Since adopting Fu Dou'er small buns, Lin Zhu's savings have decreased sharply, and she has not sold them since she received the grain, so this year's income is only a few taels of silver for selling wolfberries, but these days it is to buy New Year's gifts, and to buy sheep, and to buy all kinds of small buns to use things, and spend seven or eight taels of silver, and now Lin Zhu still has five taels of silver and hundreds of scattered money in her hand, and she now seriously feels that the money is not enough.

However, there is also a silver bracelet in his hand, which is probably worth a few taels of silver, so if he can't do it, he will sell it. In the past, Lin Zhu was afraid that if she went to sell it, it would be found out that it was worn by the Wang family, which would cause unnecessary trouble, but now if she wants to sell it in the county, no one should recognize it.

On this day, she fed Fu Dou'er well, and after changing her diaper, she was ready to clean up her things at home, and there were more than 20 days before the New Year, and she had to see if there were enough things for the New Year.

Doctor Zhang's return gift to Lin Zhu, in addition to the dim sum and tea, as well as the fabric that Ruyu let take back a few days ago, the other Lin Zhu has not seen it, because he has been busy with the matter of small buns, and Lin Zhu has not yet opened a box in the return gift. Today, take the opportunity to sort out the things used for the New Year, and open it to take a look.

Lin Zhu opened the box, and couldn't help but say "wow", the box was not big, but the things inside were shining, and Lin Zhu was dizzy for a while, thinking about something. There were two ingots of silver in the box, both of which were five taels and one ingot, and next to them was a pair of silver bracelets, without any patterns on them, and a smooth and round-bellied bracelet with solid feet, each of which was about three taels. These are nothing, the most valuable is a piece of white jade jade pendant, Lin Zhu picked up the jade pendant, put it in his hand and stroked it carefully, the jade quality is delicate and warm, white and flawless, and it is worth a lot of money at a glance.

Lin Zhu looked at the jade pendant in his hand, thinking that he had taken a big advantage now, a bunch of worthless cabbage and a little bit of game, in exchange for such a valuable gift, Lin Zhu was really a little ashamed in his heart. But now that Dr. Zhang has left, and there is no one to guard his family, even if there is, he can't be sent back now, thinking about it left and right, he can only wait for Dr. Zhang to come back and then make plans.

Lin Zhu put the jade pendant back in the box, and suddenly found that there was a piece of paper at the bottom of the box, and when he picked it up, it was a few words written by Doctor Zhang. This paper full of traditional Chinese characters makes Lin Zhu, a person who is used to reading simplified characters, really difficult to understand, and even after guessing, he finally understands the general meaning. What Dr. Zhang wrote roughly means that this money is New Year's money for her and Xiao Baozi, and she can't help but collect it. The bracelet and jade pendant are the old man's because she grew such delicious cabbage, which made him eat very happily, and the reward given to her could not be refused. All in all, give it and keep it, don't have the idea of returning.

Lin Zhu looked at the words on the paper, and felt like crying in her heart, since she came to this place, she tried her best to integrate into this era, and tried her best to get along with the people around her, at the beginning she was a little utilitarian, but she didn't expect to receive the care and love of Aunt Li's family, and the sincere help of the Wang family, and then there was Doctor Zhang, in fact, Lin Zhu found out that his origin was extraordinary at the beginning, and he wanted to please Lu and was afraid that he would find out, so he didn't take the initiative to get up, but when Doctor Zhang came over, Respect him as an elder. Unexpectedly, he also spoiled her as a junior, and gave such a generous New Year's money and such a valuable gift. My heart was sour, and my eyes were uncontrollably red.

Lin Zhu wiped her eyes, put away the paper, put it in the box, and received the box into the space, now she is always used to putting money and seeds into the space. In this way, the money is not afraid of being stolen, and the seeds can also improve the quality in it.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the New Year is getting closer and closer, the villagers of Linjia Village are preparing things for the New Year, and some people have raised pigs for a year, and they are also ready to kill the New Year's pigs at this time. Wang Shudun's family raised a pig and was ready to kill it.

chose a sunny day, this morning Wang Shudun's family was busy, Guo took his eldest daughter-in-law to boil water, Wang Shudun took his three sons, first caught pigs and tied them up. The pig seemed to know that his end was coming, and he scurried around in the pigsty, but fortunately there were four big men in the Wang family, but it took a lot of effort to take them down. The people in the village also knew that his family killed pigs today, and those who knew each other came to help, and those who wanted to buy some meat to go back also came. In this village, the price of selling is definitely lower than that of the butcher stall, so at this time, people will come to join in the fun.

I have to say that this Wang Shudun is really an all-rounder, he can even kill pigs, he is always working outside to earn money, so he has learned a lot of things. Every year at this time, he is inevitably asked to kill a few pigs, and of course his own pigs must also be killed by him.

The pig was fixed on a board as high as a stool, fearing that it would struggle violently when it was dying, and the three sons of the Wang family had to hold on to the pig's hooves. At this time, Wang Shudun held a sharp knife used to kill pigs, and quickly inserted it from under the pig's neck. A stream of blood arrows squirted out, falling into the basin that had been prepared for a long time, and some splashed on Wang Shudun's face, at this time the pig's cry was very sad, Wang Shudun wiped the blood splashed on his face with the towel handed over by his wife Guo, while waiting for the pig's blood to be cleared, and the pig swallowed the last breath.

Killing pigs pays attention to stabbing the heart with one knife, if you stab twice, it will be regarded as unlucky, and the blood is not good to stagnate in the meat, and the taste of the meat is not fresh. This is something that is very taboo for both the person who kills the pig and the owner of the pig.

The pig's cry became quieter and the blood flowed slower and slower, and finally the pig remained motionless. At this time, Wang Shudun began to scald the pig, shaved the pig's hair, disemboweled, and removed the pork. At the same time as Wang Shudun cut the pork, Guo was also preparing to make pig-killing soup, and invited the neighbors who came to help to drink a bowl, which is also a tradition.

The people in the village who wanted to buy meat also came, and after Wang Shudun divided the meat one by one, if there was anything he wanted, Wang Lin would weigh it, and Wang Mu would settle the account and collect the money. For more than two hours, except for the meat left by his own family, the rest of the meat was sold to the villagers, and the result was good.

After sending off the villagers, the Wang family cleaned up the yard and began to sort out the meat left by their own family, no one wanted the pig's head, no one wanted the pig's internal organs, and no one wanted the four pig's trotters, so the Wang family also had to pack these up, and left a lot of ribs, because I heard Aunt Li say that Lin Zhu likes to eat this, so Wang Shudun was ready to send some to Lin Zhu, as well as the pig's heart and pig liver to her. Previously, Lin Zhu gave them a lot of things as New Year's gifts, and his family will also return the gift at this time. Plus a piece of meat, about ten catties.

Guo came to Lin Zhu's house with his things, Lin Zhu heard that her family was killing New Year's pigs today, and he was very interested, but unfortunately he couldn't leave, and he was a little regretful. "Aunt Guo, it must be very lively today, right?" "No, whoever kills pigs is like this." Guo said while giving Lin Zhu something to put in the kitchen.

Lin Zhu saw that Aunt Guo had brought a lot of things, "Aunt Guo, this is too much." "Not much, these things are where they are, my aunt only has these things at home, don't dislike them." Lin Zhu let Guo Shi rest in the house, and asked her about the process of killing the pig by the way, and when she heard that no one wanted the pig's head, "Aunt Guo, you can sell the pig's head to me, this one is delicious." "What else is it selling?" I'll ask your second brother to bring it to you later. "Because Wang Lin often sent firewood to Lin Zhu, Guo also asked him to come over." The money must be given, you kill pigs at home, I have to join in the fun and buy something. "To put it mildly, Guo agreed to accept money, and only collected ten cents, and said nothing more.