The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Xue Yinsong pretended to be puzzled: "There is still rice? Where is it?"

"It's meaningless for shopkeeper Xue to say that. We just came to see if we can help, and we're not here to beg for rice." In this way, shopkeeper Xue can take care of himself."

Shopkeeper Li wanted to say something, but he paused for a while but didn't say it, he flicked his sleeves and followed behind.

Que Hongze came out of the kitchen after the two had left, and said with a frown, "I think their attitude is very tough, and I'm afraid they have got the real news."

Xue Yinsong was also puzzled: "There are only a few people involved in the matter of Mi, how could it be leaked?" Que Hongze is very experienced in this kind of matter, and asked with a frown: "First ask the shop assistants, and the other side Anyone in the know who has ever sent a message should be asked."

Of course, Xue Yinsong didn't believe that his own people would turn their arms outward, but the facts were in front of him, so he couldn't help thinking: "Why don't I ask later..." Que Hongze said with a smile: "It's not urgent, I'll talk about it later, it's just today about..."

"Save it, save it." Xue Yinsong hastily promised: "I will be careful."

Just as Que Hongze left here, shopkeeper Li came out again. He stepped in and said, "I just wanted to report a letter to you. Shopkeeper He sent someone to go in the direction of Jiaoji again, but he didn't find Mi. I'm afraid I have to follow you now." want."

Xue Yinsong smiled bitterly and said, "I'm really out of rice. Last time it was a total of [-]. Isn't it a full share?"

Shopkeeper Li said: "Someone said that they saw you transporting rice to Deyang with their own eyes, so shopkeeper He suspected that you had hidden it."

"It's just nonsense," Xue Yinsong refused to admit, "I pulled back from Jeju to Fuchun, and from Fuchun to Deyang? Isn't this sick? Whoever saw it told him to come out and confront him."

Shopkeeper Li breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't know either. Shopkeeper He doesn't know where the news came from. It's good that you don't have rice, otherwise Shopkeeper He will definitely trouble you."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "He just comes to look for it, and if there is no rice, there is no rice."

Shopkeeper Li muttered a few words of false concern before leaving, and Xue Yinsong heaved a sigh of relief after closing the door. Ask the old shopkeeper to come out.

"Man, where does your old shopkeeper live?"

The young man replied: "It's not far away, just go out west of the city and walk tens of miles in the direction of Dai Xiang."

Xue Yinsong pondered for a few seconds, then said with a smile: "I have a task for you, now go to the old club's house and ask him to come out of the mountain to stand in the locker."

The little guy was a little surprised: "Huh? Where are you going to stand?"

"Deyang, I bought a shop over there, and I want my old owner to take the helm. How about you and Hongxiang to help?"

The clerk muttered a few words: "I'm afraid that the old boss won't like it. He was tricked the year before last, and he said at that time that he would never do business again."

"This is easy," Xue Yinsong said with a smile, "I have a letter, you give it to him, and please leave the mountain for safekeeping."

The guy breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay to run errands."

Xue Yinsong handed over the letter written by the scholar last night and said: "If you go tonight, why not take a rest, and come back tomorrow with the old station cabinet."

The clerk quickly agreed, and before leaving, he told him: "The old cat has given birth, remember to cook." After giving birth to two cats, the daily food intake more than doubled.

"Come, come, let me touch."

The flower cat came over and rubbed its legs, enjoyed it comfortably, and would tickle it, then opened its eyes and started calling again: "Meow~~"

Xue Yinsong complained: "If you want to eat, you can find me, and if you give birth to a kitten, you can hide it..." The flower cat still stared: "Meow~" After screaming, he sat down and looked at him, and licked it when he was idle. Lick your toes.

Xue Yinsong had no choice but to resign himself to cooking, and soon the yard could smell fishy.

I could only hear Xiucai closing the door and windows, and yelling: "Can you give it cabbage, the smell is too strong!" The flower cat seemed to understand, and hurriedly came to rub its legs in a fawning manner.

Xue Yinsong replied with a smile: "I was just about to tell you, let's go back to the countryside and live for a few days."

The little scholar hastily opened the window with a knock, and happily asked: "Okay, when are you leaving?"

"The day after tomorrow," Xue Yinsong poured the rice into the cat bowl, and walked to the window: "Or tomorrow, I have to meet the old shopkeeper before I can leave."

The little scholar hurriedly jumped up to pack his clothes and books: "Then I will pack the clothes first."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "I've never seen anyone more anxious than you."

"It's not in a hurry, I'm afraid they will come again." Xiao Xiucai complained: "If this one doesn't come, that one will come, once it comes, nothing good will happen."

"Well, it's not bad. I see more things to come, so I thought about going to the countryside to hide for a few days." Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Anyway, the shop in Deyang has been bought, and I have already said hello to the man. , just wait for the old shopkeeper to come to meet him tomorrow morning, and send Hongxiang and the buddy to follow."

"A young woman...does it matter?" Little Xiucai hesitated: "Is it always inconvenient?"

"This girl is smart, don't worry." Xue Yinsong comforted: "Besides, the buddy will help take care of her. Qiangzi is a local, so nothing will happen."

The little Xiucai relaxed, and hurriedly urged: "Go and clean up, we can leave when we meet tomorrow, don't confiscate the good things and waste time."

The next day the young man really invited the old shopkeeper, Xue Yinsong pulled him into the room and whispered for a quarter of an hour before leaving, the old shopkeeper vowed to open the shop well before leaving.

In fact, the old shopkeeper is not too old. People who are less than sixty are in good spirits.Seeing his sincerity and prudence, Xue Yinsong felt at ease, so he hurriedly sent a few people to Deyang, and took Xiucai and Zhajin back to the countryside without opening a shop here.

As soon as the three of them left the city, Xiao Xiucai let out a sigh of relief and said, "I finally feel better, I'm suffering in the city every day."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "You have nothing to do all day long, just keep an account at night, what's your busy schedule?"

The little scholar muttered: "I'm just uncomfortable. I'm not a business person. You insisted on forcing me to keep accounts. Now when I open the book, my head is full of numbers. I'm getting bored."

Xue Yinsong laughed: "It's really poor people who blame the house foundation and the leaky rafters. You can't read the books yourself, so why do you blame the bookkeeping?"

Zha Jin laughed beside him and said, "Young Master Pei is nervous, this time I'm going to the countryside to have a good rest."

Little Xiucai and Zha Jin hadn't talked much, he was used to keeping some kind of limited contact with others, and in terms of relationship, he was only close to Xue Yinsong. At this moment, Zha Jin defended him, and he also laughed: "This time, really Take a good rest, being an official in the court takes a rest, I have been busy for so long and have never had a day off."

Zha Jin laughed and said, "That's exactly what I said, it's time to go back to Chenjiacun."

This was the first time to go home together after going to the county seat. Father Xue was naturally very happy and hurriedly welcomed a few people into the house, but everyone was stunned when they saw Aunt Huan.

In fact, within two or three months, Aunt Huan's belly was obviously fatter. Except for Xue Yinsong, the other two idiots greeted with silly smiles: "Aunt Huan... Hey, you have gained weight."

Aunt Huan blushed and said, "Come in and sit down." She stood up and took the sewing basket aside, pulled the curtain and went out.

Only now did Father Xue find a chance to speak: "Binghuan is happy, I haven't had time to tell you." The little scholar was stunned, and immediately smiled: "Brother Xue has a younger brother." Zha Jin also smiled and said: " Well deserved congratulations."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly congratulated his father, so embarrassed that his father quickly waved his hands: "Don't talk about it, you don't know about it until now, everyone should be quiet."

Xue Yinsong was afraid that Aunt Huan would lose face, so he simply asked about the field. Father Xue said with a smile: "The field is good. I look at it twice a day, and there is no mistake. Your small shop is also booming. Now Still rely on your method, small profits but quick turnover."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "As long as the family is well, I can rest assured. It's just hard work for Aunt Huan. Is she still in charge of the shop now?"

"She watched it for a long time, and I watched the rest. Now I am also learning to do business, and I am also learning to keep accounts!" Father Xue is very proud: "I write down a big account every day, and I will know it at the end of the month. Win or lose."

Xue Yinsong was a little surprised: "Keeping accounts? I really can't see it, father." Father Xue immediately raised his tail: "Your father is very capable, what is accounting..."

"Don't listen to him." Aunt Huan came in with a water bowl and said with a smile, "He just reported the total every night, and I wrote it down for him. I didn't remember the details, it's just a big number."

Father Xue was not annoyed when he was poked, "I watch your bookkeeping every day, and there is always a time to watch the meeting."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly asked: "Is there any food?"

Aunt Huan hurriedly went to heat up the meal, and Xue Laode immediately asked eagerly, "Why didn't my boy and Xiaoqi come back?"

"Those two boys have been really tough lately, so I sent them to the academy for boarding." Xue Yinsong laughed, "I've been so busy recently that I don't have the energy to discipline them, so I have to pay a little more money to send them to the academy to be disciplined by my husband."

Father Xue smacked his lips and muttered, after all, he still missed the two boys indescribably.

Xue Yinsong walked into the backyard, and saw a commotion in the corner. The four foxes had grown into adults, and when they smelled him, they started jumping up and down to get out of the cage.Xue Yinsong hurriedly closed the chickens and ducks, let the foxes out, and those little cubs surrounded him very affectionately.

Zha Jin came over and caught Shun Shun's fur, and said with a frown, "Brother Xue, this fox's fur is rough. If it's tight, it can't be fed properly. It won't grow a good coat in winter."

Xue Yinsong immediately called his father loudly and asked him if he had withheld food.Father Xue quickly waved his hands and said, "Absolutely not, absolutely not, it's just that chickens and ducks are in the peak season of laying eggs recently, and I rarely let them out of the cage."

Zha Jin nodded and said, "It's locked up so badly that we don't see the sun. It won't work, there must be a place to move around, otherwise the winter hair will be astringent when it comes out, not smooth and shiny."

Of course, Xue Yinsong believed in this expert's opinion, but chickens and ducks laying eggs is also a source of income, so naturally there is no delay, he hesitated for a moment and said: "I have long planned to move the chicken and duck sheds, but now there are too many chickens and ducks, and the yard is crowded. It's time to move on."

Father Xue asked with some surprise: "Where to move? There is no land in the front and back yards of our house."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "Didn't Lei Dahan's open space still remain, and Lizheng has agreed to let me occupy it."

Father Xue immediately became active: "Okay, how do you use it?"

"Just build a big yard, keep the chickens and ducks scattered, build a row of egg nests on the back wall, and plant some trees and grass."