Ten years later

Paddy Field Town, the first day of the new year.

After the autumn harvest, and the farmers who are facing the loess on weekdays, they are happy to pick up baskets on this day, and transport the surplus grain at home to the big market to sell, in exchange for cash to buy food and clothing for the family in winter.

The streets are bustling, and the cries of selling come and go. The large market is spread out around a thoroughfare that runs through the north of the town, and a noodle stall in the center of the market is like a cloud.

"Hostess, how much?" the well-fed diners prepared to pay their bills.

The woman put down the bowl of water and said with a smile: "Five cents." ”

The proprietress collected the money, and before she could take a breath, the other guests who were feasting on their stomachs shouted loudly.

"Boss, another bowl of fish ball noodles, big!"

"I want two fish skins and two fish balls. ”

"Hey!" the proprietress hurriedly responded.

On this day, there are too many diners who come to eat fish skin, because there is a good reputation, everyone recognizes the craftsmanship of the couple surnamed Tang, even if there are other stalls, the diners are still willing to crowd here and wait, so that the husband and wife spin between the stove and the diners like a top.

"Come on. Tang Xiaoyu smiled and held the tray and brought the food to the table: "Your fish balls and fish skin." ”

The old diner smelled the fragrance, smashed his mouth, and quipped: "Boss, your young husband and wife are so good at craftsmanship, and you can't eat such elastic fish balls and such crispy fish skin in several nearby towns." ”

"It's delicious, you can come a few more times. ”

"Of course, but you need to give some fish skins to the regular customers. ”

"Of course~. ”

Tang Xiaoyu smiled and walked back to the stove to drink the water, the water bowl had been sitting next to the stove for a long time, the cold water was simmering by the firewood, and she didn't drink it after taking a sip. A slender young man in front of Yantai was smoky and smoking, skillfully pinching fish balls, squeezing the regular fish meatballs from his hands, and then rolling through the broth and injecting them into his soul.

Seeing the young man busy in the fireworks of the world with a pretty face, Tang Xiaoyu couldn't help but sigh that time flies, and the bean ding when he first saw him has now grown into a young man with the appearance of a green pine.

But she has been looking forward to it for ten years, and the prologue of the troubled times has never been opened.

Was it all just her dreaming?

If she didn't start, she would suspect that she was going crazy.

Just when Tang Xiaoyu was thinking wildly, there was a commotion on the street.

What's wrong?

Tang Xiaoyu immediately came back to her senses, she quickly came to love to be lively, but unfortunately there was a business that couldn't leave, so she could only stand on tiptoe and look out every time. She heard the movement and stood on tiptoe as usual, only to see that the people coming and going on the street somehow all brushed left and right to avoid and make a way.

Who's coming?

What a majesty!

She fixed her eyes and looked again, and finally in the crowd of people, she saw a line of Ding pawns who opened the way, one by one, with five big and three rough faces, showing fierce faces, from North Street to South Street.

These people are not squire bullies, but acquaintances of Tang Xiaoyu.

"Little fish, little white. A woman wearing a blue-ground gold woven tuan pattern jacket was surrounded by Ding pawns in the middle, she walked slowly, stopped in front of the stall, and became the focus of attention as soon as the person arrived, and the owners of the nearby stalls and diners took the initiative to greet them.

Tang Xiaoyu looked up and down the woman's family with a smile through the fireworks, there is a custom of wearing new clothes for happy occasions in Shuitian Town, she joked one by one: "Sister Wan, brother-in-law, new clothes on the upper body, where are you going to congratulate people." ”

The woman's name is Wan Ling, the helmsman of the Cao Gang in Paddy Field, and she is a woman who can cover the sky with one hand within a radius of 500 miles.

Wanling's face was full of red light, and explained: "The temple has been calculated, today is auspicious, let's go to repay the vow, and ask for divination by the way." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and instructed the long-term worker who was carrying the big wooden box to send the things to the small courtyard behind the stall, Tang Xiaoyu glanced at the three big wooden boxes: "Xiaobai, you lead people into the hospital, and I will stay and talk to Sister Wan." ”

After hearing this, Xiaobai nodded in response.

"This is the high-grade Shu brocade just shipped by the cargo ship, take it to make a few more new clothes, and I will come back to you in the evening." Wanling said.

"Good. ”

"Don't send me off, go back to business. ”

"Okay, go slowly. ”

After Wan Ling finished speaking, he led a group of people to leave, Tang Xiaoyu was used to the other party's ups and downs, and indifferently watched them and their group, and went to the Guanyin Temple in an exaggerated manner.

If it weren't for the leading Wanling, the people would probably think that these people were going to kick the hall instead of worshipping the Buddha.

"The noodle stall proprietress knows the Wan family of the Cao Gang very well?" a diner asked in a low voice.

"It's the Jinlan sisters, if it weren't for Wanling's cover, this stall would have been able to open in the most lively place. "Sitting together.

"The location is really good. ”

"Of course it's good. The tone was sour.

Tang Xiaoyu didn't have time to pay attention to the criticism behind the diners, some people have right and wrong, she did borrow the light of Wanjia, it is not a shame, luck is also a kind of ability, not to mention that she does not rely on luck: "Xiaobai, how about it." ”

Xiaobai came out of the courtyard, looked at Tang Xiaoyu and nodded, he gestured with his hands, his expression was about to speak and stopped, probably because he heard that the diner was uncomfortable, Tang Xiaoyu raised his hand to interrupt him, the stall was inconvenient to speak, and waved his hand to urge him to work.

"Hostess, two more bowls of noodles. A man dressed as a businessman held a bowl and beckoned to Tang Xiaoyu, the man ate a mouth full of sesame grains, and still licked the sauce at the corner of his mouth, and at the end, he added: "Add two more fish balls and hot and sour fish skin." ”

"Hey, right away. Tang Xiaoyu couldn't help but look at Shang Jia's round belly and the three empty sea bowls on the table, and his heart was really delicious.

She turned to open the jar of hot and sour fish skins, and a gluttonous fragrance poured out.

It's a pity that the skin of the fish has bottomed out.

Today's business is really good, Tang Xiaoyu sold the last one before noon, she casually flipped the signboard to the back, and the diners in line dispersed in disappointment.

There is no evening market in the big market, after noon, the noisy streets gradually quiet, each family has closed their stalls, her family has a clear division of labor, the finishing work to Xiaobai, and the killing is up to her.

The iron brush removes the scales, the tail is broken and the blood is drained, a civil and military knife slips through the belly of the fish, and the internal organs are scraped out after the disemboweling and the belly is broken, and the fish gallbladder is intact; the back end of the blade is along the spine of the fish to the head of the fish, and then along the gill cover half an inch of the back of the ring cut.

To complete this step, Tang Xiaoyu lifted the knife at the place where the fish head was linked to the backbone, slice the corner of the fish skin, grabbed it with a coarse cloth, and tore off the whole piece of fish skin with lightning speed.

There are no superfluous show-offs, and the movements are clean and neat.

Everything was clean, looking at the results of the neat stacking, Tang Xiaoyu's mind suddenly flashed a hippie smiling voice, and the man said-You are so good at swordsmanship, you are either a cook or a doctor.

She replied: Neither, guess.

It is a memory with only sound and no picture, who is that person, Tang Xiaoyu can't remember his appearance, but he feels very familiar, and some clips of pinching his head and tail often pop up in his mind.

She tried to list this part of her memories on paper, which was like writing two full pages, Tang Xiaoyu was not good after reading it, and her life was so boring that she could only write two pages?

A record of the life of two pieces of paper, hehe.

Tang Xiaoyu didn't believe it, she felt that there was a flaw in her memory, she had not lived a wonderful but fulfilling life in the past ten years, and she had also developed a lot of hidden skills, such as full points for survival skills in the wild, full points for construction skills, etc. Skills are not memorization, to reach the level of readiness, it needs to be strengthened by long-term training, during this period, there must be a specific environment and process, people who can know so many things, how can Tang Xiaoyu's life in the world be blank, it doesn't make sense logically.

Now, apart from the system, there is probably no one who can answer the question in her mind.

But the system has disappeared for ten years, and sometimes she suspects that what she thinks is fabricated.

"Ah~~" The familiar monosyllable ringed in my ears.

A soft piece of softness suddenly fell on her forehead, and the other party's touch pulled Tang Xiaoyu back to reality, she raised her head to meet a frowning handsome face, and her black and white eyes were full of worry.

"I'm fine. Separated from his hand, she smiled reluctantly, a little perfunctory.

Xiaobai was still frowning, and resolutely held her face and leaned over. The black shadow shrouded him, and Tang Xiaoyu saw that he was kind and tested the temperature with his lips, so he took a sip.

She thought to herself: Isn't it all sweaty and dirty?

After a while, the person who was not dirty straightened up, and after making sure that she did not have a fever, withdrew his hand and gestured in the air.

Tang Xiaoyu understood and said, "Please come in." "In the morning, Wanling said that he would come in the evening.

Looking up at the sky, the sunset is thousands of miles, the white walls in the courtyard are reflected red, and the time should come: "I'm busy and dizzy." She blinked slightly tiredly.

"I came in by myself, and I'm not done yet. With a creaking door, Wanling pushed the door in, Tang Xiaoyu didn't expect her to be so anxious, and hurriedly stood up to greet her.

She got up in a hurry, covered in fine fish scales and meat crumbs, slid off her apron, Tang Xiaoyu suddenly felt embarrassed, sighed, turned her head and ordered: "Xiaobai pour tea for Sister Wan, I'll go change into clean clothes." ”

Seeing that Tang Xiaoyu wanted to go back to the house, Sister Wan waved her hand and said absently: "I'm not that hypocritical person, I don't need to change it, let's sit in the courtyard and say." ”

"I'm fishy. ”

"I'm still covered in stinky sweat, let's not be hypocritical. ”

"Oh well. Tang Xiaoyu was casual, but he still took a clean cloth to wipe his clothes.

Xiaobai brought a stool and tea, Tang Xiaoyu sent him away, washed his hands and asked Wanling straight to the point: "Is it Yanjing's business?" Did it blow up again?

"It's my own business that nothing happens to Shioi. Sister Wan hurriedly denied it, then exhaled a long breath, looking quite solemn, she said, "I want another one." ”

"What do you want?" Tang Xiaoyu didn't react.

"Child, I want to have another one, in the past, a son from a small family was enough, but now the family has a big business, I am afraid that Huzi will not be able to support himself alone in the future, and I want to give him a companion. ”

"Moreover, today in the Guanyin Temple, I asked for a sign, and the person who explained the sign said that my family will definitely spread out and the children and grandchildren will be full. ”

Have a baby!

Tang Xiaoyu's eyes widened exaggeratedly, and he didn't know how to answer Wanling's words for a while.

Have another child!?

Easier said than done!

"What did my brother-in-law say about this?" she barely regained her voice and asked indistinctly.

"He also wants another one, no matter male or female, the child must always have a companion, your brother-in-law was bullied by his neighbors without relatives and for no reason, and he was cornered. ”

"Definitely either?" Tang Xiaoyu wanted to confirm that Wanling was not on a whim.

Wan Ling's expression was firm, as if he nodded with an iron heart, Tang Xiaoyu's expression was stagnant, and she looked at each other worriedly, she was too surprised, she couldn't digest this sudden news, and then asked for a child, I'm afraid Wan Ling has been thinking about it for a long time, and only opened his mouth today, it is estimated that it is the result of divination.

Tang Xiaoyu knew that things were going to be done well, and she would go to the next level, but this was not a good thing for pie in the sky, she had smashed the road she had paved for the Cao Gang before, and she was afraid that she would become her wedding dress and be picked up by someone with a heart.

I have been thinking about how to uncover that layer of window paper and become the second leader of the rudder. Now that the opportunity has come, no matter how difficult it is, she will not give up easily, during the period when Wanling is pregnant and giving birth, Tang Xiaoyu can monopolize the power of the Cao Gang, and I am afraid that I will not be able to clean up the old moths when the time comes!

However, it is no less difficult to make Wanling get what it wants and spread out for thousands of families.

Even if Tang Xiaoyu helped him reach the top once, it was a lucky encounter, and luck is not easy to say, it is too mysterious.

She couldn't help but hold the teacup and think deeply.

Wanling understands Tang Xiaoyu and knows that the other party is silent, not pretending to be profound or taking Qiao, just planning and then moving, her righteous sister is very capable, she was born out of thin air, and helped herself to hide from the world and borrow seeds to have children.

In her eyes, Tang Xiaoyu is a phoenix that will soar into the sky sooner or later, this person is thoughtful and powerful, which is rare in the rivers and lakes of straight people and fast talking.

Since Wanling has this military division, in just a few years, the rudder has become famous from penniless, and the banner is well-known.

With Tang Xiaoyu in charge, Wanling is not afraid of being seized by that group of old antiques during pregnancy and childbirth, and what he has to do now is to find a good candidate and borrow seeds to have children.

But finding a suitable man is even more difficult than rectifying the Cao Gang!