A scholar becomes a landlord

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

Ten Wen is also money, half a catty of meat money!

"It's easy to talk about, and we will send all the live ones back, at today's price."

Anyway, after the pheasant passed through the hands of their chef, the price of the pheasant has increased many times, but it is only ten cents more, so he can still make the decision.

"Okay, shopkeeper, don't worry."

Wei Le also likes generous people, this restaurant is good.

He didn't wear a Confucian shirt today because he went up the mountain, but a short jacket like ordinary civilians, so the shopkeeper didn't know his true identity as a scholar, and thought he was a new hunter who had just entered the mountain.

But this new hunter is quite capable, able to catch alive prey.You must know that the most difficult part of hunting is to keep the prey alive. After all, the prey will also resist and resist, and often die by a narrow margin.

Wei Le took the money to buy salt from a salt shop with a big salt lettering on it. Salt in ancient times could not be privately owned, so this salt shop was usually run by the government.

I bought a few catties of salt, and because of the large quantity, the people in the salt shop asked.

"Excuse me, my lord. Xiao Ke went hunting in the mountains and killed a wild sheep. The meat can't be eaten up, so it can't be spoiled somewhere! So Xiao Ke bought salt, salted it and dried it, so it can be preserved for a longer time."

Wei Le took out [-] Wen and secretly handed it to the other party, and the yamen servant of the Salt Bank burst into laughter, this man had a wink.

"Okay, as long as you don't sell it privately, you can buy the salt no more than ten catties."

Ask the guy to pack the salt for Wei Le. Although the salt store in the town is small, it is usually a bit greasy.Twenty Wen is not much, but in this part of the town, an ordinary family with this amount of money can be called more than a catty of meat, not too little!

"Thank you, sir."

Wei Le cupped his hands, paid the money and walked out carrying the salt on his back.I went out for a few more seasonings, and then drove home.It's just that all the 120 coins I earned today are used up. It's really left-handed and right-handed!

Fortunately, this salt can be used for a long time, so that the cost of this salt can be saved in the future.

When I got home, I saw Li Dahai coming over with his things. It turned out that he had already killed the rabbit and sheep, and even processed the meat and internal organs.And Pi Zi still has to wait for a while, and will be placed at Li Dahai's house for the time being.

"Uncle Li, if you don't mind, you can take this offal back and eat it!"

With so much meat and a rabbit, it was enough for Wei Le to eat.

"Then I'm welcome."

Li Dahai narrowed his eyes with a smile, although there are not many internal organs here, it is enough for him to eat two meals.He has no wife or children, and lives alone on two acres of inferior land.If it weren't for saving two pieces of silver when I was young, life would be even more difficult now.

oh~~

Looking at Li Dahai's back, Wei Le sighed. Many days are not easy for modern old people, let alone ancient old people.

How could Li Dahai say that he was the one who helped him, maybe he needs a gatekeeper, and I don't know if Li Dahai agrees or not?Food and lodging are included, and there are dozens of pennies per month. Although it is a little less, it is already very good in the countryside.Not to mention food and drink, the place to live is much better than the two thatched huts in Li Dahai's house.

"Talk to him later." He lives in a big place, and working alone usually takes a lot of time, and it's easier for him to have someone to help him.

The cut mutton and bones are marinated with salt and hung up to dry, and the cut rabbits are first fried with high heat, and then put into clay pots and simmered slowly over low heat.There are seasonings such as star anise and laurel leaves in it, and the fragrance slowly comes out, making Wei Le's mouth water three thousand feet.

At the same time, I stewed most of the pot of rice in a pot. It doesn’t matter if I can’t eat it at night. I will eat fried rice with eggs tomorrow.

"Hey, fried rice with eggs is the easiest and the most difficult. The rice needs to be separated..."

Thinking of fried rice with eggs, Wei Le is getting hungry, but the freshly cooked rice is not suitable for frying, so I have to wait until tomorrow.So he enjoyed the song of Fried Rice with Eggs.

Humming a song while cooking, Wei Le's self-satisfied appearance, if people outside see it, they will be shocked, and they will think that Wei Xiu is crazy!

Although Wei Le rarely cooks himself, he has seen Grandma Wei cook. Every time Grandma Wei cooks, she will tell him some cooking experience.It was probably because he wanted to talk to someone when he was getting older. Usually, besides the old man, this grandson was the only one by his side, so he talked a lot to Wei Le.After a long time, no matter how poor Wei Le's memory is, he will remember many things deeply.

With the foundation, I usually practice a few times, and I can cook well.After returning to ancient times, Wei Le often cooks, and this skill has been developed.

Now a pot of rice has been stewed by him until the fragrance of the rice overflows, and the fragrance of the rabbit meat permeates the whole kitchen. When the rice is ready, the rabbit meat is almost cooked.Take a big bowl, fill it with half a bowl of rice, then scoop up a spoonful of rabbit meat, and then pour some gravy on it. The taste makes you want to swallow your tongue.

One bite of rice, one bite of meat, and the gravy in the rice, perfect match~~

After eating two bowls of rice and half a bowl of rabbit meat, Wei Le walked out of the kitchen with a three-month-old belly.After going back to the house to wash and wash, he practiced calligraphy for another hour, and then he went to bed exhausted.

The days were spent in this unhurried life, every few days Wei Le would go up the mountain to pick up some prey, and finally got together a gray rabbit fur cloak.

Another time I was lucky, I hunted a fiery red fox, the fox meat was fine, the key was that the leather was very good, and I actually bought 30 taels of silver.

This leather is too small for men, but for women, it can be used to make a scarf, or save up for a period of time to make a cloak. Needless to say, the value is at least a few hundred taels.

Thirty taels of silver is not a small amount, and with the silver he earned from selling wild game, it would be almost 30 taels.As a result, he now also has an income.Even his 50 mu of land hired short-term workers to grow winter wheat.I also invited a few honest people from poor families in several villages to do long-term work and let them help manage the fields.

Then he himself took Lao Dahai to tidy up the hillside and plant some vegetables on it. Anyway, there were only him and Li Dahai, and the land on the hillside was about two acres, which was enough for him to eat.

As for Li Dahai, when he heard that Wei Le wanted someone to watch the gate, he immediately agreed, packed up his few things and moved to Wei's house.

Wei Le arranged for him to live in the room on the right of the gate of the front yard, and he kept the room on the left to teach the boys in the village how to read after spring.In this way, he doesn't have to worry about going out by himself, and no one is looking after him at home.

What's more, he now raises [-] to [-] chickens, which have to be fed every day and let them out to move around.The chicken has to run around a lot so that the meat will be delicious.

Of course, the sanitation of the chicken shed is also taken care of by Li Dahai, he is not a person who can sit idle.Besides, how could he not see Wei Le's kindness!So he usually rushes to do the work at home.

"Uncle, do you think this is okay?"

Wei Le put the hoe on the ground and asked while holding its handle.

He really hasn't done any farm work. When he was in the country with his grandparents, he just helped out a little. The two old people were afraid that his study would be delayed because of the farm work. He still does his homework at home, and cooks and feeds the pigs by the way.

"Okay, the young master is really smart, you can see through a little bit."

Li Dahai had just fertilized a piece of dug land, and walked over to see that the holes Wei Le dug now are better than at the beginning, at least one row is row by row, and each vertical is firm, instead of crooked.

"Okay, then I'll dig like this."

After punching his shoulder twice, Wei Le continued.

"Master, you don't need to go down to the ground by yourself, I can do it by myself."

Ever since Li Dahai moved to Wei Zhai, he called Master Wei Le, no matter what he said, he would not change it.

"Since I came to the country, I have to get used to it. Besides, I also want to enjoy myself, so it would be nice to stay in the city."

Wei Le shook his head, he will live in the countryside for decades, so he can't be ignorant of farm work all the time!Before planting winter wheat, he was still watching the program by the field!

Even if you want to be a landlord, you have to understand how much grain you need to harvest per acre of your own land, and you can't let people fool you.Just like a well-known landlord in the village, the family has two or three hundred acres of land, and the family still has to work in the field!Although everyone said he was picky, but looking at the children from the local bishop, although not all of them were talented in reading, they had good character.

Thinking of the gift from the landlord, just to find an enlightenment teacher for his children, Guang Guangxiu sealed 20 taels of silver.If he hadn't said that he didn't need so many, he might have sealed some more.

Unlike other children in the village, the landlord's three sons all had to take the imperial examination, so the money was unavoidable, and they had to officially worship Wei Le as their teacher.

The landlord's family has been farming for generations, and they have no talent for reading.It's rare that all three of his sons look very smart, even if only one of them wins, he will let them continue.

Wei Le couldn't refuse, so he had to say that he could teach them to read, but he asked the landlord to think carefully, after all, he was just a scholar.

But the landlord was very generous, waved his big hand and said that there is no need to think about it, so he worshiped Wei Le as his teacher, and even prepared the ceremony of apprenticeship.

Wei Le couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to agree.But he said that he would have to wait until the beginning of the spring to learn about the teacher. Now he is busy with homework and silent writing, and he thinks he doesn't have enough time. He really doesn't have time to teach students.

The landlord also understood that after all, Wei Le had just moved, and it was normal for the family to have a lot of things, so he agreed to wait until the spring of next year before apprenticeship.This made Wei Le heave a sigh of relief, otherwise he would be guarded by the landlord every day, how could there be any privacy at all!

Fortunately, Wei Le agreed, and he would not go back on his word. He gave the enlightenment books such as the Three Character Classic and Hundred Family Surnames that he had specially memorized to the landlord's sons, and asked them to practice calligraphy according to them every day.

Although the landlord could not read a few words, he could still understand these two enlightenment books, so he asked him to read them to his sons by the way, so that they could get to know each other while practicing calligraphy.