Village Flowers and Female Scholars

Xie Yan has always been obsessed with the nest of rabbits on the mountain, and has to go out early in the morning with a basket on his back.

Seeing this, Cao E asked, "Haven't you picked up all the wild goods on the mountain, and where are you going with the basket on your back?"

Xie Yan told her mother about the idea of ​​raising rabbits. Cao E thought for a while and said, "It's going to be winter, and you like to keep it clean and don't put it in the yard. If you put it outside, you need to build a special house to raise it. It’s nothing, it’s just that it’s freezing, rabbits can still make nests in the mountains, and if they are caught, they won’t freeze to death.”

Hearing what her mother said, Xie Yan realized that she was not thinking well.

Based on the observation of living customs and crops, Xie Yan can probably determine that the area of ​​Shangyan Village should belong to the northern part of the Central Plains. The diet is slightly northerly, and the season is also biased towards the northern climate. It will snow in winter. If you really raise rabbits, I'm afraid I'm going to freeze to death.

Thinking of this, he temporarily stopped thinking about raising rabbits.

If you don’t raise rabbits, there’s nothing to do for the time being. With Zhuang Wan watching over you, you can only go down to the fields and dig the fields with your mother. But when you think of ten acres of land, it will be wasteful to rely on human power alone. After a lot of hard work, although in the past when I was in the Cao family, I still worked on fifteen acres of land, but now that I have settled down, Xie Yan doesn't want the family to waste all their energy on that large field again.

At least not in the first year. The farmer’s ten mu of land has been planted by He Laosan’s family in the past few years. They don’t weed or plow the ground frequently. It will be very tiring to rely on manpower alone in the first year.

Renting and farming land is just the most conservative way to guarantee life. There is no risk like doing business. The main purpose is to prevent natural disasters and man-made disasters, and store some food in the ground so that you will not starve to death in famine years.

Xie Yan made up his mind to rent cattle to plow the land, and it can be done in two days, and he doesn't want to waste this effort.

There are several families in the village who also raise cattle, but Xie Yan does not save the money. Although their relationship with several families in the village has eased now, most people are still taboo about their identities. I am willing, and I borrowed it. In case something happens, I have to bear the responsibility.

Xie Yan didn't tell her mother what she thought, and planned to cut it first and then play it. After all, with Cao E's temperament, she would definitely not be willing to rent a cow to plow the land.

When I went to the town before, I saw some odd-jobs gathered at the entrance of the town. Behind each of them was a board with words such as "carpenter", "mason", "rice pounding" and "rice harvesting" written on it, which is equivalent to today's She thought it would be better to go there and ask someone to bring a ox cart to plow the field, and leave after clearly marking the price, without any trouble at all.

When Xie Yan went to the town, she didn't go directly to the temporary workers. The temporary workers in the town were all a group of men. It would be inappropriate for a little girl like her to pick people by herself, and some of them were like her third uncle Cao A lazy guy like Bin, who is picky and picky, is capable every day. It would be bad for her to invite someone who is delicious and lazy to come back.

Fortunately, she got acquainted with Chef Liao of Jixiang Restaurant during this time, and went directly to the restaurant when she arrived in town.

When Chef Liao saw her coming, he thought she was delivering mushrooms, but when he saw that the basket was empty, he looked disappointed.

"Third Uncle, what fungus are there in this season, you should study other new dishes." After finishing speaking, he asked him about hiring people to plow the fields.

Chef Liao patted the waiter Alai on the shoulder and said to her: "Alai, there is a man named Tian in his village who pulls cattle and helps people plow the land every day. Let him help you to ask."

When Ah Lai heard this, he was also happy to help the fellow with the work, so he turned around lightly and went out.

He came back in less than half a stick of incense, followed by an honest old man, leading a huge cow.

The man stopped outside with the ox, and Alai said to Xie Yan, "Jin Niang, our Uncle Tian is a good farmer, he can cultivate up to five mu of land a day."

Xie Yan came forward generously to inquire about the price, only to hear Uncle Tian say: "Time is tight and five mu can be plowed a day, even if people and cattle will be tired, the price is also a little higher, cattle cost [-] yuan a day, people fifty yuan a day .”

"What if time is short?"

"Two or three acres a day, seventy wen a day for cattle, thirty wen a day for people."

Xie Yan did some calculations, and the price was actually the same. It took three hundred coins to plow all the land in two or three days, so the price is not too expensive. Since it was introduced by A Lai, it is reliable. Order it Nodding his head, he said, "The land my family rents is exactly ten acres. I'm not in a hurry to finish it in two days. It's not that hard to be a man in three days, and it's easier for cattle."

The man didn't expect that the little girl in front of him rented someone else's land and would pay such a high price to hire someone to cultivate the land. Although he was puzzled, it was not something he should ask. She was paid to work by herself, and she didn't like it if she had nothing to do. Gossip.

"Well, where does the lady live, tomorrow I will go directly to your village from home."

Xie Yan told him the address of her home, and then asked if she needed to include a meal. When she learned that she would have a meal at noon, as long as she was full, she readily agreed.

After saying goodbye to a few people, Xie Yan was about to return home.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the town, a fast horse ran towards him, Xie Yan hurriedly stepped aside to avoid being hit by the tall horse.

Unexpectedly, the horse just passed by her, but it stopped when it heard the person on the horse let out a cry.

Horses were precious in ancient times, and people who could ride them were of unusual status. Xie Yan looked up and saw a young woman in her twenties with a long sword hanging from her waist and a black cloak on top of a dark red dress. , with her hair flying up under the wind, she looks like a happy chivalrous woman, her sharp eyes and bright red lips show her master's beauty, and her heroic attire makes people yearn for her.

"Little lady—" the woman on the horse called.

Xie Yan looked around and finally confirmed that the woman called him, and then stopped and looked at her suspiciously.

"I'm Zong Jing, the escort of the Changfeng Escort Bureau. I passed by your village before. I remember that the young lady is from Shangyan Village. Right now, I'm in trouble. I want you to do me a favor and deliver a letter to Zhuang Xiucai of your village. Can the lady help me?"

It's just sending a letter, Xie Yan is very happy, let alone going to see Zhuang Wan.

She smiled and took the letter from the woman's hand and said, "I'm so glad."

The woman pursed her lips and thanked her with a smile, then rode away quickly, as if something urgent was waiting for her.

After a small episode, Xie Yan put the letter in her arms and walked slowly towards the village with a small basket on her back.

Passing by the village entrance and the place where the main road forks, there are still people coming and going.

There is a small stream called Ningxi beside the branching road, and the villagers passing by call this branching place Ningxikou.

But I don't know why there are so many pedestrians at Ningxikou today. I asked a passerby. It turned out that the Zhang family, the richest man in the town, contracted the forest farm around Baotong Mountain. They all joined the logging army one after another.

The road to Baotong Mountain is just at the entrance of Ningxi along the mountain road, and the meeting place of several villages is also just here, so this bifurcation is often crowded with people, and the logging The time is estimated to last half a year to a year, and Ningxikou has also become lively.

Seeing the flow of people going in and out, Xie Yan stopped and watched for a while. In just a short time, there were at least a dozen people coming in and out, not to mention some passing carriages.

Because there is a lot of traffic here, several sheds were set up near the forest on the side of the road. One was selling tea. It was approaching winter and the business was average. There are two other stalls next to each other, but the house is empty, presumably it has been abandoned for a while.

Xie Yan went over to buy a biscuit, and inquired about it. The aunt who bought the biscuit told her that the paving in this small place at Ningxikou is under the management of the county yamen. Paying [-] Wen for the rent, her own small stall costs [-] Wen a month, but she doesn't sell a few biscuits a day, so she thinks the [-] Wen stall fee is extremely expensive.

Xie Yan carefully looked at the row of stalls. She saw people coming and going on the road, but the place was very depressed. She lowered her head and took a bite of the biscuits. People passing by were stunned, but few people stopped to buy sesame seed cakes.

On the way back, my mind kept spinning, and I had an idea just around the corner.

As I was walking, I saw a figure of a woman in front of me, carrying two heavy bags on her shoulders to the village. It seemed that the burden was really heavy, and the woman had to stop and rest for a while after walking.

Xie Yan could recognize that this person was Mrs. Hua, the neighbor of the Cao family. She had always been at odds with Mrs. Cao, and the two families often had a small quarrel every two days and a big quarrel every three days.

Speaking of Mrs. Hua's family, it is embarrassing. Her husband, Lao Gentou, injured his leg when he went hunting in the mountains in the early years. Now he can't do any heavy work when he walks with a limp. Both daughters are married, and the remaining son is also a Fortunately, the two grandchildren are still healthy, and the family has no income. They only rely on the few acres of land planted by Mrs. Hua and daughter-in-law Chen, and they have to buy medicine for their son. Life is very tight.

Xie Yan has the memory of her original body, thinking of this Mrs. Hua is also kind, although she is not rich, when she and her mother and brother were still in Cao's house, Mrs. Hua couldn't bear to see Mrs. Cao mistreating them like this , often help them from time to time when the old lady is away, even many of Xie Yuangu's clothes are worn out by the two young ones in Mrs. Hua's house, and Cao E mends them before putting them on again.

However, she and Mrs. Cao were not pleasing to the eyes of each other, and they quarreled across the house for three days. Mrs. Cao scolded her family's men were sick, and Mrs. Hua scolded her for treating her own daughter as a pig and a dog. , How harsh and scolding.

Of course, Xie Yan remembered that when the family was separated that day, Mrs. Hua stood up and talked to the mother and son, so she hurriedly trotted to catch up, looked at Mrs. Hua who was sitting on the side of the road and said: "Ma'am , did you go to the town to buy rice?"

Mrs. Hua raised her head and saw it was her. Now that the Xie family and the Cao family have separated, she didn't shy away from anything. She lightly tapped her shoulder and said, "Where do we farmers use to buy rice? Madam wants to choose It’s just that this rice is old-fashioned indica rice, no one wants it, and even if someone wants it, the price is kept very low. I saw that the price was too cheap, so I picked it back.”

Hearing that it was aged indica rice, Xie Yan thought about it and asked, "How much do you sell it for a catty?"

"Good rice costs 100 to [-] renminbi per stone. I used to sell old indica rice for [-] or more than [-] renminbi per danish. , two people came to ask, and the price they gave was not even a hundred yuan."

After speaking, he sighed deeply again, which was really unbearable.

Xie Yan has always been cold-eyed and warm-hearted, not to mention Mrs. Hua has helped the original mother and son to some extent in the past.

"Ma'am, you can sell this rice to me at the previous price, what do you think?"

Mrs. Hua was stunned for a moment. It stands to reason that in the harvest year, this kind of old indica rice is generally not eaten by others, but Xie Jinniang plans to buy this rice to eat. Seeing this, Xie's life is also very sad.

"Jinniang, if your family doesn't have rice to eat, you can just eat this indica rice with one or twenty catties, since auntie won't be able to sell it anyway."

"That won't work, ma'am, I have other uses for this rice."

"If you don't eat this rice, what can you use it for?"

"You will know in the future, and if my business is done, I will want your rice and old rice from now on."

The author has something to say: Happy New Year, little cuties.

Thank you for your love, I have read your messages, and thank you friends who have worked hard for me. Your love is the motivation for me to continue to code and move forward. As a small author, I am also constantly developing Let yourself grow faster, and hope to use warmer words to bring you joy and motivation to love life more.

I hope that in the new year, you can all harvest your most precious things.May you be in good health and everything goes smoothly, and those who have not found a partner can find a partner quickly. w

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感谢在2022-01-3019:31:54~2022-01-3120:41:42期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the deep water torpedo: 1 Yu Fei;

Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: more or less 6; Tired of listening to the wind and rain 1;

Thanks to the little angels who threw the grenade: 4 Mao Xixi;

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: Xiao Zhu, Xiao Chengzi, and one uncle in underpants;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：赣南鱼儿23瓶；漾江20瓶；萧萧海蓝10瓶；fany的小帕6瓶；提拉米苏5瓶；en3瓶；从心不怂2瓶；终朝叁褫之、我是书虫1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!