Chapter 332 Naming
Shen Qing looked at his family members who were having a great time, and gave them advice from time to time.
The convenience of shopping in this dynasty is completely incomparable to that in China. When going out, especially if you are in a hurry, you have to bring all the food with you.
Otherwise, you have to go to the city to buy things, and the detour to the city is at least ten miles away, and at most dozens of miles away. Even with a donkey cart, it still takes time.
Oh, right, donkey cart!
Speaking of donkeys, there are obviously not enough donkeys at home and in the village.
When A Bing and his companions go out, they don't need many vehicles at most, but the double donkey cart can carry a strong load and run fast. Two men can take turns driving it. The carriage can carry food, clothes, bedding, and can also provide a place for women to rest. Two carts require four donkeys.
There are many people in the village now, especially men. The warehouse has a lot of brushes and soaps in stock, so forming a team to sell brushes and soaps can be put on the agenda.
A caravan, especially one that needs donkey carts to carry goods, is inevitably dormant.
After the spring, they need animals to pull the plow to open up wasteland for farming... Although cows can plow more land than donkeys in a day, a cow costs seven or eight taels of silver more than a donkey, and it is not as fast as a donkey. Even if they don't go out to sell goods, it will take them a long time to go from here to the city and back in a day using cows.
It’s better to buy more donkeys. They are expensive now. When you buy more, they can give birth to donkeys later.....
Huo Bing looked at the New Year's Eve dinner that was supposed to be filled with auspicious words of prosperity and well-being, but now it had become a plan for her to go out. She felt bad and wanted everyone to have a peaceful New Year. Then she saw the mother in the upper position lean aside and said soothingly, "Let them discuss it. The more they do, the less worry and anxiety they will have."
How dangerous the journey is? How could those who have escaped from disaster not know it?
This time the whole family is not together, only the two of them. As a family, how can they not be worried? Compared to the New Year, their safety and food are naturally more important.
Huo Bing apologized: "It's all my fault..."
Shen Qing smiled and took over the conversation: "Why blame you? Everyone has difficulties? Actually, it's better to say it today. There are not so many peaceful days.
Besides, compared to your mother and those disaster victims, we are now in a warm house with geothermal heating, discussing things in front of a large table of sumptuous food. Isn't it pretty good?"
Huo Bing: .....She met her mother-in-law, I don’t know how many lifetimes of blessings she must have accumulated to get her to meet him.
If possible, she is willing to keep accumulating and keep meeting people.
"By the way, as a mother-in-law, there are some things you and I shouldn't say, but..." Shen Qing stuttered for a long time, and finally said it with a hardened heart: "Your second son's nickname is too ugly!"
Even though Huo Bing was always calm, he couldn't help but utter a sound when he heard this.
Does it sound bad?
Isn’t it said that a humble name is easier to maintain?
But the name was not given to the second child for the purpose of raising him easily...
Huo Bing thought carefully and realized that his mother-in-law had never called Xiaocao once since she woke up from the hunger strike, and occasionally she would use Laoer instead.
It seems that she really doesn't like 'Xiaocao' as a girl's name.
With a smile in her eyes, she asked, "Mom, what names will you give to the youngest and second child?"
Shen Qing waved her hands, "I can't do that. I'm not good at naming. I've already thought of someone to name you."
Huo Bing had a vague idea in his mind, his heart was beating very fast, but he quickly drove the idea out. How could it be possible...
Shen Qing whispered her thoughts: “Although your grandfather was a military general, he was able to name your mother Huo Qinglin, so I think he was also a talented general;
As the eldest daughter of the General's Mansion, your mother must be no bad choice. When you get there, ask them both. No matter which one they choose, it should be a good name."
Whether it sounds good or not is not the first priority. Ah Bing's mother spent so much effort to ensure that her only daughter could survive. She must have loved Ah Bing very much.
She couldn't be with Ah Bing when she got married and had children. After this meeting, they are thousands of miles apart, and she doesn't know when they will meet again. Asking her to name her two granddaughters is a hope for her and also a wish for Ah Bing.
Huo Bing mumbled, "...but the right to choose a name should belong to you, mother."
The person with the highest status in the family is usually the one who chooses the name, or the family will spend money to ask a literate scholar to choose a name with a good meaning.
No matter what, I didn't let my daughter-in-law's family choose a name...if it gets out, people will laugh at me and think my husband's family is not as good as my parents'...
"Well, what's the point of power? Why should a small family fight over these things? Naturally, whoever is more powerful will take it." Shen Qing waved his hand indifferently.
Status is not reflected in these corners, and power is least useful at home.
Huo Bing wanted to say that her grandfather and her mother were now criminals. In the eyes of the world, they were not only not powerful people, but also unlucky people, and people wanted to avoid them as much as possible.
Doesn’t mom care?
But when she looked into her mother's clear eyes, she knew that her mother didn't care, she really didn't care at all!
She choked out, "Okay."
The New Year’s Eve dinner is held in another lively atmosphere.
Everything else was going on as usual and it was very lively, but the most lively place was the workshop!
There were a total of 128 people, and even though the workshop had many rooms and a large space, the air was still filled with laughter, some light and some heroic.
Today we not only have enough food, but also a whole sheep!
The mutton was used to stew carrots, the mutton bones were used to make soup with thinly sliced white radish, and the mutton offal was used to stir-fry sauerkraut. Together with the food that had been agreed upon beforehand, everyone was moved to tears by the sumptuous New Year's dinner.
Not to mention the disaster victims in Jincheng, even compared with their previous lives, this New Year's celebration and these two New Year's Eve dinners were much more sumptuous than in the past few decades!
After the New Year, children, unafraid of the severe cold, flocked to the village entrance in groups to line up and wait to cross the fire.
Of course, it was not the big bonfire. The older men like Boss Zhao had already taken out the burning firewood and made a small bonfire.
When the children had almost finished crossing, the elders in the village also slowly walked over.
The men kneaded the dough for making dumplings, rushed over and crossed the fire, and returned to the kitchen where the women had prepared the dumpling fillings. They then took over the job of rolling out the dumpling wrappers and the women took over.
All the people in the village changed their positions in an orderly manner and solemnly stepped over the fire that represented the removal of bad luck and disasters.
Even the Lei family members on the mountain came down and joined them in crossing the fire to welcome the new year.
In the new year, I hope life will be kind to them.
Mrs. Cao and others on the hillside looked at the bustling scene at the foot of the mountain, their faces looking extremely ugly, perhaps because of the cold wind in the mountains or because of anger.
She turned and went into the house with a gloomy face.
Looking at the cold and deserted house and the simple food, one has to admit that the Cao family has really fallen into decline, and has been outshined by a group of lowly villagers.
But it doesn’t matter. In just over a month, their livelihood will belong to the Cao family.
Just over a month, it will be here soon.
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