Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 42

As soon as Zhang Yun finished listening to Mrs. Li's words, a look of surprise appeared on his face. Jiang, the devil at home, was ready, and he made a little money. He just waited for the little piglet. After hearing the good news, how could he not Happy.

"Ah, that's a good thing. I'm sure you can rest assured when you buy things from my relatives, so I'll go to the house and get the money for you." Zhou said with a smile, and got up to get it. However, Mrs. Li grabbed her arm and said: "My mother, why are you in a hurry, I don't know the price yet, I will put the money first, and when it is delivered, you can just bring it. "

When Mrs. Li said this, Mrs. Zhou was right after thinking about it, so she sat back on the bench again, and said with a smile: "Then it's as you said, but I have to say first, you can put it on the mat, and then you can't think about paying money. Don’t accept our money, and I won’t accept that little piglet.” Zhou was afraid that her parents and brothers would take care of her family and recognize the money for buying the little piggy, so she hurriedly told her the truth. ahead.

Mrs. Li smiled heartily: "I know, your family's life is much better now, don't worry, we won't rush to post money, lest you feel bad all the time."

Seeing that her mother agreed, Zhou Shi was relieved and said with a smile: "Yes, this year is much better than previous years, all the money owed in front has been paid off, and there is still some money saved, life will not be so difficult anymore. "Speaking of this, the mother and daughter are naturally happy again.

"Then, how many baby piglets are you planning to buy this time?" After a hearty smile, Mrs. Li asked, and Zhang Yun had already stood up, walked over to Mrs Zhou, and listened carefully to what they said.

Hearing Mrs. Li's question, Mrs. Zhou turned her head and looked at Zhang Yun, who immediately said, "Mother, no matter how many you catch, you must have gilts, so that in the future, we can have gilts for our own family." Little piggy."

"That's natural, but the boar and the sow have to be kept separately. If you buy both, you have to build two pens." Zhou thought about it.

"Among the little piglets in our family, there is a sow that will be ready for breeding in two or three months. When the little piglet is born, I will pick a sow and send it to me. I'll see, little piggy." It is enough to have one sow like this, you should all buy boars, this one can be bred, and it can be sold for money at the end of the year, and you can save some for yourself, it is more cost-effective than buying sows." Li immediately gave According to the suggestion, it is really not necessary to have too many sows, and a litter can give birth to more than a dozen piglets.

Mrs. Zhou laughed happily when she heard this: "Okay, then let's buy boars and sell them for money after fattening them up. Since there will be sows at that time, let's not buy too many, let's buy three piglets." , when the baby piglets are born in my family, I will keep a few more piglets at home and raise them."

Zhang Yun nodded after thinking about it. After all, he had never fed pigs before, so he didn't know if they could be fattened. It would be good to buy a few pigs and try first.

Both the mother and the daughter had the same idea, so the matter was finalized, Li said with a smile: "Then I will go there tomorrow and ask my in-laws to keep three of them. She hasn't been weaned yet, but she will be weaned after the [-]th day and she will be able to hug her."

"Then let the baby's father build a pigsty earlier. It's not a coincidence these days. Everyone in the village is cultivating land on the mountain, and there will be no time for a while." Zhou will remember that the young and old in the family these days, only I'm afraid I don't have time to build a pigsty.

"If you really don't have time, then buy it and put it in my pigsty for a few days. After your family builds a pigsty, then let your elder brother deliver it." Li Shi said directly.

In this way, there is no problem anymore, Zhou and Zhang Yun laughed happily, and the whole room put aside the matter of the little piglet, and chatted about other interesting things.

When Zhang Youqing saw Chengxi and Chenggui going up the mountain, he knew his mother-in-law was here, so he informed Lizheng, got Lizheng's promise, left the team and ran down the mountain, and came home to talk to Li.When it was almost time to apply, Mrs. Li stood up and said that she was going back.

"Mother, don't you want to stay here for the night." Mrs. Zhou tried to persuade her to stay, but Mrs. Li shook her head and said, "Look at these people, where can they stay, so I won't stay here."

Mrs. Zhou looked at her nieces and two nephews who had just come down from the mountain. It was true that there were too many people and there was no room to sleep, so she didn't want to keep them anymore.

Before Mrs. Li left, Mrs. Zhou stuffed a few big bags of food just wrapped, a large piece of roe deer leg meat, and a jar of tea oil into the bamboo basket, and insisted that Mrs. Li Mrs. Li took it back, but Mrs. Li couldn't help it, so she took it, took her grandson and granddaughter out of the fenced yard, and went back.

After Mrs. Li left, Zhang Youqing hurried up to Qingtun Ridge. It wasn't until dark that the whole family went down the mountain together with the whole group of fellow villagers. Before reaching the foot of the mountain, someone sent an invitation to Zhang Liangen and Zhang Youqing, saying: He wanted them to go home for a few bowls of water and wine, but Zhang Youqing waved his hands and refused. When Mrs. Li was just sent away, Mrs. Zhou repeatedly told them that they must go home today, and that they had something to discuss with them.

It's a pity that the folks are too enthusiastic, no matter how Zhang Youqing refuses, he still has to pull them. In the midst of a dilemma, a laugh came from behind: "I said lame, so don't pull Youqing, their mother-in-law is here as a guest, you just don't like it." Let him go back and tell him how to explain to his wife, but don't make trouble for the couple, if it makes them quarrel, that's fine."

Together with Luoyin, everyone looked back and saw Li normal Xiangyang walking behind him, they hurriedly stopped, waiting for him to come forward, and then went down the mountain together, after hearing what he said, the villagers Then he gave up, and the man called Laizi laughed and said: "Brother Youqing, why don't you tell me that the mother-in-law is here, you can drink water and wine any day, the mother-in-law's flattery is not always available, you guys Say no."

This made the entire group laugh. Zhang Youqing was not angry when someone made a joke, but just laughed silly, while Zhang Liangen gave him an angry slap, and said, "You are so glib, you are thirty There are quite a few people, and there is no serious conversation all day long."

At this moment, everyone laughed even harder, and the lame didn't care, he grinned and laughed together with everyone, and the group went down the mountain talking and laughing, and when they reached the foot of the mountain, they parted ways and went home.

When Zhang's family members entered the yard, the food was ready, the farm tools were put away, and after washing, the family sat down to eat.

"Father, my mother came over today and mentioned my third sibling's natal family. She said it was an old sow raised by the family. She had just given birth to a litter of piglets. If we wanted to catch her, she would go and say that I had already done it myself. I made up my mind and asked to catch three young boars and try raising them first, and if they are good, they can be sold to the butcher at the end of the year to make some money.” As soon as the family sat down to eat, Zhou couldn’t wait to eat. Tell the happy event.

Under the influence of Zhang Yun, the family members had already thought about catching the little piglet. When they heard Mrs. Zhou mentioning it, they naturally all agreed. You can buy it with confidence, but I have to bother my in-laws again, so I feel embarrassed."

"Father, this matter was brought up by my mother herself. She also wants our family's life to get better. If she works hard, she won't take it to heart." Zhou said with a smile.

Zhang Liangen said a few words of thanks again, and Zhang Youqing also said: "Then we have to prepare money. I inquired last time, and now the little piglet always costs seven or eight hundred yuan a head. After the new year, the price will drop some, but It’s always right for us to prepare more silver.”

"We sold oil last time, and we made more than seven taels. Then we sold stinky tofu and fried tofu later, and we made up eight taels. After selling oil, I returned Dr. Lin's two taels. We still have six taels in hand, and after buying the little piglet, we can still have three or four taels of silver left over." When mentioning the silver, Mrs. Zhou counted it carefully, and after doing so, the smile on her face became even wider. Three or four taels of silver is almost a year's expenses of their family, which can be regarded as a considerable savings.

When Zhang Liangen and Zhang Youqing heard this, they were all cheerful. They had savings in their hands, so they naturally had confidence in their hearts, and they would not worry about living a bad life.

Speaking of stinky tofu, Zhang Zhangzhang asked, "Father, mother, it's the sixth day of the lunar new year, and the market is almost open. The half barrel of stinky tofu we sold last year is still in the kitchen. If we don't sell it soon Drop it, I'm afraid it will break."

After mentioning this, everyone remembered that time passed so quickly, it was already the sixth day of the junior high school, and they were busy on Qingtunling for the past two days, so they forgot to do business, but now all the men in the village are on the mountain Cultivating the land, if they leave the other end and focus on their own business, I am afraid it will not be good. If they wait until the land is reclaimed, they are afraid that the stinky tofu will be spoiled. OK

Zhang Youqing thought about it and said what was in his heart. This made the whole family feel embarrassed. Zhang Yun knew that the stinky tofu would not go bad so quickly, especially because the weather was still cold and bacteria were not easy to breed. But she also considered Well, the New Year's Eve is not over yet, the market is more lively than usual, and the prices can be sold at higher prices than usual. It would be a pity not to take the opportunity to make some money.

"My mother and I can go sell, but there are too many things, we two can't pick so many." The men at home are not free, and their women's army can also do it, but it becomes a problem to carry the burden. There are so many miscellaneous things. Two, where can I pick the past.

"I'll help pick it up and go to the market. Let dad tell Li Zheng that I'll turn around immediately after I set up the stove. I'll go down the mountain early next night and rush to the market to pick it up. There shouldn't be much delay." Immediately volunteered.

Mrs. Zhou thought for a while, if Zhang Zhang went together, he would pick stones, firewood and pots and pans by himself, and Zhang Yun would carry stinky tofu barrels and tea oil. The man didn't delay the affairs of the village, so he smiled and said: "That's okay, let Cheng Zi help pick it up. He is young and healthy, and he is not afraid of getting tired when he travels back and forth."

After everyone made up their minds, it was decided. After dinner that night, Zhang Youqing started chopping firewood. He chopped all the firewood for tomorrow, put it together with thatch, and put it in a basket. The amount of oil for the tofu is packed in a jar with ears, and hemp rope is put on the two ears of the jar, so that it can be carried at that time. Put it in a basket.

After preparing all the things to be used tomorrow, the whole family rested, and the whole family got up before dawn the next day. Mrs. Zhou cooked breakfast early so that the men in the family would not have anything to eat after she left. Zhang Yun, Zhang Zhang, and Mrs. Zhou ate breakfast hastily and set off on the road.

The family split into two groups like this, and after seven days of busy work, the land reclamation work on Qingtun Ridge was completed, and Zhang Yun also molded two large barrels of stinky tofu as early as the eighth day of the lunar new year. When it came down, there was almost half a barrel left, and it was going to be sold on the 15th Lantern Festival night. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole family agreed to take a rest for a day.

Although they are resting at home, the whole family has no time at all. The grandparents of the Zhang family invited Chang Silang, Wang Damao and other strong men to work together to set up the pigsty. You can go directly to the bar.

With so many people coming to help at home, Mrs. Zhou and Zhang Yun were all in the kitchen, busy cooking and entertaining everyone. Among them was braised roe deer leg meat. I have been busy these days, so I didn’t have time to cook this dish. Guests, I just made it for everyone to try. In addition, I have to grind glutinous rice flour and make sesame stuffing. On the fifteenth day, it can be used to make Yuanxiao. The whole family is very busy.

(End of this chapter)