Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 80

The grandparents and grandchildren didn't waste time, and they did what they said. After noon, Liu Fei's room was vacated. Because he was studying, he was given a room alone. Anyway, he couldn't use the big kang.

Lift the kang mat, take down the wheat straw on the kang, then clean the kang, build up the surroundings with earth bricks at the end of the kang, and then spread thick sand in the middle.

Finally, the sweet potatoes were buried vertically, watered thoroughly, and covered with a thin layer of grass curtains, and then watered and ventilated regularly to wait for germination.When it comes to Guyu, it is almost time to plant sweet potatoes.

When burying sweet potatoes, Xiuyao asked Lao Liutou, "Grandpa, how many sweet potatoes have you prepared?"

Although her grandfather had promised her before, Xiuyao still wanted to make sure, and then count the number of pigs she raised.Old Liutou smiled, "Girl, how much land do you want? The rented land we have to grow food for rent, is our own a few mu of land enough?"

How many acres of land?Xiuyao was immediately happy, "Grandpa, enough is enough. I heard that this kind of thing can harvest two to three thousand catties per mu of land." Although the taste of this variety is very ordinary, the yield is not bad.

Old Liutou was also happy. He estimated the sweet potatoes harvested last year. There were several in one litter.They applied enough base fertilizer, and then fertilized the joints to make the sweet potatoes grow better. If calculated by mu, one mu of land would indeed cost more than two thousand catties.

If you raise pigs, you can save fat, sell them or use them yourself. This is the best of both worlds.

Lao Liutou led Xiuyao to make sweet potato ridges, and did not need other people's help, but the uncle still sent Liu Sheng to help him, anyway, there are enough animals in the mill, so there is no need for people to grind. It will be much lighter.

Lao Liutou set aside a few acres of land near the Daqing River in the south to grow sweet potatoes. When the sweet potatoes were ridged, Xiuyao looked at them. Yangliu Village and Taoyuan Village are only more than 20 miles away from each other, but the environment is quite different.

Yangliu Village is full of fertile black land, relying on the Daqing River, rich in water resources, and in recent years, the weather has been smooth, but Taoyuan Village is not good, the land is mostly yellow land, and there is no water source that can solve the water problem. day to eat.It is often raining cats and dogs elsewhere, but here only a few raindrops are thrown and the clouds clear away.

"Grandpa, there are a few acres of land over there that are seriously desertified, why don't you buy it, and then we will build a mill and a pig farm here." Xiuyao went around and said to Old Liu when she came back.

Old Liutou was sitting on the upside-down basket smoking a pipe, when he heard the words, he said, "That's a good idea, I'll go and find out."

Liu Sheng heard it and said, "Grandpa, does our family have the money to buy land? Besides, isn't buying land something done by rich landlords?"

Old Willow stared at him, "You silly boy, you know how to work, and you don't want to use your brain at all. Who said that only landlords and rich people can buy land, why don't we buy land if we have a little extra money? , if you don’t buy land, what will you eat in the future?”

Liu Sheng scratched his head, and said with a chuckle: "Grandpa, my mother said, there are countless little people in this brain, and I can't use up all of them at once. I have to save some."

Old Liu smiled and scolded: "You silly boy."

This is also the first time Xiuyao heard such a title, one less brain cell, haha!

Old Liutou asked Liu Sheng to continue digging sweet potato ridges, and he and Xiuyao went for a stroll. At this time, the field was full of old farmers who were busy with spring plowing, and they would chat with him when they saw him.Someone even asked him, "Brother Liu, what do you want to grow in your field?"

Old Liutou didn't hide anything, "Sweet potatoes, do you want to plant some?"

The man waved his hands and said, "Brother, are you kidding me, you can't grow serious food? Who would grow that? I heard people say that you gave back to the third brother's house? Haha, isn't it difficult?" Eat it? I heard people say that the third brother said it was a stuff for feeding pigs, and people don’t eat it. Where can there be thin noodle rolls that are delicious.”

Xiuyao was sweating, grandpa picked a few big and decent cooked sweet potatoes and sent them to the third grandpa, because the cooking heat was not high enough, and the variety was average, and the big ones were not as tasty as the small ones Well, the third grandpa naturally didn't taste very good, and his family was not used to it and was reluctant to waste it, so he sent it back to grandpa.

Old Liu didn't take it seriously, he still laughed hilariously, went to chat with a few people, turned around and said to Xiuyao: "Let's go to Ren Lizheng's house to ask about the land in the evening."

In the evening, Xiuyao put on the new clothes given by her aunt, and followed her grandfather to Ren Lizheng's home in the south after dinner.When I passed by the school, I heard the sound of reading from inside. These are the students who go home to help with farm work during the day and come to study at night.

Xiuyao's heart skipped a beat, and she said to Lao Liu, "Grandfather, you go ask about the land, I'll go and see Third Brother and Xiao Yanger."

Old Liutou let her go, Xiuyao turned straight to the school, went up and knocked on the door, an old woman answered the door, Xiuyao explained her purpose, and the old woman let her in.

Xiuyao first hid at the screen wall and looked into the classroom to see that Liu Fei was writing with his head down, while Qin Yang was sitting next to him, shaking his head and reciting books aloud. What he memorized were not common daily life, but some serious Four Books, Five Classics and One kind of stuff.

In the beginning, Qin Yang came to play with Liu Fei, and it was right to take care of the children, and Mr. Ren didn't ask for any other training.But Xiao Yang'er is very smart, he has learned it after going back and forth, and he also reads when he hears his teacher teach, and he can memorize it after reading it a few times.Since then, Mr. Ren has looked at him with admiration, and he doesn't think he is too young, and he doesn't care that he was not trained by Shu.

It was Lao Liutou who felt sorry, and asked Liu Fei to carry two bolts of cloth and a basket of eggs. This time, Mr. Ren accepted the eggs without asking for cloth, and the eggs were used as extra meals for the students on weekdays.

Qin Yang was reciting a book, shaking his head, but his eyes were not idle, he saw Xiuyao as soon as she came in.Seeing that his husband was not there, he jumped out of the window and ran towards Xiuyao, "Sister, why are you here?"

The people studying in the school also glanced out quickly while reading, and saw a girl standing there in the shadow of the lamp on the screen wall, with a beautiful smile, not like a peasant girl at all, but like a random girl. Just like Miss Jiaojiao who was raised in the backyard.

Liu Fei coughed, "What are you looking at, Mister Be Careful."

Everyone was busy and started to read, but their eyes were still looking out.

After Liu Fei came out, Xiuyao asked them after a few words, "Is Mr. Ren in?"

Liu Fei was surprised and said: "Yaoyao, why are you looking for Mr.?"

Xiuyao said: "That's it. I want to ask him if he has any books that record tools. My aunt and I want to modify the loom."

Liu Fei groaned, and said: "Mr. is not here, maybe he is going to Ren's compound, why don't I ask him when he comes back?"

Xiuyao hummed, and asked them to study hard, and she went to wait for her grandfather first.She waited in the gatehouse of the Ren family for more than half an hour, when she saw her grandfather and a man who looked like a butler come out, she hurriedly ran out of the gatehouse.

Grandpa asked her to say hello to Butler Ren again, and after a few more words, he left and went home.

On the way, Xiuyao asked the master how the situation was. Old Liutou was a little excited, smiled and said happily: "It happens that someone wants to sell the land, and the entrustment is paying attention to it. The land with a home is similar to ours, and it is also a bit powerful. I'm afraid I won't be able to grow crops in the future, so if I want to sell it now, at least I can sell it for some money."

Xiuyao hummed, "Grandpa, no one will buy it except us."

Old Liutou smiled and said, "That's true. If you can't grow crops, who would want them? If we don't buy them now, they will be like picking them up for nothing after a while."

After lunch on the second day, someone came to look for Lao Liutou. It was the family that Ren Li was talking about selling land last night. He was also surnamed Liu, ranked fifth, and his name was Fifth Brother Liu, but he was no longer related to Lao Liu's family.When he saw Lao Liutou, he bowed, "Fourth Uncle, do you really want to buy land? There are several acres in my place, you should buy them all."

Xiuyao was almost overjoyed, the five Lius were really sincere.

Old Liutou invited him to sit in the room, smoke a pipe, drink a bowl of water, and chat slowly.

But Liu Wu couldn't sit still, with a bitter face, "Fourth Uncle, you are a good person, and I won't hide it from you, that land turned out to be really good, and many people wanted to buy it, but I was reluctant to sell it. How would you know, this is very good." In the coming year, why is it like that? When I took it from my father, it was fine, but in the end, I, a prodigal son, was forced to lose my life. If I don’t sell it now, I’m afraid no one will take it for nothing in a few years. .”

Old Liutou sighed, "I know this, our family has an acre of land, we can't sell it, and we still have it in our hands."

When Liu Wu heard it, he didn't understand what he meant, so why don't you want it?That's right, who would want such a few acres of land? He begged with a face full of pleading, "Fourth uncle, you have to help me. If it weren't for the troubles at home, I don't want to sell the land, but the other few acres of land have to be kept. If you sell it, the whole family will starve to death. If you don’t sell it, you’ll just wait for money.”

Old Liutou also heard that his mother was seriously ill, and I'm afraid she will die, and the funeral expenses will be a big expense. If many people's family is not strong enough, a funeral will be enough to break the family and owe a lot of money. What about famine?

He felt pity in his heart, "How much do you want to sell?"

Liu Wu hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Fourth Uncle, I have six acres of land, and I'm not greedy. Originally, those lands cost ten tang per mu, but now I only want five tang."

"What? Five hangings?" Old Liutou was taken aback by him. At the beginning, no one wanted a single sling for his mu of land. Liu Wu's land is better. It can be planted for two years, and it won't cost more than two slings. look.

He even thought, if a few more days pass, it might be like picking up for nothing, why spend that money?

Seeing the old Liutou's attitude, Liu Wu knew that he was going to be taller, so he smiled embarrassedly, but that smile was uglier than crying, "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, otherwise, I'll be cheaper, you can take it all."

Old Liutou didn't speak, just glanced at him, Liu Wu said cruelly: "Sihang."

Old Liu shook his head, Liu Wu was about to cry.

Xiuyao tugged on Grandpa's sleeve and said, "Grandpa, why don't we discuss it again."

Old Liu nodded and said to Liu Wu, "Little Wu, you go back first, let's talk later."

Liu Wuyi was anxious when he heard this, so he knelt down to Lao Liutou, "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, please help me, no one will buy that land except you, if I don't sell that land, I have to sell something else , I, I..." The seven-foot man began to cry.

Old Liutou sighed, "Little Wuzi, it's not that I don't want to help you. You said that if I was really rich, I'd buy ten taels and one mu. Right, since I want to buy something like that, it's because I don't have the money."

Liu Wu looked at him in panic, with a look of despair in his eyes. Before he wanted to sell the land to the Ren family, the price was a dime, so it was to help him because of the face of the folks in the big hometown. What they said was In another two years, a drop of money might buy two acres.

He was reluctant to sell, so he asked Lizheng to help see if anyone else wanted to buy it, and it happened that Lao Liutou asked, and he came over.

"Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, I don't want four hangs, that's fine, three hangs, three hangs, okay?" There was a tear in his voice.

Old Liu bowed down to help him, "Little Wuzi, get up first, go home first, I'll discuss it too, and I'll send you a letter later."

But Liu Wu felt that if he discussed it, he would definitely not want it, and maybe he would have to pay a penny, so it would be better to kill him. His eyes became more and more desperate, and Xiuyao couldn't bear to look at him.

For some reason, she thought of her grandpa. Was he begging everywhere like this back then, his family was dilapidated, but he had to live on, so he had to be humble?
Thinking of it this way, her grudge against Old Qintou was much less.

Liu Wu wiped away his tears and left. Old Liu sighed. The uncle saw it and asked, "Father, what is he doing?"

Old Liu shook his head, "It's nothing, I want to sell the few acres of land near the river to us. The price is a bit expensive, and we can't afford it."

The uncle said: "Father, our mill is very good, and the land is enough for planting, so you don't need to buy it. If you really want to buy it, let's save some more money, and it will be the same if you buy it in two years."

Chen also said: "Father, in a few years, no one will take his land for nothing."

Old Liutou didn't speak, turned around and went back to the house, Mrs. Li didn't bother him when he saw that he was thinking about something.

Xiuyao poured him a bowl of water, "Grandpa, although our family's money is not for nothing, but I think the price is much lower than buying decent land. If we wait a little longer, I'm afraid we will Although I picked up a bargain, it was too hurtful. Otherwise, we might as well not buy from his house, and not take advantage of it."

Lao Liutou patted her head, "Girl, you are right."

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Grandpa and grandma are kind-hearted people, so naturally they won't take advantage of people's blood and sweat. I think we might as well help him in a different way."

Old Liutou looked at her curiously, "What a change."

(End of this chapter)