The only pity is that it was shipped from home, and it was not very hot.

It's still freshly fried, but he still has to find a shop.

Originally, Lu Xu still wanted to make moon cakes, but his family, the third uncle and the fourth uncle's house did not have an oven, and now he has a little bit of a teacher, Lu Xu didn't toss, and went to Su Ji to buy three packs of moon cakes the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

They also eat moon cakes locally, Su Ji also ordered a lot of chestnuts, walnuts, and preserved fruits from their shop to make fillings, Lu Xu went to buy moon cakes, and Su Ji also gave him a discount for the "second master", and gave him a small gift box.

He took the moon cakes home and divided them, one by one, and gave a small gift box to Layue.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Xu didn't come out of the stall, and the mooncakes couldn't be made, so it was okay to make dim sum.

He beckoned the little beans of the three families to his house, and those who could go to the kitchen went to the kitchen, and those who couldn't wash the vegetables.

In addition to the popular pumpkin cake, osmanthus cake, and rice sugar cake in the past few days, Lu Xu also made sesame balls and hawthorn sugar snowballs.

The hawthorn was carried down from the mountain in the past two days, and the hawthorn given to him in the shop was big and round, and the top was beautiful.

Lu Xu originally wanted to make sugar gourds, but the weather was not cold enough, he was afraid that the sugar would melt before he could eat it, so it was better to fry a sugar snowball and make the rest into canned hawthorn.

Stir-frying sugar snowballs does not have much technical content, the main thing is to control the heat, wash the pot, put sugar and water on high heat, keep stirring, cook until the sugar is completely melted, and then boil over low heat until it is boiled into large bubbles, and then small bubbles, turn off the fire with white vinegar, stir evenly and dry for a while, pour the hawthorn, keep stirring, until the syrup is sandy, and sticks to the hawthorn like snow. The white is translucent and red, and the sugar snowball that blooms in the snow is ready.

They hadn't eaten the sugar snowball wax moon, but such a big pot of sugar had melted, and it was bubbling in the pot, and they were hungry and distressed.

That's so much sugar, enough water for them to soak in as much water as they want and for how long!

"Big brother is such a waste!"

"Big brother is such a waste!"

The eldest brother was ruthless, poured the hawthorn that Layue and Xiaoyu and Xiaoman had washed cleanly into the pot, stirred and stirred, and the three little radish heads saw the snow in the pot, and their eyes were all round and big.

Lu Xu fished out the sugar snowball and sent one to each person, "Taste whether it's sweet or not." ”

After this temptation of color, flavor and flavor, the little radish head does not feel wasted.

Lu Xu took advantage of the victory to pursue, took the sugar snowball and asked, "Who is the most powerful?" ”

La Yue said crisply: "Big brother! ”

Lu Xu gave her another one.

Lu Xu asked again: "Who is the most powerful?" ”

This time, the little radish heads shouted in unison: "Big brother! ”

Lu Wen, who was washing vegetables outside, twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and said to Lu Xuan, who was killing fish: "The most shameless is the big brother." ”

Han Lu complained while cutting the meat, "Lu Zhou has been kicked out, do you still expect you to mix with Xiaoyu and their piles to just wait for eating?" ”

Their eldest brother, first said that he had deceived them all when he was making good food, and when he came, he shared the work one by one. If you don't work, you are not allowed to eat, you should wash vegetables, you should cut vegetables, you should chop wood, except for the one-year-old Lu Rui, who can play casually without listening to the command, and even the five-year-old Layue and Lu Fu have washed the hawthorn decently.

Han Lu looked at the kitchen and saw Xiao Man running out with a sugar snowball in his hand, and immediately greeted: "Xiao Man, is it delicious?" ”

Xiao Man ran straight to her, stuffed one into her mouth, and held the other to Lu Xuan, "It's delicious!" Sister eats, brother eats! ”

Then Xiaoyu ran out, feeding Xiao Xia with one hand, Lu Wen with the other, and Layue also ran out, one of her mother, one of Lu Zhou, and after feeding, they ran back again, one for each person.

Lu Rui held his small ball and looked left and right, everyone was eating, Lu Fu and Wen Zhen were also sitting on the small bench eating, but he didn't!

He ran to grab Layue and tilted his head "Ah".

Layue rubbed his little head, "My brother said you are too young to eat." ”

Lu Rui was shocked and unbelievable, he ran to the kitchen with the ball in his arms, chasing Lu Xu: "Ahhhh

Lu Xu took a bite at a time, his cheeks bulged, and he said vaguely: "Ah what, don't eat it, just those two little teeth will sour you." ”

Lu Rui persevered, tilted his head to show his little white teeth: "Ah! ”

Lu Xu: "Okay, okay, lick for you." ”

Chapter 71: Buying a Shop

Lu Xu took his younger brothers and sisters to cook a large table of dishes, the grocery store closed early, and the whole family gathered at Lu Xu's house for a reunion dinner.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was no wind or rain, the weather was clear, and the moon was round and bright.

Lu Xu asked Han Lu and Xiao Xia to bring out the dessert mooncakes first, and then the hot dishes were served. The whole family gathered, the fish and meat were fragrant, but Lu Hui was missing.

But Xiaoyu somehow said, "My brother loves to eat fish heads." ”

There was silence on the table for a while, and the third aunt and uncle endured it, trying to laugh, but they couldn't help but have tears when they looked up at the moon.

At the third grandmother's house next door, there were also bursts of crying from time to time.

Lu Xu said: "Xiaohui is escorting grain and grass, I don't think anything will happen." ”

The third uncle nodded, Lu Xu had already told them about Lu Hui's situation as soon as he heard about it, and they couldn't get any news, so they could only hope that the battle would go smoothly, Lu Hui would be safe, and he would return home as soon as possible.

The next day, the main forces of the two armies on the border had already clashed.

Lu Xu and Yan Junqi wrote a letter to the scholars of Chongning County, who lived together in the state capital, hoping to ask some about the situation in Shuozhou. Lu Xu handed over the letter to the cargo ship heading north, but he didn't know if it could be delivered to Chongning.

Life in the county is peaceful, and the biggest thing is that the autumn harvest is about to begin. The early-maturing millet rice begins to be harvested.

Nowadays, when there is a shortage of animal power, conscription has led to a shortage of manpower, and when labor is in short supply, some people have started to think of looking for short-term workers.

In addition to the people in this village, in the neighboring villages, some people gradually called Lu Xu and their Guanyang Alliance.

Now their boats are all over the towns of Guanyang, and the areas along the river are even deeper into the villages, rowing, unloading, fishing, and selling grain...... As long as you want to join, there is no bad record, Lu Xu does not refuse, and unconsciously has become a more reliable network.

Liang Shanbao is no stranger to working part-time jobs, and they didn't do much when they went down the mountain, so they immediately agreed to help ask, and within two days they recruited a group of people from their brothers, counties, and docks, and sent them to the villages to help with the autumn harvest.

The remuneration conditions are also Liang Shanbao's interview, including transportation, food and accommodation, and 70 wen a day. The fare is shared between the two parties, and the members only receive half of the fare.

After the boat is delivered, you can also buy some vegetables, melons and fruits, new grain and new rice from various villages.

Although the price of grain in the county has returned to the normal price at the beginning of the year, it is always cheaper to buy from the village.

In the end, there is business for passenger ships, there is work for short-term workers, and farmers have found labor, and everyone is happy.

This is what Lu Xu and Liang Shanbao didn't expect at first, and before they knew it, the name of the Guanyang Alliance was gradually called.

Lu Xu is very happy, Lu Xu is very proud, and if someone calls him the second master, Lu Xu is fluttering, but he is still a little embarrassed as before, after all, he is still a stall in the East Street morning market every day to sell cold vegetables.

In addition to looking for a shop, what Lu Xu must do every day is to run to the yamen bulletin wall.

The results of the college examination have not yet come out, and Lu Xu is more anxious than Yan Junqi every day.

Lu Wen was also very anxious, his eldest brother lacked great virtue, so he took him to read the notice every day, and asked him every day, "What is posted on the wall?" ”

Don't recognize?

Then write it down and go home and look it up at the book!

Every day he had to turn the broken book from beginning to end, and he almost threw up. Lu Wentian turned over and scolded every day, obviously his brother was a Bai Ding who had never studied or gone to school, where did he learn so many crooked theories?

When the peak of the morning market passed, Lu Xu was idle, so he asked Lu Wen to take out his "Treasure in the Palm Homework Book" - two large pieces of paper were cut and cut into the size of a palm, and one was written with a big character on it, and Lu Xu asked him to learn three words a day.

If you take the assessment before dark, you will give him three pennies, and you will not deduct three pennies.

Lu Xu also prefers to play scoundrels, obviously saying that he only takes the test on the same day, and he will turn over the old accounts at every turn and suddenly take the test a few days ago.

...... the other day Where does he remember?!

In order to pay three cents a day, Lu Wen's homework is heavier day by day.

Lu Wen chirped hard to flip through his small book, while memorizing and pulling on the ground, Lu Yong came to him to rub and look, Lu Wen changed his temper and taught Lu Yong generously, now, what can make him regain his self-confidence and regain his self-esteem every day is that Lu Yong is more stupid than him and forgets faster than him!

Lu Wen and Lu Yong were writing on the ground, and Lu Xu helped Lu Yong sell tofu by the way.

Lu Xu is selling, always buying one or two dishes, but the aunt who wants a bunch of seasonings is here again. Seeing that it was her, Lu Xu asked skillfully: "Do you want more chili oil today?" ”

The eldest aunt carried the basket and waved her hand: "No, no, Xiao Lu, do you want to buy a shop?" ”

Lu Xu: "Yes." ”

He asked many people to help inquire.

Auntie: "Then come with me to take a look." ”

Lu Xu asked Lu Yong and Lu Wen to look at the stall, he and his aunt walked all the way, and the place they arrived at was still a gambling house!

Several young people were packing up their things outside, and the leader commanded the aunt to come over quickly and call her mother.

Only then did Lu Xu know that his aunt's son turned out to be a fang.

The aunt asked, "Xiao Lu, is it appropriate for you to look here?" ”

It's suitable, but it's too suitable, Lu Xu sneered and said honestly: "It's suitable, it's just that I can't afford it." ”

Zhao Fangya said: "This house is going to be demolished and sold, the shop in front and the courtyard in the back will be sold separately." ”

After Lu Xu asked the price, he sighed and said, "I still can't afford it." If there are shops in the alley that sell or rent, you may wish to keep an eye out for me. ”

Zhao Fangya groaned, "Alley ......"

Lu Xu said: "I plan to open a few small food shops in the alley, not too big, there is a storefront, which can shelter from the wind and rain." ”

Zhao Fangya listened, looked at the side door of the gambling house, and then looked at Lu Xu.

Entering the gambling house from the side door, there is a row of side rooms in the alley, which used to be the gambling house to pile up groceries and use it for gamblers who do not return home to spend the night at night. The tables and chairs were all taken away and sold, and now they are all empty. If Lu Xu only needs a storefront......

"Lu Langjun, look at this row of side rooms blocked from the inside, and then open a few doors to this side of the alley, is it feasible?"

Lu Xu was stunned, "Can you still sell it like this?" ”

Zhao Fangya: "The yard will also be demolished, no matter how it is demolished, if you want, I will ask the people in the other courtyard." ”

Lu Xu followed him into the wing room from the side door, measured it on foot, it was about six or seven meters wide, and the six rooms were connected to be about fifty meters long, and all the doors and windows on the inside were blocked into earthen walls, the soil kang was demolished, and the house was opened, he could have six small doors, cooking on the inside, selling on the outside, only making snacks, and the space was still sufficient.

Lu Xu was moved, and asked Zhao Fangya to help him ask for the price.

The next day, Zhao Fangya gave him a letter of approval, and there were three houses in the yard to buy, Lu Xu wanted the side of the wing, and he had to pay for the wall to plug it, and the other two started the wall from the middle, and the shops on Lindong Street were sold separately.

The courtyard totaled 1,000 taels, and Lu Xu wanted the smallest place, totaling 200 taels, and he had to draw another 20 taels for the fangya.

After paying the money, Lu Xu was so poor all of a sudden, repaired the wall and changed the house, found a blacksmith to make an iron pot, and he also asked Liang Shanbao and Tan Shishi to withdraw his dividend money in advance.

I heard that he bought a shop, how could he still use Lu Xu to find a mason, the third uncle and the fourth uncle took Lu Xuan, Liang Shanbao and Tan Shishi took four or five brothers, and they all started together, even dismantling and changing, and it was not possible to do it in ten days.

The six rooms were opened, and Lu Xu asked the third uncle to change them into five connected stores.