After dressing as a villain, I am addicted to farming

Chapter 55 The Second Uncle in the Imperial Examination

"Yo, second brother, you've made a fortune."

Sure enough, as soon as the things were moved into the yard, Mrs. Zhu rummaged around the pile of things, clicking her tongue more and more as she looked at them.

Look at these white noodles.

There is even brown sugar, and it can be blown away by the fine ground.

"It's a long story..."

Next to him was Liu Shi who was picking at his clothes, Qu Zhong could only laugh dryly, as a response.

After speaking, she tugged at the lapel that Liu had opened: "Mother, this is a gift from Master Luo."

"Master Luo, why did he give you clothes? The material is so good."

Mrs. Liu twisted the silk dress Nian Quzhong was wearing suspiciously.

"I was going to buy pens and inks, but I don't know."

All the men, women and children in the yard stared at him, so Qu Zhong blinked and started talking nonsense again.

It wasn't until the saliva was dry that everyone looked at him with emotion.

In the story, he is a righteous farmer who passes by, and sees a passing young master being targeted by a thief.

He fought righteously with the thief and had a fierce fight, which ended with his clothes being torn.

The young master was so moved that he not only bought him new clothes, but also gave him 50 taels of silver as a thank you gift.

Because the purse he carried with him contained the relics left by his deceased mother, which were extremely precious to him.

In the end Qu Zhong declined but finally accepted the money embarrassingly.

Mrs. Liu patted him even more gratifiedly: "That young master is also a person who values ​​love and righteousness, so I will take your money to my mother for safekeeping."

Ha ha!Ha ha!

With dry laughs, Qu Zhong, in order to hide his guilty conscience, hastily called everyone to move their things into the main room to share.

On the other hand, he shied away to change his clothes, and rushed into the house in a few steps.

As for the custody that Mrs. Liu said, Qu Zhongquan pretended not to have heard it.

Safekeeping, what's the difference between this and defrauding children of New Year's money.

boom-

"You little bastard, you can run fast."

It wasn't until the door was closed that he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It's not difficult to tell nonsense with your eyes open, but facing a group of innocent children actually makes him feel a little embarrassed.

It is still necessary to make money as soon as possible, or the money will come in an unclear manner.

It's impossible to always say that it was given by someone else.

He could see clearly in Zhu Shi's eyes today, obviously he didn't believe his nonsense.

"Second brother, what are you going to do with your milk?"

Outside the room, Qu Hou's loud voice sounded, penetrating through the thin door panel, startling Qu Zhong.

Patting the little heart that has been frightened countless times today, Qu Zhong replied angrily: "Just put it in the kitchen, I'll get it done later."

This is the right thing to do.

While hurriedly changing clothes, he recalled the steps of making butter in his mind.

The butter procedure he made in the last world was more complicated, and he made whipped cream first before making butter.

But it was obvious that the Qu family didn't have such good conditions, and the manpower was not enough.

So this time he tried to extract it directly from boiled milk.

"Chunni, light the fire for the second uncle."

Rolling up his sleeves, he poured more than half of the milk in the bucket into the cauldron that had been washed countless times, Qu Zhong turned his head and told Qu Chun.

He can cook, but he can't light a fire.

Now all the adults have returned to the house after dinner, only the children are still curiously gathered around the kitchen, and Qu Zhong can only order them.

"Understood, Second Uncle."

The little girl wore two croissant braids, jumping up and down happily.

Ever since he ate the meal made by Qu Zhong last time, the kid liked to follow him. Today he went to the county town and was still crying at home.

She knew that the second uncle was making delicious food again.

As the fire in the stove began to burst into flames, the milk in the pot began to gradually bubble.

The milky aroma from boiling milk permeates the whole kitchen.

Qu Xiusui even hugged Qu Zhong's thigh, screaming.

"Father, can you eat it, can you eat it?"

"can not eat."

Bowing his head and rubbing the little yellow hair, Qu Zhong ruthlessly crushed Qu Xiusui's hope.

This milk is used to make butter, and it has no smell, so it can't be eaten at all.

Disappointed, blatantly disappointed.

Even the hands holding Qu Zhong's legs drooped.

In Qu Xiusui's little head, he couldn't understand why such a delicious thing could not be eaten.

"but……"

Laughing to himself twice, Qu Zhong dragged his voice to make a fool of himself.

The seven pairs of eyes in the kitchen were all fixed on him, and he scooped the milk into the new bucket unhurriedly.

After pouring the remaining half of the bucket in, Qu Zhong said, "I can make it taste better."

"If anyone can send me some tea."

"I'm going, I'm going..."

Qu Xiuyuan, who had just finished school, was standing at the door, and immediately raised his hand when he heard the words.

Seeing that Qu Zhong nodded, he rushed back to the main room without saying a word, and grabbed a handful of tea from the old Liu's tea pot.

"Second uncle, do you see if you have enough?"

Feili held the tea leaves in front of Qu Zhong, and Qu Xiuyuan looked at Qu Zhong excitedly.

"Enough is enough." Speechlessly looking at Qu Xiuyan's pitch-black little hand, Qu Zhongzhen couldn't say anything dirty.

Forget it, out of sight and out of mind.

After receiving the tea leaves, Qu Zhong directly sprinkled a handful into the pot, stirred it a few times, and the snow-white milk immediately turned a little yellowish.

Then I sprinkled a lot of brown sugar I bought from the county into it.

When the boiling time was almost over, I scooped a bowl for one person with a small bowl of rice.

"Wow! So sweet."

"It smells so good!"

Because it was still a little hot, the kitchen was filled with the sound of sucking, and everyone puffed up their cheeks and blew hard.

Feeling proud, Qu Zhong smiled slightly, and turned to get his own milk.

It is still warm to the touch now, and the fat has not yet risen, so it is obviously not yet time.

He carried the bucket to the water tank behind the kitchen.

There is the mountain spring water that old man Qu received from the mountain, and it is directly connected to the water tank of the Qu family, and the water that is full from the tank flows into the ditch behind the house.

Therefore, the temperature in this place is several degrees lower than that in front of the house all year round.

When Qu Zhong came over with the bucket, he was shivered by the cold air.

The conditions are brief.

Qu Zhong had no choice but to tie the barrel with oilcloth and put it in the ditch where the temperature was relatively low.

After doing all this, I hurried to the kitchen.

It was much warmer in there.

The four seasons of this world are very distinct.

In winter, it is so cold that dripping water turns into ice everywhere, and in summer, it is so hot that even the air is sticky.

Fortunately, this winter is not long, otherwise the lives of ordinary people are really difficult.

"Second uncle."

As soon as they stepped through the door, the seven children in the kitchen were still standing neatly, as if none of them planned to go back to the house.

This is a bad comer!

"Tell me what's going on." Leaning against the door frame, Qu Zhong only stepped in with one foot, ready to run away at any time.

"Second Uncle, tell us the story of the monkey beating the monster."

Qu Xiuyuan, who was the oldest, was the most active. He couldn't wait to yell without even wiping off the white foam on his face.

He went to school a few days ago and didn't listen.

It was Qu Chun who said it in the room, and he didn't listen to it so-so.

Monkeys fight monsters...

It's really concise, and it sums up this famous book in one sentence.

"Then you wash all the pots and dishes, and I'll talk about it later."

After returning to the stove and sitting down, Qu Zhongcai crossed his legs and observed the children in the room.

Obviously the most honest one was Qu Xiuliang, as soon as he heard Qu Zhong's words, he walked up to the pot with his own bowl.

And the most cunning and cunning one was obviously his stupid son, who skillfully handed the bowl to Qu Xiuhe, and then Qu Xiuhe handed it to Qu Xiusui.

These two brats didn't even spare their four-year-old brother.

"Cough, cough, respect the old and love the young, haven't you learned it yet?"

Qu Zhong raised his eyebrows, his eyes fixed on Qu Xiuqi.

"I'll come, I'll come.", remembering in a trance that he hadn't transcribed a hundred times of respecting the old and loving the young, Qu Xiuqi jumped three feet high and immediately snatched the bowl from his younger brother.

By the way, he took away the bowls of all the older brothers and younger brothers around him.

Finally, the eyes are still long.

"Qu Xiuhe, you go too." Glancing at the second son who was still dumbfounded over there, Qu Zhong hooked his fingers.

If the eldest son is a stupid son, the second son is a foodie and cunning, quietly taking all the benefits.

"Oh!"

Sure enough, after hearing Qu Zhong's order, he reluctantly followed.

"In my case, there is no such thing as a gentleman staying away from the kitchen."

After seeing the dumbfounded children, Qu Zhongcai continued, "I only have brothers and sisters here."

"Look at yourself, have you done it?"

He does not belong to the kitchen in this house, otherwise he must have taught these older boys to learn to wash dishes.

Qu Chun and Qu Xia used to wash the dishes at home.

Although it was cruel, girls in this world were subject to far more shackles than boys.

Qu Zhong still hopes to make them relax before they get married.

"Then I will continue to tell you the story of this monkey today..."

Seeing that the dishes have been washed, Qu Zhong didn't continue this topic, and started to tell a story as soon as the topic changed.

The oil lamp in the kitchen was not big, and it flickered a few times with the occasional cool breeze.

But no one noticed, everyone sat on the small bench with their heads up, looking fascinated.

When Qu Zhong described the Bone Essence's cave, he shrank into a ball in fright.

You hugged me, and I howled as I hugged her.

"Xiu Yan, what are you looking at?"

Qu Kuan, who happened to be out of the house with his shoes on, saw the eldest son standing at the kitchen door and didn't know what he was looking at, so he hurriedly asked.

Qu Xiuyan was wearing a coat, obviously just came out of the room.

"I'm here to find Xiuyuan." He had finished reviewing the book, only to find that Qu Xiuyuan hadn't returned to the house.

That's why I came out to find people, but I didn't expect that all of them were crowded in the kitchen and listened to the second uncle's storytelling.

"This brat, didn't he write big characters again?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Kuan immediately took off the cloth shoes on his feet, held them in his hand and wanted to rush into the kitchen.

"Father." With a wry smile, Qu Xiuyan hurriedly stopped him, and Qu Xiuyan quickly motioned him to go to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Qu Zhong suddenly made a grimace, scaring most of the children who were concentrating on falling off the stool.

Then Qu Zhong covered his stomach and laughed, and then waved his hands in the eyes of the children who were about to cry.

"That's all for today, go back to sleep."

Seeing that it was getting late, Qu Zhong immediately stopped talking and began to shout at people.

"Qu Xiuqi, a hundred times." Seeing everyone walking out of the kitchen dejectedly, Qu Zhong caught up with him.

The ghost lingers!

Qu Xiuqi called out listlessly: "Uncle, brother."

Thinking of what he did in the morning, he wished he could give himself two slaps immediately.

"Second uncle really has a way with children."

Shutting up the open clothes, Qu Xiuyan felt the chill after the Beginning of Autumn.

After stomping his feet, he finally couldn't hold back the chill, and followed the sullen Qu Xiuyuan back to the room.

His second uncle has been working as a waiter in the town these years, and it seems that he has encountered a lot of things.

This temperament is completely different from a few years ago.

However, looking back at Qu Zhong who was going to the backyard, Qu Xiuyan thought, such a second uncle is unexpectedly good.

Beside the water tank, Qu Zhong reached out his hand to touch the bottom of the bucket, his hands were cold.

Then he nodded in satisfaction.

The moon above the head is getting brighter and brighter, and it seems to cover the small courtyard of the Qu family with a faint halo.

Qu Zhong rubbed his hands together, feeling peaceful in his heart.

He doesn't seem to be the same as those big guys who time-traveled.

He's a bit clumsy and not ruthless enough to take life in this world purely as a mission.

So he will be happy, guilty, and even lie.

"Hey, he must be an ordinary person."

Pinching his own cheek, Qu Zhong laughed at himself.

Hypocritical!

After being refrigerated at low temperature, layers of fat floated on the milk, which Qu Zhong scraped off with a wooden spoon.

Put it in a bucket with a lid that he bought specially.

Shake vigorously until the oil and water are separated, and the light yellow butter begins to condense into lumps.

Open the lid and pour out the watery milk, and what remains at the bottom of the bucket is the final butter.

"Huh! It's finally done."

Such a big bucket of milk, only such a bowl of butter.

And it's still half done, and it needs to be reheated.

But now that no one is lighting the fire, Qu Zhong didn't deal with it anymore, but found a cool place to put the butter in.

knock off!

***

After breakfast the next day, Qu Zhong checked the homework of the two brothers, and then planned to take them to the mountain to pick up fungi.

"Are you going to eat mushrooms again?"

When it comes to food, Qu Xiuhe is always the most excited.

The taste of the mushrooms he ate last time is still in his mind, and he has long been looking forward to picking up some more.

"Don't eat it, this time I picked it up and sold it for money."

Half squatting, Qu Zhong threw a few water bags and steamed buns into the frame.

Today he carried a big frame and was going to do a big job on the mountain.

"Then I won't go, I'll burn that oven at home."

As soon as he heard that he couldn't eat it, Qu Xiuhe immediately threw away the small hoe and went to the backyard without much interest.

Qu Zhong got up early this morning and not only made the butter.

He also ignited a strangely shaped stove that had been covered with yellow mud a few days ago.

It is said that this is called an oven, and it will be used for baking things later.

He would rather guard the stove than the inedible fungus.

"I also plan that if you pick it up by yourself, the money you earn will be yours."

Qu Zhong just didn't care about the fate of these brats, and said regretfully.

"Then let's go quickly."

"I also need to go."

"I'm going fast, and I'm going too."

As soon as these words came out, not only Qu Xiuhe immediately became excited, but even Qu Xiuyuan who hadn't left the house eagerly walked over here.

Although in the end Qu Xiuyan took him away with the back of his neck.

It is conceivable how tempting these children are to make money.

But the temptation is great enough, and there are too many children who will go in the end, Qu Zhong couldn't help being embarrassed for a while.

Especially the youngest Qu Xiusui is going to make a fuss again.

"Hey!" Sighing in embarrassment, Qu Zhong glanced at the two brothers Qu Xiuqi.

"We'll come back and divide the fungus among you. You watch the stove at home and don't let it go out."

Immediately receiving Qu Zhong's eyes, Qu Xiuqi immediately agreed to share with heartache.

The lesson of going to the county seat yesterday is still deeply etched in his mind, and he doesn't want to lose the big by making small mistakes again.

Looking at Qu Xiusui earnestly, Qu Zhong said solemnly: "This stove is very important."

The little man holding his thigh finally let go, looked around in embarrassment, and finally nodded in agreement.

When Qu Zhong and the others were about to go out, they still urged Wan Wan to give him half when they came back.

As a last resort, my sister-in-law Xu followed me this time.

A group of people swept up the small forest at the foot of the mountain.

Only Qu Zhong went into the forest above alone like last time.

Some time ago, he discovered that the food put into the space can be kept fresh inside.

So today he made up his mind to come and stock up some food.

Everything he saw, no matter what kind of fruit, he took into the space.

By the time he was finally satisfied and returned to the foot of the mountain, the children were getting impatient.

A group of people went back to the village again.

Old Liu was waiting at the entrance of the village, and when he saw the people finally came back, he hurriedly led them around for a long time before returning to Qu's house.

Qu Zhong had no choice but to follow.

Of course he knew why Mrs. Liu was doing this.

It wasn't because of the turmoil caused by Qu Zhong's reunion in Qujiawan that she didn't like to see those people so much that she didn't tell them that the fungus could be eaten.

Although Qujiawan's surname is Qu, most of the village is also from the clan with the surname Qu.

But there are also half of the people with other surnames.

These people have long disliked the grouping of villagers surnamed Qu. Anyway, no matter what the village decides, they will jump out and oppose it.

At first, the village planned to build a road from the head of the village to connect to the official road.

These people jumped out and said that they had ruined their Feng Shui, and they insisted not to allow it.

Patriarch Qu had no choice but to build a way around Qu Zhong's house in the end.

The village head had already explained what happened to Qu Zhong in the village last time.

But these people still said that Qu Zhong beat his wife and Mrs. Liu abused his daughter-in-law, so they drove him away.

For this matter, Mrs. Liu came to the house and had a lot of quarrels with these people.

Afraid of the old Liu's fighting power.

These people turned to talk nonsense in other villages, making the Qu family now a well-known dragon pool and tiger den.

"Sooner or later these people rot their tongues."

Old Liu couldn't catch the present, so he could only curse helplessly.

Seeing that the eldest granddaughter should talk about kissing in a few years, because this matter delayed the marriage, she would not let these people go.

"Father." Qu Xiusui, who had been honestly guarding the backyard all this time, ran to Qu Zhong with a blushing face, his face full of expressions of pleading for praise.

"This child has not moved anywhere, and has been suffering."

After taking a puff of dry cigarette, old man Qu passed by them and frowned at Qu Zhong.

Look at the work he arranged for the children. The children were covered in sweat and even their faces were red.

hehe!hehe!Also too honest.

"Come and dry the fungus."

According to what Qu Zhong taught on the road, Qu Xiuqi poured the mushrooms in the box on the ground before shouting loudly to his younger brothers and sisters. ,

They agreed on the way that the fungi would be sold together after drying, and then the money would be shared.

When all the fungi were mixed together, even old man Qu was surprised, the pile filled half of the yard.

"You wash yourself as I taught you first, and grandma's help doesn't count."

After washing his hands, Qu Zhong said to those who were still happy over there.

He intends to dry the fungus and sell it.

One is that it is more convenient to carry to the county seat.

The second is that restaurants receive more dried mushrooms, which are used to make soup in winter.

"Don't wash it, the mud has to be washed clean."

Although he had already repeated it to several people in detail on the mountain road, Qu Zhong still said it again worriedly.

Seeing Qu Xiuqi nodding obediently, Qu Zhongcai turned and went into the kitchen.

He arranged for Qu Xiuqi to be the boss today.

He will bring his elder sister and younger brothers and sisters to launder. If something goes wrong and the laundering is damaged, it will be deducted from the silver he earned.

This little stingy guy must be staring at him without blinking an eye.

"His father, do you see that the children of the second brother's family are a little different?"

Xu poked Qu Kuan's waist, and whispered to Qu Kuan.

After saying that they couldn't interfere, Qu Kuan and old man Qu, who happened to be at home with nothing to do, watched from the side, smoking their pipes.

Hearing Xu's words, the two turned their heads to look at Qu Xiuqi in unison.

He was squatting on the ground, directing everyone to divide the fungus into three piles.

If there are some that he thinks are not suitable, he will reach out to pick them up, looking like a big brother.

"It's a little different."

After exhaling, Qu Kuan nodded in agreement.

When Mrs. Jin was still at home, the two children saw no one except for eating.

I don't even know how to play with the children at home. After school, I go wild with my classmates, and I don't come home until dark.Kim doesn't care either.

Unexpectedly, Qu Zhong has only been back for a month, and the two children have become much better-behaved, and they haven't bothered to go to town recently.

"You'd better keep an eye on the children, don't get your clothes wet and catch the cold."

After knocking on the cigarette bag on the stone steps at his feet, old man Qu got up.

He knew what Qu Zhong meant, the biggest difference between their Qu family and the children of other families in Qu Jiawan.

That is, the children went to school since they were young, and few of them knew how to do farm work.

Whether it is the eldest grandson who is good at studying, or the other grandsons who are dawdling, they have all grown up to be weak and weak scholars.

The old woman was so spoiled that she didn't even sweep the floor.

Let the children know that it is not easy to make money, and they can also appreciate how much their elders have paid for them to study.

This is a good thing, of course he will not stop it, but secretly support it.

"Understood, Dad." The two nodded, and walked with the children to the water tank in the backyard.

Of course, the mind of watching the excitement is taking the majority.

"Money is so hard to earn."

Gently rubbing the roots of the boletus, Qu Chun was the first to complain.

This mud is so difficult to wash, and you can't use loofah pulp, for fear that it will be broken after washing.

"That's right, Dad said that a water chestnut cake can be exchanged for such a large handful of mushrooms."

His fingers drew a circle the size of a watermelon, and Qu Xiuhe was also moved.

"What is water chestnut cake?"

Qu Xia raised her red face and asked immediately.

Qu Xiuqi: "..."

Qu Xiuhe: "..."

"I heard from my classmates that only ten pennies can buy such a small piece."

It was Qu Xiuqi who reacted quickly, took the words immediately, and spread out his small palms to compare the size.

"It's expensive, so don't eat it."

Thinking about her hands that were red from the cold, Qu Xia shook her head and gave up her plan to try.

Qu Xiuhe: They must have been deceived by lard at the beginning, they dared to buy it so expensive.

Qu Xiuqi: Because they didn't pay the money!

"Smell it, it smells so good, it's the first time I've smelled this smell."

The water tank was close to the kitchen, and when Qu Zhong took out the tested bread from the oven, everyone could smell a strange fragrance.

"Quickly wash, quickly wash, it must be something delicious again."

Speeding up the movement of his hand, Qu Xiuqi hurriedly urged him, the strange fragrance made his heart fly to the oven.

“Smells good, smells good”

"It's more fragrant than meat."

While scrubbing and washing the fungus, a few people moved their nostrils, sniffing the sweet and greasy aroma in the air.

Qu Kuan and his wife, who had been watching from the sidelines, couldn't help laughing when they saw the strange appearance of the children.

"Let's go and see what the second brother is doing."

Deliberately teasing the children, Qu Kuan got up and went to the front yard with the washed fungus.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

作者有话要说:感谢在2020-10-1422:01:00~2020-10-1522:48:40期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 30 bottles of Zhenyan;

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