No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

Ji Qingyue woke up and it was already three o'clock in the morning. He was really tired after a busy day yesterday.

After a few days, he has figured out the routine of the Li family, a routine that he cannot do. Even if the sun rises late, they will get up one after another around rooster crow, that is, around four or five o'clock. No matter young or old, various sounds will follow. They all perform their duties, sweep the yard, feed food, etc. Feeding chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, watering vegetables and cooking rice, all busy, living almost the same life every day.

Usually they go out after finishing their work in the yard, but today they didn't go out. Instead, they were banging in the yard, making Ji Qing unable to sleep.

If you can't sleep, you have to get up.

The more Ji Qing looked at his phone, he saw that it had reached the critical point of automatically shutting down. According to the power consumption rate of the phone, he could just open an application and the phone would shut down.

In the end, he wanted to leave a souvenir.

So he quickly got up and touched the clothes he had hung to dry last night. The dry night breeze had indeed dried all the clothes. He put on his clothes and shoes, picked up his phone, and clicked on the camera.

Facing the direction where the sun was rising, the morning wind was slightly cool, and he grinned and made a "yeah" gesture.

With a click, a special photo is left.

The next second, the phone screen went black and turned off automatically.

People outside are already busy, so he should cheer up too!

So Ji Qingyue set himself a task for today: repair the thatched cottage.

Some of the wild grass scattered on the ground in front of the thatched cottage has wilted after being left overnight, looking either green or yellow, half dry but not withered.

He stood there and made no next move for a long time. It wasn't that he disliked it, but he just didn't know how to repair the house.

When you don’t know, observe.

Ji Qingyue gently lifted the grass on the wall, observed the seams and weaving techniques, nodded, and his eyes seemed to have learned.

When operating by myself, it's a mess.

It seems that we need to cut the weeds into uniform lengths so that the weaving will look more uniform and less likely to leak light and water.

No wonder Ji Qingyue was clumsy, because he didn't have the tools to chop the grass into pieces, so he decisively gave up on improving the appearance of the thatched cottage and directly used weeds to cover the light leakage on the roof. If it was not enough, he would repair it once. .

Adhering to the spirit of hand-making where quality and quantity are not enough, Ji Qingyue worked for a while and finally announced that he was done.

He lay in the thatched hut and looked up, admiring the fruits of his labor. He couldn't help but feel relieved that the light was finally gone.

But when he went out and saw it, he was ashamed.

From the outside, the thatched cottage looks even more indescribable than before.

The weeds were cut just yesterday, and they don’t match the original color of the thatched cottage. In many places, green appears among the yellow, and green among the green. The three colors are mixed together irregularly, and a patch of green appears among the yellow. The repair technology is also not very good.

It's ugly, very ugly.

Ji Qing became more and more silent, and finally chose to ignore it and not see it.

The weeds cut yesterday were not used up yet. After packing up the grass stalks in the open space, Ji Qingyue lay down again. The weeds left on the river bank were just piled up like this, and he would move them when he needed them later.

It was already noon after finishing the house repairs, and the sun was directly above his head. Ji Qingyue sat in a daze in the thatched hut, thinking about his livelihood again.

He was thinking about the large open space in front of the thatched cottage.

Is it possible to ask Li Silang to help bring some seeds?

Ji Qing thought about it more and decided to postpone the plan. The seeds were more important to the farmer than the pancakes, so they must be locked and stored. Do you want to ask a five-year-old child to lie and steal seeds? He has done this kind of thing once, and even if he doesn't want to admit it anymore, he just wants a child to steal the Hu cake. As a result, the child was beaten so hard that he didn't even get out of bed.

This mistake must not be made a second time.

We can't ask Li Silang to sneak it in, what else can we do?

Ji Qing shook his legs and gradually fell into a daze.

Suddenly, the originally quiet courtyard suddenly became lively, just like water boiling. A group of people were laughing and shouting, and it was so hilarious.

In the distance, Li Silang was lying on the bed, shouting at the top of his lungs. His voice floated from the distant room across the yard to the study: "Third Brother! Is Third Brother back? Third Brother! Come and see me!"

Li Aniang laughed angrily in the yard: "Sanlang, don't spoil him." Then she pretended to stop Li Sanlang and said loudly: "Sanlang, you just came back, go sit in the main room for a while, your sister-in-law has already prepared lunch!"

Li Silang in the room wailed bitterly: "No, no! Third brother, come here! Auntie! Let third brother look at me! I haven't seen third brother for a long time, and I have almost forgotten what third brother looks like!"

Everyone laughed, but Aniang Li couldn't help but said: "Go and see him, he has been talking about you."

Li Sanlang bowed and said, "I respect Grandma Li's order." This made Grandma Li scold her for being a narrow-minded person.

When Li Sanlang entered the room, he saw Li Silang lying on the kang and grinning. He was happy and distressed at the same time: "What's wrong with your butt?"

"Brother! Don't make fun of me!"

Li Sanlang took off his shoes and sat on the kang, looking at his younger brother's buttocks, which were still a little swollen: "Why, even the third brother refused to tell me?"

Li Silang pursed his lips and refused to answer. Li Sanlang did not hold on and changed the subject: "Are you ready to go to Qiu Xue?"

"I've memorized 'Your Excellency' these days, why don't you, Third Brother, listen to me?" Li Sanlang didn't wait for rejection, he spoke directly, and soon finished memorizing it word for word, and then Li Silang showed a proud expression. Looks like: "Third brother, how are you?"

"Shiro did a great job! Do you understand the meaning of these words?"

Li Silang looked proud: "I only learned the first four sentences." Then he didn't wait for Li Sanlang to explain the meaning of the first four sentences.

Li Silang's words were good. Li Sanlang thought it was his eldest and second brothers who taught him, so he no longer hesitated to praise: "Not bad!"

At this time, Li Jinniang came to the door and called, her tender voice was very delicate: "Third brother, it's time to eat!"

"Jinniang, wait a moment, Shiro..." Li Sanlang glanced at the person on the bed worriedly.

Li Jinniang replied softly: "Third brother, don't worry. The eldest brother and the second brother will come over to accompany Shiro to eat after dinner in the past few days."

Li Sanlang got off the kang and put on his shoes: "Okay, I will accompany Shiro later!"

"Third brother, I'm waiting for you!"

It turned out that the banging sound in the yard today was in preparation for land reclamation in the next few days. The Li family found all the farm tools that could be used, repaired the ones that needed to be repaired, polished the ones that needed to be polished, and arranged the handles that needed to be replaced. In short, they tidied them up.

Li Sanlang came to the main room, and the family was already waiting at the table. Li Dalang was holding a little baby in his arms. The little baby could already stand, walk, and call daddy. He was very lively and active, and now he was jumping on Li Dalang's lap.

After only half a year of not seeing each other, the group has grown a lot bigger.

There are still a few dishes that are not ready yet, so Li Sanlang goes to tease the dumplings first. Li Dalang hugged his son: "Tuanlang, who do you think this is? Do you recognize your third uncle?"

Li Aweng and Li Ainai were sitting in the main seat, smiling so hard that they couldn't even see their teeth. In fact, Ah Weng and Ah Nai are not old, they are less than sixty years old, and they are still top leaders in farming. However, farmers have been exposed to the scorching sun and wind, and their faces have deep ravines. Now they are happiest when they see their children and grandchildren around their knees.

Little Tuanzi didn't recognize Li Sanlang at first, so he shrank next to his father. Li Sanlang teased him for a while, and after holding him and lifting him up a few times, Fat Tuanzi gradually accepted: "Dad, third uncle..."

Li Sanlang smiled: "Tuanlang, I am the third uncle!"

Aniang Li and Mrs. Li Xu brought out the last two dishes: "The dishes are ready!"

"Time to eat!"

At this time, Li Sanlang suggested: "Dad, let's move Shiro out and eat together. It's so lively here, so he might be lonely in there."

Li Erlang smiled and was the first to agree: "Sanlang's method is good. Brother, I will go with you!"

So, before Shiro arrived, excited voices came first.

Aniang Li: "This child is so happy!"

Li Dalang carried his younger brother on his back and gently placed him on a chair covered with cushions. Li Silang gritted his teeth in pain, and then smiled sheepishly.

dinner's ready!

"This Shouyi holiday lasts for more than a month, and I will go to the remote wilderness with you." Although Li Sanlang is still studying, he does a lot of farm work. After the spring, the college will also have a field holiday to let the students go home for spring plowing, so He proposed to open up wasteland together, but no one thought it was inappropriate.

Grandma Li had lost all her teeth and looked very kind. She asked, "Is Sanlang doing well in the academy?"

"Grandma, I am having a good time in college. My teacher and classmates are very friendly. I have benefited a lot from the lectures!" Li Sanlang's happiness did not seem to be fake, and his family members were relieved.

The village is far away from the county seat, and it takes most of a day to come back. Moreover, the college has strict management and has a day off every ten days, so it is difficult for the family to make time to visit Li Sanlang.

Grandma Li: "Okay, just live a good life!"

There was a lot of laughter at the dinner table.

But what Li Sanlang was going to say next made people sad: "I passed by the county town after leaving the college today. I heard that the price of rice in the grain store and the price of silk in the cloth store have gone up. I think other things will be affected to some extent and will rise accordingly. ." Li Sanlang is immersed in reading on weekdays and seems to be oblivious to what's going on outside the window. In fact, he pays special attention to the prices in the county, not only for himself, but also for his family.

Li Aweng and Li Adie were shocked and asked: "How much has it increased?"

"The amount of rice has reached 20, the amount of white flour has reached 37, and the amount of raw silk has reached 400."

Li Aniang was shocked when she heard this: "Twenty cents for a bucket of rice? Four hundred cents for raw silk? Why has it increased so much?"

Everyone's first guess is naturally: There is going to be a war!

The price of rice has increased by almost seven cents, while the price of silk has doubled.

Li Sanlang shook his head and asked, "Mom and dad, how much food is left at home?"

Dad Li thought for a while: "In addition to the fourteen shi of corn that we paid for tax and the repayment of previous years' grain arrears, we also have the seeds that are reserved for next year. If we eat them closely, it will be enough for our family to chew until next autumn's harvest."

Li Erlang asked: "Where is the money?"

"Excluding Sanlang and Shilang's repairs, buying seeds, renting cattle and daily expenses, there is still enough left for the New Year..." It means that there is not much left. If a family member gets sick, they may have to sell grain and land for money.

Nowadays, studying is still a luxury. Guangshiro is required to pay four or five taels per year to attend elementary school. Saburo is studying in a county school, so he must pay even more. Tuanlang also has to save up his tuition.

The spices that Erlang wanted to grow, he might have to put aside buying seedlings and seeds.

Li Sanlang knew that most of the family's expenses were on him and Shiro, and Shu Xiu accounted for three-quarters of the family's expenses. After thinking about it, he said: "Dad, the price of food is high now, so there must be many people selling food. The situation is unclear now, and our family's food is in short supply. It's better to be cautious and not act rashly."

Li Dalang frowned.

Li Erlang was a little confused: "Sanlang, please elaborate, I don't understand why you can't sell more while the price of food is high now!"

Li Sanlang and Li Erlang were only born one year apart, but they have very different personalities. No matter what they do, one is calm and the other is very irritable. Among the four brothers, Li Sanlang is the one who makes Li Aniang worry the most.

Li Sanlang touched the second brother's hand and signaled him to calm down: "Now I haven't heard from the mountain chief and the master that the government is going to fight, and there is no big news from the border garrison. Otherwise, the military government will definitely recall Brother Dad. These cultivations The soldiers at home are the ones. I think the rise in prices is caused by the local area. Jiangnan is an important place for silk production. If it wants to affect the price of silk in the north, it should be unified by the south. Everyone knows that the north and the south are at odds. Nowadays, the biggest headache for the officials is It’s the south. The officials have only been on the throne for three years, and the tax laws have been increased again and again. I wonder if... they have to introduce new commercial taxes, which makes them anxious. "

After Li Sanlang's long explanation, there were some decent guesses. Everyone's hearts trembled. When it comes to tax reform, it's really hard to explain in one word. No matter how the reform is made, the burden falling on farmers' shoulders will eventually become heavier and heavier.

Li Erlang suddenly realized: "In this way, what do these merchants in Jiangnan want to do? Fight against the imperial court with an egg against a stone? The price of food has risen. If the food is rich, it can still be exchanged. If the food is short, all will exchange it for money. When there is a shortage of food, , will they take the opportunity to raise food prices?"

Seeing Li Sanlang nodding, Li Erlang slammed the table angrily.

If money is important, then the thing that is as important as money and even as circulated as money is silk cloth. In the market, people can use silk to directly trade and barter. Raising the price of silk will affect the prices of other things, and they will rise one after another. When farmers see that the price of silk and grain have risen, they will follow suit and sell silk and grain.

"If you have some extra silk at home, you can still exchange it for money, but for food, it's better to be cautious." Li Sanlang looked at Li's father, not worried at all about his decision.

Li Aniang pulled Li Jinniang and said, "Jinniang and I still have a few pieces of silk in our hands, and Qingniang has some in excess. Are you going to sell them all?"

Qingniang is the Li Xu family, and her full name is Xu Qing.

Li Sanlang didn't agree with Grandma's approach: "Grandma, I'm afraid there's something fishy inside. The situation is uncertain now, so I'd better keep some just in case."

In the end, it was Uncle Li who made the final decision: "Listen to San Lang and don't sell grain, but sell some silk for money."