The heroine of Kuai Chuan Zhi's family only farms

Chapter 1569 [1568] Spring Festival of [-]
On the morning of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Ding Jianping was the first to get up and planned to clean the inside and outside of the house. Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he was startled by a person sleeping crookedly at the gate. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Ding Jianshu.

"You kid, since you're here, why don't you call someone? It's so cold, aren't you cold?"

Ding Jianshu was shivering from the cold, and looked up at his brother with aggrieved expression.

"Also, why didn't I yell, I yelled for a long time, none of you heard, I walked here from the train station, is it easy for me? Hurry up, hurry up, I'm almost freezing to death, Why is it colder than our hometown in the capital, so I put on a thin padded jacket and let me in quickly, I have to sleep well, I'm exhausted!"

Ding Jianshu's teeth were chattering from the cold, and he swears directly. Ding Jianping looked at him pitifully, if his clothes were not clean and tidy, he could really be treated like a beggar.

He picked up Ding Jianshu's luggage, led him into the house, and instructed him.

"The room on the left, the one that is smoking, yes, your two sisters are still awake, don't disturb them, there is hot water on the stove, you wash yourself first before getting into the bed, the room is fine right now Warm, aren’t you hungry? I’ll make something to eat and you’ll go to bed when you’re full? I have a thick cotton jacket and woolen trousers in my luggage, and I’ll let you go to college in the south, and see how cold you look like a bear!”

There is no need to wear such thick clothes in Guangzhou. This is because Ding Jianshu gradually added clothes all the way. He didn’t know how many pieces he had on. It was his first time in the capital. How embarrassing.

Ding Jianping first poured him a cup of hot water, let him sit in front of the stove with the hot tea mug in his arms, and thoughtfully put a thick dress on him. After Ding Jianshu's body gradually eased up, Ding Jianping also made him a A bowl of hot egg noodles and grilled a few pieces of fish for him. I didn't eat the sweet potatoes that I baked last night, so I also warmed them up for him. Seeing my brother gobble it up, I feel a little distressed.

"You, too, wouldn't find a hotel near the train station to stay overnight. Wouldn't it be better to come here by bus this morning? You actually walked here from the train station. You're really good at it,"

"It costs a lot of money to stay in a hotel. I'm a big man. I'm not that pretentious. It's quite warm when I walk here. I don't bring much. When did you arrive?"

"I arrived at dark yesterday, half a day earlier than you. You eat quickly, and go to sleep after eating. In the morning, Xiangxiang and I are going to go to the suburbs to collect some firewood. You sleep for a while and get up to take care of Weiwei, Weiwei." Wei's leg is broken,"

When Ding Jianshu heard that Ding Wei's leg was broken, he stood up quickly, and Ding Jianping quickly held him down.

"Oh, it's okay. Don't be nervous. It's been a few months. It's almost healed. Now I don't dare to walk on the ground. I'm afraid that it won't be right again. Young man, your legs and feet are getting better soon. The plaster has been removed, but If you don’t dare to use your legs, don’t worry about her, you can take care of yourself, don’t catch a cold, hurry up, go to sleep after eating!”

Under Ding Jianping's strong request, Ding Jianshu ate and drank enough, cleaned himself up, and lay down on Ding Jianping's bed and fell asleep.

Ding Jianping packed up the bowls and chopsticks and went out, just in time to see Ding Xiang coming out yawning, as soon as he heard that the little brother had arrived, Ding Xiang hurried to cook after eating and sleeping.

"Brother, let's set off early to collect firewood, and come back quickly after collecting firewood. The eldest brother and the second brother may not come back in the end, and our parents, even if we ask for leave, we will not arrive until the [-]th year. Let's go before they come , Just prepare all the necessities for the New Year."

The meat is almost enough. After all, when Ding Xiang came, he also brought [-] to [-] catties of bacon and sausages. When parents came over, they would bring some more meat, so there was no need to prepare meat. Cabbage and radishes were also in their yard before. I have grown a lot of eggs, and the backyard has been multiplying eggs, and I have saved a lot three or four times a day, which is enough to eat. Now I need to go to the surrounding villages to see where I can buy tofu, vermicelli and so on.

They are all from the north, and their living customs are not too different. The vermicelli stewed with cabbage is also eaten here in the capital, so the vermicelli can be bought.

Ding Xiang boiled porridge, distilled steamed buns, pickled some shredded radish, and steamed four eggs. The fourth brother saved it for him to eat when he fell asleep.

Ding Wei was also woken up to have breakfast, and after the meal, she called the brothers and sisters to go quickly.

"I'll clean the pots and pans, don't worry about it, go, go early and come back early."

In the past, people in the city used to go to the vegetable stand to queue up to buy New Year’s goods. It was only in the past two years that everyone gradually gathered in the countryside. Go to line up?
In the past, many urban people looked down on things from the countryside. Now that they can be bought and sold freely, everyone buys them in the countryside. Because there are no middlemen and the price difference is cheap and good, more and more people have begun to let go of their ridiculous self-esteem.

Ding Wei regretted that she couldn't go, so she had to stay at home and take care of the small courtyard.

Add water to the pot, add firewood to the bottom, and clean the pots and pans while boiling the hot water. Add the leftovers and leftovers to the pot water, add some bran, and chop some Minced vegetables, mix well and feed chickens and ducks in the backyard.

Zhengzhengjiao ate the same rice as them, a bowl of porridge for each person, with sweet potatoes in it, and the two of them licked the bowl clean every time.

When their pots got dirty, Ding Wei set up an old iron pot in the yard, heated water in it, and scrubbed them clean.

Ding Wei walked in the yard after feeding the chickens and ducks. The sun came out and the sun was just right. Two dogs followed her for a walk. The third brother rode a tricycle, and the younger sister went out together on a bicycle. The steamed buns were gone. She sent some Noodles, put it next to the stove, I plan to make some steamed buns at noon, I don't know if Xiangxiang can buy the tofu back.

The fourth brother slept quite deeply this time, and he didn't wake up until eleven o'clock in the afternoon. He couldn't tell where he was when he just woke up. Legs, are you really all right?"

Watching the little brother walking towards her cautiously, squatting down to pull her trouser legs, Ding Wei sat down helplessly and stretched her legs for him to see.

"It's just the injury here. It's fine. It's been more than two months. It's almost healed. I can step on the ground occasionally. I have to take it step by step. I can walk slowly when school starts, Doctor Ren You said, let me raise it until after fifteen."

The two were talking, when Ding Wei suddenly heard something shouting outside, and when she heard that it was a tofu seller, she immediately perked up.

"It's all over, and there are also tofu sellers, brother, hurry up, grab a plate and go buy tofu, buy more, I'm worrying about what kind of steamed stuffed buns we have for lunch!"

Being yelled at by Ding Wei, Ding Jianshu quickly ran out with a basin, and came back with a basin of tofu after a while.

Ding Wei was amused when she saw it: "Are you emptying out the tofu?" Visually, it weighed about ten catties.

"How do you know, there's only so much left. He came out late today, and many people have already bought tofu. This doesn't make us miss out. The price is not expensive. It costs six cents a catty. Twelve catties cost a total of [-] cents, and they took [-] cents."

Ding Wei looked at the tofu, "This tofu is a little watery, it's not old enough, everything is rotten, no wonder no one wants it, six cents is not cheap at all, brother, we are not taking advantage, but losing money, this tofu It is suitable for making soup, but not for steamed buns."

"Ah? What's the matter? I'll go find him."

Ding Wei hurriedly stopped him: "What are you looking for? Let's eat this tofu for lunch. I'll make some soup later, and let's eat hot tofu. Let's see if the third brother and the others come back later and can buy old tofu. The price of normal water tofu is five cents per catty, while old tofu can be sold for six to seven cents per catty.”

Ding Wei talked to Ding Jianshu about the current prices, then shook his head and said, "This man's business is not real. It stands to reason that he hasn't completely let go of it. He can boldly sell it, which is enough to show how courageous he is, but he Using the price of old tofu to deceive people, thinking that the business will not last long, is not pragmatic at all,"

Their family makes tofu. My little brother doesn’t know how to do it, or he doesn’t know the local price. You can’t say that this tofu is not good, you can only say that it is a little watery.

Ding Wei took the tofu to the stove, cut it into pieces, and then began to cut the meat. Seeing her like that, Ding Jianshu quickly took the knife.

"I'll come, you tell me how to cut it, you teach me, and I will do it."

Ding Wei taught Ding Jianshe how to cut meat, how to knead dough, how much alkaline noodles to put in, because there was no yeast powder in this era, and they were all hair-tie noodles, so alkaline noodles must be added, otherwise the steamed buns would be sour ,can not eat.

The brothers and sisters helped each other busy in the kitchen. After a quarter past twelve, Ding Jianping and Ding Xiang pushed their tricycles and bicycles into the door out of breath. Because the firewood was going to be used in the main courtyard, the cars had to pass. There are two doors, Ding Jianshu helped push the car in, and seeing the things on the car, he couldn't help being happy.

"My dear, are you two stocking up? You didn't hit the mark with so much firewood, and you stuffed so many big and small bags?"

It is true that a lot of firewood was collected, and the bundles were quite strong, but there were many cloth bags tied to the pile of firewood, and there were also many bags hanging from the front and back of Ding Xiang's bicycle. After the car was tied up, they were untied one by one.

"Here are the salted duck eggs I bought, the lotus root grown by him, and the fresh celery grown in his shed,"

"Also, I saw that the garlic sprouts and spinach were not bad, so I bought some of them too. Oh, and this bag of tofu, I don't know if it's broken, open it and have a look,"

Ding Jianping's car is loaded with: "I bought a few crucian carp stew soup, I also bought Huang Geya, hemp shrimp, garlic sprouts, and salted eggs pickled by others, dried tofu, bean gluten, yuba, eh Hey, I also bought a lot of people, right, right, and ten catties of vermicelli."

"Good guy, this trip was not in vain. It's not bad. I bought a lot of things. This bag, hey, brother, I also bought garlic yellow. It looks really good!"

"Yes, people said it was garlic yellow from garlic seedlings. I saw it was quite fresh, so I bought a few catties,"

The brothers and sisters got together and sorted out all the New Year's goods. After counting, they spent about [-] yuan, which is not too much, at least this amount is stored here!
There is not a lot of firewood in a car, but fortunately, they have briquettes at home. When the fire is extinguished, use some when burning coal. If you expect to use firewood for cooking, it is far from enough.

"Tomorrow I'll pick up some more. Dora's locomotive. Fourth brother, you also come with me. Let's pull a car in the morning and afternoon. There are many stoves for Chinese New Year. Cooking in the yard is also fast. Pull more firewood to save money." Burning coal."

The third brother was based on the principle of saving a little, and Ding Wei thought that there was nothing wrong with the family, so she let the two of them toss about.

At noon, the brothers and sisters helped together, made cabbage tofu vermicelli soup, steamed spicy tofu cubes, steamed a pot of spicy flower rolls, pickled radish shreds, and cut open a duck egg. The four brothers and sisters were very satisfied with the food. At the end, I poured the leftover soup into the pot, cooked corn grits noodles for the two dogs, and steamed some sweet potatoes and potatoes for them to eat.

After lunch, the two elder brothers piled the firewood together, pushed the cart and went out again. Ding Xiang stayed at home to feed the chickens and ducks, and then rode to the food station and the supply and marketing cooperative. Fortunately, the management has not been strict in the past two years, otherwise For those of them who have no registered permanent residence and no job, it may be inconvenient for them to go out and buy something.

Because buying vegetables at the vegetable station requires food tickets, food tickets, meat tickets, tofu tickets, oil tickets, etc., everything needs tickets, and the price will be cheaper if you have a ticket. Unless you are not nervous about vegetables and meat, you will sell the price without tickets This is why Ding Wei asked Ding Xiang to go to the countryside to buy vegetables from the beginning.

If not, Ding Xiang came back after going out for more than half an hour, "It's gone, it's all sold out, ah, by the way, sister, didn't you say you want to sell Spring Festival couplets?"

Ding Wei patted herself on the head, "God, I completely forgot, hurry up, go into the room and take out the bed sheet I prepared and spread it outside, as well as the Spring Festival couplets I folded in the cupboard. Take it out and put it on the table, I wrote it all long ago, look at me, I have been busy with my family these days, I forgot all about it, and I don’t know if I can still sell it!"

"Sister, how many couplets have you written?"

"About [-] pairs, there are big and small ones, you take them out, and I'll tell you the price."

"The ones pasted on this kind of small door have the words "blessing" and "pairs". They are cheaper in black and red paper. They cost five cents a pair, and the gold ones cost ten cents."

"This kind of sticker on the gate costs [-] cents for a set, [-] cents for gold characters, [-] cents for a pair of small doors, cheaper for black characters, and more expensive for gold characters. , go out and see good luck, prosperous trees, smooth sailing, etc., and sell them for five cents."

Ding Wei took out the words she had written and explained to Ding Xiang for a long time. The two sisters worked together to put out the couplet.

"Fortunately, the Chinese zodiac signs are not popular at this time. If they can't be sold out this year, we can continue to sell them next year. Don't put too much pressure on you."

Besides, the location of their house is good, even if they set up a stall, they can bask in the sun, sitting in front of the door of her house, just after the stall was set up, someone came to ask the price, there is no way, who told Ding Wei The golden letters written are so shining in the sun, is it extraordinary?

The key point is that her handwriting is also magnificent and beautiful. It is worthy of being a member of the Calligraphy Association. The old and aunts passing by who know how to write praise the calligraphy well. The key point is that Ding Wei is not expensive. If the first person buys it, there will be the second one. Two, Ding Wei also prepared a rope, anyone who wants it can quickly roll it up, tie it up and hand it to others.

In just two or three hours, fifty or sixty pairs were sold, and even Ding Xiang lamented that the speed was astonishing.

The two sold it until the brothers came back, it was almost dark, and I didn't count how much they sold in the end. When I got home and counted the money, the good guy has almost 11 yuan for his kung fu right now?
"Sister, I suddenly feel that your five hundred adverbs are not too many, and you might be able to sell them all!"

"Tomorrow we will go out early to set up a stall. It only takes a few days. We can sell as much as we can."

"Our Weiwei is so talented, she can still think of a way to sell couplets, remember to save some for our family,"

"Don't worry bro, my family has already written it and put it away separately. These five hundred adverbs can be sold for about six to seventy yuan. After deducting the cost, I can make a net profit of fifty yuan, which is enough for our New Year's expenses. gone."

"It's worthy of doing business. It's really capable. I can't even think of it."

Ding Xiang couldn't help being happy when he heard what my brother said: "Is it possible that your handwriting is not good, brother?"

Ding Jianshu blushed, because apart from the ugly handwriting of Ding Zhenlong and Zhao Qingqing in the Ding family, his brothers and sisters had ugly handwriting.

Clove was brought up by Ding Wei's hands, and her handwriting was also taught by Ding Wei, which is also quite beautiful and serious regular script.

The characters of the eldest, the second and the third of the Ding family were innate, and they were practiced by themselves, especially Ding Jianping, who also worked hard.

However, if a prescription is to be written in the future, it is estimated that the words will have to be self-contained.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the brothers continued to go to the suburbs to collect firewood. Ding Wei sold Spring Festival couplets at the gate, and Ding Xiang steamed steamed buns with bean paste at home.

Ding Wei made all the fillings in advance. Lilac just needs to be wrapped and steamed in a pan. The noodles are put there by the third and fourth brothers in the morning. The four brothers and sisters work together to make new year's goods.

In the morning, I steamed seven or eight pots. In the afternoon, Ding Wei asked Ding Xiang to go to the door to guard and sell Spring Festival couplets, while she fried tofu, meatballs, lotus root clips, and sesame candies in the yard, preparing New Year's goods like her mother.

Today, the third and fourth brothers pulled four carts of firewood. They will not go tomorrow and will help clean up at home.

On the morning of 29, Ding Jianguo took the first bus to his door.

"Your second brother won't be there until tomorrow afternoon. I've asked my parents, and I'll be there tonight."

As soon as the eldest brother came, the house became more lively. The brothers put on newspaper hats, took a feather duster and a rag, and started cleaning the house, dusting, wiping the furniture, sweeping the floor, cleaning the glass, and cleaned the whole house inside and out. God, not only the east and west rooms of the main courtyard were cleaned up, but also the upside-down room and the back room were also cleaned up.

Ding Wei's couplets are almost sold out after two days of round-the-clock sales. Because the couplets will be posted on New Year's Eve, it is estimated that the rest will not be sold out, but they are still idle. I will set up a booth for half a day tomorrow morning. Might be able to sell the rest too.

Ding Wei also bought eight red lanterns, two on the gate, two on the gate of the main courtyard, and one on each of the four corners of the courtyard. She also specially bought red rope to weave a few festive Chinese knots to hang in the room.

Such a piece of Luo really has the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year!

"It's a pity that I didn't buy red bulbs, otherwise it would be redder and more beautiful when covered in lanterns."

There were no red light bulbs in this era, and when she asked, the salesperson looked at her with a weird face!

The biggest regret this year is that the stove room has not been tidied up. Fortunately, I have to tidy up the back room. It is better to ask craftsmen to tidy up the kitchen and build a bathroom next to it. Put on the water tank, so that except for being unable to take a bath in the cold winter months, the other time will not be delayed, but I don’t know if there is such a technology now.

Bathtubs are popular now. She doesn't like bathtubs. It's okay if she lives alone, clean and hygienic, but if the whole family uses bathtubs, it's a bit unhygienic.

By the way, there is also a toilet. The toilet still retains the shape of a dry toilet. She will change it to a squat toilet later, but instead of a toilet, replace it with a ceramic one. The floor also needs to be tiled, and water pipes need to be installed to facilitate maintenance.

Although the home is big, the number of places that need to be renovated is quite large, which means that there are a lot of places to spend money, so she has to hurry up and earn money.

Ding Wei went to the bathhouse to take a bath at noon on the 29th of the year of Dingxiang. Fortunately, she spent money to get a single room. It was very warm inside, and she didn’t have to compete with so many people for a faucet. Of course, the price is also relatively expensive. A single room costs [-] yuan. Enough for others to wash five or six times.

At around eight o'clock in the evening on 29, the eldest brother and the third brother went to the train station to pick up their parents. The two of them were obviously crowded on the road.

Ding Wei hurriedly bathed them, scrubbed them clean, and arranged for them to rest early.

In the early morning of the 31st year, the brothers borrowed ladders and boiled paste. They pasted Spring Festival couplets on the gate, main gate, huts, yards, flowers and trees of the house.

While Ding Wei was still sleeping, she heard the sound of chopping dumpling stuffing from the kitchen, and turned her head to see that Ding Xiang had woken up at some point.

She quickly put on her clothes and went out. As expected, she saw her parents working in the kitchen wearing aprons, and Ding Wei felt her eyes burning.

"Mom and Dad, have you rested up?"

"Well, it's all right, I've been resurrected with full blood, I think you're almost done, but the dumpling stuffing is out of the plate, so I'll ask your dad to help you plate the dumpling stuffing together, and you'll be able to eat the dumplings in a while, you see Once your brother and the others put up the Spring Festival couplets, the whole yard became festive, that's great!"

When Ding Wei asked Zhao Qingqing if she wanted to take a bath, she said.

"Your dad and I have washed in the bathroom at home. Otherwise, we will definitely not be able to line up at the New Year's Eve. It's just a lot of tossing all the way. We'll just wash our hair after dinner. I heard Xiangxiang say Are you going to sell Spring Festival couplets in a while? How much is left? You really have an idea, you can remember all of this, it’s not in vain that you write such good characters! By the way, is there really no one in the capital?”

(End of this chapter)