After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Knowing that her son and daughter-in-law hadn't seen each other for a long time, Jiang Liushi must have something private to say, so she took Yingbao out and winked at her wife before leaving.

The old man Jiang understood, and went back with his hands behind his back.

This morning, the eldest son drove the patriarch and the elders to the county seat, so he was not at home.

The eldest daughter-in-law Zhou and the eldest granddaughter also went to work on the farm, leaving him and his wife alone at home.

Yingbao walked into the courtyard of the uncle's house, and saw that there were piles of thorn balls all over the courtyard, and a large pile of peeled chestnut shells piled up in the corner of the courtyard.

"Grandpa, have you knocked down all the chestnuts?" she asked.

The old man Jiang kicked the chestnut shells under his feet to prevent the pricking ball from poking his little granddaughter. "No, your second brother told us to use a little bit to beat a little bit, and it will get moldy if you beat it all."

Yingbao looked around, and found that there were several large bamboo plaques in the yard, and there were purple chestnuts in the bamboo plaques.

Jiang Liu said: "When we peel the chestnuts, give them to your aunt to make chestnut cakes. When your second brother comes back in a few days, he will take them to the shop and sell them."

Yingbao nodded, picked up a purple-skinned chestnut, bit open the chestnut shell, picked off the fur with her fingernails, and began to eat it.

Chestnuts are very sweet and big, much larger than the fried chestnuts sold by vendors in Washi, the county seat.

Seeing her little granddaughter eating raw chestnuts, Mrs. Jiang Liu peeled two of them, stuffed them in her hands, and said, "Don't eat too much raw chestnuts, it will make your stomach bloated."

"En." Ying Bao nodded obediently.

"Yingbao, tell Grandpa about the capital city."

The old man Jiang sat on a bench made of old tree roots, and while peeling the thorn balls, he asked, "What does the emperor's palace look like?"

"In the capital city, there are many people, there are many cars, and there are more businessmen."

Yingbao couldn't describe the prosperity of the capital, so she could only use her lecturing skills and said: "The place where the emperor lives is like a fairy palace. The tiles are golden. When the sun shines, it is dazzling. The capital has brought lychees back."

Ying Bao took out a bunch of purple-skinned lychees from her bag, and handed them to her grandparents.

The lychees at this season should have been out of the market long ago, but the lychees she put in the cave were not bad at all, still fresh and tender.

"Oh!" Jiang Liu took the lychee from her granddaughter and exclaimed, "This is the lychee. This is the first time I've seen it."

The old man Jiang has seen it, but only if he has seen it, and has never eaten it.

The old couple each peeled a lychee and stuffed it into their mouths, exclaiming, "It's so sweet!"

Jiang Liu quickly peeled another one for her granddaughter, and watched her finish eating with a smile.

After talking with grandparents for a while, Yingbao said goodbye and went home.

At this time Jiang Sanlang and his wife were sitting in the main room, when they saw their daughter coming back, they hurriedly waved: "Bao'er, come here."

Yingbao walked over and took a good look at her father, and saw that he was unshaven and haggard, much older than two months ago.

Jiang Sanlang asked his daughter to sit on the chair next to him and said: "The mushrooms you planted before have been harvested and dried. There are a total of 28 catties of golden fungus and 27 catties of white fungus. I made an account and asked Erquan to transport them to the county seat. It's in the shop."

He took out an account book and handed it to his daughter: "You keep this, my brother will settle the account clearly, and your cousin also has a copy. By the way, the specialty shop is doing well, and Er Ni was also called to help."

Yingbao took over the ledger and flipped through it, and saw that not only the quantity of golden fungus was recorded on it, but also the weight of preserved fruit, grapes, apples, and pears.

Even how many gourds are pulled are recorded in the ledger.

Not only the quantity, but also the price is written in this ledger, which is signed by the second cousin and counted as the purchase price.

It seems that the shop is really on the right track in the hands of the first and second cousins.

Jiang Sanlang said again: "Your second cousin also brought over some of the cotton cloth woven at home, and the supply in the shop is also in short supply. From now on, all our cotton can be sold in the shop."

Of course, the family's textile workshop must also be opened, because the cotton weaves is more profitable than simply selling cotton.

Yingbao closed the ledger and asked, "Is our cotton able to be harvested?"

Jiang Sanlang nodded: "I will take it tomorrow, I have already hired people, they will come over tomorrow.

Oh, by the way, I have had someone clean up the backyard of your shop, and hired more than 30 bricklayers to build the house, which is estimated to be completed a few years ago. "

Jiang Sanlang took out a blueprint and unfolded it: "I asked them to build five main houses, a stove room, and a stable. After the house over there is completed, we will clean up the barren hills here."

In the first half of the year, Jiang Sanlang bought a large piece of wasteland on the east side of the south slope, but he never had time to clean it up.

When the busy autumn is over, he will hire some people to open up wasteland. When the spring begins next year, he will plant pepper on that barren hill, and then plant various fruit trees and seedlings. After that, he will have to dig two ponds.

Due to the increasing number of residents on the southern slope, water use has become a persistent problem.

Before they lived by the river, they didn't think it was very convenient to just go to the river to do laundry and vegetables.

But now living on the south slope, not only drinking water is a problem, but even washing is very inconvenient, not to mention that every household has to carry water to irrigate the crops and vegetable gardens every day.

Therefore, it is necessary to organize manpower to dig more ponds.

Yingbao poked her head out to look at the blueprint and was very satisfied, then suddenly remembered the fruit tree saplings in the cave.

"Father, when spring comes next year, I will plant lychee trees on the mountain, as well as tangerines and longan."

Jiang Sanlang smiled: "Okay, then our villagers will also have litchi and mandarin oranges to eat."

But what is the longan that the girl said?
But whatever, it's all good stuff.

Now all the villagers in the village have their eyes open like copper bells, staring at Jiang's family all the time, as long as they find out what Jiang Sanlang is planting, they will definitely follow it.

Take the grapes of Jiang's family for example. Now every household in the village cuts off the branches and goes back for cuttings, and some even use apple cores to raise seedlings by themselves.

Not to mention, the grapes from the cuttings are also alive, but I don’t know if the apple cores can grow apple saplings.

Then, Yingbao told her father about Li Xu's mother and son.

"He owed me medical money, so he came here to teach to pay off the debt."

Yingbao said quite proudly: "Li Xu agreed to teach here for three years. After three years, he will go back to take the scientific examination. I will send him back and forth expenses at that time."

In order to make Li Xu and his mother get better soon, I gave them several bottles of medicine.

Now Li Xu's health is much better, and his mother An's eyesight has also recovered a lot, but at night, the vision in both eyes is still a little blurry. .

"Is he really a scholar?" Jiang Sanlang asked.

Yingbao: "Yes, he was selected as a scholar at the age of 17, and his future is limitless."

Jiang Sanlang chuckled, "That's great! We must treat his mother and son well, and it's best for him to never want to return."

It's a matter of face for Bel to have a scholar in his village school as a teacher.

It is estimated that it will not be long before their village becomes more famous.

Although there is also a private school in the town run by an old scholar, but he is too old and has limited energy to teach too many students.

Moreover, that person is quite conceited and arrogant, and cannot accept the opinions of others, so there are not many students who are famous under his hands.

But Li Xu is different, he is only 20 years old, he is in the prime of life, he has novel learning methods and test experience.

Even if it is only for three years, it is enough for the children in the village.