Embracing the ancient times with roses

Early the next morning, when Lixiu woke up, it was already past eight o'clock in the morning, and the house was quiet. Because he slept a lot during the day last night, he couldn't sleep at night, so he simply sent the man Chu Junhao sent to him. A piece of jade pendant was repaired. After passing through his hands, the repair is really the same as the original one. It can't be seen that it was broken at all. Even Da Zhuang was surprised. He didn't expect Li Xiu to be so skilled.

When Li Xiu and Da Zhuang fell asleep, it was late at night, and the candles at home were almost burned out. Before going to bed, Da Zhuang told Li Xiu that he was going to town tomorrow, saying that the yamen asked him to go The few people I brought into the village were all from the south, fleeing famine.

At that time, Li Xiu asked, "Why don't these people just arrange to go to Chu Family Fort?"

Da Zhuang said: "Because someone in their family used to be a soldier, they don't have to go to Chujiabao. s right."

Li Xiu nodded and said, "So that's the case, will the Yamen give them land?"

Da Zhuang said: "It depends on whether they have made meritorious deeds. If they have made meritorious deeds, they will be given land."

"Then how can the yamen know that the meritorious service they said is true?" Li Xiu became interested.

"Because the country has issued a dagger to every soldier who has made meritorious service, with their names on it. As long as you hold that dagger, you can claim the land."

Li Xiu nodded and said, "So it's a privilege again."

Da Zhuang nodded, acquiescing to Li Xiu's words. There are two soldiers in this village, but both of them were injured. They live together as a partner, planting eight acres of land allocated to them by the yamen. . . . . .

Listening to Da Zhuang's words, Li Xiu fell asleep unconsciously, Da Zhuang sighed, it is quite worrying to have such an outstanding and bold daughter-in-law!

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Now that no one in the family seems to have gone to town, Li Xiu touched his stomach, and it didn't hurt, and it seemed to be better, so he started to put all the unpacked things back in place, and finally used a rag Dust the house, when he saw the withered roses on the window sill, he couldn't help touching the withered leaves. What would it be like knowing that Master could not find him by phone!

Li Xiu was depressed for a while, but he was very good at self-adjustment, and he got over it after a while, because he got used to it, and when the work at home was over, he took out Chu Junhao's piece of jade again , I looked at it carefully, and found nothing wrong, so I put him in a box and put it in the box. This thing can't be thrown away, maybe it's something for the royal family!

Li Xiu looked at the tools his master gave him in front of him, his hands were itchy, so he went into the tunnel, got out the two pieces of jade he got from Wang Zhang, and started carving on the table. The tools his master gave were all new, and some of them needed electricity to be used. He simply put the solar charger on the window sill, and he moved everything to a new table by the window sill for the first make.

First of all, he opened the jade, looked at the texture of the jade, it was not bad, then he rounded it, he wanted to make a jade pendant with a rose pattern for Da Zhuang, so he went through careful carving, and finally After polishing, when Da Zhuang came back at noon, Li Xiu had almost done it, and he was polishing carefully there. Li Xiu was there to thank his master. The set of tools given to him was really good. Very practical, I made a jade pendant in one morning.

When Da Zhuang entered the room, Li Xiu was almost finished. Seeing that Li Xiu was busy, Da Zhuang didn't bother him, and went directly to the kitchen to help make lunch. Li Xiuxiu was knotting the jade pendant, he couldn't help being curious, so he walked over to have a look.

Lixiu finished the last thread and tugged it hard. Seeing that it was very strong, he shook it in front of Da Zhuang's eyes: "How is it? Does it look good?"

When Da Zhuang saw the jade pendant, it was really beautiful. It was a jade pendant in the shape of a flower, just like the flowers on the windowsill of his house. To be honest, he wanted to touch it, but he didn’t dare. It was for sale. right?

Seeing Da Zhuang's stupid appearance, Li Xiu smiled and said, "Come here."

Da Zhuang walked into Li Xiu's side and said, "What are you doing?"

Li Xiu stood up and put the jade pendant on Da Zhuang's neck, "I gave it to you, wear it carefully and don't lose it."

Da Zhuang was a little silly: "This... is for me?"

Li Xiu nodded and said, "Well, do you like it?"

Da Zhuangle couldn't close his mouth, "Thank you, daughter-in-law, you are so kind."

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Stupid."

Da Zhuang laughed and said, "I am really a blessing from my previous life. I am able to marry you, and I am really making a lot of money."

Li Xiu listened: "Be silly, eat quickly, I'm hungry, besides, you've been busy all morning."

Da Zhuang leaned over and kissed Lixiu, then went out of the house and went into the kitchen to make lunch. Lixiu packed up his tools in the west room, and then put the kang table on. During this time, both of them ate in the house, Now the main room is a bit cold, mainly at the foot of the mountain, it gets colder than other houses, but I heard from Da Zhuang that his house is warmer than other houses in winter, Li Xiu thinks it may be because the cold air is blocked by the mountains and big trees Bar?He didn't worry about it anymore, he didn't understand anyway, so he just helped Da Zhuang put the food on the table.

Da Zhuang first served Li Xiu a bowl of chicken cakes, which he specially made with Li Xiu a few days ago. These two days, Li Xiu had a bad stomach and didn’t eat anything, so he made a bowl of chicken cakes for him after thinking about it .

Lixiu ate the food made by Da Zhuang, and he was very happy in his heart. He was proud of it. Seeing that we found this person, he went up to the hall and down to the kitchen, and even helped us to block the mistress at critical times. This is the man, pure Men, unlike those modern people, who are sneaky one by one, dare to act or not to be, so what about homosexuality, as long as the master is happy, who is next to him? (So, Comrade Lixiu, you are the master who can stand and talk without back pain. If you dare to say this in modern times, if you dare to say that, you will probably end up with rotten eggs and cabbage gang...)

Da Zhuang didn't know how his daughter-in-law thought of him, so he held back for a long time and said, "Brother Xiu, are you in good health now?"

Lixiu nodded and said: "Well, it's okay, it doesn't hurt anymore, it makes you worry, eat quickly, you haven't slept well these two days, it's all my fault for making you worry, don't worry, I won't worry about it anymore Don’t eat indiscriminately, I’m just greedy for a while, and I won’t in the future.”

Da Zhuang then nodded and said: "As long as you are well, I will buy you whatever you want to eat in the future, but don't eat anything from the mountains."

Li Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, I'm just used to it. When I was in my hometown, I liked to eat candied haws. It's made of sour fruit. It's delicious. After a while, I'll make it for you when it's cold. You can't forget the taste after eating it."

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "Okay, but you can't eat it. If you really want to eat it, you can eat it in another way. Just make the canned food you made last time."

Li Xiu nodded: "That's fine, oh, by the way, where did you arrange for those people you brought back from the town today?"

Da Zhuang sighed and said, "Brother Xiu, you don't even know what those people are like, just like beggars. Some adults, in order to save some food for their children, just don't eat. Everyone is hungry. They were sallow and emaciated, and they looked pitiful. We took three families into the village this time, including two families who had served in the army. A three-year-old child lived in the original yard of Erlaizi and the others, and the remaining two families lived in the two empty yards at the east end of the village."

Li Xiu put down his bowl and said, "Do they all have food to eat?" This is what he is most worried about now, if there is no food, he will find a way to get food, maybe he will steal or rob it directly.

Da Zhuang said: "Oh, the yamen gave them enough food for a year, but the food is not free. They have to return double the amount during the New Year's harvest, otherwise the land rent will be doubled."

Li Xiu sighed, this is the old feudal society, the ruling class doesn't care if you can live or not, they can do anything for their own benefit, it looks like they saved that family, but they are going to die in the future For a year or even a few years, in order to pay land rent or food, there will be no spare money in hand, hey!

Da Zhuang didn't know Li Xiu's thoughts, so he asked, "Brother Xiu, can our family help the grandparents? You don't even know that the old man in that family is sick and can't do any heavy work, and you can't help him." Knowing whether he can survive this winter, the child is so thin that his bones are left, and his head looks very big."

Li Xiu listened, "Then can we take him to our house to live for a few days, at least let the child survive, or if something happens to the old man someday, the child will have no way out. Can we just treat him as our own child?" The main reason is that when Li Xiu thought of his life experience, he was moved with compassion.

Da Zhuang heard: "Brother Xiu, it's not that I want to pour cold water on you, we can help, but we also have to see how the family is doing, in case they are bad, shouldn't we lure wolves into the house? You don't know that last year, Li Amo's family in our village kindly took in a ten-year-old child, but within a few days, the child stole the money that Li Amo's family had saved for a long time, and then It disappeared without a trace, and I haven’t found it until now. The money was Shu Xiu, who was planning to send the children to school by Auntie Li. They discussed that when outsiders enter the village, they must see if they are pure and good people, and if they are not, they will be driven out immediately. Otherwise, how could it be so easy for a couple of bums to be driven out of the village collectively by everyone? mean."

Li Xiu nodded and said: "Oh, I see, we'd better be more careful, after all, only you know how I got here, and those treasures of our family, we can't let outsiders know, let's not let outsiders know." Let people come into our house, just make a big deal out of it, and helping that family is also for the sake of the child, I want to send the leftover eggs and cakes to the child later, do you think it's okay?"

Da Zhuang smiled and said: "You eat first, this is for you, if you feel sorry for that child, you are making a bowl for that child, and we will send it together later, and even see what the grandparents and grandchildren look like." It’s good to get in touch with more people, I also want to see their character, otherwise I won’t be able to manage them in the future, after all, I’m still the head of a village.”

Li Xiu listened, "Okay, my village chief, I'll listen to you, I'm full now, you can eat the remaining half bowl of egg cake, I'll make another bowl for that child, by the way, Bring two more cabbages to that family, they are not like those two families who can make their own food."

After hearing this, Da Zhuang said, "Well, but don't make too much of it. How about it, let's just have two cabbages for one family, and the other two families have no food!"

Li Xiu didn't say anything, and went down to make cakes. Da Zhuang went to the ground three times, five times, and two times. After eating the chicken cakes in a few mouthfuls, he went down to the ground to work with Li Xiu. When the chicken cakes were ready, Li Xiu put them in a food box. There was a layer of cotton cloth around it, in case the chicken cake would get cold, and then Da Zhuang, who had already prepared, carried a basket on their backs, and went to the house of the new grandparents and grandchildren. As soon as they entered the yard, they heard crying. . . . . .