Otherworldly Days

The clouds in the west gradually faded, and the sun was about to set. They returned to Caojia Village.The old man driving the car took them to the gate of the small courtyard where they lived at the end of the village. Cao Xiangnan gave the old man a copper coin, but the old man refused to take it.

"You can take it, Uncle Wu." Knowing that it is not easy for everyone to make a living, Cao Xiangnan stuffed the copper coin into the old man's hand, and said with a smile, "We will take your car next time we go to town."

Sometimes it is not a matter of a copper coin, but this copper coin makes the other party feel comfortable, and there will be a lot of convenience in the future.Cao Xiangnan grew up like a weed since he was a child, and he figured out many aspects of life and work by himself. The human heart is a wonderful thing.

"Okay, okay." Seeing that he couldn't shirk, Wu Laosan took it down, and solemnly put the extra copper coin into his inner pocket, and said with a smile on his face, "Next time I'm going to town with me. Just say it, I'm waiting for you to go together."

Watching the old man drive away in the bullock cart, Cao Xiangnan sighed. He also knew that it was not easy for Wu Laosan, but it is not easy for anyone, right?

"An'an, don't run, be careful of falling." Qi Wanfeng opened the door of the yard, pushed the door in, and saw An'an happily running into the yard with short legs, he smiled, and went back to help Fulang a handful.

After walking for a day, Cao Xiangnan put the crutches aside, sat down on the stool and didn't want to move.

"Fulang, take a break. I'll go and get dinner. We'll have something to eat later." Qi Wanfeng brought Fulang a bowl of water, and then fed the child half a bowl of water. He drank half a bowl of it.

The water he drank moistened his throat and also entered his heart. Cao Xiangnan looked at Qi Wanfeng who was drinking with his head up, reached out to grab his hand, and held it in his palm.

They looked at each other with warm smiles in each other's eyes.

Qi Wanfeng put the bought chickens in the dilapidated chicken coop, cut some vegetables and fed them to the chickens, followed by An An, who squatted there and watched the chirping chickens intently.Qi Wanfeng took out two eggs from the small nest next to him. He only took one and put the other back. He turned to Fu Lang who was sitting there and said, "The hen laid two eggs."

"Oh, is that right? Wanfeng, cut some meat and eggs to make a soup, and then add some vegetables. Didn't we eat the steamed buns we brought? You warmed up the steamed buns, so we can eat this for dinner When Cao Xiangnan saw the two eggs, he remembered that there were still a lot of eggs and meat at home, so he said.

When they were in Cao’s compound before, they didn’t eat meat a few times throughout the year, and even the eggs were reluctant to eat. My family used it to sell money. Cao Xiangnan was afraid that Qi Wanfeng would be reluctant to eat, but in fact it was the same. .

Hearing what he said, Qi Wanfeng gave an "um" and said, "Okay."

He took out the things he bought today and put them away one by one, then went into the kitchen to make their dinner.When it was getting dark, the three of them also sat on the small stools and ate their dinner.

The medicine was steaming in the kitchen, and there was a smell of medicine.

After walking for a day, everyone sweated a lot. Qi Wanfeng boiled a pot of water and mixed it with warm water to give the child a bath. The child got up early today and walked for a day , I fell asleep as soon as I took a shower and put me in bed.

Cao Xiangnan really wanted to take a quick bath, but it was inconvenient now, so he could only let Wanfeng wipe his sides with warm water back and forth, and then changed into clean clothes.Qi Wanfeng, who came back not long after going out, came in with a bowl of medicine in his hand and gave it to him. Cao Xiangnan looked at the dark bowl, swallowed his saliva, brought it over and drank it dry.

After drinking, Cao Xiangnan resisted the smell of the medicine that made people do evil, smacked his mouth twice, and handed the bowl to Qi Wanfeng.He also remembered that old doctor Luo also prescribed medicine for him, so he asked, "Where's your medicine?"

"Drink it." Qi Wanfeng drank it in the small kitchen just now, and then brought in Fulang's.

The sun set into the mountains, the last ray of light in the sky disappeared, and the room became dark.The flickering light was moving, Qi Wanfeng came in with an oil lamp in his hand, put the oil lamp on the table, and bent over to blow it out.

The person who got into bed had a smell of moisture on his body. Cao Xiangnan lay on the bed and waited for Qi Wanfeng to go to bed. Knowing that he had taken a bath outside, he felt a coolness on his body. He asked, "Did you take a bath?" cold shower?"

"I mixed it with hot water." There was not much hot water in the pot, so he just mixed it with cold water and washed it without boiling it.

But Cao Xiangnan knew that the water for Qi Wanfeng to take a bath must be cold, so this person was not willing to treat himself better, and all the good things were given to him and his children. On his waist, he pulled the man into his arms and hugged him.

"Fu Lang." Qi Wanfeng was a little embarrassed, even though they even had a child, he was not used to being too intimate with Fu Lang, his face was a little red in the dark.

"Let me hug you." Cao Xiangnan felt that the person in his arms was stiff and unnatural, so he smiled softly and said.

He himself has never been in a relationship, so he has a wife and children like this, but he thinks it's pretty good.It was so natural, as if it was supposed to be like this, maybe he came to this world just to meet Qi Wanfeng, he thought.

"Wan Feng, I have something to tell you." Cao Xiangnan said.

"Okay, tell me." Qi Wanfeng remembered what his husband told him in the town today, and then told him again, probably that's what happened.

Cao Xiangnan told Qi Wanfeng what was in his mind today, and asked for his thoughts and opinions, and the two discussed this matter.There were murmured voices in the room, and occasional echoes.

It was getting dark, the small village was quiet, the doors of every household were closed, and the stars in the sky were twinkling.Time passed little by little, and the voice of talking in the room disappeared at some point, and the people inside fell asleep hugging each other.

"Whoa--" A clear rooster crow broke the tranquility of the morning, symbolizing a new beginning of the day.

There was a babbling sound, I don't know whose door opened first, the genius was slightly bright, and people in the small village had already started to get up.

A small market is formed in the village every morning, and sellers come early in the morning to set up a good stall, and those who order more vegetables in the family's vegetable field will sell them for a few copper coins to subsidize the family.The freshly baked tofu at the tofu stall is still hot, and there are some people in the village who are willing to pay a copper coin for a piece of tofu.

A few people stood in front of the pork stall and were buying pork. The man standing in front of the stall like a mountain was Cao Ada, a pork butcher in the village. Half a catty of pork is half a catty, exactly.

At this time in the village, pork is not sold every day, and pigs are slaughtered every few days, so those who have a little money at home will buy some pork every few days, so such a pig can be almost sold out in a day.

"Well, Ah, your half a catty of pork." Cao Ada wrapped the cut pork into a leaf, handed it to Ah Mo who bought the pork, and took a few copper coins.Ah Mo, who was carrying a bamboo basket, left with it.

Today's Qi Wanfeng was quite lucky, there was a pork seller in the village, and he didn't stand in front of the stall until a few people who bought pork had left.

"My brother, what do you want to buy?" Cao Ada, who has a thick face, loves to smile, and he always smiles at the customers who come to buy meat.Qi Wanfeng saw the pigs on the stall and asked, "Boss, how do you sell this pig?"

Compared with pork, pork offal is almost half sold and half given away. Qi Wanfeng bought some according to Fu Lang's instructions, and even bought a bone without meat.After paying the money, he went to buy other things with a basket in his hand.

On the way back, he turned to go to Sun Bailian's place. Sun Bailian was looking after the child at home, but her husband was not at home.Sun Bailian and Qi Wanfeng were also familiar with each other, and they both obediently called out "Wan Feng?"

Qi Wanfeng reached out and touched the child's head, telling Sun Bailian to stop cooking tonight and go to their house for dinner.

"Wanfeng, you really don't need to be so polite." Sun Bailian evaded it when she heard it, because she felt that Qi Wanfeng's family had nothing, and their family was also in difficulty now.In the end, seeing Qi Wanfeng's insistence, he also nodded. At most, he would bring some food over and said, "Okay, then I will go there with Fu Lang and the child."

"Bai Lian, it's fine if you come here, don't bring anything, I've already bought all the food." Qi Wanfeng said as if he knew what Sun Bailian was thinking.

"Haha..." Sun Bailian couldn't help laughing, and he said, "Okay, I will definitely go there empty-handed."

"Be sure to come here, come earlier." Qi Wanfeng instructed.

"it is good."

"I go first."

The people who went out came back, Cao Xiangnan heard Qi Wanfeng say the price of the pig's offal and bones, stroked his chin and calculated the lowest cost price in his mind, and felt that this business could still be done.Now even if he has an idea, he can't do anything without money, so let's start with the low-cost one.

"Did you tell them?" Cao Xiangnan asked about Qi Wanfeng inviting Sun Bailian's family over for dinner. What he and Qi Wanfeng can do is limited. Cooking food can't be done without manpower, so the first thing he thought of was Sun Bailian. Bai Lian and Cao Gang are husband and wife.

The last time they moved, there were two other people who came to help, Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian were the most familiar, the other two were not too clear about their situation, so he didn't think too much about it for the time being When people work together, this thing is inherently small in profit but quick in sales. If more people make less money, there will be more conflicts.

After doing this first, with funds and experience, it will be easier to handle later.He still has a lot of ideas in his mind. If this is done well, he will implement them one by one later. Thinking about it this way, he feels that they are getting closer to a better life.

"Well, I told Bai Lian, and he said he would come over for dinner." Qi Wanfeng nodded and said.