Villager of Daming

Chapter 13 Save more money to buy pens, paper and ink (third update)
The sun is shining on the city walls, and the voices of the people in the bustling city are rhyming.Collecting things and waiting for study, I hope that my emotions will be turbulent.

Returning to Xiaonian, the new jacket left the village and asked.Maybe parting and remembering the folks, smiling and worrying.

In the evening, everyone has a simple meal, and the next morning, continue to cook.

The village chief took Hanhan to Xuancheng after dinner, and the others returned the car.

People who know how to make cars have jobs, and the number of livestock in the village increases, so many cars are needed. When there is no car, the livestock are free, but if there is a car, they cannot live without a car.

In Xuancheng, the head of the village went to get a long-term guide, and he took the sauced beef to get it.

The villagers followed Zhu Wentian to redeem the pawned things, and the total interest was not much.

The village wants a high price, so the profit is five cents, 5.00% a month.

When [-] Wen, [-] Wen a month, [-] Wen six cents a day, because the time is too short, Wan Wen receives [-] Wen a day.

This little money is nothing at all for the "investment" earned.

When the head of the village met, he opened a bunch of road guides, which were valid for three months.

This is the credit of the beef sauce, otherwise it would only be open for a month.

That is to say, you can leave the government within one month, but not for more than one month.

Can't get out even if you walk?If you can't get out, come back and reopen.

"Buy, buy. Hehehe!" Zhu Wentian called everyone to buy animals again.

Chinese New Year is approaching, the weather is cold, people are uncomfortable, livestock will get sick if you are not careful, it is still early in the spring, and there are many people selling.

Especially the big animals that gave birth to small ones last year or the year before last, and they don’t look very good this year, so they should be sold.

The price of such livestock is low, but the price of pigs is actually high. Pigs have to be slaughtered during the Chinese New Year, and the price of poultry also increases.

Zhu Wentian bought it. It is better to buy labor than to keep the money in your hands at the moment.

Buy medicinal materials in medical centers and pharmacies, depending on the situation.

Red paper, salt, various beans, glutinous rice, brown sugar, iron nails, iron wire, iron ingots, working tools...

Zhu Wentian spends according to a budget of [-] Wen, and the villagers don't say anything, and they are used to him.

The money is what Han Han earns, how much can Han Han use for himself?Isn't it for the village?

The [-] wen was not spent, so Zhu Wentian turned around and went to buy pens, ink and paper. He didn't buy inkstones, as the village could make them, all he needed was a stone.

He doesn't need an inkstone to pour ink like wind, send ink like oil, store water poorly, and grind it with breath. The children in the village don't need to be so high-end.

Ink also does not need to be good ink, as long as it can write, the same is true for paper.

Zhu Wentian wanted to teach children to read. In the Ming Dynasty, knowledge changed destiny, and education also changed destiny.

There will be an imperial examination next year. If you pass the imperial examination, the imperial court will give you money and you will be exempted from taxes and labor.

Zhu Wentian hopes to change his idiot persona through this, it's too tiring to always be an idiot.

When the time comes, it will be said that the mountain god taught it, why not?Who dares to question my identity as a village guard?Still questioning the mountain god?

"If it doesn't work, I will go to the temple to stay for a few days, and I will say that the ancestor entrusted his dream." Zhu Wentian sat in the car on the return trip and thought.

"Hey, hey, hey!" The pig who was lucky enough to ride in the car continued to call, not satisfied!See other livestock follow suit.

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Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and it is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which is the new year.

Here is the south, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is the small year, and the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the north.

It doesn't matter which day, the key is that Xiaonian must be busy and lively.

The New Year's activities are different in each region, but the stove sacrifices are almost the same.

Cleaning and preparing things for the New Year, the so-called sacrifice to the stove, is actually to observe the situation of the stove pit.

Cracks must be repaired, and those blocked by stove ash must be dredged.

Sacrificing the stove is to repair it in time, so that the stove cannot be broken. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. How can we cook if it is broken?

If it is repaired, a crack in the stove, plastered and dried slowly, five or six days is enough.

That's why on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, there is time to sacrifice the stove.

Many folk traditions are scientific and cannot be regarded as feudal superstition.

The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the north and the 24th of the twelfth lunar month in the south are due to the difference in temperature, and the time it takes to check the stove for remedial drying is different.

The village where Zhu Wentian lived was on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and he followed to worship the stove.

Someone in the village painted the Stove Lord and wrote the Stove couplet, and everyone was beaming.

The new clothes for the New Year are ready, and the head of the village finds Hanhan to try them on, and change them when he watches the new year.

"Hanhan, the village is your home. One day you will go out and be wronged. Don't be afraid. Go back to the village. You are the guardian of our village!"

When the head of the village was trying on Zhu Wentian's clothes, he suddenly said such a sentence.

Zhu Wentian suddenly raised his head, looked at the head of the village, and smiled: "No, not going, in the village, hehe, hehe! Always, in the village, hehehe!"

The village head was slightly taken aback, and then smiled: "Okay, okay! We have money, and when the spring comes, I will make you a nice dress, and the village guards should be the best."

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'Hi Yo!hi yo...'

Villagers in Xiaqiu Village watched, shirtless workers pushing big logs, and the village was squeezing oil.

There is no need for Zhu Wentian to teach you this, the village will do it, because before there was no money to buy beans, and there was no time to grow them in large quantities.

The soybeans bought back are pressed for oil, and the remaining soybeans and other beans are divided into each family, and they grow bean sprouts by themselves, ready to eat during the Chinese New Year.

These beans were bought with the money of the minister, calculated according to the population.

In the livestock pens elsewhere, there are also people who feed the livestock, next year's labor force, and sheep for milk production.

The ewes are all pregnant, and people in the village hope to give birth soon.

Horses are the hardest thing to take care of. They have to be fed once in the middle of the night. It’s cold and they will lose weight if they don’t feed them.

Zhu Wentian wants to do it, he has great strength!The villagers don't use him, you rest and eat your candied haws.

Zhu Wentian had no choice but to watch from the sidelines, holding a bunch of candied haws, a mixture of hawthorn and yam.

The temperature in the village at night is sometimes below zero degrees Celsius. In the middle of the night, he asks his friends to come over to make candied haws.

The candied haws replaced with white sugar, according to the local temperature, was made in the middle of the night and will melt tomorrow.

But the rock sugar is no problem, more than ten degrees above zero, it is still firm.

In the middle of the night, the candied haws are hung with candies, and when they are smashed, large pieces fall out, which do not melt at room temperature. This is rock candy.

Happy friends!Freedom to eat candy, why are the large pieces of candy so sweet?

The adults in the village didn't eat candied haws, but they also found it sweet when they watched the children eat it.

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On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, people in Xiaqiu Village drink sheep soup. It is not a festival, but a problem of sheep.

Zhu Wentian bought a large number of sheep. There were five rams, and two of them were completely defeated in the competition, which was the competition process for choosing a mate.

The villagers didn't give the two rams a chance to make a comeback, and the rest was enough.

Also added three ewes who firmly rejected all rams, double selection unsuccessful, sorry!

Five sheep are enough to eat, and the village has worked hard to feed them for a long time!More meat than when bought.

"Yichang, Yichang, you are here, oops! We drove a long way!"

Feng Gui, the village head of Xihe Village, came again, still with two attendants.

Zhu Yichang is learning how to cook mutton soup with Hanhan. Cooking mutton soup is also a technical job. Opening and closing the lid of the pot depends on whether you want to make soup or make mutton fat.

Legs of lamb, lamb chops, etc. have to be taken out in advance, otherwise the meat will 'fly'.

"Come here? It's time to drink mutton soup. The village has specially baked pancakes. Soup and rice are inappropriate."

The head of the village greeted him very calmly, not to pretend, his village is so rich, what's the matter?
"Sit, sit, hehehe!" Zhu Wentian got up to invite, and he was sitting at the main table.

Feng Gui nodded to the two people who followed, and they ran to the last table and sat down.

He himself was sitting at this table, and someone brought bowls with sheep offal and mutton meat, and after a few tens of breaths, someone else brought soup with mutton fat in a ladle.

There was no pepper, and the pepper was too expensive for the village to buy.

But the sweet garlic is there, and it goes well with lamb soup.

"Yi Chang! I don't ask where the money comes from in your village. I just want to say, based on our relationship, how about borrowing some livestock next year?"

Feng Gui is envious and jealous!Where did Xiaqiu Village get the money from?A large herd of livestock.

The head of the village nodded vigorously, and at the same time took out wine and poured it on the other party: "I, Xiaqiu Village, rent your cattle from Xihe Village, and you are giving me some face, and your Xihe Village renting my cattle from Xiaqiu Village, I will also give you some face."

He made it clear, I am not using your village's cattle for nothing, you want to use mine for nothing?
"Yeah! Rent! Hey!" Zhu Wentian expressed his support, holding a sheep's front leg and chewing on it.

The hind legs are not good, there is too much meat, you can't finish it, it's a waste.

Feng Gui was taken aback by his support, how will he answer the next question?

(End of this chapter)