There is a main street in Songlin Town, which divides the whole town in two. Most of the wealthy people live in the south, while the vast majority of the civilians and poor people in the entire Songlin Town gather in the north. Yonglin Lane is even more typical. Once you enter here, it is difficult to see a piece of intact clothes, and it is difficult to see a person who seems to be in good health.
Most of the people here are thin and sallow complexions, and they seem to give the impression of perennial malnutrition, and some of them are in good health, just like Wan Dayun. But these people are busy with their livelihoods during the day, and it is difficult to see people here.
Today is an exception.
"Uncle, in front, the one with two big rocks in front of the door is my house." Wan Dayun's daughter said and led the way, as if she was very happy that Yu Xiyanqing could come to her house to have a look.
"Brother Xi laughed." Wan Dayun said, "I work in the butcher's shop on weekdays, and few people come here."
"It's like this when you're busy, sometimes you don't even care about eating." Xi Yanqing is also a person who has lived a hard life. Although he has never lived in such a difficult environment, in modern times, there was a time when he wanted to earn tuition fees. Busy around, the hardest times may not be much better than they are now.
"Oh, I'm fine myself, but I've suffered for these children." Wan Dayun wiped his sweat and pushed the door open with a "squeak", "Er Xue! There are guests at home! You pour two bowls. water out!"
"Got it, Dad!" A little girl's voice came from inside.
Xi Yanqing thought that the little girl who was left at home should be older than the one named Damei, but Wan Dayun's name was Erxue, so he had doubts.
Unexpectedly, a little girl came out of the house after a while, she was really smaller than the previous one. This little girl is only five or six years old, with big eyes, especially dark eyes, and dimples when she smiles. She looks quite gratifying. She brought out two bowls of water, one for Wan Dayun and the other for Xi Yanqing: "Uncle, drink water."
"This is the second girl of my family." Wan Dayun moved a chair for Xi Yanqing, "Brother Xi, you can take a seat first. My place is small, so don't dislike it. When I change clothes, you can go to the butcher's shop with you. have a look."
"Brother Wan, you're welcome." Trying to dress neatly to receive guests is also a kind of respect, and Xi Yanqing appreciates this. He took the water from the little girl's hand, smiled and said, "Thank you little girl."
"You're welcome," Wan Xue said, glanced at Xi Yanqing's cloth bag, and ran over to play with the other three children.
Xi Yanqing looked at the surrounding environment casually. This is a small yard that entered the courtyard. When entering the courtyard, there is a house with some crooked walls. There is also a warehouse on the west side, which is also very dilapidated and looks old. Nothing was raised in the yard, but it was quiet.
Several children looked at Xi Yanqing from time to time and spoke very quietly.
Xi Yanqing waved to the youngest one.
In fact, there was something he couldn't figure out. If he remembered correctly, what the shopkeeper Hong said at the time was that Wan Dayun's wife almost lost her life when she gave birth to three children, and she couldn't get sick after that. Then why does the Wan Da Yun family have four children? !
Shouldn't there be three normally? It's impossible to get sick again and have another. Xi Yanqing took a closer look and saw that there was no possibility of twins among the four children, but the youngest one was not very similar to the other three children in terms of eyebrows, eyes and expression.
"My mother-in-law has a bad cough at night and can't sleep all night long. She sleeps at this time every day, and the thunder can't wake up." Wan Dayun changed into clean clothes with only one patch. The little one said, "You guys are staying at home. The medicine father has already cooked, and the food is in the pot. Erxue, don't forget to give your mother a drink. Damei, when it's time, remember to bring your younger brothers and sisters to eat."
"Don't worry, knowing Dad." The two little girls said in unison.
"Can they do it?" Xiyanqing asked Wan Dayun after going out, "I think the older one is only six or seven years old."
"The older ones are all nine years old, but they are young." Wan Dayun sighed, "I couldn't do anything for the past two years. I carried one on my back and led the other. This year has been better."
"It's really not easy." Xi Yanqing stopped abruptly after walking for a while. Because he suddenly heard a few tender voices coming from inside, like "It's so fragrant" and "Uncle must have something to eat". It suddenly reminded him that there were still several steamed buns in the bag and mutton that had not yet been put into the steamed buns.
"What's wrong?" Wan Dayun asked.
"It's nothing, let's go." Xi Yanqing originally thought of taking out the food in the cloth bag and giving it to a few children before leaving, but thinking about it, after all, it was the first time he saw these children and gave something rashly Eat, what if you don't worry about being a father? Besides, the steamed buns and mutton are already cold, I'm afraid that a few children won't be able to heat them well. Instead of spoiling the taste, it's better to keep it for Wan Dayun, and make it for those children when he gets home.
This time Xi Yanqing came to talk to Wan Dayun about whether he could sell his family's mutton.
Looking at Wan Dayun's situation now, you can guess that this person has no time to raise cattle, sheep, and pigs. That is to say, who is the source of the meat that Wan Dayun sells.
Xi Yanqing had never heard of anyone raising pigs, sheep, or cows in this neighborhood. There is a bull market, but it is all self-employed, and at most some families have a few more heads.
"Brother Xi, you're right, we don't have a big family here that is engaged in breeding. There used to be a family who raised pigs, but later they had swine fever. All the pigs died and there was no one left. The family has to pay for it. The man was hanged directly. After that, there were not a lot of people in this town. They all raised two or three heads in a family, and if there were more, they would only have five or six heads. After they were raised, they would sell some money to support the family. Look at The meat in my shop continues to be delivered every day, and that's because I went door to door a month in advance to find and negotiate with people, so that the meat was not broken."
"That means you don't have a long-term partnership with anyone?" Xi Yanqing thought this was good!
"Yes, it's all suitable for someone, and I'll take it if I come up with it." Wan Dayun has no reservations, because Xi Yanqing helped him to make a guarantee at the shopkeeper Jing before, making him a success today. He got medicine for his wife, so he was grateful to Xi Yanqing from the bottom of his heart.
"Brother Wan, to be honest. I have a brother who originally ran a ranch. However, his family does not raise pigs or cattle, but raises sheep. He has about 40 sheep in his hands now, and he plans to sell some of them. I was thinking, if it is convenient for you, can you also visit us in the future. If it is suitable, you can also collect sheep from us. It will definitely be cheaper for you. "
"Of course it's fine. If I could, it would save me running around looking for it."
While talking, Yunji Butcher Shop also arrived. Xi Yanqing asked Wan Dayun about the daily sales of each type of meat, as well as price fluctuations.
He asked so carefully, if it wasn't because the shopkeeper Jing said that he was selling medicinal herbs and ice cream, and Wan Dayun happened to have met Xi Yanqing two or three times in the drugstore and Fuyue Building, Xi Yanqing had to It is suspected whether it is trying to rob people of business.
Xi Yanqing wanted to know the market situation as much as possible. After all, he not only wanted to sell sheep, he also raised chickens and ducks. Naturally, the more he knew, the better.
"Brother Xi, thanks to you helping me bail in front of the shopkeeper today, you have helped me solve a big problem. Well, you can stay with me at noon and have a light meal before leaving. I don't have anything good. , but I can cook you whatever meat you want." There is still a stove here, and Wan Dayun is serious.
"Brother Wan, don't bother. My family made some food for me when I went out. If you don't mind that you are used to eating it, you can eat it with me." Xi Yanqing He took out the steamed buns and mutton. "It just so happens that you have a stove here. Burn the steamed buns and heat the mutton. This meat tastes good with steamed buns."
"Hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I have smelled the fragrance in your bag for a long time." Wan Dayun said, "I'll go get a pot of wine!"
"Don't, don't, you have to do business this afternoon. Besides, my daughter-in-law is pregnant with a child. You said that at this juncture, I have to drink and go home. If he thinks more, where should I go to reason?" Qing said, "Let's drink the wine next time. Let's be friends in the future, and there will always be opportunities to drink."
"Hey boy, why did I hear that your daughter-in-law is a tigress?"
"Tigress?" Xi Yanqing slowly broke the steamed buns, and suddenly smiled, "I'm pregnant with my little tiger cub, and speaking of a tigress, in fact, it's almost the same. But he has a strong mouth, and his heart is soft."
"It's done, then don't drink, try your wife's craftsmanship." Wan Dayun actually doesn't have much liking for meat. After all, this is what he sells every day. He is reluctant to eat good meat and can't sell it. Don't eat more leftovers? I really didn't find it delicious. At most, good meat tastes good. But after he put the meat into the steamed buns according to Xi Yanqing's method, he was stunned.
How can it be so delicious? !
It's delicious too!
After the steamed buns are burnt, the outer skin is golden and crispy. When you bite into it, you can hear the crisp sound of "click, click, click", while the steamed buns are wrapped in fried mutton, and the oil on the steamed buns is absorbed, and the mutton is tender Not greasy, and the buns will not feel too dry.
Wan Dayun took a big bite: "Brother Xi, don't say it, your family's craftsmanship is good."
He has been selling meat for several years, but he has never eaten it like this. It's all a mouthful of steamed buns and a mouthful of meat. Then, when the family is not so tight, he has to fry some leftovers. But I didn't think there was anything special at that time. Why is it so delicious today
Xi Yanqing said, "If it weren't for the busyness at home, and it's not convenient for my daughter-in-law to come out now, I would like to set up a stall to sell this stuff. Anyway, people who have eaten it say it's delicious."
Wan Dayun said, "It's delicious."
He ate one in a few big mouthfuls, drank some hot water, and finally ate three in total.
Don't look at people thin, food intake is still online. Xi Yanqing reckoned that he was embarrassed because he had just met, otherwise he would definitely still be able to eat.
After the two had lunch, there were six left. That's right, Xi Yanqing took a lot. After all, I wanted to let the shopkeeper and the owner of Fuyue Building taste it. It's not good to take too little. Xi Yanqing didn't pack the rest, but said, "I can still make it when I go back home. Since Big Brother Wan thinks it tastes good, let's take it back and give it to a few children. All children like it. Fresh stuff."
Wan Dayun was rude and accepted the things, but he did not accept them in vain. When Xi Yanqing left, he just stuffed a piece of beef. The meat on the beef rib, the meat with the tendon skin, is most suitable for stewing.
Xi Yanqing just replaced the steamed buns and mutton with beef and went back.
Now that the days are getting longer and longer, Xi Yanqing came back early, and it was still bright when he got home.
"Brother Qing?" Luo Fei was feeding the sheep in the yard when he heard the door open, "How are things going? Is it going well?"
"It's hard to say right now." Xi Yanqing walked over to take the small basin, "How many times have I said it, don't squat like this, it's easy to get dizzy when you get up."
"I know, I know. Hey, why do I let you catch me every time I don't listen to you?" Luo Fei grabbed Xi Yanqing's hand and stood up, "Why don't you tell me now? They tasted the steamed buns. Have you got mutton?"
"No, I ate it for another person." Xi Yanqing told Luo Fei what happened in the town, "Anyway, under the circumstances at the time, if I thought about selling our steamed bread with mutton, No matter how delicious it is, it is estimated that shopkeeper Hong will not leave a good impression on us. That person is very fine, and he is still benevolent. So I left after delivering the ice cream. As for whether Wan Dayun can help us in the future It's hard to say how to sell this steamed bun with mutton. Now we can try to get him to collect our sheep. But I think it is quite possible. After all, he is short of money now, and it seems that it is not enough to sell fresh meat. If he can Accepting one more thing is a win-win.”
"Well, that's why people still have to have good intentions. If you don't help him, you probably won't have anything to do." After entering the room, Luo Fei turned around and faced Xi Yanqing, "Brother Qing, you Do you know where you are the most attractive?"
"where?"
"It just gives people a feeling of being especially sincere and reliable." Luo Fei tilted his head and looked at Xi Yanqing, "I think it was me who had the upper hand when we first met after we got here, because you liked me. Ah. But then I was led away by your nose before I knew it."
"What are you kidding? When did you take the top spot?" Xi Yanqing said as he changed his clothes, "Have you ever seen a planter planting seeds in the sky?"
"I haven't seen it outside, we have one." Luo Fei poked Xiyan Qing's waist, "Isn't it just you?"
"Well, then this planter must be driven by you, or can I plant it in the sky?" Xi Yanqing pecked Luo Fei without smiling, "Little pervert."
"Don't be cheap and still be good? Besides, I'm a licensed driver. And have you never heard of it? Whether the two are in a good relationship, you can tell by how often they talk about pornographic jokes."
"It seems to make sense." Xi Yanqing said, "Is the little tiger honest today? Did he kick you?"
"Kicked, practice boxing every morning and sleep in the afternoon." Luo Fei frowned at his stomach. When it's flat, it doesn't feel much. It's getting bigger and bigger, and it's impossible to say it's awkward. He is different from Han Xu, he wants to "unload" quickly!
Every time Luo Fei went to see Han Xu's child, the child was always very well-behaved and quiet. It can be said that Luo Fei always saw the cutest side of the little carpenter, as cute as an angel. But it is precisely because of this that he is looking forward to the arrival of the little tiger more and more.
Little tiger's little clothes and quilts, as well as little socks, suspenders, and diapers, made a cabinet full of them.
Xi Yanqing also wanted to see the child as soon as possible, but he wanted to finish the new house before that, so that the child could be born in the new house.
After the ground was completely melted, the recruited workers began to dig the foundation. Since the three houses have to be built in the same way, the foundation is easier to dig. Anyway, everything is the same. Size, partition, height, just figure out the picture of a house.
Luo Tian has lived in Huaping Village for so many years, and he knows a lot of people. He is very careful in handling affairs, so the workers he recruits are all very good, and none of them are cheating. The workers go to Jingrong at dawn in the morning, have a meal here at noon, and go back in the evening when the sun is about to go down. There are fourteen workers in total, and each has its own specialty.
The lunch was cooked by Li Yuehua and Han Liu. There were two large pots in the courtyard of Jingrong's house, and the aroma of the food was full at noon. It's impossible to eat too much, but porridge, steamed buns and pickles are enough, and that's enough to make the workers happy.
On this day, Luo Tian was overseeing Jingrong's house as usual. As for Jingrong and Luo Yong, they all went to Xi Yanqing to help.
Xi Yanqing plans to change his vegetable garden this year. Last year, he created a fruit orchard for Luo Fei alone, and a lot of delicious things were grown in it. He plans to expand the area of the fruit orchard this year. One is to continue to relieve Luo Fei's cravings, and the other is to use more raw materials that can be used to make ice cream in the future. use.
No, it just so happens that the vegetable garden on the side of the new house is bigger than the vegetable garden at the current house. Xi Yanqing plans to make full use of it. All the perennial fruit trees are planted behind the new house, while the annual ones are planted behind the current house. in the vegetable garden.
As for the food to eat, the vegetable garden behind Jingrong and Luo Yong's house is enough for their family, so Xi Yanqing plans to serve fruit exclusively.
The brothers were also very happy. After Xi Yanqing had cleaned up the vegetable garden behind the current house, when he went to clean up the side of the new house, Luo Yong and Jing Rong said directly, and simply opened up the vegetable garden. , Xi Yanqing loves what to plant, anyway, there is no shortage of vegetables to eat.
In terms of planting, Xi Yanqing's technology is absolutely dominant, which can be seen from his harvest last year.
Hearing the Taoist sequence, and specializing in the arts, Luo Yong and Han Yang were very convinced.
After Han Yang prepared the rice seeds, he greeted Xi Yanqing and asked Xi Yanqing to teach him how to dry sparse crops this year.
However, before the seedlings were raised, Han Yang ran to plough the field with Luo Ji.
"What kind of fruit tree is this? How come I've never seen it before?" Jing Rong pointed to one of the saplings while helping Xi Yan to clear up the saplings.
"This is a raspberry, have you ever eaten it?" Xi Yanqing improved the survival rate of the raspberry, and moved it with a large piece of soil. If it weren't for a lot of people, it wouldn't be very easy to do.
"I've never eaten it. I've never heard of it." Jing Rong said, "Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious!" said Luo Fei, "there's nothing bad about the fruits that Brother Qing grows. Like raspberries, nightshade, mountain grapes, watermelons, all of them are delicious. And blueberry trees."
"Brother Qi, I've eaten watermelon and mountain grapes..." Jing Rong suddenly felt a little sad.
"Then you will have a good time this year." Luo Fei licked his lips, "No, I have to go get some dried plums to eat." Otherwise, the saliva in his mouth could not stop.
"Is anyone home?" A voice suddenly came from outside the door. Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong had just dug all the fruit trees they could dig.
"Someone!" said Rofe. "Wait a minute, come right away!"
"Daughter-in-law, wait, it should be Wan Dayun, I'll go take a look with you." Xi Yanqing called Jingrong and the others, "Let's go, 80% are here to see the sheep, let's go and see together."
The person here is really Wan Dayun. He didn't put mutton on the steamed buns, but he had agreed with Xi Yanqing earlier that he would also consider this side when collecting sheep.
Xi Yanqing can be considered a benefactor no matter what, so Wan Dayun has been thinking about it. No, the sheep that he had negotiated with the retail investors were almost received, so he went directly to the address that Xi Yanqing had left him earlier.
Luo Yong had also bought meat in the town and had a little impression of this man.
Jing Rong also went around town to see a meat shop, so he was impressed.
Xi Yanqing gave a brief introduction, and then took Jing Rong and Wan Dayun to watch the sheep together. The sheep were not at home and were taken out by Luo Ru, so that Jing Rong could do other more laborious tasks, which could be regarded as maximizing the utilization of labor.
The weather is getting warmer and warmer at this time, and the sheep spend more time outside, because the longer they spend outside each day, the more grass they eat. Fresh grass is more nutritious than hay, so Luo Ru can put it away for half a day before taking it home.
She herding sheep and counting sheep is much more reliable than Luo Yong.
At this time, Luo Ru was still on the grass with the sheep. After the spring, the sheep ate and gained a lot of weight. They eat grass leisurely, bleating from time to time, and they are cute.
"It's there." Jing Rong pointed to a cloud-like white patch halfway up the hillside, "We have a girl watching the sheep there."
"It's really quite a lot." Wan Dayun and Xi Yanqing also got closer, and they were very happy to see the lambs, "But this sheep is not our sheep, right? See me before. They're all different. Especially their horns."
"I brought it here from my hometown." Jing Rong said, "It's really not the same breed as this one."
"I just said that the mutton brought by Brother Xi was so tender that day." Wan Dayun said, "Then I'll bring back both of them today. Brother Jingrong, can you take a look?"