Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 46

Li Cunjiu said with a smile: "If you don't deserve it, I'll give it to you."

Xiuyao put the sweet potatoes in the basket, and put down a few cakes decisively, but the duck eggs were not put down, so if you want to lose, you can lose the same, and just keep the other one.

Lao Qi couldn't help but asked her to put two more. He had never smelled such a delicious cake. He seemed to be afraid that Xiuyao would blame him for taking advantage, so he immediately took out his pocket, but he didn't bring any money at all. He shouted Said: "Ah, Sixth Brother, you have money, give it to others."

Qi Feng glanced at him, "Where do I have money, we are the poorest."

Li Cunjiu glanced at him with a half-smile, took out a small piece of broken silver from his sleeve, and said, "Here is five cents, keep all your cakes." A cake, even with meat is enough.

Seeing the money, Xiuyao immediately took out the cake and handed it to them happily together with her burden, and took the money with one hand, without giving the second sister a chance to react and repent, anyway, the two of them ate it, and the cake will go to grandma's house in the future It can also be eaten, this silver is an opportunity that cannot be missed.

The corners of Qi Feng's mouth couldn't help twitching. Xiuyao took the money, took the sweet potatoes and put down the cake, then pulled the second sister to leave immediately, with a sweet voice, "Thank you brothers, we're leaving." Then she turned and left , without any delay.

Li Cunjiu immediately said: "Lao Liu, go and see it off."

Hearing the different meaning in his words, the corners of Qi Feng's mouth twitched again, but he didn't refuse, Xiuyao didn't want him to send him off, so she hurriedly bid farewell to him.

Qi Feng said expressionlessly: "I just happened to go out and take you to the main road along the way."

Xiu Xian hurriedly thanked him, thinking: If this kid hadn't pulled his face, he would be quite attractive.But she didn't dare to look directly at him, his eyes made her feel cold, so she pulled Xiuyao away quickly, and she was relieved when she got out of the alley and onto the street.

Looking up, it turned out to be the old woman's house who just went to ask for flower seeds, Xiuxian said to Xiuyao: "Go quickly."

Who knew that the old woman was also on the side of the road, when she saw them coming out, she immediately came up to her with a smile, and blocked Xiuxian, who immediately protected her sister, "Hey, I just want to ask you for some flower seeds , why are you so fierce?"

The old woman smiled and said: "It's the old woman who wants to make a mistake, wants to make a mistake, hey, here are a few packets of flower seeds for you."

As she said that, she handed over a few paper packages, and seeing that Xiuxian didn't pick them up, she threw them into her basket, then smiled at Qi Feng, and left.

Xiuxian and Xiuyao didn't come to their senses for a while, the old woman was still fierce in the morning, but in the afternoon she became amiable, like a juggler.

Qi Feng said: "The sun is going down, let's go."

Xiuyao looked up, the westward sun was slanting above him, the shadow made his supposedly immature face look mature and old-fashioned, people couldn't help but ignore his young and handsome face , only pay attention to those dark eyes.Against the red sunset, there was an indescribable feeling, which made Xiuyao a little scared, so she hurriedly took her second sister to leave.

"Oh my mother, little sister, you scared me to death." After leaving Shahe Village, Xiuxian patted her heart and panted exaggeratedly.

Although Xiuyao was a little nervous, she was still immersed in the excitement of getting sweet potatoes, so she added a note to the back of the quick knife—that is roasted sweet potatoes!
"Second sister, are you still afraid?"

Xiuxian frowned, and said: "The boy who sent us off, I think he is quite scary, his eyes are swishing."

Xiuyao felt the same, but said: "I don't think he is much older than Second Sister, maybe not as old as Second Sister."

He is so old-fashioned that others really can't tell his age.Besides, he dared to kill with a knife!

Xiuxian thought about it seriously, and said: "I look bigger than I actually look, so he is naturally bigger than me."

Seeing her serious look, Xiuyao laughed, this second sister is really honest, "Let's go, we will be scolded if we go home late."

Xiuxian quickened her pace, and said again: "Let's not mention the cake, the silver... Well, you can hide it." Xiuxian stuffed the silver to Xiuyao, she can't hide things, give her It hurts so much to turn around and fall.Five cents is worth a lot of money.

Xiuxian didn't know how much it was worth, but her family had never had any silver, so she felt that silver was naturally very valuable.

Xiuyao was taken aback, the second sister is really big, and money doesn't matter, she put it away after thinking about it, and said to Xiuxian: "Second sister, I will keep it, and keep it as the capital for us to make a fortune."

Xiuxian doesn't know what capital is, but she is very interested in making a fortune, "Can I eat meat every day?"

Xiuyao said with a smile: "Eat every meal until you get tired of it, until you will vomit if you eat pig intestines."

Xiu Xian burst out laughing, "I won't get tired of it, I'd like to eat every now and then." She laughed and pulled Xiu Yao to run quickly.

Xiuyao kept saying: "Second sister, be careful of the vegetable seedlings, don't let the sweet potatoes crush them."

It was only at the entrance of the village that Xiuxian remembered, "Ah, I was so stupid, that roasted pork was wrapped in a small bundle, and you gave it to others together."

Xiuyao smiled and said, "Forget it, we can eat meat if we have sweet potatoes."

"Then, what about Sweet Potatoes?" Xiu Xian didn't forget about it.

Xiuyao thought for a while and said: "Just tell grandpa simply, when the manager wants to plant flowers, he just sees that he wants two. Let's think about how to plant them." But I still have to tell the truth to my mother, after all, my mother also I have seen Qi Feng.

Xiuxian nodded, "Yes, but this thing looks like a hanging melon or something, but it has no seeds in it, how can I grow it?"

Xiuyao said casually: "Maybe it's a seed, it's just spring, let's try everything."

Xiuyao exhorted: "Don't waste it, it's delicious." The two murmured as they walked home, although they came back a little late, because of the old Qintou protecting them, Mrs. Zhang just muttered a few words. Scold again.

And Xiuyao came back with a full load, and Zhang's had duck eggs to accept and naturally stopped talking. Before she had time to dig through those vegetable seedlings and sweet potatoes, Xiuyao hurried out to find Lao Qintou.

"Grandpa, we will have vegetables to eat throughout this year." Xiuyao excitedly showed him the vegetable sprouts in the basket, and there were also bags of seeds wrapped in dried lotus leaves.As for the flower seeds given by the old woman, they were Fangguashuang, Jasmine, and Impatiens, wrapped in Fangguashang leaves, and Xiuyao put them up for Xiuxian herself.

Old Qintou was also very happy. He wanted to grow a vegetable field before, but Mrs. Zhang kept blocking him, saying that he couldn't afford to eat, so what kind of vegetables should he eat?

For some reason this year, she didn't object too much. Old Qin thought maybe she also wanted to change her taste.

Xiuyao peeled off the oiled paper and said to Old Qin, "Grandpa, there are still a few sweet potatoes here. Let's dig a ridge to fertilize the bottom, and then put the sweet potatoes on a mat. When they sprout, we can plant seedlings."

Old Qintou asked in surprise: "What is this? What is a sweet potato?"

Xiuyao said again that the hanging melon is called Diaogua, and the melon in the field is called sweet potato, and she also said that she asked for flower seeds and a few sweet potatoes, and she even asked her second sister to testify.

Xiuxian is generally recognized as not lying, and she will not lie. She said yes, and Old Qin didn't have any doubts. He just said: "This thing is very expensive. He is so generous."

At this time, Xiuxian began to belch, with panacidic water, and her stomach was on fire. Old Qintou thought she was sick. Xiuyao asked and found out that she ate sweet potatoes. It may be because she is not used to eating sweet potatoes or her body is naturally intolerant. of.

She took the opportunity to promote it to her grandfather, "Grandpa, this thing is not expensive, and some people feel uncomfortable after eating it."

Old Qintou was puzzled, "Girl, why did our family grow it?" It took up space and cost fertilizer.

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Grandpa, some people feel uncomfortable after eating it, but some people feel comfortable after eating it. Pigs, chickens, ducks and geese can eat it comfortably." With sweet potatoes, you can raise pigs, pork is expensive here.

Of course, even if beef is cheap, it is not much. Farm cattle cannot be slaughtered unless they are too dry, so the meat of old cattle, sick cattle and dead cattle will be cheaper than pork.Although mutton is cheaper than pork, it is mainly for sheep shearing, and generally the value of mutton is used up before eating meat.And because of the smell of mutton, ordinary farmers rarely like to eat it. Although the tender lamb is delicious, it is not something they can enjoy.So everyone still likes to eat pork, and they all like to buy fatty meat. After all, the farmers are not rich and wealthy, so it is impossible to eat meat all at once.If there is meat in a meal, it will naturally be fat and fragrant, and it can also be used as oil for cooking.

Raising pigs?Old Qintou can't turn the corner. His family has been farming for generations. It is said that rich people do raise a lot of pigs and eat meat all day long, but he has never experienced it. Besides, his family is so poor now, why raise pigs? ?Just to collect dung?Although a pig can be sold for two taels of money at the end of the year, it also eats a lot of food.Although you can live by eating weeds, you don’t gain much weight. Compared with the pigs raised by people with abundant food, they can be sold for a lot less. The purpose of raising them at home is to save manure, and sell them for some money so that they don’t lose food.

"Our two pigs are struggling to raise." There is no food.

Xiuyao said anxiously: "Grandpa, let's use this to feed pigs. When the pigs are fat, we can sell them for money. When we have money, we can buy land, build houses, raise a large number of pigs, and then buy land..."

Old Qin asked in surprise, "How much money can you earn by selling pigs?"

An acre of good land costs more than ten taels of silver, and if it is a little bit better, it costs ten taels, which is ten thousand yuan. How much money can their family earn by working so much land and working hard?Even if it is an ordinary land, if there is no one above six taels, it is impossible to get it.Now that their family can't even get enough tax money, how can they talk about buying land?
If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have livestock and couldn't save pen fat, he wouldn't have wanted to raise it, and it was a pity that the family mowed the grass to pick up some sorghum for them to eat, otherwise the family would not be able to afford it.

Such a few small melons can raise pigs?Besides, don't you want this kind of sweet potato?Now those lands are not enough to grow food in a serious way, so where is there any free space to grow sweet potatoes?There is no wasteland in the village to plead, and the remaining wasteland is wasted by whoever planted it, and no one will touch it.

Return sweet potatoes, melons in the field, can melons grow in the field?I've never heard of it before, how many melons can be produced with just a few?Like hanging melon?But where is this sweet potato planted?inside?

Thinking about it, he tried to break it with his hands, wanting to see what the seeds looked like, but Xiuyao hurriedly stopped him, "Grandpa, don't break it, the whole mat will be fine, and it will germinate."

Old Qin said, "Let me see what the seeds look like."

Xiuyao said: "There are no seeds."

Old Qin thought to himself: There are no seeds, is it because the melon is too small and unripe?If someone gives a girl a melon to eat, she definitely can't give it to the good ones, and keep the good ones for her own family. This girl might as well just ask for a few seeds.Hey, children are just greedy. If they say it is to be eaten on fire, then put it under the pot and eat it while cooking. It will satisfy the children's greed, but I don't know if there is anything wrong with eating it.

Old Qin's eyes flickered, his mind was active, and he thought one after another. His brain had never been used like this in his life.

Xiuyao thought that it would not be worthwhile to sit on the kang table with so many sweet potatoes, but it was so late, and it would be impossible if the seedlings were not raised earlier, she looked at it, and said to Old Qin: "Grandpa, isn't there a broken man in our family?" A crock pot with a bottom? Use it for me."

The earthenware pots whose basins are too broken are just used to feed chickens, and it would cost a lot of money if they were cured, so they are not worth it, but they can be used to place sweet potatoes for Xiuyao.

Old Qintou pondered first to see what she could come up with after tossing and tossing. Anyway, it doesn't cost the family money. If it can be planted, it will be planted, and if it can't be planted, it will be pulled down.

He always felt that his little granddaughter was a little too smart. Although what she said was usually on display, everyone didn't pay attention to it, but she was thinking too much, why did she see it all?
Hey, this should be a good thing, Old Qin thought to himself, Houmiaozi has a child prodigy who can read at the age of three, can read at the age of five, and can write poetry at the age of seven, but he is a boy, hey, if Yaoyao is a It's fine for a boy, sell everything by yourself, and let her study for two days. If she can grow a scholar, it will be a high honor for her ancestors.

The reason why the old Qin's family was ruined was because there were no scholars.Without scholars, even if you have some money, you can't keep it.

Naturally, Xiuyao didn't know that such a sweet potato of hers aroused so many thoughts of old Qin's head. She excitedly took out the clay pot, washed it clean, and put it under the eaves, and called Xiuxian to help her find sand.

At this time, Qin Ye had just returned from mowing the grass, followed by Qin Yang and Xiuli. As soon as they saw her, the two children rushed over, "Sister, sister!"

Qin Yang threw himself at her, wanting Xiuyao to catch him like her elder brother. How could Xiuyao have such strength, and with a "plop", she was thrown down by Qin Yang.

Qin Ye hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiuyao up, and taught his brother a lesson: "How can this be, my sister is not as strong as you."

Qin Yang didn't fall on Xiuyao's body just now, he scratched his head in embarrassment, and immediately admitted his mistake, "Sister, I didn't do it on purpose, I won't do this in the future."

Seeing that the former little overlord now took the initiative to admit his mistake, Xiuyao laughed and patted her body, "It's okay, let's go, come with me to dig the sandy soil and sweet potatoes."

(End of this chapter)