grandfather married

Chapter 75 Quarrying

"Old man, how much is a bucket of rice here?" Ji Sibo likes to ask the local rice price whenever he goes to a place.

The old farmer was startled, and then laughed, "We seldom sell rice here, the young master is from the south."

"Seldom sell rice? Then what do you eat on weekdays?" Ji Qiongzhi also asked.

Ji Fushou thought to himself, fortunately he took them out to have a look around, even if they made a fool of themselves, no one would see them.

"Eat steamed buns, steamed buns, steamed buns, noodles, and noodle cakes." The old farmer grinned.

Seeing that the young master and the young girl looked at him curiously, the old farmer became even more interested in talking, "I know the rice the young master mentioned is from the south, but our fields here are not suitable for growing rice. What we grow is wheat. The shells are ground into powder, and then become white flour, which is used to make steamed buns.”

Ji Sibo thought about it, and felt that if he ate steamed buns and noodles for three meals a day, he shuddered, but the fragrant rice would still be delicious.

"How much wheat does the old man's field produce each year? Is it enough for the family's rations for a year?" Ji Sibo pointed to the fields that had not yet sprouted.

The old farmer shook his head, "This field is a moderately fertile field. The wheat in the field can produce two stones a year, but our family will not keep it for ourselves."

Ji Sibo and Ji Qiongzhi are no strangers to it. Along the way, the less land they have at home, the less they will keep the food they grow at home for rations.

"The old man sells the wheat to the grain store, and then buys white flour to make steamed buns?"

Ji Fushou looked at the old farmer with a strange look, and nodded at the old farmer with a smile. The old farmer thought to himself, this is really a son who does not eat fireworks.

"Little son, only those rich families can afford white noodles. People like us dare not eat white noodles. How can they be so lucky to eat white noodles all at once? At most, they will only eat white noodles during the New Year and holidays." Have a meal of white noodles."

Seeing Ji Sibo's dazed look, the old farmer said again, "What we eat at home is black miscellaneous noodles. The wheat is husked and roughly ground, and what comes out is black flour. After grinding a few times, it will be white flour. A bucket of white flour costs three hundred dollars." , A bucket of black noodles costs 120 yuan, which is too expensive, and I can't afford it.

After we harvest the wheat, we will plant some peanuts and beans. The black noodles we eat are black noodles mixed with bean noodles.Beans are cheaper than wheat. Usually, black noodles are [-]% bean sprouts and [-]% black noodles. "

In this way, the old farmer also had a smile on his face.

Ji Sibo and Ji Qiongzhi were stunned, and they looked at each other. Ji Sibo turned his head to look at Ji Fushou first, "Auntie, can we try the food made of black noodles?"

Ji Fushou nodded with a smile, "Go and ask the old man, if the old man is willing, Auntie has no objection."

Ji Sibo then turned his head to look at the old farmer. Hearing their conversation, the old farmer showed a look of embarrassment on his face. The group of people in front of him were obviously the children of wealthy families, and they were not used to eating coarse grains like black noodles. I can't afford it either.

Ji Sibo thought that the old farmer was going to get rid of weeds, so he rolled up his sleeves and volunteered to go to the field, "Old man, I'll help you get rid of weeds, we'll go home early after weeding."

Ji Sibo was too enthusiastic, and he didn't wait for the old farmer to dissuade him. He seemed to be weeding decently. He was driven by Ji Fushou along the way to learn harvesting, hoeing, and fertilization from the old farmer, and he didn't dislike being dirty.

Ji Fushou saw the difficulty of the old farmer, and smiled directly, "Don't be afraid, old man, we just want to taste it, and it's okay."

Seeing their persistence, the old farmer had no choice but to take them home after weeding.

"Old lady, there are guests here, cook some delicious dishes and serve them on the table." The old farmer told his wife who came to welcome him when he got home.

The aunt looked at Ji Fushou and his party, wondering why her old man brought such a nobleman home, she smiled cautiously, and responded swiftly, first went to the stove and poured four bowls of tea, the aunt said embarrassingly , "This is the only idea at home, tea foam, so don't blame me, young masters and girls."

Ji Fushou glanced at it, the tea foam was finely broken, and the tea leaves were cloudy. This kind of tea foam was very cheap, about ten cents and half a catty, but the tea bowl was not mixed with this cloudy brown color. It can be seen that these tea leaves are usually used The old farmer's own family was not very willing to drink it. When they saw that it was a guest, they took it out to entertain them.

Ji Fushou smiled gently, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea without changing his expression, "Thank you, ma'am, I'm just thirsty."

When she fought in the war in her previous life, it was good to have a drink of water when it was difficult. She was not a little lady who was pampered in the boudoir.

Both the aunt and the old man breathed a sigh of relief.

The aunt smiled and left the main room, and was going to go to the vegetable field to pick some radishes, eggplants and cabbage back. She had to go to another house to see if she could buy some meat, and she couldn't let the guests not eat any meat.

The aunt was nimble, and Ji Fushou chatted with the old farmer for a quarter of an hour before she brought the food.

An eggplant with minced meat, a stewed radish with minced meat, a stir-fried cabbage, and an egg drop soup. The staple food is noodles.

Although the old farmer looked at the two meat dishes and egg drop soup with some pain, he still warmly greeted Ji Fushou and the others, "The food at home is not very good, don't take offense."

Ji Fushou shook his head, picked up a piece of noodle cake, took a bite, looked at the aunt and praised, "My aunt is good at kneading noodles, and the noodle cake is very chewy."

The aunt smoothed the wrinkles on her face, "Young lady, if you think it tastes good, eat more."

The noodle cakes are made of black miscellaneous noodles and have a bean aroma. Ji Fushou took a mouthful of noodle cakes, a mouthful of soup, and then a mouthful of vegetables. He ate with relish. Ji Sibo and Ji Qiongzhi were obviously not eating as fast as Ji Fushou .

For them, the noodle bread is too rough, coughing up their throats, there is no oil, and there is little salt.

However, they still worked hard to finish the bread in their hands, because Ji Fushou would not allow them to waste food in front of the old farmers.

After this meal, Ji Fushou had already chatted with the old farmer, and she asked rather strangely, "Old man, where is your child?"

I've been here for so long, and I haven't seen any young people from this family. My aunt didn't even leave any food.

"I went to quarry with the young people in the village." The old farmer sighed, "The family is poor, and there is only one mu of land. After paying the rent, they only earn one tael of silver a year. All these years, I have been with him. The mother struggled to live, and could barely earn enough money for her son's wedding gift. The family had few houses, and they needed to build a new house when they got married. When the grandson was born, there would be more places to spend money.

Perhaps God knows that our life is difficult. Some time ago, a nobleman suddenly came to our village to recruit workers. He went to the quarry three miles away to quarry stones.

All the young people in the village went to such a good thing. If it wasn’t for my old bones, I would also like to go. As long as I work hard, I can collect twenty or thirty catties of stones a day, and I can get two or three catties a month. two silver. "

　Now all the holes are being dug~~~
　　See you tomorrow~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)