Seed dealers in ancient times

After dinner, Chu Xian went back to her yard with the clay pot in her arms.

He ate a lot for dinner, and he was a little bit full. The people in Fuyuezhai said that Master Zheng was young, and he did a good job of purse tenderloin. For those who spend money, every time he cooks some big dishes, he can eat a lot even if he doesn't have a big appetite.

After returning to the house, he placed the flower pot he had received by the window, and carefully moved it to the left, so that he could see it at a glance whether he was entering the house or on the bed.

The dim moonlight danced between the walls of the courtyard. He stared at the mud in the flower pot with his face propped up, thoughtful. It seems that this late autumn is not so cold and desolate.

He turned on the oil lamp in the house, picked up the cloth that he brought home today, five feet of dark blue cloth, very thick, with his fingertips running along the edge of the cloth, he took scissors, needle and thread, and prepared to make a winter coat .

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After a few days, Zheng Jiang went to the village to plant tomato seedlings. The potatoes grew very well under Cai Lin's care, and the potato sprouts also faintly showed signs of breaking through the ground. If the weather is still stable, the seedlings should be able to grow. Not bad.

After the tomato seedlings were planted, the crops only needed to be weeded and fertilized. After that, Zheng Jiang stopped to ride the oxcart when Cai Lin came to the city to deliver goods, and went to see the crops every now and then.

The days passed by in a mediocre manner, and the most rapid ones. In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month. After the end of the year, red lanterns could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Jincheng was full of festivities, and the atmosphere of the New Year festival became stronger day by day.

Zheng Jiangting received the monthly payment at Fuyuezhai today, and worked in the restaurant for more than two months, and now he has a little more money, and seeing that the Chinese New Year will be less than a month away, he thought about saving money Money has to be prepared for the new year, and the day is exhausting, so the new year must be joyful. In the past, his parents passed away early, and there was always something missing during the new year. Now it is different, he has more family, then you will have to get back the lost years.

Taking advantage of the fact that the prices of vegetables, meat, rice, and grains haven't risen too much, I'm saving some new year's goods in advance.

He went to the meat market to buy ribs and meat, prepared to smoke the ribs and make some sausages, and bought a duck to prepare, waiting for the Chinese New Year to be served with the old hen at home.

This time he had a good eye, in order to prevent the neighbors from staring at him, when he was in the meat market, he asked the vendor to wrap the meat tightly.

He was happy, and carried his things back home with big bags and small bags. When he went to the gate of his own courtyard and was about to open it, he found that the gate was open. It's only right that the master came back. Just now, he heard Qi Qi Ai Ai's crying coming from the house.

His heart tightened, he threw his things in the main room, and rushed into Zou Yun's room. Sure enough, the woman was sitting at the table and weeping.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing his son who came in suddenly, Zou Yun quickly pulled up his sleeves and wiped away the tears on Kai's face: "It's okay, it's okay, mother's sand got into her eyes."

"What kind of sand can blow into the house." Zheng Jiang said anxiously: "Don't hide it from me if you have something to do."

Zou Yun breathed out, and wiped his eyes carefully, thinking that he would know, so he simply said: "Mother, mother's errand is lost."

"Okay, how did this happen?" Logically speaking, the big family is most busy at the end of the year, and they won't resign at this time.

Speaking of which, Zou Yun felt depressed. The master's family had just resigned some servants a while ago, and she was retained because of her quick hands and feet.

At the end of the year, the main family purchased a large number of new year’s goods, and many good things came in and out of the house. Today, I lost a piece of bird’s nest somehow. It meant that there was a thief in the house, and the old lady was very angry when she found out about it, so she asked the housekeeper to check it out.

Zou Yun had never had such hands and feet before, and the housekeeper didn't pay much attention to it when he checked it. Who knew that he found it on her head, and found it in her place without knowing what it was. The servant girl who dealt with it made it worse again, saying that she had the habit of taking the master's house food on weekdays.

Those dishes are nothing more than leftovers, even if the people who don’t take the kitchen will let the pig farmers take it away to feed the pigs, how can it be called stealing, the owner didn’t care about these small things, only caught the bird’s nest, and gave her to her. Resigned: "Jiang Ting, people are poor and ambitious, how could mother steal things from the master's house."

Zheng Jiangting frowned. He naturally believed in Zou Yun. To put it bluntly, the family couldn't open the pot before, and Zou Yun never took things from the master's house. Now that life is getting better, she has no reason to do these things. The matter of losing reputation is most likely to be calculated by the villain.

"Mother, I know that you would never do such things. Don't be sad. The master doesn't know right from wrong. It's only their loss that you left, so don't be sad at all."

Zou Yun was relieved and felt better: "Seeing the end of the year, how can we live without errands? Besides, my mother also promised to help Brother Xian pay attention to errands. The current situation is good. I didn't pay attention to the errands, and I still put them on I also lost my errand. Brother Xian is not in good health, and it will be even more sad when winter comes. You can't let him go to be a washerwoman with me."

Zheng Jiang stopped and sat down opposite the wooden table: "Mom, I have errands to do right now, and it's the end of the year, so don't even think about going out to find any errands. I have some plans in my heart. When the new year begins, I will definitely arrange the errands between you and Brother Xian, so don't worry about it anymore."

Zou Yun opened her mouth to say something more, but seeing her son's determined eyes, she swallowed the words again. She looked at her son with inexplicable peace of mind, and she had something to rely on when his son grew up.

She nodded: "Mother listens to you."

Zheng Jiang stopped and stood up: "I bought some meat and came back. Since mother has returned home, why not smoke the meat and put it on the stove, so that it will be ready for the New Year."

Zou Yun had some joy on her face when she heard the words, and she also stood up and went to the main room to look at the meat. She looked at the meat piled on the table, nearly ten catties of pork, five catties of ribs, and one with bound feet. The duck, I forgot the unhappiness in my heart for a while, the family has not prepared such a rich New Year's goods for several years.

I think back when Father Zheng was still alive, he could only save more than ten catties of meat for the New Year. It has been many years in a flash.After his father left, life was very tight. They were orphans and widows. It would be nice to have a bowl of meat in the dinner.

Now that there are so many new year's goods, Zou Yun is also ready to take good care of them, and have a good year in a down-to-earth manner this year.

"You have to watch out for this kind of meat. Thieves are the most rampant at the end of the year. They pick the lock and sneak into the house to steal things. Last year, shopkeeper Wang's house was attacked by thieves. A piece of meat that was smoked on the stove The chicken was stolen, and Mrs. Wang and Liu have been crying for a long time." Zou Yun said with a smile: "In the past, we chattered over the stove, and we were not afraid of thieves coming in. This year, we have to be more careful." Really. Happy burden.

Zheng Jiang stopped in the yard to set up wood, lit pines and cypresses to smoke, and left three catties of meat for sausages, and the rest of the meat and ribs were skewered for smoking: "See who dares to beat our house!" The idea, my fist is not vegetarian."

While the mother and son were talking, the courtyard door creaked, and Brother Xian came in with two pieces of cloth in his arms and a basket.

"Looking at the smoke coming from the yard from a distance, I thought it was a fire." The man said with a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be smoking bacon."

Zheng Jiangting saw that the man was carrying a heavy thing in his thin arms, so he stepped forward to pick up the basket in two steps: "What else did you buy? It's so heavy."

"Some carp, I bought them because they looked pretty good." Brother Xian relaxed a lot, and carried the cloth to Zou Yun: "Ma'am, I bought you two cloths. If you like it, if you don't like it, I can exchange it."

Zou Yun quickly wiped his hands on the apron: "Ma'am is already at this age, how many clothes can she wear?"

Chu Xian smiled: "Looking at the Chinese New Year, how can we not wear new clothes."

Zheng Jiang saw that the two were talking about the style of cloth, and he couldn't get in a word. He couldn't get involved with needlework, so he simply carried a basket of fish into the house.

The carps in the basket are not big, about one catty, and there is a touch of red on the tail. In fact, the carp of this size is not only beautiful, but also delicious. It tastes good when cooked and grilled. The fish is still very fresh. , He simply poured it into the water tank with a grunt, and raised it first. It would be best if he lived until the Chinese New Year, and he couldn't use it halfway to beat his teeth as a sacrifice.