Husband and wife are hot on the kang

The villagers are now people who have eaten and seen people, and they will have more money at home. At the beginning of autumn, several families had torn down old houses and built new yards. How could they smash their own signs?

Their Shibalipu is different now!

And this is for the army, not for outsiders!

Back home one by one, I can't wait to wash the potatoes with water. They are all very clean, and they bring their own sacks, and the ones are bigger than the other!

One hundred thousand catties of potato seeds sounds like a lot, but potatoes weigh the scales!

However, it was still shipped back and forth for three or four days, so I won't mention it for the time being.

That night, when Shi Hongda returned home, Yu Baobao had already returned. I don’t know if it was his illusion. He felt that the child seemed to have grown up and became more sensible. When he entered the room, he happened to watch him read a newspaper to Yu Liangji. What a little joke!

Yu Liangji half-lyed on the kang, and because the weather had been cold recently after the autumn harvest, he covered his waist with a small thin quilt.

"Are you back?" Seeing Shi Hongda coming in, he raised his face and smiled.

"Well, is it better?" Shi Hongda came in and sat on the kang, Yu Baobao put away the newspaper and poured Shi Hongda a cup of hot tea.

"Uncle Shi, let's drink some tea and warm it up, it's very cold outside." Baobao made Shi Hongda a cup of eight-treasure tea, which is Yu Liangji's favorite Soon, Mrs. Huang prepared eight-treasure tea, so this is what was prepared in the house.

"It's much better. I'll be fine after I sleep. It's because I'm timid." Yu Liangji laughed at himself. At that time, he thought that there were more than 1000 people, and it would be easy to surround Shibalipu. Are you afraid?

I didn't know what to think at the time, so I was scared!

Looking back now, I am a little baffled, could it be menopause?

Should not be!

How old are you?

Not yet 30 years old!

How can a person in his 20s experience menopause?

Even if the menopause is early, it didn't happen so early, did it start at such a young age?

"You just got into a corner for a while, didn't think about it, and was frightened. It will be fine when you come back to your senses. Although this place is close to the border, the heavy snowstorm the year before last completely calmed down there. No one 20 Don't want to slow down the year, so don't worry!" Shi Hongda took a sip of the hot eight-treasure tea, frowning a little: "It's so sweet that the eight-treasure tea is so noisy, I still don't like the taste."

"I knew you didn't like it a long time ago, but this is a good drink. It can replenish qi and blood. It's too cold this autumn. It seems to be pickling licorice and apricots in summer. It's almost September now." Liangji held the tea bowl and took a sip of Babao tea.

"Yeah, it's time to pay taxes in a few days." Shi Hongda thought of something and couldn't help chuckling: "In the past, everyone was looking forward to sharing the tax-free quotas, but now they don't want any of them. He even insisted that when his children are successful, they will be exempted from tax, and they will not take advantage of the court."

Yu Liangji also laughed when he heard this. He is now the Marquis, and the tax-free quota of the Zhang family's ten acres of land has long since ceased to count.

It's just the tax-free quota that the Zhang family voluntarily eliminated.

Yu Liangji didn't say anything, but he planted potatoes at the beginning of spring this year, and I heard that they also had a bumper harvest this year.

The relationship between Zhangjiacun and Shibalipu is not an exaggeration to use the phrase "respect each other like soldiers", so other villages can buy potato seeds, but I don't know about Zhangjiacun.

However, he also gave the old man of the Zhang family potato seeds at the beginning, and it was enough for him to handle it by himself. The potatoes planted by the old man of the Zhang family were enough to be used as potato seeds for the people of Zhangjia village to plant.

as predicted!

People in Zhangjia Village will treat Mr. Zhang as their ancestors, and just want to buy some potatoes to grow back, and they will plant them next year. Such high-yielding potato seeds are really rare.

"It's good. Everyone has this kind of ambition, so you don't have to worry about the children's failure." Yu Liangji is happy that the people in his village have a higher morale. It was too low in the past, but now that he has confidence, he can of course rise.

Three or four days later, the [-] catties of potato seeds in Shibalipu were sold out, and these soldiers finally left contentedly. Just as they left the camp, all the village chiefs from the villages came!

Zhang Di was the only one missing. If he didn't come, everyone pretended to be confused and didn't mention him.

"Brother, it's your fault. You sold so many potato seeds, do you still have our share?" The village head of Lijia Village, who is better than the old village head She, spoke naturally. Who told them The girls in Lijia Village are doing well. Three of them have married into Shibalipu, one has given birth to a child, and two are pregnant.

"Of course there are. Don't worry, there are a lot of them. I'm afraid you don't want to buy them because they are too expensive." Now the old village chief is not worried at all that the potatoes in his village will not be sold.

"How much? We can afford it!" Majia Village is the wealthiest village nearby, and its reputation is much better than Zhangjia Village.

Therefore, the mayor of Majia Village speaks with confidence.

"A lot of money and a catty." The old village head quoted the price.

"A lot of money for a catty?" All the village chiefs were taken aback.

"Is this a bit too high?" The head of Zhengjia Village frowned.

"The army bought [-] catties of potato seeds at this price. Originally, you wanted to buy less. I wanted two big bucks per catty. But everyone is so familiar. Let's buy it at the same price as the army. A lot of money, a catty." Of course, the old village chief didn't say that, for the purchase price of [-] catties, Master Yu gave them [-] catties without asking for money.

On average, nine copper plates per catty.

It's just that he can't say this, only he knows about it, and Lord Hou Yeshi knows about it, but few others know about it, thinking that Hou's mansion also sold potato seeds!

After all, there are too many potatoes to eat. Wouldn’t it be a waste if they were not sold and left to rot?

When these village chiefs heard that the army was asking for [-] catties in one go, compared with them who could ask for [-] catties, they still took advantage, so all of them smiled happily, but they didn't compare with the old village. Long bargain!

After hearing this, Yu Liangji was stunned for a while: "This deal is done!"

Except for the potatoes eaten by the family and those reserved for planting, all the potatoes in Shibalipu were sold to the nearby Shiliba Village. This time Shibalipu gained both benefits and fame.

Everyone said that Shibalipu doesn't eat alone food, and it is happy to give money when it is given!

They all thought that next year their own potato seeds could be sold at a high price, but they didn't know that if they all thought this way, it would be the second result of a vegetable shed.

It's just entered September, and the Double Ninth Festival is celebrated. The old man of the Zhang family, this time, brought his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and several young grandchildren, and the whole family came to Hou's mansion to visit relatives.

The older children of the Zhang family all go to the school in Shibalipu, but the school opened after the August Festival, and it didn’t start enrolling students shortly after the start of the school year. It's been ten days, and it's not yet the holiday, so none of them have been to the Hou Mansion.

Yu Liangji was afraid that the children in the dormitory would run away and cause accidents, and people would watch him closely. Who would dare to sneak away and send them home without explaining!

However, on September [-]th, the Double Ninth Festival, there was a three-day holiday. It happened that someone from the Zhang family came to pick them up together. Yu Liangji was waiting at the gate in person.

Don't look at other people's face, but look at the baby!

The Hou Mansion is very majestic, and Steward He intends to give the other party a disgrace. He cleaned the entire Hou Mansion, and used all the available people. The guards were in groups of 30, and they stood on duty separately. All the big maids dressed up and sent to the guest room to serve.

The old man of the Zhang family looked at the golden signboard of the Hou Mansion and smiled. Their family lives comfortably in Zhangjia Village now, and no one dares to provoke them easily. The bad breath back then is almost the same.

Mrs. Zhang just took a fancy to Yu Baobao, and she held him tightly. This visit to the Hou Mansion might not be an ice-breaking trip.

The first aunt and the second aunt are as honest as quail, without the aggressiveness and meanness of the past, the cousins ​​are familiar with Yu Baobao, and Baobao takes them into the Hou's mansion and to his yard.

Yu Liangji placed them in the guest courtyard, the Hou's Mansion is a big place, and after they had a rest, they had lunch.

Since it was the first time for a relative to come to the Hou's mansion, Butler He asked the kitchen to prepare a table of delicious food with all colors and flavors.

Chef Huang has also made some improvements in his cooking skills. It just so happens that autumn is the season when all kinds of vegetables are ripe, so he made [-] dishes with [-] efforts!

The first four dishes are stewed chicken with mushrooms, braised carp in braised sauce, beef stewed with potatoes and braised beef tendons, which are common in Northeast China.

The last four dishes are the vegan wishful cabbage rolls, stuffed tofu with mushrooms, dried five-spice tofu and shredded potatoes.

And there are so many kinds of decorations on the platter, you can pay attention to it at a glance!

Yu Liangji wanted to laugh a lot. Ever since he knew that the Zhang family intended to take away the baby, Chef Huang would be very particular when visiting the Zhang family.

For example, this time too, for a good beef and radish soup, the radishes must be carved into petals one by one, and the beef is also sliced ​​thin...

The rest also made fresh gizzard mushrooms, five-spice pigeon, wishful prawns and crispy duck, etc. Anyway, they are all things that ordinary people would not eat. In fact, Yu Liangji has never eaten much!

The Zhang family was really shocked!

When eating, Yu Liangji frequently asked people to serve them dishes, lest they would be cautious, but they were already very cautious.

Later, Director He went to the kitchen, and Yu Liangji was relieved, believing that the dinner would not have so many tricks.

After taking a nap, I took people for a walk around the Marquis' Mansion, especially the orchard at the back. This year's harvest was pretty good. The plums were big and sweet, and the wine was also in the big cellar. in it.

How big is the Hou Mansion?

After shopping all afternoon, I only saw a few places. In the evening, there are all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, which is not bad compared to noon.

But without those carvings, there are many things to do, from the shredded apples for dessert to the braised lamb sausages that few people eat, all of which once again show that the Hou Mansion is different.

But what made Chef Huang miscalculate was that everyone was full of praise for this stewed lamb sausage!

In addition to the stewed lamb fat intestines, the most outstanding meal in the evening is also a stewed oxtail dish, which is also very good. This Yu Liangji drank a bowl of soup!

Shi Hongda wrote it down silently.

After breakfast the next day, Yu Liangji sent the children to play in the village. Only then did Yu Liangji ask Mr. Zhang, did the family have a good harvest?

"Yes, a potato seed that costs a lot of money, the family will sell everything except for food and next year's planting!" The old man is very happy, which means that Yu Liangji still cares about the Zhang family. He didn't care about it, not only did he not care about it, but he also gave them such a big benefit to the Zhang family.

The two daughters-in-law are also honest, and now they really regret it.

Moreover, the rules of the Hou Mansion are extremely strict, and the maid who looks like a fairy looks like a servant here!

"That's good, this potato will only be planted for one year, and it will be flooded in the second year!" Yu Liangji said with a smile: "But we don't have to plant potatoes in the second year, but we should plant normal crops, corn. Sorghum is good!"

"That's right, millet is pretty good too!" The old man stroked his beard and smiled.

After chatting with Yu Liangji for a long time, and then strolling around Hou's Mansion, the scenery in each place is different, not only sighing in my heart, Yu's house is not what it used to be now!

The Zhang family stayed in the Hou Mansion for three days before they left. When they left, Yu Liangji took them with them in large and small packages, which fully reflected the meaning of visiting relatives, so they were sent back all the way.