Yingbao drove the mule cart to the town. Chunniang got off the cart to buy daily necessities. She also went to the butcher's stall to buy a piece of pork and prepared to make pork and leek dumplings to reward her family.
The pork stall owner is still the butcher father and son.
Tu Xiong has been completely honest since his father redeemed him. It is said that he has married and is much more stable than before. He no longer hangs out with bad friends.
Although there is no market today, as it is the busy farming season, there are still many stalls selling goods in the streets.
The two twins were in town for the first time and were so excited that they insisted on getting off the car to walk around, but Yingbao ruthlessly suppressed them.
These two guys are both attention-seekers. Once you let them down, they will run into the crowd and disappear without a trace. You can't catch them even with a dog.
"I'll buy you whatever you like." After suppressing someone, one must use gentleness, which Yingbao is good at.
Xiaojie pointed at a large buffalo lying on the side of the road chewing the cud and shouted, "Sister, buy a cow! Buy a cow!"
Yingbao slapped his hand in annoyance, "Change it!"
Xiaojie pointed to the stone flying beast on the roof of a house on the street, "I want that! That one!"
Sakura: …
She seriously suspected that the boy did it on purpose.
"Dog! Dog!" Xiao Wu pulled his sister's sleeve hard and pointed his little hand in one direction.
Yingbao turned around and her eyes lit up instantly.
I saw a ragged man squatting on the side of the road with a bamboo basket in front of him, in which lay two fluffy puppies.
Yingbao quickly jumped out of the car, ran up to the man and asked, "Are you selling this puppy?"
The man nodded, "Sold."
"How much is one?"
"Ten cents."
Yingbao took out ten coins and handed them to him: "I'll buy one."
The man took the ten coins and pushed the bamboo basket forward in a good mood: "You can carry it. It's already open. As long as you feed it some porridge and rice every day, it will survive."
Yingbao picked a light yellow puppy.
The puppy is soft, with two little ears drooping into an inverted triangle, and two eyes like black glass, which is very cute.
When he returned to the mule cart with the puppy in his arms, Xiaojie and Xiaowu immediately rushed over to grab it. "I want it, I want it!"
Xiao Wu was quick-witted and quick-handed. He snatched the puppy away in one swoop, twisting his body around to prevent Xiao Jie from touching it.
Seeing that he couldn't get the dog from his tall and strong brother, Xiaojie got anxious, raised his neck and burst into tears, and began to complain to his sister: "I want a dog! I want a dog too."
Yingbao had lost her temper at the sight of the two of them, so she had no choice but to go back to the man and buy the other one for ten cents.
What can we do? If we don’t buy them, the two boys will probably become black-eyed fighting cocks from now on.
This is a black dog, but there is an oval patch of white hair on its forehead, which just connects to one of its eyes.
Xiao Jie was not picky. He held the little black dog tightly and refused to let go. When his younger brother Xiao Wu stretched his neck to take a look, he twisted his body and refused to let him see.
Xiao Wu snorted, hugged his little yellow dog and squeezed next to his sister, whispering, "His dog is so ugly."
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When Chunniang came back from shopping, she was surprised to see that her daughter had bought two puppies.
"Your father and I have wanted to buy a dog to guard the house for a long time, but we never saw any for sale. Today was a coincidence, so we bought two at once."
Nanpo is remote, so keeping one or two dogs at home can not only guard the house, but also alert family members at night.
The two boys were unhappy when they heard this and said in unison: "This is my dog! Don't let him guard the house!"
Chunniang ignored her two silly sons, put away the items she bought, climbed onto the mule cart, and went home.
Next comes the busy summer harvest season.
Harvest wheat, thresh wheat, and dry wheat.
Then plow the soil, plant soybeans, and transplant rice seedlings.
The people in Dongcun also have to harvest and dry golden ear and snow ear, and then re-sort and plant them, so they are very busy.
Before the summer harvest was over, Sun Lizheng led the village guards to beat gongs and demand taxes from village to village, and also informed everyone that this year's taxes would be increased by 10%.
The people of Dongcun nowadays are indifferent to the tax increase, and even if they have ideas, they don’t have the time to think about them.
Instead of blaming others for what happened, it would be better to plant dozens of golden ear plants.
At this time, Zhou Mao came to collect Jin Er again.
This time he brought two carriages, two accountants, and several servants as guards.
A large group of people arrived at the door of Jiang Sanlang's old house.
Jiang Sanlang had been waiting for a long time. He clasped his fists towards Zhou Mao and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Manager Zhou."
Zhou Mao smiled and returned the gift: "Not hard, not hard. How many fine products did you collect this year, brother Jiang?"
Jiang Sanlang smiled and led the man home, "Let's go inside and talk."
This year, the three brothers planted high-quality golden ear and snow ear fungus, and the ordinary varieties were distributed to villagers for planting, so it is not easy to tell others about it.
Zhou Mao understood and went into the house with a smile.
The villagers knew that the merchant who bought golden ears had come again, so they quickly called their friends home to pack up the dried golden ears and took them to Jiang Sanlang's house to be weighed.
For a while, a long line formed in front of Jiang Sanlang's house, and everyone was either carrying, on their back, or hugging a basket full of golden ears, waiting to sell them.
These things did not affect Yingbao, because her golden ears were not going to be sold. They were kept in the warehouse waiting for Mrs. Wen to come back.
After a few days of feeding, the two puppies were able to run around in the yard. When they saw Yingbao, they wagged their tails quickly and whined as they walked around her feet, ignoring even the calls of their little master.
Xiao Jie and Xiao Wu didn't care either. They followed the puppies, teasing them with chicken bones in their hands.
It's the farm holiday these days, so Yuanbao and Huzi also went home for the holiday.
At this moment, the two of them had gone out to fish with a group of boys from the village, and they would not come back until the evening.
When the Jiang family's work in the wheat fields was almost done, Jiang Liu and her two daughters-in-law got together to make dumplings.
"Erlang told me a while ago that he would get married after the busy farming season is over."
Jiang Liu said as she kneaded dumplings: "I asked him who the girl was from and asked us to go to the girl's side to find out. He said no, he had already found out and told me not to worry. Oh, how could I not worry."
The last time I married my grandson’s wife is still fresh in my mind.
Although Dacheng's brain was better, he became much quieter and often stayed in the mushroom shed all day without coming out.
Chunniang and her sister-in-law looked at each other in surprise.
Second uncle is getting married
"That's good news." Chunniang said with a smile, "I wonder when his second uncle's wedding will be held?"
Jiang Liushi: "He said it would be the 28th of this month. He asked someone to calculate the date and it was the best."
"There are still ten days left. Isn't that too rushed?" Zhou said, "We haven't prepared the wedding items yet."
Jiang Liushi: "Erlang said he has everything ready, so we don't need to worry about it."
Then he sighed and said, "I don't know what he has prepared. He is so secretive that he has kept it from us all."
Chunniang thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Didn't Second Uncle tell me what the girl's name is?"
"It is said that her name is Lu Yanru." Jiang Liu murmured, "Not a bad name, but I wonder what kind of person she is."
Chunniang was stunned and suddenly remembered the girl she and her daughter met at Gaojia Inn in the county town. She seemed to be named Yanru.
Alas, my daughter actually guessed it right.