Earn money to support your family in ancient times

After dinner, Father Su went to his room to study again.

Tang Yuan and the others were all talking around the stove in the main room to watch the new year. There were several plates of roasted seeds and nuts, dried persimmons and lollipops on the table.

"Xiao Yuan, I'm going to get Nuo Ge'er and his father a bowl of noodles." Su's mother roasted the fire for a while, looked at Tang Yuan and the others, "You are also hungry, do you want to get you a bowl of noodles?"

The reunion dinner was full of fish and meat, and everyone ate very full, and their stomachs were inevitably greasy, so they were not hungry for dinner, and they didn't eat. Now that Su's mother mentioned it, they all feel a little hungry.

"Then I will trouble you." Tang Yuan smiled and thanked Su's mother.

"You child, why are you being polite to me!"

Mother Su got up and went to the kitchen, but came back with a tray in a quarter of an hour.

She raised her chin at Su Nuo: "Brother Nuo, go ask your father to come out to eat noodles, it's getting dark today, let's take a break and watch the New Year with us."

Su Nuo nodded: "Okay, I'll go right away."

Mother Su ordered five bowls of plain noodles. The soup was very light, with a few green vegetables floating on top of the soup. It is burnt and fried, and it is full of oily fragrance when you bite it down, fragrant and crispy.

Tang Yuan picked up his chopsticks and snorted, which just relieved the greasy in his stomach, and took another bite of the fried egg, which was very satisfying.

The fried egg in his bowl was still a soft-boiled egg. When he bit into it, the golden egg yolk flowed out quickly and penetrated into the white noodles, dyeing the clear soup into a light yellow color, giving it a unique taste.

It was cold at night in winter, and the colder the night, the colder it was. Although the stove was lit, it was still unavoidable that the chill seeped into the house through the cracks in the doors and windows.

Everyone gathered around the stove, drinking hot noodles in clear soup, not to mention how comfortable it was.

After eating the noodles, I didn't wash the bowls. I just put them in the kitchen to wait for tomorrow. It's cold at night, so I don't bother to wash them. Anyway, it's Chinese New Year today, and many people are lazy.

At first, the few people were still talking, but then they gradually became sleepy. The oil lamp burning on the table flickered, and the room was dimly flickering.

Huzi yawned one after another, lowered his head and nodded, while Su's mother and Su's father were leaning on each other, their eyelids half closed, Su Nuo couldn't hold it back, his head rested on Tang Yuan's shoulder, and he seemed to have fallen asleep past.

Tang Yuan touched Su Nuo's hand, feeling a little chilly, he wanted to get up and put clothes on for Su Nuo, but he was afraid of waking someone up, so he stuffed Su Nuo's hand into his bosom and covered it.

The fire in the stove was a little low, Tang Yuan lightly took some firewood and put it in, and picked it out with tongs.

After an unknown amount of time, Tang Yuan also felt sleepy, with his eyes half-opened and half-closed, his chin rubbed against the top of Su Nuo's head, and his head and Su Nuo were touching each other.

Suddenly, a burst of "cracking" firecrackers sounded, and several people woke up shivering.

When Tang Yuan moved, Su Nuo's head tilted, his body became unstable and he fell down, but fortunately, Tang Yuan's eyes were sharp and his hands quickly caught him.

"Amitabha! You don't want to be injured on the first day of the New Year! It's unlucky!" Mother Su patted her chest and gave Su Nuo a light look.

Su Nuo was also shocked enough, his drowsiness was gone, Tang Yuan patted him on the back twice comfortingly.

Mother Su asked Tang Yuan to take a string of firecrackers to the door and set them off again, and made several people return to their senses.

"Okay, I'm tired now, go back to your room and rest for a while, and I have to go to worship the ancestors and pay New Year's greetings later." Mother Su waved to everyone wearily.

Tang Yuan: "Then you rest first, Brother Huzi and I will come over later."

The town is too far away, so Mother Su and Su Nuo cleaned up one room from Tang Yuan's original house yesterday, so that Tang Yuan and Hu Zi can rest today.

During the first month of the lunar year, there is no way to rest well. When visiting relatives and friends, guests must be entertained, and the sound of firecrackers can be heard from morning to night.

Tang Yuan and Huzi went back to rest and were woken up by the sound of firecrackers one after another within two hours. Huzi had big dark circles under his eyes, and Tang Yuan was also sluggish. He patted his face and washed his face with cold water. Face, the whole person is quite awake.

Tang Yuan: "Brother Huzi, let's go back to the town to get the New Year gifts we bought, and then go to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Su and Aunt Su."

Huzi also washed with cold water, his face twisted from the ice: "Okay."

The two took the New Year's gift and went to Su's house. Su's father and Su's mother entertained them warmly and kindly, and gave them a red envelope.

Both Tang Yuan and Hu Zi were a little embarrassed, but Su's father and Su's mother only smiled and said that they are not considered adults until they are married, so naturally they will receive red envelopes.

Hearing what Su's father and Su's mother said, Tang Yuan accepted it. His face was flushed red for the sake of his son, and Su's father and Su's mother talked for a long time before he accepted it.

Tang Yuan and Hu Zi came early, and the relatives of the Su family hadn't come yet, so he left after sitting for a while after New Year's greetings.

He also has to go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, and soon the relatives of the Su family will come, so his staying here will inevitably make Su's mother more tired.

But before leaving, he pulled Su Nuo out and put a red envelope in Su Nuo's palm.

Su Nuo only looked at him and pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes sparkled, and he hooked his fingers on his palm.

As winter went to spring, Tang Yuan's business became more and more smooth, and Li Yaozu's lemons were also planted a lot. This honey lemonade, which was known to everyone last winter, finally appeared on the vegetable list.

Everyone liked the fresh taste very much. For a while, honey lemonade sold better than sour plum soup. Even though its price was three Wen more expensive than sour plum soup, people bought it in an endless stream.

On the contrary, Tang Yuan was afraid that the quantity of lemons could not be supplied, so he limited the quantity, and only sold fifty cups a day, and when they were sold out, they would be gone.

In addition, he re-established the contract with Li Yaozu and increased the order of lemons.

Li Yaozu blushed with excitement holding the newly signed contract. He seemed to have remembered something, looked at Tang Yuan, and said cautiously: "Boss Tang, is it okay if I contract some of it for others?"

Tang Yuan looked at him for a while with a half-smile, until he could hardly sit still, and then said leisurely: "Of course, as long as the quality is okay, the quantity is guaranteed, and the rest is up to you."

Li Yaozu breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked up, Tang Yuan looked at him jokingly.

"Tang... Boss Tang..." When he was nervous, he stuttered.

Tang Yuan chuckled softly: "You want Hu Mo to plant with you, right? Actually, you don't have to deliberately give him part of the plant. If he plants, the price and quantity are the same as yours, and I'll take it all."

Honey lemonade is easy to sell, he can eat twice the amount, even if he can't eat it, he can cooperate with Zhao's restaurant and sell it at his house, Young Master Zhao will not refuse.

"That's great!" Li Yaozu was so happy that he didn't know what to say, he just kept thanking Tang Yuan.

The day of Qiu Wei is getting closer and closer. Su's father has stayed in the academy for several months and has not come back. Su's mother and Su Nuo go to the academy to visit Su's father every half a month, and bring some food for Su's father No need to bother him.

When it came to the day of Qiu Wei, Tang Yuan instructed some people in the shop to personally send Su's father to Fucheng to take the exam. The Fucheng is so far away from the town that it would take ten or eight days even by carriage.

At the last juncture, whether it will be successful or not is a matter of one action. Tang Yuan's proposal to send Father Su to the exam was unanimously supported. Although Father Su was a little embarrassed, he thanked him and agreed.

Tang Yuan kept watching Su's father along the way, fearing that something might happen, and when he arrived in Fucheng, he even spent a lot of money to stay in a comfortable inn that was close to the examination room.

Su's father was grateful for his heart, and he didn't go to drink and chat with those scholars who came to rush for the exam, but only concentrated on studying in the room.

On the day after the exam, Father Su came out staggeringly, looking very haggard. Tang Yuan had been waiting outside the exam room early on. When he saw Father Su, he hurried up to help him.

He didn't ask how the exam was going, he only thought about Su's father's body, and the two stayed in the inn for another day before going back.

After returning home, Su's mother and Su Nuo gave them a good meal, and when Tang Yuan was about to drink the honey water that Su Nuo specially adjusted according to his taste, Su's father suddenly said: "Xiao Yuan, choose a good day. Let's deal with the matter between you and Nuo Ge'er."

So caught off guard, and such a big surprise, Tang Yuan was stunned for a rare moment.

There seemed to be fireworks exploding in his mind, and it took him a while to recover.

Then his eyes lit up, and his tone couldn't hide his excitement: "Yes! I'll go back and choose a good day!"

After finishing speaking, he couldn't sit still, and couldn't bear to leave without saying a few more words to Su's father and Su's mother.

Su's father and Su's mother were neither annoyed nor laughed, and finally shook their heads with a smile, and pulled Su Nuo to speak.

After Tang Yuan went back, he couldn't wait to choose the nearest date. Su's father and Su's mother were worried that he didn't have enough time to prepare, so they asked him if he wanted to choose another date later.

He said affirmatively: "No need! Just this day!" At worst, he would spend more money to hire someone to do things!

Su's father and Su's mother had no choice but to obey him, anyway, the dowry for his brother Nuo had already been prepared.

The day of the wedding was sunny and accompanied by wisps of breeze, and even the magpies on the branches were singing a little more cheerfully than usual.

Tang Yuan was wearing a bridegroom's suit, riding a tall horse under him, with a big flower tied on his chest, if he had seen others dressed like this before, he would not say anything on the face, but he would say something stupid in his heart, but today he wore it himself, But I felt very happy, and the smile on my face never went down.

"Hey! This is really awesome!" The people in the village circled around.

"Brother Nuo is really lucky! We haven't seen a horse riding a horse in many years in our village!"

"Isn't it! It would be nice to be able to make an ox cart!"

"Sugar! So much sugar!" The children scrambled to pick up small pieces of candy wrapped in oiled paper on the ground.

"Hey! This is really a big deal!" The adults couldn't help it anymore, and bent down to pick it up.

Tang Yuan went in to pay respects to Su's father and Su's mother, and Hu Mo helped Su Nuo out who was also wearing a red wedding dress.

Brothers don't need to cover their heads like women when they get married, so Tang Yuan saw Su Nuo's face more beautiful than usual at a glance.

"Xiaoyuan, I'll leave Nuogeer to you." Mother Su's eyes glistened with tears.

Tang Yuan said seriously: "Don't worry, I will definitely live up to him!"

With tears in Su Nuo's almond eyes, he knelt down in front of Su's father and Su's mother, his voice choked up: "Father, mother..."

"Go, have a good time with Xiaoyuan." Su's father held back his tears, and touched Su Nuo's head with dry but warm hands.

Su's father and Su's mother almost used all the money in the family to buy Su Nuo's dowry, and they managed to scrape together 24 kilo, which is quite affordable even in the town.

Along the way, the villagers were envious and bitter, but in the end they congratulated a lot.

Arriving at Tang Yuan's house was much simpler, his parents were not there, but Hu Zi could barely be considered an elder, so he sat awkwardly in front of the hall and accepted Su Nuo and Tang Yuan's kneeling.

After worshiping, Tang Yuan was dragged to drink by Young Master Zhao, while Su Nuo was escorted to the new house.

But as soon as he sat down, Tang Yuan entered the room.

"You go out first." Tang Yuan waved his hand to the girl he bought before, then picked up the glass that was already full of wine on the table, and sat next to Su Nuo, "Brother Nuo, it's time to drink the wine."

Su Nuo still wanted to ask him why he came back so soon, but when he looked up and saw the man's dark eyes under the light, he suddenly panicked, hummed in a low voice, took the wine glass, and partly shyly walked with him. The man next to him drank a cup of wine.

Before he could react, someone untied the hairpin from his hair, and then a slender hand picked up a strand of hair and cut it off with scissors.

He looked over, and saw that the man cut off a strand of his own hair, entangled with his hair, and put it in a purse, which he embroidered by himself...

"Brother Nuo," Tang Yuan pressed his purse under the pillow, put his hand on Su Nuo's slender fair neck, pressed against the tip of the person's nose with a little force, and breathed smoothly while speaking, "It's time to go to bed."

Su Nuo's breathing was stagnant, his face was hazy, even his fingertips were pink, his waist softened, and he fell into Tang Yuan's arms.

The red curtain was lowered, the clothes fell all over the floor, and there was a vague sound of water in the house...