The official asked straight to the point: "I heard that you want to pan kang?" ”

The two coachmen nodded hesitantly, "But we heard that the pankang in Qingping County costs 300 Wen, and it doesn't include materials, we are from Lai'an County, will it be more expensive?" ”

The official then smiled, "No, no, if you want to pan kang, go back and prepare everything that should be prepared first, we can go over in three days, if your relatives and neighbors also want to pan kang, as long as you introduced it, how about a kang and 20 Wen for you?" ”

The two were surprised and delighted when they heard this, "Really? A kang gives us twenty wen? ”

The official nodded, "We are the officials of the county government of Qingping County, and we will not deceive people." ”

The two hurriedly agreed, and one of them said: "Nacheng, let's make a kang for my family first, and when my family is ready, I will also let my relatives also make a plate together." ”

"I also want it, and my relatives will also want it."

After the official asked the addresses of the two of them, they left, and the two of them lay on the kang and tossed and turned and were reluctant to sleep, thinking that they could move whoever they could do to make the kang together.

Warm kang, think about sleeping on it in winter without being afraid of the cold, even if you earn 20 yuan from your relatives, it is not considered a trick for them.

In the evening, Lin Daqiang came to the west of the village to find the officials to drink, and ate the hot pot chicken that Lin Daqiang brought back from the county seat.

Speaking of the recent industry in the village, Lin Daqiang's eyebrows were about to take off, "Brother, I won't tell you that our clan has earned more money these days just by relying on pankang than in previous years." Not to mention hot pot chicken and spicy skewers, the business is good day by day, I never dreamed of it. ”

The official also gave a thumbs up, "If you don't say that the eldest brother can do business, we poor errands don't have such brains." In the future, we have to let Brother Daqiang take us to make money. ”

Lin Daqiang laughed, "It must be, brothers are righteous, we can't be stingy, get rich together, get rich together." ”

Speaking happily, everyone talked about the wine, so unhappy.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, and Peng Guancha motioned for the youngest official under his command to go out and have a look, while the rest of the people continued to eat and drink.

The petty official sent someone to call him the fifth son, and when he opened the door and went out, he saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen standing in front of the door, with a delicate appearance and a weak appearance.

Wuzi's head hurt a little, "Miss Xu, do you have anything to do at night?" ”

Xu Yuanru wanted to look in through the five sons, but the five sons were tall and blocked the door tightly, so that she could not see the situation in the house.

said aggrievedly: "Fifth brother, my father said that he had a headache, can you help my father invite a Lang Zhong to take a look?" ”

"Isn't there a Langzhong in the east of the village? Didn't you invite someone to your house? ”

Xu Yuanru's tears fell down, "My father is very sick, and Langzhong in the village is afraid that his medical skills will not be perfect, so I want to ask the fifth brother to help him go to the city to invite Langzhong." ”

"Since you know that you are sick urgently, why are you still delaying here?" The fifth son was not happy, "Besides, why can't Langzhong in the village use medical skills?" You don't look at what time it is, I just want to go into the city to invite your father, but I can't enter the city. I see that your father is lazy, and Ming'er asked him to turn over an extra acre of land, and there was no problem. ”

Xu Yuanru cried even more sadly when she heard this, and it was a little scary to listen to it sadly at night, "Fifth brother, my father is really sick, he hasn't eaten well or slept well these days, can you bother the fifth brother to help me get my father a bowl of white rice porridge, I have money here." ”

As she spoke, Xu Yuanru took out a string of copper coins from her body and handed it to her fifth son.

The five sons were embarrassed, "The imperial court is all corn and sorghum, where do you want me to get you white rice porridge?" Isn't it embarrassing on this big night? ”

Xu Yuanru didn't speak, just cried vigorously.

Peng Guancha walked out of it, and his face was not very good-looking when he saw Xu Yuanru, "Why do you have so many things to do with this girl?" You're there every day. ”

Xu Yuanru didn't dare to fight back, but she wiped her tears vigorously.

Peng Guancha was helpless, and said to the fifth son: "You take her to invite Langzhong in the village to take a look, and I will go and see who has some white rice." ”

Wuzi muttered, "I won't let you eat good wine and food." ”

Peng Guancha kicked him in the ass, "Let you go, why are you talking so much?" I'll leave you a bowl of meat when I turn around. ”

The fifth son was happy, "It's still my uncle who loves me the most." ”

As he spoke, he ran towards the house of Muradong Langzhong.

Seeing Xu Yuanru looking at him expectantly, Peng Guan said, "You go with me to the little shopkeeper's house in front and ask if there is rice." ”

Xu Yuanru was a little reluctant, for some reason she rejected Lin Xiaoman from her heart, and when she thought of Lin Xiaoman and Lu Jin standing together and talking, she was upset.

But if she didn't go to rice to cook porridge today, she wouldn't have a good time going back, so she could only follow Peng Guancha and walk towards Lin Xiaoman's house.

The walls of Lin Xiaoman's courtyard are all new, heightened and thickened, although they are blue bricks, they seem to be the first in the west of the village.

At this time, Lin Xiaoman's house was very lively, He Tiantian had no milk, Wuya was hungry and screaming, Lin Xiaoman was helpless, and quietly asked Lin Erhu to go over there to buy two packs of milk powder and come back, and made a bowl, saying that he went to someone else's house to buy goat milk for Wuya to drink.

When Qiu Ya fed Wuya, Lin Xiaoman went to the stove room to cook millet porridge and eggs, He Tiantian didn't eat much after giving birth to Wuya, and his stomach was overwhelmed at this time, and he couldn't boil milk soup for her to drink, so he could only raise it for a few days.

I made a lot of millet porridge and eggs, and everyone ate them together for dinner.

Now there are six more people in the family, Lin Xiaoman and Lin Erhu live back in the house they lived in before, and the other room is reserved for their mother and daughter, and the bedding is all brought back from the Zhang family.

The weather was getting a little cold, and he was afraid that He Tiantian would get cold when he slept on the kang, so Lin Xiaoman burned a few firewood in the kang stove in that house before going to bed.

As soon as I fell asleep here, I heard a knock on the door outside, and the five girls in the house were awakened and cried.

Lin Xiaoman dressed and went out, opened the door and saw Peng Guancha and Xu Yuanru behind him, knowing that Xu Yuanru was here to buy rice, and took the money she handed over, Lin Xiaoman went back to the house and filled half a bag of rice for her, "Ming'er return the rice bag." ”

Xu Yuanru secretly scolded Lin Xiaoman for being stingy in her heart, and she still brought a rice bag back to ask for it, but she still pretended to respond obediently on her face, and thanked her for her kindness, which made Lin Xiaoman feel too fake, not at all like the fierce and inward-looking when they first met that day.

Seeing the two of them walk away, when Lin Xiaoman was returning to the courtyard to close the door, he seemed to see that under the moonlight, Xu Yuanru looked back to look this way.

Although he couldn't see her expression clearly, Lin Xiaoman always felt that she didn't have any good intentions. But she and Xu Yuanru have no grudges, and they don't remember where they offended her.

At night, because He Tiantian's mother and daughter lived at home, Lin Xiaoman and Lin Erhu did not go over there again, and slept in the comfortable big bed over there, and suddenly felt that it was uncomfortable anywhere here, especially when it was more inconvenient to get up at night.