Traveling through mountains and rivers

After Ning Ze and Tao Qing cleaned up the house and made lunch, Ning Ze went to open the door again.

At this moment, there was indeed no one at the door, but a lot of mud was thrown on the door, which was obviously done by these people.

Ning Ze looked at the mud on the door and was in a bad mood. He didn't know how to describe these people.

He thought that the Ning family was the only ones who were shameless, but he didn't expect that there were so many people like the Ning family in this village, and there were indeed strange things everywhere.

Ning Ze yelled into the room, "Ah Qing, I'll pick up the children. If I hadn't knocked on the door later, you wouldn't even open it, you know?"

"Understood, you should pay attention to yourself." Tao Qing came out of the kitchen to respond to Ning Ze's words, and Ning Ze nodded to him before going out.

It was lunch time at this time, and there were no people on the road, and if there were some, they were working in the fields. Ning Ze didn't say hello to these people, and went straight to Tao's house.

At this time, the Tao family was also eating. After seeing Ning Ze, they hurriedly greeted him to eat. Tao An said, "Why are you back so early today? Have you eaten yet? Let's go together without eating. Where is Ah Qing? Why didn't he come?"

Ning Ze said, "I'm cooking at home. I'm here to pick up the children and go back to eat. Brother, you eat, don't worry about us."

Tao An said, "I won't let you eat after you cook. It's just that a few little guys have already started eating, so let them finish eating. Otherwise, if they are called down now, they may wait a while." I'm not hungry anymore, it's time to grow my body, so it's better to eat more."

Ning Ze looked at the three children who were eating with gusto, nodded, and didn't say anything, planning to wait for them to eat before taking them back.

But as soon as he sat down, Tao An asked him, "I heard that someone went to your house to make trouble today, what's the matter? Didn't hurt anyone?"

Ning Ze shook his head, "No, didn't you say you wanted to go out to sea to see it? I was planning to find some people to go with me. I asked Dongzi to ask him to find someone, but I don't know why the words leaked out. Ah Qing and I came back from the town and saw a group of people standing in front of our house."

"I reckon they were incited to come here. Dongzi is not a person who can go out and talk nonsense, but I don't know who has evil intentions."

Ning Ze was also very helpless. It was a trivial matter, but in the end the whole village knew about it and came to ask him for money. These people were really crazy about money.

Tao An said, "No matter what, you have to ask Ning Dong about this matter. It's okay if this matter passes like this. If it doesn't pass, I'm afraid you will have trouble in the future."

Ning Ze nodded, "Well, I know, I plan to ask Dongzi after dinner, I'm also confused by today's appearance."

"The people in the village... oh! I can't say anything. Be careful yourself. If you go out, don't leave only three children at home. If you really can't keep people at home, you can send the children here, okay? It's almost fine now, and we didn't plan to let him go to work, so we let him take care of the children at home."

The arrangement of the Tao family is very good in Ning Ze's opinion. After all, the Tao family has been injured, and it is definitely not possible to do heavy work. There are so many children in the family, and there are also housework that need someone to do, so I just work at home also can.

The Tao family has a labor force, and there is no shortage of one from the Tao family.

Ning Ze said, "I haven't got back the money I sold wild boar meat last time. You tell the second brother that when you send the snail meat, you can ask the shopkeeper for it. After taking the money, you can buy some medicine for Ah Mo. If there is no When you get the money, just open your mouth, you can’t suffer.”

Tao An looked at Ning Ze with a smile on his face and said, "Don't worry, I'm sure you won't be suffering. We all know that after you separated, our family's life will get better and better. Now it's not a problem. It will be short to eat."

Ning Ze said, "That's good."

After thinking for a while, Ning Ze continued, "Brother, when I went to the town today, I heard a news that the seaside is not peaceful now, maybe something is going to happen, I still have to pay attention at home in the future, and the children should also make appointments." Just don't let you run away, just play at the door of your house."

When Tao An heard this, he stopped eating, put the bowl aside, stared at Ning Ze and asked, "What's going on? Is this news serious?"

Ning Ze said, "I don't know if it's serious or not. I went to the town to look for a merchant ship today, but I heard someone talking about it before I found it. I asked Dr. Mo and he said that the merchant ship It's all stopped, let me not go to the beach for the time being, and pay attention at home, brother, we don't care if it's true, as long as we are careful."

Tao Anlue thought for the first time, then nodded, "Okay, I know, there are many people in the family, so don't be afraid. You and Qingzi should also pay attention. After all, you have three children, and they are all young."

"Well, don't worry, brother! We will."

After Ning Ze finished speaking, he looked back at the three little guys. The two little ones had already finished eating and climbed off the stool. Putao was still drinking soup from the bowl. Ning Ze laughed, clapped his hands, and called Douzi and Peanut to come over. .

As soon as the two little guys heard Ning Ze's call, they ran towards him with short legs.

Seeing them like this, Tao An took the bowl back to the table to eat, and was so busy talking to Ning Ze that he really didn't eat anything.

After Ning Ze received the two little ones, he waited a while before receiving the big ones, and packed up the last three.

When returning home, Ning Ze saw Ning Dong wandering in front of his house, walked over to him and asked, "Dongzi..."

Before Ning Ze finished speaking, Ning Dong interrupted him, "Zezi, I'm here to make amends to you. I didn't handle this matter well. Who knew it would end up like this."

Ning Ze asked Putao to knock on the door, then patted Ning Dong and said, "Dongzi, don't worry, tell me what's going on first?"

Putao slapped the door and shouted, Tao Qing soon came to open the door, and Ning Ze brought the three little ones into the room with Ning Dong.

After entering the door, Ning Dong couldn't wait to explain the reason to Ning Ze, "The thing is like this. Didn't you tell me to find someone before? I was thinking about going to the third son's house. The third son is good at water, and life at home is not easy. , I reckoned that he would be willing to go, so I went to his house and told him about it, the third son and his family members agreed, and asked when the money would be paid, and I told the truth."

"But what I didn't expect was that I just left the door of his house, and your aunt went to visit the door. The little third son told him about it when he was happy. After you went back, I don't know how I told my family, but later your two older brothers went door to door."

"By the time I found out about this, your door was already full of people, all of which were told by your two elder brothers. I didn't understand what was going on at first, or did I go back and ask the third son?" How did you know that he told this matter to the outside world? I originally wanted to find someone else, but when I saw that things were like this, who dared to go? I could only wait at home and prepare to come to you when you come back. You make things clear."

"At first, I thought you wouldn't come back so early. These people won't be able to wait long. They probably should have left when you came back. I thought you'd come back so early today and bump into this group of people directly."

After Ning Dong finished speaking, he looked at Ning Ze nervously, "Zezi, that's the way it is. I'm to blame for this. It's because I didn't tell Xiaosanzi's family that this happened."

After hearing that it was Ning Dong, Ning Ze understood that the matter of feelings was made by his cheap guy, but this time the method was much better than before, but what Ning Ze didn't understand was that he This cheap guy really doesn't like him so much, and always wants to make trouble for him.

But now things have happened, and the soldiers came to cover them up, hoping that these people would not appear again.

If he really does come again, he doesn't guarantee that he won't do anything. He's afraid that some people will say, troublesome.

But looking at Ning Dong who was nervous in front of him, Ning Ze decided to comfort him first, "Okay, it will be fine once the matter is clarified. It's not your fault, and you didn't say it."

"Then do I still need to find someone?" Ning Dong asked.

Ning Ze shook his head, "No, I can't estimate it now. It is said that there is something happening at the seaside. We will talk about it after this incident. Don't worry."

"Is there something wrong? Is there a war?" The word "war" immediately appeared in Ning Dong's mind.

Ning Ze said, "I don't know the details. I've heard about it too. I just need to pay attention to it recently. There's nothing else going on."

Only then did Ning Dong heave a sigh of relief, "It's fine that there's nothing serious about it. Our village is a little far from the sea, so it probably won't affect us here."

If there is a real war, Ning Ze is not so optimistic. The speed of the war is far beyond your imagination. I just hope it is not true.

Ning Dong doesn't care about this now, but cares about another thing. If he doesn't go to the beach with Ning Ze, how can he work with Ning Ze?

Ning Dong looked at Ning Ze and hesitated for a while, but still asked this question.

Ning Ze looked at him, and thought of what he had said to Tao Qing before, "I am going to dig two ponds, one for my third brother and one for you, but I haven't dug it yet, so I will give you another thing to do. , see if you want it or not."

"Yes, yes, I'm willing to do anything."

Ning Ze laughed, "I haven't said what it is, you agreed."

Ning Dong said, "As long as it gives me something to do, what else can I not want to do."

Ning Ze said, "You should be able to do this. Open up wasteland. Have you seen the wasteland in front of my house? I don't have any land, and I can't open much by myself, so I plan to find someone to open up. It's just that I have to pay for food when I find someone. There are only me and Ah Qing in my family, and I can't be too busy, so I just want to simply hand it over and give you the whole package. How much wasteland I want to open up, how much per mu I will count the money to you, and then you find someone to do it yourself. In the end, if the money is left over, it will be yours, but if you lose money, you will have to pay it yourself, what do you think?"

"Then how much do you pay per mu?" Ning Dong asked.

"How much is a day to open up wasteland? How long does it take to dig an acre? Calculate according to this, and then I will give you an extra [-] Wen per mu. If you keep the [-] Wen, you can take it yourself. If you can't keep it, then you don't Gotta say it."

Upon hearing this, Ning Dong nodded without hesitation, "Sure, I'll do this, tell me how much you want to drive, and I'll take care of the rest."

It’s meaningless to open less. If you open more, you need to hire people. Anyway, you need to hire people, so it’s better to open more.

Ning Ze said, "Ten acres of land, ten acres of fields, open this first and count it, if it is not enough, add more."

Ning Dong said, "No problem."

Then Ning Ze didn't have time to eat, so he counted the money for Ning Dong first.

The wages Ning Ze gave did not include food. According to the price of labor in the village, [-] Wen a day with food, and [-] Wen if no food was included.Ning Ze calculated the eighteen essays for him.

If one acre of wasteland is opened up, it will take about four days to dig it out at the fastest. If it is slower, it may take six to seven days. Although the land in front of the gate is flat, there are many weeds, and people come and go. People also came here often, and the ground was so strong that even if the hoe went down lightly, nothing could be dug out, so Ning Ze counted seven days for Tongtong.

As long as Ning Dong knows how to count, he will definitely earn some of the money he gets in the end, and he will have to pay for it after the land is opened.

This is definitely a long-term job. Ning Dong was full of anxiety when he came, but he was in a good mood when he returned.