Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 11
After glancing at the gift in Sun Li's hand, Taigong Hu's eyes were a little more scrutinizing, and then he smiled again.

The two humbly came to the plum garden of Hu's Village and sat down together. Sun Li mentioned that he was about to open a bottle of good wine.

Hu Taigong shook his hand and said: "The old man is too old to drink strong wine, so he can drink some village wine brewed in his own village, which is still palatable."

As he said that, one of his servants opened a jar of old village brewed wine on the village, took a spoonful and put it in a tin pot to heat.Sun Li had no choice but to put down the bottle of wine.

The water sitting on the small stove was bubbling and bubbling, and soon the wine in the tin pot was warmed up, and the aroma of the wine overflowed.

Hu Taigong watched Sun Li put two bottles of good wine on the table, and asked, "Brother Sun Li, what are you doing? Why waste money so good?"

Sun Li took a breath, and forced himself to show a smile: "Brother Hu, I have something good to tell you about my visit today. The two of us were originally brothers, but now that we have this happy event, in the future We are even closer!"

Hu Taigong's eyes were sharp, and when he heard Sun Li's words, he felt a little bit of taste from it.

He directly interrupted Sun Li and said, "Could it be that brother Sun Li is going to propose marriage to my village today? Which younger generation are you talking about?"

Sun Li laughed and said, "It's the marriage proposal! My younger brother, Sun Xin, is 17 years old now. He is planning to set up a manor house, I think he is doing well, and he will be a manor family in the future, and now..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Taigong Hu directly interrupted: "Brother Sun Li, Sanniang is the youngest daughter in my family. She was raised spoiled and loved by my whole family since she was a child. Now it's time to talk about marriage." At such a young age, this old man wants to betroth her to a good family so that she can live a more peaceful life in the future, isn't it an exaggeration?"

Sun Li's smile froze on his face, and he said with a firm face, "That's what it should be."

Taigong Hu nodded, and after saying this, he drank on his own and stopped talking. Sun Li felt that his back was sweating when he was left there.

Sun Li put the pack of gold and silver on the table again, and said with a smile:
"I heard that Brother Hu offered you a gift of [-] shi for grain, so Sun Xin was also heartless. He worked day and night, and now he has earned this money first. As a brother, I dare not delay , and quickly came to the door to propose marriage."

Hu Taigong took a look at the package of gold and silver, at least it was three or forty taels, but his face showed no intention of moving.

"Sun Xincai opened up wasteland outside Shili Pai, and he hasn't planted a season of grain. How can there be such a harvest?"

Sun Li laughed quickly and said, "Aside from being able to work and farm, my younger brother also learned some medical skills from my father. He dispensed medicinal wine for people in Dengzhou City and earned 50 taels of silver in one breath! What do you think?" Sun Xin has such abilities and is willing to contribute. In the future, the young couple will become a good thing, and life will naturally be not bad. This brother can definitely rest assured."

Taigong Hu had a smile on his lips, but he didn't believe that the money was earned by Sun Xin himself.

What kind of medicinal wine has such miraculous effects that it can be sold for 50 taels in one go?

This must be the money that Sun Li scraped together from here and there in order to help his younger brother negotiate a marriage. Since this is the case, it is even more impossible for him to marry his daughter to Sun Xin.

Taigong Hu put down his wine bowl, and said in a deep thought: "I have met this kid Sun Xin, he looks talented, he is also shrewd and willing to work, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future."

Sun Li nodded quickly.

Hu Taigong continued: "It's just that his few acres of land have just been picked up. If my daughter follows him, I'm afraid she will suffer for several years. Farming is not easy. In all fairness, I am a father. I really can't bear it."

Hu Taigong got up and said: "I really can't agree to this matter, and I ask Brother Sun Li not to be offended!"

"The old man's body is a bit inconvenient, so he can't sit for a long time."

Taigong Hu turned to leave, and his old servant picked up the two bottles of good wine on the table and handed them back to Sun Li. No matter what Sun Li said to leave the wine behind, the servant just said politely: "The master didn't say anything, they won't let you go!" Dare to accept.In the end, not even one of the two bottles of wine was sent out.

Walking out of the suspension bridge in Hujiazhuang, Sun Li took a look at the gift he had returned as it was on his horse, and had no choice but to steer his horse back to Dengzhou City.

Just when Sun Li left Dulonggang dejectedly, in the small boudoir of Hu's Manor, a pretty girl was listening curiously to the little maid about what happened just now.

Sun Xin, Hu Sanniang did remember that there was such a person in Dengzhou Prefecture.

A few years ago, when the sick officer Chi Sunli came to Dulonggang to help pay the thieves, that boy followed him. In Hu Sanniang's memory, he was also a tall and burly boy, but he never thought of him in this direction. Why is he like this? People will propose marriage from home?
And according to his maid, Ya'er, that kid earned 50 taels of silver by selling medicine and wine, and only then did the dowry money come to his door.

What kind of medicinal wine can make so much money?

"Do you think Daddy will want him?" Hu Sanniang couldn't help asking.

The maid Ya'er thought for a while, shook her bag and said, "I guess not, how could he wish Master Biao well?"

"What's so good about that guy?" Hearing Zhu Biao's name, Hu Sanniang felt disgusted from the bottom of her heart. She really didn't like that mean young man with high eyes and no manners. An, who betrothed her to Zhu Biao, was even more dissatisfied.

During the comparison between the two, the little girl even left a silent impression of Sun Xin in her mind.

Maybe marrying him would be better than marrying Zhu Biao?
When Sun Xin returned to Shili Pai, he found that Xie Zhen and Xie Bao had already laid all the wellheads.

Originally it was planned to drill five wells, but Sun Xin went to the field and saw that the two men had dug eight holes around that place.

After some questioning, I learned that the drilling process of the two men was not as smooth as the first time. They encountered big rocks in the middle of the five drillings. There were two times when the rocks were relatively thin. It was broken, and the other three times were not so lucky. Two of the Luoyang shovels were broken, so they had to find another place next to them and start fighting again.

When Sun Xin came back, in just two days, the two of them had already used up four of the Luoyang shovels they used to dig wells, all of which were bloody.

Looking at the chapped faces of the two boys but still smiling, Sun Xin admired in his heart that the two are indeed heroes from Shandong. How can the children of later generations do such a job at the age of the first year of junior high school?
In the afternoon when Sun Xin returned to Shili Pai, the middleman also brought four cows from the cattle and horse market, along with a few packets of bean feed.

Sun Xin took Xie Zhen and Xie Bao to build the cowshed next to the shed where he lived, and then began to repair the farm tools to prepare for spring plowing.

(End of this chapter)