The twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the night.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were lying on the kang, and there were pomegranates lying next to them, and all three of them didn't sleep with their eyes open.

"Xiaobao, tomorrow is the New Year, we are a year older, virtual year, do you have any ideas?" Wang Juan couldn't sleep, and his eyes looked at the roof of the shed by the light in the house.

"I don't have any ideas, let's pass the New Year, I've long been used to it, you lean on my side, don't stick to the wall, the fire wall over there is hot." Zhang Xiaobao didn't sleep either, thinking about other things, at noon today, news came from the place where the county government of Sanshui County was located, and the last cucumber had been sold for one hundred and fifty wen a catty, and it was estimated that they would all be sold by the afternoon.

This can be regarded as making money, tomorrow there will be more than 300 taels of silver into the account, cucumbers are not white, plus the money of the straw curtain put into the back, it is only twenty-seven, eight taels, ten times the profit, the people on the Zhuangzi and some other places have been sent, not less.

Wang Juan also felt the heat next to him, moved towards Zhang Xiaobao, and said: "I didn't say what you think about the New Year, I said that if you have any thoughts about Zhuangzi next year, you should always make a summary." ”

"Well, there are ideas, this year is a special year, a year of harmony, with the efforts of all Zhuangzi people, Zhang Wang and Zhuangzi have achieved good results in the construction of spiritual civilization and material civilization, adhering to the consistent ...... of my Zhuang."

"Honestly." Wang Juan saw that Zhang Xiaobao was going to say such a thing, and interrupted impatiently, she had heard too much and had long been numb.

"It's really too difficult, I don't have money, how can I live next year, I have to think of some way." Zhang Xiaobao estimated his money, there are still some carrots that can get 1,800 taels of silver, soybean oil has been sold almost in the past few days, and the hot sauce happened to stop yesterday, and it was coaxed out by people who want to have a good year.

On the whole, there are 16 or 700 taels of cash in hand, which is a lot, and many people can't earn it in their lifetime, but this does not satisfy themselves, and next year they will build roads, plan places, and buy a lot of things, plus the money of the government, they will not be less, and I heard that someone will inspect the land next year.

"Did you think of that?" Wang Juan helped Zhang Xiaobao to slap the place in the neck.

Zhang Xiaobao himself also moved, this northwest is not good, in winter there is a kang below, burning too much fire and burning people, above is a cool wind, both sides are guilty, the house is still lit with a stove, let the temperature rise a little, but I can still feel that there is a wind blowing around me who doesn't know where it comes from.

"Say, what do you think of?" Wang Juan urged.

"There's nothing I can do, when everyone is busy in the spring, I'm going to make a market in the place of Xiaoqiao, we have a lot of things in exchange, and then take out some every day, and put them there for the exchange of the two Zhuangzi people, and the things exchanged can continue to be exchanged.

Everything must be priced by the people in our yard and exchanged for the same value, otherwise it will be supplemented with other money, and then someone from the nearby Zhuangzi will also come, and it will be ...... at that time. ”

"Are you going to collect taxes by then? This doesn't work, right? Wang Juan listened to Zhang Xiaobao talking little by little, and suddenly interjected and asked.

"What taxes are charged? As long as the market is up and we have the right to set prices, then we can get a lot of benefits, we can build a few small warehouses and rent them to put things, we provide protection, and we can also get two small tea stalls or snack bars in that place, how can we make some money, one more way to make money, and we don't have to worry too much. ”

Zhang Xiaobao's voice gradually weakened, and he seemed to be sleepy, and it was almost enough to say this.

Wang Juan seemed to be infected, then yawned, tilted his head, and fell asleep leaning on Zhang Xiaobao, and the topic just now was settled.

Pomegranate and Karen lay there, watching the two of them finally fall asleep, got up and checked whether the stove that reached out was smoking, sprayed some water on the connected place, and saw that there were no bubbles, so he was relieved and turned to leave the house.

I went outside to check on the two who were still sitting there reading a book, and told me to pay more attention to the stove at night, and then went back to lie down, and slowly fell asleep.

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Sanshui County, the place where the county order lives behind the yamen.

Cheng Lingxiang hugged the concubine in his arms, and couldn't sleep for a while, estimating how much help the cucumbers sent out this time could get, and the cucumbers that had been sold for a few days had already reached the ears of those who cared about it, but no one sent anyone to ask, and there was no reply to the documents that were submitted, as if they were sinking into the sea.

"Master, that cucumber is so delicious, don't give it to anyone else, keep it." The little concubine in Cheng Lingxiang's arms still had the ruddy face after the passion just now, stretched out an arm, and kept moving on Cheng Lingxiang's body and said.

Cheng Lingxiang frowned: "What do women know?" If I don't send it, if I don't send it, where can I find my future? It's not easy to eat, so I'll send someone to deliver money over there tomorrow, and I'll order cucumbers back then. ”

The concubine also became honest and no longer asked about this matter, "The master is still powerful, and he sells a cucumber that is usually worthless to that price, well, the master is also very good at other things." ”

This praise, Cheng Lingxiang touched the smooth body of the concubine and was a little nervous, turned over, and passion appeared again.

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Early the next morning, the people sent out by the Cheng County Order set off with the heavy silver, and there were a lot of people on the street today, all of whom wanted to take advantage of the morning time to buy some things that were not ready at home as soon as possible, and there were also pairs in the family who were not ready, and they were also anxious to ask someone to write at this time.

When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan got up, everyone in the family was busy, especially where the cucumbers were planted in the back, and the people in the yard picked the cucumbers that were still with dew and piled them aside, ready to send them to the various households on the Zhuangzi for a while.

"This is the New Year, or is it lively here, I don't know if I will go back or be at your house for the New Year."

Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao are no longer breastfeeding, they can drink porridge, and then eat two bites of pickles made of tofu, the nutrients that the body needs are enough, thinking of the Chinese New Year, Wang Juan doesn't know how to arrange.

"According to common sense, you should go back, but there are exceptions to common sense, didn't they say that we can't be separated from each other when we can open our eyes together, cry when we separate, you will spend it at my house this year, it really can't be two families going back and forth at night."

Zhang Xiaobao knew what Wang Juan meant, that is, he wanted to spend the New Year with him at the same time, even if he completely abandoned the previous things, he also thought so, from here, it was destined for the two of them to work together.

"Okay, that's it, when will Erniu be sent out? It's also grand when it's over fifteen here. Wang Juan pulled a bone marrow into his mouth and nodded in agreement.

"Fifteen is not good, it's too late, it's the sixth day of the first month, it's hard now, it's better in the future, find a place, pull the Maifan stone back, put it in early when the ground is civilized, and see how the yield is." Zhang Xiaobao drank the last mouthful of porridge and decided.

Chinese New Year, naturally different from usual, Zhang Wang's family was busy with the housekeeper, no time to come to see his children, the yard in the village and the family have gone back, the manpower is obviously less, all of them are used as a few, the yard is instructed to go back and forth, one by one is so tired that they don't want to go, but their faces are full of joy.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had eaten, and they didn't exercise today, so they separated the ten firecrackers that had been made in a few days and sent them to Wang's house, and they also took pomegranates to follow.

Time passed slowly in the expectation of countless people, Zhang Xiaobao and the two washed their hands stained with noodles in the basin, even if the dumplings were wrapped in advance, in order to keep vigil at night, go to sleep for a while, willpower is there, but the child's body is not easy to bear.

As the evening came, every household lit a fire outside the house, took out the prepared bamboo poles, threw them in and crackled non-stop, and the slightly more affluent people even put some salt to make the noise louder.

Zhang and Wang also prepared a lot of bamboo, Zhang Xiaobao and the two went to Wang's house first, and then came back here, saw someone throwing bamboo into the fire, and also took out the five whips, tonight first put three hanging, tomorrow at noon and evening each put one hanging, then to do it, keep the fifth and fifteenth day of the first month.

Zhang Wang, Zhang's father, the old lady and the old lady also stood in the courtyard to listen to the sound, held the two children in their arms, enjoyed this kind of family affection, and waited for the pomegranate to light the firecrackers, and covered their ears to avoid the louder movement, the family was surprised.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't tell others about the firecrackers, they just wanted to surprise everyone, but now it's good, not only did they have a surprise, but they also scared people, it was so loud that everyone was stunned until the pomegranate went to light the second whip before they reacted.

"Xiaobao, what is this? It sounds like a lot of movement, make more money to sell. "Zhang Wang's is still relatively economical-minded, and as soon as he saw the situation after the thing was ignited, he thought about business.

"Mother, this thing is called firecrackers, it's not easy to do, and something may happen, there are more people who know, and if you accidentally leak the recipe, there are many profitable deals, so don't do this first." Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan don't want to make the firecrackers known to everyone now, and they think that the Wang family should react like this at this time.

"What my son said is, go, it's time to eat dumplings." Zhang Wang's thought about it was right, he no longer had this idea, and entered the house with his family, the dumplings had already been cooked, and there was a hot pot on the table.

Seeing that the adults were eating hotly, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had to pick up something that could be bitten, such as duck blood, tofu, and small mutton, and ate a few bites, and the two of them put down their chopsticks almost at the same time and said to each other: "It's been three years since Kaiyuan, happy new year." ”

Yesterday said more five more, not more, birthday, originally not planned to live, friends came in the evening, I drank three bottles of beer before, and then drank half a catty of liquor and a few bottles of beer, drunk, and today I made it up.