He was reborn and I wasn't!

Early the next morning, when Jiang Yan and Shang Ning came to the alley, Xiao Hua was already waiting there.

Jiang Yan looked at the little girl and said, "It's quite early, you haven't had breakfast yet."

Xiaohua nodded.

Jiang Yan knew this was the case, he smiled and said: "We just didn't eat, let's go, I will take you to find a place and eat."

After he finished speaking, he didn't look at Xiaohua's wide eyes, he took Shang Ning who was beside him and walked forward, and the two led the little girl to the alley where the rental house was located.After Jiang Yan showed Xiao Hua the door, he bought three buns and handed one of them to Xiao Hua to let her go.

After the rest of the two ate hastily, Jiang Yan walked slowly along the laneway shops with his junior brother.

They had discussed yesterday what was missing in the rental house and what to buy.Therefore, today's purpose is clear, and it is quick to buy.After this trip, Shang Ning basically walked in front, went into various shops to inquire, select, and negotiate prices.And Jiang Yan followed him half a step behind, and stepped forward to pay after Shang Ning made a final decision.

After walking around like this, Shang Ning felt that it was almost done, so he stood with his senior brother in a secluded corner of the alley and counted the things in his hands.

Jiang Yan saw that he was thinking about what he wanted to buy, while turning his eyes back and forth between his own and the opponent's hands, and felt that his junior brother, a boy, was really virtuous and careful, and he was a good hand in living at home.Seeing that Shang Ning finished ordering, with a satisfied expression on his face, he smiled and said, "How is it? Is it all ready?"

Shang Ning nodded, and said: "It's all ready. We can take it back." He thought for a while, and then said: "When we go back, we need to tidy up the house, wipe it everywhere, and wash the pots and pans. "There is a well in the yard, which is very convenient.

Jiang Yan smiled and said: "No hurry, let's go back and put these things away first, then come back to look at the New Year's goods, and clean the house in the afternoon."

New Year's goods?Shang Ning was stunned for a moment, then remembered that his senior brother had told him yesterday that they would celebrate the New Year together in Jincheng.His memory of the Chinese New Year is very vague. He can't remember clearly the memory of the previous life before he was ten years old. Later, when he was in Qingfumen, because his whole body was poisoned by cold, he was wrapped in a thick blanket on the bed almost every winter. The quilt is laid down, even if it is Chinese New Year, it is no different.

Now, he wants to celebrate the new year alone in this city with his senior brother.

I don't know why, but thinking of this, Shang Ning's heart couldn't stop jumping for joy, as if the sparks on the wasteland were only a little bit at first, and then burned more and more vigorously, and burned bigger and bigger.

After they put their things back in the house and came out, they stood at the door of the rented house to discuss what to buy.It was the first time for these two people to manage the New Year by themselves, and they didn't understand anything, so they could only figure out what to prepare for themselves.

Jiang Yan thought about it, and said: "If we are going to celebrate the New Year, shouldn't we prepare a lot of firewood? It's so cold here in Shangjincheng, and those who live in the winter must stay indoors for a month or two. When the time comes, we must burn the kang for cooking. It takes a lot of firewood. We will go to the firewood store to buy a few cars later, and we would rather have more than less.”

Shang Ning nodded.

Jiang Yan said again: "By the way, let's see if there is any charcoal. At that time, we can put a charcoal basin in the house. In this way, apart from the kang, the rest of the house will be warmer. Light a candle, and we will sit on the kang with our legs Covered with a quilt, wearing a padded jacket, holding a charcoal fire in your hands, talking, reading, or eating something, oh, don’t mention how beautiful it is.”

He said so with a slight smile on his face, and even his eyes showed a moving look of anticipation, so that Shang Ning couldn't help smiling.

Jiang Yan recalled: "I remember to eat dumplings on the first day of the new year, so I have to prepare flour. Then buy more, so that you can steam steamed buns and eat rice. You have to buy more. During the Chinese New Year We need to prepare bacon, chicken, etc., and we must have fish for the New Year’s Eve dinner, so we’ll go and see if there’s any for sale, and if not, we’ll buy the ingredients and make them ourselves.”

Jiang Yan spoke more and more vigorously, and said: "Do you need to prepare some vegetables or something, and you can't always eat meat. Let me think about it. During the Chinese New Year in the past, I feel that I eat a lot of cabbage and potatoes. I think there is still a lot of meat here." Is there anything that can be used for the Chinese New Year. I have to buy some onions, ginger and garlic, and I don’t know if there are any during the Chinese New Year, let’s see.”

Shang Ning nodded again.

Jiang Yan continued: "You can also buy some candied fruit, fruit and so on. It's also good for snacks during the Chinese New Year. Let's see if there are any interesting gadgets, and then lie on the bed to pass the time."

Shang Ning nodded.

Seeing that he only looked up at him and nodded, Jiang Yan couldn't help laughing: "Don't just nod, we two are celebrating the New Year together, think about what else you want to buy?"

Shang Ning was stunned for a moment, he really didn't celebrate Chinese New Year very much.When he thought of this before, his heart was like a pool of stagnant water, and he didn't even want to mention it.Now that he heard his senior brother's question, Shang Ning was also faintly looking forward to it.He thought about it carefully, and vaguely remembered that his mother had given him new clothes, and his uncle had given him mutton soup.So Shang Ning said: "I don't know, I haven't celebrated the New Year very much. I remember that I should ask for new clothes and drink mutton soup."

Jiang Yan thought about it and said: "Clothes are easy to talk about. Let's buy a few more sets, one for going out and one for indoors. I've never had mutton soup, but it's good for keeping the cold out. Drinking a bowl in cold weather seems good too. , then buy some mutton as well, a big leg of lamb."

Shang Ning smiled and nodded.

Jiang Yan said: "That's it. Let's buy what we can buy today, and don't worry about the rest. We'll be fine tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

As a result, at noon that day, the two of them brought four thick clothes and went back with a few pockets.Jiang Yan also ordered two carts of firewood to be delivered to the woodshed of the rented house, and another cart of cabbage and potatoes to the back kitchen. The rest of the meat and seasonings were to be bought tomorrow.

When she was lying on the bed at night to settle the accounts, Jiang Yan realized that she had bought a lot of things that day, and the purse at her waist was deflated in an instant.Although Shang Ning still had broken silver on his body, and he himself still had silver notes and gold and silver nudes, such a fierce painting method still made his heart ache.After that, I have to buy meat and pay for Xiaohua's laundry.Jiang Yan thought about it, and it was not a problem to go on like this. You can't just go in and out, and you have to find a way to make money.

He thought that he didn't have any special skills, except for being able to read and write, he just knew a little bit of martial arts, and it seemed that he had no way to make money.Jiang Yan remembered that there used to be some people in Jinling City who copied books for a living, and wondered if there was anyone in Shangjin City who needed to copy books. He would go and see in a few days.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan hugged his little brother and fell asleep.

In the next few days, the two ran around and finally bought everything.You can buy some bacon, bacon and salted fish, but not many.Jiang Yan doesn't like to eat fish very much, and thinks it's troublesome to spit out fishbone. He thought that this thing is just to win the prize, and a little bit is enough.So he bought a lot of meat, chickens and seasonings.

Shang Ning had no objection to this, he didn't pick anything, and everything was done with his senior brother as the main priority.After everything was ready, he rolled up his sleeves and started trying to make bacon, plucked the slaughtered chickens and hung them up to dry. He was busy all day long.And Jiang Yan finally found a job of copying books.He copied books for wealthy families in Shangjin City, and he gave five copper coins for every page he copied.Jiang Yantou did this job for the first time, and he didn't know whether he was paid more or less.He only felt that it was not easy to make money. He spent nearly five taels of silver in one afternoon, but he didn't expect to earn less than one tael for copying a book now.

With work to do, Jiang Yan no longer idles around.He took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone given by his master, and the books to be copied were spread out on the table. He sat by the window, picked up the brush and started to copy.Although he doesn't have the literary talent to make splendid articles, the handwriting is quite strong, with silver hooks and iron paintings, and it is beautiful without losing its elegance.

Just like his people.

Shang Ning, who sat down to watch him write after work, thought absently.

It was only when Jiang Yan copied a few pages and stopped to take a breath that he saw Shang Ning sitting next to him, and he smiled and said, "How is it? Senior brother, did you write well?"

Shang Ning nodded.

Jiang Yan asked again: "Do you know all these characters?"

Shang Ning shook his head.He can only understand some of them, but he doesn't know most of them.When his parents were still there, his mother taught him to read and write. Later, he was poisoned by the cold, and it was not easy to live, let alone have the energy to continue learning.

Jiang Yan thought about it and found that his junior brother really didn't have a chance to read. He was annoyed at his carelessness, and immediately said: "It's okay. When I copy books in the future, you will watch from the side and I will teach you."

Shang Ning smiled and nodded.

On this day, Jiang Yan returned a book he had copied to the owner's house, and walked back with two slings of money.Far away on the road, he saw a few people standing on the side of the road watching something, Jiang Yan went over to take a look, and saw a family where an official with a knife on his waist was dragging a crying child from the hands of crying parents .

Jiang Yan asked the people on the side: "What's going on?"

The person who was asked glanced at him and said, "You just came here this year. In the past year, the officials always wanted to send away boys and girls, saying that they were going to serve the emperor in the palace. Didn't you?" I can't come back for three to five years. Everyone who went there will pay back the money, but some people can't live on, and the children who went two years ago have never come back. You see, this is not Don't you want to?"

Jiang Yan watched the crying girl being forcibly dragged away by the officials. He looked among the children under guard, and saw neither Xiao Hua nor Shang Ning, and his heart immediately felt relieved.

He felt a little embarrassing about this matter, but there was nothing to say, after all, it was an order from the capital.And he can't control other people's affairs.

The man reminded him again: "Brother, I see that you are handsome, so I will remind you. I think the people who were born this year are almost the same, and the next time will be after the next year. If you have younger brothers and sisters in your family, You usually hide it a little bit, but you have to be careful."

Jiang Yan nodded.The other party also had good intentions, but he thought that he was not from Shangjincheng, and besides, he and his junior brother would leave after the spring of next year, so no matter what they could do to pull people, they would not be able to pull him here.But it's better to be cautious, he has to remember to remind Shang Ning when he goes back.