Days of farming with bamboo horses

"Oh, it's so rough. Muling, can you get it out with a toothbrush?" Zhou Chengyu sighed, picked up the softened willow branch in the wooden basin, bit it open, dipped some salt on the side, and just brushed it teeth.

"..."

As expected, the wood spirit didn't answer, he's not a little angel, how can there be such a thing as a toothbrush?

Zhou Chengyu didn't expect him to answer, and went to brush his teeth by himself.It took him a long time to get used to this method before he got a little familiar with it. Some people just dipped their hands in salt. He thought about it and forgot about it. He is not a clean freak, but he has lived in modern times for so many years and suddenly faced this situation. , is still a bit incapable of adapting.

And, there's still work to do.

Zhou Chengyu thought about it for a while, on the second day after he crossed over, that big brother, no, it would be more appropriate to say that he was a stepbrother, because the stepbrother's father married his father, and they are not real brothers, but the same father... half father?

Zhou Chengyu shook his head, spit out the mouthwash, he almost forgot, there is no such word as half mother here, right?

In short, his stepbrother said he wanted to separate the family from him, and made an appointment to go to the ancestral hall today.

In fact, Zhou Chengyu didn't feel anything. It was understandable for his stepbrother to separate from his original family after his father's death. It was normal for a man who married his husband to separate his family. Many people did this.Now I have to talk about the situation in Zhoujia Village.

Zhoujia Village is an ordinary small village. The villagers are relatively simple. In other words, they are not particularly rich. They just maintain food and clothing. They have been farming for a living for generations.However, this is not an exception, except for those who are officials, aren't they farmers?

There is a relatively prosperous town about three kilometers away from here, and the people in the town are relatively rich.And there are countless villages like Zhoujia Village around.

Zhou Chengyu's father was a well-known mason in the village. In many towns, people in the village would ask him to build houses.After decades of accumulation, Zhou Chengyu's family can be regarded as a little rich in the village.

And because Zhou Chengyu's stepbrother is the eldest son of the Zhou family, he naturally inherited his father's craftsmanship, and is now also a mason in the village.Zhou Chengyu, the second son, naturally didn't learn his father's skills, so he just farmed at home.

But here is the problem, Zhou Chengyu's father died early, when his father was around, he was fine, at least he was also his biological father.But now that my father is gone, the two brothers who were not very close to each other are even more distant, let alone he has no income yet.

Zhou Chengyu is now 20 years old, and he can't die of starvation by himself. His stepbrother Zhou Chengzhi's husband has given birth to another child, so it is normal to separate the family.Whoever married a husband, gave birth to a child and raised such a big brother-in-law, the key is that they are not very familiar with it.

Zhou Chengyu lit a fire to cook by himself, boiled a pot of porridge, and bit into a few steamed buns before walking slowly towards the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is in the center of the village, and Zhou Chengyu lives a little far away from there. He lives alone in a house close to the back mountain. near the water.It is only about 10 minutes away from the village, which is not far away.

The room Zhou Chengyu lives in is used by his father to marry his husband. Since his father died, he has come to live here. Otherwise, he is such a big brother, and he will live with his elder brother who married his husband. , There is also a lot of gossip.

I don't know whether the original body is satisfied or not, but now Zhou Chengyu is very satisfied. He doesn't want to deal with those three aunts and six wives in the village. He lives alone and enjoys himself, and he can go to the mountains to find wood when he is free.

Moreover, Zhou Chengyu also knew that it was almost impossible to go back to modern times, and he had to plan his own livelihood, otherwise he would starve to death in a foreign land, and he would be aggrieved.

For rural people, farming and vegetable farming is a must. Raising chickens and ducks should not be difficult with the memory of the original body.Although Zhou Chengyu's family has a little money, he was raised by his grandmother in the countryside when he was a child, so it is not difficult to adapt.Isn't it just farming?Back to Basics!

His current father did not treat him badly, and he was very good to him before he died.He also gave him a lot of pocket money every month, and built him a house to marry his husband, which is the one he lives in now.

It's just that my father prefers the eldest son who inherits his craftsmanship, rather than his kind of idiot who does nothing but carve wood.The original body can also sculpt, but he is not as familiar with it as Zhou Chengyu, so it is probably just boring to pass the time.

When Zhou Chengyu walked to the ancestral hall, his stepbrother Zhou Chengzhi's family was already there, as well as two elder uncles of the Zhou family, and the village chief.

Zhou Chengzhi and Zhou Chengyu are about the same size, but they have been working all year round, and their skin is darker than Zhou Chengyu, but they are both good-looking. It can be seen that the father and father of the original body probably have good genes, otherwise the two brothers would not have grown up like this Sample.

Zhou Chengzhi's husband, Li Ying, is an older brother from a neighboring village. They have been married for three years. The first son, Zhou Linyu, is three years old, and the second son is still in his infancy.

Li Ying is also handsome, with attractive eyebrows and eyes, tall, not too thin, and the pregnancy mole between his eyebrows is very red. According to memory, this eldest brother-in-law is not like a small-bellied person. Sometimes he can say A few words.

"Third Uncle, Seventh Uncle, Village Chief, Eldest Brother, Eldest Brother-in-Law, I'm sorry for being late." Zhou Chengyu greeted with a slight smile. Although their brothers were not particularly close, they lived in peace in the same family before. for so many years.

It is also normal to separate the family. Basically brothers will choose to separate when they marry their husbands, otherwise the family affairs will be annoying. Don’t underestimate the haggling of the women (?) in the family. Sometimes it is terrible.

For a lazy person like Zhou Chengyu, separating the family actually suits his wishes.Living in the same room as a stranger is terrible.

"Chengyu, I have written down all of my father's property. The two uncles and the village chief are notaries. Let's settle the matter." Zhou Chengzhi didn't look serious, but he spoke in a serious manner.

"Okay, brother, you can decide." Zhou Chengyu found a stool and sat down. Seeing the three-year-old Zhou Linyu staring at him, he beckoned him to come over.

"Uncle." The three-year-old spoke in a childish voice.

"Here, my uncle treats you to some candy." Zhou Chengyu remembered the candy he took from home just now, and used it to coax the child.As long as Xiao Douding is not annoying, he is still very cute.

"Lin Yu, thank you, uncle." Li Ying said from behind.

"Thank you, uncle." Zhou Linyu smiled and ran back to his father.

"Cough." The third uncle looked at the two brothers, "Okay, Chengzhi, Chengyu, we have already looked at it. First of all, it is about the house. Now Chengzhi's family lives in the house where your father lived. Yu lives in the house that your father built for you, although it’s a bit far away, but it’s not bad. There’s no objection to this room, right?”

The two shook their heads, Zhou Chengyu was at ease with his father's craftsmanship, as long as the house was strong enough.Besides, there is nothing to dispute. Although his house is not big enough, it is complete, except for three rooms, utility room, storage room, cellar, kitchen, and yard. It can be seen that his father is also It took a lot of effort.

"There is also a field. Your father left a lot of land before, a total of twelve acres. Chengzhi's family has a husband and two sons, but Chengyu will marry in the future, so it depends on the opinions of your two brothers. .” The third uncle said.

Zhou Chengzhi glanced at Zhou Chengyu: "Five to five points, I have work to do, and Chengyu needs more land."

After Zhou Chengzhi finished speaking, Li Ying opened his mouth, but finally remained silent. In fact, the family did not have to worry about food and clothing, but it would be better to have more fields in his hands. He would rather not have so much money.But thinking that what my husband said is also reasonable, I no longer refute it.

Everyone present felt that Zhou Chengyu would agree, that land was much more useful than money, and Zhou Chengyu didn't know how to perform skills, so of course the more land the better.

"..." Zhou Chengyu was speechless for a moment. He didn't want to farm every day. He still wanted to carve. There was a wood spirit living in the Buddhist bead. Only with enough spiritual energy could he find Su Zipei. This was the top priority.

"Two acres is enough for me. Give the rest to my eldest brother. My husband is also idle at home. I still have two children. Let's keep it." Zhou Chengyu did the math, he and Su Zipei, two acres should be enough Is that enough?More than 600 square meters per mu, no matter how much, you will be exhausted...

Zhou Chengzhi frowned: "It's enough for you to be alone now. What about marrying your husband in the future? What about having a child? Don't you need to support a family? You don't have much, which brother will marry you?"

"..." Zhou Chengyu thought silently, even if he found Su Zipei, he wouldn't be able to eat much, and he would look thinner.

However, someone seemed to have forgotten that what they said was marrying a husband, and he had already consciously substituted Su Zipei.

Except for Su Zipei, he didn't intend to accept another stranger to live with him.

Ever since he knew that Su Zipei had also come to this world and was lost by the irresponsible wood spirit, Zhou Chengyu had already tied him to himself. Really, otherwise, with Su Zipei's temper, how could he live?Forget it, just watch for yourself.

However, Zhou Chengyu couldn’t say anything about these things, so he smiled: “Isn’t that something that will happen in the future? What do I need so many fields by myself now? It’s enough for me to eat alone. If the eldest brother thinks it’s taking advantage of me, why don’t you have more land?” Give me cash, I still like money."

In fact, in the countryside, land is much more expensive than money, and only Zhou Chengyu is so "stupid" that he wants to convert it into silver.

"Father left a total of 800 taels of silver. We will share four or six, and you will be six and we will be four. Is this possible?" Zhou Chengzhi thought for a while and said.

480 taels?so many?No wonder Zhou Chengyu was surprised. In the countryside, one or two hundred taels of silver are rich households, right?And this is a pure deposit. He doesn't need to build a house, buy land, or anything else.

"Okay, I have no objection." Zhou Chengyu pursed his lips, and with some of his savings over the years, he was living well.

"And—" Zhou Chengzhi just said.

"And?" Zhou Chengyu felt that he was going to make a fortune today, and his stepbrother was actually good to him. Didn't it mean that many brothers left the house without getting married?Miserably miserable.

"When my father was here, the family kept a lot of chickens, ducks, and cattle. You can see if this should be converted or distributed directly according to the person." Zhou Chengzhi glanced at the younger brother, and it is better to distinguish now. Otherwise, in the future, everyone will have husbands and children, and there will be more mouths to eat, so it will be difficult to explain clearly.

"Ah? Oh." Zhou Chengyu scratched his head, he still wants chickens and ducks, doesn't he just want to raise them?In the past, when the old father in the original body was around, he always went to eat at the elder brother's house, and he didn't raise it himself.

but--

"It doesn't matter to me, big brother, you count by head, but can you give me a calf?"

If you want to say what is the most useful thing in the countryside, there is nothing more than a cow. It saves effort and worry. It can be put on the back mountain to graze, and then you can pull a cart to farm. How convenient.

Zhou Chengyu didn't care, he said everything he wanted, and let his elder brother choose the rest.He dragged his family and gave him so much, so he couldn't be too picky.

In the end, as a result of the family separation, Zhou Chengyu became a little rich man.He harvested a house, two acres of land, 480 taels of silver, ten chickens and ducks, one bull, and several hundred catties of grain and seeds of various crops.

In this way, even if the two brothers have successfully separated, and the family has established a written document, there will be no property disputes in the future, regardless of whether they are rich or poor.

Zhou Chengyu looked at the empty yard he had tidied up, and it was filled with these things in an instant, his heart twitched, and he had to tidy it up again, even if he had money, he couldn't be so tired!