Tang Juan was forced to hug Qin Si, his eyes widened slightly, staring at the dark roof, very uncomfortable with such intimacy.

Holding him during the day is that he is worried about his frailty, afraid that he will be uncomfortable, holding him at this time, I only feel that my body is hot for a while and cold for a while, and my throat is dry, and I finally found my voice, "It's ......"

"Don't talk, I'm asleep." The little Xianggong in his arms snorted twice, as if he was extremely sleepy, Tang Juan had no choice but to close his mouth and swallow the words back, moved his stiff body, and found a comfortable position for both of them to sleep with his eyes closed.

Tang Juan woke up early the next morning, and when she looked down, Qin Si was sleeping in her arms with slightly red cheeks, and she hadn't moved much all night, and she was still nestled in her arms.

Tang Juan couldn't help but look at it for a while, then gently got up and got off the kang to get dressed, and went out to work lightly.

She is going to the town today to make autumn and winter clothes for Qin Si, buy some cotton, and take a look at the bookstore in the county town by the way.

Since Xiang Gong wants to continue studying, the pen and ink and paper inkstone must be indispensable, she looked at the dusty bookbox last night, the books inside are in tatters, and the brush is also bare, so how to write.

There is a lot of work today, Tang Juan didn't boil hot water to wash, neatly packed himself, tied an apron to feed the chickens and ducks, and after feeding, he cleaned the chicken pen, washed his hands and made breakfast.

Boss Tang had already come back with a basket of pigweed, afraid of noisy Qin Si sleeping, so he went outside the courtyard to chop it up and mix it with coarse chaff to feed the pigs.

"Dad, I've cooked the rice, you can eat it later, the medicine will be boiled first, and let Xianggong eat a good meal and drink the medicine for half an hour." Tang Juan took off his apron and went to the house to take the basket on his back.

"Are you going to go to the city now?" Donald put down the basket.

"Well, there are a lot of things to do today, I still want to buy some more things, go early and return early, and there are fewer people in the morning, quiet." Tang Juan packed the money and went out.

Save yourself from being nagged with those aunts.

At the junction of several villages, there are special carts for pulling people and goods, two cents at a time, more than two quarters of an hour to arrive, if you walk, it takes about half an hour.

The fog in the early morning has not completely dissipated, Tang Juan walked for a quarter of an hour to get there, walked hot, looked at the board car waiting under the big banyan tree, paid in the past, sat in the car with his basket and waited, and a few more people came one after another, loaded the firewood with the handlebar, and shouted on the road.

There are people from several villages who come here to take a car to the town, and Tang Juan doesn't know him, leaning on the handrail and thinking about what he wants to buy for a while.

The two women in the car chatted casually, "How much money do you say the eldest grandson of the Qin family can earn in a month in the town, gambling money is so powerful." ”

"Ten taels of silver, it's enough to spend for a year, and you can buy a few acres of land, so you have to gamble."

"But no, it's all used to the family, his eldest grandson relies on the village in the city to be in charge, and he usually looks down on us villagers, and he can't wait to be born in the city."

"These ten taels of silver can make the Qin family's flesh hurt, Wu Guixiang catches the daughter-in-law of the big house every day and scolds her, scolding her for not teaching the children well, and the people in the second room cry, saying why should they use their money to fill in the loopholes for the eldest grandson, but it is lively."

“……”

Tang Juan listened closely, and when she heard the woman describe that Wu Guixiang was asked for money by a debt collector in the city, she fainted with anger, and couldn't help but laugh silently.

Yes, let her be so fair, the wicked have their own wicked grinding.

The donkey cart swayed, and when he arrived in the city, Tang Juan felt that his body was shaking, and he went to the meat market to move his muscles and bones.

Taking advantage of the fact that the meat stall has just come out, he will buy fresh meat first, Tang Juan plans to buy some barrel bones and pork ribs, and then buy a few catties of good pork belly.

In a few days, the beans should be harvested, and then they will have to be busy from morning to night, and the cooking must be simple.

"Little lady, look at what to buy," the butcher lady with a big waist and a round waist was cutting meat, and greeted with a smile when she saw a regular customer, "The pig that entered today is fat." ”

The meat on the meat stall is basically not raised by themselves, they are all slaughtered by the butcher who goes to the village to collect it, picks it up in the farmer's house, kills it on the spot and weighs it and then takes it away, if the people in the village want to buy it on the spot, the pig is left to the owner's family to eat or the butcher to take away.

When a family kills a pig, they also have to invite people from the village to help eat the pig fried.

The dish of "eating pig fried" is very simple, according to the order of killing pigs, a large pot of pink and tender boiled pig blood is the first to be served, and then there is garlic stir-fried trough meat, and there are large intestines fried peppers, although it is not a good meat, but it is fried enough, it can be regarded as filling.

Boss Tang will use this skill of killing pigs, and when he is not busy with farming, he will go around looking for pigs to sell, and he will not stop for a moment, so that he can save up these three big tile houses.

Tang Juan walked over and said hello with a smile, "Today's meat is good, my aunt will bring me two bones to boil soup to drink, and then ask for five catties of pork belly and two small chops." ”

The butcher lady likes her to buy meat, refreshing, she can see at a glance whether the meat is good or bad, and the butcher lady doesn't need to say anything, she neatly opens the curtain and chops the meat.

While busy working, he gossiped with Tang Juan, "All the old ones you bought last time when you got married have finished eating?" Why don't I see you? ”

Tang Juan smiled, "Yes, the villagers like to eat, my father-in-law is studying at home, and he can't be free." ”

The butcher's lady sighed, "It's really promising, you were a scholar, then you will be able to eat and drink spicy food in the future." ”

Tang Juan only smiled and didn't make a sound, she didn't want to eat and drink spicy food, as long as her husband was healthy and healthy, her life would be stable.

The shredded meat on the big bones has been shaved clean, three cents a piece, boiled out can smack the bone marrow and broth, today's meat fat, pig pork belly costs twenty-six wen a catty, small chops thirty-five wen a catty, Tang Juan asked for three big bones, five catties of pork belly, two catties of pork ribs, counted two hundred and nine wen from the purse and handed it over.

The butcher's lady sent another bone, "You take it, come back next time." ”

"Definitely," Tang Juan put the wrapped meat into the basket and asked about the bookstore, "Auntie, do you know where the bookstore in the city is, I want to buy some paper and pens for Xianggong." ”

"I know, there are several in Sanyuan Street, but it's expensive to buy paper and pencils." The butcher's lady chattered, "Don't look at the high price of my meat, your family can't afford to eat it every day, and the pen and paper are really untouchable." ”

Tang Wan pursed her lips, "Thank you, auntie, I'll go take a look first, then let's go." ”

She was mentally prepared, but when she entered the shop, she realized that she was not prepared enough, she didn't expect it to be so expensive.

"This, this will cost one hundred and fifty wen?" Tang Juan looked at the paper on the table in disbelief.

It looks less than five feet long, and it is not the best paper, and an inkstone costs a few taels, as well as ink blocks.

Tang Wan clenched her purse, she didn't have enough money today.