As soon as Chen Jia arrived in the back mountain, he heard the voice of his second brother; "Chen Jia, where are you! Come back soon! Still crying in frustration, Chen Jia hurriedly hid in a tree. When the second brother was not paying attention, he climbed down the tree and ran halfway up the mountain, and then shouted from the mountainside all the way to the second brother.

Cheng Dong heard the voice and turned his head to see that his sister was looking for himself at the bottom of the mountain and found the mountain, and he suddenly forgot the anxiety and unhappiness of looking for his sister who couldn't find it, and hurriedly ran over to ask Chen Jia: "Little sister, where did you run just now, I didn't see you all the way up!" ”

"You still say, why did you leave the bamboo forest and cause me to look for you for a long time?" Chen Jia was about to cry.

"Good sister, it's all because the second brother ran up to find you, and we got off the road, but I squatted for a long time, and ran around the bamboo forest several times without seeing you come down, thinking that you met a beast on the mountain!"

"I haven't met a wild beast, but a few days ago I met a master on the mountain, who taught me some kung fu every day, and let me practice on the mountain!"

"Master, I also teach kung fu!" Cheng Dong's eyes lit up, with an expression of envy and longing.

"Master said that I can't sue others, so I didn't sue you, but Master didn't say that I can't teach others, do you want to learn?" Chen Jia thought to himself that the second brother was a simple and honest person, and it was not bad to ask him to do some martial arts to defend himself, and besides, in order to learn kung fu, he gave the second brother so many strange tasks every day, and he should always have something in return.

"Of course you want to learn, but where do you want to learn and have time to teach me!" Cheng Dong said with some frustration.

"My master will go out to travel from tomorrow, and I will teach you for a while every day in the future, and then I will practice again."

"Okay, I'll study hard! Protect my sister in the future! ”

Chen Jia rolled her eyes when she heard this, and said in her heart, "My kung fu is above you, where can I use you to protect me!" ”

Thinking that it was getting late, it was more important to hurry home. Chen Jia pulled the second brother and hurried down the mountain.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw that Chen and his eldest brother Cheng Hu were preparing to go out, it seemed that they were going to find Chen Jia and Cheng Dong, and when they saw the two coming back, Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but he still blamed him, "What time is it, you are still playing crazy outside, look at your sweat!" Saying that, facing Cheng Dong, he said, "You have to know what to do when you play outside, you don't know how to come back when it's almost dark!" How unsafe is it to go crazy with your sister outside? What if a beast comes down the mountain? ”

Cheng Dong was aggrieved and was about to speak, but he felt Chen Jia's little hand squeeze his hand, so he swallowed the words again and lowered his head.

The next thing is to be busy eating, washing, and sleeping.

Chen naturally saw the jade pendant on Chen Jia's neck, Chen Jia said that it was given by the master, and after hearing about it, Chen also asked Chen Jia to demonstrate the light exercises, and asked for a while, knowing that the master had only lived in the back mountain for a month, and had already left, so he put his mind at ease.

Early the next morning, before Chen Jia got up, she heard a whispered conversation between Chen and her husband on the outer bed.

"The money from selling grain at home has been repaid, and now there is less than a penny left, Cheng Mi's family affairs are scheduled for the spring of next year, and Cheng Shi (little uncle) is going to get married in Layue, and if you don't want to make money, you can't afford to add makeup!" Chan whispered,

"Dad came over yesterday and said that my marriage to the second child was all paid by them, and the child was raised so big when the family was not separated, and now seeing that Cheng Hu and Cheng are really about to become adults, the meaning of the words is that Cheng Shi's marriage and the second child are responsible for me."

"What can I do, I can't bear all the late rice sold, and I can't let the children eat potatoes all winter."

Cheng's paddy field grows two crops of rice every year, and Chen Jia was still thinking that this was quite consistent with his own era. I didn't think much about it, but after a visit to the stone house yesterday, I thought that this might be the credit of the predecessor who traveled hundreds of years ago. It can be planted twice and can't stand less land, only two acres of paddy field, how much rice can be planted?

"Human affection is like debt, this is not false at all. I'll go hunting in a month's time. The family will be able to have some income again! Father Cheng sighed,

"It's been a hundred days since you broke your bones, and you've only been in the past fifty days, I won't let you go, if you want something to happen again, how can you let our mothers live!" Chen's tone was very anxious.

"Alright, alright, let's get up and make breakfast, the children are almost awake, I heard them turn over just now." Seeing that Chen's did not move, Cheng's father said: "Don't worry, I know in my heart, if it is not all by then, I will not go." That's it! ”

When Chen heard this, he was relieved and finally got up and went to cook.

After Chen closed the door, a deep sigh came from the outer bedroom!

It's money again, and the sentence that poor couples mourn everything is really true. Alas, Xiao Chen Jia also wants to sigh, forget it, don't learn from Daddy to sigh, let's think about how to make money!

The old house of the Cheng family originally had its own livelihood, and the old lady of the Cheng family brought it from her mother's house, that is, to make tofu, and she had been making tofu for sale before, and hundreds of families in the mountains knew how to make tofu for the old lady of the Cheng family, but since the old man was sick two years ago, he really couldn't spare time to make tofu.

The grandfather's illness was very terrible, his stomach seemed to hurt to the bone marrow, and he rolled all over the bed when he got hurt. After a few times, where did the old lady still have the mood to sell tofu, but she went to the county seat to find the old doctor of Cirentang to see, and every time she came back, she could only keep herself from getting sick for a period of time, and it seemed to be more severe when she hurt again. The doctor told him to recuperate, not to get angry, and to take good care of him. Mrs. Cheng also put down her livelihood and took care of her wife's body carefully.

Chen Jia thought to herself, making tofu is a good way. In the past, the tofu business of the Cheng family's old house was very good, especially when it came to weddings and funerals, tofu was the main dish, and it must be enough to make a few more plates. Usually three to five plates of tofu are sold a day. But how to convince everyone, Chen Shi didn't know, he only fought at that time, and didn't learn the essence. Besides, if you don't have someone to teach you tofu with gypsum, it's hard to learn it yourself.

Then I can only beg the old lady to teach, Chen Jia thought, if you want to persuade the old lady, you must first persuade the old man, otherwise according to the old lady's idea that she expects the eldest grandson to do everything, even if she teaches the second aunt and the future grandson and daughter-in-law.

The old lady is not without heirs, and the eldest aunt married outside the mountain with her skills in making tofu. However, even if Chen Jia's family is in the tofu business, there is no conflict with the eldest aunt, mainly because it is far away, and there is no good transportation in the mountains. In most cases, even if you go to the town to catch the market, you use a pallet truck to pull goods. It's still human.

It's no problem if someone will, Chen Jia was a salesman in her previous life, and there are still many ways to convince a person, "Then let's do it, let my mother learn to make tofu first!" "Chen Jia is full of confidence!

After everyone finished breakfast, Chen Jia left his second brother and quietly went to the old house of the Cheng family alone, only to see the old man sitting on a stool early in the morning to drink water, Chen Jia walked over, and smelled a strong smell of wine, feeling that his grandfather was afraid that the old lady would not let him drink, so he poured the wine into the glass and drank. It's really speechless.

Generally speaking, Chinese medicine is compatible with irritating things, not to mention wine, even onions and garlic cannot be eaten when taking Chinese medicine.

"Grandpa, grandma said that you can't drink alcohol when taking Chinese medicine!" Chen Jia frowned and said with disgust.

"Oh. Xiao Chen Jia came to see me, come and sit next to grandpa, grandpa, I only drink a little. "After drinking, the old man was in a good mood.

Chen Jia wanted to say something, but found that Cheng Zhen, the elder brother in the lobby, came over, and he quickly smelled the smell of wine, frowned and said, "Grandpa, why are you drinking again, drinking alcohol is in conflict with medicine!" ”

Seeing that the eldest grandson looked anxious, the old man hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, the eldest grandson told me not to drink it." The old man put the teacup aside.

Cheng Zhen picked up the cup and left.

"Grandpa," Chen Jia shouted as he saw that his grandfather's eyes had been staring at the lobby brother.

"(⊙v⊙) Hmm." The old man came back to his senses, "Is there something wrong with Chen Jia?" ”

"Grandpa, I want to eat tofu. I still remember drinking tofu brain every day when I was a kid. Why don't we have tofu brains now? ”

The old man squinted, as if he was thinking, whether the child wanted to say it himself, or the eldest daughter-in-law taught her at home, but looking at Chen Jia's pure little face and clear eyes, the old man's expression slowly eased.

"Yes, now your grandmother will only make tofu during the Chinese New Year! The grandparents are old and can't do it anymore, so Chen Jia will go to her aunt's house to eat tofu if she wants tofu! ”

"Okay, then I'll go to my aunt's house now." Chen Jia got up and left,

Before he could get out of the door, the old man said again, "Come back, do you know how to get to your aunt's house?" ”

"I don't know, but I can ask, I'll ask all the way, and I'll definitely find it." Chen Jia showed a determined expression.

"Aren't you afraid of being abducted by a kidnapper?" The old man frightened.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a child, I remember the way back, don't you!" Chen Jia had an expression that was not afraid of heaven and earth.

The old man was amused, and a child who looked like he was only five years old said that he was not a child and was indeed very cute.

"I'll ask your grandmother to do it for you." The old man said,

"Can Grandma make it for me every day? I want to drink tofu brain every day. Drink soy milk, and you can also eat tofu. Chen Jia looked at the old man with big round eyes. The little eyeball was like a swimming fish, swimming and shaking in its sockets.

"That's not going to work, your grandma is old."

"Grandpa, are there any young people in our family, is it good to let young people make tofu. Did Canon Chan make tofu? I'm going to be able to grow this tall this year. Chen Jia raised a hand above her head and stood on tiptoe.

"Hehe, Chen Jia can grow so tall in a year, okay, if you can grow so tall, let grandma teach you!" Old Man Cheng's eyes flickered, and he teased Chen Jia in his mouth, but his heart turned away. "Yes, I'm such a big family, why should I stop the tofu business, it's just that the old woman is brainless, and she can't let the two daughters-in-law do it."

Chen Jia looked at the old man's expression and knew that things were not far away, even if it was not his mother's turn to do it alone, he would at least have his own family. After all, I brought it myself.

I thought about taking the opportunity to let the old man teach him to calculate accounts. mainly go through the motions, so that when the tofu business is done, I can help settle the accounts, and I can't say that I will suddenly settle the accounts with a baby. That's too abrupt. The old man saw that Chen Jia was interested in calculating how much a pound of tofu cost and how much was two pounds of tofu, so he also taught it as if he was playing with a child. Don't look at Chen Jia as a girl, but this smarter is no worse than her eldest grandson, she will teach what she will do, and she will draw inferences from one another. After a while, even a dozen catties of tofu will be calculated.