Qinghe Pastoral

As an old saying goes, "The rooster crows in the neighborhood in the morning, and the crowd follows the work. The farmer pays the farmer, and the concubine starts to sew the su." up.Women usually do housework at home, while men go to the mountains to collect firewood or visit the fields.After breakfast in one or two hours, I have to start another day's work until sunset.

In the past few days, there have been intermittent spring rains, and there are gradually traces of animal activities in the woods.Lin Sheng planned to see if there was any prey in the trap early in the morning, and Xu Xiuqin also wanted to go up the mountain to get some pine needles back, husband and wife.Two went out early.

There was not much movement between the two, but Lin Mu had always slept lightly, and woke up in a daze.The light had come in through the window, he didn't stay in bed, he simply got up to wash up, cleaned the inner room again and started preparing the family's morning food.

In less than an hour, the couple came back one after the other, and Lin Sheng was holding two snow-white rabbits in his hands.Having a harvest is something to be happy about, but there is no joy on the face.

Lin Sheng got something out of the two traps he dug yesterday morning, three rabbits and a pheasant. These things can't be sold for a lot of money, but it's good to make up for the family's meal.In particular, Lin Mu's health has not been very good. Although life is not difficult, but after all, it is a farmer's family, and they can't spend much money to support Lin Mu's health.Yesterday, he went to the town to grab some warming and tonic herbs, which happened to be stewed with this pheasant.Unexpectedly, when she met her mother on the road, she just took a chicken and a rabbit from him.Even if the family is separated, there is nothing wrong with giving it to his own mother, but what her mother said made him feel very uncomfortable.

About the early years of the Lin family, Lin Mu knew intermittently, and his relationship with the old house was not good.The life of their family has been getting better and better over the years, but more than once he heard villagers gossip about Xu Xiuqin's childlessness. Not only did Liu Guilian and Liu Yunqiao not feel sorry for what happened back then, they also echoed that the Lin family's family was unlucky, He really couldn't figure out that the same was his own child, and what Liu Guilian lost was also his own descendant, why she could say such a thing.

"Forget it, after all, she is also your mother. If you don't give it to her, the words outside will be so ugly. Let's eat."

Since the separation, Xu Xiuqin almost never went to the old Lin family's house except when necessary. For her, being unable to have children was a pain that others could not understand in her life.During the years when Lin Mu didn't come, she lived in pain and self-blame.But the heavens favored him after all, Lin Mu was a very good child, and she finally realized what it was like to be a mother.

Over the years, the hatred for the Lin family has gradually become less intense. She just doesn't want to care about that family anymore, but the fact that Lin Sheng is the boss of the Lin family cannot be changed. He can't let her husband stop honoring his father. Mother, otherwise how would Lin Sheng behave in the village.

Lin Mu steamed some multigrain steamed buns, cooked mung bean porridge, and cut up a small dish of spicy cabbage, which was quite appetizing.

"By the way, I kept hearing the noisy noise at the entrance of the village just now. What's the matter?" Lin Mu's house was close to the entrance of the village, and the noisy sound lasted for a long time. Although he was curious, Lin Mu didn't pay attention to it.

"It's the kid from Mr. Ji's family. He just came back to the village these two days. He said he wanted to buy the wasteland of Tubanpo. He said that anyone who has cattle at home can go to work if he is strong. No food is provided. He will spend six days with the cattle. Ten copper coins, forty copper coins a day, let alone a hundred acres of wasteland, it will take a while to rectify, and I can get a lot of wages, I plan to go today."

In the spare time after spring sowing and autumn harvest, people in the village will find some work to do. The wages of [-] Wen are rare in the town. Although food is not included, the extra copper coins can cut half a catty of pork, which is clearly a profit. , there must be many people going.

Speaking of Ji's family, Lin Mu didn't know much about it when he first came here, but gradually he knew that there was a big family in the village.The big house, which is no different from the big family in the town, is especially conspicuous in this village where almost all the houses are made of clay.It's just that since Lin Mu came to this village, he has never seen that family. Only the fat aunt of Ji's family will clean the house from time to time.

Ji's family has been breeding for four or five generations in the village. Thirty years ago, Master Ji became a Jinshi and entered an official career.The people in the village don't know what official position Master Ji is or what rank he ranks in. For them, Master Ji is the pride of the village.Master Ji, who has entered the official career, paid for the construction of a school in the village, and bought 30 acres of good land.After resigning, Ji's family returned to the village, and Master Ji went to the school to give lectures to the children. Everyone in the village remembered his kindness, and the Ji family's reputation in the village was unique.

"Speaking of which, Young Master Ji was the same age as Mu'er when he left the village. It's been almost ten years now. This child's aura is astonishing now. With his appearance, I saw several girls blushing when they saw him." Lin Mu was almost caught. Lin Sheng laughed, Lin Sheng seldom gossips, presumably that Young Master Ji is too eye-catching.But this is also human nature, Ji's family must have a lot of wealth, that young master Ji went out for so many years, and now he came back and bought such a large piece of land at once, which girl in Huaichun would not be tempted to see it.It's just 24 to [-] years old, I'm afraid I'll get married and have children long ago, if I'm an infatuated kind, there's nothing to hope for.

"Listen to your nonsense, don't ruin the girl's reputation." It sounds interesting and true, but speaking of these words will not be good for the girl's family's reputation, and I'm afraid it will cause trouble at that time.

"It's not that I'm talking nonsense, it's not just a girl, Mrs. Tian is willing to be a kid in front of me." Lin Sheng said this, as if he was still in shock.No wonder, Lin Mu and Xu Xiuqin were shocked by these words.

It's not that because he is a man, in fact, there are many men in the village who have not married a wife, and there are also two men who live together. This is due to the fact that there are few women in the Dayu Dynasty.A hundred years ago, a severe plague caused the population of Dayu Dynasty to drop sharply. In the few years after the plague, the birth rate of women became lower and lower, and then gradually stabilized at about [-]%.Gradually, some men who couldn't marry a wife began to live together and even get married.

The youngest son of Mrs. Tian's family is an old man. Although he has two elder brothers, he is loved by thousands of people. He is pampered by the Tian family. He has completely inherited Mrs. Tian's beauty, and his eyes are higher than the top. It can be seen that this season Who is the young master?

Xu Xiuqin couldn't help being amazed when she heard this, and knew that Lin Sheng was not a talkative person when he was outside, but he still couldn't avoid giving instructions.He also talked about going to Ji's house to work today, and the thick noodle steamed buns on the table were almost eaten during the conversation.

Lin Mu's house has little land, and the spring sowing has ended, so the couple planned to go together. The whole day is full of words, and Lin Mu is also ready to move, but going to someone's house to work is not as good as being at home. His body suffered too much when he was young, and the husband and wife rarely Asking him to do heavy work, Lin Mu thought that his family was not short of thirty or forty wen, so he gave up.