Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 114

The next day, light snow fell sparsely in the sky again, and Chang Man really came to the door early in the morning to report to Zhang's family that he was safe. Seeing that he had returned safely, Zhang's family felt relieved.

Zhang Yun didn't sit in the main room with him, but stayed in the kitchen with Mrs. Zhou, taking advantage of the snowy day to prepare the New Year's dinner.

"Mother, hey, this is for you. It's money from Changzhou." It was too late yesterday, and Zhang Yun didn't go to wake up his parents. to her.

Mrs. Zhou took it with a smile, opened the money bag and looked inside, only to see copper coins at the bottom of the bag, and some small silver coins, which seemed to be quite a lot.

"Mother, I have already counted. There is one or two taels of silver and more than 600 copper coins." Zhang Yun counted them last night. , not too little.

Hearing what Zhang Yun said, Mrs. Zhou put the money bag into her arms, and said with a smile: "It's really thanks to Manzi, if it wasn't for his cousin, who sold it in the market, I don't know where it is. When it's sold out."

Zhang Yun smiled sweetly at the side, and Chang Man's running back and forth was not in vain. Now that he has dyeing equipment, it will definitely be better in the future.

The mother and daughter were busy making food and chatting, and when Chang Man left, they came in to say goodbye to Mrs. Zhou, and Zhang Yun watched him go by the kitchen door.

After dinner, Zhang Youqing and Mrs. Zhou closed the door and counted money cross-legged on the kang. Mrs. Zhou took out the pot containing money from the kang, put the copper coins obtained today on a string, and put the broken silver in it. in purse.

"His father, the previous 14 taels of silver, plus the 12 taels from the pork sale yesterday, and the one tael today, together with our family's broken silver and copper coins, it is almost 28 taels." Zhou said this, The smile on the face could not be stopped, let alone the joy in my heart.

Zhang Youqing was also very happy. Unexpectedly, in just one year, his family went from being in debt to living hard, to now they have accumulated a large amount of savings. It is really a big change.

"With this money, our family has to make good plans to build a new tile-roofed house in the coming year, so that it can be used by Cheng Zi to marry a wife." Zhou grinned and talked about his inner plan with a smile.

"Building, the tile-roofed house must be built." Zhang Youqing agreed after hearing this. He had already planned this in his heart, and said with a smile: "Not only the tile-roofed house, but also a few acres of paddy fields. This is also the most important thing."

"Father has already been inquiring about the paddy fields. When you have time, you can go to Lizheng's house and ask him to see what he thinks." Mrs. Zhou was also thinking about buying paddy fields, so she mentioned something from the side, even if she didn't Ripe fields, go to Lizheng and ask if there are any idle fields, or you can buy them and reclaim them at home, it's better than waiting.

The couple babbled and discussed for a while before blowing out the oil lamp and resting.

In the days that followed, the snow kept falling and stopping, but the Zhang family had no free time. When it snowed, they would prepare food for the New Year at home, and when the snow stopped, they would go to the town to do business, without delaying either end.

With so much money in the family this year, the Chinese New Year is more particular than in the old year. Mrs. Zhou took some money out to pull the cloth. This time, not only the three children, but also the adults all have a share. Everyone in the family wears new clothes and pants. One point is enough to make the Zhang family happy.

On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, the Zhang family stopped their business and stayed at home to concentrate on the New Year. In the past few days, the stove at home has never been idle. The whole kitchen is always filled with aromas, salty, sweet, and spicy aromas intertwined to create a strong Chinese New Year atmosphere.

Zhou's family and Zhang Yunmu's daughter were very busy in the kitchen, and the young and old at home were also busy. After the stove day, they were busy with dusting, posting Spring Festival couplets, window grilles, hanging thousands, and posting door gods. And this year, the family cuts the sugar by themselves. After the fried rice, green beans, and peanuts are fried in the kitchen, they are handed over to the family members to make fried rice sugar, soybean sugar, and peanut sugar.

In the past, these cut candies were sent by my uncle. This year, I cut them at home, and naturally my grandmother’s share is indispensable. On the morning of the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Youqing prepared all kinds of food at home, a large piece of pork, pork, etc. Suet, the whole can of tea oil, and other miscellaneous things were stuffed into two baskets, and they went to Xiahuai Village with the burden.

In the past years, Zhang’s family received a lot of money from grandma’s family to help and subsidize it. This year, it’s finally the Zhang’s turn to repay. Zhou’s thoughts that have been hidden in his heart for so many years have been fulfilled today. He sent Zhang Youqing out early in the morning and looked at him. When the back is far away, the corners of the eyes are wet.

There are always many things to do during the Chinese New Year. Zhang’s family has been busy for several days in an orderly manner. On New Year’s Eve, everything that should be prepared has been prepared. In the next evening, all the work is stopped. The family sits around the table lively and happily. It's been a year.

This year is different from the old year, Zhang Yun is more careful, no longer catches the cold, so on the night of New Year's Eve, he stays with his family to watch the New Year's Eve. After the third watch, when the old year is celebrated and the new year is celebrated, he follows Zhang Zhang and Zhang Xing and tramples on it lively , I really experienced the ancient Chinese New Year customs.

The Chinese New Year in ancient times was really lively. The whole family had a free day on the first day of the new year. On the second day of the new year, they started all kinds of New Year greetings. They visited relatives and friends for several days. It's choking.

But I was tired, but I ate a lot of delicious food, such as muffins, rice crackers, coke rings, twists, pork chops, fire, etc. Zhang Yun couldn't hold his mouth from ear to ear, and there were red envelopes, although there were not many. It's also very fun.

When the market opened in Chuwu Town, the three brothers and sisters of the Zhang family, Chang Man, Chang Juan, Chang Ming, Chang Liang, Chang Zhu, and Chang Cui, brought along Chang Dong and Chang Fu, a large group of people. Go to the town and play for a whole day.

Until the next evening, everyone was tired from playing, so they didn't go back on foot, but went to the ferry and took a boat.There were quite a lot of people waiting for the boat at the ferry, and a group of them waited for a long time before boarding the boat.

Zhang Yun chose to sit at the stern when he boarded the boat. Chang Juan, who was always inseparable, naturally sat beside her. Xiao Cui was about to sit on the other side of her, but Chang Man took the lead and sat down. down.

"Brother Manzi, why are you sitting with our girl? There is no room for my elder brother, so you go and sit there." Xiao Cui looked at it, pouted her lips, and went to the regular seat on the bow. Zhu pointed to his side.

Chang Man couldn't bear to leave Zhang Yun's side, but Xiao Cui was so annoyed, and afraid that Zhang Yun would be embarrassed, she couldn't help but steal a glance at her.

Zhang Yun naturally knew Chang Man's thoughts, but in front of everyone, he really acted too obsessively. Today in the town, he has been following her side by side, which made her feel embarrassed. Xiao Cui would look at him like this Then, the back of the ear couldn't help burning.

"Go and sit over there." Zhang Yun tried his best not to show shyness, and said softly in a low voice.

Zhang Yun opened his mouth, and Chang Man naturally had to follow suit, but he felt a little lost in his heart. He looked at her and looked at her again, and was about to stand up and give way, but Chang Zhu at the stern came over a few steps and pulled Xiao Cui up. He said: "Xiao Cui, didn't you just want to play with the Nine Links I bought, go sit over there, and I will teach you how to play."

When Xiaocui heard this, she immediately smiled, and didn't care about it anymore, she hurriedly followed Chang Zhu to the bow, sat down next to him, and kept urging, "Brother, quickly take it out and teach me how to play. "

Chang Zhu took out the cloth bag from his arms, spread the cloth bag, took out Jiulianhuan and handed it to Xiao Cui, leaned his head to teach her, and did not forget to secretly turn his face to the side and wink at Chang Man.

For the good brother's help, Chang Man naturally understood, and quickly cast a grateful look at him, and now he can finally stay next to Zhang Yun with peace of mind.

After a while, everyone on the boat sat down, the boatman propped up the bamboo poles, and the boat sailed slowly away from the shore.

Chang Juan has always had good eyesight, and she also knew about their affairs, so as soon as the boat left the shore, she moved her position and leaned next to Chang Ming, Chang Liang, and Zhang Zhang. Zhang Yun is gone.

The friends around him are so knowledgeable and interesting, how can Chang Man not be happy, he looked around the boat for a while, and saw that everyone was chatting enthusiastically with the people around him, and no one was paying attention, so he boldly stretched out his hands quietly After reaching Zhang Yun's waist, he lightly grabbed her sleeve and pulled it back.

Zhang Yun noticed his small movements early in the morning, but deliberately pretended not to know, turning his face sideways as if listening to Chang Juan and the others, but in fact his heart was beating so hard that he couldn't hear a word.

Chang Man was tentatively tugging on her sleeves, not daring to be too presumptuous, it can be seen that she did not struggle, and let him do what she did, she became excited all of a sudden, her whole heart was beating like it was about to burst out of her chest, she hurriedly opened her palms, and all of a sudden Hold her hand.

The two hands clasped together behind their backs, and no one noticed that there were so many people on board. Both of them felt an unprecedented heartbeat and excitement.

The boat went down the river, and the young people on the boat were chatting loudly about the interesting things they saw in the town. You and I were very lively, and the rest of the villagers who had never met each other were infected by this kind of enthusiasm, and laughed along with them. , only the two sitting in the stern of the boat didn't open their mouths much all the way, they kept listening, but the smiles on their faces were particularly bright.

Seeing the shore of Bailidu from a distance, the people on the boat began to pack up their belongings and prepare to go ashore. Zhang Yun saw that he was approaching the ferry. He didn't dare to let Chang Man hold hands anymore, so he rolled his eyes at him and held his hand. She struggled slightly, beckoning him to let go.

But Chang Man still held onto it, Zhang Yun opened his eyes wide and was ready to stare at him, lest he be too presumptuous and show his self-satisfaction, and then he would definitely be laughed at by others, she didn't want to do that.

Zhang Yun just opened his eyes wide, but felt something hard stuffed into the palm of his hand, and then Chang Man's hand was loosened, and before she could take a look, the boat pulled up to the shore, and everyone stood up, filing together Step over to the shore.

Zhang Yun hurriedly stood up too, and when he stepped onto the bank, he turned sideways quietly, looked down at his hand, and saw a silver hairpin lying in the palm of his hand.

The silver hairpin is very simple and not very valuable, but such a cold thing makes Zhang Yun feel warm, the corner of his mouth unconsciously curls up into a smile, he gently puts the hairpin into his arms, and puts it close to his body. Put it away, and when you turned your head, you met Chang Man's bright eyes, looking at her deeply.

Zhang Yun smiled at him, pointed to his bosom, Chang Man's heart was filled with honey, and he started giggling, until he aroused suspicious eyes from his companions, so he stopped laughing, and A few of them walked forward together.

Seeing his stupid look, Zhang Yun couldn't help but wanted to laugh, but he didn't want to attract attention, so he could only hold back his smile and walked back together.

(End of this chapter)