Xiaofulang's farming space

Luo Xiaoxia is crazy, although she is crazy, but she still wants to give birth to this child, the two women tied him up to prevent her from hurting herself, and only feed her at regular intervals every day, pulling the rope to let her go out to pee, She doesn't care about anything else.

Although the year is not good, the rural people are hard-working. The village head divides each family in the village and takes water from the well and river in batches for irrigation on a daily basis. Therefore, although the crops are not as good as in previous years, they are still passable. In drought years, there are still such The harvest, everyone is very comforted.

Just when everyone was looking forward to the small harvest this year, there were suddenly a lot of locusts in the field, a few normal ones at first, and as the harvest time got closer, there were more and more locusts in the field.

These locusts gnawed at the food they had poured their painstaking efforts into throughout the summer, but they could do nothing.

Luo Xiaohan’s vegetable field can only add winter sheds to keep out locusts. He used a lot of space for watering the stream, causing those locusts to run into his vegetable field. Fortunately, he was prepared, but he still lost Some.

Luo Xiaohan looked at the densely packed locusts in the ground, and gritted his teeth with hatred, "Okay, okay, you eat my food and vegetables, and I will eat your meat."

Following the drought in the three prefectures, there were locust plagues, and there was a tendency to spread to the surrounding areas. People in the surrounding prefectures and counties were in panic, so they had to rush to take back the grain that had not yet reached the final harvest.

Luo Xiaohan has studied the method of roasting, frying and frying locusts for a few days, and the taste is good. The main reason is that the locusts are also grasshoppers. Luo Xiaohan ate at home for two days, and he was sure there was nothing wrong with it. This time, he wrote to Wei Qi and King Yu, and Wei Qi asked him to forward the letter to Tao Moxi.

Xia Qingming's letter to Wei Qi can be said to reminisce about the past, but if they wrote directly to Tao Moxi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, they might be noticed.

So it didn't take long before the government in these hardest-hit areas started to buy locusts, ten for a penny. The locusts were everywhere, and hundreds of them could be caught a day. If there was less food money, they could earn locust money. They were originally destroyed by natural disasters. The exhausted people regained their motivation and mobilized the whole family to catch locusts. With quick hands, the family could earn hundreds of dollars a day.

The Jinyu Manlou Restaurant in the imperial city of Jinzhou has newly added dishes. Those wealthy businessmen and officials with a curiosity-seeking mentality ordered a plate and immediately became addicted to it. There are ten small laborers who handle locusts

Among them, roasted locusts are the most popular. After roasting, sprinkle some fine salt, pepper, and cumin. One person can eat more than ten skewers.

Within a few days, restaurants all over the country began to buy locusts, which were higher than the prices offered by the government. For a while, everyone stopped collecting food. The government had already issued a tax exemption order, and the food that had not been harvested in time was reserved for recruiting. What about locusts?

"Although the track has deviated a bit, let's just act as restaurant owners donating to the disaster area. It's just that these three states were big grain payers in the past, and this year's grain tax"

The emperor waved his hand, "In short, let the people have a good year. After the food from all over the country comes out, the household department will first use money to buy some food to fill the gap during this period."

"Okay," Tao Moxi said, and then presented the memorial hidden in his sleeve, "This is the official who took advantage of the opportunity to sell grain at a high price, or embezzled the court's grain, Li Rong's people."

"Okay, send people to follow up and observe, collect evidence, especially collect evidence such as contact letters between them and Li Song and his son, be careful not to startle the snake."

"Understood, the hidden guards trained by Wei Qi have good skills and brains, and they are definitely not suitable for being discovered."

The emperor nodded and said with a smile, "How did he treat you?"

Tao Moxi thought for a while and said seriously, "Very obedient"

"Be obedient." The emperor smiled, "He may not be obedient here. The last time I asked him to play chess with me, Xiao Fuzi disappeared as soon as he held a chessboard."

The young lady behind him couldn't help but smiled when she listened, and Tao Moxi also pursed her lips, "Last time, I was the one who asked him to go home early after the morning."

The emperor shook his head helplessly and smiled, "Okay, okay, you go too, lest you rush to my place to find someone if you don't see me for a while."

"I'm sorry." Tao Moxi saluted and came out, and Wei Qi was standing not far away waiting for him. When Wei Qi saw him coming out, he walked forward in two steps, "Why did you talk to him so much for so long?"

Tao Moxi shook her head with a smile, "It's finally been a long time, we should go to Lingxiuzhuang for a while."

"Let's go, ride with me, or ask someone to drive over." Wei Qi stepped forward and took his hand, and the two walked out side by side

"What's the hurry, go home and change clothes, the weather is fine today, let's go on a horse"

Since Xia Yuan came here, she has always advised Xiaoxue not to do embroidery during the day and night, which is bad for her health and worse for her eyes, so Xiaoxue's custom-made business is even less. She has practiced well, and the clothes she makes on weekdays are enough to sell, so she only takes one order of custom-made clothes in half a month. Although she earns less, she is not short of money.

The weather has been fine these few days. Xia Qingming and Luo Xiaohan were supposed to come to Jinzhou this autumn, but unfortunately they didn't have time to come because of the drought and locust plague.

Xiaoxue was embroidering a pool of lotus leaves in the courtyard, Xiaocao suddenly ran in and said, "Sister Xiaoxue, Master Tao and General Wei are here."

After Tao Moxi and Wei Qi got married, they came to thank her for her congratulatory gift, so all the girls in the village knew them.

This time, Tao Ge's old birthday is approaching, and the two ordered a large-scale colorful and embroidered centennial picture from Xiaoxue, and agreed to pick it up in a few days.

Xiaoxue put down the thread work in hand and walked to the front hall. Wei Qi saw that a few girls had just made a good dress, and planned to buy it for Tao Moxi, which happened to be Tao Ge's birthday.

"General Wei, Master Tao" Xiaoxue stepped forward and bowed her knees, Tao Moxi smiled and said, "Get up quickly, you don't need to be so polite"

Xiaoxue got up and smiled, "The hundred-year-old picture was completed two days ago, and it was handed over to Brother Yichen for mounting, and it will be sent back tomorrow."

Wei Qi personally wrote the words for the picture of a hundred years of life, and the painting was drawn by Tao Moxi. They also asked Xiaoxue to embroider according to the painting. The two of them put a lot of thought into it. Joined Liu Yichen's gang.

Tao Moxi nodded, "Then we'll pick it up tomorrow."

Wei Qi also said, "Thank you for your hard work, I'm afraid it took a lot of effort."

Xiaoxue smiled, "That painting didn't take much time." In the past, when people made custom clothes, they only talked about the general design and color, and Xiaoxue had to figure out the outline by herself. This time the painting was prepared by them. Other embroidery work saves some time.

"Does this dress have the size of the two of us?" Wei Qi asked, pointing to a set of sky blue clothes

Xiaoxue looked at it and said, "Currently only three sizes have been made, which should be worn by two adults." These are made by a few girls with her help. They are considered ready-to-wear, and the patterns are simple, but the style is good and the price not very expensive

"Why do you have to wear the same clothes as me?" Tao Moxi looked sideways at Wei Qi and asked, "I'm willing." Wei Qi grinned and said to Xiaoxue, "Put my two sizes together."

Tao Ge didn't want to marry Tao Moxi at all, let alone marry a warrior, but there was nothing he could do if his son liked him. Although he was married, he always disliked Wei Qi, and Wei Qi just liked him. The father-in-law saw him pleasing to the eye, the more unhappy Tao Ge was, the happier he was, and he had to be called to the study to listen to Tao Ge's lectures on the truth to feel comfortable.

This time Tao Ge Lao's birthday, of course Wei Qi will not let go of the opportunity to publicly show his affection to stimulate the father-in-law. In fact, the more Tao Ge Lao talks about him, it means that Tao Ge always likes him, otherwise there is no chance to listen to Tao Ge alone. The elder's teaching

Xiaoxue asked Xiaohua to wrap her clothes, served herbal tea and fruits to the two, and asked, "Is the locust plague in Zhangzhou over?"

Tao Moxi nodded and said, "Well, almost all the locusts in the field have been caught, and the common people have also received a lot of money. This year can be passed."

Xiaoxue breathed a sigh of relief, and said that her brother-in-law didn't have to worry about those things anymore.

The two sat for a while, because there were many girls in Lingxiu Zhuang and it was not long to stay, so they made an appointment to pick up the embroidery tomorrow, and then they left.

Because when Luo Xiaohan left last time, he said that he would bring Xia and Yan together when he came again this time, and the two families would make a marriage for her and Xia Yuan together, so that when they come and go here in the future, no one will gossip or have anything to do Xiaoman can ask Xia Yuan nearby for help if it's too late.

Seeing that autumn was almost over, Xiaoxue was inevitably a little impatient before her big brother came. Thinking of this, Xiaoxue secretly cursed a few words not to be ashamed in her heart, and continued her embroidery work.

When the fruits on the mountain were harvested and the second batch of vegetables were planted, Xia Qingming, Luo Xiaohan and Xia Heyan set off for Jinzhou. It was Xia Heyan's surprise that Xia Yuan and Xiaoxue could get engaged so quickly, but before The ceremonies that should go have gone, and the village also knows that the two families are getting married, so they come to congratulate them one after another.

The two families also decided to hold the engagement table in Jinzhou for a while, and then in the village, trying to let everyone know the relationship between the two, so that no one else would find a matchmaker to come to their door to say goodbye to them. "..."

This time, three members of Li Xuan's family, five members of Song Hanfeng's family and Guo Jian were traveling together, with three carriages in total. The affairs of the village were handed over to Hu Zizhu and Xiaoyu, while the affairs of the store were handed over to Xiaoyu. , Guo Yongzhong is in charge of the hot pot restaurant.

Because there were too many people and there were children, we couldn't hurry up, and it took more than ten days to arrive.

The house rewarded by the emperor is also enough to live in. They have already asked Xiaoman to buy suitable furniture and tidy it up. Xia Heyan can just go to Xia Yuan's place to live.

They arrived at a coincident time, just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Xiaoman Xiaoxue and Xia Yuan didn't know when they arrived, so no one came to pick them up, so they went to settle in the house first, Xia Heyan After asking the address of Xia Yuan's shop, he went to find it by himself, and made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening.

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