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Chapter 289 New Year Proposal
The New Year is approaching in a busy way. This is the third New Year that the Luo family has celebrated since they arrived in Yi County. In the first year, there was nothing, even very little food, and it was just a casual worship.Last year, the situation improved slightly, and it was not too grand. This year, Fang decided to have a good time no matter what.

The Fang family has been hoarding new year's goods for a long time. During the winter months, the Tang family sent a lot of cured meat over. In addition, during the twelfth lunar month, the mountain people also sent a lot of fresh mountain products and game. This New Year is really not short of anything. up.

Of course, dumplings are eaten during the New Year. Fang chopped off a big piece of meat and asked the two daughter-in-laws in the kitchen to chop it into pieces. The whole family sat together and made dumplings.This is the day of family reunion in a year. Everyone has to do it, even Luo Baisu is no exception. He sits honestly in front of the chopping board after cleaning his hands. Tighten it tightly, and it turns out that the technique is not bad.

Luo Tian was greatly admired, and felt that her father was really all-rounder, and he would not be able to do it. You must know that these days, men pursue the concept of a gentleman staying away from the kitchen, men do not enter the kitchen, let alone Needless to say, he is a high-spirited scholar.

On the other hand, the dumplings she made were loose and loose, and Fang had to do another job, or they would fall apart before they were cooked when they were thrown into the pot for cooking.

When she got up in the morning, she fried a sieve of taro strips, dipped them in the freshly boiled sauce, and used them as snacks. When she was tired of making dumplings, she had some snacks to relieve her fatigue.

Old Liu and the others also came to join in the fun, and packed the kitchen, which was not too small, to the brim. It's just that Luo Baisu was making dumplings seriously, and the old men were mostly for fun and stealing food, just like old urchins.

If I want to say I'm really happy, it must belong to Luo Zijin. There are many people in the family, and everyone is willing to coax him, and there are all kinds of delicious food.

"Xiao Du, look at your brother, don't let him eat too many taro sticks, and won't eat for a while." While presiding over the overall situation, Fang also had to be distracted from looking after her youngest son, so she simply asked Luo Tiandu to visit the child, so as not to save her It's not helping you all the time.

Luo Tiandu said: "Zijin, you can only eat ten more taro strips, otherwise you will not grow taller if you are full and don't eat."

In the past two years, the adults in the family have been busy. Luo Zijin was almost always led by Ding Wu to play with a group of monkey children outside. It is said that Luo Baisu and Luo Mingdu spoiled him to the sky. Only Luo Tian is not afraid of children's grudges, and has strict demands on him, for fear that the family will raise a dude in the future.

It's strange to say that Luo Tian is the strictest to Luo Zijin, but Luo Zijin is the closest to this young lady. Hearing Luo Tian told him that he can only eat ten more taro sticks, he stretched out his fat and short fingers Heads, counting one by one.The child was very cunning, so he picked out ten of the long taro sticks, and then made a circle with his two arms, wrapped the dish containing the taro sticks in his arms, and ate slowly, very seriously, look De Luotian couldn't help kissing him on the cheek: "Our Zijin is so cute."

Luo Mingdu looked up at her, and laughed at her: "At this time, I think Zijin is cute, but I don't know which one it is when Zijin couldn't recite books or count two days ago, so he wanted to beat his hand with a ruler. "

Luo Tiandu said straightforwardly: "You don't understand this. I have strict requirements on him academically, and I give him the warmth of a spring breeze in life. This is the real kindness to him."

Fang Shi was amused by her: "You are the one who is right."

Just as he was talking, hearty laughter came from outside: "Little lady is right, Jinyu Jinxu of our family will have to be so strict in the future."

Luo Tian looked out, but it was Cheng Sheng and the two brothers who came over with a baby in their arms. It seemed Cheng Qing had one hand, and it was uncomfortable to hold the baby, twisting and turning in Cheng Qing's arms, howling twice sentence.

Xiang Lan looked up to see her, and complained, "I just coaxed their siblings to sleep. I finally had the time to do some work. How did you bring them here?"

Cheng Sheng said: "I only hugged them when they woke up."

"Son, you two brothers are coaxing me, but I don't have the time." Xiang Lan said again.

"Okay, sister-in-law, you can do your work, I will play with my little niece." Cheng Sheng didn't think it was troublesome at all, but said happily.

He likes children, whether it is Luo Zijin, or the two newly added nephews and nieces, every time he comes back from the military camp, he hugs the children all day long and refuses to let go.

Luo Zijin finished eating the taro sticks, looked up at the little baby in Cheng Sheng's arms, and was very curious: "Brother Sheng, why does Sister Xiaoyu want you to hug her every day? Can't she go by herself?"

Cheng Sheng stretched his legs, hooked a chair and sat down, let Cheng Jinyu sit on his lap, and said to Luo Zijin, "Xiaoyu is still young, she can't walk, look, her legs and feet don't have the strength to stand still, You have to be a little older to walk on your own.”

Luo Zijin was very disappointed. He has always been the youngest in the family, and he was still the youngest in school. He can't walk yet, he originally wanted to take his two little brothers and sisters out to play, to experience the prestige of being a big brother, but now the two little dolls can't walk yet, which made him very disappointed.

Luo Tian saw Cheng Sheng, thought of something, and asked, "Brother Cheng Sheng, Duochuan is open for discussion, and ours is the first stop to enter the customs. How can we arrange for the barbarians to enter the city? The people here are just like barbarians. Everyone is showing hatred, what if there is a quarrel between the two sides? There are three classes of guards in the yamen, but the security of the entire county can't just rely on them."

Cheng Sheng was hugging his little niece, and asked her to twist and twist on her legs to practice leg strength, and said: "It's okay, the imperial court has already stipulated that, except for businesses with official quotas, other barbarian people are not allowed to enter." In the city, they can only be stationed outside the city, and then escorted by the soldiers to the market, so as to avoid conflicts with the local people, and the same is true for Yi County."

Luo Tiandu nodded, thinking that this was a good idea, and asked: "Where are they stationed outside the city? What if there is not enough food and drink? Where can I get supplies if I don't go into the city?"

Cheng Sheng said: "I discussed this matter with my uncle. The station is set by a river twenty miles outside the city. Firstly, it is convenient for the barbarians to fetch water. Secondly, there are a few scattered villages nearby, so it is also convenient for them to take water. You can exchange some money for food you cook at home, and as for the barbarians’ supplies, we will arrange for two officials to come over and register what you want, and then come to the shops in the city to exchange.”

"Then who is in charge of the station?" Luo Tian felt his heart move when he heard that, and asked more carefully.

Luo Baisu, who had been silent all this time, interjected this time: "Of course it's you Cheng Sheng, you don't need to ask." Sometimes he really doesn't know much about this little girl.

Luo Tian's eyes lit up when he heard that, since he is in charge of that place, he is more sure about what he thinks
"How long does it take for ordinary Yi people to come and stay there before going to Ba Xun's side?"

Cheng Sheng said: "It's uncertain. It depends on how many barbarians there are. It could be as little as a day or two, and as long as six or seven days. The little lady asked such detailed questions, do you have any plans?"

Luo Tiandu chuckled, and said: "Those who know me, Brother Cheng Sheng, I really have some ideas."

Old man Wu always liked her, now he was attracted by the conversation between the two of them, raised his head, and said, "Girl, what do you think, tell me."

Luo Tiandu said: "Our Yi County is so small, and there are limited inns and restaurants. It is difficult to arrange the large caravans that trade with officials and businessmen. Most of them still have to stay outside the city. Ordinary people can't do business in private, but it shouldn't be a problem for them to sell some of their own rice and noodles. Brother Cheng Sheng also said just now that those barbarians usually have to stay outside the city for several days before they can go together. Go to Ba Xun, they still want to eat and drink these days, why don't we build a market there, local people are willing to come out and exchange some of their own food and food, let them gather in the market to trade, send People patrol back and forth every day, which is easy to manage and prevent troubles between people on both sides. If Brother Cheng Sheng is willing, he can charge two small money and let those soldiers drink two jars of wine."

"Furthermore, it will take seven or eight days from Yi County to Ba Xun. The station here has long been abandoned, and it is too late to repair it now. Why not open a market every fifty miles, so that the Yi people can have supplies along the way. , they can get food in exchange, so they won’t bother the people along the way, and the people can also exchange some money to supplement their families.”

Luo Baisu thought for a while, and said: "This method is feasible, but the barbarians will come over soon after the spring, and it may be too late to rush to build a market now. There are few people in our county, and only those who know how to do business Even less, every household will be busy with spring plowing when the spring opens next year, so where is the time to do this?"

Old Man Wu's mind was active, and he kind of guessed what Luo Tiandu meant: "Young lady, don't you want those elementary school students to try their hand?"

Luo Tiandu nodded and said: "It is said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. After learning something, you must know how to use it and put it into practical use. This is a rare and good opportunity."

Old Wu and the others were all craftsmen, so he didn't object much, but he was worried that these children were too young to deal with them. After all, they had to deal with barbarian people.

Cheng Sheng has always been good friends with Luo Tian. Hearing her plan, he nodded and said: "According to me, the little lady's idea is quite good, and the market doesn't need to be built. I will take it back to the camp in a few days. Let people go up the mountain to cut down two trees and build a big shed. Most of the officials and merchants still enter the city, and those who stay outside are scattered barbarians. They probably don’t want many things. I was worried that if they did not prepare enough food along the way, they would cause trouble, and besides, the soldiers who escorted them would also have to eat and drink along the way, if we really build this market, it would save us a lot of trouble."

(End of this chapter)