take a wife to support the family

Chapter 36

The process of boiling lard is too much for a person whose appetite has not been satisfied for a long time, Lily swallowed, and decided to give herself a little sweetness first.

She left a small bowl of oil residue, sprinkled it with brown sugar while it was hot, and swallowed it in one bite. The oil residue was crispy and hot, and the brown sugar was soft and sweet. The oily and sweet aromas were intertwined, bringing unprecedented satisfaction.

Some oil residues are thinner, fragrant and crispy, and some are fatter, especially those with skin.The lard slid down her tongue and throat, making her whole body warm and comfortable.

Lily ate up the small bowl of oil residue, cleaned up the kitchen, and made sachets for dried flowers.

Now that she is used to doing these things, she doesn't need to bother much, and she can do it very well just by feeling it in her hands.When the mind is idle, it is easy to think wildly.

While making the sachet, my thoughts drifted to what happened in front of the butcher shop today.Lily believed that she had never dealt with Xiao Xiucai before, and judging from Xiao Xiucai's appearance, it seemed that the big girl had something to do with him...

But with the courage of the big girl, let alone a private life, even if she said a few more words to the little scholar, she might be scared to death. Lily doesn't believe that she has the courage to do anything dishonorable.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Li Da Niu dared to do it, Liu Rulong would not like her beauty and family background. Lily really couldn't figure out how Da Niu or herself provoked the little scholar...

After thinking for a while to no avail, Lily withdrew her mind and concentrated on making the sachet, lest the needle poke her finger because of inattention.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and a familiar scene flashed, Lily sat there as if struck by lightning.

At this moment, she seemed to see her former self—no, the former big girl—secretly hiding in the house embroidering sachets.She had a shy smile on her face, her face was on fire, and her eyes were full of fragile hope.

Lily was dumbfounded: Miss Li, she, she...

She actually really liked Liu Rulong!
With this scene as an introduction, Lily worked hard to dig out this past from the big girl's memory.Presumably this is her most cherished and secret memory, so Lily couldn't see it several times before, and just pretended that she had never met Liu Rulong.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Da Niu and Liu Rulong has always been Da Niu's wishful thinking.

Who is that little scholar Liu Rulong?Tongsheng at the age of seventeen or eighteen may be admitted as a scholar before the age of 20.Don't look down on sour talents in novels and TV dramas in later generations, in fact, scholars are already very famous.

Once you become a scholar, you can not only reduce your own taxes, but also have the qualifications not to kneel before the county magistrates, and you can also communicate with the gentry and gentlemen on a daily basis, becoming a party power.

Whether it is to continue to take the exam, or go to the county or provincial capital to sit in the hall, or to teach elementary school students, or to be a teacher with the county magistrate, there are many rich and powerful people who are willing to invite those who are famous. people.

Once admitted to the scholar, the real glory of the ancestors, leaping into the dragon's gate.

With such a bright future, Liu Rulong's family is naturally not willing to easily marry a young scholar.Why does a man have no wife?These days, the daughter's family may still worry about getting married, for fear that they will miss the good years and find a husband. But men don't have to be afraid, even if they are in their thirties, as long as they have the ability, they can always find a beautiful wife.

That's why Liu Rulong usually doesn't pay attention to the girls in Huaichun in the town. He is used to judging people with his nostrils, and he doesn't pretend to speak to these country girls who don't know a single word.

If it was just like this, the big girl would just look at him from a distance, absolutely not daring to think about it, and there would be no things that would make Lily laugh and cry later.

Liu Rulong is a scholar, he has both the arrogance of a scholar and the pretentiousness of a scholar.He doesn't like the fact that these girls in the town are one thing, but he always likes to put on a flirtatious appearance, wearing a blue shirt, holding a folding fan, relying on the miserable skin that was raised by studying and not doing farm work on a daily basis, just smile at this, Looking at that one, how many girls can't sleep at night!

Li Daniu is naturally one of the many girls, she is neither particularly smart nor calm, like all girls with mediocre qualifications, she conforms to the crowd and thinks that Liu Rulong is a good-looking talent, but is also fascinated by his pretentious smile.

The big girl has saved under Zhu's hands for more than a year, and only saved a little money, which is exchanged for cloth needlework at the market, and secretly embroidered purses at home.She has to do a lot of work at home, so she can only secretly look for opportunities to embroider two stitches, for which she is often beaten and scolded by Mrs. Zhu.

Girls in the country don't know too many patterns, so they have to embroider clusters of peach blossoms. The meaning is good, and I hope that my sweetheart who I don't know very well will like it.

After finally embroidering the purse, I entrusted my younger brother to send it to a private school in the town, and told me that it must not be seen by anyone.As soon as the younger brother left, the girl was both shy and anxious, full of nervousness, lest the man would not accept her.If that's the case, she will give up and never think about what she shouldn't have.

When the younger brother came back, he said it was the man who accepted the sachet and praised her for the freshness of the peach blossoms.In an instant, Li Da Niu's face was full of peach blossoms, and big flowers bloomed in her heart.

Afterwards, the big girl looked for two opportunities to go to the market, one time was walking with Qingsong, the little Xiucai looked at the siblings from a distance, first smiled, then suddenly the smile disappeared, and walked over as if she hadn't seen them.

The second time the big girl went by herself, Liu Rulong ignored her again, but gave her a wink from time to time, which made her feel like a deer.

It didn't take long for the eldest girl to be married to Song Haonian by Mrs. Zhu, and a relationship withered before it even started.

Lily shook her head. She didn't think there was anything wrong with the big girl giving away her purse in private. People these days value the reputation of their daughter's family more than anything else, but she came from hundreds of years later, so she admired this timid Girls dare to pursue their own happiness.

She just felt sorry for Da Niu, because what she liked was such an unworthy person.

Da Niu didn't know why Liu Rulong accepted the purse she made and ignored her, but Lily knew it all.Qingsong is well-groomed among boys, and people who see him will probably think that his sisters in the family are also pretty, which is very impressive.

Liu Rulong thinks very highly of himself, and the wife he will marry in the future must be the daughter of a Shangguan who can help him, or the lady of a scholarly family.But this does not prevent him from having a few confidante friends in the countryside. It is best to pick a few delicate and docile country girls to raise them up as beautiful concubines, so that they can enjoy the blessings of everyone.

He accepted the purse brought by Qingsong, intending to choose. Who knew that Qingsong was not bad, but his sister would be so shy and skinny, not to mention being on the stage, beautiful as a flower, or the tail of a dog on the side of the road. The grass grows more pleasing to the eye than her.

Disappointed, Liu Rulong naturally stopped paying attention to the big girl, he even felt that it was an insult for him to be missed by her, if he hadn't cared about his identity, he wished he could beat that stupid country girl.

As for now Liu Rulong came to seduce Lily again, naturally he was upset when he saw the woman he hadn't had time to reject turned around and married someone else.What's more, Lily is now tidy and tidy, and she looks a bit pleasing to the eye. She can make money and support her family. Everyone will praise Song Haonian for marrying a good family.

Married women are naturally not worthy of entering the Liu family, but in this area of ​​the countryside, marriage is not the only way to stay together.How many women can keep their husbands away?

Liu Rulong prides himself on being romantic and handsome, and he is the only one in the town. Although he doesn't like that silly woman from the Li family, it would be a wonderful thing if he could get her hands on it.What's more, she is already married, so as long as she is clean from head to toe, she doesn't have to be responsible for her. In the future, there will naturally be a man with green hair to take care of this woman for him, so why not do it?
Thinking about the joints before and after, Lily was furious, and wanted to beat up that little scholar—saying that he was a scholar, and his etiquette, righteousness, and shame were all read into the stomach of a dog!

How dare you call yourself a scholar even if you intend to do such indecent things?

But that was a man after all, he couldn't be beaten again and again, and he had the righteousness of a scholar, the Song family was not very powerful in the town, and Lily couldn't do it easily, so he had to hold back his thoughts and go to Liu Yi's house to invite Li Caifeng to dinner.

Li Caifeng knew that Lily had made some money recently and was no longer as tight as before, but she was still polite to her: "We can just cook and eat at home, why bother you?"

Lily smiled and said, "Miss Caifeng, don't lie to me. There are only two people in your family, and I am alone at home, and the food is not delicious. The three of us have a meal together. It is lively and intimate, isn't it it is good?"

Li Caifeng was still hesitating, Xing'er first ran over and grabbed Baihe's hand, looking at her mother eagerly.Li Caifeng couldn't resist the big and the young, and said with a smile: "Then I will lock the door and cook for you."

Lily's plan is to make noodles mixed with lard dregs, knead the black noodles several times, knead them into a clean dough, cover it with a piece of cloth, and soak the dried Chinese toon sprouts in water, and fry a portion with lard Toon sprouts scrambled eggs.Lard is more fragrant than clear oil, and the scrambled eggs are softer and more delicious.

Roll out the dough and cut it finely, boil it in the pot for three times, take it out and put it in the prepared cold boiled water to make it smooth and chewy.

In the bowl, adjust the autumn oil, vinegar, salt, onion, ginger and garlic, a large spoonful of lard residue, pour a spoonful of hot soup, and slowly melt the slightly solidified lard residue. Take two chopsticks and mix well Just eat it.

The surface is light yellow to black, with slices of finely chopped green onions floating on it.The entrance is first fragrant with oil, and then the noodles are smooth. With the chewing action, the lard residue hidden in the middle of the noodles continues to surprise people.

Xing'er ate with brows and smiles, and ate half a bowl more than usual, put down the bowl and smiled at Lily: "Auntie, your cooking is really delicious!"

Lily scoops up a bowl of noodle soup for Xinger, and asks her to drink some of the original soup to digest and not to accumulate food.

Then he said to Li Caifeng: "In the past, I had a difficult life. I only went to your house for dinner on New Year's Eve. I have never invited my eldest brother and sister-in-law to my house for dinner. Today is the first time. In a few days, when they come back, I will Set up a banquet for your elder brother and sister-in-law, when the time comes, Sister Caifeng will reward her with face."

Li Caifeng laughed: "Then you have to hold a good banquet. If there is something wrong, I don't agree, and I will arrange for you later!"

(End of this chapter)