CHAPTER XIV

Li Sicheng, who was furious, turned red, and Du Qiyue saw that he was panting angrily, so he pretended not to know the truth and asked: "Brother Xinyang, what's wrong with you, are you unwell, do you want to sit down and rest for a while." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just having some abdominal pain, new cloth was shipped this morning, I was so busy checking that I didn't have time to eat breakfast, I was too hungry and had some abdominal pain." Li Sicheng hurriedly explained that he couldn't let Du Qiyue know his true relationship with Qian Yin, even if he really didn't know, he couldn't get out of it.

When Du Qiyue heard this, he patted Li Sicheng's arm and said with a smile: "Brother Xinyang, you don't care too much about your body, and my cloth has been bought, so go to the back hall to eat something, don't starve yourself." ”

"I'll go now, then I won't send you. Brother Leya, we will have a good time next time. Li Sicheng said.

"Okay, next time I have the opportunity, I will definitely not get drunk with Brother Xinyang." Du Qiyue responded.

Li Sicheng nodded, shouted to the guy who helped Du Qiyue pack the fabric, asked him to count Du Qiyue less than forty yuan, and then hurried into the backyard.

A young man who was cleaning in the backyard saw Li Sicheng walking in angrily, shrunk his neck, hurriedly threw his broom and went up to meet him: "Young owner, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Your grandfather almost lost his hair today!" Li Sicheng ran into the hall and sat on the stool, and after pouring a big sip of tea, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he raised his hand and threw the teacup on the ground, and said to the guy: "You go to the old plague woman Zhou on Yang Street for me, and let her give me all the matchmaking money and Geng Ti to get it back, and tell her that I can't afford to marry a brother like the Qian family, so how can I return it to me if she asks for it!" ”

The young man was full of doubts, not long ago, the brother of the Qian family came to the store to buy cloth, the young owner looked at Gao Xingxing's peach blossom appearance, and took the best silk cloth and sold it to the little brother at the price of ordinary cotton cloth, and stood at the door for a long time and was reluctant to come in, why is it less than half an hour, and the attitude has completely changed!

"Young owner, is this something going on? You have to give the little one a reason to let the little one go, otherwise the matchmaker asked the little one why he got out of the marriage, and how could the little one answer? If it is not good, Mrs. Zhou is afraid that she will not give money to the little Geng post and Xie Media. The young man said with a frown.

Li Sicheng glared, raised his eyebrows and said: "That old plague woman understands in her heart, you just have to go over, I don't think she has the courage not to give it to you." You remember taking the things and telling the old plague woman that if she dared to tell her about it, my Li family would let her go around without food! ”

Li Sicheng rarely loses his temper, but it is quite scary to start a temper, and the young man was scared again, and rushed out of the yard and ran to Yiyang Street.

Inside the shop, Du Qiyue happily paid the money, put the fabric into the back basket and went out of the Shengcai Cloth Village. After buying all kinds of condiments and some lamp oil at a grocery store next door, Du Qiyue rushed to the street where he bought meat.

Huzi had already bought the lean meat and fat that Du Qiyue ordered, and was standing at the meat stall waiting, when he saw Du Qiyue coming, he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "How is the matter?" ”

"It should be no problem, the meat is all right."

"After I bought it, I chose the lean meat with the most oily head." Huzi said, and took a large piece of red and white pork from the back basket on his chest to show Du Qiyue.

Du Qiyue looked at his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, the stalk was uncomfortable, he just didn't ask Huzi to buy the thin one, Huzi chose a piece of milk meat under the pig's belly for him, this kind of meat is fat and meaty, and there is only a little lean meat in the thick white fat, if Du Qiyue will definitely not buy it. However, Du Qiyue knows that this can't be blamed on Huzi, the countrymen eat meat less often, and there is a lack of oil and water in their stomachs, so when they buy meat, they love to pick a lot of oil, and they are enjoyable to eat, but Du Qiyue is not used to eating it, so he feels unappetizing when he looks at such a large piece of oil.

There was no way, Du Qiyue had to buy some more of his favorite food, he glanced at the meat stall in front of him, and saw that the stall only sold some water, bones, pig heads, and pig paws, so he said: "This pork is good, wait for me to buy some water, go back and fry it, it's enjoyable." ”

"Cheng, go home and pick some green onions for me to eat, my father and I can eat one more bowl of rice!" Huzi said with a smile.

Du Qiyue walked to the meat stall and picked up another tuft of intestines, a few large bones, and four pig paws. These things are cheaper than pork, the intestines are only fifteen yuan per catty, the pig's feet are ten yuan per catty, and the big bones with a little meat are five yuan a piece, and Du Qiyue spent a total of one hundred and sixty yuan to buy these. The butcher wrapped two large packages in large lotus leaves, tied them with straw ropes, and then pointed to the big pig's head hanging on the stall and said, "Lang Jun likes to eat these things, why don't you buy this pig's head too, my price is the cheapest for you." ”

"Butcher Zhang is good at doing business, I have bought so much meat with you, why do you still let me buy this pig's head, where can I eat it!" Du Qiyue looked at the big pig's head and said.

"This Lang Jun, it's not hot now, you can wipe some salt and hang this meat in the well, and you can eat it for a long time! You see that there is only a pair of pig kidneys, two bones and this pig's head left in my stall, Lang Jun, you bought this pig's head, and I will take the rest back to my house to eat. Zhang Butcher took the pig's head off the iron hook and threw it on the board, patted it and said: "This pig's head must be fifteen catties, I will only charge you sixty yuan, don't look at the pig's head is all bones, and there is a lot of meat." ”

Du Qiyue knows that the pig's head is a good thing, in his previous life, he must buy a big pig's head to eat during the New Year, he always cooked the pig's ears and pig's tongue and slice it to make cold dishes, the pig's brain is stewed, and the other meat on the pig's head is cut down to cook a big pot of pig's head cake, and the remaining bones with meat foam can also cook a big pot of soup.

However, the people of the Dafeng Dynasty believe that all kinds of livestock and poultry can become immortals, so they will hardly eat the things that take the lead, and the general people do not use the livestock and poultry that take the lead except for the priests, and the heads of these livestock and poultry are usually poor and can't even afford to go into the water. The livestock and poultry heads used by the Du family as priests in the past were sold cheaply to several extremely poor families in the village after they were used up, and the original owner Du Qiyue had never eaten them, so it would be a little strange for him to buy pig heads now.

The butcher saw that Du Qiyue bought a lot of leftovers, and thought that he liked to eat these, and he was in a hurry to close the stall and go home to hug his fat son, who was only a few days old, so he tried to ask Du Qiyue to buy a pig's head, and he didn't really think that Du Qiyue would buy it. At this time, he saw that Du Qiyue was a little hesitant, and knew that Du Qiyue wanted to buy it, so he threw the two remaining big bones on the side to the pig's head and said: "If you buy this Langjun, I will count you as sixty yuan, and these two big bones will also be given to you." To tell you the truth, my mother-in-law just gave birth to a big fat boy for me a few days ago, and I am in a hurry to go back and hug him. But my mother-in-law hates this pig's head very much, and she is afraid that the child will be scared when she sees it, so I must sell it before I go back, you see if you have the heart to buy it, you can buy it, and I will wait here for a long time. ”

This pig's head is now five cents a catty, and fifteen catties should be seventy-five cents, and now it is not only cheaper for him fifteen cents, but also two big bones, which is no cheaper. Moreover, the fifteen catties of pig's head and ten catties of meat are more than enough, enough for him to eat alone for several days, and it will cost more than 300 yuan to change it to other meat, which Du Qiyue's current savings must not be able to afford. After doing the math, Du Qiyue finally bought the big pig's head.

Zhang Butcher took the money, happily threaded the pig's ears with hemp rope, and took a few large lotus leaves to wrap them before handing them to Du Qiyue.

"Xiaoyue, put it in my basket, this thing is heavy!" Huzi said as he took the big pig's head and stuffed it into his basket. Huzi didn't care much about Du Qiyue's purchase of pig's head, when he was a child, the Zhao family was not rich now, and the meat was usually not eaten at all, and he could only buy one or two catties of meat during the New Year, so for him, every time the priest's house bought the pig's head, it was the biggest delicacy of the year, so until now he likes to eat this pig's head.

I went shopping and bought some odd things, and when the ox cart went back, Du Qiyue and Huzi rushed over, and only two or three people in the same car came back, and Du Qiyue, who had already sat out of experience when he came just now, immediately pulled Huzi up and grabbed a good position. After a while, all the people who came out arrived, Du Shisan picked up the whip and shouted and whipped it, and the ox cart slowly walked back.

Du Qiyue entered the town this time can be said to have gained a lot, he sat on the ox cart and looked at the distant city gate, hugged the big back basket between his legs, and hummed a song in his heart in a good mood.

However, some people are happy and some are worried, Du Qiyue is happy at this time, and the Zhou matchmaker in the town can now cry and scold while holding the money box with a few silver ingots missing. And Qian Yin, who didn't know that he was about to be unlucky, was sitting on the ox cart back to Liushutun Village, touching the fine silk cloth in his hand, fantasizing about the good life he had lived after marrying Li Sicheng if his plan succeeded!