happy event

137 Northbound
Pregnant women have very different temperaments than usual. If everyone agrees, Dong Rong might back off, but everyone's slaps and vertical slaps blocked her, which aroused her rebellious psychology and insisted on doing this. A trip to a long distance is not enough.

She also didn't want to argue with the crowd, she simply lay down on the bed, had two meals in peace and quiet, and everyone immediately succumbed.

Old Master Feng sighed, and ordered Qingfeng to pack his luggage, and he would go with the car, so that there would be an accident on Dong Rong's road and no one would be rescued.Dong Rong was inevitably a little ashamed after hearing this, but it was still impossible for her to give up the idea of ​​going out.So I had no choice but to cook two delicious dishes to apologize to the old man, and finally persuaded him that he was pregnant for three months, and his actions were fine.At that time, prepare more medicinal materials, and bring Qingfeng with you.

Mr. Feng thought that Qingfeng's medical skills were already considered apprentices, and Wang's firm and the orchard also needed manpower, so he reluctantly nodded.In the end, I personally went back to the small courtyard in the east of the village, took a lot of medicinal materials and boiled them, and finally made many pills to treat the wind and cold, those who were not acclimatized to the soil and water, those who had accumulated food, and even prepared more than a dozen bottles of medicine for wounds, which were filled to the brim. Wooden boxes are the only way to stop.

Wenniang and Zizhu were not idle either, one of them was packing clothes and things, the other was busy preparing food for the road, from morning to sunset, they were so busy that they almost didn't touch the ground, and later they even called Meihua and Chu Silian to go up the mountain Come help.

Dong Rong had nothing to do and sat on the low table to write and draw, thinking about what to bring to her younger brother.Needless to say, thick bedding and clothes must be carried, as well as a small iron stove that is convenient to put in the tent for heating, and the most important thing is food that is easy to store and not perishable.Although the two siblings lived very hard under the Niu family before, but the last year has definitely been regarded as "best clothes and fine food". Dong Ping suddenly fell into a poor place like a military camp, and perhaps his eyes would roll out when he missed the food at home. blue.So, no matter what, bring more food with you.

The batch of preserved eggs made before the orchard welcomes guests should be cooked through. They were originally intended to be served as a special dish in the restaurant, but now we should divide half of them and take them to northern Xinjiang. As for meat, it seems that there is nothing better than dry sausage. Delicious stuff too.For snacks, bring more biscuits, tightly wrap them into a cylinder with thin oiled paper, and seal them, which are easy to carry and moisture-proof.The most difficult thing is the staple food. The pancakes at home are a good choice, but since the snacks have grown up, no matter how good the taste is, they are a bit boring, so I have to think of other ways.

Dong Rong bit her pen and frowned for a while, not to mention, she really remembered something good.When she was working in a noodle shop in her previous life, she often heard a little sister talk about how delicious the handmade vermicelli made in their hometown was, and even explained the production process to her in detail.Later, the little sister was upset by the harshness of the boss and actually went back to her hometown to sell handmade vermicelli. Just in time for green food to become popular all over the world, the business was very good.

It must be very difficult for Dong Ping to eat a small stove in the military camp. If he had dried noodles, he could cook noodles at any time by setting up a small stove in the tent. With a handful of wild vegetables and a few slices of sausage, it would definitely be nutritious and delicious.

The more Dong Rong thought about it, the more excited she became. She took out her apron and tied it up before cooking to make the noodles herself.Wenniang and Zizhu naturally wanted to stop them, but she couldn't resist the two begging and nagging, so she moved a stool and sat aside, guiding Zizhu to do the work.

Zizhu is really an ingenious girl, no matter what the process is, as long as Dong Rong tells her, she can do it in style.But even so, it was the morning of the second day when the first noodles were hung to dry on the clothes rail.Zizhu was tired and hungry after being busy for half the night, but she was a smart woman, and she keenly saw the golden light from this humble little noodle.She insisted on moving a chair and sitting in the yard waiting for the noodles to dry, wishing she could keep one eye open even when she was taking a nap.

The sun in midsummer is the best way to bake, and with the naughty mountain wind blowing, the noodles will be dried out before the sun goes down.Dong Rong, who woke up from her afternoon nap, was supported by an excited little girl and walked up to check. Although the noodles were a little uneven in thickness, many of them were broken from the middle.But for the first trial production, this is a very good result.

Dong Rong personally cooked a bowl of shredded pork noodles. Needless to say, the firm and smooth noodles won unanimous praise from everyone.Zizhu was so happy that he didn't bother to tidy up and salute, and plunged into the kitchen to start improving the noodles again.

Dong Rong was not in a hurry to set off, so after thinking about it, she sent someone to find Yu Guisheng up the mountain and ordered him to build a spacious carriage suitable for long distances.After Yu Guisheng took the task, he invited all the masters and brothers over, and worked together to figure it out.

In this way, the Four Seasons Garden became completely lively, and all kinds of aromas wafted out from the courtyard on the mountain every day, causing the guests to often arrest the servants and accuse the restaurant of hiding delicacies, and refused to serve them.The mountain is also tinkling, and shavings are flying all over the sky.The old lady Yu sat at the foot of the mountain and watched the chickens planing and eating insects. She had to sew thick cotton pads in her hands, and planned to lay the car in the carriage after it was built, so that her boss would not be bumpy and uncomfortable when driving.

Granny Cao naturally got the news. Everyone thought she was going to make a fuss, but she accepted it in an unusually calm manner.The second sister Cao asked the old lady in private to ask, but the old lady wiped her tears and said that when the old man Cao came back with the pillars, she wanted to escape from the village so much.Therefore, when the daughter-in-law went out to relax, she supported her a hundred times.The only requirement is to hope that the daughter-in-law will take good care of her body and go back early.

When Dong Rong heard this later, her eyes were also red, and she went to the warehouse to pick out a set of excellent red gold noodles for Second Sister Cao to bring back to the old lady.Mrs. Cao still wears it out to show off, but whenever she sees the villagers, she will say how filial her daughter-in-law is, and she must see her envious and jealous eyes turn red before she feels relieved and goes home.

Everyone worked together for more than half a month, and the preparations for the north trip were finally ready, and the long-term attendants sent by the Yang family probably had already arrived in northern Xinjiang by this time.

Zhang Guanshi borrowed six more black-painted four-wheeled carriages from somewhere, and even six coachmen who looked very capable.Everyone was not surprised when they saw it. After all, compared to those one-person-tall coral bonsai, or the whole block of suet jade carved with a hundred sons playing jade, or even 500-year-old ginseng, and big pearls packed in a box, these are nothing.If one day, Manager Zhang brought back a monster from the city, everyone would calmly cut a piece of pork and throw it in to feed it.

Zizhu was busy directing Fuzi and others to load things on the carriage, reminding them from time to time not to remove the labels on the boxes or jars.This time, the family has prepared salted eggs, preserved eggs, dried noodles, chili sauce, sausages, pickles, biscuits and snacks of various flavors, clothes and bedding, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, medicinal materials and other things for the second young master. Marked, I am afraid that when it comes to local distribution, it will be messed up.

After moving the box, Fuzi wiped the sweat from his head and walked up to Zizhu, and asked with a smile, "Sister Zizhu, who can our wife decide to go out with the car?"

Before Zi Zhu could speak, Yun Rui slapped him on the shoulder and taught him a lesson, "Just work hard, don't inquire about the master casually, and watch out for housekeeper Zhang to punish you!" After finishing speaking, he said Squeezing in front of my sister, I laughed and said, "However, I have mastered my stick skills, and I must follow to protect Madam. Sister, please tell me when you see Madam."

Zi Zhu couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, he couldn't do anything about his brother who had lost his mind since he was a child, so he replied helplessly, "I'll ask Butler Zhang later, this matter is his decision, Madam doesn't care about it."

Fuzi and Yunrui didn't care who made the decision, they just hoped that it would be best if they could go out for a walk with their wife.Manager Zhang probably also knew that the servants were very itchy, and as soon as the carriage was loaded, they gathered together and announced the list of attendants.

The orchard was still open for business, so there was no shortage of manpower. He could only take away six people, including Fuzi, Yunrui and four other children from the refugee group.

Fuzi and others who had their wish fulfilled cheered, and even the few servants who remained were frustrated because they would get double wages when the master was away.

Dong Rong specially ordered Wenniang and Zizhu to cook two tables of delicious dishes this evening, entertained Mr. Feng, Zhao Qingshan, Sister-in-law Liu and others, and solemnly entrusted the family and the orchard business to everyone.

In the early morning of the second day, before the dewdrops on the grass blades dispersed, seven carriages drove out of the gate of the orchard, and soon went north on the official road paved with bluestones.

Dong Rong, Zi Zhu, and Wen Niang were sitting in a carriage first, Zhang Guan was worried, and took the whip to drive the horses himself, while Qingfeng sat on one side of the carriage.In addition to the borrowed coachman, the six carriages in the back also took a young man to escort the carriage. Although the convoy looked mighty and magnificent from a distance, but after careful consideration, it lacked very important guards.If you encounter horse thieves or robbers, wouldn't it be like a sheep falling into a tiger's mouth, with no power to protect yourself at all.

Zizhu had discovered this early on, and had asked her master about it before leaving, but she didn't want her to just smile and not speak, but when she saw that she was in a hurry, she pointed in the direction of Kyoto.

Zizhu immediately felt relieved, although the child in the wife's womb might be named Cao in the future, but it was actually his blood.With the importance that the lady attaches to her, she will definitely not put their group in danger.

Perhaps God also wanted to help test Zizhu's conjecture, the convoy just left Qing County on the first day, and stayed at an inn in a small town at dusk.The piles of boxes on the carriage were too conspicuous, causing many guests in the inn to speculate.When everyone went on the road the next day and reached a forest, they were stopped by seven or eight thieves.The thieves were all waving their shiny machetes and clamoring to rob the rich and give to the poor, and to do justice for the sky.

Although Yunrui and Fuzi were good at dancing with guns on weekdays, they practiced lively and hard.But after all, there was no actual combat, and when they suddenly encountered danger, after being dazed, they managed to pull out their weapons with great difficulty, and those thieves were still a dozen steps away from killing them in front of the car.

(End of this chapter)