Brother Liu keenly caught a touch in Xiaocao's eyes - "amazing"? He resisted the thought of touching whether the scar on his face was still there, and he was puzzled: When we met for the first time yesterday afternoon, this little girl turned pale with fright because of the scar on his face, what happened today? Will you be amazed by his face that can scare a child to tears? He must have read it wrong!
He glanced at Xiaocao, hesitated to speak, turned around and walked slowly in the direction of selling breakfast. Xiaocao looked at the empty surroundings, and hurriedly followed. She doesn't want to be left there alone, it'll be bad if those bastards turn back and take out their anger on her.
She had been away for such a long time, and Yu Hai was anxiously waiting at the noodle stall when he saw his daughter dejectedly following behind a man with a scar on his face and stern and fierce eyes. He thought that his precious daughter was being bullied, so he hurriedly walked up to her with a limp, hugged her behind him, stared at the six sons warily, and asked, "Daughter, don't be afraid, Daddy is here, and he will never let anyone bully you!"
Xiaocao was both moved and funny, she smiled apologetically at Sixth Brother, then pulled her father over, sat down on the stool again, and said, "Father, Sixth Brother didn't bully me, on the contrary, he just saved me !"
Then, she roughly told her father about the thrilling scene just now. Yu Hai took his daughter's hand and checked it up and down, and found nothing unusual, so he felt relieved and said, "The pier is very messy, so don't run around anymore! This little brother just got rude, Thank you for saving the little girl!"
Sixth Brother still maintained his paralyzed expression, just nodded lightly, and said to Old Liu: "A bowl of noodles, no bean noodles..."
Old Liu Tou pulled out a noodle from a small pottery basin, skillfully rolled and cut the noodles, and a bowl of fragrant noodles came out of the oven in a short time.
Yu Hai hurriedly took out a portion of pork head meat and a portion of bad fish from the basket, put them in front of Sixth Brother, and said, "Little brother, you can eat these two small dishes with noodles, and just take it as a thank you for the little girl life-saving grace."
Brother Six raised his eyebrows slightly, but he did not refuse. When he finished eating and left, he left two extra copper coins on the table. After Yu Hai found out, he wanted to catch up and return it to him, but Xiaocao stopped him: "Father, forget it, he's not short of these two copper coins. Get ready, the docker's meal time is coming soon!"
Sure enough, looking in the direction of the pier, a group of rough old men came towards this side, talking and laughing, and a few impatient ones trotted all the way, and shouted at Xiaocao from a long distance: "Little grass girl, give me two Pork head meat, it needs to be fat!"
"Xiaocao, Xiaocao! I want a piece of fat intestines, a piece of pork belly..."
"Is there any fish from yesterday afternoon? Give me two!"
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When Yu Hai saw this scene, even though he had heard his son describe it many times, he was still shocked.
But Xiaocao is used to it, coping with it calmly, and promoting her new product: "Old Uncle Hao, I made a new dish today, this is called blood sausage, do you want to have a taste?"
"New stewed vegetables again? Give me a blood sausage!" A young man behind the crowd hopped and tried to squeeze into the crowd, but shouted anxiously when he failed.
"Give me some blood sausage too!"
"For the ones in front, please be merciful and leave me a copy! I absolutely trust Xiaocao's craftsmanship!"
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The father and daughter collected money with cramps in their hands. They had been busy for more than half an hour, but they didn't have a chance to catch their breath. It wasn't until there were less than one-tenth of the braised vegetables in the basket that the crowd gradually dispersed.
At this time, Lao Liutou's noodle stall was already full of noodle eaters. The father and daughter had no choice but to find a stone by the roadside and sit down to rest their feet. Grandma Liu took a break from her busy schedule and brought them a bowl of hot noodle soup. She smiled and said, "Nephew, Xiaocao, are you thirsty? Drink some noodle soup to moisten your throat."
"Thank you, Grandma Liu, why don't you go and do your work?" Xiaocao took the noodle soup, handed a bowl to her father, held the bowl herself, and sipped it.
At this time, Xiaocao saw her eldest uncle Liu Pei, second uncle Liu Han, and eldest cousin Liu Zhiwei eating at a porridge place not far away, so she put down the porridge bowl in her hand and took out a portion of bad fish and a portion There was also a piece of pork head meat for the blood sausage, which was sent over.
"Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, and First Cousin are having breakfast... Second Uncle is here to do the work today too?" Two days ago, the first uncle brought the eldest cousin over here, and this is the first time I saw the Second Uncle come here too. , Xiaocao greeted warmly.
Liu Pei and Liu Han raised their heads and smiled at her. Liu Pei asked, "Xiaocao, how is business today? Look at your sweaty head, are you exhausted?"
"I'm not tired, I'm not tired! Dad came with me today. Uncle and Uncle, these are my stewed vegetables and bad fish. How about you try it? I didn't cook a little bit in the past two days, so I couldn't give it to you. You keep a copy..." Xiaocao said with some embarrassment.
The honest Liu Han hurriedly shook his hands and said, "Your aunt brought us pickles. I saw it just now. Your stewed vegetables are selling well, so let's keep the money. Your house is full of money now." …”
Xiaocao smiled and said: "I did a lot today, and there are still some in the basket! When my house was built, my uncle and uncle helped me a lot, so Xiaocao should honor some side dishes. Cousin, try it You must like the taste of this bad fish."
For breakfast, the Liu family, father, son, uncle and nephew, just brought a few pieces of rough bread, two or three salted radishes, and ordered three bowls of bean soup for one penny at the porridge stand. Liu Zhiwei looked tall and burly, but at the age of fourteen or fifteen, it was the time for greed.
If it wasn't for Xiaocao who sold the meat and vegetables for a penny, he would have rushed over to buy them and eat them. Sometimes when he sees people working together eating delicious stewed vegetables, the scent wafting over him makes his mouth water.
Seeing that Xiaocao had already opened the oiled paper bag, and the alluring scent was directly in his nose, Liu Zhiwei swallowed, and glanced at his father and uncle, his greedy look was exactly the same as that of Xiao Shitou.
Xiaocao suppressed a smile, snatched the bread from his hand, broke it open, put a bad fish and a few pieces of fat pig's head in it, stuffed it back into his hand, and said, "Big cousin, try it!" ! This is all my handicraft..."
Yu Hai welcomed a few more guests there, and the basket was basically sold out except for the stewed vegetables reserved for Foreman Sun. He put the basket back on the wheelbarrow, walked towards this side, and said to the two uncles: "Big Brother, Second Brother! It's only two or three Wen, Xiaocao honors you, just try it!"
Liu Pei and Liu Han couldn't refuse, so they picked up a piece of pork head meat with chopsticks and put it in their mouths to taste carefully. They were full of praise for the delicious food they had never tasted before. The two brothers only tasted one or two bites of each dish, leaving the rest to Liu Zhiwei, who is in good shape.
After breakfast, Liu Pei looked at her brother-in-law's legs, and asked with concern, "I've been busy recently, so I haven't visited you yet. Is it okay for your legs to walk so far?"
Yu Hai patted his left leg and said with a smile: "It's okay! The doctors in the town told me to take a walk when I have time! My leg can heal so quickly, thanks to Xiaocao's help every night." I'm pressing my legs! Maybe it won't be long before I can do odd jobs on the pier."
The Liu family brothers repeatedly praised their sister and brother-in-law for raising a good daughter who is filial and sensible. Yu Hai was even happier when he heard that his legs were better.
Several people chatted for a while, and it was time to go to work. The Yu family's father and daughter also had a good rest, so they put the stewed vegetables left for Foreman Sun on Old Liu Tou's noodle stall, and prepared to push the cart to the market to buy something.
At this time, Sixth Brother with a paralyzed face came over, threw a dime over, and said, "I have a big client coming over tomorrow, can you help me prepare a few dishes?"
Xiaocao saw that the pieces of silver in his hand were at least two taels, so he asked carefully how many people were there, whether they were from the south or from the north, and whether they had any special requirements for taste... Six brothers answered them all one by one. Xiaocao had a solid idea in her mind.
At this time, Foreman Sun hurriedly ran over from the pier. Before he could catch his breath, he looked at the broken silver in Xiaocao's hand, frowned slightly and said, "Xiaocao, what's going on? Is someone looking for trouble for you? Uncle Sun said, you are covered by the uncle!"
The sixth brother stared at him with a half-smile, until he stared at him, and then said coldly: "Foreman Sun, I know what you are thinking! Wear as big a hat as you have head! Be careful of the wind, put your hat on Get blown away! Xiaocao is doing business with the door open, and it’s not your exclusive tool to curry favor with customers! Old Sun, tomorrow’s customers are not something you can eat as soon as you want!”
Foreman Sun rubbed his nose embarrassingly, and said, "Liu Zi, don't be mean! Xiaocao helped me, I was worried that she would be bullied..."
Sixth Brother glanced at him indifferently, turned his gaze back to Xiaocao, and said, "I'll leave it to you tomorrow..." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.
Foreman Sun was worried about his attitude, curled his lips, and said in a low voice: "What are you proud of! If Lao Zhi had come to the dock two years earlier, it would not be your turn to show off your power here—Xiaocao, the six sons asked you to do it for him. What? Given so much silver, there won’t be any bad intentions, right?”
Xiaocao looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "Uncle Sun, he just admired my craftsmanship and asked me to make some good dishes for him tomorrow. The money is for buying ingredients for me... Uncle, what do you want?" The stewed vegetables are already in Grandpa Liu’s place. It’s getting late, I have to go to the market to add some seasonings.”
Xiaocao's clear and bright eyes seemed to reflect his little thoughts. Foreman Sun said with a little embarrassment: "Go, go! I'll give you the food money first..."
There is no market at the wharf today, and there are not many people. Most of the shops in the market are open. Wang Butcher, who sells meat, is one of them.
"Little grass girl, are you here to buy pig heads and pig offal again? How is the business today? Uncle heard about it. Your penny meat and vegetables are selling very well at the pier!" Butcher Wang greeted with a smile.
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Started to go to work today, heartbroken!