Yunfei believes that he can still make a living. If he didn't want to be too high-profile, he could make a fortune by selling anything.
Thinking of this, he was still thinking about how the ginseng was growing. After dinner, go up the mountain and take a peek.
The brother and sister didn't talk to each other after that.
Despite the education she received since childhood, Bai Guihua felt that what her brother said was a bit outrageous.
But I can't help but imagine if I could live close to home...
But she soon stopped this thought. This was not the thought she should have. Her elder brother was like her father, and she would do whatever his brother arranged for her.
It’s just that I subconsciously want to do a lot of work to prove my worth.
Seeing that she had finished cleaning the table and was about to feed the chickens again, Yunfei quickly stopped her, "Sister, let those chickens go!!!
If they eat it again, they will really be starved to death. "
After all, he had already fed them once in the morning, and it was snowing, so the chickens were hiding in the house next to each other to keep warm.
Bai Guihua blushed, "Brother, did you get up so early today?"
Usually, these women take turns doing chores like these.
"Well, I got up before dawn this morning to clear the snow. I couldn't sleep when I got back to the house, so I might as well finish all the work. It's cold, so just stay in the house."
Yunfei has never been a lazy person. He may act a bit when he is tired, but more often than not, he is full of enthusiasm for life.
So I just did this kind of work easily without any thought of assigning work or anything like that.
Soon, everyone was up.
It was cold, so Yunfei boiled hot water in a pot and asked them to wash up in the kitchen.
There was no toothpaste at this time, and few people could brush their teeth with wicker dipped in salt.
The thing they use to brush their teeth is Yunfei's homemade tooth powder.
For breakfast, I spread out egg pancakes and made hot white porridge to eat with it.
After finishing the work, they wanted to help with some work, but found that they were not needed for anything.
"Go back to the house. It's snowy and the roads are slippery. Don't go out until the weather clears up." This was mainly told to Zhao Baozhu.
She prefers to go out and chat with the little wives in the village and listen to gossip.
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Throughout the winter, it snowed three times in succession, and some thatched houses in the village that were in disrepair collapsed.
The second uncle and third uncle of the Bai family live a little far away from the old house, so they have never moved around.
During the Chinese New Year, Yun Fei should come to Li’s house no matter what.
So he left with some small gifts. Everyone looked at each other disgustedly, and after exchanging polite words, Yunfei took Bai Osmanthus home without even leaving any food.
Of course, they didn't let them keep any food.
Afterwards, I went to the clan leader and village chief's house to deliver New Year's gifts and enthusiastically invited them to eat, but they didn't stay either.
After all, everyone came to give gifts on the same day, and many people would definitely come later. Yunfei didn't want to stay and disturb them.
If you have this time, you might as well go home early and prepare a big meal at home.
This is the first time for their family of five to spend the New Year together.
Weared family clothes at dawn.
All bright red cotton-padded jackets, embroidered with gold ingot patterns, and decorated with rabbit fur on the collar and sleeves.
In the kitchen, Yunfei, wearing the apron Du Qingliu made for him, was stirring the pot.
Everyone else was helping, washing vegetables, selecting vegetables, washing dishes, and lighting the fire.
Red Spring Festival couplets are pasted on the outside door, and red hollowed-out blessing characters are also pasted on the wall inside the courtyard.
At the gate, Yunfei even bought a pair of red lanterns to hang extravagantly this year, which looked festive.
Zhao Baozhu and Zhang Dujuan both conceived their children in September, and now they are three months old. It is estimated that when the time comes for delivery, the two of them will not be too many days apart.
Du Qingliu had her baby later than them, and was only two months old, but the fetus was very stable and there were no problems for the time being.
"Ms. sir, shall we fry the fruit?"
Fried fruit is actually flour rolled into balls and fried, then wrapped in syrup and left to cool, making it sweet and crunchy.
"Let's fry some. Just try it. Don't eat too much. It's easy to get angry. If there are children who come to visit us to pay New Year greetings, share it with them."
Considering the situation in the village where it is difficult to have enough food, it is estimated that few people are willing to make sugar and flour like this.
So he exploded some and distributed them to the children so that they could have a happier life this year.
The poll tax was paid just last month, and most people are tightening their belts.
After planting one season of crops every year, after paying the field tax, there is not even enough for food and clothing, let alone selling them for money.
All I can say is, eat sparingly, you won’t starve to death.
If the family couldn't find work outside, they wouldn't even be able to raise the poll tax.
And in such a small town, how many jobs can be allocated?
Selling off family property and selling children, wives and children has become a trend.
However, women who marry under the government have one guarantee, that is, they can only divorce them and cannot resell them.
Otherwise, everyone would go and collect the money from the sale of their daughter-in-law.
Mentioning the child, Zhao Baozhu said with some gloom, "Ms., I heard that Ye Zi was sold by her parents."
"What? The leaves were sold?" Bai Osmanthus was surprised.
Yun Fei was also stunned by the movements in his hands.
This winter, because he didn't have time and was worried about pregnant women at home, he collected firewood from the children in the village.
The prices are the same as those in town, and they are basically delivered by young men.
Ye Zi is Shi Shi's sister and often follows his brother.
Stone sells firewood, and she sweetly gives them wild vegetables or handfuls of young grass in a basket to feed the chickens, saying she is thanking Brother Yongming for accepting her brother's firewood.
Although the little girl doesn't look very good, her sweet smile is very contagious.
"Why did you sell it? Shitou made a lot of money selling firewood this winter!" Zhang Dujuan also felt sorry for the little girl.
She even gave the little girl candy, thinking that if her child was a girl, she would be so cute...
Zhao Baozhu sighed, "Her grandmother was sick and the family had no money, so they sold her.
I just heard about it today. He was taken away yesterday and sold to Huang Yazi in the town. "
When they heard what was going on, everyone didn't know what to say.
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.
Du Qingliu held her belly up with some sadness, and couldn't help but think to herself: My child, you have to live up to your expectations, don't be a woman, it's too difficult for women in this world.
She was not the only one who had such thoughts. From the moment they were conceived, all three of them had been expecting a boy in their belly.
Only boys will not be given up.
Only a boy can protect his mother.
And girls...it's hard for them to even protect them.
………
It was a good day after all, and everyone didn’t feel sad about it for too long, and quickly cheered up again to have a good New Year.
Sweet and sour fish, stewed chicken soup, steamed hibiscus egg, fried bean sprouts, and a plate of braised tofu and stir-fried meat.
Today's meal was extraordinarily rich.
The aroma permeates the nearby houses. Although other families will eat better today, they will not prepare so many meat dishes.
The vermicelli stew is basically filled with radishes, and there are numerous slices of meat in it.
Three pieces for men, one for women, and one for children.
