They complain in front of the sacrificial hall and tell their ancestors about their current life. True and false come to feelings, and three sticks of cigarette linger in the pillar. Not ancient, not ancient, sighing and people's hearts change.
"It's getting cold! Won't you eat candied haws on a stick? Do you have a basket? I'll drop by and give you some candied haws on a stick!"
The little girl took the people and tools and ran to the bottom of the city wall and shouted to the top.
It snowed yesterday and it's cold today. People in Xiaqiu Village make candied haws. Two hundred people wear skewers and the chefs boil rock sugar in big pots.
Put hawthorn, orange, watermelon, cantaloupe, and cucumber together, dip it in the boiled rock sugar and pat it on a flat plate to get a large piece of rock sugar candied haws.
There are also threads that are twisted and spun to resemble marshmallows and hung on other candied haws, making them look chubby.
The sergeants guarding the city wall did not dare to shoot arrows down. They knew what Xiaqiu Village was doing. The new gunpowder and flintlock muskets, as well as the improved muskets, were all attributed to Xiaqiu Village.
They also knew that Xiaqiu Village was rich and cooperated with the prince and the King of Qin.
On the city wall, you can even see the prince coming to push the cart back every day before eating. In such a relationship, one could be killed...
"Is there a basket? Put it down! Let me eat candied haws for you." The little girl continued to shout.
"No! You guys, go ahead and eat!" The little boss from above ran over and shouted back.
"We have it! Wait, I'll throw it up for you." The little girl shouted again.
Her Hanhan brother came out with a grappling hook in his hand and a rope behind it. He shook it twice, let go, and whoosh~~ the triangular grappling hook flew up, and then pulled the rope back, and the grappling hook got stuck on the battlement.
"Put the basket up and put it down again. Knowing that there are many of you, we will give you five hundred bunches of candied haws, and then we will go to the outer city wall to send a thousand bunches."
Seeing that she was stuck, the little girl jumped happily, clapped her hands twice, and shouted again.
The sergeant on the city wall: "..."
Are you planning to attack the city? Not to mention, the throw was quite accurate!
"You guys take it up, and I'll report it." The little boss didn't dare to ask for it, and he was worried that it would be bad if he refused, so he ran away without saying anything.
When he ran back after getting the order to eat, baskets of candied haws were already placed on the city wall.
"Five hundred is just right! Throw down the hook, we have to go over there." The little girl shouted.
"Thank you for the candied haws from Xiaqiu Village, thank you for Ling'er." The person above shouted, throwing down the grappling hook.
"You're welcome! Eat it! It's so sweet!" The little girl turned around and led a group of people to get the candied haws, and then deliver them to the people outside the city wall on the other side.
The sergeants patrolling and standing guard on the city wall are actually very cold. It is below zero at the moment, about five or six degrees. Their hands and ears are frozen, but their feet are fine.
"Be careful when dividing. They take large pieces of rock candy, but this one requires a lot of sugar." The person carrying the basket told the person to be careful.
"How much does rock candy cost now?" Some people don't dare to buy rock candy because it's expensive.
"One pound costs one hundred and sixty cents. It should have gone up these days. It's the Chinese New Year! I heard it's six hundred or seven hundred cents at the most expensive time."
"It is said that Xiaqiu Village found the method and did it better than the Yi people."
"That's right, I heard that if they don't do it now, they should be directly in charge of the palace."
"It's so damn sweet. What's on top? Cucumber, watermelon?"
"It's more expensive than hawthorn. I have a chestnut here."
"I have a yam."
The sergeants shared the candied haws, and also shared happiness. Candy can make people feel happy.
The day passed like this, and in the evening, Xiaqiu Village ate hot pot and cooked a large table of dishes, including fish, which was more than enough every year.
Before eating, under the light, the chief led all the villagers to worship their ancestors. As usual, he knelt down on the futon and started crying.
"Ancestors! It's hard for me, Zhu Yicheng, to be the head of the village~~ I'm incompetent~~ I feel ashamed of my ancestors. Last time I said there were six shops, and now there are more.
You don’t know! I removed the entire back area! This year I owed a lot of money for the famine, and I am about to pay it off. The money I have left is less than 100,000 guan.
We are celebrating the Chinese New Year this year, but we are not even in the village. We went to set up tents outside the city. I am helpless!
I don’t have the nerve to go back and see the horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese in the village, oh! There are also bamboo rats.
I was helpless and led the villagers to live in the imperial city. If the prince hadn't come here three times a day, I wouldn't want to live!
In fact, there is nothing much to talk about this year. I just helped open a canal for the Ming Dynasty and gave guidance on the war against the Northern Yuan Dynasty next year.
Solved the employment problem of tens of thousands of people, raised 260 students, and provided milk bottles and strollers for the babies in the Ming Dynasty Palace...
I did so poorly! The villagers have forgotten the essence of simplicity. They wear silk and satin all day long. They don’t like to eat meat. They eat cucumbers, eggplants, watermelons in the winter...
I repent, I will continue to work hard, give me another chance! Why! oops! Hanhan, it's your turn, come over and offer incense and kowtow. "
The village chief was crying and shouting, but suddenly stopped, stood up, wiped his tears, and gave up his position to the village guard.
Zhu Wentian: "..."
He burned incense, knelt down, and shouted: "Long, face, don't need credit, Hanhan, eh! Hey hey hey hey!"
"Okay, the village guard said that the head's face is important, so don't give all the credit to Hanhan." The head of the village motioned Hanhan to stand up and greeted other villagers.
Villagers: "..."
The village elder came forward and began to accuse Li Changdong of making everyone eat vegetables. He praised Hanhan for being smart again and knew that three plus two equals five...
And cried with great devotion.
The children in the village wanted to laugh, but they suppressed it. When they knelt down, they had no choice but to keep silent and kowtow quickly. After kowtowing, they stayed away before laughing. No, they cried.
The other villagers knelt down and talked about the current situation in the village. They had nothing to cry about and their lives were not miserable at all.
"For dinner, the baby is put into the tent. The door of the tent is open. Yes, we eat outside.
Next year we will build more houses here and outside the city, and we should eat in the big dining hall in winter.
First, take a sip of the hot pot soup, made with beef bones, pig bones, chicken and duck, to warm it up. "
The village chief told the villagers that the tents were open, the fire was burning underneath, and the dining tables were placed outside, making it look lively.
After people in Xiaqiu Village got used to eating from big pots, they were unwilling to eat at home, unless they were in confinement.
However, confinement care in Xiaqiu Village is different now than it used to be. Temperature and humidity control and ventilation are also indispensable.
Then wipe your body with a clean steamed hand towel to keep your body clean and not give the opportunity for cold air to invade and bacterial infection during the bone recovery process after giving birth.
Bedsheets and quilts should be changed every three days, and soap residue must be removed when washing.
No matter from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, or modern medicine, there is no problem.
"Hanhan, I'm not trying to take credit from you. I just enjoy eating meat." The resident helped Hanhan cook the beef.
"The credit belongs to everyone. Without trust, I am determined to kill the enemy, but I am powerless." Zhu Wentian shook his head and took the meat on the plate.
"We will see 260 students next year. The village should increase its population."
The school director is now confident. Hanhan said that none of them will be admitted next year. How big of a blow will it be to the students?
Under such circumstances, the probability of success in recruiting a son-in-law increases.
(End of chapter)
