An Ziqi's ancient life

An Ziqi returned home, let the cattle go, and went into the house with a basket.Mrs. Zhao and An Ziqin did not go to the mountain to pick flowers today, but were doing embroidery work. Their family only picked the flowers specified by An Ziqi.

"Mother, I'm back." An Ziqi yelled and lifted the basket onto the kang.

"Where's Zimin?" He took out the snack box, but he didn't see An Zimin.

Mrs. Zhao put down the work in her hands, rubbed her waist lightly, "Zi Min is in the backyard, he is probably still thinking about fifteen, let him stay for a while."

An Ziqi thought for a while, An Zimin must be a little bit sad that his little friend left, and children need time to get used to it, so he put the snack box on the cabinet.

"Ah," Zhao exclaimed in surprise, "Is today's goods sold out?"

"Yeah, it's a bargain." An Ziqi smiled and nodded.

Mrs. Zhao took out the money box, An Ziqi unlocked it, and put today's more than 100 taels of silver into it.

"Ziqi," Mrs. Zhao hesitated, "Our family has made so much money with these things, isn't it too eye-catching?" In just two days, their family has made money that ordinary farmers may never see in their lifetime. money.

An Ziqi nodded, "Mom, I also want to tell you and dad that it's not good for our family to sell loose all the time, why don't we go to the town and buy a shop. Then buy a few small hills and use them to grow flowers and fruit trees. .”

"That's it." Zhao said thoughtfully, "Let's discuss it after your father comes back."

"Where did dad go?" An Ziqi asked.

"I went to pick firewood on the mountain, but you didn't point out the flowers, so we didn't pick them." Mrs. Zhao said.

An Ziqi nodded, "By the way, mother, do you know how to make dim sum with glutinous rice flour? It's the kind of dim sum made with flower petals."

An Ziqin burst out laughing, "Brother, have you forgotten that when you were young, you always loved glutinous rice cakes made by your mother? At that time, you were always pestering your mother to eat them, but after being scolded by your mother, you didn't Eat." An Ziqin is no longer very scared when it comes to the people in the room.

An Ziqi chuckled, he really didn't remember, probably the original owner was also young at that time.

"To make dim sum, let's grind the flour first." Mrs. Zhao looked at the glutinous rice brought back by An Ziqi. Glutinous rice is a bit more expensive than round-grained rice.

"I'll go grind the powder, mother, don't move around." Zhao's belly got bigger and bigger, and An Liji didn't want to let him go out.

An Ziqi carried the rice bag and went to the backyard, "Brother, I'll help you." An Ziqin got off the kang and helped An Ziqi fetch water to soak the rice. The glutinous rice had to be soaked before it could be ground.

"Okay, I'll go wash the small mill first." An Ziqi went to move the stone mill. This was ordered by his father from the stonemason's house. It's not very big, and it's just right for the family to use.

An Zimin squatted next to Xiao Hua and thought about it, An Ziqi vaguely heard a few words of "Fifteen".Shaking his head, leave him alone.

Unfortunately, before An Ziqi had time to eat his mother's snacks, a spring rain rolled in.

An Ziqi was woken up by loud thunder. Looking out the window, he saw that it was raining heavily.

An Liji got up quickly, and Zhao Shi also sat up in panic.

An Ziqi went down to the kang and lit the oil lamp, and the bean-sized light illuminated the dark hut.

"Father, it's raining heavily outside." An Zimin sighed while lying on the window.

An Liji's complexion was not very good, he looked at the roof worriedly.

"Rain is good for the crops, but not good for our house." An Ziqi also looked at the thatched roof of his house worriedly. It's all hanging.

"Ah! Water is leaking from the head." An Zimin covered his head and moved away from where he was sitting.

"Hurry up and get some basins." Mrs. Zhao said, the next family members don't want to sleep anymore, they all get up and get dressed.

On the kang, on the table, and in the kitchen, wooden basins, barrels, and even larger bowls were placed everywhere. The family finally found a drier place to sit around, looking out worriedly.

"Father, let's start building a new house tomorrow!" An Ziqi said.Now there is no time for the United States to consider the big plan of buying a shop to make money, and even the place to live is not stable.

"Okay," An Liji nodded.

"Father, why don't we buy a piece of wasteland to repair the house, the land of this ancestral house is too small." An Ziqi said, in fact, he had already set his sights on a piece of wasteland by the Qinghe River, facing a mountain, and the mountain land together After buying it, their money should still be enough.

"Which speed are you talking about?" An Liji asked, his son is very thoughtful, and it shouldn't be far behind.

"On the edge of the Qinghe River, next to Daqing Mountain, and at the back of the village, there is a piece of land next to a hill. It is about 50 mu, and with the hill, about [-] taels of silver is enough."

"Wasteland, isn't that land too bad?" An Liji frowned.The wasteland in the Daxing Dynasty was still very cheap, and it was tax-free for the first few years of land reclamation.But the land that An Ziqi mentioned was not good in soil quality, there were a lot of rocks, and the top of the mountain was a small barren hill, so it was not included in the Daqing Mountain.

"Father, let's use a piece of land to repair the house, and the rest of the land should be planted with fruit trees and flowers. That hill is still very good." An Ziqi persuaded.

"Fruit trees?" An Zimin's eyes lit up, "Daddy, let's buy that piece of land! Plant a lot of fruit trees, and Zimin wants to eat fruit." An Zimin acted like a baby. They can only be greedy. The fruits in the mountains belong to the children in the whole village, and they are picked before they are ripe. Only An Liji will occasionally bring them back some wild fruits when he goes deep into the mountains.

An Liji looked at his coquettish son, then at his family who obviously agreed, and nodded. "I'll invite Brother Huang to come tomorrow."

The family began to discuss what kind of fruit to plant.After staying up until dawn, the top of the kang was soaked, and when the rain subsided, An Liji got into the bullock cart and went to invite people. To buy the land, he had to go to Li Zhenghe from the ward.

An Ziqi stayed at home to help clean up the wet things. Their stationery was wrapped in oiled paper, so it didn't get wet.It seems that the plan to go to Shuhe's literacy will be delayed again. Shuhe's legs are recovering, so let him get used to it first.

Before noon, An Liji invited Huang Mantang and Li Zheng over.

"Twenty acres of wasteland plus a mountain, 50 taels of silver will do." Huang Mantang shook his head.

"Brother An," Li Zheng also said, "There is also a tidal flat next to the land you want. It is too close to the Qinghe River, and food is not easy to grow. If you want it, 60 acres of tidal flats will add you The land can only be counted as [-] taels of silver." Lizheng was also very embarrassed, those pieces of land had been left unused, and his evaluation was not good, he thought that since An Liji wanted to buy the wasteland, he could also buy it together.

"Here." An Liji went to see An Ziqi, and An Ziqi nodded calmly, "Okay, let's buy them together." An Liji agreed.

Li Zheng was also a little embarrassed, after all, that piece of land didn't seem suitable for planting anything, and he still urged people to buy it.

"From now on, Brother An, if you have anything to do, just come to me." Li Zheng patted An Liji on the shoulder and said.

An Liji also nodded with a smile.

Huang Mantang was also very helpful, and within a few days the red contract was completed.

An Liji took the children to the newly purchased land to check the situation and make landmarks.

"Hey, An Zimin, I heard that your family bought wasteland that can't be used to grow food. Are you wasting money?" Liu Jinhua's dog ran around An Zimin.

An Zimin was concentrating on helping his family place stone markers, and was unhappy when he heard this, "Liu Goudan, don't talk nonsense, who said that this land can't grow food, who said my family wasted money!"

"They're all talking about it! They said that when your family met a nobleman, they didn't take the money home to honor the old people, and they even used it to buy wasteland to waste!" Liu Goudan was only seven or eight years old, and he knew everything he knew. Gollum poured out.

An Zimin frowned, he understood many things now, "Did it come from the An family's upper house?"

Liu Goudan rolled his eyes, "You buy me a snack, and I'll tell you!" An Zimin didn't come out to play with them very often recently, but he secretly saw An Zimin eating snacks, and he saw it several times!

An Zimin frowned, recently his mother was trying to make the new type of dim sum that his brother said, and he enjoyed a lot of it. He could eat a lot of dim sum every day, and his mother's cooking was getting better and better.

An Zimin took out a cloth bag from his pocket, slowly opened it, chose the smallest piece, and handed it to Liu Goudan. "No, you can talk now!"

Liu Goudan took the snack and ate it in two mouthfuls. After eating, he still stared at An Zimin's hand. An Zimin wrapped the cloth bag and took it away.

Liu Goudan licked his lips and thought about it, "I heard what your aunt said. Your aunt has been visiting every day these days, and she talks bad about your family every day!"

"What else?" An Zimin asked.

"I don't know anymore." After speaking, he looked at An Zimin anxiously.

An Zimin took out another piece of dim sum, "If my uncle and the others still say something bad, you can come to my house and tell me, and I will give you dim sum. The more you listen, the more I will give you."

"Okay! Can other people do it too?" Liu Goudan said, looking at the guys behind him who were poking around.

"Whoever you tell me about An's going to the house, I'll give you some snacks." An Zimin said loudly, with his little hands behind his back, and he has practiced martial arts for a while, and he is quite imposing.

"That's it!" Liu Goudan was a little disappointed, he still wanted to have snacks by himself!The boys in the back heard it too, and they all ran away. Liu Goudan didn't want to lag behind, so he ran away too.

An Zimin dropped the stone in his hand and ran towards the middle of the ground.

An Ziqi and An Liji were discussing where to repair the house, and An Zimin ran over pitifully. He is also smarter now.

"Zi Min, what's wrong?" An Ziqi asked seeing An Zimin's appearance of being greatly wronged.An Liji also turned his head.

"Daddy," An Zimin hugged An Liji directly, "Daddy, do you know what the upper house said about our family? They said that we would rather waste money than honor the elderly."

"Oh?" Is there any demon moth in the upper room again?An Ziqi thought for a while, his family bought a lot of land recently, and is planning to repair the house, isn't it a red-eye?But hasn't his good uncle gone back to town?Who is causing trouble this time?

"Zimin, tell me what's going on." An Liji was also a little unhappy, his family finally got along, and the house just needs to be a little bit of a nuisance from time to time.

An Zimin said what Liu Goudan had said.

An Liji frowned even more.

"Didn't my grandfather tell my auntie and the others not to come to our house to cause trouble? How dare my auntie say this?" An Ziqi asked.Didn't I beat it last time, why did it start again?

"Is it because your grandfather doesn't know?" An Liji guessed.

"How is it possible?" An Ziqi punctured An Liji's fantasy without hesitation, "My grandfather has to go out to look at the land every day. This rumor has been spread for several days, but no one told us. We don't know, but the people in the village I know! Master must know about this." Mr. An is very dissatisfied, dissatisfied with their one after another buying land, dissatisfied with them not going to say that they will repair the house, dissatisfied with them getting acquainted with the "noble man" and forgetting to go to the house .

An Liji sighed, "I still have to go to the house for a while." An Liji was haggard after finishing speaking. Originally, they were able to leave the house without leaving the house, but Mr. An didn't let them retire. He was still somewhat grateful. Now It seems that the father-son relationship he was looking forward to does not exist at all, it is just that Mr. An's heart softened for a while.

"Father, are you going alone?" An Ziqi asked with a smile.

"Brat." An Liji knocked on An Ziqi's head angrily, with a bitter face.

An Ziqi laughed unkindly, An Liji's face was full of bitterness when he mentioned going to the room, how could he still have expectations for the room?Mr. An and Mrs. Li made him feel cold, and Uncle An directly disappointed and disgusted him. Now An Liji's full attention is on their family, and An Ziqi is happy to hear this.

"Ziqi..." An Liji looked at An Ziqi flatteringly, An Ziqi suppressed a smile, "Father, the workers introduced by Uncle Huang will come tomorrow, our house will start construction tomorrow, and then everyone in the village will come to help. I also want to invite dinner, just invite the people who are in the room.”

"Brother, what if they cause trouble?" An Zimin wrinkled his face.

"Don't worry, Lizheng will come when the time comes. I'm not afraid that they dare to make trouble. Just be on guard against the second uncle, and the valuable things at home must be collected by then." An Ziqi said, went to their house to touch things, An Li Zhong really could do such a thing.

"Father, let's go back. We'll go to town to buy some vegetables later, and add some jewelry for mother. Treating guests tomorrow can't be taken lightly." An Ziqi said.Buying land and repairing houses is a big deal for farmers. It is normal to invite villagers to have a meal. Those who come to help will not ask for wages, just have a meal. Family members and prestigious old people in the village are invited to hold seats.The host also has to prepare the banquet, so that people can't think you are stingy.

"Okay," An Liji took the children back.

Putting on the bullock cart, this time even the pregnant Mrs. Zhao followed.An Ziqi used supernatural powers to warm up Mrs. Zhao every day. Even if it was twins, Mrs. Zhao's pregnancy was stable and healthy, and there was no problem at all.

"Ziqi, it costs a lot of money to repair the house at home, will the money at home not be enough to buy jewelry now?" Mrs. Zhao was a little worried.

"Mother, don't worry, we haven't sold out the rouge at home yet, at worst we will sell it again." An Zi Qixin said that it would be at worst to sell Hue again, and he will get used to it after selling it.

The family went directly to the jewelry store, Zhao's dowry was gone, and An Ziqin was even more empty.

An Ziqi had brought enough money, and he was going to add a few things to them today.It is estimated that tomorrow they will face off against Shangfang, An Ziqi does not want his mother to be compared.