On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Laozhu wore a cotton hat and drove an ox cart to ten villages.

If you count your own village and Baijiazhuang, then this series of food delivery to the border is twelve villages.

And as Liu Laozhu arrived at a village, it didn't take long for the local village to go out and beat the gong.

What even the villagers did not expect was that the villagers not only did not complain about this incident, but also were extremely cooperative to their surprise.

Like Sunjiazhuang.

Sun Li Zheng just finished saying that he wanted each family to take out ten catties and twenty catties of daylily to reward the army, and the son-in-law of Erdaohe below thought: Isn't this the daylily that he revealed, and he also saw Liu Lizheng from his daughter-in-law's village coming this morning, and it seems that he has contributed.

Erdaohe's son-in-law was excited, and suddenly took the lead in shouting below:

"Isn't it just some dried vegetables? Why are you embarrassed to go to reward the army in the name of our village, and you have to go to Erdao River to fish when you go back. So who is the reward? Isn't that a way to take advantage of people's two rivers? There is no such reason! ”

After shouting, he was glared at by his mother.

The meaning of the old lady's eyes is obvious, you are really a good aunt of Erdaohe.

But as soon as she finished glaring, the old lady didn't wait to scold her son for what you are talking about, and the man behind her suddenly said loudly: "Our village can go and help with fishing, but our village can't ask for big fish!" ”

The old lady held back the words that came to her lips, a little confused.

Even Sun Lizheng never expected that more and more people in the team would begin to echo this idea:

"That's right, ten catties and twenty catties of dried wild vegetables, is it a great thing? Let's just do a little more work last autumn.

Let's eat two less bites of food, that thing shouldn't be hungry, what can you do if you eat two bites less!

Our Zhuangzi can't get a reputation, and when we go back, we have to go to Erdao River to get fish and be poked in our back, saying that we are not sincere in giving gifts! ”

That's what the older generation said.

And the young strong laborers said: "Give it to the new army in the north of the town, I am willing to give." Without those new officials of the Zhenbei New Army, who finally treated our people as people, my family could not put a single fish on Chinese New Year's Eve. In the past, there were so many good rivers and rivers that we didn't let us fish! What do you do to collect taxes, I can't wait to go up the mountain to pick up some firewood and collect taxes, have you forgotten these things? ”

These words made waves: "But no, people let us all go to the ownerless river to fish, who of our families didn't earn a few this year?" ”

Don't take the common people for not being able to count, they know best who is good and who is bad.

In other words, when he took office in the Zhenbei Army, you see if they give food.

In other words, their lines will be changed to: "You can't give food for nothing, don't say eat those two bites, you will starve to death if you eat one bite less." ”

And this year, the Xinzhen Northern Army has let all families earn some needlework money, which is really not annoying, and would rather take trouble to collect fish from the people.

In order to collect it from the people, it is necessary to send a lot of people to take care of it.

Even a good town office looks like a rag market.

We ordinary people have lived here for decades, when will we go to the town administration office and have fun? This year, it almost stepped on the threshold.

Those officials who are serious have become hawkers to help weigh fish, the master has become a shopkeeper, a small table is set up outside, and they sit in the pavilion of the governance office so that their noses are blue and their faces are swollen.

These are in everyone's eyes.

Therefore, since we have this opportunity, we also warm the hearts of the soldiers, including those officials of the town office.

It's warm, selfishly, everything is good for the two to be one, in case there is some good policy this year.

"Lizheng, just say when you will pay it? Let's go home, and everyone went home to pick up food. ”

Sun Li is stretching out his hand: "...... Well? ”

He hadn't finished speaking, so why was he gone.

When he came home, he was startled, and his daughter-in-law tossed out four bags of daylily:

"You're going to take the lead in sending more. Isn't this much cheaper than going to give gifts to Zhenting in previous years? Send Zhenting, even if Zhao Zhenting's reputation is better than the previous one, you can't get this little thing. But it can also leave a good impression on Lord Zhenting, and this year is really a silver saving. ”

She's virtuous, isn't she?

Sun Lizheng sighed, raised his eyebrows with a smile and said, "Virtuous." ”

……

Based on what the villagers of Sunjiazhuang said, the villagers of those villages are very similar to the scenes of Sunjiazhuang, and they all have similar ideas.

If you want to say that there is a little episode, the twelve villages really belong to Xujiazhuang and Yujiazhuang.

No, after Liu Laozhu and Xu Jiazhuang finished speaking, Xu Lizheng opened the ancestral hall and summoned the men in charge of each family to talk about it, which was unanimously agreed by everyone.

What Xu Lizheng didn't know was that he broke up the meeting after convening, and was buried by the villagers in private.

Everyone said that a village with a big surname, obviously the same ancestor broke the bones and connected tendons, it should be the most united, but what to do is not as good as the mixed surname village in Erdaohe, so what is the difference. The more I came into contact with Erdaohe and went to other people's places to worship after the New Year, the more I felt that my village was almost something.

Could it be that there are red lanterns in Erdao River, but there are none in their village?

It's not a red lantern, everyone glanced at Xu Lizheng's dress, which was called a decent and thick, for a whole year, Xu Lizheng leaned on the quilt when he was fine, threw two peanuts into his mouth and drank a little wine.

I thought of Liu Laozhu, who was cold enough this morning and came by car alone: "...... It seems that Liu Li is working hard and running around. I heard that the two rivers are better than donkeys. ”

And the one in their village is lazy and lazy, and he doesn't do anything.

You see, everyone agreed, he turned around and went home, and even collected the vegetables and asked his daughter-in-law and fifth aunt to go.

The villagers of Xujiazhuang have the truth, in fact, they just want to sit in the town pavilion meeting in their village, and it is best that no one can see him.

It is true that after Xu Lizheng notified everyone, he arranged for his daughter-in-law and fifth aunt to be responsible for collecting dried radishes at each house.

Xu Li is choosing the fifth aunt to be a little housekeeper, and that is because the fifth aunt has a good relationship with the old Xu family of Erdaohe. lest something go wrong, his daughter-in-law will be fully responsible, and the explanation will not be clear.

Then when Xu Lizheng's daughter-in-law and fifth aunt received the vegetables to Uncle Youyin's house, they happened to hear Gu Sufen scolding Hao Xianghua:

"Look at it, don't look at her not coming, I guessed that the quasi-guarantee is right, there is something about her here, and it is obvious that the girl!

She didn't stop for the New Year, and when she caught up with her family's daily income, she dared to eat enough to support her, and she asked everyone to donate vegetables with a big mouth.

It's stinky every day, it's not good, and one day she will be paralyzed on the kang and won't be swaggering.

Besides, why do you want our family to donate vegetables? Our family is not like that girl's family died on the battlefield, and I don't miss her there.

We have a book in our house, and we can't leave, what does it have to do with our family if those small soldiers in the battalion can eat or not? If you can't eat, you have to go to the court, and you have to go to the big officials who manage them.

It's not for me to guard the city pass, whether I starve or not, and it has nothing to do with our family, who let them take the money! ”

Coupled with the sound of Gu Sufen scolding and slamming the wooden basin, it was particularly harsh.

The fifth aunt thought that she was moving fast enough, but she didn't expect Xu Lizheng's daughter-in-law to move faster than her, and rushed in as soon as she kicked the door open:

"Gu Sufen, I've put up with you for a long time, and if something happens to Zhaodi from your house, I'll put up with you. I'm going to beat you up today. Can you still say human words? The whole sentence is that you don't have a book to leave, and your child is still born with a reason!

Besides, what do you think your family can get rich by paying less dried radish? So a little bit of, should you be poor or poor, yes, I'll curse you, you still dare to stare at me?! ”

After Lizheng's daughter-in-law finished speaking, she started to pinch it.

The fifth aunt immediately started to beat Gu Sufen in the back, she is an elder, and she doesn't believe that Gu Sufen dares to fight back:

"You black-hearted, I let you celebrate the New Year, there is no Erdaohe your brother and sister, Zhao Di would have returned to the West by now. Shut up, if you don't say it, I also know what bullshit you're going to say, isn't it just what Zhao Di can do if he doesn't die? I can see that no one has anything to do in your eyes, they all deserve to die, they all owe you, and they should all share. So I don't want your mouth, I can't say human words, and I'm even more sorry for the word people, I'll tear it up for you! ”

Uncle Xu hurriedly stepped forward to pull the shelf, and he really didn't dare to say a word in favor of Gu Sufen today.

Because once Lizheng's daughter-in-law and fifth aunt spread the word, although their sons did not go to the battlefield, 99 out of 100 households in the village had children who went to the battlefield, and they all died and did not come back.

Let everyone hear about it, and their family will become a public enemy.

Uncle Xu pulled away Lizheng's daughter-in-law and fifth aunt, and personally shook Gu Sufen's big mouth.

Gu Sufen was stunned for a moment, covered her face and sat on the kang in two steps.

Uncle Xu scolded Gu Sufen and said, "You didn't open the door, didn't you?" You girl is really, you've always been knife-mouthed tofu-hearted, you don't think like that in your heart, what are you always talking nonsense? No matter how poor the family is, can you still have that food? Most of the good things in the family turn into bad things, and they are all bad in your broken mouth. This time, others will pay ten catties and twenty catties of dried radish, and our family will pay thirty catties, so that you can have a long memory! ”

Turning his head, Uncle Xu personally went to find thirty catties of dried radishes and handed them over, only a little more, and he couldn't wait to bend over to compensate the fifth aunt and Lizheng's daughter-in-law.

Because once it spreads, where is his family just a public enemy of the villagers, dare to pay attention to the border army behind his back, and even the imperial court will arrange it indiscriminately, and the mistakes made by their family on the surface will not lose their heads, but behind the scenes, does this not want to live?

Uncle Xu looked depressed, and suddenly his eyes turned red and said:

“…… Fifth aunt, my surname is also Xu. If there are any big rebellious words that spread out, can we still have a good relationship with Xujiazhuang and Zhuangzi? and sister-in-law Lizheng, I'm sorry for her. After that, I designated to beat the scholar again, which made me determined to let her eat a lesson, if she doesn't change, I will give her a break back to her mother's house, and definitely not implicate our Zhuangzi! ”

That big mouth, to be honest, the daughter-in-law and the fifth aunt who fanned were also stunned.

The woman is beaten, how can a man slap him ruthlessly.

What's more, the next sentence is right, they are all surnamed Xu, they ordinary people don't understand the law, but they always hear that no matter what mistakes are made, the court likes to grasp some families and sit together.

The fifth aunt snorted angrily and said, "You take care of her, this is true!" I see your daughter-in-law, it's not a matter of looking for a goddess to break it, she is not recruiting anything, she is already rotten in the core. ”

It was also for the sake of the old lady's face that the fifth aunt took the lead in leaving Uncle Xu's house with dried radish.

Xu Lizheng's daughter-in-law angrily put down the sleeves of her slap rolled up, and then glared at Gu Sufen and left.

What happened to Uncle Xu's house after that, outsiders don't know.

But Lizheng's daughter-in-law was criticized by Xu Lizheng when she came home: "Just let you go out to collect a dish, you can also fight with others?" You can do it. ”

"What's wrong with me, I've endured Gu Sufen for a long time, if it weren't for those things in her family, would you be able to fall to the root of your tail? I don't dare to sit cross-legged on the kang now, how many days have we not had that thing?! "It didn't work in the first place.

This tiger girl, the grandson and the girl are all there, and the old woman is still worried about it, why are you so greedy. Xu Lizheng's old face turned red: "You are quieter!" ”

……

As for Yu Qinniang's maiden village, the episode that occurred was slightly different from that of Xujiazhuang.

Yujiazhuang is Li is holding a sample of indigo grass wrapped around his ankles, and before he finished speaking, he didn't expect to cry below.

And the first one who took the lead was Xiaoqin's aunt.

Because Aunt Yu heard that she was going to give gifts to ordinary soldiers at the border, she was stunned for a moment, giving it to ordinary soldiers, not for officials, not for superficial things. Then he suddenly said in a loud voice: "If anyone doesn't have a save, go to my house and get it." I don't make twenty pairs at home, but fifteen years ago, I could make at least sixty pairs by myself. ”

The reason why the uncle of the Yu family has a lot of indigo grass is that she is looking for a light to sell to the Xu family shop in Erdaohe.

Unexpectedly, the third brother and sister would rather accept the neighbor's gifts to that side than take her with them. This made her angry. The eldest aunt never introspected whether she had treated her younger siblings like neighbors over the years.

Therefore, it was very abnormal for the eldest aunt to suddenly make this move, which made Yu Qinniang's mother Lin look sideways at her sister-in-law.

And not only the Lin family in the village knows her sister-in-law, but many people also know that character.

Some people just wondered slightly.

But some mothers-in-law couldn't help but joke: "Yo, this is not like you, I'll see if the sun is coming out of the west today, tsk, you have to tell everyone why, otherwise we really don't dare to take advantage of your family." ”

Just when everyone thought that Uncle Yu would not answer, and Uncle Yu also glared at his old wife who was in the limelight, Uncle Yu suddenly said with a crying voice: "Because on the night of the fourth day of the new year, I dreamed of my second baby." He said, mother, I don't even have a grave, I'm cold, woo woo woo ......"

In front of the ancestral hall, the audience was silent.

Uncle Yu's second son was conscripted and did not return.

Tian's son-in-law came to pick up Xiaoqin's mother-in-law, Lin, to catch chickens and ducks, and it was at this time that the car came.

Then he heard his old mother-in-law crying and said, "So I can send as many as I want to the other side, and I just ask the soldiers to guard the city gate themselves, and don't have enough people to take away any of my sons." I don't have a second baby, woo woo woo ......"

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, many women in Yujiazhuang collectively covered their faces and cried.

Lin wiped away her tears, patted her aunt's arm and said, "Sister-in-law, don't cry, I understand." ”

"You know six, when you caught up with the conscription, your second child was young, and you don't have to go to your family."

Tian's son-in-law looked embarrassed and hurriedly attacked the Lin family, and the mother-in-law was angry at the third aunt again, this is bullying inertia. But he didn't want to talk about his mother-in-law.

The Lin family was also sincere this time, and he didn't take it seriously at all, so he asked her sister-in-law to make sixty pairs for ordinary soldiers on the border.