Days of farming with bamboo horses

When Su Zipei walked back with the two lambs and Chen Lan, he happened to see Zhou Li and his father who came over in a hurry, and there was a tall and thin man next to him, whom he didn't recognize.And he wasn't happy with Zhou Li before, so he didn't take the initiative to say hello.

Chen Lan and the others hadn't gone far when they heard that Zhou Xin and the others had bought all the remaining lambs. Su Zipei was a little surprised and asked Chen Lan next to him, "Alan, why did they buy so many lambs?" lamb?"

"I don't know, maybe I bought it to raise. I don't know if you don't go out often. I heard that Zhou Chengke, Zhou Li's eldest brother, came back from the town and is helping at home. Maybe he is going to raise sheep for sale." Chen Lan usually went to the place. You will also hear a lot of father chatting in the movie. Although he does not participate, no one shy away from him.

Su Zipei didn't know how to drive sheep, so she walked very slowly, and Zhou Li and the others followed behind.Zhou Xin seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness that happened a few months ago, and talked to him very kindly: "Zipei, is there anything you can do on the land near the back mountain?"

"Huh? Which one?" Su Zipei was a little confused. He and Chengyu's house was near the back mountain, but it was a big place, and no one usually went there.

"It's the one near the puddle." Zhou Xin gestured to him, "Can you ask Chengyu to sell it to us?"

Zhou Li and Zhou Chengke just listened from the sidelines, not knowing how to speak.Zhou Chengke's part-time jobs in the town make too little money, and he is not too young, so it's time to marry his husband.Zhou Da and the others thought together that they might as well go home to farm and start a small business. It just so happened that they saw someone selling lambs today, so they came up with this idea.

"I don't know, I have to go back and ask Chengyu." Su Zipei only knew that Chengyu had a land deed, but he didn't know which part was included, and if he remembered correctly, the puddle was a little far away from their home, so he had to go down A small hill.

"That's just right, I'll go back with you and ask him." Zhou Xin seemed very happy that his son came back, and didn't care about the previous things at all, "I heard from the village chief that Chengyu's father bought that land before. Leave it to Chengyu to marry his husband, you should help Daddy to talk about it, even if you don’t sell it, you can rent it.”

Su Zipei responded vaguely, he didn't know which piece of land, so it's better not to agree to it, otherwise, what should I do if it makes it difficult for Chengyu?

Chen Lan went home first, while Su Zipei led the two sheep and walked home by himself, but there was Zhou Xin who was chattering around, and there were two quiet background panels. They drove the sheep home halfway. , very fast hands and feet.

The door of the yard was open, and the cow was tied to graze under the big tree in front of the door. Seeing Su Zipei coming back, he "mooed" as a greeting, but Su Zipei was quite frightened. Big animals are still kept at a respectful distance, let alone this cow licked his hand before!

The wood spirit sat sadly on one of the lambs, poking the wool silently: When you grow up, Su Zipei will definitely abandon you, he is very timid and dare not touch big animals at all.Lamb, lamb, you are so pitiful.

Su Zipei walked away from the cow silently, but Zhou Xin praised the cow a lot when he saw it: "In my opinion, Chengyu is capable, and you can even raise the cow so well." He was just thinking When buying land or renting land, you can get a good price, and you won't lose a piece of meat if you boast a few words.

"En." Su Zipei replied vaguely. The two little lambs didn't go away because they arrived at the grassland, and they ate grass directly. Take the cow and tie the rope.

This made Zhou Li, who originally wanted to help, pause: "Are you afraid of cows?"

"Ah?" Su Zipei confirmed that the little lamb would not run away, and looked up in confusion.

Zhou Li lowered her eyes: "It's nothing."

Zhou Xin was stunned, such a brother who can't farm, doesn't do housework, and is even afraid of cattle, what does Zhou Chengyu like in him?On the other hand, Zhou Chengke was a little curious. Such a pampered brother seemed to belong to a wealthy family. Many brothers from rich and noble families in the town did not have such a good manner.

Su Zipei didn't care what they thought, the two families were not close anyway, as long as they were polite.

Su Zipei patted the dust off his hands, walked into the yard, and suddenly heard the sound of talking and laughing not far away, his ears moved, it was Cheng Yu's voice, he looked around, confused and found out if there was any.

"I'm here, little idiot." Zhou Chengyu walked out from the corner of the courtyard wall, and found that the little things in his house were looking for the source of the sound from left to right, and smiled half helplessly and half lovingly.Zhou Chengyu didn't come here alone, he was followed by a few half-grown young men, everyone was carrying a few fish, even Chengyu was carrying two in his hand, and he was pulling up his sleeves and trousers, as if he was really a fish. The river went fishing.

"Chengyu!" Su Zipei walked towards him in two or three steps, looking at the two crucian carp in Chengyu's hands with bright eyes, "Where did you get the fish? Did Chengyu catch it?"

Zhou Chengyu smiled, hugged him, and raised his chin to a young man next to him: "Chengwei was caught by a few, so I joined in the excitement by the way."

Zhou Chengwei is also the son of Uncle Zhou's family. He is only 15 years old. He is at the age of the wild. He went to the back mountain to catch hares and pheasants, and fished in the river. He had a great time playing with a few children of the same age.

Zhou Chengwei scratched his head, and said bluntly: "What do you mean by the way, I told Brother Chengyu to go before, but he didn't go, but just now when I heard about catching fish, he said that he wanted to change his taste, so he left with us, and went there They were caught by the stream next to it."

Su Zipei blushed a little, but looked at him expectantly, Zhou Chengyu smiled helplessly, and rubbed his head: "Yes, yes, it's all for you to eat."

Su Zipei smiled lightly, revealing a pear hole, very happy.

"Brother Chengyu, let's go first, dad will scold you if we get back late." Zhou Chengwei yelled and left with those boys.

Zhou Chengyu only now found out that there were three of them, Zhou Li, and he was a little surprised: "Are you okay?" By the way, he handed the fish to Little Things, and patted him, "Go, put some water in the basin, and kill them later."

"Okay!" Su Zipei agreed, and ran away with the fish carefully, Zhou Chengyu could only smile helplessly, it was really stupid.He walked into the yard and asked Zhou Li and the others to come in too. He couldn't block people at the door, although he didn't like dealing with them very much.

"Chengyu, we have something to do with you." Zhou Xin smiled treacherously, at least Zhou Chengyu thought so.Zhou Xin looked at his silent eldest son and his young son Shenyou. He really hated iron but steel. Why are the two of them so stupid with their mouths?He poked his eldest son and motioned for him to speak.

Zhou Chengke was dark and thin, but he was quite tall, so he said unnaturally: "Chengyu, we're here this time to ask if the vacant land on the other side of your puddle is for sale."

Zhou Xin gave the eldest son a disgusted look, and without saying anything clearly, he answered the words himself: "It's our family, Cheng Ke, who is planning to go back to the village to raise sheep and do some work. We've bought all the sheep, so it's just a matter of time." , It’s not reliable to go to the mountains, there is water and grass near the small puddle next to your house, we want to buy it.”

"Huh?" Zhou Chengyu was puzzled for a moment, and then realized, "Are you talking about the land on the next hill?"

"That's right, that's the one." Zhou Xin said with a smile.

"We don't plan to sell that piece of land." Zhou Chengyu said.

"No, why?" Zhou Xin became anxious when he heard it, "I know, we had a quarrel before, and it was all our fault, but Father sincerely wants to buy that piece of land, Chengyu, you can't hold grudges like this Wow?"

"..." Zhou Chengyu was a little speechless, who wants to remember those things, does he, a big man, still care about those things? "That's a betrothal gift left to me by my father and father, specially for Fu Lang, so naturally it can't be sold."

He was not short of money, so how could he have sold his husband's dowry? If someone found out, how would Zipei gain a foothold in the village in the future?Could it be that others say that his dowry has been sold off?

Zhou Xin was choked and had nothing to say. He naturally knew what a brother's dowry represented, not only the respect from his husband's family, but also his status in the husband's family.It's just that he never expected that Zhou Chengyu actually gave this piece of land to Su Zipei. It is a very fertile grassland, as long as it is reclaimed, it will not lose money in breeding or farming.I have never seen Zhou Chengyu use this land for anything before.

"Then can we rent it?" Zhou Xin was a little reconciled. If he bought that piece of land, it would be much more cost-effective than renting it.But if you rent, the land deed is not in your hands after all, and you have to pay rent.

"Chengyu, the fish are ready." Just when the four people in the yard were quiet, Su Zipei poked his head out from the kitchen, slightly embarrassed, "I can't untie the straw ropes that tied them, it looks so pitiful."

Zhou Chengyu smiled helplessly, beckoned him to come over, and when someone came up to him, he asked him, "If the land over Xiaoshuipu is not used, can I rent it to them?"

Su Zipei was confused: "Which one?"

"Little confused." Zhou Chengyu patted his head, "Didn't I tell you when I gave you the land deed last time? I asked you to keep it when I gave the bride price."

"Huh?" Su Zipei was a little guilty, he couldn't remember these things, so he leaned into Cheng Yu's ear, and said softly, "I listen to Cheng Yu, I don't remember."

Zhou Chengyu smiled dotingly, and squeezed his palm affectionately, what should you do if you are so confused?No money will be earned.

"Go to the house and find a knife to cut the rope. I don't need you here. I'm in a daze."

"Hey!"

Zhou Chengyu looked at Zhou Xin and the others, and asked, "There is no way to sell it. If you want to rent it, you can."

"Okay, okay, rent!" Zhou Xin agreed, and laughed again, "How to calculate the rent? We are all from the same village, and Dad watched you grow up since childhood, and you are also familiar with Chengke Ali, It's cheaper."

It was the first time for Zhou Chengyu to deal with this kind of relationship-seeking bargainer, and he didn't want to argue too much. He glanced at Zhou Chengke and twitched the corner of his mouth: "Then Cheng Ke said how much you want to give, I'm not good at it."

Zhou Chengke thought about it for a while, and based on the usual rented land price, he said roughly: "How about 12 taels of silver a year?" This is the maximum that their family can bear. Only by selling at the end of the year will there be surplus money.

Zhou Xin winked at the side anxiously, why is this son so sincere? 12 two wow!If you sharpen your mouth, maybe ten taels are enough.

"Okay." Zhou Chengyu didn't intend to bargain with them, it was too much trouble, anyway, it was for nothing.

"We plan to rent it for a year first, and the money will be delivered to you later. Do you need to write a receipt?" Zhou Chengke was still calm, ignoring his father's anxiety next to him.

Zhou Chengyu nodded, and walked into the room: "Let's write it down, so we can have a proof by then." He was worried that he would not be able to speak clearly in the future, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself because of this. "Zipei, bring your paper and pen over here."

Zhou Chengke also agreed, and the two sides reached an agreement. Of course, Su Zipei had the full power to write. Xiaodong's calligraphy is much better than that of a layman like Zhou Chengyu.

Zhou Chengyu handed the paper to Su Zipei, and teased, "Take it and put it away, and put it together with the previous one, don't forget it if you are confused." Su Zipei's ears were red, how could he remember so much.