"How do you sell this pancake?" Chao Gai saw that the cooking cakes in Dalang's burden were good.

"Two for a penny."

"In this way, you can send three hundred to the porridge shed outside the south city gate before dinner in the evening." Chao Gai said.

Da Lang was very happy, and a large amount of business came, and said: "If you want so much, then I have to go back and do it, and I can rest assured that it will be delivered before dinner." Chao Gai took the money and gave him the money to go back and make the cakes. It's just that Wu Song is not here, how can this be good, I think he should be studying art outside at this time, or avoiding lawsuits or something, and it will be two more years before he will go to Chai Jinfu.

Walking forward, there is a chaotic vegetable market in front of it, and a group of big men squatting on the ground outside the vegetable market.

"What are they doing?" Chao Gai asked.

Jiao Ting said with a smile: "My brother is the owner of the village, and he rarely comes to this kind of place, these people are people who are looking for work, some know how to work, and some have strength." ”

This kind of thing is managed by the shopkeepers of major commercial houses, and Chao Gai naturally can't touch it. I thought that since I couldn't find Wu Song, I would find a few other available people.

When everyone saw two big men coming, they looked like they were the kind with style, and hurriedly came over and asked, "Do you need a carpenter, my carpenter is alive and well." ”

"Need a bricklayer, no."

"I'll build a wall."

Chao Gai said: "Need a carpenter, as long as you are a big worker, skilled and skilled?" ”

"I, I, I."

More than 20 people came out at once, all with various carpenter tools, and they looked quite professional. Chao Gai said: "It's to go to Yuncheng to build a ship, and it's consistent for a month, including food and accommodation." If you are willing to go, sign up and leave in two days. ”

Everyone chirped and asked a lot of trivial questions, and then dispersed, some were willing to go, some were unwilling to go, anyway, let's see in two days. Chao Gai is beating children on a rainy day, and being idle is also idle.

The bald man squatting next to him didn't go over, bowed his head and took a nap there, but Jiao Ting noticed him instead, this guy was strong and strong.

"Man, why don't you come and ask here." Jiao Ting asked.

The bald man yawned and said, "I plant trees, and there is usually very little work at this time, so I don't need to ask." ”

Chao Gai heard about planting trees and became interested.

"Man, what tree will you plant?" Chao Gai asked.

"All kinds of fruit trees, all kinds of timber trees, as long as they are common trees in the north, I will not plant them. My ancestors all made a living by planting trees, and their main job was to build gardens and plant big trees for large families, but when I came to me, I planted all kinds of trees, and I could eat a little bit. ”

"What's your name?"

"Everyone calls me bald-headed, and my big name is Zhou Xiaoqiang."

"Well, bald strong, good name. Would you like to go back with me to plant trees, in Yuncheng? Eat and live, there are still 20 times a year, usually manage saplings, and plant trees in spring and autumn. Chao Gai said.

The bald head touched the big bald head and said: "Yes, why don't you want to, as long as there is a tree seed, I will do it if I have money, but the salary must be paid on time, and it cannot be in arrears." It turned out that there was a boss Li who was often in arrears of wages, and I stopped working for him. ”

"Okay, I'll go to the porridge shop outside the south gate in two days."

Chao Gai bought two more chickens in the vegetable market, and then he and Jiao Ting went back.

When they returned to the porridge shop, Li Kui and Zhang Lan were at the door of the porridge shop, as if they had just finished fighting with someone.

"Li Kui, what's the situation, I'm fighting with someone again." Chao Gai asked.

Li Kui said: "This time it's not bad for me, a shrew with a few maids and daughters-in-law has just been scolded away by me." ”

"What's the situation, tell me."

Li Kui couldn't tell for a long time, but Cheng Lin, who came to help in the morning, said: "That woman is a famous shrew in Qinghe County, her family name is Cai, and she is a big family in this county. The family is doing all kinds of business, and there are also a few porridge shops, I heard that we are distributing porridge here for free, thinking that it will affect their business, so they came to make noise, so the two shopkeepers quarreled with them. Later, the woman was persuaded by her maid Pan Jinlian, but she was afraid that she would be beaten again this time. ”

"Pan Jinlian, her maid's name is Pan Jinlian?" Chao Gai asked.

"This maid's long flower and moon appearance is famous in the entire county." Cheng Lin said.

Pan Jinlian belongs to a typical tragic character, and his tragedy began with marrying Wu Dalang. If Pan Jinlian had married a man of comparable appearance, there would have been no tragedy, and things would have changed completely.

Chao Gai took the chicken to Cheng Lin and said, "I bought a few chickens at the vegetable market, you can kill a soup and drink it." ”

Cheng Lin shook his hand again and again: "Although the chicken soup is delicious, I have never killed chickens, so forget it." ”

Li Kui said: "I'll kill." ”

Li Kui lifted a fifteen-pound board axe, and he was about to chop the chicken.

Zhang Lan next to him said: "You are killing chickens, you are splitting chickens, or I will come." Saying that, Zhang Lan took out the dog-legged mountain knife that Li Kui gave him, the sharp blade flew over, and the chicken head flew, and the frightened Cheng Lin hurriedly closed his eyes.

Chao Gai shook his head secretly, these two were too violent, one killed the chicken with a plate axe, and the other took a mountain knife.

Cheng Lin is a person who knows what to do, and he didn't trouble others anymore, so he stewed chicken soup by himself while the children were asleep, and then commanded the four teenage children to make porridge. In the afternoon, it is rice porridge boiled, and there are four large pots. Chao Gai felt that the porridge was a little lighter, so he asked Jiao Ting to buy more than ten catties of pickle strips from a nearby store, chop them and put them on several large plates.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Dalang arrived, and greeted Chao Gai when he was far away.

"Chao Daguan, the cooking cake has been delivered."

"Da Lang is here, sit down and rest for a while." Chao Gai said.

Wu Dalang still has a very good set of cooking cakes, three hundred cooking cakes, and he finished it alone in just a few hours. After chatting for a while, Wu Dalang went back, and Chao Gai didn't keep too much, Dalang was a little restrained.

Before the meal arrived, there was a long queue to receive the porridge, and this line was obviously much longer than in the morning, and it seemed that there were no less than five hundred people. Li Kui and Jiao Ting are responsible for maintaining order, and Zhang Lan and Cheng Lin are responsible for serving porridge to everyone with four helpers.

Originally, I was going to have one cake per person, but now it seems that I can't do it. I can only divide it, break the cooking cakes, and each person has a bowl of porridge and half a cooking cake. Most of the people in Qinghe County are very supportive of Chao Gai's soup kitchen, after all, there are refugees, and the court officials do not help, there is porridge to eat, pickles to eat, and half a delicious cooking cake, this is a very happy life, ordinary people may not be able to eat so well.

The people who received the porridge and cakes sat down on both sides of the road, one by one, they ate openly, most of them were children and women, a bowl of porridge, half a cake could be considered full, watching the big guy eat, Cheng Lin wiped the sweat on his head, and went back to the back room to drink his own chicken soup. Women who have breastfed their children know that if they don't eat well, they won't have enough milk at all, and the chicken Chao Gai bought back made Cheng Lin feel warm, and peeked at Chao Gai, this majestic man is asking the big guy to put the dishes and chopsticks away, although the words are fierce, he is actually very good at caring about people.

In the stove room, Cheng Lin gave Chao Gai, Li Kui, Jiao Ting, and Zhang Lan a bowl of chicken soup each, and then guarded the infant child by the grass house alone, "Did he take a fancy to me, otherwise why would he be so good to me?" Cheng Lin asked herself, Cheng Lin is middle-class in appearance, even if she gives birth to a son, the baby is three months old, but her figure is not ugly, she is plump, and she is full of the charm of a mature woman.

Cheng Lin shook her head again, no matter how beautiful she is, she is a woman who has given birth to a child, and it is not easy to find a decent man.

As soon as I finished cleaning up, I heard a tigress outside scolding: "Where are the strangers from, don't inquire." If you dare to come here to ask for wildfire, you will be closed in the morning, and you will dare to give porridge in the afternoon. ”

When Chao Gai saw it, there was a middle-aged woman, with a sturdy figure, a bucket-thick waist, and an old-fashioned face.

Li Kui next to him said: "This woman is here, it is Mrs. Cai in the morning." The girl next to her is Pan Jinlian, she doesn't look good, like a bean sprout, why do so many people like it. ”

Chao Gai was speechless, in Li Kui's eyes, only a woman like Zhang Lan with a big waist and a round waist was a beauty, and he couldn't look at other women at all.

Chao Gai looked carefully, and saw that the woman was less than twenty years old, her eyebrows were lightly swept, her beautiful eyes were affectionate, the cherry mouth was matched with white skin like congealed cream, her figure was not as tall as one meter six or five, and she was dressed in coarse cloth but couldn't hide her hot figure. Pan Jinlian stopped there and compared the maid next to her.

Mrs. Cai obviously came prepared, in addition to bringing two maids, there were also eight short-dressed and small-dressed family members, all of them were quite strong, and they looked like thugs. Mrs. Cai pointed at Hei Li Kui and scolded: "It's this bastard, he still wants to beat me in the morning, beat me up, and beat out his shit overnight." ”

The eight family members are also used to running rampant in Qinghe County, and they dare to step forward and beat Li Kui without seeing what kind of person Li Kui is.

Li Kui was just about to make a move, when Zhang Lan suddenly jumped out and shouted, "A few clowns, I'll send them away." ”

After that, he also rounded the big-eared melon seeds, and slapped a person in the face with a snap, and this time the sound was loud, and two bloody teeth flew out. A man rushed forward and wanted to hit Zhang Lan, so Zhang Lan kicked him forward, kicked in the crotch of his pants, and bent his waist into shrimp. Li Kui was shocked when he saw the back, but he liked it, such a woman was energetic.

Zhang Lan was also really fierce, and in five minutes, all eight big men were beaten all over the ground looking for teeth. Zhang Lan took a step, walked slowly to Mrs. Cai, and said with a smile: "What, do you still want to beat someone?" ”

Mrs. Cai was stunned, she never thought that there would be a more powerful woman than herself, today is considered to be insightful, but Qinghe is her home field, and she still scolds: "Little hoof, you wait and don't go, I'll be back in a while." Mrs. Cai said that she was about to retreat. Zhang Lan couldn't let him escape, so she grabbed her as soon as she slapped her, and there were five more finger prints on her face. Zhang Lan was about to fight again, so she heard Chao Gai say: "Don't beat people, we want to be civilized, please ask Mrs. Cai to come in and have a good chat." ”