The three of them went all the way to the west, in the direction of the Gaopeng Inn. Along the way, Yang's mother didn't dare to ask Yang Qiuchi more about what happened after he was blown away by the strange wind, for fear that her son would think of those terrible things again and become more seriously ill, but she just talked to Yang Qiuchi about some interesting things that happened in various shops along the way, and said some happy things.

When passing by the Gaopeng Inn, Yang Qiuchi remembered his tiger legs and said, "Mother, Xiaoxue, you wait a minute, I'll go to the inn and get some food back." ”

Mother Yang grabbed Yang Qiuchi: "No need, son, the things here are too expensive." Let's go home, my mother and Xiaoxue will make you something to eat. ”

Yang Qiuchi smiled: "Mother, no, I killed a tiger today, and left two tiger legs in this inn, let them help cook it." ”

As soon as they heard that their son had killed the tiger, Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue glanced at each other in surprise, and immediately reached out to Yang Qiuchi and touched him: "Are you hurt?" Let me see. ”

Yang Qiuchi pressed the hands of the two: "Mother, Xiaoxue, I'm fine, don't worry." ”

While he was talking, the shopkeeper in the inn heard the voice and ran out, and when he saw Yang Qiuchi, his face was suddenly full of spring breeze: "Guest officer, you are here, your stewed tiger meat is ready, I will serve it to you." ”

"It's hard work!"

When Yang's mother heard this, she really let go of her son's hand. Feng Xiaoxue looked at Yang Qiuchi with a look of admiration: "Husband, did you really beat a tiger?" ”

"yes."

"What did you hit with that?"

Yang Qiuchi glanced at the black spot on Feng Xiaoxue's face, he felt very uncomfortable, he didn't want to talk to her, but he was afraid of hurting her heart, so he smiled reluctantly: "I'll tell you later." ”

Feng Xiaoxue seemed to see Yang Qiuchi's thoughts, her smile stiffened on her face, and then she lowered her head, not daring to ask again.

Yang Qiuchi felt that this was a bit excessive, so he took her hand and put it between his hands. Feng Xiaoxue's palm is small and soft, but her skin is a little rough due to too much labor.

Feng Xiaoxue saw that her husband showed tenderness to herself, and suddenly became happy again, stretched out her other hand and held Yang Qiuchi's hand, looking up at her husband, her big black eyes flashing excitedly.

After a while, the shopkeeper came out with a basket, and there was a porcelain bowl in the basket, and before he got closer, a smell of meat had already wafted out of the porcelain bowl covered with the lid, which went straight into Yang Qiuchi's nose. Yang Qiuchi only ate a few buns this day, and now it is the time to hold the lamp, and he is already hungry, smelling the fragrance of tiger meat, his stomach suddenly growled, and he reached over to pick up the basket, Feng Xiaoxue on the side took a step forward and said, "Husband, let me come!" As he spoke, he had already taken the basket from the shopkeeper.

Yang Qiuchi said: "Xiaoxue, this is very heavy, let me take it." ”

When Feng Xiaoxue heard this, she trembled, the basket in her hand almost didn't fall to the ground, she quickly held it with both hands, took a breath, and looked at Yang Qiuchi stupidly, as if she didn't believe what Yang Qiuchi said, and it took a long time to come back to her senses: "It's okay, Xiaoxue can move!" ”。

Yang Qiuchi still stretched out his hand to carry the basket, Feng Xiaoxue took a step back slightly, and said in a loud voice: "Husband! Husband! I'll just take it! The words were very excited, and between the twists of the body, a bunch of bangs on the forehead floated down and blocked the eyes.

Mother Yang saw all this, and her eyes were a little moist: "My son ......" choked up and couldn't continue.

Yang Qiuchi was a little surprised, looked at Mother Yang, and then looked at Feng Xiaoxue, not knowing why they reacted so much. took a step forward, raised his hand and gently swept away the bangs in front of Feng Xiaoxue, revealing Feng Xiaoxue's tear-misty eyes. Yang Qiuchi didn't know why she was crying, and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?" What's uncomfortable? ”

Feng Xiaoxue held the basket in one hand, wiped her tears with the other, and smiled: "No, it's just, it's just that my husband treats Xiaoxue too well today, I ...... I ......"

Yang Qiuchi suddenly understood that he must have been very bad to his wife in the past, but today he showed some thoughtful care, which made her a little flattered, so she would have such a reaction. Seeing that although Feng Xiaoxue was slender and weak, the stewed tiger meat with a large porcelain bowl was not difficult, presumably because he had done a lot of heavy work in Pingyue, so he no longer insisted and gently stroked Feng Xiaoxue's emaciated shoulder: "Then it's hard for you." ”

Feng Xiaoxue shook her head, tears glistened, and smiled sweetly.

The shopkeeper on the side said: "Guest officer, your two tiger legs have too much meat, if they are all cooked, the little one is worried that you won't be able to eat them all, and it's a pity that they are broken, so I only helped you cook one tiger leg, and the other one is in the store, I will take it for you." After a pause, he continued, "If you don't think it's enough, let the kitchen master cook it for you at once." ”

Yang Qiuchi said with a smile: "Enough is enough, the three of us can't eat the tiger meat in this big porcelain bowl for two days." After thinking about it, he said, "That's it, the remaining tiger meat, please send it to Song Zhixian after you cook it, okay?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded and smiled: "Okay, no problem, I'll tell the kitchen to get it right away, and I'll personally send it to the county magistrate." ”

"Thank you so much!" Yang Qiuchi took out the two strings of copper coins from his arms and handed them to the shopkeeper, "This is the manual fee, you can keep it." ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and waved his hand: "Guest officer, you are too polite, the one or two pieces of silver you gave me in the afternoon are enough, and the little one wants to take your money again, it is really unkind!" ”

Yang Qiuchi said with a smile: "In the afternoon, it was a reward, and now this is a salary, each is its own!" You help me cook such a beautiful dish, and I must pay for it! I couldn't help but say, grabbed the hand of the shopkeeper, and stuffed the two strings of copper coins into the shopkeeper's second-hand.

The shopkeeper postponed it a few more times, and when he saw that he couldn't push it off, he had to accept it and thanked him repeatedly.

Leaving the Gaopeng Inn, Yang Qiuchi and the three of them continued to walk home, Yang's mother glanced at Yang Qiuchi, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Son, why did you give the shopkeeper so much money just now?" I'm afraid that the two strings of money don't have 200 yuan, which is enough for our expenses for half a month. The words were very distressing.

Yang Qiuchi smiled, and just as he was about to speak, Feng Xiaoxue said first: "Mother, don't care, my husband can come back safely, it's rare to be happy, let's earn the money slowly." ”

"That being said, the wages for this cooking, it's a lot of money for 30 wen, but the two strings are 200 wen...... "Mother Yang was still very distressed.

Yang Qiuchi knew that it was useless to say more, so he stopped and shouted: "Mother! The little black dog that had been following Yang Qiuchi also stopped, squatted on the ground, and looked at Yang Qiuchi with his neck tilted.

Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue stopped in surprise and looked at Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi grabbed Yang's mother's hand with one hand, and with the other hand, he took out the embroidered money bag full of broken silver from his arms, untied the bag, and gently put all the broken silver in Yang's mother's palm: "Mother, there are seventeen taels of silver here, you have put it away." ”

When Mother Yang heard this, she was taken aback, and subconsciously grabbed these pieces of broken silver, looked at Yang Qiuchi, and then looked at Feng Xiaoxue, before slowly raising her hand, carefully opening her palm, revealing those pieces of silver, and taking a closer look at the lights from the shops on both sides of the street. Feng Xiaoxue also came over to take a closer look.

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