On the fifth day of November in the twentieth year of Dading, the heavy snow solar term. This day is the big market day in Xinchang County.

The villagers of Lijia Village, as usual, were going to the county seat to catch the big market, so they got up early, pasted cakes with them on their bodies, carried baskets on their backs, and loaded the things to be sold in the county seat.

Situ Yan, San Lang, and Shiro carried baskets with "Xiwang cakes" and "cotton boots" on their backs, and held banners and wooden sticks. Da Lang and Ji Lang carried two bundles of firewood on their backs, and they waited at the entrance of the village at the end of the year.

The five of them wore the "Lei Feng hat" and mask that Situ Yan made yesterday, wore gloves, only showed their eyes, and chatted together.

Situ Yan couldn't stop laughing when she thought of the way she looked when she took out her hat in the morning.

When he gave the "Lei Feng Hat" to the four of them in the morning, even Li Dalang didn't know what it was for, "Little Five, what is this?" ”

"This one is a hat and a mask. My brothers followed me, first hanging the two straps on this cloth on both ears, then putting the hat on the head, and fastening the straps from the chin. It's done! Even if it snows now, we won't be cold. ”

All four of them tried it, and it was true, except that their eyes were all covered.

"Xiao Wu, this is really good, no matter how long you go out, you won't be afraid of freezing......" San Lang happily hugged Situ Yan and jumped straight.

"Hmmm! Well! Shiro was also happy.

Da Lang was still worried about the injury on Shiro's head, but with this, he was also a lot more relieved. Standing at the entrance of the village at this time, blowing a cold wind, I felt the benefits of this hat, and a few people chatted, and I didn't notice that the little sheep drove the ox cart over.

"Little Five." Situ Yan was wearing a hat, the wind was blowing tightly today, her hearing was a little blocked, and she heard someone screaming, so she turned around and saw the little lamb leading the ox cart and stopping behind them.

"Brother Lamb is early." Situ Yan said hello first, and then looked at the little lamb, wearing a cotton coat and a cotton hat, the light was a little dim, and she couldn't see what the style was.

Li Dalang tied up the firewood first, and then helped Situ Yan to get into the car, Situ Yan took out the mask and hat he had made from the back basket and handed it to Xiao Yang'er, "Brother Xiao Yang'er, this is the mask and hat I made, you can take it and try it." ”

Situ Yan started to help Xiao Yang'er put on her mask and hat, if it was dawn at this time, Situ Yan would definitely find that Xiao Yang'er had a red face, and she didn't even dare to raise her eyes to look at Situ Yan, and the whole person was about to smoke with shame.

After bringing the mask and hat, Situ Yan sat down, took Li Dalang's arm and found a comfortable position to lean on him. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Xiao Yang'er raised his hand and touched the hat on his head, and his ears, which had just been blown by the wind, were wrapped up at this time, and his heart was warm, but he couldn't say anything about thanks.

As soon as someone in the village went to serve, there were a lot fewer people who went to the county seat to catch the market, and after waiting for a while, I saw two village women walking over with each other's arms, and when the ox cart was about to move, I saw Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law rushing over, and there were ten people sitting in the car with Situ Yan and five people.

When everyone was seated, the little sheep drove away. Situ Yan closed her eyes and rested, and vaguely heard the voice of Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law chatting along the wind.

"Brother and sister, you said that this is the first year of forced labor for Zhaocai, so you rushed to other counties to dig ditches, and the family couldn't even help them, and I don't know what it would be like to be tired?"

"No, in previous years, when Sanzhu was not tired as if he had died. Phew, look at this mouth. Afraid that the gods would hear it, he would really answer the wrong words of "death" once, and he was busy spitting and trying to take back the words.

"Okay, the three pillars are stiff, no wonder you talk nonsense. If you want to blame that Li Dalang, you have to blame a few people, the most important thing, if they don't bite and hold on, how can you use the fortune to suffer that hardship? I know that my mother still has silver in her hand, and I don't have to suffer after paying the 'more endowment' to attract wealth, right? ”

Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law pursed her lips, feeling a little unwilling, "All the benefits are for attracting wealth, and the hardships are all for Sanzhu." But in front of her second sister-in-law, she didn't dare to say it, for fear that she would be scolded if her mother-in-law knew about it.

The two of them each had ghosts, but they pointed the finger at the four brothers of the Li family in unison. In fact, it's not that they didn't notice Situ Yan and Li Dalang, it's just that a few of them were tightly covered, and the dark man sat in the car and couldn't see his figure clearly. The most important thing is that they didn't expect that the few babies who were driven out of the house by them could afford to wear winter clothes and hats, and even the whole family could afford to ride an ox cart into the city together.

So although I paid attention, I didn't pay attention to it when a few boys from whose family went into the city to buy things. scolded Li Dalang unscrupulously.

Situ Yan didn't pay attention to the words of the two of them, but she felt that Li Dalang beside her was getting stiffer and stiffer, knowing that he still listened to it, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this blood and family relationship is really not something that can be broken clearly.

Li Dalang's brothers were counted down by their own aunts as if they were scolding their grandsons, and several of them were angry and sad.

The two of them scolded more and more, and their voices were much higher, except for Li Dalang, the other two villagers were also attracted over. Although the two of them don't talk about each other with Li Daniu's family, they also love to chew their tongues on weekdays.

Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law saw that someone was helping, and she felt that she was reasonable, and wanted to pull a few more helpers, so she handed the words to Da Lang.

Li Erlang snorted disdainfully, San Lang and Shiro directly twisted their heads to the side, but Da Lang looked a little unkind and called out, "Second aunt." Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law was so frightened that she was choked back when she came to her mouth, and she coughed several times before she came back to her senses.

"You're a big man? What about these ones? ......" Erzhu's daughter-in-law pointed at Erlang and Situ Yan, shaking her hands, unable to answer. It was still the daughter-in-law of Sanzhu who reacted and pulled her second sister-in-law, these five who couldn't see clearly should be Situ Yan and Erlang, the more closely they looked, the more surprised they became, how could they not believe that the babies who were kicked out by their family were living better than them now, and even wore such thick winter clothes.

The words that rushed out of his mouth didn't go through his brain, "Where did you get this cotton coat?" Whose house did you steal, I will arrest you and go to the official? ”

Situ Yan rolled her eyes, she was directly happy by this brainless sentence, and the temper that was still suppressed was not suppressed this time, and she directly took the words back, "This aunt, you can't wear cotton clothes by yourself, and you look at others as if they were stolen." Don't be sour if you can't eat grapes. It's tiresome to watch. ”

"What grapes do I eat, don't chew them, I didn't steal grapes." Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law's donkey lips are not in the horse's mouth. On the contrary, Situ Yan has a sense of powerlessness that shows off when she meets soldiers, and she can't explain reason. This is followed by illiterate arguments, and it is really not a human job.

"Okay, if you don't want to sit down, get off." Xiao Yang'er had already heard the scolding words of the two, but he was never a big talker, and noticed that Situ Yan didn't take them seriously at all, so he didn't make a sound.

How dare Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law speak out again, the sky is still dark at this time, and there is no store in front of the village at the moment, how dare she get out of the car, and pulled Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law and the two muttered in a suppressed voice, and looked in the direction of Situ Yan from time to time. Maybe they were frightened by Xiao Yang'er's voice, maybe the two of them were just calculating Situ Yan, but they didn't expect these five babies to go into the city together, which saved Situ Yan the trouble of explaining.

In fact, it's not that these two people didn't think about it, but they couldn't imagine that the five-and-a-half-year-old baby would also set up a stall to do business, thinking that the five of them went to the city just to watch the excitement and sell firewood. After all, compared to the two large bundles of firewood, Situ Yan's basket is not so conspicuous.

And Situ Yan's side was reluctant to deal with these two people, but when she saw that she had nothing to do, she closed her eyes even more, as if the two of them were transparent, and the two villagers who were helping were silent at this time. There was nothing to do with the two of them, and they dared to talk behind people's backs on weekdays, how dare they point their noses and scold in front of others.

When he arrived at the county seat, Xiao Yang'er helped Situ Yan get out of the car first, and then went to collect the car money from Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law.

"Little sheep, my aunt doesn't have any money on her, I'll give it back when it's sold, do you fancy it?" Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law suppressed her voice, squinted her eyes and looked around while talking, and saw that everyone was staring at her, her face was flushed with shame, and she was even more angry with her mother-in-law, Cao's didn't give a penny before going out, not to mention that she would pay for the car when the things were sold, and let her discuss with Xiao Yang'er, thinking that it would be good to give one less person, which not only made her lose face, but also made Situ Yan and a few people see the joke.

"Okay." Xiao Yang'er didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, "Come back and give it together!" After saying a word to the other two, he helped Li Dalang unload the firewood.

Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law hurriedly pulled her second sister-in-law to the city, as if she was afraid that the little sheep would regret it, and ran a few steps. Seeing Situ Yan, he chuckled.

When he entered the city, he first set up a dim sum stall and a shoe stall on the "market", and hung up the banners, even if "Li Fuji" was opened in the county seat.

"Little Wu, what are you doing with this?" Li Erzhu was still a little puzzled, others set up stalls on the ground, and they still hung a piece of cloth at home.

"This is called 'disguise', which is very useful, and I will talk to my second brother in detail when I get home." She explained to San Lang before, it seems that these people don't understand, but this matter is not in a hurry.

Called San Lang and Shiro, how to set up a stall, what to pay attention to, and told them again, especially to explain to them, if there is a "line" to collect money, don't argue with others, just give the money. After giving the money to the two of them, they tied it again, and then went to the county school with Da Lang and Erlang to send firewood. This waist bag is specially made by Situ Yan, with a small mouth and a big belly, and she is not afraid of others going down.

In fact, Situ Yan has not told him much in the past few days, but he is afraid that a few of them will come out to set up a stall to sell things, and they will be bullied by people with intentions, especially the local snake like "Xingtou", anyway, this money can't be saved, it is better to give it as soon as people come, and it can be regarded as a businessman who abides by the rules. And Situ Yan also made plans for the future, if the business is good, it is indispensable to set up a shop, and then this up and down dots need to be "lined" hands, rather than making friends at that time, it is better to leave a good impression now. In this way, even if there is an accident with the stall, there can be someone to help speak and persuade peace.

went to the county school, Wang Steward waited early in the morning, last time I got the sweetness, this time I was even more attentive and tied the waste paper into bundles, Situ Yan only used a basket to pack it all, it was also very convenient to carry, and thanked again and again, and sent four pieces of "Xiwang cake" wrapped in the morning. Steward Wang was even more happy.

It's just that the county school has a holiday this month, and it won't start until the fifteenth day of the first month, Situ Yan thinks it's okay, and the next time she enters the city, she can carry less things, and she will come back at the twenty-fifth o'clock of the first month, so she went back to the stall with Li Dalang and Li Erlang, watched them shout a few times, and felt that there was no problem, so she turned around and went to the bookstore to copy books.