Farming in another world to make a fortune

Seeing that the news had been delivered, Er Gouzi's father said, "You should make arrangements in advance when you know. We have something to do at home, so we will go back first."

"Thank you." Yu Zhou thanked them solemnly and sent them out.

When he arrived at the door, Er Gouzi's father said again: "Don't tell people that we told you about the thief. After all, his grandmother is in the same village as that person. Pass by the door."

Yu Zhou smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I won't let outsiders know about this."

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the Lantern Festival. The villagers who had just finished harvesting had worked hard for more than half a year, and finally recovered enough food to satisfy them. Everyone was relieved. On such a lively day, most people chose to play.

When Yu Zhou went to Mr. Wen's house in the morning, he met a woman who got up early to pick vegetables, and he said hello out of habit.

The woman asked: "Boy Zhou and Jin Chuan are going to the town to play tonight?"

"Go," Yu Zhou replied with a smile, and then asked casually, "Where are you, Auntie?"

The woman pretended to be angry and said: "Xiaorou is going to make a fuss, so my father and I have to go with her."

Yu Zhou said: "Little girl's house, it's rare to have fun a few times a year, and it's reasonable to want to play."

Not only the villagers I met that day, but even after class in the afternoon, Mr. Wen asked: "I have an appointment with some friends tonight, do you want to go with me?"

Facing the husband, Yu Zhou didn't panic, but he didn't say it directly, he just said: "Student has something to do tonight, so I won't go with the husband."

Mr. Wen only thought that he was going to accompany Jin Chuan, waved his hands and said: "Then I will only take Wen Liang. When you come to class tomorrow afternoon, remember to hand in a poem to me."

When Yu Zhou heard the words, his movements froze, and his expression was a little weird, but he didn't say anything. He arched his hands to resist the urge to laugh and said, "Student remember."

After returning from Mr. Wen's house, Yu Zhou changed into clean clothes and took Jin Chuan, who was also dressed up, out the door.

The two of them had just locked the gate of the courtyard, and the Chen family next door also happened to come out. After Xiaojuan bounced over to say hello to Yu Zhou and Jin Chuan, she looked up at Jin Chuan's head and said, "Jin Chuan Brother's hairpin today is really pretty."

Yu Zhou smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I think so too."

This is exactly the one he gave to Jin Chuan when they got married.

It was the first time for Jin Chuan to wear it in front of people today, unexpectedly Xiao Juan saw it as soon as he went out, and praised him for his beautiful hairpin, which made him a little embarrassed for a while.

After Aunt Chen locked the door, she helped Aunt Chen to come over. When she heard them discussing hairpins, she raised her eyes a few more times and said to Xiaojuan, "You are too young to use hairpins."

"I know," Xiaojuan said innocently, "I just think that my brother has to work hard to earn money, otherwise he won't be able to afford a hairpin to send to his sister-in-law in the future."

Chen Feng, who was at the end and didn't speak: ...

Who did he provoke?

The two of them were the first ones to leave in the village. When they passed under the big locust tree, everyone asked, "Why did you go so early?"

"My old lady walks slowly, so they accompany me there first," Aunt Chen explained with a smile, "And Zhou Boy has a friend in town, we will go to rest for a while when we arrive, so that my old lady won't be in the mood to go shopping at night."

When Aunt Chen said the previous sentence, there were still people who wanted to go together, but when they heard that they were going to rest at Yu Zhou's friend's house, those people rested their minds. After all, they went there together. If they can only wait on the street for nightfall, how boring.

Yu Zhou and the others didn't care about the attitude of the villagers, they circled around Aunt Chen and left the village happily.

When the group reached the foot of Qingyan Mountain, a carriage was waiting by the side of the road. After Yu Zhou went over to talk to the driver in a low voice, he helped Jin Chuan onto the carriage, and Jin Chuan was there to guide him , and helped the three female family members of the Chen family up.

After the four of them went up, the coachman drove the carriage towards the town. After exchanging glances with Uncle Chen and Chen Feng, Yu Zhou tacitly turned into the side alley.

When it was dark, all the people in the village who went to the town to watch the lantern festival had already set off, and most of the rest were old and young who were inconvenient to walk too far, and a few who didn't want to join in the fun.

The population remaining in the village was less than one-third of the usual number, and most of them had no combat effectiveness. The whole village became extremely deserted for a while.

At this time, several figures took advantage of the darkness and quickly slipped from the back mountain to the backyard of Yu Zhou's house. After the sound of the door being opened, there was no sound.

In the early winter night, everything is quiet, except for the occasional strange birdsong in the back mountain, there is no other sound.

There are many legends about mountain ghosts, and most of the people left in the village are old people and young children. After hearing the haunting bird calls, they all locked the door.

About half an hour later, there were some other sounds at the east end of the village, the footsteps of people walking with empty baskets, and the creaking sound of the ropes on the baskets rubbing against the poles.

Finally, the sound of footsteps and friction stopped at the door of Yu Zhou's house.

Under the bright moonlight, one of them reached out and touched the lock hanging on the door, "Fourth brother, the door is locked."

"It's just a broken lock. It can stop others, but it can't stop you and me." The man who was called the fourth brother by Chen chuckled lightly, rolled up his sleeves and climbed onto the lintel.

After he climbed up the door, the person waiting below handed the pole up tacitly. After Ma Si was firmly connected, the person below hung the rope of the basket on the small stick hanging down from the pole.

Ma Si lightly picked it up, and picked up the basket from the door to the yard, without making any sound.

After throwing all the baskets into the yard, Ma Si slid along the door frame into the yard, and the person who was waiting outside also climbed in.

After seeing the scene under the eaves, the man couldn't help exclaiming, "This... so many sweet potatoes."

Ma Si proudly said: "I told you that I would be wrong to follow your fourth brother, right?"

"Yeah," the man nodded hurriedly, and couldn't help swallowing, "Fourth brother, let's pretend to go."

Ma Si walked slowly towards the door of the main room, "What's the rush? I saw that the two of them left the village. The lantern festival is busy right now, and even if the lantern festival is over, it will take at least half an hour to come back. There are still people in them. There is an immortal, not so fast."

"So what are we going to do now?" asked another

"Eat a sweet potato first." After Ma Si finished speaking, he stopped in front of the bamboo pole under the eaves. There were several bunches of sweet potatoes hanging on the bamboo pole. He picked two and broke off, and threw one to another person in the yard. The people scooped up water by the well and washed it clean, then clicked and bit.

While eating sweet potatoes, Ma Si walked around the bunches of sweet potatoes that were hung up, "These bunches of sweet potatoes are well-proportioned, and they haven't been dug up. I don't know what to hang here for. Let's take it with us too."

The other person stuffed his mouth with food, and said vaguely: "I guess they are reserved for planting, just like when everyone chooses rice seeds, isn't it also selected to be dried separately?"

Ma Si: "Then take it back and plant it for my family. This product has a high yield and is much more cost-effective than growing sorghum."

He said he wanted to take it back for seeding, but the other person naturally didn't dare to say anything more.

Neither of them spoke after that, only the sound of rubbing and biting sweet potatoes was left in the yard.

It wasn't until a sweet potato was almost eaten that someone asked, "Is the sweet potato delicious?"

"Delicious, crunchy and sweet."

After the two finished speaking, they looked at each other, stood up abruptly at the same time and said, "Who is talking?"

The yard was quiet, there was still no sound, only a strange bird song came from the back mountain forest, which made the atmosphere even more infiltrating.

"Fourth...fourth brother, I never heard that Yujia Village is still haunted." After a long time, another person stammered.

"When did you still believe in ghosts and gods?" Ma Si lightly reprimanded, then glanced around the yard, and said in a deep voice, "Who is pretending to be a ghost? Get out, Fourth Master."

Except for the sound of the cold wind passing by, there was still no reply.

The other person couldn't hold it any longer, and said in a war, "If it's not haunted, why am I feeling so uncomfortable."

"Why are you uncomfortable?" Ma Si unconsciously scratched the back of his hand after speaking.

After another person saw his movements, he suddenly reacted and said, "Itchy, I feel hairy all over my body, and it started to itch."

"It's right to itch." At the same time as the voice sounded, a figure jumped off the beam lightly.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the main room was opened with a creak, and Yu Zhou, Chen Feng, Uncle Chen, Li Zheng and Li Zheng's two sons stepped out together.

As soon as Chen Feng came out, he immediately lit the torch in his hand with a flint. The torch burned quickly and soon illuminated the whole yard.

Yu Zhou took a step forward, smiled and said to the two thieves who had scratched their hands red but continued: "Is my sweet potato delicious?"

The other person was so frightened by this posture that he dared not speak for a long time, and Ma Si still struggled to ask: "Do you know that we are coming today?"

"Yes," Yu Zhou said, "The saint gave me a dream last night, telling me to guard against thieves tonight."

"What are you talking about so much nonsense with him?" Li Zheng said impatiently, "If you get all the stolen goods, arrest them and lock them up in the ancestral hall, and send them to the government tomorrow."

Ma Si turned around and ran out when he heard the words, but he didn't know that Uncle Qing had already let him go. He had just started to move, and Uncle Qing had already run to the door to block it.

After that, needless to say skill, just relying on the number of people is crushing. After holding down the person, Uncle Qing, the hunter, will take the initiative to tie the person, and keep the person tightly tied, so there is no need to worry about breaking free.

Lizheng's two sons also packed up the thief's pole and basket, and they escorted him to the ancestral hall with the basket.

Chen Feng trotted from the back door to the front to open the locked gate. Yu Zhou and Chen's father and son did not follow to the ancestral hall. When they were at the gate, Yu Zhou said: "It's hard work today, uncles. Wait for this matter to be resolved in a few days." , I will ask Jin Chuan to cook a meal, and then we will have a drink together."

"It's not about your family. Catching the thief will benefit everyone in the village," Li Zheng said, "otherwise, no one can feel at ease."

Yu Zhou followed good advice, "Then don't mention anything else, let's have a drink together."

Li Zheng didn't say anything.

Yu Zhou said to Uncle Qing who was walking at the end, "Uncle is tired after squatting on the beam for so long tonight."

"How long has it been?" Uncle Qing waved his hands and said, "When I was guarding prey in the mountains, I squatted for half a day."

After Lizheng and the others walked away, Yu Zhou closed the door casually, but when he turned around, he saw Chen Feng holding a torch and standing nervously away from the bunches of sweet potatoes hanging on his face.

"What's the matter?" Yu Zhou asked.

Chen Feng asked without answering, "What do you plan to do with those bunches of sweet potatoes?"

Yu Zhou said seriously: "Dig a hole and bury it, and piles of itchy weeds will grow next spring."

Chen Feng couldn't help shaking after hearing this.

"Just kidding," Yu Zhou laughed, "The seeds of these itchy weeds are mixed with the sweet potato slurry, as long as you don't touch the sweet potato with your hands, you won't get it, and you know the stickiness of the sweet potato slurry, No amount of wind will blow the seeds away."

"Then you will not touch it when you wash it before eating, right?" Chen Feng swallowed.

Yu Zhou rolled his eyes, "What is itchy weed most afraid of?"

"Fire?" Chen Feng hesitated.

"That's all," Yu Zhou said, "come with me to the back under the eaves to gather firewood, and make a fire in the yard to roast these sweet potatoes. When they come back from the Lantern Festival, they can eat them if they are hungry. .”