Yipin Tang

Chapter 35 Mind

Swallows peck the spring mud, catkins fly, the carriage slowly walks in the wilderness, listening to the old cows mooing, and the joyful sound of children in the field makes Wang Xiang feel the long-lost pastoral joy. No wonder there are so many virtuous people in the past Staying away from the temple and indulging in the countryside, they really know how to enjoy life.

When the weather is fine and the warm sunshine falls on the earth, the tenants on the farm are busy with spring plowing, sowing seeds is also a year's hope.

Li Zhi looked at the barefoot children chasing and playing in the fields with surprise and envy. He had never imagined this kind of life. They don't need to read and practice calligraphy, they can run freely regardless of their appearance, and laugh loudly.

Steward Wang, who had been waiting here long after the carriage stopped, stepped forward quickly, followed by a skinny old man with dark skin.

"Master."

"En." Wang Xiang jumped out of the carriage without asking Butler Wang to help him and asked, "Have the land been marked out?"

Butler Wang nodded and said, "It's all well plotted, it's all good fertile land, but it will take some days to finish all the plowing."

"Take me to see the land first."

Butler Wang staggered half of his body to let the old man behind him introduce: "Uncle Yu is an old man in the village, and he is most familiar with the land in the village, so let Uncle Yu take the young master to see the land. The shopkeeper Huang of Baiweilou invited me Let's talk about raising the price of a wine tasting."

Ever since Steward Wang "inadvertently" disclosed the news that Hongfulou wanted to exclusively sell first-class wines under Wang Xiang's instructions, shopkeeper Huang of Baiweilou couldn't sit still. Butler Wang admired Wang Xiang more and more.

Seeing Wang Steward Wang Xiang, who is getting younger and younger, he said with a smile: "You go, I just take a look today."

Uncle Yu is a typical farmer, dull, not good at speaking, he leads the way silently by himself, Wang Xiang leisurely follows behind, Li Zhi and Xiao Luoli talk and laugh from left to right, but Li Zhi keeps sneaking eyes watching the children chasing and frolicking.

Li Zhi's absent-minded appearance made little loli very dissatisfied. Although she usually thought he was always pestering her, but when she saw that Li Zhi's mind was not on her, little loli became unhappy again, and immediately pouted and said: "Child Slave, if you like them so much, go play with them, and don't talk to me in the future."

Seeing that Little Lolita was angry, Li Zhi became anxious, and quickly said: "Sister Xiao Wu, I just took a second look at them because I have never seen them play like this. I just don't want to."

Little Loli asked curiously after hearing the words: "Then what do you usually do?"

"Reading, practicing calligraphy, and sometimes practicing horseback riding and hunting."

"Can you still ride a horse and shoot?"

"Of course." Li Zhi straightened his chest and said, "I ride a horse much better than Wang Jiancheng."

Wang Xiang glanced at Li Zhi dissatisfied, why bother me.

"Father said that riding horses and hunting will rule the world, and reading and writing will rule the world."

"Are you so obedient to your father's words?" Little Lolita sarcastically said, "Where is the peace in the world now that we need you to do so?"

Li Zhi was at a loss for words for a while, and argued: "Who says the world is peaceful? The captain-in-law was injured by Gaochang Jingqi a few days ago. After I learn how to ride a horse and shoot and hunt well, I can help my father fight Gaochang."

"Ambitious."

Hearing Wang Xiang's praise, Li Zhi raised his head triumphantly, and the little loli said disdainfully, "What about reading and writing to rule the world? You are not a prince, so ruling the world has nothing to do with you."

"I, I can help the prince brother."

Little Loli approached Li Zhi with a sinister face and laughed, "Could it be that you want to be the prince?"

Wang Xiang on the side was taken aback. This girl dared to say anything. If history hadn't changed, it would be Li Zhi who became the prince.

Li Zhi also became flustered after hearing what Little Lolita said: "I, I never thought that others should not hear your words."

Seeing Li Zhi's nervous look, the little loli moved closer and smiled, "I think you are much better than your elder brother the prince. If you become the prince, I will be your princess, okay?"

"I, I..." Li Zhi looked at the big eyes of the little loli who was close at hand, his face turned red and he didn't know how to respond.

Wang Xiang really couldn't stand it any longer, so he pulled the little Lolita back and said, "You must never say these words again, otherwise you will be punished and not allowed to go out for three days." Going to find out what troubles are going to happen, and she doesn't know the seriousness of it until she is scolded.

Li Zhi's palms were sweating from fright, and he glanced at Wang Xiang gratefully, but he heard the little loli pouting in dissatisfaction: "I'm just talking casually, I won't marry him, I want to marry him." I want to marry someone like my brother-in-law."

The way Li Zhi looked at Wang Xiang changed immediately.

"Cough..." Wang Xiang almost choked on his own saliva, pretending to be serious, "This joke is not funny at all."

Is it a joke?Li Zhigang breathed a sigh of relief and the little loli said with an aggrieved face: "It's not a joke, did brother-in-law forget the bet with me that day?"

Bet?Li Zhi became nervous again.

Wang Xiang's heart moved, and he remembered the bet he made with Little Lolita that day in the backyard of the Wu family, but at that time he thought that Little Lolita was his fiancee, so he made the bet. Remember.

Little Lolita, who saw Wang Xiang stared blankly, felt even more aggrieved: He really couldn't remember.

"Under the tree that day, you made a bet with me, saying that if you won the first prize in the poetry competition, I would be yours, your... fiancee." Little Lolita's whole face turned pale when she plucked up the courage to say this. It turned red, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang felt speechless for a while, I, who won the bet, didn't ask you for gambling debts, why are you so active when you lose the bet?
"That... didn't I regard you as your sister at that time?"

"Then you still hugged me. My mother said that men and women can't kiss each other. If others know about me, how will they meet people in the future?"

Damn, I'm afraid that people will know that you still say it. Didn't Li Zhi feel like shitting in a hurry?

"Young Master, we're here. In front of us is the ten mu of fertile land."

Hearing Mr. Yu's words, Wang Xiang burst into tears. He felt as if he had escaped from the sky. He hurriedly left the shy little Lolita and the messy Li Zhi, stepped forward and took Mr. Yu's rough hand and said, "Okay, we're here!" Alright, please tell me about it in detail, Mr. Yu."

Wang Xiang's enthusiasm overwhelmed Mr. Yu, and before he could speak, he was dragged forward by Wang Xiang.

Little Lolita saw Wang Xiang fleeing in desperation, stomped her feet and followed far away, Li Zhi walked carefully to Little Lolita and asked in a low voice: "Sister Wu, what is your bet with Wang Jiancheng?" What's the matter with Jo?"

"I want you to take care of it!"

Li Zhi felt extremely wronged. Wang Jiancheng and your sister are the bride and groom, and you and I are the best man and bridesmaid. Now the groom and the bridesmaid have a mysterious bet and even hugged the bridesmaid secretly. How can I, the best man, remain indifferent...

At this moment, His Royal Highness King Jin of the Tang Dynasty, and future His Majesty Gaozong finally regained his wisdom and shrewdness, sorting out the complicated relationship between the characters clearly, but it was of no use. Little Lolita didn't care about his grievances.

In his previous and present lives, Wang Xiang had never planted land, and he didn't know how big ten mu of land was. Only when he saw a large open space in front of him did he realize that ten mu of land was really not small.

There are many kinds of things that Wang Xiang wants to grow, such as corn, peanuts, tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, strawberries... At the beginning, he thought that he would have to grow food, vegetables and fruits by himself in order to avoid the end of the world, so there were dozens of kinds of fruits and vegetables purchased from the Internet. These things need to be planted separately, and climbing plants like grapes and tomatoes need not only to be planted separately but also to build wooden trellises.

Hearing Wang Xiang say that there are dozens of kinds of things to grow, Uncle Yu was also dumbfounded. Uncle Yu has been planting his whole life, and he doesn't know that there are not many grain crops, melons, fruits and vegetables in Datang. He had never heard of the things that Wang Xiang said.

"Master, are the things you said really edible?"

Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Not only can it be eaten, but it is also delicious. I will distribute some seeds to everyone when there are seeds in the last season."

Uncle Yu said: "The young master is kind, but the farm households have to grow food in the fields, so they dare not grow anything casually like the young master."

Although the world was in great order in the tenth year of Zhenguan, the farmers were not rich enough to grow some messy things in the fields. Moreover, the laws of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that good land must be planted with grain, so even if the farmers wanted to grow some vegetables and fruits, they could only grow them in the fields. Planting in a small part of the barren land, ordinary farmers like Wang Xiang who directly set aside ten acres of fertile land to plant some weird things would not dare to do so.

Wang Xiang smiled and didn't say much, but asked, "When can I grow these ten acres of land?"

Uncle Yu hesitated and said, "These days are the days of spring plowing, and the farmers are busy plowing the land they rented. I'm afraid it will take three to five days before they can spare to help the young master plow the ten mu of land."

Wang Xiang looked at the farmer who cultivated land in the distance and wondered: "I don't think they have much land, so how could it take three to five days?"

Hearing this, Uncle Yu thought to himself: Young Master is indeed not a farmer. How can it be so easy to plow the land? I'm afraid that's the only way he can grow those good things. It's a pity that the ten acres of fertile land can be harvested if the corn is planted in autumn. Dozens of stones of grain.

Sighing, Uncle Yu patiently explained: "Master, plowing the land is not easy. There are only eight oxen in the farm, and the farm households use them in rotation. Three to five days is considered fast."

"No way, I remember that plowing the land is not so difficult." Wang Xiang personally tried plowing the land once when he went to a farmhouse for dinner in his previous life.
Listening to Wang Xiang's tone, he seemed to suspect that the farmers were being lazy, so Bo Yu quickly said, "Master, the farmers don't dare to be lazy, you see they are all working hard."

Wang Xiang wondered: Is there something wrong with the land of the farmhouse, and it is just for show?

"Uncle Yu, let's go over and have a look." With doubts, Wang Xiang followed Uncle Yu and walked towards a farmer's land.

(End of this chapter)