Poisonous Peasant 'Concubine'

"Xiao Wu, do you want to practice calligraphy or boxing?"

It took a while for Ling Wen to return to normal after leaving the house. Now that his father is awake, they don't have to go outside to look for wild vegetables or anything. Thinking that his father often talked about asking them to test him as a scholar in the future, Ling Wen Decided to go to the backyard to practice calligraphy, so as to meet my father's expectations as soon as possible.

As everyone knows, what kind of pedantic person is Ling Jingxuan?If he really intends to let them take the imperial examination, it will not be as simple as letting them take the exam as a scholar. It is a bounden duty for children to study. He just doesn't want them to become illiterates who don't understand anything in the future. Scholars are in his heart He did not graduate from middle school, and his request was not too much. As for whether they should take the imperial examination in the future, he would definitely respect their own opinions.

"I want to practice boxing. In the future, I will protect you and Dad, and prevent others from bullying you."

Xiao Baozi shook his head. Compared to Ling Wen, he is absolutely innocent, but compared to other children, he is also precocious. Although they are twins, his elder brother has always claimed to be the eldest brother and the pillar of the family. He can He said that he grew up watching his brother's back. Every time the children in the village bullied and beat them, his brother would stand in front of him to protect him and not let those people touch him, so every time he was beaten It's always the elder brother. Now that Daddy is better, their family will get better and better. Daddy also taught them boxing and reading. Compared with reading, he wants to learn boxing because he wants to protect his favorite father and elder brother.

"Well, let's get some tea and go to the backyard. It's too hot for boxing in this weather, so don't worry about practicing."

Touching his younger brother's face distressedly, Ling Wen dragged him to the kitchen to get a big pot of tea before turning to the backyard. The two brothers didn't realize that disaster was about to strike.

Ling Jingxuan's home is very remote, at least one mile away from the village, and it takes time to go back and forth. Naturally, the speed of the old women is not as fast as that of the men, and they haven't arrived in a while. Ling Jingxuan also came back, and the two brothers looked at each other and smiled profusely with sweat, their similarly immature and handsome faces blushed a little, but they didn't look tired at all. Compared to the huge temptation of a jar of jam for a tael of silver, this bit of hard work What else?

"Puchi?? Brother, why are you cutting your own clothes and wrapping things again? Aren't you afraid that Xiaowen will talk about you again?"

After bewilderment, he realized that the eldest brother was still holding two huge packages in his hand, and most of his clothes were missing. Ling Jingpeng burst out laughing, remembering that Xiao Wenke had been talking about it for a long time last time.

"Eh?? If you don't remind me, I will die?"

His forehead darkened, and Ling Jingxuan gave him an angry look. God knows that his little bun had seen him cut off his clothes, but he didn't stop him, did he?He thought? ?Who knew that when they were free, Xiao Baozi would keep talking about him not cherishing things, wasting things, etc., until his ears were almost callused, and now he couldn't help but get a headache when he thought of that scene.

"Haha?? No, but brother, what do you have in here?"

Seeing this, Ling Jingpeng laughed even more exaggeratedly. His eldest brother was so angry that he had to force himself to change the subject and focus on the two bags. There is everything on the mountain, and the eldest brother is a good guy. In addition to wild fruits, the mushrooms and fungus he picked are also delicious and delicious. He has long been thinking about asking him to teach him how to identify those things.

"Of course it's a good thing. Come here and have a look. This is a raspberry. I found a few big raspberry fruit trees in front of me, which are full of red ripe fruits. This slightly sour and sweet taste is just used to replace Wild grapes are used to make jam. I have checked carefully. There are many small raspberry fruit trees beside it. We will dig them all back and plant them in the yard in two days. Next year we don’t have to risk going to the mountains. This, this is wild bayberry, but it is a pity that May is its peak production period, and most of it is gone now, and I only picked this little one. This thing has a strong medicinal value, and it can be used to drink wine and not only promote body fluid It can quench thirst, appetize and invigorate the spleen, and can also prevent and treat heatstroke, so let’s come earlier next year, and this year, let’s take these back and make wine for the time being.”

Speaking of his new discovery, Ling Jingxuan untied one of the burdens like offering a treasure. The two kinds of fruits are both bright red in color and have a sweet and sour taste. Taking raspberry can also strengthen yang and treat infertility. What did the ancients fear most?There is no future, and there will be more selling points in the future when making jam.

It has to be said that Ling Jingxuan's ability as a doctor really provided him with a lot of convenience. He can get anything with medicinal value, and he has extended a series of ways to make money based on what he has seen and known in his previous life. Look at Ling Jingpeng's confused face You can see how shocked he is.

"Ahem?? Then what is this?"

It was hard to suppress the strong shock brought by his elder brother's rich knowledge and vivid thoughts. Ling Jingpeng coughed twice to force himself to calm down. He had a hunch that their family would really prosper soon.

"These are fungus and various mushrooms. Now is not the season for mushrooms to grow in large quantities. It is not bad to find so many. When the weather is cool in October, there may be endless mushrooms in this mountain. We will then Work harder, gather more and sell them in the town, it will be more or less profitable."

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Why not do it if it can make money without cost?

"Brother, how do you know so much?"

Ling Jingpeng just asked casually, but Ling Jingxuan froze reflexively, and then covered up his unnaturalness by turning around to look at the grapes: "You forgot that I am a child, the more I read, the more I know. "

With the same excuses, Ling Jingxuan himself felt ashamed and flustered. He is not the little bun in the family, so it's strange that he can deceive him.

"Is that so? I've already picked two large bamboo baskets full of wild grapes. Have you seen enough? I'll go up the mountain to pick them by myself later. You can just stay at home and clean them. We'll make jam together later."

To his surprise, Ling Jingpeng didn't get to the bottom of it, but was about to squat down and pick up one of the bamboo baskets while talking. Ling Jingxuan looked at him suspiciously, but he couldn't see the slightest doubt on his face. He himself wondered first.

"Wait, since we're here, let's cut some wild grape branches and go back to plant them. All the ones I planted last time have already survived."

But Ling Jingxuan didn't struggle with it for too long, it's a good thing that my younger brother doesn't doubt it, isn't it?

Thanks to the Crescent Moon Spring water, the wild pear tree branches and grape branches that he cut back and put in the yard a few days ago are all alive. The Crescent Moon Spring Water can not only attract fish, but also promote the growth of plants. According to his observation, it is also beneficial to the human body. Great benefit, the most obvious evidence is the wound on Xiao Baozi's face, it's only been a few days, and under the effect of taking spring water every day and washing his face with spring water, he can hardly see it now, for this reason, he is also more determined Because of the idea of ​​not being able to tell others about the Crescent Lake, he was guilty of committing crimes, and he didn't want to find trouble for nothing.

"Already alive? It's only been a few days. Didn't you read it wrong?" Hearing this, Ling Jingpeng paused and looked at him suspiciously. He was considered a half farmer, so why didn't he know that fruit tree branches were so easy to grow?

"Ahem?? How could I be wrong? Anyway, you just listen to me. In the future, I want to buy all the homesteads around my house and turn them into farms or orchards."

Unnaturally coughing twice, Ling Jingxuan waved a sickle to chop thick branches while speaking. Ever since he discovered the efficacy of Crescent Spring water, he began to think about buying a homestead first. Anyway, that piece of land was vacant. No one would dare to move in and live with them, would they?Presumably the price should not be expensive, right?only? ?The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Lizheng has great power in the village. The thought of dealing with his nominal second grandfather Lizheng makes him feel uncomfortable.

"Buy the land." Ling Jingpeng was taken aback again when he heard the words, then sighed softly, picked up the sickle to help him cut the branches together.

"What's the matter? Don't let me buy it?"

Sensing that something was wrong with him, Ling Jingxuan asked strangely, Ling Jingpeng shook his head: "No, just?? Forget it, my parents didn't let me tell you about these things. You must know that the Ling family treats you like a fool." Look at the shame, when they drove you to the foot of Yuehua Mountain, they never intended to give you a chance to survive, not to mention the mystery of Yuehua Mountain, just the various ferocious beasts in this mountain can kill people, One day when they go down the mountain, you must be the first one to die. They want you to die. In order to buy you the three acres of land, parents knelt at the second master's house for a whole day and night. I still remember it. Parents couldn't get out of bed for several days after they came back. Later, grandma brought a few uncles to Erye's house to make a fuss, and he agreed to sell the land to us. Everyone in Erye's family still hates parents and grandpa to this day. The ancestors' family and grandparents have also become more and more indifferent and mean to their parents because of this matter, if you really want to buy land, I'm afraid it will not be so easy."

They are obviously close relatives by blood, but they want each other to die. Isn't it just a man giving birth, plus an unmarried pregnancy, what do they do?

Ling Jingxuan has completely disliked the Ling family except for his parents and younger brothers. The reputation that is precious in their eyes is basically worthless to him. , I have to find a way to separate my parents as soon as possible.

"It's okay. No matter how powerful Lizheng is, how can he have more power than the county magistrate? The land doesn't belong to him. He's just helping out with running errands to get the contract. From now on, I'll go directly to the county town to buy the land from the county magistrate."

The Qing Dynasty clearly stipulated that a small amount of land transactions did require the consent of the local Lizheng, but what if he easily bought more than a thousand acres?Hmph, he doesn't believe it anymore, can you still buy things if you have money?

"Ask the county master to buy it?"

Ling Jingpeng was dumbfounded, how much land would he have to sell?Or did he think that the county lord was so free that he would handle a few acres of land himself?

"Hehe... Do you think I was joking when I said that I would buy the half-salt land? At present, no one can grow anything on the half-salt land except me. The county master may be grateful to me for spending money After buying it, when I really grow something, the merits of the county lord will be great, do you think the county lord is the elder or me at that time?"

Stopping what he was doing, Ling Jingxuan squatted on the ground and half-jokingly said that the endless semi-salt land in the Inner Sea Basin is at least tens of thousands of hectares. If he can really grow something, the county master may call him dad. In reality, what he has to do now is to save money as soon as possible, buy land and hire people to do all the preparations before the seawater floods back.

"You can really grow crops there?!" If Ling Jingxuan's actions after waking up made him shocked and happy, then he was shocked and excited now, and there was a faint intuition in his heart telling him that maybe he could really do it.

"Well, I do have some ideas. It's too early to talk about those things now. Let's go home." No matter what he says now, it's just talk on paper, and people will even think that he is dreaming. When the facts appear in front of him in the future, he Not a single word needs to be explained.

"Huh? Oh, okay?"

Without a definite answer, Ling Jingpeng was inevitably in a daze, but when they carried the bamboo baskets on their backs and saw Ling Jingxuan was about to pick up the thick branches that were bundled together, Ling Jingpeng suddenly came to his senses, and put the two bundles into his arms first. Then he dragged the branches and walked in front. Where Ling Jingxuan couldn't see, the slightly dark and young handsome face slowly raised a smile. He believed that if it was the current eldest brother, he would definitely be able to do it.