Village Flowers and Female Scholars

After helping Zhuang Wan's hands with the medicine, Xie Yan looked at the small pile of paper and pens and ink on her desk, and knew that this person had been immersed in writing the storybook all morning. Looking at her injured right hand, she said: " You have to rest your hand for at least ten days before you can start writing."

Zhuang Wan glanced at her and said: "This little injury will heal in less than half a day, why don't you rest."

"You have to listen to me this time, or I won't tell you the plot of the next story."

Zhuang Wan was stunned for a moment: "It's just a little bruise, it doesn't even count as a skin trauma, so it wouldn't be such a fuss."

Xie Yan knew this man's desperate nature. After the first volume of "Legend of Xin Shi Shi Niang" came out, she now has the brains, and with the experience of the previous volume, the subsequent writing will be smoother. She will definitely pick up the light Work hard to finish writing the next two volumes as soon as possible.

Seeing Zhuang Wan's slightly swollen eyelids in front of her, Xie Yan restrained her urge to touch them, and said firmly, "If your hands are not good, you can't write. I will supervise you every day."

Seeing her like this, Zhuang Wan fell silent for a while, as if to express her protest by silence.

Xie Yan didn't care so much, she took her left hand and said: "You have been writing all morning, it's time to go out for a walk, you can follow me wherever I go this afternoon, and I can't enter your house any more."

It was the first time for Zhuang Wan to see such a domineering Xie Yan, and she looked at her with deep eyes, and finally lowered her eyelashes and sighed helplessly: "I will listen to you today, and if my hands are healed tomorrow, You can't hold me any longer."

Xie Yan said vaguely: "It depends on your recovery."

Only then did the two go out, walking side by side towards Mrs. Hua's house.

Mrs. Hua's house is adjacent to Cao's house, so if you go to get the stone mill, you will inevitably see half of Cao's house burned down.

The Cao family is lazy enough. The house has been burned for several days. The two burned rooms are now left with some broken eaves and broken walls that have not been repaired. They are left in tatters, and everyone is crowded in the hall. In the other two rooms on the right, even with Cao Xingnian's newborn child, men and women were noisy, and I don't know how they lived.

Zhuang Wan, who has always been quiet, couldn't help showing a hint of sarcasm when she saw this scene: "You and your mother and brother separated from Cao's house that day, and built a grass shed as a shelter in two hours. Although the two houses were hit by fire, the main pillars were still intact, and the beams could be replaced with thatch to live in. These people would rather huddle together than spend a day or two doing it. This repair is really self-inflicted."

"Treatment, no one can do it, and I don't want to work hard when I do it myself, and no one is willing to help. It's a pity that the thatched hut we lived in before was burned down, otherwise the old lady would have moved in." Xie Yan gloated. .

"It's better to burn that thatched hut." Zhuang Wan said lightly.

Xie Yan took a sneak peek at her, seeing the calm expression on Ran's face, with no idea in her mind, she thought for a while before softly saying: "I happened to pass by the night the house caught fire, and saw a black shadow passing by. , covered tightly, looking at the figure of a woman with a good figure, but I don't know who it is, and what kind of enmity I have with the Cao family."

Zhuang Wan also noticed her eyes, glanced at her and said: "Why do you look at me with such eyes, according to what you describe, that person must be capable, a scholar like me who is powerless, how can I Can run as fast as her."

Xie Yan was speechless for a moment, Zhuang Wan's performance in the field yesterday did not look like a frail scholar at all, but when she thought of the figure she saw that night, it did flash by, she couldn't imagine that Zhuang Wan could be so good skill.

"I don't bother to inquire anymore, no matter who it is, I did something I wanted to do but haven't had time to do it, beat these vampires hard, and my house has been clean during this period of time, if I really know Who is she, I will definitely bring good wine and good food to her house to thank her."

The two of them were talking, the old lady Cao next door sneaked out her head to inquire outside, just in time to see Xie Yan and the two, she swished and shrank back, not knowing what it meant, Xie Yan snorted coldly in her heart. Without looking at her, she dragged Zhuang Wan to Mrs. Xie's house.

Although the stone mill is small, it is made of stone, so it looks very heavy. Xie Yan originally wanted to be brave enough to hold it by herself, but she could barely pick it up by bending down alone, let alone walking home. Zhuang Wan helped She shared the upper half of the mill, and the two of them took two breaks before returning to Xie's house. After returning home, Xie Yan washed the stone mill clean with water, and then moved it to the yard for later use.

Then, I scooped about five catties of indica rice from Mrs. Hua's two bags and soaked them in a bucket. The rice milk for making raw rice noodles is made from indica rice that has been soaked for one to two days.

Zhuang Wan watched her busy with all these things and asked her what she was going to do.

Only then did Xie Yan tell her about his idea of ​​opening a restaurant at Ningxikou, and by the way, asked her about her opinion.

After Zhuang Wan listened carefully to her plan, she was silent for a while before she said: "Opening a restaurant must require a lot of investment. It seems that your stone mill is also used for experimentation. When the time comes, you will have to change it to a bigger one, and you will have to buy a cow or The donkey comes to pull the mill, the shop needs to be repaired and decorated before opening, and a bunch of things are purchased, all of which are not small expenses. The money you gave to the homestead earlier plus the silver from the first book of the legend of Xin Shi Shi Niang, the mother-in-law will spend this month. I have collected all the money for the medicine, and you can take all the remaining two volumes when the time comes."

Xie Yan was not happy when she heard this: "I told you this not because I want to take money from you, my own part is enough, and besides, I didn't drive so fast for a while, you can't help but want to take it all , I don’t want to tell you anything in the future.”

Seeing that she was unhappy, Zhuang Wan's face flashed a look of helplessness, and then said slowly: "I just don't want you to work too hard..."

Seeing her like this, Xie Yan's originally agitated mood eased down. This person——is really looking out for her own good. Although she does have a bit of charming thoughts for Zhuang Wan in her heart, the other party may just regard herself as a good friend. Even so, a good friend who can think for himself is probably the most precious friendship.

"You... don't worry, it won't be so hard after this wave of work is over and everything is on the right track, okay?" After saying this, his voice couldn't help but soften a little.

Feeling her soft tone, Zhuang Wan was slightly comforted, and said a little bluntly: "Then if you have difficulties, remember to tell me that it's better to discuss it with two people than to carry it alone." good."

Seeing her awkwardly expressing her concern, Xie Yan smiled slightly, such a female scholar is really cute.

When these things were ready, Zhuang Wan said that she would go back to read. Although her hand hurts and she will not write for the time being, it does not hinder the flipping of the book. Then go to the field to find Cao E.

After she told her mother about hiring people to help plow the field, Cao E frowned and said, "Jin'er, if people are hired to plow this land, then mother would just sit and idle at home. So much money has to be invested in the land without any income, and according to your nature of spending money, I am afraid that the money invested will be more than the output, so what is the point of renting this land?"

Xie Yan hurriedly said: "Mother, don't worry, if this field is entrusted to us to plant, it will only be more productive than before, don't worry."

"Why don't I worry, after so many years of farming, mother doesn't know how much grain can be produced per mu!"

"That was before, and I recently read some new planting methods from Xiucai's book. At that time, we will grow rice according to the new method, put water in the field, and raise fish in the rice field. The book says that there are fish in the rice field. Manure can be fertilized to grow better than before, and the yield per mu can reach [-]. Fish, a catty of rice flower fish can be sold for [-] Wen per catty, think about it, when we sell rice, we can get part of the money, and we can get part of the money from selling fish, so you are afraid that you won’t get it back.”

Rice flower fish farming used to be the most famous and successful planting method in modern Guizhou Province, but it was gradually no longer applicable due to the deterioration of water quality in modern rice fields and the frequent spraying of pesticides in the fields. The ancient times, which were completely free from modern industrial and chemical pollution, could not be more appropriate.

And Cao E couldn't believe it after hearing her daughter's words. It was the first time she had heard of fish farming in rice fields, and she asked half-believingly: "Are you sure that the method you saw is true this time?" What's the matter, why am I so unbelievable?"

"When did I ever lie to you? Mom, if you don't feel at ease then, we'll just use ordinary paddy fields for experiments. That's fine."

If it was something else, Cao E might not be able to speak, but as a farmer who has been tossing in the fields for more than [-] years, she is still not willing to believe her daughter's words.

After all, rice flower fish farming has been introduced in books and on TV, and I have seen it with my own eyes, but I didn’t raise fish fry by myself, Xie Yan didn’t dare to play so big for the first time, and finally compromised: “Take one acre first. Try, be careful enough!"

Cao E didn't even want to give her an acre to try, but Lenovo has been able to live better and better every day in the past few days. I thought about it, but I can actually make money.

"Okay, mother listens to you, let's take an acre as an experiment first, and if we can really get a good harvest, we will all do it according to your method next year."

Seeing her mother agreeing, Xie Yan smiled and shook her arm and said: "Mother, I have already made an appointment with her to help our family plow the land tomorrow, and I have paid the deposit, so you are not allowed to talk about me again."

Cao E patted her on the head helplessly and said, "You, you, next time if there is such a thing, you should discuss it with me first. The mother can do these jobs, so don't waste this money."

"Cheng Chengcheng, I will discuss it with you first next time."

Seeing her daughter's rogue face, Cao E was beating and was reluctant to be beaten and scolded. After all, her daughter did this not because she felt sorry for her hard work. If someone else was a mother, let alone how happy she was.

Now it's done, so I can only let her go.

The author has something to say: Xie Yan: I hurt my right hand, you have to take good care of it, after all it will affect my future happiness.

Zhuang Wan: What are you worried about? I am good at other places. I can tie a bow with my tongue in my mouth with a bowl of freshly squeezed rice noodles.

hee hee~