Before I could get to the front, I heard the little girl shouting: "Brother Zheng'an, is my mother back?" ”

"It's back."

When Lu Yingchun ran to the door, he found that there was a gorgeously dressed nobleman sitting in front of Lu Zhengan and Song Huai. In addition to this, there stood a child of four or five years old in front of the nobleman, staring at the furry dog in her hand with a curious expression.

Lu Yingchun has always been a person who is not afraid of heaven and earth, seeing that the child has been staring at her, Lu Yingchun reached out and handed the hairy dog to Ji Yuanbao. "Haven't you seen this? Well, I'll play with you. ”

Although Ji Yuanbao wanted it, he still remembered that his uncle said that he couldn't take other people's things. So, he looked up at Ji Yuexian and asked in a low voice, "Uncle, can I take it?" ”

Ji Yuexian touched Ji Yuanbao's head and said, "Since the young lady is willing to give it to you, then you can take it." We have snacks in the car, and you can also share them with the young lady. ”

Hearing this, Ji Yuanbao suddenly became happy, and nodded heavily at Ji Yuexian. "Well, I'll go get it."

After speaking, Ji Yuanbao thanked Lu Yingchun sweetly, and then took the hairy dog in her hand.

Lu Yingchun was used to having sex with other children in the village, and when he saw Ji Yuanbao talking about etiquette like this, he was a little uncomfortable for a while. Scratching his cheek uncomfortably, he replied abruptly: "It's just a hairy dog, there's nothing to thank." If you like, I'll make you another bunny and kitten later. ”

Hearing that Lu Yingchun could even make rabbits and kittens, Ji Yuanbao looked at Lu Yingchun's eyes full of admiration. "Wow, my sister is amazing."

Lu Yingchun, who had never been flattered like this, was full of pride for a while, and said to Ji Yuanbao with a proud face on his chin back: "These are all trivial, I can also play hopscotch and sheep crutches." The most powerful Zhou Xuanbao in the village is not my opponent. As he spoke, Lu Yingchun turned his head to look at Ji Yuanbao and asked, "Yang Gui, do you know?" ”

Seeing Ji Yuanbao shaking his head blankly, Lu Yingchun couldn't help but feel a little pity for Ji Yuanbao. Although they were well dressed, they didn't have any toys. So, Lu Yingchun waved his hand and said generously: "Then when you leave, I'll give you my pair of sheep crutches." That way you can go home and have fun. ”

It was just a moment of effort, and Lu Yingchun and Ji Yuanbao had already played together. The adults present saw two children standing on the side of the road plucking hairy grass and stopped paying attention to them.

Ji Yuexian glanced at Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu opposite, and asked with a smile: "Are good things about the two of you coming?" Look like you're building a house. ”

Hearing Ji Yuexian say this, Lu Zhengan glanced sideways at Song Huaishu, whose face was slightly red, and nodded with a smile. "Well, let's calculate the contract in September, and when Ji Gongzi is free, he can come over for a glass of wine."

Hearing this, Ji Yuexian nodded. Remembering the purpose of his visit this time, he asked straight to the point: "I can't hide it, I came here this time for your dried peaches." This little nephew of mine has a soft spot for your dried peaches, and my old lady likes it after tasting it. So I want to ask, how many dried peaches do you still have, maybe sell me some? ”

Hearing that Ji Yuexian actually came to buy dried peaches, Lu Zhengan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, only feeling that Ji Yuexian's move was really sleepy and sent a pillow.

Remembering that the uncle of the Song family said last time that the Ji family was a wealthy family that could be counted in the Daxi Dynasty, and now that they are doing business, Lu Zheng'an can't help but have a little more calculations in his heart.

"I still have some at home, I don't know how much Ji Gongzi wants?"

Ji Yuexian pondered for a moment and asked, "I want to see how many you have in your house?" If there are more, I would like to buy more, lest this little ancestor of my family will be greedy and it will not be good to mess with me again. ”

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan also told the truth.

"My dried peaches are also sold in a calculated manner, and I still have about 1,000 catties in the warehouse at the moment. If Ji Gongzi wants it, he can weigh it out for you later. ”

After speaking, Lu Zhengan glanced at Ji Yuexian's expression and continued: "Because these dried peaches are all made by themselves, except for artificial, they are basically homemade. The price is cheaper than what is sold in the shop, so I will charge you 50 copper plates per catty, and I will earn you two copper plates for one catty. ”

Fresh peaches basically cost seven catties to produce one pound of dried peaches, plus labor, sugar, and firewood and other miscellaneous expenses. A pound of dried peaches can be sold for about 30 copper plates, and basically they can't lose money.

At this time, hearing the price given by Lu Zhengan, Ji Yuexian couldn't help but be a little surprised. You must know that in the preserved fruit shops outside, the preserved fruits of good quality are almost 50 or 60 yuan a catty, and they can even be sold for a few dollars or even a few taels of silver in Beijing.

At present, Lu Zhengan only needs fifty yuan a catty, which is really a bit unexpected to him.

Seeing that Ji Yuexian was silent, Lu Zheng'an was not in a hurry. After all, the Ji family is noble, and the price of things that can get into their eyes and mouths is definitely not cheap. Now that he has offered this price, Ji Yuexian will definitely not be able to make a counteroffer.

However, in doing business, we must clearly set out our own difficulties, and we still have to talk about some hardships. So, Lu Zhengan continued: "I have a relationship with Huaishu and Ji Gongzi, and it is rare for your little son to like it, so I give such a low price." The yield of fresh peaches is not high, don't look at my hard-earned money for two copper plates, my cost is quite large. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Zhengan showed a wry smile. "Isn't this my contract with Huaishu about to be concluded? The cost of repairing the house and entertaining guests at home is not small. So if you ask, I'll take some pain. Otherwise, if it is saved for the Spring Festival, I am afraid the price will be higher than □□ Wen. ”

Seeing that Lu Zhengan was a little embarrassed, Ji Yuexian realized that his silence had misunderstood Lu Zhengan, and hurriedly waved his hand at him, explaining: "You misunderstood, I don't think the price is too expensive." Since you still have so many in your family, then give me 500 catties first. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu were in ecstasy. Turning his head to look at each other, he nodded at Song Huaishu.

"Ji Gongzi wants so much to eat? If you can't finish this thing, it will attract insects if you leave it for a long time. ”

Hearing Lu Zhengan say this, Ji Yuexian smiled and shook his head. "I have a lot of family, and there is no such problem as not being able to finish eating. If they like it, I'm afraid they will have to come back and buy it later. ”

"In that case, then I'll go to the warehouse and tell you later, will we send it to your house, or will you wait and take it away?"

"Take it away, your family is still repairing the house, and it is estimated that you can't leave anyone, so there is no need to toss again."

Hearing Ji Yuexian say this, Lu Zhengan immediately nodded and thanked him. "That's it, then thank you Ji Gongzi, today my family is going to entertain the master who repairs the house, if Ji Gongzi doesn't dislike it, just stay and have a light meal."

Ji Yuexian subconsciously wanted to refuse, but if he wanted Lu Zheng'an to stay, he was being listened to by Lu Yingchun and Ji Yuanbao, who were squatting at the door of the small courtyard and playing.

It was rare for Lu Yingchun to meet this well-behaved and obedient little playmate, and he didn't want them to leave so quickly for a while. So, he whispered to Ji Yuanbao and said, "You can eat here at noon today, and we can continue to play after eating." And my mother's cooking is very delicious, I promise you absolutely like it. ”

Ji Yuanbao himself hadn't had enough fun, and when he heard Lu Yingchun say this, he also moved his mind to stay.

Holding a handful of fluffy dog tail grass, Ji Yuanbao turned around and ran to Ji Yuexian's side, looked up at Ji Yuexian, and said in a milky voice: "Uncle, let's eat here at noon." I'd like to play with that sister a little longer. My sister said that her mother's cooking was also delicious, and I definitely liked it. ”

Lu Yingchun, who was squatting at the door and was making a bunny, couldn't help but close his eyes when he heard Ji Yuanbao's words.

Suddenly, I felt that this chubby child looked like some melon skin......

Song Huaishu couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw Lu Yingchun, an eccentric girl, so embarrassed for the first time, and even Lu Zhengan couldn't help laughing.

Ji Yuanbao didn't understand for a while how his words could make so many people laugh, and he thought that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately blushed with shame, and wanted to put his head into his uncle's arms to hide.

But the heart that wanted to stay finally overcame shame, pulled Ji Yuexian's sleeve and shook it, and said coquettishly: "Okay, uncle, let's stay here for dinner, right?" I promise to eat it obediently and I won't let you feed it. ”

It was rare for Ji Yuexian to see Ji Yuanbao so obedient, and his heart couldn't help but soften a little.

"Since the little boy wants to stay, Ji Gongzi will stay and have a light meal." Lu Zhengan persuaded.

Hearing this, Ji Yuexian was not easy to excuse himself, nodded to Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu, and said apologetically: "Since this is the case, then it will disturb you." ”

Seeing that his uncle really agreed, Ji Yuanbao suddenly shouted excitedly, and ran towards Lu Yingchun with two little hands raised.

Seeing this, Lu Yingchun was also very happy. Holding Ji Yuanbao's little hand, he ran to the yard. "Let's go, I'll take you to my mother and tell her this good news."

Ji Yuanbao answered, and ran to the yard with Lu Yingchun on two small short legs.

Song Huaishu thought that the yard was full of things, and he was afraid that they would be tripped and injured by things on the ground during their run. Hurriedly stood up from Lu Zhengan's side and chased after him all the way.

"There are a lot of things in the yard, you two take your feet carefully, don't fall."

After Song Huaishu's voice fell, I saw Lu Yingchun, who was running in front, waved his hand at him without looking back, signaling Song Huaishu to rest assured. And Ji Yuanbao, who followed Lu Yingchun, also did the same, and after waving his hand at him, the two ran all the way to the direction of the stove house.

CHAPTER XLIV

Because of the presence of Ji Yuexian and Ji Yuanbao, and the fact that Master Cao and the people who came to help him have a meal, the Lu family's lunch meal naturally couldn't be too simple.

It's just that Lu Zheng's conditions for settling down are limited after all, and having chicken, meat, and fish is already a good life.

Song Huaishu wanted to go to the town to buy a few more vegetables and come back, but was stopped by Lu Zhengan.

"People can stay and eat, but they don't want to break the hearts of children. I don't necessarily value this meal very much, so we don't need to prepare anything else for them. If you think it's too shabby, it's a big deal to ask Aunt Nagan to scramble another egg, and the eggplant to make it up. We're just ordinary farmers, and it's false to be too rich. ”

When Song Huaishu heard Lu Zheng'an say this, his whole person calmed down. After thinking about Lu Zhengan's words carefully, I felt that it was indeed a little inappropriate for me to do this.

And they only dealt with Ji Yuexian a few times, but if they behaved too much, it would only make people feel as if they already knew the details of Ji Yuexian's identity, and then scolded them.

"You're right, you can't eat all the eggplant beans in the garden, and stir-frying with meat is a good dish."

Seeing that Song Huaishu understood, Lu Zhengan nodded with relief. The two of them said to Lu Yang, who was busy in the stove house, and then went to the vegetable garden behind the house with the basket.

After no one was around, Lu Zhengan came to Song Huaishu's side and reminded him in a low voice again: "In our countryside, everyone's family conditions are average, and it is okay to have a meal of wine and meat. If you prepare too well, you will inevitably have a comparison in the ears of others. When the time comes, when there is another job in other people's homes, the master of the helper will feel uncomfortable, and even the neighbors may have prejudices against us. ”

Song Huaishu didn't expect that he was just a simple guest, but there were so many exquisiteness here, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Thinking that when he spoke just now, Lu Yang was still beside him, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. "Then I just said that, Aunt Changgen shouldn't go to my heart, right?"

"It's okay, Aunt Changgen is fine." Seeing Song Huaishu's frowning slightly, Lu Zhengan put the beans he had just picked into the basket, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "This kind of thing, I'm just giving you a wake-up call." You don't have to have such a big psychological burden, and we don't have to go down the mountain much, so if you can't make up your mind, you can ask again. ”

Hearing Lu Zhengan say this, Song Huaishu's brows finally relaxed a little.

After the two of them picked up the vegetables and sent them to the stove house, Lu Yang had already stewed the stewed vegetables with his hands and feet.

Knowing that the boy sitting outside the courtyard was not simple, Lu Yang threw the two out of the stove house and asked Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu to accompany them.

"I'm busy alone in the stove house, so go sit outside. No matter what people say, they come to their homes as guests, and they can't always leave them out alone. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan thanked Lu Yang's family.

"That's okay, I'll trouble Aunt Changgen today. There are eggs in that cabinet, and I will trouble my aunt to welcome the spring later, and there is also an egg custard stewed for the children of the Ji family. ”

"Okay, I have a number in my heart, so get out of here."

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu walked out of the stove house with their front and back feet. looked at Lu Yingchun leading Ji Yuanbao to gather around the bookshelf by the wall, counting the books on the bookshelf one by one.

Lu Zhengan didn't bother them, touched Lu Yingchun's head when he passed by, and walked outside with Song Huaishu.

……

At the beginning of the meal, Master Cao led Lu Tieniu and Lu Tiezhuan brothers to sit at a table, and Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu accompanied Ji Yuexian to sit at the small table at the door, and opposite the two were Ji Yuanbao and Lu Yingchun.

The two children had been playing frantically all morning, and they were already hungry. At this point, as soon as the meal was served, I couldn't bear it. After Lu Zheng'an said that he would start eating, he scooped up rice with chopsticks and spoons and stuffed them into his mouth.

Ji Yuexian glanced at the food on the small table, except for the beans and eggplant, it looked quite plain. Another small pot of stewed vegetables mixed with sliced meat, Ji Yuexian hesitated for a long time and didn't pick up chopsticks.

When Song Huaishu saw him like this, he was still a little apprehensive in his heart. turned his head to look at Lu Zhengan, but saw him and said with a smile: "The conditions in the countryside are poor, don't dislike Ji Gong's bullets." However, don't look at the dishes as good-looking, but the taste is not inferior to that of the chefs in the restaurant. In particular, this stew, the potatoes and greens are all produced in our own garden, and it never takes more than half an hour from the ground to the pot, and the taste is very good, so Ji Gongzi can try it. ”

Song Huaishu looked at Lu Zheng'an, and it was the first time that he found that this person could say so. At this time, Lu Yingchun scooped a few spoons from the stew pot with a common spoon and helped Ji Yuanbao pour it on the rice, and then used the spoon in Ji Yuanbao's hand to help him mix it, and said: "The stew is only fragrant like rice, you can taste it." ”

Ji Yuanbao mingled with Lu Yingchun all morning, and was convinced by this big sister. The little fellow, who had always had a hard time eating, clumsily pulled a bite into his mouth with his chubby little hands, and after chewing twice, he immediately squinted at his round eyes and smiled.

"My sister is amazing, the rice is so delicious."

Ji Yuexian saw that his nephew was eating sweetly, and he couldn't help but move his chopsticks after hesitating. He put a piece of potato in the bowl with chopsticks against the side of the stew pot and tasted it, and found that the potato was soft and glutinous, salty and delicious, which was completely different from the taste he usually eats.

With this piece of potato appetizing, Ji Yuexian tasted the garlic eggplant and the fried meat with beans again, and found that the taste was indeed correct, and the vegetables were also very fresh, as Lu Zhengan said, so he used them with confidence.

At the end of the meal, there was nothing left on the plate on the table. Ji Yuanbao is even smaller, with a round belly and rice grains on his head.

Looking at his nephew's satisfied little appearance, Ji Yuexian wiped his face with a handkerchief with an embarrassed face, and said with a smile: "This little ancestor of my family is really destined for the two of you. This little thing is very difficult to serve, but I didn't expect it to be so worry-free when I arrived at your house. ”

Ji Yuanbao raised his little face, squinted his eyes and let Ji Yuexian wipe his face. Hearing him say this, he suddenly became a little unhappy, and retorted with a small mouth: "Uncle Xiao is talking nonsense, and the ancestor has said that Yuan Bao is the most well-behaved, and it is not difficult to serve at all." ”

Ji Yuexian couldn't help but scratch Ji Yuanbao's little nose, looked up and saw that the sun was beginning to set in the west, and knew that the time for them to come out was not short, so he planned to leave.

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan didn't stay long, and hurriedly got up and asked Lu Tieniu and Lu Tiezhuan to help go to the warehouse to move the dried peaches out. asked Li Erwang to go to the bottom of the mountain to borrow a big scale, weighed out 500 catties of dried peaches, and helped him pack them in a clean cloth bag and carry them to the carriage.

After Ji Yuexian and the others packed up their things, she took a silver ticket from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Lu Zhengan.

"You can keep this silver ticket, thank you for your hospitality today, and I wish you all the best to grow old together and be with love."

Lu Zhengan took the silver ticket in his hand, and after seeing that the silver ticket in his hand was worth thirty taels, he immediately returned it.

"Ji Gongzi, you have given too much of this silver ticket. Five hundred catties of dried peaches is twenty-five taels, and you gave five taels more. The words of thanks and blessings were received by Huai Shu and I, but we could not overcharge the five taels of silver. ”

It was the first time that Ji Yuexian had seen that he was unwilling to accept more money, and he couldn't help but be a little curious for a while. "You've helped me a few times before, so why can't you take this money?"

"It's all a little problem, and there's nothing to help with. Besides, people are supposed to help each other, and if they just help and collect money, what will it be? If you have twenty-five taels on you, give it, and if you don't, you will give it again in two days, and we can trust you. ”