Parents are busy farming

"No, I gave you these two taels of silver. I'll go to the master's house to pay it. I'll go get the silver. Remember to write down the paperwork."

Lao Li gritted his teeth and finished speaking, then pursed his lips and stopped talking. The head that had been hanging down was raised, with a firm light in his eyes.

When Li was going home to write paperwork, the team leader took out the family tree, crossed out Lao Li's name from the original family, and wrote the names of his family on a new page.

Just in time to put their children on the family tree.

Lao Li went out, went home first and took two taels of silver, then walked around outside the village, and returned to the village after half a day.

When I was getting money from my wife, she asked me what I was doing with the money. Lao Li just said, ‘I’ll explain it to you when I get back. ’ and left.

After returning to the village, Lao Li did not go home, but directly invited Li Zheng and the clan leader to go to his parents' place. This time Li Zheng brought a letter of renunciation.

There is no longer anything on the table that Lao Li brought. The smell of stew comes from the kitchen. No need to ask, what Lao Li brought has already been put into the pot.

They will not get back what has gone into their pockets.

Old Li put the two taels of silver on the table. Old Li quickly picked it up and bit it with his teeth to identify the authenticity.

Then he directly put the silver in his arms.

Li Zheng took out the book of renunciation, and both of them put their fingerprints on it. At the same time, Lao Li also asked his mother's eldest brother and third brother to put their fingerprints on it.

He has also learned a lot in the Ye family these days. He doesn't want these people to come to bully his family again when he is not at home.

Finally, Lao Li left with the letter of renunciation.

When he left, there were no sad expressions on the faces of his parents and brothers, only the happiness of getting two taels of silver.

The eldest son already told the story after he got home.

Lao Li's wife didn't say anything after Lao Li came back, and silently cooked a relatively sumptuous dinner to celebrate.

*

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and people are coming and going in the county.

Ye Zifen also brought two large tanks of pickled vegetables, which was what shopkeeper Hong asked Old Man Liu to bring yesterday afternoon.

She also didn't expect that the sauerkraut made in the first year would be so easy to sell, earning her and her third sister nearly two taels of silver.

First go to the spice shop and unload the two large tanks of sauerkraut.

As soon as I parked my car, I saw the shop boy squeezing out of the shop.

"Miss Fifth, you're here. Did you see that they are all waiting to buy sauerkraut?" he said, pointing to the crowded crowd.

"Hurry up and find someone to unload the truck! Tell the shopkeeper that the money will be settled next year!"

When Zi Zifen saw how busy the shop was, she was also happy for the shopkeeper. She guessed that the shopkeeper didn't have time to calculate the money, so he might as well settle the bill after the new year.

"Okay! Some fellow villagers over there can come over and help us!"

The young man's voice attracted several older brothers who lined up.

When they brought it down, they saw that it was sauerkraut. Everyone asked in unison: "We will carry it in for you, but please leave two for us, so that we don't have none when it's our turn."

"Don't worry, there are two big tanks here today, and I'm sure there will be one for you. However, you can just buy them out in a while. I'm really afraid that people will smash up our store if they see whether there are any in the tank."

The guy explained jokingly while lifting the tank.

"Okay! We can't make it difficult for the store to do business, right?"

After the second vat was moved in, Ye Zifen handed the waiter a note. The waiter saw that it was the condiment requested by Miss Fifth.

"Fifth Miss, please wait a moment, I will deliver it to you later."

Ye Zifen nodded.

Tomorrow we are going to stew pork at home, and we need seasonings. We will go to the hospital to buy something else soon.

After Ye Zifen bought all the things, he drove the donkey cart to the county government office. In previous years, it was also sealed today.

When I arrived at the door of the Yamen, I saw my brother-in-law Zhang Huaiyu talking to several police officers.

From a distance, I recognized Zi Zifen’s donkey cart.

There is no way, since we got married, my father-in-law’s family often comes to visit me and often gives me things. It’s strange that he doesn’t recognize me!

After his son was born, he came more frequently, and even the police officers knew him.

"Sir, your sister-in-law is here to give you something again. Let's talk later." After bowing, the headman left with a few younger brothers.

Zhang Huaiyu quickly took two steps towards this side.

"Brother-in-law, I have some New Year's goods at home. I will give you some. I won't go to your house. You can take them back yourself!"

After Ye Zifen finished speaking, he handed the large basket covered with oil paper to Zhang Huaiyu.

"Wait a minute! I just got some fresh seafood. You can take it back and eat it! The seafood Hanliang won't let your sister eat for the time being, so I won't take it home to make your sister greedy."

As Zhang Huaiyu spoke, he took out the seafood from a shop next to the Taoist Yamen.

Ye Zifen was also surprised when she saw a large pot.

"Why do you say that a businessman came back from the beach?" Zi Zifen asked.

"No, someone went there to purchase it specifically." Zhang Huaiyu explained.

"Okay, then I'll go back."

After Ye Zifen finished speaking, she patted the donkey's buttocks, and the little donkey began to move slowly.

*

Ye Yifei and Ye Yongwang at home also took action, moving everything out from house to house.

Ye Yongwang took out a new broom and tied it to a long stick to sweep the roof and walls.

Ye Zifei fetched hot water from the kitchen, wetted the rag and began to wipe the furniture and the Kang table.

Ye Ziwei and Wang Tinghe are sifting through plump peanuts and sunflower seeds.

"Dad, how do you clean Zifen's weaving room?" Ye Zifei asked.

"Pull the sheet away, cover it on her loom, sweep it and then uncover it." Ye Yongwang thought for a while and said.

"Yeah! She loves those fabrics, so we can't let them get dirty."

"Next year, you and your sister should also learn some skills in running a house. You can see that Zifen has taken care of our family's affairs clearly." Ye Yongwang suggested.

"Well! I will try my best to learn, but it is impossible for me to learn like Cheng Zifen." Ye Zifei is very self-aware.

Upon hearing this, Ye Yongwang said proudly: "With your sister's current abilities, it would be no problem for her to become the head matron of an official's house."

"Several children are obsessed with Lao Wu." Wang Tinghe interjected.

"Don't say that we are so naive. We can't compete with her, but we can still compete with outsiders."

Ye Zifei said jokingly.

"The children in our family all have their own characteristics, so you have to keep your eyes open when looking for a son-in-law."

Ye Yongwang feels that there is a long way to go.

When Ye Zifen returned home at noon, she immediately got into the kitchen, heated up the fried food she made yesterday, and made seaweed and egg drop soup.

After finishing the meal, I started to put the sand washed last night into the pot. After the sand was dried, I put salt in it, then put the sunflower seeds in it and started to stir-fry.

Stir frying cannot be stopped.

Because he had to turn over constantly, Ye Yongwang felt that the shovel was too small, so he went outside and brought in a large wooden board.

Fry over low heat until the sunflower seeds are eight ripe, then put the sunflower seeds together with the sand into a bamboo sieve.

Dry out the sand. What's left is the sunflower seeds. Just spread the sunflower seeds on the millstone in the yard to cool down.

The peanuts are fried in the same way, but the outer skin of the peanuts is slightly gray and needs to be removed.

Otherwise, the peanuts are easy to overcook and become unpalatable. (It’s bitter and no longer fragrant.)

After finishing these things, it will be dark before our eyes.

Several sisters from the Ye family started grabbing peanuts and melon seeds and eating them.

Zi Zifen was not idle because her brother-in-law gave her seafood today. Although it was winter, she still had to eat it while it was fresh.

Seafood, in the word "fresh", don't put anything on it, just steam it.

Conches, razor clams, abalone, and large crabs.

Wang Tinghe was not allowed to eat when she was pregnant, but this made it easier for others to eat as much as they could.

After several people ate for a long time, there was still a large bowl left, and Zhi Zifen brought it to the kitchen.