farming female castellan

Chapter 258 It's New Year's Eve Soon
The children went to see the little lamb.

"Those two have grown up, but this one is only a few days old, so small." Chen Ya looked at the sleeping baby lamb, "Is it still breastfeeding?"

"Should be eating?" Chen Xiu was not sure.

"You have to ask Wang Keyue, she knows a lot about raising sheep." Chen Ya said.

Chen Fan and Zhang resigned from the lotus garden for a walk.Most of the tenants are still there, and the market is very lively.

Hong Feng reported from behind: "Two families have come to ask if they can sell cattle here. There are fresh grass, hay and silage here, and they also want to rent five acres of land to raise pasture. There is some open space in the east, and a shed can be built .”

"Raising cattle here will taste good, right? Will it affect the market?" Zhang Ci asked.

"The market is in front, and the cattle are raised in this corner, so the impact should not be great. Remember to clean it up at ordinary times, it will be better."

"It can be considered. It will be more convenient for the people here in the future." Zhang Ci nodded.

"There is a butcher shop here, where did the pigs be killed?" Chen Fan asked.

"It was killed elsewhere and shipped over." Hong Feng replied.

"Next year, the [-] mu of land here will start to grow grain. If the villagers in Wangjiadun don't want to rent, they can find some tenant farmers from other places. You can concentrate on the security work." Chen Fan said.

"Cows and sheep still have to be raised." Zhang Ci added.

Hong Feng smiled and agreed.

23 is a small year, and the family members worship the Stove Lord and ancestors together.

There is no custom of worshiping ancestors during the winter solstice in Chen Fan's hometown, but it is a tradition to worship ancestors years ago, commonly known as "inviting ancestors".Even if she is not in the same time and space, she can express her condolences to her ancestors and pray for their blessings.

Zhang Ci kowtowed three times respectfully, muttering in his mouth: "Please the ancestors bless us with good health and a safe house..."

Chen Fan looked at him like that, wanted to laugh, but also wanted to cry.

The children also kowtowed earnestly, introduced themselves, and said words of prayer for blessings.

The cemetery was not here, so Chen Fan took the paper money from the grave to the crossroads to burn.She watched the green smoke rise and then dissipate.

24 Sweeping the house, the house was clean, Zhang Ci still took a long-handled feather duster to dust off the beams and pillars.Everyone scrubbed their houses and went to the city.

They went to Liu's house and visited two shops.The business of the new red bean soup is booming, and the bookstore has also started a wholesale business.

Zhang Ci delivered a speech in each store, praising the diligence and performance of the employees.Chen Fan gave year-end bonuses and annual gifts to every employee, and agreed to close the business on 26.

Each child received consistent money and went shopping with the guards.Chen Fan and Zhang Ci went home.

"At this time next year, maybe we can hold an annual meeting to bring everyone together to have a lively meal," Chen Fan said to Zhang Ci.

"It's good. They don't even know that we have so many industries and so many employees." Zhang Ci was very excited, "There will be a lot of grain harvested from other fields next year."

He mentioned the money: "It's been a few months before the kids have the usual money to go shopping."

Chen Fan smiled: "They usually don't need to spend money. The government will bear the expenses, and the government is not restricted in sending small gifts to others in private. It seems that there is no need to send money."

After the money is distributed, each will generate their own private property, and some thoughts like yours and mine will arise. "You have never rewarded their property alone, and you usually share gifts together." Zhang Ci said.

"It's too annoying to give rewards. Today, if the word is good, I will be rewarded with jewelry. Tomorrow, the endorsement will be rewarded with a piece of jade. The day after tomorrow, the performance will be good, but it seems that the reward will be less, and the contradiction will come out. Just praise it." Praise is also unavoidable.

Zhang Ci laughed: "You really have a simple picture."

When the children went to the street, they divided into several groups.

Chen Ya and Chen Zhongliang specially looked at the objects of those little dolls.

"These little shoes are so cute. Were our feet so small when we were young?" Chen Ya held a pair of shoes and talked to Chen Zhongliang.

"Maybe even smaller." Chen Zhongliang took a rattle and shook it in his hand.The corners of Bai Ce's mouth twitched as he watched from the side.

The hawker teased her with a bamboo dragonfly: "Miss, would you like to see the bamboo dragonfly? It can fly." The hawker rubbed his hands lightly, and the bamboo dragonfly flew up.He reached out and grabbed it back: "Use a little force, it can fly very high and far."

"How much is it?" Chen Ya liked it.

"Two for a penny."

"Buy two, one for each of us." Chen Ya said.Chen Zhongliang nodded happily, he liked it too.

"How do you sell the rattle?" Bai Ce asked for Chen Zhongliang.

"Ten pennies."

The corner of Bai Ce's mouth couldn't be controlled: "So expensive?"

"Making drums is much more difficult than making bamboo dragonflies, and the materials used are also good," the vendor explained.

Bai Ce paid eleven pennies.

Girls look at rouge gouache in the store.

"It's far worse than the rewards from the palace." Chen Ying whispered to Chen Xiu.

Chen Xiu nodded: "But the reward from the palace is so reluctant to use it."

"It's rare for us to use it at ordinary times, why don't we just buy a box? Use this for small occasions, and use the palace ones for big occasions." Chen Ying suggested.

Chen Xiu agreed, and exchanged the favorite color with Chen Yue.

The children came back after shopping around, and bought some small odds and ends.

Chen Fan saw the two bamboo dragonflies, stroked his forehead and looked at Zhang Ci: "Can you do it?"

Zhang Ci's face turned pale: "I can do it, but I didn't expect it. The ones sent from home are all like Jiulianhuan, without spinning tops and bamboo dragonflies."

High-level puzzles are sent, and simple and fun ones are ignored.

Chen Zhongyan and the others bought ten spinning tops for their own use and as gifts.

"Can you make spinning tops?" Chen Fan asked.

"After thinking about it, I should be able to, but the feeling of buying is different." Chen Zhonglin said.

Of course, that's the feeling of spending money.

The amount of rouge the girl bought exceeded the number of people, so she sent two boxes to Chen Fan.

"Are the spinning top and rouge expensive? You just gave gifts in Murakami, when will you give them?" Chen Fan asked them.

"Keep it for the time being, and wait for them to come to play together in the next year, and then send it off depending on the situation." Chen Zhongyan said.

Chen Yue's opinion was similar.

The children all ran to the yard, spinning tops, and playing with bamboo dragonflies.

Chen Fan thought for a while: "Should I give them some monthly money after the next year, fifty cash? Or a little less?"

Zhang Ci laughed at her: "So stingy? It's not as good as the monthly money of a maid."

"The servant girl is supposed to support the family, but the child's monthly money is pocket money, called pocket money."

"No wonder Liu Twelve and the others only thanked you with the usual money." Zhang Ci smiled.

He also knows about this?Did she say that?Chen Fan tried hard to remember.

Soon it was New Year's Eve, everyone wrote Spring Festival couplets together, cut window grilles, hung red lanterns, everywhere was red and festive.

Chen Fan stood in the yard, looking at the night sky.

(End of this chapter)