Self-cultivation of male support

It wasn't until they settled down in Huangzhuang, the capital, that Liu Quan and Wang An slowly came back to their senses.

Wang An, who was forced to take Huangzhuang's servants to farm without stopping, suddenly reacted: "Boss! We are already uncles, and we can't live in the uncle's mansion in the capital. Why do we want to live in this remote farm? Doing farm work?"

Liu Quan, who was shaking the big spoon, also realized: "Even if we want to live in Zhuangzi to experience life, can't we let the cook cook for us? Why do I have to cook by myself when I am uncle and brother?"

Shi Yan was lazily lying in the yard basking in the sun, still wearing a blue shirt, not at all as respectable as an uncle should be, so he answered Wang An's question first: "Forgot what the father-in-law said?

The old man said, you boss, I love farming, even if I didn't love it before, I will love it in the future.

He also said to let your boss and I make good use of our specialties in farming, live up to the preferential treatment of heaven, and make achievements in farming. The old man is watching!

For this reason, the eight hundred acres of Huangzhuang were specially rewarded.

After hearing what the Holy Majesty said, if you can live in the uncle's mansion in the capital with peace of mind, then you can go, anyway, I can't. "

Wang An: "..."

Wang An shrank his head and ran out to continue to stare at the people on Zhuangzi to farm.

Then he replied to Liu Quan: "We didn't come here to experience life, if there is no accident, Boss, I will retire in Zhuangzi.

As for why you are asked to cook, do you have no idea at all?

The last time I lost the bet, Wang An was as serious as Su Sanyue. You said that you would cook for me for a lifetime without wages. You wouldn’t forget it so soon, would you? "

Liu Quan: "..."

Liu Quan felt that the big spoon in his hand weighed a thousand catties.

Shi Yanxin said: Where is sleeping instead of sleeping?Do you have to squeeze into the right and wrong place in the capital?

I am a civilian, as long as I don’t take the initiative to die, I will not be able to escape the glory and wealth in this life. Is it because I don’t sleep well or bully honest people?

Shi Yan, who suddenly owned [-] acres of Zhuangzi, was very calm. He drove the ox cart around the field twice, turned around and locked himself in the study for two days. As for the job, dig the ditches for me according to the drawings, and re-pile the ridges.

The field I want must be square, uniform in size, and very flat. When watering, the water enters from the east end, and the water level at the west end must be at the same level as the east end.

There cannot be a situation where one is higher and the other is lower. "

Wang An looked at the drawings carefully and thought it was not difficult.

It just needs a lot of patience, so I just agreed.

When the land was sorted out, someone from the palace suddenly sent Shi Yan a sack of fluffy, nameless seeds.

It was the same eunuch who delivered the decree last time, with a smile on his face like a flower, bowed his waist and said to Shi Yan: "Uncle, these are the seeds that the army got by chance in the Western Regions, and they are all wild.

I heard that there is a min'anbo in the capital that can grow anything. A bunch of rough old men thought this thing was interesting. It looked strange, so they picked it up and sent it to Beijing, saying that it was planted to let people grow it. Your Majesty is surprised.

His Majesty couldn't laugh or cry when he heard about it, this old slave is not allowed to send it to you! "

Shi Yan touched the seeds with his hands, neither denying nor agreeing, he just asked people to keep the seeds.

Xin said: What a coincidence, the quality of this batch of seeds is surprisingly good. Although the best time to plant cotton is from April to May, now the end of May is close to June, which is a little late.

But this year, the weather here in the capital is cool, and there is still time to sow seeds. As long as they are carefully taken care of, there is no need to worry about no yield.

So Wang An, who had just taken a breath, was called by Shi Yan again: "According to the prescription I wrote, plant this bag of seeds and let someone take care of them carefully. These are the seeds sent by His Majesty himself.

The first task I have taken on since I took office, if I do not do well and His Majesty blames me, I will feel bad, and neither will anyone else! "

As soon as Wang An heard what Shi Yan said, he immediately took heart, led people to sow the seeds himself, and went to check it from time to time, for fear that someone would not pay attention and ruin the stable life he had been looking forward to so hard.

After the cotton seeds were sown, Shi Yan returned to his leisurely days of basking in the sun and sleeping. When he woke up, he drove the ox cart to the field to see his [-] mu of land.

The main reason why Shi Yan couldn't wait to live in Huangzhuang as soon as he entered Beijing was because the seeds in his hands had reached the planting season, and if he delayed and missed the spring plowing, the yield would definitely be greatly reduced.

Corn, wheat, tomato, and cotton are neatly planted in the ground, and people have offered rewards in the West Market all year round: "Anyone who has a strange seed can be sent to Min'anbo's Zhuangzi, and Min'anbo will definitely be grateful."

Min'anbo Li Shiyan's reputation in the capital is not small, firstly it has something to do with his birth, and secondly it has something to do with his weird style.

In short, there are very few people in the capital who do not know the existence of Min'an Bo Li Shiyan, because he is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and the eunuchs in the imperial palace ran to Min'an Bo's Zhuangzi outside the city every three days, which has become a scene in the capital. .

Therefore, such a casual thing, just

Being able to make friends with Min'anbo has attracted many people. There are quite a few people who go to Min'anbo Zhuangzi every day and send seeds to Shi Yan.

Shi Yan received a lot of useful things and asked them to plant them in the ground, but most of them were useless.

It wasn't until Min'anbo's [-] mu of land was fully planted with various seeds that Zhuangzi stopped for a while.

On the other side of Ming'an Mansion, Shi Yan was confiscated as a citizen of Amber for planting potatoes. After more than a month of spreading, the news spread all the way from Fucheng to Lijia Village.

Here's how it happened.

Before Shi Yan left, because of time constraints, he directly left a sum of money to Zhou Lide's daughter and son-in-law, and asked them to pass it on to Zhou Lide.

Because he believed in Zhou Lide's character, he asked his friend Zhou Lide to give some money to the third uncle's house in Lijia Village every year, and went to the village from time to time to see how Lijia was doing.

After all, he was his only son in name, if he really didn't care about him, rumors and gossip would be inevitable, Shi Yan would rather spend money to buy a clean.

Wang Qihong and Zhou Yuhui's husband and wife now admire Shi Yan very much. Because of Shi Yan's good words about their family in front of Zhizhou, Wang Qihong got a big reward and made a big splash among the merchants in Fucheng.

Moreover, the business also benefited a lot, so they attached great importance to Shi Yan's words, the husband and wife settled the matter at hand, and drove back to Jingyuan County.

Tell Master Zhou about the matter.

Zhou Lide was stunned for a while, and finally clapped his hands and laughed: "I knew my Zhou family brother was a good one! Too much affection, and I was tired by that family of vampires!

It's all right now, less than a year after leaving that family, they've made a fortune!good!OK!Come, come, such a happy event, when the floating life is revealed! "

Although Wang Qihong also felt that what her father-in-law said was right, she still reminded weakly: "Father-in-law, your seniority is a little messed up. Ah Hui and I call Uncle Big Brother, and you call Uncle Ren Brother Brother. It's really wrong... ..."

Master Zhou glared at his son-in-law coldly: "I don't know the heights of heaven and earth! My little brother from the Li family has good character and self-cultivation. Seeing that you are not much different in age, if you asked him to call him big brother, did you two really call him big brother?

Where do you put me as a father? "

Master Zhou was in a good mood after teaching his daughter and son-in-law, and immediately ordered the servants at home: "Take the car, master, I'm going to Peach Blossom Village!"

The son-in-law was puzzled: "It's almost noon, let's go after lunch!"

Master Zhou waved his hands, and said: "It's okay, after reading the letter from the Li family brothers, Dad feels uneasy, so go and see that kid."

In fact, both of them could tell that Master Zhou went to Lijia Village to show off when there were many candidates.

The effect of Master Zhou's trip is very obvious.

Sitting in the third uncle's house for a while, just happened to meet the third uncle's family for dinner, and Liao walked in swaggeringly, sitting on the dining table like an old man, waiting for the third aunt to bring the food to the table, without saying a word, picked up Just eat in a bowl.

The third uncle's family seemed to be used to it, and no one said anything cheerfully.

The third uncle said in his heart: What is there to say, the meal money given by Tie Dan is enough for our family to eat and drink without worrying about it, so what if you let go of your hands and feet and let the lumps scurry?This pimple is really a good life for a villain. Poor Tie Dan is such a good child. If he meets such a family, it will be bad luck for eight lifetimes!

Thinking of this, the third uncle listened to Master Zhou laughing, and told how Shi Yan had become a Min'an Bo in the past few days, how he had passed the provincial examination, how he had grown potatoes, and how he had been rewarded by the imperial court.

The whole family was dumbfounded, and after hearing this, Pida dropped his chopsticks and ran away.

When Mr. Zhou left the village, Mrs. Li's family started arguing and even fought. The reason was clear to everyone. After all, Tie Dan became Min Anbo's business. After a noon fermentation, everyone in the village knew about it.

The seventh uncle gathered together with several clan elders, smoking dry cigarettes, with no joy on his face.

A clan elder sighed: "This child, Tie Dan, has resentment against us in his heart! Otherwise, he won't be named uncle, such a great event to honor the ancestors. He doesn't talk about opening ancestral halls in the Hui people to worship ancestors. He should tell us no matter what. The people in the clan are happy and happy!"

Another clan elder slapped the table, gritted his teeth, and said, "Even if Tie Dan doesn't get close to us, so what? As long as outsiders know that Tie Dan in our clan has become Min'anbo, we can't miss any benefits that we deserve!" "

The Seventh Uncle gave the speaker a cold look: "Old Ba, you are confused! You think Tie Dan is far away in the capital, so you don't know anything, and let us use his name to mess around?

Don't you take a look at who is going to deliver news to the third nephew's house at noon today?

Tie Dan sent someone to watch our every move!At the beginning, he was so ruthless that he invited himself out of the clan, but now that we have gone too far, he can still kick us away and live a happy life by ourselves! "

Some people were dissatisfied and said: "Then let's just watch? The benefits are right in front of our eyes. You can see them but not touch them. Are you willing?"

Seventh Uncle knocked the cigarette pipe on the edge of the table twice, gritted his teeth and said: "In the past, we turned a blind eye to the matter of Tie Dan's family.

Zhi Tie Dan doesn't have much affection for us.

Now that we want Tiedan to be of one mind with us, it's time to make a choice. "

Someone asked: "How to choose?"

Seventh Uncle said: "What does Tie Dan hate the most? Do you understand?"

As a result, the life of Mrs. Li's family became even more difficult in the village. Mrs. Li yelled every day: "You wait for me, and later my Tie Dan will take me to the uncle's mansion in the capital to enjoy the blessings. !"

In vain provoked a burst of ridicule.

Gradually, the male protagonist Li Shimo finally couldn't bear the lack of food and clothing at home, sitting on the mountain and being ridiculed every day. One night, he pried open the lock of Li's silver stash, and took Li's wife out of Shi Yan's hands all these years. The looted silver was swept away.

Then he got into the room of his eldest brother Li Tieniu. The two people in the room were drugged by Li Shimo, and they slept like dead pigs.

Li Shimo searched for a while, and pried open the box where his sister-in-law Liu's dowry was hidden. There were only two simple silver hairpins inside.

Next to it was a handful of copper plates.

Li Shimo swept all his things into the package in disgust, and left Lijia Village in the dark, no one knew where he went.

Only after dawn, the crying and cursing of Mrs. Li and the sister-in-law of the Li family made the villagers watch a lot of excitement again.

But at this time in Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, Shi Yan was completely unaware of so many things happening in Lijia Village thousands of miles away.

If he knew, he would only say: The clan elders think too much.

From the moment he left Lijia Village, the people and things there were just strangers to Shi Yan, without love or hate, just ordinary strangers.

At this time, the Zhuangzi was very lively, and many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Beijing sent powerful housekeepers to buy grass.

That's right, grass.

In May, someone sent a large bag of grass seeds from the grassland. Shi Yan ordered people to plant them at the east end of Zhuangzi. After two months, the grass seeds germinated, and green shoots emerged from the soil inch by inch. Covering the entire land, the greenery is gratifying.

Someone who has been to the prairie recognized it: "This is the alfalfa that cattle, sheep and horses on the prairie like to eat most! As long as the roots are not removed, it will germinate on its own in the second spring. As long as the water source is sufficient, it is easy to harvest. Makes sense."

Then this remark happened to be heard by the fifth prince who came here to hunt and relax, and the curious prince directly drove the mounts of the guards around him into Shi Yan's alfalfa field.

The horse lost its bit, and its belly was round when it ate in Shi Yan's alfalfa field, if it wasn't for Shi Yan

Being brought over by servants crying for father and mother to stop, most of the alfalfa in the field will be ruined.

Shi Yan didn't say anything on the spot, and the next day, he used the basket on the Zhuangzi to hold fodder for horses, filled two big boxes of alfalfa, and sent it to the palace.

I specially posted the booklet and said: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince loves this thing very much, so I specially sent two baskets for His Majesty to look at and share it with His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince."

The emperor felt that something was wrong, so he asked people to go down to investigate, and he knew what his stupid son had done, so he smiled and called the fifth prince into the palace, and handed the two big baskets of alfalfa to the fifth prince: "I heard that you love this thing deeply. Amber specially sent someone to the palace for you in the morning, take it back and eat, don't waste it."

His Majesty said that it should not be wasted, and the fifth prince naturally dared not listen.

But unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, who was originally very angry, felt that the alfalfa sprouts were very delicious after two meals. curious.