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Volume 1 Sleepy Shallows 041¡¾Winter Solstice Chinese New Year¡¿

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    The winter solstice is a big day, and generally speaking, there are three days off.

    Pang Chunlai took out some money and asked Zhao Han and the others to go to the town to buy vegetables, intending to celebrate the festival together with the master and apprentice.  He also called Xu Ying's family over, saying that they were helping with the cooking, and that it was nothing more than a way of helping.

    Arriving in Hekou Town, not far from the Three People's Pavilion, it is the newly established Martyrs' Square.

    "This is too anxious." Fei Ruhe complained.

    Zhao Han muttered, "You can't be in a hurry, the Fei family's reputation depends on it."

    Compared with the majestic and gorgeous Three-person Pavilion, the Martyrdom Archway is simply shoddy.  It's just that the words have been carved, and the rough edges of the stone are not trimmed, so they are hurriedly erected on the riverside.

    The rest of the details are set up by craftsmen with scaffolding, chiseled and polished slowly, and may continue to be polished for a year or two.

    The procedures have not been completed.

    The county government has already asked for a list, but the report has not yet entered Beijing, and it will have to be approved by the court at the end of next spring at the earliest.

    Everything is like a child's play, and the government is too lazy to pursue it.

    A few decades ago, the chastity archway was still strictly approved, but now it is showing a trend of flooding.  Half of the 36,000 chastity archways in the Ming Dynasty were built in the late Ming Dynasty. Anyway, if you have the money to apply for construction, it will be approved for you.

    In the Qing Dynasty, it was even more prevalent, and there were as many as one million chaste martyrs. In 296 years, there were an average of more than 3,000 martyrs in each county!

    That is more like a comparison between families, and it is also a manifestation of the achievements of local officials.

    Taking Huizhou alone as an example, the number of chaste and martyred women: 2 in the Tang Dynasty, 5 in the Song Dynasty, 21 in the Yuan Dynasty, 710 in the Ming Dynasty, and 7098 in the Qing Dynasty.

    ?This kind of hurricane data started in the late Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty, which can provide a glimpse of the abnormal development of ethics.

    Fei Ruhe said in a low voice: "That matter, it won't be revealed, right? Fei Yuanjian is next to us every day, does he have any suspicions? I feel guilty just looking at him now."

    "That's right, I'm also very scared." Fei Chun agreed.

    Zhao Han asked with a smile: "What are you talking about? I haven't done anything wrong, so I don't understand anyway."

    Fei Ruhe was taken aback for a moment, then nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, I don't understand, and I haven't done anything."

    "Master, I'm still afraid." Fei Chun struggled.

    Fei Ruhe immediately scolded: "You haven't done anything bad, you're afraid of a fart!"

    Fei Chun quickly shut up.

    Xu Ying asked curiously: "What are you talking about?"

    "It's nothing," Zhao Han explained with a smile, "They peeked at the little widow taking a bath, and they were almost caught on the spot."

    "I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" Fei Ruhe denied it.

    Zhao Han smiled and said: "That's right, if you don't admit it, then you don't have it."

    Fei Ruhe cried out, "I really didn't peek at the little widow taking a bath."

    Probably during the Chenghua and Hongzhi years, the social economy began to develop greatly, and ordinary people were also keen on celebrating the festival.  Three days before the winter solstice, the shops closed one after another, and everyone greeted and sent them off, and it was as lively as the New Year.

    But Hekou Town can't go out of business. It is the thoroughfare of eight provinces and a prosperous business center.

    Arriving in the town, Zhao Han found that the traffickers and pawns were all wearing new clothes, at least they had to put on clean and good clothes.

    Many porters carried loads and sent them to cargo ships or inns.

    These burdens are full of gifts, commonly known as "winter solstice plate".  Small families and small households can just carry the food box, and it is a good idea to communicate; rich and powerful families have to carry a burden, and the gifts are too shabby and they will lose face.

    ?There are always some businessmen from other places who cannot go home during the winter solstice, and business partners are complacent and considerate.

    Therefore, the restaurants in the town specialize in "winter solstice gift packages", which are divided into different price levels, and they also provide door-to-door delivery services.

    Zhao Han was walking by the river when he saw a porter carrying a load onto the boat.

    The second shopkeeper, dressed in silk, bowed his hands to the merchants on the ship and said: "On behalf of the Chimelong, I come to pay homage to the winter. I wish your master a wealth of wealth and prosperity, and I also wish brother Liu good luck and prosperity."

    "The treasurer Fei has a heart, a small gift is not a respect." The merchant immediately returned the gift.

    Even those porters who carry the burden have rewards for each of them.

    Passing through the pier and coming to the town street, Zhao Han had to admit that Jiangnan is generally very prosperous.

    A monstrous affluence.

    There are many people coming and going, some are black households who lost their land, some are slaves of rich families, and their lives are not bad.  At least, it looks good on the surface, and it is impossible for them to rebel.

    Unless there are catastrophes in successive years, the imperial court raises taxes again!

    The prices have risen a bit, Pang; Zhao Han said: "If he dares to bully you, I will definitely beat him."

    Fei Rumei clapped her hands happily: "Then it's settled, no lying."

    "Don't lie." Zhao Han said.

    Zhao Zhenfang said proudly: "My second brother is amazing."

    Fei Rumei sat on the palanquin and stretched out her arms: "It's not just talking, let's pull the hook."

    It's easy to coax children.

    After the two hooked up, Fei Rumei suddenly shouted: "Brother, don't bully me anymore, or your schoolboy will beat you up!"

    Zhao Han was speechless, pretending not to hear.

    Including Lou's, everyone looked for the sound.

    Fei Ruhe raised his fist and said: "He can't beat me, he only knows how to run away."

    Fei Rumei said: "Chunfang's elder brother is very powerful, he beat off many bad guys in Tianjin!"

    "I can beat bad guys too!" Fei Ruhe refused to be outdone.

    Zhao Han felt very helpless, time travels into a brat, and can only deal with a bunch of brats.
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