At the beginning, the whole family fled from famine, and I used a milk bottle as a koi carp

An Laoer was also very excited when he saw his eldest brother. He quickly took out a bowl, half a bowl of rice, plus some hot vegetables, and then poured the soup on top. They are all family members, and there is no place to sit down and have a good meal, so they just use those big bowls, which can be filled again after eating.

When the villagers saw An Laoer cooking and eating here, they quickly asked them to line up and promote it.

More and more people after work passed by and saw more than 20 men squatting in this temporary shed, eating with bowls and soup. Those who wanted to buy immediately went back to their tents to get bowls.

An Laoer didn't bring so many bowls, only a dozen, for his own use. There are so many people. There are about 200 people in this station. It can only be those who have not used it temporarily and need to return it. More importantly, they need to bring their own bowls.

"A bowl of vegetables, a bowl of rice, and free soup. Come and take a look! They just opened, big bones and sauerkraut!"

An Ningning was collecting coins, An Laoer was making rice and soup, and Dabao was watching the fire and maintaining order in the queue.

After a full hour of busy work, it was finally over. A large pot of rice and a large pot of vegetables and soup were all sold out. None of the people in line at the back were able to get in line, so I regretfully said that I must come early tomorrow to line up.

After people in Xiushan Village finished eating, they went to change out of their wet clothes and wipe them with hot water. There is no such condition for taking a bath, but in freezing weather, it is still no problem to use a fire in the tent to boil hot water.

Boss An changed his clothes and came over to help.

He knows so many things about the family. The reason why his second brother and his daughter come to sell food must be to take care of him here. There is no doubt about this. The relationship between the brothers of Lao An's family is very deep.

Thinking about a tiring and wet day, drinking soup made from a big bone, with ginger and Chinese peppercorns to remove the cold, one sip will warm your heart. In addition, the big bones were chopped into pieces, more or less, there was some meat, and some pig offal was put in the water, which they didn't mind.

No matter what happens, pig water is still a meat dish!

I don’t know how the second brother and the others came up with this idea. Although they were tired, there were more than 300 people in this river section. They didn’t want to do everyone’s business. They only did half of it and earned 600 copper coins per meal. Cooking two meals for lunch and dinner costs 100 copper coins a day. Looking at the big bones, vegetables and rice in the pot, the cost is about copper coins.

In this era when ordinary adults work forty or fifty cents a day, this is a fairly high income.

When Boss An arrived, he was already closing the stall, and Boss An silently helped clean up.

An Laoer raised his head, took a look, and said nothing. It was his first time selling food, so many things happened suddenly. I guess it would be fine after a few days as he becomes familiar with the process. It's especially lucky that I finished my meal in the middle. Otherwise, I would have been hungry and waited until this point when the work was done, and I wouldn't have been able to bear it.

"Second brother, where are you going to sleep tonight?" Boss An asked after seeing that everything was done.

While putting out the stove, Mr. An said nonchalantly: "Just set up a tent nearby and sleep! You are all here." He looked up and saw Mr. An's disapproving eyes, and added hehehehey: "There are also some nearby. You can stay at a farmhouse, but it only takes an hour, and I don’t think I have to go there every day. It’s okay to go to the farmhouse every few days to buy some food.”

"I already asked when I passed by when I came here, don't worry!"

An Laoer, the second brother An Laoer, has always been very reliable in the eyes of An Laoer. The second brother is also a scholar. In the past, the second brother made the decision on many things in the family, so he felt relieved when he heard An Laoer's answer.

Boss An didn't see his daughter and obedient eldest son both shaking their heads and rolling their eyes. The first day passed in a panic. An Laoer set up his tent next to the tents of the people in Xiushan Village, just right together so that they could take care of each other. The officers and soldiers who took care of them turned a blind eye. Okay, even the officials didn't have any objections.

There were torches lit inside the tents, and An Laoer put a piece of oilcloth underneath and spread a bedding. The weather outside was still relatively cold now, so each tent lit a fire. The fire was not big, so just keep it going.

After making the bed, An Ningning excitedly poured the coins she earned today onto the bed. An Lao Er asked the three of them, father and son, to watch. He went to give the things brought by the villagers to the corvee people in Xiushan Village.

Several people from Xiushan Village followed An Laoer and found the belongings of their family members behind the donkey cart, and went back to bed with tears in their eyes.

When An Laoer entered the tent, his eldest brother and his two nieces had already counted the coins. Unexpectedly, 250 coins were sold on the first day. The first day was very hectic, almost this amount.

Dabao was very excited, calculating the accounts, "Uncle, we are going to be prosperous!"

An Laoer looked at his eldest nephew with a look of disdain. He probably had forgotten about studying. "Ahem, these are just small coins. Please keep your voice down, others can hear it. It's not safe. Is it because I'm not at home and you study?" Things have long been forgotten.”

Dabao is usually most afraid of this uncle, so he quickly defended, "No, Erbao and I read every day, and there is nothing missing. If you don't believe me, ask Ning Bao."

An Ningning was a little surprised when she saw that her eldest brother Dabao was really anxious! I didn’t expect Brother Dabao to be so afraid of my uncle!

"Well, the eldest brother and the second brother read books every day, and our whole family is watching? Don't worry! Uncle, don't spoil the fun when you are so happy." Seeing Dabao winking at her, she knew what the eldest brother wanted to do!

The elder An never cared about the children's studies, and he did not study himself. The two children studied with the second brother. In the past, in Xiushan Village, they also lived with the second brother in the county school. The second brother was in charge of food, clothing, and housing.

To put it bluntly, the second brother spent much more time with his two sons than he spent with his two sons.

At night, An Lao Er slept with An Lao Er and the others. Although their tent was a bit smaller, they had fewer people! The tents they set up for corvee work were ten people sleeping in one tent, which consisted of two large bunks and a fire.

Now the small tent is much more comfortable, the sleeping space is spacious, and there is a fire. There is no snoring, smell of smelly socks, and there is no muddy smell left behind after not cleaning.

Boss An wiped his body carefully and prepared to sleep with his daughter. He could not smoke his daughter.

It got dark early. Although An Laoer's tent was pitched together with the others, it was a little far away. After all, they were not corvee people. An Ningning and Dabao had already fallen asleep from exhaustion.

The two brothers lay there, just lighting the fire, and they chatted very late.

An Lao Er told the story about An Lao Er not being in the village, and An Lao Er asked carefully about An Lao Er going out to buy seedlings and not coming back for the New Year.

I don’t know if today’s soup really contains a lot of pepper and ginger. These people have been working in the water all day at night. When I went to bed at night, I felt that my legs were getting warm very quickly. It was not like usual, where I would feel cold all night long until dawn.