Through the small days of farming

Before dinner, the two people who went to the town returned home, and they both brought a lot of things back. From time to time, they went to the door to see why they didn't come back. Seeing this, Bai Niannian hurried forward to pick up some things, "Why do you go so How long have you been back?"

"I went to the village chief's son's house. Let's come back with them later. It took me a while to buy things, and the road was very slippery and I walked slowly, so I came back now."

Chen Mingren held a large bag of things in his left hand, a sack of things in his right hand, and a small bundle hanging around his neck.

Shen Wei also took a lot of things, took them home, and couldn't wait for a rest, so the two of them walked to the village chief's house.

When they came back, the sky had already darkened, and it started to snow again. On the way back, the two of them had a lot of snow on their bodies. They asked them to change their clothes, and the snowflakes floated on the clothes. The outer layer of the clothes is wet.

"How's the situation in the town?" Bai Niannian asked with a chopstick of food for him.

"The situation in the town is not very good." Chen Mingren shook his head, "The price of grain in the town is now more than three times the original price of rice, and it seems that the price of rice will continue to rise."

Shen Wei said: "There are also a lot of beggars in the town. Judging from their accents, they are people from the south, begging all the way here to take refuge."

"They brought the news of the flood in Shuicheng. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't know about the waterlogging in Shuicheng."

"How did they come here? It's far away from Shuicheng." Ning Ge'er asked.

"We also asked them this question. They said that the cities along the way did not allow them to enter. After guarding the city gates for a few days, many people died of starvation and disease. They could only continue to go north."

"As a result, when they came near our place, it was snowing, and many of them starved to death, so they settled down in nearby towns and villages."

No strangers have been seen in their village, and the location of their village is a bit remote.

But it is impossible for a village to let them settle down in the village for no reason. Most of the people are still crowded in the dilapidated houses and temples in the town.

But now the temperature has just begun to drop, and the weather will probably be even colder as the Chinese New Year approaches.

He could almost imagine how hard it was for them to walk along the way.

Go on, I'm afraid they'll all freeze to death on the streets.

Now that the food price is so high, their life is becoming more and more difficult.

Bai Niannian said, "Are they left alone in the town?"

"That's not true. My lord has already summoned the wealthy households in the town to give out porridge, and gathered them in one place to resettle them." Chen Mingren replied, "My lord is really a good man."

"Hmph!" Hua Geer turned his head and pointed out sharply, "So many people died on his territory, otherwise he wouldn't bother to care about the life and death of these poor people."

"Brother Hua, you can't say this kind of thing outside. It's fine if you say it in front of us, and it's bad if it spreads to the ears of adults." Bai Niannian taught him.

One is afraid that these refugees will die too much, and the other is that this is obviously a chance to earn money, and it can also show his reputation, killing two birds with one stone, why not do it?

"I have my own measure." Brother Hua said with a curled mouth.

"It's good that you know how to measure." Bai Niannian replied, and the trouble came out of his mouth.

"By the way, what will the village chief say when he finds out about this?" Bai Niannian looked at Chen Mingren.

"He said he would let the young people in the village come to the door to explain this matter one by one, and then let them go if they still sell food." Chen Mingren finished eating a bite of rice.

"The situation in the town is a bit chaotic. Let's stay at home peacefully during the winter." Chen Mingren said.

Shuicheng is the grain base of the whole country. Now it is flooded. How much grain has been flooded?

There are good people among the refugees, and of course there are also bad people. Now there are so many refugees in the town, and there are many people whose things have been stolen. Fortunately, this place is far away from the town, so how could it not affect their village.

"Yeah, Brother Ning, after dinner, let's continue making scarves." Bai Niannian changed the subject. When he went out, the cold wind would always blow down his neck, cooling his heart.

He doesn't know how to weave, but with Ning Ge'er who is ingenious and handy, Ning Ge'er is proficient in even the difficulty of shoes, not to mention the simple weaving method of scarves.

He just told Ning Ge'er about the shape and use of the scarf. After an afternoon, Ning Ge'er had already learned how to weave a scarf without a teacher.

Now the question is, where do I get the wool to knit the scarf?

After knitting the first section, Ning Geer unraveled the thick thread that had been twisted into one strand. This was a waste of thread. I took out all the thread at home, and I don't know if I can weave two scarves.

Wool knitting is not good, but cloth is okay. There are still unmade clothes at home, and Bai Niannian can't make them, so I told him about the British-style scarves in my memory.

If you want him to come, he will probably cut the cloth into a rectangle, and then wrap it around the neck twice. It is ugly, but it is warmer.

There is nothing to do at home now, so he simply fiddled with Ning Ge'er for a scarf.

He also specially made one or two small balls, which can be hung on both ends of the scarf to make it look better.

"Brother Ning, did you make it?" Bai Niannian came out of the shower and found a scarf around Ning Ge'er's neck.

"Is this the scarf you mentioned? What do you think? It seems a little asymmetrical. I'll change it later." Geer Ning turned around and asked, pulling the scarf with his hand to fix it.

"That's right, that's what it looks like!" Bai Niannian nodded sharply.

Apart from this, he didn't know how to express his admiration for him. Although the tassels hadn't been made out, there were several small lanterns in a patchwork pattern hanging on both ends of the scarf.

The only fault in it is the two oversized lanterns, isn't it just the transformation of the two fur balls he made?It is not as good-looking as the little lantern made by Brother Ning, and he is also convinced.

A lantern the size of a little finger, I don't know how Ning Ge'er made it so delicate...

He found it difficult to make the two thumb-sized balls.

What surprised him the most was that there were two strings of firecrackers embroidered on it. The light pink firecrackers looked beaming.

"Brother Ning, teach me how to do it. Make one for each of them." After finishing speaking, remembering his own speed, he added, "I'll trouble you to help me make one for those who are virtuous and virtuous."

Just make one for his man.

"I used to have a lot of fabrics at home, and it doesn't take a lot of fabrics to make one, let's make two for each person!" Bai Niannian was a little eager to move.

"One piece is enough, two are wasted." Ning Ge'er refused, "The extra fabric can be used in the future. It's a waste to make a scarf."

"Yeah." After he finished speaking, he also felt that this was too wasteful, and began to discuss how to make the scarf with Brother Ning.

Brother Ning's string of little lanterns gave him inspiration, and he could make them into different shapes for a few little ones. Anyway, they have a lot of time to work slowly and meticulously.

After a few days of fiddling, I found that making a few small pendants in the shape of animals the size of a thumb is still not enough. It is too troublesome. I originally planned to make one for each of them with their zodiac signs.

In the end, I had no choice but to give up. All of them were hung with small lanterns, which looked beautiful and festive.

It took half a month, mainly because they were not in a hurry, and they made a little every day, and it took half a month to finish the family's scarves.

The weather is getting colder, and the days without snow are less expensive. According to the experience of previous years, there will not be so much snow in December.

In the past half a month, it has been windy and snowy outside. In this weather, everyone has experienced cat winter at home.

When it is not snowing, go out for a walk, clear the snow on the roof and the road, and move your body.

No one died of freezing or starvation in the village this year. In view of the fact that this winter is colder than in previous years, the lonely old people in the village were assigned to live together in different villagers' homes. Just in case, no one would know if they died of freezing.

Of course, the portion of food that belongs to the old man will be handed over to that family, and they dare not deduct his food too much.

Let the old man live alone, and don't know what happened. He could have been rescued, but because no one found out, it took a while for someone to find out.

This year there are also five elderly people. The village chief draws lots from the good-behaved families in the village to draw five households, and the old people will go to the one they draw.

At that time, Chen Mingren went to draw the lottery. As part of the village, they certainly would not refuse.

It's fine if you don't want the elderly to live at home, just tell the village chief.

In half a month, after Ning Ge'er ate hot pot once, he devoted himself to researching different hot pots with Bai Niannian.

On the day of eating hot pot, they were full of this new food.

I finished all the prepared dishes, especially the bean sprouts, which are crispy and raw. Put them in the pot and roll them for a while, and they can be picked up and eaten in a short time. Now there are no green vegetables. I have made a lot of bean sprouts at home, and the temperature in the house is high. The bean sprouts germinated faster than before.

There is also the tofu that was ground at the stone mill while the snow stopped.