During the Ming Dynasty, in order to defend against the Japanese invaders, the imperial court requisitioned Tujia athletes to kill the Japanese soldiers. It just so happens that the 29th day of the lunar month is the last departure deadline.

Life and death on the battlefield are unpredictable, in order to let the relatives have a good New Year before departure, everyone has celebrated the New Year one day earlier. Later, due to the tragic war, very few of the athletes returned alive, but none of them surrendered, winning great glory for the Tujia family. In order to thank them for their dedication, to commemorate their spirit of swearing to kill the enemy and defend the country, the Tujia people have invariably celebrated the New Year on the 29th day of the lunar month, until now.

Wang Shihua, as the head of the family, like the current leader, must go to the people's homes to take a look and understand how everyone is doing?

Early in the morning, he took hundreds of guards and rode fast horses to Kangping Village: he had promised the Ninth Master a long time ago to go to the village to see when he was free, and now he killed two birds with one stone.

Coming down the avenue to the entrance of the trail in Xiaowangjiaping, Wang Shihua looked at the family closest to the avenue in the small village not far away, with smoke curling on the tiled house, and two children playing in front of the door. remembered that the year before last, I went to his house to beg for water to drink, but saw a room of slick women rushing to make straw clothes, and couldn't help but pull the reins.

He jumped off the horse, did not speak, took the two dogs and the iron ox, and walked quickly to the house.

"Bandits are coming... Here comes the bandits... Daddy, here are the bandits..."A little girl of seven or eight years old was playing with her two or three-year-old brother throwing stones. Seeing such a group of heavily armed people from a distance, I subconsciously thought that the bandits were coming to rob, so I quickly picked up my younger brother and ran back to the house and shouted.

"Don't shout, which bandit dares to provoke our Wang family now."

Hearing this scolding, Wang Shihua, who was about to introduce himself, couldn't help but be happy: This is the pride of the clansmen... It is also the pride of my Wang Shihua.

Having said that, I saw four people rushing out of the house, and I looked at it vigilantly. The man had a quick gun in his hand, the mistress had a musket in his hand, and behind them the two young girls had a firewood knife and a gong: if the gong was sounded, the whole village would be alarmed.

Wang Shihua looked very carefully, especially when he saw that the four of them were all wearing cotton clothes, although they were worn and patched, they were better than grass clothes.

"Don't bang the gong, it's the head of the house who is here. Put your gun away. Instructed his daughter, handed over the gun in his hand to his daughter, hurriedly walked over, and bowed to Wang Shihua: "Little Wang Shikun, meet the head of the family." ”

"Hurry up." Helping the other party up, Wang Shihua asked with a smile as he walked forward with him, "Do you know me?" ”

"You've won three big wins in a row, and the little ones have been lucky enough to be a part of it. I have seen you from afar, and your heroism has left a deep impression on the little one. In fact, the most important thing is that Tie Niu's huge stature makes him remember it vividly, plus he has indeed seen Wang Shihua and can walk in front of Tie Niu, and there is a group of family cavalry on the avenue, so he dares to determine Wang Shihua's identity.

Wang Shihua nodded and said with a smile: "I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, I'm going to your house to ask for water." ”

"That's a little family's honor, please." When he turned around, he shouted happily: "Go and boil the water, and then take out the tea leaves I got and serve tea to the master of the house." ”

Wang Shihua did not stay, and walked directly into the kitchen of Wang Shikun's house, and saw that Wang Shikun's cousin was washing the pot, and rice was cooking in a pot next to him. Wang Shihua glanced at the dining table on the right, saw that it was one meat and four vegetables, and then looked up at the more than 20 pieces of bacon hanging on the small fire pit, and nodded with a smile.

"Is there any difficulty in this year's New Year? If so, tell me the truth. ”

"I don't dare to hide the head of the family, there is really no difficulty. You see, I killed two pigs in the New Year, and got more than 300 catties of meat, which is enough for the whole family to eat meat for two years. ”

His cousin also added with a smile on the side: "Head of the family, I have been married to him for so many years, and this year is the best year. ”

Wang Shihuale's eyes narrowed with a smile.

Walking over, I lifted the lid of the pot, and saw that although the rice in the pot was the majority, there was still some grain mixed in it, and my smile gradually disappeared, and I asked, "Still eating rice with rice?" ”

"The head of the family, you have led us to win three battles in a row, rewarded us with a lot of things, and reduced half of our taxes, and our life is much better......

The cousin on the side pulled him and said, "Long-winded, you can't speak, let me talk to the head of the house." ”

"Master of the family, although under your leadership, our current life is a hundred times stronger than before, and it is better every year, but when we are rich, we cannot waste extravagance, let alone forget the poor days in the past. Do you think so? ”

Wang Shihua smiled and nodded.

"Besides, these two girls are also older, we still have to prepare a dowry for them, this day is too good, I am afraid that they will not want to marry and suffer in their in-laws' family."

"Huh... Ha... Ha ......" Wang Shihua laughed happily. That is to say, the Wang family is now richer than elsewhere, and if the daughter marries in the past, it is better to live at home for a few more years and enjoy a few years of happiness first. also shot Wang Shihua's ass from the side.

"Do they have in-laws?"

"Not yet." As she spoke, pride and pride appeared in the woman's eyes, but her tone was full of relief: "In the past, others thought we were poor, but we sent our daughter over for nothing, and people thought it was a burden. Now, hum... It was our turn to think they were poor, and we were afraid that our daughter would be sent over to suffer hardship. Head of the family, say something you don't believe: Now people outside are willing to marry their daughters to our Wang family, but how many are willing to marry their daughters to outsiders? Unless the other party's family is rich, otherwise, if you want to marry our sister from the Wang family, there is no way..."

Seeing Wang Shihua looking at it puzzled, she smiled and said: "The main thing is that everyone thinks that as long as they follow you, everyone will definitely live a landlord's life with meat to eat." ”

Wang Shihua's heart was as sweet as eating honey, and quipped: "Then you are not afraid of raising your daughter for the elderly, and you can't get married?" ”

"Don't be afraid... Under your leadership, everyone's life will definitely get better and better. In another two or three years, the dowry will be more generous, and I am not afraid that I will not find a good family. ”

You must know that more than a year ago, this poor family even had to make straw clothes temporarily, but now they dare to say such things, although it is flattering, but it is also a manifestation of pride. At least, the more than 20 pieces of bacon hanging on them ensured their pride...... Ordinary people from other families, who has so much meat to eat?

"Master, drink tea..."

I saw the seven or eight-year-old girl holding a teacup, timidly holding it for herself, and then kneeling on the ground and kowtowing: "Give you New Year's greetings in advance." I wish you good health and a long life. ”

"Well... Good... Okay..."Wang Shihua took a sip of tea, took four pieces of ocean from Ergouzi's hand and handed it to her: "Uncle is in a hurry, so I didn't bring you a gift." These four oceans, you and your sister and brother are one piece, is it okay to buy candy to eat? ”

The little girl looked back at the adults.

"Take what the master of the house has given you."

"Oh~... Then I thank the head of the family for my sister and brother. After speaking, he kowtowed nine times. In the laughter of everyone, he took the ocean and turned around to run, but was stopped by Wang Shihua. He smiled and asked, "Uncle Sue, how many days have you not eaten meat?" ”

"I've been eating meat every day lately." After thinking about it, he said, "My brother also eats meat every day." Especially when Daddy came back from the war, he brought candy to my brother every time and gave me less food. ”

The crowd burst into laughter: it's still the patriarchal mentality that is at work.

"Do you have any new clothes to wear for the New Year?"

"There's... Grandma prepared it for me, just waiting for the New Year. ”

Tong Yan is unscrupulous, Wang Shihua is relieved.

After chatting for a while, Wang Shihua happily said goodbye. When I left, I still sighed vigorously in my heart: my wish to let everyone in the clan have food to eat and clothes to wear has finally come true. But he didn't know that although the life of the entire Wang family was indeed much better than before, not everyone was so rich. The reason why Wang Shikun's family was able to have such earth-shaking changes in more than a year was mainly because he was really poor, so he fought extremely bravely, and he was rewarded several times in a row, adding up to more than 300 fast oceans. On those two trips to Shanghai, he was wounded in battle twice, and received a special subsidy of 100 yuan, as well as a reward of 150 yuan, plus half of the tax, so that he became rich quickly.

I returned to Wangjiaping, had breakfast, and led the horse over the mountain to Kangping Village.

"Meet the head of the house..."

From a distance, I saw hundreds of people gathered at the entrance of the village, and when they appeared, everyone bowed in unison, but Wang Shihua was a little surprised, and asked: "Ninth Master, fellow villagers, please get up quickly." How did you know I was coming today? ”

"Head of the family, you are a hero, and you naturally speak for words. Old man, I have been thinking for the past few days, if you promise to come to the village, you will definitely come, but usually you are busy with big things and are not available, but now that you are coming for the New Year, you will definitely come to the village to see, so I sent someone to guard on the top of the mountain early, and sure enough, you came. ”

This is the brilliance of the old man's wisdom: the result of the combination of experience and practice.

After greeting the villagers, after everyone dispersed, Wang Shihua, in accordance with the previous rules, accompanied by more than a dozen elders, first came to the homes of several families of the war dead in the village to worship the heroic spirits.

On the three sticks of incense, a glass of wine, comforted the family, and asked how the life was? Have you ever received dividends in the clan? Did anyone bully them...... It was busy until dinnertime.

I had dinner with the elders and chatted until ** o'clock in the evening. After everyone dispersed, Wang Shihua asked with a smile: "Ninth Master, I see that you have a sad face, and there is some worry in your eyes, aren't you worried that we will make your family poor?" ”

"Master of the family, you don't make fun of the old man, it is a great honor for the old man to come and live in my house." The ninth master looked at Wang Shihua angrily, and after replying, he sighed. Looking up left and right, seeing no one, he looked at Wang Shihua again, sighed, took two puffs of cigarettes, and in the smoke, the old man's old eyes exuded a wise light, and said: "Shihua, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not." ”

If someone else said such an appetizing, Wang Shihua would definitely not want him to talk about it, but beat him to talk about it. But the nine masters are big and have to be treated differently.

"Well... Your old man, please instruct, I'll listen. ”

"Shihua, I'm worried about dying of old man, but you still have a hippie smile. In this case, I will not talk about it. ”

"Well... Good... I listened carefully. ”

"In previous years, there had been several snows at this time, but this year it was this time, and there had been no snow yet. Shihua, don't you notice it, don't you think it's strange? ”

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