Tao Zhu: "......"

Although it was dark, the wheat was busy, and there were still many people working in the fields at this time, and some people were afraid that the wheat would be stolen and would sleep directly in the wheat field.

This place is located at the entrance of the village, and it is true that people will come at any time.

Staring at the three meatloafs, he gritted his teeth so as not to swallow without a mouthful of saliva.

He ate four vegetable nests and a bowl of wild vegetable soup at noon, and his chest was already hungry with his back sticked.

But exchanging two vegetable nests for three large meatloaf, he had never encountered such a good thing in his life.

This advantage is too big, and he doesn't dare to take it......

Li Qiao saw that Tao Zhu didn't move, so he walked over and stuffed the meatloaf into his arms: "Eat quickly." ”

"I don't want to ruin your reputation, but if you are really seen, then we will get married. But I'm in gambling debt now, and I'm still a rotten person in everyone's mind, and you're willing to marry ......"

"Shut up!"

Seeing that Li Qiao was talking more and more, Tao Zhu, who originally wanted to refuse, couldn't help but scold: "If you talk nonsense again, I'll ...... Hmmm......"

He was forced to swallow back the cruel words he didn't finish.

Because he had a meatloaf in his mouth.

Li Qiao waited for him to speak, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he quickly stuffed a meatloaf into his mouth.

“……”

Tao Zhu was stunned.

The eyes are rounder, like a cat's eye, and they are very cute.

Li Qiao couldn't help but smile: "Eat quickly." ”

Tao Zhu: "......"

After two seconds of silence, he took the meatloaf from Li Qiao's hand.

At this point, it would be hypocritical to refuse.

The meatloaf was freshly made, and it was still slightly hot, because it was wrapped in oiled paper, and the skin was not crispy, but when he bit into it, his mouth was full of oily pork, so fragrant that he swallowed it directly into his stomach without chewing a few bites.

The hungry stomach was a little cramping, and he was not satisfied with this bite of meatloaf, and his stomach seized control of his body, commanding his hands, holding the meatloaf to his mouth.

When he came back to his senses, he had already eaten most of the meatloaf.

“……”

Hot cheeks.

He turned around and turned his back to Li Qiao, a little embarrassed.

His appearance is too cruel, I don't know if he scared the person behind him......

"Do you have water? Don't choke. ”

Li Qiao's gentle voice sounded behind him.

He pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Li Qiao knew that he was embarrassed, looked at the wheat scattered on the ground, put away his thoughts of helping, and said, "Actually, I still have a few fish left here, but if you give you fish, you will definitely not be able to explain the origin of the fish, so I won't give you fish today." ”

"I'll give you fish in two days when there's no one."

"The remaining two meatloafs are for you, and if you can't finish them, hide them and eat them tomorrow."

"I'm leaving."

After saying these words, Li Qiao wrapped the remaining two meatloafs in oiled paper, stuffed them into Tao Zhu's arms, and then picked up the back basket, picked up the wooden barrel, and strode towards the village.

It wasn't until he entered the village that Tao Zhu looked at him again.

The night was hazy, and he was too far away to see his back.

But inexplicably, Tao Zhu's heart welled up with a sour and empty feeling.

This man is domineering and gentle......

After a moment, he laughed to himself and grabbed the patty in his hand.

How can he be an older leftover brother like him, who is qualified to think about the east and the west.

He gave Li Qiao two vegetable nests, and Li Qiao also gave him three meatloafs, and he had already taken a big advantage.

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Chapter 04 Selling Fish You can ask Brother Zhu

The layout of the Tao family's small courtyard is similar to that of Li Qiao's house, and several houses are adobe houses.

When Tao Zhu arrived home, his eldest brother Tao Shu was coming out of the kitchen with his teeth picked.

And his sister-in-law was nowhere to be seen, thinking that she had already fallen asleep.

As for his father, because he was not in good health, he usually lay down in bed and rested as soon as it was dark.

Tao Shu saw that Tao Zhu was back, and said lazily: "Come back, there is rice left in the pot, eat it quickly." ”

"After eating, unload the wheat on the cart, and then take off a hundred catties of wheat grains, the wheat used to test maltose the day before yesterday is moldy and cannot be used."

“…… Good. ”

Pottery bamboo should be down.

His sister-in-law likes to eat sweets, but sweets are too expensive for his family to afford, so his eldest brother quietly climbed the wall of the family in the county town that can make maltose some time ago.

As a result, as soon as he came up, he only glanced into the yard and was discovered.

In the end, I paid two taels of silver to the others, and this was the end.

But his eldest brother did not give up.

After returning to the village, he began to make maltose from wheat.

But his eldest brother only saw people washing wheat, and he didn't know anything about it, so he tried three times in a row, but all failed.

The wheat he had worked so hard to grow for more than half a year was just lost.

With a wry smile, he parked the cart and prepared to wash his hands and eat.

He had only eaten one meatloaf just now, and the remaining two were hidden in the wheat on the cart, and he wanted his father and mother to taste the meatloaf as well.

At this time, Mrs. Tao came out of the kitchen, saw Tao Shu standing in the yard, and immediately said, "Shu'er, why don't you go to sleep?" After making maltose for a day, aren't you tired? ”

"That's it, mother, you go to bed early, and let Brother Zhu take off the wheat alone."

Tao Shu said with concern.

"Alas, my old arms and legs really can't do any work."

Mrs. Tao looked at Tao Zhu: "Brother Zhu, there is food left for you in the pot, you eat it and thresh, and rest when you are tired." ”

"Okay." Tao Zhu quickly washed his hands and went into the kitchen.

There was a smell of green onion cakes in the kitchen, and the taste was not strong, but for Tao Zhu, a person who eats wild vegetables and cereals all year round, the faint smell was still terrible, and he smelled it all at once.

With a faint smile on his face, he lifted the lid in anticipation.

A bowl of wild vegetable soup, four vegetable nests.

The green onion cake is nowhere to be seen.

……

He put away his smile, picked up the wild vegetable soup in one hand, and the vegetable nest in the other, and ate it in a big gulp, as before.

After eating, his stomach was completely full, and the courtyard was already quiet.

His father and mother and eldest brother and sister-in-law both slept.

By the light of the moon in heaven, he began to threshh the wheat.

His family did not have an ox cart, and he relied on him to pull a stone mill to crush the ears of wheat, and when he had enough to take off a hundred pounds of wheat, it was late at night, and he was so tired that he didn't want to move.

After a full quarter of an hour's rest, he got up and flipped the two meatloaf out of the cart.

This time he didn't gobble it up, but took small bites and ate extremely slowly.

I'm afraid he will never be able to eat such a patty again in his life.

Inexplicably, Li Qiao's figure appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but chew.

Recalling the pitiful details, his mood improved a lot, and he even had a smile on his face, not only did he eat three large meatloaf tonight, but he was also respected and felt gentle......

He'll remember tonight for the rest of his life.

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As soon as Li Qiao returned home, before he could put down the barrel basket, Li Gu's eldest son Li Chunsheng came.

Li Chunsheng came to give a return gift: five catties of wheat flour that was just ground today.

Seeing Li Chunsheng away, Li Qiao counted the return gifts of several families, and was satisfied.

Everyone in the village knows the situation of the original body, so the return gift of these families is food.

The village chief's family gave twenty eggs.

The third uncle's family gave ten white-flour steamed buns.

The uncle's family, who was friendly with the original parents, gave two catties of white rice.

Coupled with the five catties of wheat flour sent by Li Chunsheng just now, these are paired with fish, which is enough for him to eat for three days.

After washing, he lay down on the wooden bed covered with a layer of wheat straw and soon fell asleep.

He slept very deeply, and when he woke up, it was already dark.