The Analects of Righteous Father’s Collapse

"This is a bit of a look here. Niang went to the cottage."

Seeing that the tofu in the stall was almost sold, Meng Yunniang squeezed the slender hairpins in her pocket, pursed her lips, and said to the son on the side.

"Every piece of water tofu is cut according to its weight, one piece of two-pound money, and the old tofu one piece of five-pound money, don't give it to me."

There are only two pieces of water tofu and one piece of old tofu left in the stall. Meng Yunniang is not worried about her son making mistakes.

"Ok."

Jiang Liu nodded, but he didn't think much about it. It was only when the beautiful lady suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, leaving him to look at the stall alone.Meng Yunniang asked the woman at the stall to look after her sons, so she left with confidence.

The market in the county town is very lively. Both sides of the road are small vendors who pick up their own goods and sell them. Many of them are rural people in the surrounding villages. Therefore, on the main streets of the market, there are independent latrines for the convenience of these people. use.

Meng Yunniang took a few turns, instead of walking towards the cottage as she said, but went to an old pawnshop.

"How much money can this hairpin be?"

She took out a fine silver hairpin and saw that its owner loved it very much. The style was a bit old, but it was shiny and shiny, and there was no trace of oxidation. She wanted to wipe and touch it at night.

"Look if you are dead or alive."

The old shopkeeper took over the silver hairpin. The workmanship of this hairpin is not very fine. Looking at the heavy weight, it is not pure silver, and it is also mixed with a layer of copper, inlaid with a piece of jasper, and the jade is not the best. It can only be said to be ordinary.

"If you die, I will give you two or two halves, one or two if you are alive, one hundred dollars per month, and no money to redeem it within a year. This silver hairpin belongs to our pawnshop."

The price given by the shopkeeper was slightly lower than Meng Yunniang's expectations, but when he thought that his son needed the money to buy the four treasures of the study, Meng Yunniang's hesitation eased a lot.

"Little girl, your silver hairpin is not worth much, no matter which pawnshop you get, it is impossible to give you more than I said, dead or alive, you give a quasi-sentence ."

The shopkeeper put the silver hairpin on the counter. Meng Yunniang closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.

When she came out of the pawnshop, Meng Yunniang had two or two halves of silver in her purse, but her heart was empty.

She lost her last miss.

Meng Yunniang took a deep breath and walked back heavily.

The past cannot be recalled. For a woman, the most important thing is always her own child.

*****

"I took this hare and exchanged these three pieces of tofu with you."

On the other side, after Meng Yunniang left, Jiang Liu welcomed the first customer he received alone.

The other person is tall and burly, and the river can only be seen clearly by looking up. In ancient times, when the height of males was only one meter and six in the early ages, this man stood out from the crowd and was extremely prominent.

His facial features are ordinary, but it looks pretty pleasing to the eye. The lump in that body can be seen even if he is dressed strictly. Jiang Liu looked at the dead rabbit who couldn't die anymore. He said a word to Amitabha in his heart, and then started to calculate Whether it is braised rabbit is more delicious, or spicy and stir-fried is more delicious.

Not to blame him for the greedy meat. After coming to this body, because of Shou Xiao, he has never been exposed to any meaty taste. The daily three meals are either tofu or pickles.

The timing of the rabbit's appearance is very appropriate. Yesterday was the last day of his 27-month filial piety. Strictly speaking, he can eat meat today.

"Little brother, these three pieces of tofu add up to no more than ten copper plates. You rabbit can sell at least one or two hundred bucks. In this exchange, you are losing money."

Someone passing by whispered the burly man, so that he should not be so stupid as to take advantage of tofu stall owners.

"I don't like meat, I like tofu."

The brawny man said violently, and then placed the rabbit in the empty bamboo basket beside the river.

"Some people don't like meat."

Mentioning the strong man's old man whispered, shook his head away, and talked to the fool.

"My mother is not here, or you wait for my mother to come back and negotiate with my mother."

Jiang Liu had long recognized the coming person. Wasn't this burly man in front of him the Hu Guirong who was constantly chaotic and chaotic with Meng Yunniang in his original memory? He was not as pedantic as his original, although he loved a reborn mother. I think his mother should be guarded for his father. If Meng Yunang really can renew her leading edge with Hu Guirong, Jiang Liu thinks that this may also be a good thing.

However, before this old relationship was renewed, Jiang Liu had to observe and observe the man.

"No, no, my mother is waiting to eat tender tofu. I need these pieces of tofu."

Upon hearing Jiangliu's words, the man was anxious. He directly packed the three pieces of tofu on the chopping board into the large bowl he had brought, and walked away quickly.

By the time Meng Yunniang came back, Hu Guirong had left for a while.

"All tofu sold?"

Meng Yunniang was already in a good mood. She started to sort out the stall just like everyone else. When she was about to ask her son where the money for tofu was, she saw the rabbit in the bamboo basket.

"Where did this hare come from?"

Pointing at the rabbit, Meng Yunniang asked her son seriously.

"A weirdo has just arrived, and I have to exchange the hare for tofu with me. I said let him wait for his mother to come. He seemed frightened. He picked up the tofu and ran away."

Jiang Liubian said while paying attention to Meng Yunniang's expression, trying to spy out her true thoughts from her eyes.

"There are such stupid people, don't put good meat, but change a few pieces of tofu?"

Meng Yunniang was shocked. Of course she guessed who the son was in her mouth, but she couldn't show a touch of throb, because she didn't know if there were people who knew her and Hu Guirong on the street where people came and went.

The son is going to study, there can't be an innocent lady, so she can only pretend to be nothing, swallowing all the bitterness into her stomach.

"If the weirdo still comes over in the future, you are not allowed to use tofu to change meat with him. The mother taught you that you must have the strength to be a man. We can't do cheap things."

Packing things up quickly, Meng Yunniang did not forget to teach her son a few words.

"Mother, I know."

Jiang Liu didn't see anything from Meng Yunniang's expression. He couldn't be sure. It was because the beautiful lady had no affection for Hu Guirong, or the other party didn't even guess who he was talking about.

On the way back, Jiang Liu couldn't help but tried a few more words.

"Mother, today the weirdo looks really tall. Can I grow taller in the future."

This sentence is really the truth of the river. He really did not expect the average height of the ancients to be so worrying. After coming to this world for so long, he saw only a handful of heights of more than one meter and seven, not to mention being close to one like Hu Guirong. Mi Ba's burly man.

If his memory is correct, the height of the original body does not seem to be very high. I don’t know if he changed to him this time. I started to eat a little bit earlier to eat, can I make up the body.

"You can't eat rice if you are tall, but your head should be bigger, and you will learn faster in the future."

Meng Yunniang fooled her son casually, and did not see her son's embarrassed expression after hearing her big head theory.

******

"Rongzi, you are back."

Hu Guirong returned to his house at the foot of the mountain with a bowl of tofu. His blind old lady was crutching and waiting for him in the yard.

"Mother, now that the weather hasn't turned warm, how come you came out, be careful not to get cold."

Seeing the old lady standing outside the house, Hu Guirong hurriedly put the bowl of tofu on the edge of the window, and then pulled the old lady's hand and rubbed it in her palm to help her keep warm.

"You waited for me in the house for a while, and you could eat right away. Today I bought tofu for you, which is tender and raw, and can be rotted without teeth. You will remember to eat more later."

Settling in a good old lady, Hu Guirong went to the stove and cooked the rest of the morning porridge, and then mixed a bowl of tender tofu.

His old lady's teeth are almost gone, and the sweetness of the tofu is more than a normal bowl of porridge.

"Tofu here is good, I taste more fragrant and tender than the one I bought before."

The old lady said with a smile, but smiled and sighed again.

"Eh, if it weren't for my bad mother-in-law, you and Yunniang's children could run away."

"Mother and Yun Niang are already married, and it's not good to pass on these words. Besides, Yun Niang's family had to make a dozen gifts at the house. I can't give it. This has nothing to do with you."

Hu Guirong bowed his head and arranged the tableware, and refuted his mother's words.

"Don't comfort me, I know I dragged you down."

The old lady was blind and not deaf. She knew that during the time when Yun Niang said to kiss, the other party had come to the house to find Rongzi and asked him to take her to elope, only because there was still a blind lady to take care of, Rongzi refused.

The night that Yun Niang got married, her son cried all night in the house, and she turned her eyes over and over all night.

The next morning, his son went up the mountain hunting like no one else, taking care of her daily life.

She didn't see all this, but she heard it all.

"Yun Niang is a good girl. If she is willing to remarry, I will treat her as a pro-daughter. I will never say anything that disdains her as a widow. If she is willing to bring her child, I am willing to be a grandson."

The blind man also heard that Yun Niang became a widow. Although she was very sorry for the man in front of Yun Niang, the blind man felt that this was her son's chance.

"Mother, don't think about it, I'm fine."

Hu Guirong smiled bitterly, just as Yun Niang knew him, he also knew Yun Niang.

The Jiang family will not allow her to remarry with the tofu recipe and the children of the Jiang family. For the sake of her son, Yun Niang will not marry him.

His relationship with her may be so shallow, as long as he can still watch from a distance, and occasionally help, he is already satisfied.