Red House Farm Stay

Wang Gou'er originally wanted to look around the land next to his home to see if he could buy one or two acres of suitable land and take care of each other.If it's just corn, you can still talk about varieties from far away. Anyway, everyone has never seen it, so others will listen to what he says.

With the addition of rice seeds, this matter is a little more difficult. Everyone knows what it is, but when it grows it is different from others.Who knows what will happen if someone provokes her in the world.It's not like he hasn't experienced the matter of turning black and white into falsehoods.

The farmland in Liujia Village used to be a pond, and beyond the pond there was a barren hill, which was a naturally formed hill just like Xiaoxi Mountain, but because it was too far away, people in Liujia Village hardly passed it.Over the mountain is a sandy land, which was bought by a rich family to plant fruit trees. People from the village over there would not easily cross the mountain to come to Liujia Village.

This mountain has always been unowned, because it is too far away from Liujia Village, and no one has made any plans to go there.Only Wang Gou'er, after much deliberation, felt that this barren hill turned out to be a good place to go.

For the land in Liujia Village, Wang Gou'er didn't think about the high-grade and medium-grade fields, and the low-grade fields cost three to four taels of silver per mu.Who told them that they were at the feet of the emperor, otherwise three to four taels of silver can be bought elsewhere.

It's just that the emperor's feet also have the benefits of the emperor's feet. The rent is paid according to the announcement issued by the government, and the officials below are playing tricks and dare not go too far.This coming and going, it's hard to say which is good and which is bad.

Wang Gou'er thought about it carefully. Although the price to pay for buying wasteland is relatively high, compared with attracting attention and even causing disasters, the former price is nothing.

After thinking about it for a few days, during these few days, he recruited the hired workers. Apart from looking after the cornfield in the backyard, he went out alone and came back very late.

In the end, the whole family was gathered together in Grandma Liu's house and expressed their thoughts.

"... Xiaodongshan is going to open up wasteland, and it is far away. I am afraid that it is inconvenient to build a house to live in. But the advantage is that it is hidden, so that the villain will not covet it."

"What the dog said makes sense. It's nothing more than a matter of footsteps, but it's really worry-free." Grandma Liu's peace of mind refers to people's hearts. She has had small ups and downs in her life, and she has seen more things. , very much agree with Wang Gouer's idea.

"How much is an acre of wasteland, do we have enough money?" Jia Zhuo was a little worried.

"Enough, you can buy the land that needs to be reclaimed for one tael of silver per mu, but it is not cheap to hire someone to reclaim the land." Wang Gou had already settled the account, otherwise he would not have said these words.

"The dog will buy land tomorrow." Grandma Liu made a decision, and Mrs. Liu pouted. If it was her, she would rather redeem the big house in Xianghe Village first.

"Don't just think about the big house in Xianghe Village. Only when you have land is there anything else. If you only have a house, can you eat green bricks or eat tiles on the eaves." Grandma Liu glanced at her daughter and knew her I can't let go of the mansion.

But with Jia Zhuo, Xianghe Village can no longer go back. Grandma Liu understands, and Wang Gouer also understands. Only Mrs. Liu is ignorant and still doesn't understand.

"Understood, I'll listen to you." Mrs. Liu knew that she never had a role in making decisions at home.

The children were very happy when they heard about buying land, even if it was wasteland.Ban'er rubbed his head and said, "Don't be afraid of Lu Yuan, just get up earlier."

"Don't throw away your books. I will send you to school after two years." Wang Gou'er was very pleased to see his son sensible.

"No need, I can't leave people everywhere at home, I'd better stay at home and help." Ban'er shook his head. After these days, his desire to study has gradually faded.

"Even if you come back from the exam as a scholar, you can also reduce the rent." Wang Gou'er looked at his son and smiled.

"Then let's talk about it in two years." Ban'er couldn't deny it. There were only two men in the family, and they needed to buy land and open up wasteland.

When the dust settled on the land purchase, and the summer finally passed, there was a hillside at the foot of Xiaodong Mountain, with a total of three mu of land, and it cost three taels of silver.However, he spent five taels of silver to hire six people, and planned to spend two months to level the land to a usable level.

Grandma Liu came out after raising her for a period of time, and she looked more energetic than before.She felt sorry for Yin Zi for the remaining pills, and wanted Liu Shi to take them to the city to sell several times, but Jia Zhuozhi stopped them and insisted on letting her finish them.

The corn is growing gratifyingly, and it is ready to be harvested again, and the colorful sweet peppers have finally matured and grown to the size of a fist.Jia Zhuo waited for a few days, but there was no swelling, and he was a little disappointed.She remembered that this kind of sweet pepper was round, and when the festival was approaching, it was sold at a higher price than meat in the market because of its good taste.

But she planted, I don't know what happened, why all of them are long and thin, and they don't grow fat.Jia Zhuo had no choice but to pick a few, washed and cut them into shreds, half fried beans, and half cold and hot with vinegar and garlic.

It was spicy and sweet, and Qing'er was still a little uncomfortable with it, but she stared at it for a long time, and it was the first time she saw red and yellow on the meal, it was very fresh.

But Wang Gou'er praised it again and again, "This tastes good, it's refreshing and crispy, and the taste is good."

"Colorful sweet peppers are different from corn. There is only one stubble of corn. The sweet peppers can still grow after picking, and each stubble can grow into winter." Jia Zhuo said.

"It's like melons and fruits. It's kind of you to pick them one by one." When Liu heard that he could harvest more, he was more than happy.

As for selling it, the whole family didn't even mention it. Who would dare to give something that no one had seen before, especially those expensive bigwigs.Even if it is sold, how can Jia Zhuo hide it in case someone who is curious is provoked?

Guarding the gold mine but can only produce and sell by itself, Jia Zhuo sighed again.But soon, she had no time to sigh, the corn harvest was bumper, and more than 87 corns were harvested from 100 plants.Wang Gou'erxi couldn't close his mouth, he specially selected good seeds, and only took out the rest as food.

Jia Zhuo didn't need to remind him, Wang Gou'er himself knew that after drying a batch, he dehulled the grains one by one, then ground them into powder, kneaded them with white flour, and tried to make cornmeal pastry.

More than 100 corns were eaten fresh a few times, and some cornmeal was ground, and the rest were kept for seeding, and the seeds that had been stored last time were sealed in the warehouse.

"The corn stalks can be kept and burned into ashes and buried in the ground to fertilize the fields." The corn cobs are not thrown away, and they are ground and mixed with bean dregs to feed chickens. Now the corn stalks can also be used, and there is nothing to throw away.

Hearing what Jia Zhuo said, Ban'er hurriedly said: "It was piled up in the corner to be used as firewood, so let's keep it for two months to fertilize the field."

Wang Gou'er handed over the work of preparing the land to Ban'er, mainly to let him oversee the work. He and the hired workers are busy working in the field, so that the harvest can be harvested next month, which is the most important thing.

"Miss Zhuo." Sometimes, Jia Zhuo would come out with Mrs. Liu to wash clothes by the river.After meeting Wan Qing for a few days, she would deliberately delay the laundry time until they came.Just to look at Jia Zhuo eagerly, or carefully look at her face, it seems that she is worried about how she is doing at Grandma Liu's house.

Jia Zhuo refused to let her call Miss, so she called Miss Xiaozhuo, and Jia Zhuo had no choice but to let her go.

"I'm good at everything, but you, didn't you think of a way?" Jia Zhuo asked later, Wanqing was not from someone else's courtyard, but a girl from Sister Feng's courtyard, but she didn't serve her in front of her, but cleaned in the courtyard. .Because of this, Jia Zhuo didn't know her, so she didn't get too suspicious.

Since she is a girl in Sister Feng's yard, Jia Zhuo doesn't believe that she is really a soft persimmon and can be manipulated by others.Liu Xiaoyao and Liu Laoyao are not easy to serve, so what about the men of the Liu family, are they just watching?

"Grandma is paralyzed on the bed. That's why she has a bad temper. Although she scolds fiercely, in fact, she has no bad intentions. Grandma scolded me, but she was just teaching me how to do housework. If I do well, she won't scold me anymore." While speaking, Wan Qing wiped her tears with the back of her hand, she slipped her sleeve, revealing a bruise around her wrist, which looked like someone pinched her.

Not only Jia Zhuo saw it, many people washing clothes by the river saw it, and they all shook their heads and sighed, but it was someone else's business after all, they just scolded them a few times.

"Although you say that, dodge if you can. Why should you suffer?" Jia Zhuo really couldn't believe that such a soft and dough-like temperament could be a girl who came out of Sister Feng's yard.

Shaking her head, she took out a bean noodle pastry from her sleeve, "Eat it quickly." She couldn't do anything else, so she could only bring something to eat and secretly give it to her every time.

"Warm." He took the bean noodle pastry with both hands, ate it in big gulps, picked up the dregs that fell on his sleeves and ate them, and the audience felt sad again.

An old lady couldn't bear it anymore, "What's the matter with the Liu family? Although our village is not rich, there is no mother-in-law who makes the daughter-in-law hungry. I have to ask the Liu family today if they want Killed."

"Auntie, please, please don't go. My mother-in-law, she, has a bad temper, and she said that if I humiliate her outside, she will sell me to a dirty place. I beg you, poor lady." Me, please don't."

Hearing Da Niang's words, Wan Qing became anxious, she rushed forward and hugged Da Niang's leg, crying bitterly.

The aunt hugged her, "It's a crime, the Liu family is a crime."

Although there was no reason to go to Liu's house, he asked her son to come over, brought two boiled eggs from home, and stuffed them into Wan Qing's hands.

"Eat, this age is the time to grow your body, you can't bear to be hungry."

"Thank you, ma'am." Wan Qing stuffed the eggs into her mouth almost one bite at a time, the whites of her eyes rolled when she ate, she looked like she had been hungry for a few days.