As soon as the niece started talking, the Xu brothers forgot to eat dumplings.

Xiaozhu, a handsome man, didn't understand how the topic of stealing wood could be linked to a major event in the blink of an eye. He wanted to go to Zhenbei Camp to do good things.

According to that idea, many villages and merchants in the town have to be gathered to do this together, including the scholars here in the North.

Liu Jingdong dropped the dumpling from his mouth and was looking blankly at Xu Tianxin's profile.

Xu Zhaozhao in the kitchen was cooking dumplings while listening to the conversation. He nodded silently and admired Xu Tianxin.

She feels that she has many aspects to learn from Tian Xin in the future.

For example, in the past few days, everything that happened at home was just discussed as gossip during meals.

Xu Zhaozhao watched Xu Tianxin, but at that time he did not feel that Tian Xin was listening attentively to everyone's chat. Unexpectedly, I remembered everything while eating and playing, and later on, I could bring seemingly unrelated people and things together to do the same meaningful thing.

Xu Zhaozhao felt that his horizons had been opened.

If the family can really gather these groups of people, and everyone has a common experience, the relationship between these groups of people and the family will become closer.

If people want to be close, don't they need to experience something together?

It's much better than just visiting each other's house to say New Year.

And as a businessman, you really can’t close the door and work hard. How can you get to know more people? These people may help pave the way without you knowing. How can we make the reputation of the Xu family more famous and make businesses in the villages and towns trust the Xu family more in the future? It turns out that this can be done.

Xu Zhaozhao is still using her brain to summarize here. She always feels that she has not fully summarized the essence. It is best to draw inferences from one example, so that she can become Tian Xin's real help in the future.

I heard Tian Xin say in the room:

"Then I'm going to bed. Uncles, you can eat more and go to bed early.

Our and Uncle Jingdong’s cows are so tired that they are almost frothing at the mouth. We must let them rest these two days. I can imagine that you are all exhausted.

So don’t go up the mountain again tomorrow, will you still be able to make enough money?

That's it for cutting down amber wood, huh? "

It was a dense forest, Xu Tianxin thought to herself: Her uncles had finished cutting it down, and it was almost like a piece of checkers, well-proportioned.

Xu Tianxin could guess what the land had become now without following him.

You can put on the background music of Tianzhu Girl and play hide-and-seek behind the sign tree separated by three big tree roots: "Come and catch me."

The old lady was still listening to Yunshan mist while holding the dumplings, and tutted: "Why are you going to bed? You haven't finished talking to your mother yet."

"Ah? I've finished. If you don't believe me, ask my grandma. At most I will go to Bai's house with my grandma tomorrow morning and ask Bai Muyan to contact the students here in Beidi. The rest is all up to my grandma." Her grandma has that ability. .

The old lady looked at Xu Tianxin in surprise, and then at her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xu.

This is really a lot of Tian Xin chattering, daughter-in-law, you have to go crazy.

In the kitchen, Xu Zhaozhao couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw Tian Xin really went back to the house to sleep. In her opinion, Tian Xin only had one shortcoming, and that was laziness.

So she couldn't sleep. She not only had to learn what Tian Xin was thinking, which was called understanding, so that she would not make mistakes in the general direction, but she also had to learn execution ability from the second aunt.

Xu Zhaozhao was a little excited. This was the first time he had a close and complete observation of how his second aunt could accomplish something with just a few words.

A rare opportunity, Xu Zhaozhao asked Dayue to light the fire, and she planned to pack up the dishes and go into the house to listen.

Sure enough, Mrs. Xu took action that night.

The first thing to do is to find Liu Laozhu.

It was late at night and Liu Laozhu couldn't be alone. Mrs. Xu asked Da Niao to run errands and called Pepper too.

Xu Zhaozhao observed her second aunt and found that her second aunt spoke to Aunt Pepper first.

If she ever comes into contact with someone without a man in the future, she will do the same thing:

"What are you doing, sister-in-law? Jingdong is sleeping in my third and fourth child's room, why are you calling him?

I'll eat here tomorrow morning before leaving.

It's late at night, and I called you two here because of one thing...

So what can our village give Daying for free? I thought about it and decided to open a restaurant to sell our vegetables. No matter how valuable the radish, cabbage, and green onions are, our family can collect ten or twenty kilograms, which doesn’t sound like much, but after giving it away, people will have to buy it back when they run out of vegetables, and they can’t even afford it in the cold weather.

We might as well open up the river, and every family on the river in our village would pay a fishing tax, allowing people from other villages to fish for a few days. This would be our village's contribution to the Zhenbei Army. "

Mrs. Xu helped Liu Laozhu analyze, as for why people from other villages were asked to fish, the big fish would also be given to those from other villages, just as a small compensation for them to raise funds to collect gifts for the soldiers and generals, so that they could Motivated.

At the same time, these are equivalent to labor. Because during the fishing process, some of the smaller fish were lost. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they were gathered together and given to the Zhenbei Daying side in the name of Erdao River.

This will not affect our village's own fishing these days, and the strong laborers from other villages can help us do this good thing.

Liu Laozhu asked: "Is there a Yangko team in our village?"

"Yes, there is also the Yangko dance. This is something that can be remembered by people. Our village retains the show and spends two yuan to buy clothes and props. Those from other villages, caravans, and student teams who come with the team are willing to do it. The Yangko performance will follow. But if the costumes are not uniformly designated, it will not be as impressive as Erdaohe's. Even the slogans must come from Erdaohe."

Mrs. Xu said: "I have even thought of the slogan, and it will be called, Lights illuminate thousands of homes. Soldiers, don't be homesick, your relatives are here. And, not only officials have relatives coming to give New Year gifts, You ordinary soldiers also have relatives who care about you, and we are your relatives!"

That's what it means.

Liu Laozhu said quickly:

"You have thought carefully. We really can't ask Mr. Bai Xiucai to write official slogans. It's not that we don't have connections in this area. We have all been admitted as scholars. Why can't we speak official language?

But what's the use of those words? Let’s pretend that we are the parents of those soldiers. It’s the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. What will the parents of those soldiers say when they see them? That’s what we’ll say on the slogan that day, and we’ll be chatty when we give gifts to others.

Just ask the baby if it's cold or hungry. We are thinking about you and come to see you. "

Mrs. Xu appreciated: "That's right, brother, you must convey your words to the villagers. Moreover, this team is long and has many slogans. We, Erdaohe, want to save money. What must we use for banners?"

Pepper sat on the kang with his sleeves inserted and said, "Write on red paper with ink. Sister, we can't sew it with cloth."

"What my sister-in-law said is so right!"

Xu Zhaozhao silently poured some water for his second aunt and Li Zheng, thinking: Before and after tea time, her second aunt had even thought of the slogan.

And no matter who I talk to, I always make the other person feel involved, and the praise makes Liu Lizheng and his wife excited. This is called skill.

Xu Zhaozhao heard her second aunt and Liu Lizheng say again: "Have you brought a notebook? Come, the three of us will study and decide on which villages, and then we will go to Zhenbei Daying with our village to gain favor."

Liu Lizheng immediately dipped his hands in spit and flipped through the small book. There were densely written words on it, all of which were the news that his son-in-law told him when he returned home:

"There are a lot of day lilies in this village, and the camp is short of vegetables. I guess it will be no problem for a family to collect ten to eight pounds of day lilies. Who doesn't dry some in the autumn? Besides, we let them come to fish.

There are eighty-five households in their village.

That day, someone from this village came to your house to chop firewood. Although I have known him for many years, Sun Lizheng was a bit slippery, but he was more willing to take the lead in this matter because he was slippery. Do you want to leave a good impression on the superiors? "

Mrs. Xu affirmed: "Yes, we have to find a few more villages like Sun Lizheng. Don't miss out on those big red papers. Write on them which village they come from. Then we will have a village slogan , just unloading goods for one village."

Liu Laozhu became even more energetic. If the whole scene was like this, those Li Zheng and the villagers would definitely be more motivated to do this. Continuing to point to the correct name of another village in the book, he said: "There are more soybeans in their village. There are more soybeans, and at least there is more miso than in other villages. One family can scoop up two spoons of soybean, and use the name of their village to collect a few jars of soybean to give to the Zhenbei Army. , if you want to save face, treat it as salt. And this one is bracken, and the next page is..."

Xu Zhaozhao understood. Villages with special dishes would raise funds for special dried vegetables so that Daying could have a different taste. When giving them, he would also add:

"It's nothing. You guys are busy training every day and don't pay attention to storage. But this thing happens to grow near our village. I saved it last autumn, so I must keep it. It's not worth much."

And there is nothing special about it. For example, in the village of Lizheng, who came to pay New Year's greetings the day before yesterday, her second aunt didn't want people to come to visit her for free. If she had something good to bring, she would ask those villages to collect some dried radish, Chinese cabbage, and sauerkraut. Even sweet potato stems will work.

Sweet potato stems are fed to pigs, but poor people often eat them too.

So it can be seen that her second aunt instigated this matter and really didn't need the people to pay anything valuable to avoid the Xu family being scolded. Even every family can grab ten or eight catties of inventory. If people dare to collect in this way, there will be no pressure from the villagers to give.

After all, people are having a hard time, and we can't do good deeds and end up with complaints.

It's really just wandering around. This year, the Northern Army in New Town came, and the people's lives were a little easier. The gifts were among the handfuls and two handfuls of dried vegetables that were slightly more than in previous years.

As soon as Xu Zhaozhao thought about this, her second aunt confirmed her guess with her next sentence:

"Our main focus is simplicity. Don't let the villages force each family to hand over things and pretend to be fat.

We should also let those families collect money due to the situation. For example, some people have a lot of labor and have saved a lot of vegetables. Because the Zhenbei Army benefits the people this year, everyone can fish in vain. The price of wasteland is also cheap. If you have the heart, please pay more. dried vegetable.

Some families have less labor and don’t have that much to save, so they collect less.

Don't be too stubborn to determine how much a family will pay. Brother, you must check this matter and do a good job in the ideological work of the ten people we have selected. "

Liu Laozhu was stunned: "Huh? Why am I looking for them?" What the co-author just discussed was all under his control.

Mrs. Xu smiled inwardly and looked very serious:

"Of course it's you. Let's hold a meeting for the folks in our village tomorrow morning. The folks in our village are still sensible and understand that a good life today is inseparable from the Zhenbei Army and the mutual market. We just open the river for five days and go for an ice volleyball run in the spring. , if you can’t prepare for it, the fish will come upstream, and you won’t be able to catch anything. It’s not hard for you to talk to the people in our village.”

Mrs. Xu did not even consider whether Wangjiagou opposite would have any objections, and continued to say to Liu Laozhu:

“Then you go to the outer village.

I'm busier than you. I have to get up early to go to Bai's house, and I also have to find the merchants in town and look for money.

In addition, when he, as the town pavilion in Dashan, summons all of you who are upright, does he want to praise you in public?

Don’t you have a task where you have to report on the good things you have done every few months?

Of course you are right, in our village we do good people and good deeds every day, right? But those people are worried. This time I have to count it for others. Don't worry, I'll make sure Dashan praises you in public. You go talk to those people and tell them this. "

Liu Laozhu thought to himself, it seems that his legs will be thinner tomorrow, and he gritted his teeth: "Okay!"

Pepper added a question: "Sister, my family is also going to Xujiazhuang and your mother-in-law's village? You can go, I think it can be a favor."

Mrs. Xu waved her hand, not caring about the favors the two villages were asking for.

Xujiazhuang didn't have any specialty dried vegetables, so they asked everyone to come to their village to fish on the river and collect some dried radishes afterwards.

Xiaoqin's natal village always had a lot of grass, so she asked the village women to make some socks made of grass for wrapping around their ankles, so that the soldiers' shoes would not be high enough and air would leak between the trouser legs and shoes. If they stepped into the snow, the snow would cool their ankles. Just get some of this together. In this case, it can be regarded as providing care in terms of clothing to keep warm.

Early the next morning, Xu Zhaozhao really wanted to tell her second aunt that she wanted to go to Bai's house together to see how her second aunt and Tian Xin would implement it.

But after scratching her dog-gnawed hair, she was a little ugly and could easily embarrass the family. Besides, Tian Xin was not here and she had to go to work early, so forget it.

In the morning, Liu Laozhu called a meeting of the Erdaohe villagers.

The villagers said: "That's why we beat the gong before dawn. Without the support of the Zhenbei Army in Erdaohe, those officials would have been in trouble long ago. Can we not agree to give us something? Okay?" Sorry, it's delaying our work, it's useless, you don't even need to ask, you still have to make glutinous rice balls."

Liu Laozhu: "..." He is getting less and less status here, and now he is often scolded by the villagers.

On the other hand, children like Ruohai who had eaten Jiubao Candy Man kept asking around Liu Laozhu: "Grandpa Lizheng, are you going to give fish to Uncle Jiubao? Can you save it for me?" Bring the popcorn to Uncle Jiubao."

Yaya said: "Yes, I have four pieces of candy to give as well."

Liu Laozhu was very pleased: "I am going to visit many Uncle Jiubao."

At this time, Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin were reluctant to let go of the oxen and had already driven the dog sledge to Bai's house.

Lao Bai's family has a large population, and the food is strong that year. There are four tables for people to eat in the early morning.

So there was a room full of Bai family members looking at the grandfather and grandson.

Grandma Bai looked at Mrs. Xu with satisfaction. The New Year's gifts returned by the Xu family this year were no less than those of her family.

Finally saw her in person and her eldest son.

However, what Mrs. Xu opened her mouth to talk to Father Bai poured cold water on the old lady's heart.

Why don't you talk like the other woman next to you?

"Brother Bai, there is such a meaningful thing. Would your village want to get involved, or your family..."

Mrs. Xu entered the room and talked about business, briefly talking about her thoughts.

She felt that she had a good relationship with the Bai family, so she wanted to take the Bai family with her.

The Bai family has many small businesses, and Bai's father is a partner with many people. If necessary, we can go into town with her later to get acquainted with Mr. Qian. If she acts as an introducer, the model of our small chamber of commerce will come out.

Father Bai's eyes lit up when he heard this. Not only did his Bai family want to participate, but it would be best for their Bai family village to participate as well.

He came to introduce Li Zheng.

After all, their village is surrounded by either woods or grasslands, and there is no river at all. It is not difficult to ask everyone to get some fodder for the horses in the camp. You can also go fishing in Erdao River and share one and a half fish with your family. Participating in it can enhance the realm of Zhuangzi as a whole.

Even the other sons of the Bai family have repeatedly said that they want to participate: "Without the soldiers lying in the snow to guard our homes every year, how could we have the peaceful days we have today? Even though everyone doesn't know much about literacy, we understand this. What's more, Xin The Zhenbei Army is different from before."

Mrs. Xu clapped her hands:

"Look, if you don't tell me, your family can live a better life!

But it's just different. When I first came into contact with the Zhenbei Army, there was a flood, so I went to the rescue on horseback.

The Zhenbei Army forced the county government to open granaries to relieve the people. The villages that were rescued do not know how they are doing now. When they calm down, I believe that even if they don't return to the Zhenbei Administration, if they know what they can scrape up and send to the Zhenbei Camp, those people will send it. "

Old Mrs. Bai finally saw that Mrs. Xu didn't talk about personal matters at all, and only talked about the man's family.

Bai Muyan was surprised to see Xu Tianxin parachute into his house early in the morning.

This is my first time at home.

However, when the grandfather and grandson arrived at the Bai family, each one was more serious than the other. Xu Tianxin talked more seriously than her mother:

"Brother Sihai, let's go to the border for a walk. Our abilities are limited and there isn't much we can do.

But I feel that only when we get there can we feel the shock of going out of the city to fight against the enemy. Outside the city gate, there are many heroic souls there.

What I shouldn’t say is that it is these uncowardly people who have shouldered the dignity of cowardly people who only know how to live behind closed doors..."

There is no hero who is determined to regain the country, but at the northern gate, there are batches of soldiers who would rather die for their country than surrender. This is called integrity, and it allows Chinese civilization to continue for thousands of years.

Xu Tianxin very much hopes that Bai Muyan can experience it personally, so that the articles written by students can have roots.

Bai Muyan felt that at this moment, Xu Tianxin stood upright with clear eyes, not like a peasant girl, but more like a general's daughter. (End of chapter)

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