Blessed little peasant girl

Chapter 76

There were three deer caught this time, all of which were injured in their legs and could not escape.

These stags were still struggling, and would attack as soon as people approached. In the end, it was Granny Jin who made a move, tied up all three stags with hemp rope, and managed to get them back.

The three male deer are fat and strong, and the three together weigh more than 2000 catties at least.

But Granny Jin was so strong that she even dragged and carried them, and she managed to get them all back.

Jin Meiyu was overwhelmed by Granny Jin's strength, and circled around Granny Jin, pouring out all kinds of good words as if she didn't want money, and there was a smile on Granny Jin's stern face when she said it.

At noon today, Jin Meiyu ate the stewed chicken with mushrooms that she was thinking of. I ate the whole pot of chicken.

As for the others, they ate the big pot rice made by Grandma Jin, even An Yongtai ate this kind of food.

Although it is a big pot of rice, the taste is still excellent. Compared with Jin Meiyu's, there is no difference except for the presentation.

Jin Meiyu also tasted it after eating, and it was much better than the venison he ate last time.

"Grandma Jin, your cooking skills are really good, it's the first time I've eaten such a delicious meal!"

Grandma Jin stood beside her quietly, hearing Jin Meiyu's praise, a faint smile appeared on her face.

"Satisfying the little master is what I should do."

"What? Granny Jin, what do you call me?" Granny Jin paused, then changed the subject.

"There are two deer in the yard, what are your plans?"

Jin Meiyu always felt that something was wrong, but Grandma Jin obviously didn't want to say more, Jin Meiyu thought about it, and then changed the topic.

"Take care of them. It's not good to eat venison all day long. They got nosebleeds last time they went back to Dahe."

Granny Jin had no objection and nodded.

When it comes to raising deer, Jin Meiyu couldn't help but sigh again.

"It would be great if we could raise some pigs. Raise more pigs. If there is a drought, it will last a long time if we kill them and eat them."

"If you want to raise it, you can. How many do you want to raise?"

"Is it okay to raise pigs? Raising pigs is very troublesome, and my mother said that raising pigs is very dirty, dirty and tiring."

"Don't worry, there are many hunters on the mountain, they will help to deal with it."

"Will this be very troublesome?"

"No, it's their honor."

"Grandma Jin, what are you talking about?"

"I mean, they won't bother...you can pay them."

"Huh? Can this be done? Then if I want to hire some other people to raise pigs on the mountain, can I do it?"

"of course can."

"Really? Grandma Jin, how much do you think I should pay?"

"One tael of silver per person per month, there will be many people rushing to come."

Jin Meiyu thought about it, and felt that this seemed to be really possible.

"I remember that there was a widow family in the village who lived with two grandchildren. Tell me, if I hire them, can they come?"

Grandma Jin knew the place where Jin Meiyu lived like the back of her hand, and she knew who it was when Jin Meiyu said it.

"Yes. They will appreciate you."

The family Jin Meiyu mentioned was considered a poor household in Zhaojia Village.

Families in the village are generally poor, and this family is regarded as the leader in the village.This widow is 34 years old. After her husband and son died, her daughter-in-law will remarry, leaving her two grandchildren.

Life in the village is difficult. Even if his family has two acres of Susukida, it is not enough for the three grandparents to eat. It can be said that this family lives by begging in the city for most of the year.

Recently, it was also because of the rush to harvest, that they came back to snatch the farmer. The three grandparents, the old and the young, couldn't work fast, and they were still busy in the fields.

"It doesn't matter whether you are grateful or not. I remember that her two grandsons should be seven or eight years old."

Grandma Jin nodded.

"Indeed, it can be used as labor."

Seven or eight-year-old children can already do a lot of housework.

Coupled with the miserable life of this family, the two children are even more precocious.

"Okay, then I will ask Jin Mangu to ask them later. If they agree, let them go up the mountain to feed the pigs. I will give them one tael of silver every month, including food and housing."

Granny Jin nodded, this is no problem.

"Then how many pigs do you plan to breed?"

"Of course, the more the better, catch more piglets and bring them back to raise, and wait until they grow up to eat meat!"

Granny Jin still nodded and did not refute anything.

This matter was settled like this, so when Jin Mangu was full and ready to go down the mountain, Jin Meiyu stuffed him with a bamboo tube, plus two tasks.

"This is for my mother. Let her make up for it. The two sisters-in-law can drink it if they want. Drinking more honey is also good for your health. Also, after you go down the mountain, go to Aunt Guo's house and ask Ask her if she would like to bring her two little grandchildren up the mountain to feed the pigs, and give her one tael of silver a month, and a subsidy if she does a good job."

"Sister-in-law Guo? Is it that grandma Guo who goes out to beg every year?"

"Yes, it's her. She and her two little grandchildren, I'm willing to give her a tael of silver a month to let them raise pigs in the mountains."

"Grandma Guo's field hasn't been planted yet."

"It's okay. I'm not in a hurry. If they want to, they can come to the mountain after they finish planting the fields."

Jin Mangu nodded, indicating that he understood.

Jin Mangu went down the mountain early today, Jin Meiyu and the others left, and went back to the house with nothing to do, so he continued to study embroidery.

Embroidery is a technical job. Even if she keeps studying in the study space every night, her progress is still very slow.

Fortunately, Jin Meiyu can sit still, even if the progress is slow, she can still hold her temper and embroider meticulously.

Taking advantage of Jin Meiyu's work time, Grandma Jin went out for a while, and came back after a while, without attracting anyone's attention, she continued to work after she came back.

Jin Meiyu's life here is very comfortable, eating, sleeping, and embroidering from time to time, and no matter how bad she is, she can go to An Yongtai for a chat.

Several days passed in a blink of an eye on such a comfortable day. Sister-in-law Guo took her two grandchildren up the mountain. At first, sister-in-law Guo was skeptical, but after seeing Jin Meiyu, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Meiyu, is it your father who wants to raise pigs? Unexpectedly, I did not expect, my man has been dead for so long, you must still think about our orphans and widows, back then my man was right about your father! "

Sister-in-law Guo really wanted to misunderstand something, but seeing her red eyes, Jin Meiyu didn't refute, but continued.

"Yes, sister-in-law Guo, you come to the mountain to raise pigs, with food and housing included, and I will give you a tael of silver every month, do you think you would like it?"

"Yes, yes, why don't I want to, one tael of silver a month, this is a good thing that can't be found even with a lantern! Meiyu, tell your father after the meeting, our family will remember this great kindness, When my two grandchildren grow up, I will definitely repay your family well."

Sister-in-law Guo is dry and thin, and her two grandchildren are also thin and skinny, and they are also dark, so they have abnormally big stomachs, which are not healthy by any means.

The two children have been timidly hiding behind Mrs. Guo. The seven or eight-year-old children don't seem to be older than the five or six-year-old children in the village.

"Let's go, let's take a look at the place where you raise pigs first, and come back to have a meal after watching."

When talking about eating, Mrs. Guo and the two children's eyes lit up.

It was the first time for Jin Meiyu to come to the pigsty. When the pigsty was built, Grandma Jin told her that this was the first time she came to see it.

The pigsty was built a little far away from Jinjiayuan, and it was built on a newly opened open space. The pigsty was built in a row, using mud bricks and mud tiles, and it was built more than the houses in the village. fine.

It was also the first time Jin Meiyu saw it, and was shocked by Grandma Jin's generosity.

Sister-in-law Guo was also shocked.

"Is this a place for pigs? This, this, this is too big."

Jin Meiyu also felt that, but at this moment, she couldn't lose the chain, so she could only pretend to be very calm and greet Sister-in-law Guo.

"Go in and have a look, you will live here in the future."

Jin Meiyu led the way and walked in. As soon as she got to the vicinity, she heard the sound of pigs grunting and chirping in the pigsty.

Pushing open the door, a peculiar smell of pigsty came out.

The pigsty has been built for several days, and the piglets have been in place for several days, just waiting for Mrs. Guo to take over.

Before that, the pigsty was guarded by others, but it was just feeding the pigs, cleaning them for a living, and nothing more.

Therefore, the smell in the pigsty is a bit strong at the moment, Jin Meiyu stood at the door and sniffed it, and didn't want to go in.

She took two steps back and talked to Mrs. Guo after getting away from the smell.

"I won't go in and take a look, you go in and take a look, feed well, I will give you some when you grow up and eat meat."

After saying this, Jin Meiyu ran away with the people in two or three steps.

Sister-in-law Guo watched Jin Meiyu leave nervously, then looked at the half-open door of the pigsty, hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out her hand to push the door open.

Jin Meiyu might not be able to bear the smell of pigs, but Mrs. Guo didn't respond, and walked in with her two grandchildren. After seeing the number of these piglets, she thought it was a shame to get a tael of silver a month. Sister-in-law Guo calmed down instantly.

"Dazhu and Xiaozhu, go find cleaning tools and water. These piglets are still young, so they need to be washed."

The feces were not cleaned up in time, and some of the pigs were stained and some were dried up. In order to clean the pigsty, the pigs still had to be washed with water.

Jin Meiyu led the people away from the pigsty, and when she was far away, Jin Meiyu remembered to ask Granny Jin.

"Grandma Jin, how many pigs are there in such a big pigsty."

"43 piglets, including [-] females, and the rest are males. These are all the piglets available nearby."

"43 heads??"

"Yes, is there anything wrong with it?"

Jin Meiyu looked at Granny Jin, then thought about the big fat pig she had seen, and after a while, she shook her head.

"No, it's pretty good. I hope they can eat and drink more and grow fat and strong."

Farmers raise pigs, and a family can raise two or three pigs at most. Just the hogweed that the busy pigs eat requires all the children in the family to fight, and it may not be enough to feed the pigs.

Now there are 43 heads, Jin Meiyu is more or less nervous.

"There are so many pigs, what do they eat?"

"Bran, we bought a lot of bran and piled it up in the pigsty. We ate it with pigweed and it lasted for a long time."

Bran is the shell of fine grains, and farmers often eat it as a staple food.

But I don’t eat much, and the bran tastes bad and hurts my throat. Isn’t the wild vegetables growing in the ground fragrant?

So even if farmers eat it, they only eat bran when they really don’t have to eat it. Therefore, bran is still a very cheap food in the market, and it’s okay to feed pigs.

"Then find someone to charge you more, and I'll pay for the chaff."

"Okay, I will ask someone to collect more chaff and return it."

This matter passed like this, and Jin Meiyu's life was peaceful and peaceful again, until a few days later, Jin Mangu went up the mountain to bring a word to Jin Meiyu.

"Those who collect grain want to find you, saying that there is a lot of money in the business, and ask if you can do it."

As soon as she heard that there was money to take, Jin Meiyu immediately became overwhelmed.

"What money? How much? What are you doing?"

"It is said that I can give you 100 taels, and I will ask you to go fishing."

As soon as Jin Meiyu slapped her thigh, she immediately agreed.

"No problem, let's go, where are they? I'll go right away."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, they're gone, they'll come back tomorrow, if you're willing to go, we'll go down the mountain tomorrow, just follow along."

As soon as Jin Meiyu heard this, she sat back again, thought for a while, and asked Jin Mangu.

"If they want to fish, they can do it themselves. Why do they have to look for me?"

"They seem to be looking for you because they can't catch it."

Jin Meiyu thought for a while, but also nodded.

"All right, then I'll take a look at it."

While talking reluctantly, while smiling.

100 taels to catch a fish once, this business is profitable!
Jin Meiyu was very happy. When she thought of 100 taels of silver, she turned a lot of things in her mind, and she was not so serious about embroidery.

After embroidering for a while, Jin Meiyu said suddenly.

"If we have these 100 taels, we will buy more cotton and fabrics and make some clothes and quilts."

"Why do you make so many clothes and quilts?"

"Changing clothes, and it's so cold in winter, it's good to prepare more clothes and quilts. In addition to clothes and quilts, we can also prepare more food and more."

"Sister-in-law, do you think there will really be a drought on our side this year?"

Jin Meiyu nodded, completely put down what she was doing, and watched Jin Mangu speak.

"Look at Mangu, most of this year has passed, and the original rainy season has not fallen. In the past six months, there have been only a handful of rains, and they are all light rains. The water level has dropped a lot, and some places are exposed. The bottom of the river is muddy."

When it comes to this, Jin Meiyu is worried.

"What should we do if there is a drought? The food production will definitely be reduced. Everyone will not be able to eat enough to wear clothes. If there is another disaster, what will we do on this day?"

As an elder in the clan, Jin Meiyu has the consciousness of 'concerning the country and the people'.

Of course, among the grown-up clan members in the village, Jin Meiyu, a five-year-old doll, has no time and no manager to take care of them, but for the children in the clan, Jin Meiyu always wants to prepare more. If there is a famine, she will I can still save one or two.

To be honest, as long as she can persist in not letting the children of the clan die in this drought, she will be satisfied.

"There are too few children in the clan. There are only a few born this year. I remember there are only two families. One family a year ago and one family not long ago. The number of children born is getting smaller and smaller. If this continues, how can our village grow?" stand up."

The five-year-old child was worried about important affairs in the clan, and he couldn't do it in a hurry. Everyone present felt that something was wrong, and they all nodded when they heard it, echoing what Jin Meiyu said.

It is true that fewer and fewer children are born in this group.

This matter, in the final analysis, is because the people in the village cannot afford it.

Zhaojia Village has a special geographical location, surrounded by mountains and rivers. It looks good, but in fact there is not much arable area. In addition to the imperial government's policy on land reclamation, many people who went to land reclamation ended up losing their fortunes. He didn't keep it either, and was sold out after it was brought back to the court.

They are all ordinary people with very low ability to resist risks, and there is no powerful person in the clan. Isn't this a little bit of a dead end?
This is also the reason why the old village chief and the villagers didn't have any objections when Jin Meiyu wanted to open up such a large piece of land.

It doesn't matter whether Jin Meiyu can pay the tax in the end when Jin Meiyu opens up wasteland.

She handed it over, and the land will be hers in the future, and there will be a large piece of fertile land in the village, so it's easy to talk about buying and selling.

If the Jin family fails to pay and the property is taken back to the imperial court, then their village will have the right to buy it first. When the money comes out, they will buy good land, which can greatly alleviate the problem of no land for farming in the village.

Although Jin Meiyu has a sense of urgency and is smarter than many adults in the village, she still has less knowledge in this regard and does not understand the root cause of the decline in children in the village.

After all, no one would bring this kind of thing to a child.

A day passed in a blink of an eye, because of the 100 taels, Jin Meiyu got up early today, washed her face and dressed under the care of Zhuzhu, ate a beautiful and hearty breakfast, and then went down the mountain in a small car in the secret road went.

Granny Jin was also following her down the mountain. Granny Jin was worried about her and followed her step by step. It was useless for Jin Meiyu to say that she didn't need to follow her. Granny Jin was determined to follow her.

In the end, Jin Meiyu had no choice but to tell Granny Jin.

"Then you can follow me, but if you leave with me, what will happen to Zhuzi and Mangu's food?"

Granny Jin glanced sideways at Zhuzi, Zhuzi immediately understood, stood up and said.

"It's okay, I can cook, and I can eat what I cook. I cook for them, and there is venison at home. As long as there is meat, it is the best meal."

Jin Meiyu couldn't agree with Zhuzhu's words.

If the food is not good to cook, it is not good to eat. Even if the food is made of meat, it is still not good to eat.

But looking at Zhuzhu's appearance of leaving everything to her, Jin Meiyu thought about it and nodded.

"Come on, I'll leave everything to you."

Zhu Zhu patted her chest and assured that it would be no problem to leave it to her.

Just like that, Jin Meiyu took Granny Jin down the mountain.

In the secret road, Jin Meiyu wanted Granny Jin to make a car with her, but Granny Jin refused after looking at it.

"It's okay, I can keep up."

"Let's sit together, how tired you are from running."

Grandma Jin shook her head, but she still refused to take the car down the mountain with Jin Meiyu.

In the end, Jin Meiyu was able to make the car by herself. After the car started, Jin Meiyu was worried about Granny Jin and turned her head frequently.

Just don't look at Granny Jin's wrinkled face and gray hair, but she runs at a fast speed, and she can easily follow Jin Meiyu's car.

After worrying for a while, a feeling of admiration emerged spontaneously.

When they got to the place, the car stopped, and when Grandma Jin reached out to hug Jin Meiyu from the car, Jin Meiyu couldn't help asking Granny Jin with sparkling eyes.

"Grandma Jin, you are so powerful, have you also learned martial arts?"

Granny Jin put Jin Meiyu lightly on the ground, looked into her bright eyes, and her expression softened.

"Yes, I know martial arts."

"Then can you teach me?"

"This is not good, the martial arts I learned is not suitable for you."

"What?"

"If you practice the martial arts I learned, your body will grow stronger and stronger, your weight will also become heavier, and your growth will become rougher and rougher, and it is irreversible."

"It's good to be tall and big, my father is tall and big."

Hearing Jin Meiyu say 'my father', Grandma Jin's eyes couldn't help twitching, and she asked after a while.

"Is Jin Liangshun treating you well?"

"Of course, my father is the best and best person in the whole world to me!"

Jin Meiyu was very happy when she mentioned her father, but Granny Jin's nature was not very high.

"Then he's fine."

Jin Meiyu didn't realize that Granny Jin's words were perfunctory. She was very happy to have someone praise her father.

"Of course, my dad is very nice. He will buy me whatever I want. I can eat whatever I want and play whatever I want. My dad treats me the best!"

Grandma Jin's eyes twitched more and more the more she listened, but she didn't plan on Jin Meiyu's chatter.

After talking for a while, until the two of them walked out of the secret passage, Jin Meiyu made a conclusion to Granny Jin.

"So, my dad is the best dad in the world, the best, the best, the best!"

Granny Jin nodded perfunctorily, and echoed without much sincerity.

"Yes, the best and the best."

Jin Meiyu was satisfied, and only then did she think about learning martial arts.

"Grandma Jin, can you teach me martial arts? It would be nice to be tall and strong, and I want to be as tall and strong as my father!" .

"Grandma Jin, my father and brothers are all tall and big, have they also learned martial arts?"

Granny Jin nodded without hiding anything.

"Yes, your father and brothers all know martial arts, and they learn the same martial arts as me, not only your father and brothers, but also your little nephews, they all learned martial arts, and they will grow taller in the future. "

Jin Meiyu became more determined now.

"Then I want to learn too. My daddy has learned it, so I want to learn too! And Granny Jin, after you learned martial arts, you became tall and big, just like your daddy and the others. Your surname is also Jin. Are you from your daddy?" relative?"

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