As soon as Su Lan finished speaking, he saw Er Mazi, who was cooking in the kitchen, walking out of the room wearing an apron, and then picked up the big broom standing next to the door, and quickly ran towards the big rooster that had just stared at Su Lan, Er Mazi waved a long broom, like a heroic general with a big sword in his hand on the battlefield, and after only one round, the rooster was defeated and was covered under the broom.

One hand reached out to the broom and groped for a while, and then saw Er Mazi grabbing the rooster's chicken feet with one hand, and lifted it upside down, the rooster seemed to know his next ending, it would become a plate of food, how could it be easy to obey, the two wings kept flapping, and the chicken's mouth made a miserable chirping, but no matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape from Er Mazi's palm.

Carrying the rooster, Er Mazi hummed a Peking Opera tune, and when he walked to the door, he saw Su Lan's somewhat stunned face.

"Hey, Brother Su, what's wrong with you? Don't you like to eat chicken, no, I remember that you love red chicken. ”

Er Mazi was a little puzzled, Su Lan hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"How, how, my favorite food is chicken, Brother Mazi, remember to make it called flower chicken. ”

"Okay, no problem, I've been helping the kitchen in the inn all these years, but I've learned a lot of good skills, Brother Su just wait and see." ”

After Er Mazi said that, he ran to the kitchen with the hoarse crowing of the rooster.

Su Lan secretly glanced at Xiao Yueming beside him, and then snorted coldly, as if announcing his victory.

sighed deeply, Su Lan's childlike temperament was not naïve in his eyes, but felt a little cute and simple, perhaps, this is what he yearns for.

"Squeak~"

The door of the courtyard was pushed open, and I saw a young man carrying a basket on his back and walked into the courtyard gate, the man slowly came to Xiao Yueming and the two, and said with some doubts:

"Who are you?"

The young man's appearance is about seven points similar to Er Mazi, but there are no pockmarks on his face, his skin is a little black, and his appearance is not ugly, which is an ordinary appearance.

Seeing this man with the same nose and eyes as Er Mazi, Xiao Yueming bowed:

"In Xia Xiao Yueming, this is Su Rong, we are your brother Liu Zhu's friends, come to visit today, you are Liu Zhu's younger brother, Liu Lin. ”

When Er Mazi was at home, he often talked to Liu Lin about how powerful his acquaintance was, and he naturally knew it, so he hurriedly returned the salute:

"Yes, yes, junior brother Liu Lin, I have seen the two eldest brothers!"

Xiao Yueming and Su Lan looked at each other and smiled, secretly thinking that this kid was clever, and the three of them returned to the house, Liu Lin put the basket on his back at the door, and then beat his sore shoulders with a painful face.

Su Lan pointed to the half-human-high basket and asked:

"Liu Lin, what do you buy on weekdays?"

Liu Lin took out a few small objects from the basket, which were dragonflies, crickets and other insects made of bamboo strips, and handed them to Su Lan, Liu Lin laughed:

"It's nothing, it's just some small things that don't matter, I've been clever since I was a child, and I don't have any other skills, so I made these things, and I usually set up a stall in the nearby county, and I can earn some broken silver flowers, which is enough for me and my wife to live. ”

Playing with the skillful and delicate handiwork of weaving, he took a bamboo cricket from Su Lan's hand, and saw that the cricket's long beards, legs and feet were complete, and he couldn't help but admire:

"It's really good, your weaving skills are quite exquisite. ”

His achievements were recognized, Liu Lin's heart was of course happy, and he put the basket in front of Xiao Yueming, Liu Lin said proudly:

"Since you like it, I will give these to you, you are my second brother's brother, and naturally my Liu Lin's brother. ”

There are still half a basket of items left in the basket, if all of them are sold, this will be a lot of money for Liu Lin.

Xiao Yueming looked at Liu Lin with a proud face, because the contact with him was still short, but he didn't know whether he was sincere or deliberate, if it was the latter, this Liu Lin was really not simple.

No matter what, Er Mazi, as Xiao Yueming's brother, how could he let him suffer:

"How many taels of silver can you earn by selling all these goods?"

When Liu Lin heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, glad that he had made the right bet, but pretended to be calm and said:

"Brother Xiao, where is this, there is not much money, just three taels of silver. ”

Xiao Yueming took out the money bag from his arms, and then took out a silver ingot of ten taels and put it in Liu Lin's arms:

"As you said, you are Brother Mazi's brother, we are naturally your eldest brother, how can I watch you be wronged, I bought this basket, you can take this silver, you can also make the old man's life better. ”

Xiao Yueming's actions are not sympathetic to this Liu Lin, he is a young and strong man, with hands and feet, as long as he is willing to work, he can eat with a mouthful, Xiao Yueming is distressed by the old man, she is dizzy and deaf, her legs and feet are inconvenient, and she is still the mother of Ermazi, since she has the conditions, she is reasonable, and she should help her.

Sending silver directly is inevitably a little not good, and buying this Liu Lin's object is also exactly in line with Xiao Yueming's thoughts.

Su Lan held the bamboo dragonfly, couldn't put it down, and also persuaded on the side:

"You just take it, Brother Xiao is a big dog, and he has a lot of money, just ten taels, and he doesn't care about it. ”

Liu Lin pretended to be at a loss, but he was happy in his heart:

"Since that's the case, then I, Liu Lin, have thanked the two eldest brothers!"

Carefully put the heavy silver ingots in his arms, and the joy in his heart was like a fountain gushing, these ten taels of silver, for him, it was really a huge amount of money.

He is just an ordinary trader, and he has never been to a private school, even if he has some thoughts about the city, how can he do it without leakage, his inadvertent expression, but was keenly caught by Xiao Yueming, just in an instant, he understood what Liu Lin wanted.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yueming's face was not obvious, and she chatted with Liu Lin enthusiastically, but secretly sighed:

Brother Mazi was simple in his heart, but he didn't expect that this thought would be inherited from his younger brother, even if it was to help a group of poor old people. ”

Liu Lin was simply ecstatic, if it weren't for the fact that there were outsiders here, he would definitely laugh out loud, and at this time he was also quietly disstomaching:

"What the second brother said is really right, those who can climb the Baiyue Tower are not ordinary people, even the shots are so generous, the second brother has made this kind of brother, my Liu family, I am really going to soar and get ahead!"

"Here comes the dish~"

Er Mazi shouted as if he was in an inn, and walked from the back kitchen with vegetables in his hands, with a happy smile on his face.

All the dishes have been served, the table is full, and it looks quite rich, called flower chicken, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, fresh mushroom soup, brown rice......

Er Mazi's craftsmanship is really good, although there is no Yongchang Inn chef's kung fu, but also learned three points similar, Er Mazi took out a small bowl, each with some food, and then lightly put it in front of the old man, the old man's eyes are not good, once the distance is farther, it is not clear, so when eating, it can only be like this.

"Come and see how this dish tastes and whether it has the style of a chef. ”

Er Mazi greeted.

Although the ingredients are ordinary and the method is simple, Xiao Yueming has the same taste as Xiao Qian's craftsmanship, as if at this moment, he has passed through time and space and returned to Black Maple Island, which is thousands of miles away from him, and only on Black Maple Island can he taste this kind of home......

The lively atmosphere of reunion filled Xiao Yueming's heart with warmth, temporarily filling the gap in his feelings, and he was even wondering if he would find a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers when he was old, bring his family, and live in seclusion together.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yueming couldn't help but sneer, and secretly said that he was thinking too much, he was really a fool's dream, if he couldn't solve the soul-breaking poison on his body, let alone live in seclusion when he was old, I was afraid that he wouldn't live to be twenty years old, and the time of five years was too short, too short.

After dinner, it was already dark, and the Er Mazi brothers sent Xiao Yueming and Su Lan out of the door.

Xiao Yueming carried the broken basket bought for ten taels of silver, got on the horse, and then instructed Er Mazi:

"After all, if you leave home this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back for a while, you can make good arrangements first, and when it's done, come to Yongchang Inn to find me, if I'm not there, I'll go to Yunlin Inn to find Brother Su." ”

Er Mazi nodded, and then replied:

"I don't have anything to explain, at most, I'll look for you the day after tomorrow, let's break through this river and lake together!"

"Okay, it's not too early, it's too late, Baiyue County will close the city gate, Brother Mazi, farewell. ”

Xiao Yueming and Su Lan didn't delay any longer, and immediately galloped on their horses, and gradually disappeared into the night with the sound of horses' hooves.

Seeing that the two of them had gone away, Liu Lin hurriedly took out the silver ingot in his arms, and the joy on his face was undisguised, and he kissed two mouthfuls of silver ingots fiercely, and then said excitedly to Er Mazi:

"Second brother and second brother, your brother is so righteous, he directly gave me ten taels of silver, without even blinking his eyes, with him covering, I am not walking sideways in Baiyue County!"

Er Mazi slapped Liu Lin on the back of the head, and then warned with a solemn face:

"You kid, it's better to put away those unobtrusive fancy intestines, who are Brother Xiao and Brother Su? That's a righteous gentleman, if you dare to make trouble for them, I won't be the first to spare you, do you hear!"

was slapped by Er Mazi, Liu Lin held the back of his head that hurt, and he was not angry, and said angrily:

"Brother, you really have no brains, you don't need such a good backer, our Liu family wants to develop, it seems that we can't count on you. ”

Before Liu Lin finished speaking, he ran back to the yard with a smoke, and Er Mazi looked at his little brother who had been flamboyant since he was a child, and his heart was full of helplessness.