Lucky husband

Years ago is always lively, whether it is the prefectural city, the state city, or the county, or even the small Shanghe Village, everyone is preparing for the coming New Year, and the family reunion should be lively and relaxed.

On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Li family finally looked forward to the return of Li Mingde, who they had gone out to study, and of course Bai Zhiwen from the Bai family was with Li Mingde.

Behind Bai Zhiwen was a pile of small boxes, neatly piled up on the bullock cart. When everyone was idle, it was very eye-catching for him to enter the village like this. It is said that it was a New Year gift for everyone.

The errand boy's guess was wrong, Bai Zhiwen asked him to find out what fresh goods from other places were in Fucheng, not because he wanted to buy a New Year's gift to go home, but because he had other plans.

The New Year's gift that Bai Zhiwen bought back was a special dim sum in Fucheng, or it wasn't a dim sum, but a kind of food that could be stored for a long time, called dry rice cake.

Dried rice cakes are made of a mixture of glutinous rice and rice. It has a slightly sticky taste of glutinous rice, but it does not stick to the teeth like rice cakes. After being cut into small pieces and boiled with water, it will have a special crispy taste. The old man Children can eat and move.

Dry rice cakes are best made in November and December every year. Dry rice cakes made in other seasons are not stored properly. Once it encounters rainy weather, it is easy to grow moldy spots. November and October Dry rice cakes made in February can be eaten in June and July next year without changing the taste as long as they are stored in a cool and dry place.

In Fucheng, families with spare money like to buy a large amount of dry rice cakes at home during the twelfth lunar month, soak them one day in advance, cut them into slices and cook them the next morning, and they will be breakfast for the whole family. Stir-fried with meat is also a very flavorful main dish, fragrant and filling.

Dried rice cakes were a New Year gift that Bai Zhiwen decided to bring to the villagers after careful consideration.

The price of dry rice cakes is not expensive, only about 150 yuan per catty, and his family will send two catties, which is [-] yuan. There are more than [-] households in the village, and they can buy everything for less than one tael of silver.

Over the years, no matter how much their mother and son have taken care of from the villagers, he has now passed the examination as a scholar and is studying in Fucheng. Others don't care how much it costs you to study in Fucheng. Fucheng had a good life, if he came back empty-handed during Chinese New Year, people would say something behind his back, it was a good deal to buy a good reputation with a tael of silver to stop most people's mouths.

At the same time, dry rice cakes are also a very good gift in the eyes of the villagers. For the villagers, eating is the biggest meal in the world, and giving them food can win their hearts more than anything else.

Sure enough, when Bai Zhiwen came back with an ox cart of dry rice cakes, and accompanied by Village Chief Bai, he delivered them door-to-door. Pushed aside.

Two pieces of dry rice cakes are enough for ordinary relatives and villagers, but it is not appropriate for Village Chief Bai to take good care of his family. Bai Zhiwen prepared fresh goods from Fucheng for them alone. Village head Bai's family was so happy that they could see their teeth but not their eyes.

And at Li's house, Bai Zhiwen also prepared a good gift, for example, he brought some good shredded tobacco to the old man Li who likes to smoke, and bought it from a big pharmacy for the old lady Li. It is said that it can relieve joints in winter. The sore plaster, the two old people were very happy when they received the annual gift, and praised Bai Zhiwen fiercely.

Bai Zhiwen would prepare New Year's gifts for Mrs. Li and the others, not only because the two elders were Li Mingjin's grandparents, but also because when their family first moved to the village, it was Mrs. Li who gave them a jar of realgar wine, which was hidden in the The snakes in their home were expelled to save the family from being bitten by snakes.

Of course, as neighbors these years, the Li family also took good care of the Bai family, and Bai Zhiwen respected these two old people from the bottom of his heart.

Before the New Year's Eve, he was busy, and it took him several days to deal with these human relations. By the time Bai Zhiwen came to his senses, it was already the [-]th day of the New Year's Eve, and Li Mingjin and his family had already returned from the county seat. the village.

The last time Bai Zhiwen gave Li Mingjin a piece of warm jade he made himself, Bai Zhiwen became interested in making things by himself, but he couldn't find a chance to make things by himself in Fucheng, so he had to spend a lot of time drawing The pattern was sent to the silversmith's shop, and a silver hairpin was made for Li Mingjin, and it was given to Li Mingjin as a New Year's gift.

After Li Mingjin returned to the county from Fucheng, he had been thinking about what he would give Bai Zhiwen as a New Year's gift. He believed that Bai Zhiwen must have prepared something for him, and he couldn't accept something without giving it back.

Time was urgent, and Li Mingjin's needlework skills were limited, so he couldn't spend a lot of time making an exquisite purse like before, so he decided to make a pair of insoles for Bai Zhiwen after much deliberation.

Winter is already cold, and these scholars still sit still in front of their desks every day. They put a pair of thick insoles on their feet, which can always slightly insulate the cold ground and keep their feet warmer.

Making insoles is Li Mingjin's best needlework. He does it relatively quickly. The insoles are thick, warm and pretty. They embroidered a simple cloud bamboo with green thread. The pattern refers to the gift at that time. The purse makes the insole look more handy.

Before finishing it completely, Li Mingjin seriously considered whether to send it out.

However, the time before the Chinese New Year is too tight for him to do other things, and Li Mingjin just suppressed his temper and made a purse, so he doesn't have the patience to do delicate work for the time being.

By coincidence, Li Mingjin was carrying the insole, and Bai Zhiwen was carrying the silver hairpin he was going to give to Li Mingjin, and they both walked out of the house.

When they met on the road, Li Mingjin looked at Bai Zhiwen and smiled happily at him, and quietly pointed in a direction with his finger.

Seeing Li Mingjin's actions, Bai Zhiwen was pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect Brother Jin to take the initiative when meeting him this time, making him hold back his words.

When he reached the point pointed by Li Mingjin, he directly took out the hand behind his back and handed it to Bai Zhiwen: "Brother Bai, this is for you, do you like it?"

After a few days of awkwardness and shyness in Fucheng, and the last reluctant parting, Li Mingjin has now figured it out, let go, and returned to the old him.

He thought, since Big Brother Bai likes him, and he likes Big Brother Bai, then he can openly tell Big Brother Bai what he thinks in his heart, and there is no reason to pretend to be duplicity.

Thinking in this way, Li Mingjin looked at Bai Zhiwen with clear eyes, straightforward and eager.

Bai Zhiwen understood Li Mingjin's meaning. He felt that the brother Jin in front of him overlapped with the cute little Yuxue person when he first met him. Brother Jin's emotions can always directly let the people around him People empathize, whether it is joy or love.

At this moment, Bai Zhiwen only felt that he liked Brother Jin even more, and couldn't help but looked at Li Mingjin and started to giggle.

Li Mingjin looked at him and just smirked. He didn't take the insole from his hand, and didn't say whether he liked it or not. He immediately became unhappy: "Brother Bai?"

"I like it!" Bai Zhiwen looked back at Li Mingjin, "Brother Jin's insoles are warm and beautiful at first glance, thank you for your hard work."

Li Mingjin was obviously satisfied with this answer. Although making insoles is one of the easiest needlework, it took him a lot of effort to make it. It is indeed warm and beautiful.

But looking at the bright smile on Bai Zhiwen's face at this time, compared with this smile, Bai Zhiwen's smile on the Cuju field at that time was much more reserved and restrained. If the women sitting in the back row at that time saw Seeing Bai Zhiwen's smile, wouldn't it make them even more amazing.

Thinking of this, Li Mingjin's mood became inexplicably bad again, and he glanced at Bai Zhiwen with a little dissatisfaction.

Bai Zhiwen watched Li Mingjin's emotions change several times with his own eyes, and thought of how helpless his classmates were when they talked about their wives having a temper tantrum.

Li Mingjin didn't know what Bai Zhiwen was thinking, but when he saw him looking at him with gentle, tolerant and doting eyes, he suddenly felt that he was making trouble for no reason, and he had no dissatisfaction at all.

Sure enough, it is best not to say anything at this time, Bai Zhiwen once again acknowledged the truth that was spread by the students.

After Li Mingjin's mood returned to his usual state, Bai Zhiwen took out the silver hairpin he had prepared, and looked at Li Mingjin a little nervously.

Bai Zhiwen thought about it for a long time before giving this silver jewelry, because he seldom sees Brother Jin wearing these, and his clothes are always simpler than women's.

However, Bai Zhiwen often saw his brother wearing hair pins and coiling his hair in Fucheng. As long as he pays attention to the style, he will not look feminine.

So Bai Zhiwen finally decided to send hairpins, and he designed the patterns himself.

In order to make the things he gave out unique, the patterns on the hairpin that Bai Zhiwen gave were similar to the patterns on the jade pendant he gave to Li Mingjin back then. They were all inspired by the flowers and plants under Li Mingjin's window sill.

After all the calculations, the two of them have given each other gifts several times. Bai Zhiwen gave jade pendants, Li Mingjin gave purses, Bai Zhiwen gave bracelets and concentric knots, Li Mingjin gave pendants, Bai Zhiwen gave hairpins, Li Ming Jin sent insoles, back and forth, and the patterns of the two gifts referred to each other's scenery outside the window, but there was a kind of tacit understanding.

Li Mingjin didn't use a hairpin to wrap his hair before because he didn't find a suitable hairpin, and he thought that using a hairpin to wrap his hair was not stable, and it was easy to fall off after a few more movements.

But what Bai Zhiwen sent was naturally different. Li Mingjin could sit still much more than before, and would not shake off the hairpin by walking around. His eyes lit up when he looked at the hairpin.

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