Red House Farm Stay

Jia Zhuo saw that they were made of strong and durable fabrics, and the color was just right. At first glance, each piece was prepared for Grandma Liu, the color of millet with dark lines.The other autumn fragrance must belong to Mrs. Liu, and the two red ones, one water red and the other peach red, must belong to her and Qing'er.The other two horses, one with green crab shell and one with green bamboo, must belong to Wang Gou'er and Ban'er.

"It's just time to make autumn clothes. Young Master Ninth is really thoughtful, thank him for me." Jia Zhuo saw it, but he really liked this gift and it took a lot of thought.

Seeing that Jia Zhuo was happy, Xiaocai breathed a sigh of relief, and took out a pair of damselflies tied in silk gauze, "I tied them myself for fun, and I gave them to you to wear."

One is dark green with blue borders, and the other is water red with purple borders. Jia Zhuo fell in love with it at first sight, and put the water red one on Qing'er's head at that time.

"I forgot, it's almost the Qiqiao Festival." Jia Zhuo tilted his head, looking at the damselfly in his hand with emotion.

"Yeah, how did you guys live before?" Xiao Cai and Jia Zhuo were sitting and talking in the yard, and Qing'er ran into the house, not knowing what to do.

"How can a farmer have the leisure time to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival, worship the moon at night, and the family has some spare money, so it would be great to buy some melons and fruits." Jia Zhuo thought about it. Last year, he was so busy that he hit the back of his head. , I completely forgot about the Qiqiao Festival.If Xiaocai hadn't taken the damselfly right now, she might not have thought about it this year.

When Qing'er came back, he took out the five poisons made with a net, each of which was only a little bigger than a fingernail, and looked very delicate and cute.

"This is a network made by me and my sister, and I'm giving it to you to play." When Qing'er handed it over, she lowered her head shyly.

"It's so beautiful, you two sisters are really good at craftsmanship." Xiao Cai held the net in amazement and looked at it carefully, and it was obvious that she really liked it.

"Don't listen to my sister putting gold on my face, her hands are really clever, but mine are really stupid." Jia Zhuo laughed and sent Xiaocai away.

Then he hugged Qing'er, "We Qing'er also know how to return the gift."

Qing'er blushed, "I originally called to send you off, but she happened to be here, and our house had nothing to return, so we sent her off first. Hurry up tomorrow, and I'll make another one for you."

"Well, I'm waiting for Qing'er to give me the net." Jia Zhuo immediately grimaced, "What should I give you?" Even the work of planting insoles was not allowed by Mrs. Liu.It's nothing else, I'm afraid she will waste things.

This time Qing'er laughed loudly, "I don't care, sister must give me a gift in return."

"Thought it, I'll make your clothes for you myself." Jia Zhuo deliberately pointed to the cloth placed on the table in the main room.

"Ah..." Qing'er immediately fell in love with the peach-red material, and had already thought about what to make and what kind of flowers to embroider.Hearing that Jia Zhuo said that she wanted to do it by herself, she immediately frowned, and said slowly, "Otherwise, I'll give it as a sister."

Jia Zhuo was standing next to him laughing so hard that Qing'er realized he had been fooled, stomped his feet and said bitterly, "I won't talk to you anymore."

"We Qing'er don't care about anyone." Grandma Liu went to Leng's house and just came back now.

"I made an agreement with Leng's family that after the autumn harvest, the land will belong to them." Grandma Liu smiled cheerfully, and Wang Gou'er bought another three acres of wasteland in Xiaodongshan. After that, the house will be built at the foot of the mountain, and the family will grow corn. With rice, six mu of land is enough.The Liu family village simply let go and handed it over to the Leng family.

"Grandma, come and see, this is a return gift from the Ninth Young Master." Qing'er pointed at the pile of cloth on the table and smiled happily.

"This gift is too heavy." Grandma Liu thought about whether three carts of corn were sold for 500 taels, and whether a bag of corn flour was worth five bolts of cloth, so she didn't go any further.

"It's not heavy. Their big family pays attention to the freshness of everything. It's natural for them to look more expensive." Jia Zhuo directly regarded the five pieces of cloth as a deposit. The next time before the corn matures, Just call him directly to discuss how to sell it, and leave the big money to him to make money, and the Wang family just hide behind and make a small fortune silently.

"Xiaozhuo said it's not heavy, so he won't be heavy. This year, he can't be as sloppy as last year. He just eats a bowl of noodles and counts his birthday. What we Xiaozhuo want to eat this year, grandma will cook for you."

Ah... birthday.

Jia Zhuo suddenly came to his senses, Qiqiaojie, sister Qiao's was born of Qiqiaojie, that's why she took the name.She didn't remember this at all, last year, it seemed, it seemed, she really ate noodles once.She even drank the soup base at the time, and now she realizes that it is longevity noodles, maybe the reflex arc is too long.

"I just want to eat the longevity noodles that my grandma made last year." Jia Zhuo burst into tears suddenly. She knew that the tears were not hers, but a little bit of emotion left by the original owner, or an instinctive reaction.

"Don't cry, don't cry, grandma will serve you longevity noodles, use good ingredients to make a whistle, and you are guaranteed to eat the bottom of the bowl." Grandma Liu's words made both children laugh, and Jia Zhuo wiped away tears embarrassingly.

Soon, the rice seeds in the backyard could be harvested. Wang Gou'er looked at a few bunches of big tassels and calculated for a long time. He thought it was impossible, so he calculated again.In the end, his eyes widened so wide that he stared straight at Jia Zhuo, unable to move his eyeballs.

If every grain can be like this, Wang Gou'er would like to kneel down and kowtow to the rice seeds for how many catties of grain should be harvested for that acre of land.Where is the rice seed here, it is clearly the rice god.

"Let's keep these for planting, and they can be planted in the ground next spring. I'm not afraid of the wasteland at first, anyway, there are not many seeds, so I plant them as I raise them. In fact, I'm not afraid of my uncle's jokes. I don't know how the seeds will end up If we’re not sure, let’s explore while planting.”

"Okay, okay." Wang Gou'er kept nodding his head. No one knew what was going on without planting a few seeds. How could she be blamed for good or bad.

Jia Zhuo only left three rice seeds in his small space, and planted the remaining half. Wang Gou'er's family was completely shocked.Not to mention the high yield, but two crops can be planted. This is simply a treasure bestowed by God.

"This thing, this thing, if you donate it, wouldn't it be..." After a rough calculation, the annual harvest can be four times that of the current grain. If you donate it to the emperor, it won't be too much to reward him with a title. After all, Wang Gou'er has also read books, and he knows how much credit this is.

"Dog, this thing was brought to our house by Jia Zhuo. We can eat it, drink it, and use it, but we must recognize the ownership of this thing. As a human being, we must not lose our duty." Grandma Liu said, Look at Wang Gouer.

Ban'er also looked at his father, but didn't speak, just clenched his fists tightly.

Wang Gou'er, whose back was drenched in cold sweat, came to his senses and quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I was confused, we have to keep this matter a secret."

The Jia family had just been confiscated by the emperor, and their mothers were dead, so how could it be possible to present such a treasure.What's more, once the offering is made, everyone's identities will be hidden, including what they have done before, and I am afraid that they will also implicate the ninth son who gave Jia Zhuo a false identity.

According to Prince Zhongshun's shamelessness, he might use the banner to not only take people away, but also take away the credit for the rice seeds.

Seeing that Wang Gouer understood, Grandma Liu heaved a sigh of relief, only Mrs. Liu was puzzled, "What do you mean, such a good thing, why should I give it to others?" Not to mention the turn in the back.

"Mother is right, you must never tell others about this, or you will attract people with ulterior motives, and we don't know who will be framed. Don't forget, whoever has a fan at home will be killed Forced the family to be destroyed." Ban'er hurriedly explained to his mother.

Mrs. Liu thought so, and nodded repeatedly.

After Ban'er finished speaking, he was embarrassed, and then he remembered that it was the Jia family who did it.It's just that Ban'er is a young man, and these people come and go around him, and because of his relationship with the Jia family, he is only a little familiar with the Jia family's affairs.Whether good or bad, know more or less.

But I didn't expect that the person involved was still present.Annoyed and regretful, his brows were all wrinkled together.

Ban'er excused himself to stay and look at the rice seedlings, and said to Jia Zhuo, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

Jia Zhuo smiled wryly, "Are you not allowed to tell others if you have done something wrong? If you are wrong, you are wrong. There is nothing to justify. However, if it is not a matter of identity, I really want to donate the rice seeds so that people all over the world can eat them." I have enough to eat. However, I am a selfish person, first of all, I can only consider my own safety."

"You are not wrong." Ban'er said too quickly, seeing Jia Zhuo looking at him and smiling, he quickly added, "You are not all because of yourself, our family, and the ninth son, I know, you don't want to be involved to someone else."

"Wait a few years, if Prince Zhongshun dies, I will definitely do this." Jia Zhuo smiled at Ban'er.

"Well, he's going to die." After finishing speaking, he realized that he was like an idiot, scratching his head to carry a bucket, and ran away by carrying water.

Jia Zhuo shrugged and looked at the sky, "Tomorrow is Qiqiao Festival, I should be 11 years old."

She remembered that before she traveled here, she often looked forward to her birthday when she was a child, and always felt that the days passed too slowly.Trying on adults' high heels and flower skirts over and over again, hoping to grow up soon.

When she really grew up, she wished that her life would be slower, but the time flies, and the slashing is fast, forcing her into an older young woman.

During the Qiqiao Festival, Jia Zhuo ate delicious longevity noodles as he wished, and Mrs. Liu also bought melons and crisps for their little sisters to worship the moon.

Mrs. Liu gave Jia Zhuo and Qing'er a pair of white fungus, one plum blossom and the other camellia.Jia Zhuo picked plum blossoms, and together with Qing'er pierced their ears and eyes, they pointed at each other and smiled.

Sure enough, Qing'er made Jia Zhuo a five-poison net, which was delicate and beautiful in water red, and said it was for her new clothes.

No one expected that Ban'er would carve out a lotus hairpin for each of the two sisters out of wood.

"Hey, I'm too busy this year. I said that I don't have time to pick the lotus with you. Let's play with you." This year's corn is harvested in a few days, and the calf is about to cramp. For the younger sisters, Baner felt sorry, so he took the time to catch up with work and came out with two hairpins.

They are too young to use hairpins, but they like them very much.

Then Jia Zhuo took out his own gift to Qing'er, a double-sided embroidered screen the size of a palm, with peonies on one side and peonies on the other side. The flowers and colors are different, but they are equally graceful and luxurious.

Qing'er was stunned on the spot, "This, this, this is for me." She wanted to touch it, but she was afraid of dirtying the screen, so she only dared to touch it with her fingers.

"Of course it's for you. We Qing'er are so talented, we can remember it at a glance. Now that we have the real thing, maybe we can learn other people's unique skills."

"How is this possible? Double-sided embroidery is a secret." Before Qing'er could react, Jia Zhuo had already stuffed the screen into Qing'er's arms.

"Grandma, Uncle, Aunt, I have something to discuss with you." Jia Zhuo said his idea, and sold all the corn in the field to Mr. Jiu. Whether Jiu Gongzi offered a price to cover the round, it was easier than their own tossing.

"That's a good thing. That Ninth Young Master is a loose hand. You can't suffer from dealing with him." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu thought it was a good thing.

As soon as Mrs. Liu agreed, Jia Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, both grandma and Wang Gou'er nodded.

"We're just doing farm work, so it's not appropriate to get involved in business. Besides, we don't have time to build a house." Wang Gou'er also said, so the matter is settled.

A small table was set up in the yard, and three sticks of incense were offered. The little sisters wore needles and worshiped the moon, and sat down to eat melons and fruits and crispy cakes.

"Sister, where did your screen come from?" When they were talking just now, Qing'er took the screen back and put it away tightly, and hurried over to ask now.

She and Jia Zhuo are together every day, but I don't see her having time to buy this.Besides, this screen should be very expensive, where did she get the money.

"To tell you the truth, this is the deposit paid by Master Ninth." Jia Zhuo covered her mouth and smiled, and when she sent Xiaocai out, she told her to tell Master Ninth.Next time, he can sell all the corn harvested in the field to him. The five bolts of cloth are a little short of the deposit. If he can find a small piece of embroidery for her, the deposit will be enough.

Her idea was that for such a family, it would not be bad to just pick out any embroidery.Unexpectedly, the last thing delivered was a double-sided embroidery, which was not only not bad, it was simply too good.

"Then, why give it to me." Qing'er felt that something was wrong, why did this thing become hers.

"I gave it to you, and it's yours. Besides, in this family, who would take embroidery as a treasure except you." Jia Zhuo tapped her forehead with his finger.

Huh, is that so?In a daze, Qing'er accepted Jia Zhuo's indoctrination.

Once the summer was over, news spread of the old Liu's house next door, and boss Liu's sentence was commuted to exile.

"Speaking of which, it seems that since the incident happened, I haven't seen Liu Xiaoyao." Jia Zhuo recalled.

"Cripple Liu doesn't let her go out, but according to people in the village, she probably won't live for a few more days." The aunt of the Leng family opened her mouth, sitting in the Wang's house, chatting with a group of Wang's women.

After Boss Liu was convicted, Liu Xiaoyao was beaten up by his man, and he couldn't get out of bed for several days.If the youngest son hadn't secretly brought her some water and food, she might have died.

Once he was able to get out of bed, the man from the Liu family said, don't go outside to make a fool of yourself, just stay at home.After emptying his savings and betting on the land, he finally got a commutation of the sentence. Judging from the current situation, it is already the best ending.

"Guess who made the big effort this time." Aunt Leng was always well informed, and her man was very happy outside.

"Boss Liu's former employer?" Jia Zhuo guessed.

"This girl in your family is really smart, she is the one who helped the old Liu's family pay a lot of money, dozens of taels. Otherwise, with the old Liu's family background, how can those people get stuck between their teeth." Aunt Leng sighed with emotion. For a long time, I didn't expect that the people in the old Liu's family didn't accumulate virtue, but they met a true and kind person.

After talking about it, Mrs. Ke Leng put down her things and left. Mrs. Liu escorted her to the door, "Don't worry, we'll hear you if you shout, and once we're sure, we'll ask Baner to drive a car to pull people away."

When Ban'er and Wang Gou'er came back, Grandma Liu called Ban'er, "Your sister-in-law of the Leng family is about to give birth, but your uncle and two sons of the Leng family are going away. There are only a few women left at home, please come and ask us to take care of you." Just a moment. Let's talk to her, as soon as it happens, you should borrow a car to bring the midwife over."

"Tell your father to go to Xiaodongshan. Dileng's family in the village also hired hired workers. We also have hired workers. We have agreed to take care of each other. Besides, we are close. If anything happens, they will come to report." Liu Shi also helped arrange it.

When Ban'er heard this, he laughed, "Then I won't be able to rest at home."

"What's the matter with taking a break? From ten miles and eight villages, a few half-grown children like you work as adults." Liu looked at her son, and the more she looked at her, the more she fell in love with him.

"The candied garlic from Aunt Leng, and the porridge in the pot, let's have a bowl with it." Grandma Liu pointed to the kitchen.

Starting two months ago, at Jia Zhuo's strong request, the Wang family would cook some porridge at night for those who came back from the fields.

Wang Gou'er came back and drank porridge and replied, "Alright, I just want to open up the wasteland in Xiaodongshan, so I just invited someone to go, so I can look at it better."

"When will we dig the well?" This is what Qing'er remembers most, and he will ask every few days.

"As soon as the land is cleared, I will invite someone to find the well." Wang Gou'er looked at Qing'er, his expression softened.

Mrs. Liu planted new clothes at home these few days, and Baner stayed at home. He couldn't help but want to do things, so his grandma drove him back to read.

"It's rare that you have time, so you can read at home. If there is anything you need to do, I will call you." Grandma pushed the board away, opened the courtyard door, and looked around from time to time to see if anyone from Leng's family came to call .

Jia Zhuo became interested when he heard about the book, and slipped to Ban'er's house, just as Baner opened the window.She leaned over to the window and asked him, "Do you have any books?"

"There are two books, do you want to read them?" Ban'er took out two books from the box, which were wrapped in cloth, and he could see that he cherished them very much.

One Analects of Confucius and Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Analects of Confucius is not surprising, but there is actually another book of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Seeing that Jia Zhuo had been staring at Sun Tzu's Art of War, Ban'er handed the book out.

"My father bought these two books for me when he was in good times. He said that we peasants never encountered any major events when we were young, and it is easy to think about things. If you read a little about the art of war, you won't be too stupid to be deceived."

Ban'er didn't dare to invite her into the house, but moved a stool out for her to sit outside and read, while he stood in front of the window sill in the house, holding a book while reading and scribbling something with his hands.From time to time, he looked at Jia Zhuo who was sitting outside the windowsill, with a smile on his lips.

It's not that Jia Zhuo is interested in Sun Tzu's Art of War, but he must learn how to write the characters here.The contracts she wrote to the ninth son before were all written by Ban Er, and she didn't have the time to learn at that time.Now I feel that if I have time, I should still learn it.

After breaking off a piece of fine firewood, Jia Zhuo squatted on the ground and wrote over and over again.

"This will spoil the feeling. The master said don't practice calligraphy like this." Ban'er saw it and couldn't help but remind him.

"It doesn't matter. I don't take the merit test, I just want my own convenience." Jia Zhuo didn't care, he could understand what others wrote, and he could write a few strokes regardless of whether it was good or bad, and that was enough.

Mrs. Liu saw it from a distance, shook her head, turned to Grandma Liu and said, "It's because of a different background, and you can write."

Grandma Liu cast a sideways glance at her daughter, "If you want to learn, Qing'er can do it too."

"No, no, what's the use of a woman's learning, it's better to embroider more and tie the net. It's pretty good now."

Qing'er was embroidering, when she heard someone mention her name, she poked her head out of the window and smiled sweetly at her grandma.

When his hands were sore from the practice, Jia Zhuo closed the book and returned it to Baner.I went back and saw that Qing'er was applying hot handkerchiefs to her eyes. This was taught by her grandma. After taking the needles, she should apply it to her eyes so that her eyes would not be so tired.

"Qing'er, do you want to learn how to read?" Jia Zhuo was too involved in the practice, and when he returned the book, he asked Baner, only to find out that Qing'er was illiterate.

"What's the use of being able to read? It's enough for daddy and elder brother to know, and you can do it too." Qing'er twisted her handkerchief, went to pour water to soak her feet again, and asked her with a puzzled expression.

"But, isn't it good for me to be literate? If I go outside, I won't know everything. If I sign a document, I don't have to worry about being cheated." Jia Zhuo is used to the world where everyone can read and write. I realized that there are only a few literate people here, and the more I think about it, the more I feel startled.

"You can ask someone who can read to read it to us. Besides, these things will never happen once in a lifetime." Qing'er was not enthusiastic. Jia Zhuo was not surprised, but he was not surprised. Taking it for granted, she certainly didn't think it was useless to spend time and effort on literacy.If you can learn how to read, you may not be able to use it for a lifetime, and you still need to spend a lot of time studying. It's better to learn how to embroider and get money back.