Bianshanhan [farming]

On the day of warming the pot, Li Qingwen stayed in the back kitchen, but he didn't do anything. He just watched Li Qingjiu and the others work, and occasionally helped serve a bowl or something. Not getting started.

There are small pots, medium pots, and large pots for sheep and scorpions. The difference lies in the weight of each pot. Different weights of sheep bones put different amounts of seasonings. This, they have clearly remembered these days.

The sheep bones are stewed in the pot, watch the soup, take it out and put it in the pot when the time comes, take it out and pour it into the iron pot on the table, and continue cooking while lighting the stove below.

Each table has an empty basin, and the gnawed sheep bones are thrown into it, and when it is full, it is taken down and poured out.

Li Qinghong and Li Qingrui greeted the guests outside, Su Yuanbao's face was flushed red by the fire pit, he might not have played on the stove, his eyes were chattering and there was no place to put them.

Although Su Shuqing didn't come, but Su Dazhong sent a congratulatory gift, which made Li Qingrui, Li Qingwen and others very embarrassed. They should have thanked Su Shuqing.

The big men in the kitchen were busy chopping vegetables and sweating. The meat was planed last night. The vegetables were delivered this year. If you want to eat something fresh, you have to buy it, wash it, and cut it now.

Including tofu, there are only a few dishes in total. It is reasonable to say that they can be cut at all. They are nervous. The second floor has spent a lot of money. If it is not done well, they will have to lose their pants.

It's useless to say anything at this time, just let them get busy and not think about it. Li Qingwen and Su Yuanbao were twirling the flower rope in the corner.

Li Qingwen couldn't help but started laughing as he flipped through the pages. Su Yuanbao's hands were so clumsy that he could easily tangle the rope into a ball.

Su Yuanbao didn't know that he was laughing at himself, and he was still trying to stretch his fingers, trying to stretch the thread.

Here, you can clearly hear the praise from the outside, the food is fresh and tastes good, and the picky aunts are not stingy and say "yes" repeatedly.

Li Qinghong didn't promote anything like "warming and tonic", because this group of aunts and uncles had sharper mouths and sharper eyes than them.

In addition to the freshness of the sheep scorpion, the tables on the corners of the first and second floors also attracted the attention of many people. Soy sauce, vinegar, homemade chicken bouillon and several sauces.

These things will come in handy when the guests have eaten the bones and then add water and vegetables to the pot.

A little bit of these ingredients added to the sesame juice will taste delicious, but if it is mixed with meat slices and vegetables cooked in mutton bone soup, the taste will not be good.

Speaking of sauce, Li Qingwen was filled with emotions. In Yangshu Village and Border Town, they only had miso sauce and mushroom sauce to eat, and there were no less than dozens of sauces available in the capital.

Meat sauce, fish sauce, shrimp sauce, yuzi sauce, fish sausage sauce, black bean sauce...anything can be sauce, some ingredients are simple, and the taste is not bad. Li Qingwen and the others picked a few cheap ones to mix with the sesame sauce After mixing it, it tastes surprisingly good.

If it is not for the curfew, this warm pot meal can be eaten until midnight, but there are restrictions, and no one will commit any crimes. The neighbors in the neighborhood eat to their heart's content, and they don't forget to leave the copper plate when they leave.

Before Li Qinghong felt embarrassed, Old Man Du put them into the basket one by one for him. He wiped the oil from his mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "This is the rule, keep it."

Just before the curfew, a group of people returned home with the smell of sheep bones. Su Yuanbao knew that Li Qingwen was leaving, and wanted to stay overnight here. This Su Shuqing had told him to follow him. Su Dazhong agreed and followed him. stayed.

Li Qingwen put Su Yuanbao on his lap, and settled the accounts with his brothers. Today, he bought more than a dozen sheep and several baskets of vegetables, and how much he spent.

At the beginning of the calculation of expenses, everyone's faces were tense. When it came to calculating how much money a table can normally charge, everyone was smiling. Li Qingwen thought to himself, this is really an eye for money. It's more obvious than anyone else.

Unexpectedly, the money received was more than what they counted. They were all sealed in paper, opened one by one, counted twice, and it was the same amount.

The amount of money in each letter ranged from a few copper coins to a few dozen, and none of them was particularly large.

Li Qingzhuo was more careful, he put away the opened paper seals and counted them one by one, and found that there were more than 50 more guests than the number of guests sitting at the table...

It was obvious that someone put more on purpose, and everyone thought of old man Du in unison.

On the second day, when Li Qinghong went to ask, old man Du nodded, only admitting that there were three more. Sorry, re-wrapped one.

Li Qinghong didn't really believe what he said, but he couldn't verify it, so he could only collect the money first. No matter what he said, it was a good sign.

Zhou Congxin came to tell them that when they set off tomorrow, he did not miss a meal of sheep and scorpion hot pot. He not only ate it, but also brought two pots back home, and told the Zhou family about Wisteria Alley, so that they could come and taste it when they had time.

Li Qingrui and the others began to pack their things. Although they were very reluctant, they did not wait for anyone to set off, so they couldn't be late.

Su Yuanbao told Su Dazhong that he wanted to go home with Li Qingwen, and come back after playing enough. When the old man heard about thousands of miles, his head buzzed.

Li Qingwen asked Su Yuanbao to sit on the table, and drew a simple map on white paper with a brush, "This is the capital city, and this is the border town. Let's take a car to the seaside, and take a boat to go north. When we get here, get off the boat and change." Turn into a sledge, go north again, walk around, come here, and you will be home."

Li Qingwen drew a dot on the border town and the capital city, indicating that the two places are far apart.

Su Yuanbao didn't think so, he thought it was all on a piece of paper, and he could see it, not far away.

Li Qingwen couldn't tell him about the scale of the map. He only said that there might be dangers on the road. He was too young. When he grew up, he would take him to play.

Unable to hold back, Li Qingwen talked about all kinds of interesting things in the border town. Su Yuanbao grabbed his sleeve tightly and said in a crying voice, "I'm going to catch loaches, I want to sleep in the squirrel's house..."

Su Dazhong looked at Li Qingwen with a bitter face. He felt that persuading him like this might be counterproductive. He said to Su Yuanbao in a gentle voice, "Brother Li will often come to the capital to see the young master..."

Li Qingwen wanted to tell him that it was not good to lie to children, but seeing Su Yuanbao's tearful appearance, he finally refused to say no.

The child was crying fast, and it was getting better soon. Su Yuanbao didn't want Li Qingwen to leave, so he asked him to draw for himself. Li Qingwen didn't know how to draw, so he used a pen to simply outline those simple facial expressions in his previous life—bending two The happy eyebrows, the depressed eyes and mouth in a straight line, and the happy big mouth and so on.

With just a few pens, Su Yuanbao stared at them non-stop, and Li Qingwen took the opportunity to check the brochure with his elder brother to see if there was anything he hadn't bought yet.

Before they finished talking, Li Qingzhuo packed the books in the two boxes. Li Qingwen glanced at them, his throat tightened, he swallowed, and said, "Second, second brother, isn't it too much..."

"Not many." Li Qingzhuo said: "The imperial court's scientific examination may have to be reopened, and all talented people have the opportunity to display it, son, don't miss such a good opportunity."

It is the dream of all ordinary people to be Tian Shelang in the morning and to go to the Tianzitang in the evening.

Li Qingwen didn't dare to say "no" in front of his second brother, and nodded solemnly, "Second brother, I must read the book carefully when I go back."

Li Qingwen asked about the Enke Examination for a while, and Li Qingzhuo responded, but he didn't tell his younger brother that the Enke Examination was a government order during the reign of the former emperor, and now that the new emperor ascended the throne, rumors may change.

It can only be said that such a thing is rumored when the final exam is approaching.

After packing up the things at home, the rest of the words are for Li Qinghong and Li Qingjiu who are staying in the capital, tell them to hire people to work if they are too busy, don't be afraid of spending money, and would rather earn less money than fool people of.

When it came to recruiting, Fang couldn't help it anymore. She said: "In our hometown in Hongzhou, there are many family members who have nothing to do. There are few people. I call them to the capital. The children of my brothers and sisters-in-law are all diligent. To be honest, you don’t need to be paid to do things, you just need to see the world.”

She said this not only to let her nephews and nieces see the world, but also to repay the Li family for their help, and she prepared to subsidize them in private.

Thinking of the more than 2 taels of silver, Fang's head seemed to be boiling a pot of water, full of heat, if she didn't do something, she would be suffocated.

In order to be able to do her best, Fang spared no effort to count all kinds of benefits, "Our sheep and scorpion is a secret recipe. It's not good to ask outsiders to work. It's not good to be stolen. People in our hometown are all reliable, dirty Don't be afraid of hard work, don't be on guard and won't leak secrets..."

Li Qinghong knew what she wanted, but Hongzhou was not close to the capital, so it was inconvenient to ask people to come to work all the way.

Fang pulled him to the next room and talked carefully. Hearing Su Yuanbao's whirring, Li Qingwen felt a little sleepy, but he still struggled to talk to Li Qingzhuo. Just say a few more words.

Li Qingzhuo relaxed his voice, and soon, Li Qingwen and Su Yuanbao rolled into the bed and fell asleep.

When Li Qingwen woke up, the room was dark, and he heard the eldest brother, second brother and third brother talking in low voices, and the most talked about was actually wanting him to study hard.

Li Qingwen listened, but didn't make a sound. He thought that studying and making money might not be mutually exclusive, maybe he should calmly think about what he wanted most, and shouldn't make his family worry so much all the time.

Except for Li Qingzhuo and the others, Fang also stayed up all night. After so many twists and turns, he finally went to the border town.

Because we have to leave, everything is different today, and everyone's faces are both happy to go home and reluctant to leave.The same goes for the few people who stayed in the capital. They have never had a few meals outside before, and now they want to run such a large restaurant, and the mood can be imagined.

No matter what everyone thought in their hearts, when the Zhou family's carriage arrived at the alley, they didn't dare to waste time, they hurriedly moved their things up, and a group of people went out in a hurry.

Some left and some saw off.

No matter how far the road is, there is an end. When they reached the city gate, everyone stopped and told each other.

Li Qingwen's chest and back were wet from Su Yuanbao's crying, and Li Qingwen felt quite uncomfortable, but the child persuaded himself, "Brother, brother, soon, hiccup, hiccup... will come to me... ..."

With too much reluctance, the convoy left the city gate.

Where there is separation, there is gathering.