The story of Princess Lenggong's farming

Chapter 98

What she said was quite serious, Er Bao and San Bao unconsciously straightened their bodies when they heard it, and said: "Yes, we understand, we must study hard..."

In their minds, Shen Sisi is a more dignified existence than husband and father.

Seeing their serious faces, Shen Sisi said with a smile: "Okay, let's take a day off today, let's go cook Laba porridge with mother..."

The two made faces, and ran away excitedly.

Laba is very lively, and it is rare for my family to eat Laba porridge made of extremely expensive polished rice, and it is indeed delicious.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, Li Zheng called together the strong men from every household in the village to cast nets to catch fish in the river at the head of the village.

Since early in the morning, the riverside has been bustling with activity. Women hold children watching the excitement by the riverside, chatting, and older children are chasing and playing around, or watching the fish in the river. Excited screams when coming online...

The fishing net is wide-eyed, with the mind of letting go of the small fish and only catching the big fish, and not having the thought of exhausting the water, so it was collected after [-] nets were carefully cast down, without letting go of any corner of the river. Then when it was collected, everyone was overjoyed. Lizheng is used to doing this, not according to households, but only according to head, because some families have too many people, and some people have too few people, it is really not fair , it has been divided according to the head from a long time ago...

As long as you have a household loan, even newborn babies are counted, because one year there was almost a fight over whether a baby should share the fish, so the rule that Li Zheng just set was not too noisy this year. Lizheng organized a few men to weigh the fish, calculate the quantity, and then calculate how much each person gets according to the head...

The process of dividing the fish was extremely slow, and it took almost a whole day. However, only Sibao of the Zhong family went there, and the family was really busy, so it was impossible for everyone to go for the purpose of dividing the fish.

Sibao came back with a basket of fish on his back, and said: "Li Zheng said that this year's fish harvest is not so good. There are about twenty fish in our family, but the weight is about sixty catties..."

Shen Sisi smiled and said: "...This is a good thing, this winter will depend on it to eat pickled fish..."

Shen Sisi saw that the more than 20 fish were still alive, and hurriedly said: "Take a tank, fill some water, and put the fish in it to eat slowly..."

"Tu Niu, can this fish survive?!" Dabao asked while moving the tank.

Shen Sisi smiled and said: "It's colder today, it should be fine, even if you die, it won't stink, just take a look at it every day..."

Only then did Dabao respond, washed the tank, filled some well water, and kept all the fish in it.

While they were not paying attention, they secretly put some water from the space pond into it. It is impossible for the fish to die. She has tested that the water quality in the space pond is much better than the water outside, although it cannot reach the level of divine water. Realm, but it has the sweetness of mountain spring water, and the fish grow much faster than ordinary water. With this tank, I am afraid that these fish will grow longer...

He Axiu smiled and said: "Tu Niu, do you want to dry salted fish at home this year?!"

Shen Sisi smiled and said: "Mom, salted fish doesn't taste good if you get too much salted fish, you'd better eat fresh ones..." When I was poor, I wanted to make fish salty so that it could be preserved for a longer time, but now Their family is not short of food, so they don't care about the salty ones. After thinking about it, they said: "Why don't you let Dabao see if there are smaller chopstick-long fish for sale in the city tomorrow, and ask him to buy some. When I come back to make salted fish, such big salted fish are delicious, but there is no need to buy too much, too much salted fish is not good..."

"Success..." Dabao responded, and said, "I'll go and have a look tomorrow, if there are any, I'll buy some back..."

He Axiu smiled and said: "Succeed, my family is used to salting fish and drying fish every year. I don't feel at ease if I don't dry fish this year. It is a good omen to have fish every year. The rules set by our ancestors, we can't do it." forget……"

In the past, when the fish was really divided at home, the fish was all marinated. This year, He Axiu was raised by Shen Sisi, and He Axiu felt empty.

They are the ones who obey the custom most.

Shen Sisi understood her thoughts and naturally agreed with her.So, the next day Dabao bought fifty fish and came back, He Axiu marinated happily, but there was no bacon, Shen Sisi only bought some marinated bacon from other people's home and came back to taste something new give up.

Occasionally eating salty food is fine, eating too much is not good, and Shen Sisi still likes to eat fresh food.

The twelfth lunar month passed by quickly, and soon, amidst the busyness of the Zhong family, the Chinese New Year was coming... It began to snow three days before the Chinese New Year, and Shen Sisi stopped the braised pork business first, although Er Gouzi and the others were very unhappy , but still agreed, after all, the road is really difficult to walk in heavy snow, and it is extremely freezing early in the morning...

As soon as the snow fell, the Zhong family was overjoyed. Erbao and Sanbao, who had taken their annual leave, even built snowmen in the yard. This year, everyone in the family has new jackets, so they are not afraid of the cold. The fire is constantly burning, and the house is really warm. Dabao surrounded the kang that was temporarily set up in the kitchen, and said with a smile: "This kang is really good, the local girl is such a good idea, I wish I could sleep here all night..."

Shen Sisi chuckled lightly and said, "There is no fire in the kitchen at night."

In fact, the kitchen is quite dangerous at night. After all, it is a closed space. If the charcoal is not completely burned, it will be troublesome, but there is no need to worry about it in the house. It is also warm in the room all night, and there is no need to worry about poisoning.

"I'm just kidding..." Dabao smiled contentedly, leaned on the kang, and sighed contentedly. Now there is basically no work to do at home. He is too lazy to panic. He is used to being busy on weekdays. uncomfortable.

The stewed meat is no longer sold, and there is nothing to do at home now. Apart from lighting a fire to cook a meal every day, and contemplating frying ingredients, I am really not busy, and I have stopped killing pigs. I just stay at home to celebrate the New Year. of.

Dabao thought about how he lived in previous years, but he couldn’t quite remember it. He seemed to be busy all the time, worrying all the time, chopping firewood, feeding pigs, worrying about these forages, but this year he bought a lot early. There is no need to worry about it when the firewood and fodder come back. He just sighed, people are really cheap, and they don’t have time to think about things when they are busy all day long. , Sure enough, he is still a cheap man, he has to be busy to die before he is reconciled.

Years ago, because of fear of heavy snowfall, Fumanlou took away the sauerkraut a few days in advance. There was no jar at home, but the bottom material was picked up every day. The whole building will also be closed for business, and Shen Sisi is also free, so he concentrates on waiting for the New Year.

But obviously, this year is too beautiful for them.

I thought I could live a good life, but unexpected people came back, Zhong Gensheng's parents, eldest brother and sister-in-law came back with their children in a carriage...

I don’t know why the news of their Zhong family’s prosperity reached their ears. They didn’t believe it at first, but the person who told them swore it, so the family decided to come back for the New Year after discussing it, and stay in the old house. Seeing the empty house, I was stunned, and knocked on the neighbor Maodong next door, who smiled and said, this old house has been vacated long ago, and the Zhong family has a new house now, and they arrived in front of the grand red door of the Zhong family. At that time, each of them showed a sluggish phase.They didn't expect that what others said was true, and it was not an exaggeration at all.

When Zhong Gen was born, he also froze and couldn't tell what it was like. In short, it was not a mixture of sorrow and joy.

He would also think about his parents, but when he was poor, his parents ignored him and left him cold, and why did he come back at this time? !Looking back at him, he couldn't believe it anyway, and the Chinese New Year was coming soon.

Zhong Gensheng sighed, this year...doomed to be difficult again.

"Father, mother..." Zhong Gensheng restrained his depressed expression, and said lightly: "Brother, sister-in-law..."

Zhong Yuan and Huang Shi stared at him blankly, Zhong Genhou and Zhong Qin Shi also stared at him blankly.

This cleanly dressed man with a ruddy complexion and exuding a touch of confidence is really... Zhong Gensheng? !

In the impression of eight years ago, he looked old and wimpy, and he was taciturn, and his clothes were shrunken and he couldn't stand on the stage, but now he is standing in front of the wooden red door, with the imprint of this door, It's really as majestic as an official.

Zhong Genhou just flinched, why does this feeling feel like his own boss! ?
"Gen Sheng..." Zhong Yuan was stunned, then reacted and said: "You..."

He wanted to say something but he couldn't say it. He was actually quite guilty back then, but his life in the city was so-so. Naturally, he didn't ask how they were doing these years. Unexpectedly, I just didn't expect... ...The youngest son who was the least valued, the most despised back then, turned out to be in such an appearance, so majestic, which gave him a lot of pressure.

Huang's reaction came to him, and he frowned and said, "Gen Sheng, why did you make us all stand still?!"

Zhong Gensheng sighed in his heart, and said helplessly: "Let's all come in and talk about it..."

Mrs. Huang was obviously very unhappy and snorted: "Where is Mrs. He?! Why don't you come out to welcome us?! We haven't seen each other for so many years, but I have left my filial piety behind?! Or say that I have a good life, early Have you forgotten that your parents are suffering?!"

The corner of Zhong Gensheng's mouth twitched, and he only sneered in his heart. He really didn't like this mother-in-law.The family is a mother who loves the youngest son, but their family loves the eldest son. As the youngest son, he can't please his mother, which is really helpless.

After hearing what he said, he didn't say a word, but just led people into the main hall.

Entering the front yard, everyone was stunned, especially Zhong Genhou and Qin Shi couldn't move their eyes. Compared with such a big house, what is the palm-sized courtyard they are proud of in the city? !

The two looked at each other in surprise, seeing shock in each other's eyes.

Their two boys even started to run wild like wild horses running wild. Zhong Gensheng frowned when he saw him, he was very displeased and impolite. He didn't call, he was so uneducated as soon as he entered the door.

It's right to think about it, Qin's eyes are the most shallow, how can he teach a decent child.

The big girl and the second girl didn't respond, but their eyes were not very honest, looking around, very restless.

When Shen Sisi heard the movement and He Axiu came out, he saw such a scene. When Shen Sisi saw these people, he felt depressed, I wiped, big trouble is coming, the eyes of these people... no matter how you look at it Like a decent person.

Hearing Huang's voice again, and looking at this posture, he guessed it. Sure enough, He Axiu who was beside him paused for a moment, then stepped forward helplessly, and said, "Father, mother, big brother and sister-in-law, how do you remember?" Are you back for the New Year?!"

"If you don't come back for the New Year, how can you think of us?!" Huang's tone was very rude, and her eyes were also very unfriendly.

(End of this chapter)