Chapter 17 (Washing Hands and Making Soup)
No one expected that since the death of Lao Zhao Langzhong, Sanqitang, which has been full of birds, has come to find relatives on this day.
This is a young lady who is lively and watery, only using a white rope wooden hairpin to curl her hair, a white silk flower next to the bun, gray-haired, and the corners of her skirt are also stained with mud, looking like she has traveled a long way. When she first entered the county seat, she couldn't find the door of the Zhao family, but fortunately, she met the six aunts who went out of the city to buy when she asked for directions, so she brought them back to Zehuafang.
The sixth aunt runs a tea shop next door to the medical hall, has a warm-hearted, cheerful and cheerful person, and chatted with the little lady in three sentences: her surname is Feng, the small character A Yan, originally lived in Xingqingwei, her mother died early, and the father and daughter depended on each other. Because of the rebellion of the rebels half a year ago, he went to the village to grab food, and his father fought back with martial arts, but he was slashed by those Qiu Ba more than a dozen times, and before he died, he told her to go to Qinghao County to defect to his uncle Zhao Tongan, who opened a medical hall.
As a result, Zhao Tongan died a year ago, and only a crooked little Zhao Langzhong was left in the Zhao Family Medical Center.
But Feng Ayan's family was also ruined, and all the money was used to do the funeral for her late father, and she was almost exhausted, and there was no other relatives who could defect, so she had to live in Sanqi Hall temporarily.
Not only did the gossiping women begin to bite their ears, but the green-skinned in the market also exploded, stretching their necks and coveting the posture of the little lady, and at the same time, they all said that they were really cheap These three live medicine jars that can't beat a fart; Among them, there are many old players who are accustomed to being cheeky, but they can only sigh and dare not stretch out their salty pig hands to Meijiaren.
There is no other reason, just because this little lady of the Feng family is beautiful, but she is a ruthless stubble who does not give her share - on the first day of placement, she overturned the money that came to the hospital to urge the "family silver" with a dung fork, and beat four or five of his minions to the point that she was a delicate woman who was not weak and could be bullied.
Who is this money knife, he has a number in the Caobang branch of this county, and he is nicknamed "Half Two Door God", and he has to collect half a tael of silver from the merchants along the street every month, and he is the most domineering single in Zehuafang. Even the "Half Two Door Gods" were beaten by her until she cried and called her mother, so didn't she beat others and brought it to her? Such a fierce beauty, how can it be endured by waiting for leisure?
Thinking of this, it was originally said that it was envy or jealousy, but the idlers began to sympathize with Zhao Hanjing again: How can there be a life without bumps and bumps, if this is unreasonable, just Zhao Langzhong's dried fish-like body, the little lady of the Feng family can slap him half his life with one palm
But this fierce beauty is reluctant to touch even one of Zhao Langzhong's fingers.
Compared with the previous days on Jingnan Mountain, Xiao Zhao Langzhong was a little haggard: "You are strong today, and tomorrow he will have to entangle a group of people to find a scene, so it is better to give him the money directly and try to stop." β
Feng Ayan took the cup of tea he poured, and when she saw that his face was not good, she began to anger the Qian again: "I have heard what the sixth aunt said, when the senior uncle was still alive earlier, the person surnamed Qian never dared to make a mistake in front of the Sanqi Hall. He dared to come to knock on the bamboo at this time, but he was just taking advantage of Senior Brother Cui to go out with the dart, and you are a stuffy gourd who never finds someone to complain - what are you talking about being a good man? Bullying the soft and fearing the hard. β
Senior Brother Cui's name is Cui Liangfu, and it is said that he was born tall and martial, and he can also punch and kick a few times. This Cui Liangfu was originally an apprentice of Lao Zhao Langzhong who was stuffed by a drinking friend, and he entered the door earlier than Zhao Hanjing. Later, because he was active and couldn't calm down to memorize medical books, Zhao Tongan introduced him to the dart bureau in the county, and he had the right to make a living as an executioner.
"Where am I not going to find a complaint? It's not because Senior Brother Cui's mouth is too broken, and it's endless. Xiao Langzhong raised his chin with a "hum", "A knife is a piece of hob meat, and you can send it away if you give some money, so I don't want to waste my time with him." β
"I'm idle, I'll go and spend it with him." She saw Xiao Langzhong's unbearable appearance, most of them were annoyed by the singleton before, and felt more and more sorry for him, "I'm angry, my senior brother's medical skills are so good, and the family is still running a medical clinic, he actually dares to scold you for rattle and sell medicine." Now that you are my senior brother, others have bullied my senior brother, and you have to stand by and watch again, which is so unreasonable. β
"Whatever you want." Zhao Langzhong turned his face to the side angrily, he was still a little happy in the end, and added awkwardly, "Don't look at Qian Yidao dangling with a knife on his back all day long, he is all fancy style, and he can't be kicked by an expert." You take it easy, in case someone dies...... Forget it, you're not afraid of life lawsuits. β
Although Feng Ayan is really not afraid of lawsuits, this is not the same as in the past. In the past, she only wanted results, but in the future, she always had to take care of this senior brother: "Don't worry, I promise, I will never cause you trouble." β
In view of the fact that in the eyes of outsiders, he and Ah Yan were still in a state where they had just met, Zhao Hanjing was very reserved and did not rub against her, but maintained the steady appearance that he should have as a senior brother, and said to him left and right: "Are you hungry?" Lunch was warm in the kitchen, and I hadn't eaten it yet. β
The lunch prepared by Zhao Langzhong seemed to be very light, with four dishes and two bowls of soup, and a small table was also set up in the front hall. Feng Ayan was flattered, but felt that the banquet given by the Son of Heaven was nothing more than that, so she cautiously and cherished the spoon; It was only as soon as she took this hot vegetable soup that she realized that she was too naΓ―ve.
I shouldn't have excessive expectations for Brother Cheap's cooking.
But as a junior sister, she still tried to swallow the spoonful of liquid that she didn't know how to describe, and then asked sincerely, "What about the salt?" β
"It's lumpy, and I can't knock it open." Senior Brother Cheap glanced at her embarrassedly, and stirred the soup in his bowl with a spoon in his heart, "Just take it to the salt number in the afternoon and grind it, and I promise that the dishes for dinner will have a salty taste." β
Feng Ayan's heart was complicated, and she scanned the dishes on the table one by one. When the halo of "cooked by the senior brother's own hands" is removed, these hellish things are just boiled white boiled vegetable leaves, boiled bellflowers, boiled radishes, oh, and half steamed preserved fish, and the knife work is also crooked...... The junior sister suddenly began to feel a toothache: "You usually ...... Just eat this? β
Look at the blue-tiled roof of my brother's house, and then look at these...... What is the standard of food for orphans and widows?
It's simply a number of ways to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.
Happily prepared lunch, Xiao Langzhong originally wanted to invite a merit to sell a good job, but seeing the disgust in his eyes surnamed Feng, he couldn't help but put the spoon into the bowl, and puffed out his cheeks angrily: "I did my best!" Last year, at this time, I cooked rice with a paste in the middle of the pot, you know! It's good that I can cook the food, okay? You think I want to eat this stuff every day? All day long, salted fish, air-dried fish, salty and light, heh! β
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Feng Ayan can be considered to understand how her senior brother tossed himself into skin.
For the sake of herself and her brother's stomach, she decisively took over the work of the kitchen, and tried to coax the angry Zhao Langzhong: "It's all the fault of the dried fish, and the dried fish is bad." In the future, I will be responsible for cooking and cooking, and we will never eat salted fish again, we will all throw it away! β
Zhao Langzhong turned his face back a little, and looked at her suspiciously: "A word is a certainty? β
"It's a deal."
"No remorse?"
Feng Ayan smiled, grabbed his hand from under the table, and shook it gently: "It's a puppy to regret it." You see, you are not well and your body is still weak, how can you not eat something with oil and water? From today onwards, I'll be in charge, and you'll wait for the meal to beginβwell, not angry. β
"I want to eat meat." Zhao Hanjing clenched the hand that had been held into a fist, and inexplicably felt that his palms were itchy and hot; But compared to this anomaly, the meat and fishy food in the future can attract his attention more, "Don't smoke the sauce and marinate, it smells disgusting." β
"Okay." This little man is a little squeamish, but he can be regarded as a good feed, if he only eats meat boiled in plain water, she is not used to it enough.
Just as Feng Ayan responded happily, preparing to go to the neighborhood to ask for advice on how to cook, she suddenly heard the door of the shop being kicked open, and a group of reckless men broke into the hospital, led by Qian Yi, who was beaten by a fat person before noon. It turned out that this money was going to knock the Zhao family hard with a knife in his hand, but he was given a face by a female streamer, and he didn't say anything about the half penny, and he was beaten, he was unwilling, so he invited a few worshippers in the Cao gang to call Liangzi with the old Zhao family.
There was a circle of lively idlers around the shop, pointing and pointing, but they didn't dare to come forward to persuade them.
Xiao Langzhong glanced at her, meaning that you see I have already said that if he can't beat him himself, he will call someone.
Feng Ayan gave him a soothing look, signaled him to relax and watch the play. She still sat on the chair and didn't say anything, just in front of the "heroes", Xiao Yingying picked up a chopstick and inserted it into the tabletop, inch by inch, and forcibly embedded the bamboo stick into the board of solid ash.
The "heroes" froze in place, and the scene fell into a dead silence.
On the contrary, Zhao Langzhong, who was recognized as a coward, was the first to break the silence and glared at her unhurriedly: "I bought this table when I was fifteen years old, four dollars and six cents of silver, and eighty percent of the depreciation. β
The female stream replied very calmly: "I will pay." β
But Qian Yidao's few worshippers are not calm enough.
said that if you smash the Zhao family medical hall, you can sleep with a beautiful lady?
This little lady is beautiful enough, and she is really energetic, but who dares to get started? Do you really think that guy is a black tassel gun?
"Brothers," Feng Ayan didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and seeing that an infighting was about to start, she helped them add fuel to the fire with her sleeves, "It's not cost-effective to take advantage of the reputation of the Cao Gang for half a tael, and embarrass my woman's family, right?" In this way, the little woman can ignore the fact that you are armed and enter the house, there is only one point - I want to sign a life and death certificate with the 'Half Two Door Gods', and have a fair competition, whether I win or lose, life and death depend on heaven. If you have to join hands halfway, I'm sorry, even if you go to the dock, it will be you who don't follow the teachings first. β
She saw it early in the morning, these people don't have much weight, but they are strong and strong, and they are at most some little old men who rely on the power of the Cao Gang to come out and deceive them.
Just scare two times and then strain, this kind of abuse is not as good as Xiao Zhao Lang's backbone.
Just when everyone looked at each other, Zhao Hanjing, who was "windy", took out a half-through copper coin, slowly drew the rope, and then smashed the five hundred eldest sons into Qian's face like rain: "Half two for half a lot, thank you for counting, not a bad one!" Take it and find a Lang Zhong to take a look at the brain, the door god is delicate and expensive, my old Zhao family is a rattle doctor, cure! No! Rise! β
The "Door God" is used to being rampant, when has he ever been humiliated like this? Or was humiliated by the recognized cowardice! Immediately shouted angrily, drew his sword and slashed.
With a muffled sound of "dong", she raised her knees and raised her hand, Feng Ayan dusted off the dust on the upper of her shoes, and said with a smile: "Do you still have anything to do?" β
"It's okay, it's okay!" Several "heroes" hurriedly waved their hands, and they didn't even care about the younger brothers who were patting on the door of the shop across the street, and they dispersed like birds and beasts in an instant.
The "female stream" closed the door of the shop first, isolated all those stunned and inquiring eyes outside the house, and turned around to praise Zhao Langzhong, but saw that his senior brother was wandering with empty eyes.
"I regret it." Xiao Langzhong muttered to himself, "Five hundred eldest sons, how long will it take to pick up this?" β