clang farming notes

Perhaps it was the succession of happy events held in the village that shocked the surrounding villages, and those villages seemed to have just discovered that there is such a wealthy place around them.Or maybe it's been a few years since the war, and the people around are no longer so afraid of these people who have been soldiers and have blood on their hands, and they are willing to open their eyes to face the reality that these people have settled down by their side.Or it may be that people here also want to marry daughters-in-law and walk away from relatives, which is not extremely vicious.In short, some people in the nearby villages began to pick up some homemade utensils and other things to sell in the village.

Probably because the people here are more generous, there are more and more shopkeepers of all kinds, and the goods sold have also developed from small things at the beginning to eggs, vegetables, grain, oil, charcoal, needles and threads of various colors to hair, flowers, and powders, from home-woven earthen cloth to Already made purse insoles.There are all kinds of things.It greatly facilitated the large number of bachelors in the village.

The two families on the side of the village also benefited a lot, not to mention that neither of them knew how to do needlework, and now they no longer need to ask for help, and someone can do the sewing and mending for a few copper coins.Even the sister-in-law who sells tofu in the village is also stimulated by many salesmen. Now every morning when the tofu is made, she puts it on a donkey cart and walks around the streets to provide door-to-door service. The products have also developed to include white tofu, frozen tofu, fried tofu, Tofu nao and other varieties have benefited everyone in the village.

In the past few days, Duan cooked a big bowl of marinade every morning, waiting for his sister-in-law to come to sell tofu nao, and didn't even bother to make breakfast.Zhao Ba lamented that after being neighbors with Du's family, he had a lot of good taste and a lot of laziness.Even Jin'er can learn a few words in a decent manner after hearing the cries, and asks Du Zhongping to buy him all kinds of gadgets and snacks.

By the time of the winter solstice, Duan had successfully bought a large piece of mutton, which solved the problem of mutton soup - you must know that there is not a single household in Qingniu Village that raises sheep.

Duan spent a lot of brainstorming on the first winter solstice here. In the south of the winter solstice, people eat glutinous rice balls, which means reunion, while in the north, they pay attention to eating dumplings, saying that their ears will not freeze for three or nine days.After much deliberation, both situations should be considered, so I had to ask the opinions of other people.

Fang Sheng and Zhao Ba are both from the north. The sweet and soft glutinous rice balls are good as a snack, but they are too much for a meal.Du Zhongping was looking at the "Nine Nine Cold Dispelling Picture" that he had just finished painting, he was stunned for a moment when he heard the question, and asked for a long time: "Do you have glutinous rice at home?"

Duan immediately stopped worrying about it. Sure enough, there was no glutinous rice. While secretly reminding himself that he must remember to buy it next time he went to the city, he turned to chop meat and make dumplings.

On the same day, Du Zhongping drew three pictures of dispelling the cold, one was hung at his own house, one was hung at Zhao Ba's house, and the other was sent to Li Zheng's house.There were a lot of people going in and out of Lizheng's house, and they couldn't help but praise them when they saw it. Lizheng thought it was very face-saving, and gave a large piece of mutton as a gift.Du Zhongping couldn't help feeling that he had "earned money". As for whether Li Zheng's family had pens and ink to fill in, no one cared about it.

Therefore, for dinner, the Du family not only has mutton dumplings to eat, but also milky white and delicious mutton soup to drink.Duane said he also froze a piece of lamb for later.

After dinner, Zhao Ba held his full stomach and praised Duan fiercely. After all, he is a skilled person, and the mutton made has no smell, only fresh fragrance.Duane only smiled slightly, and his modest expression was nothing.

After the winter solstice, the dining table of Du's family became more and more abundant. Du'an used [-] kinds of martial arts to make various patterns of common objects such as radishes, cabbage, and tofu.Every afternoon, I hoisted up the specially bought casserole and started to stew soup, which made only a few people glow red.

Du Zhongping is used to it, it happens every winter.Zhao Ba couldn't bear it at first, but Du An said: "Winter solstice tonic, next spring to fight tigers. Summer tonic for three volts, winter tonic for thirty-nine. Eat well these days, and you won't get sick all year. I only do some mild food tonic. , I didn’t use any tonic, so it’s not in the way.” Everyone poured down a bowl of soup as usual.

In fact, except for Zhao Ba, the others are quite useful.The three members of the Du family just came here this year, and they all felt very cold and worked very hard.Fang Sheng was injured before, and his vitality was damaged. Although he took care of it for a while, he didn't pay attention to this here.Now that they have been eating soup and water for a few days, everyone is much better.Only Zhao Ba, or Fang Sheng saw that Zhao Ba was made too red, and told Du An that Du An let him go.

In fact, the two families did not eat together every day. It turned out that it was just a festival or which one made a good meal, but Duan was grateful for the care of the two. He always brought a bowl for the two when the soup was stewing. .

Fang Sheng also declined, but he couldn't stand Duan saying that he couldn't afford a bowl of water.Later, Zhao Ba saw that Fang Sheng's hands and feet were warmed up, and it was really effective, so he came here to thank Du An without mentioning it.

Duan is really good at living. There are only a few vegetables in winter, and he prepared soybeans, mung beans and bean sprouts.Put the garlic neatly on a plate, add some water, and put it in a warm place. After a few days, garlic sprouts will appear, which are beautiful and edible.The white noodles are fried in oil to make camellia noodles, with fried peanuts and sesame seeds inside. When you are hungry, make a bowl. It is sweet and hungry.I spent money to collect honey from others, and removed the beard stains from the hawthorns picked in autumn. The sweet and sour appetizer just happened to let the children not like to eat.There is also the pear, which is really ripe, fragrant and sweet, eat one every day, to remove dryness and relieve dryness.

Zhao Ba has been full of praise for Du An recently. He has long wanted to make up for Fang Sheng, but he doesn't know how to do it.The only thing that can be supplemented is ginseng, but that thing is too expensive, and Fang Sheng doesn't allow it, saying what is empty and not supplemented.

Seeing that Duan doesn't spend much money now, all kinds of ordinary things can be changed a little bit, and several people love to eat them, which is really admirable.I want to learn, but I don't have that kind of material, and I don't have such careful thoughts.It's the same if I just scoured for things myself and begged Duane to do it.Therefore, several people are more and more lucky.

Du Zhongping felt a little guilty towards Du An. Back then when he was in Du's family, he didn't have a lot of money. Under the noses of so many people, even if they had money, they didn't dare to use it.Duan didn't know how much effort he had to learn these things. He took good care of himself and Jin'er, but he failed to protect him. Seeing him being tripped and punished, he had no choice but to hate himself. powerless.Maybe he would live better without him, but he never left and followed him to the north.Now I can't even imagine how my life would be without him.

And Jiner.At the beginning, when my brother and sister-in-law passed away one after another, leaving behind little Jin'er, I was afraid that I would not be able to support him.Little children know not to make noise when they grow up, which makes people feel distressed.Fortunately, now that they have left that place, the three of them form a family of their own, and they can live freely. Although this place is not as prosperous as the south, it has a sense of simplicity and comfort.After a few months here, several people have slowly relaxed, and there is no longer the aggrievedness of Du's family.

Sure enough, I came to the right place.

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Li is just a happy person, seeing more and more hawkers in the village, he decided to gather them all in the open space of the village after the twelfth lunar month, forming a small market.

But Du Zhongping was surprised to find that among all kinds of small things and snacks, almost half of the copper coins he exchanged for the last time he went to the city had been spent.It's not a long-term solution to just get out but not get in. Although he still has money, the money is to be reserved for Jin'er to marry a wife in the future.He is determined to earn the money back, but he just thinks about it but has nothing to sell.

Du'an Laba boiled fragrant Laba porridge this day, and gave everyone a bowl of it.There is a local saying "La Qi La Ba, your jaw will freeze off". It is said that after drinking Laba porridge, your jaw will stick together and you will not be afraid of freezing. Although it is a common saying, it is indeed getting colder and colder.

Fortunately, they picked a sunny day before, went to the city again, and bought enough supplies, probably enough to go to the beginning of spring.And there is a small market in the village, so it doesn't take much effort to buy some seasonal things.Therefore, he could only scrape together several kinds of dried fruits to make porridge today.

Du Zhongping watched Du An cook Laba porridge, and suddenly remembered that now that the twelfth lunar month is coming, it will be the end of the new year, and every household must prepare new year's goods.I can't sell anything else, so if I sell some couplets and blessings, it may be the only one within a few miles, and it will definitely sell well.Who doesn't want to be lucky?

It's just that Du Zhong talked about his plan, but Duan stared at him for a while, and then told him the truth of a scholar, he is nothing more than a gentleman No business, etc., even Zhao Bafangsheng was taken aback by what he said.In the end, Du An calmly ordered Du Zhongping to write a pair with a good meaning, and prepared a few blessings, while he himself packed some porridge and sent it to Li Zheng.

After returning from Lizheng's house, Du An told him to put on Du Zhongping's decent clothes, tidy up the house, put garlic sprouts on the desk as narcissus, put pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, and asked Du Zhongping to take them. Books are used as learning forms.Jin'er was entrusted to Zhao Bafangsheng to take him home and take care of her, leaving only herself in the house to take care of her.

Not long after, someone was carrying something, cut out red paper, and asked Du Zhongping to write a pair.Du Zhongping was secretly happy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He said something similar to Zou, and the man thought it was good, so Du Zhongping started to write.

Du An spread the paper and rubbed the ink very neatly, which fully set off Du Zhongping's scholarly posture.The man thanked him again and again, and left the things he brought, but Duane and him refused several times, so he had to accept it.

In the next few days, more and more people came to beg for a pair, not only people from this village came to beg, even people from other villages came to beg.Duan took things softly. Although it wasn't money, it was more affordable than money.

Several people were amazed and asked Duane for advice during dinner.Du An first despised Du Zhongping: "If you are a scholar, you must look like a scholar. Thanks to you, what is the difference between selling a pair and being a businessman?"

Although Du Zhongping was hurt, he was not angry, and asked eagerly.Duan continued: "You have a good idea. We just spent money when we came here, and we didn't get any money. It's good to have some income to supplement the family, but you can't lose your dignity as a scholar. Don't think about it, if Without the dignity of a scholar, who would take your half-grown child seriously? Naturally, we must find a way to make things beautiful and affordable."

Duan drank his saliva and continued: "Lizheng loves to show people the things you send, and thinks they are decent. There are a lot of people coming and going in his house, so it will naturally spread. It is no better than the cold-elimination map you sent back last time." Every family wants to post it, so naturally people will come to ask for it. With the foundation of the new year, who would have the nerve to come empty-handed? In this way, I have face and benefits, wouldn’t it be good?”

Several people were dumbfounded, Du Zhongping was deeply ashamed, why didn't he think of this section, Du An really has the potential to be a profiteer.

Before the new year, Duan had already received some white flour, some wheat, some dried fruits such as peanuts and hazelnuts, some eggs, some homemade bacon...

Very good, if you buy a few more, you will have all the new year's goods.

At the same time, Du Zhongping's value has doubled, and it has become a source of bragging for other villagers in Qingniu Village.

Duane, on the other hand, seemed to reveal his true nature.He partnered with Zhao Ba and used the wheat sent by others to make maltose: first pick the wheat, wash it, soak it in warm water for a day, then take it out and put it away, and often pour it in warm water for two or three days. After a while, buds more than half an inch long have grown.Zhao Ba contributed plump corn kernels, coarsely ground them into small pieces, soaked them for half a day and then steamed them in a wok.After cooling, the malt is chopped, mixed together, and fermented in bags.In the end, Zhao Ba exerted all his energy and squeezed out the juice, and Duan put the pot to boil for a while and he was fine.

Du Zhongping tasted it a little, and it was sweet with a delicate fragrance, and the taste was very good.Although it is not as sweet as the sucrose that I ate before, it is not bad, and the light brown color looks quite appetizing.Fang Sheng and Zhao Ba didn't have much chance to eat sugar before. After all, sugar cane didn't grow in the north, and their family wasn't rich. At most, they planted some sweet stalks in the yard to satisfy their hunger in summer.Naturally, Jin'er was the one who welcomed this candy the most, and even Jin'er had already expressed his willingness to sleep with Duane at night-he used to sleep with his father.

Seeing that the sugar tasted good, Du An and Zhao Ba made some more, and further processed it—fried the peanuts, added the sugar while it was still syrup, stirred well, and Zhao Ba took it out again. Slice it while it is hot with a knife and make peanut candy.Except for some kept by the family, Zhao Ba took the rest to the market to sell. Taking advantage of the opportunity of offering sacrifices to the stove, every family would buy some sweet sweets, which made a lot of money.