The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 59
Satisfied, he even ate three pancakes and fruit, and finished the porridge. The sour taste still lingered in his mouth. An Chong put on his schoolbag, greeted his sister, and was about to go out.

"and many more."

An Xu wrapped two pancakes, cut them in half, wrapped them in oiled paper, put them in a schoolbag for An Chong, and asked him and Xiao Shitou to eat them on the road.

On the cold and windy road, several children from Linhe Village ate happily while holding something wrapped in a round cake. One was taller than An Chong and the other boys were all eating. He said vaguely: "Xiao Chong, why is your sister so good, she makes delicious food."

An Chong shared his own share with his fellow villagers, and said proudly: "Of course, you don't know how hard my sister works. She reads the two books I bought in town every day. My sister does this for I can read, she is a girl, and if she doesn't work hard here, it is impossible to earn money by physical strength."

All of his sister's innovative snacks are attributed to coincidence.

One of the companions heard the words and said: "No, Xiao Chong, your sister is also very strong. My mother said that your sister can drag a bundle of bamboo without difficulty."

An Chong's heart was sour. Their dilapidated and leaky home, how much hardship my sister had to endure to support it.

"An Chong, you are having a good day."

Seeing that he was about to reach a village, three or two young people who turned out from the side road turned out. Seeing these people, An Chong's complexion changed.

"Brother Chen, Brother Zhou, Brother Ba."

An Chong stood at the front, blocking Xiao Shitou and his fellow villager.

The three of them stood dangling in front of the children, among them the one named Ba Ge had muscled arms, which looked very bluffing.

"At any rate, I took you to find something to eat. Why, you have a better life, so you don't care about the brothers?" Brother Ba asked foolishly.

An Chong pursed his lips, and said, "I also worked hard, and I didn't eat you for nothing."

The thin monkey with a mole on its lip stepped forward and gave An Chong a push, "It's just you with small arms and legs, if the boss didn't look at you pitifully, your strength would be useless."

"You guys," before the thin monkey finished speaking, a weak voice rang out, "Don't try to bully my uncle, we settle down, we are not easy to bully."

"Hehe, it's really amazing." The thin monkey took a look at the little stone, "I know that your family has children and talents, but that's nothing."

As soon as the words fell, all three of them yelled.

An Chong stepped forward and said: "Brother Chen, he is still young and ignorant, let's talk over there if we have something to say." Then he turned his head and said to Little Shitou, "Go first, I will follow in a while."

Little Shitou held An Chong's hand worriedly, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, don't let them fool you."

An Chong nodded, and pushed the little guy's shoulders to signal him and his friends in the village to go first. Those two or three were also surnamed An. After eating the pancake fruit An Chong gave, they all said, "Xiao Chong, Don't be afraid of them."

Walking to the side, Brother Zhou said: "Aren't you afraid of us? Now you are a decent person, studying, do you still have to take the imperial examination? If people know that you have followed us to steal things and beat people up, you think you can do it?" Is it a book?"

An Chong turned over his hand at once, and sent a thin blade between his fingers to Brother Zhou's neck, "How old am I, am I also forced by you? I tricked a scholar, and I didn't know that the county magistrate was the first to go to court. Send you all, or deprive me of my qualifications for the scientific examination first?"

Brother Zhou froze and didn't dare to move, he stretched out his hand and said, "Xiao Chongzi, please speak up if you have something to say."

Damn, I almost forgot, the reason why the boss accepted this kid was because of his ruthlessness as a newborn calf, before coming here, the boss specially explained that they should talk well.

"It's all for living, don't be so cruel," said Ba Ge, who was very domineering just now, in a soft and authentic tone: "We were just joking with you just now."

An Chong snorted, and when he retracted the blade, he accidentally rubbed Brother Zhou's neck, and a line of blood overflowed.

Brother Zhou yelled and hurried to cover his neck.

An Chong said: "Brother Chen, tell me, what do you want from me?"

Brother Chen took a look at Xiao Zhou and said with a smile: "It's just a catch-up, I haven't seen you for a long time, Boss Zhang thought something happened to you, so he asked us to take a look."

"Well, I heard that the one doing business by the official road is your sister?" Brother Ba said with a smile.

An Chong didn't believe that these people didn't know, so he didn't say anything.

Brother Ba continued: "Our boss also wants to live a decent life, can we ask your sister to come up with two good prescriptions for our brother's sake?"

If they hadn't been successful in finding something before, they wouldn't have thought of this kid.

An Chong said: "My sister sells at least ten taels for a prescription, how much can you pay?"

Brother Ba immediately wanted to get angry. If he had that money, would he need to come to you?

"Boy, don't think that we are afraid of you because you are ruthless." Brother Zhou said unwillingly.

An Chong crossed his arms, looked down at his toes, and said indifferently, "I don't know if you are afraid of me, but I know that I am not afraid of death."

Brother Chen shoved Brother Zhou away and said, "I know Xiao Chongzi is a ruthless person, how about this, we are brothers, can it be cheaper?"

"If you want to buy a prescription, go discuss it with my sister,"

An Chong was interrupted before he finished speaking. Brother Chen said, "You know Boss Zhang is a bit stingy, why don't you advance some of the money? If you make money then, let's share it equally."

After all, An Chong is an eleven or twelve-year-old child, he can be ruthless, but he doesn't want to cause trouble for his sister, let alone ruin his current peaceful life.

He thought for a while, and said: "I can't let my sister know, and I only have five hundred Wen in my hand, and that's all I can pay. I won't share dividends with you in the future, and we won't know each other from now on."

"Five hundred Wen? It's a bit small." Brother Ba said, as if he was moving his wrist unintentionally.

An Chong glanced at him, "It's only so much money to kill me, if you don't want it, forget it."

"All right, all right, five hundred wen is five hundred wen." Brother Chen stretched out his hand, "Bring it here."

An Chong said: "I'm going to school, how can I get so much money? Tomorrow I have to go to Fucheng. When it gets dark, you can find someone to go to Linhe Village, and I'll give you the money."

The three of them looked at each other, and Brother Chen, who was clearly in charge, said: "Okay. But Xiao Chong, don't fool the brothers. You are not afraid of death, and there are many of us who are not afraid of death."

"I know." An Chong turned and left.

Brother Zhou snorted lightly, and said, "Brother Chen, did you just bypass him like this?"

Brother Chen spit on the ground, "What can we do? You can't scare him, how dare you do something to him? The boy in Linhe Village is his uncle, and his father is a scholar. If something big happens, we can't stop it."

Brother Ba sighed: "It's not easy for us little people."

Brother Chen said: "Go back, I will go to Linhe Village in the afternoon."

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In the second half of the afternoon, holding his schoolbag in one hand, An Chong pushed open the courtyard door and walked into the house. When he saw two rows of noodles hanging in the yard, he was surprised and said, "Sister, don't you still have a lot of dry noodles? Why are you making so many noodles?" ?”

An Xu was feeding the chickens by the chicken coop, when he heard this, he said, "Someone wants fifty catties, and we will take it when we go to Fucheng tomorrow."

Because time is tight, I have to take it to the greenhouse to dry overnight.

"Are you ready for leave?" An Xu asked, "Also, why are you back so late today?"

"Please, Mr. left me to talk. He also asked me to go to Fuxue to take a look if I have a chance." An Chong said and walked to his room, and came out after a while, and said to his sister who had already brought a few eggs to the kitchen : "I still have something to do, let's go out for a while."

An Xu came out of the kitchen, glanced at the younger brother, nodded and said, "Go, come back early, and have lard bibimbap tonight."

An Chong agreed and walked out quickly.

what happened?

Not happy to hear delicious food?
Her two cheap brothers are both foodies.

Just as he was thinking, Zong Che came out from the thatched hut next to him and said, "Would you like to go and have a look, I think there is something wrong with Xiao Chong?"

An Xu doubts?

Zong Che had a kind of pity for stupid people, and patiently explained: "He dare not look you in the eyes when he speaks, and he has such a big bag in his sleeve, it must be the money he earned from you during this time."

An Xu: "You mean, what is he going to buy secretly?"

Zong Che had the urge to rub his forehead, "What do we need to take out all the money to buy? And we are going to Fucheng tomorrow, can't we buy it again in Fucheng? Although I am not sure, but I think it is very likely that Someone threatened to ask for money. And this threat is likely to be those people that Xiao Chong went out to make friends with."

An Xu gave him a thumbs up, and then ran out quickly.

It was useless for her to find it. After turning around the gate and walking into the village for a short time, she saw the younger brother talking to a thin and thin man standing by the wall of the neighbor's house next door.

After a while, the younger brother handed something out from his hand, which was his most precious purse.

"Xiao Chong, it's time to eat," An Xu said at the right time, and walked over, "Who is this? Are you friends?"

Because of her sudden utterance, the money in An Chong's hand was not handed over, and Chen Jiang didn't dare to take it, so he hurriedly said hello and left.

Before Boss Zhang took people to the official road to make trouble, he followed closely. That woman almost made them public enemies at Xuejiaji, but now that she recognized him, he might be able to send him to the county. go to prison.

"Who is that?" An Xu walked to An Chong's side and asked as he watched the figure disappear into the night.

An Chong panicked for a moment, unable to think of any good excuse, and said, "It's a friend of mine from before."

As soon as he said it, he wanted to slap his mouth. Didn't he just tell his sister that he was a gangster friend?

"What did he want from you?" An Xu looked at the young boy when he spoke.

An Chong didn't want to lie to his sister in the first place, but now he couldn't think of any lie, so he had to hang his head silently for a long time.

"If your friends are of good character, it's not that you can't continue to communicate," An Xu said earnestly, "but if they come back to blackmail you, don't carry it alone, go home and tell me. My business these days It wasn't done for nothing, just borrowing your brother Changsheng's good popularity in the market, those people can't make any trouble."

An Chong's head drooped even lower, his eye sockets and nose were sore and astringent.

"Da Ni, why are you still outside with your brother in this big black sky?" Aunt Liu, the neighbor next door, heard the voices outside, and came out to gossip, "Have you had dinner?"

They are the Liu surname who make bamboo charcoal for a living in the village. Although they work harder, their life is better than that of the An surname who has no side job.

But even so, they were reluctant to burn dozens of catties of bamboo charcoal a day, because An Xu almost wrapped up their bamboo charcoal, and Mrs. Liu treated her with unprecedented kindness.

Another one, she has a new and ingenious idea of ​​making snacks, which can not only make money but also be decent, so I have to support this just in case she is needed someday.

An Xu laughed and gossiped a few words, took his brother's hand and went home.

After entering the house, I only said to him: "If those people come to you again, you let them come to me. Go wash your hands and eat."

An Chong said in a low voice, feeling that he was very useless, and his face was full of frustration.

I only remembered when I was washing my hands, my sister seemed to know who Brother Chen was from the beginning.

In the kitchen, An Xu said to Zong Che in admiration, "How do you guess so accurately? They are really those bastards that Xiao Chong used to date outside."

As she spoke, she took out steaming rice in her hand, and then scooped out a spoonful of milky white lard and buried it in the rice bowls. The three rice bowls were all filled with lard, and then sprinkled the salted egg yolk powder that had been grinded before. over rice.

Turning around with a bowl in hand, Zong Che seemed to be in a daze, and joked with a smile: "Can't we say that?"

Your Sherlock Holmes reasoning should also have a process basis.

Zong Che took a bowl of rice and said, "I just told you the most likely guess. As long as you observe carefully, you can see it."

An Xu: I can't afford that brain.

At this time, An Chong washed his hands and came in. An Xu didn't mention the matter, and delivered the mixed rice to An Chong's hands, "Eat quickly, pack your things after dinner, we will wake up at five o'clock tomorrow."

An Chong hummed, and asked, "Have you agreed on the time with Fang Bo?"

"It's settled, he will come to pick you up tomorrow morning." An Xu took a bite of the prepared salted egg yolk and lard bibimbap. It was really delicious, even better than the butter bibimbap that she was best at in her previous life.

There's nothing quite as satisfying as a bite of a delicious meal.

Seeing that Zong Che's bibimbap was not so even, An Xu put down his chopsticks and reached out to mix it for him a few more times, urging: "Eat quickly."

After earning so much money for so many days, it's time to visit the Fucheng Market.

I'm looking forward to it!
However, An Xu's expectations were reduced by more than half after two days of Xiaoxing's overnight stay.It was a gloomy day when they set off, and the second day after they walked on the road, that is, early this morning, the sky began to drizzle with sparse flakes of snow.

Originally, according to what Fang Bo said, they were able to arrive at De'an Mansion at noon, but they were delayed by the snow that was falling more and more. By the time they reached the gate of the city, it was already getting dark.

Under the heavy snowfall, the soldiers guarding the city gates were warming up in the caves under the towers and bridges. Because there were no important criminals to be pursued at the moment, life in the city was very stable, and the checks on people entering and leaving were not so strict.

Their carriage passed by, and the soldiers inside waved their hands to let them pass after a glance.

"Da Ni, it's getting late, let's find a place to settle down first?" Fang Bo, who was driving outside, asked.

An Xu has often heard Fang Bo call her "Da Ni" in the past two days. He inevitably finds this address awkward. He is thinking about how to call his name in the village in the future. Hearing this, he sits over and lifts the curtain. Said: "Go to the government office to inquire first, and see if the inspector has released the card."

She listened to Zong Che's explanation for releasing the cards. According to him, this release of cards is similar to the exam announcements issued by later generations. Half of the inspectors will release the cards to start the exam after they visit the provinces where they are inspecting and pay homage to the Confucian Temple.

Yes, there are also two sages in this world, Confucius and Mencius, who also use traditional Chinese characters. Since An Xu learned characters, he has not had such a hard time.

When you go outside the government office, you don’t need to ask at all. There is a publicity wall on the right side of the government office. There is a piece of blue cloth on it, and the publicity on it is the specific arrangement of the examination.

(End of this chapter)