farming in ancient times

I never thought that Xiao Er, who has always worked carefully, would talk nonsense,

I just saw Xiaoer grabbing a little coarse salt, crushing the salt lumps with a rolling pin, and standing aside with the child in her arms, Wang Han stared straight at it.This little uncle, it's so economical to eat some salt.

What she didn't know was that once the salt lumps were sprinkled on the shepherd's purse, her mouth would be so salty that she couldn't open it.

Xiao Er saw that there were no other seasonings at home, so she dipped a little oil in the shepherd's purse with chopsticks, and then stirred it: "Sister-in-law, this dish is fine."

Wang Han didn't believe it.Xiao Er glanced at her, without saying a word, tore a small piece of bread wrapped in shepherd's purse, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.Seeing my niece staring at me: "Come on, little girl, try the second uncle's latest discovery." As he said that, he put some food in his niece's mouth.

Only then did Wang Hanshi tentatively stretch out his chopsticks, and only took a bite. He hadn't seen green vegetables all winter, and only used cabbage to deal with it. Now people who can't even eat cabbage can't hold back.

It didn't take long for the dishes to be dried, and seeing that there was still half of the pancake in his hand, Wang Han suddenly thought of a very important thing: "Xiaoer, are you okay eating this?"

"Sister-in-law, it's a little late for you to say this now." After speaking, he stood up and rubbed his legs, and couldn't help but sigh that the family was so tense that he couldn't even afford a bench. No wonder the elder brother and younger brother had to go outside to work.

Finding that there was no point in thinking about it, Xiao Er shook his head and went to the utility room to get a small hoe: "I went to hunt pigweed."

Seeing him alive and kicking, Wang Han's heart was relieved.To the girl who was still smashing her mouth, she sighed: "If your second uncle only becomes a landlord and rich man in this life, God will not look at him." After a while: "My girl, let's go pick grass, okay?"

The babbling little girl clapped her little hands and said, "Dish, dish, second uncle's dish...."

"Okay, go dig the vegetables your second uncle said." Then she wrapped her daughter on her chest, carried a basket on her back, and left the house with a small hoe in her hand.

At the same time, in the Han family village seven or eight miles away from here, there was a lot of noise in an ordinary farmyard.If Wang Hanshi were here, she would not have time to dig shepherd's purse, because the family where the quarrel occurred was her natal family.

It started when the old couple of the Han family went to work in the field in the morning.

It is said that in these ten miles and eight villages, if something happens to someone's family, it will always be heard by all the neighbors in a short time.

Besides, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.So, the fact that Xiao Er set the stove on fire spread to Han's Village overnight.

When the two elders of the Han family heard that their daughter's house had no place to cook, they quit their work and went home to pack up their things before going to Wang's house to visit their daughter.

However, the two daughters-in-law of the Han family, that is, the two sister-in-laws of Mrs. Wang, were reluctant when they saw that their mother-in-law used the family's things to subsidize their sister-in-law.

As the saying goes, a girl is a mother's intimate little padded jacket.

The Han family only had a daughter of the Wang Han family, and Mrs. Wang's first child was not a son after marrying into the Wang family. She was afraid that her daughter would have no confidence in speaking in the Wang family. As long as the family's conditions allowed, Aunt Han wanted to take care of her daughter more.

Seeing the two daughter-in-laws blocking the door to prevent her from going out, she said to her son, "Pull your daughters-in-law away."

Her words went out, but none of the two sons moved, and saw the two daughters-in-law, one with her hips on her hips and the other with her chest in her arms, and she became angry instantly: "You guys have gone against the sky?"

"Mother, I've asked someone about it, and my sister's house is full of stoves, and there's nothing missing." Han Jia Dalang went on to say: "Our land hasn't been finished yet."

"You and your daughter-in-law won't go until the land is ready? You won't live without me and your father?" Aunt Han picked up five or six catties of rice on the ground and hurried to the door, "Can you let me go?" let?"

"Mother, it's fine to get out of the way, you put down the rice." Mrs. Han stared straight at the cloth bag on her mother-in-law.

Uncle Han's head hurts from being quarreled by several wives: "Everyone stop the meeting!" Pointing to his two sons: "I have seen it, your mother and I are fine, you don't have any sisters in your eyes, if you wait someday Your mother and I can't move, you can bury us alive."

The old man's voice is not high, but every sentence is heartbreaking.Once this remark is heard by the left and right neighbors, at least, Han Dalang and Erlang will get out of Hanjia Village.More importantly, go directly to see the county magistrate.

The two daughters-in-law of the Han family were not stupid, and they were afraid of their father-in-law yelling, so they dared not stop them, but seeing their mother-in-law leaving with the rice on their backs, they were not too angry.

The old couple hurried and hurried, and finally reached Wangjia Village at noon.

The Wang family’s courtyard has a gate, but it’s not like there is no gate. Sitting in the courtyard, Mrs. Wang can see her parents from a long distance.He picked up his daughter and said, "Niuniu, look at your grandparents coming."

Aunt Han asked before reaching her daughter, "Is your uncle okay?"

"It's okay. Dad, mother, why are you here at this time?" Saying that, he welcomed the two elders into the courtyard.

Aunt Han didn't want to mention the bad things at home: "Your father and I only found out that your house was on fire." Looking at the dark courtyard wall, she couldn't help clasping her hands together: "God bless! If something happens to your uncle, Dalang What are you going to do when you get back?"

"Isn't it okay?" Mrs. Wang pointed to the straw mat she and Niuniu sat on: "Father, mother, sit down first, I'll bring you some water."

Aunt Han raised her hand and hugged her granddaughter: "Don't be too busy, your father and I are not thirsty."

Seeing the sweat on his parents' foreheads, Wang Hanshi didn't say a word, just smiled and turned to go to the main room.

As soon as she left, Aunt Han pointed to the things at her feet, and asked casually, "Old man, why do you think our daughter put the grass from the field in the vegetable basket?"

Little Niu Niu suddenly said: "Dish, dish...."

Tong Yan Wuji, children are just at the age of learning to speak, when the old couple heard this, their faces changed suddenly, and their hearts were churning like waves in a river.

But this is the Wang family, the old couple looked at each other without speaking.

When Mrs. Wang came out of the open-air kitchen with two bowls of water, she saw her parents standing up and found that their expressions were wrong, so she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Aunt Han said: "Come in with me and your father." As she spoke, she walked to the main room first, and Uncle Han followed behind with rice on his back.When I got to the house, I asked, "Where is your uncle?"

Wang Hanshi said: "Collect firewood at the foot of the mountain."

"Then what's the matter with the grass on the ground outside?" Aunt Han asked nervously.

Wang Hanshi smiled when he heard this, and Uncle Han was very puzzled: "Your mother asked you something, what are you laughing at?"

She thought of herself in the morning, and when she saw her father staring, she said, "This is a wild vegetable, we ate it in the morning."

"Your father and I have lived half our lives, why haven't we seen anyone eat that grass?" Aunt Han didn't believe it.

"It's... grass... Mom, if you don't believe me, I'll make it for you at noon!" Xiaoer couldn't explain what shepherd's purse is to his sister-in-law. When Mrs. Wang asked him, he said that last year was later than now At that time, he saw people eating wild vegetables in the town. This year, he saw that those who ate wild grass were still alive and well, so he dared to dig wild vegetables home.

But the Wang family didn't have any elders, Aunt Han was afraid that her daughter would eat indiscriminately, so she said, "Okay! By the way, how have you been cooking for the past two days?"

Mrs. Wang Han said again about Xiao Er's "feat" of repairing the bottom of the pot. When Uncle Han saw the wild vegetables outside, he said very helplessly: "You little uncle, alas... I will go buy pots tomorrow. Tell him!"

Wang Xiaoer himself was stingy, but the two elders of the Han family also saw their good Wang Xiaoer in their eyes. Under normal circumstances, Wang Xiaoer still listened to the words of these two elders.

As soon as Wang Hanshi saw her father speak up, she finally didn't have to try her best to persuade Xiaoer to buy a pot: "Mother, you take a rest first, I will wash the vegetables."

When Xiaoer came home with a bundle of firewood, he saw his sister-in-law carrying vegetables and preparing to pour them into clay pots: "Wait a minute!"

Wang Han's hand suddenly stopped: "What's wrong?"

"Sister-in-law, don't eat wild vegetables like this." Saying that, Xiao Er threw down the firewood and walked towards her.

"Then what else can I eat?" Mrs. Wang asked.

Xiao Er wiped the sweat from his forehead: "You put down the dishes first, I'll cook later."

Seeing him walking towards the well with a washbasin in his hand, he said, "Little Er, my parents are here."

In fact, it is reminding my uncle that you have to live with a limit.Although her parents are not outsiders, she is the daughter-in-law of the Wang family after all, so she can't see her uncle "shameless" and not remind her.

Xiaoer didn't think so much, and when he heard this, he said, "Uncle and Madam are here?" As soon as he finished speaking, the old couple of the Han family came out of the main room.

Before the two of them could speak, Xiaoer wiped his hands and said, "When will the auntie come, and the auntie will not call me, so I can come back to cook early."

Aunt Han smiled and said, "Just came, just came."

Xiaoer is not familiar with them, even with Wang Xiaoer's memory, the two old people are the most familiar strangers based on him.Xiao Er smiled when she heard Aunt Han's words: "Sister-in-law, go and talk with aunt and uncle, and I will cook."

Mrs. Wang Han never competed with her uncle for the job of cooking, and Mrs. Han was no stranger to Wang Xiaoer's incident in the kitchen, so the three of them didn't say anything, just curious about what the "stingy ghost" would cook for them.

Aunt Han's performance was particularly obvious. She was sitting in the yard basking in the sun, but looked into the kitchen from time to time.

Seeing that her father was also absent-minded, Mrs. Wang said, "Father, Xiao Er said that we should turn down the kitchen and rebuild it."

"What?" Uncle Han didn't hear clearly: "You mean Xiao Er built the kitchen himself?"

Mrs. Wang nodded: "At first I thought about putting up the roof after Da Lang came home, but Xiao Er said that a house on fire is bad luck, so I insisted on tearing down those walls in two days and rebuilding the house."

Uncle Han glanced at the kitchen subconsciously: "Did Xiao Er say how to build it?"

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, then stood up, winked at her parents, and then went to the backyard with three children and one child.

Aunt Han saw the high mound of soil: "You...Your uncle is really capable, you can make the soil for the stove so quickly?"

Mrs. Wang shook her head, "It's early." Seeing her parents puzzled, "Xiaoer said to put the wheat straw into the soil and make mud, make mud blocks one foot long and half a foot thick, and use these mud blocks to cover the wall. "

Uncle Han frowned: "Why is a kitchen so troublesome?"

"Xiao Er said that the stove should be spacious and neat, so that the saved firewood would be piled up in front of the stove, and even a single spark could light up the stove." Mrs. Wang said in a low voice.

Aunt Han nodded: "The stove in your house is a bit small, and two people cannot stand in front of the stove."

"Which mother is exaggerating." Wang Hanshi said with a smile.

At the same time, Xiao Er, who was wandering around in the small and short kitchen room, thought that there was only rice and noodles at home, and besides shepherd's purse, he had eaten cabbage all winter, and he didn't even have any pickles, so he couldn't help but sigh. The cooking ah.

☆, Xiao Er warms the heart

Xiao Er walked around the stove several times before walking towards the grain room next to him.

Unlocking the door lock, Xiao Er walked to the corner without hesitation, squatted down and opened the clay pot in front of him, and took out five eggs from it without thinking.

As soon as he stood up, he realized that there were only two guests of the Han family and his wife at home, so he put back three more. After hesitating for a while, he put another one back.Xiao Er looked at the native egg in his hand, which was only a little bigger than a quail egg, and sighed: "This is a good thing."

If he doesn't come, these eggs will be exchanged for copper coins when Wang Xiaoer goes to the market next time.Thinking of his little niece's withered and yellow hair, Xiao Er shook his head, and the eggs will not be sold in the future.

Xiaoer went back to the kitchen again, filled half a jar of water into the earthenware pot, and then took another washbasin to knead noodles according to Wang Xiaoer's memory, regardless of whether the cakes he made later were hiccupping his teeth or not.

While waiting for him to make pancakes, Wang Han came with his parents.Wang Hanshi saw him looking at the fire while looking at the pancakes, and hurriedly handed the girl to her mother, and then helped Xiao Er to light the fire.

Seeing the fresh and tender wild vegetables being put aside, Wang Hanshi stared secretly, but Xiaoer and her had no tacit understanding, her eyes were destined to be stared at by the blind.

Just when the sister-in-law of the Wang family thought that Xiao Er was only entertaining her parents with cakes, she saw Xiao Er walking towards the clay pot beside her.When he opened the clay pot, Mrs. Wang saw that there was noodle soup in it. She just wanted to ask if it was okay to eat?

In a blink of an eye, Xiao Er has already poured the wild vegetables into the clay pot.Before she could open her mouth to stop her, the spoon in the little second hand reached into the clay pot and stirred twice, so fast that she cracked an egg into it before she could blink.

Aunt Han next to her shouted repeatedly: "His uncle, you, you..."

"Auntie, are you hungry? Wait a little longer, and you can eat when the pot boils." Xiao Er interrupted her seemingly unintentionally, and immediately sprinkled some oil and salt into the noodle soup with eggs and vegetables.

Although Aunt Han is an elder, she is always a guest. The second child has said so, and Aunt Han can only hehe.

Auntie Han’s awkward laughter hadn’t stopped yet, when Xiaoer saw the soup boiling: “Master and Auntie, let’s eat.” As he spoke, he put the pancake in the iron pan into the steamed bun basket and handed it to the sister-in-law, and then put it in the clay pot. Four bowls of noodle soup were served.

Uncle Han, who was standing in the yard with his hands behind his back, saw Xiao Er coming out with bowls in each hand, and hurriedly brought Fang Ji over.Xiao Er put down the bowl and saw that the sister-in-law brought the chopsticks, and first greeted the elders of the Han family to eat, and then sat down on the straw mat.

"Grandpa and aunt, there is no food at home, don't be disgusted with your two elders." He said and handed each of them a big cake.

Then Xiao Er picked up his own bowl, took a mouthful of the warm noodle soup, although there was no MSG seasoning, but there was a lot of oil and salt, plus the tenderness of the shepherd's purse, Xiao Er couldn't help sighing secretly, it was considered alive.

Then Xiao Er put down the bowl, looked up, and saw that the elders of the Han family and his sister-in-law were staring at him, and subconsciously touched his face: "You...why are you looking at me? Why don't you eat?"

"Xiao Er, what is this?" Wang Hanshi looked at him in embarrassment, and pointed to the bowl in front of him: "What is this?" Noodle soup is not noodle soup, and hot dishes are not hot dishes...

"Wild vegetable soup." Xiaoer said.

Seeing that the sister-in-law looked puzzled, Xiao Er didn't intend to explain further, the ghost knows what era he traveled to, and the pasta only had three kinds of noodle soup, dough and flatbread.

"Why do you think of doing this?" Mrs. Wang doubted whether this food could be eaten.

Xiao Er originally planned to fry the shepherd's purse, but when he thought about it, the peasants in this time and space always boiled the vegetables in boiling water first, and then smeared some oil on the vegetables.No one used extravagant oil to stir-fry vegetables before, so when he went to get the eggs, he thought about his excuses by the way.

"I think chop up the wild vegetables and cook them in the noodle soup, so that the little girl can eat more." He said and put a piece of egg flower into the niece's mouth: "Isn't it okay now?"

When Aunt Han saw that her daughter didn't know what to say, she smiled and said, "It smells delicious."

Xiao Er grinned, and said foolishly, "Then aunt and uncle, hurry up and eat." Then he broke the noodles in his hand into small pieces and put them in a bowl.

Wang Hanshi knew before that his brother-in-law had a thinner heart and smarter hands than a woman, but he didn't expect that his head was more flexible than the son of the village chief's family who was studying.The son of the village chief's family didn't know that the wild vegetables on the ground could be eaten, and they could be eaten with noodle soup, but Xiaoer actually knew...

Wang Hanshi saw the yellow and white egg flower in the bowl, looked up at him, picked out the egg flower and stuffed it into her daughter's mouth without saying anything.

The old couple of the Han family on the side saw their daughter Hula Hula drinking some wild vegetable soup without looking up. They got acquainted with each other, and imitated Xiao Er to break the cake in his hand and put it into a bowl.

Then tentatively took a sip of the noodle soup, and in an instant, the old couple's eyes widened, unexpectedly, unexpectedly, it was so delicious.

Seeing her little niece drinking half a bowl of noodle soup, Aunt Han suddenly thought of the grandchildren at home who were thinner than monkey cubs, and asked, "Uncle, can you tell me how this wild vegetable soup is made?" ?”

"Just put the wild vegetables into the boiling noodle soup, and then add oil and salt." Xiao Er put down the bowl, and picked up the little girl who was clamoring to eat: "Niu Niu, if you are obedient, turn around and second uncle will return it to you." Make something delicious for you."

Although the girl is only two years old, it may be that the adults in the family never avoid her when they talk. The little villain already knows very well that the most important person in this family is her second uncle.

Her father is much older than second uncle, but if father wants to buy two taels of pork in the town, he has to ask second uncle first.

Therefore, the little girl who was struggling to eat before gave up in an instant, and instead pulled Xiao Er's hair: "Uncle...Uncle...Cai Cai..." Signaling him to keep his word.

For some reason, Xiao Er understood the meaning of her words, and said, "Okay, second uncle will cook delicious dishes for you later!"

Aunt Han wanted to laugh at Xiao Er's talking, she knows what a villain is.Unexpectedly, the little girl grinned, slipped into Xiao Er's arms, and basked peacefully in the sun.

Uncle Han couldn't help blinking when he looked at it: "Niu Niu knows what you're talking about?"

Seeing the unbelievable look on his parents' faces, Wang Hanshi smiled a little complacently and said, "She's very smart."

Xiao Er said: "I know a lot. Yesterday I asked my elder brother why he didn't come back, and then I said copper coins to my sister-in-law. I guess I wanted to ask how much my elder brother can earn when he comes back."

When the old couple heard this, they were really speechless. However, seeing that Xiaoer loved their niece so much, the old couple didn't worry that life would be difficult if the niece didn't give birth to a son for the Wang family.

Seeing the old couple put down the bowl, Xiaoer said, "Sister-in-law, there is still some in the clay pot, go and get another bowl for uncle and auntie."

Aunt Han hurriedly said: "No, no, and I don't work, so why eat so much!"

Listening to the simple language, Xiao Er felt sore and astringent, then put Niu Niu on the ground, went to the kitchen and directly brought out the pottery pot and put it on the square table, filled the old man's bowl without any explanation, and then handed it to the old man. They have a big pie.

What kind of virtue is the second child? The second elder of the Han family has often heard his daughter mention it. Looking at the egg flower and thick noodle soup in the bowl, people can't help but think of the two sons in the family.

Uncle Han sighed deeply, why isn't this cheapskate his son.

"Eat, if you don't eat, the food will be cold." Seeing his wife holding the bowl still, Uncle Han guessed that she might also have thought of the two troublesome daughters-in-law, then picked up the bowl and asked while eating: " Xiao Er, your sister-in-law said that you want to get some adobe, how do you do it, I will help you."

Now is the time to plow the ground, how can Xiao Er let him help, shaking his head again and again: "I can do it myself."

"You child, if it rains tomorrow, is it still possible?" Uncle Han said angrily.

This is what Xiaoer is most worried about, and he can only look at his sister-in-law, who is her parents.

Wang Hanshi wanted his father to help, but he had to decide when: "Father, let's talk about it after the land in your house is finished."

Uncle Han felt very warm after eating Xiaoer's two bowls of rice, so he said loudly, "I've come here, why do you want to do it another day, it takes half a day to prepare the ground." Then he put down the bowl, pointed to his daughter and said: "Wash the pot and wash the dishes, uncle, come with me!"

Seeing that his father was walking ahead in a hurry, Wang Hanshi nodded to Xiaoer, who had no choice but to follow.

"Uncle, do you want to put the wheat stalks into the soil first?" Uncle Han picked up the shovel and asked before Xiaoer could reach the pile of mud.

Xiaoer said: "The wheat straw and soil are mixed together, I will fetch water."

The straw stack was right next to the wall, and Uncle Han started working quickly according to Xiao Er's instructions. When the sun was about to go down, Xiao Er looked at the adobe piled up in the backyard and thanked him very sincerely: "Master, if it wasn't for you I'll help, and I'll probably be at work for days."

"Is this enough?" Uncle Han asked.

Xiaoer said: "It may be a little bit worse, I can fix it in half a day tomorrow." Then he greeted Uncle Han to go back to the front yard: "Master, it's getting late, you and auntie should go back early."

When Aunt Han heard this, she said, "His uncle is here, please persuade your sister-in-law!"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Er was puzzled.

"Why don't I bring some rice for Xiao Niu Niu? Your sister-in-law insists on me taking it back. How can there be such a reason?" Aunt Han said with a complaining look at her daughter.

Xiaoer nodded: "Sister-in-law, pour the rice down. Didn't you go dig wild vegetables with the aunt in the afternoon, and bring all the wild vegetables to the aunt. There are many people in their family."

Wang Hanshi knows that her mother's family is not short of this little rice, but if her mother is not allowed to take the rice back, the two sisters-in-law will get angry with their parents again...

Hearing Xiaoer's words, Wang Hanshi stopped talking to Mother, and put all the wild vegetables in the vegetable basket back into the bag, and then said: "Mother, if people in the village see it, you can say that the wild vegetables you carried are But they can’t see clearly what kind of food it is.”

"I know." Aunt Han stared, thinking she was a fool. Everyone in Wangjia Village knew that if the wild vegetables on the ground were okay, they dug up the wild vegetables and asked her daughter's family to eat tomorrow.

"Ma'am, some weeds look a bit like this wild vegetable, so you have to pay attention when you go back to dig the wild vegetable." Xiaoer quickly reminded.

"Uncle, don't worry, we won't eat indiscriminately." Aunt Han said.

Uncle Han said: "You mean that Niuniu's uncle ate things indiscriminately?"

"Isn't this just a rush of words?" Aunt Han smiled, and then left with her wife.

However, before they left Wang's Village, the news that the old couple of the Han family came to see their daughter and carried a bag of weeds on their backs spread in the village.

☆, calculation county grandpa

When Wang Zhaoshi heard his grandson say that the Han family was carrying a bag of "weeds" when they left, she curled her lips: "The little boy is famous for being stingy now."

"Yes! Grandma, you don't know how many people are making fun of Xiaoer today." Wang Laifu said, gesturing with his fingers.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang Zhao said, "From now on, when you see Xiao Er, you will take a detour. If you let his stinginess get infected, your son will not even be able to get a wife in the future."

Wang Laifu nodded, no wonder he hasn't found a wife at the age of 28, that's the way it is.

of course not!Wang Xiaoer's parents have gone, and he has been keeping his filial piety!If the one-year filial piety period hadn't passed, Wang Hanshi wouldn't have dared to ask the neighbor to look after the girl for the second phase.

Wang Laifu was destined not to think of this: "Grandma, don't worry, I will stay away from Xiao Er."

This is exactly what Xiaoer wants.

If Xiao Er knew what Wang Zhao said, she would definitely celebrate and tell everyone.

Having said that, after sending the two of the Han family away, they closed the door, cooked some salty noodle soup and ate casually with the sister-in-law and niece, boiled some hot water for washing, and then went back to sleep.

"Xiao Er, wait a moment." Wang Dasou hurriedly said while hugging his daughter.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Er asked back.

"When you go to the town to buy pots tomorrow, buy two pots and a few more bowls?" When Wang Hanshi said this, he stared at Xiaoer without blinking, afraid that he would not say anything.

Xiao Er said: "The bowls at home are enough for us, I will buy them when Big Brother and Xiao Shan come back."

Wang Hanshi wants to say that he will buy it sooner or later, can he buy it all at once?But I also know that Xiaoer didn't say that he would go to buy pots in two days, which is already very good.

The next morning, Xiao Er woke up before dawn, all because of going to bed too early last night.

The early spring morning in the south was a bit gloomy and cold. Xiao Er boiled some hot water to wash his face, rinsed his mouth with some salt water, and went to the backyard to look at his precious piece of adobe.

Fortunately, the large open space in the backyard has not been planted with early green vegetables by Wang Hanshi.Otherwise, if Xiao Er was making adobes in the front yard, it might cause another disturbance after being seen by others.

Xiaoer turned over the adobe that had been hanging out overnight, and stood up some hard adobes, and then he started to make adobes again. When he filled the vacant space, Wang Hanshi and Niuniu also got up.

After eating unsalted and oil-free noodle soup and flatbread, Xiao Er walked out of the house with a copper plate and a bamboo basket on his back.He has Wang Xiaoer's memory and knows how to go to the town.I also wanted to take a good look at the situation on the road from Wangjia Village to Guanjiang Town, so I didn't go with others.

After he left, Wang Hanshi carried Niuniu and took the clay pot to Zheng's next door.

Mrs. Zheng Feng, who was washing pots, saw her coming, and said, "Your family can use the clay pots first, and we have two more."

Wang Hanshi smiled: "No, Xiao Er went to the town to buy it, thank you these few days." Then he put the clay pot on the stove.

"By the way, his sister-in-law, what you told me two days ago..."

"Is there a suitable one?" Wang Han asked hurriedly.

Zheng Feng looked at her amusedly: "You are in a hurry, listen to me first. I thought about it a little bit earlier, there is a girl in my natal family's neighbor who just turned up this year, and she seems to be a good match for Xiao Er. ...Now I just want to ask you if you have any requirements, if the girl meets your requirements, I will talk to her directly when the time comes. "

"This..." Wang Hanshi was troubled: "Although the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, you also know that our family's second child is right. I have to ask him what he means in this matter first."

Zheng Fengshi understands, ordinary people say that it is hard to be a stepmother, so don't you know that this eldest sister-in-law is much more difficult to be a stepmother: "Then tell Xiao Er later, and give me a confirmation letter tomorrow."

"Okay!" Wang Hanshi nodded with a smile.

Zheng Feng said: "Then it's settled. I'm going to hunt pigweed, how about you?"

Wang Hanshi thought for a while before saying, "I'll go with you." Then he went home to get a basket, and then went to the foot of the mountain with Zheng Fengshi to pick fresh and tender grass.

Seeing that she only dug one type of grass, Zheng Feng asked, "Are your pigs still picky eaters?"

"Ah?" Wang Hanshi looked at the wild vegetables in his hands, subconsciously looked around, saw no one around, and said, "Auntie, dig more grass like this, and I'll tell you about it when we get home." .”

When Zheng Fengshi heard this, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, but seeing her nervous face, he didn't pull her to ask why.

When the bamboo basket was full, the two of them went back, and as soon as they arrived at Wang's house, Mrs. Zheng Feng hurriedly asked, "What did you do just now?"

Mrs. Wang Han told Mrs. Feng about the "wild grass", but before she finished speaking, Mrs. Mrs. Zheng called out strangely, "Aren't you joking?"

"I can't joke with you about this." Wang Hanshi hugged her daughter: "Niu Niu, shall we have this for lunch?"

When the little girl saw the wild vegetables in her mother's hands, her big eyes instantly narrowed into a line: "Vegetables...vegetables...niu eat vegetables!"

Zheng Fengshi looked at Wang Hanshi in surprise when he heard the little girl's childish speech: "Your family has really eaten it? Why do you cook it?"

"It's very simple. Let's hunt pigweed first, and I'll tell you later." As Wang Hanshi pointed to the two people's back baskets, Zheng Fengshi looked at them and smiled. The grass that was supposed to be eaten by pigs suddenly became Don't cut grass after eating vegetables for people to eat.

At the same time, Xiao Er also went to the iron shop. According to his memory, the same shop that sold the iron pot slashed the price for a long time, and finally cut off three copper coins, and Xiao Er let go and said that he would buy the pot.

The shop opened for business, based on the principle that the visitor is the customer, and he was impatient with the waiter for haggling and couldn't drive people away. Now when he saw the waiter counting copper coins, he didn't allow the waiter to speak, so he called the little apprentice in the shop Put the pot in the guest's back basket quickly, so that this difficult guest can be sent away early.

Xiaoer also understands that the shopkeeper is worried, but he wears it on a stingy cheapskate. If he doesn't bargain, he will pay whatever price people want, and he feels uncomfortable all over.

Seeing that the little apprentice was going to help him pass the bamboo basket on his back, Xiaoer hurriedly said, "No, I'll do it myself." As he spoke, he grabbed the bamboo basket and threw it on his back, when Xiaoer was about to step out. The footsteps suddenly stopped.

As he turned around, the shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat: "Brother, what else do you need?"

Seeing the shopkeeper's nervous face, Xiao Er secretly smiled inwardly: "What were they talking about just now?" He pointed at the few people walking out.

The blacksmith asked, "Who is it?"

"It's just the few people who looked at the plow and shovel for a long time and didn't buy it." Xiaoer said.

"Oh, what did I think you were asking?" The blacksmith understood: "Isn't it time for spring plowing? The county magistrate will go to various villages to check on the spring plowing. They may want to improve the fields. Let the adults show their faces in front of you..."

The shopkeeper didn't say the rest, and Xiaoer understood that making a plow was too expensive for them. The few people who were cash-strapped finally chose to continue plowing the ground with shovels, so they gave up the plow shaft and left.

"The county magistrate is going down to the village?" Xiaoer wondered, "When did it happen, why haven't I heard of it?" I don't remember it either.It can't be because of the performance appraisal that the county magistrate is so abnormal.

The sudden abnormality of the county magistrate was naturally not due to the assessment, but because after the autumn harvest last year, a big man came to Guanjiang Town, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the man is a close minister of the emperor.

The county magistrate wanted to show off in front of the big shot, but the big shot was a reckless master. There were no bandits or natural disasters around Guanjiang Town, and the people everywhere were simple and honest.

Therefore, there is Xiacun to check this crop.

Seeing that Xiaoer didn't know anything, the craftsman said in a low voice, "That's how it started. When the county magistrate went to Duanjiazhai to check, he saw a family's farming well, and rewarded that family with [-] A copper plate."

Xiaoer stared: "Two catties of fat pork?"

"That's not right!" The craftsman said and shook his head: "If I had known about this good thing, I would have rented two acres of land from the landlord's house."

Hearing this, Xiao Er secretly laughed, no wonder the store was able to compete with him for three copper coins for a long time, and the co-author is also a cheapskate.After having fun, Xiao Er thought that he hadn't bought the clay pot yet, so he left the blacksmith shop.

Walking on the street, slowing down and listening carefully, I heard pedestrians in twos and threes discussing the county magistrate Xiacun.

Seeing the two people passing by him with red faces carrying a plow, laughing and imagining that the county magistrate also rewarded them with dozens of copper coins, Xiaoer shook his head, how could such a good thing happen.

If the county magistrate does this, who doesn't plow the land carefully? In the end, whoever is rewarded, it would be good if one family in a village can get the reward.

Thinking of this, Xiao Er paused, then turned around, and finally realized something was wrong.Looking at the two people who were gradually going away, if his eyes were normal, the plow they were carrying was clearly the legendary Zhiyuan plow?

Not many people in later generations know what Zhiyuanli is, but when it comes to Quyuanli, Xiao Er, who grew up in a farm family, can't figure it out.When he was a child, mechanical work was not yet popular, and the plow used for plowing the land at home was the improved curved shaft plow.

Later, when I was in middle school, the history teacher specifically talked about the appearance of Quyuanli, which greatly improved labor productivity and the quality of cultivated land.The impression was deepened again, Xiaoer is now standing on the ancient street, and he can draw Qu Yuanli with his eyes closed.

Although the appearance of the quyuan plow is of great significance to traditional farming, its production is really too simple for Xiao Er who often deals with machinery.

Thinking of this, Xiao Er suddenly felt that he should make Quyuanli no matter what.However, how can the Quyuanli he made be seen by the county magistrate so that he can be rewarded generously.

Also, how should he explain Qu Yuanli's matter to his sister-in-law...

Xiao Er couldn't help scratching his head, forget it, buy clay pots first, and then go to the blacksmith shop to ask the craftsman to make him a plow shaft from his original memory.

The reason for fooling my sister-in-law, I can always think of it slowly.

But Wang Han, who was fooled later, saw that the sun had reached the top of the tree and hadn't seen Xiaoer come back, so she couldn't help worrying: "Auntie, do you think our Xiaoer will encounter anything in the town?"

"What can he do." Zheng Feng shook his head: "Maybe it was because he was haggling over the price when he was shopping and he forgot the time."

"This, can't it?" Wang Han really didn't believe it.

"It's because you have been married for a short time, and Xiaoer has not been to town often!" Seeing her, Zheng Feng still didn't believe it: "As soon as you married, your father-in-law fell ill, followed by your mother-in-law, and usually the older ones Lang went to the town to get medicine, and last year your family kept filial piety for another year, can you tell me how many times Xiao Er has gone to town in the past few years?"

When Wang Hanshi heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and just about to speak, the door rang.

☆, Xiao Er was beaten again

Zheng Fengshi said: "It should be Xiaoer who came back. If you don't believe me, you can ask him how much the pot he bought later."

Wang Zhaoshi nodded, opened the door and saw that it was Xiaoer, let him in sideways, closed the door and asked the price.

"77 yuan." Said Xiao Er put down the bamboo basket, and then took the clay pot to the open-air stove.

Zheng Feng snarled at the person opposite, as if she was right, Wang Zhao thought that the general price of a large iron pot was [-] yuan.....and understood Xiao Er's "stinginess" again.

Xiao Er put the iron pot away, and when he came out,