Chapter 24： go home

"It's alright, it's alright, just come back safely. Did you go well to the county today?" Liu Zhao asked.

Mu Yangling nodded, "It's going well."

When the words fell, Mu Shi also pushed the cart and came forward, Mu Yangling quickly took out a piece of pork and a small packet of candy from the car and put it in the hands of Aunt Cousin, "Aunt Cousin, this is for you, I will buy it. I bought some candy and went back to my cousins ​​to eat."

Liu Zhao hurriedly pushed back, "How can this be done? Give it to your brother, if it's not a festival, it won't spoil their stomachs. Take this meat back to your mother, she's pregnant."

Although Mu's family is not short of meat, wild and domestic pigs are still different. Domestic pigs are much more oily and watery than wild boars, and Liu's family is hard to see meat and fish unless it is a festival.

"My mother still has it. It's for my uncle, so you can take it." Mu Yangling pushed it back again. They bought more for his uncle's family on purpose.

Niang Shu Wan said softly: "Cousin-in-law, just accept it, thanks to you for being with us today."

Mu Shi also said: "We still have it here."

Liu Zhao thought about it before accepting it, and said with a loud laugh: "Then go back quickly, this night is dewy, don't catch a cold."

Mu Yangling responded, seeing his aunt turned around and left, he put his brother on the cart, took his mother's arm, and said, "Let's go home quickly."

Xiao Bowen sat on the trolley excitedly, his face was red, his eyes were bright and he looked forward, shouting: "Go home!"

Back home, Mu Yangling entered the house first and lit the oil lamp, and then Shu Wanniang slowly entered the house.

"I'm going to cook, Bowen, come and help me make the fire." Mu Yangling took the dishes from the cart into the kitchen.

Niang Shu Wan let out a sigh of relief and said to her husband, "You guys are finally back, I'm afraid you won't be able to come back tonight."

"It's said that you will be able to come back, you are too worried," Mu Shi helped her to sit down on the chair, and said, "It's dark outside, and you and Bowen are not in good health, so you shouldn't go out. ."

Shu Wanniang looked at what they bought and saw that there were still two pieces of fabric in it, so she asked, "Why did you still buy fabric?"

"This time the furs sold well, so I bought everything with the change. You and the children may not have made new clothes for a long time, so you bought two pieces of fabric, and then you will make new clothes for the children, yourself. Make a set too." Mu Shi took out five taels of silver to pay the tax, and there was forty-three taels left, so he simply took out three taels of silver to buy all the things, and only took the whole silver back.

In the kitchen, Mu Yangling stood and thought about it, and finally fried a leek and scrambled eggs, and then cut up pork and cabbage vermicelli and other dishes and stewed them in one pot.

Xiao Bowen stared blankly at her sister's actions and protested, "Mother doesn't do this."

Mu Yangling glared at him and said, "It's good to eat some, it's not bad anyway."

Xiao Bowen pouted and whispered: "But it's not delicious either."

It’s just that the elder sister was too powerful, and Xiao Bowen’s protest was ineffective. In the end, Mu Yangling brought a pot of chaos and stewed it.

Niang Shu Wan just ordered the things that Mu Shi bought back, and when she saw the two dishes on the table, she was helpless, "A Ling, from tomorrow onwards, you have to learn how to cook with me seriously, or what if you get married later?"

Mu Yangling said indifferently: "In the future, I will find someone who can cook and marry."

Shu Wanniang tapped her forehead and said, "I'm not ashamed, no matter what, you must learn some cooking skills."

Xiao Bowen nodded ruthlessly, "Otherwise, no one will eat your dishes in the future except Dad and I."

Mu Yangling was not convinced, "I'm cooking home-cooked food. I think it's delicious. It's not salty or bland, and the taste is moderate. What's wrong?"

"But it's all the same flavor." Xiao Bowen shouted: "Sister, no matter what ingredients you cook, it's the same flavor."

Mu Yangling saw that he was shouting with grief and indignation, and decided that the adults would not remember the villain's deeds, just pretended not to hear, and sat down to eat.

Xiao Bowen pouted and looked at his father and mother, and Shu Wanniang assured: "Tomorrow, my mother will cook, so you can eat it today."

Xiao Bowen then picked up the chopsticks.

After dinner, Mu Yangling took out the candy he bought for Xiao Bowen and said, "I'll give you two a day, enough for a month."

Xiao Bowen swallowed and entangled Mu Yangling: "Sister, give me more."

"You have to think about it, eat more now, you will be finished soon."

Xiao Bowen hesitated for a moment, and could only reluctantly push the paper bag back, "That sister help me hide it."

Mu Yangling took out a piece of candy and put it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will hide it for you, except for me, even my father can't find it."

I am very relieved about this little blog post. It is true that neither my father nor my mother can find out what my sister is hiding.

The family sat together to rest and chat before Mu Yangling had time to ask his father, "Father, why did you give Zhang Fangzhu five taels of silver in tax? Didn't you only have to pay one tael or six of silver?"

"Master Zhang Fang introduced us to the business, and we always have to say something." Mu Shi smiled.

"Then you can give it later."

Mu Shi smiled slightly. Although his daughter understood the hurdles, it was still too sloppy, and said, "That would be too obvious. There is no one who knows more about the tax and silver than Master Zhang Fang. I gave him five taels of silver. , He naturally knew that I was trying to please him. If I find one or two or six dollars for him as tax silver, and then give him five or two silver dollars, it will inevitably have a feeling of trading power. A Ling, you have to remember, there are some things It is the best to be able to moisten things quietly and silently, but revealing traces will appear powerful."

Shu Wanniang looked at her husband with confidence.

Mu Yangling looked at her rough-looking father, and then at her gentle and smiling mother. For the first time, she understood why, as a lady, her mother was willing to live with her father in this country, without any resentment in her heart.

For nine years, she may not have known her father.

Mu Shi calmly accepted his daughter's admiration and asked, "I was about to ask you, how did you know Qi Gongzi and Fan Gongzi?"

He accompanies his daughter whenever she goes out of the village, and he knows all the people she knows, so he doesn't understand when her daughter has the opportunity to meet those two noble sons.

"I met them when I was hunting in the mountains yesterday. They got lost in the mountains. I guess they were hungry for a long time. I shot them a hare and a pheasant and pointed them in the direction. Who would have met them today? He did us such a big favor."

"So good people have good rewards," Shu Wanniang said softly, "If you two brothers and sisters can help others in the future, try your best to help others and be kind to others, you know?"

Mu Yangling and Xiao Bowen nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's go to bed. Tomorrow, Dad will go into the mountains to hunt some prey to send to the Piaoxianglou in the town. A Ling has hurried for a day's journey today, and will sleep a little more tomorrow."

Mu Yangling cheered and ran to the kitchen to boil water to take a bath and sleep.