Leisurely Farmer's Family: A Strong Man and His Broken Leg Son-in-law

After the discussion was completed, Mrs. Nian was about to send the two families back. Liu Yu suddenly interrupted and said, "Mr. Ren, will you send a surprise gift to your family today?"

"It was brought here after dinner, but it wasn't from Ren. It was from He Dayong and Brother Xian."

With a smile on her face, Xu Hong thanked Liu Yu.

Liu Yu shook her head and didn't care.

On the other hand, Liu Maolin was hesitant to speak. Liu Yu glanced at him and didn't ask any questions. He was a kind-hearted uncle outside. It was probably because He Dayong complained about his problems when he sent eggs and money that his good intentions overflowed.

Sure enough, Liu Maolin's next words confirmed Liu Yu's guess.

It turns out that since Ren Dabao stole all the money hidden by the Ren family last time, the He family has been a little stretched. Daily food is okay, and the coarse grains at home are enough to last until the wheat harvest next year.

The first major event before us is Brother Xian’s wedding in the twelfth lunar month. The Xie family’s betrothal gift is eighty taels. If his family doesn’t buy any dowry and allows Brother Xian to marry naked, he will be looked down upon. .

Brother Xian is afraid that he will be wronged too.

After He Dayong had a fight with Ren, he asked Li Dasha to take him to the dock to carry the bags.

The dock they went to was in Yangliu Town, more than 20 miles away. They could only go home once every few days. When they got home in the second half of the day, they saw Ren Dabao walking in the yard and giving orders to Brother Xian.

He immediately became so angry that he whipped a piece of firewood and beat Ren Dabao until he covered his head and ran away. This man was always beaten, but he was a shameless person. He only hid in the house and never ran out of the courtyard no matter how hard he was beaten.

When Ren saw her nephew fighting like this, she immediately quit, and the two started fighting on the spot. Finally, it came to the point of divorcing his wife. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ren Dabao took a step back and only said that he would go to the shabby house on the mountain. To recover from his injuries, Mrs. Yang Ren sent him a meal every day so that he would not starve to death. As soon as he recovered from his injuries, he immediately went to earn money to repay the debt to the He family.

"A dog can't change its habit of eating shit, why do they really believe it?" Nian frowned slightly.

"He can't help it. At least this person is not in front of his eyes. Even if he tries again, he can't harm his family." Liu Maolin tried his best to put in good words for Dayong.

Who can feel at ease with such a thief living in the village? Mrs. Nian hurriedly asked her daughters-in-law to take good care of the house and the children at home, and not to play outside the house again.

"I'm not trying to scare you. These gamblers can't change even if they sell their sons and daughters. If they can't sell their own, they have to sell other people's. It's always better to be careful." Nian said seriously.

Several families with children and adults felt their hearts shudder, and they no longer dared to ignore it.

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All day long on the second day, Liu Yu, Nian and Chang Sheng stayed in the kitchen. They divided the work and cooperated. Liu Yu kneaded the pastry and rolled out the chestnut kernels, while Nian added and subtracted according to the dosage ratio Liu Yu said. Put lard and sugar.

Changsheng made shortbread together, and whoever had free time sat in front of the stove to light the fire. In the meantime, Liu Yu went to the town to buy five or six kilograms of pork suet, four packets of sugar, two tube bones and one kilogram of lean meat.

Lard board costs sixteen cents per pound, sugar fifteen cents per pack, lean meat thirteen cents per pound, tube bones are worthless, two large tube bones cost six cents, total cost is one hundred and fifty-nine. Big money.

When Nian asked how much it would cost, he couldn't help but be speechless. He had invested so much money, but he had to earn money.

"It doesn't matter, we can also eat this lard at home. The refined oil residue can be used to make steamed buns and stir-fry noodles. It's not a waste of money." Liu Yu saw the worried look on Ah Nai's face and hurriedly spoke to comfort her.

Of course Nian knew this, so he quickly adjusted his mentality, and then turned to comfort Liu Yu and Changsheng. These things can be used at home, but this business is not easy to do, and things are always owned by the family and cannot be thrown away.

The few people looked at each other and smiled, calmed down, and worked in an orderly manner. By the evening of that day, they had made three to four hundred chestnut shortcakes.

There were a lot of golden and crispy chestnut cakes piled together. Liu Fusheng carefully placed them on a bamboo plaque to let them cool, and then put them into a large square bamboo basket lined with wheat straw and cheesecloth.

In order to avoid being eaten by rats and insects, when sleeping at night, he was covered with a thick layer of quilt and placed on the table in Liuyu's room.

Liu Yu got up before dawn the next day. After dressing and washing herself, she went next door to see how Chang Sheng was doing.

After everyone discussed last night, Liu Yu decided to take Changsheng with him. After spending these days recuperating at home, Liu Yu was afraid that Changsheng would get bored, so she took him to the kiln entrance to set up a stall, which could not only help but also give him some fresh air.

"Put on the quilted clothes that the second sister-in-law made for you. It's still quite cold in the morning, so don't freeze." Liu Yu said as she went to the end of the kang to look for clothes.

His own clothes were all taken back and placed randomly in one place, Chang Sheng's clothes were neatly stacked at the end of the kang, and the room was also clean and tidy, not at all sloppy like an ordinary man.

After putting on her clothes, Liu Yu rolled out the cart at home, first put a small clay stove on it, and then took half a bag of charcoal from the corner of the kitchen. These were all accumulated when making fires, and were reserved for setting fires in winter. Use the basin for heating.

Then put the bamboo basket with chestnut cakes on it, and finally carry Changsheng onto the cart.

The crutches were also put away, and Nian and Liu Fusheng made dry food for the two of them in the kitchen. Seeing this, they told Liu Yu not to forget to bring a stool for Changsheng, so that he could take a break when he was tired from standing.

Nian didn't mention it, but Liu Yu really forgot about it and hurriedly found a slightly more comfortable stool to put in the car.

After everything was tidied up, Nian's dry food was also prepared. The oily steamed buns on the kang were sizzling and fragrant, and some pickles were carefully wrapped in oil paper.

Liu Yu handed Changsheng two steamed buns, and after eating two himself, he put away the steamed buns and pickles that Nian had wrapped in oil paper, and then pulled the cart into the dawning sky.

The sky had just broken, and under the light blue sky, the village was a gray outline, and a blue-white mist was like a layer of gauze lingering around the periphery of the distant village.

There is a chill in the air, the yellow grass blades are soaked with cold dew, and there is a layer of orange in the sky further away, which is about to pierce the sky.

The entrance of the kiln was ten miles away from their village. The two of them chatted along the way, but they didn't feel that the distance was far. When the sun came out and the warm light spread to the earth, along with the sporadic people rushing to gather early in the morning, the two of them chatted. People can see a market from a distance.

With the entrance of the kiln in sight, Liu Yu also quickened her pace. She exerted force on her soles, and also exerted force on the rope connecting the trolley on her shoulders. The wheel quickly turned and she soon reached the entrance of the market town at the entrance of the kiln.

"It's better to set up a stall or go to the market."

Liu Yu's eyes were searching for a good position when he suddenly heard a rough male voice from the side.

"We brothers heard that the entrance of the kiln was prosperous and came to set up a stall to sell some pastries. I dare to ask this uncle if there are any rules in this."