Little Zhuangtou and the Great General

023

After breakfast, Wu Liu proposed to leave: "The matter of Huangjian'ao Village needs to be dealt with, and the movements of all parties must be closely monitored. I want to leave for a while. You can stay here with peace of mind. Food, clothing, etc. Just tell the steward that if you want to go out, you can go after the doctor has checked and confirmed that there is no problem."

Shen Miao nodded, he could see the importance of Huangjian'ao Village to Wu Liu, and saving him was just incidental, so he said, "You are busy with your work."

"Be careful yourself." Wu Liu ordered and left.

The little girls were cleaning the patio, and they were afraid that Shen Miao would be bored, so they asked one of them to come up and say to Shen Miao, "My lord, would you like to put a chair for you in front of the porch, this building is the tallest in the village, and you can see a lot of places."

Shen Miao thinks about it, but if she can't move around for a while, she will sit down and look at the surrounding situation first, and then agrees: "Find me a thicker dress."

"En." The little girl promised to open the closet and found a thick cloak, and because she had never seen such a thing before, she asked Shen Miao uncertainly, "My lord, is this okay? It's like a quilt. "

Shen Miao couldn't help laughing, and corrected: "This is called a cloak, not a quilt."

The little girl nodded: "Can that work?"

"Of course." Shen Miao nodded, and the little girl ran over happily, tiptoed to cover Shen Miao, moved a round chair made of bamboo, put a cushion on it, and prepared to help Shen Miao pass.

Shen Miao only had a chest pain, except for the inconvenience of getting up, the rest of the time was fine, so she said to the little girl, "I will walk slowly by myself, and exercise my muscles."

The little girl hurriedly refused: "No, my father said that the injury lasted for a hundred days, but the young master is only on the second day, so you can't leave."

Shen Miao couldn't help laughing again, she was such a big kid, she hurriedly explained: "This is different."

The little girl couldn't understand, and she refused to take back her outstretched hand, so Shen Miao had no choice but to do as she wanted, and let her help her out slowly. After sitting firmly, she asked the little girl with a smile, "What's your name?"

"My name is Da Niu, and I am the eldest at home, so I am called by this name." Da Niu said with a smile.

The little girls downstairs also heard the voice from the second floor, and said one after another: "Master, my name is Xiaohua. When my mother gave birth to me, wild flowers bloomed next to our house, so my father named me this."

"Young master, my name is Azhu. Our house is surrounded by bamboos, so my mother just took them."

"Young master, my name is Duo'er. My mother always said that I was a little duo, so I was called Duo'er. As a result, a younger sister came after me, and she was named Duo Duo."

The little girls smiled heartily and said the simple but sad names. Shen Miao listened carefully, remembering them one by one, and recognized all four little girls.The eldest girl is the tallest, the little flower is more beautiful, Azhu is a little thinner, and Duoer is the most lively.

The four little girls were very diligent in their hands and feet, and they finished cleaning the courtyard in a short time, and began to clean the pillars and railings with buckets each.

Shen Miao stopped them: "It's been raining for the past few days, so it's useless to wipe."

"No!" The four girls shook their heads together, pointing to the gaps in the carvings on the railing and saying, "Look, there's a lot of dust in here, it must be wiped."

Shen Miao had no choice but to not dampen their enthusiasm, and instead cast her sights into the distance.

The scenery in the distance is very familiar to him. The green mountains and green waters, the clouds and mist, the cuckoos herald the spring, the oxen plow the land, and when it is approaching the rainy season, it is the season for pulling out seedlings and transplanting seedlings. The field mud has been piled up, and the spring rain overnight has injected sufficient water into it.

What a busy time.

It’s hard to hide the weirdness of the good times, just like this villa, four little girls are cleaning a small courtyard, and there are surprisingly many people in the field. There are as many as six or seven people working in one mu of field at the same time. There are many children standing on the ridge.

Fewer people and more!What a waste of manpower, especially at this time of year.

Shen Miao sighed, thinking that since she is idle and bored, let's think of some solutions and play!

The most convenient way to solve this problem is to let the farmers return to their original residences, but Wu Liu said that the taxes outside the village are heavy, and the people dare not go back.If you don't leave, you can only provide as many fields as possible for farmers to cultivate. However, the terrain here is dominated by mountains and forests, and most of the land available for cultivation is alluvial plains with a small area.If the area of ​​the plain is not enough, you can only ask for land from the mountains. The general method is to build terraced fields between the mountains.

Eh!Speaking of terraced fields, he didn't pay attention to it just now, but now he finds something strange, there are no terraced fields here?Is it blocked by mountains?

Then Shen Miao asked the little girls, and the little girls all shook their heads and said no after asking what the terraced fields looked like.

Shen Miao was even more surprised, there are terraced fields in Huangjian'ao Village, why not here?

In addition to the strangeness of the terraced fields, the planting area of ​​tea and mulberry trees here is also low. Although these cannot be preserved, they can generate high profits and bring a lot of income, which can be used to replace food for food storage.

Shen Miao was thinking about it when the big girl interrupted him: "My lord, Duoer has gone to get the porridge, where do you want to eat? This way? Or go back inside?"

"That's it." Shen Miao said with a smile.

Da Niu hurriedly greeted Xiao Hua to move a table together in the house, and Duo Er went upstairs with the food box, and put the food in the box on the table, a small pot of lean meat and vegetable porridge, served with a dish of moldy tofu.

The porridge was stewed just right, and the fragrance was overflowing, which whetted the appetite, and the little girls couldn't help but take a sip.

Shen Miao greeted hurriedly: "Come, come, not together."

"No, no, no." The little girls shook their heads in unison, "We have all eaten, and we are very full."

"Yes, yes, and the young master eats thin food, but we eat dry food today." Xiao Hua said with a smile.

"Such a big white flour steamed bun, it's the first time for me to eat one by myself." Duo'er gestured and said.

The big girl also nodded: "In the past, I could only eat one during the New Year and holidays, and I had to share it with my younger siblings. Today, each person eats one."

"Auntie Zhang in the kitchen specially prepared pickles for us, and there is actually meat in the pickles." Azhu probed at the stairs and added.

Shen Miao felt sad after hearing this for a while, and she was so happy after eating white flour steamed buns. The life of the farmers in the village is really difficult.He recalled the thought just now again. Originally, he just thought about it and didn't decide to take action, but now he had the idea of ​​trying to solve it.At the very least, let these little girls eat dry staple food every meal!

But how?

While eating, Shen Miao thought, field trips are inevitable, he can't go out temporarily, so he can only make preparations first, and at the same time learn some information that can be obtained by dictation, such as what crops do you usually grow?How is the climate here?How is the precipitation?etc.You can ask these little girls for this information, or you can ask other servants in Biezhuang.

Shen Miao made up her mind, started to act after eating the porridge, set a few directions first, and then started to ask the little girls questions, the little girls had no reservations, they said what they knew as much as possible, and if they didn't know, they said they were not clear , or what it might be like, if you don’t know, you honestly don’t know.

When it was over, the little girls expressed their enthusiasm that they could ask other people in the village about some things, so Shen Miao sent them to ask.

As a result, in the evening, the steward came in person, and asked Shen Miao tactfully, "I don't know why the young master inquired about the affairs of the village?"

The author has something to say: ┗|｀O′|┛哩~~Life is endless, farming is endless, and if you change the site, you must continue farming