Sure enough, as Yukimi said, everyone relaxed and played until the fourth year of junior high school.

Early in the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Bo took San Lang Liulang Hachiro to set off artillery battles from each house, and walked out of the door as he put them.

Then the second lady took the fourth mother, the fifth mother and the seventh lady, swept the garbage that had not been taken out since the Chinese New Year's Eve, swept it out of the gate, swept it to a corner of the courtyard, and then put the firecracker on the garbage heap and lit it.

After eating dumplings, everyone did not go back to their respective courtyards, but gathered in the lobby house to connect their five sons.

Erniang came to find Zhou Bo alone and saw that Zhou Bo was teaching Xue Jian to write hand in hand.

Xue saw that he couldn't play games because he was pulled back, his face was unhappy, and his small mouth kept muttering, but Zhou Bo only kept his face and ignored her.

Erniang wants to laugh when she sees it, this snow is smart, but she doesn't know much, and occasionally writes a word, San Lang always has to sigh, this is the grass warbler flying.

Seeing that Zhou Bo had no intention of letting Xue Jian avoid it, Erniang smiled at Xue Jian, sat down and said, "Big brother, I want to discuss with you about the next livelihood." ”

Speaking of this, Xue Jian came to the spirit, but she also knew that there was actually no good way for the Zhou family brothers and sisters, and if there were, it would not be a good thing.

Seeing that Zhou Bo frowned and was silent, Erniang sighed and said: "If you can't get out of the first month, the river ice will be solid, and you won't be able to make a living from fishing for long." ”

The north wind was blowing outside, Erniang was holding the small hand stove, watching Xue see that the words were written in black again, and the eldest brother raised his hand and knocked it on the back of her hand.

Yukimi's hands were extremely white, and after just one moment, they turned a lot red, and Yukimi took the opportunity to throw away the pen, "If you don't write, you won't write, and if you keep writing, your hands will be disabled!" ”

Ignoring Zhou Bo's gloomy face, Xue saw that she brought tea to Erniang and asked, "Our land is going to plant wheat in spring, right?" ”

Erniang nodded and said, "Now there are only ten acres of land, which is not enough for this year's food." ”

Yukimi asked again, "Can't we plant anything other than wheat?" "Actually, she wanted to say, corn or something, didn't she hear that the yield per mu is higher? Of course, how much higher is it, she was not a rural baby in her previous life, so naturally I don't know. However, I don't know if there is corn in this time and space, I remember watching the Water Margin a while ago, and the corn that was criticized by netizens also crossed, which made her remember it vividly.

Zhou Bo nodded and said, "Invite Zhou Weng to ask." ”

"Young Master," Zhou Mancang entered the house accompanied by Zhou Jinsheng and Zhou Dahu, stood still at the door in a hurry, and gave a very solemn salute, Zhou Bo naturally didn't dare to let him do everything, he had already come over to help him up, and said: "Zhou Weng is too polite, this weather is still cold, you should add clothes, your cotton jacket is enough?" ”

Zhou Mancang was full of gratitude, everyone thought that this New Year would be short of food and clothing, but I didn't expect that the days would get better and better, the clothes were new, and the cotton clothes were thicker than before. The Zhuang family could have resisted a little cold, and when they heard the concerned words of the eldest young master of the main family, who had always been cold, the old man couldn't help but say: "The eldest young master and the second young lady always think of us......"

Finally, he said a dozen words full of gratitude, and Yukimi had already brought them a stool.

Zhou Mancang didn't shirk it, sat on the small bench opposite them, and when it came to the farm work he was good at, he couldn't help but say slowly: "It's cold in our Pingshan Village, and I heard that to the south, wheat can be planted for two seasons, but we can't, we can only plant one season." After harvesting wheat, you can plant some rice or weed, our family grows rice, otherwise it will not be enough to eat. ”

Yukimi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Then apart from wheat and rice, can't we grow something else?" ”

Zhou Mancang raised his head and hesitated for a moment and said, "Not to mention, last year, the state government said that there were several crops from overseas, and if anyone planted them first, they could be tax-exempt for three years." But we didn't grow anything in our village, so I don't know what it was, and it doesn't seem to be planted in the nearby villages. ”

Xue saw that her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "Grandpa Zhou, what fresh crops do you have?" ”

Zhou Mancang pondered for a long time, and called Zhou Dahu in, Zhou Dahu remembered clearly, and said simply: "Bud rice, potatoes and sweet potatoes!" ”

Xue Jian smiled slightly, and finally heard the name he was familiar with, "Since the state government said that the tax exemption is three years, it is to vigorously promote it, I think I might as well inquire whether this sweet potato can be rotated with bud rice, soybeans, potatoes, etc., if it can, then in spring, summer and autumn, we are not idle in the field, and the tax exemption for three years is better than now." ”

Erniang has no say in this, Zhou Mancang and Zhou Dahu are both good at tending to the crops, and they didn't dare to try it before, because they didn't have the support of the main family.

Zhou Bo pondered for a long time before saying: "Tomorrow the big tiger will go to the town to inquire, if not, go to the county and ask clearly, since the state government promotes, there are naturally some methods and doorways, let's try a season first, so that if it doesn't work, it won't delay planting rice." ”

Erniang has always valued her brother's words, and she also nodded: "The existing silver taels in the family, everyone saves money, and it is enough to last for a season." However, starting tomorrow, everyone will have to work hard to catch more fish and save some silver taels before breaking the ice. ”

The next day, everyone was gathered together, Erniang briefly explained the situation, and then divided the work specifically.

Every morning, the men put Zhou Bo, Zhou Jinsheng, and the leopard with simple dry food in Daqing Mountain, and while the snow has not melted, they can also hunt more wild animals. After lunch, go and put away the nets that you had laid in the morning, and then go to the next net. Before dinner, I put away the afternoon net, and then took Zhou Bo and the two of them back, and I would chop more firewood if I didn't hunt the prey.

The women began to sew jackets, and the heavy padded jackets could be worn for more than a month.

Xue saw that the female red was confused, so she took the children to take care of the two kinds of green vegetables at home, anyway, she was good at this aspect, and the children were happy with her.

Before it was dark, Yukimi had washed the three large carps, soaked them in salt for a pillar of incense, then put a little oil in the pot, after the oil was heated, boiled the pot with green onions, added water that could pass over the fish, put the fish into the pot, and put cooking wine, green onions, ginger, garlic, vinegar, dried mushrooms, and dates to boil. Once boiling, simmer over low heat. Smelling the aroma, Xue Jian smiled slightly, the stewed fish is a delicious soup dish, the soup is thick and white, the meat is fresh and tender, the family has to come once every ten days, each table has a big pot, even the soup with fish, everyone eats sweetly.

Qian'er had already helped wash the brown rice in the afternoon, and then soaked it in water for an hour and drained it. Now Xuejian washes the pork ribs, scalds them, takes them out and rinses them, adds brown rice, ginger slices and 6 cups of water, boils over high heat, turns to low heat and simmers for more than half an hour, and then adds salt to taste when the rice and meat are cooked.

In another pot, add water, green onions, ginger and garlic, star anise, Sichuan pepper, and cooking wine to boil and bring out the fragrance; Yukimi puts in the washed pork belly and boils it until it is 6 years old, cut the dried red peppers, green onions, ginger, and garlic sprouts into sections, cut the garlic into slices, then remove the boiled meat, and when the appearance is not hot, cut into thin slices about 3 mm thick and about 3 cm wide; Then put the sliced meat into the soup of the boiled meat, soak and blanch, and drain slightly; After the pan is hot, add a little oil, spread the meat slices in the pan and fry them for a while to make them slightly yellow and oily; Then pour in the dried red pepper, green onion, ginger, garlic sprouts, garlic, and stir-fry the red oil over low heat; Then change to high heat, add a little pasta, sugar, and a little broth and stir-fry constantly, and remove from the pot.

Humming an unknown song, Yukimi beats the eggs in a bowl, puts chopped green onions, carrots and salt, and some bean sprouts, the amount of which does not exceed the egg mixture. Put oil at the bottom of the pot, heat it over medium heat, pour in the egg mixture, add some bean sprouts on it, bake it for a while on low heat, turn it over, press the egg cake with a flat spatula, let the excess egg liquid flow out, and bake it for a while.

The curling fragrance had already attracted a few children to go in and out of the kitchen a few times, and the older Qi Niang, who had taken advantage of Xue Jian's pretending not to pay attention, secretly took a piece of egg cake and shared it with a few younger siblings, and even Qian'er who came over also got a small piece.

However, the men who had gone out did not return on time.

Another hour passed, and fearing that the children would be hungry, he simply waited for them to finish eating, and coaxed them back to bed.

Erniang sat in the lobby room with a calm face, this has never happened, and Sanlang, Siniang, and Wuniang didn't eat.

It was completely dark, and on the moonless night, the cold wind blew on Xue Jian's face like a knife, and Du Ma came over to pull her: "Xue Jian, this wind is cold, your body is weak, let's go back to the house and wait." ”

With a burst of chaotic footsteps and low human voices, the door was opened, and the black figure flashed in with the ice bed, and Xue Jian heard Du Hai say in a deep voice: "Qian'er and her mother, go and call Brother Zhang, Sanni and her mother, go and boil the water, Brother Jin Sheng is injured." ”

Under Du Hai's command, several people lifted the people on the ice bed into the house. Under the faint ice lamp, Xue saw that the person with a large patch of blood on his body was obviously not Zhou Bo.

Yukimi pulled Rokuro, who was a little stupid in fright: "Brother Rui, where is Dalang, where is Dalang?" Yukimi heard his own voice and shivered in the cold wind.

Rokuro's body trembled more than Yukimi's voice, and he seemed to want to break free of Yukimi's hand, but he couldn't lift half of his strength: "Big, big, big, big brother, he, he, he,......

When Erniang and the others heard the voice, they all ran to the courtyard, "I'm finally back!" ”

"Huh? What about people? Wu Niang asked.

San Lang glared at Rokuro and said, "Can't you see the sky?" It's just crazy play, it's just nonsense! ”

A person ran in like another gust of wind at the gate, and when he saw Erniang and the others all standing in the courtyard, the man paused for a moment, and said, "I'll go see Brother Jin Sheng first." ”

Listening to the voice, I also know that this must be Zhang Dashan.

Behind the panting followed the two women who chased in, Du Ma and Zhang Ma pulled each other into the hospital, Du Ma took a breath and came over to Erniang and said, "Miss, don't worry, Zhang Ma and I will also go over to see Brother Jin Sheng, you go back to the house first." ”

Erniang was stunned and asked, "In the end, what happened?" ”

Everyone looked at Liulang in hindsight, and Liulang couldn't hold it in the eyes of everyone, and cried: "Woo, woo...... Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou is dying, there is blood all over his body, a lot of blood! ”

"What a nonsense!" Erniang frowned, moved her feet, and said to San Lang: "Third brother and I will go with me to have a look, and you will go back to the house!" ”

Rokuro didn't move, Yukimi was still pulling him, his face was pale under the ice lamp, and she asked softly, "Where is Dalang?" ”

Although the voice was soft, Liulang trembled even more, and Erniang turned her head in surprise: "What? ”

"Big brother, it's gone...... Can't find it! ”