The husband's son-in-law

The field scenery in autumn is good.

There is still more than half a month before the rice in the paddy fields will be ripe.After fertilizing, the villagers went to the fertilized fields to see if they had nothing to do, and they were relieved to see that the ears of rice were no less than last year.

When fertilizing, the whole village was hot, and after fertilizing, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and I was afraid that the seedlings would not grow after burning.This is what many people think.

Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong went out of the village carrying a basket, and met many villagers in the fields along the way.

"Gu Shulang, Zhou Zhou, why are you going?"

"Go back to father-in-law's house and have a look." Li Zhouzhou said this now with some confidence, he listened to his husband.Xianggong said that when he went to the Gu family, he had to show his prestige, otherwise both Xianggong and him would be bullied, and if they were admitted to school in the future, they would be afraid that the stepmother would take the opportunity to make trouble.

Li Zhouzhou is not afraid, it's okay for him to be tired and work hard, but if it's not good for his husband, then that's not okay.

The villagers were not used to hearing it at first, but now they are used to Li Zhouzhou saying that the Gu family is the Yue family.

Gu Shulang was not angry at all, and held Li Zhouzhou's hand He Meimei.

"Gu Shulang, help me take a look. How is the rice in my paddy field? This one is fertilized. How can I see the effect?"

Gu Zhao said: "Uncle, I'm a layman in farming, not as good as your eyes. Ask me, I really can't see it. Don't worry, you will know when the harvest comes."

"I know it's the truth, but I'm panicked, oh forget it, you guys go quickly."

Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong agreed, and then continued to walk. No one greeted them when they left the village.Gu Zhao thought, the villagers were obviously worried about the crops in the field, no matter what the village chief said or his simple nature, he didn't let him take the blame and embarrass him.

However, Gu Zhao asked his father that the rice in his paddy field was growing quite well, so the fertilizer was no problem.

When I arrived at Dongping Village, it happened to be in time for dinner, and the doors of every house were closed, just to avoid a series of polite responses.

When we arrived at Gu Si's house, the courtyard door was also closed.

Gu Zhao raised his hand and knocked on the door, and after a while, Tiedan's voice came from inside: "Who is it?" He hurried to open the door.

Tiedan's mouth hadn't been wiped clean yet, and the family was supposed to be eating meat at noon. This meeting was when the eldest brother and sister-in-law came back, and they were worried about the meal again, fearing that the meat would be eaten by the tiger's head, so they yelled at others and looked back.

"You eat first, I'll close the door." Gu Zhao said to Tie Dan.

"Okay." Tie Dan agreed, and ran back, and the voice of his stepmother Li Guihua came from the main room inside: "Who, you don't have long eyes, don't come here to beg for food."

Li Guihua thought it was someone in the village who said it deliberately.

Tie Dan put the rice into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Brother and sister."

Li Guihua fell silent.

Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong went in. The Gu family was eating. There were only a few slices of cabbage and cucumber left in the rough porcelain bowl. Tea.

Li Guihua wiped her mouth, stood up and said with a warm smile, "It's a coincidence. I didn't know you two were coming. In the morning, your father said that he hadn't seen meat for a long time. At noon, I fried a pot of pork with lard. I should have known about you." If you two want to come, wait until you are eating, look at the current situation—"

The implication is that the two of you are unlucky enough to come here without food or meat, so if you are sensible, quickly say no/have eaten.

"If there's still meat at home, I'll fry another serving, and I won't let my mother do it." Gu Zhao said with a smile.

Li Guihua: ...

The smiling expression on her face was empty, and she didn't know what to say. Her tiger head still said that she didn't have enough meat and wanted to eat it. She asked her elder brother if he could eat some when he cooked it.Li Guihua slapped his back molars hard on the head, "Eating is like a pig, what meat does our family have, no."

It's not that Gu Zhao is really rare to eat the meat of the Gu family. The main thing is to slap the stepmother first. If the stepmother asks too much later, she can think about it for herself. I’m not hungry after eating at home, I was just joking.”

"What's the matter? Mother will pour you some water, and there are fresh dates at home. You and Zhou Zhou will sit and eat." Li Guihua greeted Gu Zhao enthusiastically when she heard that Gu Zhao stopped eating meat. Of course, she also remembered it. down to business'.

"Wait a minute, sit down and have a conversation with your father first, I'll come over after cleaning up."

After Li Guihua cleaned up the dishes and went to the stove to wash, Tie Dan helped to help. During the period, the baby who was sleeping on the kang in the room was crying, and Gu's father seemed not to hear him. Annoyed, I raised my voice and called out Li Guihua's name.

It means to let Li Guihua come over to coax the children.

"Shall I go and take a look?" Seeing that his mother-in-law was too busy, Li Zhouzhou wanted to help her, even if she looked at the child, it was not a big deal.

Father Gu doesn't care about these, as long as someone coaxes and watches over the child.Gu Zhao: "I'm with you."

The baby on the kang is eight months old, white and clean, it can be seen that Li Guihua has been raised and fed well, and the crying voice was loud, but when Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao came, the crying stopped, and the big eyes were dripping Staring at the two of them curiously, kicking his legs and shaking his arms, then his mouth shrunk and he cried again.

"What's the matter, Mr. Li?" Li Zhouzhou had never taken care of a child before and was still a novice. He looked at Mr. Wu helplessly when he heard the child cry.

Gu Zhao didn't know, he just guessed: "Have you peed? Or are you hungry? Let's hug and see."

Li Zhouzhou didn't know what to do. He was used to doing farm work, and he was afraid that his hands would hurt the children.

Gu Zhao then lifted the child's cover, and a smell came out, "Zhou Zhou, pass the diaper, it should be pulled."

The diapers were stacked on the side, and Li Zhouzhou hurriedly took them to the old man, watching the old man change the things in a strange but gentle way, put the dirty ones aside, and when they were changed, they were clean, and the child did not cry, but was happy grin.

"Would you like to hug Zhou Zhou?" Gu Zhao showed the child to Zhou Zhou.

Li Zhouzhou took it nervously and carefully, and after holding it for a while, the child still smiled at him.

So cute.

After Li Guihua washed the pots and bowls, she didn't even wipe the water in her hands. She hurried in and didn't hear the child crying. When she came in, she saw Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou hugging the child and coaxing them. Their steps were slow and their voices were soft. "Goudan fell asleep? Give it to me."

"Ahem." Gu Si cleared his throat.

Li Guihua knew that this was to remind her not to forget to talk about business, so she put the sleeping dog on the bed. Fortunately, the child was easy to take care of, and she didn't want to be hugged at all times.She went out again and brought a bowl of washed dates and poured tea, and said, "You two eat and drink, the dates that come down this year are very sweet, I will pack a basket for you two to take home to eat when you leave later."

"Okay, thank you, Ma'am." Li Zhouzhou thanked her.

Li Guihua continued to talk, talking a lot, born from a dog egg, the burden of the family's land is not easy, she talked a lot of miscellaneous things, and finally asked about hearing that your family's field has a good harvest this year. Is it true that I paid almost two shi for the grain tax, and 36 shi for nine mu of land?

"Yes, there was enough snow and water last year, and we added fertilizers. This year, the family harvested well, and more than half of them were sold for my husband's study." Li Zhouzhou listened to his husband, and said that the family was nervous, "It's just paper. The pen is a sum of money, and there is also a repair for the master."

Li Guihua nodded in sympathy, and wanted to drag other things. Gu's father coughed and couldn't wait any longer, and said, "What is that fertilizer you put on? The harvest in the real field is so good?"

"Yes." Gu Zhao answered, and this time he gave direct words, "In the dry fields, there is plant ash from burning wheat straw. You don't need to plow the land on weekdays. You just burn the wheat stubble. The wheat nests for the winter, and the next spring will rain and snow. After a few days, add fertilizer, excrement, urine, plant ashes, and add water, don’t be afraid of runny, just put it on.”

"Is this what you figured out?" Gu Si asked.

Gu Zhao hummed, "I read it in the book, and I told my dad, who said to try it, but I didn't think about it."

Gu Si also reflected on when he would tell me, and then remembered that the father his son mentioned was from the Li family, and suddenly remembered that his son Gu Zhaoru had come to marry him and became a member of the Li family, and he couldn't tell what it was like for a while.

Gu Zhao didn't wait to ask again, he talked about the method of fertilizing the paddy field, and said that he didn't know how the effect was when he tried it for the first time this year, thinking that if it worked well, he would come back and tell his family during the Chinese New Year.

Gu's father nodded his head, this time it was over.Li Guihua had one more thing to do, she put on a smiling face and said, "Zhao'er, you are very educated in reading, can you give Goudan a name?"

Originally received 18 taels from the Li family, Li Guihua wanted to send Hutou to study, but later she became pregnant and had a big belly, and the house at home was not enough, so she had to build a house and gave birth to a young son. Hutou's heart, thinking about building the house first, delaying it for a few years, and sending Goudan to study.

Spend money to ask Zhao Xiucai to name her, but Li Guihua is reluctant. Isn't this ready-made.

Although Gu Zhao has no fame, he can read and read, which is better than their mud legs, right?

"Success." Gu Zhao didn't ask Li Guihua what he hoped for Goudan. In short, it can't be safe and healthy, but probably smart, promising and rich. He thought about it and said a few things, all of which are bright and promising. Kindness.

Li Guihua chose Gu Chen, "That's good, dog eggs are born in the morning, when the sun comes out, they bark, and they must be promising in the future."

Gu Goudan was named Gu Chen.

Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong were about to leave soon after speaking. Li Guihua filled Li Zhouzhou's basket full of dates with a smile on his face, and sent the two of them outside, saying along the way: "The house will be built recently, and when the time comes Cover it, let Tie Dan go over and invite you back to have a drink."

"Okay." Li Zhouzhou agreed.

Maybe this Gu Zhao didn't make a fuss about eating Li Guihua's meat to take advantage of it. On the contrary, Li Guihua even asked for an auspicious name for his youngest son.

After seeing off the people, Li Guihua still thought, fortunately Gu Zhao came to marry her, otherwise she would have to pay for her to continue reading, who dares to eat meat and dare to build a big tile house, now they are all burdens of the Li family, the officials and lords of the prefectures and counties have said, Gu Zhao has nothing to look forward to in studying, and Li Zhouzhou still doesn't give up, it's really pitiful.

In the following days, the life of the Li family returned to the peace of the past.

Li Zhouzhou hugged another piglet and ten chickens, but the grandpa didn't say anything. Later, Li Zhouzhou found out that the grandpa would also feed these chickens and piglets for him.

"No, sir, go and study hard." Li Zhouzhou said, "It's not the time for the busy farming season yet, I'm busy here, I just feed these at home, there's nothing else to do."

Gu Zhao agreed that he had really put too much energy in the fields some time ago.During the agricultural holiday in July, Zhu Xiucai came back from the prefecture and county with two manuscripts and an excerpt of his own notes. Gu Zhao was naturally very grateful and talked to Zhu Xiucai all afternoon.

Zhu Xiucai said that his foundation is fair, but he lacks flexibility, and if he ends up next year, he may be in danger.

Gu Zhao said that he didn't want to end next year, and try again the year after.

He now goes to Mr. Zhao for nine days a month, Mr. Zhao's foundation is still solid, and he brought his grandson Zhao Ze, Gu Zhao and Zhao Ze revisited and consolidated the basic subjects of the Four Books and Five Classics.

The book that Zhu Xiucai brought back was "Yiguolun" written by a great Confucian in the Dali calendar. He said that he was familiar with this book, which could help develop thinking and write policy theory. Emperor Kang Jing, who is now in power, highly recommends it.

This book may be a must-read for officials in all prefectures and counties.

"Yiguolun" is not thick, and there are seven chapters in the whole book. The central idea is that the people are the most important. Then he sang and praised Emperor Kang Jing for his efforts to govern and start a prosperous age, and finally came a word of caution, meaning that the tax rate is now acceptable, and he dare not increase it.

He also talked about business, scolding corrupt officials and corrupt officials, who will destroy the foundation of the country.

The words written by this great Confucianist are meaningful and moderate. At the beginning of the chapter, he praised Emperor Kang Jing, and when he wrote about the farmland, he wrote that Emperor Kang Jing personally farmed during his reign. I went to the Temple of Heaven to pray for blessings, and then it rained not long after, and God was so touched by Emperor Kang Jing.

Let me talk about my own point of view, and finally I wish that the country will have long-term stability and prosperity.

It has always been the last of the merchants, but this article talks about the value of merchants. Naturally, it is to praise the emperor first. After blowing rainbow farts, I will say some of my own ideas. For example, the tax of merchants can be less miscellaneous, and there are too many tax items now.

When Zhu Xiucai talked about it, Tian Gengen and Prosperous Times were the ones he highly praised and praised, followed by the Poison Harming the People.

Gu Zhao likes business articles very much, but judging from the ordering of this book and the admiration of Zhu Xiucai and government teachers, Emperor Kang Jing, who is currently in power, prefers the doctrine of the mean, and the superiors still despise business.

As for the story about moth politics harming the people, Gu Zhao felt that the higher-ups might not like it very much. He said that during the reign of Emperor Kang Jing, the people lived and worked in peace and prosperity. How could there be so many moths in this prosperous world?

Grass-roots examinations for talents, it is better not to think about the tricks and writings to come up with new ideas, but to follow the trend first.

The safest thing is the summary of the people-oriented summary and the fundamentals of Tian.Gu Zhao read it carefully, and asked Mr. Zhao if he had any ideas that he didn't understand. Mr. Zhao saw that what Gu Zhao had taken was "Yi Guo Lun" by a great Confucianist, he read it for a long time, and then asked his grandson Zhao Ze to copy it.

This is taking advantage of Gu Zhao. After all, Gu Zhao spent one or two and a half dollars to buy this, but Gu Zhao didn’t say anything. The academic performance is good and the test is good, and some are poor.

This is nothing.

If Zhao Ze can be successfully admitted to Tongsheng, Gu Zhao is also happy for Zhao Ze.

Mrs. Zhao's dream of being a scholar all his life rests on the shoulders of his nine-year-old grandson. During the time of reading together, Zhao Ze looks like he only studies and doesn't do anything else. His mother can't wait to feed him every meal. Zhao Ze can read a few more books .

Although he is a primary school student, Zhao Ze is steady and mature. The whole day's responsibility for his small body is to study and read silent books, and he has never played or laughed.

Because Mr. Zhao took advantage of it, he also kindly left Gu Zhao at home for a light meal that day. Of course, Gu Zhao did not agree to say goodbye. The dining atmosphere at Mr. Zhao's house made him afraid that the food would not be digestible, so he might as well go home and eat.

Gu Zhao steadily read "Yi Guo Lun" for more than half a month, and recited the whole text, including the rainbow fart.Look at the rainbow farts of great writers in ancient times. When the time comes, I will bite the bullet and have nothing to write, and I will be able to extract and analyze sentence by sentence and praise again.

Ok.

That's what he thought.You have to read and work hard.

After a while, the rice in the paddy field was already ripe, and it was time to harvest the crops.The village was fertilized in September, and as the days went by, now that it was harvest time, I felt relieved.

Just like Li Da, he is a seasoned farmer. When he touches the heavy ears of rice, he feels pretty sure. He doesn’t know if it’s good or not.

It is a great thing that there is no harm.From the farmer who was honest and duty and later regretted getting fat.

The rice and yellow rice are harvested at about the same time. The rice can be harvested half a month earlier, and the yellow rice has just been harvested. Besides, the yellow rice is not afraid of being a few days late, and the rice is tight first.Those with few members of the family planted one or two acres of yellow rice, and did not dare to grow more, for fear that the dry land would not be fertile, and the wheat would not grow well in the coming year and they would not be able to harvest much.If there are many people in the family, they will plant one acre.The yellow rice is eaten by the family, and no one in the village sells it.

Rice is different, gold is expensive.

At the beginning of October, the rice is about to be harvested.

"How is it? Is your family fattened? Is it easy to use? Is the harvest high?"

"The fat ones are collected first. I see that everyone is similar, so how much should be confiscated?"

There is no manure in the village, so I will be in a hurry. First, I asked people to harvest the fertilized paddy fields to see the effect. I said that there was not much change. It was also compared with my own. Looking at other people’s paddy fields, it seemed to be better, but I dare not admit it.

Who made me afraid at the time/I didn't get fat when I searched.

Aunt Wang was also in a hurry. The rice in the field was about to be harvested, and her mouth was burning in a hurry. At that time, she thought that Li Zhouzhou might be uneasy, and he would give you a good way for free. The method given is the best.

Before the crops in the field are turned into money, Aunt Wang's pimples are no longer important, at least now she has no time to think of Li Zhouzhou's bad, and only hopes for the good.If the Li family's method fails, it will be her family's field that is damaged. After trying five acres of paddy fields, at least one or two acres will be sold in previous years.

The Wang family never keeps any rice and sells all of it.

Finally someone started harvesting rice, it was the village head's house.The village head is also curious about how much fertilized rice can produce this year. Last year, his family's one-acre land looked like two stones and three buckets.

260 pounds.

This year, we harvested two days earlier, so as to give a sample to those in the village who dare not start, we will collect an acre of land first to see.

People in the village, those who were fat and those who were not, came to watch the excitement. The strong man offered to help, and the village head happily agreed, so he borrowed his sickle and drank tea to watch.

There are too many people to help.

"Don't touch anything else, the time will be two days later." The village head shouted.

"I know I know."

Everyone also knew that the village chief took the house two days earlier to reassure everyone, so of course they didn't dare to mess around.With a lot of people and strong strength, the rice for one mu of land was harvested in a short time. The villagers were eager to see how much the harvest was, so the village head asked his son to move the family's millet threshing tools to the dam.

People from the village crowded around to watch, and more and more rice was punched out of the millet box.

"This is a one-acre field? It won't be too much, right?" Everyone in the family who didn't fertilize was frightened.

Who doesn't thresh millet, and knows how much millet there is in one mu of field. It's all the same. God appreciates the rain. Why is there more in the village head's house this year?What else can there be, a fat field method.

The village chief was also startled and couldn't sit still, which was too much.

"Quickly count how many there are."

With an uncontrollable smile on his fat face, he waited happily for the title.The village chief's son hurriedly weighed in, his eyes widened, and he stammered dryly, "Father, four stones is a fight."

"What?!"

A pot exploded on the dam, four stones for one bucket, how could there be four stones for one mu of land, the best time was only two stones and five buckets, a little over three hundred catties, now it is 420 catties, can No bluffing.

Everyone usually has an average of [-] to [-] catties.

"It's not wrong? How is it possible? I'll weigh it." This is because the family didn't gain weight this year, so I had to try it myself, but when I saw it, others asked if it was four stones?

The man was speechless, and slapped his thigh, "Oh, why didn't I believe it at the beginning!" The old lady said that she was afraid of making mistakes, so she stopped him the day she bought the stone powder and didn't let him go.

Who doesn't believe this move?I knew in my heart that it was really four stones.

"My God, why are there so many?"

The ones who got fat were stupefied, and then smiled, wishing they could go to the field to harvest now, while the ones who didn’t get fat were annoyed and remorseful, and there were also those who quarreled and scolded, nothing more than when he/she agreed to go, The family couldn't stop it, and it turned out.

The creases on the village chief's face were all comfortable, and he saw that there was still someone to do it, so he quickly pulled it away, and scolded: "What does it look like! I said it at the beginning, and if I don't do it, I won't do it. It's my own responsibility. I'm the one who is jealous this year." Do you want to do it? Just accept the jealousy, and plant it next year."

Although I am jealous of the harvest this year, there is nothing I can do. It is already too late and I can only wait for the next year.

Those who came back from the dam that day all went to their own fields first. Some people were careful because they were afraid that someone in the village would come to destroy them at night and sleep in the fields.The same goes for Aunt Wang's man, who sleeps in the field and helps Li's family look at the paddy field.

If it weren't for the Li family, there wouldn't be so much harvest, and one mu of land would be worth more than two mu.

In the end, there really was someone who came to make trouble at night. Aunt Wang looked at the sneaky shadow and yelled, and the shadow ran away in fright, and told the story during the day. , It is safe to receive it from your own yard.

So this year's harvest was brought forward.

Li's house has ten acres of paddy fields, and this year is the easiest time to receive it.Gu Zhao wanted to go to work in the field like the time he harvested the wheat, but someone knocked on his door.

The second son of the village chief's family, who was dark and strong, said, "My father said, my paddy field has been fertilized and there are only four acres of land left. There are him, my elder brother and younger brother. Take it easy. Brother Li, your family will have four acres of land. There is a lot of land, let me come over to help first, how can I tire Gu Shulang, just let Gu Shulang read the book steadily."

The second son spoke with white teeth and smiled happily. He hasn't closed his mouth since he knew the harvest yesterday.

Li Daxie accepted the kindness. This year's ten-acre paddy field was the easiest time to harvest, and it was over in two days.People who didn't get fat also came to help. In the end, even Li Zhouzhou didn't have to go to the field, and he could just cook.

There are people in the village who are greedy for Li's harvest, but Li's ten acres of paddy fields have been fertilized this year, so they don't even dare to count it. After counting this figure, my heart beats, but thinking about it again, this method of fertilizing the field is also given by Gu Shulang and Li for free. Everyone made it, this year his family didn't go to it, but next year it will.

Although it was greedy, it didn't hurt.

The fertilized fields are basically the same as those of the village head's family, and some of them are more refined and can have more than one or two liters. I can't help but praise Li Da's family again and again, this time it is sincere.

Short-handed, soft-mouthed.

At the beginning, Shangfei didn't think much about it, but now the real food is really admiring and respecting Li Jiapei. I can't respect it any more. Lian Tian came to the door one day and stuffed a few eggs for Li Zhouzhou, and said it with a shy face. It was all her fault, and she slapped her mouth happily.

Li Zhouzhou was stunned in place, Tian spoke quickly, smacked his mouth happily, stuffed Li Zhouzhou with eggs and went back, this year he will be able to find a wife for Daniel!

The rice is dried in the yard, and then the millet is threshed. When the millet is packed in sacks, it is piled up in the grain depot. When the weather is fine, it is taken out to dry, and it is taken back at night.

Li Da alone collected the two acres of yellow rice in the field, looked at the sacks that couldn't even fit the woodshed, opened his mouth in joy, and turned around and said to Zhou Zhou: "Kill a chicken and make up for Zhao'er." , He has been working hard on reading recently."

Zhao'er: ...

Also happy.

Eat chicken tonight.