Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Time passed quietly, and Yangjia Village ushered in the harvest season.

This year, the weather was good, and every household in Yangjia Village had a good harvest. The atmosphere of joy lingered in the entire Yangjia Village.

"Dad, this year's harvest is good, look at this rice!" Yang Mingcheng came to Yang Zhengshan with full grains of rice in his hands, like offering treasures.

The family's land was taken care of by Yang Mingcheng and Yang Mingzhi, and now the harvest is their credit.

"Not bad!" Yang Zhengshan smiled slightly and nodded.

For farmers, food is everything.

Although Yang Zhengshan now has some silver in his hand, he is still happy about the harvest.

"This year we won't sell our grain, we'll save it all!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Save it all?" Yang Mingcheng asked in surprise.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Well, save them all. With food in hand, we won't be worried. We will eat rice every day in the future!"

He didn't want to eat corn cakes or drink grain porridge. He just wanted to eat white rice.

"Okay!" Yang Mingcheng grinned. He also wanted to eat rice every meal. Who would want to eat bran and vegetables when there is rice?

Half of the 20 acres of land of the Yang family is planted with rice, and the other 10 acres are dry fields planted with wheat and corn.

The harvest lasted for more than ten days, and the granary of the Yang family was full and could not be loaded.

Of course, this is also the reason why the granary of the Yang family is relatively small. In the past, the Yang family would sell some grain after the harvest. This year, Yang Zhengshan was unwilling to sell grain, so the granary naturally could not be loaded.

It doesn't matter if it can't be loaded. The autumn tax will be paid soon, and the extra grain can be used to pay the tax.

It seems that the Yang family has a good harvest, but in fact, Yang Zhengshan calculated that even in a good year, the life of the Yang family is just enough to eat and wear.

This is the case if there is no disease or disaster in the next year. If there is a disaster, food and clothing will be a problem.

The main reason is that the grain yield per mu is too low. The highest yield of corn only produces about 400 to 500 kilograms per mu, and the yield of wheat per mu is less than 200 kilograms.

In this world without fertilizers and high-yield grains, it is not easy for ordinary people to have a full meal.

Fortunately, Yang Zhengshan has some money, so he doesn't have to worry too much.

After paying the autumn tax, the temperature is getting lower and lower, and every household in Yangjia Village is busy preparing for the winter.

Many villagers ran to the mountains and forests to dig wild vegetables and chop firewood. For a while, the back mountain of Yangjia Village became lively.

Yang Zhengshan was not idle either. He took time to go to the county town to buy a dozen gun heads and made a dozen wooden short guns.

Short guns are suitable for throwing, and their power is greater than ordinary crossbows.

For Yang Zhengshan, short guns are more useful than bows and arrows.

Yang Zhengshan didn't take care of the family affairs. His two sons and two daughters-in-law took care of the family affairs, so he didn't need to worry about them.

He would go into the mountains every day, but he didn't go deep into the forest, just outside Changqing Mountain.

He took bird eggs, caught wild rabbits, and caught pheasants. Although he didn't catch any large prey, he also added a lot of meat to his family.

In addition to these, Yang Zhengshan also had an unexpected harvest.

A thirty-year-old mountain ginseng.

There are many herbs in the mountains, but most of them are ordinary herbs. Yang Zhengshan is too lazy to pick them. Today, he accidentally found a ginseng. After digging it out, he found that it was thirty years old, which surprised Yang Zhengshan.

More than thirty years old mountain ginseng, the skin is old and the lines are deep, the round Luca bowl, the reed head is super long, and the body is beautiful. Yang Zhengshan carefully wrapped it in a cloth bag and walked quickly towards home.

Such old mountain ginseng is not cheap, at least it can be sold for more than 100 taels. Although it is not a natural treasure, it is also a rare existence.

Moreover, old mountain ginseng has the effects of replenishing vital energy, replenishing spleen and lung, promoting body fluid, calming the mind and improving intelligence. If the original body had such an old mountain ginseng before, most of the hidden injuries in the body could be cured.

For warriors, old mountain ginseng is also a rare and wonderful medicine. Taking it can increase strength and make up for the deficit.

However, now that Yang Zhengshan has Lingquan water, he can't use old mountain ginseng.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan has planned to sell this old mountain ginseng.

When he returned home, Yang Zhengshan found that his eldest daughter and eldest son-in-law had returned to her parents' home.

"Dad!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan, Yang Yunyan's eyes were full of joy.

"Why are you back? Is the house packed?" Yang Zhengshan asked in surprise.

Winter is coming soon, and every household is preparing supplies for the winter, and the Jiang family is no exception.

And the Jiang family must go to the mountains to hunt before the heavy snow closes the mountains, otherwise they will not be able to go into the mountains to hunt for at least four months after the heavy snow closes the mountains.

"Dad, I'm pregnant!"

"What's wrong?" Yang Zhengshan didn't react for a while.

"Dad, you are going to have a grandson!" Jiang He came over and took the backpack that Yang Zhengshan had taken off. There were seven or eight pistols in the backpack.

Yang Zhengshan stood there in a daze.

So I am going to be a grandfather.

Be a grandfather, be a grandfather~~

During this period, he has gotten used to being a grandfather, but this is the first time to be a grandfather.

A new life experience!

This should be a happy thing, but Yang Zhengshan can't laugh.

"How many months?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"It's almost three months." Yang Yunyan's eyebrows were curved.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know what to say, so he turned around and shouted to his eldest daughter-in-law Wang: "Make a good meal at noon to nourish Yunyan!"

"I know, Dad, I bought three pounds of beef this morning and it's already stewed!" Wang said happily in the kitchen.

"Beef! Where did the beef come from?" Yang Zhengshan was surprised.

Cattle cannot be killed casually. Farmers’ cattle are registered with the government. Killing cattle indiscriminately is a serious crime. Even if there is a reasonable reason to kill cattle, the tendons and hides must be turned over to the government.

So even in the county town, beef is extremely rare.

"The Mingshan family's cow broke its leg two days ago and was slaughtered early this morning. I thought Dad might like to eat it, so I bought three kilograms of beef!" Wang walked out of the kitchen and said cautiously.

She didn't buy it because she thought Yang Zhengshan liked it, she bought it because she wanted to try it herself.

She has never eaten beef in her entire life. In the past, her family was poor and she didn't have such thoughts. But now that her family is more affluent, she wants to taste beef.

Yang Zhengshan naturally wouldn't care about her little thoughts. In his eyes, it's not a big deal.

Don’t you just want to eat beef?

Just eat.

He wanted to eat it himself.

Yang Zhengshan returned to the house, took a tael of silver, handed it to Wang, and said, "Go and buy more, and bring some back to Yunyan to eat later, and keep the rest for the winter."

It was a rare opportunity to eat beef, so Yang Zhengshan naturally didn't want to miss it, so he bought more so that he could eat it slowly in the future.

Anyway, the weather is cold now, so I don’t have to worry about it getting damaged.

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Wang took the money and said with a smile.

Jiang He and Yang Yunyan next to them looked at Yang Zhengshan with astonishment in their eyes.

They knew very well what life was like for the Yang family in the past, but now Yang Zheng was so grand, which made them a little uncomfortable.

But thinking of the two big wild boars before, the couple felt relieved.

They didn't know that Yang Zhengshan's confidence came from the old wild ginseng in his arms, otherwise he wouldn't be so extravagant.

The price of beef is much more expensive than pork. If he doesn't have enough confidence, he will just try it out and will never buy a tael of beef at a time.

Wang put down what she was doing and hurriedly went to buy beef.

"Come in and sit!"

Yang Zhengshan greeted.

"Dad, I made two clothes for you!" Yang Yunyan brought a baggage with two cotton-padded clothes in it, "Put them on and try them on!"

This is my daughter, and she actually wants to make cotton-padded clothes for her father.

Yang Zhengshan tried it on and found that the size was just right.

"Where did you get the cotton?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"My father-in-law gave it to me," Yang Yunyan said with a relaxed expression.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. The reason why he asked this was because the Jiang family, like the Yang family, was not divided. All materials in the family must be distributed by Jiang Cheng and Jiang Wang. If Jiang Cheng and Jiang Wang did not give cotton, Jiang He and Yang Yunyan, the young couple, did not have cotton to make cotton-padded clothes.

Yang Zhengshan did not reject his eldest daughter's filial piety and happily accepted the cotton coat.

"In a moment, I will give you some cloth and cotton, and you can make a dress for your grandparents." Yang Zhengshan put away the cotton clothes and said.

The original person's wife died of illness, but the original person's father-in-law and mother-in-law are still alive.

In the past, when my original wife was here, I would make clothes for my father-in-law and mother-in-law every year, but now I can only let my eldest daughter do it.

The reason why Yang Zhengshan asked his eldest daughter to make clothes for his father-in-law and mother-in-law was because his father-in-law and mother-in-law had taken great care of the Yang family in the past. Although his original wife had passed away, this human relationship could not be broken.

The second reason is that his father-in-law is a scholar, and it is said that a poor scholar can make a fortune, but no matter how poor a scholar is, he still has fame, and his brother-in-law Lu Zhaoqi is still working as a scribe in the county government, so this relationship may be useful in the future.

"Yeah." Yang Yunyan nodded, but his eyes turned red.

She probably thought of her mother.

Yang Zhengshan didn't have much to say, so he turned around and walked into the bedroom, found a wooden box and put away the old wild ginseng.