Crossing the green wheat ears

With nothing to do in winter, Xiyuan thought about choosing a name for himself and his younger brothers.Originally, some poor people didn't even have names, let alone characters. Although the children of the Xi family were famous, they were all randomly chosen by their parents. It can be seen from the fact that the names of the elder brothers have nothing to do with each other. .

Nowadays, Xiyuan often goes out to socialize with some scholars. When people ask him about his characters, Xiyuan can only answer "you are young and have no characters". There are also people who choose the characters when their children are just born.

In polite communication, you must address each other's name, otherwise, it is impolite behavior.Having a watch character is also a symbol of a person's status.

Although the children of the Xi family have no status, they are all studying in the school now. They can be regarded as scholars. Scholars, um, are not ordinary people. Take a word.

He thought of the middle word, so he used the word "long", which means long and long.Xiyuan thought about the last word for a few days, read a lot of books, but still couldn't find the right one.

That evening, when a few children came back from school, Wei Cheng and Xi Wei rode a little red horse and jogged around the flower bed in the yard. It was cold in winter, and people needed to exercise, as did horses, otherwise they would be frozen.

There is a big copper bell with animal face and tiger head hanging on the neck of the horse. There is a big one in the middle and eight small ones on each side. The little red horse makes a clear and pleasant sound when it runs. It was bought by Xiyuan for the two children's birthdays last year. Even though it was cold in winter, the two of them would not forget to hang it up when they came back from school for a walk every day.

Wei Cheng and Xi Wei were on the saddle, standing upright for a while, bending over for a while, taking off their pedals for a while, and lying sideways on the side of the horse.The little red horse has been raised for more than a year, and has formed a tacit understanding with the two children. In the past, Xiyuan would be terrified when he saw them doing difficult moves while riding a horse, but now he is no longer surprised.

Treading horseshoes, the figure of the young man on the horse is agile, "Thousands of miles to the army, Guanshan is like flying" - these two lines of poems came to Xiyuan's mind unexpectedly, remembering that when he was their age, he was in junior high school and learned "Mulan Song" fantasizes that one day he will be able to wear a military uniform, gallop a horse, and defend the country for thousands of miles. Every boy has a heroic plot when he grows up, and Xiyuan is no exception.

"Thousands of miles to go to the military plane, Guanshan is like flying." Xiyuan went back to the room and wrote down these two sentences. Well, I will use one of them to get the word. If there is a missing word, use the next sentence." The word "Suo" in "Suo Qi Chuan Jin Tuo" is added.

So, from Xiyuan, the brothers of the Xi family named them Changguan, Changshan, Changchang, Changruo, Changfei, and Changshuo. As for the omission of Huzi, if you don’t study and have no education, what words do you want? Therefore, Xiyuan excluded Huzi without hesitation.

With Biao Zi, the other children are fine. Knowing that this is just another name, Wei Cheng and Xiao Goudan are overjoyed.

Wei Cheng has always regretted that he couldn't follow his elder brother's surname, and there is no correlation between the names. Now it's better, they all have long characters. If they don't mention the last name, others will naturally think they are two brothers; and the elder brother said, this is Taken from a line of the poem in order, Wei Cheng felt that in terms of form, he suddenly had a certain connection with his brother and became more intimate.

So, in the school, Wei Cheng solemnly declared that his name is Wei Chengwei Changshan, and everyone can call him Changshan in the future, Wei Cheng?Do not agree.

The same goes for Goudan. After the brothers told him, Goudan snuggled up to his elder brother and asked Xiyuan to tell him which new word it was and what it meant. "Shuo Zhe, Su Ye begins on the first day of the month." ("Shuowen") After understanding it, Goudan wrote two pages on the paper seriously, and then?Then, apart from the elders and eldest brother, if the family called Goudan, they would not respond.

The older ones teased Goudan with their names: "Goudan, Goudan."

Goudan continued to play with the paper pinwheel there, blowing it with a "poof", the windmill whirled, hum, I didn't listen, who is Goudan?have no idea.

"Chang Shuo, Chang Shuo."

"Hey, second brother."

"Chang Shuo, Chang Shuo."

"Here we come, third brother."

"Chang Shuo, Brother Chang Shuo."

"What's the matter? Fifth brother."

As soon as he called Changshuo, Goudan agreed, shaking his head proudly, Wei Cheng and Xi Wei couldn't help secretly laughing, even Xiyong would call "Changshuo" twice to tease Goudan when he was fine.

The children of the Xi family all have characters, and the pillars Cheng Nan and the others quit. They have to ask Xiyuan to get one for everything, and the characters must have the word "long" in them.

Xiyuan was having a headache. Finally, after thinking about it for a few days, he gave a few names to each of the children: Zhuzi, Changhui; Cheng Nan, Changfeng; Xie Mingli, Changhe; Zhao Lin, Changxu.

In the middle of the winter month, Mr. Ye's private school began to close down.The north is cold, the winter is harder than other places, and the museum closes earlier; in addition, Mr. Ye was exiled in the north, it was difficult at the beginning, he got old cold legs, and when winter came, it was not good for walking. , only alleviated, but could not be completely eradicated, so Mr. Ye's private school closed about ten days earlier than other private schools in the Northland.

In this way, the children will not go to school for nearly two months.

But they only stayed at home for a few days, and then returned to the city to help Xiji.

Xiji's food is selling very well. As the New Year is approaching, many people start to organize New Year's food.Xiji's food is not expensive and has a unique taste. It is very popular, especially the cakes and biscuits that Xiyuan made later.

There are three kinds of cakes, one is made with pure egg yolk in flour, the color is golden yellow, sweet and delicious;

Of course, the cakes made by Xiyuan are steamed, not baked.There are jams for sale in the shop, and different jams can be added according to the requirements of the customers, or the guests can directly buy a jar of jams to take home.

In autumn, a lot of grapes grew in Xijia City and Lianhua Village courtyard. Xiyuan led several children in the family, some of them were made into fruit wine, and some of them were dried into raisins. At this time, they were also added to cakes and Inside the cookie.According to how much material is added inside, the price ranges from high, medium and low.

Xiyuan also added milk, sugar, raisins, and jam to the water to make popsicles of various flavors, and sold them outside the shop. Unfortunately, there was no refrigeration equipment, otherwise, the sales would be better in summer.

Spicy and pickled chicken, duck and goose parts, various flavors of dried tofu, bean curd, cakes, biscuits, canned food, jam, fruit wine, raisins, popsicles, the business of Xiji Food Shop is extremely hot when the new year is approaching. stand up.

The common people are not stupid. Xiji’s food has a special taste, and the price is high, medium and low. Buy it back or eat it at home, or entertain guests, or visit relatives and friends. They are all special. So, once spread ten, ten spread Bai, as long as you go to the market, come to Xiji to have a look, and pick out two things that you can afford to buy back.

The Xi family was so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground. Only the grandparents were left to lead the house, and even Goudan and Xiaoyong followed.If you don't let me come, Xiaoyong said, the eldest brother is partial, let Goudan grow herbs, and sell so much money, but he doesn't have him, so this time he also needs to earn some pocket money for the New Year.The one who said it was pitiful, it seemed that he would not be able to pass the New Year without earning pocket money.

Xiaoyong came, of course Goudan refused to stay at home, Xiyuan had no choice but to let them do some simple tasks, such as packing raisins into bags according to the quantity, peeling onions and garlic, and origami bags with Qiuyang.

Wei Cheng and the others couldn't be like this, they all did physical work, helping beat eggs, washing parts of chickens, ducks and geese, lighting fires, cutting cakes, in short, everyone was too busy to run away.

Cheng Nanzhu explained Zhao Lin, and he went home to look at it and followed him. A few children helped in the shop, each guarded a counter to sell things, kept accounts as they sold, and Xiyuan had to take stock every night, yes Number of goodies and number of money.

Seeing that I was busy until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, I finally calmed down.Xiyuan settled the accounts, and paid salaries to Zhang Caishuan, Lao Zhao, and several children. In addition, each of them wrapped a big red envelope as a year-end reward.

Old Zhao Shuanzi took the money and went home happily for the New Year. Zhuzi Cheng Nan and the others put the money in their wallets, very happy - at this rate, they could buy a pony next year by saving another year.

Goudan and Xiaoyong were too happy to close their mouths, and the copper coins in their pockets rattled.Well, it's Chinese New Year, brother will take them to the market tomorrow, what should we buy?The two brothers put their heads against their heads and muttered all night.

The next morning, after buying food for the New Year, the family hurried back to Lianhua Village. Xiyuan called Zhang Cai back to the village to celebrate the New Year. Zhang Cai was alone. It would be too much for him to be left in the city. indifferent.

Zhang Cai didn't refuse, sitting in the car and chatting with the children of Xi's family very happily.For the courtyard in the city, Xiyuan entrusted Shuanzi to come and take care of it every day.

When they got home, Xiyuan asked Cheng Nan and the others to send a message home and call their fathers over. The canned fruit wine and jam was made by Cheng Yi and a few well-connected villagers this year. Close the tent with them.

Cheng Yi and the others came very quickly. They sat in the main room of the Xi family and listened to Xi Yuan report the accounts to them in detail. Xiyuan will make a clear calculation of how much he gets.

The adults were very surprised. This year it was just a small fight, but they didn’t expect that each household would receive more than two taels of silver, which caught up with what they had left over from one year’s farming. If the fruit trees in the village bear fruit next year...

A few people put away their money and hurried home to announce the good news to the family, but Xi Mingwen didn't even keep the meal.

Xiyuan called Qiuyang and Xiaoyong Goudan Weicheng Xiwei Xiyang again. In autumn, they all followed Xiyuan to dry raisins. The grapes were only a few days old. The children were busy enough at that time, and the money they sold was, Xiyuan didn't keep any of it, so he divided it into several shares and gave them to several children.

The dog eggs are kept by the grandma, the Xiaoyong ones are handed over to the second aunt, and the remaining big ones are at their discretion.

"Grandma, this belongs to me and Xiaowei. This time we both paid back the Ma Ju money." Wei Cheng and Xi Wei turned around and gave grandma the money they had saved this year. They did not forget their original promise. Juqian saved money for himself.

"Are you both really giving it? No need, what will you spend if you give it all?" Grandma refused to accept it. The family does not lack the money for the child now. Why bother to empty the child's pocket? Such a big child, in the It is impossible to spend a little money outside without a place.

"Grandma, just take it. My brother gives us pocket money every month, and we can spend it however we want in the future!" Wei Cheng laughed, and put the money back into his grandma's arms.

"That's right, grandma, I'll ask you after we run out of money." Xi Wei helped grandma put the money in the money box, and all the family's usual expenses were taken from here.

"Hey, okay, take it first, grandma. If you two don't have one, don't hold back." Grandma went to the city and knew that there are many places to spend money in the city. Not a few bucks.

"Understood, grandma, don't miss us." Wei Chengxiwei replied.

"You're just thinking about it. With his brother in front of you, how can you still lose the two children?" Seeing Wei Cheng and Xi Wei go out, the grandfather knocked on the cigarette pot and said to the grandmother.

"Whether it's a loss or not, I shouldn't ask for this money. How can a family buy things for the child and let the child take the money?" Grandma gave Grandpa a white look.

"Yes, you are right." Grandpa looked at it and quickly changed the subject, "Look, we all have money, you didn't count it, how much?"

"How can I count it? I think it's quite a lot. After listening to Goudan for a long time, it seems that there are two pennies." Grandma was also happy when she heard that, the little grandson is now a little rich man.

"Save it for the children. When they grow up, they will use it when they need money." Grandpa thought about it.

"If we can get this much every year, we Goudan can save enough money for our daughter-in-law." Grandma went down to the ground and carefully put Goudan's money in the cabinet.