Farming and teaching across different worlds

But if the Ji family took the initiative to break the contract, they would have no complaints.

But now that he heard that his son was really going to do the deed ceremony, he felt a little uncomfortable, because he was dragged down by his parents who didn't have one.

If there is any way, parents will not choose to sell their sons, let alone agree to their sons becoming brothers.

But the family is poor, and when they can no longer live happily, these can be discarded, so that at least the whole family can survive.

"Father, mother, Xiu Ran passed the examination of scholar." Shi Jingchen saw the reaction of his family and understood their thoughts.

But life is his own, how to live it is his own decision.

He is very happy with Xiuran now, and they will have their own home in the future. A home where he lives with the person he likes is the life he wants.

He didn't want his parents to have a bad opinion of Xiu Ran.

Mother Shi and Father Shi were very surprised when they heard Shi Jingchen's words, and after thinking about it again, they were relieved of the bit of unhappiness in their hearts.

Since Ji Xiuran is still willing to form a contract with his son after passing the examination as a scholar, he has a heart for his son. In the future, when the two of them live together, they will get better and better, so they can rest assured.

Mother Shi prepared the meals before they entered the door, but Ji Xiuran came to the door for the first time, so how could he give him those crude meals.

Three, four, five and three brothers helped Shi Jingchen before, and the more than 30 taels of silver they brought back, except for the part used to see Father Shi's doctor, was put away by Mother Shi.

This time, in order to prepare a decent table of noodles, Mother Shi gritted her teeth, took out a tael of silver, and asked Brother Shi to go to the village to buy two chickens.

One was slaughtered and eaten, and the other was a gift for Ji Xiuran and the others to take back.

Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen brought a lot of things when they came this time.

The mother of stone cut off the big piece of meat and cooked it, leaving nothing else.

Thinking about letting them take it back when the two go back.

The family didn't have anything good to give them in return, so naturally they couldn't keep all the generous gifts they brought with the cheek.

When eating, Mother Shi still wanted to eat alone with her eldest daughter-in-law.

Ji Xiuran saw it and said he didn't care.

Shi Jingchen also opened his mouth, saying that Ji Xiuran doesn't care about these etiquettes, and it's just Mother Shi and Sister Shi, so it's not a big problem to eat together.

Only then did Mother Shi dispel her idea, and Father Shi relaxed when he saw what the two said.

The whole family sat down at a table lively.

Shi Jingchen took out a jar of the wine he had brought.

Brother Shi took over the wine jar and filled it up for Father Shi, and then for himself and Shi Jingchen.

The third brother Shi saw that the elder brother had finished pouring the wine for the second brother, so he wanted to put away the wine, and was immediately dissatisfied. He took his own bowl and said to elder brother Shi: "Elder brother, mine!"

Brother Shi looked at the third child with the wine jar, but without saying a word, he turned to look at his father.

Father Shi nodded, and Brother Shi picked up the wine jar and poured a bowl for Youngest Shi.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the pouring was finished, the bowls of the fourth child, the fifth child and the sixth child were lined up in front of him.

Boss Shi raised his head and glanced at them lightly, and then he gave the fourth and fifth the best.

But he pushed Lao Liu's bowl back.

Seeing this situation, the old Liushi Xiaoniu wanted to resist, and just about to speak, he saw his elder brother gave him a hard look, and he didn't dare to say anything, and silently took back his bowl.

Ji Xiuran sat on the side, seeing the whole process, felt like watching a mime drama, couldn't help laughing.

Shi Jingchen looked up at him, and squeezed his palm quietly, signaling him to restrain himself.

Ji Xiuran straightened his expression, coughed lightly, picked up the homemade juice he drank, and poured a bowl for Lao Liu.

Looking at the other people, they had already started drinking, but there was nothing in front of the two women on the table.

Then he motioned to Shi Jingchen to get two bowls, and poured a bowl of fruit juice for each of them.

She smiled and said: "Mother and sister-in-law try the juice I made, it tastes very good, and my mother likes it very much."

Mother Shi took it with a smile and put it on the table, while Mrs. Shi didn't have so many worries, she took it and drank it.

The juice made by Ji Xiuran is very fruity, sweet and sour, and everyone who has tasted it said they like it very much.

Mrs. Shi was no exception, she thought it was delicious, so she couldn't wait to drink it all in one gulp, and ignored the noises.

After drinking, he still looked like he hadn't had enough, staring at the bottle in Ji Xiuran's hand.

Ji Xiuran didn't notice Mrs. Shi's appearance before, after all, it's very impolite for a foreigner to stare at a female relative.

But looking at it now, he suddenly felt a little abnormal, but he just thought about it in his heart and didn't show it.

But if you take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that Mrs. Shi's looks are really not good enough for Brother Shi.

And looking at her expressions and movements, it always makes people feel inexplicably wrong.

Mother Shi saw her like this, so she grabbed Aunt Shi's clothes under the table.

She knew in her heart that her eldest daughter-in-law was not good enough, and she was doing two hundred and fifty things, so she had a heart for food all over her body.

Afraid that she would lose face at the banquet, he quickly gave her a chicken paw.

Although there is not much meat in the chicken feet, some people just like this bite.

Mrs. Shi is someone who likes to eat chicken feet. With chicken feet, people are much quieter, and they no longer stare at the bottle next to Ji Xiuran.

The brothers of the Shi family had never gathered together like this before. This time, the men of the Shi family were very happy and drank a little too much.

When the banquet was over, Father Shi and Big Brother Shi were both drunk. Although Shi Jingchen was not drunk, he was also a little dazed.

Naturally, it was impossible to go back immediately, so the two had to stay at Shi's house, take a rest, and wait for Shi Jingchen to sober up.

While waiting for him to sober up, Ji Xiuran was not idle.

He asked Shi Xiaoniu, the only male in the Shi family who hadn't been drinking today, to take him to see the quarry in Dashi Village.

Take a closer look at the stones produced here.

He is finding suitable stone for the bridge.

According to the drawings designed by "Xianqiao", there are requirements for stone materials. To build a bridge, we must strictly follow the requirements to find materials

Before going to the county, he also looked at the stone materials there, but he couldn't find a suitable one, and the stones on the hills near Qingshan Village didn't match either.

The matter of building the bridge had to be shelved.

But he had seen the stone materials in Dashi Village today, and from the outside, they met the requirements.

However, the specific situation can only be determined after he goes back and studies carefully.

This time, I picked a few pieces that were pleasing to the eye, and took them back to study them carefully.

After watching the stone, several members of the Shi family were basically sober.

Ji Xiuran then told Father Shi about harvesting sweet potatoes.

Dashi Village has few fields and even fewer paddy fields.

Most of the land here is poor land, and other things don't grow well, but sweet potatoes grow well, so they will grow a lot in the village.

On the contrary, in Qingshan Village, there are more fertile fields, and there are not many people who grow sweet potatoes.

Some time ago, Zeng Junhui placed another order of 1000 catties, and consumed a large part of the sweet potatoes. If the raw materials could not be found, the production would stop.

Before coming here, he had discussed with Shi Jingchen and decided to harvest sweet potatoes in Dashi Village.

He had calculated before that almost 4 catties of sweet potatoes yielded a catty of starch, and a little more than a catty of starch produced a catty of vermicelli.

In this way, the price of sweet potatoes per catty is 4 Wen.

This is also a high price for the people in Dashi Village. After all, the grain store collects only 2 Wen a catty.

When Father Shi heard this, he was naturally happy, so he hurriedly asked Brother Shi to find the village chief.

Ji Xiuran explained the matter of harvesting sweet potatoes in detail, and the village head agreed with a smile on his face.

After Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen settled the matter, they handed over the collection and delivery of sweet potatoes to the Shi family brothers, and drove the ox cart back before it was dark.

Chapter 27

On the way back, Ji Xiuran remembered how Auntie Shi behaved at the dinner table before, and asked Shi Jingchen suspiciously: "Third Brother, why do I feel that there is something wrong with Sister-in-law."

Shi Jingchen looked at him and said, "There are some problems here." Shi Jingchen nodded his head and said.

Ji Xiuran nodded, he had heard that Aunt Shi's dowry was quite generous, so there was a reason for marrying Brother Shi.

It's just a pity that Brother Shi is such a person.

well!They are all poor.

"Brother is doing well." Seeing Ji Xiuran's gloomy expression, Shi Jingchen shook his hand and comforted him.

Ji Xiuran nodded, seeing Brother Shi today, his expression was not gloomy.

Whether life is good or not, only I know best, what outsiders see is only the appearance, maybe Brother Shi doesn't need others' sympathy.

After Ji Xiuran figured it out, he smiled at Shi Jingchen and said, "I'm fine, I just sighed for a while."

The next afternoon, the Shi brothers brought [-] catties of sweet potatoes to Qingshan Village.

Although the current sweet potato yield per mu is not as good as that of modern times, it can yield 6000 catties per mu, but there are also about 2000 catties. It is the most productive grain, but the price is indeed low.

Except for people with more land and less food, no one will plant on a large scale.

Now after harvesting these, the sweet potatoes in the surrounding villages are almost harvested.

The current sweet potatoes can only make about 3000 catties of sweet potato flour. After finishing these, there will be no more this year.

He had sent a letter to Zeng Junhui before.

When Zeng Junhui came to participate in their deed ceremony this time, he also brought [-] catties of sweet potatoes.

It was a windfall.

There are really no ingredients left after this is done.

Although Zeng Junhui could continue to help collect the raw materials, Ji Xiuran did some calculations, the cost was too high and it was not worth it.

Ji Xiuran discussed with the village head and the others, and they will do this first this year.

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