Chapter 9: The Destruction of Heavenly Things
Rui Xue heard the words "little yellow bean", and suddenly her heart beat faster. Since she woke up, all the crops she saw were grain, wheat, rice, and even eggplant and cucumbers, but there were no soybeans, even the vegetable oil she ate on weekdays was also a kind of rapeseed pressed.
Unexpectedly, she made such a discovery today, she immediately stood up, and begged Sister-in-law Zhang to take her to see it without waiting for a moment.
Sister-in-law Zhang saw that she was so urgent, and she was puzzled, but she didn't want to ask too much, so she led her straight through the slightly yellow barren grassland, and in less than half an hour, she saw Zhang Dahe bending down and waving a sickle in a depression from a distance, and when she got closer, she finally saw clearly, it was a brown hemp stalk-like crop, and the branches were covered with dense pods, and there was a ripe mouth that was slightly opened, revealing the small pale yellow beans inside.
Rui Xue stepped forward in a few steps, picked off the pods, peeled one and threw it in her mouth, the familiar smell of beany made her jump with joy.
The husband and wife of the Zhang family gathered together in surprise and muttered in a low voice, "Daddy, what's wrong with Mrs. Zhao, can't it be that she went crazy after eating cow beans?" ”
Zhang Dahe shook his head, "I was hungry when I was a child, and I also ate, so it's nothing." ”
Rui Xue didn't pay attention to what the couple was talking about, her mind was already running at high speed, and this time and space actually only fed soybeans to cattle, which was a waste and should be punished by God.
This is a good thing, make tofu, soy milk, dried tofu, bean skin, bean curd, bean curd, delicious and nutritious, the most important thing is that you can squeeze oil, as long as the soybean oil comes out, there is a slightly spicy taste of rapeseed oil, to ensure that no one buys it, it is definitely a good deal, and you get rich overnight.
However, if she wants to keep such huge profits in this time and space, it is not something that she can do as a powerless woman, or wait until later, what is put in front of her now is to make some novel food, simple and delicious, and the kind with small profits and quick turnover, first improve the poor life, at least she must be able to eat eggs and pork every day.
Thinking of this, she took a few steps in front of the Zhang family and his wife, and said with anticipation, "Brother Zhang, sister-in-law, if you just collect and feed the livestock, can you even me a bag, no, half a bag is fine, I will pay, as much as you want!" ”
The heads of the Zhang family and his wife immediately shook like rattles, Rui Xue's heart sank, could it be that she was wrong, there are other uses for this bean, she was just about to ask, but Zhang's sister-in-law had already opened her mouth first, "Why is my sister so polite, but a bag of cow beans, you can take it if you are useful, and what money do you need to give, isn't this a slap in the face of the two of us?" ”
Ruixue immediately understood that she would be mistaken, and she was overjoyed and thanked her again and again.
Sister-in-law Zhang saw that the sun was about to reach the west mountain, so she pulled Ruixue home, Ruixue was not worried about the soybean, and turned around to look around while walking, as if she was afraid that the bean would grow wings and fly away, Zhang Dahe rarely laughed, and said, "Cut it today, and press it with a stone roller, and wait until tomorrow it is all cleaned up, and I will carry it for you." ”
Rui Xue was relieved, and when she went back to Zhang's house to help Zhang's sister-in-law make dinner, she ate it herself, and brought Zhao Fengnian a bowl of brown rice, and a bowl of stew and went home.
Zhao Fengnian has recovered most of his body in the past few days, and often walks around twice in front of and behind the house, looking at the clean and tidy yard, the newly planted vegetable field, and the stove with rice grain and dry firewood.
At this time, he sat at the table and ate slowly, occasionally glanced at Ruixue who was sitting in front of the window in a daze, and saw that she sometimes frowned, sometimes happy, and doubted in his heart, wanting to ask her what difficult things had happened, but this thought also turned in his heart, and when he reached his mouth, he swallowed it with the meal.
Rui Xue tried her best to calm herself down, suppressed the excitement in her head, simply sorted out what she had to do, habitually planned to grab the pen and write it down, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, this is a good habit she laid in her previous life, but unfortunately she stretched out her hand but grabbed a void, and suddenly remembered that she had traveled to a strange time and space, and the family was poor only with four walls, and her heart was instantly a little lost, she sighed softly, turned her head to look at Zhao Fengnian who was eating, and asked tentatively, "Xianggong, are there four treasures in the study at home?" ”
Zhao Fengnian was sending the last bite of brown rice to his mouth, Leng Ding heard this sentence "Xianggong", and immediately choked and coughed, his face was flushed, Rui Xue stepped forward in a few steps, patted his back hard, helped Shunqi, and asked with concern, "Xianggong, what's wrong with you, drink tea Shunshun first!" ”
After tossing for a while, Zhao Fengnian finally calmed down, turned his head and frowned and asked, "What did you call me just now?" ”
"Xianggong, isn't it right? What's that going to be called? Husband? Runzhi? Well... Or is it the mouth? Rui Xue was also a little apprehensive in her heart, she knew that she must have called it wrong when she saw him react like this just now, but now she can only ask hard, because after all, two people live together, and they need to have a name.
Sure enough, Zhao Fengnian listened to these titles, his face became darker and darker, and he waved his hand vigorously and said, "The title of Xianggong can only be used by the prime minister of a country. When you were sold into slavery, who taught you the rules and didn't even understand them? ”
What a broken place, even a title is so much to say, it's better in the previous life, it doesn't matter if you call your name directly, or your husband, or call your heart and liver baby directly.
Rui Xue slandered in her heart, she didn't dare to say this, she lowered her head and said half annoyed and half helpless, "I was only six years old when I sold myself into the house, and I was also taught by my grandmother, but I don't know if I hurt my head a few days ago, I forgot a lot of things, and I can't remember it." ”
Zhao Fengnian heard that she left her family as a slave and maid at such a young age, no wonder she was so diligent, and the cooking tasted good, and she had to eat a lot of hard work, for some reason, her heart was soft for no reason, she coughed twice, and said in a low voice, "I have no fame, I used to be a businessman, you can call me the shopkeeper." After he finished speaking, he bent down and fell beside the bed, dragged an ebony box from under the bed, and took out a few yellowed pieces of paper and pen and ink inkstones.
Rui Xue didn't care what he thought in his heart, he could mix it up without arousing his suspicions, and he got what he wanted, so he smiled happily, and hurriedly took it over and thanked him, "Thank you, shopkeeper." ”
Zhao Fengnian was attracted by her words, and felt as if he had returned to the time when he first took care of the shop, when he took the guys in and out every day, and he was so happy every time he made a business...
Rui Xue was in a hurry to write out the thoughts in her head, and didn't pay attention to him in a daze, picked up the dishes and chopsticks neatly, wiped the table and wiped it, and then poured some leftover tea in the inkstone a little clumsily, pulling the wide cuffs with one hand, grinding ink with the other hand, and occasionally putting a piece of paper, the sleeves dangled on the inkstone, almost stained with ink several times, Zhao Fengnian woke up and saw it, frowned slightly, got up and went to the ground, took the ink block in her hand and slowly grinded it, while saying with a calm face, "When it comes to the Analects, it is the way to go, How to grind ink but clumsy? ”
Rui Xue smiled, "I haven't started writing for a long time, and I'm a little rusty." ”
As he spoke, the ink was polished, and Zhao Fengnian did not leave, sitting on the chair and watching Rui Xue dip his hanging wrist to write, sure enough, although the handwriting was not very handsome, it was also horizontal and vertical, and it could be seen that it had been practiced hard.
Rui Xue wrote down the utensils needed to make tofu in one go, and then carefully drew the supporting boards, wooden frames, upper covers, and the four corners of the bean dregs according to the appearance in her memory, dried the ink, and folded them aside.
Zhao Fengnian couldn't help but be curious to pick it up and take a closer look, and when he saw that it was a few simple wooden tools, he asked, "What is this and what is the use?" ”
When Rui Xue had nothing to do, she had already considered her situation, she wanted to live a good life in this time and space, no matter what she did, she had to have the support of a man, and maybe even in the name of her husband, so she didn't plan to hide it from him, while listing the things to be bought, she replied casually, "Ah, when I was a child, I saw an old neighbor who made a food called tofu, which was very delicious, and I didn't find anyone who could make it when I came here, so I thought about making two utensils, making some and trying to sell it, also earn some money for firewood, rice, oil, and salt. ”
Zhao Fengnian heard this, and the hand holding the drawings was a meal, most of the women in other people's families were to make some female red and sell them to the city, and even if they were able to supplement their families, but it seemed that the person who married him in his illness was different, and he could actually think of doing some small business to make money, and he could write and draw, and even count, ordinary men were difficult to reach half of her.
But earning money to support the family is a man's business, and now she is working so hard to plan, does it show that in her heart, he is too incompetent, or has no man's responsibility.
Thinking like this, an unspeakable anger swelled up in his heart, but he laid out all the things that have happened to this day, the meals at home are made by her, the food is advanced by her to the clan elders, the vegetable field is planted by her, and the yard is taken care of by her.
No matter what the situation was at the beginning, now that they have become relatives, he is no longer alone, whether he should think more about this woman in the future.
Thinking like this, he raised his eyes to look at Rui Xue again, and saw that she frowned in annoyance because she had written a wrong word, pouted her red little mouth to erase the typo, and picked up the pen again to write the correct one next to her, and then let go of the two eyebrows.
Her appearance is not coquettish, and her eyebrows and eyes are even a little rough, a little more heroic than ordinary women, but when she smiled, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were gently hooked, and she added a sense of closeness and softness for no reason. Whether it is troubled or happy, it can be clearly seen on her face, just like transparent glass, without the slightest concealment, completely different from those wooden women who always have only a smile on their faces.
Perhaps, living with such a woman will have a different taste.