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Chapter 68 Not being envied by others is a mediocrity!
I really don't know, I was shocked.A group of voles can eat up half a mouthful of food for half a winter.What's more, there are flocks of birds and beasts on the mountain, such as Xiong Xiazi who likes to break Baogu the most.

All in all, there are many reasons that cannot allow the peasants to be lazy, and the whole family, young and old, are dispatched together to grab the busy autumn.

Of course, the farmers don't just have to grab the grain in the fields, and it's time to harvest all kinds of mountain products, such as wild walnuts, wild hazelnuts, mountain grapes, wild dates, and chestnut burdock pots.Dashan is a selfless giver. As long as you work hard enough, the children will never be short of snacks for the winter.

The fruits in the Four Seasons Garden have been cooked and stored.But this does not mean that there is no work to be busy. On the contrary, autumn is an important part of fruit tree management.Each fruit tree needs to dig a circle of soil ditches to fertilize according to the crown coverage of the tree, trim the shape and pruning, and water it thoroughly before the soil freezes.

Originally there were more than [-] handymen, because a batch of them were resigned, now there are only ten left, and Zhao Qingshan leads everyone so busy that they hardly touch the ground every day.Dong Rong followed behind to watch for a few days, and remembered that the fruit trees in the previous life had to be whitewashed, so she called Mrs. Liu to ask if there was such a thing as lime in this world.

Sister-in-law Liu frowned and listened to Dong Rong's explanation for a long while, and finally she suddenly realized, "My master is asking about the white foam that paints the wall, right? There are grocery stores in the city that sell it. But those things are only used by masons, so why should my master paint them?" house?"

Dong Rong was very happy to hear that it was sold in the city, she waved her hands and said with a smile, "I don't want to paint the house, but I want to buy some to paint the trees?"

Sister-in-law Liu muttered to herself, the host is indeed a girl from a scholar's family, she is really happy.Usually, changing clothes once a day, washing hair once every two days, and taking a bath once every three days is already very different from that of a peasant girl.Now even the fruit trees in the garden want to be painted white, really...

"Boss, I've used that white foam too. It burns my hands if it sticks to it. If I brush it on a tree, won't it burn the tree?"

Dong Rong didn't bother to explain to Sister-in-law Liu, so she smiled, "Sister-in-law, let me bring two bags back when someone buys it tomorrow. I have my own idea. By the way, I will buy another [-] catties of salt. If there is pig blood from the butcher, I will try my best." Buy more."

Sister-in-law Liu had no choice but to respond, "Okay, master, I will go to the city with me tomorrow morning, and I will keep everything safe."

After talking about this, she asked again what meat dishes to make for the handymen at night.It happened that Dong Ping came back from the city with Xizi, Dong Rong smiled and pushed Sister-in-law Liu, "You are the second housekeeper in our garden, you can decide these small matters by yourself, don't ask me all the time. I don't trust anyone, You can't trust my sister-in-law."

Sister-in-law Liu beamed with joy when she heard this, Le Diandian said goodbye and went down the mountain to work.Dong Rong stretched out her hand to grab her younger brother, patted the dust off his clothes, and asked, "It's hot on the road, why don't you hire a carriage to come back?"

Dong Ping gulped down a bowl of herbal tea, and said with a smile, "Didn't elder sister always say that you can't raise me into a sour talent who doesn't work hard and doesn't distinguish five grains? It's only a few miles away, and it's not easy to walk back." Tired, it's all about exercising your legs and feet."

Dong Rong was really happy that his younger brother was so frugal and sensible. Thinking of his purpose of going back to the academy, he asked again, "Mr. Yang agrees to your request for leave?"

Dong Ping frowned when he heard this, and Dong Rong quickly comforted him, "It's fine if you don't agree, sir, you will go to Kyoto every year in the future, if you can't go this year, it's the same if you go next year."

Dong Ping quickly shook his head, "No, sister, sir has granted me leave."

"Then why aren't you happy?"

Dong Ping tightly pursed his lips and said after a long while, "Sister, didn't any of the fruits in the orchard be sold?"

After hearing this, Dong Rong realized that my younger brother must have met that idiot from the Xue family, so she smiled and said, "What did you hear others say? Don't worry, my sister never counted on selling peaches for a few taels of silver to live on. "

"It's also because of me that the Xue family didn't accept the fruit. Sister, I will..." Dong Ping felt very guilty. His sister was busy all day, earning money for him to study.Not only could he not be of much help, but on the contrary, he caused his sister to lose money.

"What about in the future?" Dong Rong interrupted her younger brother, and said seriously, "Brother Ping, you have to remember that a villain is a man of arrogance. If you offend him and your strength is not as good as his, then Try to evade defenses as much as possible, accumulate strength in secret, and once you are strong enough, you will completely overthrow him! Never think about bowing your head and making amends, otherwise not only will he insult you more wantonly, but others will also look down on you, understand?"

Dong Ping listened with his head bowed and hands tied, and quickly responded, "Yes, sister, I understand."

Dong Rong patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said, "It's a mediocrity for a person not to be envied. It's because you are an outstanding person that contrasts the incompetence of a villain, so he hates you and wants to get it back from other places. So, this It's not your fault. You have to be even better in the future, and even make up for the rest of the shortcomings, that is the most powerful counterattack against the villain."

Dong Ping's eye circles were slightly red, and he nodded heavily, "Sister, I remember."

"Just remember it. If you have anything to do in the future, you have to make it clear to your sister like today, and you can't be bored in your heart."

The two siblings talked intimately like this, and Xizi who was beside him wiped tears secretly with envy, and couldn't help but feel regretful, if only he had a sister, it would be great, but it's a pity that his parents only gave birth to him, if they didn't sell themselves, maybe they would Already starved to death.

Dong Rong wanted to tell his younger brother a few words, but Zhao Qingshan came up from the mountain to send a message. It turned out that Dong Xiucai wanted his son to go home as soon as possible.

Dong Rong's siblings frowned when they heard these words. In the Dong family's yard, apart from the pedantic and cowardly father and the sturdy and vicious stepmother, there were gluttonous and cowardly half-brothers and stingy and arrogant half-sisters.Even with their toes, they could guess that it must be a bad thing for these people to call them back.

But helpless etiquette is greater than the sky, Dong Rong, as a married girl, can say that Dong Ping, the eldest son of Dong, can't hide at all.

Dong Rong sent Zhao Qingshan to continue working, then lowered his head and pondered.After a while, she said, "I guess Mrs. Niu knew about your appointment as a student, and she was thinking about the ten mu of land under your name that is not subject to tax, and the monthly paper and ink money of five hundred wen. "

Dong Ping obviously thought of this too, he clenched his fists angrily, "When she needed money to pay for repairs, she couldn't see her. Now that I have taken a student, why does she still have the face to think about it?"

"Even if it's acid rain in the sky, it won't corrode the face of our stepmother." Dong Rong sighed, "Don't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, so don't be too stiff. Next year you will take the exam, and you will still need the village and our father." Come out as a guarantee."

Dong Ping resented, "The monthly paper and ink money can be handed over to the family, but the ten acres of tax-free land will fall on my sister's orchard."

Originally, Mr. Chen also had a reputation as a scholar, but this orchard has never paid taxes.After Dong Rong took over, she inquired carefully, but she was startled by the high taxes of Daqi State. Basically, more than half of the orchard's annual output was allocated to pay the tax.Fortunately, she plans to run a farmhouse, and she has the money-absorbing weapon of posting apples, otherwise, buying this orchard would be a scam.

"Okay, the orchard is under your name, and you will get [-]% of all future income."

"Sister, what is this for? I don't want it!" Dong Ping blushed anxiously and waved his hands desperately.

Dong Rong stretched out her hand to pull him, and said with a smile, "Why are you in a hurry? My sister didn't say that I will give you money now. According to the production of the orchard, I will give you two or thirty taels a year. My sister will save it for you, and wait for you to marry a wife." It's time to buy a dowry gift."

Dong Ping breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and finally said, "Sister, what is she planning to do so early, I won't think about anything else until I get the No. [-] Scholar."

"Okay, you study hard, and other things, my sister will help you think about it. Remember that the orchard harvests [-]% of your annual income, and my sister will set up an account book for you separately. When you have a daughter-in-law, you will give the account book to me. Your daughter-in-law is keeping it."

"Okay, it's up to my sister to make the decision." Dong Ping heard that it was hard for her sister to talk about a daughter-in-law, and thought that only 23 taels a year was not much, so he agreed.After staying for a few years, he welcomed his wife in, and the young couple only realized how amazing this so-called two-part dividend was when they looked through the account books in their spare time.

Of course, this is all for later. When we set off for Kyoto the day after tomorrow, Dong Ping will go to a small courtyard outside the city to join Guanshi Zhang, so he can only rush home tonight and hear what happened to his father and stepmother. What a bad idea.

In the past few days, everyone in Huaishu Village has also heard that the Dong family has produced a master scholar, and everyone is proud of it.It seems that they live in the same village as Dong's family, even if they are illiterate, they all have three points of aura, which is much nobler than farmers in other villages.

As soon as Dong Ping entered the village, he was surrounded by villagers who heard the news and asked him, "Master Ping, are the officials from Fucheng scary?"

That one also asked, "Master Ping, I heard that the academy gave you 100 taels of silver as a lottery prize? Is there really that much?"

There was even an old woman who shouted loudly, "Master Ping, I have several big girls with yellow flowers on hand, all of them are from innocent families. If you want a room to serve the cold and warm, just come to me."

Dong Ping really couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, and he didn't know who spread these rumors.He wanted to refute the rumors, but he only had one mouth, and he was really unable to answer them one by one.Just when she was tired and thirsty, Niu Shi who heard the commotion finally arrived. She put her hips on her hips, grinned and cursed, "What are you doing? Why don't you get out of the way! We Brother Jiaping is now a noble man, how can you a bunch of bumpkins offend him? I want you to pay for tearing his clothes!"

When everyone heard this, they all backed away, and everyone looked at Niu with a bad expression.Although Dong's family is considered to have one school and two scholars nowadays, they live in the same village anyway, and the neighbors' face must always be taken into account.Niu's scolding and belittling everyone was too mean.

Niu, however, acted as if he hadn't seen the anger of the crowd, walked up to Dong Ping with his chin raised, tried several times before forcing a smile, and said, "Brother Ping, your father is still waiting at home, why are you running here to delay?" Kung fu? Come back with mother, mother will cook meat for you!"

(End of this chapter)