Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

The old couple of the Ding family are not stubborn people. After Ding Azhuang explained the matter, they agreed without much persuasion. They just kept talking about "will it cause trouble" and so on.

Mao Xiaosui smiled and said, "Yunshan and I are going to cause you trouble. We plan to open a butcher shop and want you to help look after the shop."

The old couple immediately laughed and said, "What's the trouble? We can't do anything else well, so don't worry about selling meat."

The matter was settled like this, and Mao Xiaosui felt that the old couple was quite happy.

No one from the village came again in the morning, but many children glanced at it as they passed by.

I have to pack these buns today.

Ding Pingshun went to see the shop where Li Yunshan and Ding Azhuang were chopping meat.

Li Ruyi said, "I want to eat sweet steamed buns."

Mao Xiaosui knew that she was talking about Xiaolongbao and agreed.

With a large family, there is a lot of food to prepare, and it takes a lot of time just to chop the meat fillings.

While waiting for the stuffing to be adjusted, Mao Xiaosui made two kinds of stuffing, one sweet and one not sweet.

Li Ruyi was eager to eat the steamed dumplings, so they steamed them first, half sweet and half non-sweet.

Both Li Yunshan and Ding Azhuang preferred unsweetened ones. Mao Xiaosui got some and asked Li Ruyi to bring them to Ding Pingshun, and then continued to get the rest.

Xiaolongbaozi is slow to make. They steamed the steamed buns in two pots and used the rest to make steamed buns.

Li Yunshan and Ding Azhuang took several children to the river to cut ice to block fish.

He Qianqian also fished out a few fish, and Li Yunshan killed them quickly without Mao Xiaosui having to do anything, he just fried and boiled them himself.

After finishing their lunch by drinking fish soup and eating steamed buns, the two men went to the shop to change things for Pingshun.

Ding Pingshun came back with a wooden box in his arms, told Mao Xiaosui and put it on the wooden shelf.

Several children in the room were telling stories again. As soon as Ding Pingshun sat down, Li Ruyi came over to him, squeezed next to him, and threw the storybook at him. Ding Pingshun smiled and started telling the story resignedly.

They were going back to the town after the New Year, so they didn't pack much food. They only steamed a lot of steamed buns and steamed buns because Ding Azhuang had to wait here to pick up the old couple back.

The days approaching the New Year always go by very quickly. Ding Azhuang bought a lot of firecrackers when he came back this time. Today is New Year's Eve, so he took them out early in the morning without clearing the snow. Li Ankang gave up completely because of Li Ruyi's injury, and now only Ding Ping has given up. Li Ruyi was also afraid and hid in the house without going out.

After dinner, Li Ruyi went to the latrine, and Ding Ping went out with the firecrackers. Li Ankang reminded him, "Be careful, don't blow up anyone."

Ding Pingshun said, "Let's wait until Ruyi comes back."

Ding Azhuang and others also knew about Li Ruyi's eye injury and said, "Go further away."

Ding Ping nodded in agreement and waited for Li Ruyi to come back before going out with the firecrackers.

The village had been very lively in the past few days, with the sound of cannons and the sound of children playing. This was probably because of the bad relationship with other families in the village. The other children no longer called Ding Ping'an and the others when they were playing.

There are many children at home, and there are also many books to talk about and food to eat. I don’t mind having a few children, and they are quite happy to be nestled at home.

There were many people buying meat today, and Ding Pingshun and Li Yunshan also went to the shop.

The food at home was all cooked, and she and Aunt Ding had nothing to do, so they sat by the stove to keep warm.

We just had steamed buns and steamed buns for lunch, and we didn’t start preparing for the New Year’s Eve dinner until the afternoon.

The fish they caught in the river two days ago was not big.

Steamed fish, stir-fried chicken, stir-fried cabbage and mushrooms, steamed egg custard, chicken noodle soup...

It was getting dark after cleaning up, and everyone sat together, drank, said a few auspicious words, and then ate.

There was a lot of food prepared, and they were almost full after finishing the chicken noodle soup. They were not in a hurry to clean up, and gave away the new year's money first.

This year the fried food has been eaten up, so Li Yunshan and the three of them only have meat jelly and melon seeds.

She and Mrs. Ding put together the leftovers on the table and planned to heat steamed buns to eat in the morning.

After cleaning up the house, the housewives in the village have already passed by several times. Every time they passed by, they would say a few words at the door. Why do they look down on us now that they have money? Why should we be embarrassed if we go in...

They didn't care and simply blocked the door.

After sitting for a while, the old couple wanted to go back. Ding Pingshun and several children went to see them off and came back to continue watching the New Year.

Even when there are many people staying up late on New Year's Eve, it's also lively, drinking and listening to stories... It was originally a happy day. The village didn't know what happened, and there was a lot of noise.

They had no intention of watching the excitement, but someone came knocking on the door and called Ding Azhuang in a hurry.

After the last incident, Ding Azhuang didn't have a good impression of the villagers. He sat still and just asked, "What's going on?"

The man outside the door shouted, "There's a fight at Third Master's house."

Ding Azhuang replied, "It's none of my business if they fight."

The man said a few more words, meaning that he asked Ding Azhuang to persuade him.

Ding Azhuang ignored him, and the man outside shouted for a while and then left. The noise sounded serious, but he didn't know what happened.

After watching the New Year's Eve, they went to bed. Snow was falling in the sky, which was quite heavy.

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When I woke up in the morning, there was quite a lot of snow on the ground, it was still raining, and the wind was blowing quite cold.

Li Yunshan and others swept the yard, and Mao Xiaosui went to call some children to get up for dinner.

After dinner, while chatting at home, two women from the village came over.

A few days ago, I had been avoiding him, so it was really strange for someone to come to the door. In the past, Aunt Ding would ask a few questions, but today, no one was too lazy to answer me and just sat there without moving.

The two of them didn't feel embarrassed, so they stood aside and said, "Did you go to bed early last night? The third master's house has become such a noisy place, and I don't see you coming out to watch the fun."

Auntie Ding replied, "What can I see? Even if his family is noisy, it's none of our business."

The two of them were a little unhappy by Mrs. Ding's attitude. They curled their lips and started talking, "The third master's family talked about the separation of the family yesterday, and the fourth child and the third child got into trouble."

A few people didn't talk to each other, even Li Ruyi and others looked at the words without looking up.

The two men laughed dryly, seeing that they were really not curious, but they sat still and didn't move.

They didn't know why at first, until the third master came to the door.

The third master came in and said, "I'm here to tell you about the land."

Several people looked at him.

The third master frowned, walked out, and called, "Azhuang, come out for a moment."

Ding Azhuang followed him out anyway.

The two women sneered softly and muttered, "I knew he was going to play tricks on me."

Several people were even more puzzled, but they didn't ask.

Ding Azhuang went out for a while and then came back. When he entered the door, he said to the two women, "If you have nothing to do, go back to your house."

The two women ignored him and asked, "What did the Third Master say?"

Ding Azhuang stared at them.

The two men saw Ding Azhuang's face and although they were unhappy, they still left.

Ding Pingshun went to block the door. When he entered the house, he heard Ding Azhuang say, "They somehow negotiated behind the scenes and asked me to rent the land to them."

"Who did you rent to before?" Li Yunshan asked.

"Each of the three families in the village gets two acres, and the rest is rented to the neighboring village. They charge two hundred catties per acre just like you."

"Then what do they mean?" Mao Xiaosui frowned. "If they just wanted to rent your land, you wouldn't look like this, right?"

Ding Azhuang sneered, "They want to rent, but they only give one hundred catties per acre of land. They say we are not short of money in the town, so let us help them."

"The third master is talking about his son's plan to divide the family today. He means that he wants me to give his family five acres, and let me share the rest with other families."

Mao Xiaosui was amused, "Does the other people in the village know that he is so cunning?"

Ding Azhuang shook his head, "I don't want to rent to them. It will be troublesome when collecting grain, and I have to deal with them."

"Then what did you say?"

Ding Azhuang: "I didn't refuse directly, I just said I would consider it."