Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 47

Zhang Yun carefully opened his eyes and let her see clearly. At the front of the yamen servants team was Zheng County Magistrate in official robes. He had already walked outside the long shed. After a while, he waved his hands. Then they stopped, and the servants carrying spring cattle and plows came to the front one after another, and the sacrifice of spring plowing would be presided over by Zheng County Magistrate.

The county magistrate Zheng lit the incense sticks with his own hands, lifted his official robes, knelt down on the prepared cattail pads, prayed three times, and burned incense to pay homage to the emperor's heaven and earth. Kneeling for a while, magistrate Zheng read a prayer speech in honor of the gods of heaven and earth, and all the villagers followed to pray.

Zhang Yun has never seen such a grand sacrificial scene. There are thousands of people around the long shed, all kneeling and prostrating. This scene is much more shocking than the TV series. I didn't stay below, otherwise I would have to kneel down, the gravel road outside the long shed must be so harsh.

Seeing himself dangling his feet and leisurely watching the grand sacrifice, Zhang Yun only felt excited, but other people didn't think so. The charter on the plane tree next to him suddenly said: "I knew I wouldn't come up, and we would all miss it." The spring plowing sacrifice is the most important sacrifice for us peasants, if our parents know about it, they will scold us."

Chang Zhu and Chang Man both expressed their deep approval, nodded their heads, and looked towards the sacrificial site outside the long shed with some regret. Chang Juan is a girl, and she does less work in the field, so she doesn't feel as much as they do , but these are business matters, and she knows how to distinguish them, so she didn't interrupt.

As a result, the originally happy atmosphere suddenly cooled down, and the boys on the tree wanted to go down, so they climbed down one by one. Seeing that they all went down, Zhang Yun and Chang Juan naturally couldn't stay any longer. The two also followed down the tree.

When the few of them went out from the path again, the prayers had been finished, and the worship of the gods of heaven and earth was over. The county magistrate Zheng stood up, and all the villagers also got up together. Zhang Yun and the others took advantage of this moment to walk in to the crowd.

It didn't take long for the crowd to move. Everyone turned their heads and walked back. Zhang Yun and the others followed without knowing it.

After crossing the Tongbao Bridge, the crowd was actually walking on the way out of the town, which made them puzzled. After a little inquiring, they found out that the county magistrate Zheng wanted to hold the plow himself. The spring plowing started, and this meeting led the villagers to the cultivated land outside the town.

Changyuan Town is adjacent to the Jiuqu River, so there is not much arable land outside the town, and you have to walk several miles away from the town to see it, but County Magistrate Zheng insisted on walking. Excitedly followed behind, in my heart I admired such a good official who did everything by himself.

The crowd walked for several miles in this way, and finally saw a large area of ​​paddy fields and dry land, which already belonged to the village near Changyuan Town, the land of Yuanting Village. There were many villagers of Yuanting Village in the crowd. When Ling unexpectedly arrived in his own village, everyone was so excited that they cheered and jumped for joy.

Zhang Yun huddled in the crowd with others. She was petite and couldn't see what was going on ahead. She could only listen to the voices of other men and daughters-in-law around her. , wearing the clothes of ordinary peasants, rolled up the sleeves and trousers, put on straw sandals, and went to the field to drive spring cattle and help plows for spring plowing. At this time, the cheers in the crowd were even louder. deafening.

The crowd had been jubilant for an unknown amount of time before they moved again and walked towards Changyuan Town again along the original route. The government servants in front of the crowd carried paper-made spring cows through the street to show that the New Year had begun, and the five grains were waiting to be planted. Waiting, the folks should give up their laziness and welcome the arrival of spring plowing. The crowd is still cheering and cheering for the coming of spring plowing. Therefore, the residents of the town set off firecrackers on the street, crackling all the way, and the spring plowing is naturally lively. Row.

After wandering the streets and alleys, the crowd returned to the long shed next to the Earth Temple, and burned the paper-made spring cattle and plows, and the spring plowing was successfully completed.

County magistrate Zheng had to go to other towns to take charge of the spring plowing, so he took the servants and left amidst the cheers of many villagers without staying for a while. Many villagers followed along the way and escorted them to Linzhen Only then turned back.

Zhang Yun and the others did not follow, because the fellow villagers were scattered by the crowd and they couldn't find them for a while, so they ran to wait on the road in front of the ferry. To return to Tuntian Village, they had to pass through the crossing.

After waiting for a short time, I saw Zhang Liangen, Zhang Youqing and Zhou Shi, Wang Damao and his wife, with his three sons, and Chang Silang and his wife. Chunhua, Xiuhua and Shuanzi hadn't been seen yet. The large group of people waited for a while, until all these people were waiting, they turned around and started on the road.

However, Zhang's family, Wang's family, and Chang Silang's family were all waiting, but Chang Man's family did not see him. It was not good to leave him alone at the ferry, so Chang Silang went up and said, "You come with us Go, if your parents can't find you, they will definitely go back first."

Chang Man agreed after thinking about it, and went back to Tuntian Village with the three families. When he came to the town to make spring plowing, it was already past noon when he returned to the village. home.

This trip drove a lot back and forth, and the crowd was crowded in the town. After returning home, everyone felt tired, so for dinner, I reheated the leftover Yangchun cake from the morning and ordered the pot of noodles , It's that simple to deal with, after dinner, after tidying up, they all rested.

Lying under the blanket, Zhang Yun felt a dull pain in several places on her body. She probably bumped into it when she was crowded in the crowd. She didn't bother to see if there were any bruises, anyway, it would be better in a few days.

The body felt tired, but the crowd in the town was so lively that Zhang Yun's ears were still ringing, and his nerves were excited for too long, so he couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he nestled under the quilt and stretched out his hands to rub the painful spots. place.

Rubbing the pain, Zhang Yun unconsciously thought of the crowded scene in the town, and naturally thought of the scene of Chang Man helping her withstand the crowd at that time. Thinking of this, she faintly felt that Chang Man seemed to be interested in her It’s a little different. At that time, he was so nervous about the iron lock, he was fighting and overturning the fence, and when he was on the boat together, his eyes kept staring at himself. So many clues came down, as a modern soul. How can she not guess that she is so cute, Chang Man is interested in her and likes her.

Now she can't sleep even more. Although it's been a year, Zhang Yun is already fourteen years old, and he can basically negotiate a marriage. , put all her thoughts on changing the life at home, and never thought about this issue in her heart, as if all these were far away from her, she would suddenly find that this matter was already approaching, and it was still dangerous. When someone likes her, pressure suddenly arises in my heart, and I no longer have the mood to sleep, and my mind is in a mess.

After much deliberation, Zhang Yun couldn't think of a way to delay the marriage proposal. It wasn't until midnight that he fell asleep in a daze. He didn't sleep well. For some reason, he had a dream, and it was a dream of getting married. The red hijab covered her head, and hands reached in to remove the hijab. The red hijab was lifted, and Chang Man's face came into her eyes.

Feeling his heart pounding, Zhang Yun woke up suddenly. After waking up, his heart was really beating. He felt a little frightened, so he hurriedly raised his slightly weak hand to cover the beating. How could she have such a dream?

Although this dream made Zhang Yun quite confused, it was always nonsense to spend time pondering a dream. He turned his face and looked at the window. There was a faint morning light staining the window paper. It seemed that the sky outside was not bright yet, but Zhang Yun couldn’t fall asleep any more. , I simply got up, put on my clothes and pants, and got off the kang.

Pushing open the door, Zhang Yun walked into the courtyard, it was indeed very dark outside, the sky was still as if light ink had been splashed on it, with a little gray in the thick black, the family hadn't set up the kang, and neither did the villagers. When I woke up, there were a few faint cock crows in the distance, but no dog barking. It would be spring, and the insects began to recover. Occasionally, there were a few low-pitched crickets and gnats, rushing into my ears , The subtle sound set off the tranquility of the surrounding fields.

Standing in the yard, Zhang Yun took a deep breath with the cool breeze blowing on his face. The air was filled with the smell of spring, and he became inexplicably cheerful. Without thinking about it, he went straight to the kitchen.

By the time the family got up one after another, Zhang Yun had already lit the fire, cooked a pot of millet porridge in the kitchen, kneaded the dough, let it ferment, spread oil on the cutting board, and spread the dough on his hands. Press it into a rectangular shape on the chopping board, use the same oiled kitchen knife to cut the large noodles into small strips, and fry the fried dough sticks in the oil pan. For some reason, I suddenly miss the breakfast of white porridge fried dough sticks. This is In her previous life, her parents liked the breakfast prepared for her the most.

When the fried dough sticks were put into the oil pan, there was a sizzling sound in the pot. Zhang Yun held the chopsticks in his hand, followed the gesture of frying fried dough sticks in his memory, and gently moved the noodles that were slowly rising, and then kept turning them over to make the fried dough sticks evenly Deep fried until golden brown.

When Mrs. Zhou entered the kitchen, she was quite surprised. She went to the stove and took a look in the oil pan, and said, "Why do you think of frying fried ghosts? This is rarely eaten on weekdays."

"Hehe, I suddenly want to eat." Zhang Yun smiled and stuck out his tongue at Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Zhou also smiled, scooping up water to wash up, and asked, "What are you doing today?" Why did I wake up so early, it took a lot of time to fry the fried ghost noodles, I was tired yesterday, why didn't I sleep more."

"Perhaps it's the beginning of spring. People are more energetic than winter. I woke up by myself in the morning, and I didn't estimate the time." Zhang Yun couldn't say that he woke up from such a dream, so he had to make up random excuses.

"Don't everyone say that spring is sleepy and autumn is lacking, people are supposed to be sleepy in spring, why do you get up early instead, I don't know what's wrong with you." Zhou said with a smile.

Zhang Yun laughed, but didn't answer, and continued to fry the fried dough sticks. The smell of oil wafted out, and he hooked Zhang Xing and Zhang Zhang over.

"Ah, sister, it's the end of the Chinese New Year. It's great that our family can still eat fried food." As soon as Zhang Xing rushed in, he saw Zhang Yun standing at the stove, with the sound of frying in the pan , and the smell of oil, even if he didn't see the pot, he knew it was fried food, so he couldn't help but smile all over his face.

Seeing his greedy look, everyone in the kitchen burst into laughter, and the laughter spread, attracting Zhang Liangen and Zhang Youqing. Seeing the happy faces in the kitchen, Zhang Liangen said straightly: "If there is oil in the house, it's a good idea." Well, you can have delicious food anytime." The others nodded after hearing this.

It is rare to have such a hearty breakfast, and the whole family naturally had a good time. After frying, they had a good meal with hot millet porridge. Temple of the five internal organs.

In the past, breakfast was not so early, and it was delivered by Mrs. Zhou after the grandparents and grandchildren went to the field. Today, Zhang Yun has already been cooked, and they finished eating before they took the farm tools and went out of the yard to go to the field. .

Spring is here, everything is recovering, and the soil is thawing. Before the wheat seedlings turn green, the fields have to be watered and fertilized, kept moisture and warmed up, weeded and pests removed. There is a lot of work to be done, and the farmers have started a new round of busy life.

(End of this chapter)