Chapter 7: Chinese New Year's Eve
In the snow-clad world, the silence is interrupted by the sound of children playing.
Chinese New Year's Eve, for children, means that there is money to be paid.
But for adults, it is both joy and annoyance.
There is no such thing as easy in the adult world.
Yesterday, Jing Xi left Xinliu and Aunt Zhang to take care of his younger brothers at home, and he brought Gu Yi and Jiang Wen and Jiang Wushang County to do New Year's goods. Fortunately, there is a carriage, and it is much more convenient to travel, but now the weather is cold, although Jing Xi is not afraid of cold and warmth, but Gu Yi and they can't.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, folk activities include sweeping, dust removal, and worship to the god Vesta.
And dust removal, this point does not need to be ordered by Jing Xi, Zhang Damiang and others have spontaneously cleaned the house.
No, yesterday, Jing Xi took a few of them to the county seat to sweep the goods.
Speaking of sweeping goods, when Jing Xi and others went to the county yesterday, there were already many more people in the county than usual, and almost every household came out to buy New Year's goods.
The county is crowded.
Jing Xi thought, it's rare to come to the county, so you should buy and buy. Besides, the space can be raised, and it's time to secretly buy some chicks, calves and lambs to raise, and you can't waste resources in vain.
No, Jing Xi instructed Jiang Wenjiang, Wu and Gu Yi to buy New Year's goods, as well as pastries, they were not at ease, but the young lady said that she could, and then hurriedly went to do the New Year's goods, Jing Xi secretly went to buy dozens of chickens, ducks and geese, as well as a few piglets, and finally bought a few cows, sheep and two foals.
Jingxi sent people to the mouth of the alley, found a place where no one was, and secretly put it into the space.
This time, I mainly want to get some animals to raise in the space and enrich the variety.
In the end, Jing Xi bought two more horses, planning to train them, and there can be a substitute in the future, as for the ones that are raised in the space, they will be raised first.
Jing Xi was leading two horses and preparing to go to Gu Yi to join him.
Suddenly, at the exit of the market, Jing Xi saw a strong cow, but his leg was a little lame, and he should have been injured.
At this time, the cow was being led by an old man over 50 years old, and it seemed that he was ready to sell.
When Jing Xi looked over, he happened to see the cow's gaze, his eyes were full of pleading, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes, which successfully made Jing Xi stop.
Everything in the capital has a spirit, maybe Jingxi has a fate with this cow.
"Miss, do you want to buy cows?" The uncle saw Jing Xi stop there and hurriedly spoke.
Later, Jing Xi knew that the original cow's foot should have been injured by something, and he couldn't go down to the field, and it was nearly a year old, and the uncle's house was about to be unable to open the pot, so he didn't want to sell the family's cattle, but after all, he was raised since he was a child, and he had been farming for so long, and he couldn't bear to sell it to the butcher, so he brought it to the market to see if he could find a good buyer.
After the last agreement, Jing Xi bought it at a price of 20 taels. After taking the ox rope, Jing Xi went to the gathering place.
"Miss!" The three of them spoke in unison, and they were all carrying the things that Jing Xi had ordered them to buy.
"Miss, what are you buying this cow for, it's still a lame cow." It was Gu Yi who asked, and it was understandable to buy and buy, but this cow was obviously lame.
Gu Yi is still an eight or nine-year-old child in the end, although he was bought home by Jing Xi, he doesn't have that kind of cringe, and Jing Xi usually takes care of him, so he dares to ask.
That's right, the reason why Jing Xi was named Gu Yi is that he also misses the life of the future world, Gu Yi is just a homonym for Gu Yi, but the two are not the same person after all, but because of this, Jing Xi also takes care of Gu Yi.
"I can cure its injury, I happened to meet it, maybe it's fate, it's good to take the house back, then the villagers need arable land to use." Jing Xi explained.
Yunwu Village is too remote, and no one can afford to buy a cow, since you have bought this cow, you can help the villagers plow the land at that time, Jing Xi thought to herself.
After saying that, Jing Xi handed the cow rope to Jiang Wen, let Jiang Wen lead the cow, and handed the horse rope to Jiang Wu, asking the two of them to wait at the carriage first, and he took Gu Yi to the cloth line.
Entered the cloth shop, the person in charge immediately greeted him, last time Jing Xi bought so much cloth here, the manager still remembers, this is his God of Wealth.
"Miss, we have a few new fabrics in this store, which are comfortable to touch." The steward diligently introduced the new product to Jingxi.
"I'm going to ask for red silk this time, to make clothes for my brother, and to get some sky-blue muslin." Jing Xi opened his mouth, and the red cloth Jing Xi planned to let Aunt Zhang make clothes like New Year's dolls for her younger brothers, and as for the rest, they could also be used when she went to pay New Year's greetings.
"Yes, yes, there are a lot of good materials in the small shop these days, Miss, take a look at Kehexin?" When the steward heard this, he was happy, this time it was a big deal, and his commission was enough for his family to have a good year.
In the end, Jing Xi bought the cloth, and before and after, this New Year's goods cost nearly two hundred taels of silver.
It's a pity that Jing Xi's deposit is only a few hundred taels left, but it will take two months for the wine to be opened, and it seems that he has to think of a way, but Jing Xi didn't expect that soon after, this silver ticket will be delivered to the door.
The group returned to Yunwu Village, and the cow also attracted the attention of the villagers, on the one hand, they were envious of Jingxi for buying the cow, and on the other hand, they were curious about how the cow's leg was lame. In Yunwu Village, there is only one family in the village that has cattle, which is usually used to send villagers to the county, but they are reluctant to go to the fields.
And now, the little proprietor has bought another cow and two horses.
Today, it is Chinese New Year's Eve, the so-called Little Chinese New Year's Eve, and every household is lively.
In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.
Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.
Cloud Village, Gu Zhai.
This morning, Jing Xi got up, today is Jing Xi's first Chinese New Year's Eve to come to this world, and now there are two cute and cute brothers, Jing Xi is happy.
When I was in the family before, because of my identity as the young master and the only child in the family, I never experienced the feeling of having two cute babies by my side.
Watching them go from a small lump to now, the meat is mushy and cute.
In the past few months, Jing Xi has been taking care of his two younger brothers most of the time, in addition to being busy.
Watch them grow up day by day.
On this day, Jing Xi put on new clothes for his two younger brothers, two identical dolls, wearing the same clothes, and looked at Jing Xi with big round eyes, Jing Xi was indescribably happy in his heart. "It's so fast, it's going to be four months old." Jing Xi couldn't help but sigh.
"Shinyanagi, go and call everyone to the hall." Jing Xi commanded.
looked down at the two younger brothers, and then picked up Ah Heng, and the younger brother Ah Yan was held by Aunt Zhang, and then walked towards the hall.
"Miss."
Everyone spoke respectfully, and although they did not understand what the young lady was going to do when she suddenly summoned people, they quickly put down their business and came to the hall.
"Xinliu, bring me all the purse I prepared in the morning." Jing Xi opened his mouth to command, and then looked at everyone.
"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I have prepared gifts for the big guys, Happy New Year, I hope to continue the good work in the new year!" Jing Xi asked Xinliu to divide the purse, and inside was the silver prepared by Jing Xi.
"Thank you, Miss!" Everyone took the purse, their hearts were very happy, and their faces were full of smiles.
I thought: Miss is really a good owner's family, not only is the moon rich in silver, but also the silver is given during the New Year. yes, and when they took the purse, they knew that it contained silver.
"Wait for Xinliu and Jiang Wen Jiangwu to follow, and go to worship Mrs. together." Jing Xi remembered that the younger brothers had not brought their mother's grave to worship until now, and now it was Chinese New Year's Eve, so naturally they had to go over.
"Yes, miss." Everyone responded in unison.
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On Yunwu Mountain, Jing Xi took his younger brothers to his mother's grave, put an incense case, and put incense on the incense.
After retreating from the crowd, he pushed the small carts of his younger brothers and came to his mother.
"Mother, I brought my brothers to see you, the two of them are well-behaved, I will definitely take care of my brothers, you can rest assured, when the brothers are older for a while, my daughter will take them to find their father, now it is snowing, it is inconvenient to travel far, I will wait until next summer, when the brothers are also older, the weather is warmer, I will take my brothers to find my father, I will definitely go back to Beijing smoothly."
"Also, mother, my daughter is very powerful now, the villagers of Yunwu Village are all good people, my daughter has built a wine shop in the village, and she also helps the people in the village, as well as Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu, and some other neighbors, they also often take care of our three sisters and brothers."
"Mother, don't worry, when I find my father, I will definitely come to take you home."
Jing Xi stayed in front of his mother's grave for more than half an hour, and finally saw that the weather was too cold, and he was afraid that his younger brothers would not be able to stand it, so he took his younger brothers back to Gu's house.
"Aunt Zhang, let's make dumplings tonight. Also, Gu Yi, Xinliu, Jiang Wen Jiangwu, I want to watch my younger brothers at home, you go and bring the New Year's gift I prepared to Uncle Lu's house, Lizheng's family, as well as the village doctor's grandfather's house, and several other neighbors. ”
Jing Xi asked people to send New Year's gifts to various families to pay New Year's greetings, and because his younger brothers were at home, he also wanted to accompany his younger brothers.
"Yes Miss." After listening to Jing Xi's instructions, Xinliu, Gu Yi, Jiang Wen, Jiangwu and others went to each house with gifts to pay New Year's greetings.
……
After a while, several of them came back one after another, but each of them had more or less return gifts from each family, basically some specialties or something.
Rimasa's house
"The girl has a heart, she has to run a family at such a young age, and she also sent someone to give a New Year's gift, what a precious thing." Li Zheng Li Zihao saw that Jing Xi's gift was actually some fabrics and expensive food after sending people away, so he was so surprised and sighed in his heart.
The same situation also happened in the homes of several other families who received New Year's gifts, and they all sighed that Jing Xi was sensible, smart and clever, which was distressing.
Gu Zhai
Bang bang bang!
"Who?" It was Uncle Zhang, who was guarding the door, who opened the door.
"Uncle Zhang is me, I am from Yongqiang's family, two days ago your young lady gave me the ointment, and now my legs have been felt, thank you for your young lady, this is the egg laid by my chicken, I am here to thank your young lady." Yongqiang's daughter-in-law carried a basket of eggs and stood at the door very happily to talk to Uncle Zhang.
"It's Aunt Li, hey, what's this, it's okay if you're fine, by the way, Xinliu, go and bring the New Year's gift." Jing Xi happened to be in the front yard and heard Aunt Li's voice, so he came out of the door and politely beckoned Aunt Li to come in for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
However, Aunt Li still had to go back to take care of Uncle Li, so after Jing Xi accepted the eggs and asked Xinliu to give the New Year's gift, Aunt Li went back.
However, the brisk pace when he left showed the joy of his mood.
"Let's go, let's go eat dumplings." Jing Xi opened his mouth and asked everyone to go to the dining room and eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, as for Ah Heng and Ah Yan, they were also placed on a small cart and parked next to Jing Xi, and Jing Xi also teased the two younger brothers from time to time.
A large group of people ate happily.