Datang Almighty Dad

Chapter 28 Who is the Thief
A few days later, I don't know where the gossip came from, saying that the Hu people in the north were going to invade Datang, and now the people on the border have been murdered.

This rumor became more and more fierce, and the people in Chang'an City were all indignant. Some wanted to ask for orders to go north to defend against the enemy and attack the Hu people, some beat up the grassland merchants in the street, and even many Hu goods shops in the West City were smashed and robbed.

Li Er ordered that the sources of the rumors be strictly investigated to see who was making rumors and inciting the people.

Yuan Tiangang heaved a long sigh at the volcano of Changan Laojun’s retreat and healing. I paid a price to leak the secret, and kindly reminded the court to pay attention to prevent military disasters in the north. Unfortunately, the people in power are confused and do not perceive the crisis, but they just treat it as groundless rumors, which is sad and lamentable...

In the backyard of the tavern, Li Yuanying was pushing the stone mill hard, and Xiao Doudou looked at his sweating father, and asked very puzzled: "Daddy, other people's stone mills are pulled by donkeys, why is ours? What do you push?"

Pfft... Li Yuanying's foot slipped, and his forehead hit the push handle of the stone mill with a bang, and a piece of it was instantly bruised.

This unlucky child, if you can't speak, don't say it, and call your father a donkey in a different way?Can I tell you that I forgot to buy it?Besides, I don't know how to raise livestock.

Li Yuanying got up and patted the dust off his body, Li Yuanying replied with a dark face: "Daddy is using stones to hone kung fu. This is a peerless kung fu called Taijiquan. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand it."

"Daddy, aren't you grinding beans? I remember you said that you wanted to make tofu for me. Why did you change it to practice?"

... I'm tired, don't talk to me!

"I have a way for you to easily push the stone mill, believe it or not, Daddy?" Xiao Doudou didn't care, and insisted on chatting awkwardly.

Li Yuanying smiled disdainfully, thinking that what good idea can you, a little girl, think of, the most is to let me buy a donkey.

"The kind of wine that Uncle Qin drank last time can build strength after drinking it. If you drink two sips, it will guarantee that the grinding will be very fast." Xiao Doudou reminded.

"I'm grinding soybean milk, not grinding!" Li Yuanying emphasized loudly, but his actions were very real. He had already stopped grinding and walked towards the wine cellar.

The God of War wine was not covered, Li Yuanying didn't dare to drink more, took a small sip, took a sip and pushed it for a while, the small stone mill turned into an electric motor, whirring non-stop, and soon a pot of beans was crushed. Grinding is over.

Li Yuanying looked at the kitchen without a roof and said, "Our kitchen hasn't been tidied up yet, so we can't cook anything delicious for the time being. Let's sell tofu nao for breakfast. I hope we don't overturn this time."

Half an hour later, Li Yuanying finally breathed a sigh of relief as she watched her daughter squint her eyes and eat tofu nao sweetly. At least this food would be welcomed by children.

Sure enough, the stall was opened outside the door, and the passing crowd felt novelty when they saw the white and tender tofu nao. Although the price of a bowl of three Wen was not cheap, it was still acceptable. Many people tried to order a bowl. .

"Oh my god, what does this smell like? Could it be sugar?" Someone exclaimed, attracting everyone's attention.

Li Yuanying thought about the fuss, and explained with a smile: "Yes, the raw material of this tofu nao is soybeans. When eating, sugar is added to each bowl, so the taste is sweet. Of course, if you don't like sweet food, I will give it to you tomorrow." Replace it with salty mouth with marinade."

"Love it, we love it so much, who doesn't like candy?"

"Yes, sugar is not an ordinary thing. I have only heard of it but never eaten it."

……

The people onlookers shouted in one go, and they became more enthusiastic about buying tofu nao. Li Yuanying didn't care, seeing that the business was booming, she was very happy.

By the end of the morning, more than 100 copies of tofu nao were sold. Although the total price was not even one tael of silver, as a snack bar, it was pretty good.

"Doudou, come here to help daddy clean up the stall, huh? Where is my sugar jar? Who took my sugar jar away?" Li Yuanying looked at the empty space at the corner of the table in surprise, and cursed secretly, who are these people? White sugar is rare.

Xiao Doudou asked distressedly: "Daddy, the sweet white sugar has been stolen, is it possible that I can no longer eat it?"

Li Yuanying rubbed her daughter's hair and smiled comfortingly, "It's okay, we still have a big bucket at home, we can't finish it."

Near noon, a lady came to the tavern with two children, a boy and a girl.

Li Yuanying didn't recognize it, and thought it was a diner who came to eat, "The tavern is under renovation and will not open until the day after tomorrow. If you want to eat, please go to another place, sorry."

The lady did not speak, but looked Li Yuanying up and down for a while, and then said with a smile: "It's my fifth brother Yuanying, I'm your second sister-in-law. I'm here to visit you and your niece today. This is my family Chengqian and Lizhi. Hurry up." , used to be called Uncle Wu."

The two children were very polite, saluted Li Yuanying respectfully, and called them Uncle Wu.

It was only then that Li Yuanying realized that this was the grandson family, the future virtuous empress of the Tang Dynasty.

He called his second sister-in-law, and then called his daughter, Xiao Doudou, to come over and ask her to play with her elder brother Li Chengqian and younger sister Li Lizhi. The three children are all playful, so they don't know each other.

Li Chengqian was only eight years old at this time, and Li Lizhi was just five years old, so he should be younger than Xiaodoudou.

"Your name is Xiao Doudou, right? My brother brought you a gift. Look, this is a candy from the Western Regions. It tastes very sweet. There is only one can in Chang'an, and I give it to you." Li Chengqian said. Handed over a square wooden box.

Xiao Doudou narrowed his eyes with a smile, and carefully opened the wooden box with Li Chengqian's encouragement and Li Lizhi's expectation.

"Hey, how about it, haven't you seen it before, don't just look at it, dig a little with a spoon and taste it, it's guaranteed to be sweeter than honey..." Li Chengqian introduced enthusiastically.

But he didn't see that Xiao Doudou's face had froze, and he picked up the jar in the wooden box and looked left and right, which was very strange.

A moment later, under the puzzled eyes of Li Chengqian and Li Lizhi, Xiao Doudou quickly ran to Li Yuanying, who was chatting with the princess, and shouted, "Daddy, I caught the person who stole our sugar!" It's the thief, it's him, look!"

Um?Li Yuanying looked at her daughter's fingers, thinking what was going on, isn't that Li Chengqian?
"Doudou, did you make a mistake? That's your cousin Chengqian, one of your own. How could he be a thief?"

Li Chengqian was extremely embarrassed. I didn't expect this cousin to be such a person. I said that the candy was a gift for her. How could she slander me for coveting this little thing?For a while, Li Chengqian's impression of this cousin was greatly reduced.

Xiao Doudou held up the pot and argued: "Look, look, even this pot belongs to my family, and there is a mark on it."

oh?Li Yuanying saw that it was really the can of white sugar that I lost. What's going on?

The princess was puzzled, and asked what was going on. Li Yuanying explained that he opened to sell breakfast in the morning, and this jar of white sugar was a condiment, which was stolen in the chaos, and he did not expect to appear here.

Changsun asked her son with an ugly face, "Chengqian, what's going on here? Where did you get this jar of white sugar?"

Facing his mother's questioning, Li Chengqian blushed and shouted: "This is a candy I bought from a Western Region merchant with a lot of money. It's not white sugar. Quan Chang'an is just this one. Mother, don't listen to their nonsense, candy!" The price in Datang is equivalent to gold, which is not something ordinary people can afford, their family is just a small tavern merchant..."

"Bastard! He is your close relative, Fifth Uncle, how dare you speak disrespectfully?" Changsun stood up angrily and raised his hand to hit him, but Li Yuanying stopped him with a smile.

(End of this chapter)