Nongmen Shenjue

Seven or eight miles away from Fenglin County, there is a Qingshan Village.

It's March in Yangchun, when peaches and plums are flying. At this time, the county is busy springing, but the farmers are busy plowing the land for spring sowing.There are several families in the west of the village who fled from refugees 12 years ago. One of them is named Mu. Today, except for Mu Qingyan, who is recuperating at home, everyone else has gone to the farm.

Mu Qingyan was fifteen years old, fair and clean, with a thin body and a bookish air, unlike a child raised by a rural farm family.

In fact, Mu Qingyan is indeed not from the Mu family.

Mu's father died seven years ago when he went to the river, and Mu's mother died of illness five years ago because of overwork and lack of care after giving birth.The rest of the family, brothers and sisters, were poor and owed foreign debts. It was not until the end of last year that the eldest son Mu Lin found a job in the county government, and then he got better.

Mu Lin is 22. Mu Wan, who is in the second class, is two months older than Mu Qingyan. Mu Wen and Mu Wu are 12-year-old twin brothers, and the youngest Mu Xiu is nine years old.

Just judging from the ages of Mu Wan and Mu Qingyan, we can see the clues, not to mention that Mu Qingyan doesn't look like the Mu family.

It is said that the Mu family picked up Mu Qingyan, who was only three years old, on the way to escape.At that time, there was a wilderness in the south, and there were many people who fled and died. Mu Qingyan was not conspicuous among them, but often such healthy and white children were often abducted and sold by gangsters.

The Mu family and his wife moved with compassion and adopted him.

The Mu family is indeed a kind-hearted person, but the current Mu Qingyan is not the original Mu Qingyan. Looking back at the attitude of the Mu family towards him all these years, it is simply too good, how can there be no inside story?

He was not in good health since he was a child, and he was raised by the Mu family. He studied for him and hadn't done any heavy work. It was like raising a young master.

The Mu family claimed that Mu Qingyan was a child of a relative's family, but the Mu family knew the inside story, so it was rare that no one in the Mu family was jealous of such special treatment.It's a pity that the original owner seemed to have suffered from a disease when he was young. A while ago, he had a sudden high fever, and he disappeared. This is how Mu Qingyan is now.

Mu Qingyan didn't expect that there would be a chance to live a new life, and it was a beautiful spring, so he was naturally happier than ever before.

Qingshan Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with limited well-organized and good land, and most of them are occupied by big families in the city. The Mu family is an outsider, just like the few families who settled here from outside. The village doesn't divide the land, but they are allowed to open up wasteland.

In the early years, the Mu family had some savings, but it was worn out over the years, leaving only two acres of paddy fields and five acres of slope land reclaimed. The family had no money left and 20 taels of foreign debt.

The Mu family can't earn five taels of silver for a year without eating or drinking, so 20 taels is definitely a huge foreign debt.

It is also because of foreign debts and underage siblings that Mu Lin is older and unmarried, and Mu Wan, who is young, is also in trouble for marriage.

A vegetable field was opened behind the Mu family's house, and a few wild peach trees were planted around the house. Occasionally, a hen and chicks would catch insects in the grass and eat them.

Mu Qingyan stood under the peach tree, calmly, and performed a set of health-preserving punches.

The sun was shining, and the spring breeze was blowing. In the invisible sky, countless green light spots of different sizes floated from the grass, peach trees, and vegetable fields, and finally merged into Mu Qingyan's body.These green light spots enveloped his whole body, as if nourished by rain and dew, and his pale complexion due to illness gradually recovered.

These light spots travel along the meridians, and finally flow into the dantian, continuously until a sesame seed-sized emerald green bead condenses, dormant.

Only then did Mu Qingyan stop moving.

Extracting vitality from plants is his innate ability. He is born with a high affinity for plants. Although he doesn't control plants to fight like in the novel, he can do other amazing things.Manipulating this ability requires a strong mental strength, but there are gains and losses. After all, the body is a mortal body, and it cannot bear such a strong spirit, which leads to physical weakness.If he hadn't had sufficient vitality to restore support, he would have fallen ill in bed long ago.

In his previous life, he paid attention to exercising his body. He has practiced Yangshengquan for more than ten years, and unexpectedly he can store the condensed vitality that is not needed for the time being in his dantian.

He called the condensed emerald green light spots "Life Essence", and the dantian can hold up to nine drops at a time.

"Second brother, why did you come out? It's windy outside, if you get sick again, beware of elder sister scolding you."

The shadow of the sun was getting higher and higher, and Mu Wen and Mu Wu came back.

Although they are twins, they are still easy to distinguish because of their personalities.Mu Wengui has a lot of ideas, always smiling, and looks very cute.Mu Wu has a violent temper, and he will strike at the slightest disagreement.

The Mu family were not short, and the two brothers were also strong, dragging a bundle of bamboo together.

Mu Qingyan stepped forward to help.

The two brothers shook their heads together: "Second brother doesn't need you!"

From their point of view, Mu Qingyan is too weak, that is to say in the book, "the hand has no strength to restrain a chicken".Furthermore, the eldest brother and the elder sister in the family are protecting the second brother, if the eldest sister sees them making the second brother work, she will not be able to escape scolding.

Anyway, it was already at the door of the house, so Mu Qingyan didn't insist.

"Aren't you going to sow sorghum fields?" He asked, and went into the kitchen to scoop up two bowls of warm water.The water was boiled in the pot earlier, and there is still a residual temperature.

Mu Wen gulped down his neck and drank a bowl, wiped the water stains and said: "Our family has little land, and there are still wheat growing in the field, so don't worry about it. It's just five acres of sloping land. The four of us can finish it in a few days."

The four were Mu Wan, Mu Wen, Mu Wu, and the nine-year-old Mu Xiu.

The two acres of paddy fields in the Mu family are made of two types of wheat and rice. The crops on the slopes need to pay attention to weeding, and there is more free time.

The family has a lot of expenses, so we can't point at Mu Lin alone.

Mu Lin was a catcher. Although he met the requirements, he also entrusted his relationship and gave him money.

There is no salary for the police, only subsidized work and food silver, which is no more than ten taels a year.Even so, being a fast catcher is a popular profession. Fenglin County is a big county, very prosperous, and you can get various "fees" as a fast catcher, such as car fare, donkey fee, shoe and socks fee that can be collected from the parties involved in investigating cases And food and tea money, these are "normal charges", the government defaults to legal, as long as there is no extortion.

Mullin is here to make money, but he has a straight temper and is a newcomer, so his income is limited now.

Mu Wan is the eldest sister, and she takes care of all the family affairs.Bearing the family's food and drink expenses, she dared not be idle at all. After finishing the work in the field, she would chop bamboo and go home, weave some bamboo baskets and take them to the county town to sell, which could be exchanged for some oil and salt.

Mu Wu happily shouted: "Second Brother, Eldest Sister said to make dumplings today, filled with meat!"

Recently, I have been busy with spring plowing and sowing, and every family will eat some good food, not to mention the growing bodies of the Mu family, whose stomachs are like bottomless pits, and eating a little oily smell is as happy as a festival.

"Go dig some tender shepherd's purse and eat dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse." Mu Qingyan rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands, intending to do it himself.

In his previous life, he lived alone, he couldn't cook big dishes, and home-cooked meals couldn't help him.

Mu Wu took the bamboo basket and went to dig shepherd's purse.

Mu Wen looked at him in surprise: "Second brother, can you cook?"

Because of the body of the original owner, all the work is light work. In the kitchen, he boils water and cooks porridge at most, and he has never touched any complicated things.

"I'll help the eldest sister every day, and I'll try it today." Mu Qingyan said with a normal expression.

Mu Wen was a little entangled: "Second brother, don't force yourself, it's hard to eat dumplings once."

Mu Wen didn't know how long he was looking forward to this meal, fearing that he would mess it up.

"Help Xiaowu dig shepherd's purse!" Mu Qingyan changed the subject directly.

Seeing his insistence, Mu Wen was afraid that what he said would make him look bad, so he could only leave with a sigh.

Mu Qingyan smiled and shook his head.

This Mu Wen really had a lot of thoughts, if it was Mu Wu, he would have yelled it out.

After kneading the dough and cutting out the dumpling skin, Mu Qingyan was quick with his hands, the dumpling skin was neither soft nor hard, so he covered it with a damp cloth for later use.

Mu Wen and Mu Wu came back with the shepherd's purse, which had already been washed briefly by the stream.

Yesterday, Mu Wan asked her neighbor, Aunt Zhao, to bring a catty of meat from the county. The temperature is not too high now, and the meat has been kept in a water tank. It is a natural refrigerator, and there is no smell at all.

After all, Mu Qingyan didn't dare to chop up a catty of meat, and only took half of it.

Pork is thirty cents a catty, and the Mu family only eats it once during festivals and busy farming seasons, and it is absolutely impossible to eat it with their stomachs open.

A penny stumps the hero.

Mu Qingyan was chopping dumpling stuffing, thinking about ways to make money.

Mu Wenmu Wu was so greedy that he went in and out several times, his eyes sunk in the stuffing of the clay pot and he couldn't get it out.

Just about to start making dumplings, there were voices outside.

"Brother is back!" Mu Wenmu Wu cheered and ran out.

Mu Qingyan went out, only to see two big ones and one small walking outside the courtyard.

Mu Lin was eight feet tall and handsome. He was wearing a police uniform with a black background and a red border, and he was carrying a big knife. He looked very heroic.Mu Wan next to him lowered his head, but she was considered tall among women, with a beautiful face and a slender figure, like a peach blossom just blooming, and a pear blossoming.

Next to them was Mu Xiu, the youngest of the Mu family, wearing two buns and eating the caramel brought back by Mu Lin.

"Second brother eats candy! Third brother and fourth brother eat candy!" Mu Xiu happily gave each of them two pieces of candy.

Sugar is a luxury snack, which was rarely available in previous years. Now that Mu Lin has a serious job, he always buys it twice a month to satisfy his younger siblings.

Mu Qingyan took the candy and wrapped it in paper without moving. He noticed that Mu Lin looked depressed, and Mu Wan was also frowning.

"Brother, you haven't come back for three or four days. Is there a case in the yamen?" This is also the case in the past. Their arrests are busiest when there is a case. Judging by Mu Lin's expression, this time it may be quite difficult.

"Second brother made it?" Mu Wan saw the dumpling wrappers and fillings prepared in the kitchen, tasted the salty and sweet taste, and couldn't hide her surprise: "Second brother made it so good the first time? It's alright, big brother, put them first." The dumplings are made, let’s talk about your business when you’re full.”

Anyway, from Mu Wan's point of view, they couldn't help with Mu Lin's affairs, at most let Mu Qingyan, who had studied for two more years, give him an idea.

"Yes, yes, let's eat first." Mu Lin laughed straight, and told his siblings to wash their hands and make dumplings together.