Ziqing looked at the two elder brothers, and it was estimated that it would be more difficult for them to speak, so she had to shout by herself, "Sell couplets, a pair of nine dollars, buy a big one, give a small one, everyone come and take a look." ”

"Little girl, what is buying a big one and giving a small one?"

"You buy a couplet on the door, and we give you a small one with a pigsty or stove, and a big blessing." Ziqing explained.

"Little girl, what do you write for Niannian, if you can read, I'll pick one." The crowd laughed.

Fortunately, Ziqing has asked all the words she doesn't know, and this meeting came in handy, she pulled and read it, "The days increase the years, people increase longevity, the spring is full of blessings, the four seasons are long." "Peace and good luck inside and outside, happy family and financial resources, horizontal batches, auspicious stars shine." "Spring is full of flowers in the world, and the Fulin courtyard is always safe all year round, and the Spring Festival is celebrated. . . ."

"The little girl can read weirdly and beautifully, can speak official dialect, and can read, yes, yes, this character is also good. Pick me one. ”

This is like this, love to get together, besides, Ziqing They are the only one, no matter how bitter the farmers are for the New Year, they are willing to buy a couplet to express their expectations for the coming year. So in just half an hour, Ziqing and they sold out twenty-eight couplets, and won the first battle, so that Zifu and Zilu were very excited, and they didn't even go home, and went directly to the grocery store, this time they bought twenty good red papers, and used the remaining money to wrap the broken fifteen pieces of red paper.

The three of them entered Shen's room with a smile, Zilu rushed to report to Shen, Shen was very happy, touched the three of them's heads, and encouraged them a few words.

"Mother, where's Daddy?" Ziqing asked.

"Your father and your grandfather went to find a carpenter, and by the way, we will borrow some wood."

The three of them still came to Zifu's house and cut the red paper, and it seemed that they had to wait for Zeng Ruixiang to have time to write. After doing this, Zifu took Zilu to Tian's to help with the work.

In this way, with the cooperation of Zeng Ruixiang, after selling the couplets in the bazaar on the 18th, their brothers and sisters actually had more than 1,000 yuan on hand, of course, they did not take the money home, and they still replaced it with red paper.

As soon as they got home, they didn't have time to tell Zeng Ruixiang and Shen the good news, and found that there were guests at home, it turned out that the eighteenth was the full moon day of Xiaosi, the eldest uncle Xu and the second uncle Zhao were here, Shen was talking, Zifu helped carry the meat and eggs brought by Xu and Zhao, and everyone went to the front room together. There are also a lot of guests in the front room, the most terrifying thing is that the aunt Chunyu's family of seven is here, Chunyu has five children at this time, three sons and two daughters, the names of the three sons are so funny, big hair, two hair, three hair, the youngest little girl is one year old, and she is not very stable when she walks. When eating, the children had a table, Ziqing had been here for so many days, and it was easy to see some minced meat in the dish for the first time, Ziqing's chopsticks just stretched out, and the three hairs were divided into two plates of meat and vegetables, Ziqing looked at Zifu and Zilu, and found that Zifu was very calm, Zilu was very angry, it is estimated that similar situations have happened many times in the past, and it is not strange. Ziqing also found that after eating lunch, Zifu quickly returned to the back and locked the door of his room with a small copper lock.

Xu and Zhao left after lunch, originally to take Shen over to live for a few days, but Shen said that at the end of the year, there were more things, so they would go and wait for the next year. It's the same for staying longer.

Chunyu's family stayed, and at dinner, I listened to Chunyu talking about the difficulties of life in Hetian's family, there were many children in the family, few fields, and the children couldn't even eat, not to mention any new clothes for the New Year. Ziqing secretly listened to the secret opinion, she is not the same as if she is not full of food and clothing. Grandma heard this, and suddenly called Zifu over.

Ziqing heard Grandma ask, "Zifu, I heard that you guys are selling couplets and how much money are you making?" ”

"Grandma, I didn't make a lot of money, my mother has seen the New Year, and the padded jackets of my younger brothers and sisters are broken, and I want to earn a few pennies to make a new padded jacket for my younger brothers and sisters." Zifu replied respectfully.

Tian's face was full of displeasure when he heard this, and said: "If you don't make money, you can't toss around, and Grandma hasn't worn new clothes for several years." ”

"Got it, Grandma, I'm going to make money to buy a piece of cloth for you and Grandpa. Zifu had already planned it. Tian was a little happy when he heard this.

After eating, Zifu hugged his little brother, Shen was washing the dishes alone, Ziqing asked Zilu to help his mother clean up, and Tian and Old Man Zeng discussed how to live in Chunyu's family. Ziqing was not interested in listening to that, and was worried about buying more red paper this time, and the day after tomorrow was Daxu, Zeng Ruixiang was going to stay up late to write.

Who knew that from this day on, Ziqing took on a new task, to see the younger brother, because Shen was out of confinement, he could no longer stay in the room all day to watch the children, Shen had a lot of housework to do, cooking, feeding pigs, feeding chickens, washing dishes, sometimes carrying water, etc., Shen and Zhou did it separately, because Shen took a month off from confinement, and now he took the initiative to share more, and he really couldn't be idle. Fortunately, Chunyu's family left on the second day. Ziqing took her two younger brothers to look after the house, and Zifu took Zilu to sell couplets.

On the 20th, Zifu bought red paper and came back and said that there were other houses selling couplets in the bazaar, but because it was a big market that day, it was still sold out, and it was estimated that it would not be easy to sell in the future.

Ziqing thought for a while and said, "It's okay, big brother, we won't sell here in the future, anyway, this place is close to Anzhou Mansion, and now at the end of the year, my aunt and her family always rush to Anzhou to do New Year's goods, you take the second brother to take their car together, go back together, there are many people in the city, just go to the market that sells vegetables, it must be more popular than what is sold here." ”

Zifu listened to Ziqing's praise and went to discuss with the Shen family, and it happened that the Shen family planned to go to the city to buy a few pieces of cloth and make a dress for the children for the New Year. They discussed going to the twenty-third year, one was that it would take a few days for Zeng Ruixiang to finish writing these couplets, and the other was that twenty-four was a small year, and the family must be busy and couldn't leave. On the 22nd, Fufu still took Zilu to the bazaar, Zifu thought that he could sell something, and sold less than a hundred pairs, Zifu was still very happy, and bought red paper back.

On the 23rd, Shen took Zixi and Zifu and Zilu to the city without breakfast, Ziqing took Zishou at home, Zeng Ruixiang found his cousins to help him go into the mountains to cut wood, Ziqing took Zishou to the open space by the pond to bask in the sun, kick shuttlecock with the new children, hopscotch, throw sandbags, and play time passed quickly, almost noon, Ziqing saw her aunt's donkey cart back, and quickly ran back with her younger brother.