Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 43

There are more people to do things quickly. It only took one day to build two brand new pigpens. The two pigpens are connected together with only a wall in the middle, and they are built in the southeast of the yard. There is a wall made of yellow mud, and a fence nailed with thick wooden slats in front of it, which is connected together and completely blocks the two pig pens. Next to the fence is a long wooden trough for the pigs in the pen to eat and drink. Yes, Zhang Yun looked all over the pigsty on both sides. The whole pigsty was about [-] square meters. After being separated, the large one was more than ten square meters, and the small one was less than ten square meters.

Zhang's family had made a plan beforehand, and while there were people around, it would be more cost-effective to set up two pigpens together. The smaller one would be left empty, and when Li's gilt arrived, the smaller one would be given to the sow. The big pigs lived in the three boars, and when the sows bred and gave birth to the piglets, it was already past the end of the year, and the three boars were sold to the butcher long ago, and the big pigsty could house the piglets.

Everyone worked in full swing for a whole day and didn't finish until the next night. Mrs. Zhou and Zhang Yun had already prepared the meals, steamed buns, and drinks. The Zhang family started eating while talking and laughing.

After the table, the men all want to drink, especially those like Wang Damao, who love to drink on weekdays. After a few bowls of yellow soup, they will be more excited. They start to fight wine in twos and threes. Not to mention how lively the hall is. It was lively, and it lasted for nearly two hours. It was long after the rest time on weekdays, and the men were so drunk that I helped you and you helped me go back. Zhang Liangen and Zhang Youqing were not much better. There was no way to send them off, so Zhang Zhangzhang could only follow them together and sent everyone home before returning home with peace of mind.

After the guests left, Zhang Yun helped Mrs. Zhou to help grandpa and father go back to the house to have a rest. Afterwards, they cleaned up the bowls, chopsticks, pots and pans. After a lot of work, they didn't rest until midnight.

The next day will be the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. After this day, it will be considered as the official end of the year. Every year on the Lantern Festival, there will be a lantern market in the town. There are all kinds of lanterns, and in some good years, gorgeous fireworks will be set off. Folk artists dance dragons and lions to add to the fun. The lantern market is crowded with people, not to mention how lively it is.

The Zhang family naturally has to take advantage of the excitement to do business, but it doesn’t need to be early today, the family will not set off until after noon. Before setting off, the Zhou family and Zhang Yun will take the glutinous rice flour that was ground yesterday and the sesame stuffing that they made , Wrapped the Lantern Festival, the family happily finished eating the Lantern Festival before carrying the burden on the road.

Folks from ten miles and eight villages flocked to Changyuan Town this day, and Bailidu was extremely crowded. The Zhang family waited for a long time before it was their turn to board the ferry. After such a delay, when they arrived at the Lantern Market, it was already very lively. , all kinds of stalls have been set up, and all the good positions have been taken up. After searching for a long time, they found a small open space in the corner. The Zhang family hurried over to rest their burdens and occupy the space.

After getting the place to set up a stall, Zhang's family was not in a hurry. It looked like there were a lot of people, but most of them were vendors.

Before the time came, the Zhang family was working at a leisurely pace, chatting a few words from time to time, and after a while they built the stove, set up the pot, and were not in a hurry to light the stove. Instead, they chopped firewood and broken branches together, slowly making preparations.

In the evening, when it was getting dark and there were people wandering around in the lantern market, Zhang's family lit a fire, poured oil into the pot and heated it up, and the stinky tofu went into the pot piece by piece.

Not only their fried stinky tofu, but also the aroma of various other food stalls. Of course, the stalls selling lanterns are the most popular in the lantern market. The lanterns on these stalls are gradually lit up. It becomes brightly lit, and all kinds of lanterns are hung up one by one, making them look colorful and colorful.

After dark, every family flocked to the streets. Those who got married would go out with their families, while single men and women would meet in pairs. Traveling with close friends, the elderly, children, men and women have different styles.

On the night of Lantern Festival, everyone, regardless of gender, can step out of the house to celebrate the festive season. Therefore, it has become a good day for men and women to meet and mingle. Therefore, the young people are particularly energetic, and the girls are carefully dressed. Powder, blush and moist lips, extraordinarily delicate.

Zhang Yun saw that the business at his stall was not lively yet, so he took advantage of his free time to stick to Mrs. Zhou, asking questions, and was very curious about the lamps sold in the lamp market. Mrs. Zhou was frying stinky tofu, She started talking, and after listening to her talk for a long time, Zhang Yun realized that there are different stalls selling lamps in the lamp market, and some of them are bought by you. As long as the guest officials pay money, you can choose which lamp you like. If the silver opens the way, you can bring it all back.

However, there are still many lamp shops with paper strips hanging under the lamps, on which are written all kinds of lantern riddles, as long as you can guess the above lantern riddles, you can pay to carry the lanterns, the price is lower than usual, but if you can’t guess, and If you like any lamp, you will pay several times the money. This is really making money and entertaining. It seems that the ancients were also very business-minded, no worse than modern people.

While the mother and daughter were talking, there were more and more people in front of the stall, and Zhang Yun had no time to chat, so he started calling for business. It didn't take long for Zhang Yun to see what it means to be crowded. Her fried tofu stall , There was almost no moment when it was not surrounded by water, and occasionally looking out from the gaps in the crowd, hordes of tourists were still pouring into the city of lights.

The stinky tofu brought by Zhang’s family today is not very much, only half a barrel, so it can’t last long. It is estimated that it has been sold for more than an hour, and it has been sold upside down. By this time, the crowd around Gradually spread out.

"Phew, it's finally empty." Seeing the crowd dispersed, Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, and as she spoke, she stretched out her hand and beat her lower back. She hadn't stopped for more than an hour, and she was much more tired than usual. up.

"Daughter-in-law of Daqing, let me collect all the things. It's a rare and good day. You, Daqing and the children, let's go shopping together." Zhang Liangen, who was on the side, took the spoon in Zhou's hand He snatched it away and urged them to go shopping quickly.

The family had already planned to go shopping in the Lantern Market when the stinky tofu was sold out, so there was no more moldy stinky tofu. They just wanted to sell the remaining half of the barrel and then rested. At the end of the year, the rare Lantern Festival must take a breath and have a good time.

After being urged by Zhang Liangen, Zhang Youqing, Zhou, and the three brothers and sisters put down their work, and the whole family walked out of the stall with a smile on their faces. Only Zhang Liangen stayed behind, saying that he wanted to take care of the burden.

Coming out of the stall, Mrs. Zhou led everyone to the Tongbao Bridge beside the Dengshi. The Tongbao Bridge was built on the Tonghe River, which is a tributary of the Jiuqu River and runs through the entire Changyuan Town.

The Zhang family did not go up the bridge, but walked to the bank of the Tonghe River. Everyone, big and small, squatted down and washed their hands with water. Today, Mrs. Zhou specially brought soap over, and everyone was in the river. , They were all washed clean, Zhou took out a cloth towel to dry everyone's hands like a magic trick, took out the comb, and stood on the bank of the Tonghe where people come and go, combing Zhang Yun's hair.

"On a day like this, we have to tidy up and let people see that it is neat and tidy, otherwise what will it look like?" Seeing that Zhang Yun was a little embarrassed, Zhou began to mutter, thinking what his mother said was right, Zhang Yun just said Can accept the awkwardness, and let her comb her hair in public.

Mrs. Zhou combed her hands nimbly, and after a while, she combed Zhang Yun's bun. Zhang Yun touched it a little, and felt that the bun was not messy. He was very happy in his heart, but unfortunately he didn't. In the mirror, the sky is dark, and the river water reflects the lights on both sides of the river. The sparkling light can only reflect a blurred outline. I can't see clearly at all. I don't know what I look like now.

Just as Zhang Yun was facing the river to shine eastward and westward, there was a voice calling from behind: "Yun'er, Yun'er." Hearing the voice, Zhang Yun turned his head and looked over, and saw Chang Juan, with a face full of joy, towards the river. She ran over.

"Xiaojuan, come to visit the Lantern Market." Zhang Yun asked with a smile when she ran up to her.

After taking a few breaths, Chang Juan smiled and called Zhang Youqing, Zhou Shi, and Zhang Zhang, and then stretched out her hand to hold Zhang Yun's arm, and said with a smile: "Uncle, aunt, can you let Yun'er Go shopping with me?"

Mrs. Zhou smiled immediately and said, "Okay, you little ones, go back to the stall, and let's go home together." Seeing Mrs. Zhou's agreement, Chang Juan thanked her a few times, pulled Zhang Yun up and went to Dengshi Walking away, Zhang Zhang and Zhang Xing also followed.

Zhang Youqing and Zhou's family went to Tongbao Bridge. On the day of Lantern Festival, it is a custom to cross the bridge to cross dangers. It is called walking all kinds of diseases. Well, in a small place like Changyuan Town, there is no city gate to climb to. Fortunately, there is Tongbao Bridge. If you pass over the bridge, it is also in accordance with the custom.

Zhang Yun was dragged by Chang Juan to Dengshikou, where he saw Chang Zhu, Chang Shuan, Chang Cui, their parents, Chang Man, his younger brother Chang Fu, Chang Tiemu and his wife, Chang Tieli. The couple brought their three sons, as well as Chang Juan's father, mother, and her younger brother Chang Dong, all of whom were relatives of the family.

"Yun'er, where are your parents?" When Shuan Ziniang saw Zhang Yun, she smiled and asked, Zhang Yun hurriedly said, "Going to Tongbao Bridge."

"Then let's go there too, just in time to find Youqing and the others." Chang Silang said quickly after hearing this, and all the adults present nodded in agreement.

"Ma'am, I just brought Yun'er here, can you let us go to the Lantern Market?" Chang Juan became anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly opened her mouth.

Chang Juanniang saw that among so many people, she was the most playful, so she couldn't help saying loudly: "You play as much as you want, you have to walk across Baoqiao every Lantern Festival, you don't know that."

"It's not that I don't want to go, but I just leave later. The bridge is there and I won't run. The lantern market is very lively at the moment. If I don't go shopping, I won't have much to go shopping when everyone is gone." Chang Juan thought to herself While visiting the lantern market, I couldn't help but talk back to my mother.

Chang Juanniang frowned, and was about to scold a few words, when Shuanziniang came over to pull her with a smile, and said: "Little Juanniang, how can the children be like us? The bridge is fun, so just leave them alone, let’s walk the bridge together, and let the children play by themselves.” On the one hand, she persuaded Chang Juan’s mother, on the other hand, she did not forget to tell the little ones, “However, later It’s okay to hit the bridge, but don’t forget about it, you know?”

"Hey." Chang Juan rushed to respond, and several other younger ones also responded one after another. Chang Juan's mother couldn't say anything, so she had to let them. The big group and the small group parted ways. Chang Juan He cheerfully dragged Zhang Yun into the crowded crowd of Lantern Market.

The Lantern Market really deserves to be called the Lantern Market. Zhang Yun walked around and was already dazzled by the lanterns.

(End of this chapter)