Husband and wife are hot on the kang

When going to bed at night, Yu Liangji was still complacent after coaxing the child to sleep.

Fortunately, he had a long view and distributed the money from selling pork belly to the whole village!

Otherwise, today's August Festival, the Yu family will be ashamed. The village is not afraid that you have money, but they are afraid that your money will come from a wrong source!

"Yes, you are the smartest!" Shi Hongda coaxed an excited young man with a wry smile.

After the August Festival, the Eighteenth School started, and Yu Liangji sent all six children in his family there in one go, including Bamu, a half-old child, who was not spared.

And tidying up the autumn also came to an end, Shi Hongda took the Ba family and his son to the mountain, the three of them were fully armed, Liu Wenxi drove the carriage and waited for them at the foot of the mountain, for three days, he could get one or two every day Dry trees come downhill.

Later, when the villagers found out about it, they asked Shi Hongda where he got it.

"In the deep mountains, if you walk in, you will come across dry trees from time to time." Shi Hongda answered truthfully.

"Do you want to cross the stone beach?" The villagers have always regarded the stone beach as the boundary between them and wild animals.

"Yes, it's a long way to go." Shi Hongda lifted up the roe deer he had hit in his hand: "If you don't go into the deep mountains, you won't be able to hug this thing."

The villagers thought so too!

All the firewood on the outside is gone, if you want good firewood, you have to go inside, but no one's men have as high a force value as Shi Hongda and Ba's father and son, and they don't dare to go in in groups. Yes, I am afraid that I will encounter some wild beasts that I can't deal with. If I don't have firewood, I can burn some straw at home, and I can deal with it. At worst, I can pick up some branches and branches and come back to make do with it.

So everyone gave up their thoughts of going to the deep mountains, but Shi Hongda took the opportunity to call several monkeys back and asked the women at home to make two sets of big woolen clothes for Xiao Juren and Yu Baobao. These things keep warm and can be worn in winter. Preferably three days later, the person who delivered the briquette from the county arrived. The standard for a piece of briquette is two catties, but because it was customized by Shi Hongda, the one given was a big one, two and a half catties, which was very big, a total of 400 The yuan and yards were neatly placed in the boiler room.

Then Shi Hongda and the others started chopping firewood at home, and the dead tree branches they brought back were broken into small pieces, and the thick branches were chopped into pieces and stacked together.

The temporary burning at home is the peanut seedlings collected in autumn. The green ones are turned into green fodder, and the dry ones are bundled into bundles and burned as firewood.

At the same time, the women in the family either dried firewood, or stepped up to make clothes and shoes, because there were so many people, there were eighteen adults and children.

Yu Liangji's greenhouse can finally start tidying up. He personally directed it. First, he sprinkled a layer of plant ash, and then planted the first batch of things. He was optimistic about two fruit vegetables, one was cucumber and the other was tomato!

These two things can be eaten either stir-fried or raw.

In winter, a catty of cucumbers costs five cents, and a catty of tomatoes costs four cents!

For other green vegetables, a small handful is as expensive as two to three dollars, and a small handful can only be fried in one plate. However, there may be vegetables to eat in the south in winter, and it is not easy to find some green vegetables in the north.

The greenhouse is only about two acres of land, and there are not many places to plant things, so only half an acre of cucumbers and half an acre of tomatoes are planted, and the remaining half acre of land is planted with some squash and green peppers.

They got a lot of big wooden boxes and put them in the houses of each family. Two big wooden boxes in the Ba family planted coriander in them; one big wooden box in the Liu family planted leeks in it; There are two big wooden boxes in the house of Huang’s house, which grow rapeseed; the box in the house of Yu’s house grows spinach.

What is the temperature inside the house? It is cold outside, but it is very hot inside the house, so after seven or eight days, all sprouts will germinate.

He was busy until September, and the frost had started to fall outside, and his shed was on fire, and now the family had to burn a kang every night, but the heating had not yet been turned on, because the kang was enough for heating.

In September, everyone is preparing for the cat winter, which is the beginning of the cat winter, and some people take the opportunity to hurry away to relatives. In winter, when there is smoke and snow, who will go out!

It was at this time that the Zhang family came to visit Yu Baobao, the old couple and three uncles, and the three aunts stayed at home.

When it was almost noon, the carriage of the Zhang family arrived at the door. After knocking on the door, it was Liu Wenxi who opened the door. He knew the Zhang family and immediately opened the door enthusiastically. I heard the magpies chirping!"

"Butler Liu." The eldest brother-in-law of the Zhang family said hello and drove in the carriage.

Today's Yu family has changed a lot, and it is more orderly than when it was moved in. The second child of the Zhang family just got out of the car, and Yu Liangji, who heard the noise, arrived.

"Master, aunt!" Yu Liangji bowed his hands with a smile on his face: "Why are you two elders here? It's so cold."

Although Yu Liangji had pimples in his heart, he still received them warmly. At least they were real relatives. "Uncle", that's what happened.

"Come and see the child before it's frozen." Mr. Zhang saw that it was Yu Liangzi who greeted him at the door, and felt very comfortable.

During the August Festival, the Yu family sent a heavy gift to the house, and everyone in the village knew about it. Those who said sour words in the past also shut up. The imperial examination, these days are also very tight, and now the son-in-law has gone, and their family always runs to Shiba Mile Pu. I didn’t see what happened to Yu’s family, so I entrusted Shi Hongda to send a New Year’s gift during the Chinese New Year, and because of the filial piety , The preparations for this year's ceremony are also quite satisfactory.

Many people in Zhangjia Village laughed at their family and did not come to their in-laws after their daughter died.

But this time the present gave a lot of people's faces, especially Liu Wenxi who came here, who can talk!

It's the butler!

In fact, they didn't know the difference between the accountant and the housekeeper. In their eyes, the one who can manage the account books is the housekeeper!

When I came this time, the three daughters-in-law also wanted to come, but he and his wife disagreed, and the three sons didn't like to go out with their wives, so they took them away. What about the children?

So it is most suitable for their third brother to accompany his parents to see his nephew.

"You came early, he hasn't finished school yet, and he won't come back until lunchtime, so come in and sit on the kang for a while!" Yu Liangji personally supported Mr. Zhang.

Mrs. Liu Song also rushed over, and stretched out her hand to help Mrs. Zhang: "The old lady in-laws, please slow down. It's just frosted this morning, and the road is slippery."

"Who are you?" Looking at such a neat and tidy woman, the Zhang family was a little confused.

"This is my daughter-in-law." Liu Wenxi hurriedly explained, because the Zhang family looked at Liu Songshi for a moment, with vigilance.

"Oh, housekeeper's wife!" Mrs. Zhang suddenly realized.

After hearing this, Yu Liangji simply said, "It's the housekeeper's wife. Sister-in-law Liu is helping to take care of some things at home. Brother Liu will help me and Brother Shi take care of the outside affairs."

Liu Wenxi was a little excited when he heard that, the little master said so, he was going to be promoted to be a housekeeper!

This butler is a confidant of his confidantes, if the relationship with the master's family is not in place, it is impossible to be a butler.

"Not bad, not bad!" The old lady Zhang smiled and let others support her.

After arriving at the main hall and taking their seats, Mrs. Liu and his wife withdrew. After a while, everyone said a few words, and Miss Huang came in with six cups of tea.

After Yu Liangji saw her, he was also a little speechless. The person who came this time was not Fu Dazhuzi, so the child is not simple now, so he wears a silver earring, wears clothes that are probably new, and wears a double ring bun , with two plain little flowers.

The most important thing is that he also wears an apron!

"This?" Suddenly a little girl appeared. Mrs. Zhang bent her knees and went out after seeing someone serving tea and water. ?”

"Pfft!" Yu Liangji sprayed!

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you want a daughter-in-law, how can you still ask for a child bride? How many good girls can't marry?" Mr. Zhang thought more clearly, and guessed wildly: "Could it be a concubine?"

Just a little too small, right?Can't see it!

"Don't make fun of me, you two elders. This is the daughter of Chef Huang's family. The little girl is only 13 years old. She usually helps in the kitchen. I also need someone to serve me here. I just saw you coming. I need She only served a cup of hot tea when she was accompanying guests." Yu Liangji explained dumbfoundingly: "It's not a child bride!"

The three uncles and uncles all laughed and watched the excitement.

"The cars outside are all set up." Liu Wenxi cupped his hands after entering, "What's in the car?"

"Yes, the things in the car!" Mr. Zhang pointed at the three sons: "Follow me, and put everything where it should be."

The three elder brothers obediently got up and left with Liu Wenxi.

"Is your second elder healthy? The family can't leave, and the baby...so I didn't go there. Don't mind your second elder!" Yu Liangji looked at the elder with concern.

Anyway, they are the elders in the family now, but when they think of their three daughters-in-law, they are still a little angry.

"Well, the harvest at home this year is not bad, what about you here? I heard that the peanuts you grow, are those things worth money?" Five copper coins can buy a bag with shells, and a big man can buy a bag of peanuts. The plate is deep-fried, the old man is not very optimistic about peanuts.

Yu Liangji simply told the elders that the peanuts were sold for 3000 taels of silver, even if he and Shi Hong split up, he would still have a harvest of 800 taels!

"So much?" Their family planted corn and only earned more than 800 taels after exhausting themselves.

"I'm tax-free! Both buying and selling and farming are tax-free." Yu Liangji reminded them that land tax is exempt, and he's not a businessman and has to pay commercial tax for buying and selling. He sold it directly to the grain station. pay taxes.

"That's right, I forgot!" Mr. Zhang thought, didn't he!

Just as he was talking, the three elder brothers came in, followed by Liu Wenxi.

The Zhang family came here this time and brought some yellow rice noodles and yellow rice. The Yu family didn't grow much miscellaneous grains this year, they were harvested in the village. Twenty catties, and a basket of dried mushrooms and a basket of fungus.

I brought two winter clothes from head to toe for the baby, a cloth tiger pillow, and cotton hats and gloves made by three aunts.

The cotton robe and muff given to Yu Liangji were made by the old lady herself.

This year's items were not as many as last year's, but they knew that Yu's family no longer needed to send so many items, the main thing was to send a heartfelt gift.

Shi Hongda came back, he had gone to the grocery store to buy a whetstone, but when he came back, he found that he had a visitor, it was from the Zhang family.

After Shi Hongda came in and took a seat, he simply chatted with the elder brother and the three uncles, talking most about the harvest in the field and thinking about what to plant next year.

Because his land was reclaimed, there was no need to collect taxes for the first three years, which was an advantage.

After chatting for a while, Yu Baobao was out of school. As soon as the child came in, he was very happy when he saw someone, and wanted to pounce on him. Yu Liangji immediately coughed lightly.

"Xinghuai met my grandfather, my grandmother, my first uncle, my second uncle, and my third uncle." The little boy remembered that he was already an older child, so he had to be polite, so he met five people like a little adult. present.