A scholar becomes a landlord

When I came to the town, I went to the tailor shop to pick up the custom-made clothes, and then paid the balance.Wei Le made two cotton coats and two leather jackets for Li Dahai, and the materials and leathers were all good.

Although the leather was made by himself, it was gray rabbit fur as well, but the manual cost was not low. Including the price of the cotton coat, Wei Le paid a total of [-] Wen.

Cotton is not cheap in cotton cloth, so even if the winter is very cold, ordinary farmers wear a set for several years, and when they can't wear it, they take it off and make small cotton padded clothes for their children.So in general, the children of other families belong to the older ones and the younger ones, and the younger ones pick up the older ones and wear them until they can no longer wear them.

Wei Le didn't like this. Although he came to ancient times, the patched clothes still challenged his endurance.

Although his family is relatively poor, Wei Le did not wear patched clothes.Not to mention the original owner, no matter how the concubine is, he is also the son of the Hou family, and wearing patched clothes will also lose the face of the Hou family. No matter how unhappy the aunt is, she will not treat the original owner badly.

In addition, after Wei Le crossed, the memory of the original owner was integrated, and his personality was also affected to some extent. Although he didn't say how good he was in food and clothing, he couldn't be too bad. It was absolutely impossible to be like an ordinary farmer.

After picking up the clothes, Wei Le went to the grocery store to buy some daily necessities, and then went to the butcher shop to buy a few catties of pork belly. He wanted to eat stewed meat. He had stewed meat at home. He bought the pork belly and stewed it overnight. The taste is not to mention how good it is up.

Seeing that there was still a pair of large intestines hanging on the butcher's shop, Wei Le also asked for it, and when he ate lo mein at night, he happened to use the large intestines to make saozi.

After seeing that there was basically nothing missing, I drove home.

On the road, I met someone fishing in the river, so I bought two carp weighing one catty and a grass carp weighing three pounds.

Carp can be braised or made into sweet and sour, while grass carp is steamed or served with sauerkraut.Anyway, the grass carp is also big. Half of it is steamed and the other half is made of sauerkraut fish. Just thinking about it makes my saliva almost flow down.

"Uncle, take the fish and raise it. We will have a whole fish feast tomorrow."

As soon as Wei Le came in, he asked Li Dahai to bring the fish into the kitchen to raise, otherwise he would die if he lacked water for too long.

"Good good."

Li Dahai took a few fish into the kitchen to raise them, and then helped Wei Le drive the car from the side door to the cowshed.

"Master, what is this for?"

Li Dahai looked at the clothes and clothes in his arms, his eyes were moist.

"Uncle, after you came to my house, you helped me a lot and taught me hunting and archery. I haven't even given a teacher's gift yet! This dress is a thank you gift, so don't refuse. We will do two things every year from now on. How warm it is to wear a new cotton coat!"

Wei Le pushed the person into the room where he lived, and left without looking back, leaving Li Dahai holding two sets of cotton clothes and zizi silently moved.

It was getting colder and colder, and Wei Le followed Li Dahai to go up the mountain to cut firewood. Although he had prepared charcoal, it was only used at night, and he didn't buy much.Moreover, charcoal is also expensive, and ordinary people would not spend money to buy charcoal for burning. At most, they usually cut more firewood and piled it at home, and burned pits in winter, so that people would not be too cold to survive.

Wei Le can climb trees, and he can climb trees quite well, which surprised Li Dahai.If it wasn't for Wei Le practicing calligraphy and reading books every day, Li Dahai even doubted whether his status as a scholar was real. Which scholar would climb trees like Wei Le?

Wei Le was cutting branches from the tree, and Li Dahai was picking them up below. First, he picked off some small branches and placed them neatly. The most refined ones were as thick as an adult's arm.

Don't think that farmers have no wisdom. If this tree is cut down, there will be one less tree to provide branches in the coming year. Therefore, generally speaking, everyone will not cut down the trunk, and let it germinate and grow again. It will grow again in a year or two. Chop it up and use it as firewood.

The two of them were lucky today. In addition to cutting off the branches of a few big trees, they also encountered a half-dead tree.Wei Le and Li Dahai worked together to cut down the dead tree as thick as a bucket, and spent half a day cutting it into sections, and then they took turns to transport it home.

With this dead tree, more than half of the firewood is ready for the family this year. After a few days of hard work, I can stop working. Usually, I just need to pick up dead branches when I see dead branches when I go up the mountain.

Wei Le carried a three-meter-long tree trunk, sweating profusely, and walked into the house. This was the last section, and the rest were some twigs. Li Dahai directly picked up the whole load.

Compared with the old man who has been working all year round, Wei Le's strength is still a bit weaker.

"Burning the kang in the past two days is the only way to build your house. Burn it a few more times." Wei Le said to Li Dahai. At the beginning, the house was not used for living, so it was not built.

"Master, I know, don't worry!" He knows more about this than the young master, but the young master is afraid that he will not be willing to use firewood, so he will tell him specifically.

"Well, uncle, I can rest assured."

Wei Le nodded, winter is coming soon, not only his family is preparing things for the winter, but other villages are also preparing for the winter.

"By the way, young master, what did you buy a few big tanks for in the first two days?"

Li Dahai was a little strange looking at the big vat that had been washed and dried.

"Sauerkraut."

It was time to dig the cabbage in his own field, so he bought more than 100 catties with the villagers, and bought some other vegetables, and then made them into sauerkraut together with the cabbage, otherwise he would be very upset if there were few vegetables in winter. not used to.

Ancient times were not like modern times. Vegetables were eaten all year round. In ancient times, it was good to be able to eat some cabbage. Because there were few vegetables, vegetables in winter would be particularly expensive.But Wei Le has no intention of setting up a greenhouse, so he should accumulate more sauerkraut!

He really knows how to make this sauerkraut. He also made it at home when he was a child. He has helped, so the method is still very clear.

"Sauerkraut?"

Li Dahai was at a loss. Although his village also made sauerkraut, there were quite a few of them who bought several big tanks to make sauerkraut like the young master.

"Ah."

Wei Le asked Li Dahai to help wash the vegetables. He cut and salted everything, but soon used up the salt he bought, so he drove to the town to buy about ten catties, and spent hundreds of dollars on it. Wen Qian opened up the relationship and let the head of the salt seller turn a blind eye.

Fortunately, he did not intend to sell private salt, so if he bought more salt, he would not be afraid of being reported.

It took two days to finish all the large tanks, and instead of moving them into the kitchen, they placed them directly under the eaves outside the kitchen, with matching covers and stones on them.

After a month, this sauerkraut will be ready to eat.

"Master, you brought back the dried vegetables you asked me to buy."

Because Wei Le has not moved to the village for a long time, he missed the opportunity to make dried vegetables, so this year he has to spend money to buy them, otherwise he will really cry if he lacks vegetables in winter.

Compared with other families, his family does not lack meat, but it lacks vegetables and various dried vegetables.But he can use a wooden box to make some chive yellow in the room, and the scrambled eggs taste very good~~

There are also bean sprouts, and sauerkraut fish is eaten with sauerkraut, that is also awesome!Or use it for frying, Wei Le doesn't dislike it either.In short, in winter, these must be prepared.

But bean sprouts are made of soybeans and mung beans, and his family does not have these two types of beans now, so they have to buy them, and another sum of money is lost.

Luckily, he is now setting traps every now and then, and Li Dahai finds his prey back when he finds time. Except for his own food, the money to buy the prey is just enough for him to spend during this time.

Wei Le helped Li Dahai saw the pieces of wood left over from building the house into pieces, and then watched him quickly nail these pieces of wood into small wooden boxes half a meter long and [-] centimeters high, and filled them with soil. , when the weather gets cold, these boxes are moved to the kitchen to grow leeks, and occasionally can sprinkle some rapeseed in it to eat rapeseed seedlings.

He creates without vegetables, and he can't let himself have no vegetables to eat. This is a very painful thing for modern people.For this reason, he bought a lot of vegetables and kept them for eating in winter.

If the villagers outside knew about it, they would probably be suspicious. Although the vegetables are kept by themselves, there are not many of them after all. They will be grown in the fields to grow into vegetables in the next year and exchanged for money in the town, like Wei Le. If the rich and powerful buy a bunch of seeds just to eat vegetable seedlings, it will definitely arouse the envy of the villagers.So Wei Le didn't say anything to anyone, and just made enough food for the family.

Li Dahai also knows what to say and what not to say, don't worry about him talking nonsense outside, don't underestimate the wisdom of the elderly, he understands these things better than Wei Le, he knows it clearly in his heart!

So both of them prepared quietly. Anyway, there were no other people nearby. As long as they didn't tell the truth, no one would know about it.

Moreover, Wei Le also plans to dig a tunnel from the outside. Living in ancient times, there may be a famine year at any time, and the fleeing famine will easily lead to war. He doesn't want to give his hard-won second life to account in the hands of refugees.

In this way, it is very important to leave a way to save his life in the dark, and he also has to hide some food into the mountain. If necessary, he can not use the house, and he can hide directly in the mountain to live without starving to death because he has nothing to eat.

"I'm just telling you about this. When the spring farming is busy and no one notices us, we will go into the mountains every day to find a secret place to dig."

Wei Le quietly told Li Dahai that after all, he had seen the terror of the refugees, so he approved of his actions.So the two of them made up their minds, and secretly hid some tools in the mountains by the way, waiting for the opportunity to dig tunnels into the mountains after the spring.

One of the authentic exits is in the mountains, and the other is set in the courtyard where Wei Le lives. This way, it is easy to deceive people. No one usually enters or exits the courtyard where the owner lives, so he is not afraid of being discovered by others. .

Winter is here, and the cold wind is blowing everywhere outside the house. The Qing Dynasty has officially entered the cold winter season, and there are fewer people visiting each other. Unless the family is really struggling to survive, they will go outside to find work. Farming is busy, so I eat less than one meal a day compared to the other three seasons.