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

Xiao Xiucai walked to the east gate with Changhui in his arms, where Xue Yinsong was loading the car.

Two large bales of cotton were wrapped in a large piece of calico, and next to them were several large sacks of rice, as well as various beans, dried vegetables, charcoal, fire sickle, tarpaulin, seeds, etc., piled up in a mess in the basket.

Xue Yinsong saw the two people coming and hurriedly said: "You look at the car here, I have to go shopping again." Seeing that he was about to leave, Xiao Xiucai hurriedly stopped him and said: "Changhui kept crying, I will coax you Can't stop."

Changhui was tired of crying, sobbing on Xiaoxiucai's shoulder.Xue Yinsong took it over and said, "What's the matter with Changhui? Come, Aba have a look."

Changhui's eyes were swollen like walnuts. Hearing this, he burst into tears again: "Wow... candy... there are bad guys... fell to the ground..."

Little Xiucai explained a few words next to him: "Why don't you coax him here, I'll go buy it, what do you want?" Xue Yinsong raised his sleeves and wiped the child's tears: "Changhui is tired from crying? Do you want to sit down for a while?" Yes? Aba bought a lot of big cotton, and I allow you to sit for a while, okay? Which ball do you want to sit on?"

Changhui looked over with tears in his eyes, pointed at the biggest ball and said, "That ball."

"That ball, if you want to sit in that ball, you can't cry. Come on, have a look, Aba bought you something fun." Saying this, he gave him the small strainer for lo mein, and after thinking about it, he went to the grocery store again. I found a wooden pot lid among the things: "This is a shield for fighting, and this is a sword. Now you are a qualified soldier. Do you still remember the soldier story that Aba told you last time?!"

"Remember!"

"Stand up!" Xue Yinsong stood solemnly, pointing to the little scholar: "An excellent soldier should not cry! You must bleed but not cry! Now I order you to attack the No. [-] target!"

Pei Changhui was taken aback, Yan Li pointed at the little scholar and said, "Follow orders! Start attacking now! Go!" The little scholar hastily parried back and cursed: "Xue Yinsong! Xue...! Damn you, take it easy! I'm your father !"

Xue Yinsong picked up a few cloth bags and walked away quickly, turning around with a smirk while walking: "Watch out for the mule cart, I'll be right back!"

Xue Yinsong touched the silver on his body and thought about buying some oil and salt.The oil shop was not far from the salt shop. He weighed ten catties of salt and a basket of oil, added some tung oil to add to the lamp, and bought half a catty of wick cake for Changhui at the small stall.

Wick cake is actually a kind of rice cake, which is ground rice, steamed with sugar, and cut into filaments like wicks.Xue Yinsong also ate it when he was young, and he didn't think it was delicious, but this ancient time was an era when resources were scarce and varieties were scarce, and he didn't have much money, so he could only afford this.

He counted that there were about three taels left on his body, and he was going to save it for emergency, so he hurriedly carried the oil and salt back to the city gate.Changhui was tired from crying earlier, wrapped in a few pieces of newly bought coarse cloth and slept soundly in the cotton pile.

Xue Yinsong put the things away lightly and said, "I've used up all the money after buying all the things. Do you still have any money with you? Pay the fare later."

The little scholar hurriedly took out the remaining three taels of silver and a dozen large coins and said: "Take it all, and take care of the family's expenses first." Xue Yinsong took the money and put it into his bosom, and tied the big things with a thick rope Only then was he ordered to go on the road.

Mules walked faster than cows, and their cart looked loaded but not heavy. The fat, round buttocks of the green mule twisted from side to side, and it was on the main road of Chenjia Village in a short while.

The little scholar had some envious longings: "It is convenient to have a mule cart, and it is faster than an ox cart, which is great." But Xue Yinsong disagreed: "If the country people want to buy it, they must buy a cow. The cow can pull a lot of things and can plow the land." The coachman also smiled and replied: "Young master is right. This mule looks good, but it is not as good as a cow. Mules are inherently cunning, lazy, and sometimes kick people when they get angry."

The little scholar clicked his tongue: "Why do you want to keep such a bad boy?"

The coachman smiled and said: "My family has no land, so I only raised this green mule to pull the mill and drive the car. I have raised this green mule for three or four years, and it is not bad. You can’t move it when you’re grinding it!”

Little Xiucai looked at the fat buttocks of the green mule, nodded and said: "It's better to be a cow." Xue Yinsong smiled and didn't speak.

Although the mule cart was fast, it was past noon when we got home. Xue Yinsong fried an egg fried rice with yesterday's leftovers, and cut some pickles for the current meal.

After eating, the two of them started to clean things up. The coarse cloth, cotton, etc. were put aside for making quilts. The pickle jar and kimchi jar were washed and scalded with boiling water to dry under the eaves. The dried beans and vegetables were put into the kitchen. The charcoal was packed in bamboo baskets and piled up in the utility room... How to collect and sort is also a skill. Xiao Xiucai watched Xue Yinsong coming in and out non-stop, and quickly removed a lot of things piled up in the yard.

Because they left early in the morning, there was no grass for the animals at home, so Xue Yinsong didn't care about drinking water, so he brought some fresh grass for the rabbits and pigs and said, "Renjie, go get a guillotine and cut some grass to feed the geese and chickens. I'm going to soak the seeds."

I saw Xue Yinsong scooped up some hot water, tested the water temperature and mixed some cold water, and then directly soaked the seeds bought in the morning.The little scholar was startled and said: "The water is hot, it will burn you to death!" Xue Yinsong shook his head: "It's cold, if you don't soak the seeds, the germination will be slow and less."

The little scholar wanted to ask a few more questions, but Xue Yinsong said, "Of course I'm familiar with farm work, so you're right." As he spoke, he put the clay pot in a sunny place, and then went to fetch water to clean the pigsty.

The pigsty was originally old, and the fence was made of blue stones, and the stone slabs were embedded in the ground, and the slope was gently downward, and the dung water could be flushed to the nearby dung pit by washing with water.

The little scholar stood aside after cutting the grass and watched for a while, begging: "Brother Xue, why don't you tell me some more... what simulation? I always think what you said is very interesting."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "That's just random talk. There are so many coincidences in this world. It's just putting together the worst situations to test people's ability to respond and adapt."

"Just say a few more words." Little Xiucai begged, "A little bit simpler is fine."

Xue Yinsong frowned and thought for a while, "There is a businessman who has a great business mind. He has dozens of caravans and masters dozens of transportation routes such as sea and land. He can transport all kinds of domestic silk and porcelain to Fanbang. , Earn a lot of real gold and silver, half of the imperial court's annual military expenditure is provided by him, because the soldiers are strong and strong, Fanbang is in awe of our heavenly court and dare not offend. He has two sons, the eldest son has the talent of his father in business, and is even more powerful than his father Powerful; the second son only knows how to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble. One day, the eldest son accidentally killed someone while drunk, how would the county magistrate solve the case?"

"The murderer shall pay with his life. This is stipulated by the law of this dynasty. As long as the evidence is complete, the elder son should naturally be arrested and brought to justice, and executed after reporting to the Holy Lord... No," Xiao Xiucai understood the topic after going through the previous two times. It won't be that simple, after a little thought, he said: "But if you kill someone, you should pay with your life."

Xue Yinsong reminded: "Once the eldest son dies, the family business will fall into the hands of the second son. Because the second son doesn't know how to manage the business, the family business will be wiped out in less than two years, and the sea and land transportation may be reduced by half. It will also be greatly reduced, and the barbarians in the northwest will also take the opportunity to move around, intending to invade our land of the Celestial Dynasty."

The little scholar frowned and thought for a while again: "The choice between righteousness and profit, is it necessary to keep the eldest son? But he killed someone, if he didn't execute him, wouldn't it be unfair to the whole country? After that, if there are royal family members and noble children to follow suit, then what should we do?" Where is the law of my celestial dynasty?"

"Then let the county magistrate make a decision!"