Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and the entire Xiahe Village has become extremely lively. The teenage boys from every household have packed up their gifts early and are preparing to follow Liu Jin to Xishan, the capital.
Under the old chun tree in the middle of Xiahetun Village, these young men all looked very excited. In this era, let alone going to the capital, ordinary people may have never even been to the county seat.
They had already heard about the prosperity and liveliness of the capital from Zhao Erhu, and they were very yearning for it. Although they were still in Xiahetun, their hearts had already flown to the capital.
"After arriving at Xishan, I must study hard with Brother Jin. In the future, I will be like Erhu, a man of culture who can read and write, and I will marry a wife who is much prettier than others."
The village chief, Uncle Zhou, warned his grandson Zhou Goudan carefully.
In the past, everyone called Zhao Erhu Gouzi, but now he has changed his name and is called Erhu. The younger ones are all called Brother Erhu. Who is called Zhao Erhu? Now he is the second person in the village besides Liu Jin who can read and write.
people.
And because he could read and write and worked with Liu Jin, he married a pretty wife two days ago, which made the young men in the village envious to death.
"Don't worry, Grandpa, I will definitely learn from Brother Jin, and I will definitely not be worse than Brother Erhu by then."
Zhou Goudan was wearing new clothes, a thick new quilt on his back, and brand new shoes on his feet. The Zhou family spent a lot of money to buy these things for him.
There is no way. Since ancient times, it has always been a poor family to get rich. After all, going out is not at home. The most basic dignity is still required. Of course, this is also because the snow salt workshop of Liu Jin's family has been in operation since the third day of the Lunar New Year.
Every household in the village has people working in it, and life will definitely be much easier in the future, so I am willing to spend money to buy this one.
"Well, study hard and work hard, and I will find you a beautiful wife when you come back during the Chinese New Year."
Uncle Zhou nodded with satisfaction, looked at his grandson carefully, and said with a smile.
Zhou Tiedan touched his head and looked a little embarrassed. This made other villagers on the side laugh when they saw it.
"Brother Jin is here, Brother Jin is here~"
At this time, from the direction of Liu Jin's house, four-wheeled carriages were slowly driving towards here. Suddenly, the young people in the village became even more excited, carrying their own salutes, picking up their baggage, and getting ready.
Set off.
"Dear fellow villagers, I would like to ask you all to help take care of my mother at home."
Soon, Liu Jin came to the old chun tree and bowed his hands to the villagers.
"Brother Jin, don't worry~"
"As for Brother Jin, we are all neighbors, and we should help each other. And if my dog disobeys me, you can beat him, as long as he can't be beaten to death."
"My Sanlang is asking Brother Jin to please me. If he does anything wrong, please forgive me~"
When the villagers heard this, they immediately replied. Liu Jin also exchanged greetings with everyone for a while, then looked at the sky, and did not delay any further.
"Let's go~"
Liu Jin boarded the carriage, and the five four-wheeled carriages began to slowly leave Xiahetun. The young men like Zhou Tiedan who followed Liu Jin also hurriedly followed up one by one, forming a long queue behind them.
, and finally slowly disappeared from the sight of the villagers.
There were eight carriages when they arrived, and Liu Jin left three carriages for the convenience of his mother, Wang, and for Zhao Heishan and others at home to transport snow and salt.
If the snow salt workshop operates at full capacity this year, the output of snow salt will increase dramatically, and the four-wheeled carriage has a strong transportation capacity, which is convenient for transportation and confidentiality.
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Time goes back to the second day of the Lunar New Year in Gulou Village, Jinghai Town, Tianjin.
Just after the first day of the Lunar New Year, Gulou Village has also become extremely lively. Men in almost every household in the whole village have packed their bags and are ready to follow Tian Erniu and Zhao Houhou.
, Dahu, Shaxiong and the four of them headed to the Xishan Mountain of the capital.
At Tian Erniu's house, Xiu Niang looked carefully around the house, looking carefully for anything that had not been packed or hidden. This time, Tian Erniu was going to take the whole family to Xishan.
Here, things in the house naturally need to be packed and hidden.
"Stop the ink stains. The rest of the things are available in every household, and no one will want them from you."
Tian Erniu looked at the time and couldn't help but urge again.
"Yes, sister, let's go quickly."
On the side, Tian Erniu's brother-in-law Fan Xiaobao was also a little impatient. The news that Tian Erniu was living well in the capital had spread. When Xiu Niu's family found out, they also asked Fan Xiaobao to follow him to Xishan in the capital.
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"What's the rush? No one from the village has come to call. There's still time."
However, the embroiderer was unmoved and continued to look around the house. In fact, there was nothing to hide. They were all rundown military households. Nothing was valuable at all. It was just that the poor cherished things. What?
I can't bear to leave it behind.
"Brother Erniu, Brother Dahu asked me to come over and ask if you are okay?"
At this time, there was a business call outside the house, and it was obviously someone from the village who came to urge it.
"Okay, okay, we'll be there right away."
Tian Erniu replied quickly, then picked up his own baggage and led his son and daughter outside. Naturally, the children were also taken along with them.
The embroiderer moved a clay pot in and locked it with a few keys. As for the windows and other things, they had already been sealed. She looked back at the house and followed Tian Erniu's footsteps.
Soon, Tian Erniu came to the middle of Gulou Village. Thousands of people had gathered here, only half of them were from Gulou Village, and the remaining half were other people in the guardhouse who had heard the news or
Like Fan Xiaobao, they are all relatives and friends of the villagers in Gulou Village. They all go to Xishan, the capital, to make a living together.
Tian Erniu looked at the vast, dark crowd, and couldn't help but feel worried in his heart. There were too many people, and all of them were wearing rags, with unkempt hair and sallow complexions.
"Let's go~ let's go~"
As Tian Erniu arrived, Zhao Houhou began to shout. As Zhao Houhou shouted, everyone picked up their packages one by one and began to follow Tian Erniu in the biting cold wind. Zhao Houhou and the others headed towards the capital.
The scene is similar to that of migrant workers returning to work after the Spring Festival in later generations.
