Physician and Food [Farming]

With the warmth of spring and the blooming of flowers, the city began to be lively again.Although it still hasn't rained, the villagers are still very active in sowing seeds, and they are still praying, hoping that the hand-pressed water pump of Gouwa's house can help the villagers increase their harvest.

Although the output in the village has decreased in the past two years, the harvest has always been higher than that of the surrounding areas.Even so, it pales in comparison, let alone others.

Recently, more and more people come to the village to beg.Gouwa's house is the most magnificent in this village, and they live at the entrance of the village.So every time I come to the village, I have to knock on the door and say a few auspicious words to ask for money.

One look is to see how pitiful they are, so I write leftovers to them.The leftovers from their family are also good things, better than giving copper coins.

After a long time, beggars will always come and wait after the meal.There are always beggars at the door, and it doesn't look good.Gouwa discussed it with Tie Dan, and then simply ignored it.I gave a few copper coins at a time and told them not to come next time.

After that, Gou Wa exchanged two laying hens for two puppies with the dogs in the village.If there are any leftovers at home, feed them to the dog directly.

The beggar stayed here for two days and saw that he really didn't give any more, so he left.They also saw that the people in Gouwa's family were not easy to mess with.Among them are those who bully the weak and fear the strong, at this time, they don't dare to really cause anything to make Gouwa unhappy.

There are more beggars, and more and more people go shopping and sell people on the street.

Tie Dan felt that the time was almost up, and he bought a lot of grain the year before last when the price of grain was not so expensive, so he just took it out at this time.

After discussing with Gouwa, there is another porridge shop in the city that Tie Dan released in the name of the Bai family. Now, they put on the signboard of "Chen Gouwa" and go to the surrounding villages to set up porridge sheds.Unlimited porridge every day.

The plague has already begun, which can be seen from the plummeting sales of Gouwa's Malatang shop.The prices in the Malatang shop are already very fair and reasonable, but even so, the business is still falling again and again.Gou Wa simply pointed out that one mala tang shop would remain open, and the rest of the shops would be closed. The clerks gave each of them [-] catties of food to let them go back.If we reopen in the future, we will look for them again.

As for the stalls, they can't go out at all. Those families have made a lot of money these days, and the savings can be enough to eat for a year or two.

At present, the price of rice is getting more and more expensive every day. Gou Wa accidentally passed by a rice store to check the price. A catty of rice is five times more expensive than it was three years ago.

Of course people like Gouwa can afford it, but for those who are originally wealthy and willing to eat rice, this is a sky-high price.I'm afraid some wealthy families in the city can't afford it.

Not only is rice growing rapidly, but the prices of other miscellaneous grains have also doubled compared to the past.

This makes it impossible for those who are already living in poverty to eat.Some sold their wives and sons, some sold themselves to Fugui families in exchange for food, some begged along the street, and even some crooked people simply took the wrong side and went to the point of stealing and looting.

What's more, they went directly to the nearby hills where there were bandits and took refuge in the hills, and fell into the grass as bandits.

Life in this world is full of different conditions, but after three years of famine, it is even more cruel than in the past.

Gou Wa sometimes goes to the porridge shop to see the people waiting in line for a bite of porridge, especially when he is in his hometown, he can always see one or two familiar faces among the familiar crowd.

Many of them were from their own village, and those who could not read did not even know that this porridge shop was run by Gou Wa.If they knew about it, they might not be willing to come over.

Although the harvest in the village is better than other villages, not every household has land, or enough land to feed themselves.

Some people really couldn't make it through, so they came to borrow money from Gou Wa.Ao Mu didn't borrow money directly, but borrowed some miscellaneous grains from them, as long as they remembered to pay them back later.Not much at one time, only ten catties or twenty catties, come to pick it up after eating, and Tie Dan will credit it back.

If you have a loan, you will naturally repay it. It doesn’t matter if you don’t pay it within two years. There are so many greenhouses in Gouwa’s house, so go to the greenhouse to work for a day.It can be worth five catties of grain.

Some people came to the door and wanted to work in the greenhouse to earn wages, but they were rejected by Gou Wa.

Gou Wa only saves the emergency, not the poor.If they all come to work, which one will Gouwa let?Whose family can't eat, send some miscellaneous grains, this is the original purpose of Gou Wa helping others.

It was also at this time that Gouwa's new house began to be built. The new house was located at the back of the village. The place there was spacious, but the light was not as good as other places in the village.But it doesn't matter, making the windows bigger will not delay at all.This time, it was done according to the formal yard, and the yard was divided into three entrances, front and back, and a total of one or two hundred taels of silver should be painted.

Gou Wa is now willing to spend this money, Tie Dan invited skilled craftsmen, and hired some willing to work hard from the village, and the house began to be built.

It's just that the bigger the yard, the bigger the project.

"From now on, this side will be our bedroom, and this side will be our study room. The left and right side rooms will be occupied by locks. We will live in the second yard, and the third yard will be well repaired, and we will dig a pond on a rockery. The house inside is also Decorate well. The two of us have no children, but your sister and the others always come back to live. It’s quiet inside, and outsiders can’t come in, so it’s just right to live in.” Tie Dan stood in the yard where the construction started, holding the blueprints one by one. Point it out to Gouwa.

Gouwa probed to take a closer look: "Is this a rockery?"

Tie Dan nodded: "I will design it myself, so that when we are bored in the future, we can climb up the rockery to enjoy the breeze. Let's raise some koi in this pond. But in this case, we need to hire flower handles and fish handles to take care of it. These. The silver must be more expensive. But we have this silver, so we are not afraid."

"This yard is so big, we must hire more people. There are already five in our family. Brother, how many more do you think is enough?"

Tie Dan looked around and thought about it carefully: "If you don't care about the cook, if you just want people to come, you need at least ten people to perform their duties. If you want to live a more convenient life, you need twenty or thirty people. "

Gou Wa never dreamed that there would be so many people serving him.

Swallowing, he couldn't help saying: "Brother, what about Baifu. How many people do you need to wait on yourself?"

Tie Dan thought about it seriously: "In my yard, although I don't let the girls get close, there are only 20 girls who serve, and they are even called servants. The whole mansion is counted. There are at least 3000 people in the capital."

That's more than the total number of people in Gouwa Village.

This also made Gouwa re-aware of the terrifying Beijing that Tie Dan was born in, the Bai family.

Seeing him like this, Tie Dan couldn't help laughing and said, "That doesn't have much to do with me. Whether I go back or not is another matter. Let's enjoy the blessing first."

Gou Wa knew it was useless to think too much, so he just smiled and nodded.

It started to be covered over there, and there are different changes every day, and the frame is about to come out.

It was also at this time that the money spent was like flowing water to Gou Wa.

Today, Suo Tou is cooking medicinal materials in a decent manner.This is the gentle and nourishing medicine that Tie Dan asked him to grab his clothes.After cooking it yourself, the iron egg depends on the result.

Watching Tie Dan wiping sweat while cooking the medicinal materials.

Tie Dan leaned against them, and said to Gou Wa next to him: "The little lock is getting bigger and bigger. Tell me, do you want to buy him a servant girl to take care of him?"

Gouwa was slightly stunned, never thinking about this question: "Didn't it be agreed not to sell people?"

"That was in the past. Now there are so many people who buy and sell people outside. It's better to buy into our house than to suffer in other people's house. Again, we don't make it difficult for others. As long as the contract of living is required. If people want to leave, we can redeem them with money." Don’t want someone else’s, just let it go.”

Gouwa thought about it, nodded first, then shook his head: "In this case, I won't stop the buyer. But don't be too coddled with Suotou. Just find him a safe boy by his side to help me remember something. , the servant girl still doesn’t want it anymore. Firstly, I’m afraid that he will imitate the bad, and I’m also afraid that the maidservant will have some bad thoughts.”

Generally, the servant girl serving by the master's side is the future aunt.Although Gouwa didn't have much exposure to the outside world, he had heard of such things.Ever since he was with Tie Dan, Gouwa has completely listened to Tie Dan's idea, and it is better to be alone for the rest of his life.

It's better to wait until the lock is bigger and find the one you like.At that time, no matter the girl's belongings or background, as long as Suo Tou likes it, Gouwa will not stop her.But you must not be taught badly by others when you are still ignorant.

Tie Dan naturally understood his concerns, so he didn't mention it.

It's still early for the boy.The lock is far from that time.At least until the age of twelve or thirteen, when you can go out to play in a carriage by yourself, you will be equipped with a young man to go saddle and horse.It is estimated that when the time comes, he will learn how to lock his head, and he will not be afraid of being hurt by others.

And just when Tie Dan was also thinking about the new house, he got the things in the capital from Yun Yan.

Now.The capital city is a mess.

The emperor died.

In the impression of that iron egg, the emperor passed away with a bit of gentleness.

However, it was revealed that the prince of the current dynasty had tampered with the emperor's diet.Although there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the prince poisoned the emperor, the rumor spread more and more widely. For a while, the rumors of the prince's immorality were raging, and naturally he missed the throne in the impeachment.

And when the prince was in a mess, the third prince supported by the Bai family ascended the throne as the emperor. On that day, the Empress Dowager, the former emperor's main palace queen, left with the county. The new emperor took back the Bai family emperor who practiced on behalf of the temple The noble concubine, and respect her as the mother empress dowager.

And the second-bedroom girl who missed the prince and was passed on to the third prince suddenly became a queen, and her mother loved the world.

It's ridiculous to say that the elder sister of the first room became the queen mother, and the younger sister of the second room became the queen.

When Tie Dan heard the news, his first reaction was how should the two sisters address each other when they meet?