Farmhouse strong man

When rushing to the market on the second day, Liu Shiqing was still out of her mind and kept silent. Yuan Liuzhen could only sigh when she saw Liu Shiqing like this. If he was Liu Shiqing, he probably wouldn't be able to accept it, just as he just came to this world and couldn't accept his brother. Like our identity, we can only accept it with the passage of time.

A group of them drove an ox cart to Litang Town.

Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu took Liu Shiqing to the Lanyue Inn where Uncle Tian was staying.

Uncle Tian has some business in Litang Town recently, and he is going back to the county today. He can take Liu Shiqing back with him. Yuan Liuzhen also said hello to Uncle Tian before.

When they went to look for Uncle Tian, ​​Uncle Tian happened to be about to eat, so he invited them to have dinner at the Lanyue Inn.

After they sat down, Uncle Tian realized that Liu Shiqing was silent and his eyes were blank, so he asked Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu what happened to Liu Shiqing?

Yuan Liuzhen sighed and replied, "Probably a little uncomfortable, it will be fine when I go back, please, Uncle Tian, ​​please send Shiqing back to Liu's house."

"No problem. Shiqing and I can rest assured." Uncle Tian replied.He glanced at Liu Shiqing's silent appearance and was still a little worried. After seeing that Liu Shiqing was eating and drinking normally, he felt a lot more relaxed.

After the four of them had dinner together, Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu watched as Uncle Tian took Liu Shiqing into the carriage and left before going to the place where they used to make do.

On the way back, Tao Fu asked Yuan Liuzhen worriedly, "Is it okay for Shiqing to go back like this?"

"No way, we can't let Shiqing stay with us all the time. It's not good for a brother of his to live with us for a long time. Besides, Shiqing knows about me, and it will definitely take a long time to accept. The best way is not to See me." Yuan Liuzhen sighed, and returned to the usual place with Tao Fu.

They spent the night there as usual, and then went to the market the next day.

When they sold out all the things they brought, Yuan Liuzhen calculated all the money, and it was almost 270 taels in total. 270 taels were just enough for him to buy the shop, and only five taels were left for spare.He and Tao Fu asked Uncle Man and Li Niang to wait on the street first, and they brought 270 and five taels of silver to the shop opposite Lanyue Inn.

A few days ago, they had already agreed with the boss that they could pay for the rest of the shop today, and the boss agreed. When they passed by, the shop had already emptied out the items sold before. The boss was waiting for them in the shop and saw them After coming over, he quickly greeted them, invited them to sit in, and poured hot water for them.

The boss didn't say much, he only said which things in the shop could be used and which things needed to be repaired if they were broken, and then showed the house deed to Yuan Liuzhen, "My lord, you see that the house deed is already here, if there is no problem, You can transfer the account with me in a while."

"Okay, let me take a look." Yuan Liuzhen picked up the deed of the shop and looked it over carefully. After there was no problem, he said: "No problem, we will transfer the deed together now."

"okay."

The shop owner followed them to the place where the deed was transferred. They had been there with Uncle Tian last time and they were familiar with it. The transfer of the shop deed was not particularly troublesome. After the transfer, Yuan Liuzhen still asked Tao Fu to sign with him. , Tao Fu wanted to refuse, but Yuan Liuzhen took a look and compromised.

When transferring the house deed, Yuan Liuzhen handed over 270 taels of silver to the shop owner.

The house deed was transferred, and the boss handed over the shop key to Yuan Liuzhen, and they took the key and the house deed to find Uncle Man and the others.

After getting the house deed and key to say goodbye to the boss, Yuan Liuzhen excitedly held Tao Fu's hand and said, "We finally have a shop, so we won't have to run back and forth in the future." The most important thing is that Yuan Liuzhen feels that saving money to buy a house, I was really happy, especially the moment I got the deed.It took him almost half a year to get the deed of this shop. If it was more than a decade or two in the 21st century, or even a lifetime, he might not be able to afford a house of his own with all the money.

Tao Fu couldn't help laughing when he saw Yuan Liuzhen's happy appearance. He could feel that Yuan Liuzhen was really happy, just like Yuan Liuzhen's happiness every time he taught him or Xiaoman how to read. Yuan Liuzhen's happiness was easy to satisfy.He will be happy when he makes money or researches a certain delicious food, and he will be happy when eating, chatting, growing vegetables, and feeding chickens with him.He likes to see Yuan Liuzhen happy.

"We will save more money in the future to buy a better yard."

"Okay." Tao Fu responded after hearing this.

The two came to the street together to find Uncle Man and the others who were waiting for them. Yuan Liuzhen told Uncle Man and Li Niang excitedly, "The transfer of ownership to the shop went smoothly just now. We can bring our things to the shop now, so we don't have to go back and forth in the future. Now we go to Let's tidy up the shop together."

"Okay." Uncle Man and Li Niang were also very happy after hearing this. They were really tired from rushing back and forth to the market, and they had no other time to do other things. Now if they sell snacks in the shop, not only can they have an extra day Selling snacks does not need to run back and forth. The most important thing is that you can make more sausages and other snacks to sell than before.

When they came to the shop together, Yuan Liuzhen opened the door of the shop with a key and looked inside. The boss had cleaned the inside very clean, and they could clean it again.This shop is very large, much smaller than the Lanyue Inn, but much larger than ordinary shops. It is divided into two floors. The front is a bay for selling goods, and the left and right sides lead to the backyard. There are three rooms on the second floor of the shop. , there is a patio in the middle of the backyard, and side rooms on both sides. There are two rooms in the side room for storing things or living in. The back is a small yard, similar to their yard in Liyao Village. There are three large houses on three sides, the yard The middle is very small, only stone benches, stone tables and a well.

Yuan Liuzhen was very satisfied after seeing this place before. Although it can't be used as an inn, it can be used as a shop selling snacks or a restaurant. He has already thought about it in advance. In the future, the open room and the three rooms on the second floor will be used for customers to eat In the place, two side rooms are used to store goods, three rooms, one room where he and Tao Fu lived, one room where Li Niang and Uncle Man lived with Xiao Man after they got married, and the other room was remodeled as a kitchen and a place for processing and eating absolutely okay.

After they entered the shop, Yuan Liuzhen said to Uncle Man and Niang Li: "Uncle Man, Niang Li, the three rooms on the second floor are not used now, you can choose one of them to live in, and Fu and I live in the back yard Room. After selling horseradish and biscuits to save some money, Fu and I are going to open a restaurant."

"It's good to open the restaurant." Uncle Man agreed immediately: "Ah Fu's cooking is so delicious, there must be many people buying it."

"I think so." Li Niang echoed, she had eaten Tao Fu's food, and she never forgot it. Compared with other people's food, Tao Fu's food didn't taste bad.

"I think so too." Yuan Liuzhen praised without hesitation: "With Fu here, it will definitely not be a problem to open a restaurant. In the last few days, we will first clean and repair the shop, and go back to Liyao Village to bring all the things we should bring. Bring them here, and when we settle down, we can make sausages, horseradish and other food in Litang Town, and sell them directly in the shop."

"Okay." After hearing this, Uncle Man and Li Niang were very happy. They followed Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu to the market and made a lot of money. Now they can buy whatever they want.The most important thing is that they have accumulated a lot of money, not only enough for their marriage, but if they save a little more money in the future, they can also buy a yard in Litang Town.

Next, they cleaned the whole shop, put the usable things in order, and repaired the unusable things or piled them up in the side room. Four people cleaned the whole shop, and it was cleaned up quickly.

Yuan Liuzhen saw that all the places were cleaned and repaired, and they drove the ox cart back to Liyao Village.

After returning to Liyao Village, Yuan Liuzhen told Uncle Man and Li Niang that they would not go to the market for the next two days, and asked them to go back and rest for a day. After packing up their things, they would drive an ox cart to pull things over the next morning.

Uncle Man and Niang Li took Xiao Man back home after responding.

After returning to the yard, Yuan Liuzhen took out the deed of the shop and looked at it again and again, and excitedly pulled Tao Fu and said: "After packing up, we will go to Litang Town to sell snacks first, and return to the county with me when we save some money." superior."

Tao Fu felt a little guilty after hearing this. Yuan Liuzhen had plans for everything. Although he really wanted to marry Yuan Liuzhen immediately, but now he had no money with him, so he couldn't go to Yuan's house alone and propose marriage to Yuan's family.And Yuan Liuzhen considered everything for him.After getting acquainted with Yuan Liuzhen, Yuan Liuzhen was always able to think about many things very thoughtfully, planning how to help him pay off the money owed as soon as possible, and trying to help Uncle Man and Li Niang, and saving money to buy such an expensive shop.Before meeting Yuan Liuzhen, he never thought so much. Although he also wanted to pay off the debt as soon as possible before, but the ways to make money are limited. He used many methods and spent a long time to pay off the debt .After meeting Yuan Liuzhen, he discovered that sometimes he has very good skills, and if he uses them well, he can also make a lot of money.It's just that he didn't think much about it.

"According to what Zhenzhen said, it's just that I let Zhenzhen consider everything, and I feel a little sorry." Tao Fu said apologetically.

"What's the matter? From now on, we will be a family. Should we discuss things together?" Yuan Liuzhen didn't care about these things at all.

"Yes, if you have something to discuss together, Zhenzhen shouldn't hide it from me like before." He would worry and think too much.

"Of course." Yuan Liuzhen has nothing to hide from Tao Fu except her brother's identity and pregnancy. Of course, he is from another world, except for this thing that he will not tell anyone.

It was already late when they returned to the yard, they boiled hot water, and prepared to take a bath and go to bed.

While Yuan Liuzhen was taking a bath, Tao Fu was still too shy to avoid suspicion.Yuan Liuzhen knew Tao Fu's character, knew that Tao Fu knew he was a brother, and was concerned about his identity, so he didn't force Tao Fu to live in the same room with him. It was troublesome, but before going to bed, Tao Fu would lie next to him for a while, talk to him, and leave when he fell asleep.

Shuri and the others were busy packing up the things they could bring. When Yuan Liuzhen was packing the study, he found that the paintings he had drawn before were not in the right order. He guessed that Liu Shiqing must have flipped through them. After searching for a while, he found that all the paintings he drew were not missing It's just that the order is wrong. When he took out the folded poem, he couldn't help smiling when he thought of the complicated mood at that time.

"What is Zhenzhen laughing at?" Tao Fu walked into the study after packing up the other things and saw Yuan Liuzhen smiling. When he came over and saw the poem written on the paper in Yuan Liuzhen's hand, he was a little puzzled.In the past few months, Yuan Liuzhen has been teaching him how to read, but he just can't learn it well. Although he works hard, it is really difficult to learn to read. It takes several days to learn a word, even if Yuan Liuzhen taught him. He still can't remember the more convenient method of literacy, the "Pinyin literacy" method.A few months have passed, and now he only knows a dozen characters, and he can only write his own name, and he can write it crookedly.

On the contrary, Yuan Liuzhen was very patient. No matter how badly he could write, if he learned it today, he would forget it tomorrow. Yuan Liuzhen still took great pleasure in teaching him how to read.At that time, he felt that Yuan Liuzhen must really want to be a teacher, and he should have been very happy when he became a teacher in Ligou Village. It was only because of the incident that Ayepo was looking for a job later, otherwise Yuan Liuzhen was still teaching everyone in Ligou Village to read.

"What is this?" Tao Fu only knew the words "wu" and "xin" on it, but not the other words.

Yuan Liuzhen smiled after hearing this, and gave the piece of paper directly to Tao Fu, "This is for you, and you will know what it is after you learn all the characters on it."

Tao Fu was even more puzzled when he took the paper Yuan Liuzhen handed over, but he still put it away carefully, thinking that he would learn to read it later, or ask someone if he had a chance, what was written on it.

The two of them packed the things with a bundle one by one, and after finishing packing, they went to the back of the yard to see the chickens that had grown a lot in the chicken coop.

Yuan Liuzhen looked at the ready-to-eat chickens and asked Tao Fu, "Should we bring these chickens to Litang Town together?"

"Take it and keep it in a chicken coop, it can replenish your body after a while." Tao Fu replied.

Yuan Liuzhen didn't expect this. Anyway, even if Tao Fu didn't know that he was pregnant, he would often cook all kinds of food for him. Tao Fu would cook whatever he wanted.Now knowing that he is pregnant is indeed much more detailed than before.

"That's fine, the chickens raised by myself are safe to eat."

The two put the chickens in the chicken coop into the coop one by one, and went to check the various rooms in the yard to make sure that there was nothing missing before resting.

One day passed quickly, and the next day Uncle Man brought Xiaoman and Li Niang to Yuan Liuzhen's yard with their belongings. Tao Fu borrowed two bullock carts and loaded everything into the carts.

Seeing Li Niang, Yuan Liuzhen asked worriedly, "Li Niang, what should Uncle Li do at home alone?"

Seeing that Yuan Liuzhen cared about her father, Li Niang smiled and said, "Father has seen the doctor several times in the past few months, and has taken a lot of tonics. The old injury has healed up a lot. Now it is much better than before. I can cook by myself even when I am not around." I can grow vegetables in the field.” Speaking of this, Li Niang looked gratefully at Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu and said, “Thanks to you and Fu for letting me sell snacks with you, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to earn money for Ah. Father sees the doctor."

"It's all right." Yuan Liuzhen said with a smile: "In the future, I will earn more money by opening a shop in Litang Town, and then I can take Uncle Li to live with me."

"Aman and I also think the same way. After we get married in a few days, we can save some money and buy a yard in Litang Town to take my father over."

"Well, then don't be polite to me. If you need help, you must come to me and Fu." Yuan Liuzhen smiled heartily.

"Definitely." Li Niang looked at Yuan Liuzhen gratefully.

They brought a lot of things and drove the ox cart to the newly bought shop again. Li Niang and Uncle Man picked the two upstairs rooms to put the things down, and Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu put the things in the two rooms in the backyard respectively. , They put the chicken coop they brought over in a remote corner behind the yard and put it down.

Then they went to work in the front bay and cleaned up the front bay again.

Yuan Liuzhen asked Uncle Man to find a carpenter in the town to order some shelves similar to those used in modern supermarkets, and asked Li Niang to go to the town to order some flour, rice and other things.

He and Yuan Liuzhen were busy in the kitchen, preparing to cook a sumptuous meal for their first meal in the new shop.

Although Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu are busy in the kitchen together, most of the time Tao Fu is busy alone. Yuan Liuzhen always wants to help but Tao Fu refuses. Yuan Liuzhen is very helpless. He has said many times that he is not like other brothers. Tao Fu still refused to let him help.

Tao Fu didn't think that Yuan Liuzhen was weak and refused to let Yuan Liuzhen help, but that he should treat Yuan Liuzhen better, and he couldn't help with making money and finding ways, but he still didn't want Yuan Liuzhen to worry about cooking and working hard. .

Tao Fu still cooks all Yuan Liuzhen's favorite dishes, such as cold eggplant, braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, cold sausage, griddle chicken, pickled fish, and Yuan Liuzhen's favorite pancakes.

Yuan Liuzhen sat on the sidelines and watched Tao Fu cook all his favorite dishes, enjoying it very much. Thinking of the deliciousness of these dishes, he swallowed his saliva from time to time.Although he has been eating the meals cooked by Tao Fu for several months, he is not tired of eating at all. It seems that he eats different delicious food every day, which makes him want to keep eating and eat more.

After Tao Fu finished cooking, he and Yuan Liuzhen brought the food to the table in the bay.

Because today was the first meal in the new shop, Yuan Liuzhen also took out one of the remaining three bottles of red wine to celebrate.

Seeing Yuan Liuzhen put the red wine on the table, Tao Fu worried, "Zhenzhen, you can't drink now."

"I know. I won't drink it. I'll drink it for you, Uncle Man, and Niang Li." Yuan Liuzhen replied.

Tao Fu smiled after hearing this.

The two had just arranged all the meals when Uncle Man and Niang Li came back with Xiao Man.

Yuan Liuzhen hurriedly greeted Uncle Man and the others to wash their hands and eat. After Uncle Man and the others washed their hands and sat down, they saw the dishes on the table with surprise smiles on their faces.

Yuan Liuzhen poured a glass of wine for Uncle Man, Li Niang, and Tao Fu and said with a smile: "This is our first meal in the new shop. When everything in the shop is ready, our shop can open. In addition to eating this delicious meal made by Fu today, I also need to think of a name for the shop, what do you think is a better name for the shop?"

Uncle Man and Li Niang were both illiterate, while Tao Fu only knew a dozen or so characters. They both shook their heads and said that they would let Yuan Liuzhen decide for herself.

Yuan Liuzhen had already thought of a few names before, so she said to everyone: "The easy-to-remember names are Tao Xiaoshi and Taoshiju, and the elegant names are Guxiangge, Shilaixuan, and Hongqizhai. Which one do you think is better?"

Xiaoman knew a few more words, so he replied immediately: "Taoshiju."

Tao Fu thought for a while and said, "Tao Xiaoshi." He felt that as long as he said the word "Xiaoshi", no one would know it, and it would be easier to remember.

Li Niang and Uncle Man didn't understand these things, but they still felt that Tao Xiaoshi's call was more fluent, so they said, "Tao Xiaoshi, it's easy to call."

In fact, Yuan Liuzhen also prefers the names Tao Xiaoshi or Taoshiju. The pronunciation of Tao is the same as Tao Fu's surname, and Xiaoshi means ancient snacks, so the name is easy to remember.

After listening to everyone's opinions, Yuan Liuzhen said with a smile: "From then on, the name of the shop will be Tao Xiaoshi. After dinner, I will find someone to order a sign, and we will open when everything is ready."

After deciding on the name of the shop, they started to eat. Uncle Man, Yuan Liuzhen, Li Niang and Xiao Man all loved Tao Fu's cooking skills, and couldn't stop eating.

During the meal, Yuan Liuzhen kept calling Tao Fu, Uncle Man, and Li Niang to drink red wine, but Uncle Man asked him, "Why doesn't Zhenzhen drink wine?"

Yuan Liuzhen was a little embarrassed. Only Tao Fu knew that he was a brother. He was going to tell Uncle Man that he was a brother after he took Tao Fu back to Yuan's house and settled the marriage. Otherwise, he would say that he was a brother now. It's my brother and she's pregnant. If Uncle Man sees him differently after he finds out, he won't be able to bear it.He knew that with the character of Uncle Man and Li Niang, he wouldn't think that his brother's status was anything special, but he still cared about their surprise when they found out, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not feeling well recently, no Good to drink."

Uncle Man didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, but drank more wine with Tao Fu.

Tao Fu knew why Yuan Liuzhen didn't tell Uncle Man why his brother's identity was, and he couldn't help feeling more guilty. He felt that he couldn't protect Yuan Liuzhen better, and made Yuan Liuzhen pregnant without knowing it. It was all his fault. Make money as soon as possible to marry Yuan Liuzhen.

Because of guilt, he drank a lot of wine, and was a little drunk after eating.

Seeing that Tao Fu was drunk, Yuan Liuzhen and Uncle Man took Tao Fu to the back room.

Originally, Yuan Liuzhen planned to customize the brand of the shop by himself, but now that Fu Tao was drunk, he had no choice but to write down the words "Tao Xiaoshi" on the paper and give it to Uncle Man, who asked Uncle Man to help him customize a brand, and let Uncle Man have a look Is there any stone mill for sale? I need to buy a large stone mill.

After Uncle Man left, Yuan Liuzhen took care of the drunk Tao Fu alone, and Li Niang took Xiaoman to the second floor to pack the things he brought over.

Tao Fu was drunk this time, instead of dragging him and praising him like last time, he was a little drowsy. After he took Tao Fu to lie down, he touched Tao Fu's forehead and looked at Tao Fu. After Fu closed his eyes, he couldn't help staring at the long eyelashes and handsome face for a while.

It's just that he hasn't stared at him for a long time, Tao Fu slightly opened his eyes to look at him, and when he saw him, he suddenly took his hand that was put aside, and began to blame himself in various ways, feeling sorry for him, making him suffer, and letting him suffer. Suffering, not finding out that he was pregnant earlier, not knowing that he was a brother earlier, not marrying him earlier, not having money, not giving him a rich life, not letting him eat and dress well, not letting him be carefree like other brothers worry about life.

Yuan Liuzhen became jealous when he heard it. He knew what Tao Fu was thinking, and he didn't want Tao Fu to continue to blame himself, so he held Tao Fu's hand and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, we will become better in the future." Well, what I do now is because I like it, I like it. I don’t like to be around men every day like other guys, and I don’t like to embroider, go shopping, and talk about rouge and gouache like women every day. I like to make money , I also like doing business. That’s why I’m doing what I’m doing now, Fu, don’t blame yourself like this.”

Yuan Liuzhen comforted Tao Fu for a long time, but Tao Fu still blamed himself, and kept holding his hand, his voice choked with sobs, and kept saying sorry to him, saying that he would take good care of him in the future, and that he would let him live every day. Smile happily, so that he can be a master, saying that he can't make contributions, so he has to make contributions for him.

Tao Fu talked a lot, and his words were incoherent, but Yuan Liuzhen knew that everything Tao Fu said was what Tao Fu was thinking in his heart now, and he wanted to do his best to realize these things for him, so he felt warmer in his heart.

He took care of Tao Fu to fall asleep, and then got up and looked at the narrow courtyard through the window for a while, then turned to look at Tao Fu who was already asleep, and couldn't help smiling slightly.