Second Uncle Wang has been going around the markets in the county seat and surrounding villages a few days these days, and bought a favorite calf and came back.

He is an old farmer, and he is also very good at looking at livestock. This cow calf, well-proportioned, tall and strong, even the whole set of the ox cart cost nine taels of silver, according to the second uncle, this is already a high price, or he bargained with the cow seller for half a day to buy.

Because the straw in the family was crushed and fermented and manure, the second uncle's family did not have extra straw to feed the cattle. Lan Yi asked the second brother to set up a car and pull two carts over in his firewood house. She still has a lot of soybean seedlings and straw saved in the autumn, and three goats and a donkey will never be able to eat them all.

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Xia Shun went to Beigou Village to bid farewell, escorted Lan Yi and the Xia family to prepare the New Year's goods for Xia Wan, and returned to Meixian County for the New Year.

The method that Lan Yi came up with to soak the peony seeds with vinegar and wine and then use the mill to remove the husks is really feasible, and the taste of the peonies after the hulling is not affected by the oil extraction after drying, which can be regarded as a big problem. The matter of the oil mill can be said to be all ready, only the east wind is owed.

Xia Shun returned to Meixian County for the New Year, and Lan Yi brought Xia Wan the family's special food, and did not bring much sauerkraut and sour bamboo shoots. Lexiangju's sauerkraut has been fully marketed, and it can also be bought in Meixian. She originally planned to bring some of the newly grown cucumbers in the greenhouse to Xia Wan to taste, but after a thousand miles to Meixian, I am afraid that they have deteriorated.

There are not many cucumbers growing in the greenhouse, one is that there are few blue yi seeds, and the other is that the cold weather also affects the yield of cucumbers. Lan Yi's small greenhouse is simple after all, and the insulation effect is also much worse.

When introducing the construction method of the greenhouse to Xiao Qi, Lan Yi introduced the construction method of a modern large-scale greenhouse. In addition to the three walls of fire, digging into the ground, covering with tarpaulin and grass grates, it is also necessary to fasten a small greenhouse inside, so that the temperature can be maintained and the plant grows. You must know that even strawberries and tomatoes can be grown in such a large greenhouse in modern times, and they can make a difference in this ancient world.

Lan Yi collected a large part of the vegetables in the greenhouse and put them in baskets, and loaded the mushrooms, fungus, wolfberries, and sour dates that could not be eaten in the cellar on the car, planning to sell them in the city, and buy some New Year's goods by the way.

Second Uncle Wang supported Lan Yi to go to the city, and immediately set up the newly bought ox cart for Lan Yi to be a coachman, full of energy, boasting all the way about how good the ox was, how strong the ox cart was, etc.

He acted like this, which made the Liu family, who went to the county seat to buy New Year's goods, regret it, where is this still the taciturn father-in-law! The whole thing is a mess! She and her sister-in-law were full of the cow in front of them all the way, how to raise cattle, how to train cattle, what is the use of them listening to this?

Lan Yi was even more depressed, the second uncle kept saying that when the calf got off the cub, he would send it to her and let her raise it, she already had a lot of living creatures at home, what did she do with a calf?

However, the second uncle said that Lan Yi's two female goats, Second Baa and Third Baa, were pregnant with cubs, and Lan Yi thought that they would have fresh milk again in the spring of next year, I wonder if this cow gave birth to a calf, can she also milk some milk to drink?

Lan Yi looked at the calf, and then looked at the second uncle patting the cow's back with cherishment, and felt that it was unlikely.

Finally arrived in the county seat, after Lan Yi sold vegetables and dry goods, she bought half a pork rib, five catties of pork, a pig liver, four pig's trotters and a few pork leg bones, and also bought ten catties of mutton, four white chickens and more than a dozen frozen fish, these things are enough for their family to eat for the New Year, and she is reluctant to kill the chickens and ducks at home to eat, and Yu'er and the baby will not let them.

Subsequently, Lan Yi and Liu went to buy things from the thrift shop next to the pawnshop. In these days, pawnshops will open a thrift shop next to the shop, specializing in things that have been treated as dead or have not been redeemed after expiration. If she is lucky enough to encounter high-quality and inexpensive old goods, Lan Yi likes this kind of Taobao behavior very much, she picked and chose in the thrift store today, bought a set of fine porcelain tea sets and a set of dishes for the second uncle to pull home.

Liu bought a lot less things than Lan Yi, she only bought two pieces of cloth, and planned to go back to sew new clothes for Er Niuniu, but she didn't buy anything for herself, and she didn't even want to buy Wen Yuan's things.

The second uncle drove the ox cart to the cattle market to buy some practical farm tools, and when he came back, he loaded the things Lan Yi bought on the ox cart, Lan Yi and Liu took the ox cart back to the village, and the second uncle was afraid that the calf would be tired and led by himself.

Lan Yi felt the most simple happiness of a farmer, simple and pure, from his cheerful steps and the tone of his voice when greeting everyone.

Back home, Lan Yi brought five catties of mutton, a few fish, and two pieces of fabric to the second uncle's house. At noon, she made sauerkraut fish again and invited the second uncle's family to come over to eat fish, which she had promised her two children a long time ago, and she had been busy forgetting to do it recently.

Mutton is still eaten less here, first, it is more expensive than pork, and second, the smell of mutton also makes many people dislike; However, Lan Yi once heard Xiao Qi talk about the generation in Kyoto, rich families rarely ate pork, but ate more fish and venison.

As for beef, don't think about it, in Da Zhou, ploughing cattle are protected by the state and are not allowed to be slaughtered privately. Even if the cattle are too old to work, they must be specially certified before they can be slaughtered, and ordinary people will not see beef at all.

When there were still ten days before the New Year, the people in the village began to kill the New Year's pigs, Zhou Lao got busy, took the pig killing knife and went out of the east house, and the sound of killing pigs every day made Lan Yi's liver tremble.

In the countryside, killing pigs is a big deal, no matter which pig is killed, relatives and friends must be invited to eat pig food. The pig-killing dish is stewed with pig blood, pig liver, pig intestine, etc., plus tofu, mung bean vermicelli and cabbage. In addition to the pig-killing dishes of the second uncle's family, Sister-in-law Niu's family, Zhao Lizheng's family, and even the second sister-in-law's house of the eighth mother-in-law and other people who walked around with Lan Yi brought her some pig-killing dishes, so although Lan Yi did not kill pigs at home, she did not eat less pig-killing dishes.

Because the two pigs of Lan Yi's family were well fed, they both ended up exceeding 200 catties, which surprised the second uncle and the buyer. However, this pig is eight cents per catty, and the two pigs have only been sold for more than three yuan, Lan Yi feels that the pay of raising pigs is not proportional to the harvest, and plans to catch only one next year, so that it can eat the swill leftovers at home in the circle, and then step on the pit of the pen to make fertilizer, and add a little snoring to the family on weekdays.

After entering the twentieth month of the lunar month, the New Year's flavor in the village is more obvious, the children are holding firecrackers on the side of the road in twos and threes, and some people have replaced the newly bought couplets, blessing characters and New Year's paintings, a festive red.

According to the rules, before the Spring Festival, every household has to clean the environment, clean all kinds of utensils, dismantle and wash bedding, sprinkle and sweep the courtyard, dust and cobwebs, etc., it is said that this can sweep away bad luck. Lan Yi also changed the quilt cover and bed sheets and pillowcases to clean, replaced the pillow core with new herbs, and polished the old furniture.

On this day, Lan Yi was cleaning all kinds of utensils at home, and Lin Xi and Lin Yuan, the four of them, pushed the door and came in.

"Sister-in-law, your hands are just better, why are you putting them up again." Liu complained, "Didn't you say I'll come over and help you wash together." ”

Chen Shi saw Lan Yi drying the bed sheets and pillowcases in the yard, and then said, "This is a good way to put a layer of cloth on the quilt, take it off and wash it when it is dirty, it is much easier than dismantling and washing the bedding." ”

If she earns money next year, she will also buy some beautiful and soft fabrics to cover the quilt at home.

"I wash it with hot water, so I can't let myself freeze. The second brother and the third brother sat in the house. ”

"What about Yu'er and the baby, do you go to kick and bow again?" Wang Lin saw that the two children were not at home, so he put the things in his hand on the table of the Eight Immortals in the hall, "I brought some food for the children. ”

Wang Linxi also put the bag of things he was carrying on the table, and the two of them came over today to deliver New Year's goods to Lan Yi.

"Yes, why have you kicked the juju again in the store these days, Yu'er takes the baby to see it every day." Lan Yi said with a smile, "What are you bringing these here for, I have prepared all the New Year's goods at home." ”

Wang Lin smiled: "That's the rule." ”

Wang Linyuan took out four silver ingots from his arms: "Sister-in-law, this is the silver I borrowed from you when I planted peonies, you can put it away." ”

Lan Yi was stunned: "Didn't you say that we will pay it back next year when we make money from the oil mill?" ”

Wang Linyuan smiled: "Sister-in-law, how can you keep the alternate year's account for the New Year, you can quickly put it away." ”

Liu also smiled and said: "That's right, sister-in-law, you don't know our rules, even if you lend it out and have to come back at the end of the year, let the flat tan spend the New Year at home." ”

Lan Yi also smiled when she heard this analogy, but she still asked, "I'm not in a hurry here, let's replace the money I owe to other people's families first." ”

Wang Linxi said with a relaxed expression: "Sister-in-law, it's all back, you are the last one." ”

They followed Lan Yi to sell fried chestnuts with sugar, sugar gourds and resell chestnuts years ago, and the family earned more than 30 taels of silver, plus the silver sold by the family after killing the New Year's pig in the past few days, it was enough to pay off all the silver owed by the family.

Lan Yi nodded, put away the silver, and the four of them all smiled when they saw it.

Only then did Lan Yi realize why the second aunts Li, Liu, and Chen didn't buy much New Year's goods this year except for the necessary things, and they were originally saving money to repay the money at the end of the year.

It's okay like this, no debts and a light body, even if the second uncle's family eats less, they can have a good year, but it seems that the new year.

"Sister-in-law, have you steamed all the bean buns and steamed buns?" Here is particular about not boiling the pot before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as a staple food, everything should be prepared before the year, and everyone is resting time after the New Year, and housewives should also rest.

"I steamed a pot of steamed buns, rice cakes and steamed dumplings in two pots, and the bean buns haven't been steamed yet." Lan Yi didn't want to steam too many things, she always felt that it was not fresh, even if she couldn't open the pot as a staple food, she could still steam rice. You can't steam steamed buns during the Chinese New Year, because the old man here said that there are folds on the buns, like people frowning, which is unlucky. So during the Chinese New Year, they are all steamed dumplings, and the taste is the same anyway.

Liu Shi listened and rolled up his sleeves: "This is enough!" I also steamed four pots of steamed buns, let's go, let's prepare to steam it, sister-in-law, do you still have purslane, let's get more steamed dumplings, Lin Yuan is delicious this, and the family is gone. ”

Lan Yi nodded.

Wang Linyuan looked at his daughter-in-law with satisfaction, and seeing that he didn't have anything to do, he bumped the second brother's shoulder and said, "Second brother, let's also go to the store to play two games?" ”

Wang Linxi nodded immediately when he heard this: "Let's go!" ”

"Let's go, I heard that Zhao San's kid has been in the limelight these days, let's go and eliminate his prestige!"

After the two left, Chen complained: "It's nothing to kick and bow, these people don't clean the snow in the store, and the clothes on Dafu's body are mud when he comes back every day, this cold day!" ”

"Yu'er and the baby are the same, it's still a good girl, stay by her mother's side obediently, intimate and obedient." Lan Yi sighed. Every time the two children went to the store, she dressed them in old clothes and stipulated that they had to come back in half an hour. Yu'er is a good and obedient boy, and he also knows that his younger brother is still too young to stay outside, so he will come back when he goes to see it.

The three of them have not yet given birth to a son, but she is not in a hurry, and she also pays attention to the first flowering and then fruiting when giving birth to a child.

"That's right, sister-in-law. At the end of the year, I want to go to the ancestral grave to burn paper, what should Yu'er do? He is following you now, so is he still going to the ancestral grave in Lijia Village? Liu asked curiously.

Lan Yi nodded, she had promised to take Yu'er to see his father before, the New Year's sacrifice to the ancestors is a big event, she naturally wants to take the child to the grave to burn two pillars of incense for his parents and send some paper money.

Yu'er is okay here, but it's difficult for the baby here. Yirou was buried in a barren mountain thousands of miles away, and his father didn't know where to bury him, even if she wanted to, it would be impossible for her to take the child there.

As for herself, her parents are thousands of miles away! The Chinese are particular about going home for the New Year, and now she can only wish her parents well, looking forward to meeting them in her dreams.

Often, it is just a single pillow in a dream, and the dream is not a lamp and ends. R1152