The beautiful pastoral field of Jiangmen girl

Chapter 731 He and She (2)
Although the three vines in the mountain are very fruitful, the fruit is limited after all. Even if she has made fruit wine from the intact fruit picked back and forth, the fruit wine that can be produced will not exceed 120 catties at most.After deducting the drinks for my own family, there are naturally not many people who can give away.Furthermore, this year's fruit wine, when she came to Beijing in October, she brought some to give away, now the only ones that can be squeezed out to give to Zhou Boyan are these fifteen jars.

The vines in her yard have been transplanted for two years, and they will bloom and bear fruit in the next year.Come to think of it, next year we can make more fruit wine.The ones in the orchard are transplanted in spring, and they will bloom and bear fruit the following year.Thinking of this, she frowned.The younger brother is sensible and enterprising, the whole family has no worries about food and clothing, the family is getting richer day by day, and there is a man who is in the same mood as her sitting in front of her, so she is naturally happy.

She raised her head, glanced at the man across from her with crooked eyes, lowered her head, and took a bite of the apple on the bamboo fork, feeling that the apple was instantly sweet to her heart.

Zhou Boyan raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's so happy about it?"

Qing Shu looked at him with a smile, shook her head, and didn't speak.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Boyan went back with a smile all over his face.

The second day, New Year's Eve.Zhou Boyan's typhoid fever recovered well.After eating breakfast, taking soup and medicine, and reading more than a dozen pages of the book, Gu Shitou urged him to lie down.He slept for about half an hour, and when he woke up, he saw Gu Shitou sitting at the table eating an apple, and asked, "What time is it?"

Gu Shitou stood up, swallowed the fruit in his mouth, and replied, "Young master, there are still two quarters of an hour until Si time."

Zhou Boyan pushed back the quilt on his body, "The juggling class is coming soon!" I heard from Qingyang and the others that this year Kangxi Town has a juggling class that can dance lions, and today they will perform lion dances in front of the big houses in the town.During the day it is between Si time and Wei time, and at night it is Xu time.Qingyang and the others are looking forward to it. They agreed with him yesterday that they will watch the lion dance performance in front of the mansion together today.

While gnawing on the apple, Gu Shitou vaguely answered that he would have to wait for half an hour.The master of the juggling class is very smart, knowing that the Hou's Mansion is the largest household in the town, so he specially sent someone to report, and he will perform in front of the Hou's Mansion as soon as possible.He finished the apple in his hand in two or three bites, ran to wash his hands, dried them, and ran to the bed to serve them.

Zhou Boyan lay down and slept with his clothes closed.He took off his sleep-wrinkled coat, took the clean clothes handed over by Gu Shishi, put them on, and quickly groomed himself.At this time, Qingyang, Qinghao, and Luo Xiaorong were looking for them together.So, surrounded by the excited Qingyang trio, he rushed to the gate of the mansion.

The people from the juggling class have arrived and are making preparations.There were quite a few townspeople who joined in the fun outside, the adults were chatting and laughing in groups of three or five, and the children were running around in front of the adults.

Qing Shu herself was not very interested in juggling and lion dance performances, but it was rare for it to be lively, and she ordered it to go down early in the morning, and anyone with nothing to do could go out to watch the excitement.The housekeeper will make arrangements for the position that cannot be separated from others, and she doesn't worry about it.As for the reward, she has ordered the housekeeper to let the housekeeper watch over it.

At this time, the gongs and drums in front of the Hou's mansion were loud, and whistles, applause and applause continued, spreading far and wide.

Qing Shu sat at the table, dipped his pen in ink, and when he looked up, he saw a little fish sitting in the corner doing needlework.She couldn't help shaking her head, "Xiaoyu, you don't need to serve here, go ahead and watch the excitement."

Xiaoyu was moved, but insisted on staying by Miss's side.

Qingshu said, "Don't dawdle, go! Before you get married, let's join in the fun and laugh with the sisters wantonly. How happy you are, with me backing you, what are you afraid of? When you get married, I don't care if you have a husband who will stand up for you."

Xiao Yu blushed, thanked her in a low voice, put away her sewing basket and left quickly.She has always been thin-skinned, and she is most afraid of the lady making fun of her.If she insisted on guarding the young lady, the young lady might not be able to make fun of her!

Qing Shu smiled, dipped the brush again, and lowered her head to write.

Earlier, Xiaoyu had a lump in his heart, saying that he didn't want to marry.With her tacit consent, Zhang Guanshi showed a few hospitable gestures in front of Xiaoyu.Xiaoyu was interested in Guanshi Zhang, so he finally nodded.Since both parties agreed, she, the master, decided to make a marriage for the two of them, and agreed to arrange the marriage for them in the summer.

The front of the Hou Mansion was bustling for more than an hour.The head of the juggling class received a reward of 40 taels of silver from the Hou Mansion, as well as three silver peanuts from the three young masters with red lips and teeth, and led them to the next performance venue with a smile.This place is not a big town, and the appearance of the Hou Mansion looks very ordinary, it looks no different from the usual big families in the town.He thought that it would be good to get a reward of 20 taels of silver at most.Unexpectedly, what the butler handed over was a full 40 taels of silver.Naturally, he was full of joy, and deliberately asked the people under him to perform for a while longer.

The performances outside were over, and the people in the Hou Mansion were chatting and laughing, and everyone took their positions.The kitchen was busy, two cold dishes, six stir-fried dishes, and two stewed dishes were ready, and the master's lunch was finished.In addition, Mrs. Guan and four little maids are preparing lunch for the servants of the mansion. Two cold dishes, two stir-fried dishes, and two stewed dishes are very rich for their servants.

After lunch, the carriage ahead is ready.The things to go to the general's tomb to worship are also prepared, such as paper money, chicken, duck and fish meat, dumplings stuffed with meat and fine wine, which are very complete.

Zhou Boyan took Qingyang, Qing Hao and Luo Xiaorong into the carriage, followed by the butler, accompanied by guards in brocade clothes, and the two carriages left the Hou Mansion.

It was very late in the evening, and the smoke from the kitchen was curling up.When the sky darkened, the people who went to the general's tomb returned.Everyone overheated the rice and closed the door.Most of the men in the mansion chatted in front of the stove, and the women basically gathered in the dining hall to make dumplings.

Same as last year, Zhou Boyan, Qingyang, Qing Hao, and Luo Xiaorong sat together to make dumplings.The difference is that Qingshu was brought here by Qingyang, and was in charge of rolling dumpling wrappers for them.Xiaoyu was in charge of making the dumplings, Xiaojuan was in charge of rolling out dumpling wrappers like Qingshu, and Lichun was in charge of handing things to everyone.

In the sound of crackling firecrackers, the new year is ushered in.

Before the end of Yin time and the dawn of day, the Hou Mansion began to perform a series of rituals such as worshiping gods and ancestors before the sun rose.

There is an altar on the open space in the courtyard.A fire was burning on the ground in front of the altar, and on both sides of the fire were two 枡 (枡, ancient grain storage utensils) full of sharp grains.There is an incense burner on the table, and there are two plates of fruit, four plates of snacks, one plate of candy, and one plate of freshly cooked dumplings.

Qingyang received the incense, lit three sticks of incense on the fire, walked over and respectfully inserted them into the incense burner on the altar table, stepped back, and knelt down on the blanket spread on the ground.

Qing Hao and Luo Xiaorong who were waiting at the side knelt down, followed by Qing Shu.Later, the servants in the mansion, headed by Steward Gu, knelt down separately for men and women.Everyone knelt down to worship the gods from all walks of life, and asked the gods from all walks of life to bless the whole family with peace and prosperity, everything goes well, and the year is smooth and rainy.

(End of this chapter)