Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

On the first day of the first lunar month, the village will worship the ancestors.

It was not Qiao Mo's business to worship the ancestors and open the ancestral hall, but Lin Zheng wanted to go.As in previous years, when the time comes to open the ancestral hall, cakes, drinks and other things have already been placed on the altar table, and the children of the clan are arranged from left to right according to their seniority, and enter the ancestral hall in order.Worshiping ancestors has its own ceremony, and when the ceremony is over, the patriarch will hold out the genealogy.

"This year, a new husband has been added to the clan. Lin Zhengzhi's husband, Lang Qiaomo, will be a member of the clan in the future." As he spoke, he opened the family tree, found Lin Zheng's page, and wrote a stroke on the side, "Lin Zheng's husband Lang, Lin Qiao."

Lin Zheng bowed his head respectfully, with a smile on his lips.

Waiting for Lin Zheng to come back and having breakfast with Qiao Mo, the village was already buzzing.

New Year's Eve in rural areas is slightly different from that in cities, especially on New Year's Day, people in a village always go door to door.Especially the newlyweds must be led by the mother-in-law or the husband on this day, and go around the homes of the elders in the same village one by one.

Qiao Mo and Lin are just newlyweds, this is their first year, they must not be left behind, they have to go early.Today, Qiao Mo went to the door as a newcomer, and got a red envelope.

They lived in the farthest place, and when they arrived at Grandma Li's door, they could see two or three people from the village, talking and laughing, all dressed up, and celebrating the New Year among the neighbors.

Qiao Mo is wearing a royal blue jacket made by his fat aunt today.Of course, this is also related to Qiao Mo's physical fitness.The color of sapphire blue perfectly matches the skin, making Qiao Mo's skin white and tender, and Fu Yin's bright red.It was very cold early in the morning, and Lin Zheng was afraid that he would catch cold from the thin clothes he was wearing, so he took out the bluestone cloak and put it on for him. Fox Bai wrapped it around his neck, and it was really warm.

Originally, Qiao Mo didn't intend to be so eye-catching, but he was afraid of the cold, so he didn't think about anything else when he was covered with warm and soft fox white.

Someone had already rushed out of Grandma Li's house, but Qiao Mo and Lin Zheng didn't go in. They had to go to the homes of the elders of the same clan first.Of course, the first stop was Father Lin's house.

On the first day of the first lunar month, no one wants to find bad luck, even Madam Lin has taboos.With Lin Gui's noble status as a scholar, many people in the village came to chat with him, and they praised Lin Gui both in and out of their words, and Madam Lin was very pleased with what he heard.

As soon as Qiao Mo and Lin Zheng arrived, everyone was silent for a few seconds before smiling and talking.

Everyone in the village knew that the relationship between the two families was not good, so they might be in the mood of watching a theater right now.

Lin Gui also knew his grandma's temperament, and he was afraid that a disagreement would cause trouble, which would not only cause bad luck, but also lose face.So as soon as he saw the two of them, he hurriedly greeted them with a smile, and affectionately called his elder brother and sister-in-law, and also called Yingzi to serve tea.

"Ah Gui and his elder brother are really nice." Someone praised and sighed, after all, they are scholars, but they are different.

"It's a real brother after all." The corners of Lin's mouth trembled, and she finally said something beautiful.

Lin Zheng didn't plan to stay longer. After all, people didn't welcome him, so he excused himself to go to the patriarch's house, put down the New Year ceremony, said a few words, and left.No one said anything, after all, they all knew that they were newly married, and it was a serious matter to meet the people in the clan.

However, as soon as Lin Zheng left, some people were curious about the gift he gave, and some thought it carefully, so they urged them to take a look.Madam Lin didn't want to save Lin Zheng's face, instead she thought, let the big guys see, if the gift is not good, they should be stabbed in the back by the villagers, that is unfilial!

Everyone had already seen that there was half a bolt of brown cloth and half a bolt of blue cloth in the New Year's ceremony. The texture was thick, not bad.There is a small jar of wine, a bag of brown sugar, a piece of bacon about two catties wrapped in oiled paper, and two paper bags containing peanut candy and dipping sugar respectively.

"Oh, this gift is not light. This peanut candy looks finer than the ones we bought, I'm afraid it's much more expensive, and this... I haven't seen it before, and I don't know what it is rare."

A few people looked at it and calculated in their hearts, these annual ceremony, I'm afraid it can't be done without a tael of silver.I didn't expect Lin Zheng to be so generous, it seems that he is indeed rich.

Grandma Lin didn't expect such a generous gift from Lin Zheng, she was both happy and breathless all of a sudden, she was happy to get so many things for nothing, but also held her breath for not being able to count people.

According to the custom, people go to Yue's family to celebrate the new year, and naturally the rich New Year gifts are also given to Yue's family.But Qiao Mo didn't have a natal family, and Lin Zheng had a separated family. During the New Year, he always had to give a gift to his parents, and because in the first year of their wedding, if the gift was too light, he was afraid that people would look down on Qiao Mo, so he gave it after several weighings. These.

Lin Gui stared at the unknown dim sum, thoughtful.

Lin Zheng and Qiao Mo didn't know about this, they were busy walking around the various families in the clan, and because of their closeness, Qiao Mo received various red envelopes.The money is definitely not much, but it is just a lottery, the recognition and blessing of the newcomers from the clan.

After turning around, Qiao Mo felt a little dizzy. Half of the village was surnamed Lin, and almost all of them turned around. Just recognizing people made him dizzy.Fortunately, he has a good memory, otherwise, if we meet on the road in the future, we will definitely make a joke.

Afterwards, I went to several companies with good contacts, and finally came to Grandma Li's house.

Grandma Li is also an elder. She watched Lin Zheng grow up and organized the wedding for them, so she also gave a red envelope.The two didn't stay longer, after all, they also got married, and some people would visit their house to pay New Year's greetings, so they had to be entertained.

When he got home, Qiao Mo took out a few plates, put the peanut candy and dipping sugar that he had left earlier on each plate, and put another plate of pumpkin seeds, one plate of dried sweet potatoes, and another plate filled with fried shelled potatoes. peanut.Five plates filled the table.

Lin Zhengze added another fire under the stove, and there was boiling hot water in the small pot, so that people could pour water to drink when they came later.

Generally, the people who go out to pay New Year's greetings from each household are young people, and the old ladies and old men who are close to them will stand at the door of their own house, chatting and laughing with others, so the people who come to Lin Zheng's house are all young people who walk around on weekdays.Most of these people have married, and some have sons, and it is enough to fill a room.

In the second half of the day, Grandma Li, Grandma Sun, and Aunt Fat also came over to sit around. Brother Bai was too busy in the morning, so he only came here at this moment.There were also some familiar people in the village who came and went one after another. The peanuts on the table were filled to the sixth plate, and the peanut candies and dipping candies had long since disappeared.

After a busy day, I ate sliced ​​noodles for dinner.

Qiao Mo didn't have the ability to cut noodles, so he just explained the method and let Lin Zheng actually operate it.Lin Zheng's knife skills are good, but at the beginning he didn't know what to do, the cut was too thick, and then he gradually improved, and he has a good appearance.Qiao Mo poured in the fried spicy cabbage and cooked them together. Eating this in winter is appetizing, warm and filling. The key is very simple.

Lin Zheng likes to eat very much. He ate three bowls out of the Dahai Bowl at home.

After tidying up the bowls and chopsticks, I can't rest yet. The wheat sprouts soaked earlier have already emerged.Take it out and cut it into pieces, mix the corn that was steamed and dried earlier into the chopped wheat, and let it ferment.Grandma Li said that this process would take two or three hours. Qiao Mo thought, anyway, he didn't have to go back to his mother's house in the second day of junior high school.

As a result, he slept so much that he forgot to wake up at all. When he got up at dawn, he saw that the malt candy was ready.

"Ah Zheng doesn't call me that much." Qiao Mo secretly annoyed that he slept too much.

"You've been tired all day, sleep more, I'm in good spirits, sleep less." Lin Zheng didn't take it seriously, and gave him the steamed maltose to taste: "Does it taste good?"

"...Mmm, um, delicious!" Qiao Mo nodded eagerly.

The next day, the two of them were busy. The amount of peanut candy and dipping sugar was [-] catties. Now that the weather is cold, they just sent it at once.Because of the non-stop cooking of sugar, the whole kitchen is filled with the sweet smell of sugar. Fortunately, they live in a remote place, far away from other houses, otherwise many people would have come to inquire about it earlier.

After all the work was done, Qiao Mo's arms were sore, and he felt that the money was earned too hard.

Delivery on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was signed by Shopkeeper Xiao from the restaurant.Fifty Wen a catty dipped in sugar, a total of ten taels of silver, thirty Wen a catty of peanut candy, a total of six taels of silver, a total of 16 taels.

After receiving the money, I was a little curious. Seeing that shopkeeper Xiao was very friendly, I asked, "I wonder how you sell this dipped sugar? The price is not low."

Because Fang Jinnian specifically explained that shopkeeper Xiao also paid attention to Qiao Molinzheng, so he answered him: "I have never seen this dipped in sugar, let alone how it tastes, the first thing I eat is a rare one. The price is set by the boss. Fifty A piece of paper."

Qiao Mo imagined the size of a saucer, and was speechless, Fang Jinnian is really dark enough.

"Can someone buy it?" Although Lin Zheng had seen cakes that were more expensive than this, they were made by himself after all.

"Why is no one buying it? There are quite a few big customers in the teahouse. Not to mention the tea they drink every day, even the tipping for the storyteller starts at one tael of silver. If it is more expensive, it is no longer in their eyes."

It seems that the consumption level in the county is not weak, so it is no wonder that Fang Jinnian came all the way here to do business.

There was enough corn at home, but not enough wheat, so the two went to buy a bag of wheat when they left the teahouse.In addition, when the spring came, we had to plant the land, and the sandy land was planted with peanuts and watermelons according to Qiao Mo's idea.Watermelons are not easy to grow, and it is not yet known whether watermelon seeds can be bought. Qiao Mo decided to plant peanuts on six acres and watermelons on the remaining two acres.

Previously, the family didn't have much land, and the peanut seeds reserved by Lin Zheng were not enough, so when he went to the food store, he bought the best peanut seeds first.One mu of land needs about [-] catties of shelled peanuts, and [-] mu of land needs [-] catties, which is more than two taels of silver.

Joe Moton felt a lot of pressure. If he failed, he would lose more than the seed money of two taels of silver.

As for the watermelon seeds, I asked several stores one after another, and finally found them in one store.But when asked how to plant, the shop owner knew the general process, but not the specifics.In the end, Qiao Mo bought a thousand seeds.He estimated that there would be three to four hundred plants per mu, and eight or nine hundred seeds would be needed for two mu and three quarters of land, but he was inexperienced in raising seedlings, so who knows if all of them would germinate, so it would be safe to buy more.