Rebirth married the control group as husband

Chapter 75

   On the twenty-ninth year of the year, Zhang Fangyuan closed his shop and put up a sign saying that he was out of business. This year, he will be here first.

The New Year's goods have already been prepared, but before going home today, he still bought some small things in the city, such as pastries and fruits. It's Chinese New Year, and even put a plate on the dinner. something to give.

He tied a load of things on the horse's back, and he came to the city alone to open a shop, so he didn't give Xiao Hei a cart. Although it was colder to ride the horse, it was very light and fast.

When he went back, he went to the tea shed first, and the shed will be closed tomorrow, so those around who haven't bought all the new year's goods come here to buy some supplements.

Such as soy sauce and vinegar, oil tea, wine, incense candles and firecrackers, etc. In short, his tea shed is like a grocery store, and the villagers are more and more dependent on coming here to buy things, come to ask what is not sold, and urge to buy goods... ...

It was still bustling when he passed by, a few children pestered the adults to buy some fruit to eat, and Chen Si was still selling meat here.

Although it is said that during the Chinese New Year, many village households will slaughter their own pigs and sell half of them to eat, but that will start in the twelfth lunar month. It is true that very few people will be slaughtered until the two days of the New Year. He had to buy some fresh meat, so Chen Si specially slaughtered a pig and sold it here.

"How is the business today?"

"It's okay, almost all sold out." Seeing Zhang Fangyuan come back, Chen Si wiped the pig butcher's knife and put it in the basket. A pig hind leg: "Here, take it!"

"What is this for?" Zhang Fangyuan didn't pick it up.

"Eat something during the Chinese New Year, a little heart, and save money."

Zhang Fangyuan laughed, knowing what Chen Si meant, and the two of them didn't shirk back and forth like village women. He readily accepted: "Work hard next year, and the business will prosper." Chen Si said cheerfully

: "Naturally."

Zhang Fangyuan was busy for a while, patronizing the business in the city and didn't bother to ask Chen Si: "You have built a new house and you haven't delayed the bill, have you?" Chen Si said: "No, the repair is not big,

three or five How much does a house cost?"

He hired someone to build a house within two months of selling pork. The adobe house in the village didn't cost much, and it was fast and easy to use. He and his husband had already moved in during the winter solstice. Nowadays, life is much cleaner, and he no longer has to quarrel with his sister-in-law every day.

There is a saying that people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and pork will sell better this month.

Zhang Fangyuan nodded, everyone is happy when the day is going fast.

After talking with Chen Si, Zhang Fangyuan went into the house again and explained to his second aunt and fourth aunt, and told him to close the door early and go home early, so that tomorrow will be a good New Year.

Zhang Fangyuan rode back to the village with the pork leg Chen Si had given him.

He didn't see anyone at home, so he unloaded his things, and the horse didn't tie it up, allowing him to eat the few fresh grasses in the winter outside the yard casually.

He thought that Xu He had gone to see the progress of the new house again. The new house was actually not that far from the old house. Within a quarter of an hour, he could stand in the yard of the old house and look at the new house from afar. Now that the foundation has been laid and the walls started to be built, Xu He goes over to keep an eye on it every day.

A big house occupies three mu of land, more than 1,000 square meters of land, so why don't we always go to see how the construction is going? Not only their own family members, but also people who are idle in the village will make an appointment to see their house together.

Everyone sighed, the Zhang family really made money, and they didn't even want the land. If they built such a big house, there would be so many people to live in it. But when I think about it carefully, it's a good thing that I occupy my own land, otherwise I have to spend money to buy the land, and the cost will be even higher.

Everyone is pointing and estimating how much the Zhang family's house will cost to repair.

"It's so wide, and it's not an adobe house, but green bricks, with thick tiles on the roof. At least six or seventy taels of silver!" "Aunt Wang, just these bricks and tiles are more than enough

. With such a number, if it is repaired as a whole, it will be at least a hundred taels."

A villager who worked in the kiln couldn't help but interjected.

The woman exclaimed: "Spending so much money, the Zhang family is really prosperous! Do you make so much money in business these days?" "It's incredible, it's really

incredible."

Sorry, why didn't Zhang Fangyuan allow his little brother and girl to come over when Zhang Fangyuan couldn't find a wife. It's a pity that Matchmaker Gan came to the house to talk about it.

And it's not just him, the Hu family is the one who regrets the most. First, the matchmaker Gan came to the house to say goodbye, but instead of agreeing, she even scolded so badly in front of the fourth aunt, not to mention taking advantage of the marriage. That's right, even if my man wants to come here as a helper, he doesn't have the face to come here, and he blames him to death at home.

A group of village households were active in their minds, trying to find out how to make some kisses and get some benefits.

Zhang Fangyuan turned around here but didn't see Xu He, his fourth uncle said that he came here for a while, as if he was going to dig bamboo shoots. Zhang Fangyuan shook his head helplessly, he really had no time to relax.

Although the winter bamboo shoots are growing these days, it is difficult to dig them. They are delicious and expensive to sell. In the twelfth lunar month, some villagers carried hoes into the bamboo forest to plan bamboo shoots. If you dig flowers, it will be difficult to dig bamboo shoots.

A layman may not be able to dig out the things buried in the soil even if he is busy for a long time. He has to be someone who can watch the growth of bamboo.

"Xu He!"

Zhang Fangyuan yelled when he reached the forest, and after a while, a voice came from the forest: "It's on the side of the river."

Looking for the voice, Zhang Fangyuan saw someone.

A big one is shoveling around with a hoe, and two small ones are picking up the soil with sticks to find bamboo shoots.

Seeing people coming, Xiao'e and Xiaomao called one cousin and the other called cousin.

"The three of you are not afraid that Blind Xiong will come and snatch you away."

Xu He said: "It's not in the deep mountains and old forests, and it's all happened many years ago. If Blind Xiong comes, the bamboo forest here will be destroyed It turned so flowery?"

After saying that, he threw his small hoe to Zhang Fangyuan, went to sit on the stone pier with some ferns on the side, took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat. He found that his body was not as agile and capable as before, but he was very tired after working for a while, mainly because he was carrying too many things on his body, and he couldn't walk flexibly.

Zhang Fangyuan went over and touched Xu He's face: "Have you been digging for a long time?"

Xu He slapped Zhang Fangyuan's hand away, glared at him, looked at the two children next to him, and said in a low voice: " Don't teach the children badly."

Zhang Fangyuan smiled and said, "I'll teach the children bad if I wipe your sweat, this is to let them know what kind of husband they should look for in the future."

"I talk nonsense all day long, while digging bamboo shoots."

Xiaomao and Xiao'e giggled for a while, then went to the far side to dig bamboo shoots by themselves.

"It's been a few months, and I'm still out digging bamboo shoots, so I'm not afraid of something bad or bad."

Zhang Fangyuan took a little effort to hold Xu He's small hoe. Although it was light, it was as light as a juggling toy in his hand Moreover, the handle of the hoe is short, and he has to bend over to use it even though he is tall.

Xu He took a sip of water from the gourd filled with water. The boiled water he poured when he came here has now turned into lukewarm water. He took two sips: "I said before that there are no winter bamboo shoots at home, and I have to eat them during the Chinese New Year. Let you Dig some for me, who told you not to come."

"When did you say you asked me to dig it for you?"

Xu He said: "I said no more, if you don't come, then I will be the only one."

Zhang Fangyuan stepped in Rubbing his waist: "I've never seen you be so unreasonable."

Xu He raised his eyebrows slightly, and put down the gourd. In winter, there is a lot of rain and the weather is not heavy, and the river in the bamboo forest has more water, rushing, and summer From time to time, many children come to the river ditch to catch shrimps and move crabs. They can play for half a day and catch many shrimps and crabs, but the crabs here are mountain crabs, not as good as the river crabs sold in the city.

The crabs are beautiful in autumn, and Zhang Fangyuan also brought back a dozen of them from the city. He marinated the crabs in a jar with distiller's grains, salt and vinegar. Many village households may have never eaten these river and sea goods in their entire lives, which is a common pastime on the dinner table of urban people.

"Come here quickly and have a look. I've dug three. How much should I dig?"

Xu He hurried over when he heard that he had dug it. Take it home and peel it off to eat.

"Tomorrow is enough to cook."

He came early, but he only got two small bamboo shoots. Fortunately, Zhang Fangyuan taught him how to dig bamboo in the spring of the year. This thing requires talent. It's useless to come here today.

"Yes."

On the New Year's Eve, the village was full of joy, and the village was very lively. After the firecrackers in the east of the village were blown up, they went to the west of the village. At noon, there were more firecrackers. Some people eat New Year's dinner at noon, so firecrackers are set off at noon, and those who eat in the evening are set off at night.

Zhang Fangyuan's family ordered breakfast and dinner, and the whole family started to cook in the afternoon. Apart from the four members of his own family, the three members of Zhang Shicheng's family also came to have a reunion dinner this year, which was more lively. Originally, he also called Zhang Fangyuan his uncle, but Zhang Shixin's family couldn't come, saying that his two cousins ​​finally came back for the New Year, so they had a reunion at home.

Zhang Fangyuan is happy and at ease.

The whole afternoon was lively and busy, the men were in charge of killing chickens, ducks and fish, the women cleaned the vegetables and prepared the ingredients, and Xu He was in charge of the cooking.

A big rooster was killed at home. Zhang Fangyuan grabbed a handful of straw and burned the finely shredded feathers after cleaning the hair. The chicken was smelly from the straw. He patted the fat chicken and brought it in for Xu He.

After the rooster is cleaned, it is not chopped up. The whole thing is boiled in a pot, and when it is formed, it is picked up again, and a large piece of square bacon is placed in a basin. According to tradition, incense candle money paper is taken to sacrifice to the ancestors of the Bodhisattva. .

Zhang Fangyuan cut half a radish pier and put it on the window, put a lit joss stick in it, tore some money paper and burned it, and then he chanted and invited the Stove King God to come to dinner, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new year, and welcome the new year auspiciously.

This was something that Zhang Fangyuan's parents would have done when they were alive. Later, the family was deserted. He occasionally stayed in the village. He was the last person to go home during the Chinese New Year. The whole family was reunited, and his house was deserted. , the whole room is full of traces of the lively life in the past, how can it not make people feel hurt.

Last year, the house was cold and cold, and he still went to his fourth uncle's house to eat the New Year's dinner. In a blink of an eye, his own family has also become a lively New Year. He is more active than before, buying everything, buying everything, and wishing to fill the family. Full.

For the first time, Xu He didn't say anything about him. After thinking about it, he knew that it was not easy for him to be alone in the past. The first year of the couple was naturally as lively as possible.

"The Stove Lord eats and drinks as much as you want, and bless our family to prosper, and my husband is safe and sound..."

Xu He kicked someone beside him: "Whoever said that you should ask the Stove Lord for this matter, I can't control so much."

Zhang Fangyuan said: "Then who to ask, go to the temple to ask Guanyin?"

"Ayuan, look at you, you are so stupid, you should go to ask your ancestors of the old Zhang family to bless you." Mrs. He walked in and saw Zhang Fangyuan begging the Kitchen God Baotu couldn't help laughing. Zhang Fangyuan

said: "Then I'll bring more incense, candles and money paper, and two jugs of wine and good food to pay homage to the graves of the ancestors and parents."

: "This child."

Later, the sky was gray, and the big table made of two square tables was covered with large dishes and small bowls, which were very rich.

Stewed chicken vermicelli, winter bamboo shoots and cured pork ribs, Mrs. Song's fish soup, distiller's lees duck, and boiled distiller's lees crab... Big dishes and small dishes, chicken, duck and fish that are common on the dining table of ordinary people are all put together on the table today, hot dishes and cold dishes, Stir-fried, stewed and marinated are all ready.

Zhang Fangyuan also opened the big wine brought back from the city, and opened a pot with Zhang Shicheng.

At the middle of the meal, Zhang Fangyuan took out the fireworks he had bought when it was dark, and Xu He also distributed lucky money to Xiaomao and Xiao'e.

This year I only pay out money, but next year the Zhang family will give the little one lucky money when they come to be the elders.