I am Fugui

Chapter 53
In the blink of an eye, it entered the twelfth lunar month, and the weather became colder, generally only a few degrees.

The air is a bit dry, and the blunt cold wind hits the face, as if a knife has been scraped by. No matter how many cotton clothes you wear, it seems that it is useless, and the cold penetrates to the bones.

People always like to ask whether it is cold in the south or the north. If it is outside the house, it must be cold in the north.

After all, the snow covered the ground, and it was so cold that the naked eye could see it.

But inside the house, it is most likely to be cold in the south. After all, there are no kang beds in the south, and most of the heating methods are burning fire.

But although it is getting colder and colder, the smell of Chinese New Year is getting stronger day by day, and every time I greet everyone, I always ask what I should buy for the New Year.

In addition to the top priority of the Chinese New Year, another happy event was also spread in Xujia Village.

Happy event for Long Er!
He was going to marry his concubine, not just one, but two.

One of them is the White Widow!
The time of marriage has been fixed, the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, a good day to find Mr. Yin Yang.

Long Er has already told the whole village to let everyone in the village go to have fun. He set up fifty bamboo mats for everyone to eat for free.

And the first time he knew about this happy event, he came and ran out sullenly.

When he came back, his eyes were dull, and he looked devastated, as if he had suffered a huge blow.

Xu Fugui wiped the sweat from his forehead, put down the ax in his hand, "Did you see the White Widow?"

Laishun snatched the ax from his hand, and without a word, he split the firewood on the ground into two pieces.

Xu Fugui smacked his mouth, and asked curiously: "What did the White Widow tell you? Why did she suddenly accept Long Er? Did Long Er force her?"

Laishun said in a muffled voice, "No, the White Widow did it voluntarily."

"Oh? Wasn't it reluctant before? Women are fickle."

Laishun pursed his lips, and slammed the firewood on the ground, "She said that she didn't want Dashuang and Xiaoshuang to follow her to eat the last meal without the next meal, and agreed to Long Er, at least the two children can eat well and dress well. .”

"Well, that's the reason." Xu Fugui said casually, wrapped the padded jacket tightly around his body, and let out a breath of air.

"But I still feel uncomfortable."

"Just go and eat some more tomorrow. Anyway, don't waste it for nothing. If you eat an extra bite, Long Er will be grateful for some rice."

Laishun nodded, and said viciously: "It's best to eat up all of Long Er's family property, young master, you have to find me someone more beautiful than the White Widow in the future."

"Don't worry, there are plenty of girls out there, if it's really not good, let's go to the city and buy one for you."

The world is difficult. He often sees people selling children on the street, almost all of them are girls, and the family can't get rid of it. He can only hope that a wealthy family will take a fancy to their children.

In this way, not only the girl can survive, but also the hope of life in her own family.

The price is not expensive, basically a few silver dollars can buy a child, even without silver dollars, rice food is more popular.

"Okay, I'll go and salt the meat."

When he came back from the county seat today, he bought ten catties of meat in one go, and even had two pig's trotters and two pig tails, which he planned to use to smoke bacon.

Chinese New Year, bacon is essential.

Bacon is also easy to make. Marinate the meat with salt, let it dry for a few hours, and then smoke it.

The barbecue smoked with camphor wood is the most fragrant and tastes the best.

The firewood that Laishun chopped at this time was the camphor tree. After the meat was marinated, he could smoke the meat while roasting it.

Take out the fat and thin pork, pour half a jar of salt into it, and spread it evenly on the surface of the pork.

Wiping and wiping, his movements gradually slowed down, blinked his eyes, and suddenly recalled something that happened in his previous life.

It happened when Long Er got married. At that time, Long Er was quite humiliated and the house was in chaos.

The cause of the incident is as follows, Dong Dao Scar, the leader of the green-skinned gangster in the city, and Hu Mazi, the leader of the pickpocket, were invited to attend Long Er's banquet.

It turned out that these two people were also lustful, and they also fell in love with the White Widow, and took advantage of the marriage troubles, to do something to the White Widow.

Naturally, the White Widow refused, and her cry attracted Long Er, and then she had a dispute with Dong Daoba and Hu Mazi.

Taking advantage of the chaos at the scene, Dong Dao Scar and Hu Mazi's subordinates made a fuss in the mansion, causing Long Er to lose a lot of money.

He didn't know how to deal with it afterwards. After all, he didn't go to dinner, and he was still immersed in the blow at that time.

Xu Fugui fell into deep thought. He didn't care about what happened to the White Widow. He was thinking about whether to fish in troubled waters to make a fortune.

He knew where Long Er's money was placed. When Xintu ransacked the house, he and the villagers watched from the sidelines.

Taking advantage of the crowd, there is a great chance of success.

The opportunity to get rich overnight is right in front of you.

The more I thought about it, the more my heart moved. Anyway, the money used to belong to his Xu family. If I insist on being reasonable, it is not considered stealing.

For this matter, let's adapt to the situation tomorrow. If there is a chance, he must bite off a piece of meat from Long Er's body.

Early the next morning, the sound of firecrackers resounded throughout Xujia Village, followed by the sound of gongs and drums. Villagers came to the entrance of the village. There were lanterns and festoons here, and red cloths were hung on the treetops. It was a joy.

More than 20 tables are placed on the threshing floor not far away, people are walking back and forth busy, and the laughter of children never stops.

There are two rounds of banquets. After all, there are not so many round tables in the village, and the threshing ground cannot accommodate so many tables, so they are divided into two batches.

Those who came early eat the first round first. After eating, remove the leftovers, wash the dishes and chopsticks, and serve new dishes, and the second batch of people will eat again.

During the slack season, everyone came to join in the fun and rushed to help. Long Er was very generous, as long as he came to help, he would be paid.

Xu Fugui and Laishun also got an errand, and Long Er told him to add a stewed vegetable to the banquet, so that he could prepare it in advance and buy it at the market price.

So they didn't go to the county to do business today, but have been cooking stewed pork at home.

"Father, mother, are you not going to dinner?" Xu Fugui asked before going out.

Father Xu waved his hand, "I don't eat that beast's food."

Xu's mother smiled, "If your father doesn't go, then I won't go either. You guys should take the long roots and go together. Eat more and be full."

"Okay, then let's go first."

Put a clean white cloth in the back basket, put all the stewed meat in it, and carry it to the entrance of the crowded village.

"Fugui, here you go. Go back to the back kitchen and let them give you silver dollars. I've reserved a place for you in the yard, so you don't need to squeeze outside." Long Er was wearing a bright red brocade robe with a full face. With a red light, he grinned when he met everyone, revealing his conspicuous golden teeth.

"Thank you, Master Long."

It is better to eat in the yard, without blowing cold wind, and the meals are better
(End of this chapter)