Dressed as a blacksmith

"That's right, full of qi and blood, and ruddy complexion. It seems that little brother Qiao has been doing well these few months?" Old doctor Zhou of Baohetang did not forget to tease Qiao Yuan after finishing his pulse.

Qiao Yuan curled his lips, and said to himself, let's stop pretending to be ignorant!

I've seen you come to our Shilixiang to eat health pot many times!

Doctor Zhou stroked his beard and said with a smile, "If you want a child, I'll prescribe you two doses of medicine and then make adjustments."

Qiao Yuan waved his hands quickly when he heard the words, he was not in a hurry at all, he still wanted to live with Yu Dameng for a few more years!

This time, he just wanted to...

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Boss Yu came back from Fucheng.

Qiao Yuan saw Meng Qiu who had been pregnant for four months, except for her round face, she couldn't see any changes in her body.

Meng Qiu was very grateful to Qiao Yuan, as soon as they met, he said, "Brother and sister-in-law told me all the letters, thank you for your help."

"It's all right, mutual benefit." Qiao Yuan said lightly, but Meng Qiu knew that everything depends on the fact that they are a family.

Seeing that Qiao Yuan was always secretly poking at his stomach, he pulled Qiao Yuan into the back room, and asked a little shyly, "Do you want to touch it?"

What a peerless, kind-hearted little angel is this!

Qiao Yuan's hand was lightly attached to Meng Qiu's slightly protruding stomach, it felt very strange.He inexplicably imagined what his and Yu Dameng's child would look like.

"The doctor said that he might start to move soon."

Qiao Yuan didn't dare to touch him when he heard the words, so he hurriedly asked Meng Qiu to put on his clothes so that he wouldn't catch the cold.

Meng Qiu's eyes were bent. He who is about to become a father seems to be much bolder than before, and he can quietly ask Qiao Yuan, "When do you and uncle plan to have children?"

Qiao Yuan: "!"

Is it too much that has been born recently?

The next day is the New Year’s Fair. The members of Yu’s family got up early. Father Yu Lin Cuifen rushed to the meat market to grab some good meat. Boss Yu took the twin brothers to buy firecrackers, lanterns, candies and other New Year’s goods first. Yu Dameng accompanied Qiao Go away to the shop.

There are many people rushing to the morning market today, and the opening time of Yuqiaoji is earlier than usual.

As soon as Qiao Yuan entered the shop, he announced, "We will close the shop at noon, so you can go to the market and get some supplies."

Everyone's faces were filled with joy. Although there is nothing lacking on weekdays, you have to go to the New Year's Fair to have a New Year's flavor during the New Year.

The Shilixiang shop was on holiday yesterday, and each person was given ten catties of pork and three catties of mutton, and received half a month's extra monthly money. This gift is very generous, and it should be the first in Yunshui County.

Ma Shun'er and the employees of Shilixiang Shop are treated the same, but Mingxu Mingchen and Mrs. Zheng Xin are treated differently. After all, the relationship is different. On the basis of etiquette, Qiao Yuan also subsidizes each of them in private. two silver.

Ming Xu will join forces with Zheng Xin and Xingwu during the New Year's Eve, Qiao Yuan has nothing to worry about, and after a few instructions, he will close the shop and go to the New Year's Fair as soon as noon arrives.

The sun has risen in the sky now, and it is not as cold as in the morning.Qiao Yuan asked Qiao Wang's Lin Cuifen and Brother Liu to buy new clothes together.

There are many people in the Nianji, even if they are driving an ox cart, they are afraid of being bumped into. Meng Qiu's baby is not easy to come by, so he doesn't go with it.

However, naturally, his share will not be lost.

In order to show fairness, Lin Cuifen also chose a suit for Qiao Yuan.Qiao Yuan didn't really care about this, but he knew that Lin Cuifen wanted a bowl of water to be flat, so he accepted it, and turned around and added some jewelry to Qiao Wang's and Lin Cuifen.

Several people bought a lot of things here and there, and Shen Shi loaded them into the car and went home.

Qiao Yuan was happy in his heart. After working so hard for so many days, it can be regarded as a small long vacation.

So, on the second day, he slept till the sun was up. If brother Liu hadn't asked him to go to the old house to eat butchered vegetables, he wouldn't have remembered it.

"The sun is drying your ass, Brother Yuan." Brother Liu was wrapped in a small white cloak, with a tiger head cap on his head, and the cute Qiao Yuan hugged him to the bed and ruaed him hard.

Then Qiao Yuan spread out again, "It's too cold outside, brother doesn't think about it!"

"Get up, get up." Brother Liu was making trouble with Qiao Yuan when Yu Dameng came back.

He had rushed to the old house early in the morning to help butcher the pigs, and now he was free to come back, seeing Qiao Yuan lying in bed, he couldn't help laughing: "If you don't remember, I'll bring it over when the dishes are ready. "

Qiao Yuan looked at him anxiously and hummed a few times, trying to act like a baby, but Brother Liu was there.

Yu Dameng cleaned his hands, Qiao Yuan found all the clothes from inside to outside and put them on the bedside.

Qiao Yuan sat up under the quilt, and Yu Dameng helped him get dressed.

Brother Liu covered his mouth in surprise, "Brother, I won't let Auntie help you get dressed."

Qiao Yuan blushed and pushed Yu Dameng away, and got dressed quickly and neatly by himself.

When he went out with Brother Liu in his arms, he said: "Don't talk nonsense when you go out!"

The life of the Yu family is going well this year, and the population is large.Yesterday, Lin Cuifen asked Father Yu to buy a pig weighing more than 200 catties from the annual market, and save it for slaughter at the end of the year.

The pigs were really well picked, with thick buttocks and a lot of fat.

Today, the Yu family's status in the village is extraordinary.Many raw materials for Yuqiaoji and Shilixiang are first purchased in the village. The briquette made by the iron shop also brought benefits to many people in the village. Qiao Yuan also contributed money to build a school for the village.Therefore, when the Yu family wanted to kill pigs, many people came to help.

When Qiao Yuan arrived, the yard was extremely lively.

Those women and husbands praised him when they saw him, "Brother Yuan, you are capable."

"He is the most promising little brother in our village!"

"What little brother, I don't think men are as good as him!"

Qiao Yuan's scalp was numb from the praise, and he kept laughing dryly.

Seeing this, Lin Cuifen dismissed him, "Go inside and see if Brother Qiu is feeling better?"

It turned out that Meng Qiu wanted to eat sauerkraut stewed white meat and blood sausage yesterday, but now he couldn't bear the smell of blood from slaughtered pigs, so he hid in the house all the time.

When Qiao Yuan entered the house, he was making small clothes by the stove.Qiao Yuan asked him, "Are you feeling better?"

Meng Qiu blinked, and whispered to him in embarrassment: "Actually, I... I've been hungry for a long time, I just want to go out..."

"I understand!" Qiao Yuan answered immediately, he couldn't handle the enthusiasm of those aunts and aunts!

There were two large pots set up in the yard, and they were filled with sauerkraut, white meat, and blood sausage. At this moment, the smell of sauerkraut and meat wafted into the room, and Qiao Yuan also felt a little greedy. Stewed vegetables in a big pot are delicious in the world!

The first pot of butchered vegetable soup is the thickest and the most authentic.

As soon as it was out of the pot, Lin Cuifen picked out a big pot full of the best parts and asked Yu Dameng to bring it to the house.The meat was delicious, and the sauerkraut was boiled.

Qiao Yuan, Meng Qiu, and Xiao Liuer ate the hot steamed buns that Lin Cuifen had just steamed, and their stomachs became round.

"The butcher dish is so delicious." Brother Liu burped and sighed, making both Qiao Yuan and Meng Qiu couldn't help laughing.

Before the rest of the family had time to eat, Qiao Yuan went out to help distribute the pig dishes.Take two big spoonfuls, and whatever you catch is what you get, just a taste of meat, if you want it, just bring a bowl and come to pick it up.

Naturally, families like Qiao Guangzhi and Zhang Wensheng would never come to their homes.

Not only shameless, but also because they are arguing at the moment.

"Your family's reputation is like this, and you still want to match my son? Don't take a pee and look in the mirror!"

Seeing that Zhang Wensheng had finally returned from the academy, Qiao Yingying urged Xu Xiuhua to go to Zhang's house to propose their marriage in the future, fearing that things might change over time.

The Zhang family felt ashamed because of the repeated incidents of the Qiao family, and later saw that Qiao Guangzhi had lost his job, so they wanted to dissolve the engagement.

But when he changed his marriage to Qiao Yingying earlier, Qiao Guangzhi offered to support Zhang Wensheng's education with money.The Zhang family was overjoyed and signed a marriage letter with the Qiao family on the spot.

According to the law of the Chu Dynasty, if both parties agree to repent of the marriage, they can negotiate to cancel the engagement;

The members of the Zhang family did not dare to make rash decisions, so they waited patiently for Zhang Wensheng to come back.

After Zhang Wensheng came back from the academy and heard about the Qiao family, he was very angry and said on the spot: "This relative must retire!"

But before the Zhang family had time to find the Qiao family, the Qiao family actually came to the door by themselves first.

Zhang Wensheng's mother, Yang Guizhi, was annoyed on the spot, and she had the words to say.

When Xu Xiuhua heard it, she immediately jumped three feet high, "How dare you!"

The only chance for her family to turn around now is to cling to this future son-in-law tightly.If he is gone, wouldn't he be trampled under Qiao Yuan's little hoof for the rest of his life?

Qiao Guangzhi gave Xu Xiuhua a hard look, and then smiled warmly at the members of the Zhang family: "Dear family, let's talk about it."

Yang Guizhi kept a straight face, very proud, "There's nothing to say!"

Qiao Guangzhi's expression changed a few times, and finally he looked at Zhang Wensheng with a half-smile and said, "Doesn't Scholar Zhang have anything to say?"

He obviously still had a gentle look on his face and his tone was not high, but Zhang Wensheng keenly sensed a hint of threat.He was shocked, grabbed his mother who was about to have a big fight with Xu Xiuhua, took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Qiao, please come inside, let's go in and talk."

When Qiao Yuan heard the news that Zhang Wensheng and Qiao Yingying were about to get married in the next year, he was frying lard. Hearing this, he was surprised, "The Zhang family didn't divorce?"

The woman who was still staying in the courtyard of Yu's house to join in the fun nodded, and several of them chattered, even praising Zhang's family for being a scholar and respecting reputation, Zhang Wensheng was a pity, and so on.

Qiao Yuan was speechless for a while, feeling that the Zhang family was not that noble.But he is very much in favor of the two getting married, what kind of pot should match the cover, so as to save them from harming others again!

The fried lard is delicious, and I can hear the dog barking outside while sitting in the yard.Seeing that the pot was about to come out, the women sitting idle in the yard were embarrassed to stay longer, and went home one after another.

Qiao Yuan asked Yu Dameng to bring the strainer, and he held the strainer to let Yu Dameng scoop the boiled lard into the clay pot with a spoon to filter out the oil residue inside.

This pig has a lot of suet, and it boiled two large jars of lard, which happened to be one jar each for their small home and old house.

The filtered oil residue is the essence, and it tastes delicious when mixed with sugar as a snack!

Qiao Yuan took advantage of the oil pan and fried hemp leaves, meatballs, small yellow croakers and sesame balls.The Yu family has a large population and generally has a big appetite, so these things are fried in pots.

Lin Cuifen knew how to be a favor, and gave some to everyone she had good friends with. Naturally, everyone would return gifts, which enriched the Yu family's small snacks.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, hair your face.Qiao Yuan steamed steamed buns and made sticky bean buns.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Qiao Yuan prepared all kinds of sacrificial items, and went up the mountain with Yu Dameng to worship Yuanshen's parents and Yuanshen.

On the thirty day, Qiao Yuan finally woke up early without staying up.

The New Year's Eve was going to be spent in the old house, so the two packed up early and helped Qiao Wang go to the old house.

Today's Yu's house was extremely lively, everyone came to ask Boss Yu for a couplet with red paper, so Father Yu simply set up a table in the middle of the main room.

Boss Yu jokingly said, "I'm really in the shoes of my brother-in-law."

Although there were people who came to ask for words in previous years, but not as many as this year, it was nothing more than looking at the prosperous life of the Yu family this year and wanting to be happy.

Qiao Yuan smiled and replied, "Brother is modest."

The family enjoyed themselves happily, Mr. Yu wrote couplets, Mrs. Yu and Yu Dameng were packing meat and vegetables outside, Meng Qiu cut the window grilles, Mrs. Qiao Wang and Lin Cuifen made noodles, and Mrs. Qiao Yuan adjusted the dumpling stuffing.A total of three fillings were adjusted, one is pork with green onions, the other is sauerkraut meat filling, and the other is cabbage and egg.

Qiao Yuan also asked Yu Shanwen to launder some copper coins, "Wrap them in later, and whoever eats the most will get rich."

Before the adults could say anything, Brother Liu, who was playing with dough, said loudly, "That must be you, Brother Yuan!"

Everyone in the room laughed, Qiao Yuan dabbed some flour on Liu Ge'er's nose, "You ghost!"

This is Qiao Yuan's first New Year in another world, and also the happiest one.He attached great importance to it, so the chef prepared an extremely sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

Hot dishes include stewed chicken with chestnuts, knuckles with fragrant sauce, dry-stir-fried lamb, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, sweet and sour carp, Sixi meatballs, cabbage with oil residue, braised eggplant, mapo tofu, and cold dishes include beef with fragrant sauce, white meat with garlic paste, and frozen pork skin , cold salad with three silks, and a hot hot pot in the middle, the variety is so rich that people don't know which one to eat first.

Before the meal started, Qiao Yuan urged Father Yu to deliver an important speech.

Father Yu always hesitated to say anything, so Lin Cuifen simply took the wine glass and said proudly, "Let me speak!"

Qiao Yuan and the twin brothers applauded.

"This year, brother Yuan came into our house, and our family's life is booming. Brother Yuan opened a shop, and our iron shop made new objects and made money. Brother Qiu is pregnant. In the coming year, I hope Brother Qiu’s child will be born safely, the eldest will be admitted as a scholar, Brother Yuan will earn more money, and give our family a baby!”

Boss Yu and Meng Qiu laughed and looked at Qiao Yuan. Qiao Yuan blushed and kicked Yu Dameng under the table.

Yu Shanwu and Brother Liu hurriedly asked Lin Cuifen in unison: "Mother, what about me!"

Lin Cuifen touched Brother Liu's head softly, and coaxed him: "Brother Liu is white and fat."

Then, after changing the subject, he looked at Yu Shanwu and said, "Just as long as you and your fourth brother don't cause trouble for me!"

Yu Shanwu: "!!!"

The stove in the room was hot, and the food was cooling slowly, so there was no rush for this meal, and we ate slowly while chatting and drinking.

After the meal, it was time to watch the year. Qiao Wang's spirit was not good when he was old, so he went home early and went to bed.

Lin Cuifen and Meng Qiu make clothes for the baby who is about to be born at home, while Qiao Yuan starts a poker game, playing four-person competition with Boss Yu and the twin brothers!

This deck of cards was painted by Qiao Yuan before Qian Yun on the bamboo slips. It was waxed, and its practical effect was no different from that of modern playing cards.

Yu Dameng and Brother Liu watched the game, the game was really exciting.In the end, Father Yu couldn't resist helping Yu Shanwu, who had lost the most, play cards.

As soon as midnight came, every household set off firecrackers, and Qiao Yuan tried to set off a second kick.

After the sound of firecrackers, it was a long and silent night, and Yu Dameng carried Qiao Yuan home.

The moonlight was bright and clear, and Qiao Yuan suddenly said, "Yu Dameng, I'm eighteen, and the doctor said that I'm in good health."

Yu Dameng took Qiao Yuan's hand for a while, and then quickened his pace to go home.