Yipin Farmer

Ting Shuang was so excited that she couldn't speak for a long time. Yumei stuffed the sachet into his hand and turned around and ran away. Ting Shuang watched her back go away, and was about to plagiarize a few poems from her predecessors to express her sad mood, when suddenly she felt something behind her. It was cold, it turned out that Bao Qi was turning on the air-conditioning like a central air conditioner again, with a handsome face as if he had just been taken out of the freezer, it was so cold that it made people shiver.

"Why are you staring at me?" Ting Shuang put away the sachet, and patiently advised him, "It's a holiday in the past two days, you have collected a lot of sachets, and I just took one and you are jealous of me, it's outrageous."

Baoqi snorted, turned her head and left.

"Stinky boy..." Ting Shuang didn't bother to coax him. This guy is not satisfied with collecting so many sachets. Ting Hui is also favored by girls in the village. He also collects a lot of sachets. If you want to be jealous, you should Jealous of him, I just took a sachet, you are jealous of me for nothing, you kid is jealous of the wrong person.

At this time, a mule cart was coming in this direction. Ting Shuang squinted her eyes and looked at it. Seeing that the servant of the Shi family was following the cart, she hurried up to meet it.The visitor was Zhu Shi, the mistress of the Shi family. Not knowing what happened, Ting Shuang respectfully welcomed her into the main room and gave her a seat to serve tea.

I saw Zhu's eyes looking at him very differently from usual, looking carefully from head to toe, smiling until the creases on his face were full of chrysanthemums: "The eldest son is really a good-looking talent, what's more rare is that he has a first-class character and a good temper."

Ting Shuang smiled modestly, a little inexplicably: "Auntie is here..."

Mrs. Zhu looked at him and smiled: "I'm here to congratulate the eldest son."

"Boom!!" Bao Qi placed the fruit plate heavily on the table.

"Take it easy, you're always messy." Ting Shuang glared at him, then turned to Mrs. Zhu, and asked, "What's my happy event?"

"Congratulations, Eldest Young Master, the wealthy Lin family in the county is willing to recruit you as their son-in-law."

Ting Shuang was so shocked that she couldn't recover for a long time. Why did such a peach blossom suddenly appear? What's the matter today?Which angel sister loves surprise attacks so much?

"I'm just a farmer in the countryside, how can I be so high?"

Mrs. Zhu said with a smile: "What's wrong with the farmer? Miss Lin just fell in love with you. You are a hero who knows the world."

Aunt Li's eyes lit up, she quickly stopped her work and leaned over to listen to the gossip.

Baoqi squeezed her hands hard, and the rice dumplings were crushed. Her handsome face was as frosty, and she said coldly, "I never thought you would be so secretive that you hooked up with a rich girl."

Aunt Li's eyes were as bright as a [-]-watt light bulb, and she quickly asked, "When did you meet him? Why haven't you mentioned it before? What secrets do you keep?"

Ting Shuang was knocked dizzy by the sudden arrival of peach blossoms, desperately running the CPU to search when there was a girl Lin among the people she knew, shouldn't Miss Lin be the second master of Bao?

"I don't know, I really don't know..." Ting Shuang was anxious to explain, but she didn't know what she was explaining.

"You don't know him, but you have something to do with him." Mrs. Zhu took a sip of tea slowly and explained to him, "Two days ago during the festival, Miss Lin came to visit my house, and at the door I met the eldest son combing for Xiaolan. Braids, that warm scene immediately touched Ms. Lin's heart. She and her little daughter are good friends in the boudoir, so they asked who you were, and only after asking did they know that you were the person who maintained order and helped people escape on the day of the fire at the Lantern Festival. Ms. Lin accompanied My mother was watching a play in the theatre. If it wasn’t for you, I’m afraid her mother and daughter would have died in the fire. I am very grateful to you. It was so critical and chaotic at the time, and she didn’t pay attention to you. Later, you went to his house to ask for money to raise funds for the project , she heard about you again. So Miss Lin fell in love with you."

Ting Shuang opened her mouth so wide that a duck egg could be stuffed in it, while Bao Qi could freeze to death with a cold face.

Aunt Li had a lot of fantasies, a rich girl, by chance, saw a poor boy from the farm, braiding his younger sister at the door, that kind of tenderness, that kind of warmth, that kind of warmth, instantly touched the heart of the rich girl, After inquiring, I found out that this person was the warrior who had rescued her in the theater fire. At that time, the situation was chaotic and the two passed each other. Now they meet again.

I used to know that the hero is brave, witty, calm in times of crisis, kind and selfless, and enthusiastic about public welfare. Now I see the gentle side of the hero. From then on, the heroine is not married to the king, and she puts all her heart on the hero. Well, it’s not true in the script and the play. Like this?

Then the bridal chamber, the handsome man and the beautiful woman, the child will be very smart and beautiful in the future, if it is a boy, he must be as brave as his father, if it is a girl...

Ting Shuang didn't know what kind of shoes and braids Aunt Li would make for his children in the future. If he knew, he would be sweating.All he knew was that a young lady whom he had never met before fell in love with him for various reasons and wanted to promise him with his body, but he didn't know anything about that young lady, he only saw a slender hand at the door of Shi's house.

"This... this..." Ting Shuang stammered for a long time before she could think of something to say, "I've never seen her, I don't know what kind of person she is, I have to think about it."

"Is there any need to think about it?" Zhu was surprised, thinking that Ting Shuang would agree in a hurry, but unexpectedly he had such an attitude, and introduced to him: "Ms. It doesn't make sense, a talented woman who is well-known far and wide is also considered to be the most beautiful in the county."

"It's not a question of whether she is beautiful or not." Ting Shuang didn't know how to explain it. When he came to ancient times, he was a man with his tail between his legs, seeking survival first and then development, trying to adapt to this society, and accepting the moral norms and etiquette constraints set by this society, but It's hard to accept marrying someone you don't know, go to bed and have children for the rest of your life, even if she's as beautiful as a fairy.

"Then what else do you think about? Make it up first. Once the filial piety is over, you will take care of the affairs, and then you will also take care of the affairs of your younger brothers. It will only take two years for your family to rejuvenate after you get into this rich marriage. Get excited, the second son's marriage will be easy to handle, and the family will have a few fat babies in the future, hahaha..." Zhu's YY ability is not inferior to Aunt Li's at all, and he began to imagine the beauty of his future grandson playing with his cousins prospect.

Ting Shuang suddenly felt a little disgusted with this marriage. How could Mrs. Zhu think that he didn't need to think about it and would happily accept this marriage?

Just because the woman's family is rich and powerful, and getting married will be good for him to revitalize his family business, will he wag his tail and rush to climb high?As a dignified man, he is unwilling to wrong his feelings and use nepotism to benefit himself. He has always looked down on the practice of using women to achieve his goals.

When it was so difficult back then, he owed a large amount of debt, and Aunt Zhou suggested that he bind Xiaolan's feet so that he could rely on her to climb up and live a better life. At that time, he was furious and felt insulted.Now someone suggested that he marry a woman he didn't know, just because she was rich and powerful and could make a fortune in the future.

However, if he really uses the power of a woman to make himself prosperous, then he will bow down in front of his wife and Yue's family in the future, and what will his younger brothers and sisters do if they get angry in the future?If in the future, the wife or the wife’s natal family always say: "Without me, can you have today?" He will really vomit blood at that time, and it is completely understandable why many people in ancient times were unwilling to marry a princess. trouble.

Ting Shuang said to Zhu Shi very seriously: "I don't want to think about marriage now. I want to rely on my own strength to revitalize the family business. I don't want to drag women's skirts. I hope to stand upright in front of my wife. Does her family have money? I don't care, what I care about is whether the two can be happy."

Everyone stared at him blankly after hearing this.

Ting Shuang expressed her opinion very clearly: "Getting married is a major event in the life of two people. I want to spend my life with the person I like. I have never met or been with Miss Lin. I have no feelings for her. There is no way to promise marriage just like that."

Mrs. Zhu was stunned for a while, and understood a little: "You want to see Miss Lin and get along with her."

"This is the most basic. Only after we get along can we know whether the two parties have similar interests, and then we can cultivate the relationship."

Zhu was in a dilemma: "Miss, who is a daughter of a thousand gold, will ruin her reputation if she meets and gets along with young men in private. If you don't get married in the future, the girl's reputation will be ruined."

"I can understand." Ting Shuang felt that his marriage was a big problem. Women in this era don't easily meet strangers, and he couldn't accept that he promised to spend his life with him without meeting him, unless he chose from the girls he knew in the village. , or like the third child, first being spotted by the woman's parents, and then getting them at home to create opportunities to get along.

Mrs. Zhu understood his thoughts, agreed to discuss with the Lin family, and left.

Seeing Zhu away, Ting Shuang sat on the steps in a daze, Bao Qi sat beside him, looked at him with deep and thoughtful eyes, and after a while, said: "You said you want to be with the person you like What kind of person do you like when you spend your life together?"

Ting Shuang thought and thought, and said: "I can't say what kind of person I like. If I get along with someone often, face difficulties together, support and encourage each other, then there will be feelings, a feeling that is hard to let go. , I can’t accept being separated from him, so I fall in love with him.”

Xiaolan in the room interjected: "The elder sister in the beautiful house said that if two people are happy to meet, they will miss each other when they see each other, and if they are willing to kiss and touch, then they like each other, and then they can get married."

Ting Shuang frowned. In the past, he was afraid of the psychological shadow that life in a brothel would have on Xiaolan. It seems that Xiaolan didn't have any psychological shadow, but she learned some nonsense. This kind of talk is modern, and everyone laughed. However, in this era, it is likely that people will think that she is less educated.

Ting Shuang said to her with a stern face: "That beautiful house is not a good place. You'd better forget what you heard and learned there, and you'd better forget what the beautiful sisters said. Don't say such things in the future, otherwise Aunts and aunts will not like you, and brothers will not be happy either."

"Yeah." Seeing that he was very serious, Xiaolan agreed to go out to play by herself.

Baoqi thought for a while and smiled: "She's right."

"What does she know?" Ting Shuang didn't want to mention peach blossoms anymore. He has a lot of things to do now, and he can't wait to break the day in half. He really doesn't have time to fall in love.

After the wheat was harvested, it was time to prepare the land for seedlings and plant autumn crops. Fang Shi came to learn how to plant rice. Ting Shuang asked him to watch, taught him how to transplant seedlings, and provided him with rice seeds.

Now that the Meng family has a relatively sufficient labor force, the Liu family's idiots taken in are stupid, but they have great strength, and they hire two short-term laborers to quickly complete the work of planting rice seedlings.The houses in the city have also been built, but the restaurants can't open yet, because the built houses have to be aired, people have to be found, and water conservancy projects have to be done, so they can only be put aside for a while.

Time passed quickly, the mid-term project was over, and the money was gone. Ting Shuang went to Li Changfu's house in Lizheng to do the initial mass mobilization work, got his support, and then went to the construction site to gather everyone.

"The project is coming to an end now. If we do this project well, we and our descendants will not be afraid of drought and flood in the future, and we can live a good life, but..."

Ting Shuang first said that the situation was very good and then turned around.

"However, the project funds have also been spent. Although there are still materials left, and materials can be obtained locally, the wages cannot be paid."

Ting Shuang reported the accounts to everyone, and expressed her regret very deeply. The county leaders squeezed out the initial project funds against all difficulties. Now they really can't squeeze out the extra money. Seeing that there is no money to continue, the county magistrate is in a hurry. There is no more painful thing in life than to be angry when you can't eat, and you want to do something good for the people in these villages, but you give up halfway because you can't pay the wages.

I, the initiator of this project, was also in a hurry. If the project is unfinished, the previous hard work will be in vain. There is nothing more wasteful than this. It really hurts my heart.Ting Shuang wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, shed tears of sadness uncontrollably, and glared at Bao Qi in the crowd, "Your grandfather, you actually put so much onion juice on the handkerchief for me, let's see how I deal with you when I get home." .

The villagers also became sad, and Li Zheng Li Changfu said: "It is rare that the county magistrate wants to do good things for our people. This project will not only benefit us, but also benefit future generations. It has reached this point , we can’t let the project rot here just because we don’t have money.”

Li Dongsheng said: "This is to build water conservancy for ourselves and for the benefit of future generations. Could it be that we will stop repairing when we have no money, and we will not pay wages. Let's stick to it for a few more days and finish the work."

Other villagers also agreed: "Yes, the project has reached this stage, and it is about to be finished. It is not good to stop, and we don't want the wages."

Ting Shuang was very moved. He knew that he could not pay the villagers according to the amount, so his plan was to ask the county magistrate to pay part of the money, start the project first, and motivate everyone. He was also reluctant to abandon the project halfway. In order to avoid them making trouble, he first halved the wages, and then proposed to stop the wages, because he was afraid that they would not like him and he had to do the work of the village chief in advance.

Now it seems that he underestimated the sacrifice spirit of the farmers. They didn't care about wages, and they didn't give up because they had no money.

Emotions are contagious. Ting Shuang cheered up and went to other villages to ask for help.Sanhua Village and Dazhuang Village in the lower reaches were the hardest hit by this spring drought, so the affected households in these two villages were the first to be employed in the project.The villages in the upper reaches that were not seriously affected by the disaster consciously did not earn those few wages.

Ting Shuang went to the six upstream villages to mobilize the masses to ask for donations. The main idea is that the villages that have benefited from this project include you. Now the villagers on the construction site are free of charge and do not need a penny of wages. How dare you let them go hungry?Gotta take care of the meal.

As a result, people in several upstream villages had money to contribute money, food to contribute, and more or less scraped together food expenses.Some people also carried tools and drove bullock carts to the construction site to help out.

The wages are gone, but at least a few upstream villages have supported a few shi of grain, and they can also feed the people who go to the construction site.