The big drama ended, Yigan and others were taken to prison, and Niu Changgeng was released on the spot and escorted back in a carriage.

Within two days, a new order was issued from above:

Qingshan County ordered Li Bo to contract and cover up dereliction of duty, and he was dismissed from his post for investigation; Niu Baoshan and Master Huo forged court edicts, bullied good people, confiscated their homes and imprisoned, and exiled them to the northern desert of the pass; A cadre and a government errand stopped for half a year to rectify the atmosphere; The prefect of Tongzhou was not strict, and he was also guilty of dereliction of duty, so he was demoted and transferred to set an example.

made a drastic move, all the officials involved, He Song waved his hand, and they all got out.

It is said that this matter is not in his charge, but his prestige is too high, so he wrote a letter to the governor's yamen, and the next day, the edict of punishment came down.

The government once again reiterated the court's concern for the displaced people who settled down, and it was only possible to reduce or reduce taxes and encourage them to take root and spread their branches.

If there is another case of oppression, the bitter master can go beyond the level to file a complaint, directly knock on the drum of grievances of the governor's yamen, and even accept it without a lawyer, just to return justice to the people.

When this newspaper was circulated to Niujia Village, the displaced people who settled down were all grateful for the great kindness of Luo, and some people spontaneously prepared to build a statue for her, and everyone called her a great benefactor.

declined the matter of repairing the ancestral hall, Luo Xi felt that she really couldn't afford it, although her reputation rose in the mouths of the newly settled villagers, but in the eyes of the original villagers surnamed Niu, it was still hateful.

There are pros and cons, she doesn't think that no one will dare to trouble her in the future, but after all, this matter has been solved, and she is also considered to be powerful, if there are still people to bully, then she has to weigh her own weight first.

It is worth mentioning that Niu He was disabled, and the house he occupied was forced to vomit.

The house was originally a pocket, and Luo Shi meant to be called Sanniang, subsidizing the pocket for one or two silver, even if she asked the pocket directly to buy the house, saving others from chewing the root of the tongue.

Sanniang was willing, handed over the title deed, handwritten certificate in her pocket, and pressed the handprint to Sanniang, the house was really hers, and she and Luo Shi were rightfully neighbors.

Another happy event is that the Wufu squirrel has completely opened the market and sells very well among the Zhumen elites.

Whether it is eaten at home or used as a gift, rich people are more willing to choose this exquisite gift box than the original mixed dried fruit.

Moreover, Wufu squirrels are famous and topical, and they can earn face when they are sent out, which can be regarded as catching up with a trend.

From the fifteenth day of the lunar month to the present, in just about ten days, Luo Xi has earned more than 30 taels of silver, and he has raised five cents of dividends from Niu Qian, and he is so happy that he can't find the north.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the two families gathered together for a busy year, and Luo Shi gave a new profit to Sanniang, and said with a clever smile:

"Let's go to my house to eat dumplings tonight, let's be more lively, otherwise just me and Douzi, where can we eat a pot of dumplings?"

Holding the silver in the red envelope, the tip of Sanniang's nose was red, and she said softly:

"I really don't know how to thank you, I'm like a dream, I have a house, I have money, I am busy working all day to earn money, people are also full, I feel that there is a lot of hope for the future, and then think about the time when I was not separated - hey"

Luo Shi cut the window flower in her hand and glanced at her:

"Chinese New Year, why are you still worried, what can the Wufu squirrel do with me, the boxes are all made by Brother Niu Qian, and the dried fruits are also picked up by you, I sold an idea, and I ate half of your dry shares, I got a bargain."

Luo Shi unfolded the red paper of the window flower, asked Sanniang for credit, and said proudly: "It's not bad, right?" ”

Sanniang jokingly smacked her: "You're embarrassed, the head and tail are cut, and the pocket should be more beautiful than you, so take it and cut it with me."

Luo smiled and handed the red paper to Sanniang, lying on the kang table to watch her cut paper, with ingenuity, a few knives down, a pair of fish every year was cut out.

Luo Shi took it and couldn't help but admire: "Sanniang, you might as well cut out the Wufu squirrel, let's sell a box in January and send a window flower, it looks festive."

"Ah, it's a good idea, look at my wooden fish head, why do you have a lot of intestines, I do have a tendon"

"Haha, but you are clever and beautiful, you have a husband who hurts, why do you envy me"

"Ah, the dead girl is not ashamed, she hasn't allowed anyone yet, she is so open-mouthed, I don't think anyone dares to say your matchmaker!" Sanniang hit her with a gesture, and then said:

"It's been a long time since Ren Chang Geng came back, and you didn't go to see him, in order to protect you that day, I saw that his eyes were red......"

Luo Shi sighed inaudibly, she also knew that Niu Changgeng was good, but she had a hard time, how to explain this, so that people could understand? It's better to be silent.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to divert the topic, there was a knock on the door:

"Luo Shi, it's me, Niu Changgeng"

Sanniang gave Luo Shi a look and said with a smile: "This person just can't stand worrying, he is coming, go and open the door."

Luo Shi answered, pulled out the door bolt, pushed open the door, she saw that there was already a wind and snow outside, and couldn't help shrinking her neck:

"It's snowing so hard, why are you here? Talk in the house."

Niu Changgeng was wrapped in a flat, dull coat, with a bag of sugar crisp hidden in his arms, and when he saw Luo Shi answering the door, he hurriedly followed her into the house:

"It's cold outside, it's snowing so much, I can have a snowball fight on the first day of the new year, I'm going to have a snowball fight, this is the sugar crisp that my grandmother asked me to bring, she made it herself, and I eat this snack every year during the New Year."

Niu Changgeng untied his squirrel and squatted by the brazier to roast the fire, and his body was a little warmer.

Luo Shi poured him a cup of hot tea and couldn't help but make fun of it:

"How old are you, you're still thinking about snowball fights, it's worse than a pocket, Ruixue Zhaofeng year, naturally the bigger the better, I'm planning to make dumplings, you bring some back to grandma in a while"

Niu Changgeng wanted to speak and stopped, hesitated for a long time before he held back a sentence:

"Where's the pocket? I'll take him to play."

"Roll noodles in the stove room, you bring him some clothes, don't call it cold!"

Luo Xi hurriedly went to the back room and took out a big jacket, sandwiched it under her arm, and went to the stove room with Niu Changgeng in the wind and snow.

In the stove room, Niu Qian was chopping wood to prepare for a fire, and the sleeves of his pocket on the side were raised high, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the cold at all.

Niu Qian saw Niu Changgeng coming, greeted him politely, and asked him to stay and have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.

"I ......" Niu Changgeng turned his head to look at Luo Shi, wanting to stay but afraid that Luo Shi would pick him up, but he looked very aggrieved.

"You don't have to stay with grandma?" Luo asked with a smile.

"I'll stay for a while after eating and go back to accompany her to keep the New Year, I've kowtowed to her old man, and there is still a father at home, at home" Niu Changgeng was very nervous, twisting and rubbing his hands, and his palms were hot and sweaty on a cold day.

"Then let's stay and eat together, there will be more people"

"Huh!"

With Luo Shi's approval, Niu Changgeng's whole body danced with his eyebrows, he took out a bunch of things from his clothes pocket, and said to his pocket:

"Let's go, I'll take you to the artillery battle, there are a lot of two kicks and Ma Leizi small cannons, do you dare to play?"

Douzi opened his big black eyes, full of excitement, and all the things about the noodles were thrown out of the clouds, and he shouted happily:

"Yes! If you want to play artillery battles, Brother Chang Gung will take me quickly! ”

Luo Shi forced him to wear an extra piece of clothing to go out to play, the pocket was reluctantly put on, and Niu Changgeng's hand was dragged on, coming and going like a gust of wind, and swooping out.

Immediately afterwards, Sanniang also lifted the warm curtain that blocked the wind and went into the stove room:

"Fortunately, I had prepared it before, and now the road is closed by heavy snow, and I want to go out to buy it, so I got a small tandoor to burn the wine, and it is the most suitable to drink on a snowy day."

Niu Qian was the first to applaud, he squatted in front of the stove, raised the firewood, lit the flint to make a fire, and laughed:

"We have to live well in this Chinese New Year's Eve, how can we not have wine? What kind of wine, is it dry for nothing? ”

"It's all there, and Huang Jiao wine, why don't you drink some Huang Jiao? Isn't it intoxicating to warm up."

"Okay, wow, it smells so good."

Luo Shi helped Sanniang finish the wine pot together, and the two of them rolled out the dough and chopped dumplings together - there are vegetarian fillings, net meat fillings, pork cabbage, spicy vegetables and tofu fillings.

In addition to dumplings, Luo Shi also killed a herring, went to the big bones, beat an egg into it, mixed it with Shao wine, stir-fried it with clear oil, added sugar and ingredients, and put a plate of sweet and sour tiles out of the pot.

In response to the auspicious meaning of "more than every year" in the New Year's dinner, it would be better if it was a carp, and the carp jumped over the dragon gate, which sounded auspicious.

There are fish, meat, dumplings, and one of the most important things, which is the overnight meal.

This meal must be cooked in 30 nights, and it must be used for the New Year, which means that every family has leftovers every year, and they can't eat it in a year, so they don't have to worry about it in the coming year!

So, Luo Shi scooped some rice, mixed with japonica rice and put it into the rice retort to steam, the rice is white, the japonica rice is yellow, so yellow and white, also called "full of gold and silver"

When the rice is steamed, find some persimmon cakes from the pile of dried fruits and embed them in the rice pile, which is also called "everything goes well"

It was already completely dark, and the village was full of smoke, and the children were playing wildly in the yard, until the adults shouted for dinner, and then they slipped into the warm house, sat down along the large table, salivating, and waiting for the most sumptuous meal of the year.

Luo Shi's family also had dinner, and Niu Qian specially made a round table, put it on the square table, and put it on the edge of the kang.

The kang head is warm, and the brazier is stuffed at the bottom of the table, so I put my feet under my head, and I don't feel cold at all.

Douzi and Niu Changgeng sat down early, and after Sanniang and Niu Qian helped to arrange the dishes and chopsticks, they also sat down, and waited for Luo Shi to bring out the last New Year's dish, and everyone started to eat.

Niu Qian and Chang Gung drank Bai Gan'er, Sanniang and Luo Shi sipped rice wine, and their pockets were children, so they only gave a bowl of sugar water to drink.

Everyone clinked glasses and drank the year-end wine, saying auspicious words, looking forward to the end of the year, and the beginning of the year was a smooth and smooth year!

Because the Wufu squirrel sells well, the spicy strips have always been entered, so the New Year's dishes are very rich, the fish and meat are available, and the radish also deliberately killed an old hen and made a tea-fragrant chicken, so greedy that the tongue of the pocket is going to fall off.

Everyone talked and laughed, and Luo Shi also said a lot of brain teasers for them to guess.

You can guess that there is a red envelope, but you can't guess that you will be punished for wine!

Chang Geng is a smart person, he was honest at first, but then he followed Luo Shi's train of thought, so he answered very well, and deceived more than ten red seals from her place.

"Sister! I want it too, I want it too! Douzi watched, jumped down from the chair, grabbed her sleeve and began to be coquettish.

"No, it's all for him to answer and leave, you don't care if he goes~"

The pocket turned around and rushed straight towards Niu Changgeng - Chang Geng was unguarded, his arm was hit by the pocket, and the meat on the chopsticks in his hand flew high, he could only open his mouth wide to catch it, and his appearance was very funny.

Luo Shi couldn't laugh straight, and wanted to come up with some riddle to amuse, but she suddenly heard a soft knock on the door.

I couldn't help but wonder in my heart: At this time, who will knock on the door?