Embracing the ancient times with roses

Lixiu woke up early the next morning. He was awakened by Da Zhuang and Tong Xiaobao's conversation, and he heard Tong Xiaobao cheering there, "Wow, Dad, you're back." After crawling over, Li Xiu, who was already suffering from back pain, couldn't help but let out a muffled snort.

When Da Zhuang heard this, he hurriedly carried Xiao Bao over and put him in his bed. Li Xiu turned around and said, "Keep down, both of you, I'm so sleepy. It's just what time I got there, so I started to tossing about."

Da Zhuang hastily tucked the quilt up for Li Xiu, "Okay, don't disturb you anymore, go to sleep, I'm at home."

Li Xiu didn't say a word, turned around and fell asleep again, mainly because he was too tired, he had been tossing and tossing until midnight yesterday, and then Da Zhuang ate him up and wiped him clean, and tossed and tossed until the rooster crowed, and he only slept for a few minutes Hours, right now I'm stuck there.

Da Zhuang nodded, got up and put on his clothes, and then tidied up for Tong Xiaobao until the tidying up was done, the two of them went out, and Lixiu slept soundly on the kang, not knowing that the house was already full of cows, early in the morning, The whole family was working on these animals, and Li Xiu didn't get up until they were done and had breakfast.

Lixiu supported his old waist and gritted his teeth. Sure enough, Shou was the one who suffered the most. The one who couldn't get up every day was always himself. Sad reminder, it's embarrassing. He looked at his watch. Yes, he was making the quilt while tidying up the kang. When it was done, Da Zhuang also came in and asked him to get up for breakfast.

When Li Xiu went out to release water, he was taken aback by the animals in front of him. He didn't see them very clearly last night, but now he saw them all. Not only were there cows and horses, but also mules, so he couldn't help but ask Da Zhuang : "Brother Zhuang, why did you buy so many? It's useless for our family to ask for these?"

Da Zhuang looked at Li Xiu's appearance and said, "This is what our family will sell in the future. The good ones have already been put in the cowshed in the backyard by Qin Jun. Among them are two horses, two cows and one Mules, they are all one male and one female. At that time, our family will wait for the herds of cows and horses. These will be sold by ourselves in the future. Besides, we buy a lot of them and they are cheap. Maybe people from the clan will come over Choose some, keep the rest and sell them slowly, if not, send them to the cattle and horse market in the town, where there are special collectors for this animal."

Liu nodded. He didn't understand these things, but he thought that the ancients worked with oxen and horses, so they wouldn't worry about selling them, so he went to release the water with confidence. Those two horses are really nice, they are very tall, they are all black, only the circle around their hooves is white, Li Xiu couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a horse!" couldn't help but pat the horse Higher head.

The horse glanced at him, said nothing, and continued to graze with its head down.Seeing it like that, Li Xiu thought this horse is really good, at least it didn't kick me, it's pretty good.

If the horse knew that Li Xiu had this idea, he would have to kick him to death. This guy didn't even think about it. Not all horses are wild.

After watching the horses, Lixiu started to look at the cows again. Well, the cows are not bad, they are very fat, and it is probably not a problem to work. When Lixiu was observing his own cattle and horses, he called the donkey to quit, and his territory was blocked. He kept barking, and Li Xiu immediately drank it as soon as he heard it: "Be honest, why are you barking? Look at the same animal, why is there such a big difference?"

call a donkey. . . . .

After Da Zhuang finished sweeping the yard, he saw Li Xiu wandering around there, so he walked over and said, "Come inside, it's early in the morning, it's freezing you, I still have something to say to you."

Li Xiu nodded, walked back with Da Zhuang, entered the room, the meal was already set, today everyone ate in the main room, breakfast was porridge and corn pancakes, served with side dishes and the dried tofu made before, but the portion was very large foot.The whole family eats very quickly, and after dinner they each do their own work, while Lixiu's family of three went into the Westinghouse to talk.

As soon as Tong Xiaobao entered the room, Da Zhuang put him on the kang, and played with his toys honestly, while Li Xiu and his wife sat at the kang table and drank water. Da Zhuang first took out two bags from the bag he carried with him yesterday. A silver ticket and a bag of silver were handed over to Li Xiu and said, "Brother Xiu, this is the money I left over this time. You take it away. We spent a total of more than 800 taels and bought thirty cows and ten horses." , ten mules, and some good hides were put in the barn.

On the way, I sold all those candles and got a total of 700 taels of silver. I didn’t spend the 1000 taels of silver note you gave me. I spent all the cash. The rest is here, by the way When I came back, I let our animals help a caravan to Fucheng to pull goods, and earned 100 taels, and the rest is nothing. By the way, I will bring you back many beautiful stones, you see See if it helps. "After speaking, Da Zhuang ran to the warehouse in the east courtyard, took out a big bag, and handed it to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu opened it and looked, "I'll go, where did you get this thing?"

Da Zhuang scratched his head and said, "It's by a small river. There are many such stones there. I just picked out the good-looking ones and brought them back for you. I don't know if you can use them."

Da Zhuang's move made Li Xiu feel speechless, "Fool, do you know what these are? This is agate? This time we posted it. The texture is really amazing. Red agate, purple agate, green agate Agate, black agate, white agate."

Da Zhuang smiled and said: "I knew you would be interested in these things. When I got them back, they said that these things are useless to me. I didn't argue. I thought in my heart that as long as you like it, it's fine."

Li Xiu happily collected these things. Now that it's all over, when the family is free, he can make some more and sell them, so there will be some income again, right?

Lixiu put these things away and put them in the corner of the east room. Anyway, they don't know people, and they are not afraid of being stolen. The bank notes and large amounts of money are put in the tunnel. When I was there, I saw Da Zhuang carrying Tong Xiaobao's children's shoes, and the two of them were playing with toys there.

Lixiu sat on the kang, picked up the knitting needles to knit woolen trousers for Da Zhuang, and was idle anyway, when Li Xiu suddenly remembered: "Brother Da Zhuang, do we steam bean buns here in winter?"

Da Zhuang asked in surprise: "Bean buns? What kind of bean buns?" He had never heard of them.

Li Xiu thought about it, isn't there yellow rice at home?Tomorrow, when I have nothing to do, steam two pots and put it away. The family loves to eat it. Besides, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Although there is more food at home, it is good to prepare more food. Thinking of this, Li Xiu let Da Zhuang When it's okay, I will wash the yellow rice, then grind it into flour, and leave it at night.

Lixiu talked about Chu Junzheng with Da Zhuang again, and Da Zhuang said after hearing this: "Let's just accept the banknotes, anyway, we eat by our ability, and besides, he still takes money from our family." You took a lot of candles, we didn't get those things for nothing, you deserved it."

Li Xiu nodded: "It's good that you don't get angry. I thought you would accept Chu Junhao's money because of me, so you don't want to?"

Da Zhuang said with a smile: "There is no way to be so angry. If you have that time, it is better to be with my wife, and my son will talk back. After a while, I will go to the village head's house. After all, this village has entered a family. People outside, I don't know what the clan elders think about that."

Li Xiu suddenly thought: "Brother Zhuang, tell me about the history of our village?"

Da Zhuang thought for a while and said: "I'm not very clear either, but I just heard from my father and the clan elders that our ancestors gathered together and migrated here from their hometown. There are rules, everyone must be in a group, we must be united, and we can't make troubles. As for those people with foreign surnames, they are not qualified to make irresponsible remarks on the village's decisions. Even the people in the yamen can't do anything about us. I don't know the reason. And I'm the next patriarch."

Li Xiu asked again, "Why is that?"

"Anyway, when you are young, if you become the village head, you will directly take over as the head of the clan when you get older. This is also convenient for management, and you can know everything in the village clearly, and you don't need to ask other people to know." Da Zhuang scratched scratched his head.

Li Xiu nodded, it turned out to be like this, he was still thinking about how the village looks weird, why Da Zhuang is the village head, but he has to discuss things with the clan elders, it seems that Da Zhuang doesn't know the reason, he doesn't know Forget it, as long as it has nothing to do with them, he can't control the rest.

Da Zhuang put on his shoes and went to the ground, "Brother Xiu, you stay at home, I'll go out with Qin Ming to herd cattle, otherwise these animals would have to eat a lot of fodder, it's always better to save some."

Li Xiu nodded and said: "Put on more clothes, don't go too far, just behind our house, there are a lot of weeds there, let these animals eat whatever they want."

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "Well, don't worry, I won't go far, I'm thinking about building a temporary cattle pen for these animals, or else I have to clean up if they urinate casually in the yard, it's better than this." Just build a temporary cowshed outside the yard, put them there during the day, and drive them into the yard at night.”

Li Xiu thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhuang, this is too troublesome. Our cattle are cheap to buy. You should first go to the village and ask if there is any cattle. It’s all dealt with. If no one wants it, send it directly to the cattle and horse market in the town, and sell it to the cattle dealer there. , After the Chinese New Year and spring, it’s easy to work, if you get tired and get down now, you won’t be able to take care of it for a while, your body is stronger than anything else.”

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "Well, daughter-in-law, I will listen to you. The Qin family masters are also tired, so let them rest too. When they have nothing to do tomorrow, can we give them 20 taels of wages? Without them, we wouldn't have come back so smoothly and so quickly."

Li Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, go get busy now, I have nothing to do, so I'll just stay at home."

Da Zhuang nodded, put on his clothes and went out. Li Xiu glanced at the door and shook his head, really restless.

After Li Xiu saw Da Zhuang left, he took out a piece of paper to write and draw. He has been here for almost half a year. The day he came was the seventh day of July, but now it is almost the end of the new year. I miss the modern home, and his master. I don’t know how his body is. He has a lot of things to say to the master, but he can’t help it. He recently started the habit of keeping a diary again. It was the same before. At that time, he had nothing Friends, if you have anything to say in your heart, you have developed the habit of writing a diary, venting all the depression in your heart on paper.

Tong Xiaobao saw his aunt writing there, and didn't bother him, just continued to play with his toys there, occasionally raised his head to look at his aunt, I have to say, Tong Xiaobao is really satisfied, as long as his father is with him He's just fine.

When Comrade Da Zhuang came back, he saw Li Xiu writing on the table, and he didn't bother him. Now that he was helping with the housework, it was much easier for him not to need the help of the couple. When he had time, he still liked it. He stays with his wife and children, and now Lixiu is busy, so he will tell Qin Mengshi to cook his own lunch. The whole village, that is, their family still maintains the rule of three meals a day, and here they eat Because of the short days in winter and the lack of work, every family has two meals,

Da Zhuang went out, Li Xiu wrote for a while, and finally finished it. He put down the pen in his hand, took out the account book, and recorded the latest income at home. This is his habit, and he always lives by calculating. There is no way to live alone before, and you have to save everything. The planned economy is still very important.

After finishing all these things, Da Zhuang also came in, put the bag in his hand in front of Li Xiu and said: "This is the beef jerky I brought back, let's see if you like it"

Hearing this, Li Xiu regained his energy. He walked over to see that it was still quite a lot, but he took a sip, and the taste was not very good. It was not as good as what he ate in modern times. It just tasted salty, so he put it down immediately When Da Zhuang saw him, he said: "You don't like to eat."

Li Xiu nodded, "It's unpalatable, Brother Big Zhuang, let's not eat it, I'll make you a delicious meal tonight, it's like this at noon, just deal with it."

Da Zhuang looked at his daughter-in-law worrying about eating at night, his eyes were full of warmth, this is home, there are daughters-in-law and children at home, every day the daughter-in-law is worrying about the basic necessities of life at home, he is trying to earn money outside , Although it is a bit bitter and tiring, but he is not afraid, and buys back things that his wife and children like. He forgot just now, and has a bracelet brought back from the west in his arms. This bracelet is a local choice. Ma Shi bought it from an old brother, who said it was an ancestral item of their family, and had to sell it just to treat the child's illness.

At that time, Da Zhuang saw that it was a gold bracelet, so he didn't care about it, and the style was very ordinary, and it was not as good as his wife's. I bought it and gave him ten taels of silver, but Qin Hongchang felt that he had made a lot of money. Although the gold used to make this bracelet was no less than five taels, it would be 50 taels of silver. What about silver?

Seeing that Da Zhuang didn't express anything, Li Xiu said, "You don't like it?"

Da Zhuang smiled and said, "No, I was just wondering if I should give it to you?" After speaking, he took out the gold bracelet in his arms, took Da Zhuang's hand, and put it in his hand.

When Li Xiu saw it, he was taken aback, "Where did you get this thing?"

Da Zhuang smiled and said, "I brought it back from the west, do you like it?"

Seeing the gold bracelet in his hand, Li Xiu felt warm in his heart, so he took off the string of beads that he always carried on his hand, and stretched out his hand in front of Da Zhuang: "Put it on for me."

Da Zhuang smiled and said, "Okay." After speaking, he took the gold bracelet that Li Xiu handed over and put it on Li Xiu's left hand. He could manage it, but he simply took off the string of beads and put them on his right hand. He had to wear this string of beads. It was put on by his master at the beginning, saying that it was something that represented his identity. Maybe one day, his biological parents might come to him. At that time, Lixiu still had hope, but when he grew up a little bit, he stopped thinking about it, but in order to reassure Master, it was just like this. It looks like it's time to take it off. . . . . .