Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 17

In late autumn, it gets dark earlier and the sun sets. In front of Xu Qing’s door, two dead pigs are hung upside down on a tree. The pork is red and white. Dozens of people in Xuzhuang stretch their necks to watch, and the children have fun. The reason is that Xu Qing brought them a bunch of snacks in the county.

Uncle Zheng is the one who butchers the pigs. Fortunately, he can butcher the pigs, otherwise today's banquet would be really difficult to start.Liu San was also busy working next to Uncle Zheng, very agile, he knew that the master bought these pigs for everyone to eat, of course he was included in it.He castrated a pig, Xu Qing said that if he didn't die in seven days, it would be considered a great achievement, and he was allowed to buy a son for a month, so that he could also inherit the incense. Liu San was so moved that he almost fainted.

And Xu Qing led the three women to set up a pot, boiled water, and waited for the meat to go into the pot.

For two pigs, the meat can only be worth [-] catties. The ancient people were especially good at eating. For more than [-] people, Xu Qing plans to cook [-] catties, and then put some internal organs together, and then divide the bones and internal organs. Everyone took back a little more than a catty, which was just enough.As for intestines, Xu Qing saw that old man Zheng had lost them, and he didn’t stop him. Some people like the taste of large intestines, and some people feel sick after eating them. Xu Qing is the latter. I'm afraid it will appear hundreds of years at night.

Cooking meat is very simple, half a catty of big meat, fat and thin ones are cooked in one pot, put a few radishes, and then put salt, boil on high heat, and the meat is cooked for half an hour.Xu Qing announced that one bowl per person, if not enough, come again.

For a moment, the audience was quiet, there was no sound of speaking, only the collision of bowls and chopsticks and the sound of swallowing food. The guys in charge were okay, and after eating a few mouthfuls, they were satisfied and talked to Xu Qing again.The other women and children only cared about eating. They had been eating bran-swallowed vegetables for a year, and they hadn't even eaten lard a few times. After such a big meal, Xu Qing was worried that they would spoil their stomachs.

Seeing that everyone was eating happily, Xu Qing also took out the wine and drank a few sips with the men in charge. The banquet reached its climax, and he made a toast to the old man, which made these people very grateful.Xu Qing turned his head and saw that the family members were eating more elegantly, except Liu San.

"Liu San, come, have some wine..."

"This..." Liu San's cheeks were filled with flesh, he hesitated for a moment, swallowed his saliva, and took the bowl of Mayfair and drank it, and his face turned red after a while.

Whether it's wine or meat, Xu Qing just ate it symbolically. The foodies in the Tang Dynasty really have nothing to make Xu Qing lose his temper.He secretly thought, no matter what, the construction of foodie must be the first priority of future development!

The main purpose of holding this banquet is to get acquainted with people in Zhuangzi, so as to avoid some oolong incidents, and also to lay a foundation for future development.

After dinner, the pork was distributed again. Xu Qing also distributed two piglets to each household.In the face of this big meal, everyone listened carefully to Xu Qing's words, took the pig and the meat, and went back happily.

In the end, the five people in my family were left to clean up their things. Everyone ate very clean and there was no residue. However, when Xu Qing wanted to take a bath, there was no water.Later, Xiaoyue said that the water in Zhuangzi had to be picked from an old spring far away. She also said that behind the mountain behind Xu Qingwu was a saline-alkali land, and there was no grass on the other side of the mountain, and it was not much better here, except for drinking water. Not a little bit more, let alone a bath.

They even heard from people in the Zhuangzi that they only take a bath when it rains in summer, and they also take a bath when the snow melts in winter. Xu Qing and Xu Qi are extremely depressed, which makes Xiaoyue Xiaoru blame herself.

No water?The next day Xu Qing decided to dig a well.

"Child, come here..." Xu Qing was in the field, grabbing an unlucky child who was having fun.

"Running wildly alone, you are not afraid of bumping into wolves..."

"Master...Master..." The child squirmed over.

"Let me ask you, where have all the adults in Zhuangzi gone? Why didn't a single adult..." It turned out that Xu Qing wanted to dig a well but couldn't find anyone. He must not be able to do it himself.

"My lord, my mother went to help others weave. My father and others went to the landlord's house to do kung fu. A bucket of corn was done every day. The old man went to cut firewood in the mountains over there..."

There is not a lot of work in autumn and winter, and people in the countryside have no time to spare. They have to rush to earn some extra money, and then plant summer grain. The summer grain in the ground has not been planted for a long time, and it should come out in a few days. , according to the usual practice, this is all counted as the dealers.

"Then you do this. Tell Dad tomorrow not to go there. I have a job for him."

"That's no good, if you don't work, you will starve at home!" The child returned solemnly.

"Didn't I say that I have a job for him? Call a few more people, pay ten cents a day, and take care of the meals..."

"Ten Wen?" The child counted with his little finger, and the only emotion he heard was money.

"Child, what's your name?" Xu Qing also liked children, although the child in front of him looked like a monkey.

"My father's name is Zhang Qu!" The child answered irrelevantly and ran away, Xu Qing could only smile wryly.

This day he took Xu Qi around. There is a mountain behind their house, it is not big, it is only a ridge, and the arch is only eleven or two feet high. There are many trees on the side of the mountain, and the leaves under the tree were picked by the villagers Clean and clean, walking to the other side of the mountain, the begging is getting less and less, as far as the eye can see, it has become a place where no weeds grow, it seems to be the legendary saline-alkali land.

After descending the mountain, he wandered around the farmland again. He found that the fields in the village depended on themselves to absorb the water from the soil.Xu Qing thought: "This is my place, the guy who I will eat in the future, digs a well, must dig a well..."

He took another look at the houses of the farmers. When he came that day, he just took a look at them from a distance. They were very dilapidated, surrounded by seven thatched huts like a semicircle. A small pigsty was added behind the house.

Some boys were catching insects and playing with mud. Xu Qi hid behind Xu Qing and looked around timidly. Later, when she saw girls making dustpans out of rattan, she became a little interested and started learning with them.

Xu Qing called all the boys over and told a story about a farmer and a snake, so tonight the head of each household was pestered and asked:
"Father, have you ever picked up a snake in winter?"

"In the future, if you encounter a snake that freezes to death on the road, don't pick it up and put it in your pocket..."

In the evening, seven strong men rubbed their hands and came to the door of Xu Qing's house. It seemed that they had just returned from work.Xu Qing set up a table in the front yard, took them in, raised a jar of wine, and planned to talk about the construction of the village.

(End of this chapter)