What use do I want in this troubled world

Chapter 34

Xu Chengyun's words are beautiful, but he is actually a coward. He doesn't have the courage to run to the deep mountains and take risks with his life.

In the deep mountains and dense forests, there are rumors that ferocious beasts can kill people, wild boars are not vegetarians, Zeng Dayong was almost killed by wild boars driving him down the ravine.

Yu Hongyi nodded: "Well, I don't force it, it's based on my own situation."

After chatting for a while, Xu Chengyun got up to say goodbye. The big bone was stewed in the pot, and the smell of meat wafted out.

"Uncle Lizheng, here are the eggs." Qiaoju cleaned the chicken coop, but she didn't pick up the eggs inside. The first thing Ruyi did when she got up was to touch the eggs.

Yu Hongyi lowered his head and saw a chubby girl pawing at his calf, holding a white egg on his feet and hitting his chest.

Looking at the few blessings on the back of her hand, Yu Hongyi thought to himself, the second child of Xu's family has accumulated a lot of wealth, the whole village eats chaff and eats vegetables, but their family eats delicious food and spicy food.

He didn't feel dissatisfied or jealous about this, it was his family's ability to live a prosperous life, and he wished that his family could live a prosperous life.

"Uncle, no, keep it for yourself."

Little Ruyi was not very happy, the second sister said, if others don't accept your overtures, they just hate you, so they can't approach them anymore: "Uncle Lizheng, don't you like me?"

Yu Hongyi laughed: "I don't dislike you. Eggs are precious. You are growing up when you are young. You need to eat more to grow taller."

Xu Yuqing heard the conversation between the two in the kitchen, and she burst into a smile, this girl is a ghost, she knew to bribe Lizheng at a young age, just like the previous one to guard against Uncle Li Gui and thieves, this would be generous, it would be fine if she didn't accept it.

"Is that so?" Ruyi tilted her head and thought for a while, took the egg back into her pocket, and bounced to the kitchen: "Third sister, I'm getting taller, boil eggs for me."

Yu Hongyi shook his head and smiled, and suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since he hadn't seen Erya, so he walked to the door of the kitchen and asked, "Sanya, did your second sister go out early in the morning?"

Xu Yuqing was embarrassed, and coughed dryly: "Second sister was very tired yesterday, and she hasn't gotten up yet."

"Oh." Yu Hongyi didn't think much about it: "I see that your family is running out of medicinal materials. I thought about asking her to go up the mountain with us today to pick some medicinal materials. Don't worry, I will protect her."

Xu Yuqing thought to herself, how could the second sister have anyone to protect her? She dared to drill into the deep mountains by herself. She was just lazy, too lazy to go out, but Li Zheng had already opened her mouth. she."

"Don't." Yu Hongyi stopped her: "Let her sleep more, I'll go to the fields and come back."

It only takes one stick of incense to go around the field. According to the second sister's inertia, she will sleep for at least an hour. Xu Yuqing wiped her hands and entered the room: "Second sister, second sister, wake up."

"Don't make trouble." Xu Wenfeng blocked the troublesome hands and pulled the quilt over his head.

Xu Yuqing pulled the quilt away: "Uncle Lizheng called you to go up the mountain to collect herbs."

"No!" He said firmly.

"What?" Hey, it seems that he heard the word Li Zheng.

"Who?" Feeling slightly uncomfortable.

"Uncle Li Zheng."

Xu Wenfeng's confused mind can be regarded as clearer.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. He is the boss in Lizheng Village. He is responsible for managing the household registration of a village, prosecuting good and evil, urging taxes and labor, and teaching farming and mulberry.
Every time I went to the county, I had to issue paperwork.

Great power.

This relationship has to be maintained.

Xu Wenfeng turned over and got up, scratching his hair irritably, and complained in a low voice: "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have come forward to save others."

Listening to her muttering, Xu Yuqing was funny, but the second sister was hard-spoken and soft-hearted.

Although the second sister is lazy, she still doesn't miss the important things to do. She often rolls up her sleeves while complaining, and she does it quickly and satisfactorily.

Yu Hongyi planned to go into the mountains this time to explore the depths and hunt for valuable wild animals. It would take three to five days before he could return.

Every cell in Xu Wenfeng's body was full of resistance to the fact that he had to sleep in the wild.

Ke Lizheng said clearly, "There is no shortage of precious medicinal materials in the deep mountains and old forests. If you are lucky enough to pick a few plants, you can sell them for a lot of money. I have a headache at home, so I can use them easily."

Every sentence is reasonable, and she considers her wholeheartedly. If she shows resistance again, it will seem a little ignorant.

Xu Wenfeng felt desolate, squatting in the yard sharpening his hatchet.

Full of grief, he vented on the hatchet, gritted his teeth, and rubbed them together.

Seeing her sharpening a knife as if sharpening an enemy, Yu Hongyi watched for a while, and couldn't help but personally give instructions: "That's not how sharpening a knife is, you have to use skill."

After saying a few words and refusing to listen, Yu Hongyi simply took the hatchet: "I'll do it, you watch, uncle will teach you."

"Oh." Xu Wenfeng was listless.

"Have you learned it?"

"Yes." I don't want to!I want to sleep at home!

"I knew you were smart." Yu Hongyi handed the machete to her again, and seeing that she knew it, he said another thing: "When we come back from the mountains, I plan to mobilize the whole village to go fishing , Now that the price of goods is high, let's hurry up and buy some things, exchange money for savings, and when the price of goods drops, we can use this money to buy some property."

Those who can be exchanged for money, take all of them for silver and save them in their hands. Try not to move at all when prices are high. There are plenty of wild vegetables in spring, and you save food and clothing, and eat chaff and vegetables to get through this period.

"Everyone is poor, they don't have a family, and they feel flustered. I'm thinking about the establishment of a new dynasty, and a lot of waste is waiting to be rebuilt. I must start a big construction. I reckon that once the spring plowing is over, I'm afraid it won't be long before the requisition begins. Corvettes, you said that almost every family of the boys in our village was injured, I can't bear to see them being dragged away to work day and night, and boiled dry."

"Save up some family property, and then you can turn it into silver to pay for the corvee."

Xu Wenfeng's hand sharpening the knife paused, Lizheng is fine, think deeply, take one step and watch two steps, with a plan in mind, and worry about the worries of the villagers.

The ancient corvee system was of a gratuitous nature, with a coercive nature that could not be resisted.

The people must unconditionally serve as coolies for the ruling class.

(End of this chapter)