On August 19, after breakfast, Li Hui drove all the customized paper work up the mountain.
I had to do it three times, and it took more than an hour to burn it.
There was no idle time at home either. Lady Yu took white peony to cook the pig's head and trotters. Li Yue and white peony minced the meat stuffing and kept the croquettes. Wang and Liu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were in charge...
In short, the whole family is mobilized, no one should be idle.
Li Zhong and Tianma stayed at home to help, carrying some water and doing some heavy work.
Once the door is open, what is happening in the courtyard is like a "live broadcast", there is no secret at all.
Reliable villagers came over to ask if they wanted to set up a table, but the answer they received was always "I don't know." If you were brave enough to come in and ask Ms. Liu, there was only one outcome - you would be criticized for not negotiating.
Cheng Xue was writing with her head down in the room, and when she heard Chen's fourth daughter-in-law banging outside, she shook her head in amusement.
If it were her, if there was such a fuss that day, she would never have any contact with each other until death. This woman is good, she will join in the fun, and she can't accept it.
During the rural examination, she took decoction again, so Liu took care of all the preparations this time, and even assigned her a task - writing invitations.
All the friends I had made friends with wrote invitations, and the clan sent them to Li Qingshan, Li Qingshui, and Li Qingchun. The clan elder only gave them to Li Laosan.
After writing it, let Li Tian lead Tiandong to place the invitation.
It's too formal, but there's nothing we can do about it, because they are now in the family of the Juren Master.
Yuniang walked to her side, knelt down and saluted, and said:
"Madam, the pig head, pig trotters, etc. have been cleaned and ready for the pot."
"Then let's cook it. Let's cook it for half an hour and then I'll make the ingredients." Cheng Xue still knows a lot about cooking meat.
When I was a child, every time before the Spring Festival, the New Year atmosphere in the village was particularly strong, and every household was cooking meat. I miss it now when I think about it. Although last year's Spring Festival was very fulfilling, it was still relatively rushed. This year, we must make good arrangements and make it lively. Wei Shengli and his wife brought two plates of tofu on a cart, and his wife came over with a basket and handed it to Cheng Xue.
"Sister-in-law, this is a suggestion from the couple. Don't refuse. Is there anything you need me to do? It happens to be fine. I'll help you sort things out for a while."
This is just telling lies.
"Nothing's wrong. Is your tofu shop okay? We're not outsiders. Just come over tomorrow."
After Cheng Xue finished speaking, Li Yue came over to take the basket, and saw the look in her mother's eyes as she handed it over.
Wei Shengli's daughter-in-law said, "Hey..." She smiled naively and stopped showing off. The family was really busy, and people from nearby cottages came to his house to buy tofu. Otherwise, they had to go out to deliver goods, so they couldn't live without people.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to catch piglets at your house? My old sows will give birth to piglets at the end of the month. Tofu dregs are also cheap. One penny and two tips are enough for a piglet to eat for two days, and if it is older, it can last a day. Feeding tofu dregs can make pork
It’s fragrant and grows quickly.”
Looking at her gestures, Cheng Xue's heart moved.
Although pork is cheap meat in the eyes of those literati and poets, the price is not cheap at all. If you raise a few pigs at home, you can make a lot of money by selling the whole pig.
After calculating the location of the pig pen, he nodded and said:
"Then you will leave me ten pig lambs, do you have them?"
"Yes, yes, I will hold on to my sister-in-law for as many babies as I have in this litter, and the rest will be mine after taking them." Wei Shengli's wife was very happy.
For example, when they raise pigs, they usually start a litter in the spring, but this litter was completely unplanned.
Although there are enough tofu dregs at home, there is not that much space to raise them. What’s more, just one tofu shop can keep several members of their family busy, plus a litter of pigs and lambs, so there is no need to rest, and they will be busy all day long. Li Yue handed the basket to Wei Shengli's wife and said:
"Auntie, bring Wei Lei, Wei Zhen and the others over early tomorrow morning, and we'll set up the gate soon."
After installing the gate, there is a "happy ending" part, that is, the host family scatters copper coins outside.
Usually it is the children who pick it up to celebrate.
"Okay, thank you, girl. I will definitely come over early tomorrow." After saying that, Chong Xue added, "My family just has success but no fame. Even if he is a scholar, I have to be shameless and order candy with my sister-in-law."
This may seem like a joke, but it’s actually a test.
Cheng Xue smiled and waved her hands without letting go——
"Then you'd better forget it. I plan to keep Tangtang for a few more years. She's going through a lot of hardships with us. We'll have to wait until she's 18 or 19."
He handed over the words in a joking manner, and Wei Shengli's wife could not help but nod her head, muttering "should". When Wei Shengli came over with the tofu bag, the couple pushed the cart and waved goodbye.
On the way, Wei Shengli’s wife sighed softly.
"What's wrong? Why are you sighing?"
"Nothing good, just...Li Yue probably won't stay in our village."
When Wei Shengli heard this, he stared at her in disbelief.
"You really ask! My father is short-sighted, are you also short-sighted? Li Hui is a scholar, even if he is a scholar, our family can't reach it. How capable is a shabby tofu shop?"
The only two businesses in Liang Yan that will not be included in the commercial register are tofu mills and mills. The prices are unified by the court. If the price exceeds the price, you can sue, and whoever reports will be rewarded.
The little daughter-in-law felt aggrieved, curled her lips and said:
"I don't want to mention it either. My father kept asking me before I left. Now that I have mentioned it, my father can give up when we go back so that he won't have to worry about it all the time."
Wei Shengli rubs his temples speechlessly. He has lost his biological brothers, and there are two more in southern Xinjiang. There are several brats in the family to support, and he has to deal with his father who only thinks about good things all the time. It is really enough.<
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The cart was walking quickly, and when Li Hui saw Li Hui rushing into the village from afar, he walked even faster.
Li Hui also saw the couple. He looked in the direction of delivering tofu to his family. But why was there such a conflict when sending tofu?
"Huizi, after dinner tomorrow, your aunt and cousin and I will go back. Before you go to Fucheng, remember to come home to have a meal and sit down."
Yu Huai's voice was very tired. He cried too hard just now and was tired.
"Don't worry, uncle, I have to wait for the autumn harvest before going to Fucheng. Don't rush the autumn harvest. Wait until I finish the harvest here and bring someone over to help."
"It's not necessary. There's only so much land. I can take it over." Yu Huai quickly refused.
"Uncle, just listen to my father. I will help you when the time comes." Li Heng rubbed Yu Huai's arm coquettishly.
The old man smiled and touched the top of the child's hair, and kept saying "good, good, good". It was a good thing for him that his nephew was admitted to the imperial examination. At the end of this year, the clan leader stopped doing it. Now that his nephew has been admitted, the clan leader will most likely be
His.
Yu Zhao moved away, and Yu Xuan was in southern Xinjiang again. Although his younger son Yu Chang was with him, it was almost as if he was with him.
Competent and honest, but too stupid to talk.
He was worried that if one day he got sick, the child would be bullied like his nephew.
No, he had to warn his nephew when he came home this time, and he had to pave the way for his younger son.
The oxcart "squeaks...squeaks..." as it arrives at the door of the house, and the smell of meat is tantalizing to the taste buds...