I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 50 Life Waterloo

The child ate the taro balls and clapped his hands happily. The other child couldn't wait to open his mouth, waiting for the taro balls to be put into his mouth.

Zhou Chenyu sat in front of the stall, carefully looked at the two children, and said with a happy smile: "It seems that the sugar water I made is quite popular with the children."

Baoyu bumped her sister's shoulder with her elbow, "Sister, I like it too!"

Zhou Chenyu raised her head and stared at him for a long time. After not paying attention for a few days, she realized that the boy's face seemed to have lost its greenness and tenderness, and had become more angular. "Hi, he, he has such a sweet mouth, and he looks okay." , I don’t know how many girls I will deceive in the future.”

Does he look okay?
Baoyu raised his eyebrows and smiled, shook his body, stood up straight in front of Zhou Chenyu, "Sister, is it really okay for me to look like this?"

Seeing his expression full of expectation for an answer, Zhou Chenyu closed his eyes slightly and hummed lazily.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that I look pretty good." Baoyu shook her head happily, like a silly big dog wagging its tail, "I actually look pretty good."

Zhou Chenyu saw his stinking silly smile and couldn't help but feel disgusted: "I just complimented you to see how beautiful you are."

Baoyu snorted, half-closed his eyes, and said seriously: "How can you not be happy when you hear the truth?"

Zhou Chenyu saw two more customers coming from a distance and walked them out: "Okay, okay, okay, if you are so happy, our store will rely on your face to attract customers from now on, okay?"

"Really?" Baoyu touched his chin and smiled proudly, "It may not be impossible."

After saying that, Baoyu bared his teeth and faced him with a smile. Zhou Chenyu looked at his stupidity and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth crazily. He really couldn't see it.

After the stall welcomed its first customer, other people saw people here, especially women with children and elderly people, and they also came over to take a look. Everyone looked at the unfamiliar taro balls, so they all ordered a bowl to try. Trying something new, soon several tables were filled with customers.

Those who stayed in the fields to cut rice drank the tea they brought with them, took a short break, left the rice fields, and walked to the roadside to buy tea.

A sweet water shop suddenly opened opposite the tea shed, and the business seemed to be good. At the same price, you could only buy a bowl of tea to quench your thirst. The mung bean and taro ball sweet water sold by Zhou Chenyu not only quenched your thirst, but also filled your stomach with mung beans and taro balls.

For people working in the fields, sugar water is naturally more affordable than tea, not to mention the taste.

After a few people ate, they returned to the fields and spread the news by word of mouth. The remaining people who were planning to buy tea also defected and ran to the sugar water stall.

Zhou Chenyu was originally worried that the first sale might not go well, so he only boiled half a catty of mung beans and barely made a pot of sugar water.

Unexpectedly, business was surprisingly good today. Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, a whole pot of mung bean and taro ball sugar water was sold out, with nothing left. Some customers even asked her if they would come to set up a stall tomorrow.

Baoyu secretly counted the money in the bag. He was almost confused and said excitedly: "Sister, sister, we earned more than 100 copper coins today."

"Why are you shouting so loudly? Money is not leaked, money is not leaked, how many times have I told you." Baoyu paid careful attention to the surrounding situation. Zhou Chenyu looked at the jealous eyes of the people in the tea shed opposite, with a little revenge. Chang Kuai said, "We can also try to make some red bean flavor tomorrow. Some people don't like sweets, so red bean is better."

Baoyu fell into Qian's eyes and said, "Okay, let's go home quickly and tell mother the good news."

"it is good."

Zhou Chenyu and Baoyu put the tables and chairs on the trolley, and the female shopkeeper's harsh scolding came from the opposite side, "Go, go, go, you're all dirty, don't come here! We have nothing to eat!"

The skinny seventy-year-old man was driven over like a fly, holding a tattered bowl in his hand and mumbling nonsense: "Hungry, hungry... Girl, please do me a favor, here you go." Can I eat by mouth?" Zhou Chenyu looked at him and tugged on Baoyu's clothes, "Hey, hey, is he that deaf old man? The one who often wanders around the village? You all call him Deaf Zhang?"

Baoyu looked over there, his usual playful smile changed, and his expression became serious, "Sister, it's him."

Zhou Chenyu looked at this man closely this time. The old man was very thin, and the row of bony bones on his chest seemed to be covered only by a piece of old rotten skin.

I have seen so many homeless people before, but none like him.

The old man was driven away by the mother and son over there and walked towards this side, "Girl, please do me a favor. Can you give me some food? Please do me a favor."

Seeing the desperate look in the old man's eyes, Zhou Chenyu finally couldn't bear it anymore. Zhou Chenyu turned around and opened the lid of the pot to see if there was anything left, but everything was sold out and there was nothing left.

The old man still held the broken bowl and stood behind him obediently waiting for the food.

Zhou Chenyu felt the fiery gaze behind him and turned around. Knowing that he couldn't hear him, he exposed the entire bottom of the pot to him, "I'm sorry, everything is sold out. How about we give you some money?" Why don’t you go buy some food yourself?”

Baoyu took out a few pennies, stuffed them into the old man's hand, and shouted: "Uncle, we have sold out everything. You can use the money to buy some steamed buns to eat."

The old man glanced at it, pushed it back, as if to comfort him, smiled and waved, and said: "You can't eat this, it will ruin your stomach. You can't eat it. It's not available here. I'll look for it elsewhere."

"Hey, sir."

Baoyu wanted to catch up with the silver, but the old man was already gone.

On the way back, the old man's eyes full of anticipation for food lingered in his mind. Zhou Chenyu kept feeling gloomy, as if there was a stone in his chest and felt very uncomfortable:
"Do you know where that old man lives?"

"I don't know." Baoyu shook his head listlessly, and several officials riding horses came galloping in front of him, "Drive! Drive! Drive!"

Seeing that he was about to rush forward, Baoyu quickly pushed the cart aside and looked at the figure that flashed by.

After realizing it later, Zhou Chenyu took a mouthful of dust and became angry: "Is there something wrong with these people? Do they treat the road as their own home?"

"Something important must have happened to make them so impatient." Baoyu came over and said, "Sister, didn't you see that person clearly just now?"

Zhou Chenyu looked at him angrily, "What do you mean?"

Baoyu teased, "The man I passed by just now is my future brother-in-law, and you don't recognize him? Oh, look at how forgetful you are, how are you going to get married in the future?"

"Yang Xi?" When Zhou Chenyu looked again, he had long disappeared. She turned back in disappointment and said speechlessly: "You are just telling me when the person has already gone far away? What's the use of this?"

"Who told you not to look at it?" Baoyu said with a proud smile.

Zhou Chenyu pinched his arm and smiled slightly, "I said, who asked you to call someone brother-in-law? Who did you call brother-in-law just now?"

(End of this chapter)