033: Chinese New Year
No matter what Ling Moyuan thought, anyway, Shen Ansu finally borrowed ten taels of silver from Du Shengnian.
It's not that I didn't think about borrowing a large amount of silver directly and then going to my father and brother, but if I want to have enough entanglement, I need to prepare at least a hundred taels of silver.
In the past, when the Du family was not knighted by the emperor, it was not a matter to think that a son like Du Shengnian would casually take a hundred taels of silver, but now he is in the frontier, although he is a general, it is estimated that he does not have much silver on him.
Otherwise, according to the character of the eldest cousin in the past, how could this life-saving kindness be worth only fifty taels of silver.
The bad guy used to be one of the four princes of Kyoto, and that shot was extremely generous.
Ten taels of silver, that is, I just bought pen, ink, paper, inkstone, plus a little inferior cinnabar, and the cyan.
With the things he bought, Ling Moyuan made a stinky face and sent her back before it was dark.
knew that the reason why this guy had a straight face was probably because of his insatiable greed, but because he was not familiar with him, Shen Niannian didn't want to explain at all.
Although it was borrowed, Du Shengnian did not say when she would return it.
Shen Niannian also knew that whatever he said now to repay the money was false, but after he and his father recognized them in the future, it would not be too late to explain to his eldest cousin.
took the things home, Shen Xiuniang did not check, because it was already time for dinner, and Su Niang at home was not in good health, so she naturally had to take care of it.
Shen Niannian went back to his house first, hid all the things, and then took the money from today's sale to find Shen Xiuniang.
A few hundred copper coins is also a lot of income, so she hurriedly took it and put it away, but she didn't forget to give her Su Niang's share.
Without Du Shengnian staying at home, the Shen family's house returned to its former desertion.
The eldest son of the Li family returned to Tuozi Village on the second day, and his injuries were not seen by many villagers.
Li Jiaqi was also unlucky to say, but because of this incident, the generals of the military camp were dispatched, and those villains who still had some dirty thoughts about his Li family's secret recipe also stopped thinking about it.
He Yuanwai, who sent him out, was even more frightened, he didn't expect that this ordinary countryman would have a general as a backstage, during this time, he tortured the eldest son of the Li family for that secret recipe, and in order not to let the family find trouble, he specially sent a hundred taels of silver as compensation.
Although the Li family scoffed at He Yuanwai's approach, they were just foxes and fake tigers, so naturally they couldn't really bother with him, and there was a compensation of 100 taels of silver, which gave them some comfort in their hearts.
It's the day of the New Year in a blink of an eye, Shen Xiuniang is getting busier and busier during this time, and after leaving Liu Erhe, she doesn't have to be angry with the old lady, she is living more and more comfortably.
She is now the biggest in the family, and no one dares to show her face.
Liu Ziqi thought about taking his father over, after all, this good house is comfortable to live in, better than the mud house that was divided, and even the food had to rely on them to help, right?
However, this kind of thought, looking at Shen Xiuniang's face, there is no hope for the time being, seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, Qi Ge'er is becoming more and more anxious.
It's that Brother An doesn't have to accept beatings and scoldings during this time, and his life is very comfortable, meat or something, Shen Xiuniang eats it tightly with him, so he finally gains some meat, but he still looks thin and malnourished.
Soon it was Chinese New Year's Eve.
Each family went to Lizheng's house with red paper before, and asked Li Jiaheng to write a Spring Festival couplet, of course, there were also people close to the Liu family, and asked Liu Ziyue to help write it, and the people who went did not shake their empty hands, either holding a few eggs, or holding a piece of meat the size of half a palm, anyway, they couldn't let the family work in vain.
The people of the Liu family have been busy for the past two days because of this, not to mention the beauty in their hearts, just because there is a show in the family to earn face, and looking at those people in the village is also a high-minded appearance.
However, the people of the Lizheng family are more modest, and they are more polite to the people in the village.
However, the Liu family is also more knowledgeable in their hearts, although they are very enthusiastic about the Shen family's house, but they also know that they have nothing to do with them now, even if they say something sour, they can only talk about it in private, otherwise let others listen to it, maybe they will have to look at their jokes!
Of course, this matter is also made clear by Liu Ziyue, the only person who understands and his family.
He said very clearly, he will definitely embark on a career in the future, and now the Shen mother and daughter will let them be proud for a while, and when he is promoted in the next year and becomes an official, it is time for the mother and daughter to tie them up.
When the time comes, the house where their family lives will not be in a hurry to let them live in it?
When the Liu family heard this, they also felt reasonable.
After all, now the Shen family has nothing to do with their Liu family, and if they still want to go up, they will definitely be gossiped about by the villagers.
As a reader, the most important thing is your own face.
Of course, the Liu family didn't know that the news of their daughter's attempted murder had already spread in the village, and when Liu Ziyi and Lu met in the future, it was estimated that many people would discourage the idea of marrying the Liu family.
Of course, if Liu Ziyi's brother Liu Ziyue really became an official, maybe everyone would be completely buried in their hearts.
Red lanterns are hung in every house, and couplet banners are posted in front of the door, revealing the atmosphere of the New Year everywhere.
Shen Niannian wore a new set of clothes made for her by Shen Xiuniang, although this fabric was not as good as any of the precious clothes made by the famous embroiderers she had worn, but it made people warm to wear.
There are a lot of mysteries and doubts about this Shen Xiuniang, so she has to guard against her, but she also has to admit that sometimes, Shen Xiuniang is an undeniably good mother.
At least she had never enjoyed motherly love, and she didn't know what it was like to be pampered by a mother.
When I went to the countryside for the New Year, it was very lively, although there were no beautiful fireworks in the night sky, but there was a warm and lively atmosphere everywhere.
"Nian Nian, this is a red envelope for you for the New Year, take it, save it, if you want to buy anything, just buy it yourself, don't hold it back." Shen Xiuniang was in a very good mood during this time, so she was also very generous.
Since Ling Moyuan and the others came some time ago, the vigilance in this town seems to have suddenly relaxed.
The town began to be bustling again, even more lively than some time ago.
However, in the winter, even the countrymen did not grow any vegetables, so the price of vegetables was higher than in the past, after all, if you want to eat fresh vegetables in winter, it is impossible for these farmers who make a living by farming to buy those high-priced vegetables that come out of the greenhouse.
Shen Xiuniang bought a lot of pork on the day before the New Year, although there are also pig farmers in the village who will choose to kill pigs in these days of the New Year, and will invite the people in the village to eat, and the rest will either stay, or sell to the people in the village who need meat.
Finally, after a New Year, even the poorest family will be willing to spend more than a dozen dollars to buy a pound of meat back and give the family a taste of meat.
The Shen family has a few dollars in their hands, so they buy a lot of meat.
Someone in the village made tofu, and Shen also bought some tofu to freeze in the snow.
The cold wind outside is still howling at night, and the New Year's dishes are also very rich, at least for everyone, the meat is enough, and even Brother An likes the atmosphere of the New Year very much.
The red envelope given by Shen Xiuniang was not much of the copper coin, and it added up to ten cents.
Su Niang's health has improved recently, and thanks to her, Shen Xiuniang didn't spend her energy on her.
It is customary to keep a vigil on Chinese New Year's Eve, but a large family cannot stay in the hall and watch each other in a daze.
Therefore, Shen Xiuniang had a rare extravagance, lighting an oil lamp in the house where they lived until dawn.
But it just gave Shen Niannian a chance to paint.
Painting requires full attention to painting, and for a once famous painting master, he takes each of his paintings very seriously, and regardless of whether the paint is high-grade or not, he must also be responsible for his paintings, and inject soul.
On weekdays, she often has to worry that Shen Xiuniang will suddenly break in, so she can't create a painting wholeheartedly, and after buying the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, she hasn't touched it until now.
She can't let Shen Xiuniang know that Shen Niannian is no longer the cowardly and incompetent country girl who didn't know anything in the past, otherwise, she would definitely be said to be a monster and burned to death.
Moreover, the secret of Shen Xiuniang's body gave her a faint illusion, which seemed to be extremely closely related to the original body.
This country woman is not as ignorant as an ordinary woman, but extremely intelligent.
At this point, since this woman married into the Liu family for more than ten years, she was still able to keep the one hundred and fifty taels of silver she brought back then, and even she, a daughter who was very fond of her every word, did not think of taking out this money and hiring a doctor for her when her life was hanging by a thread.
Shen Xiuniang has been busy all day today, she is already tired, although she has to keep vigil, but she has already seen it just now, Shen Xiuniang and An Ge'er have already slept, and Qi Ge'er also has to take care of Su Niang, if it is not an important matter, it should not break into her house and disturb her painting.
Exhaling deeply, Shen Niannian took out the pen and paper hidden behind the bed, spread it on the table, and then lifted the pen stained with ink, calmed down, recalled the magical experience that happened to him during this time, and directly clicked a black ink on the paper......