Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 66
After some haggling, Mao Zong bought everything except the tiger skin for 100 taels of silver. Of course, he still left a few catties of tiger meat. When he left, he said that Lin Song was chivalrous and chivalrous. Lou, there is no meal fee at any time.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Zhao boiled a few catties of meat, and invited to Pang's house, Mrs. Wu's house, Bai's house, and some people who usually had contacts, and set up a few tables. Of course, she mainly wanted to invite Lin Song, but today's The protagonist was carried to the county by the magistrate's yamen servants. He heard that he was wearing red and ribbons, playing and beating along the way, and the whole county knew that there was a hero with strong martial arts and extraordinary courage.

So they enjoyed the banquet by themselves, and they didn't leave until very late.

Tiger meat is not as delicious as imagined, it is slightly older than beef, and it is very chewy, but it may be because of its stronger psychological effect. I don't know if I can eat it a second time in my lifetime.

The next day, Lin Song was sent back in a carriage sent by the magistrate. It can be seen that he attached great importance to this matter. He told the people who went to see the magistrate that he wanted to reward him with silver, but Lin Song flatly refused, saying that it would be better to use it on the common people.Seeing that he was not greedy for money, the magistrate appreciated him greatly, so he wanted to keep him to work in the yamen, but Lin Song refused again, saying that he wanted to open a martial arts gym in Beidong Village. delivered on the day.

The people around all showed admiration. When they heard that Lin Song was going to open a martial arts gym, they all expressed that they would send their sons to practice martial arts. Those who were impatient directly pulled the children around them to worship the master.

Naturally, the opening of the martial arts gym went smoothly, and Lin Song quickly picked a place that was very close to Du Xian's house, just two acres of land away.

Du Xian returned all the money for the tiger meat to Lin Song. Lin Song didn't want it, and said that the things he gave away could not be taken back. His attitude was firm. Du Xiaoyu had already seen that Lin Song was definitely not short of money, so he She made a suggestion that Lin Song is not a local and is not familiar with this place, so let her parents handle the matter of building a martial arts gym, and return the favor by the way.

Lin Song saw that the hands of Du Xian and his wife felt hot with the money, and thought that building a martial arts gym would only cost four or fifty taels at most, and the remaining money would never be returned to him, and it would be enough for their family to live comfortably, so he agreed up.

Not enough for Du Xian, he took Lin Song to the main room, pointed to the tiger skin and said, "Brother Lin, take this tiger skin away. You are a tiger-fighting hero, so of course it should be laid under your feet."

Du Xiaoyu was in a hurry, and stared at her father through gritted teeth.

"I don't even have a home now, so where can I shop?" Lin Song laughed, "Besides, this tiger was originally given to Wen Yuan, and you want to be in charge of the martial arts gym for me. Let’s put it here, I want it myself, and I’ll hit another one tomorrow.”

Du Xian opened his mouth wide, cupped his fists for a while and said, "Brother Lin is really heroic and extraordinary. It is a blessing accumulated over eight lifetimes that my son can learn under your apprenticeship!"

It turned out that her father's compliments could make people get pimples all over, so Du Xiaoyu shook and ran outside.

When he looked back, he saw that Du Xian was still praising Lin Song, his face full of admiration.

A few days later, after Du Xian and Mrs. Zhao contacted craftsmen and carpenters everywhere, the construction of the martial arts hall began. During this time, Lin Song still lived in Mrs. Wu's house, but it was more lively than before. People always came to visit, so Xiao Chuan Mother doesn't know how many times she has come to give gifts to her benefactor, and the tiger fighting hero is really hot in the village.

Afterwards, no one knew who found out that Lin Song was not married, so they came one after another to propose marriage, which annoyed Lin Song, and hid at Du Xian's house every now and then, asking Mrs. Wu to tell her that she was not there. , this is a bit cleaner.

Du Xiaoyu came back from working in the cold melon field that day, and seeing Lin Song staying at their house again, he was very funny, and someone must have come to kiss him again, so he joked, "Uncle Lin, is it the girl introduced by others?" It’s not beautiful, don’t you like it?”

Du Xian reprimanded from the side, "It's not big or small, you talk to elders like this?"

She is really a fan of the family, Du Xiaoyu shook her head and went to loosen the soil for the flower garden. These flowers are blooming very vigorously recently, and there are actually two peonies among them, the flowers are as big as a bowl, purple in color, very gorgeous, And the roses have also produced buds, and the clusters are very lively.As for herbal medicine, it seems that honeysuckle has the most tenacious vitality. No matter it is rainy or sunny, it is thriving and will not be affected at all.

It seems that taking honeysuckle as the main experimental product in the future is the most suitable, and the selling price is also high, Du Xiaoyu has a little idea.

"Father, some people have gone up the mountain recently. I heard that there is no danger." She was thinking about making money again.

"Don't think about going." Du Xian said, "Although this tiger was killed, I don't know where it came from. What if another one comes over?"

"Where are there so many tigers?" Du Xiaoyu said, his eyes fell on Lin Song, "Will Uncle Lin go with me? I'll take the little wolf with me."

Mrs. Zhao smiled in the room, "What's the use of a dog with a bigger stool? Don't bother Uncle Lin, just play with you."

Du Xiaoyu was not convinced, "What does the size of the dog matter? I let it look at the tiger's skin every day. Now I am not afraid at all. Take it and smell it to remind us!"

Du Xian couldn't help but pat her on the head, "Oh, you girl who is not afraid of death, why don't you just dig some herbs? Our family doesn't lack that kind of money now."

How rich and powerful, Du Xiaoyu laughed secretly, they are not rare, but she is very rare, a small amount makes a lot, and a drop of water becomes a sea!

Lin Song stood up suddenly, "Let's go, I just want to go for a walk."

"Ah, Brother Lin, don't spoil her." Mrs. Zhao hurriedly said, "This child doesn't know how to be polite."

"It's okay. Last time I was only thinking about hunting tigers. I didn't take a good look at this mountain." Lin Song smiled, "But I'm afraid I won't be able to protect your girl well?"

"Where is it?" Mrs. Zhao told her daughter, "Don't bother Uncle Lin, just follow along honestly, do you hear me?"

As long as Du Xiaoyu could go to the mountains, he would naturally agree to anything, and went back to the house with a bamboo basket and a shovel on his back, and went out with Lin Song, and the little wolf followed closely behind.

As soon as she arrived on the mountain, she looked around for valuable herbs to dig. She didn't follow Lin Song at all, but Lin Song followed her, but the latter didn't seem to care. It wasn't until Du Xiaoyu was almost done digging that Lin Song didn't say a word. , Looking at the preoccupied one, it turned out that he really wanted to come out to relax.

She went to the apricot grove again. At this time, the apricot blossoms had already withered, replaced by green apricots that were full of trees. After a while, they could be picked off and sold for money when they turned orange.

On the way back, she asked, "Uncle Lin, what are you worrying about?" Now it's time to worry about this, "But with just a few matchmakers, Uncle Lin can't handle it?"

"What does the little girl know?" Lin Song frowned. That's not what he was really worried about.

Du Xiaoyu rolled his eyes, "Since Uncle Lin wants to live in our village, why doesn't he take over his family?"

Lin Song stopped abruptly, his expression extremely complicated.

Sure enough, there is a lot of secrets. Relying on the fact that she is a child and does not need to know how to measure, Du Xiaoyu asked again, "Uncle Lin, where are you from? One time he said he was from Pingyuan County, and another time he said It’s from Ling County, are these two places in the same place?”

"Little girl, why are you so talkative, where have I never lived?" Lin Song said with a straight face.

Not to mention Du Xiaoyu, in fact, both Pingyuan County and Ling County are from Dezhou. It seems that Lin Song is more likely to be from Dezhou, so what are you doing in Beidong Village?It is necessary to open a martial arts gym here, and the background is also strictly concealed. I don't know who is in his family. I only know that he has parents, but he has not married a wife yet. Anyway, she is full of questions.

However, he soon put all his thoughts into the field of cold melons. At the end of April, he called Zhong Daquan to vigorously fertilize the melons, so that the watering melons would be fed enough. After a few days, they stopped watering and waited for the melons to ripen.She learned part of this knowledge from reading books by herself, and part from collecting experience from everywhere. Their family is quite famous in the village now. Firstly, Du Wenyuan is a scholar, and secondly, the tiger-fighting hero Lin Song is very close to their family. , if she asks, she will always give some face, and finally she will sort it out and summarize it.

May is the hottest season, and she has to sleep with a cattail fan every day. Du Xiaoyu began to test the results in the field. A total of 82 large watermelons have grown, and some of them have not grown well. A little less, it seems that the result rate is not too high.And which ones are ripe and which ones are not, she doesn't know much about it. In the past, the sellers picked melons when buying melons, so she had no experience at all.

"This one must be ripe." Du Xian knelt down and flicked the melon with his fingers, "Listen, is it Peng Peng's voice?" He lifted the melon up again and boasted, "It's sinking, what a melon! "

"Father, you know how to pick melons?" Du Xiaoyu asked in surprise.

"Although a lot of melons rotted last time, there were some good ones in the end." Du Xian said, "I still pick and choose and sell them in the county. How can I not see any good or bad? Do you really look down on your father?"

"Where, Dad knows how to pick melons is the best, so I don't need to ask others." Du Xiaoyu laughed, "Then Dad, let's see if most of them are familiar. If they are similar, I will hire a car to go to the county tomorrow. sell it here."

Du Xian checked it carefully and shook his head, "I don't know much, it will take a few days."

Du Xiaoyu sighed, regretful, "It seems that the planting is late, next year it must be earlier, the weather is already hot, it would be great if we could start selling now!"

"Greedy girl, there are no pests, and if there is no heavy rain, I will burn incense."

That's right, this situation is not bad anyway, Du Xiaoyu stuck out her tongue and pointed her finger, "Father quickly pick out some of the most delicious melons, let's go home and eat, and also send some to Aunt Wu's house, Aunt Qin Home."

"Okay." Du Xian laughed.

The two went back with melons in a short while. Mrs. Zhao washed it and cut it into several small pieces with a knife, and picked one in the middle for Du Xiaoyu, "Look at what you've been thinking about all day, it's finally grown, try it soon, okay?" it is good."

Du Xiaoyu took a bite and narrowed his eyes, "It's so sweet, so melon!"

Mrs. Zhao also ate it, and said, "It's really good. It relieves the fever. I'll take it to Sister Wu and the others in a while." Then he looked at Du Xiaoyu, "You child, it's not in vain. I have become a good farmer."

Du Xiaoyu almost shed tears when she heard this, only she knew how much sweat she had shed in the past few months, so the so-called sowing melons was actually such a joyful thing.

(End of this chapter)