mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 56 Ready for the New Year

23. Tanggua sticky. 24. Sweep the house. 25. Grind tofu. 26. To cut the meat. 27. Slaughter the New Year Chicken. 28. Hair the face. 29. Steamed buns.Stay up all night at thirty nights, twist and turn on the New Year's Eve, and there are dumplings every year on New Year's Eve!

Zhao Chuanxin bid farewell to Chen Daguang's convoy, and returned to Lugangling Village with his salary and insurance team to rest for the night. He was going to the city to prepare New Year's goods the next day.

The atmosphere of the New Year is already here, and some people in the city are now hanging red lanterns.

Zhao Chuanxin didn't know how to write calligraphy, so he bought some ready-made couplets and hung them up.

Then he also bought a lot of wax, iron wire, red paper, firecrackers, candied pastries, melon seeds...

In the markets and shops selling new year's goods, Zhao Chuanxin and his party went crazy...

Finally, an ox cart and a mule cart were loaded, and everyone's horses were full.

In Lugangling Village, not only the families of the members of the insurance team are rich, but also the women who make coats have made a fortune, so they can have a good year.

Zhao Chuanxin also bought some rice, flour, grain and oil, a lot.

After returning, he and Zhao Zhongyi drove an ox cart, specially picking widowed and lonely families to deliver them to.

Gao Laolan: "Why do you still give me rice?"

"Everyone has a share, you don't have to refuse." Zhao Chuanxin took off the rice bag of tens of kilograms with one hand, carried it on his shoulder and put it in the house.

"I'm ashamed..."

"Don't keep nagging, you know I don't want to listen to nagging."

Gao Laolan: "..."

This is a rare thing that never happened.

How can anyone send rice noodles to others during the Chinese New Year?

A group of snot-nosed children in ragged jackets ran behind the bullock cart.

When they arrived at someone's house, they ran in first to inform them.

When passing by Li Laosan's house, Li Laosan leaned against the door frame and said with a smile: "Payment, why don't you give me some too?"

Zhao Chuanxin spat: "If you have hands and feet, why do you still have to eat?"

Third Li: "..."

Gradually, everyone will understand that it’s not just a gift for nothing if you are poor.Only those who do not have a major labor force at home and who do their best and still cannot get enough to eat can get it.

Zhao Zhongyi and Zhao Chuanxin gave something, touched his nose and said: "Chuanxin, if you give it like this, some people will be dissatisfied. They feel that they didn't get it."

Don't people suffer from injustice?

Bullshit!

Zhao Chuanxin said: "Can I get used to his problem? Who is dissatisfied, come to me, and I will teach him to be a man."

Just like Li Laosan, he just responded directly.

There was a bum in the village who stopped the carriage and insisted that he must also send a bag of noodles to his family.

Without further ado, Zhao Chuanxin jumped out of the bullock cart, strode over, and slapped his collar with his collar.

"Damn it, did you give me some face? I have killed more people than all your dead ancestors combined. I give it to whomever I love, and you fucking dare to ask for it?" Then turned around He said to Shuangxi: "Hold him down and beat him to death with a whip. If he is beaten to death, I'll be the one to blame. If you have the guts, go to the county government to report to the officials. You can see if the county magistrate dares to take care of it."

Erlaizi's old lady rushed over like a slapstick, and was kicked by Zhao Chuanxin and fell to the ground: "Shao Te, come with me, if you dare to howl again, I will beat you together!"

The woman's voice stopped abruptly.

This time, the voice of dissatisfaction disappeared immediately.

It was only then that everyone remembered that the person in front of them was a killing god!
After delivering the things noisily, Zhao Chuanxin took a group of snot-nosed kids to the river to fetch ice.

The ice that was cut out was dragged by a group of children to Zhao Chuanxin's house.

He used an elf carving knife to cut out hollow patterns on the ice. After hollowing out the middle, he put candles inside and lit them.

The organizers even built a slide out of ice.

At night, candles are lit, and rows of various ice lanterns reflect the bright light.On the ice skating, a group of snot-nosed kids were really snotty and skating there.

Not happy.

Even the adults in the village came to watch the excitement.

This is the atmosphere of the New Year.

When Zhao Chuanxin was busy preparing for the new year, Chengming was suppressing the bandits.

With his men, he picked up the locks of the lonely goose in one go.And the time, it only took three days.

Gu Yan's subordinates died and fled.

The scene was very chaotic.

At that time, Gu Yan was beaten and left alone, and fled to the deep mountains to hide.

In the winter, I spent the whole night lying in the snow nest in the deep mountains, so I didn't freeze to death.

I thought I was going to die here, but unexpectedly, there was a shout from the foot of the mountain.

It's his gangster Yang Yushu!
When Yang Yushu picked up Gu Yan, Gu Yan's ears were cracked from the cold, his lips were pale, and he was very miserable.

"Damn, I, I'm really miserable. You have to save my life."

Yang Yushu looked at the miserable Gu Yan, and asked someone to find a fox fur to put on him: "Don't worry, as long as the gangster is around, no one will touch you."

Yang Yushu is not talking big.

He is the "general manager" of this land, and this time he rescued Gu Yan, organized several groups of gangsters, and bought a batch of foreign gun bullets from the Russians.

He has many godsons and even more younger brothers.However, Gu Yan was the only one who won his heart.

In front of him, Gu Yan was really obedient like his own son, thinking of this dry guy for any good.

Just like little Jin Zier, he doesn't care about his death.And as soon as he heard that Gu Yan had an accident, he immediately brought someone to rescue him.

Over there, Cheng Ming also brought people to catch Gu Yan.

The two sides faced each other from a distance.

Chengming shouted: "Yang Xiucai, I have a military order this time, so I must capture Gu Yan. What he committed is too serious."

Yang Xiucai is Yang Yushu's nickname.

People who knew that he was the "chief executive officer" secretly called him a scholar's lock or a scholar's beard.

Yang Yushu replied: "Master Zhentai, Guyan is Yang's gangster, why not let him go, the Niu family's goods will be returned in full."

Cheng Ming sneered: "I am not discussing with you, what I say is a military order!"

Yang Yushu turned his head to look at his team, and suddenly he was full of pride: "Today, the town hall should give Yang some face."

Chengming didn't talk nonsense with him, and said to his subordinates: "Get ready, attack!"

In the past, when fighting lonely geese, Cheng Ming used more to fight less.At this time, facing Yang Yushu's troops, they fought more with less.

In addition, Yang Yushu's hands were full of brand-new foreign guns and countless ammunition. Those gangsters' morale was greatly boosted by relying on these guns and ammunition.

Chengming was out of support, so he had to lead the crowd to retreat.

There was a bad breath in his heart.

It is unbearable to want to be the commander of the infantry, but have no choice but to take a bandit.

Do we just let these brats run amok?

Suddenly, he thought of a person.

……

Lugangling Village.

When Cheng Ming came here, it seemed that the Chinese New Year was coming.

At the entrance of the village, there are still a few dogs on guard.

The only difference this time is that the dogs all have new litters.

The wooden kennel is nailed with thick grass mats, and there is a curtain blocking the entrance and exit, which can block the howling and biting northwest wind.

Still when the dog was biting, members of the insurance team on horseback appeared quickly.

Seeing that it was Chengming, the man nodded and took him directly to Zhao Chuanxin's home.

Zhao Chuanxin was outside the door, making lanterns for a group of little snot-nosed babies.

He brought back some glass jars from Shengjing.

He bound the top of the jar with thin wire, and tied it to a stick, in which sat a candle.

The glass jar is windproof and transparent, especially bright at night.

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin had made one, Cheng Ming handed it to a snot-nosed boy, and the snot-nosed boy happily carried a lantern around in the yard without fences.

This scene is very sweet.

He stepped forward and said: "Glass products, wax, these things are quite expensive, you just give them to a group of children?"

Zhao Chuanxin looked up and was slightly surprised to see that it was Chengming.

Immediately said: "What is this? Happiness is the priceless treasure. Wait a minute, there are two more, I'll talk about them after finishing them."

It must be done, otherwise some children have lanterns, some don't, and those who don't will definitely get angry.

He finished all the lanterns, and the group of snot-nosed children ran away chattering with the lanterns.

Zhao Hongzhi turned around while running and shouted, "Uncle, what if the candle burns out?"

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Whoever's candle is gone, come to me to get it."

Then, bring Chengming into the house.

Cheng Ming looked around and found that there were a lot of red paper and paste on the familiar desk.

Next to it, there is a stack of glued red envelopes.

The red envelopes are very delicate, with straight folding traces and uniform cuts. Each red envelope has a painting on it. The painting is very simple, such as a fish, some a rabbit, some a dragon, some a lantern, and some a blessing... …

Although the painting is simple, just the outline of lines, it is very charming.

There is also a wooden board, round, with lace on the edge, a blessing character in the center, and dragon balls, lanterns, copper coins and other patterns pasted on the rest.

Next year is the year of the dragon, so many things will have dragons.

The wooden board is pasted with the word "Fu" made of red paper. A hole is punched on the top of the wooden board, and a rope is tied. The end of the rope is tied with an iron hook, which can be hung in some places.

Cheng Ming took a sip of tea: "You have lived a unique year."

He saw the slide made of ice outside through the glass window, and saw the lamps carved out of ice, and the candles inside were already lit.

The snot-nosed babies who just ran home to show off, now ran back, or circled around the ice lantern, or went up and down the slide, sliding tirelessly.

There is also an open space that seems to have been watered and frozen on purpose, and there are children beating a carved wooden top.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a Luzon cigarette and motioned to Chengming. After Chengming shook his head, he lit it himself.

Leaning on the office chair, he put his feet up, and said while puffing: "I like excitement, I like children. There will be excitement when there are many children, and there will be atmosphere during the New Year. I am willing to spend money for them. You can spend a little money. , I can watch them play, how exciting."

In the later life he came back to, the New Year's Eve no longer had such an atmosphere.

Not to mention this small amount of money, even if it costs ten times as much, he would be happy.

Chengming also thought it was very good, but the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and he didn't come to Lugangling Village to watch the children play.

Finally, he couldn't help clarifying the reason for his visit: "This time, I am asking you to help me."

(End of this chapter)