There are more than ten days to go before the New Year, and the villagers of Shanshui Village have also been lively recently. The most manifested is that when rushing to the market, there are many more people rushing to the market, and almost everyone is carrying a basket to the market, when they go, the empty basket is always full, and it is full of things for the New Year, including food, drink, and clothing.

Naturally, another phenomenon in the village is manifested in the killing of pigs, killing pigs, in fact, as early as the winter, the weather is cold, and the people in the village have sold all the pigs that should be sold because there is no pigweed to feed the pigs. Those who stay now and feed for a while are all staying to kill the pigs for the New Year. Although the villagers of Shanshui Village are not particularly wealthy, they are not too poor either, and now they are getting better and better. This year, there are more people who kill pigs, and there are more pork left. Ordinary people will not leave a pig, kill one, keep half for themselves, or a small half and a large half, etc., and sell the rest to those who have not killed pigs in the village.

When people in the village celebrate the New Year, they want to make a kind of steamed bun, which is a bit like a modern steamed bun. But instead of white flour, it's a kind of sticky rice with some grains and the like. Bread some bean paste or something. There are a lot of bags, especially if there are many people in the family, it is even more. Hundreds, that's the norm. When it's done, put it in a jar, and when you eat it, take it out and steam it. It's convenient and delicious, and almost every household has to make it, it's just a matter of more and less.

Recently, the cats and dogs in the village have become lively, and the village celebrates the New Year, and the good and bad conditions will fry meatballs, which are fried with meat and flour, and children like to eat them the most. If the conditions are good, fry more, and if the conditions are bad, fry less. Because the New Year is like a treat, or a New Year's greeting and the like must be used, if you have a treat at that time, without these things, you will be ridiculed. The smell of meat wafted from the village every day, and those cats and dogs all smelled the smell and guarded the house, hoping to get a little meat to eat.

Early this morning, Zhou Ziya took the maid to the town in a carriage, and she opened a spice shop, a braised meat shop, and a roast duck shop in the town, and there were already six or seven of these shops (including the branches. Business is very good in every house. ）

When Zhou Zishi saw Zhou Ziya wearing a gauze hat, he immediately threw down the abacus in his hand and greeted him, "Sister Xiaoya, why are you here?" ”

I took a look at the business in the store, it was lively, and there were a lot of people who bought it, "Brother Zishi, I came to catch up with the market today, and the New Year is coming in a few days, I came here to discuss with you, the arrangements for this year's holiday, and red envelopes." ”

Zhou Zishi looked at the people around him and cast his eyes on Zhou Ziya, and quickly turned sideways to block it before saying, "Sister Xiaoya, let's go to the private room and talk slowly, it's quite cold outside, go in and drink hot tea to warm up." ”

Zhou Ziya nodded, Zhou Zishi led people into the private room, and then hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to send some snacks and tea in, and even asked people to bring in a brazier. Zhou Ziya was originally afraid of the cold, but it was not that she was not in good health, her body was very good because of the space, and she had not been sick for several years. It's just that I'm afraid of the cold, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with her body. So there was a brazier. Instead of refusing, she felt quite happy.

"Sister Xiaoya, these things, when I go home, you can order someone to call me." Zhou Zishi said seriously.

"Hehe, it's okay, the family is too messy, it's almost the New Year recently, and the family is very busy, not to mention, I came to the market today, so I came by the way." Zhou Ziya drank a few cups of hot tea, and now she is holding a teacup in her hand, warming her hands and feeling much more comfortable.

"Brother Zishi, congratulations, you will be married next year."

She also heard Lan Yue's nagging two days ago and realized that Aunt Zhuzi had found a matchmaker to find a daughter-in-law for her son before the Chinese New Year. Now Uncle Zhu and Aunt Zhu are both working in the Zhou family's workshop, and they receive a lot of silver every month. The two brothers of Zhou Zishi worked as shopkeepers in the store opened by Zhou Ziya in the town, and the monthly money every month was even more. In addition, their family already has land, and there are four people in the family, and all four of them have high incomes. Uncle Zhuzi's family immediately became a wealthy family in Shanshui Village.

The two brothers Zhou Zishi have long been targeted, and there are not many such people. There are two brothers in the family, and both brothers are promising. Parents at home are also powerful. The family has a house and land. The population is small, and there will not be many contradictions at that time. Such a good family is definitely the best choice for those who have daughters at home and want to choose a son-in-law. Of course. The most important thing here is the future of the two Zhou Zishi brothers. Not to mention being a shopkeeper in the town, even if you are a shopkeeper in the town, in the eyes of the people in the village, it is also promising, after all, there is an income every month.

No, Aunt Zhuzi's news was released, and there was no need for the matchmaker to give her strength at all, and immediately the good girls in the surrounding villages were simply chosen by Aunt Zhuzi, of course, Aunt Zhuzi's character was also good. After all, Aunt Zhuzi's family and the Zhou family are neighbors. In the past, Zhou's temper was so stinky that he was noisy and noisy every day, and he refused to eat at all. People who quarrel every day. The two are neighbors, what's wrong, Aunt Zhu endures it, the two families rarely quarrel, if they meet a bad temper, they are paired with the Zhou family, don't say quarrels, fights, it is also commonplace, and there is a possibility of using a knife.

And Aunt Zhu felt that although her family conditions were good, she was just a countryman and a person from the village. She wants to find a daughter-in-law, and she doesn't look like some arrogant people in the village, looking for some city girl or something. She just wants to find a country man, with a better temper, a gentle personality, and a diligent personality, basically just that. There are really a lot of such candidates, no, the matchmaker told her that many of them are eligible.

In the end, Aunt Zhu asked people to inquire carefully, and finally found a person who met the requirements in all aspects, and finally the two families looked at each other, and they were very satisfied with each other.

The expression on Zhou Zishi's face stiffened violently, and after a few seconds, he felt as if his tongue was numb, and he said a few words with difficulty, "Ah." Oh, yes!!!! ”

He agreed to the engagement, but he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. I decided to forget it a long time ago, but my heart was still sour and uncomfortable, and my heart was not controlled at all. He didn't expect that Xiaoya would know so quickly, and his heart was chaotic for a while.

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