Salt Xiao Fulang

As time goes by, it gets colder and colder day by day, but it can't freeze the fire of gossip from the masses.

"Have you heard? Qian Sangou killed someone again..."

"What!? It's been a long time since I killed people. The last time I heard about him was when he was robbing a bride in the street..."

The natural stone platform in Dashi Village is like a small podium.

The village chief and Song Xu walked over from a distance, and were satisfied to see that a group of people had already gathered there.

The old village head clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention, and Song Xu took the stage.

The old village head: "It's nothing serious, but boy Xu wants to tell everyone a story, as a leisure after dinner. You can tell any stories in the future..."

"What!? What story can be told?"

"I've only heard scriptures preached on a high platform, but I haven't heard one who specifically goes up to tell stories..."

Song Xu coughed lightly.

"Hi, uncles and aunts. It's like this. You must have heard about the incident in Pingshan Village a few days ago-a villain, in order to monopolize his brother's family property, forced the widow to death. In order to make the atmosphere of our village more harmonious, To stay away from such accidents, the village chief thought of a way...that is to let everyone come up and tell stories. It can be good people, bad people, or your own. Take people as a guide, and you can know the gains and losses. It means to read more When it comes to other people's affairs, you can know whether you are doing right or not. If you have any conflicts in your family and want to ask everyone to comment, you can also come up and talk about it. There are more people and more ideas."

The villagers looked at each other in blank dismay, and then heatedly discussed with a bang.

so much fun! ?You can really ask the whole village to judge! ?

Song Xu raised his hand to silence everyone.

"The regulations for the mediation are still waiting for the village chief to formulate. Today I will start by throwing bricks at the door and telling everyone a story about a big villain."

"Once upon a time, there was a country boy with a dozen or so members in his family. It can be said that the population is thriving..."

Song Xu added oil and vinegar to write a script, with an ordinary country boy as the main character.

His family was underdeveloped in the past, and it was only through the concerted efforts of his brothers that his life became better and better.The protagonist goes to the county one day and sees a beautiful woman, how gentle and virtuous that woman is is omitted here...

Those present had never heard of such a lingering love story, and both parties in the story were ordinary people, anyone could be involved, and everyone blush and heartbeat when they heard it.

The girl and the boy are in their best years, and their families support each other. They appreciate each other, and every time they meet, pink bubbles pop up.Song Xu added a lot of unwarranted sugar, such as setting off river lanterns on Chinese Valentine's Day, writing paper on branches to express love, and meeting someone on willow branches after dusk on the moon...

Everyone was stunned for a while, eating sweets until they were hungry, at this moment, Song Xu suddenly changed his mind.

"The big wedding day is here. With the help of her family, Tao Niang put on the red wedding dress that she had embroidered for half a year. Parents were reluctant to part with her, and talked with her for a long time in the room... Tao Niang firmly said: 'Parents, wait I have entered Zhao Lang's door, and I will definitely take you to the village to live for the rest of your life!" The old couple burst into tears, and Tao Niang couldn't make a sound. But this is a road to happiness, and they must walk up it with a smile!"

"Ten miles of red makeup, the residents of the small county lined up to see Tao Niang. I saw her face was like peaches and plums, her eyes were shining with water, and she looked like a fish or a wild goose! The guys who almost wanted to marry her were all mad, didn't they?" Thinking of how beautiful Tao Niang is with makeup on!"

Suddenly, Song Xu's tone sank.

"But at this moment, a person not far away suddenly looked at Tao Niang..."

Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, and they heard Song Xu describe how a wealthy local businessman robbed the bride and humiliated him in every possible way. After the end, Tao Niang committed suicide. Zhao Lang, who had sworn to each other, fought with the wealthy businessman for revenge. In the end, the once happy family was killed like this. extinguished the door...

Song Xu used [-]% of his strength to describe the details very tragically, and the description of the environment and psychology did not fail.

Villagers: "Woooooooooooooo..."

Why do they gather here to eat knives in the cold weather?

One girl yelled: "Why is this happening!? The rich businessman is damned!"

Song Xu vaguely cast a glance of approval, and continued: "The story is not over yet... Tao Niang's father..."

Tao Niang's father, a mason in the county, lost his only daughter and old wife one after another, and he went crazy.

He hid in the nearby mountains, drinking blood like a wild man.

When he was slightly lucid, he only remembered one thing, killing the rich businessman and avenging his wife and daughter!

Five years passed in the blink of an eye, one morning, he saw the wealthy businessman leading a motorcade down the mountain from afar...

"The mason suddenly woke up and thought, it's time for revenge!"

Everyone was immersed in the expectation of imminent revenge, and the scene was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

"I saw the mason rushing forward with a knife in his hand!——but he was cut off in the neck with a knife, and the blood spattered three feet..."

When he said this, it was Song Xu who saw it with his own eyes, and his emotions were surging, and his throat was a little choked up for a while.

The villagers in the audience: "..."

What about revenge! ?

An old man choked his breath in his chest, staggered a few steps and almost fell to the ground, obviously very angry.

Everyone gathered around one after another, and the sixth uncle was also beside him. Seeing this, he hurried up to check.

The others woke up like they had just woken up from a dream, and they were so angry that they wanted to curse.

"Song Xu, why did you tell this story to embarrass everyone!?"

"That's right, what should I do if I make everyone angry?"

Song Xu sighed grimly.

"It's a real thing."

What, the real thing! ?

Those who are so keen immediately think of Qian Sangou.After all, among the ten miles and eight villages, only the Qian family in the county can be regarded as wealthy businessmen.It is also well known that he once robbed a bride in the street.

It's just a frivolous rumor, and this detailed story has a completely different impact on people.

The girl with that sensibility, Shuang'er, was already crying so hard.

Song Xu finally said: "I saw the fate of the mason with my own eyes. That day was the second day of the winter solstice, and Xiaochun and I rushed to the county town to do small business in the morning. We suddenly saw the Qian's motorcade on the road, so we avoided it. Who knows Witnessed a murder... the body of the mason was thrown into the mass grave by the servants of the Qian family."

A silence.

What the people around me saw with their own eyes made the impact of the story infinite.

They also felt sad, as if such a tragic thing just happened before their own eyes...

Qian Sangou is so bad that he should go to the [-]th floor of hell!

The story spread with alarming speed in nearby villages.When everyone relays, it is inevitable to add some personal processing.

According to word of mouth, Qian Sangou is getting worse and worse and uglier...

There is naturally more than one short story, Qian Sangou has done all the bad things, don't have too much material, and can hit the truth by making up random things.In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed, and the notoriety of Qian Sangou began to be sung in the streets and alleys.

On this day, Song Xu and Xiaochun finally made glutinous rice candied lotus root.

Wash and peel the lotus root, and separate the sections.Cut off one end and pour the soaked glutinous rice into the hole of the lotus root.

Since the glutinous rice and lotus root are wet, it is not easy to stuff them.Xiaochun cooperated with Song Xu, one person held the lotus root, and the other took the chopsticks and pounded the rice in...until it was tightly stuffed.

The two of them had fun and didn't feel hard working.When the glutinous rice is full, use a cut section of lotus root as a cover, and tie the cover tightly with a rope.

Then it was boiled over high heat.

Lotus root is a good thing, fresh and natural lotus root is even more delicious - just boiled in water, the fragrance can waft eight hundred miles away.

The fragrance of lotus root is different from other starchy foods, and it has a unique flavor.

It is reminiscent of the empty mountains after the rain, and the mist on the river.

When Xiaochun picked up the lotus root segments to cool, and then cut them into pieces, the fragrance was even more refreshing!

Song Xu couldn't wait to twist up a piece and bit off half of it in one bite.

"Hmm!" He nodded repeatedly, signaling Xiaochun to try it too.

Just as Xiaochun stretched out his hand, Song Xu stopped him suddenly.

Song Xu looked at the clear amber-colored and lotus root-colored soup in the pot, thought about it, and found a small bag of sweet potato starch.

Dissolve the starch in cold water, set up another pot, pour the lotus root soup into the pot,

After boiling, pour the starch water into the pot and stir quickly.

The soup in the pot gradually became viscous, and small lingering bubbles appeared.

Song Xu scooped out the thickened Gorgon juice and poured it on the plate containing lotus root slices.

A plate of crystal clear glutinous rice candied lotus root appeared in front of Xiaochun.

Xiaochun knows it is delicious without having to taste it, because it is so beautiful!

The two of them ate this section of lotus root for one dinner, cut the rest into slices, and sent a portion to everyone they knew in the village.

When they got home, the two settled accounts against each other.

"This time we took advantage of Brother Mo. Lotus root is not expensive, glutinous rice is used less, and maltose is outside, and a small piece costs a penny, but Brother Mo's candy is about [-] catties, and it is only He charged us a tael and a half of silver."

Xiaochun picks his fingers and calculates.

"Our lotus root joint weighs about one catty. According to my cutting method, I usually cut it into about twenty pieces. Should we weigh it by two catties?"

Song Xu scratched it with a charcoal stick for a while, and then decided: "Fifteen cents a catty of candied lotus root. It's cheaper than those cakes in the county. Or sell them in slices, cut thicker, and a piece costs a penny."

For sweets, everyone has a lot of tolerance in terms of price acceptance.

Brown sugar cakes and mung bean cakes in dim sum shops generally cost more than [-] Wen.

Although their glutinous rice candied lotus root is not as exquisite as those dim sums, it will never lose in terms of deliciousness!

Song Xu and Xiaochun are very confident in this new product.

If you can sell ten catties a day, you can earn fifty or sixty Wen.

And this thing is easy to make. The rice is stuffed the day before, put it in a pot and stewed, and when it is sold, it only needs to be cut, which is very convenient.

Song Xu ordered a batch of printed small plates from a pottery shop in the county.

Although it is not an expensive item, it is also very interesting to print the small flowers designed by him.The agreed pick-up time is tomorrow, and now that the lotus root is ready, they decided to officially start selling it the day after tomorrow.

In the early morning of the second day, the two got up with difficulty and ran around the village.

After returning, Xiaochun strode for another 10 minutes, Song Xu collected his things, and went to the county as usual.

Jiang Tiantian got up early and was already busy in the shop.

Song Xu trusted her, so he taught her how to do a lot of things. Now she is just a brick, and she is very easy to use wherever she needs to move it.

No, before Song Xu started, Jiang Tiantian mixed the dumpling stuffing and the skins were ready.

"Hey, Boss Song, do you think stuffing is bland?"

Song Xu stuck out his tongue and licked it, neither salty nor bland, raised his head and said in praise: "Baby, you have grown up, it's time to do it alone."

"Crack." Xiaochun slapped Song Xu on the back of the head, and knocked back the second half of his sentence.

I don't know if the exercise really has a miraculous effect or what, but Song Xu always feels that he is staring at him because of this palm...

"Increase wages, increase wages!" He quickly changed his words.

Jiang Tiantian was puzzled: "Salary?"

"Slip of the tongue, it means wages. I will give you a wage increase! In the future, when we grow old, Tiantian, this stall will be inherited by you!"

Jiang Tiantian: "..."

Can the adopted daughter pass?

A few people were chatting, the sky was getting brighter, and there were more and more people on the street.

Tian Xiaoqing had just arrived and was cleaning up the store front.It was an ordinary day, but after 10 minutes, the calm was broken.

Tian Xiaoqing turned pale with anxiety, rushed into the backyard and said, "Brother Xu! Several shops in the county are selling fried dumplings and pancakes and our buckwheat barley at the same time! It's even cheaper than us! No one came today! They only sell it now Get out three pancakes!"

The kitchen was silent.

Xiaochun was shocked, he looked at Song Xu, then at Tian Xiaoqing, bit his lower lip, momentarily at a loss.

Jiang Tiantian was dumbfounded.In her concept, this store is a fairy store, how can there be food made in other places that is delicious here! ?

Only Song Xu frowned slightly, and then opened it again.

He stood up and patted the flour off his hands.

"Xiaoqing, go to the shop where we ordered the pottery and ask how our plates are doing. If there are any ready ones, please bring them back first."

Tian Xiaoqing had a backbone, and hurried out.

Jiang Tiantian was sent out by him to watch the store, and in the end it was only him and Xiaochun left.

Smiling at Chao Xiaochun, Song Xu said, "Don't worry, it's just selling new things one day in advance. What are you selling and not selling?"

The anxiety in Xiaochun's heart eased a lot.

Just listen to Song Xu continuing: "There is only one family in Wanjia Village that sells lotus roots nearby. If they want to compete with us, it will definitely cost more. When they make lotus roots, we will do other things!"

"I don't believe it. After eating so much waste oil and fighting snacks, I can still lose!?"

"And..." Song Xu paused, and said triumphantly, "Then those from the Blessing Bun Shop or the Blessing Pastry Shop will not live long."