"Here, this won't open yet, you'll have to wait an hour." Lin Piao opened the door as he spoke, and when he opened the door, he saw two unexpected people standing outside.

"Uncle Qiu?! Big Strong?! You ......" Lin Piao looked at the two of them and knew that it was not good, Uncle Qiu was holding Da Zhuang, and both of them had bruises on their faces, and they both had different degrees of bruises.

"What's going on? Come on in. Lin Piao looked left and right at the door and quickly pulled the two of them in.

"The second aunt went out to buy meat, and she will be back soon, and you two will sit first." Lin Piao poured hot tea for the two of them, and soon the second aunt came back with a back, and she was also shocked to see Uncle Qiu and Da Zhuang sitting in the courtyard.

"Zheng Qiu? Big Strong? What's wrong with your two faces? Is it your family back? ”

Zheng Qiu nodded, his expression was very tired and numb: "After the New Year's Festival, he had no money in his hand, and he lived happily for a few days, and I don't know where he heard that I was making tofu now, so he came back and asked us for money, and made a big fuss at home, beating me and Da Zhuang. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but hug Da Zhuang in his arms, Lin Piao knew that because of Da Zhuang's lameness and natural frailty, Uncle Qiu didn't know how much he pitied this son, and he couldn't touch Da Zhuang if he touched anyone, which was basically Zheng Qiu's bottom line.

"Da Zhuang didn't want to see him beat me, so he rushed up and tried to pull him away, but he grabbed Da Zhuang and beat and scolded him, and I couldn't stand it, so I picked up the bucket of soy milk from the side and smashed it on his head."

Lin Piao's eyes widened: "And this one?" ”

Love to hear.

"He was smashed by me and dizzy, and he made a fuss for a long time, and he had no strength to fight, and said that he would come back to me next time, and I was scared, and I didn't know what to do, so I thought about taking Da Zhuang to the county government to find you, and hide for a few days."

Lin Piao held the hot tea and listened: "Uncle Qiu, he took all the money?" ”

"No, when I took care of my own money, I was still not at ease, so I divided it into several parts, one under my own pillow, one under my old clothes, and one secretly stuffed in Da Zhuang's old clothes, and he took the money I put under the pillow, and kept the remaining two copies."

"That's good, there are a lot of houses here, Uncle Qiu, you and Da Zhuang can live with peace of mind, Erzhu and Shen Hong are outside, usually I and my second aunt are at home, it's too lonely."

When Uncle Qiu came to Lin Piao, he knew that Lin Piao would take him in, but seeing Lin Piao like this, he didn't say a word and treated him as his own, his heart was still so warm that he wanted to cry, he looked left and right, and found that the second sister-in-law had bought a lot of pork on his back.

"Why did you cut so much meat?"

"We're doing some small business in this alley now, selling barbecue, by the way, Uncle Qiu, have you and Da Zhuang had breakfast, just so let's go to the alley to eat a bowl of small wontons."

Uncle Qiu nodded, Lin Piao bent down slightly, and saw that Da Zhuang didn't seem to have recovered yet, and he was still a little wooden, unlike when he was studying with Shen Hong before, although he was a little inferior and timid, he was always smiling and quietly happy in the corner.

"Poor baby, if you live with your sister-in-law in the future, no one will bully you."

Da Zhuang nodded, and they walked towards the mouth of the alley, when suddenly Da Zhuang raised his head and looked at Lin Piao with black and white eyes: "Little sister-in-law, is there any way that my father and I will never be beaten again?" ”

Assassinate your own father overnight.

Lin Piao silently crossed out this answer in his mind.

"You have to become a very powerful, very powerful, and very promising person, so that no one will bully you and your father again."

Da Zhuang nodded again, silently not knowing what was going on in his head.

The three of them ate the little chaos first, and then packed a bowl for the second aunt and went back, and when the second aunt was eating, Uncle Qiu had to relay the rest of the work, and the two took turns to persuade him to rest, but they couldn't persuade him, so they could only let him do it.

Da Zhuang is also very sensible and constantly working on the side, the original work done by two people, four people do it separately, the speed becomes very fast, and the work seems to be a lot less in an instant, after the meat is marinated, several people sit in the courtyard to rest, Lin Piao and the second aunt continue to give Uncle Qiu Amway's barbecue how delicious it is, saying that he and Dazhu will taste the first order that will be opened.

Uncle Qiu smiled and nodded, his heart was very ironing, he liked to live with his second sister-in-law and Lin Piao, it felt like returning to the time when Da Zhuang was still studying by Shen Hong's side, the days were so lively and energetic.

Lin Piao thought that there was a sudden help at home, and he could take a little rest and go to Ludong Mountain to see Shen Hong, but this thought moved, and before he could pack his things and set off, Shen Hong came back by himself.

Most of the gentlemen who teach in the Ludong Academy have been officials in the court, and they have been officials for decades, leaving behind an ironclad habit of life, that is, they have to take one day off every five days, and when they are officials, they have to take a single day off.

Shen Hong ushered in the first rest of his life, he took a box of persimmons specially given by his husband, in fact, there were only four in a box, and stepped on the broken snow and melted ice down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, near the river, he saw a nearby fisherman catching a basket of fish and squatting on the side of the street to buy it.

"How do you sell these two carp?"

"Twenty pennies to take."

Shen Hong glanced at the two fish up and down, and his attitude, tone, and expression were calm and determined: "Ten is okay." ”

"You ...... You're a little bit of a looker, but this is an early spring carp, and it's only surfaced after a winter, so you can't count it at the previous price. ”

"Twelve texts, no bargaining."

When the fisherman heard this, he was dumbfounded, thinking to himself whether I sell fish or you sell fish? Still not negotiating?

"Forget it, you take it, today's first order of trading, yellow is unlucky, even if it is a good start, it will not make you money."

Shen Hong took the straw rope he handed over and walked back with two heavy fish.

My sister-in-law likes to drink fish soup, and he should prefer it if it is cheaper.

But my sister-in-law doesn't like to eat anything.

Lin Piao was in the courtyard thinking about packing something for Shen Hong to take, and it could also show their dedication to Shen Hong, so that they could live with Shen Hong The classmates did not look down on Shen Hong, and they heard someone knocking on the door outside.

Da Zhuang hurriedly opened the door, and when he opened it, he was very shocked: "Sir?!" ”

Shen Hong didn't expect that he hadn't been home for a few days, and there were already so many people living in the yard: "Da Zhuang? ”

Over there, Lin Piao heard the movement and ran to the door: "Shen Hong? ”

Before Shen Hong saw anyone, he heard Lin Piao calling his name excitedly, and then saw Lin Piao's figure running to the door quickly, with a smile full of surprise: "Why are you back?" I was thinking of going to see you! Lin Piao looked Shen Hong up and down, and saw that he was not too fat or thin, nor too tall or too short, there was no big difference from a few days ago, he was a good reader, and his heart was much more relaxed.

"The academy is resting."

"It turned out to be Xiu Mu! Then I'll boil hot water for you to bathe? Lin Piao forgot about this stubble, it seems that the old men of Ludong Academy are worthy of retirement, and they still pay attention to the quality of life.

"Don't bother my sister-in-law, I'll boil my own water later." So saying, he went to the kitchen, put the two fish in an empty basin, scooped two scoops of water into the basin, and raised the carp first.

"On the way back, I saw someone selling carp, and I thought that my sister-in-law should like it, so I bought it back, and everyone was there, stewing fish soup to drink."

Lin Piao nodded repeatedly: "I bought it very well, just in the spring to replenish my body, by the way, how have you been studying in the academy recently, is there anything unpleasant?" Do the classmates get along well? Is the gentleman easy to talk on weekdays? Will they take you seriously and be extra harsh on you? ”

Lin Piao asked a lot of questions in one go, and looked at Shen Hong worriedly, Shen Hong couldn't help but smile when he asked, only his sister-in-law would care about how he lived on weekdays and whether his life outside of studying was good: "Sister-in-law, everything is fine in the academy." As he spoke, he opened the cloth package in his hand: "Yesterday, Mr. gave me in class, and I was rewarded for my good study, it was a persimmon tree in the academy, and the people in Mr.'s yard dried it themselves." ”

Lin Piao grabbed the finish line: "You specially brought it back for us to eat?" ”

Shen Hong pursed his lips: "There are no persimmon trees in the village, there happen to be two in Ludong Mountain, and you can't eat fresh ones at this time of year, so if there are persimmons, everyone can taste them." ”

Lin Piao nodded, smiled and took it, although he hadn't eaten persimmons, but who let this be brought back by Shen Hong, he knew that he was worried about his family at a young age, and this intention could not let him be disappointed, he opened the wooden box and saw the four upright persimmons inside: "Wow, look at this color, it's really beautiful!" ”

"Wow, look at this, it's really round!"

"Wow! It's not a loss that Mr. gave you, a smell of books! ”

Shen Hong glanced at him suspiciously, and leaned over to look at the box.

"Sister-in-law, the ink is stained next to the box, be careful not to rub it."

Wow ...... It turned out to be ink......

Lin Piao pretended not to know that he patted the horse's hooves, took out a persimmon and continued to eat it with admiration.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect or this persimmon is really extraordinarily sweet, sticky and sweet, soft and chewy, and the aroma of the dried persimmon is extraordinarily strong, and the mouth is full of the excessive sweet fragrance of persimmons.

Shen Hong beckoned the second aunt, Uncle Qiu and Da Zhuang, to come forward and eat the persimmons, but the box of four people and one person could not be evenly divided, especially this was the persimmon cake given by the husband.

"Eat less, it's just right, start the skewers right away, you two sit and wait, make kebabs and cakes for you to eat, you two will die."

Shen Hong looked at the big pot of meat in the kitchen and the small stove that was burning charcoal, but he didn't expect that his sister-in-law had already started a business at home.

Lin Piao and the second aunt did not open the door first, but roasted thirty skewers in the courtyard, so that Shen Hong and Da Zhuang could taste it comfortably before lifting the stove outside to open.

Da Zhuang and Shen Hong followed behind after eating, and Lin Piao even persuaded them not to help, but to rest and read in the courtyard, but they had to follow them.

After baking the skewers for a while, because Uncle Qiu was helping to roast by the side, Lin Piao was a lot more leisurely, as long as he beckoned the people in line to wait and don't cut the queue and don't quarrel.

"Shen Hong, the skewers are delicious."

Shen Hong was helping to scone the cake next to him, and was stunned when asked: "It's delicious." ”

"At noon, we'll close the stall early, cut some meat, and take it to the academy for you to eat at noon, and distribute it to my classmates and gentlemen."

"Sister-in-law, don't work hard."

"It's not hard, I'll ask the butcher to cut the fat and lean into thin slices, so that there are no iron skewers and it is convenient for you to roast and eat in a small charcoal oven."

"That'll be fine." Shen Hong forgot that his sister-in-law can not do it without doing it, and if she can not work hard, she will not work hard, such as the business of kebabs, he has to guard the stall for half a day, I don't know if he feels tired.

However, it didn't take long for Shen Hong to find that he was thinking too much about it, and the barbecue stall was open and sold for more than an hour, and after lunch, it was completely sold out, and he mentioned the small stove to the house and called it a day for today.

The second aunt and Uncle Qiu scrubbed the iron net, Lin Piao put the iron skewers in one place, and the second aunt raised her eyes to look at Lin Piao while washing: "Piao'er, why am I looking a little strange today?" ”

"What's the blame?"

"There is a person, when he buys meat skewers, he doesn't line up, he just stands by and watches, to see how we get it, and then I said about him, and asked him if he bought it, and he queued up to buy it, but he didn't stand next to him and cut the line, and then he went in line, and then when it was his turn, he kept saying next to him, ouch, your skewers are really fragrant, smell them, eat them are really fragrant, how are you doing it, what are you putting in it, and I just went back and forth to say these words."

"Oh, I heard that, I see you ignore him, I don't bother to deal with him, we are doing this business now, there will always be people who want to inquire about the formula, anyway, we keep our mouths tight, just don't show this recipe to them."

"I'm afraid it's someone from the Sun family."

"No matter which family it is, we are careful anyway, but we are not afraid of thieves stealing or thieves, we will try to be more careful when formulating in the future, if we meet someone who sells it alone, we will charge more, and when we go to the pharmacy to buy it, we will also buy something else at a time, so that even if they want to know the recipe, they will not be able to react to it for a while."

Lin Piao felt that their relationship with the Sun family was a bit involved in a business war, but it was obviously not a high-level business war, it belonged to the kind of real business war that had to be guarded against the Sun family stealing his family's charcoal in the middle of the night and quietly stealing the recipe at night.

As they talked, they quickly cleaned up their things, rinsed them, and put them in a dustpan to dry in the yard.

After resting for a while, the second aunt began to think about the fish soup, planning to simmer it on low heat first, and then ask the second pillar to buy a piece of tender tofu and put it in the fish soup, and then grunt for a while to catch it and eat it.

One stewed soup and one fried fish, enough to eat a fragrant meal.

The second aunt was busy working, and her heart was moving, she had something to ask Shen Hong, and today she was very attentive to Shen Hong, and the bath water was also boiled for him, and she exaggerated and tried the water temperature for him several times, and carefully blended it.

"Shen Hong, what do you think of the water temperature? Cold or not? Hot or not? Say hello to my aunt. ”

"Shen Hong, what else do you want to eat next afternoon?" Is one fish soup enough? Why don't I stew another rib? ”

"Shen Hong, your sister-in-law and I went to cut meat, do you want to eat pastries? There is a pastry on the road that tastes good, I'll bring you some back. ”

Lin Piao didn't dare to squeak this enthusiasm, and when they bought meat and came back mixed with some vegetables to pickle, Shen Hong also took a shower from the house, his hair was wet, this weather was when it was cold, and there was always a cool breeze in spring, if it blew a little headache and brain fever, it would not be good for five days and seven days, Lin Piao took a dry handkerchief and went up is a flowing action to wrap his hair, and Uncle Qiu and the second aunt rushed up in shock.

"Piao'er! That's not an interesting thing, what are you doing?! ”

"Piao'er, don't mess around, what are you doing all of a sudden?!"

Lin Piao looked down at Shen Hong, isn't it just a handkerchief wrapped in hair? And look again, huh...... The ancient veils were not dyed, they were all plain, and they were quite dressed in linen and filial piety.

The hand is too fast, and the white cloth can't be messed up on the head.

Lin Piaoyan quickly dismantled the handkerchief, and pushed Shen Hong into the room to make an emergency remedy: "I'll give you a boil kang, you lie on the kang for a while, and then come out when your hair is dry and the cold air of your body is baked." ”

The second aunt and Uncle Qiu were scared enough to him, and told him a few words, telling him not to do this in the future.

"Shen Hong is just a relative of yours, how dare you wrap a veil for him, you stupid kid is really not afraid at all!"

"Is there a mountain around here? I'll go around and see if I can pick up some peach branches, get them back and sprinkle water, Piao'er, if you're not feeling well lately, you have to say, don't bump into anything. ”

Lin Piao nodded again and again, he had no desire to speak in this important section of Tujili, his mind was already drifting away, thinking that it would be good if there was a colorful hair towel, and it would definitely be very good for everyone to have long hair and it was not easy to dry it now.