Chapter 74

To the surprise of the Yan family, it was butcher Liu and his son who first came to the Yan family today.

Just after breakfast, Yan Liqiang, Yan Dechang, steward Lu and Zhou Tiezhu were chatting in the house. When they heard someone knocking at the door, the Lu family guard outside the yard opened the door. The Lu family guard didn't know who butcher Liu and his son were, but butcher Liu and his son were driving an ox cart with things on it. In addition, butcher Liu smiled, They said they were neighbors in Liuhe Town and came to congratulate the Yan family. The Lu family guard let butcher Liu and his son in and took them to the house.

"Is that you?" Seeing butcher Liu's father and son come in, Yan Liqiang thought they had gone to the wrong door. Yan Dechang, who was originally smiling and in a good mood, slowly converged on his face.

Butcher Liu's smile was so sweet and greasy that he could almost recruit all the flies flying in the yard outside. He took his son and bowed to greet the people in the room. "Yesterday, I was so happy that I didn't sleep all night. Early this morning, I took my son, collected a good pig and slaughtered it early, It's a little kindness to wash it and send it to your family. Our father and son used to eat candle oil. They were so worried that they even burned their eyes. If there's anything to offend, please don't take elder brother Yan and Li Qiang to heart. If there's anything in this street, elder brother Yan will just shout! "

Yan Dechang was not the kind of cautious person who didn't kill too much. At this time, Yan Dechang was very happy to see butcher Liu's father and son come to the door to deliver things. The original contradiction with butcher Liu had dissipated most of the time, and his face slowed down. But Yan Dechang was upright and his anger disappeared a lot for a while, But there was no way to change his face immediately, as opposed to the smiling face of butcher Liu.

Yan Liqiang looked at Yan Dechang, who was speechless. Knowing that his father was not used to dealing with such scenes, he smiled and said to butcher Liu, "uncle Liu is polite. I was a playmate with Dafu when I was a child. I can't remember who would care about it for many years, You say yes, rich man! "

Liu Dafu, the son of butcher Liu, also came in and hung his head. He looked at the people in the room timidly. He didn't expect Yan Liqiang to take the initiative to talk to him. Suddenly, he stammered nervously and nodded his head, "yes... Yes... Yes... Don't take it to heart, don't take it to heart..."

"Uncle Liu, sit down, sit down..."

At this time, if Yan Liqiang is arrogant and even slaps him, butcher Liu will feel relaxed. The more polite Yan Liqiang is, the more nervous Liu is. I don't know why, he looks at Yan Liqiang with a smile like a spring breeze, I always felt that Yan Liqiang was more awed and frightened than when he sent meat to Hong's house and saw old Hong staring.

Although Yan Liqiang called him uncle Liu in his mouth, butcher Liu did not dare to really regard himself as Yan Liqiang's uncle. He still understood the propriety. He also knew that the biting dog would not bark and the man eating tiger would not look more fierce than the cat before it did not eat people.

"Don't sit, don't sit, the things I pulled are still on the ox cart outside, and I'll move them in now..." as he said, butcher Liu directly pulled him out of the room and was going to move things.

Yan Liqiang and Yan Dechang also came out of the room.

The gate of Yan's yard was opened. Butcher Liu came in directly with an ox cart. On the ox cart, he pulled a whole fat pig and some bottles and cans. It seems that butcher Liu had just finished it early in the morning.

"There are too many pigs for us to eat. If uncle Liu wants to, just leave a pig leg!"

"Not much, not much. Keep some meat first, eat fresh, and marinate the rest. I specially bought salt, wine, chili noodles, pepper and fragrant powder this morning. Dafu and I will finish it in a minute. That's all I can do!" As Liu butcher spoke, he hurriedly moved things under the car. Zhou Hongda and his wife hurried to help.

In addition to killing pigs, butcher Liu's pickled meat is also very famous in Liuhe Town. It can be placed for a longer time and tastes good. In this era, ordinary people don't necessarily eat fresh meat every day. Almost every family's kitchen will hang a little pickled meat and dried food.

Seeing that butcher Liu had indeed prepared everything and bought new hooks to hang bacon, Yan Liqiang stopped saying anything and let him and his son get them.

Seeing that Yan Liqiang no longer refused, butcher Liu and his son came to the spirit. After carrying the pork to the back kitchen, they worked hard in the kitchen.

Lu Wenbin is an expert and old-fashioned man. Just now butcher Liu and Yan's father and son said a few words briefly. He basically guessed the relationship between butcher Liu and Yan's father and son. When butcher Liu's father and son were making pickled meat in the kitchen, he specially stayed in the kitchen for a while. Then he came out of the kitchen and came to Yan Liqiang and said in a low voice, "I have checked and tasted the meat and raw materials. There is no problem. I have asked Zhou Hongda to look at them in the kitchen!"

Yan Li forced to smile, "when they leave after a while, how much should they pay for the rest except one leg? Count the labor, steward Lu, you estimate and pay the money to their father and son..."

"Young master Yan is considerate!" Steward Lu also smiled. At the moment, the Yan family really doesn't need to chew their tongue for such a little thing. "After knowing that childe Yan won the top three in the national skill test yesterday, I've asked someone to inform the Lu family. It's estimated that after a while, the sixth master will personally bring a congratulatory gift to childe Yan!"

"Master Lu and sixth master are too polite!"

"Yes, yes, I'm afraid Mr. Lu was happier than Mr. Yan himself yesterday when he knew that Mr. Yan had won the top three. But yesterday, Mr. Yan's reputation spread all over Qinghe County. He knew that Mr. Yan had not been engaged and married. I think the matchmaker who came to the door these days would break the threshold of the Yan Family!" Manager Lu seemed to be joking, but he was suggesting something.

"Matchmaker or something, just come to steward Lu and send them away. I think waiting for marriage depends on fate. The words of the matchmaker are too demanding..." Yan Li forced a smile and looked at each other with steward Lu. Both of them are tacit. At this time, if Yan Liqiang doesn't understand, it's too slow, The governor Lu was also very satisfied with Yan Liqiang's answer. This is the attitude that uncle Lu should have.

Butcher Liu's father and son are still busy in the kitchen. Other neighbors who come to the door, big families in Liuhe Town, and big families in neighboring towns and townships, come in waves.

In the neighborhood here, many Yan Family's father and son usually know each other, but some are unfamiliar. They still sent something to Yan Family at this time.

Some neighbors sent fresh vegetables from the fields and their own yard, some sent a bottle of old wine, others sent a few feet of cloth, or fresh chickens and ducks, or a basket of eggs, some dried fruits, and several villagers sent Yan Liqiang several written words of good luck and joy, all of which were top three, shining in the countryside and so on.

As for those large families with excellent conditions and rich resources, they directly sent the sealed money, either silver or gold.

Before the gift giver in front left, the gift giver in the back came. At the back, more and more people gathered in Yan's house. They couldn't sit down in the living room. Everyone came to the yard. The whole yard was very lively.

In this case, where can Yan Liqiang practice? He can only chat with the neighbors in the yard with Yan Dechang.

Before noon, the Shen family in Qinghe County even sent a steward to Yan Liqiang and sent him fifty liang of gold and two pieces of superior silk and satin in different colors.

Knowing that it was the gift from the Shen family in Qinghe County, the blind date neighbors gathered in Yan Liqiang's yard couldn't help but exclaim. One by one, they looked with envy at the beautiful silk and satin sent by the Shen family to the Yan Family and the money seal wrapped in red paper.

But the people's exclamation was not over. At noon, Lu Peien and Qian Su of the Lu family in Huanglong county came. The Lu family's gift was even heavier. It was a whole hundred liang of gold, a first-class sword, and ten pieces of colored silk.

Qian Su's gift to Yan Liqiang was a three meter long gun made of exotic ash wood by a group of craftsmen in the craftsman's equipment camp.

This cadre of people together, behind the lively, naturally needless to say

As for the so-called matchmakers, they also came one after another in the afternoon. Yan Liqiang didn't come forward and directly asked manager Lu to send them away.

This whole day, the Yan family was crowded. The cars and horses and all kinds of people from and to the Yan Family blocked the roads outside the Yan family. Yan Liqiang felt like a welcome, and his whole face was going to laugh.

After a busy day, at night, Yan Liqiang can finally take a break. After coping with such a day, Yan Liqiang feels more tired than he took the national skill test.

Yan Dechang was stunned when he finally looked at all kinds of gifts piled up in a side room at home like a hill.

Yan Dechang didn't return to his mind. "Why are there so many?"

"Many live chickens and ducks and things they can eat are not put here!" Yan Liqiang handed Yan Dechang a list, "this is the congratulatory gift received at home today recorded by manager Lu. Don't say anything about cloth, silk, sword and armor. Just say money. Today, I received a total of 1800 liang of silver and 220 liang of gold..."

"How can we stack so many things at home? I don't trust it. It's a trick to recruit thieves. It seems that I have to find someone to make some cabinets tomorrow..." Yan Dechang said happily and worried.

When Yan Dechang said that he wanted to find someone to make a cabinet, Yan Liqiang finally said, "I think it's not only necessary to make a cabinet, but also the house and yard of the family should be renovated. If Lu steward left in a few days, it's not safe to keep the money at home. It's easy to be missed. It's better to buy a piece of land in the town and two shops in the county, Then no one can take it away... "

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