I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 273

Yang Xi glanced at him with lowered eyes, saw through his thoughts at a glance, and scolded, "You bastard, please leave quickly."

As expected, Xiao Qi was not severely scolded by her master. She stuck out her tongue happily and hurried after him.

Zhou Chenyu watched them go away and suddenly reacted, "Sure."

Today is already the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. She will have to stay at home to help with work for the next two days. There is no need to go to the city during the Chinese New Year, but she doesn't know if she will have a chance to meet Yang Xi.

"I should have said Happy New Year to him in advance."

She snorted in frustration, walked out of the alley, and merged into the crowd. She planned to hang out for a while and then set off to go home. When she passed a group of girls, she heard their gibbering and couldn't help but stop.

"Hey, sister Qiao, during the Lantern Festival this year, brother Yuanjing invited you to enjoy the lanterns in the southern suburbs of the city?"

Zhou Chenyu watched the girl being asked lower her head in shame, her cheeks flushed, and said angrily: "Ruyue, you are a girl, at such a young age, why are you asking about these things?"

The girl who asked the question took the shy woman's hand, shook it coquettishly, and said with a smile on her face: "Sister Qiao, what do you think I'm asking about? During the Lantern Festival, wouldn't this man always ask the woman he likes out on the street? Let’s play and enjoy the lanterns. My brother Yuan Jing likes you so much that he must seize this opportunity and marry his sister home as soon as possible. In this way, my sister, I can call you my sister-in-law."

"You girl, your words are getting more and more arrogant. Stop talking nonsense." The woman tapped the tip of the girl's nose. The girl snorted and chased her and asked, "Sister Qiao, I'm not talking nonsense. Hurry up. Tell me, has my brother ever visited you in Shangyuanjiajie? Has he?"

Seeing the girl's entanglement, the woman could only lower her head slightly, glanced at the girl, smiled, and nodded lightly.

The girl happily exclaimed, "It seems that I don't need to call you Sister Qiao anymore. I should call you Sister-in-law."

The woman's face turned completely red, "Ruyue, don't talk nonsense."

"You are my unmarried sister-in-law, my sister-in-law."

Zhou Chenyu watched the two women chase each other and fight each other as they walked away. He froze on the spot, blinked his bright eyes in realization, and said in surprise: "So Yang Xi just asked me about my plan for the Lantern Festival. This is what he meant." .”

"The Lantern Festival seems to be the Valentine's Day in ancient times?" She slapped her forehead suddenly and said in pain: "Oh, I'm so mad, how could I forget this matter."

This person is really serious and it would be fine if he said no.

Zhou Chenyu muttered dissatisfiedly in his heart, with a smile on his face, he quickly took a shortcut to the government office, ran as fast as an 800-meter sprint, and arrived at the gate of the government office ahead of Yang Xi.

"Xiao Qi, Mr. Zhao suddenly came to see me now, why?" Yang Xi looked in the direction of the government office and asked as he walked.

"Master..." Xiao Qi was about to reply, but when he saw the woman in front of the government office, he suddenly said: "Master, why is Miss Zhou there?"

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Yang Xi raised his head in shock and looked at the figure opposite who was breathing rapidly. He quickly walked through the crowd and looked at her nervously, "Chen Yu, what's wrong? What happened again?"

"I'm fine." Zhou Chenyu panted slightly and shook his head, smiling into the wind. "Yang Xi, I came here to tell you that I will go there on the Lantern Festival."

Yang Xi was at a loss for a moment, looking at her bright eyes, her thoughts gradually cleared up. Seeing the cold wind ruffling the hair on her temples, the hand that was about to be raised lowered several times, and an uncontrollable look rose on her deep face. With a smile, "Okay, then I'll wait for you."

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Although the New Year's Eve custom in Zhoujiacun is celebrated from New Year's Eve to the [-]th day of the lunar year, the only truly grand and grand days are New Year's Eve, the first day of the lunar month, the second day of the lunar year, and the [-]th and [-]th day of the lunar year. The rest of the days are spent visiting relatives and friends, or Just stay at home and take advantage of this rare opportunity during the year to recuperate.According to southern customs, big fish and meat are essential on the dining table on those four days. In addition, puff pastry and white glutinous rice cakes, which are only eaten during the New Year, are also indispensable.

Among them, white glutinous rice cake is the highlight.

On the early morning of the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky was slightly bright, and the distant mountains at the end of the fields, which were like ink paintings, were still covered with a layer of white mist. White smoke was already coming out of the kitchen chimneys of their house, Zhou Shuqing's house, and Zhou Huilan's house.

Because the three families have agreed to go out together today to pound glutinous rice and make white glutinous rice cakes.

Baoyu stared at the boiling water in the cauldron, quickly pulled out two more firewood, stuck his head out and looked outside, "Mom, sister, the water is almost boiling. Is your glutinous rice ready? It's waiting for you. The glutinous rice rack is on the pot."

"It's coming, it's coming." Li Xiuju drained the glutinous rice in the dustpan, looked at Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu beside the well, and said with a smile: "Can the steaming bucket be cleaned?"

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu worked together to brush the finger-thick round hole under the steam bucket one last time. It was considered clean and spotless, "Yeah, it's done."

Li Xiuju smiled reassuringly and carried the glutinous rice over, "Okay, then you put the steamer bucket on the basket."

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu followed the old lady's instructions and placed the heavy steaming bucket on the basket.

Li Xiuju stepped on a low stool and put a spoonful of glutinous rice into the steaming bucket. After filling the bucket, two-thirds of the glutinous rice was left in the dustpan, and it needed to be steamed three times.

After putting the glutinous rice in the pot and steaming it, they had time to have breakfast. After breakfast, Li Xiuju hurriedly said: "You guys will watch the fire at home later. I went over to help Hongmei wash the stone mortar. They have a small family. Mom is worried that she won’t be able to handle the workload.”

Baoyu stared at Li Xiuju's white hands and said worriedly: "Mom, it's better for me to go."

Li Xiuju immediately shook her head, "Baoyu, you can't do it. You are the only male in our family. Pounding glutinous rice will be a strenuous job later, so you have to save your strength. This job can't be done without a man."

Baoyu pursed his lips and had to give up.

Zhou Chenyu glanced at Wan Qiu and chuckled, "Old lady, it's better for Wan Qiu and I to go. We can do the washing. You leave us here to watch the fire. I'm worried that we can't control the heat well and put the glutinous rice in the water." I don’t even know if it’s burnt.”

When Zhou Chenyu said this, Li Xiuju almost forgot about this incident, "That's right. Mom is really worried about leaving you young people to watch the fire. Then you two sisters can go over. Mom and Baoyu are at home."

"Row."

After making the agreement, Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu hurried out the door.

It was completely bright now, the cold wind was blowing everywhere, but there were no ripples on the surface of the paddy fields filled with water.

Zhou Chenyu came forward and said, "Hey, is this field frozen again?"

"Sister, can't we find out if we try it?" Wan Qiu bent down to pick up a stone and playfully threw it down on the nearest paddy field. The sound of breaking ice was immediately heard.

Not only had Zhou Chenyu never seen snow, she had also never seen naturally formed ice. She lifted up her skirt, walked to the edge of the field, and picked up a piece of thin ice in her hand. What was strange was that the thin ice had very good hands, but the thin ice The water underneath was actually a little warm.

(End of this chapter)