In the past few days, Old Man Li and Mrs. Li have been at home, worried that their sons and daughters-in-law have not made good bean sprouts, and at the same time they are afraid that people in the city will not like to eat this novelty. The two of them can't eat well, and they don't sleep well, and there are two more strands of gray hair on their heads.

finally looked forward to Li Er running back to report the news, and the old couple didn't care that Uncle Li San was still there, so they all stepped forward and pulled their son and asked in a loud voice, "How is it, are the bean sprouts sold?" ”

Li Er nodded his head excitedly, reached out and took out the money string that had become warm all the way in his arms, and said loudly, "Dad, mother, I sold it for a full seven hundred wen!" Shopkeeper Luo said that he would buy more next time! ”

"Great, that's great! Thank God! The old man Li and the old lady fell to the ground in their hearts, laughing from ear to ear, and Li Da was so excited that his big hands kept rubbing.

Third Uncle Li, who was sitting on the side, was confused when he heard it, and couldn't help asking, "What is a good thing, who will solve my doubts and make me happy." ”

Speaking of which, the atmosphere in Lijia Village is very bad, because every household has the same surname and the same clan, they like to compare, and they are always right and wrong. There are not many people who really bury their heads in living a good life, and Uncle Li is the most capable and thoughtful among them, so the Li family treats him very closely.

At this time, when he asked, Old Man Li was overjoyed, so he sat next to him and briefly explained the matter.

After hearing this, Uncle Li was also happy for their family, smiled and congratulated, and shouted for Old Man Li to invite him to drink, and Old Man Li naturally agreed.

Mrs. Li hurriedly went to the kitchen to soak the fungus brought back from her daughter's house, melted the frozen pork, and added the cabbage and potatoes saved at home in the autumn, and quickly reorganized four good dishes.

Old man Li happily took out the bud grain wine that his daughter respected, and filled a bowl of it with his own hands. The two brothers Li Da and Li smiled and stepped forward to ask for a bowl, but the old man Li glared at them, and finally pushed the wine jar over.

The peasant family did not pay much attention to the rules, and Mrs. Li did not open the table alone, but led her two grandchildren to sit at the end of the table, and the family was lively to eat and drink.

Mrs. Li remembered Pucao's request, so she asked Third Uncle Li with a smile, "Third brother, has the pig raised by the nine brothers in the east of the village been sold?" Pucao and Chuniel are going to kill the New Year's pig, so ask me to ask them. ”

Uncle Li Sanshu put half a bowl of bud grain wine into his stomach, and his face was already as red as a red cloth. He burped and replied, "Surely it wasn't sold, I heard him complain a few days ago that the snow was so heavy that he couldn't send the pigs to the city to sell." ”

"That's good, I'll go talk at night, and I don't have to go to another village to touch it. To say, the ninth brother and sister are diligent, and the pigs she raised keep a lot of meat. ”

"The cabinets at home are almost made, and the paint will dry in two or three days, and it will be sent to the fat pig together."

"That's great, come, come, drink!" Old man Li filled the wine bowl for Uncle Li again, smiled and drank while talking about other gossip.

When everyone was happy to disperse the table, Uncle Li was already walking and shaking, and Old Man Li asked him a few words, and let the eldest child help him and send him back.

Li Er's face was also red from drinking, and he felt hot and sweaty, he said goodbye to his father and mother with this heat, and rushed back to Nangou Village in the wind and snow.

The sun sets and the moon rises, and the three or five days soon pass again. Pu Cao got up early this day to rummage through the children's clean clothes, and when she saw the stone blue down shoulder in the package, she couldn't help but reach out and touch it again and again, and secretly turned Fang Jie over and over dozens of times in her heart.

Pinching his fingers, he has been gone for almost half a month, but she hasn't even received a word. Every time she saw the shopkeeper of Deluo and the steward of the king, she wanted to ask him if he had a letter to report safety, but after thinking about it, she swallowed the words back. After thinking about it day and night, the blue and black under her eyes became more and more obvious, and her temper inevitably became irritable. provoked the two children to be timid when they saw her, even Chunni's big temper felt different, and secretly asked her if she was a "relative" visiting.

Speaking of which, she has only met him a few times, and she has no mountain alliances and sea vows, skin to skin, how can she be as crazy as a little girl who has tasted love for the first time. It's not okay to go on like this, you still have to find something to do, and when you get busy, you might forget about it.

Thinking like this, she hurriedly rolled up the package, and after breakfast, she was going to turn around to the vegetable shed to water and loosen the soil, wondering if she could add some new tricks.

Xu is God can't see her suffering from lovesickness, just after noon, Uncle Li San took Li Da to drive two ox carts, pulled many cabinets and a fat pig to the door.

The two of them entered Nangou Village in such a big battle, which naturally aroused the curiosity of the people in the village to come and see the excitement. Pu Cao heard the news and Chunni and his wife took it out, and after a few words of greeting, they were just about to lift the cabinet down. Unexpectedly, the fat pig somehow broke free from the rope and ran wildly all over the yard with Huan'er, so frightened that the children screamed and hid behind their parents.

Liu Housheng's leg injury has been almost healed these days, he used to be a good hunter, and the bears were all killed, so he was naturally not afraid of this fat pig. He found an opportunity, stepped forward and kicked the fat pig on the heel, and then knelt directly on one leg and pressed it, and took the rope handed by Chen Da and came to tie it up.

When everyone saw him so neat, they all smiled and praised, "Shengzi, your legs and feet are so thorough, and you look more flexible than before." ”

Zhang's vegetable shed has to sell vegetables every few days to make money, although Liu Housheng is honest and honest by nature, but after hearing about it for a long time, it is naturally a little more sleek.

He greeted everyone with a smile and replied, "It's all God who opened his eyes and blessed me with this leg not being crippled." This fat pig was bought by my family and the Zhang family with money, and I plan to use this pig's head to worship heaven and earth. Tomorrow, if there is no urgency at home, everyone will come to the lively and lively and eat a bowl of pig killing dishes. ”

Few peasant families are literate and literate, and many ancient supernatural things have been passed down from generation to generation, so they are very in awe of the ghosts and gods. If any family has a great joy or escapes a catastrophe, they will kill pigs and sheep and thank heaven and earth for their kindness. And the pork and mutton have become a good thing contaminated with aura, and everyone feels that if they can eat a few bites, they will get good fortune.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Housheng's voice fell, the villagers' eyes lit up, and they asked, "Shengzi, such a fat pig, I'm afraid you two won't be able to eat it, right?" Everyone hasn't bought the pork for the New Year, so it's better for the two of you to share some of them, and the price is expensive. ”

Liu Housheng turned around and saw that Pucao and Chunni were busy arranging the cabinets, so he hesitated a little and said, "Then divide it half, the price is the same as the butcher shop in the city, and the two of us can't make a lot of money." ”

"Oh, it's really a righteous person to give birth to a son, and my family orders two catties."

"My family orders three catties!"

In just a moment, everyone was so gossiping that they had ordered most of the big fat pig away. Liu Housheng responded one by one with a good temper, and sent the smiling villagers out of the courtyard gate, and then turned back to the house.

Pu Cao and Chun Ni are happily asking Uncle Li and Li Da Li Er to help place the cabinet, the end of the kang is a four-door kang cabinet made of ash wood, five feet long and three feet high, and the corners are carved with simple auspicious cloud patterns. The inside of the cabinet is inlaid with a locked compartment, and it is best to put some items that you can easily use on weekdays.

On the top of the kang cabinet is a double-door quilt cabinet, the same material and carving, the length is also five feet, but the height is almost up to the ceiling. Not to mention putting down three quilts, it is more than enough to put ten beds and eight beds.

The two layers of wooden planks that had been temporarily erected in the empty space of the house were also removed, and in their place were two half-person-high tripods, on which were placed two large square pine cabinets. Each corner of the cabinet is wrapped in brass, and the center is also inlaid with a bright lock, which is very eye-catching and atmospheric under the reflection of the sunlight shining in from the window.

Peach Blossom also got a one-foot square makeup box, and Shanzi had a small cabinet with weapons, and the two children were so happy that they kept rubbing and smiling like flowers on their faces.

Pu Cao hugged Peach Blossom, asked her to open the big cabinet on the left with her own hands, and said with a smile, "Peach Blossom, this cabinet will be kept for you to fill the dowry in the future." My sister-in-law will help you fill this big chest with silk and clothes, and the makeup box will also be full of gold and silver jewelry. ”

Chunni smiled and looked at the cabinet, and shouted, "This cabinet is not small, if outsiders know that our peach blossom dowry is so rich, I am afraid that we will step on the threshold of our family." ”

Everyone laughed, Pu Cao invited Uncle Li and a few people to sit in the hall, and the magpie was busy serving tea and snacks. Third Uncle Li looked at her dressed up like this, and secretly sighed that the Zhang family was so rich that they even bought slaves and maids.

Everyone gossiped and discussed the matter of killing pigs tomorrow, and Chunni opened her mouth to leave Uncle Li and her eldest brother to live. didn't want Uncle Li to return the oxcart in a hurry, Li Da also thought about the two children and his father and mother at home, but he shook his head and refused.

Chunni wanted her mother's family to stay lively, and she was a little disappointed when she heard this. Liu Housheng already loves his daughter-in-law, and now that his son is also in his daughter-in-law's belly, he is even more reluctant to let his daughter-in-law be a little unsatisfactory, so he hurriedly said, "There is no work at home in the winter, so it is better to invite the mother-in-law and the two children tomorrow, and our family can live in it." ”

Chunni was immediately overjoyed, nodded again and again and said yes, Sister-in-law Li and Sister-in-law Li also want to have children, and naturally they are also 110,000 willing, so the matter is decided. Uncle Li was also invited by Chunni to come and drink under the pretext of driving an ox cart to give him away.

Pu Cao saw that it was getting dark outside, so he went into the house and took out the money, and settled the rest of the wages with Uncle Li. The fat pig outside had been raised for a year, and everyone estimated that it weighed almost two hundred catties, and Pucao also gave three taels of silver according to the market price.

Originally, Li Jiu's family asked Uncle Li to send fat pigs over, and they once said that the estimated weight was calculated at 180 catties. Now that Pu Cao is so generous, it is better for Uncle Li to go back, so he took the silver with a smile, and said goodbye with Li Da and drove back.

(I caught a cold by blowing the air conditioner, and I endured a headache, and it was already midnight after writing this chapter, sorry, so I kept you waiting.) ）