The life of farming in ancient times with a system

"You can't hurry up, time waits for no one." Lin Shen said.

The old carpenter walked around the bull, tsk-tsk said: "This bull is not bad, fat and strong, how much did it cost?"

"..." Lin Shen was at a loss for words for a moment, he didn't know how much the cow was worth, it was rewarded to him by the system, and it was a costless transaction.

The old carpenter thought he didn't hear it, and said to himself: "At least it will cost more than ten taels of silver. Such a cow is very popular in the market."

Lin Shen heard it, coughed and said, "Not much, only 16 taels of silver."

"16 taels, that's a lot. Where did you get so much money?" The old carpenter was concentrating on looking at the old scalper, without giving Lin Shen a look.

Lin Shen rolled his eyes a few times, and said vaguely: "Before I worked for others, there was still a lot of money left. Why do you ask so much, we have cattle."

The old carpenter found some thick hemp ropes and tied the cattle and sheep to the stakes.

"What do cows eat?" asked the old carpenter.

"Grassing—" Lin Shen got stuck in the middle of speaking.

The old carpenter reminded: "Should we prepare some straw?"

When winter comes, heavy snow falls one after another, covering the withered yellow leaves and grass.At that time, it was impossible for Lin Shen to find a little hay for the cattle and sheep to eat.

"Yes." Lin Shen patted his forehead.

If the old carpenter doesn't remind him, he will forget it.

Others prepare straw for fire, and they prepare straw for cattle and sheep.

Lin Shen needed a cart, and it was too late to make it now. Although the old carpenter assured him that he could make a light cart in a few days, Lin Shen decided to borrow it.

Lin Bing's family has a cart. The family has neither a donkey nor an old scalper, and relies entirely on manpower to pull the cart.When farming is busy, Lin Bing pulls in front alone and Zhou Zichu pushes in the back, which is better than carrying bundles home.

Walking nearby, Lin Shen saw someone leaning on the wall and looking into the yard, and Lin Bing's curses came from the yard.

"Bitch, I knew you wouldn't be honest, did you go to seduce wild men again?"

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The sound of slapping was accompanied by Zhou Zichu's sobs.

"I didn't, I really didn't. You misunderstood, he came to borrow something."

The man on the top of the wall was snickering, but Lin Shen caught his eye.

"Who? What are you doing?" Lin Shen yelled, the man turned his head in panic, looked at Lin Shen hastily, jumped off the wall and ran away in a panic.

Lin Shen went over to have a look, and found some rotten bricks on the ground. The man stepped on these rotten bricks to look inside. He kicked the bricks away and walked to the gate, raised his hand and slapped the courtyard gate.

Maybe it was because they heard the sound, the quarrel in the yard stopped, it seemed extraordinarily quiet, and the sound of beating on the gate was extraordinarily ear-piercing.

Lin Bing's slightly annoyed voice sounded: "Who?"

"Brother, it's me." Lin Shen said.

A burst of small steps came from inside.

With a creak, the courtyard door opened.

Not surprisingly, the person who came to open the door was Zhou Zichu.

Zhou Zichu lowered his head and whispered, "Come in, your elder brother is waiting for you inside."

Lin Shen looked at him a few more times on purpose, and found that his hair was loose and loose, deliberately covering up the swelling on his face.

"You—" Lin Shen opened his mouth.

Zhou Zichu quickly raised his head and glanced at him, his eyes were swollen into walnuts, and then he quickly lowered his head, his eyebrows lowered and his eyes pleasing to the eye, suffering all the grievances.

"Don't come in yet?"

At some point, Lin Bing stood at the door, looking at him and Zhou Zichu quietly.

Lin Shen didn't hesitate anymore, he raised his feet and walked into the house.

When Lin Bing was suspicious, the more he cared about Zhou Zichu, the more suspicious Lin Bing became, and Zhou Zichu's life would be even more difficult.

The room was tidied up hastily, one can imagine how fierce the quarrel in the room was before.The child hid in the back room in fear, only showing a pair of frightened eyes and a small face covered with tears.

Lin Bing sat in the corner without saying a word, Zhou Zichu also hid out, no one cared about this poor child.

"Brother, why do you always beat your sister-in-law?"

Lin Shen pulled the child out, wiped away the tears on his face, held the child in his arms, looked at Lin Bing and said.

Lin Bing wiped his face and said in a rough voice: "What do you know, he brought the wild man into the house, the child was playing in the yard by himself, but the door was closed, you think they are in the house What good can you do?"

If it's okay, the door shouldn't be closed.

"Have you asked your sister-in-law?" Lin Shen said.

"So what if I ask? He won't admit it, even black can be white." Lin Bing laughed self-deprecatingly.

"I think there is something strange about this matter, so I'd better call my sister-in-law in to find out, so as not to cause any misunderstanding." Lin Shen said.

"No need, what are you doing here?" Lin Bing's face was dark, and he didn't seem to welcome him at all.

"Sister-in-law, come in." Lin Shen insisted.

Zhou Zichu sniffed and walked in cautiously.

"What's going on, tell me and let me hear it." Lin Shen said gently.

The child struggled out of his arms, and walked unsteadily to Zhou Zichu.

Zhou Zichu bent down to pick up the child, and gave Lin Bing a fearful look.

Lin Bing's eyes were red, like an excited beast, ready to pounce and eat people at any time.

"I'm afraid—" Zhou Zichu hinted.

"With me here, you don't have to be afraid of my elder brother. You have to tell the truth, otherwise I can't help you." Lin Shen stood in the middle, blocking Lin Bing's view of Zhou Zichu, so that Zhou Zichu would not be impulsive and want to hit someone .

"The neighbor came to borrow the baskets, so I went into the house to look for them. Then..." Zhou Zichu trembled all over, and looked at Lin Bing in fear.

Lin Bing said harshly: "Then the door was closed, what are you doing in the house?"

Lin Shen glared at him, and said disapprovingly, "Brother, get excited first, and listen to sister-in-law."

Zhou Zichu lowered his head and whispered, "He's dishonest. I lay down and pulled the basket under the bed, and he closed the door suddenly. I stood up in a panic, and he came over to hug me..."

"That's not what you said just now!" Lin Bing was in a hurry, stood up all of a sudden, and looked at Zhou Zichu fiercely with his fists clenched.

Zhou Zichu shrank his neck and said aggrievedly: "You are too fierce, it looks like you are going to kill someone, I am so scared that I dare not tell you the truth."

"Wait a minute." Lin Shen raised a hand.

Both of them closed their mouths and looked at Lin Shen in unison.

Lin Shen said slowly: "When I came, I saw a man lying on the courtyard wall to watch the excitement. When he heard you arguing in the house, he laughed out loud outside. I yelled, and he I ran back to my own home, which is next door to yours."

Lin Bing didn't react for a while: "What do you mean?"

"I think he did it on purpose. He wanted to see your husband and wife fight. As for why he did this, you have to ask him." Lin Shen said.

"I'll ask him." Lin Bing rushed out with his fists clenched.

Lin Shen chased him out and saw Lin Bing rushing into the neighbor's house. After a loud bang, Lin Bing came out dragging a man, who was exactly the one Lin Shen had seen.

Lin Bing yelled and asked, "Did you touch my wife?"

"I didn't, it was your wife who seduced me." The man said loudly.

"Cheat me, you lie to me, my wife told me, you are lying to me, I will kill you."

Lin Bing's anger reached its peak, and he punched the man till he cried.

"I was wrong. I shouldn't have thought that way. I won't dare in the future."

The man confessed in tears, and was finally knocked out.

"Brother, don't hit, if you hit again, you will die."

Seeing that Lin Bing was going crazy, Lin Shen quickly pulled him away.

After they left, the person who had just fainted on the ground got up neatly and returned to the house.

Lin Shen said: "Brother, your personality really needs to be changed. You are too impulsive. Besides, you should absolutely never beat your wife. Only those who are incompetent will beat their wives."

Lin Bing blushed and said thickly: "You think I want to fight? If he can live with me honestly, I won't treat him like this. Who made him have a bee-like face?"

"This shows that you have a good eye. He is not good-looking, so it's strange if you like it. You have to have confidence in yourself and my sister-in-law. When you encounter problems, you should communicate with him more, instead of solving problems with your fists. " Lin Shen said seriously.

"I—" Lin Bing was at a loss for words.

"If it weren't for my brother, seeing you beating my sister-in-law and scaring the child like that, I wouldn't even bother to tell you a word of nonsense, and the fist would just pass by. If you keep on going like this, one day my sister-in-law will run away with someone, I won't be surprised, you did it yourself." Lin Shen said viciously.

"How can you curse me like that?" Lin Bing looked at him in surprise.

"Men who beat their wives are useless. If they have the ability to beat others, they still can't. They can only beat their wives at home." Lin Shen said.

Lin Bing had nothing to say, and returned home with a cold face.

Zhou Zichu held the child and looked at him silently.

Lin Shen pushed him: "You should apologize."

"Why do I apologize, if he doesn't recruit people, I won't—" Halfway through the speech, Lin Bing felt something was wrong. If he continued, Lin Shen would greet him with a punch.

Lin Bing walked towards Zhou Zichu and said, "I made a mistake. I won't be so impulsive next time."

Zhou Zichu nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and shed tears of grievance.

After successfully borrowing the scooter, Lin Shen bid farewell to the family and returned home with the scooter.

Afterwards, he led the oxen and drove the sheep to the field.

The crops have been taken away, and the cattle and sheep can be freed.

Lin Shen was mowing grass on the ridge, and the cattle and sheep were grazing nearby.

There are not many families with cattle in the village, and the tall old scalper has attracted a lot of attention.

"Lin Sanlang, does this old scalper belong to your family?" A passerby looked at it for a long time and couldn't help asking.

"Yes." Lin Shen said with a smile.

"This cow is not bad. It's tall and strong. It must be powerful to pull the plow." Passers-by looked more and more envious, and wanted to reach out and touch the old scalper.

The old scalper pressed his hand, and he reluctantly withdrew it.

"I will use it to plow tomorrow." Lin Shen said.

"You even have the land now, and the days will get better and better." The passer-by said again.

Lin Shen happily chatted with him for a while,

Before dark, he pulled a cart of grass and drove the cattle and sheep home.

Hearing Lin Shen's voice from a distance, Lin He quickly hid behind a tree and looked ahead secretly.

Lin Shen came back, leading the restless cow and a cart of grass, and two lambs were tied to the cart.

"Master, I'm back." Lin Shen called out to the yard.

The old carpenter ran out, took the cow in his hand and walked back.

Lin Shen was in charge of leading the two sheep, and the two left one after the other.

"When did you buy the cows and sheep? This kid is rich." Lin He muttered, unspeakably jealous in his heart, and unknowingly picked off the bark.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder, and a voice rang in his ears: "What are you doing?"

Lin He was so frightened that he almost yelled out: "Who?"

"I, I've been watching you for a long time. Why don't you go in because you're hiding here and peeping?" Liu Gu said with a sly look.

"Who, who peeked? He's my younger brother, and I'm not afraid of him at all." Lin He said forcefully.

As tough as he is, he has a guilty conscience.

"I didn't say you were afraid of him, I just said why you didn't go in. If you have something to do, you can call him. Would you like me to call for you? I know him very well." After speaking, Liu Gu was about to call out.

Without saying a word, Lin He turned his head and ran away, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Liu Gu was stunned: "Hey, why did you leave?"

The old carpenter was packing things in the yard, and Lin Shen went into the kitchen to cook. The division of labor between the two was very clear.

The old carpenter found Liu Gu: "Liu Gu is here, are you looking for Shen'er?"

Liu Gu glanced at the kitchen, retracted his head and said, "My aunt won't let me eat again."

"I'll tell Shen'er." The old carpenter walked into the kitchen, not knowing what to say to Lin Shen.

After returning, the old carpenter said happily, "Shen'er agreed."

"Then I'll help you with the work." Liu Gu asked the old carpenter to rest beside him, and he worked hard to remove all the grass on the cart, and neatly stacked it under the eaves.

He also swept the yard diligently, and then took some grass for the cattle and sheep in the backyard to eat.

Lin Shen scrambled a few eggs, added a plate of cold cucumber, and the staple food was porridge and steamed buns.

After washing their hands, the three sat at the table.Liu Gu still gobbled it up, almost swallowed the plate in front of him, and he picked up all the egg scum.

"Your third brother hasn't been found yet?" Lin Shen knew about Liu's third brother running away from home.

"No, I don't know where he went. My dad and Ah Mo didn't look for it at all. They said that the family lost a foodie, and the burden on the family was reduced. The family was supposed to say goodbye to the third brother, but it was the turn of the fourth brother when the third brother was away. Brother, I've been busy with this for the past few days." Liu Gu said in a low mood.

Dad and Ah Mo are very rich in money, no matter how they look, how old they are and the specific situation of the family, as long as the dowry is generous, they will give the fourth brother to others.

"Is your fourth brother willing?" Lin Shen asked.

"My fourth brother is willing. He has long wanted to leave this house. At home, he not only has to work, but also often has not enough to eat. He thinks that getting married is a good thing, and he can finally leave this house. But I think marrying It also depends on luck. If you are lucky, you can find a good family, and you can have enough food and live a good life. But if you are unlucky and find someone like my second brother, Xianggong, you will have nothing to look forward to in this life. "Liu Gu whispered.

The old carpenter agreed, "That's right. You must choose your marriage carefully."

"This is an opportunity to change your destiny. If you marry well, you will be a winner in life for the rest of your life." Lin Shen said.

Liu Gu insisted on washing the dishes before going home in the dark.

"Where do you think Liu San will go? It's dangerous for his brother to be outside." The old carpenter said worriedly.

Lin Shen said: "His father and Ah Mo did a great job."

After all, their ability is limited, and they can't help Liu Gu and Brother Liu.

Zhang Hongwen is also troubled by blind dates.

"Listen to me, that family is so poor that they can't even pay ten taels of silver. You will only suffer if you marry." Zhang Xiaoke persuaded.

"But I like him." Zhang Hongwen bit his lip, tears rolling in his eyes.

Zhang Xiaoke said with a sullen face: "Wake up, you like him but you can't eat them. If you really marry him, you will be poor for three generations. Back then, I didn't listen to Ah Mo and insisted on marrying Lin He. I think he is smart and capable, and he will surely rise to the top one day. But in the end, after so many years, he is still the same. After I got married, I found out that he can only brag, and he is not as good as his brother Lin Sanlang. But I The children are all born, and it is useless to regret now."

"Brother, you mean Lin Sanlang?" Zhang Hongwen's eyes sparkled, and he couldn't help but grabbed Zhang Xiaoke's sleeve.

Zhang Xiaoke glanced at him, stroked his hair and said, "Lao San Lin is very promising. He bought eight yuan of fertile land and his own house. He still has a handicraft, and he goes out to do work from time to time. In the past Those who look down on him now look at him with admiration. There is a family in our village whose younger brother has taken a fancy to Lin Laosan and is willing to marry a hundred acres of fertile land and a dozen or so shops, but Lin Laosan just doesn't want to."

"Why?" Zhang Hongwen asked in surprise.

"His brother is a fool." Zhang Xiaoke said.

Finding that Zhang Hongwen was very interested in Lin Shen, Zhang Xiaoke couldn't help but say more: "When we separated, my in-laws didn't like Lin Laosan, and they only divided him a few taels of silver. He didn't even have a house. At that time, we I thought that in a few days, he would spend all his money, and he would starve to death outside. He would definitely come back to complain to my in-laws. He didn’t, so he turned around and became an apprentice to Carpenter Liu. Now he has a house and land, The waist is also straightened."

"He's so powerful." Zhang Hongwen's eyes showed appreciation.

"If you are moved, I will tell him about you. You have been with him for a while, and he should have a good impression of you. I think you can do it." Zhang Xiaoke said confidently.

Zhang Hongwen was picking at his fingers, with a tangled expression on his face.

"If you don't like him, there are still many candidates for you to choose. There is no need to pick the one that the family is least optimistic about." Zhang Xiaoke said.

"I didn't say I didn't like him." Zhang Hongwen muttered softly.

Zhang Xiaoke seemed to understand something.

"I asked you to stay at Grandpa's house for a few more days, and you came back in a hurry after only staying for a long time. Others don't know why, but how can I not understand?" Jiang Ruonian pinched Jiang Daizhen's face, he was not willing to use force, Because Jiang Daizhen's skin is too tender, a little force will leave marks.

"I heard from my servant that he has been here?" Jiang Daizhen asked impatiently.

"I have been to the workshop, and I still stayed in the workshop for a few days. He looks good, but he is a little poor. From my point of view, he still needs to work hard if he wants to be worthy of you. I think so Yes, father's thoughts are even more unpredictable. You have always been his pride and his capital to show off outside, he will not let you marry a poor boy, you can think for yourself." Jiang Ruonian warned.

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