The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

When Chang Wei carried the wood down the mountain, Qin Zhengshan had already bought watermelons and asked his wife Liu Cuilan to cook a pot of mung bean soup for him to cool.

He gobbled up two slices of watermelon and hurried up the mountain again.

The Jia family's courtyard.

When Jia Dongxu returned to the courtyard in a dusty outfit, the aunties and wives who saw him thought that Jia Dongxu had been robbed.

When I approached him to ask him, he just kept his head down and walked home without saying a word.

Until a burst of fierce cursing came from Jia Zhang's house.

"Matchmaker Sun, you damn bitch, you actually don't tell the truth. And Qin Huairu, you blind country bitch, you are the only one who doesn't like my Dongxu..."

Well, everyone in the hospital knows that Jia Dongxu’s blind date has failed again.

After cursing for a while, Jia Zhang pinched her waist and ran to Sun the matchmaker's house with an air of sweeping away thousands of troops, wanting to have a big fight.

But it happened that Sun the matchmaker's son, a police officer, came back and was talking to the matchmaker at the door. Jia Zhang had just arrived at the door and hadn't opened her mouth when she heard something.

"Mom, I have a mission tonight and won't be back for dinner."

Wearing a uniform and hearing the word "Mom", Jia Zhang was so scared that she turned around and fled.

Don't you think about it, if Matchmaker Sun didn't have the confidence to fool her? No one wants to offend the matchmaker profession, and with the addition of the son of a police officer, haha ​​(?????)! Jia Zhangshi suffered a loss in silence...

After returning home, Jia Zhang was afraid of losing her prestige, so she did not dare to tell the truth to Jia Dongxu and paid three dollars out of her own pocket.

"Son, I'm going to get the money back from matchmaker Sun. Don't worry about your wife. I'll go back to the countryside in a few days and find you a pretty, well-behaved and obedient one."

It was the busy farming season recently, and Jia Zhang was reluctant to go back to the countryside. If she went back, she would have to help her brothers from her natal family! She couldn't do the tiring work of planting crops by herself.

Jia Dongxu thought, he had already boasted about his achievements in the factory. If he found an ordinary one, he would be exposed! He quickly warned Jia Zhangshi.

"Well, Mom, you must find someone prettier than Qin Huairu. She doesn't like me, and she will regret it."

"Okay, Mom will definitely look for it carefully."

Jia Zhang's mouth twitched. How can I find someone like that? It would be good enough if I could find you a woman to carry on the family line.

No matter what era, beautiful women are a scarce resource.

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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Chang Wei is very busy every day, day after day, and he doesn't care why Qin Huairu doesn't come to stick to him.

Every day I collected pigs, slaughtered them and went to the market. On days when it was a whole month, I would go into the mountains and bring back two wild boars.

In the afternoon, they used their free time to dry the pine wood. Except for the ones Qin Zhengshan selected for making roof beams, Chang Wei kept the rest to make carts and furniture.

It hasn't rained in more than half a month, so the wheat harvest is going well. Some families have already started harvesting eagerly, but they are mainly afraid of rain!

Chang Wei's house had already been built. Because there were more people working and he had the ready-made foundation trench and wood, it was completed several days earlier than expected.

The house had been left air-conditioned for three days, the kang had been heated for three days, and the weather was hot, so we finally moved in successfully last night.

Two-meter-high adobe wall and a brand new pine door.

In the east of the courtyard, there is a pig-killing stone trough of about 3x4 square meters, with a large bluestone placed horizontally inside. Above the ground, it is meters wide, meters long, and meters high, polished and smooth.

Chang Wei spent two afternoons hammering and polishing this large bluestone. It weighed several tons and he could not move it by himself. He called a dozen laborers to carry it back with wood.

Next to the stone trough, near the courtyard wall, there were three large wooden stakes standing in a row, with iron hooks hanging on them. Not far from the big bluestone, there was a large well with a stone cofferdam, which Chang Wei dug himself. It was more than ten meters deep and two meters in diameter.

The east side of the yard has become a perfect place for slaughtering pigs.

To the west of the courtyard is a large side room which serves as a kitchen.

As soon as you enter the main room, you will see smooth, exquisite and beautiful furniture, including tables and chairs, wooden sofas, reclining chairs and various cabinets. All the furniture has no nails, and all are mortise and tenon joints. They are all made of the best pine wood, which is not only strong but also insect-proof.

After seeing it, Qin Zhengshan exclaimed that it was amazing. Even the old carpenter Qin Zhenghe came to watch and was full of admiration, saying that Chang Wei had a brilliant idea and superb skills, and that it was so exquisite that he made it himself.

Chang Wei had always remembered that he would treat the workers to a meal after the house was built, so he went to buy wine and food after selling the meat. (According to local customs, the workers should be treated to a meal after the house is built.)

I bought some good food and thought that there would be more than a dozen gentlemen drinking a lot of wine, so I prepared to go to the winery to get some wine.

I happened to see a cart with six or seven wine jars on it, with a cloth sign on it. It said Niulanshan Sanbai Xiaoshao, and the seller was a girl of eighteen or nineteen.

In the vicinity of Sijiu City, Niulanshan Shao is indeed very famous and has a very good reputation.

Chang Wei walked forward and spoke directly. "Girl, give me a 30-jin jar of Niulanshan."

The girl seemed to be in deep thought, wiping away tears from time to time. She was stunned for a moment before coming back to her senses. She quoted the price skillfully, her voice clear but with a tearful tone.

"A 30-jin jar costs 12 yuan, and the jar is 50 cents extra. Bring the jars for recycling next time."

At 40 cents per pound, the price is not low, but when you think of the saying that five pounds of sorghum make one pound of wine, the cost is also high! 50 cents for a jar of wine is not a loss, and you can take it home for use.

Chang Wei directly counted out twelve yuan and fifty cents and handed it over. The butcher had more change.

"Girl, click on it."

The other party took the money and counted it.

Chang Wei lowered his eyes and looked at her, waiting for her to confirm the amount of money.

I suddenly discovered that this girl was very pretty, with delicate features, skin as white as snow, two pigtails, and big red eyes, as if she was sad about something.

Seeing the beautiful scenery, Chang Wei couldn't help but take a few more glances and cast a net.

〈Her hands are as soft as catkins, her skin is as white as cream, her neck is as smooth as a cicada, her teeth are as white as a gourd, her forehead is as beautiful as a cicada, her eyebrows are as beautiful as moths, her smile is charming, and her eyes are longing.〉

Hearing Chang Wei's thoughts, Xu Huizhen paused while counting money and looked at him in confusion.

But she saw Chang Wei staring at her with his deep eyes, but he didn't say anything. Xu Huizhen's pretty face turned red, and she lowered her head to count the money in embarrassment.

I was wondering if I had heard it wrong.

〈Sister, why are you looking at me? You are sad right now! How can you have time to look at a handsome guy?〉

This time Xu Huizhen was sure that she had not heard wrongly. It was the other person who was speaking, but it was not what he said verbally, but what was in his heart.

She counted the money pretending to be calm, then turned sideways and pointed at the 30-jin wine jar behind her.

"Comrade, the money is right, you move it over here."

Chang Wei nodded, brushed past her, picked up the wine and left.

〈You are so beautiful, why are you crying? It makes people feel bad. No matter how much you cry, you can’t pretend to be Lin Daiyu even if you are beautiful! Crying won’t solve the problem, be strong! My girl…〉

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