When the rooster crows, the morning light is not dawning.

Now in late autumn and winter, most of the winter wheat has been put into the warehouse, and the farming work is stopped, and the men either warm the kang at home, or go to Tongzhou City to find some strength to supplement the family. Niu Changgeng, the grandson of Grandma's family, works in the city all the year round, and his father is a son-in-law, with the craft of striking iron, and most of the farm tools and ironware in the village come from him.

His family is loyal and enthusiastic, and since Luo Shi settled down, he has sent some vegetables and fruits every now and then, although it is worthless, but it has given her a lot of warmth, compared to the rest of the refugees who look down on the settled refugees, and a "country chin" is called happy, it is simply a cloud of mud.

I got up early in the morning, freshened up, and went out to grandma's house with my pocket.

Maybe she was afraid of the cold, the grandmother baked the brazier early, and a small white clay pot burned charcoal in the stove, which made the house hot, as if the radish and the pocket had been used to freezing, I didn't think that I felt very warm when I entered the house.

The distant aunt of Osmanthus is also there, gathered around the brazier, holding a large bag of peanuts and gossiping.

"Yo, isn't this Luo Shi, look, this is Niu He's pocket, right? Tsk, it's a pretty porcelain male doll after it's whitewashed...... I said Luo Shi, what are you girl pulling him to do, he won't marry in the future, I said it's better to give it to me, I don't have a boy anyway, I must treat him well"

As he spoke, he liked to pinch the face of the pocket, but the pocket dodged and hid behind Luo Shi, only daring to poke his head and look.

"Osmanthus, don't scare the child, if you like it, you will save him at that time, this son will also have many well-behaved sons, not only was he reluctant to give up the ten taels of silver at that time, but now Luo is raising him, and you have a lot of mouth."

Grandma smacked her, turned around and stuffed the candy into her pocket, looked up and smiled at Luo Shi: "Why did you come here today, yo, what is this?" Is that what you call a snack? ”

Luo Shi saw that Aunt Osmanthus was there, and knew that she was a big eye, and when she saw that there was nothing that did not take advantage of things, she didn't want to take it out, but when the grandmother saw it, she couldn't.

She took out a bowl of spicy noodles from the basket, placed it on the table, and invited the grandmother to taste it.

As soon as the osmanthus saw that there was a snack to eat, it was still a fresh thing that had never been eaten, where would I just take a look, a twisted crotch rushed up, and shouted: "Why is it so fragrant, let me taste it too!" Give me one, give me one. ”

"Hey, it's so spicy, what's going on, it's not so spicy to put some peppercorns on weekdays."

Puffed her fingers, although it was spicy, it was salty, delicious and delicious, she could eat spicy food on weekdays, and ordinary people were afraid that they couldn't stand it.

The grandmother ate one and turned her head to find water to drink, and laughed: "The old woman can't eat spicy, it's bad to eat more fire and not, your osmanthus aunt likes spicy food, you tell her to taste more."

Hearing this, Luo Shi also smiled: "It's okay to eat occasionally, the weather is cold now, eat some spicy sweat, drive away some cold, it's good for the body, you will make a stove before winter, it can be seen that there is a cold in the body."

"What Luo Shi said is, don't be afraid of spicy, the more you eat this thing, the more fragrant it becomes, I can't think of her little bean sprouts, and she still understands these, and the words she said are the same as that of Dr. Wei in the village" Osmanthus should admit.

Luo Shi saw her talking, but she kept eating in her mouth, but she ate half a bowl of spicy noodles and left, so she said:

"Auntie, how does it taste, I plan to sell some silver for this spicy strip when I catch up with the market, half a catty and ten yuan, you eat this half bowl, I'm afraid there will be eight or nine yuan."

"Ahem...... In this way, I can't bear to eat it, it's delicious, but it's a little more expensive."

"My aunt has always been good with me, so it can be cheaper, counting what you just eat, just count your seven cents."

Seeing her enter the set, Luo Shi squinted and smiled, her willow eyebrows were crooked, and she couldn't refute the slightest mistake on her face.

"Hun said, you just said that you asked me to taste it, where did you say that you were going to sell it to me, this, how can this make me, I don't have any silver on me?"

Osmanthus hated her to death in her heart, she was here to take advantage, and she wanted to ask her to eat more, who would have thought to ask her to collect money.

"Ah Hua, it's not easy for people to be astringent, you see this spicy strip is fried out of tofu skin, and it takes time and effort to grind the beans, and she said that there is also this red and spicy powder, she called you and I tasted fresh, I should always give someone a lottery, so that she can have a confidence, and make a lot of money in the future, can you forget the first one that your osmanthus aunt added?"

After that, he was about to turn over the copper plate from the cabinet - Luo Shi hurriedly stopped and said: "Grandma, what are you doing, I am joking with you and my aunt, how can I collect the salary with an old face, I just hope that Aunt Osmanthus will allow me to do something, and I will send spicy strips to her every day from tomorrow!" ”

Seeing that Luo Shi didn't want money, Osmanthus's face looked better, and asked: "That's it, they are all villagers and neighbors, and it hurts to eat a snack and talk about money."

"Yes, I know that my aunt's house is wrapped in a small river pond, so I want to ask you to ask you to ask for the lotus root and small fish at the bottom of the pond, what did you say, the villagers, talking about money hurts feelings, so I will show my face, I hope you will send me more"

Grandma laughed, nodded a little and called the ghost girl. Osmanthus looked ugly as if swallowing a fly, and the dumb ate Coptis chinensis could only smile and say: "Hehe, natural and natural, if you want to take it, hehe, what a big deal"

Aunt Osmanthus left first, and Luo Shi was willing to stay, and stayed and gossiped with her grandmother.

Grandma Niu said that tomorrow is a market day, and it happened that she rented an ox cart to go to the city to see her eldest grandson, since Luo Shi also wanted to go, then she would take a car together, and there were not many of her sisters and brothers, and there was a laughing companion on the road.

Luo Shi thanked him for his kindness, and said that since it was set tomorrow, there would be no more delays, so he would go to Aunt Osmanthus to get the lotus root and the small fish to make more snacks, so that they could be taken and sold.

was about to say goodbye and go out, but was pulled by the grandmother, and secretly stuffed a copper coin from her sleeve, about a string of money, a hundred!

"Grandma, what is this doing?"

"I understand your Aunt Osmanthus's temperament, ask her for nothing, how much can she give you, you take it and ask her to buy it, Luo Shi, you are a smart doll, this spicy strip tastes really good, grandma is looking forward to you making a lot of money, you use this money, fried bean skin also costs oil, which one does not cost money to buy in the small shop at the entrance of the village? Don't be in a hurry to return it, take it! ”

When it came to Luo Shi's heart, it was not a parent, but grandma helped her so much, her nose was sore, and she almost burst into tears, she lowered her head and said in a loud voice: "Grandma, I will definitely earn money and come back to pay you back, so as not to disappoint you"

"It's okay, it's just not sold, it's okay to keep it for yourself, you have a smart brain, this can't do this, you have the heart to make money, it's all over the place, just wait for the diligent people to pick it, do you listen to this truth? Silly girl, come on, go back"

Luo Shi nodded, and left Grandma's house with her pocket.

I went to Aunt Osmanthus's house to take the lotus root and the little fish boy home, and when I entered the house, it was already evening.

Luo Shi urged her pocket to wash her hands, went to add tea to the fire, and ate the leftover cakes from yesterday hot. She was busy cleaning up the small fish and lotus roots, planning to make spicy small fish and spicy marinated lotus roots, and sell them in the city together with the spicy strips.

Lotus lotus life treasure, autumn lotus root is the most replenishing, now the autumn weather is the most dry, eat some lotus root to nourish yin and clear heat, moisturize dryness and quench thirst, this has a gimmick source. As for the small fish, it is needless to say that the spicy flavor was once the best sold in the snack shop in the past.

I took out twenty copper coins, stuffed them into the inner pocket of my pocket clothes, and instructed: "Shangcunkou Merchant's shop to make some oil, buy a piece of oily paper for encapsulating oil cakes, and then see if there is a jar for pickles in the past, buy three and come back, if you can't move it, your mouth will be sweeter, please ask the merchant to move it with you, do you understand?" ”

"Well, Douzi understands, sister, you're busy with you, I'll go"

He was very happy to get the task, he knew that his sister was pouring these snacks to sell them in the city tomorrow, and he could make a contribution, and he was also a little adult in the family, which made him very proud.

Luo Xi saw him swaying with small steps, and ran out like the wind, with a smile on his face, and was glad that he was becoming more and more cheerful, and secretly recited a sentence of "little slippery head"

……

When the pocket came back, her spicy braised lotus root and small fish were already out of the pot, and she washed the sauce jar and packed it separately. Another pot of spicy strips was made, and when it came out of the pot and filled the can, it was nearly three days.

Sleepy and unable to hold on any longer, she climbed onto the earthen kang in black, and saw that her pocket was kicking on her big black eyes, and she didn't feel a trace of sleepiness, so she asked:

"What kind of immortal are you doing, not sleeping so late?"

"Sister, I can't sleep with excitement, do you think we can make a lot of money tomorrow?"

Pillowed her arms, Luo Shi also beat a drum in her heart, but she thought about the good in everything, why worry if it didn't work out yet?

"Naturally, you also love to eat my spicy strips, are you afraid that no one will buy them?"

"Great, sister, if you make a lot of money, can you take me to eat hot noodle soup and donkey meat buns?"

He only remembered when he had smelled it, but he had never tasted it, and in his little world, these were the only two things that were the best in the whole world, and he ate them to celebrate when he was most happy.

Luo Shi touched his head and said softly: "Okay, take you to eat, I will ask you to eat every day in the future, until you get bored of eating"

"The pocket will not get tired!" As if he had been promised, he fell asleep contentedly, and in a short time he fell asleep

Only for a while, Luo Shi was also invited by Zhou Gong to drink tea, and he was sleepless all night, and it was dawn in a blink of an eye.