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The relaxing time always flies very fast. Whether it is Li Chengshi who is on vacation or the Li family members, they feel that a few days have passed in a flash. It seems that it will be the 29th of the new year in the blink of an eye. Li Chengzhi and the others did not go out to set up a stall and stayed at home. Clean up, tidy up, and prepare ingredients for the New Year.

The children will be happy if there are more people in the family. Li Mingjin took Li Mingyue and Li Mingkang to look here and poke there.

There were fewer people on the dinner table this year, but the Li family had a rare and beautiful New Year’s Eve dinner. No one who was annoying made a long face at the dinner table, and no one was jealous and said something to make everyone unhappy. if.

After the children had a long New Year's Eve dinner and received the New Year's money given by the elders, they were driven back to their respective rooms to sleep when the time came. The adults sat around the fire in the main room, chatting and waiting for the time to come. arrival.

Because the light is not very good, Mrs. Li took her two daughters-in-law to make the soles and insoles of the shoes, while the old man discussed with his three sons about farming next year.

After waiting for the old man to finish speaking, Mrs. Li stood up, shook the thread on her body, and said to Li Chengli who was fiddling with the fire, "Second brother, come with me."

Li Chengli didn't know what Granny Li wanted from him, so he obediently put down the wooden stick in his hand, stood up and followed Granny Li out.

Old man Li knew in his heart that he didn't intend to participate in the conversation between their mother and son. Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi looked up and said nothing.

Because what she said was very important, Mrs. Li first found a sheltered corner in the yard before asking, "Second brother, what are your plans for next year?"

"What plan?" Li Chengli didn't quite understand what his mother meant, and looked at Old Madam Li blankly.

Mrs. Li tapped Li Chengli on the head. When talking to him, he had to speak clearly, otherwise he would not understand the meaning behind it: "In short, besides farming, what else are you going to do?"

"Think about what you have done in previous years, what you will do, and when you think about it, think about what you will do this year, what goals you have, how much money you want, how much food you save, and what you plan to buy at home."

"Also, Miss Chun is due to get married in two years. What about the dowry? Girl Xia is about to reach the age of seeing each other. Are there any suitable boys in our village or nearby villages? I won't go there until next year." What to teach him after studying, you have to think about these things in advance, you have to be a father and a mother by yourself, you can't just focus on the one-acre land."

Li Chengli blinked his eyes and thought for a while, what other plans did he have other than farming. In previous years, he seemed to go out to do odd jobs other than farming, nothing else.

As for what his mother mentioned about saving money, storing food, adding household items, preparing dowry, paying attention to suitable boys, educating sons, etc., Li Chengli only felt that there were tangles of twine in his mind, and he couldn't make sense of it.

Seeing Li Chengli like that, Mrs. Li knew that he must not have thought about it, sighed, and asked what she cared most: "You don't have to think about farming and saving money, as long as you have this concept in your head, don't worry about it." If you have a penny, you can spend a penny. As for the matter of Miss Chun and Miss Xia, it’s still too early, you have to remember that there is one thing, I, a mother, will also help you as a consultant, mainly Mingcai, Mingcai What are you going to do?"

When asking a certain question alone, Li Chengli didn't have to worry about it so much, and went back directly: "Mother, I have already thought about it before, teach him to farm, no matter whether he will be successful in the future, as long as there is still land, he will never be hungry." .”

Li Chengli is the one who most resembles old man Li among the three brothers. He has no other thoughts, values ​​land and food, and does not seek to make a lot of money.

Mrs. Li sighed and asked him: "When the farming is busy, you can let him go to the fields to work with you. When the farming is slack, our family has already separated. You father and son don't have much land, so there is no need to waste it every day." In the field, what do you plan to do during the slack season? The food produced in your field is only enough for your family to eat plus the daily expenses. What should you do if you need money for other things? Cheng Li, you should think about doing it during the slack season. Make more money by ordering something."

Those who have a craft can make money by making things during the slack, while those without a craft can only go out and work hard to earn money. Li Chengli belongs to the people without a craft. They can’t teach their son anything during the slack, so it’s better to go out and earn money to save up.

Li Chengli said with some embarrassment: "But if I go out during the slack season, no one will care about it tomorrow."

"Aren't your father and I human?" Mrs. Li asked back, "Chun and Xia basically come here every day, you can send Mingcai here too, anyway, your father has to go to the field from time to time, and when the time comes, bring him with him. He will work with him and will not let him be idle."

In fact, it’s not really idle when it’s called slack farming. It’s just that there is much less work than when the farming is busy. If you want the crops to grow strong, weeding and fertilization are essential, and you need to water more when it’s not raining. Life is more trivial.

Li Chengli was very embarrassed after hearing this. He felt that his parents had clearly reached the age when they should enjoy the blessings, and he always let his parents take care of him no matter before or after the separation.

"Your mother and I are still very young, and so is your father. Working in the fields is not much worse than you." Mrs. Li rolled her eyes, "Besides, I didn't say that I would help you look after the children every day. You don't go out to do odd jobs. Take it with you when you have time."

On one side, old lady Li persuaded Li Chengli to hand over the children to their old couple during the slack season, while on the other side, old man Li asked how Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi bought the shop.

Previously, people in the county knew about the troubles in the Liang family shop. For example, Shanghe Village did not know the news. Old man Li just thought that it had been so long since his son proposed to buy a shop, so he wanted to ask if there was any clue. .

Seeing the two sons shaking their heads, old man Li was a little surprised, and asked if they hadn't even visited a shop?

Of course I've seen it, but I can't buy that shop. Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi looked at each other, and they agreed not to tell anything about Liang's shop.

The two shops of the Liang family were sold to two families. They were very happy when they bought the shop at the beginning, because it was more than a dozen taels cheaper, but they discovered the problem within a few days. Once they went to open the shop and asked for What to do, people who wanted to buy a shop before but didn't buy it came over, and found some aunts and six wives who had nothing to do to swear at the door, and nothing went well.

Although those who did not buy the shop may only do such disgusting things a few times, as long as there are these things, the reputation of the shop will definitely not be good, and the business will definitely be affected in the short term.

The status quo of these two shops completely made Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi dispel the last little regret of not buying the shop, and no longer think about the shop.

The matter of the shop is not in a hurry, Li Chengzhi comforted the old man with a few words, and quickly changed the topic, remembering that he had heard that there were a batch of new varieties from other places in the grain shop, and asked his father if he wanted to plant them in his own field. An acre of new varieties.

Li Chengzhi didn't mention it just now when old man Li arranged how to plant the land next year. He suddenly mentioned it after he had finished talking. Old man Li's face turned dark and he looked at him: "What kind of seed?"

Li Chengzhi was not very clear either, but he heard that the guests who came to eat rice noodles said that it was a sweet potato with a different color. Say what you hear.

The old man Li has no pursuit of the taste of coarse grains. He has been hungry before, and he can eat as long as it is grain. He also thinks that coarse grains taste the same. If he wants to eat better, he can just add some white rice.

Therefore, the old man Li then asked: "How is the production of new sweet potatoes?"

If the yield is higher than the one he kept at home, then he will ask the boss to buy some new sweet potatoes and come back to try. If the yield is not much different, then forget it. Since it is said that it is a new variety, maybe the method of cultivating it is different from growing sweet potatoes. It would be bad if the yield is lower if the internal adjustment is done correctly, it is better to plant the old sweet potatoes with peace of mind.

Li Chengzhi desperately recalled what the guest said, but he still couldn't remember the description of the output, so he had to face his father's black face and say that he didn't know.

"I don't know, so what do you say?" Old man Li's face darkened again, he turned around and didn't want to pay attention to Li Chengzhi.

Li Chengzhi rubbed his nose, and winked at Li Chengshi, he thought of changing the subject because his father was a little anxious about the shop, and asked Li Chengshi to rescue him quickly.

Li Chengshi smiled. He heard from the county government about the new sweet potato, and he knew it a little better than Li Chengzhi, and said, "Father, the new sweet potato that brother said is actually purple potato. Compared with the sweet potato we planted before It is said that the output is lower, but the price of purple sweet potatoes purchased by the people in the grain shop will increase, I think our family can try to plant an acre as well."

Because the color is purple, this new sweet potato is simply referred to as purple potato. It is a kind of grain that people in Nanbian Province discovered on the mountain during the drought last year.

It is said that a group of people went deep into the mountains in order to find something to eat. Because the leaves of purple potatoes looked very similar to sweet potatoes, some people suggested digging them out and wanted to eat them. After digging them out, they found that the roots of this plant were similar to sweet potatoes, and they were purple. Yes, everyone was worried that it was poisonous, so they didn't dare to eat it.

Later, some people boiled and ate it to confirm that it was not poisonous, and it was more resistant to hunger than ordinary sweet potatoes. Only after more people went to the mountains to dig purple potatoes.

After the drought was over, people with active brains planted uneaten purple potatoes in the ground like sweet potatoes, and made a small fortune by using this new food.

This year, the weather is good, and more people in the southern provinces grow purple sweet potatoes, so purple sweet potatoes have spread to them.

Li Chengshi had never eaten purple sweet potatoes, but he thought that since the merchants in the grain shop were willing to transport purple sweet potatoes all the way here for sale, there must be profits in them, and they would not suffer losses if they planted them.

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