The gratifying warm sun ushered in the first day of the eleventh year of Dahuiguo Fengqing—the first day of the first lunar month.
After Lin Siyao cooked a pot of three-color assorted gnocchi made of sesame, bean paste, and jujube paste in the kitchen, seeing that it was still early, he got up and came to the South Courtyard to prepare all the mature vegetables in the vegetable garden. Pick it down.
After three days of good sun, the snow on the sunny side of the south courtyard has completely melted, except for a few wet corners occasionally, the thin ice has not completely melted away. But that didn't stop him from further work.
Folded up the linoleum and placed it in the corner between Xiaoxi. Of course, the wooden shelf was still in place, and there might be another time when Haruyuki ravaged the vegetables in the courtyard.
The long-ripened Chinese cabbage, small green cabbage, sweet potato, radish, etc. are all picked and dug out one by one, and placed in big bamboo baskets. As for the rotten leaves, they were left in the soil as natural fertilizer, and the yellow leaves that were torn were thrown into the fences of the chicken coop and sheep pen.
As for radishes and sweet potatoes, a few were left in the kitchen to eat soon, and the rest were stored in the newly built storage room next to the chicken coop. The small room is made of stone, the door and the roof are nailed with wooden boards, the roof is covered with broken bricks and tiles, and covered with a layer of linoleum, even if it rains or snows, it will not get inside. Therefore, some foods that can be stored for a long time without going bad are stored here.
After finishing these tasks and seeing that it was not too early, Lin Siyao went back to the kitchen to wash his hands and prepare to milk the goat. As for the vegetable garden that has been mostly empty, it is better to wait and make plans. Now that spring is coming soon, the two acres of fertile fields outside the house should all be put into use. Although one acre of winter wheat had been planted a few years ago, there was still an acre of land that was just sprinkled with some rapeseeds, and it was basically idle.
Lin Siyao pondered, and was busy with the work in his hand without falling to the ground. Thinking of him as a killer, but now he is worried about what to plant, harvest, and eat all day long. At first, it really made him feel a little uncomfortable. However, as the day progresses, watching the family improve day by day, such distress is synonymous with sweetness and satisfaction for him. Sometimes it even made him want to thank the Feng Qingya who went after him for thousands of miles.
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"The village chief's house, Aunt Lao's house, Aunt Tian's house..." Su Shuilin counted the ready-to-carry souvenirs that had been packed on the dinner table before going to pay New Year's greetings.
There is a custom in Fanhua Town, that is, if there are elders at home, they do not go out on the first day of the first lunar month.
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Therefore, people like Su Shuilin and Lin Siyao who have no elders by their side can naturally go out and pay homage to their early years.
Today, they plan to visit Fanhua Town all over, and to the villagers who have helped them, no matter how important or small, they want to come to pay homage to their early years and congratulate them.
As for the souvenirs, look, the two big fruit baskets that Lin Siyao is carrying are not exactly what they contain.
One by one cloth bobbins made of red cotton cloth, with a thin black hemp rope passing through the edge of the cotton bobbin, and gently pumping, the cotton bobbin was tied. As for what is in each tin, most of them are the surplus food at home, such as wild eggs, dried salted fish, fruity flower cakes, puff pastry... and a string of cute shapes threaded with fine hemp rope. Ten new coppers.
Of course, the value of each gift is about the same. On this point, Su Shuilin still thought about it more thoughtfully. Otherwise, if people start chatting and learn that the New Year's greetings gifts they give are still valuable, wouldn't it cause misunderstanding? He also said that he was biased.
But then again, since they moved to Fanhua Town and settled down in Fanhua Town, half a year later, there are also a few shrewd farmers in the village, and they can't see her family well. For example, those who saw Lin Siyao brought the wild things home, didn't dare to go into the mountain by themselves, so they ran to the village chief and made irresponsible remarks, which meant that the wild things in the Dashi Mountain would be finished by him. . There are also individual mothers. After learning that Su Shuilin's embroidery work has surpassed the He family's mother-in-law Lin's, she has become the best embroiderer in Fanhua Town, and even became the chief embroiderer of "Yueyun Embroidery Building". The mother-in-law broke a few words in front of her, and it was unknown whether she wanted to alienate her relationship with Su Shuilin. Fortunately, the mother-in-law of the He family still knows the basics, and she still smiles and is humble. Not really alienated from Su Shuilin. After all, in terms of embroidery, Su Shuilin has won too many, which she has to admit.
So, after sifting out a few farmers who were too tight, Su Shuilin and Lin Siyao went out to pay New Year's greetings with two baskets full of gifts. You're pretty cool too, aren't you? It's also good to save a few souvenirs. Haha... Su Shuilin thought with a funny heart. However, this is the real life in Flower Town. You respect me a foot, and I give you a foot. If you deceive me, even if I don't blame you, I will retaliate, and I will never pay attention to you. Otherwise, wouldn't you really think that you are easy to bully, right
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It was not until the end of the day that the two returned home with two large fruit baskets that were still full.
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Twenty-five souvenirs were sent out with the New Year's greetings, and they reluctantly accepted the things that other residents had to put into fruit baskets. There are also domestic chicken and duck eggs, homemade knives, pickled cucumbers, mung bean rice cakes... and even a few buds of red plums.
Su Shuilin happily put the red plum branches into the wide-mouthed round belly bottle on the flower stand in the bedroom. It adds a touch of spring to the interior.
After clapping his hands, he came to the kitchen with a smile, and together with Lin Siyao, packed up the food that the villagers had sent.
"Master~~ Mistress~~" From a distance, I heard Tian Dabao's babbling voice. Obvious people arrive before they arrive.
"Master, Mistress, let's celebrate the New Year." Tian Dabao spun into the kitchen with a smile, followed by a string of tails, about six or seven children under the age of ten. Su Shuilin only recognized three of them, Fang Xiaohua, who was only six years old from Fang Dasheng's family, Sun Qihe, nine years old from Sun Youmao's family, and Shui Fu, the youngest son of Shuigen's family, who was nine years old. Su Shuilin still remembered because he had followed their mother to his house.
"Happy New Years from Master Lin and Sister Lin." The six children bowed to Lin Siyao and Su Shuilin in unison, and said the New Year's greetings that Dabao had taught them beforehand.
In fact, they originally wanted to call Sister Su Shuilin, how could there be such a young and beautiful mistress? But Tian Dabao didn't do it. In this way, he has become the smallest. Therefore, insist on insisting that they follow their own call, otherwise they will not be allowed to follow. Of course, they were instructed to add their surnames in front of them, so that people would know the difference from them as soon as they heard it. I have to say that the blood stasis on the back of Tian Dabao's head has really dissipated.
"Miss, they have to follow me to celebrate the New Year, and I can't do anything about it." Tian Dabao shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands when he saw Su Shuilin's somewhat surprised expression, as if he also explained helplessly.
As soon as these words fell, Lin Siyao immediately gave him a big bang. Immediately sit upright and pretend to be a good child.
"Happy New Year, let's go to the main room to play." Su Shui smiled and returned the salute, then waved to several children, motioning them to go to the main room.
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"I didn't lie to you, right? There are a lot of snacks in my mother's family." Tian Dabao deliberately pressed his voice and said to the other children. The other children nodded enviously. Eyeballs slid toward the piled up cases. There are seven or eight dishes of dried fruit snacks there, and there are even a lot of maltose and rock candy haws that the family refuses to buy for them.
It is said that in the first month, every household will open the gate of the courtyard so that they can chat with each other. Regardless of whether or not the neighbors came to his house, Su Shuilin still thought that in case there were mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law with children coming to his house to chat, he asked Lin Siyao to buy these popular children when he went to the last market a year ago. Snacks welcome.
"Don't worry, just take whatever you want." Su Shuilin brought the candy eggs prepared by Lin Siyao from the kitchen, and the seven children, each one of them, gave them a bowl to eat. "Come on, be careful, just put it on the table and eat it." Su Shuilang carefully placed the candy egg on the coffee table next to the chairs where the children were sitting, while the two children who were sitting on the kang with Dabao were surrounded by With a few cases, he swallowed it in big gulps.
"I didn't lie to you, right? The candy eggs made by the master are the best." After eating the candy eggs, Tian Dabao wiped the corners of his mouth and showed off to the children beside him.
"Yeah." The other children nodded vigorously in unanimous agreement, and then they all flashed bright black eyes, staring at the candies on the several cases, but they were too embarrassed to reach for them.
"Dabao, hurry up and distribute the candy to them." Su Shuilin, who took six strings of ten copper coins from the bedroom, was amused when he heard Tian Dabao's words, and ordered him to distribute the candy, and at the same time he would be The copper coins for the New Year's greetings are distributed to the children: "Come, take this back and buy some gadgets to play with."
The children looked at each other, seemingly shy but reluctant to miss it, with their hands tucked behind their backs, and their eyes were staring at the copper on Su Shuilin's hand.
Su Shuilin put the copper coins into their hands one by one in a funny way. As for Tian Dabao, as early as the morning when he went to his house for New Year's greetings and was left by Aunt Tian for lunch, he had already prepared a string of ninety-nine copper coins. The zodiac rabbit gave him a New Year's gift.
"Thank you Mrs. Lin." The youngest Fang Xiaohua's mouth was sweet, and the other five children also thanked them.
"You're welcome. What do you want to eat? The mistress will bring it to you?" Su Shuilan touched Fang Xiaohua, who was only six years old, and asked with a smile.
"I want to eat candied haws, in fact, my brothers all want to eat..."
"Who said that"
"who told you"
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After the New Year, and after eating, drinking, and taking it, Tian Dabao and his six children younger than him continued to visit other villagers in the village.
In the first month, the happiest is the children. You can go wherever you want to go, and take whatever you want. There is even a copper as a return gift, can you be happy