After closing the stall, Li Tannian asked Dabao Erbao to guard the basket, and she quietly went to the butcher's place to sell the roe deer and rabbit meat.
Including three rabbit skins and a robe skin, the total was sold for 354 pence.
Li Tannian used the change to buy three kilograms of pork ribs and a large piece of suet.
Tang Maorou was so happy that before she left, he had to wrap the remaining two pieces of pig blood in banana leaves and hand them to her.
Li Tannian couldn't refuse, so he had to thank him.
So Erbao and Sanya saw Li Tannian coming over with his hands full of things.
"Mom, you actually bought so many things?" Sanya was the first to react and jumped over to help her twist things.
Erbao wanted to go over and help, but when he saw the sheep and scorpion at his feet, he had to stop.
When leaving town, Li Tannian went out to buy sweet potato noodles, planning to make pig blood stewed noodles for the four little ones at noon.
As a result, just when he went back, he met Lu Dabao returning with a basket of reed poles on his back. Li Tannian said nothing and looked at his ankles lightly.
Lu Dabao's face turned red and he hurriedly said: "I, I'm fine, there's no problem anymore."
"Oh." Li Tannian responded, without saying much, and went back to the stove to cook.
"Brother, are you really well? Don't be brave, otherwise, mother will be worried." Sanya stepped forward and whispered.
Erbao couldn't help but nod: "Yes, brother, just listen to mother and take care of yourself at home. Sanya and I can also go to the reed field to cut reeds."
Lu Dabao raised his eyebrows: "What did you call her?"
"Mom!" Erbao and Sanya said almost in unison.
Lu Dabao opened his lips, obviously shocked and speechless by the scene before him.
"Actually, Mom is a very nice person, Dabao, don't always target her." Sanya paused and then said.
Lu Dabao was silent, and finally walked toward the courtyard carrying the reed pole without saying a word.
"Brother, what do you mean? Will he be angry?" Erbao couldn't help but crook Sanya's elbow.
Sanya raised her eyebrows: "What nonsense are you talking about? Brother is acquiescing to our statement. He has accepted it himself, but he is just embarrassed to admit it!"
Erbao breathed a sigh of relief and heard Sanya running happily into the courtyard: "I'm going to light a fire for my mother. I wonder what she will cook for lunch."
As soon as he heard that there was something delicious, Erbao couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
The rice cooked by his mother is delicious, and he wants to help light the fire!
Li Tannian covered the ribs and suet in a clay pot, and then added water to the pot.
She first boiled the pig's blood into water and removed the foamy stars. Then she set the pot aside and then added water to start cooking the vermicelli.
After the vermicelli was boiled until soft, Li Tannian added pig blood and various seasonings.
"Mom, what kind of food are you cooking?" Sanya asked, licking her lips.
“Pork blood stewed vermicelli.”
After Li Tannian finished speaking, the four little ones were confused for a moment. It turns out that pig blood can also be used to stew vermicelli.
Due to the specially added spices, the stewed vermicelli produced not only has no fishy smell, but also has a meaty aroma due to the pig blood absorbing enough fat.
Lu Dabao took a bite of the vermicelli and felt that the vermicelli that had soaked up the soup was fragrant, smooth, and indescribably delicious.
"Mom, you are so awesome! This pig blood stewed vermicelli is so delicious, I can't stop eating it!" Sanya licked her oily lips.
Er Bao and Xiao Si Bao nodded without even thinking about talking.
After the meal, Li Tannian specially asked Lu Dabao to change into new clothes and took him to the entrance of the village.
These days, she has learned that there is an ethnography school in Lujiacun and a school in the town.
Between sending Lu Dabao to study in his clan or go to a school, Li Tannian finally chose the former because it was convenient to pick him up and drop him off, and Lu Dabao didn't have much foundation. If he sent him to the town, he was afraid that the school in the town wouldn't accept him.
The so-called clan school is a private school for students of the Lu family. It is located next to the Lu family ancestral hall and is taught by a scholar named Bai from a neighboring village.
When people in the village get a degree, they only need to give most of the millet to the scholar surnamed Bai. Therefore, anyone whose family can afford it will send their children to the clan to learn a few words.
Lu Dabao followed Li Tannian into the clan school and refused to leave. He looked at Li Tannian with a strange expression and said with some uncertainty: "You really want to send me to school?"
It's a big deal for a family to produce a scholar, like the Lin family. If Lin Ziyan didn't have the support of his uncle who is the patriarch of the Lu family, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to study for such a long time.
Li Tannian turned around, gave him an expression that said otherwise, and then strode into the ethnic studies.
Lu Dabao paused, then quickly followed him.
There was the sound of reading loudly in the clan school. As soon as the couple entered the door, they saw a man in his early thirties wearing a blue robe standing in the courtyard giving a lecture.
"That's Master Bai." Lu Dabao glanced at the school with admiration.
In the past, he had always dreamed of studying in a school, but he never thought that today, he would finally have the chance.
The more he thought about it, his little body actually trembled violently due to nervousness and excitement.
"Yeah." Li Tan young nodded.
After Master Bai finished his lecture and walked outside, Li Tannian glanced at the little guy's nervous hand, which he didn't know where to put. She hesitated slightly, stepped forward and whispered: "Don't be afraid." Then, she pulled him and walked away.
Go ahead.
Lu Dabao felt the warmth coming from Li Tannian's hand. For some reason, his racing heart miraculously calmed down.
Li Tannian briefly negotiated with Master Bai, and Master Bai glanced at Lu Dabao lightly: "I have not yet enlightened at this age, so it is indeed delayed, but it is not too late to send it now."
Lu Dabao was afraid that Master Bai would not accept him, so he quickly promised: "Master, I will study hard and will not let you down!"
Master Bai saw a look of determination in Lu Dabao's eyes, and he couldn't help but be startled.
He had been teaching in Lujiacun for several years, and he had never seen such a look on such a young child. For a moment, he looked seriously at the mother and son.
"When you study here, you can't give up halfway."
Lu Dabao pursed his lips and glanced at Li Tannian uneasily.
Although he is determined to study hard and stand out in the future, whether he will give up halfway depends entirely on his stepmother's words.
"Of course." Li Tannian didn't seem to notice his gaze and responded directly.
The entrance ceremony was scheduled for tomorrow. After Li Tannian made an agreement with Master Bai, he led Lu Dabao away.
At the window railing behind them, Tie Qiu said in surprise: "Aunt Nian actually sent Dabao to study. That's great. From now on, we will have a lot of fun!"
The second son of Lu Erlang's family, Yin Ge Da and Jin Ge Da, couldn't help but pout: "What's so great? My third uncle is almost dead. Where can I find the money to provide for him? Maybe he went to the wrong place!"
Tie Qiu looked at Jin Qiao Da in shock: "How can you say that to him? He is your brother!"
After saying that, he ignored Jin Qiaoda and chased him out happily.
When Li Tannian's mother and son were about to leave the clan to study, he finally followed them.
"Aunt Nian, Dabao!" He greeted quickly and winked at Lu Dabao, "Dabao, that's great, we can play together every day from now on!"
Lu Dabao was also a little happy, but soon he disagreed and said, "It's not about playing, it's about studying."
Since the stepmother sent him to study, he must study hard and never let the stepmother down!
Tie Qiu was amused by the serious look on his face and couldn't help but nod his head: "Yes, yes, it's not for fun! It's for studying. From now on, we can go to and from school together!"
The two children agreed happily, and Li Tannian led Lu Dabao away.