Fisherman

"Shaoyu, I'm back!"

Zhao Qian was carrying a basket on his back, and at the end of the day, there was an extra fenced yard at home, Brother Zhou even made a yard gate, the small house seemed to have changed, he stood outside and yelled in twice.

Hearing movement inside, he ran out to open the door.

"Hands and feet are quite fast." Zhao Qian went into the yard, saw the neat rows of vegetable seedlings, and praised Brother Zhou a few words.

Brother Zhou took the basket for him: "It won't waste much effort."

Zhao Qian thought about buying two chickens to raise in a few days, and there would be eggs to eat at that time, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was unreliable. If Brother Zhou was also brought to the market in the future, no one would care about capturing them alive. .

"Look, what I bought back."

Brother Zhou took out the things in the back basket one by one, and at a glance he saw the paper-wrapped things under the pocket. He picked them up and looked at the packaging. He had seen it at home during the festival before, and he knew it without opening it: " You bought meat!"

"Well, today the butcher sells the leftovers and sells them cheaply, so I bought them and used them for dinner."

Brother Zhou nodded, uncharacteristically, he didn’t care about money. He thought that Brother Zhao was tired from selling things in the market, and he rewarded himself occasionally. Meat.

"Brother Zhao, what do you want to eat?"

"Let's slice and fry! You cut up the meat, and I'll fry it later." Zhao Qian said outside.

"it is good."

Zhao Qian was thinking about what kind of fried meat to use. There were no vegetables at home, and he blamed himself for not buying some vegetables. There was no crop field nearby. After wandering around for a while, he got into the kitchen and found a This is the only way to fry the leeks that are almost gone, and the fried meat with wild leeks is also very fragrant.

He sat under the stove while burning the fire, and at the same time took apart the leeks for easy cleaning.

After processing the leeks, he used the ingredients he bought at the market to fry the meat. With the onion, ginger and garlic, the fried meat is not only fragrant, but the taste can waft far away.

The couple had a hearty meal.

Zhao Qian counted out a hundred coins as usual, and kept the rest of the money with Brother Zhou for safekeeping. The time to go out was getting earlier every day.

About half a month later, he brought back two catties of mutton from the market. This time, he didn't eat it for himself. He asked Brother Zhou to peel a lot of thin bamboo sticks at home. Cut the mutton into slices, and skewer a catty of mutton. The meat is cut into small pieces, and each skewer must be skewered with four or five slices of meat.

Zhao Qian marinated the remaining meat and brought it to the market tomorrow. If the skewered meat was sold out, he would skewer the remaining meat temporarily.

"You can go to the market with me tomorrow."

It was already late at night when the two finished their work.

Brother Zhou was a little happy, he was tired of staying at home, and Zhao Qian didn't let him go fishing, so now he let him go out together: "Then what should I do?"

"Go and collect the money."

Brother Zhou lowered his eyes, what kind of errand is this.

At the market the next day, when Zhao Qian was grilling oysters and selling mutton skewers, Brother Zhou realized that Zhao Qian hadn't lied to him. It seems that there is nothing else to do to collect money with a dull head.

The mutton skewers were placed on the iron net, and were tossed under Zhao Qian's control. Even and fine oil juice splashed out, and then pepper and cumin were sprinkled on them. All of them have a strong fragrance, and the smell of meat floats for half a street, and it's hard not to smell it.

"Are you on a kebab?" The old customer came to buy oysters, looked at the mutton wrapped in ingredients, and swallowed unconsciously.

"Mutton skewers, a skewer of three Wen coins, do you want to try?"

"try."

Zhao Qian handed over a meat skewer, and said to the young man standing behind him, "Shao Yu, collect the money."

The customer saw more people, and said with a smile: "Brother, did you ask someone to help? The business is really good!"

"This is my husband." Zhao Qian introduced generously, but Brother Zhou turned his head away in embarrassment.

The customer laughed out loud.

"This mutton skewer is delicious, and it's half the price of oysters!"

"Then get two more strings!"

Although the business is good, but the weather is smoky, the weather in early summer, the sun is still a little hot at noon, Brother Zhou takes out a fan to fan Zhao Qian who is sweating profusely in his spare time.

He only knew that he had made a lot of money in the past half month, but he didn't know that Zhao Qian worked so hard.

"The meat skewers are sold out, go and get the rest."

Zhao Qian raised his head and motioned for him to go.

The cooperation of the two made it a lot easier. Even if there was an extra barbecue, they were both busy.

Mutton kebabs are much cheaper, and those who couldn’t afford raw oysters can spend three Wen to taste the taste of kebabs, and the range of sales is much wider.

At the end of the day, the meat skewers are sold faster than the oysters.

Zhao Qian propped up his back, while Brother Zhou was packing his things: "Brother Zhao, when did you buy this iron shelf, iron is not cheap."

"I bought this one before." Zhao Qian choked for a moment and said, "I bought it on credit from the owner of the blacksmith shop, but it has been paid off now."

Brother Zhou was a little skeptical: "Is it really over? If not, I will take the money in custody and pay it back."

"It's really over." It's been more than half a month, and he pays back one hundred cash every day, and he paid off all the money in the first two days, but he sent a sea fish to the man in the blacksmith shop, please continue to help Put away the grill.

The owner of the blacksmith shop knew that he was from a fishing village and that he was far away from the market, and he was very happy to see the sea fish he sent, so he readily agreed.

On the way back, Brother Zhou thought about how much money he had kept, and he said to Zhao Qian: "Brother Zhao, didn't you say you wanted to rent a shop, now we have some money, why don't you go Rent one, summer is coming and it will be too hot outside."

Zhao Qian leaned on the back basket, the ox cart was a little bumpy, he said lazily: "There is no rush, there is still one important thing to do before renting the shop."

Brother Zhou frowned: "What's the matter?"

Zhao Qian suddenly grabbed his shoulders and said solemnly: "You have been at Zhou's house for so long, and the shipwreck delayed our affairs, I want to make up for the wedding banquet, and invite the folks to have a meal. "

Hearing this, Brother Zhou, who had been idling, sat up straight all of a sudden. He stared at Zhao Qian, nervously wondering if he was being seen through his mind. Don't want to be noisy, let everyone know!But at that time that person didn't treat him as a husband at all, and it was even more impossible to hold this banquet.

Zhou's family didn't refute it, so what right did he have to ask for these things, and then he didn't think about these things anymore, he just wanted to live an honest life, but it happened that he met Brother Zhao again, and his expectations for life were ignited .

Just because he knew that Brother Zhao had him in his heart, his thoughts changed a lot, and he felt that this was enough, there was no need to spend such unreasonable money, and in the end it made Brother Zhao work harder. After all, renting a shop is more important now, and his own affairs are not so important. important.

Zhao Qian watched the surprise in the young man's eyes slowly sink, and turned into thinking, and he asked, "What's the matter, don't you want to?"

"I just think it's better to rent a shop now."

Zhao Qian smiled and patted his head. He didn't believe that the young man really didn't care about his status. After all, these things in this era are far more important than he imagined. He didn't want the young man to be criticized by others, and he didn't want his name to be wronged It's not right, after all, the person before was not me.

"Shao Yu, I don't want you to follow me like this. Although I know that the villagers all recognize you as my man, there are still some etiquette and ceremonial things that have to be left. How can I wrong you to be different from others."

"Besides, it's not about you alone, it's about the two of us."

"Yes!" Brother Zhou wanted to say something, Zhao Qian took his hand: "That's it, don't worry, if you earn a few more days, the shop can be rented."

Brother Zhou took back his words, lowered his voice and said, "Did I bother you too much?"

"Don't think about it, I've been thinking about these things for a long time, and you just take it as Brother Quan Zhao's wish."

Brother Zhou raised his head, looked at Zhao Qian's gentle gaze, and suddenly calmed down his uneasy heart: "Well, I will listen to Brother Zhao."

Satisfied, Zhao Qian wanted to touch his head, but after thinking about it, her hand seemed a little greasy and froze on top of his head, and finally retracted it resentfully.

"I'll talk to the village chief when I get back, and let everyone know that it will be held on your birthday. We'll sell barbecues at the market these days, and we'll be buying things for the banquet one after another in the afternoon."

The two were discussing what to eat at the banquet, and they both had some expectations in their hearts. When they returned to the village, they couldn't wait to inform everyone.

After the matter was settled, the couple worked hard to prepare the things to be sold the next day. It was getting late, Zhao Qian shrank into the bed and fell asleep not long after washing, Brother Zhou lay on the side, Looking at the roof and listening to the breathing of the people around me, I couldn't fall asleep.

Thinking that Zhao Qian was going to hold a banquet for him, I felt some inexplicable emotions in my heart, like a brother and a girl who were just getting married, but thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong. This emotion seemed to come a bit late, after all, he was already asleep. By the side of the one you love.

In the past, he was very happy to see other girls and brothers getting married. He seldom envied him, because he never thought that he would get married one day. He thought he was the same as everyone else. Although he was not interested in him, being married was the best destination. It was nothing to stay at home and work. The brother who stays at home always makes irresponsible remarks.

He came to Zhao's house with the feeling that he could get married, but he did not expect to work in another place, and life was worse than before. Zhao Qian only had Cao Fang in his heart, and drank all day long. He thought it was Zhao Qian's luck. In the end, he married Cao Fang, and he continued to be an ox and a horse in the Zhao family. If Zhao Qian was unlucky and couldn't marry Cao Fang, the two of them could live under one roof, but Zhao Qian would take all his anger on him.

He thought, this life is nothing more than this.It's just that he didn't expect that God would bring Brother Zhao to him...

Turning over, he looked at the person sleeping towards him, closed his eyes that would be fierce if raised eyebrows were raised, and his sleeping face was very gentle, he stretched out his hand with some anxiety in his heart, and gently covered Zhao Qian's face. On his face, the stubble on his chin pierced his palms, making it itchy.

Such a peaceful and beautiful day seemed to be fake, he was dazed...

Suddenly, a man who was breathing steadily grabbed his hand, and his eyebrows jumped, like a thief who was caught on the spot, he wanted to withdraw his hand in a guilty conscience.

Zhao Qian's voice was a little hoarse: "Why aren't you asleep?"

"I..." He didn't dare to look directly into his eyes, and lowered his eyes: "I can't sleep."

"Are you tired today?"

He shook his head hastily.

Zhao Qian moved her body, kissed the corner of his mouth, and then hugged him into her arms, with a sleepy voice: "Go to sleep, if you don't sleep, I won't let you go to the market with me tomorrow."

Leaning on his solid chest, Brother Zhou secretly touched the corner of the pierced mouth, and responded with a suppressed smile.