Chapter 32: Another Story
Yi Lan deliberately asked, "How long is one leak?" Fang Yang replied with a smile: "Fairy Yi Lan, we have eight leaks here for an hour, that is, one big leak is equal to eight small leaks. How do you keep hours in heaven?"
Yi Lan smiled secretly, and then flickered: "Our hour is eight quarters, and the difference is just one word. Fang Yang asked again: "Then how is your 'carving' calculated?" Yi Lan couldn't answer him directly, so he had to say: "Actually, 'carving' is the same as 'leak', it may be that our leak is larger, and there are many small grids engraved on the leak, and every sand grain leaked is a moment, so it is called 'a moment'." ”
Fang Yang was proud, and said with a smile: "So the heavens and the earth are the same!" Yi Lan was helpless, so he had to say: "What Fang Yang said is extremely true!" In fact, Fang Yang had already prepared for a long time, because he wanted to let everyone enhance their friendship with each other through storytelling, so he took the initiative to make this suggestion. Except for Yi Lan, it was as if no one was seriously thinking.
Although Shi Hua Sven, he couldn't wait at the moment, and said: "Either Fang Yang Gongzi will talk first, and if you don't have a reason, you can listen and reason!" Fang Yang looked at Yi Lan, and Yi Lan hurriedly said: "Then you can talk first! It's a big deal, everyone has finished speaking, and it's not too late for me to think about it." Fang Yang was unceremonious, he loved to tell stories the most, and said, "Okay, then I'll start first!"
I only heard Fang Yangkai speak: "Ten years ago, in the war in Leeds, many children lost their fathers, many wives lost their husbands, because the families of the fallen soldiers could not get any compensation from Leeds, and the families of some soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country were already landless, and lived on renting the lord's fields all year round, but unfortunately, there was a rare drought in the west of Leeds the following year.
"In that year of famine, many of these families were forced to embark on the difficult journey of begging for a living. That is, on the morning of a summer nine years ago, there was a mother and daughter who were carrying shabby burdens, her mother was about the prime of her life, and her daughter was about seven years old. Two uncles, our mother and daughter died in the west because of the child and her father last year, this year there was a rare drought in the hometown, we begged all the way to this, and hope that our mother and daughter can make a job in the hospital, we do not ask for a salary, only want to have a bite to eat, there is a place to sleep, we are willing to wash dishes and serve water for the inn, laundry and cooking, everything that can be done, we are willing to do, I only hope that the two uncles can do well, go in and report on behalf of them, even if it does not work, thank you for the kindness of the two uncles!"
"One of the attendants, seeing that he spoke pitifully, and that his clothes were a little ragged, but clean, and that he would be very handsome if he had a good set of clothes, replied, 'All right! I will go in and report to the owner, and whether you succeed or not will be determined by the two of you!'
"The child's mother is very grateful. After the waiter had gone in, he came out in a short time and said, 'The proprietor has told you to come in, come with me!' The mother and daughter then followed the waiter to a hall in the backyard, and the waiter said, 'Wait here for a while! ’
"The child's mother is very grateful. The waiter departed, and after a while, he saw a man standing in the hall, and the child and her mother immediately bent down and saluted. And the man said: "The situation of the two of you has been told to me just now, may I ask which county is your hometown?" ’
The man asked, 'Sister-in-law, what are your specialties?' and the child said, 'I can make zongzi, make glutinous rice chicken, do laundry and cook, and sweep the floor and grow vegetables.' The man asked, 'What are the dumplings and glutinous rice chicken?'
"The child's mother said: 'Wrapping zongzi is to wrap the soaked glutinous rice in bamboo leaves, and put one or two pieces of pork with good ingredients in it, which is steamed or cooked over fire, and the taste is very good; This is the easiest way to do it, the filling can be ever-changing, the way to eat can also be a variety of odd types, the size can also be as people want, if you want to do it one by one, it is not a matter of a while. These two methods are also two years ago a young and beautiful woman in a chance to teach me, my mother and daughter this time all the way to begging all the way to the Yunlai Inn, but also in all kinds of helplessness, but also happened to meet this young and beautiful woman, and instructed to guide the two of us, specially come to run, but also ask the big owner for the sake of our mother and daughter two pitiful, stay here, laundry and cooking, as long as we can do it, we are willing to do, just ask for a bite to eat, dare not ask for a salary. ’
"And the man said: 'Well, let's wait a while, I will ask the men to send two sets of clean clothes to each of them, and after the two of them have bathed and changed clothes and eaten meals, they will go to the kitchen to explain the preparations for making zongzi and glutinous rice chicken, what materials are needed, and tell the kitchen to handle it, tomorrow I will make zongzi and glutinous rice chicken, and then arrange your work the day after tomorrow, and then arrange your work, and the child will go to read the simple martial arts and music rhythm with my children, and then take the salary the day after tomorrow, you wait here first, and there will be a man who will come to arrange your accommodation in a while. After saying that, the man got up and bowed and left, and the mother and daughter were grateful again. ”
Speaking of this, Fang Yang paused, got up and went to the bag to find the gourd, and took a small sip of water. The six of them were so anxious that they hurriedly asked, "What happened then?" Are the zongzi and glutinous rice chicken she made delicious?"
Fang Yang took the gourd back to the circle and sat down and continued to speak: "Early in the morning of the third day, the standing man went to taste it. Fang Yang drank the water again, and the six of them asked anxiously: "Say it quickly! Don't sell Guanzi, what does it taste like?"
Seeing that they were all anxious to know, Fang Yang was even more proud, and said: "Zongzi and glutinous rice chicken? The six of them hurriedly asked, "Did the proprietor later set a monthly salary or an annual salary for that woman?" Fang Yang no longer hung his appetite and replied: "Yes, give her two taels of silver per month, and the best cook in Yunlai Inn only has a salary of two taels per month." ”
The six of them asked again: "What happened to their mother and daughter?" Fang Yang replied: "Later, zongzi and glutinous rice chicken were two signature foods in Yunlai Inn, and many people came from afar to eat, as for what happened to their mother and daughter, this question is this! My junior sister Miss Jin Yu Yingli can also answer, but it is certain that the little girl has now grown into a great beauty in Yuli Tingting!"