The Pastoral Life of a Reborn Farmer

Li Zheng strode into the room, Han Shi had already poured the water, seeing Li Zheng, the whole person almost shrank into a ball, lowered his head and did not dare to raise his head, let alone speak, looking at the shy, Li Zheng Frowning, why is Shen Er's daughter-in-law still like this, she can't get on the stage at all, so how can she help Shen Er and run the family business for him?

Shen Ling saw that Li was looking at Han Shi, which made Han Shi more nervous, so he walked over and said, "Han Shi, how can you just pour hot tea? What about the tea leaves in the kitchen? I brought them back from Huaizhou City That small pot, there are distinguished guests at home, and they want to serve good tea."

"Oh..." Han Shi nodded quickly, and ran into the kitchen to get something.

Shen Ling smiled and stood in front of the front, "Please sit down, uncle. I just came back from Huaizhou yesterday. I just packed up my house and was about to visit uncle, but I didn't expect that uncle cared about me. He came to see me first. It's very sad." I’m so ashamed.” Shen Ling stood up and saluted with fists in his hands, looking very humble, as if he sincerely thought that Li Zheng came here only because he cared about him, which benefited Li Zheng very much.

With an obvious satisfied smile on Li Zheng's face, he said: "It doesn't matter whoever visits first? We country people don't pay much attention to this. It's not interesting for me to come here. I just ask you who stayed in Huaizhou. How? Is there anything I need to help with, how is the Tongsheng exam going?"

Shen Ling immediately said respectfully: "Uncle Tired, worry about me. Everything is fine in Huaizhou, and I even started a business with others. This time I came back to prepare the supply of goods. I said I want grapes, peach blossoms and sweet-scented osmanthus. Others It’s the chickens and ducklings that have just grown up, the meat is tender and fat, and I was thinking, ask uncle, is there any wasteland that can be planted with fruit trees that can be bought and sold, and I can buy more and plant saplings!”

Li Zheng frowned, "It will take a long time for things to grow, and besides, how can there be so many saplings to buy in the market?"

"Exactly!" Shen Ling was also worrying about this. He purchased too much, and there were not so many fruit saplings to buy and sell, even if he bought the market, it would not be enough.

"Well, I'll go back and ask Lizheng in the neighboring village for you to see if anyone is willing to sell it to you. You should also go to the place that sells fruit saplings and look for it yourself." Lizheng said.

"Then thank you, uncle."

"Did your child pass the exam?" Li Zheng returned to his purpose of coming here.

Shen Ling made a surprised expression, "What? After the third brother came back, did he not tell others that I was admitted to Tongsheng? Didn't any news come out? The third brother is..." Shen Ling seemed to have suddenly discovered I didn't speak properly, so I quickly shut up and glanced at Li Zheng.

Li Zheng frowned, and then stretched it out, "Maybe your third brother has been in a daze since he came back, and he was seriously ill, so he didn't have time to talk about you!" Li Zheng spoke of Shen San, his brows frowned Come to think of it, Shen San didn't pass the exam for a scholar this time, it was really beyond everyone's expectations, but before everyone reacted, Shen San himself fell ill, so he didn't even say a few words in the past , blaming a patient for not doing a good job in the exam, Lizheng felt that he still couldn't do it, let's talk about it when Shen San recovers!

However, Shen Sanyi has been ill since then and is still not recovering.

After Han Shi made tea and brought it in front of the two of them, he left with the wooden tray and went into the kitchen. All of Lizheng's energy was tied down by Shen Ling, and he had no time to take care of him.

"Third brother is sick?" Shen Ling asked in surprise, as if he didn't know about Shen San's illness in Huaizhou City, "I didn't know."

Li Zheng understood very well, "You are busy with business in Huaizhou, how can you get news about him, it has nothing to do with you."

"Yes, I'm really ashamed." Shen Ling lowered her head.

"However, since you have passed the Tongsheng exam, this is a great joy. We Shen clan, since Shen San, you are the only one who has passed the Tongsheng exam. What? See what you mean, do you plan to continue doing business? You don't plan to continue taking the imperial examination after being admitted to Tongsheng? With your family background, you can afford to go to school by yourself." Li Zheng said.

Shen Ling smiled and said: "Uncle, you don't know that the subject of Tongsheng is already very difficult for me. I don't even dare to expect to be a scholar, let alone raise people. Only after the state of Jin raises people will there be success in business." Influence, for me, raising people is not an extravagant hope. In this case, I should be more realistic and just do my own business well. When my third brother becomes a high-ranking official in the future, he can still protect the whole family. , Besides, I really can’t do it! I’d better do business well, and hire people from the same clan to work in the future, so that everyone can make a little money.” Shen Ling smiled honestly and scratched her head.

When Li Zheng thought about it, he also felt that this was the reason. Although Shen San failed the exam this time, compared to Shen Ling, he still believed that Shen San could pass the exam.Also, although Shen Ling was unwilling to take the imperial examination route and wanted to do business, but as he said, doing business can also bring benefits to the villagers, so why not?You don't have to rely on your family's wealth to confess a scholar.

Thinking about it this way, Li Zheng stopped thinking about persuading Shen Ling to give up doing business and follow the path of a scholar, thinking wholeheartedly about what benefits Shen Ling could gain from doing business, and how to make the Shen family more prosperous. However, there should be some There is still a need to show off, otherwise, what's the point of Shen Ling, a boy, passing the exam?Everyone in the ten miles and eight villages must know that they have given birth to another child in Shenzhuang.

Li Zheng said: "Well, I won't say anything else. I will try my best to find fruit saplings for you. You still need wasteland, right? No problem, it's all easy to discuss, but it's a happy event for you to be admitted to Tongsheng. It is also a matter of honoring the ancestors, and it needs to be done in a big way, at least it must be similar to your third brother's running water mat, so that people of the same clan will be happy, what do you think?"

"It's a trivial matter, uncle. To be honest, I'm not poor anymore. Since you said that my admission to Tongsheng is a happy event and belongs to the glory of the ancestors, then it's a big deal. It's not ambiguous at all. Do it!" Shen Ling said very simply.

On the contrary, Li Zheng was a little confused, "You agree?" He thought it would take a lot of talking, after all, it is not a scholar to be admitted to Tongsheng. In fact, very few people are willing to do it. Not a scholar, but just the first step into the examination room. Generally, people who are running for the imperial examination don't think much of the name of Tongsheng. For example, Shen San, it is estimated that in his heart, the name of Tongsheng has gradually grown. linked to humiliation.

"Of course I agree! Uncle, you are Li Zheng, and you have already opened your mouth. Can I not give you this face?" Shen Ling smiled.

Li Zheng heard the words and nodded. "Then if that's the case, you should think about the auspicious days recently and get things done!"

"Okay." Shen Ling nodded, achieved his goal, and said a few more gossips before leaving. Shen Ling sent people to the door, and then closed the door to go back. Only then did Han Shi dare to come out of the kitchen, and looked at Shen timidly. Ling.

Han Shi said, "What is Li Zheng doing here?"

"Ask for news and persuade me to go to school."

"Yeah? Did you agree?" Han Shi asked nervously. Shen Ling wanted to start a business. If he couldn't refute Li Zheng's point, wouldn't he really want to continue taking the imperial examination?

Shen Ling sneered, "Can he lead me by the nose? I will do whatever he asks me to do? But I promise to hold a banquet to make him look good, and let everyone know that Shen has two children. Let him have some face in other villages."

"Oh." Han Shi lowered his head and twisted his hands together, "But it must cost a lot of money." Is the banquet so easy to organize? !With this money, it would be great to buy land and fruit tree seedlings.Han Shi was a little unhappy, but thinking that Shen Ling must be more unhappy than him, he raised his head to comfort him.

Sure enough, there was coldness in Shen Ling's eyes, and just as he was thinking about something, Han Shi walked over and raised his hand to touch Shen Ling's head.Shen Ling paused, then looked back at Han Shi in surprise, why did he suddenly touch his head?

"Don't be angry." Han Shi smiled and withdrew his hand.

Is this... comforting him?Shen Ling's mood was a bit complicated, as if he usually patted his head to coax his wife, but suddenly he was patted by his wife... Shen Ling was struggling to remind Han Shi that a wife should not comfort her husband like this, it would make him feel special He is not manly, but he feels as if he is reluctant to let Han Shi stop comforting him like this in the future. In fact, being patted by Han Shi on the head is quite... okay?

A few days later, Shen Ling chose the nearest auspicious day at home, and asked Shen Gouzi to help buy vegetables and meat, and invited a few aunts from the village to come over to help cook, and set up a table in his big yard chairs, invite people of the same clan from the same village to come and get together.

Not long after Shen Ling's house was built, Shen Ling went out. In fact, most of the people had never visited it. This time, it happened that Shen Ling invited people to a banquet, and everyone took this opportunity to have a look at Shen Ling's new house.

Shen Ling changed Han Shi into a set of fine cotton clothes.Too good brocade clothes can't be worn, and the coarse cloth that is too shabby Shen Ling is reluctant to wear Han Shi again, so he simply went to the town to order new clothes, the outer is made of fine cotton cloth, and the inner lining is soft satin, and changed all Han Shi's clothes After reading it over and over again, Shen Ling remembered that Han Shi liked white-glazed blue vases, and it happened that the furniture in the new yard was empty, so he bought some white-glazed blue vases with simple patterns and relatively cheap prices and placed them in the house.

After the villagers came, they didn't bother to wait for the table to be served. Instead, they all crowded in each room to marvel, "Shen Er! You are really developed! Look at this bottle, it's like Baiyu, we can't even see it." I haven't seen it before, and the clothes on your wife's body, this is fine cotton! If it is damaged while working, it will be very distressing."

Shen Ling nodded with a smile, "You're welcome, all the folks are polite, how could it be so good."

"Shen Er's family is really rich! I heard a few days ago that Shen Er is going to buy land to plant fruit trees again. It seems that he will also plant peach trees or something. I still have some peach trees in my house, which can bear fruit. Do you want it? I went home and dug it for you?"

"Yes! Of course! Fellow folks, please listen to me. I am willing to buy some wasteland to plant some peach trees, osmanthus trees, and grape vines. You can sell it to me, and if anyone has connections, he can buy batches of fruit tree seedlings, and I want that too." Shen Lingyang said.

Everyone thought about it, and recalled who they knew who had the means to get these saplings. Shen Ling seemed to have really made a fortune. It was rare for him to collect these things once. They also wanted to resell them to make a difference. Those who have these fruit saplings at home also want to sell them to Shen Ling, so that they can make some money!

"Think slowly, everyone, don't worry, I'm planning to go to Cheng County in a few days to find saplings, don't worry, don't worry." Shen Ling smiled.

Why is this not in a hurry!I'm in a hurry!Everyone was a little nervous.

Chengxian County is a large agricultural county, which is different from Huaizhou. If Huaizhou is a prosperous place where officials gather, then Chengxian County is a big city for buying and selling agricultural products. Cheng County is definitely the first choice. There are many things to buy there, such as pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, chicken, duck, fish, and strange and rare crop seeds. I heard that there was a fruit called watermelon a few years ago. , It was the seeds that were first sold in Cheng County, and then gradually became popular. It’s just that they are not suitable for growing watermelons here, so they gradually declined. The two carts of fruit saplings before Shen Ling seemed to be brought back from Cheng County. , I also bought a lot of weird seeds that few people cultivated, and I don’t know where he planted them.

If Shen Ling really went to Cheng County to deliver goods, would there still be room for them to sell things? !When everyone heard the words, they quickly said that they had fruit saplings at home, and some said that they knew people who sold fruit saplings, and some even planned to buy from Cheng County and sell them to Shen Ling, but they had to be in time. Before Shen Ling.

Shen Ling smiled, and said a few more words to the crowd, and then a few aunts and aunts who were cooking outside came in and shouted to the people in the room: "Hurry up, the table is about to start." Then the crowd dispersed , find a seat to sit down, and still discuss the matter of selling fruit trees with each other, making a lot of noise.

In the room, Shen Ling looked at his cheap father and elder brother. The two did not take the seat, but stood in the room, looking at him. Shen Ling walked over and bowed, "Father, elder brother, let's take the seat!"

Shen Zhibo's expression was not good, he looked at the second son who was kicked out of the house by himself, and said: "Your third brother is sick, you don't go home to have a look, why are you still holding a banquet here, what's so great about passing the Tongsheng exam , it’s worth doing something special for you?! Do you know that your third brother failed the exam, didn’t you poke his heart?”

Shen Ling's eyes turned cold, and the corner of his mouth still had a smile, "That's it! But this is what Li Zheng asked me to do, and my son also thinks what Li Zheng said is very reasonable. If Dad thinks something is wrong, why don't you tell Li Zheng explain?"

Shen Zhibo choked for a moment, raised his hand and slammed Shen Ling's arm with the cigarette stick, "I'm your father, yet I dare to talk back!"

Shen Ling's eyes widened, and there was a pain in his arm. He didn't expect Shen Zhibo to make a move suddenly. Before he could react, Shen Gouzi strolled over at some point. Seeing Shen Ling being beaten, he exclaimed loudly: " Oops, Second Uncle Shen was beaten by his father! Hey, my grandpa! How could you hit Second Uncle Shen on a happy day! Isn’t this a joke for the villagers! Second Uncle Shen, come and see, are you injured?” Shen Gouzi's voice was so loud that it soon attracted crowds of onlookers.

Seeing Shen Gouzi gloating and wanting to help, Shen Ling really wanted to beat Shen Gouzi up with a cigarette stick. Anyway, it's not illegal for the elders to beat the younger ones here, and they can only stand next to each other and not fight back.