Farmhouse strong man

After going down the mountain, Tao Fu went to Liyao Village to borrow a bullock cart. Yuan Liuzhen waited outside Liyao Village. Occasionally, one or two people entered Liyao Village and greeted Yuan Liuzhen. Crispy rice, some people in Liyao Village actually remembered him, and he immediately felt warm.

Tao Fu drove the ox cart out, and after loading the things into the cart, the two sat in front, one on the left and the other on the right.

Tao Fu was driving the ox cart, and Yuan Liuzhen was free to look around.

This time they walked around a road in front of Liyao Village. This road can clearly see the whole Liyao Village. The low houses are neatly arranged, and the road around the houses is the road they are walking now. Crops are growing all around.

Yuan Liuzhen looked at it for a while and then said to Tao Fu: "Liyao Village looks really nice, with a large population and very warm people. When I was at the entrance of the village just now, many people still knew me."

"Yes." Tao Fu said with a smile: "Since living in the mountains, I prefer to deal with the people of Liyao Village. Everyone is very talkative and kind."

Tao Fu praised Liyao Village so much, which shows that Liyao Village is really good. After seeing the environment of Liyao Village just now, Yuan Liuzhen had an idea whether to buy a yard in Liyao Village.He now lives in the thatched cottage on Tao Fu Mountain, where it is very crowded, and it is inconvenient for Tao Fu to sleep on the floor every time. They sleep on the bed together, what will Tao Fu do if he knows that he is a brother?In this case, it is better to buy another yard.

Thinking of this, Yuan Liuzhen looked at Tao Fu and asked, "Ah Fu, does Fu know that there is a yard that can be bought in Liyao Village?"

"Buy a yard?" Tao Fu was not surprised to hear Yuan Liuzhen said that he wanted to buy a yard. What happened to Yuan Liuzhen in Ligou Village did not mean that he could continue to live if he didn't mind.

"Yes. If you want to buy a yard, if you live on the mountain with Fu all the time, there will be no inconvenience, but if you do business together in the future, going up and down the mountain will be too much trouble, so you should find a yard. You can cook more food this way. Some, it’s easy to store food.” Yuan Liuzhen explained.

"Okay, after I come back from selling snacks this time, I'll go to Murakami to ask." Tao Fu replied.

"Well, I see that Liyao Village has quite a few courtyard-style courtyards, and I don't know how much money it will cost. If it's expensive, we can save some money before buying." When Yuan Liuzhen was selling spicy sticks and crispy rice with Tao Fu, I saw from the door that the villagers in Liyao Village basically have courtyards in the style of courtyards, which look very neat, and are not at all different from the houses in Ligou Village.

"Although there are only a few mountains between Liyao Village and Ligou Village, Liyao Village is inside the mountain, and Liyao Village is outside the mountain. Liyao Village is easy to travel, the yard is relatively large, and there are many houses. How much money does it cost? I haven’t asked about the details, but I can ask them together when I get back.”

Tao Fu was driving the ox cart, and the two talked and laughed as they went on their way.

It takes a long time to travel, and they will eat pancakes brought by Tao Fu when they are hungry on the road.When Yuan Liuzhen saw pancakes, he thought of pancakes with spicy strips and slices.

Tao Fu was very surprised to see Yuan Liuzhen put horseradish in pancakes. After eating with Yuan Liuzhen once, he was attracted by the taste of horseradish in pancakes.When he used to sell horseradish and crispy rice in a neighboring town, he always ate pancakes after eating horseradish and crispy rice, which was completely different from eating pancakes with horseradish sandwiched between them.

Yuan Liuzhen saw that Tao Fu imitated him by putting horseradish into the cake and said with a smile: "There is also a snack similar to horseradish, which can be directly put into cakes or steamed buns. It is very delicious, but it is more troublesome to make. Wait for us If it’s sold in the yard, I’ll teach you how to do it again.”

Tao Fu also became interested when he heard Yuan Liuzhen say that there are snacks that are more suitable for pancakes. He especially wanted to know what kind of snacks they were.Let him look forward to it every time.It was also because of this that he felt that he had to ask about buying the yard as soon as possible.

Because they have to drive for half a day, they sometimes get out of the ox cart to rest, and they will also feed the cattle to eat some grass, and then continue on their way.

When we arrived in the town, it was almost the same hour, and Tao Fu found a place where he usually stayed and stopped, a little embarrassed, and said to Yuan Liuzhen: "I used to come here alone, and I slept on the ox cart at night. Otherwise, tonight Shall we find a place to live?"

"No need." Yuan Liuzhen thought that his current family property is only a little more than ten taels, eight taels of silver is his family property, and two taels of silver is the income from selling spicy sticks and crispy rice with Tao Fu. Now he wants to buy a yard, he thinks he can do it Try not to spend money if you don't spend money, it's not like he can't suffer. "It's okay, you sleep in the bullock cart at night, I can sleep under the tree here, and there is a stone bench for people to rest here."

Tao Fu glanced at the narrow stone bench, then at Yuan Liuzhen's tall and strong figure, and said, "I'll sleep on the stone bench, and you sleep on the ox cart."

Yuan Liuzhen felt a little embarrassed when she knew what Tao Fu meant. Although he was stronger than Tao Fu, after being looked at by Tao Fu, he thought of his brother's identity, and made sure that Tao Fu would never let Tao Fu know that he was his brother. .

Tao Fu looked at him like that, and he didn't refuse, so he just nodded.

After deciding to sleep here at night, they removed the bamboo baskets from the ox cart, tied the cattle to the place where Tao Fu usually tied them, and put the ox cart in order.

The two sat on the stone bench and chatted, and Yuan Liuzhen casually told Tao Fu the stories he had told Xiaoman and the others before.

After Tao Fu heard this, he was shocked and said, "In the future, it will really develop into what you said. There will be a car that can walk without a cow or a horse, and a car that can fly into the sky?"

"Of course, it can be realized in theory. You see, everyone travels very slowly with oxen and horses. If you have other tools in the future, you don't have to travel half a day to Litang Town. You can come here in an hour. How convenient. "Yuan Liuzhen smiled and said: "Of course this is just a story. To realize it, it still depends on everyone's ingenuity and wisdom to develop tools that are faster and more convenient than cattle and horses."

Now, Yuan Liuzhen can only tell Tao Fu these as stories. Tao Fu seems to be very interested in these. When he told Xiaoman and the others, they didn't think much or were not interested. Later, he stopped telling. .

Tao Fu was so interested, so he talked a little more. Unknowingly, he talked for a long time, and it was already dark.

This place is not suitable for sword practice. They have to get up very early tomorrow morning to catch the early market, so instead of practicing sword, they go to sleep early.

Yuan Liuzhen lay on the bullock cart and looked at Tao Fu who was lying on the stone bench next to him, and couldn't help laughing. Tao Fu was lying on the stone bench, and he seemed to be falling off. It must have fallen several times during the night.

Yuan Liuzhen fell asleep unknowingly, but neither of them dared to sleep too deeply, for fear that some thieves would come and steal the cow they borrowed and the spicy sticks and crispy rice they brought.

Nothing happened all night, after waking up, the two simply washed their faces with the water they brought, and Tao Fu drove the ox cart along the street where there were not many people.

Yuan Liuzhen looked around. Litang Town was more prosperous than the nearest town to Ligou Village and the town he passed by before going to Ligou Village. There seemed to be more shops and small vendors. Tao Fu's words also confirmed his a statement.

"Litang Town is the largest town in the vicinity. There is a street market every other day. From now on, it is enough to sell snacks in Litang Town. Don't talk about selling snacks, and the people in charge are better." Tao Fu said.

"There is a street market every other day, just in time. Every time we come here, we just catch up with the street market." Yuan Liuzhen responded.

When Tao Fu arrived at the place where he usually set up a stall, he stopped the ox cart, took off the two big bamboo baskets of spicy sticks and crispy rice from the ox cart, and said to Yuan Liuzhen, "I'm going to deposit the ox cart, and I'll be here in a while."

"Okay." Yuan Liuzhen responded and watched Tao Fu go away. After preparing samples and tastings of spicy sticks and crispy rice, Tao Fu also came.

Not long after Tao Fu came, there were more and more people coming and going on the street. Yuan Liuzhen went to the street to let people taste and then pull people over to buy as before. Tao Fu greeted the customers who came over from the booth.

Every time Yuan Liuzhen takes people to buy Latiao and Guoba, he can always hear some old customers who have bought Latiao and Guoba before saying that Latiao and Guoba taste very good, and they want to buy more to take home.

Yuan Liuzhen smiled when she heard this. It is indeed better to sell things here than in the nearest town to Ligou Village, mainly because of the large number of people.He thinks that if the business grows bigger in the future, he can set up a shop here.

After about an hour, before noon, all the spicy strips and crispy rice they brought were sold out.

Yuan Liuzhen, who had finished selling her things, did not leave the town in a hurry, but told Tao Fu that she would take a look around the town.

Tao Fu did not refuse to follow Yuan Liuzhen all the time. Yuan Liuzhen looked at which shops were opened in the town, and which snacks sold better. He bought some to taste, and handed them to Tao Fu if he couldn't finish them. Every time, I can finish Yuan Liuzhen's leftovers.

The last time Yuan Liuzhen went shopping and bought a lot of food, Tao Fu still didn't understand, but after the last time, he understood that Yuan Liuzhen did it for investigation and comparison, to see what tastes good and what sells better.

Along the way, Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen ate very well. At the same time, Yuan Liuzhen also knew that basically all the delicious snacks in Litang Town sold quickly, especially spicy and sweet things. He can think of sweets other than making spicy chips.

When I went back, it was much easier than when I came here. Tao Fu hung two diabolo baskets on both sides of the ox cart, and Yuan Liuzhen lay directly on the ox cart, talking to Tao Fu, who was driving the ox cart, while eating the snacks he bought in town today. .

By the time they reached Liyao Village, it was already dark.

Tao Fu returned the ox cart, and the two went up the mountain together.

After going up the mountain, the two went to the small river near the hut to wash.The sky was dark, so Yuan Liuzhen didn't avoid Tao Fu on purpose, so she cleaned at a place not far from Tao Fu.After cleaning, the two returned to the hut.

After returning to the hut, Tao Fu began to prepare dinner, while Yuan Liuzhen sat on a wooden bench in the hut with a kerosene lamp to practice calligraphy and painting.