After October, the first snow fell on the Nenjiang Plain. It was very heavy and it took a day to fall, but the first snow did not accumulate. After the snow stopped, the snow on the ground melted again in less than a day.

Ice began to flow in the Xinyi River, and the weather was getting colder.

However, this year's bumper harvest, the potatoes, corn, rice, wheat, soybeans and other crops in the fields have been collected. They are still in the good weather in September and have been dried. Now most of them have been collected by the people from the grain station, and everyone has taken over the grain payment on the spot.

The remaining grain still filled the warehouses in the Tunbao.

There is grain in the warehouse, firewood in front of the house, and some savings in the passbook. Everyone is very satisfied with this year.

During this period, every immigrant home who has been engaged is rushing to prepare wedding supplies. The best-business craftsman in recent times is cotton.

The newlyweds have to prepare a new quilt when they get married, especially the Nenjiang plain is cold in winter, so they need to prepare a few more kilograms. The Central Plains merchants took a boat across the sea to Liaodong, and instead took the Liaohe River to transport the boat to the wind and waves, and went north. After changing the transportation through Yitun, they then passed through Yitun River Songhua River and then Nenjiang. The total length is nearly 2,000 miles. With this Northeast Grand Canal, cotton originally produced in the mainland and even from Southeast Asia and India was transported to the distant northeast, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang.

Many families buy forty or fifty kilograms of cotton as soon as they buy, and prepare to put a few quilts of thick quilts weighing ten or twelve kilograms of thick quilts at a time. Because many new wives are girls from Japan, Jurchens, Mongolia and other places, they save a lot of grace and do not have any particularly heavy requirements put forward by the women's family.

But everyone is also relatively simple. As long as you have some conditions in your hands, you must prepare better. Not to mention, when a newlyweds get married, they must be given a separate new house. Even if there is no independent yard, there must be one independent new house and one new kang. This new kang mat, a new blanket and a quilt must be enough for at least six beds, which means six and six are very smooth.

In addition, the simple furniture is a bit small, such as a kang table, a wardrobe, and a decent large camphor wood box.

During this period, in various immigrants, you can hear the shouts of caravans who came to the countryside wherever you go. Those who sell cotton, those who sell various necklaces, rings, earrings and jewelry, those who buy red cloth and silk ribbons, and those who sell mirrors, combs, and porcelain.

Marriage is a huge thing for Chinese people. Therefore, even if this is the first year of immigrating and everyone has not much savings, they still have to do this decent and lively. Therefore, borrowing from the village, borrowing from neighbors, and loaning from credit unions is not arbitrary.

The cotton-pinning craftsmen took their apprentices to drive the cotton-pinning craftsmen from morning to night. The carpenters were booked early at this time to make furniture at each store. Even the aunts and wives in the village took the initiative to go to the homes of those who had happy events at home this year to help make clothes, shoes and socks. Making them by themselves is a lot more savings than buying ready-made clothes.

Linshui Township Shuibiantun.

Weishan is also very busy these days. After the autumn harvest, the village organized some young and strong people to reclaim the swamp by the river. This land is close to the river and the water. As long as it is done, take advantage of the fact that the river is less water and the swamp is dry. Dig out the ditches and repair the fields. Next year, this land will be a good rice field. In Nenjiang, the rice yield is not as high as potatoes and corn, but the price is much higher, so growing rice is actually more cost-effective.

In addition, some young and strong people were taken away from tens of thousands of young and strong people from five other townships in the county, but participated in the construction of the county's reservoir. According to the provincial plan, their county will build a reservoir. After the reservoir is built, it can prevent floods and waterlogges, and it is also conducive to the irrigation of fields in the county.

This time, the county has invested 10,000 young and strong people in the county, and the government has withdrawn funds. The government has transferred 10,000 young and strong people in the government to support it. In addition, there are special engineering camps to help, with technology, funds and personnel. This not-so-large reservoir is expected to be completed in three months.

Because this reservoir is a provincial project and the imperial court has withdrawn funds, the people sent to the village still have money to get, and food and accommodation are also included, which is something that immigrants are very grateful.

During the day, Weishan went to the river to dig trenches and pile up dikes. Every day, he had to pull his brothers and a group of young people from the same village to prepare a new house for himself.

Nowadays, the immigrants in Shuibiantun still live in a large village, which is more like a temporary camp. A treasury is divided into ten brigades, each brigade of one hundred households, and below it is divided into ten groups of ten households in groups of ten households.

The village is like a large military camp. The houses are lined up with wooden houses, one by one, each with four houses. There is a lot of space left in front and behind, so everyone built a wooden shed in front of the house to make a kitchen, and a wooden shed in the back of the house to make a livestock railing and a firewood in the animal husbandry.

Now that Weishan is getting married, the four houses in the family are not enough to live in. In addition to their parents, there are three younger brothers and a younger sister. Like most of the partners who want to get married, Weishan plans to build the remaining place in front of the house, build another house, build a kang, and then make his new house.

The governor agreed with this matter. In two years, everyone will have to divide the land. At that time, the village will be divided into many villages and will not be crowded like this. But now, we can only just stop it first.

Although the land reclamation has not stopped after the autumn harvest, even many young and strong women have been arranged to go to the land after the autumn harvest, go to the mountains to chop wood, etc.

Therefore, building a house can only be built in the morning, afternoon and evening every day, and then building a little bit of free time.

In addition, every two or three days, Weishan had to travel to the countryside. His fiancée, like the fiancée of other companions in the village, still lives in the countryside. During these times, they have to continue learning Chinese, adapt to the climate here, learn the etiquette of the Han people, etc.

The officials were also preparing their dowry for these girls. When they arrived here, the government was their family.

Wei Shan now likes this girl named Chuzi. She is very simple, has a good temper, is also good at work, does everything she can do in washing and cooking, and even chops firewood.

Weishan's parents prefer that they always have to make some food and then let Weishan send it.

If it weren't for the time being to marry, I would have to wait a while, I'm afraid the two would have let them get married long ago.

Early in the morning, Wei Shan's mother got up early and cooked eight tea eggs and steamed a basket of meat buns. The meat inside was made of roe deer meat beaten by Wei Shan and his friends in the nearby pine forest.

Add some hazelnuts and pine nuts and so on, and they pack a lot.

"Tell Chuzi, don't just give it to others. This is made by my mother for her. Look at that child, she has suffered a lot before, she has grown up, drinks and is thin, and she has to raise her body and nourish her body. After she passes the door, she will be able to get pregnant at that time."

While talking, Wei Shanniang took over another blanket and a sweater.

"This blanket is a wool blanket, authentic Mongolian wool, produced by Chengde Blanket Factory. This sweater is also produced by Chengde Blanket Factory. It was woven by my mother herself and warmed it, so that she remembers to wear it. She can't catch a cold when it's cold."

Wei Shan smiled and took these things, "I know, I'll go first."

He picked up two hot big steamed buns and wrapped them with dried lotus leaves. Wei Shan went out with his things.

There are more than ten miles away from Shuibiantun, so he has to rush back to work. Fortunately, he has a horse for his footwork, and this horse belongs to the team. It is just placed in the Weishan family to take care of it, and occasionally he will not say anything.

When I arrived in the village, it was still very early.

Chuzi and the others lived in a special camp, with police and officers and soldiers outside guarding him. However, he came many times, and the other party had known him long ago.

"Oh, Brother Wei is here again."

Wei Shan took out two big Shandong steamed buns wrapped in lotus leaves, which were still hot.

"Thank you, Brother Wei, I'll go and call you Miss Chuzi." The guard was the police officer from the village police station. He was easy to talk to. But he could only call him out and would never be put in.

After a while, Chuzi blushed and came to the door.

"Brother Shanzi." Chuzi is very familiar with Weishan now. "There was frost this morning. It must be very cold all the way."

"It's nothing, I came here on horseback." Wei Shan laughed, and then took out the things my mother prepared. "This is the tea egg cooked by my mother. This egg started cooking last night and it was already very delicious. And this meat bun. I went to the pine forest with the people in the village to hunt a roe deer last night. This bun was wrapped in roe deer meat."

Chuzi took the still steaming tea eggs and meat buns, and felt a little sour in his nose.

"Thanks!"

"What did the family say thank you? You can eat while it's hot."

"My mother also bought you a wool blanket and knitted a sweater for you. It was cold and I was afraid that you would catch a cold. My girl was a little jealous and said that my mother hadn't knit a sweater for her."

After hearing this, Chuzi quickly took out the sweater, "Then let me wear this sweater for my little sister. I have clothes to wear. I just sent a sweater yesterday."

"You have it, you have it. This is my mother knitted it for you. My little sister wants me to buy some more wool and let her knit it by herself."

Wei Shan personally peeled tea eggs for Chuzi.

"Brother Shanzi, you can eat too."

"I ate it when I came, so you can eat more."

Chuzi happily ate tea eggs, feeling sweet in his heart.

"Zhuzi, our new house has been almost built, the roof has been built, and the kang has been put on. Now we just block the cracks of the wooden walls, and then clean up and dry them, and it's almost done."

"The six-bed quilt is almost ready, as well as the sheets and quilts, as well as new clothes and shoes, are almost ready."

Wei Shan was also very happy to talk about these things.

"There are ten days left. In ten days, I will come to welcome you through the door."

According to the official's opinion, because the immigrants have been married this year, and most of the brides are foreign women such as Japanese and Jurchens and Mongolia. They are not only to make this grand event lively, but also to oppose waste and provide frugality. Therefore, this year, about 200,000 couples who are about to marry will be in the form of a group wedding.

The main reason is that the newlyweds who immigrated to the Tunbao got married together and only held a banquet once.

In Weishan and the others' trestle, nearly 200 newlyweds got married this time, one hundred of whom were Japanese brides, many were foreign women who were later organized by the officials, and some were Han brides from Central China.

The governor of the village had already made a decision. At that time, he responded to the request of the officials and held a group wedding of 200 newlyweds, and had a three-day holiday in the village and a three-day wedding banquet, which was very lively.

Wei Shanru is counting his fingers today and is waiting for the early arrival of this day.

Chuzi's face was red, and she also hoped that she could get married early and live with this man she liked earlier.

"After we get married, we have to share a few more children." Wei Shan said with a smile.

"Ah, I won't tell you anymore, I'm not serious." Chu Zi blushed and ran away with those things. After running for more than ten steps, he stopped again, turned to him and said, "You should go back early, be careful on the road."

After saying that, he waved his hand to him and turned around and went into the camp. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!