In the middle of the afternoon, the busiest time in the store has passed, and everyone can breathe a little.
At this time, a swarthy man carried a large sack into the snack bar. Most of the sack was heavy, and he didn't know what was in it.
The man entered the door and put the sack on the ground. When he saw Brother Chang, he laughed and called out, "Brother Chang."
Brother Chang turned his head curiously. No guest directly called him by his name when he entered the door. When he saw this, his eyes widened and he exclaimed in surprise, "Da He?!"
"Well." Da He nodded and smiled, and asked, "Are Brother Yu and Brother Le there?"
"I'm here. I'll take you in to find them." Brother Chang smiled and nodded, and said as he walked, "I heard Brother Le say that you went to run the boat. How is it for the last half year? Didn't you go to a lot of places?"
Since Dahe left home last year, everyone hadn't seen him again. At this time, when they heard Brother Chang's voice, the other guys looked over curiously, and when they saw that it was Dahe, everyone greeted him.
"Dahe! Long time no see!"
"Da He, hey, why are you even darker?"
"Big river!"
"… "
Da He picked up the sack, beckoned to the busy villagers over there, replied to their words, and then said to Brother Chang, "It's okay, I've been to both the north and the south. Rarely known."
Having said that, the two of them arrived at the door of the kitchen. Brother Le heard the sound from outside and had already walked to the door. When he saw Da He, he raised his flour-filled hands to greet Da He in surprise.
Da He saw Brother Le, his eyebrows softened, and he called out with a smile, "Brother Le, long time no see."
Brother Le smiled and nodded.
Later, Brother Chang also came to the door and greeted Da He with a smile: "Da He is back!"
Dahe nodded and called, "Uncle?"
Brother Chang responded and said, "Just come back when you come back."
Brother Le pointed to the backyard, gave Brother Chang a gesture, and asked him to take Dahe to the courtyard to sit.
Brother Chang nodded and said to Da He, "Go to the backyard to sit, there are tables and stools, it's cool."
Dahe went with Brother Chang.
In the backyard, Yu Qingze was making a settlement with a guy who came to deliver the briquettes. When he saw Da He and Brother Chang entering the backyard, he exclaimed in surprise, "Da He? Are you back?"
Da He walked under the osmanthus tree, put down the sack, and called, "Big Brother Yu."
Yu Qingze sent the man away, walked over quickly, pointed to the stone bench, and said, "Sit down and talk. When did you come back?"
"I just got off the boat, I'll come and see you." Da He sat down and replied.
"Just got off the boat? Have you had lunch yet?" Hearing that he had just gotten off the boat, Yu Qingze turned around and said to Brother Chang, "Brother Chang, please bring some snacks and tea."
"Okay." Brother Chang responded readily, and then said to Da He, "Da He, sit down first, I'll go get some snacks for you to taste."
Da He Han smiled and said, "Big Brother Yu, Brother Chang, don't be so troublesome."
"It's okay, have a taste, you are running on the boat, it's hard work." Yu Qingze said.
As soon as Brother Chang turned around, Brother Le had already washed his hands and came over with a plate of snacks and tea.
"Brother Le is here. Dahe, I'll go to work first. There are guests in front of me. I'll talk to you when I'm done." Seeing that Brother Le had brought snacks and tea, Brother Chang greeted Dahe. , went back to work. It's still working time, so it's not good to be away for too long.
"Okay. You are busy." Dahe replied.
Brother Chang went back to the front hall to work.
Brother Le put down the dinner plate, poured a glass of water for Dahe with a teapot, and handed it to him.
"Thank you, Brother Le, I'll come by myself." Da He hurriedly reached out to take the teacup, and his fingers accidentally touched Brother Le's. He quickly put the teacup on the table, lowered his head, put his hands under the stone table, and rubbed it. .
Seeing this, Yu Qingze took out the three plates of desserts from the dinner plate and put them on the table, and said, "Dahe, come and try it, you probably won't be able to eat it on the boat."
After taking the dim sum, he put an empty bowl and a pair of chopsticks in front of the river, Yu Qingze turned his head and said to Brother Le: "Father, go get some spare ribs and chicken feet, get a bottle of osmanthus wine, and get me too. Come here with a set of bowls and chopsticks, I and Da He have a drink and have a good chat."
Brother Le nodded and got up to go.
husband? Hearing Yu Qingze's address to Brother Le, Da He clenched his fists, raised his head and asked, "... Brother Yu, Brother Le, are you married?"
Brother Le nodded with a smile, then turned to go to the kitchen.
When Yu Qingze saw Da He looking at Brother Le's back with a lonely expression, he sighed inwardly, then pretended to know nothing, and replied with a smile: "It happened to be a month ago, if you were married earlier, When I come back, I can have a glass of wedding wine."
Hearing this, Da He regained his senses, his eyes flashed, and he pinched his thigh hard.
The pain in his leg made Da He awake. He kept reminding himself that Brother Le was married. Didn't you decide to bless him and Brother Yu long ago? Didn't you already decide to let go? Don't stare at him, don't show any abnormality, but don't let Big Brother Yu see that he treats Brother Le...
He pulled the corners of his mouth, tried to squeeze out a smile, and said, "Congratulations! Look at me, I didn't prepare any gifts. I'll prepare another one tomorrow."
"You don't have to be so polite, come here and have a taste first." Yu Qingze said with a smile, then changed the subject and asked, "Where have you and the ship been in the past few months? Did you go directly to the sea by sea, or go through the Grand Canal? ?"
Dahe took a sip of tea, ate a meatball, and then said: "I have it all, I have made three trips in total, usually I can go back and forth once every two months, and it takes three months to travel far. I have been to the north and south, and it's not long Rarely seen. I went back to the village to take a look at it during the Chinese New Year."
"Come back, why didn't you find us?" Yu Qingze asked.
Dahe scratched his head and replied, "I didn't dare to show up because I was afraid that my father and the others would see it. I felt relieved when I saw that everyone was doing well."
"Yes." Yu Qingze heard the words, understood, and then asked, "What kind of cargo do you run the ship mainly for?"
"Yes, it depends on what order the boss takes. Sometimes silk cloth from the south is shipped to the north, and then merchants from the north will bring the fur from the north and so on..." Dahe started talking to Yu Qingze about running. things on the boat.
Dahe went out to run for a few months, and the man became darker, but in direct proportion to the degree of deepening of his skin color, he was more knowledgeable. He has gained a lot of knowledge, and his personality has obviously changed, becoming a lot clearer and more talkative.
After Brother Le brought snacks, he also sat at the stone table and listened to him. Yu Qingze's knowledge of this country is still limited, so he listens carefully and asks questions from time to time.
The three chatted while eating, until the stall was closed.
"I also saw a foreigner!" Dahe said excitedly.
Brother Le opened his eyes wide, gestured and asked: What foreigner
Of course Yu Qingze knew about foreigners, so he asked Brother Le, "What foreigners?" Is it similar to the foreigners in his previous life
Dahe said, "It's just that the hair is blond and brown, the eyes are blue, the nose is very high, the skin is very white, and the appearance is also tall, and his words are not the same as ours. And his servant, with eyes It's very big, and the skin is very dark, darker than mine, the hair is curled, and the beard is especially large, and the whole chin is!"
Brother Le opened his mouth wide when he heard the words, and Yu Qingze also showed surprise at the right time, and asked, "There is still such a person?"
"Yeah, it's the first time I've seen such a person. They all came from the ocean, so they called them foreigners. I heard that it's not just those with blond hair and dark skin, who pass through in faraway places. The sea, and people from many other countries, look different from us." Dahe nodded and said in surprise.
Yu Qingze said: "So it is!" I heard the description, I don't know if it is an 'American' or a 'European' in this world
"By the way, Brother Yu, Brother Le, I brought a package for you."
Da He put down his chopsticks, brought the hemp sack leaning against the tree and put it in front of Yu Qingze and the others. We don't have anything new here yet. They are called Didan, which is said to have been passed down by foreigners. In the state close to the capital, they have been planting for a year, and they are just harvesting. It is said that the output is quite large, so many winters can't eat enough. Everyone in my family can spend the winter safely. I felt okay eating it, so I brought a bag back."
"Oh? Earth eggs? What?" Does it sound familiar? Yu Qingze was interested.
"It's the size of a child's fist, it grows like a sweet potato in the ground, and its skin is yellow. You'll see it later." Da He said, struggling with the straw rope, but the straw rope was too tight and his fingers were pulling If it doesn't open, Da He simply bites it with his teeth.
When Yu Qingze heard it, he felt that it was a bit like a potato
"I'm going to get the scissors." Seeing that Dahe's straw rope couldn't be opened, he simply went to the room to get a pair of scissors, and cut the straw rope with a click.
The rope was untied, Da He pulled open the mouth of the sack, and Yu Qingze and Le Ge'er looked over curiously.
Yu Qingze: … It really is a potato!
His eyes are shining, this is a good thing! If the introduction is successful, it can solve the problem of insufficient food for many poor families.
Brother Le picked up a potato and looked at it curiously.
"Hey, why did they sprout?" Da He scratched his head, looked at the potatoes that had sprouted in the sack, and took out some of the potatoes that had sprouted at the bottom. He was worried and said, "It was fine when I bought it, I didn't expect it. It sprouted within a month. I don’t know if I can still eat it?”
"Can't eat it!" The sprouted potato is poisonous and can't be eaten. Yu Qingze said immediately.
Dahe wondered, "Can't you eat it? That's not a pity, I just want to bring it back for you to taste."
Yu Qingze smiled and said, "It's okay, I've seen this before. We can just plant them all. Did you ask the seller how they planted it?"
Yu Qingze could easily come up with a dozen or 20 ways to eat potatoes, but this method really stumped him.
Just bury it in the soil and pour manure, can it grow naturally
Dahe scratched his head and said, "I didn't ask carefully, I just listened to them casually, just bury the eggs in the soil and that's fine. There's no need to cut the vines to replant like sweet potatoes."
"Then let's plant it and try it. It's already sprouted, and it's a waste if you don't plant it." He just doesn't know if it can be planted this summer. After all, as far as he knows, potatoes are harvested in winter. Yu Qingze was a little worried.
"Well, try it, it doesn't matter if you don't plant it well, I'll bring some back next time." Da He put the potatoes he took out and put them back, and said.
"Speaking of this, Dahe, you have seen a lot of things when you go out on a boat. I want to ask you to buy some things for me."