Porridge and side dishes [farming]

Chapter 65

Nodding his head and remembering the name of the tea leaves, Li Jilen drank up a pot of tea leaves before leaving.

It just so happens that there is only drizzle left outside, so I believe the road will not be difficult.

The cows were served very well. They looked energetic when they came here, and they were still chewing the grass in their mouths. They enjoyed it very much.

As for the driver's seat, the original wood was already wet. When Li Ji went to see it, there was a thick layer of grass underneath and a clean soft cushion on top, making it extremely comfortable to sit on.

Before leaving, Li Ji couldn't help sighing, after all, he is a big businessman, just because of the satisfaction of serving people, earning 100 taels of silver a day is not much.

After the person left, the clerk breathed a sigh of relief, shook the towel and put it on his shoulders, turned around and saw the shopkeeper, and bowed down to say hello.

"Don't wait too long." The shopkeeper asked.

The clerk nodded and said, "Don't worry, it looks quite satisfactory."

The shopkeeper nodded: "There is nothing special about it. He is just an upstart who suddenly has money, and he can't stop his rustic appearance. The magistrate of the county has his eyes on this kind of person, and he wants to get closer to the yamen." The words are just muttering in a low voice, and they dare not let others hear them.

Perhaps Li Ji never imagined in his dreams that the middle-aged man who had a drink with him was the Qingtian county grandpa he was talking about.

Li Ji first went to the grocery store to buy two umbrellas and two coir raincoats, and then went to the grain and oil store.The weather is rainy, and rice grain cannot be sold. If it is soaked in water, it will become moldy.

Li Ji went to buy two packs of tea, and after asking the clerk to wrap the tea he often drank with waterproof oil paper a few more layers, he carried them in his hand and Li Ji pretended to ask casually:

"What do you guys have? Ah yes, Biluochun tea from Dongting?"

Hearing Li Ji's question, the owner of the grain and oil store was taken aback for a moment, then took two steps forward, and said in a low voice: "We don't have any. If you want it, I'll go buy it from above."

It is obviously very precious to be so serious.Li Ji didn't expect the tea presented in the tavern to be so valuable, so he asked in a low voice, "How do you sell it?"

"How many classes are there? Our place is far from Dongting, so the most expensive price is five or six taels." The shopkeeper said.

Li Ji took a deep breath: "One catty?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said with a smile: "You are joking, there is no good tea sold by the catty, it is one tael."

Li Ji buys tea by the pound, no matter how good it is, it's not much better.A catty is 16 taels, even if one tael is five taels of silver, a catty costs 80 taels of silver.

Li Ji has never seen so much money in his life.Thinking about how he made a drink with such precious tea just now, Li Ji now wants to spit it out and taste it again.

If he had known that it was so valuable, he would have been willing to drink it. It would be a loss to take a pot of tea home and lick it for two years.

Li Ji's complexion changed after a while, and the shopkeeper was unknown, so he asked, "Then do you want more?"

"No, no." Li Jidiesheng vetoed, "I can't stand that good thing in my throat, this kind of tea is very good, and I can't drink it well, any kind of tea is good for me To quench your thirst."

Li Ji refused, and didn't wait any longer, took the tea leaves and tightly wrapped the coir raincoat in his arms, and left.

As soon as Li Ji left, the salesman was Monk Zhang Er who couldn't figure it out.If you really can't afford to drink it, it is reasonable to say that you have never even heard of it. Since you can name it, how can you scare away when you hear the worst tea of ​​this variety?

It’s weird.

Li Ji was driving the ox cart, his head was in a mess.I wonder why the tavern serves him such expensive tea.When I first entered the shop, I heard from the clerk that boiling water is free, but tea requires money, but in the blink of an eye, a pot of expensive tea was brought.

Some of the small shops next to it will have tea for free, but that is also rough tea, and some even have tea stems or tea powder, which is nothing.

Li Ji didn't spend much money when he went with Er Gouzi last time. Although he ordered a lot of dishes, it was definitely not worth as much as that pot of tea. If anyone used to eat, they would give that pot of tea as a gift. This tavern will not be open anymore .

So this pot of tea was not given away for free, and there must be other plans.

Although the clerk was polite when he entered the door at the beginning, he was definitely not low-key.

The change before and after was after chatting with that strange man.

Li Ji was shocked, could it be because that man is such an amazing person?After chatting with him, he was treated as a guest of honor by the tavern?

Li Ji had a bright mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. He was in a hurry to drive, and his body was covered with cold sweat. Now he didn't want to do anything else, but just go home and see Er Gouzi.

The more this kind of time, the more Li Ji misses Er Gouzi.Even if Er Gouzi is incomprehensible and simple-minded, as long as he stands by his side, Li Ji can feel safe enough, so it doesn't matter what happens.

The ox carts are faster, and the time to get home is two or three times shorter than walking.

Seeing his own yard in front of the mountain from a distance, Li Ji was smiling and relaxed a lot.

"Er Gouzi!" Li Ji shouted.

Er Gouzi ran over two steps, with a pleasant smile on his face: "Li Ji!"

He called him by name when no one was around, and fourth uncle when there was someone. Er Gouzi remembered everything about Li Ji very clearly.

No matter how complicated his thoughts were, he felt relieved when he saw Er Gouzi. Li Ji jumped out of the car and went to hug Er Gouzi, but he was stunned when he touched Er Gouzi's arm.

Grabbing it hard, water came out of the clothes in a daze.

Li Ji carefully touched the clothes on his body, and immediately said angrily: "Why are you soaked through!"

Li Ji was angry, Er Gouzi hated it the most, he quickly admitted his mistake and said: "I was wrong, don't be angry."

"Don't talk about anything else, tell me why you're all wet?" Holding Er Gouzi's hand, "Hands are still so cold, didn't you hide in the house when it rained before?"

Then Li Ji had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Have you been waiting here for me and didn't come home? Tell the truth!"

Er Gouzi wanted to lie, but he couldn't tell the lie to Li Ji's face, so he lowered his head and whispered the truth: "Well, I'm afraid you won't come back."

"Confused! Are you stupid! What do you do if you get cold in the rain! You silly boy, I think you are stunned! I can't come back tomorrow if I don't come back today. Do it! Let’s go home, boil water and take a good bath.”

Taking Er Gouzi all the way home, Li Ji's expression was not good.

Feeling Li Ji's anger, Er Gouzi lowered his head, not daring to speak, and followed Li Ji cautiously.

After returning home, Li Ji skinned Er Gouzi, wiped his body clean and asked him to lie on the kang surrounded by quilts, then lit the fire to boil water, moved the tubs into the house and poured water into them one by one, Er Gouzi The son felt distressed and wanted to go to the field to help, but was reprimanded by Li Ji to go back. Seeing Li Ji's expression was not good, Er Gouzi didn't dare to be presumptuous.

After the water was boiled and the warm water was adjusted, Li Ji asked him to get off the kang and soak in the bathtub, and warm ginger soup at the other end. After everything was ready, he went into the house to see Er Gouzi in the bath.

Looking at Er Gouzi for a while, Li Ji was fierce and Er Gouzi was pitiful, and soon Li Ji softened his heart.

"Wash well, soak for a while, the ginger soup is cooking, drink two bowls after soaking. You should reflect on yourself, how could you make fun of your body like this? When it rained in the city, I found a tavern Drinking wine, eating side dishes, and eating a catty of beef, nothing happened, you just stood there waiting for me like a drowned chicken, what if you get sick? You have someone to take care of you, right? "

After being scolded by Li Ji, Er Gouzi almost hid in the water, so he could only admit his mistake in a low voice.

Li Ji stretched out his hand to help Er Gouzi straighten out the broken hair: "Don't do it next time. I know you feel sorry for me going to the city alone, afraid that I will be photographed by the rain, but if you think about it the other way around, I don't feel sorry for you." Think about it, if I waited for you in the rain for a long time, and then lay in bed for a whole day after catching a cold, what would you think? We are a couple, you can’t leave me and I can’t leave you, the body is yours too Mine, even if you don't feel bad, at least feel good for me."

After finishing speaking, Li Ji reached out and hugged Er Gouzi's wet neck: "We will live a lifetime in the future, we must find a way to let ourselves live for a few more years, if one person gets sick, what will the other do. "

There are a lot of people who can't live to be 20 years old, at least half of the people in the village can't live to be 30 years old, the grandchildren who are 40 years old are quite old, and now the 50-year-olds can almost be counted on one hand.

Li Ji is now 19 years old, and he doesn't know how many years he can live, and how many years Er Gouzi can live. All he can do is take care of himself, live a few more years, and live a few more years.At any rate, don't leave the other person alone for the rest of their lives.

Er Gouzi pressed his forehead against Li Ji's, and finally understood the seriousness of the matter.It's not just a matter of Lee Ji being angry.If he really died from the wind and cold, what would Li Ji do?

No one has skinned and hunted game for him anymore, no one has helped him with the work, how hard is it for Li Ji alone?Definitely going to suffer like before.

Er Gouzi has a good brain and remembers clearly that when he first arrived at Li Ji's house, there was only porridge and pickles, so how could he be full?

"I am obedient. I will definitely love myself as much as I love you in the future, and I will never dare to stand in the rain again. We are all fine."

"Good boy." Li Jihong opened his eyes and reached out to touch Er Gouzi's head, "We all want to live a long life, so when we die, the village will say that we two old birthday stars come here when we die. Be happy."

Er Gouzi nodded: "Long live a hundred years, never die."

Across the bathtub, the two exchanged a deep kiss. Er Gouzi wanted to go further, but was stopped by Li Ji.

"You should reflect on it carefully. Don't think about that kind of thing these days. If you don't teach you a lesson, you won't remember it next time."

Er Gouzi's joy when he just mentioned it instantly collapsed: "I was wrong, I don't dare to do it again, can't I do this?"

Li Ji pressed Er Gouzi's head and pushed him back into the bathtub, without any sympathy to say: "Hey, take a good bath, and drink ginger soup later, and feed the animals after drinking the ginger soup."

It rained last night, and the wolves didn't come down the mountain today. Li Ji still wanted to go up the mountain to bring down the wolf's food bowl, and continue to go up the mountain tomorrow to feed the wolves.

There were many things to do, Li Ji ignored Er Gouzi's teary eyes and went out to work.

Let Er Gouzi soak for half an hour. During this period, Li Ji often heated the water until Er Gouzi was heartily warmed. Then he was asked to wipe it clean and lie around the quilt on the heated kang for a while, waiting for two bowls of hot ginger. After drinking the soup, Li Ji pardoned Er Gouzi and asked him to wipe off his sweat, put on his clothes and go to the field to help with work.

The rain stopped, but the sky was still not sunny. I was afraid that it would come back soon, so I fed the animals first, then closed the door, and blocked the door with sandbags, so as not to flood the livestock pen.

If you look at the sky, you can see three sides. The other side is blocked by the mountains. If it rains from the other side of the mountain, you can't see it at all.

The beef brought back from the city was well protected. The two of them fried some minced meat and pickles, saturate the rice and ate together. At this time, they heard the sound of rain that was gradually falling outside.

Li Ji smiled and said, "Fortunately, I came back early, otherwise you would have to get caught in the rain again."

Ergouzi wanted to refute that it was raining on the mountain, but when he looked up and saw Li Ji's smiling face, he couldn't help but shivered, and then he didn't dare to say anything.

Satisfied with Er Gouzi's silence, Li Ji fell back when he was full.

"Three fills in the morning, noon and evening, and six before and after meals. This is really the enjoyment of the old man." After speaking, Li Ji remembered the strange man who talked to him in the tavern.

Listening to his conversation, he is definitely a scholar, and he is so particular about his clothes. It is possible to say that he is a scholar, or even a person, or even an official.

Generally, this kind of people have their eyes above their heads, why would they want to chat with him?With lingering fear in his heart, Li Ji carefully recalled whether there was anything out of line in his nonsense, but don't really cause any disaster because of his gaffes after drinking.

Thinking wildly like this, Li Ji looked at Er Gouzi who was still in a turmoil: "Er Gouzi, today I met a man when I was hiding from the rain in the city. He was well dressed. He should be a rich man. He chatted well with me. They came here, and they told me to save money to donate to officials, and said that I could be reused.”

"I don't understand." Er Gouzi said bluntly.

Li Ji didn't expect him to give any advice: "I've heard about donating officials before. In addition to taking the merit test, there are several meritorious titles in the county government that can be bought with silver. The money for buying officials is directly given to the local county. Yamen envoy, there are a few scholars in the county who came from wealthy families, that's how they got here."

I went to the county a few times, and I heard a lot of people talking about it in the tavern, so Li Ji understood.

"He persuaded me to buy a Shiji, which is actually quite good when I think about it. Shiji doesn't have to pay taxes for raising livestock and farming, so our family can raise as much as we want. It's easy for our family to save the money. Rabbits It’s a lot, it’s 100 taels, which means two or three years. But if you donate to an official, you’re afraid of other troubles, and you don’t know if you can live a peaceful life at home after donating an official. What will you do if you really become an official.”

Outsiders are officials other than officials. They belong to reserve officers. If you buy an outsider, if you have nothing to say, if there is a big vacancy in the local area, it will be pulled to fill it.If something happens during his tenure, he will bear the blame for it.

Li Ji knew so clearly because this happened in a village thirty miles away.That was 30 years ago. A family had a lot of land, and when the weather was good and the weather was good, they made a lot of money.The children didn't want to study, and wanted to have a national tax exemption, so they saved their money and donated it to a member of the staff.

When I started to really enjoy the blessings, there was such an official in the village who respected him. Because of the household registration restrictions, he was wearing good materials that he couldn't wear before.But within a few years, and I don’t know what happened, a large number of magistrates in this county were transferred away, and there were several vacancies, so this member was pulled over to replace a county magistrate.

At first, I thought it was a good thing. I didn't study for a day, and I didn't take the scientific examination. The minister caught it.The crimes of corruption, embezzlement, corruption, and corruption of those officials who were transferred earlier were all blamed on him.

This incident was quite a big deal, otherwise the common people would not have scolded the official for so many years.This time the new county magistrate is an honest and upright official. After these two years, the common people have a very good impression of him, but if he wants to donate to an official, he still feels somewhat apprehensive.

"We don't need money, we can do whatever we want." Er Gouzi thought about it, and then said, "When will we go buy livestock?"

"Let's see tomorrow. If the weather is good, we will go to the bull market. If the weather is good, we will buy it. If it is not good, we will go a few more times. We can raise two more sheep, and we can have enough cows to plow and pull the mill when they grow up." , Piggy has to buy at least ten, or if there is not enough to eat, see if there are any geese and ducks for sale, whether it is for meat or eggs, they are all good."

Such a calculation will cost a lot of money just in hand.

"Shall we sell rabbits and chickens?" Er Gouzi asked.

"Selling, but you can't sell too much, or it's not enough to grab ours. Besides, our family doesn't have many, and it hasn't multiplied yet. Let's wait a little longer and wait for the new batch to rise. Let's sell it first." Give it to the villagers, and then sell it in the bull market. I forgot to find a restaurant to sell rabbits when I go back to the city, so I have to go there again when I have time.”

Li Ji sat up lazily from the bed, stretched his head and yawned: "I want to eat tea eggs, but we don't have a stove, and the small pot is still used to cook rice."

"You can roll out the noodles and eat them without a small pot. Now stew the tea eggs and eat them before going to bed at night. It will taste better tomorrow morning."

"That's OK" It's actually already afternoon at this moment, Er Gouzi didn't eat at noon at all, and it will be dark in two hours.

Er Gouzi boiled tea eggs, and Li Jihe rolled noodles.When kneading the noodles, adding two egg whites can make the noodles more firm. I just heard about this not long ago, but Li Ji can’t remember who said it.

The last time I made it, it was really strong. The remaining egg yolks were eaten with a handful of Bahao fried sauce, and mixed into the noodles, even if there was no vegetable, Li Ji could eat three bowls.

When rolling noodles with noodles, Li Ji likes to eat thinner ones. When rolling the noodles, he rolled them very hard, and he was tired, and then cut them with a kitchen knife, and then sprinkled some noodles to prevent sticking.

Use two chopsticks to pick it up and loosen it, then put it in the basin and buckle it to prevent the noodles from drying out.

The water in the tea eggs on the other side has boiled, and Er Gouzi is putting material into it.

In winter, the two often eat it. Because the fire is strong, the hot water is not used all the time. It’s a pity not to put anything in the rest of the time. I put a pot of tea eggs on it and stew it for a day or two. The color of the tea eggs is very dark. , the taste is particularly good.

There was still one or two taels of tea left in the house, Er Gouzi grabbed two handfuls and threw them into the pot, and then began to increase the ingredients and other condiments.

Li Ji walked over and looked at the splash of water rolling in the gap between the eggs.I didn't cook too much, I only cooked ten, which was just enough for two people.

"Now you cook tea eggs more easily than me." Li Ji smiled.

"You like to eat." Er Gouzi closed the lid and waited for the fire to cook the eggs.

Hearing this, Li Ji narrowed his eyes and smiled contentedly.Indeed, Er Gouzi cared very much about anything that Li Ji liked.Li Ji likes to eat Artemisia annua, and before Li Ji could tell Er Gouzi, he found a way to get seeds to plant in the yard.Li Ji likes fox fur, Er Gouzi can chase a fox all over the mountain and never let it go.

It was such a simple man who didn't try to hide it at all, which moved Li Ji unceasingly, and made his heart flutter even more.

"Let's talk about you, you are so kind to me, I feel that I am not good enough for you." Li Ji smiled helplessly.

Indeed, if Er Gouzi didn't exist, Li Ji might still be hungry now. In fact, there is no if, and change is relative.It should be said that God was kind and sent Er Gouzi to Li Ji's side.

"There is no incompatibility, only dislike." It is rare for Er Gouzi to say such profound words, "I like you, and I haven't been more worthy of me than you for so long."

There is no incompatibility, only dislike.Li Ji listened to it in his ears and warmed him in his heart.

With wet eyes, he smiled and said, "Where did you learn it? It's so nice."

Er Gouzi only said: "You taught me what I said, just like cooking."

To eat noodles at night, pour the prepared noodles directly into the pot, boil it and pour cold water, wait for the boiling water to boil twice, and the noodles will be ready. Take it out and put it in cold water, it tastes neat.

Beat three more eggs with the egg yolk, pour them into the pan, fry them, pour the sauce, and then throw in the washed basil leaves, and the tangy aroma will come out soon.

Li Ji swallowed, and instructed Er Gouzi to throw the washed spinach into the water where the noodles were cooked just now. Both of them like spinach to be crispy, so they can't cook with the noodles, so they throw it into the pot and wait for the water to boil , Take out the spinach and eat it.

The spinach is out of the pan, and the egg basil sauce is also out of the pan. Li Ji doesn't even bother to cook other dishes. He just eats noodles with this sauce, which is enough.

It was Er Gouzi who brought over a plate of cut kimchi, and Li Ji couldn't wait to stick out a chopstick and stuff it into his mouth.

Neither of them was hungry, and it was only two hours before lunch. Er Gouzi only ate three bowls, Li Ji ate one and a half bowls, and the remaining half was really too much to eat, so Er Gouzi helped clean up.

When he was full, he became lazy, so he picked up the bowl with Er Gouzi and boiled water for Li Ji to take a bath.

It was getting late, and it was already dark after taking a bath at this time, but Li Ji didn't feel bad when he lit the oil lamp. He boiled a large pot of water before eating, and just mixed it with cold water after eating. Er Gouzi took a bath during the day , there is no need to join in.

The author has something to say: Actually, I really don't want Ergouzi Daddy to come out, even though the plot has already been thought out.

Originally, this article was set to be quite short, and even now it should be over

But everyone likes it, so I will write it down.

Set a small goal, first write him a 50

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