Xiao Qiao Flowing Water

The sky finally cleared up this afternoon, and the running water took out all the herbs in the house to bask in the sun.

"Flowing water" Aunt Wang next door shouted into the yard.

"Aunt, what's the matter?" Liu Shui turned around after hearing the words.

Aunt Wang smiled all over her face, "The fifth day of the lunar new year is the beginning of autumn. The day after the beginning of autumn is an auspicious day. Wenxiu got married that day, so I will go to the city to collect money in the next few days. According to the village custom, I will collect money from each family. This time, the village chief asked me to come. receive."

Liu Shui said happily: "I know" and asked: "Is it still the same as in previous years, five hanging money?"

Aunt Wang smiled and nodded, "Yes."

"Auntie, come in and sit down, wait a minute." Immediately, she went into the room to get the money.

"No, I'll just wait in the yard."

"Aunt, here." Liu Shui handed over the money, and said, "Aunt, go in and have some tea."

Aunt Wang said happily, "No, I have to go home."

"Then, go slowly, auntie."

Ordinary people in the city spend a few taels of silver for a wedding, and wealth and power cost more than a few dozen taels. There are many things for weddings in the village, but some things have to be bought in the city. After a banquet, it costs more than a tael, and Any family in the village with a few taels of silver left is considered to be living a very good life.Therefore, it is customary in the village that when a family gets married and holds a wedding, each household pays for it and then goes to the city to buy it.

After a rainy day, it is the best time to go fishing. Liu Shui wanted to take advantage of the clear weather just now to catch two fish, because the fish he caught the day before had already been eaten, and he could only go to the city tomorrow, and there was no meat left at home.Liu Shui came into the house and said to Xiao Qiao before going out with the fishing gear.

"Liu Shui, are you going fishing?" Wenxiu walked back just in time to meet Liu Shui.

"Well, did brother Wenxiu go to the fields?"

"Yeah, it rained heavily for several days, and I have to go to the fields to drain the water every day. It's not just done."

Seeing Wenxiu's flushed face, Liu Shui joked, "Brother Wen Bing, why are you the only one? You're almost a groom and you're still working."

Wenxiu rubbed the back of her head, and said honestly: "My brother went to help me prepare things, so I went to the fields, the village will not be the same as the city." He said: "On the day of my wedding, you remember to bring Xiao Qiao with you Have wedding wine."

"Sure," Liu Shui gestured with the hand holding the fishing rod again, "Then Brother Wenxiu, I'll go fishing first."

"Okay, go get busy."

At Shen Shi, Liu Shui came back from fishing, "Little Qiao, I'm back."

Xiao Qiao heard the shouts from the yard, the corners of her mouth curled up, she put down the pen in her hand, went to the yard, and took the basket from the running water, "Today, I'll handle the fish."

Liu Shui pushed back her hand, "I'll do it for the fish, you go in and practice your calligraphy." Seeing Xiao Qiao's insistence, she said again: "It's been raining heavily for the past few days, and I'm bored, just let me do it. I have nothing to do. I'm not feeling well." Then he pointed at the fish in the fishing basket and said happily: "And you see, I was lucky today, I caught a big fish and a small fish, and I have Chaotian peppers I bought from the city at home. Tonight, the big fish will be used for pickled cabbage fish and fish head with chopped peppers, and the small fish will be used for fish soup. The pickled fish must be sliced, neither too thin nor too thick, so I will handle it better.”

Hearing this, Xiao Qiao hummed, and said softly: "Okay." Then she turned and went into the room to practice calligraphy.

To make the pickled fish and chopped pepper fish head, not to mention a lot of materials, it is also very expensive. As for the chili used in it, who in the village would go to the city to buy this kind of chili? Faqi wanted to buy some back, and this kind of foreign chili is rare and expensive, who is willing to spend money to buy it.

Clean the two fish with running water, chop off the head of the big fish, slice the fish body, get a little flour and mix it with your hands, and then open a hole for an egg, pour the egg white into it, and start to use it again. Stir it by hand and set it aside for later use. Put the egg yolk into a bowl and break it quickly with chopsticks, and save it for making fish soup. Take out the pickled sauerkraut from the jar under running water and chop it up.Everything is ready to start cooking.

For dinner, Liu Shui brought all the cooked dishes to the table, "Little Qiao, fish feast tonight."

Xiao Qiao hummed, "I'll serve the meal."

Liu Shui sat down according to him, "Sit down, I'll come." Then he went into the kitchen, both bowls were only filled with half a bowl of rice, and came to the table, "Let's eat less rice and finish the food."

After eating up, Liu Shui said: "Tomorrow we will go to the city to sell rice, and we will buy something when we come back." After thinking for a while, he said again: "When I go to the city tomorrow, I will go to a rice merchant to sell rice, and there will be a delay. Go buy some autumn clothes for yourself first, autumn is coming soon, although there are still autumn tigers, but it will be cold sooner or later, and it will gradually get colder after that, you buy clothes first to prepare."

Xiao Qiao nodded when she heard the words, "Yeah."

The next day, Liu Shui was practicing Wu Qinxi in the courtyard. He turned around and saw Xiao Qiao standing behind him, "Why did you wake up so early?"

"What kind of martial arts do you practice?"

Liu Shui waved his hands, "This is not martial arts, it's just for strengthening the body." He added: "This is the Wu Qin Xi created by Hua Tuo. Later generations of doctors continued to improve and develop it. Now it is the Wu Qin Xi I practice." Pointing to the kitchen, "There is hot water inside, you go and wash up, I'll do the laundry."

Xiao Qiao hummed and entered the kitchen.

Liu Shui took the wooden basin to the stream to wash clothes.When Chen Shi came back from washing clothes with flowing water, he hung the clothes to dry in the courtyard. Xiao Qiao put a plate of pickled vegetables on the table in the courtyard, "I cooked porridge, and I have breakfast." Then he went into the kitchen to serve porridge.

Liu Shui nodded and hummed, "It'll be fine soon." While drying the clothes, he hummed softly.

After finishing eating, Liu Shui went into the house and took out the taels of silver and handed it to Xiao Qiao, "Little Qiao, I only have ten taels of silver now, which I have saved over the years, and the rest of the money has been used to buy fields. You take it, and you go to the city today. Go buy some clothes and something you want."

Xiao Qiao nodded and gave a hum, put down the bowl and took the silver, wanted to clean up the bowls and chopsticks, but the running water rushed to clean up, "You sit, I'll do it." After quickly clearing up, she turned and went into the kitchen.

Two young men entered the yard, "Excuse me, girl, is the master at home?"

Xiao Qiao turned around when she heard the sound, "Are you looking for running water? He's in the kitchen."

The two young men were taken aback when they saw Xiao Qiao's appearance, and then they came back to their senses, "Thank you, you are Miss Xiao Qiao."

Xiao Qiao nodded, Liu Shui heard voices in the courtyard from the kitchen, and came out and said, "It's Sun Da and Sun Zhong."

Sun Da and Sun Zhong bowed to each other, "Yes, sir."

Liu Shui pointed at the temporary shed, "Move the grain in the shed to the cart first."

The two nodded and hummed, and began to carry the food.

Liushui and his party entered Jincheng, Liushui first found an inn for Xiao Qiao to drink, "Little Qiao, it's almost time, you go shopping first, I will be back around noon, we will meet at this inn, after lunch, Let's go back."

Xiao Qiao nodded and took a sip of water. Liu Shui took Sun Da and Sun Zhong to the grain shop first.

Xiao Qiao also left shortly after Liushui left. Xiao Qiao first went to the cloth shop to buy some fabrics, and then went to the red building.