happy old days

Chapter 54

The King of Shonan hasn't come out to relax for a long time. There are many things in the fiefdom. Recently, the emperor has the intention of withdrawing. As one of the two remaining vassal kings, he is now in a very dangerous situation.It's just that many things are involuntary.

In the past few days, the concubine seemed to see his thoughts, and persuaded him to go outside to enjoy the spring scenery. Today, I happened to come to this Jueming Temple to see the peach blossoms. A group of people walked lightly. The concubine went up to the mountain to worship the Buddha, but he went to the peach garden. Think about how to walk in the future.

It's just that he didn't expect to meet such a young couple here. It was a young couple who looked very happy. Although they were not close enough to hear what they were talking about, he could tell just by looking at the expressions of the two of them. The two of them have deep feelings, and there is no haze in their smiles.It seemed that he had never found such a smile on anyone around him.Looking at their clothes, they are just ordinary. The women only wear simple accessories, but it can be seen that they are very delicate, which shows that their family background is not bad, but at most they are rich people nearby, because they act very casually.

The King of Shonan thought, such two people live a simple life, but at ease, look at which woman is bright and charming, full of vitality, think about the princess at home, although she is equally beautiful, she lacks that freshness.Although he has money, power and status and can live more tiringly than these two, he is somewhat envious of the family of three. His own child is only two years old but already understands the rules. It seems that he has never acted like a baby with him.A sudden boredom welled up in my heart, and when I thought of the things that had troubled me for a long time, I suddenly felt a little relieved.Even if he withdraws, so what, he is still the King of Shonan, and he doesn't have such big ambitions in the first place, so it's not bad to be an idle prince.Today is a Mingjun, so he will not treat him badly.If you have time to travel all over the world with the princess, raising children is the only way to enjoy yourself.

Shonan King suddenly realized that sometimes he might get more if he let go.

Chang Fu watched the prince's frown that had been frowned for many days finally dissipated, and looked at the family of three who had left. He didn't understand what the prince had learned from them. It's time for lunch, I heard that there are not many vegetarian dishes in Jueming Temple, may my lord go to try it?" Chang Fu's voice was a bit feminine, but his tone was not high, which didn't make people feel uncomfortable.

The King of Xiangan nodded and said with a smile, "I'm afraid the princess has to wait, let's go up."

Jinniang was holding an empty basket and a parcel in her hand, and Yang Zhenhai was holding the baby. The baby was a little dishonest, maybe he had eaten something, and would throw his arms around Yang Zhenhai's neck.Touching the peach blossoms with his hands from time to time, the petals fell all over his parents.

Yang Zhenhai saw petals falling from Jinniang's head, she was like a peach blossom fairy falling from the sky, so beautiful, he reached out and gently plucked the twigs and put them on Jinniang's temples, seeing her smile and stare at him, but Did not take it off.

As soon as he turned to the pavilion, the two walked out of the pavilion, and when they came together, Yang Zhenhai looked at the 30-year-old man in front of him, his eyes fixed, and he immediately narrowed his eyes.His expression didn't change, he patted his son with his hand, nodded to the man, as if he saw a passerby, and led Jinniang to another path naturally, calmly.

After walking a long distance and knowing that she could no longer see her figure, Jinniang asked softly, "Do you know him?" Based on her understanding of Yang Zhenhai, she definitely knew the person just now.

Nodded, "He is the King of Shonan, and now he is only one of the two vassal kings. I met once with the Holy One back then."

Jinniang knew Yang Zhenhai, he was very familiar with people's appearance, basically he would definitely recognize him the next time he met him once.This is also the ability trained as a bodyguard. "Then does he know you? Let me see how he looks at us and smiles?"

Shaking his head, "I was wearing armor back then, and my appearance was very different. He shouldn't be able to resist coming. As for laughing? He was in the pavilion above us before, and he may have seen us below." In fact, he can say that because he His temperament has changed too much. Qin Yong has told him that he has changed a lot. I am afraid that many people in the capital will not recognize him.

Jinniang didn't think about it anymore, after all their lives were too far away from the so-called vassal kings.

At this time, Yang Zhenhai and Jinniang were unpredictable. Although this meeting was their last meeting, there was a great connection between them.

The spring outing is over, and another year of farming begins. There are cattle at home, and the land is not too much, so farming is not difficult. This year, the kid from the Zhao family also started to come to help. He is only ten years old this year. Jinniang originally refused. After all, He is still young, and she thinks that children of this age should be at the age of studying, but the Zhao family boy is not that kind of material, his temperament follows his parents, he is more than simple and honest, but lacks spirituality, and he can fall asleep within a quarter of an hour after reading.However, he is in good health. He has eaten well for the past two years and has never been hungry. His body is as strong as a calf.The Zhao family also wanted him to work in the Yang family, which would be a good way out in the future.

The two of them feel that they have found a good employer after two years in the Yang family. Since they entered the Yang family, they have no worries about food and clothing. , very good tempered.Both of them are honest. They have only lived a good life for the past two years from birth to now, and they have a sense of belonging to this family from the bottom of their hearts.They are not smart people. Even if they worked hard all day long and saved money on food and clothing, it took them seven or eight years to have their own house. They basically didn't have much savings left. When their son got sick, everything disappeared.Now that there is a host family, there is no need to worry about everything, as long as they do a good job, they will not only have food and clothing for a year, but also some money.On such a good day, go there to find it.Their own son's personality is also like this, they thought that if the master could accept their boy, then they would have something to rely on and live a stable life.

Jinniang understood what the two of them were thinking, so she discussed it with Yang Zhenhai. She didn't sign the contract, so she asked him to do some work within his ability. A monthly payment.When he turns 16, if he still wants to work in their house, it will not be too late to sign.In fact, there is no difference.

The yard was planted according to last year's planting, and Jin Niang is less worried now, but this year, there has been a lot of rain since the Qingming Festival, and after the Grain Rain, the field has been planted, and the rain hasn't stopped.

After almost a month of rain, seeing the vast ocean in the ground, Father Yang's mouth was bubbling with worry.

"Father, where are you going in this heavy rain?" Jin Niang looked at Father Yang, wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, walking from the hallway.

"I'll go to your uncle's house to have a look, I'm afraid I'm going to get hot today."

"Zhenhai, dad is going to uncle's house, you go with me." Jinniang hurriedly found out the coir raincoat, and said to Yang Zhenhai who was playing with her son on the Beikang.

As soon as Yang Zhenhai got off the kang, he took the coir raincoat, "Father, I'll go with you." Putting on the straw sandals, he walked out of the house.

"Look at Dad, this road is not easy, don't be shy."

"Well, don't worry about it." Yang Zhenhai put on the bamboo hat
Seeing them go out, Jin Niang was also a little worried, looking at this year's appearance, she was really going to get angry.

The terrain of their house is high, on a half-slope, and there is drainage in the yard. At the beginning, the vegetable garden also dug a water channel for the convenience of irrigation, and dug an underground channel to the pool behind. This year, there was enough rain in the spring, and the underground channel was blocked. That's it. , the water in the waterway has never dried up.Thanks to their arrangement, the water drained quickly and the yard was not flooded.

Although the back is not far from the mountain, the maple forest is quite dense, and there is no danger of soil erosion.The foundation of the whole house is deep and solid. At the beginning, some people said that Yang Zhenhai was a prodigal, and the house did not need to be built like this. Now it seems that it is necessary. At least, it is safe now.

The father and father came back after going out for a long time, and they were all soaked when they entered the house. Jinniang had already boiled water and made ginger soup.

"Zhenhai, take a look at how much food we still have in our house, and move some of it into the cellar." Father Yang frowned and said, "You are going to the second child's house, let them stop the workshop, and Yitang will stop making it first." The food has been stored, and I am afraid there will be nothing to harvest this year." At the end of last year, Jinniang discussed potato candy with Yang Zhenhai. They handed over the business to the second child, took a share, and sold the excess sweet potatoes directly to them. Later, when the sweet potatoes disappeared, they started making malt caramels. The business was pretty good, and they made money every month.

"Could it be so serious? It will be fine if the weather clears up and then planted."

"I haven't been through such a day, but I heard from your grandfather that this happened once when he was young. At that time, nine out of ten households survived the flood. We have to make preparations early." Sighing, "But don't be too nervous. Our Yangcun has a high terrain, which is much better than other places. We are not afraid of flooding, but we are afraid of running out of food."

Everyone knows that when the price of food rises at this time, if it rains like this, the harvest may be wiped out.

It was almost time for dinner, and Jinniang didn't have the time to cook anymore, so she handed it over to Mrs. Hui, and she followed Yang Zhenhai to count the inventory at home.

The result is quite gratifying. Their family has few paddy fields, so they can’t harvest much rice every year. They go to pay taxes, and keep the rest for their own food. There are also a lot of other grains such as wheat, millet, soybeans, red beans, and mung beans. In exchange, Jinniang wanted to have a variety of meals at home, and since supermarkets are not as convenient in this day and age, she kept some of everything, so as not to have it when she wanted to eat.The warehouse at home is large, so I put it away first, and if this year's ones come down, I will sell last year's ones.That's it, all the stored food is enough for them to eat for more than two years.

After hearing this amount, Father Yang was also relieved, but he still asked Yang Zhenhai to go to the county town to see if he could still buy food.He also told him to put part of the grain in the cellar.

Yang Zhenhai listened to his father's words, and transported most of the grain to the cellar that night. The cellar was covered with several layers of lime, and he used wood for the bottom. The cellar was not damp at all. Thinking about it, I moved another part into the dark room.

Yang Zhenhai went to the county seat, the price of grain is already very high, and there is no place to buy it yet.He searched for a place to buy livestock, and bought seven sheep and a donkey.The price is not that high normally.

The food at home has been changed to two meals a day. Anyway, I don’t go out now, and I’m not hungry.The days lasted until the end of May, and it was sunny for five days. Standing on the courtyard dam and looking outside, the vast ocean could not see the road at all.Some homes in the village have been flooded.The foundations of the houses of the brothers of the Yang family are not low, so it's nothing bad.A few days ago, there was a torrential rain at the fourth family’s house, and it had been a long time since the fourth child went to Beijing to take the exam. The fourth daughter-in-law was a little scared and went to the second family’s house, and later moved to live in their west wing.The third house is located on a higher ground, but the house leaks a little. If it wasn't for saving money, the house wouldn't have leaked so quickly.However, the third child's family didn't move the place, they just made up for it a little bit.Yang Zhenhai went to check almost every other day, and they were not bad.

The terrain of Chenjiazhuang is lower than that of Yangjiazhuang, the houses are flooded, and the Chen family can't live there, originally Jinniang wanted them to live here.Father Chen thought about how many younger brothers there were in the Yang family. If the water got too bad, they would probably go to the eldest brother's house.Instead, Manniang took Mr. Chen's family to Yancheng, where she bought a courtyard house for Mr. Chen's family. The place was not big enough for the family to settle down.Houses in Yancheng are not cheap, so Niang Jin also took out some money to settle down for her family.The Chen family has a bit of money now, and they bring their own household supplies and food. For the time being, the two elder brothers can still find something to do in Yancheng, and Cheng Hai even entered the academy in Yancheng to study.

(End of this chapter)