I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 9 Reclaiming Wasteland and Farming

Besides, no matter how much it was cheaper, she could still make a lot of money, so she hurriedly caught up with her, "Girl, I just want you to be happy, so I'll make it cheaper for you. Liu Wen, what do you think?"

"It's still too expensive." Zhou Chenyu continued walking without any fluctuation in his heart.

Baoyu added, "Auntie, can you make it cheaper?"

The vendor gave in again and said, "It'll be cheaper, five cents!"

Zhou Chenyu flashed a shrewd look and turned his head: "You give me three pennies for one, and I want them all!"

When the merchant heard three cents, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, "How can this be done? This is more than half cheaper. This is a loss-making business for me, so I have to do it. Five cents, this is my bottom line. You If you don’t buy it again, there’s nothing I can do!”

"Forget it, we won't buy it!" Zhou Chenyu turned around and left.

Seeing her decisive look, the merchant knew that he had met someone smart, so he immediately called out to her, with a look on his face as if he had lost hundreds of thousands, "Okay, okay, three cents is three cents!"

Zhou Chenyu's expression suddenly changed, and a smile spread across his face, "That's okay. Pack up the remaining five chickens for me. Pack them up better."

When bargaining, you have to be brave and cut to death.

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At ten o'clock in the evening, Zhou Chenyu and Zhou Baoyu returned to Zhoujia Village. After returning the cart, they hurried towards home.

Li Xiuju didn't see anyone, she only heard movement, so she rushed out to greet you, "I've been waiting for you to come back. Are all the bamboo shoots sold out?"

Baoyu smiled and nodded, "There are not many bamboo shoot sellers today, there are only a few stalls, and they were all sold out in a while."

"Really?" Li Xiuju was overjoyed and grabbed her hands happily: "That's very good, that's very good."

Zhou Chenyu returned to the house and hurriedly handed the cooking cake to the old lady, "Baoyu and I bought a piece of cooking cake on the street today and left a portion for you. Eat it while it's hot."

Li Xiuju glanced at it and pushed it back, "Mom has some porridge at home, so she's not hungry, but she bought everything and saved it for you to eat at night."

The sun shone on Li Xiuju's sunken cheeks. She was as skinny as a skinny person. She ate porridge and sweet potatoes every day. As time went by, even if she wasn't sick, she would suffer from malnutrition.

Zhou Chenyu raised his eyebrows and resorted to a bitter trick, "Old lady, I know you feel sorry for us, so you can't starve yourself. See how thin you have become? If you don't eat, then Baoyu and I will I don’t dare to eat either. Can you bear to let us starve?”

Baoyu saw that Li Xiuju's hair and clothes were covered with water beads, and there were many dead grass and branches on her trouser legs. She was disobedient again and ran to open the wasteland behind the house.

He added miserably, "That's right! Mom, are you willing to give it up?"

"Okay, okay, you two, sister and brother, just say something to me. I'll just eat it." Li Xiuju happily took the cake, tore a small piece out and ate it in her mouth. When she heard the crow of the chicken, she was immediately attracted to her. , "Have you bought chicks?"

"Yes." Zhou Baoyu opened the backpack, and Li Xiuju was happy and distressed at the same time, "This must cost a lot of money, right?"

Zhou Chenyu and Zhou Baoyu looked at each other. She took out the remaining money and handed it over, saying with a smile: "The price of bamboo shoots has doubled, I bought seeds and chicken seedlings, plus a few pieces of cooking cakes, there are still 20 It’s Duowen.”

Li Xiuju saw large and small scratches on Zhou Chenyu's hands, which were all caused when picking bamboo shoots.

Her nose was sore and her throat was choked with sobs: "These are all hard earned by you and your brother. You are also old. Wherever there is money, you should keep it for yourself."

Most of this money was earned by Baoyu, not Zhou Chenyu's.Li Xiuju would rather borrow money that day than sell her as a concubine to others. She also didn't favor Baoyu even for food and clothing these days.

Zhou Chenyu was a spendthrift person. He only left a few coins for himself in case of emergencies. He handed over the rest and said, "Old lady, just keep it." Li Xiuju carefully took the money and followed As if it were a treasure, he said, "Then I'll keep it and save it for you to use when you get married and get a wife."

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After returning home from the market, the five chickens were locked up in the yard. At first, they were afraid of being in a strange environment, so they trembled and huddled together.

After waiting for a long time, he was probably hungry, so he started running around to find something to eat.

The chickens are still young and cannot eat vegetables and rice bran, so it is best to feed them some rice grains and insects.

Li Xiuju searched all over the house, grabbed a handful of rice and threw it on the ground. They swarmed up and pecked the rice clean in a short time. A little bit of rice was not enough, and then they squeaked again.

Li Xiuju was happy for a while, then felt sad again: "People don't have rice these days, how can I give it to you? I'll go dig some earthworms in the wasteland and come back. There are a lot of them under the rocks."

Zhou Baoyu spent a lot of effort transporting wet bamboo shoots in the morning.Li Xiuju is lame and has difficulty walking. If she falls, the loss will be greater than the gain.

Zhou Chenyu took the shovel and broken earthen pot, "I'll go."

She walked toward the wasteland.

The rain has not stopped since last night, and the clear stream next to the wasteland turned into yellow turbid water. Piles of weeds formed a pile, and the scenery above the mountainside was covered with white fog.

Zhou Chenyu was wearing a bamboo hat and hiding under a forest, with water droplets falling along the leaves.She used a shovel to turn over the stones at the root of the tree. Several earthworms were crawling into the soil, and there was even one attached to the stone.

She had goosebumps all over her body. She was not afraid of cockroaches or mice. What she was most afraid of was this snake-like mollusk.

Zhou Chenyu didn't dare to catch it with his bare hands, so he made two bamboo sticks nearby and made them into chopsticks. He endured nausea and put the earthworms into the clay pot.

After digging through this place, I shoveled away several other rocks. After one round of operation, the earthworms are not so scary anymore.

Anyway, it was here. Zhou Chenyu thought about making a big effort and adding a few more earthworms to the chicken. She didn't want to wipe her sweat when she looked up. Two brown caterpillars were hanging in front of her eyes, and they almost fell to her. The look on her face was so frightening that she ran back home.

When the chicks were originally bought, they shrank down to the size of an egg. After eating earthworms, they grew bigger day by day. In just a few days of rain, they were as big as a fist.

After the rain, water droplets dripped along the eaves tiles and fell into the small ditch beside the wall.The dead weeds absorbed nutrients and grew a bit green.

Spring plowing has begun.

Taking advantage of the sunny weather, farmers in the village went out with their families, carrying soaked rice seeds, and stepped barefoot into the swamp-like paddy fields to sow the seeds.

Looking around, there are people everywhere on the flat and open paddy fields of dozens of acres.

The Zhou family's fields have been sold out, and without land, they cannot participate in the spring plowing.

On this day, the three of them finished their breakfast, picked up shovels and knives, and walked to the wasteland behind the house.

The weeds in the wasteland are as high as the waist. If you squat down, you can't see them at all. When the wind blows, they rise one after another like waves of wheat.

Li Xiuju stayed where she was, waving her knife and pointing in a direction, "You two clear the grass in that area, half of us."

(End of this chapter)