farming female castellan

Chapter 169

"Those trees have signed a contract. Ms. Chen pays [-] yuan for each tree, and the villagers plant and take care of them. If the tree dies or is cut down, they will pay compensation." Zhang Ci said.

"Do they have firewood?" Mr. Tang knew that there had been a drought here.

Zhang Ci explained: "The villagers have some straw at home, and they usually cut some firewood. The trees on the mountain have long been cut down, and they have taken home the stumps they dug out when making terraced fields. They don't usually cook much, and firewood It can last for a few months. Now that the autumn harvest is in, there is no need to cut down trees."

Director Tang nodded slightly, and walked up the mountain.

The places on the mountain that are not suitable for terraced fields are planted with trees, and the top of the mountain is even more dense. The red leaves, yellow leaves and green leaves all over the mountain are colorful.

"It's still warmer to look at red and yellow leaves in late autumn. It's more comfortable to look at green in spring and summer," Tang Chaoying said.

Zhang Ci smiled: "Autumn is bleak, a little color will make me feel better."

The fields on the mountain have not yet been plowed, and the rice stubble is neatly arranged in the fields.The officials did not just chat. They inspected the distribution of terraced fields, the texture of the soil, the species and growth of trees, and the water irrigation facilities... from time to time, they walked along the mountainside for a while. The whole mountain was walked twice.Chen Fan admired secretly: The physical strength of these officials is really good, did they specially pick out those with good physical strength to run errands?
As if they had made an appointment, the villagers didn't come here, but just watched from a distance in front of the gate, which made it easier for the officials to work without distraction.

The children followed the officials all the time without making any noise.Tang Chaoying couldn't help laughing: "Don't you feel bored after following along like this?"

Everyone shook their heads and said in unison: "We think it's very interesting." Chen Zhonglin also added: "We want to learn more from you adults."

The officials all laughed.

"The water on this mountain is really good. I don't know how they tossed the mountain into a barren mountain." Tang Chaoying said.

Chen Fan asked someone to place some stone tables and benches on the mountain before, and this time it happened to come in handy.

"You will enjoy it, and these are made on the mountain." Yan Shoulu said to Chen Fan with a smile.

"The villagers can also sit." Chen Fan replied with a smile.

The officials began to pick cornel, and the children watched curiously, their eyes full of expectation.Then their eyes widened as they watched the grown-ups stick dogwoods on their heads.

Chen Fan clenched his mouth tightly so as not to let it open wide, to prevent it from laughing out loud.These old men really put dogwood on their heads?
Someone from behind approached her, holding her head with one hand, and thrusting something into her head with the other.The children screamed, and Yan Shoulu whistled exaggeratedly.

Chen Fan stretched out his hand and touched it. It was dogwood and a flower.She bent down, picked off a red chrysanthemum, turned around, and looked at Zhang Ci.

She doesn't know if the men here are hairpins, but they can wear dogwood generously, so they should be able to accept hairpins, right?

She stretched out her hand, Zhang Ci looked a little weird.The children's eyes became rounder, and even the officials looked like they were eating melons.

Don't hairpins?Prefer.

She supported Zhang Ci's head with one hand, and said softly: "Red chrysanthemums represent true love." Zhang Ci hummed inaudibly, and Chen Fan put the flower in his hair by his ear.Yan Shoulu's whistle was sharp and loud, but the children were strangely quiet.

"Can you give the red chrysanthemum to my brother?" Chen Ya asked seriously.

Zhang Ci pursed his lips, and said in a low voice but clearly: "No."

"Aw—" a group of little wolf cubs yelled.

Zhong Shuling turned around, his eye circles were a little red.The officials lowered their heads halfway and exchanged eyebrows.

"Playing chess?" Yan Shoulu yelled.

"Let's play chess." Wu Zhongsu said.

Qing Ji and Chu Sheng came over with several boxes, opened them and put them on the table.Everyone knows Go, the black and white chess pieces are packed in round jars, but what are the other pairs?
There are some grids drawn on the square linen cloth, with some patterns of mountains, rivers, avenues, and villages. Horses of different colors are drawn on the round chess pieces, and there is also a dice.

"This is chess." Chen Ya took the initiative to introduce.It was modified and created by Chen Fan based on the flying chess, and the pattern is added to make it more contextual.

Chen Ya began to introduce the rules: "This is a stable. If the dice rolls to five or six, the horse will come out; if the dice rolls to a few points, the horse will walk a few steps; if the dice rolls to six points, the horse can roll again; The same grid can be jumped once; when you encounter a grid with the same color on the edge of the canyon, you can jump across the canyon, and you can jump again when you land on the opposite grid of the same color; the task of reaching the end of the horse is over, and the four horses It's all over when it's all gone."

"If two horses walk on the same grid, what should we do?" Yan Shoulu asked.

"Then knock the former's horse back and let it start all over again."

Yan Shoulu grinned all the way to his ears: "This is interesting. What about my own two horses walking to the same grid?"

"You can stack horses, but you can only stack two horses, no more. If one horse hits the opponent's two horses, one horse has to go back to the stable to start over."

Yan Shoulu grinned again: "Interesting. Which of us will come first?" He couldn't wait.

"I'll do it." Wu Zhongsu sat down.Tang Chaoying and Zhang Jiuyan also sat down, and there were people from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Punishment.

A few officials were gesticulating with rock-paper-scissors, Chen Fan found it funny no matter how he looked at it.What would those soldiers think when they saw the general like this?What would the officials in the capital think when they saw these people?
General Yan was very lucky. He was the first to roll the dice, and he rolled a six, which resulted in a horse. Then he rolled a four and jumped once, which made him laugh out loud.

Mr. Tang's luck was not so good, he couldn't get out of the horse several times in a row, and Yan Shoulu laughed gloatingly there again, but his joy soon turned into sorrow, and one of his horses was knocked back by Tang Chaoying.

The officials didn't laugh at him, they just raised the corners of their mouths slightly.

The scene of the four-person melee was wonderful, horses were knocked back constantly, and several old foxes in the officialdom gradually let themselves go, with endless expressions: gloating, remorseful, and secretly gleeful...the movements of beating their chests and feet, clapping their hands and laughing did not Do less.Chen Zhongzhu just stared at the chessboard silly, while Chen Zhongxuan and Chen Zhongmei were always paying attention to everyone's expressions.

Yan Shoulu is worthy of being a young general, he dares to fight and rush, one horse leads, two horses take care of him, and the third and fourth horses circle behind.Except for being bumped by Mr. Tang once at the beginning, he never missed again after that, taking the lead in driving all four horses into the finish line.

Chen Fan watched the chess game all the time, and didn't find any situation where he could collide but deliberately didn't collide. The chess pieces of the three officials couldn't reach his grid.Chen Zhongzhu looked at General Yan with such fanaticism that he wished he could kneel down and kowtow three times to him on the spot.

(End of this chapter)