Crossing the Extreme Rampage

Xujiacun.

"Cuckoo, cluck, cluck..." The old woman sprinkled vegetable leaves in the yard to feed the chickens.

Several hens ran over happily.

The chickens are eating in the corner, against the background of the green vegetables and grass, the small yard looks very farm-like.

A cheerful child's voice came from one side, "The pole is long and the bench is wide. The bench is not as long as the pole, and the pole is not as wide as the bench. The pole needs to be tied to the bench. The bench does not allow the pole to be tied to the bench. The pole must be tied to the bench." ..." Several children clapped their hands, jumped and circled, and said tongue twisters.

There was a woman sitting on the stool. The woman's eyes kept falling on the children, with a faint smile on her face.

These children were specially called by the old woman from the village to play at home, in order to relieve the woman's knots.

You have to try everything, what if it works?

The old woman fed the chicken and walked over, and asked her with a smile, "Can you talk to the old woman?"

The woman's attention was attracted, and her eyes moved to the old woman's body. Her eyes were clear, but she had no emotions. She felt that the inside was blank, like a boundless desert... very barren.

The old woman waited for a while, and when she saw that the woman still didn't answer her, she turned and went into the house.

The woman's eyeballs rolled, and finally returned to calm.

The old woman came out with a dustpan of beans, and sat beside her to pick stones out of the beans.

Living alone all year round, she has long developed the habit of being lonely. Even if the woman doesn't talk to her, it doesn't affect her mood. Sometimes she talks to herself.

"When the old lady was young, she had a happy and happy family. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law were powerful, but she never treated me harshly. She and my husband also played harmoniously. All the misfortunes happened after my husband was forced to join the army. At that time, the Xiongnu invaded my dynasty. There are frequent wars on the border, and every household in the village has to send a man to join the army."

"My husband is the only son in my family. Originally, my father-in-law said that he would join the army instead of my husband, but my husband is very responsible and unwilling to live or die, so he finally followed him."

"It's been two years. After two years, the war on the border will be less serious. My husband said that the general will allow them to return to their hometown to visit their relatives for a month."

There was deep nostalgia in the eyes of the old woman, "In that month, I never left my husband, and I was very reluctant to part with him, but I had to go, and I never came back after I left."

With a sigh, "I should have a baby. I found out that I was pregnant more than a month after my husband left. At that time, the family was so happy. But four months later, the sad news came that my husband died in battle, and the child died. This is gone, and the father-in-law and mother-in-law also passed away one after another because they couldn't bear the blows one after another, leaving the old woman alone, living peacefully in the world."

The woman lowered her eyes slightly, not knowing whether she was listening, thinking, or just in a daze.

The old woman wiped her tears and smiled lightly, "Look at what my old woman said, just wait, my mother-in-law is going to cook for you."

"Grandma, wait a moment." Tang Yuanming's clear voice came over.

The old woman turned around, saw that it was Tang Yuanming, and laughed, "Come back from work in town?"

Tang Yuanming nodded, and handed her the medicine in his hand, "I brought her the medicine, did she speak?"

The old woman came over to take the medicine, and waved her hand, "I didn't say anything, it's the fourth day, and I still haven't said a word, but her injuries are improving, don't worry."

Tang Yuanming sat on the stool and felt the girl's pulse, "It's definitely getting better, please trouble your mother-in-law."

"You don't need to be so polite, she is equivalent to being my companion. By the way, I went to Huangjia Village to inquire about it."

Tang Yuanming raised his eyes, "What did you find out?"

The old lady told Tang Yuanming all about her inquiries, but in conclusion, she had only one meaning. She didn't ask anything, and the married daughters in the village didn't say that any of them got lost.

Tang Yuanming frowned and thought, "It's okay, mother-in-law, please run for a while. Since we can't find out, we will tell us when she wakes up."

The old woman thought for a while, "That's fine too."

Tang Yuanming stood up and said goodbye, "Grandma, I'm leaving first, she'll trouble you to take care of her."

The old woman smiled and said, "It's okay, go slowly."

……

"Brother, try new clothes too." Xu Zhengyi unfolded the clothes and handed them to Xu Zhengfeng, his eyes filled with joy.

These clothes were made by Tang Yuanming to the clothing store two days ago. The owner of the clothing store was very helpful, and the clothes for the family of four were ready in two days.

Xu Zhengfeng took the clothes over and looked at them carefully. The style of the clothes was very novel, and it was very convenient to wear.

The style of the clothes is like a short-sleeved shirt, but without a collar, the collar is made in the style of a Tang suit, and the buttons are replaced with cloth buttons of a Tang suit.

Clothes styles are the same big and small.

In addition, there is a vest and a pair of trousers. The trousers are like ancient trousers, no different.

Set of four.

Tang Yuanming came back from the outside and walked into the room. Seeing Xu Zhengfeng holding the clothes to watch, he asked him, "Do you like this style? I specially made brother clothes. We all wore this clothes on the day the store opened. It must be special."

Xu Zhengfeng put the clothes on and looked down, "The fabric is comfortable and the size is right. This is the first time I have worn such good clothes."

Tang Yuanming took a step back to look at him, and found that Xu Zhengfeng was quite suitable for modern clothes. His shoulders and back formed a straight line, his shoulders were wide and his waist was thin, and he looked very imposing when he wore clothes, with a feeling of never admitting defeat.

"Yes, this dress suits you very well."

Xu Zhengfeng handed the clothes to Tang Yuanming, "Try this on."

Tang Yuanming didn't refuse, just shook it off and put it on. The size of the tailor-made clothes was very suitable, "Is he handsome?"

Xu Zhengfeng smiled and nodded, "Handsome, he looks like the young master of some family, Yushu Linfeng."

"Very good at talking."

Xu Zhengyi and Xu Zhengyu next to him looked up at Tang Yuanming with wide smiles.

Xu Zhengyi looked left and then again, "Brother Ming, handsome, really handsome, as I told my elder brother, he looks like a young master."

Xu Zhengyu circled around Tang Yuanming twice, and then tugged at Xiao Yao, "Brother, you are so pretty, even better than me."

Is it his turn to compare his beauty with a three-year-old?

Tang Yuanming laughed heartily, "Little mouth is so sweet, come, let me see you two."

The shrunken version of the shirt-shaped Tang suit is still lively and cute when worn on a three-year-old child. "It's not bad, it looks good."

Wearing it on a teenager, it has its vigor and youthful spirit, "It seems that I have chosen the right style, and it looks good wearing it."

Xu Zhengyi took the opportunity to flatter him, "Brother Ming, you really have vision."

Tang Yuanming was proud, "I have always been very discerning, and choosing your eldest brother is my best vision."

Xu Zhengfeng was slightly shy, and took off his clothes, "Okay, stop complimenting each other, they are both good-looking and discerning."

Seeing his expression, Tang Yuanming couldn't help pulling him over for a kiss, "I don't know what's going on, but when I see you now, I can't help it."

Xu Zhengfeng, "..."

Xu Zhengyi and Xu Zhengyu snickered aside.

……

There were several kinds of scents in the kitchen, Xu Zhengfeng was curious, "Yuan Ming, are these the bun stuffing you made?"

There are ten ceramic pots on the chopping board, and the stuffing of buns in each pot is different, there are fresh meat stuffing, cabbage pork stuffing, leek pork stuffing, Shage pork stuffing, pork green onion stuffing, shiitake mushrooms Stuffing, dried plum vegetable stuffing, three delicacies stuffing, turnip stuffing, peanut and sesame stuffing.

After trying on the new clothes, Tang Yuanming started to stuff the buns, "I'll make two buns with each kind of stuffing, and we'll try them at night to see if they're good. If they're delicious, we'll sell these stuffings in the future. My son's steamed stuffed bun."

"Do you sell so many flavors every day?"

Tang Yuanming smiled mysteriously, "Of course not, we sell ten kinds on the first day, and two kinds on the second day, one stuffed with meat and one stuffed with ingredients, and on the third day we change to others, taking turns." Come on, I can't help you, you are too tired to do business alone, now we are not short of money, there is no need to do such a big business."

Xu Zhengfeng thought about it, this is the reason, he still has two children with him, and he is too busy, "Then we sell a fixed amount every day, shall we wait until we sell out?"

Tang Yuanming nodded, "Yes, I plan to use another way of buying and selling to mobilize everyone's curiosity. By then, our steamed buns will be in short supply."

Xu Zhengfeng was very interested. He was afraid that the items would not be sold out when he was doing business, "Tell me about it."

"It's hunger marketing."

"Hunger marketing?" It was the first time Xu Zhengfeng heard about this way of doing business, his mind went blank and he didn't understand what it meant.

"I plan that we will only sell 250 buns a day, 250 with meat stuffing, and [-] with vegetarian stuffing. We will also sell soy milk and porridge. Those who eat porridge will have a plate of pickles as a gift."

"Is it that simple?"

"It's not easy, I'll forget it, if there are more, you will be overwhelmed, the store will ask Zhengyi to help you, and run this small store, the two of you match just right."

Xu Zhengfeng must have listened to Tang Yuanming, nodded, "Then we will follow what you said."

"Well, don't worry, everything is up to me."

Xu Zhengfeng curled his lips slightly, "I've always thought so in my heart."

Vanity was satisfied, Tang Yuanming said with a smile, "Now you are learning how to make steamed buns with me, and appearance is also a selling point of steamed stuffed buns."

You know, no matter which world you are in, appearance is very important.

"it is good."

Xu Zhengfeng watched as Tang Yuanming scooped the flour into the basin, added water and kneaded it into a suitable dry and wet dough, put it in the basin and covered it with a white cloth to let it rise, then washed one side of the chopping board, wiped off the water, sprinkled dry Flour, take the previously kneaded dough to the table to continue kneading, stretch it into long strips, and then cut it into small lumps of uniform size with a knife.

"Is it difficult to make buns?"

"It's not very difficult, but it still needs some skills to wrap it beautifully. Come and see my technique."

"Ah."

Tang Yuanming picked up a small bun and kneaded it in the palm of his hand, then spread it into a thin layer, added fillings, then pinched the edges of the dough together, and finally formed a circle of folds on the middle and upper ends of the bun, with the middle A small circle, very beautiful appearance, "Do you understand? Just wrap it like this."