Chapter 42

The dough that is commonly eaten by the farmer is cooked in the pot on both sides and is soft on the inside, which is suitable for freshly made and eaten, and cannot be stored for too long. The kind of naan pit similar to an oven, due to the high temperature, the dough cake is evenly heated, and the moisture inside can be dried as much as possible, which is not only resistant to storage but also can nourish the stomach, especially suitable for long-distance business travel.

The more Lu Xiaoyi thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't wait to sell scones to the merchants immediately to earn a lot of money. She spent the whole day thinking about how to make scones. Who does? How to sell? Who sells? Sell to whom? and other details she carefully figured out, felt feasible, and immediately started to do it.

However, how to get the naan pit? She was dumbfounded! This is not the previous life, and there is no finished naan pit for sale.

Lu Xiaoyi looked at her big clay pot for a long time, and it wasn't until Yulan poked her forehead that she came back to her senses.

"What are you crazy about, kid? Staring at our clay pot all afternoon, smirking and shaking his head for a while! ”

"Mother, where did you buy this clay pot?"

"In the city, someone will burn it." Magnolia spoke as she dug out of the clay pot for coarse wheat noodles.

Lu Xiaoyi didn't know whether such a clay pot was resistant to high temperatures, and asked Yulan: "Mother, can this clay pot be used as a pot?" ”

"If you want to just make a pot, why do we still buy an iron pot? This kind of clay is not burned, and it is most likely to crack when it is cold and hot. Yulan dug enough coarse wheat noodles and covered the clay jar tightly, "Don't think about it, cook with me!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi sat listlessly in front of the stove and lit the fire, a ball of straw was stuffed into the stove, the thick white eyes floated away along the chimney, and the flames exploded coasadly, if she hadn't dodged quickly, the bangs in front of her forehead would have been burned. She poked the dust in the stove with a burning stick, looked at the inner wall of the stove red by the firelight, and smiled.

"Mother, where did the mud in the stove come from?" Cooking on the fire every day, the mud in the stove has long been burned into hard lumps, and Lu Xiaoyi feels that he can try to use this mud to paste the stove to simulate the naan pit.

"Our family digs in the seedling field, and the black mud in the field is very slimy, and it takes a lot of effort to raise seedlings in spring every year."

The viscous soil, Lu Xiaoyi seemed to see the dawn and decided to give it a try. The next morning, she found a small shovel and dug a hole in an open space behind the stove.

Yulan angrily snatched the shovel, "What are you doing digging a pit early in the morning?" Take advantage of the free time in the morning to practice the tricks I taught you. ”

Lu Xiaoyi had a headache at the mention of embroidery, and dragged the shovel and said coquettishly: "Mother, Xiao Ding is more talented than me, you can teach her to go!" I'm the big worker, so don't let me embroider. ”

Yulan glanced at her, "Xiao Ding is more conscious than you, and the embroidery was opened early in the morning." ”

"Then shall I embroider after digging the pit?" Lu Xiaoyi saw that Yulan insisted, talked about the conditions, and behaved coquettishly, and finally let Yulan let go and took back the shovel, but when she dug the pit with real ammunition, she was immediately dumbfounded, hey! People can't afford to be hurt by a small force, and a shovel goes down to get up such a small handful of soil, when can a big pit be dug out?

Lu Xiaoyi had to give up, and entered the house dejectedly, and saw Yulan and Xiaoding sitting quietly on the kang embroidering, and Xiao Geng playing with grasshoppers made of straw on the side.

Yulan looked expected, and said with a smile: "Why don't you dig it?" Isn't it a big mouth, and you want to dig a big hole? ”

"Mother, can you help me dig it?"

"What do you say about digging a pit first?" Magnolia said slowly.

Lu Xiaoyi wanted to say that it was used to dig a stove-like pit to bake cakes, but she didn't know how to explain the origin of this kind of scone method, and she wanted to say that it seemed in the book, but there was no shadow of half a book in the corners of her house; I want to say that I stole a teacher from someone else, but who is this nonsense? Who in Xiaxi Village does not know the roots.

Moreover, she is only in the trial stage, and there is no guarantee of success.

Lu Xiaoyi smirked and said nonsense: "I want to dig a pit to learn from my uncle to raise fish." ”

Yulan threw over a rag in her hand, "Practice on this, and practice each of the three stitches I taught you before." ”

Lu Xiaoyi smiled bitterly, there are still three stitches, she has never touched an embroidery needle until now, isn't this embarrassing for her?

"Xiao Geng, go with the eldest sister to get screws!" Get ready to slip away.

Xiao Geng immediately slid off the kang and pulled his heel.

Yulan pressed Xiao Ding who was about to move on the side, and said helplessly: "Your sister is like this, you learn from your mother." Xiao Ding had no choice but to sit back in his place.

Lu Xiaoyi said with a smile: "Xiaoding studies hard and will help the eldest sister make new clothes in the future." ”

Xiao Ding nodded, his eyes shining with confidence, "I still have to help my father and my little brother make new clothes." ”

Lu Xiaoyi, who doesn't like embroidery, took Xiao Geng to fish for screws by the stream, and when he encountered the surplus grain of the fish basket, he excitedly stepped forward to say hello, Xiao Geng was most concerned about the black tiger, and shouted to go to Yu Liang's house, and Yu Liang warmly invited them to play.

Lu Xiaoyi was worried that there was no place to try to make naan pits, and when he saw the surplus grain, his eyes lit up, and he made an appointment to go after lunch.

Yu Liang smiled happily and helped Xiao Yi to fish for screw shells.

After lunch, Lu Xiaoyi was still chopping chicken food, Xiao Geng urged it away, and followed Lu Xiaoyi's ass step by step, like a hen that had gone crazy, chattering non-stop.

Lu Xiaoyi ignored him, and waited for the work in hand to be done, and then led him to Yu Liang's house.

ran to Yu's house two times in three days, Lu Xiaoyi was not afraid of what people said, it was not how she was unconventional, abandoned the world, and rebelled against the feudal etiquette system, but as a traverser, she spared her life more and understood the importance of lurking and hiding in the countryside and following customs. According to her observation, there are not only the daughters-in-law of the Zhang family who marry after leaving in Xiaxi Village, but also the widows who remarry, which shows that the current Lu national customs are still quite civilized, and there are not so many taboos for a teenage village girl like her, and the magpie Chunhua is one year older than her, and she is still crazy every day, and those who lack labor at home, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl still works in the field.

Lu Xiaoyi had no psychological pressure, and he didn't twist when he arrived at Yu's house, and generously told Yu Liang about the idea of making naan pits, hoping to get his help. As expected, Yu Liang just smiled and nodded, and he would not be as poor as Yulan at all.

Lu Xiaoyi was very happy, took a stick and drew a general pattern of the naan pit in the courtyard, and compared his height to depict the appearance of a dirt pit with a small mouth and a big belly.

Yu Liang was very smart and quickly understood, took out a shovel to dig a pit in the backyard, Lu Xiaoyi wanted to help lift the soil, Yu Liang shook his head, pointed to the small bench on the side, and motioned for her to sit.

Lu Xiaoyi sat down embarrassedly, thinking that he was just moving his mouth easily, so he asked him to work hard, and blushed with guilt, seeing him digging with a spade and a spade, working with his arms, waist and legs, as if digging was a particularly beautiful thing, and his posture was so beautiful, Lu Xiaoyi's face turned even redder.

The backyard of the Yu family is close to Cui Wei's mountain range, Lu Xiaoyi removed his gaze from Yu Liang, looking up at the colorful late autumn mountains, Xiao Geng's laughter playing with the black tiger came from the front yard, Lu Xiaoyi felt that it was quiet and beautiful at the moment, and his eyes couldn't help but return to Yu Liang.

In the evening, the surplus grain dug the pit, and he rested for a while, and when he was done, he took a deep breath and grinned to reveal a mouthful of neat white teeth.

Lu Xiaoyi lay at the mouth of the pit and looked inside, the size of the half-human-high pit was very suitable, and the shovel of the cave wall was evenly smooth, except for the pit mouth was too large, everything else was perfect. Lu Xiaoyi shouted excitedly: "Brother Liang, you are really amazing." ”

Yu Liang was praised and smiled very shyly, "The mouth is a little big, and I will find a way when I am muddy." ”

"Well, then I'll go to the seedling field tomorrow to dig up some thin mud."

Yu Liang nodded, looked at the remnant sun in the west, and thought that no matter how young Lu Xiaoyi was, it was also a girl's family, and it was not good to stay too late, "It's late, so I won't leave you." ”

How Lu Xiaoyi didn't understand his thoughts, and didn't delay, he called Xiao Geng to go home.

Lu Zhong has already returned, and Yulan is complaining to him about her wild girl, who ran away all afternoon, and she doesn't know what to do.

Lu Xiaoyi jumped in front of Yulan with a smile, "Mother, I heard it, you said behind your back that I was a wild girl." ”

Yulan said angrily: "It's you, and I'm not afraid that you will hear it, where did you run all afternoon?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi poked Xiao Geng, "You say!" ”

Xiao Geng stepped forward and hugged Yulan's legs, coquettishly, "Mother, let's go play with the black tiger." ”

Lu Xiaoyi smiled and said, "Aren't I afraid that Xiao Geng will go to Brother Liang's house to eat and drink again?" Just go and watch him! ”

Lu Zhong has always been lenient to the children, and said happily: "There is no work in the field, you can do the affairs of the family alone, the children can play if they want to, you don't care." ”

Yulan complained: "No matter what, no matter what, it's going to fly to the sky, the girl's family is wild, what will I do in the future?" "I'm starting to worry about marrying again.

Lu Xiaoyi pursed his mouth and leaned in front of Lu Zhong, "Dad, there is frost this morning, how cold are you in the car!" ”

Lu Zhong smiled happily, "This cold is nothing!" ”

Yulan hurriedly rummaged through the box, found a pair of dark blue gloves, and handed them to Lu Zhong, "Wear last year's ones first, and I'll make a few new pairs of changes." ”

Lu Xiaoyi immediately thought of the surplus grain, "Mother, you also make two pairs for Brother Liang!" ”

"Yes, yes, don't you say that I forgot, the last time I made cotton clothes for the grain, I should have made gloves together, but it's not too late to do it now."

"Then make it for the grain first, my old face and old skin are not in the way." Lu Zhong laughed as he spoke, stretched out his hand towards Xiao Geng and said, "Come over son, Dad is busy making money outside every day, and you don't stick to Dad anymore!" ”

Xiao Geng hurriedly threw himself into Lu Zhong's arms, wrapped his arms around his neck, and said sweetly.

Yulan smiled: "Don't go to catch the car, guard your son every day at home." ”

"Good! Then I'll rest at home for a few days from tomorrow! ”

Lu Zhong said heroically, but Yulan was anxious, "Are you really resting?" Don't be afraid that the guests will be robbed by others! ”

Lu Zhong smiled, "Don't be afraid, I heard that there are big officials in the city, and the general guarding the city will accompany him to Qishan to hunt, when the city gate is strictly controlled, there will be officers and soldiers in the city to patrol at any time, I think those officers and soldiers are difficult to deal with, so I simply rest at home." ”

When it comes to officers and soldiers and strict prohibitions, Yulan is also frightened, "You're right, those people with knives in their hands, we can't afford to mess with them, don't rush into them in order to make a few bucks, and if something happens, it will be troublesome." ”

Lu Xiaoyi said: "Dad, will the general come to our side of the mountain for hunting?" ”

"No, we have several villages next to each other, there are many people and many places, and the beasts in the mountains have long been hiding in the mountains, and the generals in the city have to go deep into the mountains if they want to shoot the big beasts."

Yulan sighed: "I heard that the general defending the city can kill a tiger with his empty fist, tear open a black bear with his bare hands, and kick a wild boar to death, I don't know what he grew up eating?" ”

Tearing cabbage and kicking potatoes is almost the same, Lu Xiaoyi smiled exaggeratedly, and said to Yulan: "Mother, where did you hear this?" It's too evil, if you want to say that it may be possible to beat a tiger with your bare hands, wouldn't it be too exaggerated to tear up a black bear and kick a wild boar? ”

Yulan nodded and agreed with Lu Xiaoyi's words, "Well, I didn't believe it originally, but when I heard what others said, I hesitated in my heart, so I believed it a little!" ”

Lu Zhong said: "If only the general defending the city was so powerful, we can also live a peaceful life!" ”

Xiao Geng broke free from Lu Zhong's arms, and pounced on Lu Xiaoyi with a five-clawed tiger, Lu Xiaoyi dodged over, and he pounced on Xiao Ding, who was quietly embroidering on the other side.

Xiao Ding smiled and raised the embroidery needle at him, and Xiao Geng immediately retreated and rolled into Yulan's arms to be coquettish.