Chapter 29: Anointing and Trapping
"Husband, why did you come back at this time?"
"If I don't come back, are you going to fool around with these men who have hooked your soul? Well? While I'm not there, I'm eye-to-eye with them! Shameless! ”
The black strong man of the iron tower scolded angrily, and then pulled Liu Niang's long hair, Liu Niang is a delicate beauty, where is the enemy who has such strength as him, he was pulled behind the curtain.
"Cheap woman, look at how Lao Tzu teaches you!"
Behind the curtain came the woman's cry and wail, so miserable, and suddenly, the guests in the tea shop dispersed, "Let's go!" If you don't leave, I'm afraid that you will be beaten as an adulterer! ”
Everyone scattered around, leaving only one horse merchant standing in place, looking anxious, he wandered around the door for a long time before he mustered up the courage to rescue Liu Niang.
"Liu Niang, are you okay?"
"Ahh Kind big brother, you go quickly, leave me alone! The more you control me, the worse he beats me! ”
The woman inside was beaten and screamed, but she still thought about his safety and asked him to leave.
"Stinky! Dare to hook up with a man in front of Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu can't kill you! ”
The beating and scolding inside intensified, and this time, the horse merchant also fled.
Xu Ling transported the jar of autumn pear paste to the house, cleaned the pottery urn, and prepared to boil another round of autumn pear paste while it was still early.
When he came out, the crying outside was much weaker, and he only heard Liu Niang's scolding voice: "You bastard who doesn't know the severity, you dragged the old lady's hair painfully!" Don't touch me again! ”
"Good Sister Liu, dear lady, don't I know how heavy my hands are? You'll just forgive me this time, okay? ”
"Get out! Tell the old lady to get out at night! ”
Xu Ling heard the voice getting closer and closer, and stood in the courtyard curiously and looked out, and saw Liu Niang in the tea shop in front of him, followed by a big tall man, she looked like a fairy, but the man was born with copper skin and iron bones, fierce and vicious.
Noticing Xu Ling's attention, Liu Niang looked over and said a little embarrassed: "I scared you, right?" ”
Xu Ling said: "What? ”
Liu Niang's eyes rolled for a moment, and she immediately covered her mouth and smiled: "Look at me, I should always train this fool at home, so that you can see it, but I'm afraid that you are also afraid of me." ”
Xu Ling thought, probably because he was afraid that outsiders would find out that her man was a strict wife, but he was not a feudal and old-fashioned man in his body.
only smiled and said to the fierce man: "The two husbands and wives are deeply in love, he respects you so lowly and small to you, how can I be afraid?" This eldest brother, my name is Xu Ling, and I am your new neighbor. ”
The fierce man looked at Xu Ling, "My name is Wang Zhu, what do you do?" ”
Liu Niang rushed ahead of Xu Ling and explained, Wang Zhu only knew that Xu Ling would boil sugar.
Xu Lingjian didn't understand the explanation, so he simply admitted it.
The three of them chatted for a few words, and then they heard the crying of the child and the beating and scolding of the woman from the back door, which had not stopped all morning.
Liu Niang rolled her eyes and said, "This family, all day long, either beats the child or the daughter-in-law, there is really no leisure." ”
Xu Ling smiled and didn't speak.
Liu Niang and Wang Zhu returned to their courtyard.
Xu Ling continued to be busy boiling autumn pear paste, he planned to boil more and put it at home, it would be fifteen in a few days, Lingbao Temple was a good place to sell things, he hoarded more autumn pear paste to sell how good.
Boiling autumn pear paste is a boring job, it has to be boiled on low heat, can't paste the pot, and keep stirring, after a morning, Xu Ling's two arms are extremely sore, and he can't be idle at all.
I don't even have the time to eat.
Who would have expected that at noon, Wang Zhu next door would actually bring food over.
"Sister Liu said that you gave her a jar of sugar paste, and seeing that you don't even have a woman at home, let me bring you some food, which is a thank you."
Xu Ling did not doubt that he had him, and thanked him again and again.
"Thank you, the food will be on the table, and I'll eat it when I'm done."
Wang Zhu saw that he had been stirring with a stick, and looked at him curiously, "You haven't married a wife yet?" ”
"I'm married, and I have a daughter."
"Then why didn't your woman follow you?"
"I have an old mother at home, and I can't achieve anything, and she suffers when she comes out with me."
"I can't say that, at least I can help you cook a meal and warm the bed, we men, but we can't leave women for a day."
Wang Zhu spoke very roughly, but his heart and eyes were very good, so he had to help Xu Ling stir the autumn pear paste and let him go to dinner.
Xu Ling had to do it, Liu Niang's craftsmanship was very good, there were vegetables and meat in this meal, and some meat was put in the cabbage stewed tofu, which was very delicious, he ate and chatted with Wang Zhu.
I also learned a little about the couple.
Wang Zhu has no father and no mother, he used to do chores in the acrobatic team, and met Liu Niang there, the two of them became husband and wife, the acrobatic team drove them out, and the two used the money they had saved to rent a house in Lingbao Town, he opened a tea shop for Liu Niang, and went to the dock to carry goods and do hard work.
"Now we want to save more money and buy our own house, and when the time comes, we can settle down, and she will give me a few dolls, so I don't have any other ideas!"
Not to mention, ancient and modern people all think the same, buy a house and have children for a lifetime.
Xu Ling understood his difficulties very well, chatted for a long time, and soon became a good friend.
When Xu Ling finished eating, Wang Zhu helped him cut the wood plug again, someone chatted with him, and he could also help with the work, Xu Ling was also happy, he didn't think about it elsewhere at all.
It wasn't until Liu Niang came to call Wang Zhu and scolded him for coming out to deliver a meal and didn't know how to go home for a long time, so Wang Zhu went back in disgrace.
Xu Ling is not stupid, he knows that the process of making autumn pear paste is not difficult, and others can learn it if they have the heart, so he moved most of the process to the house in the afternoon, and only boiled autumn pear paste in the yard.
After living for two or three days, Xu Ling consumed all the pears in the space and made 95 cans of autumn pear paste.
After finishing this, he found someone to make a signboard, a bamboo pole, with a cloth banner hanging on it, and a few big characters written on it: A century-old prescription, Bao Zhi cough.
Then he carried a bamboo basket on his back and a bamboo pole and went out to sell something.
Xu Ling has been busy these days, sometimes Liu Niang will bring him food, and sometimes he goes out to buy food at the stall by himself.
For a few days, I didn't notice that the tea shop in front of the courtyard was not open.
On this day, not long after he left, Liu's Tea Shop, which had been closed for a few days, opened.
Liu Niang covered her face with a fan, set up tables, chairs and benches, and was about to go back to the house to boil water.
A man rushed around the corner of the house.
"Liu Niang...... You've finally opened the door, how are you doing these days? ”
Liu Niang turned around in surprise, saw that it was the horse merchant, her red lips opened slightly, and she asked in disbelief: "It's you...... Why are you here again? ”