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Time and distance have created different life scenes in South America and the Far East. However, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, what remains unchanged are the cultural customs passed down for thousands of years.
The New Year is approaching, and people who have been busy for a year have temporarily put aside their work and begun to prepare for the new year.
To kill chickens and sheep, the adults in the village opened their own pig pens, selected fat domestic pigs, tied four hooves on them, put them on two-wheeled carts, and took them to the center of the village, where they were shaved and slaughtered.
There are many types of livestock raised by local farmers. The most common ones are chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, alpacas, guanacos, wild deer, pheasants and other animals. Among these animals, except for beef cattle and sheep, which are mainly exported to overseas areas, each family has
Farmers generally keep several or dozens of pigs, domestic pigs, and buffaloes in their homes. They have mild habits and have a domestication history of nearly ten thousand years. They are often used as a supplement to steam machinery and are used as the main labor force in the fields and farms.
Domestic pigs are one of the main sources of meat for the people. During the New Year and festivals, slaughtering one is not only a change of taste for the children at home, but also the main meat for entertaining relatives and friends.
Near Xinjingfu in Yangzhou, a rural mountain village close to the sea. As the earliest base area of the Han Dynasty and the government's policy of encouraging childbirth, the population of the originally primitive and desolate Jingbian Town has exceeded 10,000, and the local economic scene has also
More and more prosperous.
In the center of the town, more than a dozen Chinese men, ranging in age from 12 to 40, were busy boiling water, killing pigs, shaving and other tasks. Around the busy Chinese men, hundreds of
Men and women, holding young children in their arms, stood near the two-wheeled carriages used to pull pigs. While watching the men slaughtering the pigs, they chatted with each other about the harvest of the past year.
Wearing pigtails and holding various small toys such as paper pinwheels and small bells, the children, ranging in age from three to five to eight or nine years old, ignored the scolding and shouting of the adults, as if they had fallen into the water.
The little ducks were running back and forth and playing near the crowd.
The center of the town was very lively. People who were familiar or unfamiliar with each other in the past had smiles on their faces and chatted happily with each other.
At this time, outside the pig-killing man, on the country road leading to the town market, another twenty or thirty Chinese people appeared pulling two-wheeled carts piled with goods.
They are fishermen living in Xincuo Village, Jingbian Town. The two-wheeled carts carry all the recently caught fish.
"In recent years, God has given us food to eat. The crops, cattle and sheep in the fields and pastures have been growing well. The weather has also been good at sea. When I went fishing at sea, I didn't encounter any big storms. Living in South America was really a blessing to Your Majesty.
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In the middle of the crowd, a middle-aged Chinese man sighed.
"Compared to my hometown in the Far East, life in South America is infinitely better. Just like when we went fishing a few days ago, we floated in the sea near the village for a day and salvaged a boat full of fish.
As for sea fish, I originally just wanted to catch some fish in the sea as the New Year is approaching, so that the children at home and the folks and neighbors can have a change of taste. Who knows that we are lucky. More than 20 people went to sea and brought back a total of 27 boats.
There are a lot of fishing boats. The population of Xincuo Village is only seven or eight hundred. After each household has divided dozens of kilograms of marine fish, there are still more than ten boats fishing. It would be a waste to leave the remaining marine fish uneaten, so they can simply go to the town market.
It's not far from Xincuo Town, and it's not close to the sea either. I brought the remaining sea fish to the town and sold them in time for the Chinese New Year. Maybe I could earn a few more Han Yuan to give to my family.
Let the children buy a few more fun gadgets.”
Another man in his forties with dark skin, with a Rongcheng accent, asked with a smile: "Brother Yang, Guangzong, Guangcheng and Guanghai are all promising, that boy Guangzong
What's even more amazing is that he is now a high-ranking officer in the navy. I heard that commanding an armored ship alone is a great big shot. Ordinarily, with your three sons so promising, you should stay at home, take care of yourself and enjoy a happy life.
Yes, why are you still following us to go fishing on the sea?"
"Hehe, it's not as good as Brother Zhou said. The eldest brother, Guangzong, was promoted to captain of a navy destroyer just two years ago. His rank is still a major, so he is not a big shot."
Yang Kaifu was happy and said with a smile on his face.
"The top students who graduated from the Naval Academy are not ordinary people. Our Xinjing Prefecture is His Majesty's Land of Longxing, with a population of 7 to 8 million, but only 80 or 90 students are admitted to the Naval Academy every year. Although
There is no imperial examination in the Han Dynasty, but passing the intermediate school graduation examination and entering the university preparatory school are similar to the previous imperial examination. As long as you graduate from the university, you can apply for government officials or work as technical managers in state-owned enterprises.
, but they all have a great chance of success, and the Naval Academy is different from ordinary universities. After graduation, you will directly become an officer who eats royal meals. That status and treatment are not ordinary college graduates.
Comparable."
"The pay and benefits of the navy are so good. Ordinary soldiers can get 30 Chinese yuan a month with a month's military pay plus subsidies, which is almost three months' salary of urban workers. My second oldest son joined the Navy's Atlantic Fleet and served in the navy.
, I remitted 21 Han Yuan to my family in the first month. Now, my second son has been in the Navy for more than half a year, and the money he has remitted back to my family is 130 Han Yuan. I keep all this money.
I am just waiting for the second son to come back from his annual vacation a few days later. I will use this money to hire a smooth-talking matchmaker to arrange a marriage for the second son, which can also be regarded as settling the worries between me and my family."
"My family, Guangzong, has been in the army these years. He is quite old. After the Chinese New Year, it is time to arrange a marriage for him."
Thinking of his eldest son, Yang Kaifu spoke.
"That boy Guangzong is now an official of the imperial court. How can he like a girl from an ordinary family?"
"What Brother Wang said is wrong. Even if the boss is an official now, he is still a descendant of the Yang family. How dare he dislike the girl that his father and mother introduced him to?"
"Yes, things are different now. His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty advocates the equality of the people. Although he is supported by others as an official, he is not like the officials of the previous dynasty who had their heads turned to the sky and looked down on ordinary people."
The swarthy man nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "I watched the boy from the Yang family grow up. I still don't know what his character is. If you ask me, the eldest son of the Yang family and my second girl grew up together.
, it’s better to wait for Guangzong to come back from vacation and arrange for them to meet and connect with their previous relationship. Brother Kaifu, don’t you think so?”
"Brother Shiro, that girl Songlan is well-behaved and obedient. My family and I like her very much, but isn't Songlan a little young?"
"You're not young anymore. After the fifteenth day of the New Year, you will be eighteen in three years. When Guangzong comes back, arrange for them to meet again. If the two children feel suitable, decide on the marriage first, and wait until three years later to relax.
It’s not too late for Lan to enter the Yang family again.”
"Then we agreed that we could not promise Songlan to other families before the year before. When the boss comes back, we will let them meet immediately."
"Absolutely, my Songlan is usually well-behaved and sensible. Except for you, Yang Guangzong, I am not willing to give my daughter away to anyone else."
The swarthy man laughed and said happily: "Don't look at me, Wu Silang, who has been wandering on the sea for a long time and is all swarthy. My daughter is fair and beautiful. She is just right for the boss of your family."......
