Embracing the ancient times with roses

In the next few days, Da Zhuang and Qin Hongchang started to work on the cattle at home. By the time they finished their work, it was already a small year. Da Zhuang and Li Xiu looked at the empty yard and were very happy. No matter what Said that they were finally done with their work, so the two of them made a calculation. This time, they made a total of more than 1000 taels from selling animals, which was more profitable than farming. To celebrate, the couple decided to kill the New Year's pigs.

In fact, it’s a little late to kill the New Year’s pig now, who let the busy work forget it, the big wild boar at home hasn’t been killed yet, keeping it is a waste of food, so the next morning, Da Zhuang got up early and talked with a few people in the family , gave the wild boar some medicine to make it faint, then hurried into the pigsty, tied the wild boar, sent it to the butcher's house in the village, killed the pig, and told them to leave the head and hooves in the water when they were about to leave. Go, bring it back.

Da Zhuang nodded, pulled the wild boar away with a donkey, and killed the pig when he arrived at the butcher's house. After the slaughter, Da Zhuang took a wooden basin, took the pig's blood back, and left some meat for the butcher's house , I also sent some to the clan's hometown in the village, and some who had a good relationship, I didn't forget, even the two families who entered the village with Tong Xiaobao at the beginning, each sent two catties of meat to each family, so that , this wild boar was sent out for less than half.

When I finally got home, Lixiu was speechless. You said they had raised so many pigs for a long time, how could they give away so many pigs to others for nothing, but they gave away everything. There was no way, and I didn’t say anything. After all, it’s the Chinese New Year. So be it!

Da Zhuang was afraid that Li Xiu would be unhappy, so he said: "Brother Xiu, don't be angry, you don't know that there are only so few things in their homes for the New Year, and our family has nothing to give, so let's share some with them. You don't know that when I was young, they gave me food and drink, and they treated me as repayment."

Li Xiu sighed and said: "Okay, whatever you say is what you say, I just wanted to pick the fat pork and use it for cooking oil. It's better for you to pick the fat pork for others, but it's okay. You left some for me now." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but sighed, it wasn't that he was stingy, it's just that these days are hard, and there are so many people in their family who still have to eat, so it's impossible not to worry about it.

When Da Zhuang saw it, he smiled and said: "Okay, don't worry, daughter-in-law, next time I will never give anything to anyone. I'm hungry, let's get something to eat. I want Jiang Feng and his wife to come over for a meal." , before you came, I was the only one in the family. Basically, I went to Li Da’s house to celebrate the New Year every year, and the elderly couple in their family were gone. It’s the Chinese New Year, and they should miss the elderly. If they come here, Let's be lively, lively."

Li Xiu nodded. He had nothing to say about Jiang Feng and his wife. This was the only person he met here who treated him well except Da Zhuang. If you want to invite him, don't be too picky. yes.So Lixiu told Da Zhuang to inform Li Da and his wife to come to dinner at night, and he started to do it now.

Lixiu looked at the things in front of him, thought for a while, and wrote down on the paper, 'Husband and wife lung slices', 'sauce liver', 'hairy blood', 'sauerkraut and white meat', and finally put those pig's trotters And the pig's head was also served with a big pot of sauce, and even the pig's tail did not fall. Finally, I made a stewed potato with ribs. The staple food was steamed buns and bean buns. Not too much, after all, Qin Hongchang worked as a shopkeeper in a restaurant, and he and Qin Mengshi helped in cooking, which made Lixiu a lot easier. Qin He simply helped to light the fire, and did not forget to help Tong Xiaobao and let him Make less trouble.

Let’s just say, there are a lot of pots in this house, so it’s just as good, and the dishes are cooked quickly. When Li Da and his wife come to help, the dishes are basically all in the pot, and all of them are meat dishes. Li Xiu also thinks about it Now, you guys have been busy for a year, and it's time to relax, relax, eat and drink as much as you want!

When the meal was ready, the big guys helped to serve the meal and dishes on the table. When Li Da and his wife came, they brought a lot of things, all of which were Lixiu's favorite fruits and Tong Xiaobao's favorite candies, as well as He and Xiaobao each brought a piece of high-quality silk, all of which are of a very good color, and it seems that they have put a lot of thought into it.

When Li Xiu saw him, he complained that he was too ignorant, why spend all this money, Li Da said with a smile: "My Jiang Feng said, you and Xiaobao like these, besides, they are not worth much money, so just accept it."

Jiang Feng also smiled and said: "Yes, if it weren't for the food you gave me some time ago, I would still worry about how to make money, but now it's all right, I have earned a lot these days, compared to every year I have earned a lot more in winter, and I would like to thank you. I wanted to buy you a piece of jewelry, and I wore it, but I knew that you were better than them, so I didn’t buy it. You have time to find these two pieces of jewelry. A person with good craftsmanship, made it for you and Xiaobao, it will definitely look good on you."

Li Xiu said helplessly: "Brother Feng, don't be so polite in the future. You know what the relationship between our two families is. You said that those things are out of touch. This is not allowed in the future. Da Zhuang and I really want to It’s not for this little thing to make friends like you.”

When Jiang Feng heard Li Xiu's words, he was very moved, and said, "Okay, from now on we will be brothers, and you will be my brother." After speaking, he held Li Xiu's hand.

Li Xiu also smiled: "Okay, from now on you will be my own brother, and I will also have brothers from now on."

Da Zhuang and Li Da sat on the stool, watching the interaction between the two, they glanced at each other and said, "Look at the two of us, we are brother-in-law."

Li Da smiled and said, "Yes, yes, brother-in-law, we both have to have a drink at night."

Da Zhuang nodded and said, "Okay, have a drink."

Lixiu was really happy today. When he put the vegetables and rice on the table in the evening, he asked everyone to start eating. He even mixed a cold dish for the big guys temporarily. He used the two cucumbers just picked today and mixed them with cabbage. Mixed together, the taste is really good, among a pile of meat and vegetables, it is especially precious, and there are cucumbers in it, this is the kind of treatment in the entire Tianyao Dynasty, and only in the palace.

Everyone went to the table. Originally, the Qin family was embarrassed to come, but Da Zhuang said that none of them were outsiders. Besides, it was almost Chinese New Year, and it seemed lively to eat together. Qin Hongchang nodded and said, "Since the master, we don't have to be polite if you say so. Now, let’s all work and repay the master in the future.” So the family happily sat down and ate together.

Everyone had a great time eating this meal. There were a few Chinese characters in the family, and wine bowls were placed in front of everyone. Everyone drank a few glasses. When he was young, he was drunk, and the taste was really uncomfortable, so he rarely touches alcohol, and no one is forcing him to drink.

This meal was eaten until after seven o'clock in the evening, which is already very late in the countryside. After the meal, the big guys helped clean up, and Lixiu asked a few men to put the frozen pork in ice. In the warehouse, in order to prevent it from melting, a lot of ice was put in it. The meat is now lean, and the fat meat has been removed by the butcher. Lixiu is ready to use it for frying when he is free tomorrow. , leave the meat oil for cooking in the future, it is said that eating meat oil will give you strength for work.

Li Da and his wife were sent away, and everyone went to rest. Li Xiu and Da Zhuang washed up, and then they lay down on the kang and talked. Give something to those who love you, after all, when we got married, they gave gifts?"

Da Zhuang was silent for a while: "No, when I have time, when Chu Batian comes, I will make it clear to him that I won't let him send us things in the future, and we don't want them anymore. Let's live our own lives, and I will also I won't go back, this is my home, they lost me back then, do you believe it? Is it that simple? It must be because I blocked someone's way? If I'm not wrong, just There is only Chu Batian, he and I are both his sons, and I am my old son, so I think I am more favored than some people, is this arousing jealousy?"

Li Xiu looked over Da Zhuang's shoulder: "Brother Da Zhuang, you are right not to go back, you don't know that there are so many dirty things in the gate of the mansion, and their narrow-mindedness is also unpredictable. God will find you, if this matter is leaked out, maybe those people already know about it, and when the time comes, they will give us a hard time, then it will be over, we have no power or power, even if we want to protect ourselves, I will Look, you can just stay here, just watch it when the time comes, I will definitely live the life of our family with you, my ideal is. To become the richest person in my dynasty, when the time comes, our If there is too much money, even the emperor will have to look at us highly, so others will not touch us casually."

Da Zhuang nodded: "Okay, don't worry, I'm not stupid, I won't go back, if I go back, I will be watched by others for everything, how nice our family is, no one says, no one cares, what? Everything is up to you, daughter-in-law, and I'm just a hands-off shopkeeper, that's great." After speaking, he kissed Li Xiu again.

Li Xiu nodded and said: "Brother Zhuang, you can just think about it, you don't know, my master told me that he separated from the master at the beginning, mainly because the master found a concubine when he was not around. , but do you know where that concubine came from? Master's grandma forced him to marry him, and master is soft-hearted, so if he was asked to take a concubine, he would."

Da Zhuang heard: "Daughter-in-law, are you afraid that I will take a concubine? Don't worry, no one will try to force me to do something that I'm sorry for you. Go, my surname is Tong, and it will never change in this lifetime.

Besides, with their little thoughts, I still know, when they said they couldn't find the person who took me away, who would believe it?No matter how high a person's martial arts is, can he surpass the hidden guards of the Chu Family Fort?I was also the second son of the Chu Family Castle when I was young. Would my aunt let me just fend for myself like that?What are the hidden guards around me doing? They can watch me being taken away, don't they care?Who will believe it?Let me go back, dreaming, I will never jump into that pit again in this life, no one will force me, at worst I will leave and never come back, Brother Xiu, when the time comes, would you like to be with me? I go? "

Li Xiu said with a smile: "Of course, it's a fool who doesn't leave. Besides, he, the Chu Family Fort, might already be remembered by the emperor. Over the years, the Chu Family Fort has the habit of dominating our place. Now, can the emperor be unprepared?"

Li Xiu's words surprised Da Zhuang: "Yeah, there hasn't been any trouble in the court these years. I thought it was nothing. Now that I think about it, it really is. Besides, many of those refugees have entered After leaving Chujiabao, no one knows what they did there, so far, this has to make people think a lot, should we leave this wrong place?"

Li Xiu thought for a while: "The soldiers will block the water and cover them with earth. When will we say anything? Our task now is to make money. If we have money, we will leave here without worrying about our future."

Da Zhuang nodded, admitting that Li Xiu's words were correct.So the couple chatted like this until midnight, and finally fell asleep without knowing when. When they woke up early the next morning, Da Zhuang was no longer on the kang as before, and Li Xiu sat up and looked at him. He looked at the sky outside, it was a sunny day, he looked at his watch, it was almost nine o'clock, Li Xiu began to put on his clothes, and Tong Xiaobao's children's shoes were not there, it seemed that he was taken away by Da Zhuang.

Lixiu began to put on his clothes and went to the ground. After he finished washing, Da Zhuang came in, holding a basket in his hand, which contained some paper money and things for offerings.

Da Zhuang saw him and said, "Let's have some food, we'll go to the grave for Dad and Xiao Bao's grandfather later."

Li Xiu shook his head and said: "I'm not hungry, let's go now, it's the same when we come back to eat at noon." After speaking, he went into the room and put on thick clothes, and left with Da Zhuang. After looking at it, he turned around and went back to the house, came out after a while, and put the white cloak in his hand on Li Xiu's neck, then turned around and held Li Xiu's hand, and walked towards Nanshan, where the whole The village's mass burial mound, all the old people in Tongjia Village will be buried here after they die.

When the two arrived, many people had already walked back. From Da Zhuang's hands, he already knew that this was the annual sacrificial day. The two came to Da Zhuang's father's grave, which was very high. According to Da Zhuang, the old couple were buried together.

Da Zhuang and Lixiu shoveled all the weeds on the grave with a shovel, some added some new soil, and finally Lixiu placed the sacrificial candles and tributes in front of the grave. This was the first time that Lixiu When they came here, when they first got married, Da Zhuang forgot about it. Afterwards, Da Zhuang regretted it very much. He came here today to let them meet Li Xiu.

After the two of them put their things in order, they knelt in front of the grave, and Da Zhuang put his gloves on Li Xiu's lap. Li Xiu felt warm when he saw it. He thought of the things he cared about first.

After Da Zhuang and his wife knelt down, they kowtowed three heads to the old couple together. After Da Zhuang raised his body, he said to the tombstone, "Daddy, huh, I brought my wife back to your old man today. He is a He is a very good brother, he is good to me, he is very good at living, since he came to our house, our life is getting better day by day, and we also adopted a child named Xiaobao, very obedient, but today It's cold, so I didn't bring him here. After a while, when the weather gets warmer, I'll bring him to see you. You and your elders can live a good life there. Don't worry about us. When you're fine, please bless our family. Just fine."

After Lixiu heard this, he felt very uncomfortable, and couldn't help but said: "Father, oh, hello, old lady, I'm Lixiu, brother Da Zhuang's wife, I'm sorry, it took me so long to come here The two elders go to the grave, I beg the second elders to forgive me, please also bless brother Da Zhuang and I, we will grow old together, and I wish you two elders good health and all the best over there." After finishing speaking, Da Zhuang and I kowtowed three more times, and then put the wine in our hands The paper money was burned.

After the burning was finished, the two of them went to Grandpa Xiaobao’s grave to burn paper for the old man, and told the old man in front of the grave that they would treat Xiaobao well and ask him to rest assured, and finally gave the old man’s grave a piece of paper. After adding some new soil, he took Li Xiu's hand and left. Li Xiu saw that Da Zhuang's hand was a little red, and hurriedly put on his gloves, fearing that it would freeze. This ancient frostbite would If there are sequelae, maybe it will be bad if you get rheumatism in the future.