Nongmen ruffian concubine: ploughing the fields, planting buns

Chapter 538 Prepare for the New Year
The next morning, Jiang Huzi came to Ding's house ahead of time, and bowed deeply to Ding Shitou and Zhao Jian as soon as he entered the door.

Seeing him making such a great gift, Ding Shitou thought he was really in a hurry to get married.

"Boss is right, it's too hasty during the year. My family discussed it and want to invite a matchmaker to formally propose marriage before the Dragon Boat Festival next year, okay?"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Huzi said seriously.

"Okay." Ding Shitou didn't deliberately make things difficult this time. Jiang's formality is the face of a woman's family.

"Right now, let's study with peace of mind. Regardless of how well you did in the exam, you must go to the scholar first." Zhao Jian said suddenly from the side.

"Yes." Jiang Huzi was taken aback, then bowed solemnly.

He understood that the Ding family was considered a scholarly family in Nancheng Village, and the head of the family didn't mention how much money he made or how much dowry he wanted, but proposed to go to the scholar alone.

That is to say, within at least four years, he must be admitted as a scholar, and the Ding family hopes that he will marry Xiaofu as a scholar.

From this day on, Jiang Huzi gave up the idea of ​​going to the examination room and then went to business. He added another hour to his diligent study time every day.

Zhao Jian made this request because he naturally didn't want his brother-in-law to have too much status. If he wasn't even a scholar, he would have nowhere to support him in the future.

Ding Shitou knew what Zhao Jian meant and didn't stop him.

The temperature gradually picked up a bit, and it was the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye. After school in the afternoon, the returning class was also on holiday.

The 24th of the twelfth lunar month in the south is a small year, and on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, preparations for the new year are started, commonly known as preparing for the new year.

But the farmer has nothing to prepare. They go to the city to buy some southern products and make some cakes by themselves. After the winter solstice, they kill the New Year’s pig, make some ham, pickle and dry some fish, and add winter vegetables.

After a year of hard work, being able to reunite with the family, not having to work or going out, not leaking the roof, not seeing through the doors and walls, and having food in the tank is a happy year.

Ding Shitou intends to celebrate the New Year in the village. After all, it is the first time they have their own home, but there is no room for more people.

What's more, Zhao Jian actually used the alias of her cousin Zhao Chen, and there was an aunt's family on it, how could she live here and not go back for the New Year?
Therefore, they must leave Nancheng Village and return to their "aunt's house" to celebrate the New Year.

But they can live here during the new year. Ding Shishi started to work early in the morning, steaming a few baskets of steamed buns neatly, and then preparing the ingredients for lunch.

As soon as the holiday was over, Jiang Huzi invited the teenagers to go fishing by the river. The river was not frozen, and the fish season in winter was also very abundant.

Now they are not afraid of the cold, and still provide Qin Feng and some new dealers with fish. This is the only stable income for the teenagers at present.

It is precisely because Ding Shitou started the Jiujiu School a long time ago, and she did not participate in the fish business, so no one paid much attention to her.

Only Zhou Guanshi was surprised when he heard from the buddy that the boy was actually a girl, but the girl had just married, so it was hard to invite him to make friends.

What's more, now it's Jiang Huzi who deals with Qin Feng and Zhou Guanshi, and Ding Shitou has already retreated behind the scenes, so he doesn't have much sense of presence.

The life in the countryside is peaceful and comfortable, and it has passed smoothly.

After spending the New Year in Nancheng Village, I extinguished all the fires under the stove after breakfast the next day, closed the doors and windows and prepared to go out.

The carriage drove out with two suitcases. The sisters Xiaofu climbed into the carriage. Ding Shitou helped Zhao Jian out of the house and locked the door.

All their doors and windows were closed, and Ding Dian and Li Kan made anti-theft marks with thin silk thread, and spread a layer of soft soil and sprinkled a layer of lime at the foot of the fence.

(End of this chapter)