Chapter 302 Someone wants to stir up trouble
The Jiang family’s porridge-giving event is done every day, so naturally the whole family cannot participate every time.
Otherwise, the family and Xianquanju will inevitably be neglected, which would be putting the cart before the horse.
Feng specially arranged a "duty" and arranged her sons and daughters-in-law into three groups, and took turns to go.
On this day, it was still early, and the chickens in the village head’s house were crowed for the second time.
Feng put on a green short jacket, rolled up her sleeves half an inch, swept the yard a few times, and patted the window of the west room.
"Yesterday it was Fengze who went, today it's your turn, second brother, you two, don't forget it."
After a while, Jiang Fenghu came out yawning, "I know, mother, with the help of Qincaiju's staff and three or four yamen runners given by Tian Zhixian, we are busy and can still make it in half an hour later."
Feng Shi let them take charge, swept the fallen leaves in the yard, and tiptoed into the inner room.
Looking at the little Nuobao sleeping with his mouth slightly open and his face flushed, and then looking at Chun Ge'er who was not making a fuss or peeing, Feng Shi felt excited, kissed them one by one, and went to make dinner.
There happened to be half a pumpkin at home. Wash it, break it into pieces, mix it with millet and put it in the pot to cook. After a while, the golden and soft pumpkin porridge was out of the pot.
Sprinkle some white sugar and serve it with a plate of egg and scallion cakes. The salty and sweet taste was just right, and the whole family nodded.
After eating, Li Qiqiao changed her clothes, touched the two children, and went to the city with Jiang Fenghu.
Xiao Nuobao just woke up at this time. When she heard the sound of wheels outside the door, her eyes suddenly blinked and she muttered something.
"Ah! Erguoguo, second sister-in-law, it seems that it is not a good time to go out today~"
But Xiao Nuobao thought for a moment, then squinted and smiled again.
Anyway, the second sister-in-law is here. She is smart and clever. Even if she really encounters any trouble, she will be able to turn danger into safety.
Although he is the backbone of the family, Xiao Nuobao can't do everything. He always wants to help the town. After all, there will always be times when he can't take care of it, and sometimes he should leave everything to his family.
The young man has confidence in his second sister-in-law, so he stretched his back, rubbed his sluggish belly, and ran to drink pumpkin porridge.
Here, the carriage was moving slowly, and the second brother and his wife were talking and laughing all the way, and soon entered the city.
After arriving at the place, Li Qiqiao was helped off the carriage by Fenghu. As usual, he had to wash the pot and light the fire, and then put the rice into the pot.
On weekdays, refugees would wait in advance and line up in the queue.
But for some reason today, there were a few "refugees" who were not in a hurry to line up, but kept circling around the pot.
Li Qiqiao put on her thick cotton sleeves and glanced at them. She saw that although these "refugees" were thin, their faces were rosy, not as gray as others.
She lowered her eyes and didn't say much. She just called out the waiter from Qincaiju.
"I'll give you one thing. Don't worry about anything else. Just watch this pot and keep our rice porridge." Li Qiqiao believed in her intuition and kept it in mind.
The waiter immediately agreed, "Okay, I'm here. I guarantee that not a single fly will be put into the pot!"
The servant sent by the Xu family to pretend to be a refugee was very disappointed when he saw it.
They all carried glutinous rice and mud in their pockets, and wanted to put them into the pot secretly when no one was paying attention.
But the waiter's eyes were as big as bells, like a howling dog, and he refused to leave for a moment, so they had to give up and give up the idea.
Xu Xinglai had been waiting in Zuixinglou for a long time.
When he heard his subordinates report that this trick didn't work, he didn't worry.
People who are used to doing bad things will naturally have a backup plan.
"If this doesn't work, then let's try another way." The housekeeper of the Xu Mansion pointed to the door and said to the ragged servants, "You guys, quietly carry the two bags of glutinous rice to the side of the porridge shed, and don't let the people from the Jiang family and Qincaiju see it."
"As for what to do for the rest, I don't need to teach you anymore." The housekeeper said grimly.
Several servants nodded quickly, and as if they were familiar with the process, they first went to the kitchen and scooped up some stale rice and put it in their pockets.
Then they carried the bags of glutinous rice, went out the back door of Zuixinglou, and quietly approached the porridge stall...
Before long, all the food in the porridge stall had been prepared.
Today, they did not boil potatoes, but steamed sweet potatoes instead. The sweet potato fragrance had already spread far away, and just smelling it made people want to smack their lips.
Li Qiqiao stood by the pot with a rice spoon in her hand, smiling, and scooped bowl after bowl.
Jiang Fenghu's eyes were full of his wives, and he kept calling out, "Come on, come on, after you've finished your rice porridge, come get a piece of sweet potato. This sweet potato has red flesh, is sweet and doesn't choke you!"
A bowl of thick porridge plus half a sweet potato can satisfy women and children, and even young men can eat about 70% full.
Everyone held their bowls of rice, their eyes filled with happiness, and they drank it sweetly.
However, just when they were almost at the bottom of the bowl, suddenly, a loud cry came from the refugees.
I saw a short man with a ruddy face, holding his abdomen, and groaning twice, and then he fell to the ground.
"No, no! My stomach hurts so badly, this rice is not clean, it hurts me to death!" After he shouted, the bowl in his hand fell down.
The white porridge spilled all over the floor. Someone with sharp eyes noticed that half of the rice in his bowl was yellow and black!
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