Chapter 154

The weather in the lunar month can be regarded as cold, and this year's winter is early, and every household has put on cotton clothes early. [Full text reading. Now that the winter tea has been harvested, the tea shop has also begun to collect its work, and it plans to stop work after finishing this stubble. However, the food workshop is even busier because of the arrival of the end of the year, even if three women are recruited to make snacks together, it is a little too busy.

It's also a loss to make food, most of the time you only need to be diligent and clean with your hands and feet, and you don't need to have a lot of skills and craftsmanship like the tea shop. After asking the aunts and sisters-in-law in the tea shop who wanted to continue working, knowing that the big guys wanted to earn more money while there was no farm work in Layue, Lin Baozhu simply decided to let the women in the tea shop volunteer to help in the food workshop, and the wages would be calculated with that side.

New people have been added, and they are all skillful and neat, which solves the urgent need of insufficient manpower in the food workshop.

Now the workshops in Peachtree Bay Village are working overtime with the workshops set up behind the shops in the town to save some inventory. After all, it's the end of the year, no matter which family it is, it's all ruthless to buy some rare edible products to treat the family for the New Year. And there are some big households who only buy it, and they have to follow the trend to buy some Zhang Ji's unique food.

In addition, those travelers and traders who traveled from south to north would bring some with them, either to eat at home, or to sell them in other places, but it also increased a lot of sales.

Xu has been away for a long time, and Lin Baozhu has also recovered from the initial difficult days, and now he is slowly adapting to the life that the man left. Although I occasionally think of him walking for a while, most of them are busy to enrich themselves, and I can't think of that man.

A few times, I took the eldest girl to the county seat to see the newly rented shop, and I thought about going to the camp to see the man, but I couldn't help but smile bitterly as soon as I took a step. She almost forgot that they had gone to Northridge again.

Lin Baozhu didn't know where Beiling was, and he didn't know how far it was, but he heard from Old Man Zhao that Beiling was the northernmost boundary of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If you walk from Peachtree Bay, you will have to travel day and night, and it will take you more than half a month to get there.

But fortunately, she has a big girl by her side all the time, so she slowly got used to it after being bitter. Now that the man has been gone for more than ten days, the courtyard of the Zhang family has returned to its former tranquility and serenity. It's just that this time it's a little different from the past, because of the silent but more and more intimate big girl, the yard is a little more soft and warm.

Since the private school, there are many fewer children who come to Zhang's house to play, and even if the big guys occasionally come together, there are few things that jump up and down like before. In the end, I have knowledge, and I know some rules.

Lin Baozhu watched the teenagers and girls become more and more sensible, and the boss comforted her heart, although sometimes she felt a little lost if there was less excitement, but she was still satisfied when she saw more and more people coming to Peachtree Bay to say goodbye to the children.

Since the introduction of carpenter and blacksmith classes in private schools, not only children in the village will come to learn calligraphy, but also some men who have nothing to do will take advantage of the opportunity to pick up their children to learn a little trade. Even, now that they are out of school, they will also go to various villages to practice their hands when they are idle, and help people to strike iron or make some woodwork to earn some income.

In the middle of winter, it will snow every now and then, and now in addition to Zhang Ji's food workshop, the rest of the people are idle. There is no farm work at home, and there is no work at hand, plus most of the families have earned some silver with this record this year, although it is not much, but there is also a surplus in the hand, so no one is as sad as before to worry about how to spend the New Year.

In addition to the usual shopping in the market is to visit the door, and it is a cold day, but everyone always likes to rest at Zhang's house. It's not for the hot tea and snacks that the Zhang family entertains everyone, it's really that Lin Baozhu was depressed at the beginning, and she was bored to do things, but later Aunt Tian found out carefully, so she discussed that she would come to help her do some work when she was fine, and also talk, so as to save her and the eldest girl the loneliness of big eyes and small eyes all day long.

After a long time, this has become a habit for the big guys. A few familiar and temperamental women nested on the kang with needlework, talking and laughing and laughing.

has come many times, and many people know the life experience of the eldest girl, and when the Han family comes to find trouble, many people have encountered it, and they have really seen the Han family's cheekiness and lack of kindness, so it is naturally not polite to speak. So Rao didn't know what happened to the eldest girl, but he also felt that this child's life was miserable, and naturally the big guys also took pity on her.

In the past, the eldest girl was afraid of people and rejected them, but after living with Lin Baozhu, Lin Baozhu would give her some small stories every night, and then let her try to contact people every day. Of course, it's all gradual, for fear of causing a deeper fear of the big girl.

But obviously, for the eldest girl who is still simple-minded, she is still sensitive to people's kindness and malice. Now most of the women who come to visit the village are kind-hearted and really love her, so although the eldest girl will not approach them as affectionately as she does to her aunt, she is no longer afraid.

The days passed smoothly and tastefully, and in a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of the lunar month, and Xing'er was going to get married.

Because there are more items in the family now, Aunt Ma is naturally unwilling to wronged her granddaughter, so after discussing with her son and daughter-in-law at home, she made six large quilts for Xing'er. Then he asked the carpenter master of the private school to help him make two big xiāng zǐ as a dowry.

To be honest, the six-bed quilt and the two big xiāng zǐ are nothing in modern times, but they can be placed in Taoshuwan, even if it is Taoxi County, they can be regarded as a set dowry.

The night before Xing'er got married, Lin Baozhu brought the eldest girl and Zhaodi over to add makeup, and naturally there were many little daughters-in-law and daughters who were good friends with the Ma family. Adding makeup is an old gift left by the ancestors, and the same money is still different, not for every household to add it, but it needs to be sent when the friendship is deep.

Every household in the farmhouse is not a wealthy household, so most of them are home-embroidered curtains or handkerchiefs, and the more valuable ones are the quilts sent by Zhao Di who stayed up late to embroider Lian Lizhi's quilt and the hairpin and a few feet of silk cloth sent by Lin Baozhu.

First, it is to let people know that the big guy is instructing Xing'er. Second, I also came to Xing'er's in-laws to take a look, this mother's family is popular in the village, and if you want to bully Xing'er in the future, I'm afraid that the saliva of outsiders will have to spray his family to death.

After adding makeup, Aunt Ma hurriedly took a small red envelope and handed it to the big girl who held the corner of Lin Baozhu's clothes and didn't let go. This is also a customary rule, the main family has a happy event, but whenever you come to the gift with a child, you must always return a red envelope to the child, which can be regarded as an auspicious thing. It is said that it is good for newcomers to give birth to precious sons early in the future

Seeing Aunt Ma bending over with a smile on her face, the eldest girl subconsciously took two steps back, and then carefully watched her movements, for fear of being reprimanded. It's also a shame that the eldest girl has seen a lot of Aunt Ma these days, and she was also taken by Lin Baozhu to know that the old man in front of her was called grandma, so even if she was a little timid in her heart, she didn't scream or dodge in fear.

"Big girl, grandma gave you a red seal, this is a big girl, what should the big girl do?" Lin Baozhu knew that the eldest girl was introverted, and she couldn't speak, so she squatted down and patiently guided and said, "If the eldest girl can speak, shouldn't she call grandma sweetly?" ”

Looking at her aunt's gentle eyes, the eldest girl nodded slowly, although she was still a little apprehensive, but in the end, she snuggled up to Lin Baozhu and smiled at Aunt Ma. Of course, he just smiled, and he didn't bother to take the red envelope, and plunged into his uncle's arms again, as if seeking protection and as if he was shy.

Anyway, the eldest girl didn't have any other actions and reactions, which already made Lin Baozhu very satisfied. She also forced the eldest girl to show something again, but said a few words of encouragement and praise gently, and then looked at the late sky, afraid that the eldest girl would be afraid when she went back too dark, so she greeted Aunt Ma and led the eldest girl away first.

Because Zhao Di and Xing'er are close friends in the boudoir, and Xing'er is also uneasy, nervous and expectant, she is anxious to find someone to talk to, so she pulls Zhao Di and asks her to talk to herself. Fortunately, the villagers also understand, and this is not a matter outside the box, but no one said anything that was unpleasant, but said that if Zhao Di went back late, let Aunt Ma and a few happy ladies who came to help her send her back to Shi's house.

As more and more people came to add makeup, Aunt Ma Zile smiled, although she was also a little reluctant to be sensible and obedient granddaughter, but listening to the happy words, she was still very happy in her heart. The granddaughter has found a good family, and she can live a peaceful and stable life in the future, and the grain and beans over there can also be sold to Zhang Ji to repay the money, which is much better than the price outside. And the ladies can also do some manual work, and when they have a child in a few years, they can still come to Zhang Ji Private School to read and write.

Talking like this, watching the endless stream of people come and go, it wasn't until the third watch that the Ma family was born again. At this time, Zhao Di was also sent back, and the makeup that people added was also written down and wrapped, and Aunt Ma urged her daughter-in-law to pull Xing'er into the house to say those private words.

After a busy night, the next day was just slightly bright, and Aunt Quanfu came to knock on the door. Dressed up and busy, it was originally just an apricot with some pretty in the dark, but she was dressed up with a makeup, but she had a lot of beauty and beauty. When Lin Baozhu came back, he looked at the changed apricots, but he couldn't help but make a joke.