Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 199: Re-rooting for the New Year

"Okay, Chief!" When the villagers heard about the change for eating meat, they were so happy that their noses were bubbling.

If it weren't for the fact that slogans cannot be shouted randomly these days, the villagers would probably shout "Long live!"

After the four pigs were slaughtered and the meat was divided, there were still more than 200 kilograms left including the bones.

Now the village has its own pots and we no longer have to borrow pots from villagers.

The big iron pot for slaughtering pigs costs two hundred dollars, and one pot can cook meals for the whole village. In addition, the six iron pots in the workshop are used to steam steamed buns as big as an adult's fist.

"Everyone gets a bowl of pig-killing dish, four steamed buns for adults, and two big steamed buns for children. If you can't finish them, you can take them away." Uncle Wu seemed to have returned to his youthful vigor. He stood on a big rock and waved his hand to greet everyone.

"Good, Master Wu is mighty!"

"Master Wu seems to be much more energetic recently than before!"

"Okay! If you can't finish it, you can take it with you."

"Ha ha!"

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The tribe also held two dinner parties, the first was for wild boar meat in September, and the second was a thank-you banquet at Hou Yangmin's home.

But these two times were completely different from now. One time I was lucky because I had no food to eat, and the other time I was treated by someone and was not from the clan.

But this is indeed tangible family property, and it is also a celebration of the Nanjiagou people taking root in Qin Province.

When the people of Nanjiagou were having dinner, many relatives from outside the village were clinging to the wall outside the village and looking inside, with envy on their faces, wishing they could be one of them.

Although the other seven relatives in the village did not receive meat, they still had food to eat, after all, they were all relatives and friends of the Hou family.

In fact, Hou Xiaoge did not agree when these relatives of the Hou family first moved into the village. His idea was to let these people live outside the village temporarily and rebuild a base after the new year, just like the groups in later generations.

After all, these people don’t have the surname Hou, so things might go wrong in the future.

But the elders didn’t care. They were all relatives and blood relatives, so it wasn’t a big deal. Besides, there were so many members of the Hou family that they could suppress it.

As the saying goes, what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth.

As the Hou family became more prosperous, these relatives and friends moved into the village to live, which also laid the hidden danger of disunity in Nanjiagou Village in the future. Of course, this is all a story for later.

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After the people in Nanjiagou had distributed the food, there were still a lot of leftovers from the pig slaughter. In the end, they put them all in wooden barrels and gave them to relatives outside the village.

The relatives from outside the village no longer envied each other, and they proudly took their bowls and had a bowl of rice, which was considered to be the New Year's celebration.

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"Health care, ten dollars!"

"I've raised it, I've raised it, why are you wasting time? I don't want the ten dollars from your family anymore."

"Raising cattle is ten dollars for your family!"

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After the meal, several elders sat at the table and called out the names of the heads of each household and distributed dollars to the tribesmen.

After receiving the money, the villagers happily returned home surrounded by their families.

"Heiwa, our village militia only has six guns now, which is a little too few.

This is a customs certificate worth one thousand dollars. After the New Year, you can ask the Yanhuang League to help purchase a batch of muskets. The village is rich now, so you have to pay attention to safety. "After everyone in the village left, Hou Yangmin and several elders pushed a stack of customs certificates to Hou Xiaoge.

"Uncle, aren't you the head of the village? You can purchase from the county. It's a waste of time to go to the Yanhuang League to purchase!" Hou Xiaoge asked, tapping the money with his fingers.

“The officials in the county are too corrupt. I have inquired in Wangjia Village next to my village. The guns approved by the county are of poor quality. The rifling is almost worn out. They are also very expensive. It is better to buy them from the black market.

Isn't the Yanhuang League related to the Qin Army? I thought that the Yanhuang League must have its own channels, and the quality of the guns would be better.

By the way, ask them if they can get light machine guns. We will buy them at a high price. We will pay this amount."

Hou Yangmin and the elder who was in charge of public security in the village looked at each other, and gestured to Hou Xiaoge with their thumbs to indicate twelve, which naturally meant one thousand two hundred dollars.

"middle!"

"But you guys take this money first! I'll ask the Yanhuang Alliance after the New Year. Rifles should be no problem, but machine guns are hard to get. I'll try my best." Hou Xiaoge responded ambiguously.

In fact, after the Yanhuang Alliance established relations with the National Government and the Qin Army, they were able to obtain guns, but the cost of arms was huge and it was easy to attract attention.

After all, the Yanhuang Alliance was still very weak, so they didn't make this opening, and the five or six hundred spears in the alliance were enough for the time being.

But now that things at home have been arranged, I can get away. Things like post-New Year disruptions and arms should also be put on the agenda.

The sudden wealth also disrupted the villagers' New Year plans. In the afternoon, most of the villagers went to the New Year market to buy New Year's goods.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Hou Xiaoge's family had already posted the couplets. The red paper was bought by Hou Xiaoge at the market, but the words were written by him in his space.

As for why he didn't write outside, it was naturally because he didn't want to be forced to work as a laborer for nothing, and his calligraphy was average, so he'd better not embarrass himself everywhere.

"The first line: Good weather and good harvests bring new things

Second line: The country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the four seasons are auspicious.

Horizontal banner: "Auspicious Year of the Sheep"

"Heiwa, who wrote this couplet? It's really good.

I hope that next year God will have mercy on the people of the Central Plains, and that the weather will be good, everyone will be safe, and the Japanese devils will quickly go back to their hometowns." Qi Ye stood at the door of Hou Xiaoge's house with his hands behind his back and commented.

From the literal meaning of this couplet, we can see that it naturally expresses the hope for the arrival of a prosperous era, and it is also Hou Xiaoge's wish for the future.

"I also hope that the prosperous times will come soon, so I spent ten cents to ask an old man at the market to write it." Hou Xiaoge replied with a smile.

"Prosperous times? When will the prosperous times come? I don't know if the old man can wait until that day." The Seventh Master and the Fifth Master sighed, put their hands behind their backs and went to parade again.

"Waiting forty years?"

"Ugh!"

Hou Xiaoge thought about the future history, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Crack!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

New Year's Eve has arrived, and no one knows which family will light the first firecracker. From far to near, and from near to far, countless firecrackers begin to resonate.

Only on this day did the common people no longer pay attention to the sounds of gunpowder and explosions. Whenever they heard the sounds, they would immediately find a place to hide.

That night, four families of the Hou family celebrated the New Year together. Fortunately, the cave was big enough to accommodate twenty people.

There is one table on the kang and two tables underneath. Each table has ten bowls of dishes. It is the highest standard ten-bowl banquet in the Central Plains, and the staple food is dumplings.

The wine was Xifeng Liquor, and the children had sour plum soup (made by Hou Xiaoge himself).

"We have never had such a delicious meal in our lives. It seems that our life has really improved!" Several adults shed tears of emotion as they looked at the table full of delicious dishes.

“The disaster has passed, and we who are still alive should look forward and live a good life.

It’s the New Year, everyone should be happy and not carry unhappiness into next year.

Come on, let's have a toast together, Happy New Year." Seeing that his uncle and the others were not in high spirits, Hou Xiaoge hurried to warm up the atmosphere.

"Hei Wa is right. Let's clink one."

After dinner, my second cousin took out two decks of playing cards from somewhere and asked everyone to play together.

The poker patterns of this era are all famous historical sites in China. Hou Xiaoge took a look at the poker and felt that they were very educational.