Ding Tian's Ancient Life

The next day, the whole village was invited to have a meal again, which was regarded as a clean-up for Dingtian, and it was also when the people of Dingjia Village saw Dingtian again.

From the third day, Ding Tian gave New Year gifts to the whole village. In fact, there were not many things. Now the people in Dingjia Village are rich, but they care about something.

Ding Tian saw Ding Kan again, and now Ding Kan's family has also risen, and built a whole three-storey blue-brick big tile-roofed house. Not to mention, the second son is married, but he didn't live in the village, but went to live in the county because of his business. .

Ding Kan rubbed his hands happily: "Tian'er is not leaving today, is he? I asked your sister-in-law to kill two little roosters and stew them with mushrooms!"

"I'm not leaving, I'll eat at your house." Ding Tian saw that Ding Kan's life was better, and was also happy for him.

Ding Tian like this doesn't eat at home for almost every meal, but goes to someone's home, and only those people he brought eat at home.

But Ding Tian is happy, he has some fledgling feelings, Dingjia Village is the first place he stays after opening his eyes, and he misses it very much.

Maybe the food is not as exquisite as the Wangfu, and not as delicious as those in Beijing, but what we eat is the atmosphere.

Looking at the simple faces and innocent smiles, Ding Tian felt that it was better to go back to his hometown, and everyone in his hometown thought of him and missed him.

Even the fourth aunt, who used to be unkind, is now honest.

On the contrary, Ding Mo's family, who is also a wealthy family now, actually married the daughter of the owner of an oil shop in a county town.

"Congratulations, Brother Mo!" Ding Tian cupped his hands.

"Hey, I knew your kid was coming, so I asked your sister-in-law to be a big goose for the exam." Ding Mo smiled quite complacently: "Your sister-in-law's craftsmanship is nothing to say!"

Ding Mo's wife is very refreshing, she is indeed a business woman from the city, she is very generous, she brought a large pot of stewed dry goose meat, and put salted shallot leaves in it, without salt, the salted shallot leaves Just salty enough.

"You eat, there is nothing else at home. This big goose is a big gander that has been raised for three years, big white rice, and two cups of burning knives." Mrs. Mo smiled heartily: "If you drink too much, stay at home."

"Yeah, once you came, your sister-in-law even let me drink a cup of wine!" Ding Mo laughed loudly, although when Ding Tian came back, the guard of honor and the official uniform were very majestic at first glance.

But Ding Tian changed into the cotton robes, cotton trousers, and cotton boots made by his aunts in his hometown, with a big belt around his waist and a leather hat. He seemed to have returned to his previous appearance. After two days of chaos all over the village, the faint barrier between everyone and him disappeared.

The children dared to ask him for sweets.

After eating at Ding Mo's house in the middle of the night, Ding Mo is now the head of the family, with a daughter-in-law and a child. They haven't seen each other for several years, and they are all grown-ups.

Ding Tian was waiting for the Chinese New Year in Maodong in his hometown, and many people knew about it, so a group of old acquaintances came to see him, because the Chinese New Year was coming, and there was nothing to do in the yamen, and everyone was well-developed, but still so simple, Those who brought fat chickens and ducks came to see Ding Tian, ​​and some people brought a pork knuckle. The food may not be so delicate, but it must be the taste of hometown!

It's the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month for this reminiscence.

It's a young year, offering sacrifices to the stove, killing big roosters, Ding Tian is the only one in this house, fortunately, Wang Dafu and the others have followed, and they live in the old house, and they are somewhat popular.

According to the usual practice in previous years, Ding Tian picked out a big red rooster and slaughtered it. Some were sacrificed to the Kitchen God, and some were smeared with honey.

Then drank a bowl of porridge, swallowed a plate of fried dumplings, and ran to the second uncle's house. They had no choice but to go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

Because of Ding Tian's relationship, Ding's ancestral hall is now very popular, and Ding's village is also a place where a few scholars have emerged, so the rituals of this sacrifice are much more particular than other villages.

According to the rules, when offering sacrifices, incense should be offered, the kind with high incense; scholars should also read Zhuwen, with gorgeous rhetoric and beautiful language; then women will offer rice soup, tea, silk, wine, and food boxes , offering sacrificial food such as gizzard meat, and then the old man offered Gu Ci (Fu Ci), burned Zhu Wen, kowtowed, etc.

It's kind of like that.

That is, when burning silk and paper money, the elder of the chief priest offered a glass of wine in front of the god, and then the village chief, who served as the priest, sent the glass of wine to the place where the silk was burned, and poured the wine on it. Drops form a word "heart" to show the devotion of the sacrificers who offer money and silk.

In the past, they just set off firecrackers to have fun, but Ding Tian came back with a guard of honor, which was so useful!

Because during the sacrifice, the gongs and drums were played several times, all accompanied by Ding Tian's guard of honor, and Wang Dafu, who could play a tune, also played the role of the class leader of the musical instrument class. This is so lively, don't mention it!

Especially Ding Tian, ​​dressed in a bright red official uniform, stood majestically posing there, surrounded by cigarette smoke, he almost thought he was a fairy.

However, the sacrificial items have been greatly improved.

Because Ding Tian is a person with a title, the offerings for the ancestors have also risen from chickens, ducks and geese to the level of a big fat pig and two big fat sheep.

There are no cattle, because it takes the Marquis to use cattle to sacrifice ancestors.

But these things should be distributed to everyone after the sacrifice, because the ancestors have eaten it, and it is the turn of the children and grandchildren.

In the past, there were only some chickens, ducks and geese, and it was too picky to share a piece for each person. They were all eaten by the old village head, the village head, and the people who guarded the ancestral hall.

Now there is one big fat pig and two big fat sheep, these three people can't eat it, so they are distributed to the whole village to enjoy together.

Ding Tian is the most promising person in this village, so he chooses first, and he asks for a pair of pig ears: "I'll go back and eat with wine!"

Everyone was amused by him, he is such a big official, so rich, what is missing from those pair of pig ears?

Just to be modest, if Ding Tian directly took away the pork tenderloin, no one would dare to say anything.

After dividing the big fat pig and the big fat sheep, it is estimated that every family can share two catties of meat back.

Finally, there are meatballs that every family is frying, also called "fried meat". It is a dish that each family supplies to the ancestors. One or two large bowls of meatballs are served in front of the ancestors. The meatballs of each family have different tastes, but they are all I am willing to use meat to make croquettes, not the old meatballs with vegetarian fillings. The children love to eat them. Each person grabs one, and the mouth is full of oil.

After a busy day, it was finally over, and everyone went back to their respective houses for dinner.

After dinner, Ding Tian and his two uncles sat on the kang and drank tea, and talked about family affairs by the way.

As Ding Tian said back then, when the cousin got married, both the second uncle and the third uncle agreed. Now the second cousin is 17 years old and has never been engaged. Now, he, the big cousin, is needed to come up with an idea.

"What does the third uncle think?" Of course Ding Tian wanted to ask his daughter's father.

"Xu county magistrate...he told the eldest son of his family to kiss him, you see?" What Uncle Ding actually thought was that the Xu family is also very good, with a clean and upright family style. Some are scholars, and Xu county magistrate is also a local parent official. .

"Oh, it's the eldest son of the Xu family." Ding Tian knew that the child was Xu Zixu, who was two or three years younger than him.

Now that you've grown up, aren't you engaged yet?

"Yes, no, I've been waiting for your second cousin." The third uncle said a little embarrassedly: "The two of them quite like each other."

In fact, it was the two young people who saw each other right.

Xu Zixu spent a long time at home with Xu County Magistrate, and Xu County Magistrate knew that Ding Tian was coming back for the New Year this year, so he talked to Ding Sanshu about whether it would work or not, depending on Ding Tian's wishes.

Although Xu's family is now the family of the county grandpa, Ding Tian's status is higher than that of the county magistrate, okay?

Speaking of which, it was their Xu family who made a name for themselves.

Ding Tian no longer has parents, and his cousins ​​are no different from his own brothers and sisters.

When Ding Tian was in Fucheng, the magistrate Xu might not have thought that way, but now Ding Tian is in the capital, and he is a close minister of the emperor. Look at Mr. Du, he is now the magistrate. It is estimated that he will be the governor and governor in the future.

But county magistrate Xu really wanted to go to the next level.

This requires not only his political achievements, but also a certain network of contacts.

He is an accountant from the grassroots, so what if he has a reputation?

Can't you actively rely on the people above?His Highness Prince Ning's threshold is too high, he can't climb it, but Ding Tian can do it here!

She is an old colleague, and she knows everything. The daughter of the Ding family is well-bred, and Ding Chahua is a girl with good hands and feet.

In addition, the life of the Ding family has been booming these years, and the children in the family are all promising,

So this marriage, after he thought about it carefully, and saw that his son liked it, he came up with the idea of ​​getting married.

"Very good, Xu's family style is good." Ding Tian nodded: "When the second cousin gets married, I will add makeup to her."

The second cousin, Ding Chahua, blushed, ran out, got into the west wing and could not come out.

"Hahaha...you're still shy." Uncle Ding patted Kang Yan and smiled: "Why are you so shy? You child!"

Ding Tian was also happy: "The little girl is shy."

"By the way, Tian'er, should we talk about your eldest cousin's marriage after he has passed the Jinshi examination, or should we look at it now?" Second Uncle Ding asked Ding Tian again: "It's up to you to make up your mind about these things at home now. ...."

The family is well-off, but all kinds of temptations follow, not only the children's marriages are being watched, but even old men like them come to the door and tell them about taking concubines.

The angry brothers scolded those people well, they are just farmers, what kind of concubines do they take?

According to the law, Bai Ding had no children in his forties before he could accept a concubine and pass on incense.

The two of them have quite a few sons and daughters, and the daughter-in-law either has one in her stomach or has just been born. They have no shortage of children, so what kind of concubines do they take?

Ding Tian laughed loudly when he heard this: "You two elders must persevere! Don't let anyone use beauty tricks to hook you up."

"Where can it be? Your second aunt and your third aunt went to the county town the next day, blocked the door of that person's house and scolded them all day, and no one came to our house to talk about taking concubines." Second Uncle Ding Quite proudly: "It's a big shame for those people! Our family has also stopped."

"Yeah, especially after you got promoted." Ding Sanshu also said: "The life at home is better."

They lived a lively childhood in their hometown, but the atmosphere became tense outside.

Because there was news from the frontier that this group of barbarians actually bypassed the important border town. In a snowy day, they lost half of their troops and crossed the line of defense.

Their large army did not move, but the small group of troops formed by several small tribes, just wanted to hit a shot and run away, and robbed things, and they did not dare to contact Daqing's regular army.

Like a horse bandit, after a long detour, they even bypassed the checkpoint and entered the place behind the checkpoint. Those people are not familiar with these places, but they know Niujiao Mountain!

These guys have touched Niujiao Mountain and seen Niujiao County... However, the county city has high walls and thick walls, and it is impossible for them, the nomadic light cavalry on horseback, to attack the city.

Then I can only go to the village, and the village closest to the county seat is rich and rich, and there are food stores, so Dingjia Village is left.

Moreover, the young patriarch above them said that there was an official in Dingjia Village, who was the one who beat them to death a few years ago!

As a result, old and new grudges rushed into his heart, and a group of guys who hadn't eaten for two days rushed towards Dingjia Village on horseback, screaming and screaming.

But they don't know that there is a Master Ding who has returned to his hometown, spending his youth in Dingjia Village, and there is also His Highness King Ning, who is leading more than 1 people to replace the emperor in the Pioneer Camp in the north of the county. To reward all the officers and men, after the New Year's Eve, they will go to Dingjia Village to celebrate the New Year's Eve...

The author's gossip: I have been at home recently, and I have thoroughly experienced the life of an ancient "every lady", that is, "the door does not leave the second door", and even the "outsider" does not see each other (*^▽^*)