The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 294

Needless to say, hard work pays off, Fang Qingqing thought of a good idea.

The land is the foundation of farmers' survival. The fields in Hongqiao Village are too far away and it is inconvenient to go back and forth every time. It would be great if she could buy some fields in the suburbs of Beijing.

I used to think about buying a big house in the capital. After receiving the reward from His Majesty the last time, Fang Qingqing suddenly found out:

She was wrong!

The Li family now has a place to live, and as Li Xiuping becomes bigger and bigger in the future, the court will only reward him with a better mansion.

She didn't need to buy a house at all. With this money, it would be better to buy a Zhuangzi, where she could grow some melons, fruits and vegetables, and the nearby fields could also grow crops.

You can also find a reason to take out many things stored in her space bit by bit.

But she had inquired that even a farm of tens of mu or even less than a hundred mu would cost several thousand taels of silver.

At present, Lao Li's family cannot afford such expenses, and the family's food shop is still rented.

Just when Fang Qingqing was very confused about whether to use the savings in the space, Li Xiuping brought her good news.

"What did you say, the emperor rewarded you with a Zhuangzi?"

"Well, it's a small village with only two hundred acres of land." Li Xiuping said calmly.

There was a faint smile on his face, and he didn't want to hide his complacency in front of his wife.

Sure enough, Fang Qingqing flew over immediately, and shouted excitedly at Li Xiuping: "Brother Sanlang, you are really amazing."

As a result, some subtexts that Li Xiuping had prepared were useless, and even faintly, a little guilty?

He is just a small fifth-rank Beijing official, even if he has been relatively sacred recently, he has been summoned by Emperor Hongwen many times in private to ask about politics.

so what?

There are too many inconspicuous little people like him in the capital.

The reward this time is of course the emperor's regard for him, but Li Xiuping knows that it is also inseparable from his virtuous wife.

Although he didn't go to see it in person, he also found out clearly, so now he can tell his wife in detail:
"It's just a small Zhuangzi, with a total of [-] mu of land. Zhuangzi is a courtyard with about eight large houses in total.

Those lands are cultivated by farmers, and many fruit trees are planted in the village. "

That Zhuangzi raised dozens of households. When the emperor rewarded Li Xiuping with the Zhuangzi, he naturally brought the nearby land and households along with him.

For the dozens of families outside the Zhuangzi, the food, vegetables, fruits, and chickens and ducks they grow are all to be supplied to the owner.

Now, all the income belongs to Li Xiuping.

In fact, many of the so-called dignitaries in the capital are like this, like clan relatives. Some of them have very marginal relations with the royal family, and the money they can get from the palace every year is limited.

And a mansion often has dozens or even more than 100 people to support. The food, clothing, housing, daily walks and various social activities of so many people are not small expenses.

Therefore, ordinary mansions will have shops or Zhuangzi for their livelihood. Of course, in the capital, these are the accumulation of the family.

As for the Li family, the current attitude is too shallow.

The whole family was very happy to tell old man Li and Mrs. Shi about this matter.

Simply taking advantage of the day when Li Xiuping was resting for a bath, and the restaurants were also closed, the whole family took a car to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing.

The autumn harvest has already passed, so the land here will have to wait for the next year to turn over the soil for sowing, but the fruit trees in Zhuangzi are full of fruit.

The children were very happy and went to play like crazy, almost took off their shoes and climbed into the tree.

What I studied in the capital was all kinds of academic etiquette, and I haven't been so wanton and free and easy for a long time.

Even Shi Shi took three daughters-in-law and wandered around the Zhuangzi leisurely, feeling very comfortable.

There are a total of eleven households near Zhuangzi, which are equivalent to long-term workers hired by Li's family. Originally, they were all under the management of Zhuangtou.

Before coming here, Li Xiuping had discussed with his parents that the strong dragon could not overwhelm the local snake, and no matter what, he would still use the original Zhuangtou.

So after coming here, the old man Li took Li Dalang to have a lively conversation with Zhuangtou, both of them are good at farming.

Uh, Li Erlang hasn't come yet, Li Sanlang doesn't understand these things.

After just chatting for a few words, old man Li and Zhuangtou talked about what to focus on next year, such as wheat, peanuts of various |color|colors|beans.

Then there are a few acres of land to plant radishes, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Outsiders don't know this, but the old Li family still plans to plant more.

Fang Qingqing has already researched many ways to eat potatoes, and he will spread the cultivation of potatoes to a large area after the emperor's trial planting is successful.

Here, their restaurants can also have a few more special|signature|signature snacks.

As a result, at the end of the chat, old man Li didn't plan to go back, but wanted to live in Zhuangzi for a few days.

Li Xiuping and Qingqing looked at each other, and they saw the astonishment in their eyes:

Go out and lose your father?

"I discussed it with your mother, and I want to stay here to raise some chickens and ducks."

It was old man Li who made the decision, but Mrs. Shi also followed suit: "Yeah, while I'm free, buy some eggs and duck eggs to hatch. In this way, we can raise chickens and ducks in the beginning of spring, and we can also take this opportunity Zhuangzi tidied up and tidied up, just as the old man was busy living here, he had work to do."

The second elder also agreed with what the third elder had talked with them. Even if they all stayed here, they would have a good relationship with Zhuangtou.

But, now that Zhuangzi belongs to Saburo, how can he rest assured that he is in the hands of outsiders?

While chatting with Zhuangtou, old man Li made up his mind that he might as well stay here for the New Year and then go back.

It is not difficult for Fang Qingqing to understand this, after all, they have been used to working with their own family all their lives, and Li Xiuping used to spend a lot of time persuading the two elders to rent out the family's land.

For example, when the family lived in the county, the father-in-law often went back to the village alone to take care of the fields.

There was another reason, even if they didn't say it explicitly, Fang Qingqing could more or less guess it.

Now the old Li's family has temporarily settled down in the capital, no matter adults or children, everyone is busy with their own affairs every day.

On the contrary, it was old man Li, who couldn't spend all day chatting with his neighbors, especially after moving to Li's mansion, he rarely went out.

The old man doesn't have those elegant hobbies, he can't even do the work in the house, and as a result, he is lost as the head of the family.

It's also lonely, Shi's is okay, and the affairs of the back house women are a little bit more.

As for old man Li, after he really had nothing to do, he felt uncomfortable.

After all, a lifetime of hard work, facing the loess and back to the sky.

It is rare to see that there are many jobs in Zhuangzi that require him to do, but old man Li has sprouted more spirits.

(End of this chapter)