After some bargaining, Zhang Mutou finally sold it to Meiweiju for fifteen taels of silver per recipe.

Zhang Brick walked out of the delicious house like a dream, and touched his chest from time to time, there were three silver ingots in it, a full fifteen taels, he grew so big, let alone fifteen taels, he didn't even see five taels.

"Wood, we've got money." Zhang Brick grinned.

"Well, we've got the money." Zhang Mutou nodded, and reminded his second brother in a low voice, "Second brother, you be quiet, don't let others know that we have made money." With the small size of the two of us, we can't keep this money. ”

"Oh, oh, I won't say it." Zhang Brick hurriedly covered his mouth with his hands.

After a while, Zhang Brick asked Zhang Mu in a low voice: "Wood, where are we going now?" ”

"Let's go find my father and mother, and then go buy food and go home." Zhang Mutou said.

"Oh, good."

The two of them went to Xicheng, which was a civilian area, and all the people who came to work in the county seat were gathered there.

"Wood, just now you told the shopkeeper that my name is Zhang Deyuan, I think it sounds very good. Or in the future, my big name will be changed to Zhang Deyuan, right? The second brother walked as he walked.

"As long as my father and mother have no opinion." Zhang Mutou replied. After using the name Zhang Deguang for more than 30 years, he has become accustomed to this name and wants to continue to use this name.

"Daddy will definitely agree. The name Zhang Deyuan is much better than Zhang Brick, like the names of those big people. ”

The two of them said that they had arrived outside the market in the West Side. Originally, the bazaar was a place for ordinary people to trade, but because of the drought, the people had nothing to trade, and all the people inside and outside the bazaar were people who came to the county to work, and those who had no work to do were waiting in the bazaar.

The two brothers searched around the market and finally found their father. Dad Zhang's man in his thirties looks like an old man in his fifties, and Zhang Niang also looks old, how can the two of them compete with those young and strong people like this? Employers have a choice, why choose them. The two of them had not found any work for a day, and were sitting in the corner with a frown, worried about the lack of food for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. They can go without eating, but they have two sons at home and can't go without eating.

"Dad, mother." Zhang Brick opened his mouth to call the two of them.

Father Zhang and Niang Zhang stood up in surprise and came to the two sons: "Why are you two here?" ”

"Mother, I'm hungry and want to eat." Zhang Mutou said.

Father Zhang and Zhang Niang's faces showed embarrassment, they didn't do any work that day, they didn't make any money, and they couldn't exchange it for food.

"Father, mother, let's go eat." Zhang Mutou pulled Zhang Niang to the outside of the market.

Zhang Brick pulled Zhang's father and hurriedly followed.

Zhang Niang hurriedly said: "Wood, you go home with the second brother first, there are still some wild vegetables at home, you eat first to fill your stomach." My father and mother will have to find a job to do, and when I get money for my work, I will buy food for you to eat. ”

At this time, the family had already walked out of the market, and there were not many people around, Zhang Mutou whispered: "Dad, mother, let's go eat together, I have money." ”

"What? Where do you get the money? Father Zhang and Niang Zhang were taken aback and asked.

Zhang Brick whispered excitedly but cautiously: "Dad, mother, my brother is amazing, he was favored by the gods and taught him great skills." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Brick pulled Zhang Dad and Zhang Niang aside, and whispered about Zhang Mutou's dream of being taught skills by the gods, and then selling recipes to earn thirty taels of silver. After Zhang Brick finished speaking, he looked around carefully, and after finding that no one was paying attention to their family, he took out the silver in his arms and stuffed it into Zhang's father's arms.

"Dad, there are fifteen taels here, you quickly put it away."

Zhang Mutou also gave Zhang Niang the silver money in his arms, and he was not completely filled with silver, and there was a purse full of copper coins.

Father Zhang and Niang Zhang were taken aback, hurriedly put the money into their arms, so that no one could see it, and then knelt on the ground ecstatically, kowtowing and thanking the gods for their favor. Zhang Mutou thought about the woman he saw before he died, she should be a fairy, right?

After thanking the immortals, the two husbands and wives stood up and cautiously told their two sons: "Bricks, wood, the things of the immortals can no longer be told to other people except for the two of us, you know?" ”

Zhang Brick said: "Don't worry, Daddy, I have already warned my younger brother that we will never tell the fifth person about the immortals." ”

"Hmm." Father Zhang nodded, "Your eldest brother and sister-in-law can't say it." ”

Zhang Niang listened to Zhang's father's words and sighed, the eldest son made them too disappointed, and they should not have this son in the future, whether the family is good or bad, it has nothing to do with this son.

Zhang Brick smiled, like a little fox, and said: "Daddy, the gods gave my younger brother a big name called Zhang Deguang, and also gave me a big name called Zhang Deyuan." Do you think it sounds good or not? ”

"Nice, nice." Father Zhang and Zhang Niang nodded again and again, how could two names with such culture and connotation not sound good? I also wanted to give my sons nice and cultured names, but unfortunately I was illiterate and uneducated, so I could only take the name of wood and stone. Now that some immortals have chosen such lofty names for their sons, they are not only happy that their names have been discarded, but they are extremely happy.

Zhang Mutou was funny, he couldn't imagine that the second brother would change his name under the pretense of a fairy, but he would not expose the second brother.

"Dad, mother, I'm hungry." Zhang Mutou touched his little belly and reminded Dad Zhang and Niang Zhang. He was really hungry, there was no food at home, he and Zhang Brick could only take wild vegetables every day to satisfy their hunger, and the amount of wild vegetables was still so small, he had not eaten a full meal for more than ten days.

"Okay, okay, let's go eat first, eat big." Father Zhang and Niang Zhang hurriedly said that their stomachs were also hungry.

There are very few food sellers on the street, but fortunately there are one or two stalls, but the food sold is two or three times more expensive than before. Zhang Niang touched the purse in her arms, gritted her teeth, and went to the stall to eat with her family. One person ate two bowls of clear water noodles, and the family was extremely satisfied.

"Let's go, let's buy food." Father Zhang felt full of energy after eating, and the sorrow on his face disappeared.

The amount of grain in the grain store is not much, and the price is more than ten times more expensive than before, many ordinary people cannot afford to buy food, and the money they earn every day can only buy a little bit of the lowest brown rice, which is not enough for the family to eat. The Zhang family used to be like this. But now that they have the money, they can buy more food, and they can buy better-tasting rice.

Zhang Mu and Zhang Brick drooled over the rice. Zhang Brick has only eaten rice three times since he was a child, and he only thinks that rice is the best rice in the world. Although Father Zhang and Niang Zhang saw the expressions of their two sons who were hungry for rice, they still gave up the option of rice and bought brown rice that was much cheaper than rice. Father Zhang wanted to exchange all the silver for brown rice, but he saw that the stock of grain was getting smaller and smaller, and he was worried that he would not be able to buy grain if he had money in the future.

Zhang Mutou persuaded Dad Zhang, and under the pretext of the instructions given to him by the gods, Dad Zhang only spent five taels of silver to buy food. He remembered that the imperial court had already prepared disaster relief food to be sent to the county seat at this time, and in another seven or eight days, the disaster relief food would arrive and be distributed to the people. Although the food distributed by each family was not much, it was enough for the people to survive this time. At that time, the price of food also fell, and as long as you worked hard, you were able to exchange for enough food for the family. Back then, if the second brother hadn't been injured in a fall, their family would not have fallen into a desperate situation, so he sold himself for money.

After eating enough, Brother Zhang also had the strength, Zhang Niang bought three bamboo baskets, and carried one with Father Zhang and Brother Zhang, which contained the purchased grain, covered with sundries as a cover, and returned to the village with Zhang Mutou. Zhang Mutou also wanted to carry food, but was stopped by the other three together. In the eyes of the other three, Zhang Mutou is now a terrible character, how can he do such a hard thing? Zhang Mutou couldn't resist three people, so he could only carry a small leather hare in a small basket, and followed behind Zhang's father, Zhang Niang, and Zhang's second brother.

Second Brother Zhang frequently turned his head to look at Zhang Mutou, and Zhang Mutou knew that the second brother was not looking at himself, but the rabbit meat in his basket. Meat, the Zhang family hasn't eaten it for a long time, and the second brother is so hungry that his mouth waters.

"Today I was lucky to meet someone who sells rabbit meat." Zhang Niang said enviously, "It's better to rely on the people in the mountain village, they can go into the mountains to hunt prey, and there are many more wild vegetables in the mountains than we on the flat land, even if they don't have food, they won't starve." ”

Dad Zhang said: "Backing villages also have the hardships of backing villages. There was a drought, and there was little prey on the mountain, so they all ran to other mountains. They may not be able to hunt prey when they go into the mountains, and the people who sell rabbit meat today should be lucky to be able to hunt rabbits. Moreover, I have heard that the wolves in the mountains will come down to eat people when they are hungry and panicked, and they are much more dangerous than us. ”

Zhang Niang was frightened: "Wolves? Luckily we didn't live in a backing village. ”

Zhang Mu sweated, Zhang Niang's attitude turned really fast. However, as ordinary people, each has its own hardships and difficulties, and it is not easy to live. However, the common people are also happy, as long as they are well fed and clothed, they are happy, unlike those powerful and rich people, who calculate this and that every day, and live harder.

Zhang Mutou thought back to his own life in this previous life, and felt that his current life was heaven, at least he didn't have to worry about it, worried that he would lose his life if he didn't pay attention.

Back at home, Zhang Niang made a wild vegetable porridge with brown rice and leftover wild vegetables. is no longer the kind of clear soup with only a few grains of rice, and the thick rice porridge allows the four of them to eat it. Zhang Niang burped with satisfaction and sighed: "I don't know if they can eat a full meal." ”