Porridge and side dishes [farming]

The New Year is coming soon, and relatives and friends had to walk around before the New Year. The closer the New Year is, the more juniors will give gifts.

Li Ji is an elder in the village, so gift-giving is of course indispensable.However, the gifts they gave were not heavy gifts. The previous gifts were all given to elders with high prestige, and the ones sent to Li Ji were basically just a formality.

Something big happened in the village.In fact, the village is only this big, and anything that has a little influence is considered a major event.

The daughter of the Zhao family who was sold by Zhao Qian a few years ago is back. Although it is not common for the family to sell their wives and sons, it is not uncommon. Introduce your daughter to a prostitute in the city and sell her to a wealthy family in the city as a maid, and get a few taels of silver enough to eat and drink for the family for several years.

As the name suggests, Zhao Qian has two daughters, the eldest daughter Zhao Zhenzhu and the second daughter Zhao Feicui. A few years ago, the family was healthy and wanted to go to the city to eat roast duck, but it was too expensive. The daughter-in-law sold the eldest daughter, Zhao Zhenzhu, and bought a roast duck home. The remaining family of three ate all the haysai after eating, and then leisurely said that it was in exchange for selling the girl.

For this reason, there was a lot of jokes in the village back then. Zhao Qian's wife beat the village twice with a feather duster and cried for several days.

However, if a person is sold, he is sold and cannot be recovered, and the child has already fallen into slavery and cannot return.

If the family's conditions can't be solved, everyone in the village of selling a girl will understand, but like this kind of selling a girl for a roast duck, the village talked about it for a long time, and said it, and soon forgot.

This Zhao Qian can be regarded as retribution. Once the girl sold her mother-in-law, there was no more movement in her stomach. The family guarded a young daughter, Zhao Feicui.

No one would have imagined that the sold Zhao Zhenzhu came back, and without knowing what he had experienced all these years, he actually entered the county magistrate's house to serve the county magistrate's daughter, and became a respectable maid beside Miss Qianjin.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the sky who is an official, and the servants who serve the official are also great nobles.Zhao Zhenzhu was favored, and it was a grace and an honor to let her go home to visit her parents years ago.

Zhao Zhenzhu brought back a lot of good things, which were not seen in the village. Her parents were also very happy, and everyone said that the eldest daughter of his family was very promising, and she did not forget her family when she became rich.

Some people would never see this kind of thing in their entire lives, so they all went to see what Zhao Zhenzhu, who worked as a maid for an official family in the city, looked like now.

Li Ji originally didn't intend to join in the excitement, but as a senior in the village, it was a bit unreasonable not to go, so he had to drag Er Gouzi over for a formality.

At this time, it can be said that Zhao Qian's family came to see the three floors inside and outside. What about my daughter?

Seeing Li Ji coming, the junior standing outside spontaneously gave way to let Li Ji in.There were not many elders in the village, so Li Ji walked in directly with Er Gouzi.

At this time, Zhao Zhenzhu was sitting on the kang, surrounded by several women who were yelling at each other, and the intimate ones who didn't know it thought they were a group of real mothers.

Seeing Li Ji coming, Zhao Qian's daughter-in-law hurriedly introduced to Zhao Zhenzhu: "You probably can't remember, this is your fourth uncle Li Ji, and behind him is the son that your Aunt Li Yan lost back then. Gouzi, you can call him Brother Two Gou."

Zhao Zhenzhu didn't even stand up, she nodded politely and called out to each other.

Li Ji took a look at Zhao Zhenzhu. She didn't know what kind of fabric she was wearing, but she felt that it looked silky and reflective, and she was very beautiful. She was holding a silk handkerchief in her hand and four or five hairpins on her head. , sat up straight and folded his hands, looking like a wealthy family.A pair of eyes is full of arrogance, and indeed has the capital of arrogance.

Li Ji was looking at Zhao Zhenzhu, and Zhao Zhenzhu was also looking at Li Ji. After seeing Li Ji and looking at the second dog behind Li Ji, she was taken aback, as if she remembered something, but she couldn't remember it. .

Zhao Zhenzhu called out to someone, then smiled and said, "Fourth Uncle Li was still young when he left, but now that I'm older, I can't even recognize him."

Talking and talking are different from those in the village, but if you don't stand up when you talk to the elders, it is inevitable that you will be rude.People in the village don't have such big rules, but they respect seniority.

The people standing around seemed to be dissatisfied but no one dared to speak out, and then there was another compliment.

Li Ji just came here to go through the motions, and when he recognized someone, he lied about something and went back.In fact, Li Ji understood Zhao Zhenzhu quite well. The father sold her for a roast duck. If it were Li Ji, he would definitely never want to go home in this life.

It's just that men and women think differently after all. Some women are soft-hearted and will find thousands of reasons to excuse their parents, and then send some money to the family after losing face in front of the master, but Zhao Zhenzhu's appearance is obviously not like this.

Being boasted with a haughty face, and facing the elders indifferently, it seems that they are going home to visit relatives, and they are clearly going home to take revenge and show off.Thanks to her father who sold her to other people's family for a roast duck to serve as a slave and a maidservant, otherwise how could she be able to become a servant girl for an official family?

If Li Ji doesn't participate in the affairs of other people's houses, it's almost the Chinese New Year, so don't join in the fun and live a good life at home.People in the village have started to buy new year's goods. No matter how poor people are, they will have a good year. They must eat some good food. There will be a small market in the village where you can buy something. Li Ji is also bored, so he took Er Gouzi with him. .

The market lasts only one day, and at least half of the people in the village go there. The road is full of vigor and excitement.There are many people and women who go to the market, and they are basically mothers who take their children to join in the fun, see what the children like to eat, and buy some snacks when they come back.

Li Ji spoke a few words with Er Gouzi, and heard the old women still talking about Zhao Zhenzhu.

"You guys don't know, Zhao Zhenzhu is so delicate when she came back, her parents won't respond to her name, instead they insist that she is the big maid in the county magistrate's mansion, the name given by the county magistrate is Ruyue."

"It's true, isn't it just a name? Why can't her parents call her by her real name?"

"It's not because of this. I think that Zhao Zhenzhu doesn't recognize her parents at all. When she came back, she brought back a lot of good things. The most things were three roast ducks. Isn't this embarrassing for her parents? Want me It is said that this girl has been in the city for a long time, and she does not regard herself as the old Zhao family at all."

"Tsk, you can't forget your ancestors even if you are rich."

Gossiping has never been a rare thing, especially in winter, when there is no busy farming, they gossip with each other to pass the time when they have nothing to do.The owner of the house, Li's family, is short, and it's comfortable to see who is not pleasing to the eye and scold them severely.

If you want to say that it is bad, in fact, no one can be considered bad, but they don't know how to accumulate virtue.

Li Ji thought in his heart that he sold people into slavery just for the roast duck, and he also thought that he would not forget his ancestors. He sold a chicken and knew that laying eggs would have nothing to do with him in the future. Why, he wanted to catch his daughter after selling her? put.

He walked faster with Er Gouzi, and only put three hundred copper coins in his pocket. There was nothing missing at home. This time, he bought some snacks at most.

Recently, the conditions at home have improved, and the two of them have become more and more greedy. The snacks they bought in the city last time are almost finished, so they go to the market to stock up.

This is the last market in the village before the year, and it is especially lively. Not only are there resident hawkers, but also some ordinary people come to sell extra things from their own homes. Inserting straws means selling children.

Li Ji glanced over the little baby's face, it was quite clean, but the face was disheveled, it was obvious that the family was running out of food, that's why it was time to sell the baby.

Li Ji sighed, the imperial court didn't care about such things, how could he care.

Walking all the way, they sell all kinds of food, and there is also a stall that sells medicine candy, which has all kinds of flavors. Seeing orange flavor in it, Li Ji slammed his mouth and leaned over to inquire about the price, two copper coins each, It's a bit expensive, so Li Ji bought four yuan and tasted it with Er Gouzi.

Li Ji stretched out his hand and handed over a piece, and Er Gouzi opened his mouth without even thinking about it, put the candy in his mouth, and said sweetly.

The longer he gets along with Er Gouzi, Li Ji likes Er Gouzi's character more and more.Although he is not talkative and boring, he is likable.

It stands to reason that this kind of candy is liked by little girls or children, but Li Ji didn't eat it much when he was a child, so he bought more when he had money.

I went to buy candied fruit, fried melon seeds, and peanuts. Because both of them could eat, I bought a lot at once.

I didn't buy many firecrackers. Li Ji didn't like to play with them. He just bought one or two strings and set them off regularly. He didn't buy those other firecrackers.I bought two pieces of calligraphy, one for the gate and one for the room, and I don’t want the rest.

There are those who sell the God of Wealth and the Stove Lord. In the past, the family did not buy them because they had no money. This year, when they have money, Li Ji stood in front of the stall and hesitated, but did not buy.Er Gouzi is the God of Wealth and the Stove Lord in the family.It is also the mascot of the family.With him in Li Ji, I don't think there is any fairy in my family.

They also bought a lot of novel gadgets, and the two of them almost spent the copper coins, and returned with a full load of big and small bags.

When I walked back, I attracted a lot of sideways glances. The Chinese New Year is a festival, so it’s good to buy more things, but I’ve never seen so many things. If there are many children, it’s understandable to hurt the children. All are eaten.It's not that there are no good conditions in the village, but those with better conditions will have some money, and they won't be so prodigal like their family. They all save carefully for fear of something happening in the future.

"I said fourth uncle, you bought so many old things." An older woman in the village hurried over.

Li Ji smiled and said: "We are both greedy, so I like this, so I will buy more."

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