Chapter 6 Buying Food
The Lian family is very poor, I don't know how long I haven't seen You Xing'er, at this moment, the three men of the Lian family are in Lian Su's room, Lian Zhongqi snorted and said:
"It smells so good!"
Lian Boyuan patted Lian Zhongqi's head and said:
"You unproductive!"
glared at Lian Zhongqi viciously, but Lian Boyuan's stomach made a gurgling sound, obviously a little hungry.
Even if Lian Su is lying on the bed, even if he is in poor health and has a spleen and stomach disorder, but people who have not eaten meat for a long time are still hungry in the end, even if Lian Su is a restrained character, the lines of his face can't help but tense at this moment, and the Adam's apple slides up and down.
"Bo Yuan, you go and take a look."
Suddenly, Lian Su spoke, and Lian Boyuan naturally didn't dare to disobey his uncle's orders, he nodded and walked directly in the direction of the kitchen.
On weekdays, Lian Boyuan is the most reserved, like that kind of voyeurism, which is impossible to do, but today it is probably because he was attracted by the aroma of lard, and he rushed directly into the kitchen, and he was unstable and fell into Qi Hao's arms.
Fortunately, Qi Zhen reacted quickly and held Lian Boyuan, who had two thin arms around Qi Hao's waist, using great strength, and Qi Zhen was a little out of breath.
Gently patting Lian Boyuan's head, Qi Hao let go of his hand and asked:
"What are you doing in the kitchen? Don't you know how to cook? ”
Lian Boyuan has also read books, and at this moment he is standing straight, his little face is flushed, and he argues:
"I'm not grown up yet, so naturally I'm not a gentleman, so I can go into the kitchen."
Qi Zhen didn't care about this eight-year-old child, she directly pinched a piece of oil residue from the bowl, put it in Lian Boyuan's mouth, and asked with a smile:
"Incense, huh?"
Lian Boyuan nodded, staring at the bowl filled with grease residue with a pair of eyes, and couldn't move it.
Qi Hao directly put the porcelain bowl in Lian Boyuan's hand and said:
"Take it back and eat it with Zhong Qi, your uncle can't move, he has a bad stomach now, if he eats these greasy ones, I'm afraid his condition will worsen."
Hearing this, Lian Boyuan hesitated for a while, holding the white porcelain bowl or putting it away, Qi Zhen looked at him like this, and asked with some doubts:
"Why don't you go out yet? There's a lot of smoke in the kitchen, don't choke on you. ”
Hearing the sound, Lian Boyuan walked out directly with the bowl, and Qi Zhen didn't care about him, and scooped up all the remaining oil residue in the pot into another bowl.
After that, she poured the lard into a jar, took out the osmanthus that had been washed before, scooped out a few spoonfuls of piping hot lard with a spoon, and covered the osmanthus with a spoon, so that the osmanthus flower oil would precipitate out and be used to smear the body, which was really an excellent thing.
With more than half of the lard left, Qi Hao sealed the jar and put it in a cool place to cool.
At this moment, the carp stewed in the casserole also exuded its aroma, and Qi Zhen liked the aroma of the fish soup more than the greasy oil aroma.
The lean meat that had just been shaved was wiped with salt, a rope was worn, and it fell on the beams of the house to dry, so that the bacon tasted much better than ordinary meat.
Qi Zhen is used to being a glutton, she is about to vomit when she eats sweet potatoes these days, and she finally made some money, she will not treat herself badly.
After two hours, Qi Zhen steamed the sweet potatoes, brought out the fish soup, and brought it to the Liansu room.
The two children smelled the smell of fish soup, swallowed their saliva, and looked at Qi Zhen with blank eyes, which looked a little pitiful.
Qi Zhen has followed the old eunuch for many years, and the old eunuch was originally a man with a head and a face in the palace, and he was very particular about eating, even if he was down-and-out later, he was still very hypocritical.
Qi Zhen's good cooking skills were gradually practiced under the torture of the old eunuch.
gave Lian Su a bowl of fish soup, and Qi Zhen said:
"Drink soup first, it's better to nourish your stomach."
Lian Su is not a person who does not know what to do, he took the soup bowl, did not thank him, scooped the soup with a spoon, and as soon as he entered it, his eyes lit up slightly.
Seeing the change in the man's expression, Qi Zhen felt a little proud in her heart, and after serving the fish soup to the two little babies, she didn't treat herself badly, sitting on the stool and sucking the fish soup in small bites.
Qi Zhen's eating appearance is quite Sven, but her meal is not small, and she ate two sweet potatoes to fill her stomach.
Seeing that Lian Zhongqi's originally sallow little face was slightly reddened, Qi Zhen felt how comfortable she was, she smiled and pinched the child's nose and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.
Today is the best time Qi Zhen has eaten since she was reborn.
After she boiled the medicine for Lian Su, she put the cooled lard and the jar of jasmine oil under the bed in her room.
Precipitating jasmine oil from lard is actually just the simplest step, although the jasmine oil made has a miraculous effect on beauty and beauty, but in order to make the best cream, you also need to blindly introduce it.
This introduction is not the old eunuch's secret recipe, but Qi Zhen found it by mistake, put it in the ointment, it can make the skin fair and even, as long as it is applied continuously, the skin and flesh will be renewed.
Speaking of which, it wasn't too difficult to make, but if she wanted to make it, she had to buy some more things.
After taking a bath, Qi Hao lay on the bed and fanned the wind with a fan.
Even though it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival now, the autumn tiger is still very strong, and it's about to set people on fire.
Wearing a thin profane dress, Qi Zhen was covered in sweat, and arrived the next day in a daze.
Today, Qi Zhen plans to buy some polished rice and come back, after all, the rice tank has already bottomed out, but fortunately, there are not a few people who farm in Dawan Village, although the land of the Lian family is deserted, but other people's families still have surplus grain.
Qi Zhen took fifty yuan, went out, turned around and went to Xu's house.
Standing outside the fence, she shouted at the top of her voice:
"Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, I'm in!"
After answering inside, Qi Zhen walked in directly, and happened to see Xu Laohan and Aunt Xu.
The Xu family is all croppers, so they are stronger than the Lian family, and their skin is darker, but they look very simple.
Qi Hao walked into the house and said with a smile:
"Uncle Xu, my husband was in the soil before, thanks to your help, there was no big mess, I came here today, on the one hand, to thank you, and on the other hand, I want to buy some food from your family."
Xu Laohan smoked a dry cigarette, swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog one after another, and said:
"Your family is very difficult, those boys still have to study now, you can take the food back first, and you don't need to give money."
Aunt Xu looked at the string of copper coins that Qi Zhen was carrying in her hand, and her eyes were a little reluctant, but because it was Xu Laohan who was the head of the family, she couldn't talk about this kind of thing, but there was a little complaint in her eyes.
Seeing this, Qi Zhen smiled hurriedly and said:
"Uncle Xu, I have also come up with a way to make money now, so I will send you the money, anyway, your family sells grain to Beijing, and it sells to me, it is the same. If you refuse, I'm afraid I won't have the face to come next time. ”
As she spoke, Qi Hao put the fifty copper coins directly on the wooden table.
Seeing this, Aunt Xu's face was a little better, and she pulled Qi Zhen in the direction of the warehouse, and as soon as she walked to the yard, Qi Zhen saw Xu Changgui walking in with a sickle.
Recently, it was just in time for the autumn harvest, and the fields were very busy, and he was shirtless, sweating on his tanned skin, and with strong muscles, he knew at a glance that this person was very strong.
Qi Zhen hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look more, although the farmer is not particular, but there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, if she walks too close to Xu Changgui, the long-tongued woman in this village may not know how to arrange her!
"Brother Changgui."
"Brother and sister, why are you here?"
When Aunt Xu saw Xu Changgui, she said:
"You carry a bag of grain from the warehouse and send it to the Lian family."
Xu Changgui answered, and walked to the shady warehouse, and Qi Zhen also went in and picked out a bag of polished rice.
"Did you buy food with our family?"
Qi Zhen nodded and said, "The food at home has been eaten, I think that your family still has surplus food, and you will come nearby, Brother Changgui won't want to sell it to me, right?" ”
While speaking, Qi Zhen glanced at Xu Changgui obliquely, and somehow, there was a flattering look in his eyes, which made Xu Changgui's dark face hot.
Qi Hao didn't deliberately seduce Xu Changgui, but in her previous life, under the training of the old eunuch, she had already passed through the personnel, and her every move was full of charm.
Now although she is back twelve years ago, her body is still a virgin, but the memory in her mind cannot be erased, so Qi Hao looks at it, but it is not the same as in the past.
This difference is not shown in appearance at the moment, but between words and deeds, it makes people feel very obvious.
Xu Changgui didn't dare to look at Qi Zhen at all, shook his head again and again, and said:
"Why wouldn't I want to sell you grain? As long as you take Bo Yuan and Zhong Qi well, let Asu take care of his body. ”
The absurd thing that Qi Zhen did before, the entire Dawan Village knew about it, the Xu family was the neighbor of the Qi family, and the two families were so close to each other, they shouted at the top of their throats on weekdays, and they could hear it on the other side, and they naturally knew about it.
It's just that because of the kindness of the Xu family, they think that Qi Zhen has changed her temperament now, and she really wants to live a good life in the Lian family, and her color is a little better.
"Brother and sister, don't blame me for talking too much, your mother's family is really not a good thing, how can there be a mother's family in this world who let her daughter hollow out all the money of her husband's family!"
The Qi family is not from Dawan Village, but in the next village, which is closer to the capital.
However, the Qi family is not wealthy, there are three sons with handles, and only a little daughter of Qi Zhen was born, but it is a pity that in the eyes of the Qi family, only the son is his own family, and the water spilled by the married daughter is just a foreign surname.
It was precisely because of this idea that Qi Hao was sold by the Qi family again and again, just for the expensive bride price.