Travel through ancient times to discuss life

"Xiao Xia, get up and eat quickly, and go to bed after eating, ah." Grandma Han called Han Xia after cooking.

"Here we come." Han Xia actually didn't fall asleep, but he felt dizzy at the thought of not seeing Zhao Chu in the future.

"Hey, what should I do..." Han Xia went to eat with a bitter face.

"What's the matter, this is?" Grandma Han asked concerned, "Didn't they all buy the land?"

"Ah, oh, I just... think it's too troublesome to grow such a lot of land." Han Xia casually found a perfunctory excuse.

"This matter, let's rent it out. Besides, no one has cultivated such land?" Grandma Han asked.

"That's right, there should have been tenants in this place." Grandma Han said this before Han Xia realized it.

Grandpa Han thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "I never heard of anyone renting that piece of land. I think it may have been planted by slaves from the original owner's family." The more he thought about it, the more he felt right, and Grandpa Han added another sentence. , "In our place, many high officials have slaves."

"That's right, then who will we rent this land to?" Grandpa Jing said, Han Xia remembered that Li Guo is not very peaceful now, and the surrounding countries will fight several battles from time to time. Those who are defeated, or They will die, or they will be treated as slaves, and they will not be able to return to their homeland until they die.That is to say, Hanjiatun is close to the capital city, and the people's lives are better, otherwise, let alone eating meat, even two meals a day can't keep them full.

"I think, let's not talk about other houses, Haizi's house must be rented, and the people are reliable. You can ask after dinner to see how much he wants to grow." Grandpa Han said.Grandma Han seemed to want to talk too, but Grandpa Han stared at her but didn't speak.

Han Xia took a big mouthful of rice and didn't notice the interaction between the old couple, "Okay, I'm also thinking about Brother Haizi, what about other people, these lands, I'm thinking, we don't plant the newly bought land , all rented out, okay?" Swallowing the meal, Han Xia said.

"That's fine. If you don't plant it, you don't plant it. In such a land, you only need to collect 20 taels a year. It's your business, make up your own mind, how much life can we have with our old bones Sooner or later, you have to be your own home." Although Grandpa Han felt that his family could be more diverse, but Han Xia had other plans, he didn't want to say anything, after all, Han Xia grew up in the city, He couldn't bear the pain of farming, and besides, these lands could support Han Xia.

"Grandpa, you and grandma are strong, and you will surely live a long life. Our family's good life has just begun." Han Xia is a stupid person. Hearing what Grandpa Han said, he thought for a long time before he could hold back these two sentences. .

"Okay, grandma, I will wait to enjoy the blessings of my grandson in the future." Grandma Han embraced Han Xia and said with a smile.

The family of three had dinner happily. Grandpa Han and Grandma Han had to take a nap as usual. Han Xia couldn't sleep, so she went to Liu Hai's house.Speaking of it, the life of farmers is really hard.Although Grandpa Han seems to be living a leisurely life, in fact, it is because they are old, they have the filial food from Uncle Han, and when they were young, they had the [-] acres of land left by their ancestors for generations. .Most families in the village, including Uncle Han's family, are still living very hard.Needless to say, during the busy farming season, in order to catch up with the harvest, I can’t sleep for three hours a day, and I can’t even turn around, and all I do is physical work. When the farming is off, I have to find work to fill my stomach, like Han Ping They went out to do odd jobs. In addition to doing odd jobs, Liu Hai also went to the mountains to cut firewood and sell them in the city every day.

"Yo, Xiao Xia is here." Liu Hai was sharpening his hatchet in the yard when he saw Han Xia walking towards his house.

"Hey, Brother Haizi, what are you doing?" Han Xia quickened her pace and ran to the yard.

"Sharpening the knife, I went to chop wood today, and I felt that the knife was a little blunt, so I sharpened it. Gouwa, quickly bring you a stool for Brother Xia." After Liu Hai finished speaking, he yelled into the room.

"Brother Xia, sit down." Gouwa immediately ran out with a small bench, "This is newly made by my brother, but it is very strong."

"Hey, good." As soon as Han Xia sat down, Gouwa ran into the house for some reason.

"Brother Haizi, I'm here to discuss something with you."

"Ah, what's the matter, let's talk." Liu Hai picked up the water and flushed the knife, then put the knife down.

"That's what happened. I bought some land, which is in the middle of our Hanjiatun and Lijiacun. There are quite a lot of them. I just want to ask you if you want to rent some land." Han Xia said.

"What, you bought the land." Liu Hai was envious and sad at the same time, he didn't know when his family would be able to buy land, "How much can I grow." Liu Hai rubbed his hands excitedly , I am still very happy.

"Oh, there's a lot of land. I haven't asked other houses yet. I'll ask you first. It's definitely enough for you. It depends on how much you plant. By the way, there are good fields, middle fields, and sandy fields. What do you want to plant? like?"

"Okay, you're interesting." Liu Hai's face showed joy that Han Xia had never seen before, "Let me think about it."

"Don't worry, think about it carefully." Han Xia picked a grass leaf and wrapped it around her finger.

Liu Hai thought about it carefully and said: "How about this, Xiao Xia, I want to plant five acres of fertile land, five acres of middle field, and two acres of sandy land."

"Yes, yes, but why plant sandy land? Wouldn't it be better to plant fertile land?" Han Xia didn't understand.

"I am the only laborer in my family, plus Gouwa, only two of them can work in the fields, and they can't grow too much. The sandy land can harvest more sweet potatoes, so it's easy." Hearing what Han Xia said, Liu Hai knew He didn't know anything about farming, so he explained it to him with a smile.

"Oh, that's fine, this land is planted as soon as you buy it. I think that after two days, when all the people who want to rent are found, it will be directly under your management, okay." Han Xia didn't quite agree. If you know how to farm, you don't have to worry about it.

"Hey, it must be expensive, so I will charge [-]% more for the rent, or you will lose money." Liu Hai didn't want to take advantage of this, and was afraid that Han Xia would not know how to do it, so he said quickly.

"It's okay, Brother Haizi, have you been in the mountains these two days?" Han Xia just wanted to take care of the family, so she changed the subject a little bluntly.

"No, I have to tell the uncle, this is not nonsense, and also, you are not allowed to enter the mountain. There are many snakes in the mountain now, so I dare not go in." Face to teach Han Xia a lesson.

"Hey, don't worry, I will definitely not go in, ah."

Han Xia chatted with Liu Hai, and Gouwa and the others had a great time in the room.

"Second Brother, Brother Han Xia really wants to rent the land to us." The eldest sister looked disbelieving.

"That's not it, I'm listening, you want to rent ten acres of land to our family." Gou Wa looked smug, as if he had accomplished something big.

The young ones immediately made a fuss, Han Xia felt a little uncomfortable listening outside, Liu Hai also sighed, "It's me, the elder brother, who is incompetent, and made them suffer." He picked up the hatchet, Grind it hard.

"How can you say that, you go to the village to inquire, and that person doesn't say you are a good person, but it is so easy to raise your siblings on three acres of land. Besides, I will rent the land in the future and wait for Gouwa No matter how big they are, you just wait to live a good life." Han Xia admired Liu Hai very much, and couldn't see him being so frustrated.

"No, it's thanks to you still thinking about me. I thought about it, grit my teeth and work hard for a few years, and I'll live my life."

"Where is it? That's fine. I won't delay you anymore. I'll ask you to visit the place in two days. I'll go back first."

"Hey, I'll see you off." Liu Hai put down the hatchet, stood up and said.

"No need, I don't know how many times a day, what should I get?" Han Xia declined.

"Brother Han Xia, wait." The eldest sister ran out with a basket in her arms, "These are some eggs saved by my family, you can take them back and eat them."

"What is this for? Take it back quickly. You saved it with great difficulty." Han Xia was determined not to accept it.

"Take it," Liu Hai took the basket and said, "After receiving so many favors from your family, a few eggs are worthless, and it can be regarded as my best effort, otherwise, I feel really sorry."

"Okay, then I'll take it. It just so happens that I love eggs these two days, so let's go." Seeing him like this, Han Xia took the basket, "Let Xiao Si go to my house to get the basket tomorrow."

On the way back, Han Xia and Grandpa Han went to Uncle Han's house to talk about it, and the three of them went to Lizheng's house after they got together, and told Lizheng about finding someone to rent the land, and Lizheng was full of words. He promised to help find someone, after all, this is for the good of the village, and there are not many more things in this kind of thing, and it will definitely be done beautifully.

The next morning, Han Xia was learning frame weaving from Grandpa Han, when a woman in her forties came to their house.

"Uncle, I heard that your family is looking for someone to rent land?" The woman asked as soon as she entered the room and sat down.

Grandma Han's face darkened, she picked up peanuts and ignored her.

"Well, but we, Tori, are looking for someone." Grandpa Han's refusal was also obvious.

"Uncle, you can't do this," the woman became anxious when she heard this, "If I didn't go up the mountain with your family Pingzi that year, would my family fall to my death? It's so sad." He patted his legs and started to cry.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your family used to go to the mountains to cut firewood every day. How can you blame Pingzi!" Hearing what she said, Grandma Han was very angry.

"There was nothing wrong when I entered the mountain that day, why did something happen when I went with Pingzi, tell me!" The man cried louder when he heard that, "You heartless people are trying to force our orphans and widows to death Ah, Ah Liang, open your eyes and see, this is your brother from the same village."

"No, you didn't say anything here, so why did you start crying." Grandma Han panicked when she heard her cry, and said quickly.

"What else can I do? Back then, in order to take care of my family's funeral, I emptied out all my family resources. You have also seen our mother's life. I just want to rent a few acres of good land from you. Make a living." The man cried out, trembling three times, which made Han Xia panic in response.

"We really entrusted this matter to Li Zheng, who helped us find a good man." Grandpa Han said awkwardly.

As soon as the woman got up and ran to the yard, she sat on the ground and began to cry, "God thief, I can't live through this day, Liangzi, take a look, your old brother won't help you alone, I Forget it if you die, it's disgusting to save your life!"

Originally, the yards in the village were all fenced. When the woman cried, many people in the village gathered around to watch.

"Oh, what are you doing?" Grandma Han hurried to pull her away, "I didn't say no to helping you, didn't we all entrust Li Zheng, and we have to discuss it with Li Zheng." Rolling on the ground, just can't get up.

"Okay, let others see what they think, and I'll discuss it with Lizheng before I give you an answer." Grandpa Han was also very angry.

In short, it was a good idea to send the woman away.