take a wife to support the family

Chapter 388 Sweet Chestnut Chicken

Yang Lin wanted to take this opportunity to express his feelings, but Yingchun was shocked by him and hid in the house like a frightened deer.

Yang Lin stood outside the door for a while, with a smile on his face: Yingchun was more polite to him before, but now he was a little shy, which gave him a glimmer of hope.

He returned home with joy that he couldn't tell anyone, had a good dream at night, and was a little annoyed when he was woken up by the sound of birds the next morning: In the dream, he was only married to Yingchun, so he wanted to get close, you poor magpie!
But no matter how good the dream is, it has to come true. Yang Lin is so motivated that his dream will come true one day, and when he goes to work in the yamen, he is very motivated. Even the county magistrate saw that he was unusual, and asked with a smile: "What good thing happened to you?" ?”

Yang Lin said: "Go back to your lord, there is nothing good, I am just happy."

Zhao Butou said that Yingchun was willing to give him a look, and he wanted to float up as if he had eaten bee droppings, even disregarding the dignity of a man.

"Master, I was ignorant before, thinking about the dignity of a man, and almost missed such a good girl. Now it seems that a man's face is for outsiders to see. To live on your own, you should have a face." Let's talk about Yingchun's face He is not bad in quality, if he can marry Yingchun, all the ancestors will laugh in the sky.

Zhao Butou felt that this apprentice was hopeless, so he shook his head and walked away.

After two days, the fresh chestnuts come down, and the sweet aroma of sugar-fried chestnuts floats in the streets and alleys.Lily is used to the girls. The girls in their family love to eat snacks. Yang Lin buys a pack every day and brings them to the Yingchun stall. eat.

Everyone who came to eat was given a few pieces, and he didn't show how many pieces he asked Yingchun to eat.How could Yingchun not see his carelessness?It was funny and touched, and after two days, he said: "Don't buy those chestnuts, they are very expensive."

Yang Lin got a word from her, why would he care about money?On the second day, I didn't know where to buy dozens of catties of raw chestnuts, put them on the Yingchun stall and said: "I don't have time to go to the town to find Brother Song, if you have time, bring them to them."

Yingchun glanced at him, relying on his friendship with her brother-in-law, this person said every now and then that he would send food to Song Haonian.But these chestnuts, pomegranates, lotus roots and other small things, can my brother-in-law be able to eat them all?
What's more, when Song Haonian and his wife heard that it was sent by Yang Lin, they both had smiles on their faces, and each time they gave her half of it, saying it was for Song Haonian, but she actually took advantage of it.

But it's not easy for Yingchun to push it out, after all, the banner is to send it to her brother-in-law, and Song Haonian never said that he would not accept Yang Lin's things.

Yingchun sent the chestnuts back to the town when she was free. Lily was pleasantly surprised when she saw it: "We also bought chestnuts these days, but they are not as big as this one."

The bag of chestnuts that Yang Lin got was big and plump, and there were few worms in it, unlike other chestnuts, there were five worms in ten.

Eating only fried chestnuts with sugar would make your mouth dry and angry, and just in time to come back from Yingchun, Lily asked the pretty girl to kill a little rooster and cook it as chestnut chicken.

The chicken is cut into pieces and fried, and then fried with soaked mushrooms and blanched and peeled chestnuts. This dish is the most seasoned, and the soup is thickened with thin gravy, which is just right for rice.

Chestnuts are sweet and glutinous, full of flavor, several people don't even want to touch chicken, but fortunately Song Haonian is not picky about food, he has a big appetite, watching Lily, Yingchun and Ruzhen only eat chestnuts, so he took their leftover chicken Pour it into your own bowl.

The barbarian saw it and said with a smile: "It can be seen that the food is too good, even chicken."

Lily said: "It's not that the chestnuts are too fragrant, you should try it too, don't take advantage of yourself. Tomorrow I will eat it with corn cakes, and you must not say that we are picky."

Yingchun smiled and said: "Corn cakes must be delicious, and some white flour and chestnut powder should be mixed in, otherwise, if you really can't eat it in your tender throat, in the end, Miss Man will say you are spoiled."

The barbarian girl snatched the words from Yingchun, couldn't help laughing, wiped her hands and went to the kitchen to greet Lanniu and Xiao'e for dinner.The host is not a mean person, and they have never eaten with them. At most, sometimes they want to eat something new and they are not used to it, so they start another small cooking.

For example, in this pot of chestnut chicken, the best part is served on the table, and the rest is brought to the servants in the backyard in a large bowl, and there is still a bowl left for the barbarian Xiao'e to eat.

Lanniu and Xiao'e also lived through hard times. They didn't pick anything at all, they were happy when they had meat to eat. People like the Song family didn't beat or scold them, and their work wasn't too heavy. Lily is also willing to teach them two-handed needlework, so if they get married in the future, they will be able to settle down.

Both girls think this place is better than their own home, where can they eat these things at home?Either the parents want to scold them for being lazy or the brothers want to grab food.

Yingchun watched Xiao'e and Lanniu wolf down their food, turned around and said to Lily, "That's how we were before."

"When I was the same age as them, I was far inferior to them, and San Niu was not as good as them." These two girls are already able to work for others, and they will be married in two years. When Lily and Lamei are the same age, tell people Don't dare to say a word, how can it be so refreshing?
The only thing the Li family could offer that day was Erniu Yingchun.

Yingchun is still concerned about her own food stall business. When I come back today, I have greeted the old customers in advance, so I don't want to delay too long.

So she rested at her eldest sister's house for one night, and went back to the county early the next day to pack up and prepare for a new day's business.

Lamei winked at her.Stretched out three fingers: "Yesterday you were not here, but deputy catcher Yang ran to our house three times!"

Yingchun glared at her sister: "Are you too busy to do anything? If you have the time, help your mother-in-law and bring Tingyu there!"

La Mei was not annoyed, she couldn't force her second sister any more, she simply walked away with a smile, she thought that if Yang Lin was determined to be her second brother-in-law, it would be possible, it just depends on his sincerity.

When the seasons change, it is most likely to catch cold. Before the autumn tiger has passed, Yingchun can clearly feel that there are a lot of people coughing on the street. Many of her regular customers have some fever and cough. Yingchun dare not be careless. The dishes they have eaten are all in boiling water Only after scalding it two or three times can I dare to take it out and use it again.

If she didn't wash it clean and let others get sick, it would be her fault.

Unexpectedly, this time the disease was different from the past, the doctor took several doses of medicine and it didn't help, but many people had worse fevers, and once they fell ill, they couldn't get up again.

It didn't matter if he coughed a lot before, but then he coughed more and more, vomiting blood profusely.Once he vomits blood, the person will live for at most three to five days, and the family will have to deal with funeral affairs.

It doesn't matter if one or two, half a month later, more than a dozen families on the street are holding funerals, and not only the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled died, but also a lot of young people, this thing doesn't look right.

The death of a young person is a terrible death, and the coffin must be left outside for a few years before it can be buried in the ancestral grave. Just this stop, even more important events: more and more people in the city are sick.

When the county magistrate realized something was wrong and ordered the coffin to be set on fire, at least hundreds of people in Taiping County were coughing up blood, and countless people had fever.

Yang Lin was a head catcher, and he had better news than others. When he got the exact news from the county magistrate, the first thing he did was to find Yingchun, and told her to leave it alone and go back to the countryside as soon as possible.

Yingchun's mind is good, seeing more and more patients these days, and her food stall can't keep going, she already has a bad feeling.It happened that Mrs. Wang had a fever, and she was afraid that Tingyu would be angry with her illness, so she simply closed the stall and helped Tingyu take care of her.

Since Yang Lin, Yingchun suddenly felt bad: "What's wrong, what is this?"

Yang Lin said with a pale face: "I'm afraid it's an epidemic. It's hard to say now. It's always right to be more prepared. It's better to be a false alarm than to get sick. You should go back to the countryside quickly, our adults said, people Fewer places are less prone to disease."

Yingchun was startled, stepped forward and grabbed Yang Lin's arm: "Then what about you?"

Yang Lin smiled bitterly: "I'm an official servant, how can I run away at this time?" Even if he is not a deputy head arrester, but just an ordinary official servant, he has to do things for the court and the people on the imperial rations, and he can't run away to save his life, let alone Now he is the deputy head catcher?
Yingchun's lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word. Yang Lin felt pain in his heart, and whispered, "Yingchun, you go back, as long as you can live, it's better than anything else."

"You..." Yingchun understood that it was rare for Yang Lin to let her run away first, and he would never run away himself, so he coaxed his eyes and said, "You have to live!"

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm very strong. Besides, it's not necessarily a disease. Maybe it's because I think too much. It's useless to fool you. Don't blame me then."

Between him and Yingchun, after all, there is no destiny, only because he was ignorant in his early years and missed a marriage.

Yang Lin took a deep look at Yingchun, turned around and left.

Yingchun was about to go into the house with Tingyu in her arms, when she suddenly remembered that Mrs. Wang had a fever, her face changed drastically, and she quickly said the same thing as Lamei.

Lamei also panicked: "Second Sister, take Tingyu back to town and listen to Eldest Sister in everything!"

Wang Xiaofu and his wife definitely couldn't run away without Aunt Wang, but Tingyu was still young, and he was always a target of the disease when he was around, and the adults didn't dare to take her risk.

Yingchun didn't hesitate anymore, she and Lamei packed up several clothes and Tingyu's usual objects, as if a wolf was chasing after them, and rushed back to the town.

Wang Xiaofu naturally wanted Lamei to go with him, how could Lamei leave him behind: "It doesn't have to be an epidemic. Besides, even if it is, the two of us will die together."

Even if they are all dead, Tingyu will be able to live well with her elder sister taking care of her.But if she left Wang Xiaofu and ran away now, she would never get over the hurdle in her heart in her life.

But she said that Yingchun rushed back to the town to report to Lily, but she saw that Lily's face was serious, and she was not happy at all: "Many people in the town have fever and coughing up blood these days, and I see the situation is very bad. Your brother-in-law has already sent a letter to the capital I beg the emperor, the prince to send some imperial physicians down, but in case the imperial physicians haven't arrived, the epidemic will affect too many people in the town, and we can't stay in this town, we have to go back to the village."

There are few people in Liushan Village, so some diseases can always be avoided.

Hearing the eldest sister admit the epidemic, Yingchun's heart sinks heavily into the depths of the unknown.

(End of this chapter)