Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Dingjia Village has a very strong flavor of the New Year. When Ding Tian came back, he brought three carts of things with him. The old house had been cleaned. Still boiling water.

As soon as he came back, the second aunt brought the hall sister over: "Hurry up and change your clothes and go to have dinner. Remember to take your things to see the old village chief tomorrow."

"understood."

We ate dinner at the second uncle's house and talked about some village affairs, until Ding Tian said that he was going to hand over his prison cell in the county government and he wanted to find a successor.

"The errands in the county government office...do you want to ask the old head?" This time, the second and third uncles did not dare to handle it lightly.

After all, everything related to the yamen is a big deal.

"Okay!" Ding Tian also thought of this point. Don't care about the old village chief, but "an old man in a family is like a treasure".

The next day, Ding Tian took two jars of wine, two packs of snacks, one pack of stewed beef, and two hanging sausages to see the old man grow.

"Are you here?" The village head received him, and put his things on the kang table in the old man's house: "Father, Tian'er has come to see you."

"Come as soon as you come, what else do you need to carry?" The old village head was still the same, sitting on the kang and chopping garlic.

"Seeing how old you are, I can't do it empty-handed. I've been able to thrive in the yamen this year because of your guidance." Ding Tian's words were nice, and the old village chief was amused.

"You! It's a good idea. Mr. Du said that day that you are a shrewd young man, and he is very optimistic about you!" The old chief asked his son to take down the garlic cloves: "Also, the imperial envoy The adults also said that you are not bad, and I have a lot of face in front of those two old things!"

"Hehe, the people above think highly of me." Ding Tian smiled and talked about his transfer.

"The errand of the yamen, can you count it if you say it?"

"Yes!" Ding Tian nodded: "Magistrate Xu said, let me arrange it myself."

"Master, this is to give you face, and it is also to give us Dingjia Village a chance. You can't lose the errands in the yamen. Although it is a better thing for you to go to Fucheng, it is still far away from the county^" Lao Li After thinking about it for a long time: "It's best, there must be people from our Dingjia Village in the yamen, at least if they are from the same family."

Ding Tian understood what the old village head meant: "I understand, the county magistrate is better off now, even if I can talk to the magistrate, if something happens at home, I'm far away, and I'm afraid it will be too late."

"It's good if you can understand." The old village chief saw him clearly, and immediately liked Ding Tian even more: "It's good for you to go to the prefectural city. It's also good to see the world, and the prefectural city is always better than the county seat."

"Hehe... You always give me a reference for the selection of candidates. Not only the prison boss, but also the jailers. This is a public meal. However, if you are a minor official, within three generations, you cannot pass the imperial examination... this point You have to think about it!" Ding Tian reminded him.

"What kind of imperial examination do you want to take?" The old Li Chang smiled, showing his big teeth: "They are all people who have been digging in the soil for generations. Why do you still want to take the imperial examination? Do you think everyone is like your uncle? Can you come back from the examination of a scholar? There are only a few literate people in the whole village!"

Ding Tian was speechless at this, he forgot that this is ancient times!

I can't read all the words, and I still take the imperial examination?

Uncles like that are rare, and Hujia Village takes special care of uncle, the only scholar.

Not only did someone take the initiative to help with planting and harvesting in the family's field, but also taught the children how to read and write.

"Old man, I will consider the selection of candidates. Hey, you went to Fucheng, remember to come back during the holidays〇,,

"Of course, this is my home and my roots."

When Ding Tian said that, the old village chief was very happy. He ate dinner at the old village chief’s house. Stewed dried eggplant with sauce and stewed dried beans with pork ribs. These two dishes are very easy to eat, and the staple food is rice, not pasta. .

Seeing that he was having a good time, the old village chief was also happy, and the village chief wanted to give him two cups. Fortunately, Ding Tian didn't like wine, so he just poured two bowls for the village chief and the old village chief. He didn't drink a sip, but Eat well....

Ding Tian went to see the old chief, and some people came to see Ding Tian.

Ding Kan brought some things prepared at home, and came happily.

"Brother Kan!" Ding Tian was delighted when he saw him: M, are you wearing new clothes? "

Ding Kan was wearing a new cotton padded coat made of fine cotton, and he looked quite energetic. His clothes were all patched and patched before, and he looked embarrassed. He was poor, so he had to live frugally.

Now he is wearing a new suit of clothes, it can be seen that life is a little relaxed.

"I haven't worn new clothes for five years." Ding Kan put the things at the door: "Your sister-in-law picked a lot of mushrooms in autumn and dried them. Knowing that you like to eat some dried vegetables, I brought you a basket specially. , don't be disgusted."

There is nothing at home that can be sold, and there is no shortage of chickens, ducks and geese at home.

Yesterday, I heard from the village chief's wife that Tian'er loves to eat dried vegetables, so I picked a basket of dried mushrooms and brought them here.

Ding Tian let people into the room, there was a table on the kang, he brought Ding Kan a plate of melon seeds: "Eat melon seeds."

"Hey!" Ding Kan was not polite. Although the age difference between the two was very large, they were of the same generation in terms of seniority. "Look at Brother Kan, this year's harvest is good!" Ding Tian also boiled water, ready to make him some tea.

"Yes, not only the harvest is good, but also the money and food returned by the county government, hehehe..." Ding Kan scratched his head: "Thanks to you leasing the land to me, this year is finally a little easier."

"That's good……."

The two chatted about the harvest in the field and some plans for next year. Ding Tian still leased the land to their family. Ding Kan may have come here for this matter. His family has these grains this year and tasted the sweetness. Next year they want to plant

Of course Ding Tian agreed, and as he talked, he mentioned Ding Tian's work. Ding Tian said that he was going to Fucheng. There was nothing to hide about this matter, and sooner or later everyone in the village would know.

"Going to Fucheng?" Ding Kan was surprised: "What about the errands in the county?"

"Master said let me arrange it myself." Ding Tian said this.

But Ding Kan thought about it: "That's really giving you face..."

Returning to Dingjia Village means going home, but for Chinese New Year, he definitely can't do it alone, so the whole family of Second Uncle and Third Uncle will come to the old house to celebrate New Year's Eve.

During the young year, Ding Tian sacrificed to the stove alone, but after the young year, the second and third uncles came to the old house, and the quiet old house finally became lively.

23, sticky melon; 24, sweep the house;

25, ground tofu; 26, stewed pork;

27, butcher the rooster; 28, hair the face;

29, steamed rotten head; [-] nights of trouble;

New Year's Eve Twist"

After the Xiaonian festival, 24 Dingtian tidied up the house. In fact, he had already cleaned it up, just a symbolic cleaning.

At the age of 25, the whole family came to the old house, and it became lively, and the children were greedy. Ding Tian bought some stove candy on purpose. At this time, the sugar craft has made great progress. maltose etc.

Especially the sorghum caramel from Shandong, which is very popular with children. Ding Tian bought more than ten catties, and the children liked it very much.

Today is the day to grind tofu, and the tofu workshop in the village is busy, and not only water tofu, but also frozen tofu and dried tofu.

The two uncles made a plate of water tofu, [-] catties of dried tofu, and [-] catties of frozen tofu.

Ding Tian played with a group of younger brothers and sisters at home, in fact, coaxing the children.

Because the two aunts are preparing stewed meat, which is actually stewed pork, lamb and beef.

The smell of meat is always pleasing to the eye. Ding Tian saw his brothers and sisters salivating, so he took a piece out of the pot, sliced ​​pork belly, and dipped it in soy sauce mixed with garlic.

The mouths of the children were full of oil, and Ding Tian picked up a meaty bone for each of them, okay, such a big brother, how can these children not like it.

Seeing Ding Tian like this, Second Aunt scolded: "You just get used to them!"

"Is it a rare Chinese New Year, eat some meat." Ding Tian took care of his younger brother a lot when he was a child, so he was very close to children

At the age of 27, the chickens, ducks, and other poultry in the family were unlucky, and many were killed. Ding Tian squatted there and plucked the feathers himself!

"This is all women's work, what are you doing here?" The third aunt couldn't see the elder nephew squatting there picking up these things.

"I'll save some down." Ding Tian wanted to save up some feathers and get himself a down quilt. Without a quilt, a mattress is fine.

In the winter in the Northeast, especially at this time in ancient times, he had seen the winter without the greenhouse effect.

it's too cold!

There are plenty of supplies in his place, and he feels cold all day long, let alone other places, and he finally understands why everyone likes cats in winter. It's freezing cold, and without complete preparation, you can't even go ten miles away.

When I went to my uncle's house, he was fully armed: hat, gloves, leather jacket, big padded jacket, two-padded trousers, big-toed padded boots... that's all, it was freezing enough.

"What is feather?" The two aunts asked in circles.

Ding Tian had no choice but to point to the feather he had plucked out and said, "That's it, this hair, I want it."

"Everyone has lost this thing, why do you keep it?" The third aunt didn't quite understand the behavior of the eldest nephew.

"Just keep it." Ding Tian put away the down without saying a word.

"Osmanthus fragrans? Osmanthus fragrans!" The second aunt called to the hall sister.

"Here it is, mother, what's the matter?" Osmanthus wiped her hands, and just peed on her younger brother.

"Take your camellia girl out, find the fifth aunt and the others, and order this rare...feather feather!" The second aunt pointed to the thing in Ding Tian's hand: "See clearly, this is it."

Cousin Osmanthus took a glance: "Oh, I see."

He quickly took the camellias and went out. The big hall brother gave them a lot of good things, and I wanted that...down feathers

Ding Tian remembered that feathers were only recorded in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The dynasty here has passed the Ming Dynasty, but... no one has accumulated feathers. Is it because no one has accumulated, or do you not know?

He doesn't know, but it is of course a good thing to be able to accumulate down.

That day, Dingjia Village was widely spread. After all, the village is not big, the population is not large, and they all share the same ancestor. Naturally, the news spread quickly. When it was time for dinner, many people came to Dingtian's family one after another. Ding Tian didn't dislike the children, each of them carried some down, and everyone wanted it. Everyone gave out a handful of melon seeds and caramel candies to eat in their pockets, or to carry around in small clothes.

Although this behavior was a little inexplicable, but the adults saw the children eating and taking, and they were liked by many people. They all said that Ding Tian was a good young man.

At 28, I started kneading and raising the dough. At the same time, some dishes at home had to be prepared in advance. The kitchen was dominated by the two aunts. Ding Tian is going to coax them, although the children are small, but the peasant children are sensible early, and they are not human.

So Ding Tian taught them to recite the Three-Character Classic. At that time, when Chinese studies were revived, most people would recite the Three-Character Classic, Disciple Rules and the like, and even some other Chinese classics were popular. Shakingly muttering: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is kind."

The two little guys followed him, moaning and chirping: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is kind...."

Many years later, the two little cousins ​​still remembered this scene, saying that the eldest brother was their first wife.

Seeing Ding Tian like this, the two uncles also narrowed their eyes with a smile.

It's just that Wang Zuo, who is far away in Fucheng, is not very happy. He looked at the person in front of him and only said one word: "Get lost!"