Red House Farm Stay

"Longing, then tell me, where are you yearning for?"

"North." After Jia Zhuo finished speaking, the Ninth Young Master shook his head.

"Why, the north is not good." Jia Zhuo tilted his head and asked him.

"There are too many good travel notes in the north. It seems that they are deliberately spreading news and trying to seduce people. A prince who was born in the army said that he was like an iron bucket for border management. I believe it, but he said that he How can I believe that An'an Dufu is governed better than Jinling?"

"The purpose, why do these people write like this, what is the purpose?" Jia Zhuo didn't quite understand.

"Spread King Suqing's good reputation and build momentum for him." Ninth Young Master looked at Jia Zhuo with heavy eyes, and was obviously frightened when he saw her shoulders tremble.

"No, no way." Jia Zhuo's voice was trembling.

"This year is the emperor's fiftieth birthday. It is rumored that Prince Zhongshun and King Suqing will be called back to Beijing to celebrate his birthday."

"Prince Zhongshun is going to Beijing?" Jia Zhuo frowned. This news was too important to her.

"Thank you for letting me know, my lord." Jia Zhuofu saluted, this time thanking him sincerely.

"Are you really planning to stay in Liujia Village for the rest of your life and be a peasant woman?" Jiu Gongzi looked at Xiao Dongshan and always felt that this place would not be her lifetime destination.

"Some things, if you have never lost them, you will not cherish them. Xiao Zhuo understands the young master's concern, but it is just Xiao Zhuo's state of mind. I am afraid that the young master will not understand. It is best that you never understand." Jia Zhuo didn't want to talk about it. this topic.

"It's me who is busy." Jiu Gongzi pursed his lips and took a step back, "When the corn can be harvested, please tell me or the manager."

"Okay." Jia Zhuo also took a step back, turned and left.

The Wang family kept 150% of this season's corn, and gave the rest to Young Master Jiu. This time, he got [-] taels of silver.

Then I heard that some people have started to imitate the plant, but not in the farmland, but in the back gardens of those aristocratic families.They don't know how to calculate the output for the time being, and they don't know that they can have two crops a year.But after a long time, according to the time when the corn is on the market, it can be calculated with a little care.

There is only one road from Xiaodongshan to Liujia Village. There are ponds on both sides of this road, so whoever comes can be seen clearly from a distance.

Ban'er set up the arbor and took a look, "Father, the village chief is here."

Wang Gou'er put the farm tools, washed his hands, and went up to meet him.I took it to sit in my yard, and caught everything from the watermelon in the well. It was sandy and sweet. The village chief ate three yuan in a row before he screamed a few times.

"It's not bad that you live a small life." The village chief looked at the big tile house and his own well, and even he felt a little envious.

Standing up and exercising, I turned to the backyard and saw the corn cobs hanging outside in strings ready to be dried and ground into flour, and I couldn't help but get excited.

Touching it with both hands, stroking it back and forth, "This thing must be corn."

"Yes." Wang Gou'er knew that sooner or later he would not be able to hide it, so he confessed it readily.

"Then you still say that what you plant is fruit, and we, our own people, have to hide it like this?" The village head was a little angry. The Wang family is really not up to the mark, and they secretly do things to get rich by themselves, and the villagers don't take care of them.

"How do I know the name of this thing in front of my head? The name is given by other scholars. Don't we just call it fruit? Besides, there is nothing to hide about this thing. They paid us to plant the land, and I am still full of it." Go publicize." Wang Gou'er was very confident.

"They asked you to plant it, who asked you to plant it?" The village chief was anxious when he heard it. He came back this time, but he was carrying the expectations of many people in the village.People who came back from the city said that this thing is very expensive, it costs [-] Wen a piece, and it was a gift from Grandma Liu's house in their Liujia Village.

A root is five hundred cash, how many roots are there in an acre of land, and how much money can be earned, think about it, it's like seeing money flying all over the sky.

"The brother-in-law of the county magistrate's family, the son-in-law of the Cha family of the Kangnan family, otherwise the village head thought, where can I get this rare seed. No matter how expensive it is, we are just earning money for hard work. What do you want? Seeds, speak directly to Young Master Ninth, he agrees, and I will give it right away."

Wang Gou'er saw his intentions and thought to himself, you can plant if you want. Anyway, he knows that the magistrate's wife's land has already started trial planting this year, and the first crop of corn harvested is much more than that of Wang's.But they didn't sell fresh corn. It was said that they were going to save the seeds, and then grind the cornmeal for others to use. .

Their two acres of land, that is, Jiu Gongzi gave them a favor because they planted the corn.In the second half of the year, the price will definitely be lower, and they may not accept it.Those who continue to sow can't expect to get rich, but they will never lose money if they sow.

Wang Gou'er pointed to the other side of Xiaodong Mountain, "Crossing the mountain is Jiu Gongzi's small house."

"Isn't this thing for sale? You can just sell it to us. Can Master Jiu manage it?" Naturally, the village chief didn't dare to disturb Master Jiu. Not to annoy each other.He might as well cut it first and then play it. The seeds are all planted, and he just knows that he can let them pull them out.

"The village head wants to buy a few. I know the price in the city. I must give the village head a face. I will give you a discount. Two hundred yuan a piece. But don't be late, it will be gone if you grind it into powder .”

Wang Gou'er smiled honestly, as if he had sold a favor to the village chief.The village chief almost vomited blood when he heard that, two hundred coins for one, five for one tael of silver, and not enough to plant an acre of land, which is too expensive.

The village chief left angrily, and Mrs. Liu came out of the house, "You were not such a stingy person before, why are you still angry."

"Hmph, if you don't count our family's land, it's nothing to give them seeds at this moment. Now we are not considered as people in Liujia Village. The land is not theirs, and the house is not theirs. If you want seeds, you can take money. Come buy it."

It's not that Wang Gou'er will really charge them two hundred coins, but he just wants to let them know that when you ask for help, you have to look like you are asking for help.

The next day, Aunt Leng went to Wang's house with the eldest daughter-in-law of the village head's family.Grandma Liu chatted with them while sitting in the yard, "It's hot, it's cool to sit in the yard, and the longer the grape trellis above it, the better."

"This yard is really nice. Seeing that this area is full of blooming morning glory, pink and white, it's so beautiful. Hey, I said, why is there a scent? I dare say it's a honeysuckle tree. This tea is also brewed with honeysuckle. It's really fragrant. "

The eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief's family is a capable young woman. She first praised the Wang family from top to bottom.

"Grandma Liu is the daughter-in-law of our Liujia Village. She has lived in the same place for so many years, and there is always a time when she bumps into each other. But sometimes the upper teeth have to be knocked down. When it comes to critical moments, the bones and tendons are broken. It's not my own."

The eldest daughter-in-law scolded her father-in-law and a bunch of old uncles to death in her heart, and she looked up to her with only two acres of inferior land.The Wang family is so shrewd. When they saw something was wrong, they immediately sold it to the Leng family. Not only did they open up wasteland, but they didn't even live in your Liu family village.

Now that I know I'm begging someone, I've already kept him, how easy it is to talk now.

But until now, I have to take out the gift, a pair of red gold earrings are for Grandma Liu.When Grandma Liu saw it, she immediately held it in her hands, and felt overwhelmed with discomfort. This was her dowry, which was put on by her young lady herself.

When the family's life was difficult, they arrived in Liujia Village and exchanged for rations.Unexpectedly, after decades, they would see this pair of Jin Erding again.

Seeing that Grandma Liu was moved, the eldest daughter-in-law knew that even if she had something in her heart, she would not tell her, so she said goodbye with a wink, and left Aunt Leng to accompany her to talk.

"Okay, the people in the village have a heart, and they can find things that have been around for decades and give them to you. What's the matter with this corn? Look, can I be the middleman." Uncle Leng's letter last The month has come, and it is said that the ancestors have been buried in the soil, and the clan's situation is also very good, so he will stay and take care of it, and let them pass after the arrangements are made.

After taking the reassurance, Aunt Leng is fine and willing to settle this matter for the Wang family before leaving Liu's Village.

Grandma Liu sighed, "Why can't you be a middle-aged man? Speaking of which, except for my old woman, the Wang family can't be considered as a member of the Liu family village. Back then we were down and out, so it's okay to look down on us. The land of our family is too wicked. The Wang family has three children, do you really want to cut off our retreat and let them starve to death?"

This is the most annoying thing, legal principles are nothing more than human feelings, there are too many rules in Liujia Village, and I don't see everyone acting according to the rules.How come they are here, I remember the rules in this corner.

Aunt Leng was also angry, "Why not, it's too wicked to do this. Whoever proposed it at the beginning, asked that family to pay more money."

"Okay, if you are willing to make this trip, you must know that your ancestors accumulated virtue, and then you turned around with the support of nobles. This kind of seed, folks in the village, we don't need money, and the family will send a few. Plant it yourself and keep it Plant it. As for those who want to plot against my family’s land, tell the village head and get five taels of silver. Otherwise, if the villagers want seeds, they can figure out their own way.”

Aunt Leng got the right word, and went back to report the letter. The village head suddenly exclaimed, "Five taels? That's too much."

"A lot, one tael per person from five families, and the whole village can get the seeds. Otherwise, you can go to the Wang family to buy them for two hundred coins. One tael of silver is not a loss, or the villagers will know about this immoral thing, and they will spit on the stars." I can drown you." Aunt Leng now has an official uncle, let alone the village chief, even in front of the security chief, she can speak harshly.

The village chief lowered his head, "There was this rule in the first place, we didn't make it up."

"Don't recruit black people for the ancestors of the Liu family. Is that what your ancestors of the Liu family mean? They are afraid that the descendants of the Liu family will be bullied by people with other surnames. Now you are bullying people with other surnames. Speaking of foreign surnames, they are also from the Liu family village. Son-in-law, you are so embarrassed to start."

The village chief didn't dare to speak anymore, and Aunt Leng didn't ask him to speak, and just said, "The Wang family said that we can plant another crop now. You have decided to send the money tomorrow, otherwise the planting will not be successful this year." , let’s wait until next year.”

By next year, Aunt Leng may not be still in Liujia Village.There was no more suitable person to talk to the Wang family about Xiang, the village chief nodded immediately, "I will trouble Aunt Leng tomorrow."

This is the promise, Aunt Leng smiled, "That's fine, go early tomorrow."

Wang Gou'er took five taels of silver from the village head, and took out another 15 taels himself, and gave it to the village head in front of the clan elders and Aunt Leng, "Our family has been taken care of by the Liu family village, and there is nothing to repay. The 20 taels of silver was paid by our family, and a well was also drilled for the east end of the village."

In the entire Liujia Village, there is only one well at the west end, and it is difficult for people living in the east end, especially those with less labor force to carry water.

The village chief didn't expect the Wang family to do this, and his old face blushed, "Brother, it was my uncle who was sorry for you in the past."

Wang Gou'er waved his hand, "Fellows from the village, there is no need to talk about it." He didn't talk much at all, but in his heart he calculated the grievances very clearly. To take revenge.

"We've already packed the corn seeds, hurry up, we can plant them in a hurry these days." Mrs. Liu had already packed the seeds, and asked Ban'er to drive a mule cart to them.

Aunt Leng also left in the mule cart, but Wang Gou'er looked relaxed. Sooner or later, people will find out about the corn matter. It is already very good that the result is now.Moreover, corn gradually became popular, and more people grew it, and more people ate it.In the future, they will be able to sell them in the market with their baskets, and they will no longer have to find any outlets or think about how to win people's trust.

Even if it costs ten or twenty copper plates, one acre of land can earn more than ten taels of silver after digging expenses a year, which is definitely not a small amount of money.

You know, for a family who simply farms the land, it is a big deal to save ten taels of silver a year.

The person sitting in the mule cart glanced at the land in Xiaodongshan, and wondered, "Why is there an acre of land blocked by fishing nets?"

In the middle of the two acres of cornfield, I don’t know what to plant. I used fishing nets to block the side facing the intersection, and planted a row of fruit trees to block the inside tightly, so I couldn’t see what was planted.Obviously, when I came back, there seemed to be none.

Aunt Leng snorted lightly, "The Wang family said it was planted for the nobles. What the nobles told us to do, they still need to explain to us."

"Why did you plant it for him? So many people didn't choose him, but he was the one." Some people were not convinced.

"Who told someone's ancestors to be an official? If you don't accept it, you can give birth to someone who can study and become an official. Your descendants will not have to worry about it." Aunt Leng knew at a glance that it was the place where Grandma Liu was coveted and encouraged. One of the village chief's people, how could he be polite to him.

Hearing this, he stopped talking, thinking that the person driving the car ahead was still stern, his face froze, and he dared not move even more.

The village chief arranged for the well to be drilled, and the people living in Dongtou came to Wang's house to thank him. Wang Gou'er not only entertained them with tea, but also taught them how to grow corn.

"It's so lively up front, why don't you go out." Jia Zhuo didn't see the board for a long time, and ran to the backyard to see him bending over to knock a wooden stake into the ground.

"It's fine if you are here, I just have time to do some carpentry." Ban'er wiped off his sweat and said indifferently.

"What are you doing?" Jia Zhuo didn't understand.

"I'll make a swing frame for you and Qing'er, the little girl's family, you can't stay in the house all the time, reading books, embroidering, you still need to have some fun." Now the situation of the Wang family is better, not only invited The day laborers, as well as the long-term laborer Yoko, live in thatched huts.The women in the family no longer need to go to the fields to help, and now even Baner only goes to the fields when he is busy.

When Jia Zhuo had nothing to do, he read a few travel notes, or practiced calligraphy, and Baner was also reviewing his homework, planning to find a private school next year.Qing'er embroidered in the house, and sometimes asked Xiaocai to study the shape of the flowers, and now the embroidered things are very readable.

"Swing." Jia Zhuo didn't expect that, without making a sound, he made a swing frame for them, and no one mentioned how he thought of it.

"The little sister-in-law of the Leng family said that there is a swing stand in Uncle Leng's house, which is specially for little girls to play with. Aren't you going to celebrate your birthday soon, so I want to make a swing stand for you as a birthday present. Ban'er grinned, thinking, he can't do other things, but a swing frame can still be done.

I didn't hear anyone talking behind me for a long time. When I turned my head, Jia Zhuo stood where he was, tears streaming down his face.I couldn't help but panic, I wanted to reach out, only to find that I was still holding a hammer in my hand, I quickly put it down, but my hands were covered with mud, so I had to hold my hands together in a daze.

"Thank you, this is the best gift I can think of." Jia Zhuo hugged the board lightly before he felt something was wrong, turned around and ran away.After running a few steps and turning back, "Be firm, I will sit with Qing'er."

Ban'er stood where he was, didn't come back to his senses for a long time, finally touched his head, and his eyes began to shine when he pursed his lips and smiled.

The swing frame was ready before Jia Zhuo's birthday, and the two little girls sat on it together, pushing the board behind them, attracting Mrs. Liu to watch the fun.

"Look at how you dote on your younger sister. They don't know how to do it themselves, so you have to push it."

"Do you have something for the children to play with? Have you fed the chicken?" Wang Gou'er came over with a pipe, checked whether the swing was set up securely, and dragged Mrs. Liu away by the way.

"Let's call Xiaocai to play another day, okay?" All three children automatically ignored Liu's words, and Qing'er said to himself.

"Okay, I'm afraid she won't be able to come out, now it's not the same as before, the Ninth Young Master is back, she will be there to serve you." Jia Zhuo heard from Xiao Cai that Wan Qing didn't come back with the Ninth Young Master.She asked the steward in private, only then did she know that she did something wrong there, and fell into the hands of the eldest maid of the Ninth Prince, and she wanted to stay in the old house to learn the rules.

"Xiao Cai said that she is now a maidservant, with a monthly allowance of [-] wen, and she even bought me candied fruit last time."

"Let's bring her delicious food next time." Jia Zhuo jumped down and turned to look at the board, sweating profusely, without making a sound.

"Hurry up and wash your face. Grandma made mung bean soup for us. It should be cold by now." Jia Zhuo looked at Ban'er and talked, but Ban'er didn't dare to look at her. He lowered his head and turned to wash his face.

"What's wrong with my brother, it seems like I can't lift my neck these days, I dare not look at you." Qing'er was curious, but it didn't look like they were arguing.

"No, you read it wrong." Jia Zhuo refused to admit that he was impulsive and frightened others.

"But……"

"Whoever comes to the kitchen first can add a spoonful of honey to the mung bean soup and run quickly." Jia Zhuo suddenly started to run, and Qing'er screamed and hurried to catch up.

In the end, Qing'er was the first to run to the kitchen, and turned her head proudly, "I'm still the fastest."

"I will never compete with you again." Jia Zhuo smiled and went to serve mung bean soup.

"Let's add a small spoonful each, and don't let my mother know." Qing'er approached in a low voice.

"Okay." Jia Zhuo looked around, then quickly unscrewed the lid, and scooped out a spoonful of honey with a small spoon like a thief.

Ban'er came in after they put away the honey jar, pretended not to see anything, and went out to drink mung bean soup.

In the evening, Mrs. Liu muttered while eating, "Why is there less honey, this is used to drug his father."

Wang Gou'er's back was a little bad, and he said it was the best time to cure it in summer, so he applied a plaster, and prescribed a few more medicines to drink.The honey that Mrs. Liu bought was used as medicine for him. The medicine was so bitter that it made people suffer from headaches.

Jia Zhuo and Qing'er looked at each other, and then Ting Baner said, "I took out and tasted two spoons."

Only then did Mrs. Liu have nothing to say, Wang Gou'er was not happy, and cast a sideways glance at Mrs. Liu, "Who among the people in the left and right families can't drink, you still have to ask more questions."

"Yes, yes, you are a good person, and I am a bad person. That's fine, I didn't say that people should not drink." Liu really didn't think about not letting people drink, but just watched, and wanted to ask clearly .

In fact, as Wang Gou'er said, why bother to ask clearly about his family's affairs.Just asking, doesn't it mean you don't allow it.How do you make the drinker open his mouth, say that he drank it secretly, or say that I will never dare again.

"If you don't allow anyone to touch it, put it in your room. Make sure no one touches you. Put it in the kitchen so that people can drink it casually. What's the question? Can you drink it into other people's stomachs?" Grandma Liu patted Jia Zhuo's back lightly and said.

"I'll just ask a question, that's fine, I won't ask any more, that's fine." Mrs. Liu was annoyed, feeling that she had been greatly wronged, and she was just asking in vain, why everyone was targeting her.