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

The two were walking on a street lined with thatched huts. Liu Yu saw a noodle stall selling noodles with various pigments, and asked Changsheng if he wanted to eat noodles or the dumplings sold by the shop in front of him.

"No, there are several fried steamed buns that Grandma fried when we came here. Let's just eat that one."

Changsheng immediately refused. A bowl of vegetarian noodles cost three cents. Dumplings were more expensive, five cents a plate. Forget it. The fried steamed buns made with white flour were equally delicious. It was a waste of money.

Of course, Liu Yu knew that Changsheng cared about money and was reluctant to spend a penny randomly. But Changsheng finally came out, and Liu Yu really didn't want to wrong him.

"Two guests, what kind of noodles do you want to have? We have shredded pork noodles with dried vegetables, chopped green onion noodles with pickled vegetables, and cabbage noodles with oil residue. They all only cost three cents!" The noodle stall owner saw the two people stopped in the front half of the noodle stall. The sky didn't move and greeted him diligently.

Liu Yu was about to say something else when he saw Chang Sheng sitting on the cart upright, without even glancing at the noodle stall next to him.

Liu Yu was a little distressed, but also a little funny, and she didn't force it. After telling the noodle stall owner that we didn't want to eat, she pulled the cart and continued to move forward.

"It's too late to change your mind now, but there will be nothing if you go forward."

There were a few scattered customers on the dumpling stall's table. Compared to the noodle stall a few stalls away, there were far fewer people. From the looks of it, they looked like they were working in a kiln factory and could afford five cents. For a plate of dumplings, the wages in the kiln are not only high, but the work is also very hard.

"If you don't want to eat it, if you want to eat it, we can make it one day when you have time. The leeks in the garden are fragrant and juicy, so the baguette will definitely taste better than the one here." Changsheng insisted very much.

"Okay, let's make it ourselves one day and enjoy it."

Since they were not in a hurry when they went back, the two of them were more casual. They walked and walked, and when they came across a place with big rocks on the roadside, they stopped and ate the steamed buns separately. After a short rest, they started walking slowly again. Continue on your way.

While on the road, the two of them had nothing to do, so they roughly calculated the profits from selling chestnut cakes.

Nearly four hundred chestnut cakes, excluding those given away, were sold for a total of three hundred and sixty-eight copper coins. Excluding the cost, the profit was about two hundred and twenty copper coins. The items bought back yesterday cost a total of one hundred and sixty-eight copper coins. More than one hundred and fifty articles.

There are still a lot of these things left, and the capital has been earned back. If they sell them before buying a new round of costs, they will all make a profit. The more they calculate, the happier they are, and they feel that this chestnut cake business has great potential.

Immediately the fatigue on his body was swept away, Liu Yu felt much lighter and her steps became faster.

It was only in the afternoon when the two of them arrived home. After crossing the Qingshi Bridge, a group of women and husbands gathered under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, collecting shoe soles or choosing vegetables.

The talkative person greeted them and asked them where they were coming from, whether they had eaten, etc.

Then someone asked me how Changsheng's leg was hurt, but if I didn't want to delay it, I would walk and work in the future.

"We don't know this yet. We won't know until we get off the crutches. From what Dr. Zhao said, even if he recovers in the future, he won't be able to do heavy work. On rainy days, he might still feel cold and sore." Changsheng touched his injured leg. , with bitterness in the corner of his mouth.

"It's okay, don't think too much. You're young, don't say such depressing words. You can always recover in three to five years. Just be careful in the future." The women and husbands were busy talking. comfort.

Changsheng thanked everyone for their concern, but Liu Yu couldn't bear to hear these words that seemed to curse him, so he pointed out something casually, said goodbye to everyone, pulled the cart and left.

Liu Yu had just walked along the river not far when she heard the women and husbands behind her sighing.

"What a wonderful boy who lives forever, he will be lame from now on."

"But looking at his clothes, he must have lived a good life in the Liu family. He seems to be relaxed. He looks really well-born."

"I don't know if Changsheng has survived now. Our fields are adjacent to Tian Fugui's family. The pit head has not been covered this year. Even the river bank has not been cleaned up. I just ordered a few broad beans. I don't know what to do. What does the family do all day long?”

"What else can I do? Tian Fugui is always as lazy as a pig. He won't do the work in the fields at home if he can. Shui Sanmei, that woman, goes in and out of the town every day without knowing what to do."

"Chang Xijiantian has a weak body and is waiting for others to serve him. Xiuxiu is more diligent now. She is the only girl in the family. If she can clean up the house, she is capable."

"What about Changshou? He hasn't come back yet. Do you think he will be harmed?"

When Liu Yu heard their voices getting lower and lower, she began to deliberately slow down her pace.

"Don't talk nonsense. If this reaches the ears of Shui Sanmei, that girl, she will come to my house and fight me to the death."

The woman deeply hated her talkativeness. None of these ladies' husbands had a tight mouth. Wasn't she just looking for trouble for herself?

When these people asked again, the woman kept silent and just said she didn't know. If she wanted to ask again, she said, "If you see Da Zui Lao one day, ask her. Her house is closer to Tian Fugui's house than mine. Want to know more."

After that, he distracted himself by talking about the growth of crops in the field.

Seeing that these people were talking about other things, Liu Yu stopped dawdling and started to pull the car home in big strides.

"Aunt Xu is a warm-hearted person. I was often hungry when I was a child. Whenever she couldn't stand it, she would secretly give me a bun and wait until I finished eating before letting me go."

Changsheng's brisk tone was filled with gratitude.

"Well, she is a good person." Liu Yu responded to Chang Sheng's words, but her fingers clenched the handlebars harder. Following Chang Sheng's words, he felt heartbroken when he thought about the thin child who was often hungry for several meals in a row. .

The two of them returned home with their own thoughts. At home, Nian and Liu Fusheng were busy in the kitchen, making chestnut shortcakes on the kang.

"You two are back. Are you hungry? Wait until I free up the pot to cook you a bowl of noodles." When Nian saw Liu Yu pulling the cart into the courtyard, she smiled broadly.

"Don't be too busy, we've already eaten." Liu Yu originally planned to take Changsheng out of the trolley, but Changsheng pushed his arm, glanced at the grandpa and grandma in the kitchen with a slightly red face, and held him Liu Yu's hand slowly got off the cart.

"How is the shortbread business today?"

After hearing that the two of them had finished their meal, Nian stopped insisting and asked about what she had been worrying about for a long time today.

"It's very good. Almost all of them are sold out. I have about ten left that I gave away."

As he spoke, Liu Yu told Tong Nianshi and Liu Fusheng what he had seen and heard at the kiln entrance today.

"That's pretty good. Although it costs five coppers a day, the advantage is that no one goes to the stall to bully others into eating for free." Liu Fusheng and Nian felt relieved after hearing this.

A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, which is money well spent similar to protection fees.

"By the way, I want to go to the kiln entrance tomorrow."

With that said, he told the two of them what he heard from Huang Bo'an when he came back, about the kiln factory and the porcelain factory clearing out defective goods tomorrow.

"I haven't heard of it before. Maybe we are far away and missed it. You can go and pick some and bring them back. Your family won't have to buy any more dishes or soup basins this twelfth lunar month." Liu Fusheng thought for a while. road.

"Hey, I'll ask the eldest brother and the second brother later if they want to go together." There's nothing wrong with you. If the blue bricks and porcelain bowls and plates are cheap, you can bring them back.

Liu Yu thought about Huang Bo'an's words, and had a vague idea in his mind, but he didn't see the kiln. How far the defective products in the porcelain factory were burned to waste, he just thought about it secretly in his heart, without revealing the slightest bit of what he said.