Full of food and color

Chapter 74
Wei Sipei and Zhaodi carried a bunch of bamboo poles home one after the other. The three of them made a plan, and the candied gourds were made at Sipei's house.

In a short while, he arrived at the door of Si Pei's house. Apart from going to the fields to collect herbs, Wei Yuan also went to nearby villages to see a doctor with a medicine basket on his back. At noon, there was no one at home.

Baozhu glanced at the small courtyard. The walls and the gate of Wei's house were built together by her father when they separated a few years ago. She took out the key given by Wei Sipei and opened the gate. , the southwestern corner of the yard was opened up as a small herb garden, surrounded by fences on three sides, and the chicken coop and latrine on the southeast side were also kept clean. Dr. Wei has always been lazy, so needless to say, he knew it was Wei Sipei I take care of it every day.

There is a large flat stone in the middle of the courtyard. Wei Sipei usually sits on the stone bench to help his father grind medicinal herbs. Sometimes when the weather is fine, he also writes on the stone table.

Mrs. Wang once asked Wei Yuan curiously, if Sipei is so smart and eager to learn, why doesn't he let his baby go to the county to take the childbirth test?
What did Doctor Wei say at the time?In my impression, it seems that it was Sipeiniang's last wish before she died, and she didn't want her baby to become a scholar in the future.

Now thinking about this little episode that I didn't care about before, I suddenly became a little bit concerned. The reason why Sipei's mother didn't ask to study was still puzzling, maybe it had something to do with Sipei's own father.

The pen, ink and yellow paper were still on the stone table, a gust of wind blew, and the corners of the pieces of paper turned up, Baozhu stared at him for a while, then suddenly raised her head and asked him: "Brother Sipei, do you want to be a scholar?" ?”

Wei Sipei was a little distracted, and thought for a while expressionlessly, then shook his head and said firmly: "Father hopes that I will be a doctor with him in the future, doesn't Baozhu like a doctor?"

Baozhu shook her head, smiled and said to him: "I also like reading, and so do doctors."

Zhaodi was baffled by their strange conversation, so she grabbed the orb and headed into the kitchen, "The fruit and the bamboo sticks are all there, so what's the use of the orb? Make candied haws!"

Wei Sipei hurriedly stopped Zhaodi, patted her head, smiled and asked Mimi, "How do you divide the work?"

Naturally, Baozhu went into the kitchen to gather fruit, and Wei Sipei took the initiative to ask Ying to cut bamboo in the yard. As he spoke, Zhaodi excitedly picked up the knife and began to draw on the bamboo. Baozhu looked at her with a black face, and Wei Sipei told Zhao Di was careful, and at the same time had to scramble to prevent her from causing damage.

Baozhu took out the apricots and grapes from the basket, put them in the water basin and washed them first, while she was busy working, she thought to herself, this kind of life is really pleasant, before I know it, Zhaodi has been here for more than a month Bar?Although it was helpless to be clinged to by her from morning to night at the beginning, but thinking about it, these days have been much happier. Hearing the two people talking and laughing outside, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, this is Friendship, uh... Whether it's friendship or sisterhood, maybe at Zhaodi's age, what she misses is just having someone to play with her, but she, who was alone in her previous life, cherishes all of these.

She often thought that if grandma hadn't sent Baoyun away, then after all these years, she and Baoyun would have done the same, running together, dancing together, and secretly making candied haws together without telling the adults.

When noon was approaching, Baozhu packed up all kinds of fruits, and Sipei and the others also cut dozens of sticks. Baozhu took the sticks from him, washed them first, and then put the sliced ​​apples and apricots together. Put them on one by one.

Zhaodi was fascinated, staring blankly at the apples that had been cut into small balls and asked Baozhu, "Baozhu is amazing! How can it be cut so round?"

Baozhu smiled. Knife skills are a basic skill that a chef needs to master. After pondering for a while, she teased her with a smile: "It's not difficult to say, a smart baby can learn it with more practice, and a fool can't learn it anyway." !"

This remark annoyed Zhaodi, she always thought she was an idiot, at least that's what her mother told her, and now she was scratching her head, crying with a small face, and said bitterly: "Mother said dolls with long hair Stupid, I won't do it! I also want to cut round fruit, how can I make my hair less?"

Wei Sipei laughed out loud, "When you grow up, your hair will naturally become less. Zhaodi will definitely be very smart in the future."

Zhaodi really believed him, she was only lost for a while, and soon regained her energy, listening to the gurgle in the pot, and turned to pay attention to the sugar juice boiled by Baozhu.

Baozhu stirred the sugar water one by one. At the end, he covered the pot and simmered for a while on a low heat. Then he picked up the fruit skewers, quickly put them into the pot and dipped them in the sugar juice. Tap it lightly on the chopping board to make a row of circular slices.

The finished candied haws are made of apples, apricots and grapes. As soon as Zhao Dili got it, she couldn't wait to taste it first, and said it was delicious before she swallowed it.

Baozhu handed Wei Sipei one, and asked him to taste it, he took it with two slender fingers, brought it closer to his mouth, opened his mouth a little, and bit off a grape, Zhaodi looked at him The gentlemanly look blinked, and he felt that his wolfish appearance was really embarrassed compared to Wei Sipei, so he blushed slightly, and his eating was obviously much more gentle.

Baozhu only made eight this time, except for the one eaten by Zhaodi and Wei Sipei, there are six remaining.

Wei Sipei frowned and asked her: "How to bring these candied gourds to the town is a difficult problem. The candy will melt in a short while outside under the sun."

Baozhu thought of this problem long ago, shook her head and said to him: "I have a small wooden box in my house, wrapped in a small cotton mattress, so I won't be afraid of melting when I get to town!"

Wei Sipei's eyes lit up, "Baozhu is still thoughtful." Thinking of something again, he asked her, "Isn't the sugar on the outside of the fruit afraid of sticking to the wood?"

Baozhu grinned, "Don't be afraid, let the candied haws cool down and put them in a wooden box, and put a layer of lard on the bottom to prevent it from sticking!"

Seeing Wei Sipei's dark pupils staring at her thoughtfully, he hastily added, "My mother taught me!"

Zhaodi was impatient with waiting, and stomped her feet to urge, "I tell you, don't delay, will it work? Three people can't protect a few candied haws? Now go to the town to sell money!"

Wei Sipei patted Baozhu's shoulder again to comfort her: "I'll follow Zhaodi's orders, go early and catch my aunt before she goes to the ground. The candied haws that I made with great difficulty will definitely sell for a good price."

Hearing what he said, Baozhu felt a little relieved.

The three dolls sneaked out of the village, Wei Sipei was holding the box, Baozhu and Zhaodi followed him from left to right, and when they were tired from walking, they took a rest under the shade of a tree by the side of the road and continued walking. Hours later.

The three of them didn't dare to enter the market, so they started hawking along the street with boxes in their hands. Despite Zhaodi's small size, she had a loud voice, and she was not timid. Wherever she went, she would be left "selling her" along the way. Candied haws, new styles of candied haws, grapes, apples and apricots, come and try them all! One penny a piece!" shouted.

After a while, many people were attracted. They were curious about Baozhu's candied haws without hawthorns. They saw that the candied haws were beautifully made, each fruit was carefully cut into balls, and the snacks were not expensive. , can you eat candied haws without hawthorn?
Zhao Di put more effort into publicizing, "Our candied haws are even more delicious than hawthorn candied haws. You will know when you taste it. A piece costs a penny!"

"Come one!" A woman in the crowd opened her mouth. The woman saw that Baozhu was not very old, but the candied haws she made looked good. She said that she had never seen apples and apricots before. Someone cut such beautiful ones, so I decided in my heart that it must have been made by the little baby's parents. They smiled and took out the money, saying that they were buying a bunch for the baby to eat back.

Baozhu was responsible for collecting the money, and Zhaodi put away her bluffing attitude, quickly opened the lid of the box, carefully took out one and handed it to her, and said to her with a smile, "Thank you, auntie!"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled. The first transaction went so smoothly, and they all had more confidence in selling candied haws.

Not long after, a few boys of seven or eight years old gathered around to watch the excitement. The leader was a tall boy in his teens. They heard the shouts and looked for them. When they heard that they didn't bring The hawthorn and candied haws all followed to join in the fun, and a few boys yelled around the orb, "I don't even have a hawthorn, and I still have candied haws, it's a lie!"

Zhao Di stared at them, and looked at them dissatisfied: "The candied haws we sell don't have hawthorn, but they are delicious, better than the taste of hawthorn!"

The boys laughed again, and the big boy in the head looked Zhaodi up and down, pouted and said, "This site belongs to us, where did you little liars come from?" ? Why haven’t I seen it before?”

"If you don't buy it, you don't buy it, we are not liars!" Zhaodi's face turned blue with anger, and she stretched out her hand to push him, but his feet didn't move, and he stood still and laughed, "Such a little boy, how can you just buy it?" I am not afraid of you!"

Seeing that she couldn't be pushed, Zhaodi bent down, put her head on his belly and arched forward vigorously, the tall girl didn't expect this girl to be so skinny and careless He was thrown upside down by her.

Zhao Di laughed, and teased him proudly with her hands on her hips, "If you want to drive us away, there's no way!"

Wei Sipei hastily pulled her over and warned in a low voice, "The town is no better than the village, let's be careful and don't cause trouble."

Zhaodi snorted a few times in dissatisfaction, finally listened to his words, ignored those saboteurs, and turned to shouting at the top of her voice.

The big tall man got up, looked at Zhao Di angrily, turned his head to Wei Sipei and said bitterly, "Man, don't hit girls, or you come out and fight with me!"

Wei Sipei, with obvious anger on his face, took two steps forward to protect Baozhu and the others behind him, looked at him, and said solemnly: "We have won the battle, you are not allowed to make trouble again!"

Before the tall man could reply, Baozhu grabbed Wei Sipei's sleeve and pulled it back, and said to the tall man with a smile, "Brother, don't be angry, why not give you a bunch of candied haws?"

"Cut!" The tall boy snorted disdainfully, "I don't eat it, I don't even have hawthorn, it's a lie!"

Zhaodi jumped again angrily, "If we don't eat it, we're not liars anyway! We don't even eat anything given away for free, I've never seen such a stupid idiot!"

When she said this, the boy stretched out his hand instead, "Little boy, you told me to give it to you, I'd like to try some kind of deceiving thing."

Baozhu smiled and handed him one, and he looked at the candied haws up and down in disgust. Not so good!"

Baozhu didn't answer his words, turned around with a smile, and said to Zhaodi and Wei Sipei in a low voice: "I can't provoke you, I can hide, let's change places!"

(End of this chapter)