Lucky husband

A few days after Li Mingkang's [-]-year-old banquet, the county government began preparations for this year's children's examination.

The children's examination in the Dayu Dynasty was directly given by the magistrate of a county magistrate. It was an examination to test the basic knowledge of students without fame. It was held every year, and the specific time was determined by the magistrate.

This year, the two scholars from the Li family will not take part in the children's test, but Jiang Qiming from the Jiang family will. .

Jiang Zhiyun knew her nephew's level well, and was not at all worried about whether he could pass the child's test. She just mentioned to Xianggong that if the county magistrate was about to start the child's test, he might need to avoid it.

So after Mu Xiu went back, Li Chengshi heard Zhao Chengze said that he was going to start preparing for this year's children's examination, and quickly revealed that his relatives were among the students who participated in this year's children's examination.

Since the students who participated in the children's examination had relatives, Zhao Chengze could not let Li Chengshi participate in the children's examination papers, preparation of the examination room, and inspection tour.

By the way, Zhao Chengze also asked other officers of the county government whether there are any relatives among the students who will take the children's examination this year. .

A few servants had relatives who wanted to take part in the children's test, and they wanted to see if they could get away with it. After Li Chengshi ruined the plan, they had no choice but to explain the situation in their own family.

Jiang Qiming's level is really good, he easily completed the children's test, and the result came out three days later, and he passed without any suspense.

For the Jiang family, it was a matter of course for Jiang Qiming to pass the children's test, so the Jiang family did not publicize it, and would only answer one or two when asked.

Jiang Yuzhi from Li's house found some time to come, and told Jiang Zhiyun and old man Li, Mrs. Li's in-laws, that they passed away peacefully.

At this time, it has been March 25, and it has been 26 days since the end of February, and it has not rained.

According to his and Mrs. Li's plans, old man Li approached Village Chief Bai: "Cunnel Chief Bai, do you know if it's raining in other places in our county?"

Village head Bai poured old man Li a glass of water and told him to sit down: "Uncle Li, to be honest, I don't know the situation in other places in the county, but I have asked all the villages near our Shanghe village. They say it hasn't rained."

"This is going to be troublesome." Old man Li frowned tightly, and he took a sip of water from his teacup.

Of course, Village Chief Bai also knows that things are troublesome. If it doesn't rain, everyone is worried: "Uncle Li, your third brother Li belongs to the county government. Mu Xiu should have told you about the outside situation when he came back. What is going on in other places in the county now?" yes?"

Old man Li looked at Village Chief Bai with slightly cloudy eyes, and said: "The third child in the middle of the month came back and said that the rest of the county is like this. I don't know if there have been any changes in the past ten days, but look at the situation around our village. The place is probably not much better."

"This..." Village Chief Bai raised his heart. He remembered that his father said that Li's family escaped from the severe drought in the north decades ago. Uncle Li came to talk to him about these things. Did he notice something? "Uncle Li, if you have something to say, just say it."

"I don't know what everyone thinks, but I think there is a high possibility of a drought this year." After the old man finished speaking, his heart was heavy.

Drought, once the word "disaster" is mentioned, it will not be easy to get over it. Human life is extremely fragile in the face of this kind of disaster set by God.

"Really?" Village Chief Bai's heart sank. He actually felt a little bit about it, but he didn't want to think about it, and he didn't want to believe that a drought would really happen.

"I can only say my judgment, there is a high possibility of drought." Old man Li didn't say death, he gritted his teeth and continued, "If, if it doesn't rain in another ten days, I will prepare The rice seedlings were pulled out and replaced with sweet potatoes."

This was proposed by Mrs. Li at the beginning. I have to say that although Mrs. Li has not been in the field for many years, she has the right idea. Now every morning and evening, Mrs. Li and Li Chengzhi both carry a lot of water from the shallow river to the paddy fields. Here, the water in the paddy fields is still not enough, and the rice is not growing well.

No matter how reluctant old man Li is to pull out the rice seedlings, he still has to consider the food and drink of his family. When the weather gets hotter and it still doesn’t rain, the rice will only get worse the longer it grows.

He was also a farmer, but Village Chief Bai was shocked by the old man Li's words: "Uncle Li, are you really going to pull out the rice seedlings and plant sweet potatoes?"

It's too wasteful to use good paddy fields to grow sweet potatoes.

The wrinkles at the corners of old man Li's eyes looked a little older than before, he sighed: "Let's wait another ten days and see, I don't want to do that unless it is absolutely necessary."

After the astonishment passed, Village Chief Bai realized the purpose and benefits of old man Li's doing this. If it really happened in a disaster year, whether it was a waste for him to grow sweet potatoes in the water field and whether he could fill his stomach was the most important thing.

Old man Li was thinking about the rice seedlings in the paddy field, and he was in a bad mood, so he said the last thing that Mrs. Li ordered: "Mr. Bai, do you think it is necessary for the villagers to prepare more grain for storage? The current price of grain It hasn't risen yet, so I'm going to buy a cart of grain with my old lady in the afternoon."

"Oh? Are you ready to start buying grain?" Village Chief Bai was surprised again. He didn't expect the Li family to start taking action so early.

In his view, it is still uncertain whether there will be a drought if there is no rain this year. After all, summer is the year with the most rain, so we should wait until March to see signs of April.

"If you have food at home, don't panic, Village Chief Bai, why don't you talk to some old people in the village about this, I'll go back first." Old man Li finished speaking and left Village Chief Bai's house.

He didn't expect the people in the village to believe that there will be a drought this year so quickly. It's always good to have a basic idea in everyone's mind in advance.

On the other side, Mrs. Li walked to the center of the village under the big locust tree with a basket on her shoulders, a favorite place for wives and mothers-in-law to gather and chat.

"Sister-in-law Li, it's been a long time since I've seen you come out. Are you busy taking care of your little grandson at home?" The old lady who was on good terms with Li greeted her enthusiastically when she saw her.

There are also women who say in a strange way: "Some people divide the family and take care of the confinement mother-in-law. Who knows what they are planning? Are they thinking of coaxing the daughter-in-law, and all the son's money will go to themselves?" purse..."

Mrs. Li ignored the person who said strange things in a sly way. She said with a smile on her face: "I'm watching my little grandson at home. My Kang'er is a good boy. She doesn't make any noise. She's hungry and urinating for a while." Cry twice, especially easy to take. That is, it is not convenient to take him out because the weather is still cold, and when it gets warmer after a while, I will definitely hug him out to make you envious."

Several women who had met Li Mingkang at Li's house agreed, saying that Li Mingkang was indeed good-looking, which aroused the envy of the surrounding mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.

After talking about the children in the family, Mrs. Li pretended to be a little strange and asked: "I don't know where my boss has been sent by the old man today. I couldn't find anyone for a long time, so I had to go out to pick vegetables by myself. That's when I discovered the place. The mud in it is very dry, and the vegetables are all wilted."

"Hey, why don't you let it rain, it hasn't rained for 20 days." A woman answered, "It's better for the sister of the Li family. The three sons in the family don't have to work in the fields even if they are busy with farming. You don't know. The situation in the field."

"What a good life, sister, why don't you think about how much the three sons can eat. In those years, the old man and I tightened our stomachs to raise them." Granny Li waved her hand, and finally said the topic she came to chat with today. "In the past, even if it didn't rain for a while, the fields wouldn't be so dry. I heard my old man say that if it doesn't rain again this year, there will be a drought. I still don't believe it. I came out today and thought what my old man said. I'm afraid it's true."

"Yo!"

"No way……"

"So scary?"

After listening to Mrs. Li's words, some of the daughters-in-law and mother-in-law were surprised, some hesitated, and some had doubts. Everyone had different attitudes.

"Stop scaring people. Who doesn't know that we have a lot of rivers and rains in Changping County, so we have never heard of a drought." A sharp voice came out when everyone was relatively silent. Grandmother and widow.

Widow Sun looked at old lady Li triumphantly, as if she had grabbed old lady Li's braid, and said loudly that she knew which rivers were nearby.

Widow Sun is right. There are at least [-] or [-] rivers in Changping County, and many villages are built along the small rivers. It is these rivers that ensure the number of paddy fields and the annual rice output in Changping County. .

Mrs. Li gave her an idiot look: "Believe it or not."

Overwhelmed by Widow Sun's expression and words, Mrs. Li lost the interest to continue talking. She carried a basket and pulled the two women present who had a good relationship with her, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Huang, away from the big pagoda tree.

Of course they knew that Mrs. Li would not take them away alone for no reason, and they waited until there was no one around before asking: "Zhaodi, do you have anything to say about you pulling us here? "

"I just want to tell you alone that there is a real possibility of a drought this year." Mrs. Li looked a little more serious than before.

"The old man in my family doesn't talk much, but he is quite accurate in seeing the weather. Let me tell you, one day in the spring and summer of last year, there was no sign of rain at all. He sat under the eaves and looked at the sky and said that at noon today There was going to be a heavy rain, and my brother Jin heard about it. While playing outside, Jin met Niu Silang and Bai Sangui who were going to the back mountain, and told them that it was going to rain and told them not to go to the back mountain. Later, there was really a heavy rainstorm, and the two of them were lucky to escape."

Mrs. Li told this matter that not many people knew about it, and verified that her old man was accurate in checking the weather.

"Don't believe me, the old man and I are going to buy grain in the county in the afternoon and come back to put it away. I can rest assured that there is food at home. In this year, even if there is no drought, the grain production will definitely decrease. You should be able to understand what will happen next." think."

Old Madam Li spoke and looked at Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Huang, hoping that they would listen to her.

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