Lily didn't have the impression that there was any "little Xiucai", so he asked casually, but when he saw that Qingsong didn't answer, he didn't take it seriously.

But Qing Song looked at his eldest sister with worried eyes, not knowing whether to say it or not. But his idea was quickly broken by the ginger soup brought by Lily, he pinched his nose and poured the ginger soup, and was spicy and sweaty, leaving "Xiao Xiucai" behind.

Lily saw that the green pine was so spicy that she stuck out her tongue, and she drank a bowl of it, the brown sugar was sweet, the ginger was spicy and warm, the taste was a little strange, but the aftertaste was surprisingly good.

The more flowers and sachets are sold, the more money Lily accumulates in her hands, and the more confidence she has. Many people in the town wanted to emulate her, but they were not lawful, and business was never as prosperous as hers.

By word of mouth, her reputation has changed from the flower girl in Aoyagi Town to the "Peach Blossom Lady", and people who don't know how good-looking she still thinks she is, so she specially came to buy flowers, and only when she saw the real person did she feel disappointed.

Fortunately, in the end, these people will always be leveled by Lily, happily buy flowers and return to the city, and do not feel that they have run in vain.

Somehow, Lily always felt that she was prone to meeting someone recently, not someone else, but the arrogant scholar she saw arguing with someone one day.

And it's not her delusion, this scholar always looks at her intentionally or unintentionally. She doesn't look good, but she's thin and looks like a bully, so she's insecure and always sensitive to this kind of malicious gaze.

Lily had to ask Aunt Sheng if she knew the scholar, and she also inquired about the meaning of the other party, if the other party really had any bad intentions, she would have to be prepared.

Aunt Sheng said with a smile: "Are you talking about Xiaoxiucai?"

"Xiao Xiucai?" Baiyi was stunned, only to know that his younger brother said that Xiao Xiucai, who inquired about her, was this strange scholar, and couldn't help but be more vigilant.

This "little showman" is also a member of the Liu family, and the big name Liu Rulong is now studying in the Liu family's private school. Because he is very spiritual, Master Liu values him very much, and even the people in the town are full of hope and respect for her.

Xiao Xiucai is nineteen years old this year, and he is said to be a Xiucai, but in fact, he has no fame, but he has just taken the children's exam. If ordinary people are frightened by his reputation, they will always describe this person as like a Wenqu star.

But Aunt Sheng was the maid who served Master Liu back then, from Master Liu's examination to the examination, she could see many people along the way, and the children were not in her eyes.

"In my opinion, it doesn't really matter if people can't read it, what matters is that they don't understand reason. Aunt Sheng smacked her lips, "This little Xiucai has no one in his eyes, and he is proud to be like this when he is a child, if he really becomes a showman and a person, who in this town is still in his eyes?"

Arrive.

Lily thought to herself, I don't know what people's aesthetic standards are at this time, Xiaoxiu looks so strange, they still think that her family Song Haonian is so good-looking, but some people think that he is not majestic enough

She is married, so she naturally doesn't have any thoughts about Xiao Xiucai, knowing that Xiao Xiucai has many suitors, and it is really unlikely that she will fall in love with herself as a married woman, and the previous things were probably her own delusions.

Leaving a few flower baskets for decoration in Liufu, Bai Zhisheng said goodbye to Aunt Bai and decided to go to the butcher shop to have a look.

The butcher's shop is at the eastern end of the town, and Lily has to walk a little further east to buy meat.

She was thinking about whether to buy some meat with fat to boil lard at home, or buy some ribs that most people at this time looked down on, and go home to cook pork rib soup, when suddenly her eyes darkened.

Yuri looked up, almost thinking that there was a bamboo pole standing in front of him!

She stepped back a little, only to see clearly that there was a person in front of her, "Little Xiucai" Liu Rulong. "What's the matter with you? Today's flowers are sold out, and if you really want to buy them, I'll leave you an extra basket tomorrow." ”

Liu Rulong looked at Lily with pain and regret: "Are you doing well?"

Lily was taken aback, lest the girl had anything to do with Liu Rulong in the past, but she remembered it twice, and she really couldn't remember it, so she felt that this little show was a little abnormal, and she was afraid that she was not stupid, "If you have nothing to do, don't get in my way." ”

Liu Rulong was stunned, he didn't expect Lily to dare to speak to him like this. He will be the one who will take the top prize in the future, and who in the town will not respect him? Even Master Liu will be polite to him, and those big girls and little daughters-in-law will be red and eager to pounce when they see him

Lily's coldness made Xiao Xiucai very surprised and hurt, and he was stunned for a long time before he found what he wanted to say: "Is Song Haonian bad for you? I won't let him go!"

Lily looked at Xiao Xiucai like a fool: Who is this person, I'm afraid he is not a fool, right?

Not to mention that Song Haonian is very good to Lily, even if Song Haonian is really bad to Lily, and tortures her at home, it should be her father and her brother Qingsong who come out, how can there be such a kind of jumping out halfway and telling people that they want to come out?

What's more, when the big girl jumped into the river and was lying in bed and was sick to death, why didn't she see this Xiucai giving a porridge and a meal? When she had no money and was starving to death, why didn't she see this little Xiucai giving a penny and a bowl of rice?

Now that she has earned a way to survive on her own, this person jumped out to slander Song Haonian, with a face that he wants to administer justice to her. If it weren't for Aunt Sheng's detailed account of Xiao Xiucai's life experience, Lily couldn't help but suspect that this person was a white party who made a living by tricking women into eating soft rice.

Lily sank her face: "Are you unreasonable? What is my man doing to me, what does it matter to you? My family is very good in the New Year, you hurry up and get out of the way, otherwise I'm welcome!"

Liu Rulong quickly gave way, and at the same time grieved: "You weren't like this before"

He remembered that before, this woman was always red-faced and elegant when she saw her, and he was willing to compare her to a peach blossom with a human face, although this peach blossom was not very good-looking, and he couldn't look at it.

But he doesn't look down on it, it's different if she doesn't take him seriously, he Liu Rulong will be a person who will have a great future in the future, and he will never allow a woman to be disrespectful to him!

Liu Rulong talked to himself, and after a moment, he changed his mind and wanted to grab Lily's arm.

Lily's heart is not good, her physical strength is not very good, even in her heyday, she can't compare with a man in the prime of life, if the two of them fight, she will inevitably suffer.

She yelled as she dodged, "What are you doing!"

"What are you doing!" Suddenly a rough voice sounded behind him, Xiao Xiucai was startled and stepped aside, while Lily breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the man quickly.

It was the owner of the butcher shop, the butcher Song Dagui, who spoke. Counting that he and Song Haonian are from their own family, Lily opened her mouth to call "Brother Song", and told him that she wanted to buy some meat, without mentioning Xiao Xiucai.

That Song Dagui is tall and black and fat, his face is full of mustaches and beards, and he is full of lilies, he looks either like Zhen Guanxi who was beaten by Lu Zhishen, or like Li Kui on Liangshan, in short, it is impossible for him to have a handsome face like Song Haonian under his beard.

Compared with Song Dagui, Lily's figure is like a child, she nervously bowed her head and walked aside, Song Dagui strode back to the butcher's shop, picked up the bone chopping knife and asked her how much meat she wanted.

Lily asked for two catties of the cheapest pork ribs and another catty of fat. She was scared when she ate Xiaoxiu just now, and she needed a little more to treat herself.

Song Dagui cut the meat and strung it with hemp rope, put it in the bamboo basket that Lily carried, and asked in a rough voice: "Danian's family, can you go home alone?"

Lily was about to answer that she could, but suddenly turned around and saw Xiao Xiucai probing her brain not far away, and suddenly didn't dare to speak. Song Dagui strode towards Xiao Xiucai with a knife, and had the heart to ask him why he wanted to entangle his brother's daughter-in-law. That Xiao Xiucai was the most reluctant to deal with people like Song Dagui who insulted Sven, and when he saw him striding forward with a knife in a fierce manner, the wicked people in the book he read in the past appeared in his heart

, was so frightened that his legs trembled like chaff, and before Song Dagui could get closer, he ran away.

Only then did Lily breathe a sigh of relief and thanked Song Dagui for his kindness, Song Dagui smiled and said, "It's nothing, when Danian comes back, I have something to say to him." ”

Lily carried the meat home, first hung the ribs under the eaves in a ventilated and cool place to prevent the rats from stealing food, look at the jar where the oil was placed, the clear oil was almost bottoming out, and the lard was long gone.

Lard is not as healthy as clear oil, but it is cheaper and tastes more delicious. Most people in this year have to worry about malnutrition, so they are not afraid that eating more lard will cause three highs, and Lily plans to boil more lard.

A pound of fat is finely cut into dices the size of a thumb belly, and there is also a large pot, put it in a clean pot, pour water, and let the water overflow the surface of the fat to a finger high.

Cook the meat on high heat, and soon the water will boil, and Lily carefully skims off some dirty foam on the surface, and then just watch the pot not overflow.

The aroma of meat and oil gradually diffused, so rich that it could not be dissolved, Lily inhaled deeply, swallowed a large mouthful of saliva, and the stomach full of greedy insects were hooked out.

It didn't take long for even the neighbors nearby to see what she was doing, why it was so fragrant, and found that the lily was boiling lard, and the neighbors chatted a few words, and then swallowed their saliva and left.

When the pot boils over high heat, the oil in the fat first dissolves into the water, and as the water slowly boils dry, the lard begins to solidify.

When the water dries out, the oil will be burnt, and Lily estimated that it was about the same, so she withdrew the heat and let the water in the pot evaporate further through the residual heat of the stove, and the lard slowly solidified in the pot.

After it was completely cooled, the lily got a pot of raw white lard with a layer of water floating on the surface. Draining the water, Lily scraped the white and flawless lard into the clay pot for storage, and a pound of fat could boil seven or eight taels of lard, which she ate for almost a month. The fat that has not been fully cooked forms a layer of lard residue at the bottom of the pan, and the particles shrink to the size of a fingernail, crispy and crispy. Lily found another jar to put in the lard residue, which was a rare delicacy, and she was reluctant to waste it.