Earn money to support your family in ancient times

"You damn girl, you didn't listen to me telling you to take the noodles back early, but you ran over to collect them at such a late hour!" Little Hua Niang held the door, and when she saw Xiao Hua came back, she hurriedly pulled him in, poked her head out and looked Left and right, lowered their voices and said, "Did you meet anyone when you came back, did they ask you?"

"Then I forgot! If you don't take the noodles, it will be ruined if it gets wet!" Xiaohua stuffed the package in her arms into her mother's hands, and patted her clothes twice with her hands, "When I come back It was too bad luck, I bumped into that Boss Tang and fell."

"Then...then he..." Xiaohuaniang opened her eyes wide, her expression changed suddenly, she stuttered and couldn't speak a complete sentence.

Xiaohua smiled triumphantly: "It's okay! I ran so fast, he probably didn't see me clearly, and even if he saw me clearly, he wouldn't recognize me!" That Boss Tang didn't usually deal with the villagers, so even if he saw me She didn't recognize it either.

"That's good, that's good," Little Hua's mother patted her chest with lingering fear, now she has time to care about her daughter, she immediately reached out to touch Xiao Hua's mother, "Where did you fall? Don't hurt your face!"

"Oh, mother, don't touch it!" Xiaohua avoided her mother's hand impatiently, walked into the house, sat down and poured herself a bowl of water, and showed her mother in the dim light of the oil lamp, "Here, you Look, there's nothing wrong with it!"

She still needs to rely on this face to marry a good family, and she can't hurt her face anywhere!

Xiao Huaniang looked at it carefully, then sat down and smiled: "Then I don't worry, my daughter is the prettiest girl in the whole village, I'm afraid there are few in the town who can compare, mother is still waiting for you Marry into a good family and let your mother enjoy the blessings!"

"Mother, don't worry, when I get married, I will definitely take you and dad to enjoy the happy life!" Xiaohua patted her chest and promised.

Xiao Huaniang is just such a daughter, and the future will be all pointed at her. Hearing what she said, she was so happy from ear to ear, she kept saying: "Okay, you are my good daughter!"

"Mother, although your daughter and I have no trouble finding a good family, but those rich and noble families must also ask for a lot of dowry." Xiaohua touched her face and said to her mother, "Our family is not bad in the village. Not bad, but it’s far worse than those people! What if those people think that we give too little dowry?”

She raised her neck: "Let's say it first, I want to be the main wife, and I will never be a petty person!"

"That's right! How could Mother make you a little girl!" Little Hua Niang patted Xiao Hua's hand, pointed to the bag on the table and said, "Isn't this what Mother gave you to earn your dowry? It's just such a small bag It can be sold for fifteen cents! We are not bad at this, and if it is cheaper, people will definitely grab it! At that time, you will not have to worry about your dowry!"

As he spoke, he poohed to the side again: "That thief surnamed Tang is a shrewd one. I only stole water a few times before he discovered me. His mother Su Nuo and that surname Zhou have been staring at me for the past two days. Me, or we could do more!"

"Mum, will they quit you?" Xiaohua frowned, and cursed again, "That Tang man covered up the water too tightly! It looks like nothing special, but without it, he can't do anything." Come out with that kind of noodles!"

"It's okay, don't worry, they don't have any evidence, so they dare not resign me!" Xiaohuaniang said to Xiaohua with a confident face, "Isn't there still some water I brought back earlier, you should hurry up and make more noodles. There is sunshine in the past two days, so it’s best to dry it early and sell it.”

Speaking of drying noodles, Xiaohua pouted her mouth, and untied the bundle with two strokes, revealing the gray noodles inside.

"Mother, we don't have a rack for drying noodles. The noodles are all curved. The noodles are mixed with a lot of rough noodles. The color is not as good as others. Can they be sold at a good price?"

They are not willing to put all the white and fine noodles when making noodles, and they can't eat them several times a year!

Xiao Hua Niang waved her hand: "Hey, when the time comes, wrap it in oiled paper, no one will see it, let's say we bought it from Tang, even if people come to look for it, they won't be able to find us!"

"Mom, you are right!" Xiaohua rolled her eyes and said happily, "Mother, try to get as much water as possible when you come back from work, I will make more!"

Xiao Huaniang looked at the noodles as if she were looking at money, and gritted her teeth, "Okay! Mommy, bring back some more!"

After finishing speaking, he took Xiao Hua's hand and patted it, and said distressedly: "I just have to work hard!"

"It's not hard work if you can earn money!" Xiaohua smiled, resting her head on Xiaohuaniang's shoulder.

Anyway, it's to earn her dowry, so it's okay for her to work hard, in order to be able to marry a good family, this little bit of hard work is nothing!

"Brother Nuo, do you have anything you like?" Tang Yuan walked to Su Nuo's side and asked in a warm voice.

Today is the winter solstice, there are many more people coming out to eat than usual, the store is so busy, Su Nuo is so tired of collecting money and looking for money, he has no time to talk to Tang Yuan.

"Brother Tang, if you have nothing to do, go and sit next to me, I'm very busy here," Su Nuo saw that Tang Yuan had been dawdling beside him, but couldn't tell what was going on, his head was getting big, I couldn't help but said to him, "Or you can help Brother Huzi and Da Zhuang, or you can go to the kitchen and stay there."

It's been all morning. Since the two met this morning, Big Brother Tang has been following him. At first he was still happy in his heart, but he couldn't hold back when he arrived in the store. Big Brother Tang was still following him. Da Zhuang and the others all looked at him Several times!

He explicitly and secretly told Brother Tang not to follow him, but for some reason, Brother Tang couldn't understand what was going on, so he insisted on rubbing against him and asking irrelevant questions from time to time.

"Don't worry, they can handle it," Tang Yuan couldn't say what he wanted to say yesterday, holding his breath in his chest, and now his mind is full of confession, he has no time to talk about other things, he still wants to speak up when he sees Su Nuo He looked at Su Nuo and said, "I'm the boss, so I hire people so that I won't tire myself, so I can't let me do everything."

He believed that Brother Huzi and Da Zhuang could do it. The salary he gave was so generous that they should pay him back. If he and Nuo Ge'er were not married by then, he would take them a little less gift money.

Seeing what Tang Yuan said, Su Nuo had no choice but to swallow the words. After all, what Tang Yuan said was somewhat reasonable.

"Brother Nuo," Tang Yuan saw that Su Nuo stopped talking, and leaned against the counter, leaning back slightly and turning his head to Su Nuo's side, "You haven't said what you like?"

Su Nuo lost his temper after being tormented by Tang Yuan. He didn't want to get angry with Tang Yuan, so he held his breath in his heart, gave him a light look and said, "I like fireflies!"

Tang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and pursed his lips. Nuo Geer likes fireflies, which is not easy to handle. Where can he find fireflies in this winter?

Su Nuo's ears were finally quiet. He drank a sip of water, let out a breath, and continued to work.

"How much?" A customer came to pay.

Su Nuo took the skewers and counted, raised his head and said with a smile: "Including the soup base, it's a total of one hundred and ten—"

"Nuogeer!"

Su Nuo was suddenly interrupted, startled, couldn't hold back his anger anymore, turned his head angrily and said, "Brother Tang, what's wrong with you?!"

"Brother Nuo, I'll leave the store to you. I have something to do, so I'm leaving first!" Tang Yuan couldn't hide his excitement, turned around and walked out of the counter, and went straight out. When he reached the door, he stopped suddenly and turned to face Su Nuo. Said, "By the way, let's rest tomorrow, celebrate your birthday, and eat hot pot at my house together!"

"Ah?" Before Su Nuo could react, there was no sign of Tang Yuan at the door. He stomped his feet angrily, and muttered, "Hot pot? What is that? Could it be Brother Tang's new food?"

As he thought about it, his heart felt sweet. It turned out that Big Brother Tang attached so much importance to his birthday...

When Tang Yuan left the house, he went to a large market in the west, where everything was sold, but he had to look for it by himself.

"Little brother, look at my leather, it's just right to buy it to make a scarf!"

"Selling wild boars! Freshly beaten piglets! So tender and delicious!"

Tang Yuan paid attention as he walked, maybe the things he wanted to buy might not be easy to find at this time, but if they weren't available here, he didn't know where to look for them.

It was lively here, there were many people, and there were constant yelling. It took him half an hour to find what he wanted.

"Brother, how much are these honeycomb residues?"

Tang Yuan stood in front of a honey stand and asked a man with his arms folded.

"What?" The man looked at Tang Yuan suspiciously, and then pointed to the honeycomb scum displayed in front of him in disbelief, "You want to buy these scum?"

Tang Yuan nodded: "Yes, how much?"

This man has never met such a customer before. He only put the hive dregs to make people believe that his honey is real and good.

He is an honest person, and he doesn't want to do bad business, so he said to Tang Yuan: "My little brother, I have already squeezed all the honey in here, and it is useless for you to buy it back." He thought Tang Yuan wanted to buy it because he had no money. Buy honeycomb dregs and go back and try your luck to see if there is any honey left.

"I know," Tang Yuan smiled and nodded, pointing to the honeycomb slag, "I bought these for other purposes, I want all of these, how much?"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, the man scratched his head, hesitated for a while and said, "You really want to buy it, so how about it, buy some honey, and I'll give it to you."

There was a large pot of honey in front of the man's stall, and there were several small earthen pots beside it, which must have been used to hold honey.

"Okay," Tang Yuan pointed to a small clay pot that was slapped by an adult, "Just take this pot and fill it for me."

"Success," the man happily agreed, filled a can for Tang Yuan and handed it to him, "Eighty Wen!"

Honey is a rarity, more expensive than sugar, and the man didn't cheat him at this price.

Tang Yuan handed over the money, and asked the man for a pannier, and put the honeycomb and pot residue in it.

The man readily agreed, and thoughtfully put a few handfuls of straw in the back basket to prevent the jar from being accidentally smashed.

After Tang Yuan bought something, he returned to the village in an ox cart, and then gave the noodle workers a holiday.

"Then how do you calculate the wages?" Xiaohua Niang's tone was a little dissatisfied.

Before Tang Yuan could speak, Su's mother said, "Of course you get paid as long as you work!"

"That's right! How can you get paid if you don't do anything?" Mrs. Zhou echoed, and then greeted everyone, "Okay, since Boss Tang has given us a vacation, let's go back quickly. Today is the winter solstice, and we just go back to pack dumpling!"

Everyone has been here for so many days, and they all have some spare money in their hands. As the saying goes, the winter solstice is as big as the year. Tang Yuan gave them half a day off today. They also want to go back and eat something good. How important is it.

"Yes, yes, let's go back quickly!" Everyone walked away in groups of threes, everyone had no objections, and Xiao Hua had no choice but to leave, and Mother Su and Aunt Zhou looked at each other, both of them planned to resign Xiao Hua tomorrow. mother.

Until everyone went out, Tang Yuan didn't open his mouth to talk about wages. He was planning to take the vacation as a benefit, but when Xiao Huaniang said that, he was in no mood to mention it.

Tang Yuan first took out the honey in the basket and put it away, then poured the honeycomb residue into the basin, submerged it in clean water, and washed it with his hands.

He wants to make beeswax. Nuo Geer likes fireflies because he likes the way they twinkle in the dark. It is impossible to have fireflies in this weather. Fireworks are too dangerous to make. Only candles can glow in the dark. It's not dangerous to do.

In fact, candles can also be bought in stores, but one costs eight cents, and most people can't afford it, so they can only use oil lamps. Tang Yuan can afford it now, but this is a gift he wants to give to Nuo Ge'er. Do it yourself to show sincerity.

Tang Yuan rubbed and washed the honeycomb dregs into fist-sized balls and put them aside to drain, then went into the kitchen to heat a pot of hot water, poured the balls into the pot and boiled them slowly.

During the cooking process, use a large iron spoon to stir it up, which makes it easier to cook.

Slowly, the water in the pot will turn yellow, which is the melted beeswax. Tang Yuan poured a basin of cold water on the side of the stove, carefully scooped it out with a spoon and poured it into the cold water. When the beeswax met the cold water, will gradually solidify.

He repeated the action, took out all the melted beeswax in the pot, and then kneaded the solidified beeswax in the cold water into balls.

After that, put a pot in the pot, put a well-shaped partition across it, cover it with a layer of gauze, and put the beeswax kneaded into a ball.

Beeswax will melt when heated, this is to purify and filter the beeswax again.

After the beeswax was completely melted, Tang Yuan took out the basin, removed the gauze, and there was filtered beeswax in the basin.

Before the beeswax cooled and solidified, Tang Yuan quickly took out a white porcelain cup with a round bottom and a shallow mouth, poured the beeswax one by one, and rubbed it into the cotton thread.

When the beeswax solidifies, it becomes a small candle.

Tang Yuan took the candles into the house, and put them one by one into the lanterns he bought earlier. The style of the lanterns was also chosen by him. They looked like little rabbits, and each one was only the size of a palm.

After he finished his work, Su Nuo and the others also came back.

"Brother Tang, I bought back what you asked for!"

Hearing Su Nuo's voice, Tang Yuan hurried out and closed the door by the way.

"Thank you, Brother Nuo," Tang Yuan unloaded the car, and told Su Nuo, "Brother Nuo, you don't have to wake up so early tomorrow, just come over when it's time for lunch."

Su Nuo blinked and said playfully, "I know Brother Tang, I will be lazy tomorrow."

The next day, Tang Yuan got up early in the morning to process the ingredients. Since he was going to eat hot pot today, he had to prepare all the dishes in advance. Some vegetarian dishes are fine, just wash them and put them on the plate.

But some meaty ones had to be processed in advance, such as meatballs, pig blood, duck intestines, etc. After washing these internal organs, Tang Yuan's hands were so cold that he couldn't feel it.

He rubbed his hands and put the finished things into the kitchen.

Tang Yuan didn't plan to stir-fry the hot pot base, but planned to make do with the base of Chuan Chuan Xiang, anyway, the taste of the two is not much different.

He looked at the sky and thought that Su Nuo and the others were coming, so he quickly took out the installed lantern from the house, tied up his clothes, climbed up the tree, and hung the lantern on the silk tree next to his house.

"Brother Tang!"

When Tang Yuan heard the movement, he hurriedly straightened his clothes and went out.

"Xiao Yuan, why did you come from there?" Since it was for Su Nuo's birthday, Tang Yuan naturally invited Su's father and Su's mother. Seeing Tang Yuan coming from there, Su's mother couldn't help asking with a smile.

Tang Yuan blurred his words and let everyone enter the house.

He set up a stove in the main room, put a small iron pot on it, poured the base material of skewered incense into it, as the heat increased, the spicy aroma dissipated, and the pot bubbled up.

"Don't be too polite, everyone, just put in whatever you want," Tang Yuan picked up a plate and put meatballs into the pot with chopsticks. "Today is Brother Nuo's birthday, and we are happy to gather together to celebrate him."

Ever since Su's mother knew that Tang Yuan was interested in Su Nuo, she became more and more satisfied with Tang Yuan. Seeing that he took so much effort to celebrate Su Nuo's birthday this time, she felt even more satisfied.

"Okay, Xiaoyuan, let's do it by ourselves," she said hurriedly when she saw Tang Yuan kept putting food in, "Sit down and eat!"

"Brother Tang, Brother Su Nuo, I can't wait, I'm starting!" Da Zhuang smelled the fragrance, kept swallowing, and stared at the motionless meat in the pot. Once the meat in the pot was cooked, he stretched out Chopsticks.

"Hiss! It's delicious!" Da Zhuang squinted his eyes even though he had eaten it before.

Tang Yuan scooped up two meatballs for Su Nuo with a colander, and brought him two small dishes of dipping sauce.

One oil dish, one sesame sauce dish.

"Try to dip it in." He smiled and pushed the plate across.

"Huh." Su Nuo glanced at Tang Yuan, tentatively dipped the oil dish, and then put the meatballs into his mouth.

The temperature of the meatballs dipped in the oil dish has dropped slightly, making it easier to eat, and adding a bit of special flavor, which makes the meatballs taste better and richer.

"Delicious!" Su Nuo's eyes lit up, and he looked at Tang Yuan in surprise.

Tang Yuan said softly, "Try dipping in sesame sauce again."

"Ok!"

Su Nuo rolled the meatballs on the plate with anticipation, and then impatiently put them in his mouth. The sweetness of the sesame sauce well eased the spicyness of the meatballs, adding a touch of other flavor to the meatballs, which made Su Nuo very happy. I like it.

Compared with the oil dish, he prefers the sesame sauce dish, and Tang Yuan doesn't need to do it, he just keeps pinching it into the pot.

When Da Zhuang saw him, he muttered that Tang Yuan was biased. Tang Yuan glanced at Su's father and Su's mother, and quickly went to get the dipping plate again, and shut his mouth!

Everyone sat together and chatted while eating, and they didn't leave after eating. Tang Yuan also took out roasted seeds and let everyone chat while eating.

As it was getting dark outside, Tang Yuan made an excuse to go to the toilet to go out.

When they came back, taking advantage of the excitement of the crowd, they went around to Su Nuo, bent down, and said in a low voice, "Brother Nuo, come out with me."

Su Nuo thought that Tang Yuan had something important to tell him, so he hurriedly followed him out.

Tang Yuan took Su Nuo out, then took out a veil and covered his eyes.

"Nuogeer, let me show you something."

He stood behind Su Nuo, put his hands on his shoulders, and pressed his lips to his ear.

Su Nuo raised his hand subconsciously to touch the veil on his eyes, felt the warm breath on his ears, his heart trembled, his arms went limp, and his mind was dizzy.

Tang Yuan carefully pushed Su Nuo to walk under the acacia tree, and within a few steps, he reached the tree.

"All right."

He stretched out his hand to undo the veil covering Su Nuo's eyes, and brushed his hand casually over his fair neck.

Su Nuo's slender eyelashes trembled, and when he looked up, he froze in place.

Seventeen rabbit lanterns are hung high and low on the tall acacia tree. When the night wind blows, the branches shake slightly, and the candles in the lanterns also flicker and flicker, like fireflies dancing in the grass in summer. look like.

"Brother Tang..."

There was warmth in the corners of Su Nuo's eyes and brows, he turned around and called out to Tang Yuan softly.

"Hush," Tang Yuan put up his index finger and put it against his lips, with little Su Nuo in his eyes, "Do you like it?"

Su Nuo rolled his almond eyes and said softly, "I like it."

"Then—" Tang Yuan took another step closer, lowered his head, almost touched the tip of Su Nuo's nose, and said with a light smile, "Promise me?"

"I am pleased with you."

Su Nuo's breathing was stagnant, his hands were clenched suddenly, his neck and ears turned red.

"Speak." Tang Yuan's eyes darkened, and he raised his hand to rub his blood-red earlobe.

Su Nuo's waist softened, and he threw himself into Tang Yuan's arms uncontrollably.

He covered his face in embarrassment, like a broken can, he pressed his forehead to Tang Yuan's chest, and said in a low voice, "Okay."

作者有话要说：感谢在2022-02-2420:57:32~2022-02-2522:55:44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 who threw the landmine: I wish you a smile;

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!