After the two finished wrapping the wontons, it was almost time for dinner. If they hadn't eaten some pancakes to fill their stomachs, they wouldn't know how hungry they would have been waiting for this good meal.
"There are a lot of wontons wrapped. I can only eat this for one meal, and I can't keep it for a long time. Give some to my second uncle's house." The bulging
wontons like small ingots are delicately filled with a large shaukei, and the homemade wontons are willing to put stuffing The ingredients are not as filling as the little fingers in the shops in the city, and most of them are vegetables without meat.
"I'll keep forty, and the rest will be sent to my second uncle's house, okay?"
Du Heng bought two catties of meat, added green onions, and had more stuffing, so he could make quite a few wontons.
The rest of the food I eat at home may still be half of it.
Du Heng also made the calculations. There are five people in the second uncle's family, and there are still some newcomers for each person, but there are not enough to count them all if they want to eat as much as they want.
Qin Xiaoman is still very generous to his second uncle's family. Although he doesn't like his second aunt and Qin Xiaozhu, his cousin treats him well. Besides, his second uncle has never been mean to him, but he knows that his mother-in-law will say mouth, but he still brought the meat over to him from time to time: "Success."
Seeing Du Heng get up, Qin Xiaoman quickly grabbed the shaukei: "I'll go, I'll deliver it!"
He wrapped the shaukei around his arms: "It's just right Tell my second uncle that we have something to do and ask him to help choose a good date."
Du Heng wanted to say that he can discuss this matter, and other people's brothers only need to worry about getting married and don't have to worry about these things.
But seeing Qin Xiaoman run into the house in a hurry and put the scarf bought for him around his neck again, he took the words back again.
"Okay, then you go back early, I'll wash the dishes and boil the water, and you can put the wontons in the pot when you come back." "
Okay!"
Qin Xiaoman rushed to Qin Xiong's house with Shau Kei.
After the seventh day of the seventh day, rural people don't go out to see relatives very much. Those who have happy events in the family have to prepare for them, and those who don't have to prepare for the hard work of spring farming. Today, his second uncle's family also returned from visiting relatives. someone.
"Second Uncle!"
Qin Xiaoman yelled before reaching the yard, at the moment Qin Xiong's house was busy and busy cooking.
Qin Xiaozhu made a pot of hot water for his brother to wash his hands, when he heard Qin Xiaoman's voice muttering: "Here we go again." Qin An, the second child who was washing his hands,
glared at Qin Xiaozhu: "What are you talking about?"
Qin Xiaozhu pouted unhappily: "I said he couldn't say a word, and those who didn't know thought he was the second brother's younger brother." Qin
An raised his hand to pat Qin Xiaozhu, but Qin Xiaozhu avoided it "Mother, look at the second brother, he wants to hit me again!"
Li Wanju, who was busy cooking in the room, didn't see anything and yelled in the room: "Second brother, why are you so big? He always bullies Brother Zhu."
Qin Xiaozhu made a face at Qin An, just as Qin Xiaoman ran in.
"Second brother is also at home."
Qin An said kindly: "I just came back from the ground, Brother Man, go sit in the house, cook, just come over and eat the meal."
Qin Xiaoman handed the shauji in his hand to Qin An: "My husband-in-law made wontons today, and I specially sent them here for you to try."
Qin An looked at the neatly arranged white noodle wontons in Shau Kei. Not to mention the beautiful wrappers, they were at least twice the size of the wontons in the city. Anyone who has eaten a bowl of noodle stalls in the city knows how delicious it is.
Seeing this kind of food, the peasants are not greedy, but Qin Xiaozhu has a family who is in pain, and he has enough private money to go to the noodle stall in the city to eat a bowl.
A bowl of seven or eight pennies is not much, and when I go, I don’t even drink the soup.
Although Qin An also thought that this bite was good, but he also knew that white noodles and minced meat were not something that could be found in ordinary places, so he quickly pushed it back: "Why do you send so much here, you and Du Heng will eat it." Qin
An Xiaoman was most annoyed at pushing things around, so he thought it would be better to meet his second aunt in this regard, even though his mouth was stinky, but he never made any formalities, and took whatever he brought.
"I came here just to send it over, and it's like taking it back. I still have it at home! Du Heng and I can't finish eating, so I can't put this thing away." Qin Xiaoman stuffed it into Qin An's hand
.
Qin An took it away embarrassedly, and called Qin Xiaozhu, who was watching from the side, to come over and bring it in.
"Then thank you and Du Heng."
Qin Xiaozhu took the Shau Kei, feeling happy in his heart, for fear that his second brother would push it back again, but he still had an expression on his face that someone cares about such an idea.
He saw the rabbit fur scarf around Qin Xiaoman's neck, which was flamboyant. If it wasn't for the gray one, he would have thought that Qin Xiaoman had taken his own.
"You can learn the same thing. When I saw that I bought a scarf, I went to buy it."
Qin Xiaoman stroked the fur of his scarf with a smile: "My husband-in-law bought this for me!" "
Who cares?" Qin Xiaozhu picked Rolling his eyes, he carried the Shau Kei into the kitchen angrily: "Here, Xiaoman brought it here." "
Ah, your father has sent him meat again!"
"Who knows dad."
Hearing from the kitchen, The voice of Qin An's face was not very good-looking: "Xiaoman, sit down, mother and brother Zhu have such a temper, and their mouths are not good."
Qin Xiaoman showed off his scarf, and he was beautiful in his heart. He listened to the harsh words: "Where are the big brother and the second uncle, why don't you see them?"
"Father came back and went out again, but he hasn't come back yet. Eldest brother is busy." Qin An said with a rippling smile: "A while ago, the family entrusted a matchmaker, and told elder brother that he had hit a girl from the next village. I'm satisfied after seeing each other. Isn't the elder brother busy?"
Qin Xiaoman immediately complied, and quickly asked: "Is my sister-in-law good-looking? Whose girl is she?"
"My surname is Sun. A girl from the Tao."
"Hi Zhou, big brother is like a boring gourd, you have to be able to speak well."
Qin An nodded: "Father also said so, but mother is not particularly satisfied, but the gift on the other end The money is not too much, so mother agreed."
"Where is the second brother?" Qin Xiaoman remembered that his second uncle said earlier that both brothers had entrusted a matchmaker and said, "Is there anyone you like?"
Qin An scratched embarrassingly. Scratching the back of the head: "No news yet, wait and see."
"Don't worry, the second brother is not very old."
"Yes."
Talking about family affairs, Qin Xiaoman slapped his head, almost forgetting his important matters Seeing his second uncle not coming back for a long time, and smelling the smell of cooking here, he already wanted to go home and eat wontons.
"By the way, I discussed with Du Heng and prepared to hold a banquet. The second uncle hasn't come home yet. When he comes back, the second brother can help me." Qin Xiaoman said directly: "I'm hungry and want to go home Go eat."
"Okay! Dad is always talking about this, so he will be relieved after your business is done."
Qin Xiaoman returned home after finishing talking.
"I'm back!"
Du Heng heard a voice protruding his head from the stove: "Come in quickly
.
" Throw the leaves in, make two bowls of soup, and scoop the cooked wontons into the soup bowls.
The skin is not broken, the stuffing is not leaking, and it is a big round bowl.
Qin Xiaoman washed his hands and hurriedly wiped his waist, carrying wontons into the main room, he wanted to eat the good food today on the table.
The fresh meat is finely chopped, the stuffing is filled with shrimp powder to enhance the freshness, the sauce is pureed to remove the fishy smell, the pepper powder is added to enhance the flavor, and a lot of home-grown shallots are chopped, and eggs are also beaten.
The meat filling is very fragrant and firm. Although there is no broth, you can use hot sauce to adjust the sauce. One bite of wonton, the meat filling is fresh and big, and it is very satisfying to eat.
At the table, Qin Xiaoman didn't talk too much, and kept eating wontons, so he was really hungry.
Their wontons went into their mouths, and the wontons from Qin Xiong's house were also on the table.
"This Du Heng's hands are so ingenious, he can do anything."
Qin Xiong came home and saw the wontons at home today, and thought it was made by his wife, but he didn't even say a word of praise, but was scolded and sent meat For Brother Man, the couple had a fight in the kitchen.
The wontons with fragrant noodles and meat were cooked in the pot, the couple stopped talking tacitly, and the whole family gathered around the table.
Li Wanju felt that Qin Xiong said this to her on purpose, scolding her for being worse than a man who can fiddle with food, but looking at the big bowl of wontons, he didn't choke back on the delicious food in front of him.
First scooped up a bowl of wontons for Qin Xiong, then filled another bowl for Qin Xiaozhu, kept a bowl for the boss who didn't come back, and finally gave the second one a share.
Although it is not divided according to the average number per person, some have two more and some have two less, but the wontons are big, no matter what, they are always full of a big bowl.
No one thinks too much of the delicious food brought by others this time.
Qin Xiaozhu couldn't wait to pick up the wontons and stuffed them into his mouth. The minced fresh meat had a more delicate fragrance, and there were all kinds of ingredients. The taste was even better than those from the noodle stall.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he couldn't help but envy Qin Xiaoman the moment he ate.
He hit the right way, and even picked up a husband who can cook. He is good-looking, but he is cheaper than him.
"Xiao Man said he was going to do something with Du Heng, so he asked Dad to help choose a good date."
Qin An, as the second child in the family, was often the last in line, got his own bowl of wontons, and quickly told Xiao Man's words, I buried my head and started to eat whole.
He wanted to eat the wontons just now when they were put into the pan.
"What you said is true?"
Qin Xiong looked at his son and nodded, and smiled cheerfully: "These two have figured it out, the seventh day of February is a good day, and there will be no delay if you do it earlier."
Li Wan Ju snorted coldly when she heard the words: "I don't see you being so concerned about my son's marriage.
" Naturally, we need to worry more about major events in life."
Qin An also agreed: "Yes." "
The second child is more sensible."
Li Wanju said: "I don't care how you help him manage, but don't think about it in the future. I used the money to support others. The eldest brother is getting married, and it is gift money and banquet, but I can’t come up with more money. There is also a marriage for the second child, brother Zhu’s age. It’s not too small, and you have to prepare a generous dowry, otherwise people will look down on you.” “
You just look at the little money more eyeballs, as if I won’t be able to earn any money in the future.”
A shot at a meal.
The evening wind was howling, and Du Heng went back to the house at night.
He sat in front of the window sill under the oil lamp and opened a letter.
Today he went to the county to buy some good things, and remembered what Wei Feng said three days ago.
Although he had made up his mind not to leave from the very beginning, he still went to the inn that his uncle had mentioned after buying things for the family.
It was a bit late to go, when he arrived at the inn, Wei Feng and his party had already left, and Du Heng couldn't see his uncle again.
He inquired about it, and it turned out that Wei Feng did not come to Luoxia County alone to look for him, the caravan was stationed here, presumably he received a letter and inquired about him by the way.
The innkeeper seemed to be Wei Feng's old acquaintance, seeing him coming, he gave him some things.
A letter from Wei Feng, and twenty taels of silver.
Xin Duheng had already seen it on the way back.
Wei Fengqi refused to follow him to Huizhou and wanted to stay in a remote place, so he didn't say a few words in the letter, it was just to let him take care of himself.
But after all, it is a rich family, so I left some money for him, let him stay in this corner, don't waste yourself, put some money on your body for your own use, or continue to study in the future, make your own arrangements.
I'm afraid that he will be severely controlled as a door-to-door son-in-law, and Fulang is a well-known fierce man, and he doesn't have much money left.
Of course Du Heng knew that relying on the financial resources of the Wei family, the money was really nothing, or maybe Wei Feng just came to find him along the way, but he was already very grateful. Favor is a rare blessing.
If in the future, the Wei family needs him, he will also remember this kindness.
Du Heng read the letter again and put it back in the drawer. If it weren't for the little money left by his uncle, he wouldn't have promised his brother so quickly.
To his uncle, the money was nothing more than money for a meal, but it was more than enough to start a family in such a small place, and it could be regarded as a solution to his urgent needs.
This is Du Heng's plan. When the date is settled, he will go to the city to bring a cow back as a dowry gift, and buy some simple household items.
Although it was a door-to-door visit, he felt that there were no parents above, and it was just a couple living there, which was no different from an ordinary marriage.
The more so, the more he didn't want to treat Xiao Man badly.
Moreover, he himself cherishes these matters very seriously, and will not be perfunctory.
In the beginning, he actually had such an idea, but when he came here empty-handed, all the money was saved by a little bit, if he really saved by himself, it would take a long time to get things done.
Now that we have enough money on hand, there is no need to procrastinate.
Today, I bought a rabbit fur scarf for Xiaoman and spent a few tens of pennies, and I spent more than half of the money I saved.
The money left by his uncle is just in time.
After Du Heng tidied up the table, he felt that he had solved a big problem, and he talked to Xiao Man again, he couldn't help but feel relieved.
Holding the oil lamp by the bed, he took off his shoes and went back to the bed.
Pulling up the quilt and about to blow out the lamp, a gust of wind passed through the room, and suddenly there was a shadow.
But in the blink of an eye, a quilt was thrown up on his bed.
Du Heng tilted his head and saw Qin Xiaoman crawling straight onto the bed.
"Why are you here?"
Qin Xiaoman squatted on the bed and shook off the quilt: "Sleep, sleep together!"
Du Heng looked at the slender hands and legs of the man who took off his coat, very refreshing.
He pursed his lips, secretly joyful in his heart, but his face was still the usual: "The banquet is not held yet."
Qin Xiaoman got into the quilt, and he lay on his side only showing a pair of eyes and looked at Du Heng: " Who said he wanted to be my husband-in-law today. It’s not spring yet, so what kind of husband-in-law are you if you don’t sleep together in the cold weather.”
Du Heng lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the smile in his eyes, turning his back and slowly Lie down in bed.
Qin Xiaoman didn't have so many tricks, he thought he was still unwilling, looked at the upright sleeping man, he secretly poked and tore off the corner of his quilt, stretched a leg in, and rubbed against Du Heng's calf. Ceng Ceng: "Are you warm under the quilt?" "
Just laying down, how can it get warm so quickly, but after letting Mrs. Tang go, it's not cold." "
I don't have Mrs. Tang here."
Du Heng glanced at him: "Then you Come back to sleep."
"Really?"
Du Heng didn't speak, Qin Xiaoman chuckled, climbed onto Du Heng's body, held Du Heng's face and looked at it with a smile.
"What is this for?"
"I'll take a closer look at how someone can make such a handsome face."
Du Heng chuckled, turned his head and suddenly blew out the lamp.
"鎭!"
As soon as the words finished, Qin Xiaoman only felt a tightness around his waist, and Du Heng lifted the quilt and clasped him tightly around his body.
"Why are you so stingy, I can't do it even if I look twice."
There was no light in the dark room, Du Heng hugged the man in his arms, with a slender waist, he could not help but hold the back of his head and kissed him.
He couldn't see it clearly in the night, and after a few kisses, he finally managed to get the kiss. After tasting the sweetness, Du Heng held Qin Xiaoman and refused to let go, and he let go after a while.
The only sound in the room was the panting of two people.
Du Heng didn't hear Qin Xiaoman speak for a long time, he was a little apprehensive, wondering if this frightened him.
He was about to speak, but the person beside him said first: "Why did you kiss me just now and keep rubbing me?"
Du Heng almost choked on his own saliva, and the blunt words made him blush up to the ears.
He lowered his voice: "Don't be ashamed, how come you can say anything."
"There is no one else in the room, why can't I say it?" Qin Xiaoman said: "I asked you something, but I didn't answer it."
How could Du Heng say such a thing?
"Is it soft and comfortable?"
"..."
"I'm asking you something."
"Yes."
Qin Xiaoman went to pull Duheng: "Let's kiss again, don't lie down, this time it's me Underneath."
"Huh? Why?"
Qin Xiaoman said bluntly: "I want to rub you too."
"..."
"Yu, Yu, don't make trouble."
"You're going to pull my pants off You can't touch it..."
The next day, when Du Heng woke up, it was already daylight, and he was about to get up and cook, but half of his body was numb.
Qin Xiaoman stuck to his body like an octopus, and was still fast asleep at the moment.
It's just that this guy doesn't sleep well, last night his snoring was like thunder, which made him unable to sleep in the middle of the night.
He sighed slightly, took the octopus off his body and covered it with a quilt, not knowing if it was too late to regret it.
He got out of bed softly, packed up and went to the stove to heat up the meal.
There was still a bit of wonton left from last night. He sprinkled a lot of flour and put it in a dry place. It hasn't been lumped out yet today. You can make breakfast by rubbing some noodles.
He was kneading dough when there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.
Du Heng wiped his hands, went to open the door and saw that it was Qin Xiong who came: "Second Uncle so early?"
"Have you eaten yet?"
Qin Xiong went straight into the yard and saw the steaming stove: "Noodles? "
Well, second uncle, let's eat something together."
Qin Xiong shook his head with his hands behind his back: "I ate from the house just now." "
I heard that you and Xiaoman had something to do last night. How about a nice day on the seventh day of the first month of next month?"
"Okay, there are still some days, enough time to buy things."
The two talked for a while about the meeting, including how many relatives would come and how many There is a series of dishes, but there is not much to say about it. The original etiquette, such as welcoming relatives, is not needed, so I just focus on the banquet.
As he was talking, Du Heng took a piece of paper and wrote it down carefully. After saying that, Qin Xiong realized that he didn't see Qin Xiaoman, and was about to ask, when he saw someone coming out of the room in a daze.
Qin Xiong looked at the man with messy hair and a drowsy face, and couldn't help but glance at Du Heng again. He coughed dryly, but didn't say anything.
In my heart, I still gave Du Heng a high look. This kid looks gentle, but I didn't expect to have something on him.
"Second uncle is here so early?"
Qin Xiaoman scooped up a basin of warm water, didn't take the coarse cloth to wash his face, and just poured water on his face, only to wake up a little bit.
Last night he slept with Du Heng for the first time in the same bed, and he was so happy that he didn't fall asleep in the middle of the night.
"What time is it? It's still early. I've already told Du Heng about the matter, and I'll let him discuss it with you later."
Speaking of this, Qin Xiaoman regained his energy: "Second Uncle said about getting married?"
"Then there are other things that can't be done."
Qin Xiaoman didn't hide the smile on his face: "Got it."
After Qin Xiong left, during the meal break, Qin Xiaoman went to the house to move a small square box come out.
"This is the money I've saved over the years. We're going to get married, and there's nothing to hide. It will cost a lot of money to hold a banquet." Qin Xiaoman took out all the money in the small box, and there was silver in
it , There are also copper plates.
There is no such large amount of money as silver bills, but there are still a lot of pieces of silver like crushed stones, large and small, and it is already beyond the reach of many people.
"There are twenty or so taels of silver in total, of which fifteen taels are the money paid by the county government when my father was in an accident, and the rest is the money left by the family." Qin Xiaoman has not been willing to touch these silvers these years
. The expenses here are all obtained by replacing the harvested crops.
He is the only child in the family, and now he is lucky enough to have a good future, and found a decent husband and son-in-law. If his two fathers are still alive, he will be very happy.
His younger father has nothing to say, he is all towards him, and his younger father will definitely support the person he likes. As for the eldest father, Du Heng is a scholar, he must also like him.
It is very appropriate to use the family's money to arrange a marriage for the two.
Seeing that Qin Xiaoman was confiding in himself, Du Heng naturally wouldn't hide the fact that Wei Feng had left the money.
When the two combined, Qin Xiaoman paid for the banquet, and Du Heng paid for the household items. In this way, it is no different from the outside.
Two days later, Qin Xiaoman and Du Heng happily went to the county to go shopping together.