today?" ”

"How many are you in this basket?"

"Thirty!"

"It's all about it." Teenagers are not bad for money.

Lu Xiaoyi said: "Can you finish eating?" Beware of breaking. ”

The young man was not worried at all, "We have a lot of family, let's eat thirty steamed buns for two days, just like me, I have to eat three at a meal, and my two brothers can eat more than me!" After speaking, the young man became sad again, and said embarrassedly: "I forgot to bring the basket when I came out in a hurry, or else, you send the steamed buns home with me, and I will return the basket to you!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi wanted to give him the basket, but when she thought that such a big green bamboo basket was much more expensive than a grass basket, she was going to give it away, and she would definitely be scolded by Yulan for being a loser when she went home, so she nodded in agreement, looked at the surplus grain again, and saw that he had no objection.

So, the brown-clothed boy led the way, bypassed a few streets, and finally stopped outside a blue brick house, the courtyard door is also decent, the two hexagonal bat pattern shops are held with two round iron door knockers, and the door plaque has two words, which is similar to the style between the small seal and the official book, Lu Xiaoyi identified it as about "He House", the font is simple, the color is unpretentious, and it looks like it has been some years.

The boy smiled, "That's it." With that, he slapped the hoop.

Soon, an elderly servant came to open the door, bowed down and said, "The third young master is back." ”

The young man nodded and ordered, "Fu Bo, you take these steamed buns to the stove room, and then change the basket out." After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to Lu Xiaoyi and Yu Liang behind him.

Lu Xiaoyi didn't want to go in with the young man, so he bowed down and excused himself, but the young man didn't force it, standing at the door and talking with him, "Your plum blossom steamed bun filling is good, in my opinion, it would be better if you replaced the brown sugar with frosting." ”

Lu Xiaoyi said with a smile: "It's not a secret, it was frosting at the beginning, because the frosting was expensive, so I considered using brown sugar instead." ”

"In this way, I'll order another thirty frostings, and add a penny to each steamed bun for you, can you send it the day after tomorrow?"

Lu Xiaoyi looked at the surplus grain, blinked, and said, "This kind of flower was brought by my cousin from the south, and it has been used up, and if my brother wants to eat it, he will have to wait until next summer at the earliest." ”

The boy looked disappointed, "It's going to take so long?" ”

Yu Liang, who had never said anything, said: "I still have some at home." ”

The boy immediately rejoiced, "Okay, I've set all the rest of the flower filling, remember to change it to frosting." ”

Lu Xiaoyi looked at the remaining grain suspiciously, and when he saw that he bowed slightly, he put his mind at ease, just as Fu Bo came out with the basket, Lu Xiaoyi took the basket and said goodbye to the young man.