butcher's little man

Back in the courtyard of Li's house, everyone was sitting outside chatting, Tian Xiaoman took out the white melon from the basin, cut it several times with a knife, and divided it into nine parts.

There are three in his family, two in the eldest brother's family, plus grandpa, grandma Liu and Liu Xilin, a total of nine.

After the melon was cut, Tian Xiaoman called Brother Le and asked him to deliver the two portions to Grandma Liu.He knew that Grandma Liu didn't want to disturb their family reunion, so he didn't force them to come out.

In the past, white melons could be bought in a basket for a few copper coins, which is indeed not a rare item, but unlike in the past, white melons have become more precious now.

Grandma Liu was unwilling to take it at first, but seeing Geer Le's persistent hand, he had no choice but to accept it.After returning to the room, Grandma Liu wiped away her tears, if only his old man and son were still alive at that time.But it is also considered a blessing for him to have met this family of good people.

Liu Xilin sat silently next to Grandma Liu, he didn't say a word, but secretly swore in his heart that he would treat them well and repay them in the future!

Here Tian Xiaoman has divided it up for everyone, except for Xiaotuanzi.Xiaotuanzi saw that everyone was eating with the white things in their hands, and he could smell a sweet smell, so he couldn't help being a little anxious.

He grabbed the corner of Tian Xiaoman's clothes with both hands, and climbed up with the whole body, "Amu, baby~" When he was good, Amu would call him baby, and when he was not good, he would call him little villain, little devil, etc. Yes, Xiaotuanzi was actually a little wronged, he felt that he had always been obedient, the most obedient!

"No more!" Tian Xiaoman answered him mercilessly.Xiaotuanzi slanted his eyes on the table, there were still more!

Tian Xiaoman noticed his small movements, and brought him in front of his eyes, "What did E-Mu tell you? Don't get your clothes dirty, right?"

Xiaotuanzi nodded and said so.

"Then look at your clothes!" Tian Xiaoman looked at his dusty apron, his face was streaked, his whole body was as dirty as a pig that just rolled in the mud!

Xiao Tuanzi looked down at E'Mu's line of sight, then put his arms around Tian Xiaoman's neck flatteringly, smiling like a flower, "Mum, I'm good!"

Tian Xiaoman was powerless, rolled his eyes, you are the best!I've never seen you so well behaved!He handed him the slice of white melon from the table, and bit off the inner sac.

Xiaotuanzi watched his mother's actions sadly, took the white melon unhappily, took a bite, and his expression relaxed, so sweet~ so delicious~

He put his head down and finished eating the piece of white melon in a short while.He licked his mouth endlessly, but didn't cry because he knew it was gone.

Seeing his greedy look, Li Wenxuan handed over the piece in his hand, and Xiaotuanzi went up to take a bite, then shook his head to signal that he didn't want it.You can eat a lot of things, but you can't ask for more if you don't have too much.

Tian Xiaoman is quite satisfied, he can't develop his selfishness, it's not necessary to give it all to anyone who hasn't grown a mouth.

Under the influence of Tian Xiaoman, Li's father and Li's mother will not leave their own portion to the children anymore. Just like Xiaoman said, they will have more opportunities to eat in the future!

After Tian Xiaoman finished eating, he went to boil water to give him a bath, and the others stayed in the yard to talk.

Li Yiran told them the purpose of coming back this time, and everyone was relieved, as long as the court took action, otherwise some families with difficulties would really not be able to persist.

In fact, this year is not bad. If it weren't for the previous locust plague, the drought alone would not make people unable to live. At most, the days would be tighter.But if this severe drought continues, it will be hard to say.

Li Yiran said, "This time not only do disaster relief, but the imperial court also needs to dig river channels."

"Excavate the river channel?" Everyone was shocked, wouldn't they be called for corvee?

"Yes, there are big rivers around our province. If the river can be dug through, the drought problem can be solved. Moreover, there will be a flood in the lower reaches of the big river every two or three years. If the river can be diverted to our side , can also prevent floods from occurring frequently.”

After hearing this, everyone hurriedly nodded and said yes, this method kills two birds with one stone!only……

"About the corvee, this time it's like this, each person is given a relief every day, and adult men can get an extra grain when they serve in corvee."

On this point, everyone agrees very much, because corvee service was compulsory in the past, and every household had to pay people, and if they didn't, they would be replaced with silver.Li's family used silver because no one went to his house.

But now that the disaster is in the offing, everyone will rush there for food rations. Of course, families that don’t have anyone else still have to pay money. It doesn’t make sense for everyone to finish the work for you, but you sit at home and play.If there is no adult male in the family, it can also be dealt with according to the circumstances.

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There was a long queue at the entrance of the county seat, and everyone came to receive their own relief food.Fortunately, the two officials in charge of escorting this time were both from the disaster area, otherwise nine out of ten of them would have gone here before they were transported here.

In addition to receiving relief food, they also organized people to tell them about corvee.Since most of the people were illiterate, they posted a few lists outside the city, and specially sent literate soldiers to stand there, and people who came forward would read to them.The soldiers who are selected are generally a little smaller and like to smile, otherwise a vicious old man will stand there and scare the people away.

When I first heard about corvée, most of the people were sad. These days they can’t get enough to eat, and they still have to serve corvée. Isn’t this going to make them die?

But when they heard that later, when they found out that they could still receive rations after serving in corvée, their attitude changed immediately.Someone asked, can a family have a few more brothers?Someone asked, how old can people go, is it okay for people over 60?What about twelve or three?There were even two or three brothers who came to inquire about this matter.

After they reported the problem to the public, Li Yiran thought about it, and then asked them to tell the people that it was no problem to have a few more people in the family. The people who came out had to be young and strong under fifty, and over sixteen. Brothers would not accept them.But they also need to recruit people to make dry food, which requires brothers.

When the people heard this, some were happy and some were sad, but they were not too sad, because after all, the relief food could be received every day, but they might not be full.They didn't care too much, they came half full before.

Each county has officials in charge, and after the manpower is assembled, they dig.First of all, all the rivers and rivers around the county must be widened, otherwise even if the incoming water cannot be stored, it may turn from drought to flood.

Then choose a relatively large river outside the county seat to connect with the surrounding rivers so that water can come.

The last thing is to dig the channel between the big river and the river here, which is dug by more than one county.

This is a huge project, so manpower is the top priority.The court has been doing well in recent years, and Ku Yin has accumulated a lot, so he is not stingy with the money.

But this does not mean that someone can take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune in the country. Last month, some profiteers in other counties made two more mistakes in the situation of high food prices, and were ordered to be thrown into prison by the officials sent to supervise the project.

Those refugees who had made trouble in Liushupo before were all thrown into the crew who dug the river, but their treatment was much worse than that of the villagers who came voluntarily.

Xiaotuanzi's first birthday is very ordinary, and it is not suitable to do a big thing at this time, so it is just a family gathering for a meal.

After the meal is the highlight, catch the week.

The items for Zhou Zhou are provided by everyone, including grandpa’s small bow and arrow, uncle’s official seal, uncle’s butcher’s knife, Eminem’s writing brush for books, a small hoe given by grandpa, uncle’s tipping spoon, uncle’s carpenter’s knife, etc. , and some other things, scattered all over the floor.

Tian Xiaoman wanted to train him to hold things before, and he could talk and walk, so it was not easy to train him.But Li Wenxuan stopped him. He felt that the child should take whatever he likes. There is no need to force him to do it. The child who is forced out is useless.

Tian Xiaoman thought about it, yes, he wanted to marry an official before, but looking at it now, it would be nice to marry a butcher. 360 lines, you can do whatever you want, as long as you can support yourself.If everyone studied and became an official, where would there be ordinary people in the world?

Xiaotuanzi was confused when he was placed on the blanket. With so many things in front of him, what did Eminem want him to do?

Li Wenxuan encouraged him, "Tuanzi, go and get what you like."

"Okay~" Tuanzi responded obediently, and then walked and looked, picking up everything, touching it, and then putting it down again.

Everyone's expressions changed with his movements, they were happy when he picked it up, and sighed when he put it down.

Although Xiaotuanzi didn't know why everyone was looking at him, he was not afraid of people watching him. On the contrary, the more he played, the happier he was. He picked up everything and never took anything away.

"Zhizhi——", the cicada on the tree yelled loudly, as if saying hot, hot...

A cicada somehow flew down from the tree and landed on the mat under the tree. Tian Xiaoman screamed secretly. Sure enough, as soon as Xiaotuanzi's eyes lit up, he walked towards the cicada. Caught this cicada, put it in the pouch on the apron like a baby, walked up to his father, he likes bugs~

Everyone, "..."

Tian Xiaoman, "You little bastard! Get it for me again!"

Ahhh, how could he give birth to such a son!What's wrong with catching a week, but catching a bug!Well, now he knew why he had to pick up everything and look at it, to see if it could fit in the bag!

Xiaotuanzi trembled in fright, and then covered his bag aggrievedly, his bugs were all thrown away by Eminem~

Everyone doesn't know what to say, after all, you can say auspicious words about anything you catch, but what should you say if you catch a cicada?

In the end, it was Li Yiran who broke the situation, "The cicada has the same pronunciation as the toad, and it fell from the osmanthus tree. It can be interpreted as the toad palace wins the laurel, which means that the imperial examination will definitely be able to pass the high school."

Everyone: It’s good to have read the book!

Everyone echoed what I said.

Tian Xiaoman's face also softened a little, but he still stared at Xiaotuanzi bitterly, then watched him rub against his father's back, took out a cicada from the bag to play with...

calm!calm!One year old is a big day, beating someone is not good!Tian Xiaoman felt lucky in his heart, then glared at Li Wenxuan who was protecting Xiaotuanzi, and wait and see at night!