Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 104 Reclaiming Wasteland and Farming

Everyone talked and laughed and finished the banquet, it was already the beginning of the end of time.The Yue family was about to leave, so Xue hurriedly divided half of the food sent by the Yue family, wrapped it up and brought it back to the Yue family.This is the rule, the man should bring back half of the engagement things.In addition, there are two sets of clothes that Jingya made for Pengcheng herself, and they are also wrapped up for the Yue family to take away.

"Uncle, Auntie, let's go first, and the elders will come to my place if you have time." Yue Siyuan led his family, said a few polite words to the old man and Mrs. Chen, and then left.As Pengcheng walked out, he looked back at Jingya. Today came, but the two of them couldn't say a few words together.Pengcheng felt a little regretful that he couldn't enjoy the joy of being engaged with his beloved.

Seeing Pengcheng's appearance, Jinghan felt a little funny. "Eldest sister, you should go out to give it off too, at least say a few words to brother Pengcheng."

Jingya's face was flushed, she didn't know whether she should go out or not.It was Mrs. Chen who said, "Jingya, go out and see Pengcheng off. If you two have something to say, talk about it. Our family is not that old-fashioned, so it's fine."

Jingya just got up and walked out. Of course, Pengcheng heard what Jinghan and Chen said, so he deliberately walked slowly, waiting for Jingya.Jingya walked to Pengcheng's side, and said softly, "Just go back and study with peace of mind. Isn't there an exam this fall? I'm still waiting to be a scholar." Jingya lowered her head, her face full of red.

"Hey, don't worry, I will work hard." Pengcheng was so happy that he quickly nodded in agreement.The power of love is great. Just because of Jingya's words, Pengcheng really plunged into the pile of books and worked hard. "Pay attention to yourself at home, don't get tired. I'm really going to prepare for the exam next time. I may not have so much time to come here. Take care of yourself." Pengcheng warned a few more words.

Jingya nodded and said nothing.

Just at this time they had already reached the gate, Brother Zhixin bid farewell to the Yue family, and then the Yue family got into the carriage.Yue Siyuan waved his hand at Zhixin, and the driver drove the carriage away.

After seeing Yue's family off, Zhixin and the others went back to the house.The family inevitably talked about today's dowry, and then discussed Jingya's dowry.

"I didn't expect the Yue family to be able to send such a dowry. Boss, we have to prepare a dowry for Jingya. We must not lose face for the Xu family. This is related to Jingya's future." Chen said the most I feel sorry for the child, so I opened my mouth directly and let the dowry be prepared properly. "For the gift money of 160 taels, let's keep 20 taels, and leave the rest to Jingya at the bottom of the box. We will pay for the rest of the dowry. I think it should be around 200 taels, not too little. Okay. Our family can still get the money, so don’t lose Jingya. There must be nothing less to accompany you, understand? Boss.”

Zhixin nodded, "Mother, I understand. Jingya is my daughter, how can we be willing to let her be wronged?"

The old man drank a lot of wine at noon, and now he is getting a little drunk, "Okay, boss, you two can figure it out. I'm a little sleepy, so go and squint for a while, old lady, you can squint too, these few days You didn't sleep well today." The old couple have always had a good relationship.In recent days, Mrs. Chen has been thinking about Jingya's marriage, and often cannot sleep at night.That's why the old man said that. He really loves his wife.

The old lady was indeed a little tired. After making the engagement, a stone fell to the ground, and the old lady finally felt relieved. "Sure, I'll go to sleep too. I'm getting old, and I really don't have enough energy. Boss, you guys should go and rest too. In two days, the land we bought should be tidied up. By then I don't know how busy I am." The old lady and the old man supported each other and went to their room.

For the rest of them, Brother Zhixin was chatting there, and Mrs. Xue and her two siblings went to the backyard to discuss the preparation of the dowry.And Jing Han and Wen Han also went back to the house in the backyard and went to rest.

On March [-]th, Zhixin and the others were going to clean up the forest on the mountain, and it happened that Jinghan led Jingxian back to the mountain.When Honglian and the others saw Jinghan coming back, they were all overjoyed, chattering around Jinghan, talking about things on the mountain. "Second miss, those silkworm cocoons are fine. We did exactly what the miss said. Second miss, fourth miss, wait a moment, I'll clean up your house." Hong Lian said Go to work.

"Honglian, no need. I've only been home for three or four days now, and Jingxian's luggage is all new, so there's no need to be busy. You are busy enough on the mountain every day, don't be too tired." Jinghan didn't tell anyone The whole Xu family doesn't have the habit of doing it, and they do it all by themselves. "Maybe tomorrow the family will clear up the woodland we bought. You are going to make some delicious food tomorrow. Those jobs are very tiring, and the food is too bad to eat."

When Honglian and the others heard this, they quickly agreed, and then went to prepare things.

"Jingxian, you still live with me, we have a good company." Jinghan and Jingxian still live in the house where the old man lived in the past. The old couple of the Chen family are no longer on the mountain. come and see.Originally, Zhixin and Mrs. Xue lived with Jing Han and the others, but Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu have no time to come up recently and have to prepare a dowry for Jingya, so Zhixin and Zhiming lived in the east room, and Jinghan and Jingxian lived in the east room. Westinghouse room.The four maids lived with Jinghan, outside the west room.

The Fang family and the Wang family lived in the house where Zhixin and Zhiming lived at the beginning. Jinghan planned to tell her father that when the land over there was opened, she would build a few houses there and let the family move. past.It seems that this ginseng market has not been developed for a few years. At that time, it will be the root of the Xu family, so we have to plan now.

In the following days, the Xu family all went to tidy up the newly purchased woodland.That piece of forest has a total of about one hundred acres, not only forest land, but also a part of wasteland near the river.The woodland and the wasteland each occupy about 20 mu. When Zhixin went to the county to do the deed, he hired people from the Lu family, so the price is not too expensive, an average of ten taels of silver per mu.Otherwise, the woodland alone would cost more than [-] taels and one mu. You must know that there are a lot of wood in the woods, and these wood alone can be sold for a lot of money.

This forest is just to the west of the ginseng field, and it stands to reason that the people in the village can grow ginseng for a few years.However, for the sake of long-term considerations, Village Chief Zhou decided that the logging site in the county was not here last winter, so from this year onwards, the village will not plant ginseng here.

Of course, Zhixin and the others sorted out those wastelands first, which can be used to grow food.Those forests are reluctant to move, and they need to keep a good variety of ginseng. A forest of about 3000 acres can probably produce more than [-] feet of ginseng.Even if the Xu family planted a hundred feet of clubs a year, it would last for thirty years, basically enough.

It is not easy to tidy up the wasteland. There are no tall trees on the wasteland, but there are many shrubs, especially the thorny shrubs such as thorn rose and raspberry, which are the most difficult to get.Everyone took a sickle and cut down all the bushes, and then piled them up carefully.After the bushes were felled, the larger roots had to be dug out with a pickaxe, and the ground turned over with a plow pole.

These jobs are not easy to do, and there are a lot of jobs in the ginseng field. Fortunately, there are enough people in the family now. The Fang family and the Wang family have eight or nine strong laborers alone.The man in the Fang family is Fang Yonggui. He is 45 years old this year and his wife is Li.There are four sons and two daughters in the family. The oldest son is 25 this year, and the youngest is [-]. They are all capable.The boss originally married a daughter-in-law when he was in his hometown, but he ran away with others during the famine.The man in the Wang family is Wang Zhongren, who is also in his forties this year. His wife is Zhou. There are three men and two women in the family, and the boys are not young.

When she first came here, Jinghan felt that the names of the two boys were not pleasant, so they changed their names.The four sons of the Fang family are called Guoan, Guoping, Guoxing, and Guoqiang, while the three boys of the Wang family are called Anfu, Anshun, and Ankang.It was easy to remember and pleasant to call like this, and the two families naturally did not object.Generally, if you sell yourself as a slave, you even have to change your surname, but Jinghan only changed their name, not their surname, so the two families are naturally very grateful.

Zhixin and Wencheng led the Fang family to tidy up the wasteland here, while Zhiming led the Wang family to work in the field.Shendi's work was done faster, and as soon as the work was done, Zhiming brought people over to help clean up the wasteland.Li Shi and Zhou Shi led Hong Lian and the others and were busy cooking.In winter, each family does its own thing. Anyway, the Xu family has prepared rice and grain, so that the house can be warmed up.When spring begins, everyone eats together.The spring work is tiring, and the Xu family is not that kind of stingy family, so there is enough oil and water in the dishes, and everyone can eat better if they eat together.

Jinghan doesn't care about these things. When the family is busy, she and Jingxian will watch the silkworm cocoons in the two rooms in person. This thing can't be sloppy.Occasionally, when Jinghan is free, she will go over to see how the wasteland is being organized.

After ten days of busy work, everyone finally cleared up those wastelands.All the tree roots and grass roots that were taken out were piled up into several large piles, and they were all set ablaze in a light rainy day.Guoan and Guoping of Fang's family were older, and they watched in the wasteland until the fire was burnt out at night, and they pushed the ashes away to see if there were no sparks, and then went home to sleep .

(End of this chapter)