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Chapter 14

Xiuxiu boiled the water, cooked the rice dumplings sent by Su'er, served them in a large bowl, and walked out of the kitchen. But she saw Xu Ping standing in the yard, holding them at a table, with a pottery pot serving kneaded glutinous rice, a large lotus leaf next to it, and a cut meat next to it.

Xiuxiu asked Xu Ping with a smile: "Official, what are you doing?"

Xu Ping said: "I will make you a rice dumpling, which has rice and meat."

Xiuxiu found it funny: "There are still some days before Dragon Boat Festival. Since Madam Lin has made it, we will have something new. Why bother with the officials?"

Xu Ping said: "Xiuxiu, I'll pack it for you to eat!"

When Xiuxiu heard this, she didn't say anything, and she felt happy and came over with a bowl.

Xu Ping took the lotus leaves and asked Xiuxiu to fill the rice inside.

Xiuxiu grabbed the rice with her small hands and put it on the lotus leaves, and murmured in her mouth: "How many rice do you need for such a big lotus leaves? Small families can't make this."

After putting a layer of rice, Xu Ping put two slices of pork belly on it. Xiuxiu is a poor child. She has never eaten two taels of meat since she was a child, so she is not afraid that she will feel tired of it.

It was not until two kilograms of glutinous rice were wrapped inside that Xu Ping asked Xiuxiu to stop, wrap the lotus leaves, and wrap a few more layers outside before tying it up with straw.

Seeing that there was still a lot of glutinous rice left in the basin, Xu Ping said: "Xiuxiu, let's pack all of it."

Xiuxiu said, "I have to wrap it up, but it's hard to throw it away."

After sprinkling a layer of rice, Xu Ping suddenly remembered and said to Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, go to the kitchen to get some salt, otherwise it will be tasteless and may not taste good."

Xiuxiu thought about it and made some sense. She took the salt and made two more rice dumplings as it was.

After wrapping it, it was almost noon. Xiuxiu still went to the kitchen to boil water, cooked the three rice dumplings, and put them together with the rice dumplings sent by Su'er.

Once these three giants put them into the bowl, the string of rice dumplings disappeared.

Xiuxiu smiled and said, "This rice dumpling is a bit scary!"

Xu Ping looked at Xiuxiu and smiled and said, "Xiuxiu, do you taste it, is it delicious?"

Xiuxiu first picked up a piece from Su'er and peeled it off carefully. There were indeed red dates inside.

After eating, Xiuxiu pouted and said, "It's really sweet!"

I peeled off the lotus leaf rice dumplings made by Xu Ping, but I couldn't swallow them in one bite. I took a knife to cut a piece, and oil flowed out of it.

Xiuxiu ate it and praised, "It really smells so good!"

Seeing Xu Ping looking at him with a gaze, Xiuxiu smiled: "Official, I'll tell the truth, don't be upset." Seeing Xu Ping nodding, she continued: "If it were me, one was sweet and the other was fragrant, both were delicious. If it were Miss Lin, she would not be able to eat such greasy things."

Xu Ping shook his head: "I am a rough person, but I can't control her meticulous thoughts."

Xiuxiu ignored Xu Ping and went to pack up her things.

Xu Ping was listless and felt that he had no energy to walk around, so he just sat leisurely under the tree.

In the afternoon, Xiuxiu came to look for Xu Ping, stuttered for a while, and whispered: "Official, today is the festival, I want to go back and see my parents. I miss my brother too."

After hearing this, Xu Ping stood up quickly and said to her: "You are going back like this? Not to mention changing into new clothes, you can't be empty-handed after these days. Wait, I'll prepare a gift for you."

Xiuxiu said: "If the official is in love, I will be grateful. What are the troubles?"

Then he smiled at Xu Ping: "I have something to bring!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

Xu Ping wanted to go and have a look, but was afraid that Xiuxiu would be unhappy, so he held back and stayed there.

After a while, Xiuxiu came out and was neatly tidy. She still carried the old bag she brought when she came. She came to Xu Ping, patted the bag, and gave a slight smile: "Official, I'm going!"

Xu Ping could see that the two big rice dumplings I had just made in the bag were the ones I had just made, and he smiled slightly: "Be careful on the way, I have nothing to do here anyway. If you want to live there for two days, it doesn't matter. Also, I won't go out to send them to avoid gossiping."

Xiuxiu said: "Our province."

Turning around and leaving the yard.

Seeing Xiuxiu's back disappear, Xu Ping felt a little empty in his heart.

The few days after he came to this world, Xiuxiu was accompanied by him. She was obedient, obedient, capable, and talked to him to relieve her boredom. Unconsciously, Xu Ping regarded her as his relative in this world, just like his sister.

In the evening, Xu Ping felt bored, didn't go to eat or hold lights, and sat alone in the shadow of dusk, dazed in a daze.

Suddenly, Xu Chang's voice came from outside: "Dalang went to bed early?"

Xu Ping woke up suddenly and hurriedly said, "No, Is it all in charge?"

Xu Chang said: "Someone is coming to see you in Tokyo."

Xu Ping couldn't remember any of his friends who would come to see him, so he walked out listlessly.

In the yard, there were two people standing besides Xu Chang. One was of medium size, dressed in a military general, and looked very calm. The other was a little younger than Xu Ping himself, and he was a young man.

The general saw Xu Ping and smiled and said, "I happened to be going to the nearby grassland. I remembered that Brother Xu's family lived nearby, so I brought the dog to come and take a look. You two have been playing together since childhood, and they have disappeared for a long time."

Xu Ping suddenly remembered that it was this family.

At that time, Xu Zheng was carrying a load to sell wine along the street. He got up early one day to go to the restaurant to make a living. On the way, he saw a young man lying on the roadside. He was swaying all over his body. He was kind-hearted and rescued him back. The young man was originally making money for people in a paper shop, but he was kicked out by his master when he got sick.

At this time, Xu Zheng was running a small business, and he could not support him and could not take him in. Next door was the inner courtyard of an Imperial City Department. He was in his fifties, without children, and was alone, so he adopted him.

He deserved this man to be prosperous. He had a sister who entered the palace and served by Empress Liu. Later, she was favored by Empress Liu and asked people around him to come out to find him. The courtyard was originally a commander of the Imperial City Department, and they did these chores. After receiving the queen's secret order, the yard found a token on his adopted son, and reported it to him, and he was replenished as a military officer. He was promoted all the way, and he had already been in the right attendant. He was promoted to the right, and was in the Jingcang grassland. He also brought the Qingqiu position of the Guardian of the Pavilion, a series of noble officials, and his future was very good.

This person is called Li Yonghe. Because of this relationship, his relationship with the Xu family is different. But at this time, he was just a lower-level military officer. The people who offended the Xu family were too far behind, so he couldn't speak at all. It was rare not to be afraid of taboos to continue to interact with the Xu family.

Xu Ping sighed in his heart. It was still useless to have a relationship with an official family. According to his previous life, Li Yonghe's power was amazing. He was in charge of the warehouse and pasture in the capital and was a real power figure. In this era, no matter how useless it is, not to mention that even the bosses are all very generous, just a errand runner.

The Ma Jiliang, the Ma History Museum, who was offended by the Xu family, was recommended by the Treasurer in Beijing, which was a job that was good and good. It was not comparable to a warehouse.

After the ceremony, Xu Pingqi said, "Uncle Shi, today is Qianyuan Festival. Why do you have any business to do? Don't you all have to take a vacation?"

Li Yonghe just smiled bitterly and shook his head, unable to speak. He couldn't figure out what was going on, and he didn't even expect that someone was deliberately spending him on this day.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Ping asked Xu Chang to kill two chickens and cook them, and then make a few dishes of clear dishes, and have a good drink with Li Yong and his father and son.

After a while, all kinds of dishes came up, and the taste was just average, and the good ones were enough.

The steamed liquor was hidden at the beginning, so Xu Ping asked Xu Chang to take a jar.

Xu Chang said goodbye after taking the wine. Li Yonghe said, "Sit down and have a drink. Our two families are in harmony and cannot compare with others, so there is no need to be polite."

Xu Chang nodded when he saw Xu Ping, sat down and thanked Li Yonghe: "Thank you for Tixia."

Xu Chang opened the wine and poured it on several people.

Xu Ping said: "Now in the countryside, it is not as good as Tokyo. It's just such simple food and no decent vegetables. Thank you, Uncle Shi, please forgive me. Fortunately, I sell wine at home, and if I have such a good wine, the taste is not so fragrant. All I need is one strength. Come on, try it first!"

After picking up the bowl, everyone took a big sip. It had been stored for a few days at this time. The smell was a little lighter and more mellow, making it easier to eat than the previous two days.

Li Yonghe's son Li Zhang took a big gulp of wine, put the bowl on the table, and stared at him, "Brother, you have such good wine in your house, but you didn't see him selling it before. No matter how precious it is, you should invite me to drink it. Our friendship is not more ordinary!"

Xu Ping looked at him: "How old are you? Just learn from others to drink! This alcohol is very strong, and you will get drunk after a few sips. Be careful that you will be let over after a while!"

Li Zhang was not convinced: "You are so older than me!"

When Li Yonghe saw the two of them quarrel, he smiled and smoothed out the situation: "My nephew, since there is such a good wine at home, why didn't you sell it in a restaurant before? It's also a gimmick."

Xu Chang said: "Tixia doesn't know that this wine was made by Dalang two days ago, and there is not much."

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Besides, Baisha Town is surrounded by my business, so who else can I sell it to? The meat on the left is rotten in my own pot, what are you trying to do?"

Li Zhang slapped the table: "Brother is so crazy! Apart from Baisha Town, are there other families around you?"

His face turned red at this time, and the alcohol had already surged.

Xu Ping said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense. Smuggling wine out of the country is a ban. How dare we cleanse our families do such a thing?"

Seeing that Xu Ping was wrong, Li Zhang became even more anxious: "Who asked you to sell private wine? If your family doesn't ship it out for sale, can't others come to eat it? Wansheng Town has a large army, and thousands of soldiers like the most is the strong wine! Not to mention such fine wine, they are rushing to buy even the tasteless wine! This place is only about ten miles away from Wansheng Town, and they have horses, so who can stop them?"

Xu Ping lowered his head and thought for a while, turned to look at Li Yonghe, and asked carefully: "Uncle Shi, does this matter really work?"

Li Yonghe smiled and said, "Who can control the legs on his own? As long as you keep it safe and do not do anything illegal or prohibited, others will not be able to do it. Just sell it at your own home, no matter where he comes from, can he still rely on you?"
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