The husband's son-in-law

It is already hot in June.

The village began to harvest in a hurry, and even the four- and five-year-old children were so skinny that they had no time to play and run around, so they stayed at home, fed the chickens, and sat by themselves obediently, so as not to cause trouble.

This year there is enough rain, and the crops in the fields are growing well, but I don’t feel at ease since I haven’t received the sacks from home and packed them up.There are many showers in summer, and the sun changes as it says, and the field is full of heavy wheat ears. If there are several consecutive rainstorms, it will be all over.

So every year when the harvest comes, it's all rush harvesting, and no matter how big the family matters are, they have to be put aside for later. Even the Tian family who is cursing at home on weekdays, this meeting is what to do, and there is no time to find words to swear.

busy enough.

The days of summer are long, and before the rooster crows in the morning, Li Zhouzhou gets up, takes a scoop of cold water to wash his hands, and then starts kneading the dough that has been fermented overnight. Went to the chicken coop in the backyard to dig out eggs.

Since the beginning of spring, chickens have been diligent in laying eggs.The weather was hot and the eggs couldn't be saved. Li Zhouzhou thought he was busy, so he ate eight eggs in total, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Four eggs are mixed with minced meat and accumulated sour cabbage and fried in a large porcelain bowl.

After finishing, Li Da and Gu Zhao also woke up, and the family had dinner.It's not completely bright yet, the soft lotus leaf cake is sandwiched with vegetables, there is no multigrain porridge, and the cold boiled water in the big vat is just warm, and a few sips of water per cake, Li Da ate six in one go.

Gu Zhao also eats a lot recently, eating four.

Li Zhouzhou and his father did not give in.After eating, I took a sickle and went to the field to collect food.Gu Zhao knew that his physical strength could not keep up with the father and son, and he didn't want to just do logistics. Those who had more paid more, and those who had less paid less. He couldn't cut an acre of land in a day, but he could always cut half an acre, right?

So Zhou Zhou and Dad were asked to go to the field first, he cleaned the pots and bowls, boiled a pot of mung bean soup, poured it into the big pot with the lid on, put the sickle and the big teapot for the three of them into the bamboo basket, He carried the pot on his back, locked the courtyard door and went into the field.

When we got to the field, Gu Zhao estimated that it would be past seven o'clock, and bundles of wheat had already been piled up beside the ridge at home.

"Master, why are you here?" Li Zhouzhou asked.

"Zhou Zhou, please teach me how to be more convenient. I'll do it slowly and don't drive me away." Gu Zhao showed a pitiful expression, "Just don't think I'm stupid."

How could Li Zhouzhou despise Xianggong, he knew that Xianggong wanted to contribute and help him and his father, so he wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I will teach Xianggong, he is so smart, you can learn it as soon as you learn it."

"Take the sickle here, don't bend down too fast, cut like this."

"After cutting the number, tie it up and tie it with wheat straw so that it can be moved when the time comes."

Li Zhouzhou spoke carefully, and taught his husband how to cut, how to tie, if you save too much, the bundle will fall apart, etc., "Take a rest when you are tired."

"I know, you and dad are too, Zhou Zhou, I brought mung bean soup."

Stop chatting and start working.

Li Zhouzhou worked fast and well, mowing ridge after ridge, and the stubble was neatly palm-high—Xianggong said that he tried to use fire to burn the stubble this year, so Li Zhouzhou deliberately left it higher.

Wheat straw ash field.

There are two or three sheaves of wheat piled up next to a certain distance, and the spacing is just right. It looks like practice makes perfect, and it looks like it has been working all year round.

This work lasted for three hours, Gu Zhao asked Zhou Zhou and his father to drink water, and brought a large teapot of mung bean soup to the two of them, and the sun came out, and the three of them were sweating profusely, Gu Zhao handed over the towel.

The mung bean soup is also warm from the sun. Although it is hot, drink it to relieve the heat.

"Father, how did I cut it?"

Li Da glanced at his brother-in-law who had done all the morning's work, wiped off his sweat with a sweat towel, gulped down half a jar of mung bean water, carefully picked the angle, and said, "The bundle is pretty good."

It's not bad for a scholar to cut so much in the morning.Li Da thought.

Before it was confiscated, Li Da still suppressed his thoughts in his heart and guessed. When he touched the ears of wheat, he knew how the harvest was. So, it doesn't mean that the crops are all good this year.

After drinking two jars of mung bean soup, Da Li and his son were busy for another two hours, and they had mowed two acres of land with Gu Zhao in the morning.Li Da looked at the piles of wheat piles in the field, and said to Zhou Zhou: "You and Gu Zhao go back to cook, and come back after a break."

"Success, Dad, you also take a rest." Li Zhouzhou agreed.

It was the same in previous years, someone had to watch the fields, otherwise someone would steal the bundles of wheat when they went back.Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong were walking back with their baskets on their backs, and they met Aunt and Uncle who had already cooked and delivered meals to the men at home.

There is no way for his family, so be busy.

When I went back, I washed my hands and face first, and the husband and wife did it together.

Li Zhouzhou stewed a pot of dry rice, the weather is hot, working in the field is dry and thirsty, I just want to drink and don’t want to eat dry food, but I can’t do without dry food, I have no strength, miscellaneous grain porridge, porridge and so on will not be enough If you want to do something, you have to cook.

The four eggs left in the morning were all scrambled, mixed with sliced ​​meat and loofah. The loofah was grown in the backyard. It is a bit early to pick it now, but it is so tender that you don’t even need to remove the seeds.

When the meal was ready, the couple ate first and kept it for dad, then Gu Zhao said he would deliver it and asked Zhou Zhou to rest at home.Li Zhouzhou saw that the water tank at home was almost out of water, so he said that when the husband went out with a basket on his back, he took a pole and carried a wooden bucket to go out to fetch water.

This is how life in a farm family is. I can't finish my work these days, so I don't have time to rest.

Li Zhouzhou filled up the water and didn't rest, he locked the courtyard door and went to the fields.

Li Da was sitting on the ground, drinking water from a big jar, and the one next to Li Jiatian was Aunt Wang's.Aunt Wang's man saw that Li Da was holding someone he didn't know, it wasn't that the bowl and cup were much bigger, so he said, "What?"

"My brother-in-law figured it out." Li Da covered the lid and handed over the tea mug for him to see.

Aunt Wang's man held it in his hand, opened the lid and closed it again, and said with a thumbs up while handing it back, "It's easy to use. It has a big belly and it's clean. You don't need to take the bowl over and over again to catch the water."

It just so happened that Aunt Wang came to deliver the meal. Seeing her man talking to Li Da, she turned around and said, "It's time to eat."

A dozen pancakes, mixed loofah shreds, dry grain rice, and two hard-boiled eggs.

Because of the matter of buying a stove for heating during the Chinese New Year, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family actually had a lot of disagreements with her mother-in-law. Did not sell for a high price.

The eldest daughter-in-law is unhappy, and always remembers that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is always at odds.

"Uncle Li." The daughter-in-law of the Wang family called out.

Li Da nodded, but said nothing.Aunt Wang glared at her daughter-in-law, but the eldest daughter-in-law pretended not to see her and brought food and water to her man.

Aunt Wang and the man were eating, seeing that Li's family hadn't come to deliver the meal, he asked Li Da if he would like a piece of cake, but Aunt Wang secretly twisted it.Li Da didn't see the lawsuit between the Wang family and his wife, so he directly said no.

Here, the Wang family and the father were eating, and Gu Zhao also came to deliver the meal when they had eaten half of it.

"Father, I've been waiting for a long time."

"Why is Gu Shulang here to deliver the meals? Zhou Zhou didn't come?" the man from the Wang family spoke up, but he didn't see any man doing the housework.

While serving food to his father, Gu Zhao said, "Zhou Zhou Tianli is better than me. I can only do some errand work. It's all the family who does it or not."

What else did the man from the Wang family want to say, when he took a look at Li Da's food, the biscuits in his hand suddenly tasted bad.

A pot of cooked rice and a pot of vegetables, both of which are loofahs. At home, they are served cold, and they are very fragrant when mixed with lard. But looking at everyone, there are few loofahs. At first glance, there are yellow eggs and large pieces of meat. It is the loofah.

Fragrant.

Li Da didn't ask Zhou Zhou and Gu Zhao if they had eaten. He knew they had used it. He picked up the food and rice from the jar and started to eat, and then drank some mung bean soup, good!

People are afraid of comparison. Just now, the Wang family and his son thought Li Da looked pitiful. At this point, there was no one in the house, and they didn't come to deliver food. Li Zhouzhou was going to the fields and cooking. It's a bit late to deliver, but the food is good.

You said that the Li family used to be able to eat like this. It didn’t cost much. It’s just the father and son, working hard in the fields to eat better. There is also a need for a scholar to study. It stands to reason that the money is almost spent, so I should save a little bit to get by. Why is the food so good?

This is when Li Zhouzhou is not here. I will say that the family is the most important thing. It doesn’t cost much to eat a few more meat and eggs. Only when you are full can you work hard.The province is not from this province.

If you are tired and lose your body, it will be bad in the future.Li Zhouzhou prefers to save on wearing clothes instead of buying new ones. Instead, he sews and mends old clothes and takes the clothes apart and hangs them in the air. The procedure is so troublesome, but it can be saved.

Or be more diligent, raise more chickens, and raise one more pig, which is also an income.

On this day, Tianma went to the field at dawn, took a break for lunch at noon, and worked until the sun went down in the evening, harvesting a total of four and a half acres.The three members of Li's family carried bundles of wheat and piled them in the yard. When they took turns, one of them had to stay in the field and watch.

It was already dark when we finished eating at night, so we ate with oil lamps.

"Tomorrow is about the same, and the day after tomorrow I will pick up the ears of wheat, and it will be almost the same." Li Da said.

The family has ten acres of dry land, and wheat happens to be planted separately from yellow rice, so they planted nine acres of wheat and one mu of peanuts.The yellow rice is not sold, it is kept for the family to eat, the wheat is sold, only a small part is kept for eating.

The rest of the land will be left empty, so that the fields will be fertilized and they will not be tired anymore.

In the past two days, Gu Zhao has never been so tired. He really didn't think about anything. He fell asleep as soon as he touched the kang. He didn't dream. He woke up and ate and went to work. persist in.

Tian Li's father and Zhou Zhou worked much more tiringly than him. Gu Zhao didn't give himself the excuse of 'not working hard enough', so he did whatever he wanted, took a break when he was tired, and then continued working.

On the third day, the harvest in the field was clean, and even a few baskets of wheat ears were picked up.The front yard of the Li family is large. It should be said that the front yards of every household in the village are wide open. The ground is compacted with loess. On weekdays, the yard is used to dry clothes or something, and it is a good place to work when the farming season is busy.

Drying, grinding, bagging.

The wheat in the side room was piled high, and there was no place to stand, and most of the woodshed was vacated for wheat.Less than three days after harvesting, after noon, Li Zhouzhou was washing the dishes when he heard a bang, it was raining, and it was still raining heavily.

Li Da sat under the eaves drinking water, looked at the weather and said, "It will be open soon after the rain."

People in the village rely on the crops for food, and they all harvested early, and there are lazy people who are late, so it will be a disaster if they go to the field. I just hope it doesn't take too long, otherwise the wheat will not be soaked.

Li Zhouzhou poked his head and looked at the rain, thinking that Uncle Wang's house was in trouble, and there were still four or five acres confiscated.He said he wanted to help, but Uncle Wang refused, saying that it didn't matter what he knew.Li Zhouzhou hadn't figured it out yet, so Xianggong persuaded him to listen to Uncle Wang.

Now that it was raining, Li Zhouzhou was worried about Uncle Wang.

Uncle Wang's family has five acres of paddy fields and ten acres of dry fields. The rest were sold in the early years. If Wang Ergou died and wanted to harvest the dry fields, they would have to wait for the crops in the fields to be harvested before returning to the village.In previous years, Wang Ergou and his son could collect half of the [-] acres of dry land. After working for a day, they complained of back pain and arm pain. Uncle Wang was anxious and afraid of rain, so he collected the rest.

This year, Wang Ergou died, and the village rushed to harvest it. The old peasants started. Wang Ergou's father was also anxious, so he asked his daughter-in-law why he didn't harvest it this year.Uncle Wang went to the field with his father-in-law. In the past, Uncle Wang was doing it to death. When the father-in-law complained that his arm hurts, he said it was okay, you can rest and I will come.

Now that Wang Ergou's father is resting, Wang Uncle also does it, but after working for a day, he can't speak when he wakes up the next day, and he is too tired to get up.After resting all morning, Uncle Wang delivered food in the afternoon and worked all afternoon.

After such a procrastination, most of the village has harvested, and Wang Ergou's family has five acres of land left.

Everyone in the village knew that Uncle Wang had been incapacitated since Wang Ergou's death, and after so many years of exhaustion, it was normal after such a serious change.

So this year's main harvest is Wang Ergou's father, who wants to be lazy after quitting, so the crops in the field will be kept.Uncle Wang said it well, Dad will take a break when he rests, anyway, Maizi doesn't have long legs and can't run, so don't worry.

Then it rained.

Now Wang Ergou's parents are in a hurry, begging God not to hang on, and scolding Wang Xue for not harvesting early and delaying the crops in the field.Wang Xue then let her parents-in-law scold her and didn't reply.

The sound of the rain couldn't cover Wang Ergou's parents scolding Uncle Wang again.

The neighbor curled his lips, thinking that this old couple is bullying again, why is Uncle Wang's life so miserable, it's not the same with such a father-in-law and the dead man.

Fortunately, the rain was short and stopped after a while.Li Da looked at the sun that came out again, the creases on his face stretched out, and said: "Tomorrow the wheat will start drying."

"Understood, dad." Li Zhouzhou wiped his hands with water, took a ladle of hot water, and refilled his dad's water tank.

Li Da was more satisfied with this drinking water jar than Gu Zhao, and it was better than a bowl.

Li Zhouzhou went into the kitchen again, scooped up a ladle full, and went into the back room to fill up the old man who was reading.

The next day began to grind the wheat.

First, wash the yard with water, let it dry on the ground for a while, and then go into the side room to take out the wheat and spread it layer by layer.At this time, the ears of wheat are still attached to the stalks, and it is necessary to use a stone mill to roll and press them over and over again to press out the wheat grains.

In the whole village, only the village chief's family and Li Er's family have cattle, so people save energy and can use the cattle to pull the stone mill.It's just that the brothers separated, but the bones are broken and the tendons are connected. The same village should help each other. Li Er bought a cow, but Li Da never asked for a cow.

Every year, I pull the stone roller by myself.

This year too.

The stone roller is a cylinder with a hollow in the middle and a hemp rope wrapped around the waist of the person, pulling it around.Gu Zhao tried it, but he took a breath and didn't pull it.

Li Da looked at it and laughed, Gu Zhao: "..." Dad, you laughed too loudly.

"Sister, your method is wrong." Li Zhouzhou took the opportunity of Mr. Xiang and taught him carefully, "You can't rely on the strength of your waist, you have to hold your hands together, you try now."

Gu Zhao then followed Zhou Zhou's instructions, grasping the hemp ropes on the left and right sides with both hands, and exerting force with his waist and hands at the same time, this time it moved!

Moved!

He just said that he is not such a useless firewood, he was also harvested in the field for three days and hanged.

How could it be the same as last year!

Gu Zhao enthusiastically pulled the rope three times before being snatched by his father.Li Da waved his hand, smiled and told his brother-in-law to go aside, Gu Zhao came out to make room, and watched his father easily pull the stone roller, round and round.

Dad, he is indeed a man who can carry two hundred catties of pigs.

Great.

Li Da felt that the farm work he had done this year was particularly vigorous, and he felt relaxed. Zhou Zhou got married, and his brother-in-law Gu Zhaoren was also good, although he couldn't live in the field——

With this idea, five days later, the wheat at home was milled, the bark was peeled off, the wheat was cleaned, and the straw was piled up in the woodshed.Sunshine during the day every day, and take back the grain depot at night, fearing that it will rain at night.Batch after batch, on the fifth day, last year's sacks were not enough.

Li Da:? ? ?

Li Zhouzhou was also dumbfounded.

The amount of wheat harvested this year is about the same as last year, but when the wheat is milled and peeled, the father and son can feel that the ears of wheat seem to be much firmer and fuller this year, so the working time is one day longer than last year, but they are very happy.

These are all bread and all money.

But now there are not enough sacks to hold them. This is the sack used to hold wheat last year. Li Zhouzhou checked it and dried it. It is correct.

"Go buy sacks every week, if it doesn't work, I'll go there." Li Da's heart was burning hot, half of the firewood room in the grain depot hadn't been cleaned, so the sack was gone?Then this year's harvest——

Li Da didn't even dare to think about it, so he took the money in a hurry and hurried to the town to buy sacks.

Back and forth without stopping, Li Da bought a lot, and when he got home at night, no one in the village saw him.Li Da was so hot that he rested after eating, and waited for the wheat to be milled and packed into bags before dawn the next day.

First day, second day, third day, fourth day...

Finally installed.

The entire granary in the side room was piled up neatly with sacks.

This big bag is one hundred catties, and the family has nine acres of wheat. In previous years, one mu of land was less than two hundred catties, which was about one hundred and eight hundred and ninety-nine.

"Where are there so many? In previous years, [-] or [-] bags would be considered good." Li Zhouzhou said angrily to his husband.

Gu Zhao smiled coquettishly, "Isn't it because our family has a good harvest this year?"

Now Li's grain depot has piled up a full 37 bags.Li Da said that the wheat has to be dried again, and the amount will be less at that time, but the wrinkles on his face are all smiles, and if he drys it later and dehydrates it, that means the amount of one and a half bags will be lost. Can it be reduced by half?

That's bullshit.

When having breakfast the next day, Gu Zhao found that his father looked at him very lovingly, and asked Zhou Zhou to cook him eggs every day, saying that he wanted to nourish his brain.

The original words are: "Zhou Zhou, you cook more boiled eggs for Zhao'er to nourish his brain."

From Gu Zhao to Zhao'er, we only need to double the food.

Gu Zhao: ...... top-notch.

Li Zhouzhou also laughed, and agreed with all voices, not only did he cook an extra one for his husband, but he also cooked an extra one for his father, who worked hard for his father, so make up for it.

There was no gap after work, and there was no rest, Li Da went to the field to plant yellow rice, humming a little tune.

Gu Zhao said that the wheat stalks were burned to ashes and also fertilized the fields.Li Da didn't have any doubts at all, looking for a day when there was no wind, now every family's field has been harvested, leaving only wheat stubble, or maybe an acre or two of peanuts.

The yellow rice field at home couldn't be next to Wang's field. Li Da found a two-acre field in the middle and started burning wheat stubble, guarding it with a shovel, and shooting out any mistakes.

Don't worry about the rest, let's sow the yellow rice first.

At home, Li Zhouzhou dried the collected wheat every day, and then packed it into bags.Gu Zhao was holding the mouth of the bag, and was wearing a simple version of a homemade mask—Gu Zhao made one during the time when the family was raising wheat, and Li Zhouzhou sewed three with his own hands.

This covers nose picking without choking.

Finally, at the beginning of July, every household has finished picking up the wheat, and the village head will go door to door to register the amount of tax on the harvest. When the tax officer comes down, he will check and check whether there is any old or moldy grain.After the inspection, it was escorted to the town by the village head and men from each household.

There are a dozen or so villages around the town under its jurisdiction, lined up, and the village chief negotiates and confirms. The men of each household confirm and press their fingerprints, and the tax is paid.

This day the village chief came to register, there were people in Li's family, and the yard door was left open.The head of the same village came, and there were a few curious people from the same village, who wanted to see how the harvest of Li's family was doing. When the field was grown, it looked better than theirs. The tassels were strong and heavy, but it really depends Take a look.

The table in the main room was set up in the courtyard for the convenience of the village chief to write and register, and Li Zhouzhou served herbal tea.

"How is it, Li Da, your family's land has been fertilized this year, can't it be worse than mine?"

Li Da laughed, he was happy, he didn't hide it, he couldn't hide it, and told the village chief: "This year's harvest is good, nine acres of land, a total of 36 shi."

"What!!!"

The herbal tea that the village chief had just imported spewed out when he heard the numbers in Li Dabao, his eyes were wide open, and he didn't even have time to wipe off the water stains around his mouth, "What? How many stones? Don't talk nonsense."

"What nonsense, I talk a lot, and I have a lot of posts. I didn't say that I lost face and cheated myself." Li Dazhi said, pointing to the grain depot, "Look at it if you don't believe me."

Those who came with me couldn't sit still, is there really 36 shi?

His family's land has a good harvest this year, and it's only 36 shi. This is still [-] mu of land, and Li Da's [-] shi, nine mu of land came out?

Several people went to the grain store together, Li Da opened the door wide and said: "Count, count well, when did I, Li Da, say that I lied to you?"

This is true.But 36 stone!This old farmer whose ancestors have worked in the field all day long has never seen so much in nine acres of land.

Counting over and over again, there are still people who don't believe in evil and ask, "Really nine acres of land? Isn't it fifteen acres?"

"My dry land is only ten acres." Li Da grinned happily.

That is, the village head remembers how many fields a family has, and the land can be seen in the village, so he won't make it up.

Is that really nine acres of land, 36 shi?

"My God." The village head who counted back said straight, 36 shi and nine acres of land, 36 shi and nine acres of land.

Unable to sit still, several people stood at the table and talked.

"What's the matter? There's enough rain, and one acre of my land is equivalent to one stone."

Oh, 180 catties.

Gu Zhao also came out, went to the kitchen, the door was open, and listened to his father chatting with the others.Dad is really happy, the smile on his face never stops, but yes, he has been promoted now, Zhao'er!

The noise from the yard was loud, Li Da was really happy, he couldn't stop laughing.

Li Zhouzhou whispered to his grandfather in the kitchen: "I've never seen Dad so happy."

"Of course I'm happy with the abundance of food," Gu Zhao said.

Li Zhouzhou pursed his lips and smiled happily, "Not all of them." But he didn't explain clearly.

The Li family recruited a scholar-in-law to be his son-in-law. Although Gu Zhaozhuo had figured out a stove, his reputation in the village would be a little better, but that was only in the mouths of women and men. It's not like a man, it's a drag for men.

He also said that Gu Zhao had no strength and couldn't get down the field.

Li Da knows all these gossip, but people don't know what to say, and occasionally jokingly say a few words, did your son-in-law mow half an acre a day?What if you can't do anything when you're old?

It is impossible for Li Da to call when he hears something he doesn't like, so what will happen?Are you still living in the village?

But now it's different, he has a bright face, and Gu Zhao has made him and the Li family proud.

His family didn't spend 18 taels in vain, and Zhou Zhou in his family didn't want anyone to pick the thin ones.

"Fat, didn't I tell you all about it? The fertilizer my brother-in-law Zhao'er figured out from reading a book is good, right? Back then when I fertilized the fields, every household in the village could watch it. You asked me, didn't you hide it? Let's go..." Li Da said happily.

Zhao'er who was caught by the cue in the room: ...

There was also a smile on his face.

Dad is pretty cute.The highlight moment of the middle-aged man, he has face.

A few people outside, even the village head, lowered their faces and asked Li Da for more details. Some people thought that they were wrong at the beginning, and they were really mistaken. They exaggerated and praised Li Da Gu Zhao. Zhou Dukua-knows how to pick a brother-in-law, and has a good eye.

"The brains of people who are scholars are better than ours, and they are easier to use!"

Li Da was praised, and the pressure in his heart was gone, and he talked about the "fertilizer sutra" comfortably.

"That's it? It's so simple? It doesn't cost much?"

Li Da: "What's the cost? Do you piss? Do you have pig excrement and chicken manure? Don't burn the wheat stalks harvested in the field this year. They will be used as fertilizer next year—"

Before he finished speaking, someone slapped his thigh with a painful face, "Too bad, my mother-in-law only caught wheat stalks for cooking recently, hey, I'll go back quickly--"

"What are you doing? It's past dinner time, so don't rush for a while." Li Da hadn't finished speaking, how could he let someone go, so he called back and continued.

The village head originally registered everyone in Li, and wanted to go to another house, but he was stunned.

After Li Da finished speaking, Gu Zhao came out.The village head and the others will look at Gu Zhao, that is, to see the stars of Wenqu come down to earth-for peasants, it can increase the harvest in the field, which is much better than scholars who can only write but can't understand.

Gu Zhao called his uncle, and then there was another thunder.

"Now that the rice has been planted, when I was thinking about fertilizers in winter, I first thought of a fertilizer suitable for paddy fields, but this would cost money. At that time, the family was tight, so the wheat came first."

As soon as these words came out, several people were shocked at the same time. It was the village chief who reacted first and asked Gu Zhao to sit down and talk slowly about how to make it, where the money was spent, and whether the harvest could be doubled like wheat.

Li Zhouzhou served some tea, and asked his uncle to sit and talk slowly.

He said, the last time I met stone powder, Mr. Xiang didn’t buy it after asking the address. It turned out to be here. If we bought it together in the village, wouldn’t it be much cheaper?

Gu Zhaosan said in a few words, "I figured out this method from a book, and I haven't tried it yet. It's the same as my family's wheat. I didn't expect to have such a harvest at the beginning. It's because Dad and Zhou Zhou are not afraid of hard work and trust me. It was made."

"I can't guarantee that the harvest will be doubled."

"The money is for buying stone powder. I found out that a bag and a half of stone is 230 Wen. It will be cheaper if you buy more and specify. There is no rush, and we have to process it after buying it—just doing it."

Gu Zhao stood up, saluted the village head as a scholar, and bowed his hands.The village chief also had a face, and his tone became better after being respected by scholars so much, so that Gu Zhao had nothing to say.

"My family was the first to fertilize this year. At that time, I couldn't guarantee that the specified harvest would be good. I will try it myself first. Now that it is better, I will naturally not hide it. How to fertilize dry fields and how to do it. I will teach everyone the original. , do not keep secrets."

"Father and Zhou Zhou are both from Xiping Village. Now that I have joined the door, I am also a member of the Li family and a member of our village. Over the years, Dad and Zhou Zhou have always had difficulties. Thanks to the villagers for their kind words. It can’t be that my family’s field is fertile and the harvest is good, so we should be together.”

The village elder that Gu Zhao said was tearful and said good boy, Li Da, your brother-in-law is good.

"Uncle Wang praised it. Let's talk about the fertilizer for the paddy field, because it is the first crop that has not been harvested yet. We don't know the situation, the yield, whether it will work well, or whether it will be harmful to the rice. We don't know, so we have to Uncle Wang made it clear to the villagers that anyone who wants to fertilize together this year will come to our house and I will teach how to buy materials and how to make fertilizer.”

"Let's come together."

The village chief clapped his hands repeatedly and said yes, but the others felt guilty after hearing it. They looked down on Gu Shulang in their hearts at the beginning, and said it behind their backs. Now they really have no face.

People still think about the village, and bring everyone together.

Some people have an extra bucket of harvest in their fields, and they are reluctant to say how to grow it.

When Li Zhouzhou sent a few uncles out, it was already dark, and it was time for dinner, but Li was very comfortable, even more comfortable than eating the elixir, and he was not hungry at all, so he said with a smile that he was not in a hurry, and took his time.

Li Zhouzhou was also happy, and quickly went to cook porridge with miscellaneous grains.

Gu Zhao said to his father in the main room: "Father, you don't think I'm talking too much today, do you? I didn't tell you about the fertilizer for the paddy field..."

"You are clever, you have a good brain." Li Da said in an intimate tone, as if he were his own son, and patted Gu Zhao on the shoulder, saying, "The fields are right there, and our harvest can't be hidden." I don’t want to hide fertilizer, or the crops in our field will suffer next year.”

"For day and night defense, is it possible to live in the crops and watch?"

The village is jealous of the harvest, if you don't say you hide it, it will definitely destroy your land.

"You told the village chief about the fertilizer for the paddy field. It's a big deal. It's a new crop. It's okay if our own land is damaged. Let's grit our teeth and eat less. Others It’s not going to work.” Li Da shook his head and said.

Gu Zhaoying said: "Father is right. The fertilizer used in the dry fields was manure and plant ash, which was nothing new. Now we need stone powder. We can say that in our field, if other people in the village see that our wheat harvest is good, they will steal it Learn to make paddy field fertilizer, if it damages the land, I really want to scold our family."

"It's better to let the village chief come forward, speak clearly, do what you want to do, wait for those who are afraid of danger, wait until this year's harvest is good or bad, and talk about it next year."

Another point, when Gu Zhao said this in front of the village chief, he also wanted to give the Li family 'authority' in the village. The village chief's heartbeat is to designate fertilizer. try.The village chief stepped forward, believed in and listened to the Li family, and had a good temper with the Li family. Slowly, the Li family gained weight and status in the village.

Before the Li family was just one brother, although Li was very capable, he was looked down upon by the villagers after all. He didn't have the weight to speak, and there was a marginal existence, and the women behind him could arrange their mouths.Like the Tian family of the Zhang family.

In modern times, it doesn't matter if every family in the same community closes their doors to live their own lives, but in the village, a place with deep sophistication, it is really important to have the weight of words and status.

Gu Zhao is not a holy father, so he can't do his best to tell the villagers about fertilizers and teach them by hand, what is he trying to do?Just look at Uncle Wang, didn't he do his best to serve his parents-in-law in the Wang family, saving money to death, but what happened?

Parents-in-law look down on her, and the man beats and kicks her. People in the village say she is pitiful and kind.Life is bitter.

What's the use?

I have to stand up by myself.

Gu Zhao wants to let the Li family stand up.