The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 199

Xuan Wu also frowned, but remembering the news from the capital, he said again, "Let's see again, the Lord has arrangements."

Xuan Liu sighed, "Fortunately, this grassland will leave in the first spring, otherwise it would be really hard to say, so I would just make Miss Lu..."

"What nonsense, if you don't shut up, Miss Lu will treat you like the brother of this barbarian."

"Hmph, Miss Lu doesn't have much in mind. I can't guarantee that this prairie barbarian has a lot of eyes."

The two fought for a few words, and when they saw the blue and white jade started talking and laughing and entered the yard, carrying straws and burning a few big kangs, they quickly shut up.Thinking that I will be able to sleep on the hot kang immediately, and have a good sleep, I really don't have any troubles.

After a busy day in the Lu family, everyone shared a bowl of chicken porridge for dinner, served with light side dishes, and a few dustpans of scallion oiled flower rolls, and then went to bed early.

In less than ten days, the Chinese New Year will be here, and the whole village, men, women and children are all relieved.Consciously, the last busy day of the year has passed, and all that is left is to prepare for eating and drinking happily, celebrating the new year.

But I didn't want to, and no one guessed that the real lively days in Old Xiongling had just begun.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, a traditional small year, every family gets up early and eats dumplings, and then begins to calculate how many baskets of dishes in the greenhouse can be cut and sent to the city in batches.

Xiaodao sent a letter back saying that the threshold of the shop had been kicked off, and the deposit and silver had been collected several hundred taels.

Every family in the village can't wait to climb to the top of the warm shed to lift the straw curtain, and they can roar twice to the north wind to vent their excitement and joy.

The naughty boys have already had their annual leave, and like free birds, they forgot their homework and ran around the village all day, and occasionally "badly" buried a fat man in the snowdrift and planted onions, causing trouble. Fat Dun'er was crying, and the mothers of other boys' families would find time to kick their son's buttocks, so the partners paid a piece of sesame candy each to coax Fat Dun'er into a smile, and then continued to play.

The rooster and the hen in the chicken coop have passed the time of panic, and the owner has sent some of his companions to meet Lord Hades, and those left behind are survivors with sufficient residual value.

Therefore, the hen thought about laying eggs earlier, and the rooster announced the dawn conscientiously, not daring to slack off a bit, for fear that the owner would send it away if he was unhappy.

Of course, one has to be on guard against a creature called "Uncle", as long as this creature enters the door, they are easily sent to the guillotine.

On the contrary, the old dog who has devoted himself to his duties for a year is finally looking forward to a good time. There will be some bones in the dog food bowl almost every time, so he wags his tail happily from time to time.

Although Xiaomi passed the Jiji ceremony, he didn't feel that the days had changed.She still takes care of the family's food, drink and clothing every day, occasionally checks the account books, and plays with her jewelry box.

I have to mention that Uncle Liu is really an all-round craftsman who was delayed by hunting.Not to mention how sharp the knives and guns entrusted to him are, even a jewelry box can be carved with patterns.

The one-foot-square wooden box is carved with four gentlemen of plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum on the front, back, left, and right sides. On the top of the box is a peony flower in full bloom. .

Open the box, and there is a copper mirror inlaid in the lid. Open the button under the copper mirror, and the wooden box is divided into three layers.Rings, earrings, necklaces, even paired bracelets, and the golden crown inlaid with red treasures can all be placed neatly.

Of course, Gao Ren robbed the master's inner storehouse so thoroughly that Xiaomi had three boxes like this to completely free those precious jewelry from the fate of being wrapped in tatters in the package.

Compared with last year, there are many more people in the family, not to mention a lot more food and drink preparations, even more than a dozen sets of new clothes.

For Mrs. Tie and Fengniang's husband and wife, Fengniang has her own help, but Xiaomi has to worry about the new clothes of those prairie companions on the first day of the new year.Fortunately, the aunts in the village are warm-hearted, and the surviving women in Zhaojia Village are even more grateful for the kindness of the prairie people who helped them during the avalanche. They almost snatched away the cloth and cotton, as well as their own.

Now it has been more than half completed. Presumably on the New Year's Eve, there will be one person in Laoxiong Ridge, and both foreigners and family members will have new clothes to wear.

Xiaomi was sitting at the table with his abacus, keeping accounts.The account books of the family are fine, but the expenses of the Zhao Family Village must be calculated clearly. After all, the money donated before is counted. It's really not worth the candle.

Mrs. Tie sat on the kang and pulled off the leftover cloth from making new clothes with Feng Niang. She had nothing to do to sew a few new purses, in case someone would bring New Year's gifts and reward her servants.

Occasionally, when she looked up and saw Xiaomi biting the penholder, making the abacus crackle, Mrs. Tie smiled extra on her face.She has maintained a stubborn temper all her life, not wanting to find a good girl when she gets old, this kind of joy is about to overflow from her mouth...

At such a time, Qing Hua suddenly came to report, "Girl, a horse team came down from the mountain and said it was a New Year's gift for our family. The young master asked a few words, and those people only said their surname was Feng. Come to invite you, I guess it was sent by Mr. Feng."

"The visitor really said that his surname is Feng?"

Xiaomi almost jumped from the kang to the ground, Qing Hua hurriedly searched for shoes and came over in a panic, but Aunt Han, who entered the door afterward, smiled and took up the conversation, "Girl, it's true, Mr. Feng sent someone to give the New Year's gift, There are more than a dozen cars. The young lady doesn't know what to do, so she sent someone to urge you to go down the mountain again."

"Oh, get me that fox-fur cloak, and I'll be right there."

Xiaomi's little face was about to burst into laughter, and she rushed out before Aunt Han could fasten her cloak buttons, but then ran back and said to Mrs. Tie, "Godmother, I'm going down the mountain , be right back."

"Go," Mrs. Tie waved her hand, seeing Xiaomi running away like a happy deer, she looked at Aunt Han indifferently.

Aunt Han lowered her head subconsciously, thinking that Xiao Xu would not complain, so she simply said, "Ma'am, I don't know. Last winter, Mr. Feng was raised in Laoxiongling because of the injury of the third young master who came home. For half a year, I got along very well with my family."

Mrs. Tie raised her eyebrows, and her men slowly sewed the purse, before asking after a while, "This Mr. Feng lives in the capital?"

"Hmm..." Aunt Han hesitated for a moment, remembering Feng Jian's demeanor in her mind, and said, "I don't know the details. I only know that Mr. Feng went to the capital when he left at the end of autumn."

"You go too, remember to bring some reward envelopes, those servants who give New Year's gifts have to take care of it. I'm afraid Xiaomi forgot!"

"Yes, ma'am."

Aunt Han hurriedly opened the box to take the reward she had prepared earlier, and hurried down the mountain.

Mrs. Tie was left behind but frowned, Feng Niang watched from the side, and said cautiously, "Madam, do you want to send a letter to the family, and ask the eldest son to pick up Madam after the next year?"

These words have nothing to do with the current situation, but Mrs. Tie seemed to have figured out something, nodded and said, "Go to the letter, tell him to come back after the first month, don't come too early to be an eyesore."

"Yes, ma'am."

A flash of joy flashed in Fengniang's eyes, but she didn't dare to show it...

Leading down the mountain pass, it was extremely lively at the moment. After all, Feng Jian had lived here for nearly a year, and the old Xiong had already regarded him as his own family.

Now it is heard that he has been away for several months, and finally there is news, and he still sends someone to give a New Year's gift, but all men, women and children who have no urgent work in their hands gather here.

The steward of the horse team asked, "How is Mr. Feng? It's cold in winter, does your injured leg hurt?"

"That's right, and Uncle Yang. He didn't bring two jars of medicinal wine with him when he left. I don't know if he can survive the cold."

The steward of the horse team is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with red lips and big eyes and black eyebrows, he looks very simple and honest.

While greeting everyone, he secretly glanced at Xiaomi who was checking the gift list.

In fact, the mysterious boss above their firm suddenly sent a letter asking him to buy a generous annual gift and send it all the way from Fengzhou. He was extremely curious all the way.

Even though he is such a highly regarded senior manager, he only sees his master once a year, and his master still sits behind a screen, knowing nothing about him except that he is a man.

In addition to sending the account books and money, the boss never gave any extra orders. This time, the sudden order made the whole firm move, for fear that the boss would not be satisfied.

The New Year's gift was prepared with great difficulty, but the recipient was not a wealthy family, but such a small village, and what's more, the owner was... a girl.

This matter is a bit weird, but it seems that the truth can be easily seen through the window paper.

However, he dare not...

When Xiaomi put down the gift list, his mind was still in a trance. It wasn't because of how rich the annual gift was, but because Feng Jian wanted to send all the best food and drink in the world, but he didn't mention when he would come back.Disappointment is like a thin embroidery needle, pierced in the heart, without a lot of blood loss, but with every heartbeat, dense pain...

"Girl, I see that the guests are tired from the long journey, why don't you ask the chef to arrange the meals?"

Seeing Xiaomi's mind wandering outside, Aunt Han couldn't help reminding her in a low voice.Xiaomi regained his composure and nodded quickly, "Okay, tell Aunt Liu to cook more delicious dishes. Brother Feng has prepared New Year's gifts for each of our families, how can we not treat him well as a steward?
In addition, everyone should prepare a big reward letter, it's been a hard journey in the cold weather. "

"Okay, Mr. Feng is from his own family. The manpower he sent is naturally from his own family, good wine and good food are enough!"

"That's right, we're going to find Aunt Liu to discuss the dishes, and we'll have dinner in an hour."

The women at the door responded loudly, and finally went to prepare quickly.

The steward did not expect such a warm reception, and he saluted very gratefully.

Xiaomi opened his mouth to keep people, "My steward, it's dark and early in winter. I'm afraid it will be difficult to go on the road after eating. Why don't you stay overnight and return tomorrow morning?"

The steward hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then please trouble the girl."

Soon, the sledge was cleaned out, and there were seventeen mahogany boxes, except for the copper beast lock, which hardly had a trace of pattern, but they were packed full.The men of every family almost had enough strength to carry them back home. As for the rest, it goes without saying that they all belonged to the Lu family.

(End of this chapter)