Food bloggers made fortunes in ancient times

The village gradually wakes up in the early morning, and the villagers begin a new day of busyness. They carry buckets and walk along the winding path to the fields to water the vegetable fields.

As soon as Ah Niu appeared at the entrance of the village, he was spotted by the sharp-eyed villagers. They greeted him warmly: "Ah Niu, you are back!"

Ah Niu looked dazed, and when he heard someone calling him, he just raised his head mechanically.

"Why did you come back so early this year? It's not time to harvest the crops yet." The villagers asked curiously.

"Aniu, what's wrong with you?"

Ah Niu was not good at hiding his emotions, and he didn't know how to lie. He managed to squeeze out a sentence: "I don't want to do this anymore."

Hearing this, someone shook his head and sighed, with a hint of regret in his tone, saying: "How come Mr. Huang doesn't want to do such a good job in the family?"

Some people also murmured, "Maybe he did something wrong and was kicked out."

"Don't talk nonsense, Aniu is such an honest child." Someone immediately retorted.

Ah Niu's dark face looked pale at the moment. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to explain something, but in the end he lowered his head weakly: "I'm going back."

At this moment, Song Yan called from not far away: "Aniu, come here!"

Hearing Song Yan's voice, Aniu seemed to have found a bit of support, and he walked towards the river.

Song Yan looked at Ah Niu's distraught look and guessed about 70% of the situation. She knew without asking that Ah Niu had not been able to redeem Zhang Yue'er as he wished.

"Let's go back." Song Yan said nothing else. She carried two buckets of water and staggered home.

Ah Niu's mind slowed down for a moment before he followed behind Song Yan: "Brother Song, let me do it."

"No, no, it's just a few steps away and we'll be there soon." Song Yan quickly refused. Ah Niu was feeling so uncomfortable, but he was still thinking about helping him with the work. What an honest child.

Arriving at the door of his house, Ah Niu seemed to finally come to his senses. He took out the eight taels of silver and said in a hoarse voice, "Brother Song, this is the silver I borrowed from you. I'm returning it to you now."

Song Yan took the silver and his eyes fell on the blue color in Aniu's eyes. He knew in his heart that Aniu must have tossed and turned all night without closing his eyes.

He comforted her: "Go back and have a good sleep first, and don't think about other things for now."

Aniu nodded absentmindedly, turned around and slowly pushed open the door of his yard.

Aunt Niu happened to come out of the house. When she saw Ah Niu, she was surprised and said, "Ah Niu, why did you come back so suddenly?"

Ah Niu deliberately avoided Aunt Niu's question and stammered, "Mom, do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry."

Aunt Niu looked at him suspiciously, then said, "Yes, there are big steamed buns in the kitchen. I'll get you a few."

Aunt Niu was obviously suspicious. No one knows a child better than his mother. How could she not see that her son was worried?

But now is not the time to ask questions. After Ah Niu finished eating the steamed bun, I advised him to go back to the house and rest.

Then, Aunt Niu turned around and went out, heading straight to the opposite side.

Aniu was lying on his old bed. His body was very tired, but he was not sleepy at all.

He opened his eyes wide and stared blankly at the wall, replaying everything that had happened in the past two days in his mind.

The morning before yesterday, he found Yue'er with ten taels of silver in his pocket, full of hope, and said he wanted to redeem her.

At that time, Yue Er said happily: "I will go and tell my wife right away."

However, at night, he waited by the pond for half the night, but the moon did not appear.

He was anxious, worried whether something had happened to Yue'er.

The next day, he found Yue'er again and asked her why she did not show up for the appointment last night.

Yue'er avoided his gaze and told him in a tearful voice that her parents came yesterday and told her about the difficulties at home.

The elder brother is about to get engaged, and his in-laws are asking for ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift, while the younger brother is also at the age to get married, but he still hasn't found a wife.

The two old people have weak waists and legs and cannot do heavy work, so the family's hopes rest on Yue'er alone.

"Aniu, let me think about it." Yue'er said finally.

Looking at Yue'er's hesitant expression, Aniu felt a sense of loss, and his heart sank as if it were filled with lead.

He knew that Yue'er always valued her family, but what about him? What position did he occupy in Yue'er's heart?

As night fell, Aniu came to the small pond with a glimmer of hope, but unexpectedly saw the moon already waiting there.

Just as he was about to feel a little happy, Yue'er's next words shattered it: "Aniu, let's not meet again."

At that moment, Ah Niu felt that the whole world had collapsed. He couldn't even remember how he returned to his residence from the small pond in a daze.

Three years ago, he first came to Mr. Huang's farm as a temporary worker. At that time, he was clumsy, knew nothing, and was even scolded by the manager.

Just as he was walking back dejectedly, a pretty maid came up to him and said with a smile, "Aniu."

To this day, Aniu still clearly remembers the sunset that day. Yue'er was wearing a light yellow skirt and smiling so brightly.

Aniu raised his hands to cover his eyes, but he couldn't stop the tears from slipping quietly through his fingers.

At the same time, Song Yan was busy in the kitchen, and white mist slowly rose from the pot.

Song Yan washed a handful of fresh chicken greens, threw them into the boiling soup, and stirred them gently with chopsticks.

After a while, the dish was cooked. He scooped it up skillfully and put it into the bowl.

Holding the steaming hot noodle soup, Song Yan shouted to the inner room: "Erya, are you up? It's time to eat."

Erya responded in the inner room, "I'm up. I'm changing Yaya's diaper."

"Erlin, you eat first." Song Yan said to Erlin, "I'll go in and help."

As he said that, he put down the bowl of noodles, walked into the inner room, and saw Erya busily changing Yaya's diaper.

Song Yan went over to help lift up Yaya's crotchless pants: "It took so long today."

Erya said angrily, "You are still Yaya. You whined for milk before dawn. I finally managed to coax you to sleep, but you woke up late."

Song Yan picked up Yaya and went out of the outer room, and made her a bowl of rice porridge with goat milk in it.

Yaya was also very hungry, she opened her little mouth and started eating in big mouthfuls.

After Yaya was six months old, she started to eat complementary foods for several meals a day, which were various porridges. In addition to rice porridge and vegetable porridge, she would occasionally be given some easy-to-digest plantains.

Aunt Niu came over at this time. She walked in with a worried look on her face, her brows furrowed as if she could pinch a fly to death.

But when she saw Yaya eating happily, the sadness on her face disappeared immediately and she smiled gently: "Xiao Song, feed Yaya breakfast."

Song Yan probably guessed what Aunt Niu wanted to ask, so she said, "Aunt, please sit down first. I'll come after I finish this."

Aunt Niu looked at Yaya kicking her feet excitedly and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, look how happy this little girl is eating."

At this time, Erlin had also finished his breakfast and came over to take care of Yaya.

Song Yan returned to the dining table, picked up her bowl of noodles that was almost falling apart, picked it up with chopsticks, and ate it in big mouthfuls. While eating, she said, "Aunt, let's talk outside."

Aunt Niu followed him to the yard.

The two walked to a quiet corner. Song Yan drank a sip of soup and then spoke: "Aunt, actually, Aniu should have told you this in person."

When Aunt Niu heard this, she immediately became nervous: "Has Ah Niu run into any trouble?"

"No, don't worry, Auntie." Song Yan quickly comforted her, "It's Ah Niu...he has a girl he likes."

Aunt Niu frowned and suddenly interrupted him: "Are you talking about Zhang Yue'er?"

Song Yan said awkwardly, "So you already knew, Auntie."

Aunt Niu sneered: "If I had known earlier, how could I have let Ah Niu work as a temporary worker in Mr. Huang's house."

Song Yan asked curiously, "Auntie, how did you guess it was Zhang Yue'er?"

"I guessed it," said Aunt Niu. "I know Niu's character. If he was willing to quit his job and come back, the girl must be from Mr. Huang's family."

"He knew Zhang Yue'er from Mr. Huang's place. Who else could it be except her?"

Song Yan silently gave a thumbs up, Aunt Niu’s reasoning ability was also top-notch.