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Grandpa Shen asked Qingniu to deliver the sweet wine to the Shen family. He went directly to the rice noodle workshop, because most of the villagers worked in the rice noodle workshop.

After some questioning, it was deduced that Ms. Xiao left the village yesterday afternoon. Someone saw her packing a small cloth bag and wrapping her head in a cotton towel as she headed to town.

Grandpa Shen sent someone to deliver the letter to the Xiao family. In fact, he was careful and responsible. Who cares about the village? It's not uncommon to freeze to death outside.

Grandpa Shen didn't intend to tell Dong Su about this, as it would only affect Dong Su's mood. But Qingniu, a big talker, said so when he offered sweet wine.

Shen Dongsu didn't care at first, but when she thought of Shen Dongyue, Mrs. Xiao always pestered her. I still felt something was wrong, so I sent a guard to the county seat to tell Ding Qi about this.

What I learned that day was that Mrs. Xiao did not return to Xiao's house, nor did she enter the county town. She went from the town to the college, and she was not seen again.

Grandpa Shen was also afraid that she would freeze to death in a valley or mountain stream due to a sudden snowfall. He even took the young people from the village to look for her for a whole day, but could not find her.

The Xiao family didn't care about this, and even had the attitude that if Xiao was really dead, it would be easier to bury her.

Grandpa Shen sighed softly and asked someone to report to the head of the house. He also asked Qingniu to keep an eye on the Xiao family.

Xiao's disappearance did not cause any disturbance in the village. She was busy during the twelfth lunar month, and she was not very popular, so no one cared about her.

Everyone guessed that she went to find Feng Wensheng because the new year was approaching and she missed her son.

There were lively events every day in La Yue Village, and everyone soon forgot about Xiao's disappearance.

First, they kill the New Year pigs. This year, the Shen family will kill two pigs, both of which are large black pigs weighing a hundred pounds. Grandpa Shen specifically told Dong Su:

"Don't worry, this pig didn't eat any dirt. It was fed only pig grass and rice bran. It was raised specially for you and made into bacon. You can take it to Youzhou and eat it slowly with the prince."

This pig is still gelding and has no smell at all. Grandpa Shen is embarrassed to say it in front of Dong Su.

He heard from Butler Liu that wealthy people do not eat pork, but only mutton, as they think pork is unclean.

Grandpa Shen personally caught two black piglets, raised them by himself, and fed them cleanly. He even bathed the piglets in the summer, and specially showed them to Butler Liu to make sure they were clean.

Shen Dongsu didn't want to watch the pig being slaughtered, and the sound of the pig's howl was breathtaking, but Yue Jian liked it very much, and she squatted down in front of her to watch the butcher cut her.

When he came back, he excitedly said to Shen Dongsu: "Why do I feel that the pig's neck is similar to a human neck? One knife cuts the blood vessels and the blood is drained, and the pig will die."

Shen Dongsu smiled and said: "This really makes you right. Pig's internal organs are the most like humans."

When learning anatomy, you first practice with a pig.

Yue Jian was stunned for a moment by these words, and asked in a low voice: "Princess, how do you know? Have you... ever dissected a pig?"

What was even more terrifying was that she didn't dare to ask, had the princess ever dissected someone?

If Shen Dongsu dares to mention human anatomy these days, then he is really a witch doctor!

She was afraid of scaring Yue Jian, so she laughed dryly and said, "I'm a doctor. I can tell by feeling my pulse."

"Pigs also have pulses?"

Xiao Man timidly said: "Pigs have pig hands. If they have hands, they have pulses, right?"

Shen Dongsu laughed loudly and hugged Xiaoman, but found that the little girl had already reached her chest. Uh, is Xiaoman growing up too fast, or is she growing too short?

Seeing that Xiaoman was dressed neatly, she was still wearing the deerskin hat she gave her that year. It was a bit too small, so she added a circle. It looked like the stitching was not made by Jiang. It was crooked, so it should have been made by Dalian.

She smiled and asked, "Why aren't you wearing the new hat your sister gave you?"

Naturally, she brought gifts for the whole family when she returned home this time, including five sets of winter coats for Xiaoman.

Xiaoman's face was flushed, her eyes were bright, and she said shyly: "Xiaoman will save it for New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year."

Shen Dongsu helped her put on the scarf: "Are you going out? Are you going to watch a pig slaughter?"

After the Shen family's pigs are slaughtered, the butcher goes to the next family to kill them. This year, more than a dozen families in Shen's village are killing New Year's pigs, and the butcher will be busy at the Shen family for several days.

Xiaoman shook his head: "I'll go to the fish pond with grandpa later."

Shen Dongsu was shocked. It snowed heavily just now. The roads in the fields were so slippery! Why does grandpa still go to the fish pond?

She took Xiaoman to find Grandpa Shen, and was ready to stop Grandpa Shen from going.

Grandpa Shen and Lin Zhong were pickling the big pig's head. If the pig's head was to be reserved for ancestor worship, it had to be marinated.

As soon as he saw the boss's pig head and his glaring eyes, Xiao Man exclaimed in fright, covering his eyes and peeking through his fingers.

Shen Dongsu laughed. She remembered that the original owner was also afraid of pig heads when she was a child. However, the Shen family was poor at that time and had never killed a New Year pig. She followed her eldest brother to other villages to watch pigs being killed and was frightened to tears by the pig heads.

She hurriedly took Xiaoman to the side to wait, then took out a piece of toffee from the purse at her waist and fed it to Xiaoman.

Maybe Sister Dongsu was too gentle today, which made Xiaoman forget Jiang's instructions. Sister Dongsu is the princess, so you can't talk nonsense in front of her!

If you say something wrong, you will be beaten! We must drive out the Shen family!

Xiao Man ate the candy and thought of how Shen Dongsu always brought candy and snacks back in the past. She forgot about the princess and remembered that this was the gentle and amiable Sister Dong Su.

He boldly pulled Dong Su's sleeves and motioned for her to bow her head. Shen Dongsu squatted down with a smile, Xiao Man leaned over her ear, covered it with his hand and said:

"Sister Dongsu, let me tell you something. Don't tell me."

Shen Dongsu nodded lightly: "Okay, I promise not to tell grandpa."

"My grandpa cried when you flew into the sky. I sat in front of your house and cried for a long time."

Shen Dongsu thought about what this meant and didn't understand.

"I flew into the sky? Xiaoman, what are you talking about?"

Xiaoman wanted to explain, but couldn't explain clearly, so he stammered: "Someone from the county said you flew into the sky, so my elder brother went to Yizhou City to inquire."

"Aunt Jiang is crying in the house, Uncle Shen is sighing on the porch, and grandpa is right in front of your house, wiping his tears all the time. I have seen them all."

"Later, the eldest brother came back and said that you became the eldest brother's Kongming lantern and flew into the sky on the Kongming lantern. You are fine. That's why everyone stopped crying."

Only then did Shen Dongsu understand. She felt her heart was sour and swollen, as if she had soaked a lot of lemons in Granny Hu's sweet wine. Her heart was soft, her eyes were hot, and her throat was itchy.

She has been back for two days, and Grandpa Shen has never shown anything in front of her, and no one has asked about the hot air balloon.

It turns out that her family was so worried about her when she didn’t know it!

Looking at Grandpa Shen who was cleaning up the pig's head, smiling from ear to ear and full of energy, she really couldn't imagine what it would be like for him to cry.

Grandpa was so ill at first, but he didn't even show any sadness. Seeing that Father Shen's leg was broken, his eyes only turned red. But just hearing an ambiguous message about her made Grandpa cry.

This instantly reminded her of the old dean, the old man who looked very similar to her grandpa in her previous life and had a similar personality, and who loved her the most.

When she was Xiaoman's age, she saw the old dean cry once. A naughty boy in the courtyard sneaked out to play and was hit by a car.

The car escaped and the boy was sent to the hospital. The doctor directly issued a critical illness note. The old director signed the critical illness note, turned his back and wiped a few tears.

This scene was still fresh in her memory: the hospital's dazzling lights, the old dean's waist that suddenly became rickety, and his red eyes and muddy tears...

Shen Dongsu felt a sore nose, looked at Grandpa Shen tenderly, and shouted: "Grandpa!"

Grandpa Shen raised his head happily, agreed, and waved the razor in his hand: "Grandpa, I'll be here soon."

The grandpa and the figure overlapped with the old dean at this moment. She felt that the regret in her heart seemed to have made up for it. She wanted to be doubly filial to the grandpa!

She originally wanted to say that she would not let Grandpa go to Ou Pond. But at this moment, she understood that filial piety does not mean forbidding grandpa to do something, but to accompany him to do it!

She went back and changed her shoes and clothes, and said to Yue Jian: "Let's go, I will take you to enjoy the winter wilderness."

Tsukimi wants to say, I want to watch pigs being slaughtered in the village! Jia Si, come back quickly.

Grandpa Shen was very happy that Dong Su was going to Ou Pond. He had many new things to show Dong Su, but he was also afraid that Dong Su would be too cold to go!

When I heard that Dong Su was going, my eldest brother also wanted to go with him.

A group of people walked from the end of the village towards Ou Pond, and the little black dog followed happily.

Xiaoman fell into the snow and mud after taking a few steps. No one asked her to go back, and the elder brother picked her up naturally.

Shen Dongsu held Grandpa's arm and asked jokingly:

"I made a flying hot air balloon in Yangzhou. Now everyone in the world knows that my granddaughter can fly. Grandpa, am I awesome?"

Grandpa Shen patted her hand. Grandpa's fingers were as hard and cold as iron and wood.

Looking at her eyes full of love, and a kind of joy of regaining something, she chuckled:

"Awesome! The news has spread throughout Guangzhou, and everyone praises Dongsu for his awesomeness."

No one mentioned how worried and desperate the Shen family was after hearing the shocking news. The two days of waiting for the news felt like two years.

Shen Dongsu tilted his head and leaned on Grandpa's shoulders. Grandpa was so thin! I can still feel my bones under the thick winter coat I wore.

She said seriously: "Master, when I go to Youzhou, it will be even slower to deliver letters home. Remember, my granddaughter is blessed with great fortune. No matter what trouble she encounters, she can get through it."

"Take care of your health at home. When I come back next time, I will take you to Yangzhou for a lake tour and to Chang'an to see Chang'an City. Don't worry about me!"

"I'm fine outside. As you can see, I have a lot of maids guarding me. I'm always being attended to wherever I go."

Grandpa Shen patted her hand again, nodded and said, "Grandpa is very busy. He has to worry about the fish and ducks in the lotus pond. He is busy with things in the village. There are also those little brats who have to be whipped every now and then."

"My grandpa doesn't have time to worry about you."

Shen Dongsu pursed her lips and smiled in her eyes. I didn’t believe it!

When they reached the river embankment, Xiao Man wanted to get down and walk by himself. Only then did Shen Dongsu realize that the river embankment had been rebuilt.

The road built with gravel was planted with a row of willow trees, and the barren slope connecting the river bend was actually planted with a large number of peach and apricot trees.

You can imagine how beautiful this road is in spring and summer.

The road surface was very solid, and there was no black mud at all. The soiled boots of several people were quickly stepped on the thick snow.

Xiaoman and Xiaoheihu started running on the river embankment. Grandpa Shen said proudly: "This section of the road in our village is the best built. I led others to build it."

"After spring, this road is very beautiful. Many young ladies in the county come to our place to play."

Going further, I saw many carriages parked on the roadside, and then a large number of workshops came into view, which were cotton textile workshops.

A large number of houses, row upon row, look extremely grand in such a countryside.

An avenue was built in front of the workshop, across from the lotus pond, and the huts used to look after the pond have been transformed into a row of brick houses. Grandpa Shen said that the workers who look after the pond now are hired by the Lun family, and there are three families with nearly a dozen people.

Look at the fish pond, raise ducks and geese, pick lotus pods, dig lotus roots, dig pond mud, pull duck and goose feathers... there is a lot to do.

A large duck and goose house was built on the wasteland next to the lotus pond, covered with straw and surrounded by a courtyard wall. It's just that the smell is strong, so Grandpa Shen won't let Dong Su get close because he's afraid the smell will hit her.

Grandpa Shen raised two fingers towards Shen Dongsu and whispered: "Grandpa can earn this amount in a year now!"

Shen Dongsu deliberately exaggerated and said: "Twenty taels! Grandpa is so awesome!"

Grandpa Shen raised his head and wanted to slap her on the back of the head. He raised his head and realized that she was not a green bull or a little tiger, and girls could not hit her.

He just glared at her and said, "Your mother earns a hundred taels a year, how can I be worse than her? It's two hundred taels!"

Shen Dongsu was surprised and said: "Just based on this lotus pond?"

Grandpa Shen exclaimed, "I can't even sell enough fish to Shopkeeper Jia this year! When there are many duck and goose eggs, I can collect a thousand of them a day!"

"The fresh lotus root in our cellar will be sent to the county in the first month of the year. If it costs three cents per catty in autumn, it can be sold for three cents per catty in the first month!"

"Butler Liu collects duck and goose feathers, which is also money. We also sell lotus root starch and dried duck. The two hundred taels are my humble husband. I have calculated that I can earn three hundred taels next year!"

Shen Dongsu said hurriedly: "Master, don't tire yourself. Let's hire more workers. You can just sit in and take command."

Grandpa Shen laughed: "I'm not a general, so why should I command? It's all ordinary farm work, and I can't be tired."

Suddenly he glared at Lin Zhong: "I haven't had four generations living together yet! Of course I have to earn more."

Shen Linzhong rubbed his nose speechlessly. It was like this in the twelfth and first lunar months. Any topic could bring up the matter of him not marrying a wife.

After the New Year, he and Dong Su would go to Youzhou, and if they stayed at home, all the girls of the right age in Guangzhou would be told by the matchmaker.

Lin Zhong said it was rare to get out, so he walked forward and went to his family's tea garden to have a look. You will also pass by the palace's vegetable garden, which is planted in a shed using hot spring water. This is the only one in the entire Yizhou City.

Most of the green vegetables in winter are bought by Chef Jia. The hot pot restaurant is also unique because of the green vegetables in winter, and its business is booming.

In addition, the second aunt's restaurant and Damai's restaurant also come to buy green vegetables, so the business of the two restaurants is better than the other.

Shen Dongsu asked: "Our family also has land, can we build a shed to plant?"

Grandpa Shen smiled and said: "Our family, the palace we are talking about seems to be an outsider's family."

For a girl who gets married in the countryside, her husband’s family is her home, and when she returns to her parents’ house, she is a guest. In Grandpa Shen's opinion, Prince Ling's Mansion is Dong Su's family, and she should prefer the Prince's Mansion.

As a result, this girl was obsessed with the Shen family, and even helped the Shen family steal business from the palace.

He added: "Our family can't grow those delicate vegetables. We need to build a shed to draw hot spring water and have people take care of it. It's more troublesome than growing flowers."

"Anyway, our family doesn't grow any vegetables and we don't have any shortage of vegetables to eat. Butler Liu delivers them every now and then."

Shen Dongsu pondered, it seems unrealistic to promote greenhouse vegetables, also, in this era when 80% of the people do not have enough to eat, winter green vegetables are completely a luxury.

In Grandpa Shen's opinion, it is better to plant more acres of land to grow food than to fence it off to grow vegetables.