The road to get rich through salted fish

Xinghua Village in winter, without the shade of trees and the villagers who go out to chat and work, often looks deserted and dilapidated.

But today is different. The village seems to wake up from hibernation, and it has been bustling since early in the morning. New Year's Eve has finally arrived.

The festive atmosphere here is quite strong, probably because of years of hard work, finally there is sustenance, on this day, every household will spend extravagantly, especially for children, it is the most anticipated day, new clothes, delicious food, all Only available during Chinese New Year.

Liang Feng was sitting in the sunny place in the yard, with a small table in front of him, and several people gathered together to discuss the quintessence of Chinese culture and fighting the landlord.

Holding the cards, Ping An looked left at Yunchen and right at Yunqing, still hesitating for a long time, not knowing which card to play.

Liang Zhongxia, who was watching the battle, rolled his eyes and hurriedly said, wanting to decide for him, "Safe, get this one, get this one, listen to me, Second Uncle won't harm you."

When Xiao Shitou saw it, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Hey, Second Uncle, did you peek at Grandpa's cards?"

"What are you talking about, am I that kind of person?"

Feeling guilty, Liang Zhongxia raised his hand and lightly touched the round head of his eldest nephew, stepped back a few steps and stopped talking.

Liang Feng glanced at him and said nothing, but hid the cards in his arms more tightly.

After Ping'an's departure, his next home was Yunqing. After Yunqing's departure, he took a few rounds, and finally Liang Feng, the landowner, succeeded in winning.

Yun Chen leaned back in his chair, and said angrily, "Let me be the master, and kill all of you."

"Why are you so determined to win?" Liang Feng patted his head.

This guy Yunchen has a superb memory, memorizes cards well, and has a flexible mind. Basically, he can be said to be a figure at the level of a big devil at the poker table. He rarely meets opponents, although there are more than a dozen people in his family.

"Thank you for the compliment." Yun Chen clasped his hands together.

Liang Feng couldn't help laughing when he saw it, "You've won all over your family in the past few days, and it should make you bleed, pay the money."

While holding the copper plate, Yun Qing muttered, "Yes, yes, it was finally inputted back, and we won't bring this kid to play until tomorrow."

Yun Chen knocked on the table, his eyes flashed coldly, "Hey, Dad, you belong to my circle, okay?"

Liang Zhongxia saw that the game was over, and hurried in, "Is it time for me, let me play, the four of you have already played this morning."

"Okay, I'll rest for a while, I don't want to play with these idiots anymore, I won't challenge you." Liang Feng said arrogantly, the chair moved a few steps, squeezed to Yun Qing's side, and the seat was vacated for Liang Zhongxia.

In the twelfth lunar month, the children were on vacation, and the adults were at home all day long. Liang Feng was bored, so he remembered the must-have programs in modern times, playing cards.

Making mahjong was troublesome, so Liang Feng ordered the little price boy at home to help him make tiles with materials. The rules were also simple, and after explaining it to them a few times, they got it right.

Then everyone successfully became addicted, the first thing in the morning, are you free to play cards today?

Liang Mengchun went to the old house to send pension money back, thinking about the lively scene in the village, looking at the warm and harmonious scene at home, he couldn't help feeling, "It's a great Chinese New Year!"

Xinghua Village has its own New Year's customs, which are slightly different from Liang Feng's experience in modern times. Chicken noodle soup is eaten at noon on New Year's Eve. The Liang family is in good condition this year, especially willing to work hard on food. The big chicken drumsticks, Yingying's mouth was full of oil, and she smiled happily.

Looking at her lovely little daughter, Mrs. Wang felt relieved. The food in the Liang family has been very good during this period. Yingying and she have eaten meat and chicken legs many times, but the chicken leg at noon on New Year's Eve is still most special.

In the past years, Liang's family had a hard time eating and clothing in order to save money for Ji Dong's study. Except when Ji Dong came back from the academy, they basically never saw meat on the table.Even during these rare times, because Yingying was a girl, she never got meat, let alone meat broth.

Only the chicken noodle soup at noon on New Year's Eve, although there is still no chicken, but the noodles dipped in meat flavor is also a good expectation.It's just that, when she was fishing for noodles one year, she was eager to get some more dried ones, but she was caught by her mother-in-law, who scolded their mother for two afternoons on the day of the Chinese New Year.

It's great now...

On the evening of New Year's Eve, the Liang family gathered for a reunion dinner. The daughters-in-law had been busy for a long time, and the preparations were very sumptuous.

After dinner, Yunchen Xiaoshitou and the others went out with the unfinished firecrackers at home.

Su Shi followed behind and told them to be careful when playing, don't set fire to other people's haystacks and roofs, and don't burn themselves, but unfortunately, the little guys disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the sound dissipated in the cold wind.

The adults in the family just happened to be able to start fighting the landlord again, playing cards while keeping vigil until midnight, praying for a safe and smooth next year.

On the morning of the New Year's Eve, you have to get up early to eat dumplings for New Year's greetings. Liang Feng, who is lazy and difficult to get up, was told hundreds of times by his family before going to bed, for fear that he would miss the good time.

When Liang Feng was called up by Yun Qing in the morning, he saw that his kitchen was already in full swing, and the first words his sons and grandsons said when they saw him were "Happy New Year".

Everyone has smiles on their faces. As the old saying goes, if the first day of the new year is full of smiles, then the whole year will be full of joy and good things will happen to you.

The hot dumplings were placed on the table in a basin. Among the hundreds of dumplings, about three had copper coins in them, two of them were eaten by that little fellow Yun Chen, and one was eaten by Liang Feng.

After eating the dumplings, the little ones came to ask Liang Feng and Yun Chen for the new year's money, saying that they were the chosen ones, they were so lucky, and they wanted to distribute some money.

Liang Feng said that he had no money, and Yun Qing, as his little treasury, took out a bunch of red envelopes with a smile, some of them contained golden peanuts, some of them were golden nude. It is suitable for saving for the juniors in the family.

The little guy Yunchen is very helpless, although his seniority may be a little higher, but he is still a child. Fortunately, he has won a lot of cards in the past few days, otherwise it would be too embarrassing. People divided eight copper coins.

Afterwards, the younger ones led a children's team in the village and began to sweep from house to house. No matter how difficult the family is today, there will be a lot of food at home. can be filled.

Liang Feng knew what was going on between his family and the old house. In order to prevent future troubles, he also consciously did not stay at home. Walk around and maintain the relationship well.

In ancient times, there was no nepotism, closer than that of fellow countrymen and clansmen.

The New Year's Ceremony was also generously prepared, and many of the items in it were only found in Fucheng. Liang Feng believed that, even if they didn't support it clearly, they should be ashamed to cause trouble.

Turning to the end, Liang Feng still planned to turn the corner and go to the old house to take a look. After all, it was Chinese New Year, so he still had to do some superficial work.

In the entire Xinghua Village, the gate of their old Liang's house was tightly closed, and they didn't know what they were thinking. Liang Feng knocked a few times, but no one came to open the door.

He simply stood outside and shouted at the top of his voice, "Father, aren't you home?"

I asked several times in a row, but no one responded.

The neighbors next door couldn't help stretching their heads out to have a look, Liang Feng smiled at them, "It seems that I'm not at home, I'll come over again in the afternoon to pay New Year's greetings."

They knew it well, nodded to each other, smiled and went back.

In fact, old man Liang and his family were all at home, but Liang Rong had such a scandal a few years ago, they really didn't want to listen to gossip or meet people during the New Year, so they deliberately ignored it.

For this point, Liang Feng also wanted to praise them for their good work. In the early morning, he just didn't want to see their dejected faces, a win-win situation.

After Liang Feng returned home, a group of radish heads sat around in the yard, eating snacks and watching Yun Chen play cards with the grandson of the village chief's family. From time to time, Mrs. Su went up to exchange some tea and snacks for them.

A group of small radish heads, eating with relish, until the firecrackers rang at noon, they still didn’t want to leave. Their snacks are various and exquisite. The fruit stand and toffee made by themselves, the dried fruits are hazelnuts, walnuts, etc. Not to mention all kinds of peanut candies and sesame candies, even the water they drink is boiled with autumn pear paste, no wonder they are reluctant to leave.

After the first day, the second day is the day when the daughters-in-law leave their natal homes.

Only the eldest and the second daughter-in-law of their family wanted to go out, and the third daughter-in-law, Wang Shi, had fled and had long since lost her natal family, let alone Ashe was his daughter.

Yun Qing was supposed to go back to her natal family, but she broke up with her for so many years before, and there was nothing to see, especially this year, when she went back before getting married, Yun Qing could hold her grudge against Father Yun and Mother Yun's irritating words and actions. Don't bother with them now.

It is also a skill to prepare the New Year's ceremony when leaving the mother's house, but Liang Feng really doesn't understand this, Yun Qing is very interested, and excitedly prepared a lot of things for the two daughters-in-law to take back to her mother's house.

However, it was rejected by the two daughters-in-law, because it was too rich and the difference from previous years was too large, which would easily make some relatives of the natal family feel restless.

However, because of being so reserved, Liang Feng's precious grandson was quite angry.

……

In the afternoon, Zheng's house.

Bao'er was sitting on a tall chair, holding a cup of hot water, her little brows were slightly frowned, and at the same time, Xiaopang touched her belly, thinking to herself, "When can I go home?"

A little boy about eight or nine years old shouted at him, "Hey, little fat man, why are you so self-conscious this year and don't grab candy?"

Bao'er raised her eyelids, looked at the orange-flavored candy on the package, and shook her head slightly, "I don't like this."

"Hahahaha, did you hear that, the little fat man said he doesn't like candy, do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it, haha..."

"Greedy ghosts can pretend to be..."

Several children in the room laughed incessantly, mocking Bao'er endlessly.

A little girl tilted her head and said curiously, "Hey, but, to be honest, it seems that their family didn't come to our place for the second half of last year, and my mother said that their family loves to eat and drink. "

A tiger-headed little boy also continued, "Yeah, a gluttonous ghost, you don't even eat meat at noon today?"

Hearing their conversation, Bao'er curled his lips. The big fat meat was so terribly burnt that the oil was clumped together, so they didn't dare to eat it. He wanted to go home and eat hot pot.

He turned around and put down the drinking glass, but his eyes caught a red figure coming in from outside the door. The little thing struggled for a long time before he said slowly, "Little aunt."

When the girl heard his address, not only didn't she respond kindly, but instead she frowned, "You little fat man, who is your name? I have nothing to do with you a long time ago."

Hearing this, Bao'er's eyes lit up instead, and asked anxiously, "Really?"

He is still a child, and he doesn't know much about the many twists and turns at home.

However, today at his grandmother's house, he actually saw the annoying little aunt and the old witch who had been separated for a long time. He was frightened, thinking that these two people were going home again, and he was restless all afternoon.

Zheng Mingzhu put her hands on her hips, arrogantly said, "Hmph, I'm telling you, you little fat man, don't make a fool of yourself, remember, you don't have little aunt and grandma anymore."

After Bao'er heard it, she laughed even more happily, shaking her legs happily.

Zheng Mingzhu glanced at the empty candy box from the corner of her eye, feeling slightly displeased, frowned and said, "Hey, the candies are all eaten up so quickly, have they all been snatched by this little fat man? Sure enough, it’s something that can’t be brought to the table.”

A little girl smiled and said, "Greedy just said that he doesn't like this candy, it's so funny."

Hearing this, Zheng Mingzhu was really stunned for a moment, and then laughed extremely violently, the whole person leaned forward and backward in laughter.

It took a while to stop slowly, and while pointing at Bao'er, she taunted mercilessly, "He said he didn't like to eat, you believe this little fat man's nonsense. I don't know how he was taught at home, little It's disgusting to learn to pretend at such a young age."

Bao'er stared at her big round eyes, and replied, "Hmph, you're such an adult, it's disgusting that you still need to be beaten up when you talk!"

Bao'er is only six years old during Chinese New Year. Although the farmer's child is precocious, but according to his IQ, he can't understand more of the malice in Zheng Mingzhu's words, so he can only retort in her tone.

Zheng Mingzhu suddenly became angry and waved his fist at him, "You little fat man, you are even more uneducated than before, do you want to be beaten?"

Seeing her movements, Bao'er subconsciously grasped the handle of the chair with both hands, shrank her head, and then yelled fearfully, "Mother, the idiot is about to hit someone, Mingzhu hit someone... ..."

Zheng Mingzhu was furious, "Hey, you little fat man, just shut up."

Bao'er's voice was so loud that it could be heard in the courtyard next door. Liang Zhongxia and his wife paused, panicked, and didn't bother to listen to those people bragging, so they hurried into the hall from the courtyard.

But who knows, when he came in, he saw Zheng Mingzhu, who was not resting, approaching her fat son viciously.

Although Liang Zhongxia has nothing to do, he likes to rub his son, but that is his privilege, how can his son be bullied by others.

He took a few steps forward and yelled, "Little girl, please stop, what do you want to do to my son?"

Hearing the unfriendly tone coming from behind, Zheng Mingzhu stopped in her tracks, and subconsciously cheered up. The rest of the Liang family were easy to bully, but only the former second elder brother was never a person who could swallow his anger, and was even more of a bastard. Don't hesitate.

But after turning around, for the sake of face, she still put on a haughty expression on her face, and at the same time snorted disdainfully, "Hmph, I'm kindly helping you teach your son. He's so old, and he doesn't have any education at all."

Unreasonable swearing at children is uneducated, let alone in the ancient times where family style is very important, even in the modern era of openness and freedom, it can make parents change their faces instantly.

Zheng Xiuxiu's face immediately changed, "Zheng Mingzhu, it's Chinese New Year, what nonsense are you talking about, if there is shit in your mouth, hurry back and wipe it with a dung brush before going out, you dare to scold my son for anything."

Zheng Mingzhu's face was flushed red by her words, and her fingertips kept trembling, "You...why are you so rude?"

Zheng Xiuxiu didn't like her. Seeing her acting like this, she patted her thigh and laughed, "Oh my God, what are you pretending to do with me? You have the nerve to call me rude. You forgot that you used to scold Mrs. Wang." Those swear words against Yingying are a hundred times worse than mine."

"What nonsense are you talking about? When have I ever scolded someone?" Zheng Mingzhu blushed even more. She didn't know if it was because she was too angry or because she was embarrassed after being exposed.

Zheng Xiuxiu rolled her eyes and waved her hands boredly, "Come on, don't pretend to be here with me, no one in this room knows what you were like before, I really think that now that you've gone to the city, you're the eldest lady, Laugh yourself to death."

"You...you...you..." After struggling for a long time, she couldn't say a complete sentence, but looked at her face flushed, as if trying to hold herself back fainted.

Zheng Hui listened outside the door, she didn't want to get involved, she really didn't want to see Liang's family again, but now seeing her precious daughter, she couldn't help but stood up in distress, "Xiuxiu , What's the matter with you, did you say that about your sister?"

Zheng Xiuxiu looked at this former mother-in-law, who was still eccentric as always, and smiled,

"Oh, I said mother..." Zheng Xiuxiu slapped her own mouth before she finished speaking, and continued to laugh, "Look at me, I made a mistake, should I call you cousin or cousin now? "

Zheng Xiuxiu's father and Zheng Hui are cousins, and since Zheng Hui's relationship with the Liang family has been cut off, it stands to reason that Zheng Xiuxiu should follow the sequence of the Zheng family's side and call her aunt, but Zheng Hui is now married to Zheng Yucai. , is also a member of their Zheng clan, according to seniority, Zheng Xiuxiu should be called cousin.

So, now it's a little embarrassing again.

Hearing this, Zheng Hui suddenly became angry and angry, and felt that something like Zheng Xiuxiu, who had to look at her face in the past, was also worthy of mocking herself, and immediately shouted, "Second brother, you just look at your daughter-in-law for being so cold. Am I?"

Liang Zhongxia spread his hands and smiled without hesitation, "To be honest, I also want to know. After all, you are not my mother. Now I can only call you like Xiuxiu."

"Okay, okay, you are promising, and now you dare to talk to me like that."

Liang Zhongxia sneered, "Dare to be straight, but I used to think that my father was here to give you some face, but I didn't expect that after the three of you grew up, your face became even more annoying."

"Hehe, it's just sour grapes if you can't eat grapes. If you have such a mother-in-law who is willing to take you to Fucheng, you would have followed me here a long time ago, and now you are sour." Zheng Mingzhu said again Seemingly revived with full blood, he stepped in at the opportunity, with a sarcastic smile on his face.

Liang Zhongxia didn't even bother to look at her, "Young haired girl, wait until your teeth grow and your brain clears up, then come talk to me."

"Haha, you're the only one who cares about prefectural cities. We'll be going to the capital in a few years." Zheng Xiuxiu curled her lips and added.

It's just that in Zheng Mingzhu's eyes, this couple is boastful to the extreme, relying on no outsiders, they dare to brag about any bullshit, and if they can get out of Tong'an County in this life, they are considered capable.

"Hehe, I haven't seen you for a while, I pretended to be like that, but you adults can pretend, but your son can't, he doesn't have the spirit of yours, he is eager for the things we brought back, and we can work hard to fight for the land !"

Liang Zhongxia didn't react when he heard the words. He knew his son quite well. Although he was a glutton, since the conditions at home improved, even if he ate, he was becoming more and more picky. There was nothing outside that would make him crave for it. with.

Even if there were really good things that could make him yearn for, Zheng Hui and Zheng Mingzhu would not be willing to take them back and share them with everyone.

Seeing that Liang Zhongxia didn't even ask, and looked like she didn't believe her words at all, Zheng Mingzhu was extremely aggrieved, then rolled her eyes, walked over angrily, picked up an empty box on the table, and smiled proudly instantly up.

"I'm not talking nonsense without evidence, look at this, this is the best candy inside, such a small box is only two taels of silver, and it's still a limited sale, a limited sale, do you understand? It's just like you in the countryside People, even if you have money, you can’t buy them, you have to rely on the relationship of big shots. Originally, you would never have the chance to see this kind of things in your life. Thanks to my father’s face and generosity, he brought them back to you. Try it, you country bumpkins."

Seeing everyone's stunned and surprised faces, she became more and more energetic, feeling that her vanity was satisfied to the extreme, she turned her head to look at Liang Zhongxia and his wife, and said firmly, "So, you know, this kind of good thing, your good son They were all snatched up just now, but he did learn the essence of the two of you, so it’s so interesting that he pretends to say he doesn’t like to eat even though he can’t imagine it.”

But this time, she really blocked Liang Zhongxia's mouth.

Because Bao'er ended by himself, he couldn't understand most of such a long speech, but he caught a few key words, which were about himself.

So he subconsciously retorted loudly, "Don't lie and deceive people. I don't like this fruit candy, especially the orange flavor. I hate it the most. I only eat milk flavor. Grandpa said I eat more. Cow's milk and goat's milk will grow super tall in the future."

"Haha, what are you talking about? Little Fatty still only eats milk-flavored, milk-flavored candies, but the most popular ones, even Ms. Cao San didn't buy much. You, a stinky bumpkin, can eat them?"

Bao'er was even more unconvinced, and frowned secretly. He had already attended school, and he knew that "hillies" was a curse word.

"Originally, I ate all the flavors at first, but later I only ate milk flavors. Brother only likes oranges, and Yunchen likes grape flavors."

Zheng Mingzhu shook her head and laughed wildly, not believing it at all.

Just smiled for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, she hurriedly approached Bao'er, "Hey, little fat man, how do you know these smells? Is there a shop in the county that sells Muyunzhuang? Extraordinary candy?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she refuted by herself again, "No, it's only in the twelfth lunar month that they start selling in Fucheng. How could there be one in Tong'an County, little fat man, what's the matter?"

Seeing this, Liang Zhongxia also walked forward slowly, with a cold tone, and said as he walked, "You can speak well, why are you so close to my son?"

Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, Zheng Mingzhu reached out to grab something hanging around Bao'er's neck, her expression became crazy in an instant, and she asked eagerly, "Why do you have this?"

Bao'er screamed in an instant, waving her hands, "Ah, she's going to kill someone, Dad, she wants to grab my gloves!"

Liang Zhongxia just arrived in front of him at this time, and immediately raised his hand and slapped Zheng Mingzhu's wrist, his face was clouded, and his tone was bad, "Are you crazy? You have a string hanging around your neck. You want to strangle my son? "

Zheng Xiuxiu also rushed up, and sprayed directly in her face, "You shameless bitch, after seeing something good, you actually directly attacked children."

Bao'er took the opportunity to take off the pair of children's gloves hanging around his neck. The clothes were very thick, so he didn't actually strangle him, but he was still very angry.

Zheng Mingzhu was beaten, but she didn't make a sound. Instead, she looked at the three of them suspiciously with extremely strange eyes, "Where did you steal everything from?"

In order to buy this thing, she was humiliated and ridiculed at Muyun Village in the prefectural city. Later, she finally borrowed three hundred Wen from that lowly girl Cao Yue. Not much, so I couldn't pay it back within a month.

In the end, that bitch actually went directly to his father to ask for it, causing his father to lose face in front of so many shopkeepers in the Cao family. When he came back, he found her to vent his anger, scolded her, and almost wanted to do it. Fortunately, the elder brother was at home at the time. , was blocked by him.

She has paid so much and suffered so much for such a thing, but this bumpkin, annoying little fat man actually has gloves that are tighter and more expensive than hers. These are made of fox fur, and the price is at least three times that of hers. Times, how could she stand such a gap.

Bao'er put her waist in and shouted loudly, "Huh, I hate you, you want to grab my gloves if you don't have one, shameless. I didn't steal them. I have a lot of them at home, piled up as high as a mountain. The same goes for candies, you can’t finish them all, and I even give them to my classmates in the private school every day.”

"Who do you think you are?" Zheng Mingzhu obviously didn't believe it, and rolled her eyes again, "Oh, did your family show the warehouse to Muyunzhuang? Why are people willing to want you gluttonous ghosts?"

Bao'er puffed her fleshy face and said angrily, "Why are you so annoying, I don't want to see you again."

Zheng Xiuxiu quickly patted her fat son in her arms, "Okay, son, let's not talk to idiots, don't be angry when it's Chinese New Year."

"Who are you calling a fool?" Zheng Mingzhu was so angry that she was about to rush forward.

Liang Zhongxia stopped her, and persuaded her earnestly, "Okay, okay, what else do you want to do, you said that it is not easy for you to rush back from Fucheng after such a long distance, didn't you just come here specially to find someone to brag about? Hurry up, hurry up and find someone else, you won’t find any sense of accomplishment here!”

When these words came out, not only Zheng Mingzhu, but also Zheng Hui gasped for breath.

Everyone in the world knows that if wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, it is like walking in brocade clothes at night.

Their mothers, in such a severe winter weather, went back to their hometowns, and they really had such thoughts in their hearts. The Zheng family knew it too, but in order to deduct even a little bit of benefits from them, they had been doing it deliberately. Praise them, and they are also very satisfied with it.

But who knew, such an evil hurdle would appear in the middle, not only expressing what they thought in their hearts so bluntly, breaking all the joy they had before, but also making them speechless in various ways.The most hateful thing is that they still showed such disdainful eyes to her, it really makes people want to pick out their eyeballs.

Why, muddy legs like them, country people with no future in their lives, dare to look down on her?Shouldn't they be like dogs, chasing after her, begging her, currying favor with her, and then she'll be in a better mood, and maybe she'll give a little charity?