Days of farming with bamboo horses

Chapter 51. Gathering Grain

As soon as Liu Zhang's words came out, Liu'er turned pale with shock: "Young master, this is impossible, that is the only thought left to you by father-in-law, we didn't take it as an emergency last time, if there are difficulties, we will definitely find a way , why do you want to do it?"

"Liu'er, I need money." Liu Zhang held his hand. Even if Liu'er was a servant before, she didn't suffer much, but now her hands are rough from washing and dyeing cloth all day long. , but he never complained, instead he was living seriously.Without Liu Er, there would be no him now.

Liu'er still shook her head: "Master, Liu'er will go to the boss to pay wages tomorrow, and we will have money, plus the small business you went out to do in the past few days, we will have money, don't be a jade pendant." Whether it can be redeemed or not is another matter, unless it is absolutely necessary, Liu Er is not willing to let the young master take the jade pendant.

"Liu'er, it's not enough. I need a lot of money." Liu Zhang held him in both hands and looked at him seriously, "I have an idea, we can go back to the previous business. There's so little use, a lot of people don't understand wood at all, they're just buying and selling, but if I do it now, we can grow it."

Liu'er twitched her lips, but couldn't say anything. He always knew that the young master was a very thoughtful person. Now that he knew that he had planned it, as a servant, he was not qualified to comment.So he just asked softly: "Master must be a jade pendant? What if I can't get it back?"

Liu Zhang smiled: "Don't worry, your young master, since when did I lose money? But before that, we need to find the woodcarver, he is our key, if we can find him to cooperate, first of all There is a market."

When Zhou Chengyu came back from the shower, the little thing couldn't hold back and fell asleep. He used to wait until he came back, and even made a fuss for a while, but now he suddenly became so lethargic that he was not used to it.But there was no other way, Zhou Chengyu got into the quilt and hugged him, described the sleeping face of the little thing, and gently curled his lips, who let himself kill him?

Su Zipei was sleeping well and peacefully at first, but in the middle of the night, he didn't know if it was cold or something, and he always hugged Zhou Chengyu's arms, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he still murmured unconsciously.

Resigned to his fate, Zhou Chengyu moved the man in again, stuffed his hands and feet into his arms, and kept him from moving around. The little thing slept restlessly, and his sleeping posture was not very good, so he was pushed out many times. up.

Su Zipei was quiet now, Zhou Chengyu looked at the unconscious man and sighed, scratched the bridge of his nose, angrily in his heart, you are here to restrain me.

If anyone dared to quarrel with Young Master Zhou while he was sleeping, it would be an advantage for him not to beat him up.After coming here, I have to remember to get up in the middle of the night to see if the little thing is covered with a quilt, but I can't beat or scold, who makes me feel bad?

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Zhou Chengyu couldn't get up early in the morning to work, with the warm and fragrant nephrite in his bed, he usually slept until he woke up naturally, and then after making breakfast, he began to sculpt all day and night.Moreover, the wood spirit is getting better and better now, and can cut the rough shape of the wood, which saves a lot of effort, but it is too delicate to do it.But this is already very good.

Zhou Chengyu was still sleeping soundly, so he naturally didn't know that people from the government came to register for grain collection today.The village is quite lively. After all, as long as it is not a bad year, the harvest will not be bad, so the villagers are quite rich.

The clerk who had been to Zhoujia Village was in charge of collecting taxes in the surrounding villages.He commanded two officers and soldiers to put the received grain in the open space at the head of the village, and two officers and soldiers followed him to each house.

"Chen Lan? Is he the brother who registered for the flood last time?" When the document came to Zhou Chengxuan's house and checked the information, he suddenly asked.

Zhou Chengxuan didn't know, so he could only respond first: "Yes, but he is already my husband, what's the matter?" Chen Lan also leaned against the door, a little puzzled.

"Oh, it's okay." The clerk looked up at Chen Lan, and waved to the two officers and soldiers who were carrying the food, "The food for the affected people will be halved, just take three hundred catties." They collect taxes according to the number of people , two hundred catties per person, but this time there was an announcement that half of the tax for the refugees from the last flood was specially reduced.Because it is registered in advance, no one can impersonate.

Zhou Chengxuan didn't expect this to happen, he was stunned for a second and didn't realize it, he came back to his senses when they were all gone, looked at his husband who was also leaning on the door, walked over with a smile, and helped him go inside : "It seems that the previous floods were quite serious, and the government came up with such measures in order to take care of those people."

"Well, it's pretty good." Chen Lan's belly is getting bigger now, and she doesn't dare to walk too fast, and the morning sickness has not eased, and sometimes she will break out in a cold sweat at night. Take care, look good.

"Boom boom boom——"

Zhou Chengyu was rolling up his sleeves and preparing to make breakfast when someone knocked on the door, who would come to visit in the cold winter?

"Hello, we are here to collect grain." The clerk stood at the door and explained when he saw someone coming to open the door.He remembered this family, that brother lost his memory, it was this guy who kept him.Of course, he also thought about it, worrying that this man made that idea because of the 50 taels of silver subsidized, and he didn't know what happened to that brother.

"So fast?" Zhou Chengyu muttered, and opened the door to invite people in. "How much food do you have to pay?"

"Each person is two hundred catties, how many people are there in your family?" The clerk took a notebook and carefully registered.

"Two, just me and my husband." Zhou Chengyu pointed to the food under the eaves, "It's all there, you can call it yourself, my husband hasn't woken up yet, do you need to call him out?"

"Are you Zhou Chengyu? Is your husband Su Zipei? Take out the household registration certificate, and it is best if someone is present. Everyone should do this to prevent people from taking advantage of troubled waters." The document explained that it was not uncommon in the past. In order to pay less food, some people will deliberately underreport the number of people, preferring not to register.

"I am, then you wait." Zhou Chengyu agreed. Since he lives here, he certainly hopes that the system here will be more perfect, at least to be guaranteed.But so far, the government is doing well.

Zhou Chengyu walked into the room, the little thing was still sleeping soundly under the quilt, but his eyelashes trembled slightly, he should be waking up soon.Zhou Chengyu half picked him up, dressed him, put on his shoes, and then woke him up: "Zipei, wake up, get up, okay?"

"Chengyu." Su Zipei rubbed against each other lightly, never getting angry, doing whatever he was asked to do, not being obedient.

"Don't sleep, get up and have breakfast, or it will be bad for your health." Zhou Chengyu asked him to wash by himself, and picked up the comb next to him to comb his hair. "People from the government came to the village to collect grain today, and they need to count the number of people. Zipei will come out with me later."

Su Zipei nodded obediently, she had enough sleep last night, and today she is more energetic than the previous few days, but she still vomited once.

When Zhou Chengyu helped the people out, the two officers and soldiers moved quickly and had already packed the food. The clerk knew that the brother here was also a disaster-affected villager, so he ordered them to count [-] catties early.

"It's all registered, and we will take the food away." The clerk confirmed that the identities of the two were correct, and he didn't stay any longer. He still had to run to several villages and was very busy.

"Walk slowly." Zhou Chengyu saw the person leaving, and lowered his head to rub the little thing's face affectionately, "I knew they were going so fast, why did you come out again, is it cold?"

Su Zipei smiled lightly, revealing her pear hole. In fact, she liked Cheng Yu's intimate gestures to her most, so she stretched out her arms around his neck, with the weight of her whole body hanging on him, and her voice was still languid. :"not cold."

Zhou Chengyu aimed at his lips, and gently lifted his chin to kiss them. The weak winter sun shone on them, turning them into the most beautiful painting in the morning.

"Okay, if we don't cook anymore, we're going to starve to death." Zhou Chengyu let go of him with a smile, put his arms around his waist and walked into the kitchen, "The weather is fine today, and I'll pull those two sheep with you in a while." Go out and eat grass. I've grown up a lot during this time."

"Ok!"

It was not the first time for Zhou Chengyu to herd sheep. He found a relatively lush grassland and tied the lamb to his hand. He just sat on the ground with his arms around the little thing and watched the scenery in the distance.

Su Zipei was leaning on him, wearing a thick robe, his almond eyes were shining brightly, he could be in a daze all afternoon like this.Zhou Chengyu looked at him with a light smile: "Do you want Zipei to draw? The scenery here is so beautiful."

"Okay!" Su Zipei nodded excitedly, Zhou Chengyu seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and took out his drawing board and rice paper from behind, "Here, I brought it because I was afraid you would be bored, and it will come in handy now."

"Chengyu is so kind!" Su Zipei leaned forward and kissed his lips, a bright smile drove away the cold winter.

The child in Su Zipei's belly has only been full for more than a month. Zhou Chengyu saw that he was not particularly uncomfortable, so he didn't bother him anymore, and let him run around there. It's not built, but the painting is pretty good, it seems that I'm going to organize a studio at home.

Su Zipei was painting there, and Zhou Chengyu was guarding him, holding a piece of dog's tail grass in his mouth, and his eyes only followed the person not far away.

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