Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 43
Jing Han heard it, "The 30 taels of silver is not a small amount, why can't I find anyone to see the reference?"

Zhixin and the old man all laughed when they heard this, "Jinghan, why don't you just say that you are a little girl who doesn't understand anything. Although the 30 taels is a lot, you have to stay on the mountain as an adult and have everything you need to eat and use." Quite a lot, and there is nothing left in the end. So no one is willing to go up the mountain to see ginseng. Generally, those who go to see ginseng are lonely old men who have nothing to worry about."

Jinghan listened and nodded, "So that's what happened."

Seeing her like that, Mrs. Chen also found it funny. "Look at our family, Jing Han, like a little grown-up. You have to ask about everything. It's not an easy job to look at ginseng. You have to go out for a walk every night, and be careful that someone will steal ginseng. Besides, living in On the mountain, there is only one person, and sometimes there are tigers, wolves, or blind bears, which can be dangerous."

Jinghan understands that what Chen said is true, and in this era, there are still more wild animals.There are quite a few tigers and so on. Sometimes, it is really possible to encounter them.

The topic of seeing ginseng is considered to be over, and everyone went back to sleep.

The village decided that a group of three would go up the mountain to see ginseng in shifts, and each group would go to see ginseng for five days.It's okay if you don't go up now, it's warm in the north, and it hasn't thawed yet, and the mallet field is covered with ice and snow.The village discussed that after the Qingming Festival, they had to go up the mountain.

It was February [-]th, half a month before Qingming Festival, Zhixin was filing and sawing at home, and was going to go up the mountain to pick up some wood for a shed.Mrs. Xue has nothing to do, so she and Mrs. Chen are making clothes in the house. After the Qingming Festival, they should take off their cotton clothes, and the family's clothes should be changed again.The adults are better off, the clothes from the old year can still be used, but the children can't, some of the clothes from last autumn are already too small, so they have to be remade.For the children in the farmhouse, the young ones pick up the big clothes to wear, but the big ones have to make new clothes.Wenhan and Wencheng are studying, it is not good to let them wear too shabby clothes, so Chen plans to make new clothes for the two older ones, and then wear them in smaller ones for Wenxuan and Wenchang.

Chen finds Huixin's old clothes when she was at home, and plans to change them for Jingya and Jinghan, some of Huixin's clothes are still quite new. "Meilin, do you think this dress doesn't need to be changed? It was worn by Huixin when she was 13 years old. I saw it for Jingya, and it's not too big. If I change it again, I won't be able to wear it next year." Chen Shi asked with a piece of clothing.

"Mother, I don't think there is any need to change it. Our Jingya is taller than Huixin before, so this autumn dress will be just right." Mrs. Xue looked at the dress, and it was probably new.

"Okay, then don't change it, just wear it for Jingya. Then should we change it for Jinghan? Jinghan used to pick up Wenhan's clothes and wear them like a tomboy. " Chen rummaged through a pile of old clothes, trying to find a better one for Jing Han to change. "Just this one, the color is okay, not too faded."

Mrs. Xue looked at it, and found it was a rose red jacket, "Okay, this one is good, Jinghan is too big, so it's not good to wear my brothers' clothes anymore."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law decided to use this dress to change Jinghan, so Xue started to remove the stitches and disassemble some parts that needed to be changed.

The two of them were busy with their work, when there was a noise outside, Xue quickly got up to look, "Yingzi, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? Jingwan, Jingxian, what's wrong with you two, crying like this ?” Seeing that it was Zhu and the two children, Mrs. Xue seemed to be in a panic. "Get in the house quickly, quickly."

Mrs. Zhu followed Mrs. Xue into the house, and as soon as she saw Mrs. Chen, she cried, "Mother, it's not good, Zhiming was arrested by the people from the yamen." Then he began to cry.

Both Chen and Xue were stunned, "What's the matter? How could Zhiming be arrested when he was doing well? Yingzi, please speak slowly, what's going on?"

Mrs. Zhu paused for a moment, and then said, "I don't know what's going on. I know that Zhiming went to see a doctor for a big family in the county that day. When he came back, he didn't say anything. The next morning, there was a yamen Some people came and took Zhiming away. Later I went to Yiqing Hall to inquire, and they said that Zhiming was treating the concubine of the most powerful master of the Qin family in the county, and then he was arrested for some reason. Get up. The shopkeeper of Yiqingtang kicked us out, saying that it was Zhiming who was implicated. I couldn't help it, so I came back quickly. I wanted my elder brother to go to the county to help I'll inquire. See if I can rescue Zhiming. Mom, I really can't do anything. If something happens to Zhiming, what should I do?"

After listening to Zhu's words, Mrs. Chen swayed and nearly fell over. Fortunately, she was already on the kang, and Mrs. Xue helped her, and then she sat down again.

Mrs. Xue hurried back to the East Wing and called Zhixin over. Jinghan and Jingya heard the movement and followed.After hearing what Zhu said, Zhixin's face was also solemn. "Third daughter-in-law, don't cry, the matter is not clear yet. In this case, I will leave immediately and go to the county to have a look. You stay at home first and wait for my letter." As he said, he looked at Xue Shi, "Daughter-in-law, help me pack two pieces of clothes first, and prepare some dry food for me. Mother, do you have any money at home? I'm afraid this matter must be taken care of. If there is less money, it will not be enough."

Mrs. Zhu quickly took out 50 taels of silver from the bag, "Brother, you can use the money first. I am a woman and I dare not go to the prison, so I will take all the money back. As long as I can save you Zhiming, just take my life."

Mrs. Chen also got up and took out 20 taels of silver, "You take these first. The fifth brother took away a lot of our silver. You use it first, and I will find a way if it is not enough."

When Mrs. Xue went back to the house, he also took out ten taels of silver, which they had saved for a long time. "You take these. The poor and the rich will spend money when they go to the county to eat and live. If there is a way, try to rescue the third child. If it doesn't work, come back quickly, and we will find another way."

Zhixin nodded, "Well, I'll go talk to the village chief first. I'm going to go up the mountain in the next few days. I don't know how long it will take Zhiming, so don't delay things in the village." Zhixin went out.

Jing Han listened quietly from the side, knowing that there was no place for her to speak on such a big matter, so she could only put her arms around Jing Wan and Jing Xian, comforting her softly. "Grandma, mother, can I go to the county seat with daddy? Third aunt, you give me the key to your house, and we go to live in your house, won't this save some money? I'll follow daddy and make some for him Meals are okay, but the third uncle's matter, I don't know how long it will take, so I have to save what can be saved."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen nodded, "That's fine, Yingzi, don't go back to the county. You won't be able to help you when you go back, and I have to take care of you when the time comes. You stay at home and wait with peace of mind. News from Zhixin. Zhixin and Jinghan went to the county together and stayed at your house. We slowly inquired about it. Our family doesn’t have any relatives in the county. Not good, Zhixiang is not at home, if Zhixiang is at home, at least he still has a few classmates in the county." Chen sighed.

Zhixin was walking on the road in a hurry, just in time to meet Zixuan's father, Lin Xingjia.

"Brother Xu, where are you going? Why are you leaving in such a hurry." Father Zixuan asked.

"Oh, something happened at home, I have to go to the county. Isn't it time to go up the mountain, I have to go talk to Uncle Zhou and ask him to move our group back." Zhixin saw that Xingjia, the two families have always gotten along relatively well, so I told him about the family affairs.

"Brother, wait, I'll go to the county with you. My family has relatives in the county, and Zixuan's sister-in-law has married into the county. Zixuan's uncle happens to be a catcher in the county government. You can find out by looking for him. You go to Uncle Zhou's house first, I'll go home and clean up, and we'll go to the county together in the afternoon." Lin Xing's family hurriedly said when they heard about it.

Zhixin was worried and went to the county, his eyes were darkened, he didn't know who to turn to, he didn't expect that the Lin family had such a connection. "Then thank you brother, and I won't say much. If you can get away, brother, you can go with me. If you can't, write a letter and I will take it with you. Go there and find your sister-in-law. It's better than me." It's much better to ask around."

"Brother, don't worry, I have to go along with this matter anyway. The friendship between our two families is still there. Besides, Ziwen's life was saved by Jinghan." Lin Xingjia waved his hands and hurried home.

Zhixin hurried to the village chief's house and told the village chief about the matter.When the village head heard that it was such an important event this week, he hurriedly said, "Zhixin, you should hurry up and go to the county. Don't worry about seeing the ginseng. There are people in our village who say they can go to the county first." Wait, it’s okay. Wait, I still have some money for you to take. I don’t know what this Zhiming is about, so I’ll get some more money to prepare for it. It’s going up and down, money is indispensable. Besides, you have to find Xing The sister-in-law of the family also bought some things for them." The village chief Porridge said, then took out about a tael of silver and handed it to Zhixin. "Don't think too little, uncle doesn't have too many, that's all that can help you."

Zhixin refused, but the village chief was a little angry, so he accepted, "Thank you uncle, then I'll go first." Zhixin turned around and came out of Zhou's house, and walked all the way home.

When she got home, she told Mrs. Chen that Lin Xing's family would be with her, and Mrs. Chen was very happy to hear that. "Oh, this is really a coincidence. Okay, let's go. I'll let Jinghan follow you. When you go to the county, you can stay at Zhiming's house. This will save you some money. Jinghan can't do anything else, just light the fire If you cook something or something, you can help."

(End of this chapter)