Chapter Twenty-Four: Wealth, Wealth, and White Balls
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The strangeness of the bracelet did not attract Zhou Zhong's attention, he only cared about discussing with Steward Xu and Duo'er what to eat tonight to celebrate? Zhou Zhong proposed to go to the restaurant outside to buy some vegetables and come back to eat, Duo'er raised her hands in favor after hearing this, but Aunt Wang and Steward Xu felt that the outside was not clean and too expensive, so it was better to buy some materials to eat by themselves.
Originally, the two sides were arguing, and after the most Lu Zhou Zhong found that the bracelet had been in a daze, so he asked her to express her position, but after the bracelet figured out the reason for the dispute between the two parties, she couldn't cry or laugh, but after the most Lu she also stood on the side of her mother and Steward Xu, after all, in her opinion, the money was earned by her brother and Steward Xu, and it must not be wasted.
Three to two, which made Zhou Chong and Duo'er a little disappointed, Steward Xu took the money and happily went to buy things, while Aunt Wang and Bang'er went to Aunt Zhao's yard next door to clean up the newly rebuilt kitchen, after all, it was going to be used tonight, leaving Zhou Chong to play with Duo'er.
Duo'er is four years old, with big eyes, a small nose and a mouth, and looks like a cute white porcelain doll. And Duo'er is very well-behaved and sensible, although she likes to be clingy but not annoying, now she is sitting on a small stool by herself, holding the little white dog from Zhou Zhong in one hand, and holding the mung bean cake she has bitten in the other, and said softly: "Little dog, you eat quickly, when you grow up, you will marry my brother with me!" ”
"Poof~" Zhou Zhong, who was drinking tea and resting, squirted out a sip of tea, and coughed violently at the same time, thinking that she would forget it after Duo'er said it last time, but she didn't expect that she still remembered to marry herself with the little white dog.
Hearing Zhou Chong's cough, Duo'er immediately jumped up and ran to Zhou Chong's side, patting him on the back and asking, "Brother, why are you so careless, you will be choked when you drink water?" ”
When Zhou Zhong finally stopped coughing, he hurriedly pulled Duo'er and said, "Duo'er, my brother told you that the little white dog can't marry me!" ”
"What are you doing?" Xiao Duoer tilted her head and asked innocently.
"This ......" Zhou Chong was speechless for a while, and after a moment of serious consideration, he explained, "Because I am a human being, and the little white dog is a dog, people can only marry people, and dogs can only marry dogs, do you understand these?" ”
"Oh~" The little girl nodded obediently, then raised her head and asked, "Brother, is that Duo'er also human?" ”
"Of course!"
"Where's my sister?"
"Yes!"
"Then my sister and I will marry my brother in the future, okay?" Weekly collapse.
Next, Zhou Zhong spent half an hour, and finally let Duo'er understand that brothers and sisters can't get married, but after knowing this, Duo'er was a little sullen, and sat there with her mouth pouted and didn't speak, even ignoring the little white dog in her arms.
Seeing that Duo'er was angry, Zhou Zhong patted his head, scolded himself for being stupid, and explained to a four-year-old child what these were for, and when she grew up in the future, she would naturally understand that now she has spent so much effort and made Duo'er angry, a typical thankless effort!
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong hurriedly changed the topic, came to Duo'er's side, first teased the little white dog, and then said: "Duo'er, you have been raising this little white dog for several days, have you named it?" ”
Sure enough, the child's attention is the easiest to be diverted, only to see Duo'er heard Zhou Chong's question, immediately showed a cute smile and said: "Yes, yes, I want to name the puppy Xiaobai, but my sister disagreed, I have to name the puppy Xueqiu, I don't think it's good, so I quarreled with my sister, and after the most unconvinced, neither of us was convinced, so I could only call it a puppy." ”
Hearing the two sisters quarreling over the name of the dog, Zhou Chong also felt very interesting, and couldn't help but laugh a few times, and then he touched the head of the little white dog, and the scared little white dog made a "hum hum hum ~" bark, and drilled into Duo'er's arms one by one. Although it can't understand human words, it can distinguish danger, from the first time it saw Zhou Chong, the little white dog felt that the other party had no good intentions, so it almost avoided Zhou Chong these days.
"Duo'er, do you think this is good, brother will help you name the puppy?" Zhou Zhong said with a smile. Anyway, being idle is idle, and it's also a lot of fun to tease a little girl.
"Okay, brother, come up with a nice and easy-to-remember name, just like Xiaobai!" Duo'er was very excited when she heard this.
I saw Zhou Chong thinking about it for a moment, and then patted his thigh and said, "Yes, how about we call the puppy Dog Wangcai?" ”
Hearing the name Wangcai, Duo'er said with a small mouth: "It's not good, there used to be a servant named Wangcai in the family, who looked very black, where is the puppy beautiful?" ”
"I'm rubbing~, does anyone really dare to call a dog's name?" Zhou Zhong muttered after hearing this, there were dozens of servants in the mansion before, and he really didn't notice that there was one named Wangcai.
"Okay, Wangcai is too dark, so let's change it, how about the name Fugui?" Zhou Zhong deliberately teased her again.
"It's not good, Fugui is Wangcai's younger brother, and it's darker than Wangcai." The little girl pouted, and her face began to have some unhappy expressions, both names were former servants in the family, which made Duo'er feel that her brother was perfunctory.
Seeing that Duo'er became a little unhappy, Zhou Zhong was in a cold sweat on his forehead, and at the same time, he admired the father of the two brothers, Wangcai and Fugui, and was able to give such a superb name to his two sons, how could ordinary people do it?
People have quick wit, just when the unhappiness on Duo'er's face slowly accumulated, and was about to turn into sadness or even crying, Zhou Zhong suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thought of a wonderful way, and immediately smiled with a flattering face: "Ha Luha, just now my brother teased Duo'er, our little Duo'er wants to name the dog Xiaobai, but your sister wants to name the dog Xueqiu, in this case, why don't you combine the two names, just call the dog Xiaobai Xueqiu, or simply Baiqiu?" ”
"White balls?" Duo'er's eyes lit up when she heard this name, and she also showed a happy expression on her face, clapping her hands and jumping up and cheering, "White Ball ~ White Ball ~, this name is good, and the name of the puppy will be called White Ball in the future!" ”
Finally fooled around, Zhou Zhong finally wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, thinking that although the child's mind is simple, but the change is too fast, if you are not careful, it may make the child cry, no wonder those parents say that it is not easy to take a child.
His little white dog has a name, Duo'er jumped happily, Baiqiu felt the owner's mood, and barked happily twice, and kept turning around Duo'er, but it still has some psychological shadows on Zhou Chong, as long as Zhou Chong is close to it, it will immediately run into Duo'er's arms, no matter how Zhou Chong lures, Baiqiu just won't let him hug, which makes Zhou Chong angry and hateful, and decided in his heart that as long as Duo'er no longer likes Baiqiu, he has to stew it into a pot of fragrant meat.
Soon Steward Xu came back from buying vegetables, in addition to a few vegetables from the south, there was also a carp and a few catties of good pork belly, and some spices that Zhou Zhong asked him to buy. Vegetables and fish are bought in the vegetable market, and this is the time to close the stalls, and the vendors generally lower their prices a little, so these things do not cost much.
The pork belly was bought from Wu Shan, and according to the old rules, Wu Shan gave a lot more, and in order to thank Zhou Chong, they gave him the kitchen in the front yard, and Wu Shan also sent two large intestines and half a basin of pig blood, although this thing is not worth much, but it is also a piece of people's hearts.
Zhou Chong was very happy today, so he also cooked and fried three dishes, including his best braised pork and fish head tofu soup, the braised pork was prepared for Duo'er and Steward Xu, and the fish head tofu soup was naturally a bracelet that likes to eat river fish, Aunt Wang believed in Buddhism and did not eat meat, and Zhou Chong also specially fried a sweet and sour cabbage. Originally, he still wanted to make a stir-fried pork intestine, but unfortunately Bang'er couldn't stand the smell, so he had to give up.
Everyone was also very happy to eat this meal, especially when Steward Xu talked about the grand occasion when he talked about his story today, he was even more blessed with his eyebrows fluttering, and he was even happier than winning the exam.
After everyone had eaten, Aunt Wang and Bang'er took Duo'er back to the room to play, and Zhou Zhong went to the kitchen to make two dishes, the main ingredients were pig intestines, and then brought the dishes to his yard, and Steward Xu was already waiting for him there, and at the same time holding a pot of wine in his hand.
The wine was bought secretly by Zhou Zhong and asked Steward Xu, after all, he was so happy today, if he didn't have wine, he wouldn't do it, but Aunt Wang and Bang'er didn't like people to drink, so the two of them agreed to have another meal after dinner.
The two sat opposite each other at the low table in the room, and Zhou Zhong personally poured a glass of wine for Steward Xu and said, "Uncle Xu, it's really hard for you to be able to open up the situation in Journey to the West today, come, I will toast you!" ”
"Young master, where are you talking about this, these are what the old slave should do!" Steward Xu was a little flattered, stood up with the wine and touched Zhou Chong, and then dared to sit down and drink the wine. Zhou Chong is the first time to drink the wine of the Ming Dynasty, and it turned out to be similar to that of later generations, the only difference is that this wine can be drunk with confidence, and it must be made of grain.
After a few glasses of wine, Steward Xu gradually let go, chatting with Zhou Chong about the future storytelling, and began to grab vegetables with Zhou Chong to eat, and Zhou Chong also began to tell some of his thoughts, after all, there are only two men in the family, and some things naturally have to be discussed.
This wine was drunk until midnight, and after the worst, Steward Xu was drunk and was taken to the front yard to rest, and waited until noon the next day to get up, but at this time, the shopkeeper Liu of Fengyou Teahouse couldn't wait, and personally ran to ask Steward Xu to come over, because they had gathered a large number of guests in the teahouse, almost all of them went to Steward Xu, if he didn't show up again, their Fengyou Teahouse might really be demolished by these people.