When the first heavy snow fell on the earth, the surrounding scenery changed, whether it was bare tree branches or still green pines and cypresses, they all stood there in strips or patches of white.

The ducks and geese do not go to the pond in the morning, and do not run to the place where there is water until noon. Leaving a messy footprint on the snow, Xiaohong followed behind with a bamboo pole in her hand, and the guys in front of her seemed to be her subordinates.

Cherry led a manservant on the Zhuangzi to carry the chicken food, and cooed in his mouth, calling the chickens hiding in the nest, and in a time, more than 1,900 hens and a hundred roosters flapped their wings and ran out.

Erniu checked the brown sugar piled up like sand in the warehouse, turned around and locked the door, and helped Pomegranate take care of the earthworms, and lifted the things that were piled up on the earthworms to prevent these things from smoking, and then piled the surrounding snow together, even if it was completed, he could go to the little boy.

Pomegranate followed Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to the back to check if there was a 'house' that had been knocked down, the cucumbers in the field had begun to climb the seedlings, and she would feel distressed if she died.

When they arrived at the place, they saw a yellow-brown color, and there was no white snow in sight, and the farmers did not need anyone to greet them, so they took the initiative to come and help clear the snow, and the small houses were all standing there, and the snow falling from the curtains on the houses was also cleaned.

As soon as those villagers saw the little boy and the little lady coming, they came over to say hello, with sincere and respectful smiles on their faces, which had nothing to do with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's own identities.

"Uncle Wang, is your house leaking snow? Is it still warm in the house? Wang Juan asked softly when someone greeted her.

"Back to the little lady's words, warm, it's too warm, the house doesn't leak snow, it's solid, thanks to the money paid by Zhuangzi to repair the house and the kang of the plate, otherwise, this year will be tired again, my old man has never seen such a good master."

As soon as Uncle Wang talked about things at home, his eyes were almost gone, and he was about to pull his son next to him to kneel down and kowtow as he spoke, and he was naturally supported by pomegranates.

"Well, that's good, the New Year is going to be in less than a month, how are the New Year's goods at home? During the Chinese New Year this year, each person in Zhuangzi sent two catties of pork, one catty of vegetable oil, and six feet of cloth to let the villagers have a good New Year. ”

Zhang Xiaobao liked this kind of family feeling and said with a smile.

"Little boy, we can't afford so many things, you ......." Uncle Wang didn't know what to say.

"I'm buying people's hearts, and in the future, there will be some things in Zhuangzi that can't be known to outsiders, buy good people's hearts, and help me keep it secret." Zhang Xiaobao told the truth.

"Little boy, don't say it's the hearts of the people, the old man's life is yours, but if the little boy wants to get something, the old man will guard it for you, whoever wants to break it, the old man will fight with whom." Uncle Wang said excitedly, and the other people around him also echoed.

Everyone knows in their hearts that people's hearts are exchanged, if you are good to me, I will be good to you, except for the two Zhuangzi of Zhang Wang, I have not seen any master family buy people's hearts like this, to repair the house to the pankang, not to mention the work to give money, but also to have meat, cold and warm wine to warm the body, this is almost the New Year and give things, people's hearts are flesh long.

Zhang Xiaobao glanced at Wang Juan, the two of them felt the warmth and warmth together, Wang Juan's lips moved slightly, Zhang Xiaobao nodded, and Wang Juan said:

"Folks, this year is still a little short, and in the coming year, there will be more chicks hatching out of the cherry side, and then which family wants to raise, come and get it, and wait for the eggs to be laid, and the Zhuangzi will be collected, so that each family can use more living money."

As soon as these words were spoken, the farmers were all happy, and some even cheered twice to vent the joy in their hearts, and the snow seemed to be less cold.

Only a few little babies who came to play from Gezhuang did not have a little happy idea, they were not the people of Zhang Wang's two Zhuangzi, they didn't know anything else, but they knew what they gave for the New Year, one person was two catties of meat, wouldn't that family be able to get a lot, want to make dumplings and dumplings, and want to make pies and pies.

There is also that vegetable oil, you can fry a lot of things to eat, and the cloth is enough to make new clothes.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were relieved to see that there was no problem here, and said two more encouraging words, and left under the respectful gaze of everyone.

"How can you tell the truth?" Wang Juan asked Zhang Xiaobao on the way back.

"I want to talk to them about theories, and I'm going to memorize a paragraph or a thousand-word essay or something, can they understand it? The things that the farmers need are very simple, they are well fed, warmly clothed, and stable, and they can show it in front of other farmers, which is the greatest demand for spiritual and material civilization. ”

"Yes, they are all kind people, be kind to them, they will remember it for a lifetime, I decided, when it is a little warmer, I will build a school, so that the two little babies on the Zhuangzi can study." Wang Juan sighed over there.

"It's not just the two of us Zhuangzi, but we also have to recruit the children of other Zhuangzi around us, and the children of other Zhuangzi just need to bring some staple food by themselves, and I will go out with the rest." Zhang Xiaobao thought further.

"Are you sick?"

"Do you have medicine? Don't tease you, I let the children of Zhuangzi around me come to school, and my reputation will go out, and when the disaster over there next year comes, I will send the grain over for nothing, and I think which one dares to take my family's land? I crushed him with the hearts of the people. ”

"I still can't figure out what kind of person you are, so many operations, making a little money, and finally just to get that piece of land for a hundred households, is it worth it?" Wang Juan has been figuring out Zhang Xiaobao and wants to know what his heart is, but he has not succeeded.

Zhang Xiaobao glanced at Wang Juan next to him and smiled, "Don't guess men, in the same way, I never think about how women think about it, sometimes we don't know ourselves, let alone understand others."

To be honest, I really don't care, what I lose and what I get, it's nothing in front of me, I'm talking about money, but I care very much, I know that my parents, grandparents want to support this family business, all I can do is help them.

Material and spiritual gains are separated, just like you give money to a beggar on the street, even if you don't admit it on the surface, subconsciously think of yourself as a good person, the reason why those animals can't beat people is not only because people can use tools, but the most fundamental thing is that people will pity and sympathize with the weak at a certain moment, so as to unite the weak. ”

"Don't tell me this, I don't understand, I know, the world is an existence of the jungle, I learn so many things, just for my family, pay and get, it's as simple as that." Wang Juan felt that his train of thought had followed Zhang Xiaobao at this moment, and he was very uncomfortable.

"Okay, don't talk about it, since your family is gone, let's build a new family here, we don't have a powerful ancestor, then we will become the next generation of powerful ancestors, it's snowing, a cow froze to death on the Zhuangzi, and there is cow bone marrow to eat."

Zhang Xiaobao really didn't want Wang Juan to obey him in everything, and when he saw Wang Juan reacting quickly, he couldn't help laughing.

"When did you freeze to death? Why haven't I heard? Wang Juan licked his lips with his tongue, and he was indeed slandered.

"A cow from Chen Hao's house in Zhuangzi is too old to work, and when it snows, it freezes to death, and I am going to give him six yuan of money, and he will report it, and he will be able to eat the cow when he turns back."

"Isn't that right? I remember that his cattle were still alive, and they passed in front of the yard in the morning, not to mention that it was not cold today, and the temperature rose when it snowed. Wang Juan asked with a frown, as if thinking about the morning.

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head sadly, "Yes, it's okay in the morning, who knows that he will freeze to death in a while, if he is not frozen to death, he is scared to death, the cow looked at it, it was so snowy, it was over, he drank cold water, and committed suicide." ”

"You're like this? Do you have to slaughter other people's cattle to eat? Wang Juan is clear now, of course, she won't ask why cows can drink water to death, she can think that Zhang Xiaobao will definitely ask her, people can die by drinking saliva, why can't cows, I can't understand this.

"Six times the money is enough to buy a calf, I will give the money that the official family came to ask for, buy a half-sized cow, and I can use it when I plough in the spring, and I will make you a cow tendon to eat when I go back, it is tender and chewy, and it will not damage your teeth." Zhang Xiaobao chose bribery.

"I'm going to eat the tendons, with a little spicy flavor."

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The wind blows and the snow leans on, and the green mountains are decorated with white clothes.

The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer, the price of brown sugar has tripled, Erniu listened to the instructions of the little boy, and immediately shot, twenty taels of silver, became sixty taels, and the money did not wait to cover the heat, and received the order of the little boy, to order a large number of flat small bamboo baskets or small bamboo boxes, which must be compiled.

When the first batch of bamboo baskets was delivered, the cucumbers behind the courtyard of the main courtyard of Zhangjiazhuang were already three inches long, and it was best to eat them after two or three days, and it would be considered big in three or five days.

"Pomegranate, there are three cucumbers here, one for each of us, you help us peel off the cucumber." Wang Juan went to pick three relatively large cucumbers and handed them to the pomegranates.

The pomegranate took it and nodded, "Cucumber, cucumber in winter, it smells fragrant, how much does this one cost?" Some time ago, it looked like it was still a seedling, but it will grow up. ”

"Don't care how much it is, just eat, hurry up, Xiaobao and I are waiting." Wang Juan hadn't eaten vegetables for more than a month, and when he saw that the pomegranate was still in a daze, he had to urge.

The pomegranate finally eased up and began to peel, and the three of them ate it a pleasure.

Five days later, Song Jinggong placed a bamboo box containing six cucumbers with thorns on the table in front of Cheng Lingxiang, the county magistrate.