Qin Yu ordered all the people and horses, and when he was about to go out with his brother and sister, Lu Yuan hurriedly came out and called Qin Chuan back.

Qin Chuan was surprised: "Eldest Mother, is there anything important to call me?" After that, he turned his face away, and he was going to go back with the deer.

Lu Yuan first glanced at Qin Yu, and then replied to Qin Chuan: "It's not important, it's just that the young master has reached the age of knowing etiquette, and the young master wants to go to the council." ”

Qin Chuan immediately stopped when he heard this, and said with a smile on his face: "Mother Ji, I have already made an appointment with Yu to go out, I don't worry about his child going out, I have to watch him." As he spoke, he turned around and fled.

Lu Yuan, who had been prepared, quickly grabbed his arm and didn't let him escape.

Lu Yuan was old, she grabbed Qin Chuan's arm and didn't use any force, but Qin Chuan didn't dare to move anymore, for fear that she would pull and fall her.

Lu Yuan smiled and said: "Since you call the old woman Aunt Ji, the old woman will pick up the big one and force you to take you to listen to the training." ”

Lu Yuan is the concubine brought by Qin's mother from her mother's family, and she is the legal concubine of Qin's father, although it is in name only, but if Qin Chuan calls her Ji's mother, she can also respond to it confidently and teach him the truth.

From childhood to adulthood, only Qin Chuan called Lu Yuan Ji Auntie when he was coquettish and begging for mercy, so as soon as Qin Chuan's title was changed, Lu Yuan knew that he was going to be naughty.

Qin Chuan muttered reluctantly: "That annoying tight, I can't sit still when I see him." ”

Lu Yuan said with a smile: "Not in the future, you are the head of the family, you have to be stronger." ”

Qin Chuan went to see Qin Yu: "Fish, I don't worry about you being a little child on the street, you go to ask the eldest mother, do you want the eldest brother to take you?" "He's still trying to escape.

Facing Qin Chuan's face of expectation and request, Qin Yu pretended to be worried and said: "Big brother, if you go with us at this time, when it is time to greet us, you don't know the etiquette, something went wrong, and people see the joke, what should you do?" ”

At this point, Qin Chuan immediately grabbed Lu Yuan's arm in turn, and said to Lu Yuan affectionately: "Mother Ji, I'll go with you." Does the eldest mother have any other commands? ”

What is it to hate old men?

No matter how annoying the old man is, he really has the ability, so put up with him for the time being.

Lu Yuan smiled, and before leaving, she also pointed at Qin Yu with her fingers, and Qin Yu pulled her cheeks with both hands and made a grimace.

......

Qin Yu went to the street this time, changed directions, and entered from the south gate of the West Market, and smelled a strong smell of feces and urine from a long distance.

Today he visited the livestock market.

The livestock market sells everything, all of them are panting, geese, ducks, cattle, sheep, rabbits, red deer, pheasant tigers, and there are several kinds of pigs.

There are porpoises that have been weaned for a month, and at first glance they are fierce and irritable and specially waiting for the pigs (jia) to breed the sows, and the pigs that are raised are oily and slippery waiting to be slaughtered to eat meat, and the pigs that are caught in the wild.

They are all pigs, but here, only the meat that is put in the pot to be cooked is called a pig......

Qin Yu: The ancestors are really good at it, they are really cultured.

No matter what it's called, in Qin Yu's eyes, there is only the difference between more meat and less meat.

In the week, there were already steers, but the steering techniques were a little rough, and there were no corresponding disinfection and sanitation measures, and half of the ten steers could die.

Qin Yu has seen the process of his own dolphin being castrated, well, this little guinea dolphin became their family's dinner, because it didn't survive and died.

It can be seen that even though everyone knows that castrated pork is delicious, there are still few pigs in the people.

One is dirty, eats a lot, stinks, and can only be slaughtered to eat meat after a year, and I don't know if I can successfully feed it in this year, and I die halfway, and I can only consider myself unlucky.

The second is difficult to raise. Pigs that have not been castrated, raised to a certain size, whether it is a sow or a boar, have a grumpy temper, the general pen is not able to close them, if a fierce son comes up, people bump into it, either death or injury. Castrate, the temper is good, but I can't afford to die, castration one dies one, castration two dies and a pair, all of them are dead, what else do you raise? Why are the pigs raised by the people called Biao? In their opinion, pigs that have not been castrated are actually not much different from wild boars.

For such difficult livestock, it is better to raise poultry, cattle, horses and sheep, of course, they still can't afford to raise them.

There are few pigs among the people, and there are many in the manors of the nobility.

The Qin family also raised pigs in Xixiang, but the pigs raised by the Qin family were never used by Qin's mother to eat meat, nor did she give Qin Yu and their brothers and sisters to eat. The only role of Qin's pigs is to produce oil, and the Qin family eats poultry, beef, and mutton.

The sacrificial use is cattle, sheep and dogs.

Once, after the Qin family killed a pig and left the fat meat boiled in oil, the remaining lean meat and bones were rewarded to the servants at home.

Qin Yu secretly went to the mandarin maid and asked to taste what their pork tasted like.

The mandarin man couldn't resist him, and only gave him a fingernail-sized tenderloin, cooked.

Qin Yu put it in his mouth, he didn't chew it, he just felt it with his taste buds, he didn't want to eat it, and he was still thinking about whether to swallow it, so he skillfully pinched his cheeks, pulled out the small piece of meat from his mouth, and then put it into the mouth of the cigarette.

Qin Yu: ... Unbeatable shock!

But since then, until the iron pot is made, he will never touch the pork again.

When he left the workshop yesterday, Zhang Shi told Qin Yu that he would receive the iron urn he ordered almost tomorrow - the iron pot, today, Qin Yu wants to buy a pig back, and wait for tomorrow to kill it and open the new pot, cough, mainly want to eat back the pot meat.

Qin Yu sighed a little, the butcher shops in the township actually killed dogs, and there were also beef and mutton sellers, but there were no pigs, if he wanted to eat pork, he had to buy a live one and go back to kill it himself.

Fortunately, they have a lot of families, and the weather is not too hot now, so they can eat for two more days in the well, and they can't waste it.

Jiaojiao and Yan went to see the cute little animals such as foxes and rabbits, and Luan didn't play with girls, and he didn't worry about his younger brother alone, so he was bored and followed him.

He saw that Qin Yu kept staring at the fattest pig not far away, so he said to him: "That one is too big, if you want to raise it, there are dolphin sellers over there." ”

Qin Yu: "... Brother Zhong, if you buy meat for food, you still have to pick the big one. After thinking about it, he added: "There is a lot of oil." ”

Luan frowned and said, "The meat at home is not enough for you to eat?" The pork stinks so much that only a slave can swallow it. Also, there is no shortage of oil at home. ”

Qin Yu glanced up at this native class boy, turned his head and said to Su Lian: "Just ask for that one, negotiate the price and let people take it home directly, feed some good ones, and kill them tomorrow morning." ”

Su Lian went to buy a pig in response, leaving the little boy Luan to stare at his younger brother.

In the end, he could only sigh helplessly, in front of this younger brother, he had no prestige as an elder brother at all, even if he bought back a useless pig for nothing, the eldest mother and grandmother in the family would only accept it happily, and would not blame the fish for half a point.

After buying the fat pig, Qin Yu began to walk around, still sitting on his strong shoulders, sitting high and looking far, he could also cross the crowd and the herd, and clearly see what he wanted to see.

Qin Yu patted his strong arm excitedly with one hand, pointed in one direction with the other, and said, "Go over there." ”

Zhuang carried him through the crowd, round the cattle pen after the cattle pen, and finally came to a sheepfold.

This sheepfold is very simple, only a dozen wooden sticks are used to form a simple fence, indicating that this piece of land has an owner, and there are about seven or eight tall and fierce hounds squatting outside the sheepfold, watching the sheep fiercely, and the sheep are very quiet.

There were about 30 long-haired goats in the sheepfold, most of them white, and only six or seven were black.

The wool of the sheep brought back by the mother of Qin from the official office is not short, and it is a common goat breed in the territory of Qin.

However, the goats here have a particularly long hair, and at first glance they are not a native breed.

Zhuang reluctantly put Qin Yu down to the ground, not far away a young man with pigtails on his head? The girl still looked over, and when she saw Qin Yu looking at him/her curiously, she smiled on her face, walked a few steps, and asked him, "Child, do you want to see the sheep?" ”

A male duck voice, a teenager.

Qin Yu asked curiously, "Are these your sheep?" It's not the same as the sheep we have here. ”

The young man smiled: "This is Xirong sheep, and my father and I wasted a lot of effort to rush over to Liyang." ”

Sijon?

The Rongdi tribe west of the land of Qin is called Xirong, and Qin Yu can roughly guess that it may be the Gansu region.

Qin Yu asked him, "Are you a sheep top person?" Can I pet them? ”

These sheep were long, hairy, and had long sharp horns, and he did not dare to touch them without the permission of their master.

Zhuang said disapprovingly: "Little master, there are poisonous insects on livestock, don't get close to them." ”

Qin Yu pulled his strong hand and said to him: "I'll just take a look, I'll change my clothes when I get home, it's fine." He took out another piece of maltose and slumped it in the palm of his hand to show the young man: "You let me touch the sheep, will I give you candy?" It's sweet. ”

Looking at the yellow maltose cube in Qin Yu's hand, the young man's eyes lit up suddenly, he was a little moved, and said to Qin Yu: "You just touch it, you won't hit it, right?" ”

If Qin Yu went up and punched and kicked him, he didn't guarantee that there would be a sheep in it to retaliate.

Qin Yu said with a smile: "How come? I just touched their hair to see if it was different from the hair on my sheep. ”

The young man smiled: "It's all hair, what's the difference?" But he believed him, and took him by the hand, and walked up to a sheep that looked docile, and said, "Ah, touch it." ”

His hand did not let go of Qin Yu's hand, and he planned to pull Qin Yu away as soon as there was any abnormal movement.

Qin Yu didn't care. He was about the height of the goat, and with one hand he pulled open the outer layer of long, coarse wool, revealing the white, delicate fur inside, and with a slight rubbing of it, one or two hairs fell off his hand.

Qin Yu pinched these fluffs and looked at the light carefully, and then pulled out the other hand that was being pulled and pulled it, it was flexible and soft, it was cashmere.

It's spring and summer, and it's time for these goats to shed their fluff.

He thought about the ashes of the plants and trees stored in Xixiang's house, thinking that it should be enough for him to wash out a cashmere coat, so he took the initiative to retreat, put the promised maltose in the palm of the young man's hand, and said to the young man: "I bought all your sheep." ”

The young man blinked, stuffed the maltose into his mouth, sucked it, and then said, "Don't make trouble, where are your adults?" I don't think I'm optimistic about you. ”

Qin Yu grimaced at him and shouted, "Su Lian." ”

Su Lian stepped forward smartly, and said, "The slave is here." ”

Qin Yu plucked out his ears, glared at him, warned him not to be evil, and then held his little head high, waved his little hand and said, "I bought it all!" ”

Su Lian held back a smile: "Only." ”

With that, he took out a money bag, grabbed a handful of gold cakes from it, and asked the young man, "How many gold cakes do you need?" ”

The boy looked at the golden cake and opened his mouth wide, and a suspicious shiny liquid fell from his mouth, oh, he still had sugar in his mouth.

Qin Yu was a few steps away from him in disgust.

The young man wiped his mouth, turned his head and ran, shouting as he ran: "Daddy, Daddy, there are big customers, come quickly!" ”

Qin Yu hugged his little arm and 'hummed', look down on me!

Luan: ... Have you forgotten that my middle brother is here?

Luan: "Fish, what are you buying so many sheep for?" This is not Xixiang, and there are not so many sheep to raise. ”

Qin Yu said: "Our house is very big, let's raise it first, and we will rush back in two days." ”

After all, this is a city, and the fields are outside the city walls, so it is not suitable for raising such a large flock of sheep, but their house covers a large area, and it is still possible to raise it in it for a few days.

......

In the business of business, there is naturally no need for Qin Yu, a child, to come forward, Qin Luan watched from the sidelines, and Su Lian went to talk to the young man's father.

The young man looked at Qin Yu curiously: "Child, you are spending money outside, and you won't be beaten when you get home, right?" ”

Qin Yu said: "My name is Qin Yu, you can call me Yu." ”

Boy: "Oh, fish, my name is Lu, a member of the Wu clan. ”

Qin Yu: "Oh, Lu, is maltose delicious?" I made it myself at home. ”

Wu Shilu: "It's delicious, it's sweeter than what it sells." ”

Qin Yu: "Yes, let me tell you, making maltose is very particular......

Qin Yu hasn't finished talking about the production method of maltose here, Su Lian has negotiated the deal, Qin Yu has brought out a lot of people, and some people are already busy handing over the sheep, Wu Shilu's father said that he can help drive the sheep back to Qin Yu's house.

This couldn't be better, so that only one person from Qin Yu's side would lead the way.

Aunt Qin and Mother Qin: This child, this child has only been working hard for half a day, and he has been buying it home one after another, when their family's money is inexhaustible?

After buying the flock, Qin Yu didn't want to continue shopping, he wanted to go to another place.

The young Wu Shilu was very reluctant to Qin Yu, mainly because he was very reluctant to Qin Yu's maltose, and Qin Yu gave him two more just now.

Qin Yu said goodbye to him: "I have told you all the methods of making sugar, you can go home and boil it yourself." ”

Wu Shilu couldn't, so he could only watch Qin Yu ride away without looking back.

Out of the livestock market, Qin Yu has to go to the workshop again, to find Zhang Shi, if the father is there, it would be better, acquaintances are easy to talk to.

Luan was a little sullen and unhappy.

Qin Yu teased him: "Brother Zhong, why don't you go to the left room to do it?" ”

Luan didn't want to ask angrily, "What are you going to do there?" ”

The fish smiled and replied, "Go get a pair of scissors." ”

Jiaojiao asked curiously, "What do you do with scissors?" ”

Qin Yu: "Shearing sheep." ”