I never married and looked for myself to solve my lovesickness

The little sister lamented in front of the window, and the lover Mobei was killing the enemy

In the middle of winter, the moon sits at home, and then goes to leave in the spring of March

There is no main business in the court of several mouths, and the red dress is the master of the house

Siqi looked around the room, and the two of them brought her to the West House. The room is very large, two rooms, the east and west are transparent, with a curtain hanging in the middle, rolled up on both sides during the day to facilitate ventilation, and put down at night to separate the two rooms, and a bed is placed in the sunny place outside, and a bedside table is placed at the head of the bed.

Next to it is a basin stand, and a copper basin is placed on the shelf. Opposite the bed is a round table with several round stools next to it. The entire wall on the north side is covered with furniture, two meters on the left side is a wardrobe, and two meters on the right side is a lattice, on which antique objects are placed to decorate the room. This room is nine meters from north to south and four meters from east to west, and the room looks very empty. The floor is all paved with solid wood floors, polished and polished, but very clean.

In order to decorate the room, there are a few pots of flowers everywhere, which makes the room not so empty and lively. Even though it was winter, the room was warm and the flowers and plants were flourishing. This room used to be lived in by Wushuang, and she lived outside with Yu Jia. Further inside is the master bedroom, the inner room, and the outside room, the layout is the same, and the furnishings are similar, except that the whole wall on the north side has become a bookshelf, which is full of books.

In front of the bookshelf is a long desk, and a chair is placed behind the desk. This is also convenient for Yu Jia to read. The whole decoration looks simple and quaint, the room is also very clean, and the people are cleaning on time. There are also two large pots of flowers in the room, I don't know what kind of flowers, they grow more than one person tall, and the branches stretch outward, dotting the whole room, which looks very warm.

Siqi looked at the layout of the room and was quite satisfied. Turned to Yu Nu and said: "Sister Yu, you are also tired, just go outside to rest" Yu Nu said: "Miss, or I will serve you to rest first, I will go outside in a while, go around, and be familiar with other people, familiar" Si Qi didn't think much about it, and replied casually: "Okay, I'm still a little tired, then I'll sleep for a while" Yu Nu heard this, and hurriedly came to the bed, laid out the futon, arranged for Si Qi to sleep, and turned around and went out.

The jade slave went around outside, and he became familiar with the people after a while. Seeing that the jade slave is also a good person, the people thought to themselves: The maids are so good, it seems that our young lady is also a good person. As the saying goes, things gather people in groups, and the character of the owner can often be reflected from the subordinates. After chatting for a while, there were a lot of people in Jiang's house, sitting here, sitting there, and time passed quickly. When I came to the back garden, it was already the afternoon when I was in the afternoon.

The back garden is full of female dependents, better communication, chatting and chatting, a subordinate suddenly, exclaimed: "Oh! look, patronizing and chatting, this animal should be fed" When the jade slave heard this, he immediately got up and said: "I'm really sorry, you see, I'm delaying your work, so I'll also help, let's feed it together, one more manpower, it can be faster"

A subordinate hurriedly said: "Then how can you do it, you are a distinguished guest, how can you let you do this kind of subordinate work" Yu Nu smiled and said: "What is noble, look at what you said, I am also a subordinate, at home, I also do everything, go together" The subordinates saw that they couldn't twist this master, so they took Yu Nu to the breeding farm together.

On the west wall of the garden, in a corner, there is a small door, which is usually locked. At this time, someone opened the lock, the small door opened, and several people came out, and there was a bluestone path in front of them, entered the woods, walked along the path for about ten minutes, and saw the feedlot.

This breeding farm is also not small, covering an area of two or three acres, surrounded by towering trees. Who would have thought that there was a breeding base here? It is surrounded by a very high courtyard wall, and you can't see the inside from the outside. The door of the circle is locked, and when a subordinate enters, the lock is opened, and the courtyard is entered, and the small courtyard is also very large, and there are enclosures all around.

There are more than a dozen rooms in the row to the east, and there are dozens of pigs in them. There are also more than a dozen rooms in the west row, and dozens of sheep are enclosed inside. On the left and right of the south gate, there are five or six pens with hundreds of chickens. There are more than a dozen houses in the north row, a house on the east side, which is a "kitchen" for pigs, and these rooms on the west side have no doors and windows. It's just that there are walls on the back and left and right, a cover on top, and a few pillars in front of it, supporting the roof, to put it bluntly, it's a big open warehouse.

There is some feed or something in it, the grass for feeding the sheep is neatly chopped, there is a lot of rice bran or something, and there are some feeding tools, anyway, it is quite complete. The subordinates have a clear division of labor, and they are immediately busy when they come in. There are those who push small wheelbarrows to deliver forage to sheep, there are those who clean up the manure of the pen, there are those who eat pigs, the pigs are hot when it is cold, and there are those who feed chickens.

Yunu also joined the "battle", found a small basket in the barn, carried the small basket, walked to the chicken coop, and went to pick up eggs. The enclosures are spacious and clean, just like a modern farm farm. After a while, the jade slave finished picking up a basket of eggs. Hundreds of chickens, well fed by the owner, coupled with the warm chicken coop and quiet environment, these chickens also lay high eggs in winter. I picked up 70 or 80 eggs at once, and some of them were still hot. At that time, eggs were a good thing, and only large families could afford to eat them. Small families are reluctant to eat, and save up for something that can be used as currency in circulation.

The jade slave carried a small basket, put the eggs in the house, don't freeze, and covered them with a small cotton quilt. Then help the people and start feeding the pigs. Feeding pigs is tiring, to put the good pig food out of the cauldron, and then put it in the barrel, and then put the barrel on the wheelbarrow, push the wheelbarrow to the pig house, and then spoonful, spoonful, and then put the pig food into the trough. Dozens of pigs, that's a lot of feed, more than a dozen large food troughs side by side. When the others had finished their work, they also came to feed the pigs.

The woman has little strength, and can only push one large wooden barrel at a time, and she has to carry it back and forth several times. Although there is a lot of strength in numbers, it took some time, and it was finally all fed. After everyone cleaned up and locked the gate, everyone came out and walked back along the path.

There are people who carry small baskets of eggs and want to put them in storage. After a while, back in the backyard, Yunu saw that it was not early, and the young lady should wake up, and it was time for dinner. So, I said hello to everyone and walked to the upper room with broken steps.

It didn't take much effort to come to the upper room. When I entered the house, I saw that the young lady was still asleep. It's really hard to travel these days, I didn't sleep well, and now I'm home, Siqi is not here, so I slept so well.

This new daughter-in-law hasn't passed the door yet, she can't be like in her own home, she has to leave some identity. So Yunu hurriedly came to the bedside, shook his young lady gently, and shouted anxiously: "Miss, Miss, wake up quickly" Siqi woke up from the haze, rubbed her eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yunu was a little speechless and said, "What's the matter? It's time for dinner, why are you still asleep? Let the people see it, how bad! Get out of bed and wash your face, spirit, spirit."

After hearing this, Siqi also felt embarrassed, she really didn't regard herself as an outsider anymore, she became the rightful owner of this family. The little face was a little shy, and he quickly got up, and there was a kettle prepared by the next person, lifted the kettle, poured some water into the basin, and began to wash his face. The jade slave was at the head of the bed and began to pack up the futon.

At this time, there were already people in the middle hall and set up the table. Usually, the food is brought to the East House, Feng'er and Yun'er's rooms, and the housekeeper eats with Yun'er and Feng'er. Now that the new owner has arrived, and it is a woman, it is inconvenient to enter the room. So the housekeeper ordered someone to set up a table in the atrium, and everyone ate in the atrium.

It didn't take much effort, the meals were all ready, and the two little girls came in, but Yun'er spoke first: "Sister Qi, Sister Yu, grandpa asked us to come and call you to eat." Siqi turned around and replied with a smile: "Okay, good, good, let's go, go and eat." Saying that, Yun'er and Feng'er held their hands and walked out, followed by Yunu.

In the middle hall, the housekeeper was already sitting at the table, and when he saw Siqi coming, he quickly got up and saluted: "Girl, hurry up and take a seat" After speaking, he pointed to the seat. Siqi was a little embarrassed and said: "Uncle Jiang is not good, I am a guest, how can I be the host, this is a bit noisy" Uncle Jiang hurriedly waved his hand and said: "How can this be called a noisy master? The girl is naturally the owner of this house." Now that the young master is not at home, the girl will naturally be the master of this house, or the girl will sit first, otherwise how dare the old man sit down!"

Siqi couldn't screw it, so she had to sit on the main seat. Yunu sat opposite Siqi, the housekeeper sat in the lower hand position, and the two little guys sat down next to Siqi and Yunu respectively. Dinner, big families are particular, food is not silent, dinner is not so rich, but it is all newly made. The leftover meals at noon were given to the people. In the past, I ate less dinner, and in winter, when the farm was slack, there was no physical work, and I slept after eating. If you don't move, you can save your energy, and you don't need to replenish so much food and energy.

In the north, in some places in winter, two meals a day are eaten. Eat breakfast later and dinner early, so you can save one meal a day. In one winter, a family can save a lot of food. It's all a little bit of a life, and it's all saved.

It didn't take much effort to finish dinner. His own subordinates cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and made tea. At this time, everyone gathered around the table to chat, and it was the little guy Yun'er who spoke first: "Grandpa, grandpa, I want to sleep with Sister Qi at night" Feng'er heard this, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa, grandpa, then I want to sleep with Sister Yu." In the past two years, I haven't seen outsiders come to visit the house, and the little guy is also suffocated. No, if someone finally comes to the house as a guest, how can I let it go. When the housekeeper heard this, "Oh! Then you have to ask the two sisters, do you agree?"

Siqi hurriedly replied: "What's this, anyway, this night is long, there is a little guy with me, and I am not lonely, just let Yun'er sleep with me." Yunu also said that he had no opinion. The two little ones were so happy that they clapped their hands and feet. At this time, the housekeeper spoke: "Feng'er, Yun'er, since the two sisters have promised you, then the two of you will go back to your room first, and grandpa will discuss some things with the two sisters." The two little ones are very obedient and know the things of adults, and they don't understand either. "Oh" and they both went out.

The two children entered their room, and the old butler spoke: "That's so, I have something to discuss with the girl."

Siqi hurriedly said: "Uncle Jiang, if there is anything, you just have to say it."

When the old housekeeper heard this, he continued: "No, is it about to celebrate the New Year?" The rules left by the lord and his wife, every time at this time, the heavy snow covers the mountain, and the neighbors, at this time, there is not much food and vegetables in the house. In order to let the neighbors have a good year, every year before the end of the year, our family slaughters a few pigs, kills a few sheep, sends some to each family, and then sends some rice and noodles to each family, so that everyone can have a good year and survive this cold winter smoothly. Last year, I did the same thing in private. Now that the girl is here, do you think it's still the same way it used to be?"

When Siqi heard this, okay, the feelings really regarded themselves as the masters of this family, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Jiang, you should pay attention to the affairs of this family."

Jiang Bodao: "Now this family, the master and the lady are gone, the young master went out to fight again, you didn't come before, I can still be the master, now that you are here, why take care of this family for the young master, such a big family, no master is not good"

Siqi heard it: "Uncle Jiang, I just came, besides, how can I, a daughter-in-law who has never been through the door, be this family?"

Jiang Bo said: "Things are urgent, and now there is only a difficult girl, even if you are a young master, just take care of it for a few days."

Siqi thought for a while, since Uncle Jiang spoke, then take care of it, practice for the time being, so she said, "Okay, Uncle Jiang." Since this is the case, what is the matter, let's discuss it, I am a girl's family, I don't understand anything, and Uncle Jiang has to worry about everything. ”

After hearing this, Uncle Jiang hurriedly said: "Share the worries for the master, this is all the internal affairs of the old slave, that girl according to your opinion, how to deal with this matter now?"

Siqi said: "Since it is the good deed left by the master before, then follow the previous rules."

The housekeeper said: "At present, there are more than 100 households in our village, most of which are our own families, and they used to be each family: 5 catties of pork, 3 catties of mutton, a bucket of rice, and a bucket of noodles. Need to kill 20 pigs and 20 sheep."

Siqi asked, "Then when will it be done?" The housekeeper replied: "In previous years, it was the day of the New Year, and it was distributed to everyone, and the family should also prepare some, and also kill two pigs and two sheep for the New Year."

As soon as Siqi heard it: "Okay, just do what Uncle Jiang said, since I am temporarily in charge of this family, I naturally have to express it" After that, he turned his head to the Yu Nu and said: "Sister Yu, go back to the room, take my package" The Yu slave responded and returned to the room, and after a while, he took the package and handed it to Miss Yu, Siqi took the package, put it on the table and opened it, took out two hundred taels of silver from it, and then pushed it in front of Uncle Jiang:" Uncle Jiang, I, as the master, can take out so much for the time being, a little heart, exchange it for scattered silver, add two taels of silver to each household, so that each family can give the children, and can also buy a new dress" When the housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly said: "Then I will thank the girl on behalf of the neighbors." And when he had taken the money, the steward went down and arranged for it.

Now, there are only a few days left before the new year. Siqi returned to her room, thinking that the New Year was coming so soon, and it was the first time that she had grown so big, and she was spending the New Year outside. I can't help but miss my father and mother a little. I thought that it was time to report peace to my family, so I came to the bookcase and sat down, and shouted: "Sister Yu helped me study ink" Yu Nu heard the shout and hurriedly came from the outhouse and asked, "Miss, what are you doing?"

Siqi said: "I want to write a letter to my father and mother, report a flat press, and by the way, tell my father in detail what happened to Yujia's brother's house" After a while, Yunu studied the ink, and Siqi began to write a letter, and the general content of the letter was like this: Father and mother, the child arrived at Jiangjiazhuang Jiang Mansion in Huayin on a certain year, month, and day, and my father and mother did not have to worry, nothing happened along the way, and it was very smooth. Another change in Jiang's house, one by one explained, four or five years ago Jiang Uncle and aunt have died, Yujia's brother after the filial piety, he resolutely went to the army, now the New Year is approaching, the child is going to live here for a period of time, wait for the spring of the next year, and then go north, to the barracks to find Yujia. Parents take care of their health, don't worry about their children, and pay their daughter Siqi.

The content of the letter is probably like this, after it is written, it is put in the envelope, sealed, and the detailed address is written on the envelope, and a few taels of silver are taken out, and the jade slave is ordered to send someone to the town tomorrow to send it. At that time, there were also postmen, but there was a shortage of soldiers, and sometimes personal letters were easy to lose, so there was no guarantee that they would be delivered, and even if they did, it would take a long time. In the past, many of the letters sent to distant families were entrusted to acquaintances, and when they went out, they sent letters or messages to their families. Now there are no people who go to Yecheng, so they can only mail it.

Yunu arranged for his subordinates to send a letter, and in a blink of an eye, the new year came, and everyone in the Jiang family came to their "farm" early in the morning and began to kill pigs and sheep. You think, more than 20 pigs, more than 20 sheep, then you have to get it for a while.

Here the men started catching pigs and sheep. The women began to boil water. More than 20 pigs in the yard were killed in a short time, and they were arranged in a row, and the sheep were also killed, and they began to peel their skins one after another. Everyone was busy until the end of the afternoon, and finally they were done, and they divided the pork, mutton, rice, and silver into 100 portions, put them on three carts, and began to distribute them to the neighbors in three groups.

The three teams knocked on the door from door to door, knocked on the door and told the neighbors: "It's almost the New Year, the young grandmother of the Jiang family, honor the little hearts of the neighbors, five catties of pork, three catties of mutton, one bucket of rice, one bucket of noodles, plus two taels of silver."

Everyone expressed their gratitude, and those who had good deeds asked: "Where is the young grandmother?", and the people replied: "It's the young master's fiancée, from Yecheng." Only then did everyone know what was going on, and they asked how the young grandmother was doing, and the people praised their young grandmother a lot, and the neighbors were envious.

I was busy delivering New Year's goods to the villagers, and I was not idle at home, so I started cooking. After a busy day's work, I killed pig vegetables, steamed blood sausages, stewed big bones, and made a few tables of dishes. Pig's head, pig's trotters, and the rest of the meat, all of which were ready, packed in sacks, and put in the cellar. Four tables were set up in the courtyard. There are four dishes on the table: pig killing vegetables, stewed pig blood, big bones and hearts, liver platters, all with a large basin, the pig killing dish is mainly the northern sauerkraut put pork belly stew, stewed pig blood, some are also called blood tofu, trembling like a chicken cake, although it doesn't look very good, but it is delicious and affordable.

The old housekeeper ordered someone to open a few jars of wine, put them on the table, after everyone sat down, the old housekeeper spoke first: "Today is a small year, everyone is busy all day, now our family, the young grandmother has also come to the door, we also have the backbone, before eating, please ask our young grandmother to say a few words, and also get to know everyone, young grandma please."

After hearing this, Siqi hurriedly got up and said: "Hello everyone, now we are all a family, I am not welcome here, Young Master Yujia is not at home, this family will be taken care of by me for the time being, there are some things that are not done well, everyone treats each other better, after all, it is a family, it is inevitable that there will be a stumble." If we encounter anything, we will discuss it, and Uncle Jiang has been working in this family for decades, everyone has something to inform Uncle Jiang, and if there is any major event, let's discuss it together and make ideas. Today is the New Year, everyone is also busy for a day, I salute you with a glass of wine, everyone is happy to drink, the wine and food are enough, come and do it"

After saying that, Siqi raised his neck and drank a glass of wine. Siqi has never drunk wine, this wine is still a spirit, a glass into her throat, her face is flushed, tears are coming out, he can't stop coughing, Yunu hurriedly slapped in the back, and it took a long time to ease up, and everyone laughed. Everyone pushed the cups and changed the cups to drink.

This is exactly what it is:

Today is the twenty-third, and I will do it myself

The wine is like a fire in the throat, and the tongue is embarrassed

When my family saw this, I laughed and laughed, and I bowed my head and wiped my tears in my eyes

Lightly smearing the powder cheeks like a flame, rice food is good and it is difficult to swallow wine