With a red face, he walked out of Wang Yong's house, turned around and said hello to Xiaoxiao, and watched her jump into the courtyard, the dog sighed, tightened the burden on his back, shook his head and hurried away with his head down.

When building the shed, let Wang Yong bring back some money, please Wang sister-in-law to sew a pair of new cotton shoes for five people, everyone has to change new clothes and wear new shoes during the New Year, although they have no money to buy new clothes, but it is still okay to change a pair of new cotton shoes.

Two days ago, I got a letter from Wang Yong, saying that the cotton shoes had been sewn and let the past take them, and I had been busy for a few days, so I didn't care about it.

The dog shook his head, he was so young and ignorant.

Xiaoxiao is a greasy and crooked character, she can't stop crying, she can't coax her, and in the end she has no choice but to promise him that she will marry her when she grows up, which makes her burst into laughter.

I don't like to cry girl, just coaxing her.

The dog clenched his fists and silently said to the sky: "The oath I just made is not countable." ”

The smell of the New Year on the street is getting stronger and stronger, along the way to see every household is washing and washing, scrubbing and cleaning up non-stop, the dog then remembered that today's custom is that the need to clean up the house, seeing that the sky is going to be dark, the dog quickly accelerated the pace.

Just as he was about to turn the corner, he heard a loud "pop" under his feet, and the frightened dog jumped up directly.

Holding his head and hiding by the wall, I saw a few little babies, with a few black bamboo tubes inserted in their waists, each holding Shi Xiang in their hands, covering their mouths and laughing in front of the wall.

The dog said angrily: "Little fart, what are you trying to scare the master for no reason!" Carefully, I tell your lords, let you go back and eat Kagara! ”

I heard that I was going to find a complaint from my parents, and the little babies were obviously frightened, and a few people muttered for a while, and a baby who was obviously a head took two steps forward and said to the dog, "We are playing with us, and we didn't deliberately scare you, it was you who walked without looking at the road, and stepped on our firecrackers, so you were scared, what do you care, so you are not allowed to tell our adults!" ”

The dog smiled, this group of little babies is a knowledgeable person, especially this leader is obviously a smart one, and he has a clear eye when he speaks, and he really has a hint of clever ghosts!

However, as a big clever ghost, it is no problem to bow down to this little brat, so he crossed his waist and said: "Nonsense, let me ask you, is this firecracker yours?" ”

The group of children nodded.

The dog said again, "Did you throw it?" ”

This group of children said, yes!

The dog pointed at them and said, "Did your adults tell you to pay attention to pedestrians when you go out to light firecrackers?" ”

The little babies lowered their heads one by one and said, "I told you!" ”

The dog smiled and said, "I walked on this road, and you didn't remind me that there were firecrackers that were ignited, so it's your fault!" ”

The leading little baby said unrelentingly: "I, we didn't see you coming when we lit it!" ”

The dog pointed at him and said, "Don't quibble, go to your house carefully and tell your family adults to see if your father beats you!" ”

The baby was obviously frightened, and quickly gave up struggling and said, "Don't tell my father, he will really beat me!" ”

The dog laughed and said, "If I don't tell you daddy, that's fine, unless you ......."

Several people asked, "Unless what?" ”

The dog laughed and said, "Unless one of you pays me a firecracker!" In this way, when I am happy, I will naturally not tell your family! ”

The little lang looked at each other, hesitated, and finally the leading baby nodded reluctantly and said: "Okay, we will each give you one, but if you take the firecrackers, you are not allowed to go to the house to tell my father!" ”

The dog nodded and said, "I swear that I will never tell your family!" ”

When the little men saw that the dog had sworn an oath, they untied one of the firecrackers from their waists and handed them over.

There were four of them, and the dog reached out and took it, so he followed their example, stuck it in his waist and said, "Okay, I'm leaving!" ”

After speaking, in the reluctant eyes of several Xiaolang, he strode away.

These four firecrackers are small, only five inches long and short fingers, and are made of powder wrapped in a thin paper tube, which does not make any big movements, and is a toy for children to play with.

There is also a kind of large firecracker, the choice is the thickness of the arm, a long and short bamboo tube, stuffed with a good proportion of gunpowder powder, leaving a long twist, with the incense aimed at the head, a little, the spark of the thorn burned into the bamboo tube, and then "pop" a loud sound, followed by a burst of sparks, the firecracker was ignited, this kind of firecracker is much better.

Some expensive firecrackers in the gunpowder powder with different fuels, when lit can emit colorful sparks, when I was a child, I heard my father say, there was a craftsman in the Northern Dynasty who developed a firecracker that can fly to the sky before exploding, a foot is the size of a human head, anyway, I haven't seen it, I don't know whether it's true or not.

There is also a kind of firecracker, which can sound five or six times in a row on the ground when lit, but this firecracker is more expensive, and the four that the dog has blackmailed at present are not less than five cents each.

Looking at the five or six babies pinned to their waists, it is estimated that their family must not be ordinary people.

With a few firecrackers for nothing, the dog's depressed mood for a day seemed to be much better, and he swayed home with his burden, and saw that there was no one in the house, so he probably went to Xicheng to find Xiao Yi and them to play, and the dog put the burden of shoes into the back basket of sundries in the east room.

Seeing that the sky was slowly becoming a little dark, I sniffed the smell in the air, and in addition to smelling a strong smell of fireworks, I also distinguished a smell called slots.

Speaking of the horn dog, I suddenly remembered that tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and this morning's morning meal, according to custom, is a slot meal for the whole family.

There was nothing at home, so the dog quickly took the money, carried a bamboo basket, and hurried to the mill on the street.

This mill, called the Three Stone Mill, is opened by a man surnamed Shi, there are two large stone mills in his mill, and it happens that he is also surnamed Shi, so he is nicknamed "Three Stone Mill".

This mill usually takes over the business of some neighbors grinding grain, and grinding a pound of noodles costs two coppers, which is not too expensive. In addition to grinding grain, the stone shopkeeper also sells grain.

However, the only kind of grain he sells is wheat noodles, which is a few points cheaper than the food shops that specialize in selling grain outside, so people who buy wheat noodles in the neighborhood will come to him to buy them.

Bao Jiaozi is to use wheat noodles, the dog went to his house, before entering the courtyard to see a long line of people waiting for the wheat grinding, at the gate of the courtyard wearing a warm hat of a little baby picked up the dog.

"Little brother, are you going to grind wheat, or are you here to buy noodles?"

The dog said, "I'll buy some noodles!" ”

That Xiaolang led the dog into the east wing, and when he saw him shouting inside, "Sister, someone wants to buy noodles", he left the dog and went back to the courtyard gate.

The dog was stunned for a moment, and then carried the basket into the east wing.

It was a big warehouse, but the big grain circle containing grain was empty, only a dozen or so burlap bags full of grain, neatly stacked there.

In front of him was a half-man-high wooden bamboo barrel with snow-white wheat noodles in it, where a little lady of fourteen or fifteen years old with a ponytail was standing.

The dog raised his head, happened to collide with her sight, quickly turned his head sideways, took down the bamboo basket behind him, took out a burlap bag from it, handed it over, and said, "I'll buy ten catties of wheat noodles!" ”

The little lady took it, crossed her waist and asked the dog, "How many noodles do you want?" ”

The dog was stunned and asked, "What are the few noodles?" ”

The little lady explained impatiently: "It's the first time the wheat is grinded!" ”

The dog hurriedly said, "What's the difference?" ”

The little lady said: "The first noodles are white and delicious, the second noodles are black because they are mixed with bran, and the third noodles are the most unpalatable, not only black but also not strong!" ”

The dog hurriedly said: "That's the best first surface!" ”

In the past, productivity was relatively low, and the flour had to be rolled back and forth with a stone mill, and the flour that was lightly ground was mixed with wheat husk, so it was coarse, so people thought that the first noodles belonged to the fine noodles and were the most delicious.

However, in the later period, the instrument was used to grind the noodles, because the mechanical force is large and the rotation speed is fast, the protective layer of the wheat germ will be ground off, and the germ oil will be left on the second flour, plus the dust or something, the first surface is not as good as the taste of the second surface, so in later generations, the second surface is defined as good noodles.

In the past two years, it has become popular to open "food close to nature", so there are more wheat bran three noodles, according to the current statement, it should be the healthiest and greenest food, look at the "whole wheat bread" and "whole wheat flour" sold in the supermarket now are expensive and scary, which are made of three noodles.

Carrying a bag of wheat noodles on his back, he returned home, and the remaining dogs were cooking, and then he saw Dasha scurrying around in the yard wearing new cotton shoes, and the angry dog pointed at him and scolded him again and again.

When he took off his new shoes, the dog took them, dusted off the dirt on them, put them back into the basket, and said viciously to Dasha: "This year's shoes are not your share!" ”

Dasha laughed and said: "I've counted everything, one person and one pair are just right, you can't bluff me." ”

This fool actually has a brain, and the dog said angrily: "That's reserved for the big stone!" ”

The big fool who said it was on the spot, and he didn't recover until he ate, if he hadn't told him secretly, this guy would have cried out in frustration.

The day passed slowly, and it was a good weather on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and the dog and Dasha pulled the car out early in the morning to deliver firewood, and the remaining dogs and the well-off brothers were picking up everywhere in the yard, and there was nothing to clean in the broken house, and they held the pole to wipe the cobwebs and dust in the corners of the roof and walls, and then wiped the tables, chairs and benches without anything.

The courtyard and the courtyard were full of dry firewood, and there was nothing to clean, and the basket in front of each firewood stack was filled with soil, and the dog took the two of them to Xichengfang.

first went to Hu Butcher's meat stall and ordered a hundred catties of fat pork, leaving Dakang and the two of them waiting to carry back to the small courtyard, and then went to the beggar's nest with his hands.

I haven't been here for a few days, and the appearance of this has become a mess again, maybe I haven't adapted to my current identity, except for a few who ran out to follow the dog to deliver firewood, the rest is still the same, one by one lazy on the bed, chatting and chatting, sleeping and sleeping.

Even Wang Xiaoyi is where the nest is in all directions.

Then the group of people was brutally rectified by the dogs again.

An hour later, the filthy beggar's nest was once again rejuvenated.

looked at the twenty or so little beggars straightened up and lined up in three rows, standing in front of them in a proper manner.

The dog's heart was full of pride, and he always felt that he had to say something, so he coughed and pointed to the crowd and said:

"If someone licks his fingers, I'll throw them into the dung pit!"

Wang Xiaoyi in the crowd was frightened, quickly took his finger out of his nostrils, rubbed his hand on the clothes of the little baby in front of him, and opened his mouth and replied loudly with everyone: "Yes!" ”