The ancient daily life of a farmer's daughter-in-law

Chapter 125

In the blink of an eye, the opening day of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year has arrived.People say that if you have money, you can go to the market. Tian Tieshi wanted to seek auspiciousness, but he couldn't help his wife to go to the town to buy spices and duck intestines for marinade, so he borrowed Uncle Zhang's donkey cart and brought his wife here. town.

The two of them still went to Baicaotang first to find the doctor's pulse, and got a bunch of congratulations, then they saved the donkey cart and went to the market to wander.

Luoxia Town has a market every Saturday, that is, the sixth and sixteenth are big markets, and the 24th and [-]th are small markets.But the opening of the sixth day of the first lunar month is the first time of the whole year.On this day, the theater troupe in the town will also open their posture under the overpass and sing for free for a day.The jugglers and storytellers even put in more effort to show off their housekeeping skills to make people applaud.

At night, the government and wealthy families will also set off fireworks for everyone to watch and have fun.It can also be regarded as a reward from the government to the people under the rule for their hard work and law-abiding throughout the year.

Li Qingnuan hadn't been part of the fun for several days, and since he came to this world, he had never seen fireworks set off again. Now that he heard about it, his heart was itchy.But looking at her big belly, she still didn't agree with Xia Tian Tieshi's plan.

Even if she had never encountered this kind of New Year's festival excitement, she could still imagine the scene of crowded crowds at night.Whenever one accidentally falls or is bumped, one's stomach can't bear it.If something happened to join in the fun, she would regret it for the rest of her life.

Because the seasonings for making spicy marinade are basically Chinese medicinal materials except star anise, ginger and scallions, so the two returned to Baicaotang after selling the duck intestines and duck hearts.Speaking of which, the burly man who bought the ducks was an honest person. Hearing that Li Qingnuan and the others came to buy duck intestines again, the man not only picked up the baskets for them, but also roughly wiped the broken bamboo baskets with leaves. Duck blood and filth on the head tilted.

When they arrived at Baicaotang, Li Qingnuan asked about the price, and bought cumin, grass fruit, clove, amomum, cardamom, herb, fragrant leaves, a little nitrate salt, and realgar wine according to the recipe in memory.There are more than [-] kinds of medicinal materials here and there, grass fruits and many kinds, all transported from the south, so the price will naturally be much more expensive than aniseed and peppercorns.In the final settlement, even a small penny was used.

Because of the money, Li Qingnuan didn't feel sorry for the money, so he bought all the things he needed, and the two of them took advantage of the warm noon and went home.

"I figured out that after a few days, everyone had a rest after paying New Year's greetings, and work started everywhere, so you just find a few good masons and young people who can endure hardships, and our family should also replace the fence in the enclosure. Turn it into a blue brick wall." Li Qingnuan got off the donkey cart with a shy stomach, not because she was timid, but because if she made stewed vegetables at home in the future, she couldn't give them away whenever anyone came.Furthermore, if this craft is to be passed on, it is worthless.

What Tian Tieshi thought was different from what his wife thought. He planned to go to the town to work when the weather warmed up.The courtyard wall was built higher, and the fence was replaced, so that he could feel at ease.So as not to have four or someone to provoke the daughter-in-law.

"Well, okay, I saw that the courtyard wall of Lizheng's house was built with blue bricks, so I hurried to look at it. Let's not use big stones, just put green bricks on it. I'm looking at our front yard. , It costs about three to four thousand yuan of blue bricks to surround, and one piece of blue bricks is half a penny, so we have to prepare two or two taels of silver." Tian Tieshi's mind was active, and he was calculating the expenses in his heart, and he started talking about what to do. buy it.

There are generally three ways to build a courtyard wall in the village. The one built with blue bricks is the safest, cleanest and brightest way to give people a thumbs up.Then there are big stones piled up, mixed with wheat straw and yellow mud, but it is also strong.Then there is the loess separated from the fence, which is generally a low-footed wall, and a strong man can jump over it with a step on a stone.

Originally there were quite a few brothers in the Tian family, and the old man Tian was also strong enough, so the courtyard wall was not high, and there was no shelter in the backyard.It seems that the main entrance looks good with this big tile-roofed house and has a bit of momentum.

"Well, let's install a door in the aisle between the front yard and the backyard. As for the chicken coop and the vegetable garden, let's make some soil to build it. It will save the chickens from going to other people's vegetable fields in the future. Eat other people's seeds and vegetable seedlings."

Tian Tieshi nodded in response, helped his daughter-in-law into the house, and then carefully calculated with her.

Two taels of silver for blue bricks, and sixty taels of silver for a carpenter to build a wooden door, plus the wages of the masons and villagers who came to help.

Li Qingnuan is not afraid to spend money on this matter, firstly, it can provide peace of mind, and secondly, it is considered an early investment, isn't it?
After removing the silver, I still have 26 taels left in my family, so it's no problem to make ends meet.When the dried noodles and duck intestines come out, even if you buy a small cart and sell them at the juggling place under the overpass, it is still income.

(End of this chapter)