Chapter Ninety-Three: Another Year
Bao'er and Saburo originally wanted to move into a double room, but who would want Saburo to propose that the single room is very large and there is no need to waste it. When Dong Xiaoman first designed it, he thought that the single room might have a rich young master and a scholar in the family, so he designed a suite as a single room.
Saburo wanted to move out of the house when he lived alone, but at that time, no one lived in a single room, so he gave up. Now that Bao'er has moved in, he has moved out of the inner room and lived in the outer room, so that Bao'er can live in the suite.
Originally, the Li family was not very satisfied, and felt that his son should live alone in such a magnificent house, but he was stopped by a sharp look from Da Lang. He knew in his heart what the conditions of his own family were like, and his son was not here to study now.
And I know in my heart that if I owe Dong Xiaoman too much now, Erlang may not be able to clean himself up in the future. Thinking of this, Da Lang actually had the idea that he didn't want Erlang to come back...... It's snowy! Xiao Gang entered the house and Erya took a small broom and slapped the snowflakes on himself, Dong Xiaoman sat on the kang and said with a smile: "Ruixue Zhaofeng Year, it seems that next year will be a good omen!" ”
Xiao Gang took off his cotton clothes and handed them to Erya, and walked to the kang without baking the stove and stretched out his hand to hold Jue'er in his arms. Bowing her head and leaning against his face, Jue'er was very polite, and Xiaogang had a cold hand and a cold face, and reached out to slap his face.
"Jue'er, you can't beat your uncle!" Zhu'er stepped forward to take Jue'er, reprimanded her funny, and smiled at Xiao Gang again: "Jue'er's hand strength is getting bigger and bigger, and she likes to bite people when she goes crazy!" ”
Xiao Gang saw Jue'er's lively appearance, and said with a rare face: "This kid's teeth grow fast, and he eats so strong!" ”
Dong Xiaoman sat on the kang to make clothes, and didn't look up and said with a smile: "If she eats something better than Huanhuan openly, how big a small bowl of egg custard is not enough to eat." He pointed to Huanhuan, who was sleeping sweetly, and said, "This is a thin beauty who doesn't like to eat!" ”
Xiao Gang saw that Huanhuan was sleeping cutely, and couldn't help but reach out and pick up Huanhuan and hold him in his arms. In the days when his brother-in-law was away, he was at his sister's house almost every day, and his relationship with his two children was extraordinary.
Now that he is busy with the affairs of the garden and the field, he has forgotten about the two little ones, and today he has to be rare and rare for the two of them.
"Do you have enough for the tenant farmers?" Dong Xiaoman's clothes are finished. He opened his mouth to bite off the thread in his hand, and tied a knot with a casual twist of his fingers.
"Didn't you plant a lot of turnips, cabbage and sweet potatoes in the fall, and these are not afraid of drought, but the harvest is good. I can barely make it through the New Year, but the wheat harvest is not very good. It's a little late. Dong Xiaogang sighed, feeling a little guilty in his heart, he still didn't know much about the things in the ground.
"There's a lot of game in the mountains?" Seeing this, Dong Xiaoman quickly opened the topic.
"It's okay in the mountains, but the people next to it are all lighted." If there is no food to eat, they will eat wild beasts, and they will fight everything they can, and the animals will run away into the mountains.
"Dad told me that our family didn't know how to farm, so we relied on a few honest and reliable tenant farmers. A few days ago, my father and I took Xiaohu. The three of us went to Beishan and got a few sets. Almost tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you can pull some game back, and the family will be able to share some meat for the New Year. Dong Xiaoman nodded, and instructed uneasily: "You have to be careful, it's okay to catch some hares, but don't think about moving big cats and bears blind." ”
Dong Xiaogang smiled: "Then the rabbit still uses a cover?" The family dog was raised for nothing? They are strong enough to catch rabbits, and when Jue'er grows up, I will teach him how to raise dogs! ”
Dong Xiaoman smiled and didn't talk, she didn't want her child to be able to go to heaven and earth or be able to go out of the court, she just hoped that it would be safe and sound.
"Knock knock" There was another knock on the door, and Erya went out of the house with an umbrella to open the door. I only heard the sound of a few steps creaking on the snow, and I saw a man open the curtain and come in. Zhu'er hurriedly frowned at the door and reprimanded: "You light, the wind is so strong, beware of the child catching a cold!" ”
It turned out that Xiaohu was coming, and he didn't care when he heard Zhu'er's unhappy voice. smiled and hurriedly took off the big cotton coat and handed it to Erya who followed behind. said with a smile: "You didn't even look back, how did you know that I pinched it!" ”
Zhu'er glanced at her and muttered, "The sound of knocking on the door is different from the sound of footsteps, and there are only a few people in the family who can't hear it?" ”
Xiaohu smiled and bent the corners of his mouth, and saw that Dong Xiaoman and Xiaogang were both stepping forward and said, "I heard from my friend that the war in the northwest is over, and my uncle will be able to go home in less than a month." ”
Dong Xiaoman smiled faintly, such words have often been heard since Erlang sent the letter home. She knew that one day the war would end, but what if she came back.
Now that his children are by his side and have money and fields by his side, he no longer thinks that men are of any use. I was stupid at the beginning, and I didn't adapt to it, and I always thought that ancient times were a feudal place. Since you are married, you have to train your husband, and after the two of them struggle, they live a well-off life together.
Seeing Dong Xiaoman, he fell into deep memories again. Xiao Gang glared at Xiao Hu, who also stuck out his tongue and touched his head embarrassedly.
"Ahem, Ming'er, you can go home with me. I guess it's almost all over the mountain, so I'll pull it back and pack it up so I can send it to a few tenant farmers. Xiao Gang deliberately spoke loudly, trying to make Dong Xiaoman more natural.
"If you send some more food, you don't need too many three buckets of corn and two buckets of white noodles for a family." No matter how poor you are during the Chinese New Year, you have to eat dumplings, and you have spent so much silver in exchange for so much land. After all, I felt a little uneasy in my heart.
It's another year, and unlike last year, this year's New Year is exceptionally happy.
Xiaogang Xiaohu had already been notified of the search for someone, and asked the tenants to go to the Dong family's sister to pick up the New Year's things. I heard that there was something to receive, no matter if it was a cabbage or something, I was not afraid of the cold and went to Dong Xiaoman's place in twos and threes.
In Dong Xiaoman's yard, Dong Xiaogang gave twenty catties of wild boar, two roe deer, four hares, and two pheasants. Xiaohu sent three buckets of corn seeds and two buckets of white noodles, and Zhu'er, the first eldest lady of the Dong family, sent couplets and window paper there to make everyone auspicious.
Jue'er and Huanhuan haven't seen such a lively family for a long time, and they are all jumping up and down at home to get excited. The discerning tenant farmer found out that the aunt and grandmother were still good at talking.
In the past, when I was planting vegetables and winter wheat, I found that my aunt and grandmother spoke softly and slowly, as if she didn't care about anything, but the owner still listened to his sister's words everywhere. It seems that the aunt and grandmother should be in charge, and after a few people took the things together, they went into the house to kowtow to the aunt.
Dong Xiaoman was wearing a regular dress and smiled gently: "It's not a thing, there will be more when the year gets better." You also know where my house is, and if you come to the city in the future, you can come to me for anything. Your host also often lives with me, but do you know the way? ”
Dong Xiaoman always felt that these people were pitiful, and he felt comfortable when he saw everyone happily taking things home.
Xiaohu frowned on the side and said, "I'm afraid that they are not greedy enough, and they will always feel that this favor is deserved in the future." ”
Dong Xiaoman said disappreciatively: "Of course, people can't notice anything if they have it, but now people can't even eat dumplings, so what can they do?" ”
Xiaohu pursed his lips and turned his head silently, Dong Xiaoman also knew that he was too good to do business. Thinking about slowly handing over the business to Xiaohu, I just don't know if he wants to stay by his side for the rest of his life.
"It's the New Year, why hasn't my dad come back? I've heard that our village is back! Zhu'er brought the hot tea and said with some concern.
"Who did you listen to?" Little Tiger Zhu'er's words are very sensitive
Seeing Xiaohu's look of disbelief, Zhu'er paused before saying, "I listened to what Uncle said!" ”
Dalang? Dong Xiaoman raised his head and looked at Zhu'er suspiciously, when did Zhu'er meet her father?
Zhu'er blushed and said a little anxiously: "A few days ago, I went to Jidi Garden to deliver New Year's goods to the third uncle and Bao'er, and I just met the uncle." The uncle asked me if I had heard of my father, and said that many people in the village had returned. ”
Dong Xiaoman was a little panicked at this time: "It's all back, has anyone seen Erlang?" ”
Zhu'er shook her head: "I said I haven't seen it." ”
Dong Xiaoman's chest suddenly had a sharp pain, and the pain made her lie on the kang with her body crooked. Seeing Dong Xiaoman's pale face clutching his chest, the people in the room were anxious to go out and call the doctor.
"I'm fine, I'm just a little panicked." Dong Xiaoman stopped Xiaohu, who was about to go out, and was helped up by the tearful beads.
"Don't be careful, I'm fine, as long as I don't bring back his body for a day, I don't believe he can die for a day." Dong Xiaoman looked at everyone with firm eyes, and suddenly said with a choked voice: "He promised me." ”
When he said this, even Xiaohu couldn't help but turn his face away with a sour nose, but he saw that Xiao Gang's eyes were also red.
The thirtieth night of the lunar month
There are three members of the Dong family, three members of the Wang family, Dong Xiaoman and three children and Erya are sitting at a big table. This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was spent by three families of ten people, and they couldn't bear to feel that Dong Xiaoman was sad that everyone was deliberately noisy.
Xiaohu Xiaogang even took his two children to set off fireworks in the yard, causing the two children to want to run outside without even wanting to eat.
Dong Xiaoman looked at everyone with emotion, and understood everyone's kindness. It's just that I'm still a little lonely in my heart, it's been two years, where are you going, Erlang?
Is it life or death?
If you hadn't died, where would you be, would you know that I have suffered day and night? If you're dead, why don't you give me a message for me to know?
Dong Xiaoman prepared sixteen dishes for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner: dry fried tenderloin, Sixi meatballs, braised carp, pot wrapped meat, sauce elbow, kung pao chicken, braised pork, mushu meat, shredded fish-flavored pork, spicy duck head, old vinegar peanuts, fried spring rolls, cold dressing and peeling, red bean sticky rice cake, seaweed small sushi, and big bone broth.
These dishes made everyone's appetite move, and Erya had never eaten such a good dish since she was a child. While wrapping dumplings, he asked Zhu'er: "You eat so well every year?" This is called the New Year, and everyone will have new clothes to wear tomorrow! ”
Zhu'er bent the corners of her mouth and didn't make a sound, looking at that expression, she knew that she was also very beautiful in her heart. Dong Xiaoman took a new copper coin and said with a smile: "This is wrapped in dumplings, let's see who is the luckiest person next year?" ”RQ
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