Traveling through mountains and rivers

Perhaps it was because his heart was churning too hard the night before, when Ning Ze woke up the next morning, he felt sweaty all over, and got up early in the morning to take a shower.

Because it was summer and the weather was hot, no one thought it was strange. In addition, everyone in the Tao family had gone out to work, so only Tao Qing and a group of children were left at home.

After taking a bath, Ning Ze went to help a group of children dry the ears of rice. There were quite a lot of ears of rice accumulated day by day, and all of them had to be dried before they could be taken off.

There is a lot of rice, and together with several children, they have been busy for a long time before they are all dried.

The yard of Tao’s house is not counted, and there are only two drying dustpans at most, and the rest are all placed on oiled paper. These oiled papers are specially bought for drying rice or corn, and they are made into small pieces. There are east and west pieces in the yard, covering the whole yard.

Tao's family raised chickens, and they kept them all over the yard on weekdays, but as long as there was something to dry in the yard, the chickens would not be released, for fear that the chickens would spoil the food if they came out.

Although farm chickens are also very precious, compared with food, food is still much more precious.

After the ears of rice were all in the sun, Ning Ze took a break and went to the kitchen to have a look.

Tao Qing made brown rice pancakes today, which was more appetizing than the usual brown rice. Ning Ze felt that he should be full this morning.

After looking around the kitchen, Ning Ze went out again without finding anything he could help with. Tao Qing cooked the meal, and Muzi and Linzi went to ask the Tao family to come back for dinner.

Ning Ze took the initiative to ask to go with him. He doesn't know where the Tao family's fields are now, so it can be regarded as finding out the way, so as not to reveal his secrets in time.

The distance is not far, and it didn't take long to arrive. The fields here are all flat, not like the terraced fields he has seen before. A field looks like an acre, and it looks big when you look at it. Muzi and Linzi lead the way. Ning Ze got acquainted with the fields of the Tao family.

Now the rice harvested by the Tao family is not the ears of rice, but the rice stalks. Although the rice barrels at home are not yet ready, they can still be used now. This year, there is no need to improve them, and they will be used.

Standing on the horizon, Ning Ze looked at the rice in the field. He felt that the rice grew really well, and after a few more compliments, he went back to eat with the Tao family.

Everyone in Ning Ze's words is beaming, and this year's rice is all their hope.

After returning home for dinner, Tao Deshu still didn't ask Tao Qing and Ning Ze to go to the fields to help with the work, but instead asked them to find a suitable place in the village to repair the house, so as not to say that they would have time when everyone was done. , they still don't know where the house will be built.

Neither Tao Qing nor Ning Ze refused, and it was not an option to live in Tao's house all the time.

Only Tao Qing and Ning Ze went, and the children were left at Tao's house. The sun was too high and the children were too young. Neither Tao Qing nor Ning Ze wanted their children to suffer.

There are more than 200 households in Xianning Village, which has a large number of people and a wide area. There is a lot of wasteland in the village. It is not difficult for Ningze and the others to find a place to build a house. The important thing is where to build.

Ning Ze said, "Let's find a place with few people. Our family will find a way to make money in the future. I always feel a little inconvenient to live in a place with many people. What do you think?"

Tao Qing thought of the Polygonum multiflorum he found in the mountains. This is something that no one else should know about, even if they sold it for money. So what Ning Ze proposed was exactly what he wanted, and Tao Qing immediately nodded. "Then let's choose the place near the mountain at the end of the village. There is still wasteland over there. We will reclaim the wasteland and plant it."

The two people's ideas coincided with each other, which is a very good thing, so the two went straight to their destination to see the place.

At the end of the village, there is also a road that leads out of the village and to the town. The difference is that going out from here passes through another village called Fengning Village. It is a small village with only a few dozen households, adjacent to Xianning Village.

There are many intermarriages in the two villages, and the relationship is not bad. People from Xianning Village pass by their village and no one will say anything.

It takes at least half an hour to walk from the head to the tail of the village in Xianning Village, so they separate from the middle, half of the people going to the town will go to the head and the tail of the village.

The two walked quickly to the end of the village. As Tao Qing said, the area at the end of the village is indeed not small, because it is near the tail, and there are few people and few houses here. At a glance, it is almost all wasteland, which is very strange. fit their ideas.

Now that we don’t have money, we can only build a small house. When we have money, we can build a big house and enclose a large piece of land for repair. The rest of the wasteland can be dug into fields to grow crops. What Ning Ze thought It's not bad.

The two walked around and settled on the place. Although it is said to be backing the mountain, it is still a distance away from the mountain. Generally, the wild animals on the mountain will not come down the mountain. At that time, they can raise a few dogs. , so that safety can be guaranteed.

After the place was selected, Ning Ze asked Tao Qing, "Does this wasteland cost money to buy? We don't have any money now, so I'm afraid we will have to pay on credit."

Tao Qing shook his head, "You don't need to buy it. No one said anything about building a house on the wasteland. As for using it for crops, you don't have to pay tax for the first three years. You will have to pay it in the fourth year, but you only pay two cents of the tax. After five years, you will have to pay a quarter of the tax."

After hearing this, Ning Ze felt relieved, everything is important now, and such free things are simply the best for them.

After the location was selected, Ning Ze planned to go back, but Tao Qing hesitated and said that he wanted to take him to the mountains to have a look.

Tao Qing's hesitant expression made Ning Ze feel that there must be something on this mountain, so he agreed without hesitation.

And Tao Qing also struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally decided to tell Ning Ze about this matter. After all, two people's ideas are better than his own.