Porridge and side dishes [farming]

When they arrived home to unload the food, the little dog ran over to greet him. Li Ji hid behind him. Er Gouzi went directly to pick up the little dog. Seeing Li Ji's appearance, he smiled and said, "It doesn't bite. people."

"I know." Li Ji commanded the guys to pile up all the things that had been planned in advance according to the plan, and after sending the guys away, he followed Er Gouzi to feed the livestock at home.

There are only two people in the family, and two people have to go together when going to the city.In the past, the family was so poor that they had nothing to worry about, but now that the family has accumulated a lot of things, it is unrealistic to walk around for a day. Even if the villagers are not jealous, if some bastard from outside comes , It is inevitable that he will have evil intentions.

However, the dog at home is too small, and it's okay to hear him barking twice when people are at home, but it's not enough to let him guard against thieves.

"Er Gouzi, can you remember where you go to buy everything in the city?" Li Ji asked.

Er Gouzi nodded: "I can remember clearly, what's wrong?"

"You said that we have so many things in our house that we can't leave people alone. Next time, let's leave someone to look after the house. We will go alone. We will discuss what to buy in advance. Every time we go, the grain and oil store will send us back. No matter how much you buy, you are not afraid of not getting it back.”

The expression on Er Gouzi's face seemed reluctant, and he nodded reluctantly, agreeing with Li Ji's statement.

Li Ji reached out and rubbed Er Gouzi's head: "Some things have to be guarded against. If you have a lot of meat on the mountain, will other beasts snatch it? For a reason, we have so many things in our house, and it hurts to lose everything. It’s okay if we can raise a few more wolfhounds in the future, or hire someone to look after them with more money.”

The balcony in the house where the two of them slept was purposely made very large. All the vegetables in the garden had come down at the moment, and we couldn’t grow anything, so we got soil and planted them on the balcony. The window paper was specially chosen for better light transmission. Now the seeds have just been sown. , It hasn't grown yet.

Er Gouzi is still doing the watering work. Over the past year, Er Gouzi has been able to grow vegetables proficiently. This year, the vegetables grown in the yard are thicker than other people’s. It can be seen that Er Gouzi Zizi is gifted in farming.

"What do you want to eat tonight?" Li Ji stuffed the rice and asked Er Gouzi without looking back.

Er Gouzi, who was interacting with the puppy, thought about it: "Let's eat fish."

"You stew?" Er Gouzi is better at stewing fish.

Er Gouzi: "Yes."

"I'm craving tofu mixed with shallots. Remind me to order it tomorrow so I can get up early to change tofu." Li Ji added firewood to the stove, watched the flames, and unconsciously wore a smile on his face.

Er Gouzi remembered very clearly: "Yeah." About Li Ji, Er Gouzi could remember everything very clearly.

The stewed fish adds a lot of Artemisia basil. This year, I specially collected more Artemisia basil, dried them all and packed them.

The next morning, Er Gouzi got up and was reluctant to call Li Ji. He took a few copper coins and went to the village to buy tofu.As a result, I was taken aback when I reached the door, and there were two dead mice at the door.

Er Gouzi didn't know why, so he just picked it up and threw it far away.

When Li Ji woke up, Er Gouzi had already returned, cooked porridge and mixed side dishes, and was just waiting for Li Ji to get up to make tofu mixed with shallots.

When Li Ji woke up, the kang was warm, the air was filled with the aroma of rice porridge, and his heart was full at that moment.

Putting on clothes and going to the outhouse, Er Gouzi was adding fire to the stove. After adding the fire, he sat on the frying spoon and heated up the tea eggs that had been stewed for half a night last night. At this time, the tea eggs were full of flavor and taste just right.

Li Ji washed his face and went to make tofu mixed with shallots. The puppy came and rubbed against his leg. Li Ji's body stiffened, and he couldn't resist it.

"Let's give him a name, what do you think should be called?"

Where will Er Gouzi get a name?Shaking his head: "I don't know."

Li Ji lowered his head, the puppy felt his gaze, and looked at it expectantly wagging its tail.

"A crooked name is easy to support, so it's called Little Tail."

The porridge is ready, mix some of the previously prepared broth and feed it to Xiaowei, Xiaowei is not picky eaters at all.I heard that in his original home, the owner only gave him boiled bran, which is something that is mixed with corn for pigs. Little Tail has never eaten good food before, so he will eat his stomach every time here. bulging.

This feature reminded Li Ji of the Er Gouzi he just met. At that time, Er Gouzi was also like this. After a good meal, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat later, so he would eliminate all visible food as much as possible.

Therefore, the eating of the little tail is also controlled. I heard people say that the dog has the most appetite. If there is no restriction on eating, it can eat until it is alive.

The coal in the coal kiln was almost burnt before, so I went to open the kiln and let it go, and I can go to get the charcoal early in the morning.

When the coal kiln was being opened, a family of five was busy next to it, and they were members of the Li family.

"According to our village, fourth uncle is living well now." The daughter-in-law smiled at Li Ji.

I got used to hearing this, so I didn't feel the joy at the beginning. Li Ji continued to be busy with his work and said, "The lucky one is Er Gouzi, and I'm just lucky."

"That's not necessarily the case. In the past, Er Gouzi was as capable as he was on the mountain, didn't he still endure hardships? Now he enjoys happiness because he met fourth uncle you." The daughter-in-law walked to the wooden bucket she brought and drank with a ladle, "Zhao Qian Did you hear that Uncle Pearl is back again?"

Li Ji shook his head, since he lived outside the village, Li Ji knew less about the things in the village.

The daughter-in-law handed water to the men in the family, and she kept talking: "This time, I have come back to take a look at the kindness of the young lady she served. This time I didn't get a single silver back, but I got back four roast ducks and half a piece of fabric." , I even took a look at it, the color of the fabric is so fresh, it was used by a little girl at first glance, Pearl said she was not willing to use it, so she took it back, and everyone knew it was for her sister Fei Cui."

Li Ji nodded, quite understandable.On the surface, she did not forget that she was sold and returned to Xiao Jing's parents. In fact, she came back to take revenge. She satirized her father with roast duck. Her sister was not favored at home, so she came back with cloth to make good clothes for her.

Seeing her talk for a long time, Li Ji answered with a face: "Then do you think that half of the cloth will be sold by her father?"

The daughter-in-law thought about it, shook her head and said: "Not necessarily, Fei Cui is not young this year, and it's time to find her husband's house in a year or two, and the half horse won't make her two bigger clothes. Dress well, and you can find a good family with two decent clothes. I have heard that after Pearl is successful, Uncle Zhao Qian doesn’t want to recruit any more. After the nobleman takes over the house, he will find a good home for Fei Cui. Then Fei Cui will give birth to a son and bring him back to support him."

"That's their own calculation." It's to see if Pearl can give them a calculation.Pearls have been sold for many years, and I don't know where they have gone all these years. To be able to become a maid next to Qianjin, if she is not a human being, she is half as good, at least she must be more calculating than Zhao Qian.

"That's right."

The temperature inside the coal kiln is still very high, so we still have to let it go.

The next morning, Li Ji woke up early thinking about coal. As soon as he sat up, the second dog beside him also sat up.

"I'll feed the animals and you cook the food." Li Ji put on his clothes, went out, and opened the iron chain tied to the door first. Through the door, he saw a rabbit that was bitten to death lying outside.

Li Jidai opened the door and saw that the rabbit had obviously been bitten to death, it was hardened, it seemed that it died last night.

Li Ji thought that his own rabbit had been bitten to death, so he hurried to check the rabbits in the livestock pen, but there were no fewer rabbits.

And last night I didn't hear the exchange of little tails. This little dog is quite in charge, and outsiders usually bark when they get close to him.

Strange and strange, a rabbit that was bitten to death was left at the door, and I don't know how it got here.

"Er Gouzi? Er Gouzi! Come out and have a look."

Er Gouzi put down the half-washed rice in his hand and came out, walked to Li Ji and followed Li Ji's gaze to see the dead rabbit.

"It was there yesterday too. It was a dead mouse with the same wound."

Er Gouzi is an expert in identifying bite marks, and he is basically right when he says it.

"Hey, this is really weird." Li Ji reached out and picked up the dead rabbit.

"The leather is torn. It's good for us to put it together to make insoles. Let's stew the meat in a livestock pot and feed it to the dogs."

I don't know what was bitten to death, but it is obviously not a snake bite, it should not be poisonous, and it is no problem to feed the dog.

I went to collect all the coal that day. Today, two kilns have been fired with coal. The warehouse can’t hold it. There is an empty space in the back yard to pile it up. It is covered with a layer of corn stalks to prevent the coal from being wet by rain.

This year is dry, and there is not much rain in total, but fortunately, the grain harvest is not bad, so I won't be hungry.Maybe it's because of the heavy snowfall last year, otherwise the production will definitely drop a lot this year.

Now I can only pray that the situation will be better in the coming year. If it happens again, the food produced is really only enough to barely feed the family, let alone earn extra copper coins.

The coals were all piled up, and I went to the door early the next morning after going to bed at night to see that there was an extra dead yellow skin.

This matter is too evil, Li Ji discussed it with Er Gouzi, and decided not to sleep that night to find out what was going on.

He had heard a lot of stories about monsters and goblins since he was a child, but Li Ji really didn't think it was something ghostly.

And why did this matter spread to his family?When things go wrong, there must be demons. Li Ji must find out the truth.

The two of them didn't sleep that night, and they lay on the kang chatting to relieve boredom. Er Gouzi's five senses were very good, and it was worse when he fell asleep. When he was awake, he could feel movement outside.

"What do you think could be the matter? Why doesn't our little tail bark? Usually barking is quite fun."

"Be afraid. When you are afraid, you dare not make a sound." Er Gouzi guessed.

"It's possible." Li Ji paused, and then said, "Then go and put on the leather armor, maybe it's something that came down from the mountains."