Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral
Chapter 55
Chapter 55
"Yes, shopkeeper!" Ma Qifeng replied.
Shopkeeper Qiu paused and said, "I have an old cart in my backyard, why don't you use it first."
"This... is not good..."
Ma Min'er stood by and said, "Shopkeeper, you can charge the old ones according to the old ones, okay?"
Shopkeeper Qiu saw that they were not taking advantage of them, so he took a high look, "Okay, then I will give you the price of an old car on the market."
"Thank you shopkeeper, how much is it?" Ma Qifeng asked hastily.
"Just give three hundred coppers." Since General Zhang was covering him, shopkeeper Qiu didn't lie.
"Thank you very much."
Seeing that they had concluded their negotiation, the boy hurried to the backyard to push out the old cart, and helped them load two sacks into the cart.
"Thank you shopkeeper, Ma will go back."
"Let's go." Shopkeeper Qiu politely raised his hand.
Ma Qifeng asked the children to sit on the cart.
"Father, it's very heavy, let San Lang and Si Niang sit."
"It's okay, you can sit down, Dad can push it."
Ma Min'er shook her head: "Father, go out of the city gate and pass the grocery store, let's buy some daily necessities and farm tools."
"Okay, Dad knows."
In order to hurry, Ma Qifeng pushed the scooter and walked quickly. He stopped when he encountered a large grocery store. He and his daughter quickly picked up some things and rushed out of the city gate.
Liang Shixing didn't come to the shop until the sun went down to inspect it. As soon as he arrived at the shop, the clerk in the shop immediately walked up to him, "Boss, the white-faced young man from the capital has come."
"How much did you win?"
Wang Xiaowu replied: "Win, win, win, win, I'm dazzled, I can't remember exactly how much it is."
"About how much?" Liang Shixing frowned.
"Kua Zi said about one or two."
Liang Shixing didn't believe it: "That's all?"
Wang Xiaowu replied: "Boss, within half a day, a tael of silver is not a lot. If it is placed on ordinary people, it will take at least a month to earn it. This is still a person in our county. If it is a countryman, You may not be able to make money in two or three months."
"That's true." Liang Shixing thought about it and asked again, "When he came in, did he have any money with him?"
"Yes, I saw it." Wang Xiaowu said affirmatively.
"There is still money?" Liang Shixing squeezed his chin, "I still want to wait for him to go to the end, and bring him here to make money together."
"Boss, I don't think he has any skills."
Liang Shixing rolled his eyes at his subordinates: "Is there anything I can do to win back Shen's shop from me?"
"Boss, maybe he just got shit luck?" Wang Xiaowu didn't think so, and if the boy came, wouldn't it be a bad idea to take his place.
"Is that so?"
"I think it is."
Liang Shixing pinched his chin and remained silent for a long time.
Since he lived at the end of the village and got off the official road, there was still a section of road that was difficult to walk. Ma Qifeng couldn't push the cart, so he took the cart and seeds to his home in two trips.
It was slightly dark, and at this time, people had no entertainment other than enjoying the cool air in front of their houses, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road. Ma Miner thought that the road was not easy to walk, but they avoided a lot of trouble. At least, they didn't want to carry so much food. Passing in front of the crowd in the village and causing unnecessary trouble is really a gain and a loss.
When she got home, Ma Miner lit the oil lamp, which she bought while passing by a grocery store on her way to the city gate just now, and finally bid farewell to the era when no moon means darkness.
"Wow, it's so bright." Xiao Yue'er, who was sleeping on the cart, was awakened by the light and regained her energy.
Ma Min'er smiled and said, "Don't stare, it hurts your eyes."
"Oh!" Xiao Yue'er quickly turned her eyes away, she looked extremely cute.
Ma Min'er quickly prepared dinner, and took out the eggs bought at the grocery store, "Yue'er, my sister will make you egg pancakes."
"Great, Second Sister."
"Second Sister, I'll help you light the fire." Ma Saburo is always the most motivated.
"Okay, the fire is already lit, just add more firewood carefully."
"Yes, Second Sister."
Ma Qifeng and Ma Dalang were packing seeds and carts outside, and they were setting up the family's first belongings - the cart.
"Father, fortunately our wooden house is some distance away from the ground, so we can put sundries under it."
Ma Qifeng smiled slightly, "It's good to have an elevated wooden house. You don't have to worry about having no place for the sundries, and you don't have to worry about being exposed to the sun and rain."
"The seeds are placed in the room where we sleep."
"Well, this one should be placed on the top, and on the bottom, even if no one steals it, I'm afraid it will be eaten by insects, ants and mice."
Although the father and son were unfamiliar with their hands, they finished the work in an orderly manner, brushed the dust off their bodies, scooped water from the rain tank on the porch outside, and washed their hands and faces.
"Father, we will dig a well when we have money." Ma Dalang is now very interested in adding things to the house.
Ma Qifeng nodded, "Yes!"
With his father's permission, Ma Dalang happily entered the kitchen, "Sister, is dinner ready?"
"Okay, it's already on the table."
"So fast?"
"Yeah, don't wake up the noodles of the omelette, it can be spread in the pan, of course it will be soon."
Ma Qifeng followed into the kitchen. The small kitchen seemed crowded because of his entry, but this kind of crowd gave people warmth.
"Father, sit down!" Ma Min'er handed him the chopsticks.
Ma Qifeng sat on the small stool, stretched out his hands to settle San Lang Si Niang, and the two young ones sat on the side of the small table, with two soup bowls in front of them, looking eagerly at the egg pancakes on the middle plate.
"Father..." Sanlang choked on his saliva.
Ma Qifeng reached out and took an egg pancake for the little boy and the little girl, "Eat it!"
"Thank you, dad." Sanlang quickly took it with his little hand, and smiled at his dad, baring his teeth.
Ma Min'er reached out and picked up a piece of egg pancake for his father, "Father, you've worked hard, let's have dinner quickly."
For some reason, he felt that his daughter knew that he was gambling and used it to support them, but she seemed to feel that gambling was as respectful to him as doing a decent thing.
But Ma Qifeng feels very relieved by the thoughtfulness in his daughter's words, and feels that all the forbearance and hardship are worthwhile.
After taking the cake from his eldest daughter, he smiled slightly, "You guys can eat it too."
"Well, Dad!" Ma Min'er was the last one to sit down. Seeing that everyone had eaten, she breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously. After running for a day, she returned home and had dinner together. It's great!
Smiling and bowing his head to drink soup and eat cakes, all of a sudden, in the palm-sized small kitchen, he could only hear the sound of drinking soup and chewing cakes, and the slight beating shadow of the wick of the oil lamp on the wall.
After eating and drinking enough, Ma Min'er thought, if it wasn't for the money her father won from gambling, would they still be hungry?
Doubtless they did, for not far from them were many who were laboring to fill their bellies.
Yao Liangze didn't expect that when he came back to see his teacher, he would be surrounded by refugees from Yunshui Town, so he had no choice but to ask his subordinates to find Mo Huaien, the grandfather of Pingding County.
When Ma Min'er was buying grain at the grain shop during the day, Mo Huaien brought several carts of grain to Yunshui Town and solved the refugees who surrounded Mr. Yao.
The refugees dispersed, Yao Zeliang's brows did not loosen, "Lord Mo—"
"The officer is—"
"You should understand that the situation in Pingding County is much better than other places in Yizhou."
"Yes, my lord, the officer knows."
"There are not many refugees who have flowed to Pingding."
"Yes, my lord, I have made statistics, and it's...not bad." Mo Huaien's forehead kept dripping with sweat.
Yao Zeliang narrowed his eyes and looked solemn: "Master Mo, how do you plan to deal with the refugees in Yunshui Town?"
Mo Huaien understood that Yao Zhifu wanted to use the example of Yunshui Town to know how he could deal with the refugees in other places in Pingding County. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "The next official will discuss with Chief Li Ting tomorrow and give them the land."
Yao Zeliang said: "It is certain to divide the land, but will the food grow in a short time? How do you solve the problem of food for these refugees in the future?"
"My... my lord... there is no food in the county granary."
"Aren't you going to solve the problem without food, and wait for them to starve to death?"
"No... I won't let them starve to death..." Mo Huaien had already learned from his classmates in the capital that Yao Zeliang was a practical official. If he didn't take some practical actions today, he might not be able to pass his test. It will become a rake for him to kill chickens and respect monkeys.
Yao Zeliang's eyes are tight, he has been in an official position for a long time, he is not angry and pretentious, and is very fierce.
"My lord... my lord, this is what I think. As long as there is relief food from the court, I will distribute it to the refugees as soon as possible. If the relief food has not arrived, I will contact the grain merchants in Pingding County and ask for credit first." Some will be given to the refugees, and when they have produced in the fields, they will be returned to the grain merchants with a little interest, what do you think?"
Seeing that it is feasible, Yao Zeliang nodded, "Well, the food that the imperial court dispatched from the south is about to arrive, and I will urge the subordinates to distribute it to various counties, but before the relief food arrives, try to distribute free food to the refugees as much as possible. Under the circumstances, use the method you just did."
"Yes, my lord!"
Guo Daping, mother and son returned to their hut from the group of refugees, happy and emotional, Guo Erping said: "Mother, can we survive without Uncle Ma?"
Guo Lishi nodded, "As long as everyone can survive, so can we."
Guo Daping was a little absent-minded: "Mother, why don't you tell Uncle Ma that we've got the food."
Mrs. Guo Li sighed, "If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people robbing food, Mother would have wanted you two to call Uncle Ma, but the time for food distribution is only a little bit, and it will be over in a blink of an eye, and I don't know what the next time will be." when!"
"If it wasn't for the presence of the magistrate, the food might not be distributed." Guo Daping said with a bitter face.
Guo Li was puzzled: "Just now the magistrate asked the magistrate to find a way to get food for the refugees. I don't know if the magistrate will listen to the magistrate?"
Guo Daping shook his head: "I don't necessarily know how to listen, just like our village doesn't fully listen to the pavilion chief."
"That's right." Guo Lishi looked at the few catties of rough noodles in his hand, "Let's talk about it now, let's get some food and sleep quickly. Before dawn tomorrow, our mothers and I will stay among the refugees and share with them. field."
The next morning, Ma Qiguang and his two older children read agricultural books at home for a long time. After studying them, they decided to consult farmers while pressing the books and prepare to farm.
"Father, let's invite Aunt Guo and Father Shi to pay them according to their work, shall we?"
Ma Qiguang is a son of everyone who came out of the capital, of course he knew that he would have to pay for help, so he nodded, "Okay, but I don't know how much to pay?"
"Father, why don't you make a decision after inquiring about the market in the village?"
"Well, okay, Dad knows."
After lunch, when the Ma family was about to find Mrs. Guo Li, she arrived.
"Aunt Guo—"
"Er Niang, Master Yao distributed food to the refugees yesterday, and he wanted to make it too late for you, and they will be gone in a while." Mrs. Guo Li said guiltily.
"It's okay, Aunt Guo, have you received your food yet?"
Mrs. Guo nodded: "It's allotted. It's five or six catties. I'm not bringing some for you."
"Aunt Guo, you can eat at home, I have it at home." Ma Min'er smiled and pushed her ladle back.
"There are not many of you." Guo Lishi reminded.
Ma Min'er said: "Yesterday my father went to the city to buy some more, and I really plan to give you some."
"Big brother, you are really capable." Hearing that Ma's family was buying grain, Mrs. Guo Li's eyes showed admiration.
Ma Qiguang smiled embarrassedly, and the smile swayed to Guo Lishi, making her blush unconsciously.
Ma Min'er sensed the subtlety, and quickly changed the subject, "Aunt Guo, come in and have a seat!"
"Uh..." Mrs. Guo Li came to her senses, pointing to the distance in a panic and said, "Er Niang, have you seen the refugees coming over there?"
"What's the matter, Aunt Guo?"
"Like them, I was allocated the field at the end of the village."
"Aunt Guo, have you been assigned to the field?" Ma Min'er was sincerely happy for her.
"Yes!" Guo Li replied excitedly.
Ma Min'er exclaimed happily: "Great, with a house in the field, we can finally live our lives."
All of a sudden, everyone happily walked towards the assigned field, and met Fu Xiaoyou's grandson on the way.
"Ma Er Niang—"
"Youliang, Grandpa—"
Fu Tugen was dark and thin, and when the little lady called him, he was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak a word.
Seeing the old man in distress, Ma Qifeng walked up to him, "Father, are you coming to see the fields too?"
"Yes, our grandparents and grandchildren shared three acres of land." Fu Tugen was both happy and worried.
The joy is that there is a field, and there is support, and the sorrow is that it is almost autumn, and there is not even a seed, but then again, if the field is not cultivated for a year or two, even if there are seeds, nothing will grow.
A group of people chatted while walking, and when they saw their own land, such as a wasteland, no one was worried.
"This place doesn't seem to grow much this year." Mrs. Guo Li sighed.
Ma Min'er said, "Aunt Guo, yesterday I went to the city to buy some vegetable seeds and upland rice seeds."
"Dry... rice?" Mrs. Guo Li was shocked by Ma Miner's words, "I've been farming for so many years, but I've never heard of it."
Ma Min'er smiled and said, "The shopkeeper who sells the seeds said they came from the south."
"I haven't heard of it either." Mrs. Guo Li shook her head.
Ma Min'er smiled, thinking that if I didn't just see the introduction when I was traveling, I probably wouldn't know, but it doesn't matter, Yizhou is located in the west of the Central Plains, the climate is not bad, and the maturity of Champa rice is about two months. It's late July through October before winter sets in, and that's plenty of time.
"Aunt Guo, my brother read a book yesterday, and the book says that the wasteland is going to burn, doesn't it?"
"That's right, that's right!" When it came to farming, Aunt Guo got excited, "Let's burn the grass on the ground first."
"Okay, let's start a fire as soon as the weather is nice, or we won't be able to burn the weeds when it rains." Ma Min'er laughed and said, "Father, let's light the grass!"
"No..."
"Ah..." Everyone looked at Fu Tugen in unison.
"Oh, you young people, it's not that simple to burn the ground." Fu Tugen, who had no sense of existence just now, faced the land with a serious expression and a straight face.
"Father Fu, how do we burn the weeds?"
"We have to circle the land first, and then set fire to it!"
"lock up……"
Farming is indeed a technical job. It has been two days since Ma Min'er's deserted beach was lit and weeds were burned. Hey, why not just burn weeds? Why wait two days? What is the enclosure?
Enclosure, in fact, is to separate the area, which is to dig a ditch around the periphery of the land to be burned, so as to prevent the fire from being uncontrolled when burning weeds, spreading randomly, and causing unnecessary losses. I have to say that the ancients were quite wise. And worship the gods of heaven and earth before lighting the fire.
Not only Ma Min'er's family started to open up wasteland for planting, but all the refugees were moved.
After doing a series of things such as reclamation, soil digging, plowing, plowing, and manure application, I didn’t know it until August. All the same things are very hard.
Ma Qifeng doesn't know how to farm, and his children naturally don't know how to farm. Even if they learn it from others, they don't have the strength to plant fifteen acres of land. In the end, they have to spend money to hire labor.
Most of the hired people are refugees. They get coins from Ma Qifeng and take them to towns or county towns to buy seeds. Several of them can plant one or two acres of land.
Can it be said that his father supported some farmers?Ma Min'er thought secretly in her heart, uh... what are you thinking about?She quickly shook her head, regained consciousness, and squatted down to see if the various seeds in the field had germinated?
Father Fu and Father Shi were leading people to tidy up the drainage ditches in the field, and the little lady came to see the seedlings in the field again, and they all smiled, "Don't worry, little lady."
"It's been three days, why haven't the seedlings emerged yet?" How can Ma Min'er be in a hurry, her Champa rice has to be harvested before the frost, otherwise the rice will be planted in vain.
"Little lady, there are three beans and six wheat, each seed has its own time to germinate." Old man Shi said.
"But I don't grow beans!" Ma Min'er pursed her mouth.
"Ha ha……"
Several people who were helping each other laughed, "Little lady, go to the place where the vegetables are grown in front, and it seems that there are small sprouts coming out."
"Really?"
"En!" Fu Tugen nodded.
Excited, Ma Min'er hurriedly ran to the next door, and Sanlang and Siniang followed suit.
Father Shi sighed, "I thought nothing could grow on the barren beach, but I didn't expect seedlings to emerge."
Fu Tugen smiled: "Brother, I didn't expect that the barren beach is a wetland that has been retting. It is white because of the drought, and the soil is fertile. In addition, the Ma family spent a lot of energy and money on the ground. If not Definitely not growing anything."
"That's true." Father Shi looked up at the sky, "This day is also strange. It rains at night and clears up during the day. It seems that it is specially reserved for us to farm."
Hearing this, Fu Tugen stopped the shovel in his hand, glanced at Ma Erniang in front, and leaned closer to old man Shi: "Old man Hu in the town said that the little lady is a Fuwa."
"..." Father Shi stared blankly at the little lady in front of him.
"Old man Hu said that if the little lady wants to burn grass, the sky will clear up, and if the little lady sows the seeds, it will rain at night. My God, follow her to farm and run!"
"This..." Father Shi carefully thought about what happened after the Ma family got fifteen acres of land, "Could it be that her upland rice can really grow, and it only takes two months to harvest?"
"I'm sure." Fu Yougen said with a smile: "The little lady gave me five catties of seeds, and I sowed an acre of land, so I won't starve in winter."
"..." Father Shi looked down at the rice fields under his feet, but saw nothing, "I saw the seeds, they are thin and thin, much thinner than the rice I saw before, can they really grow?"
"I believe." Fu Tugen nodded seriously.
It was raining in most areas of Yizhou. Although it was raining intermittently, the drought was finally relieved. Master Yao non-stop asked the emperor for orders to transfer wheat seeds from other provinces.
Inside the palace, seeing that the drought in Yizhou had finally eased, the old emperor finally heaved a sigh of relief, "Let the third and fifth children come to the Imperial Study Room tomorrow."
"Yes, my lord!"
The emperor straightened his body and narrowed his eyes slightly, "I don't know what happened to Shao Fu?"
"Returning to the emperor, Yunshui Town has plenty of rain, so my lord's life should be good."
"Haha..." The old emperor suddenly laughed, "It's good, it's good."
Fifteen acres of land were planted, and the family had a lot of expenses. Ma Qifeng had to go to the county again, "Da Lang, you wait for me on the street in front of the grain shop, don't run around, you understand?"
Ma Dalang nodded, "Understood, Dad."
After Ma Qifeng settled his son, he went to Louwan Alley as usual, and continued to look around, looking for opportunities to strike.
When it was almost noon, he came out of the alley. It wasn't because he did it on purpose, but because he met a ruthless character and was beaten up. Although there were several people who were beaten up, he was only one of them, but it was still considered a After suffering a loss, he knelt down and stretched out his hands to rub the place where he was beaten. It was estimated that it would take two days to recover quickly. Just as he was about to stand up and leave, the young man who had been coaxed was pulled out.
"Uncle, didn't you promise your wife not to gamble anymore? Why did you come out again?"
"If I don't come out to play, I'm going to suffocate to death at home."
"Uncle, Ma'am said, I'm looking for a wife for you now, so just bear with it, it won't be too late to come out to play after you marry a lady..."
"I will bet..."
……
The master and servant left cursing.
Ma Qifeng quietly reached out his hand to touch the silver in his bosom, he was afraid that there might be two taels, so should he go to the casino?He looked at the street in the distance, and decided to change to another place to win some more coins, otherwise it would not be enough for expenses.
In Xu's Rusty Workshop, the shopkeeper looked out from time to time, "Hey, it's been so many days, I'm afraid that young man won't come to sell rust handkerchiefs again, is it because the price I gave is low? Is there a more fair place than my Xu family?"
"Aunt Xu, I don't think there is a more fair place than our house." The girl in the shop said.
"Then why doesn't he come?"
"Maybe they don't have any embroidery."
Wu Xu frowned: "Impossible, the embroidery sells well, is it worth a man's labor?"
"Then I don't know." The little girl pouted.
Wu Xu said: "The eldest lady likes the pattern of the handkerchief very much, and she wanted a fresh pattern, but the people didn't come. It's really... well, the eldest lady will not blame me!"
"No, the lady is kind."
Wu Xu's gaze swept the street again, and as a result... she quickly ran out from the counter.
"Aunt, why are you going?"
Wu Xu ran straight without panting, "Lang Jun..."
Ma Qifeng was a little hesitant, not to go to Jufu Gambling House, but to go to other gambling houses. If the surname Liang knew about it, it would be troublesome, but if he didn't go, the family's expenses...
"Lang Jun...Lang Jun..."
"Call me?" Ma Qifeng was awakened by someone.
"Yeah, sir, you don't remember, you sold embroidery in my rustic workshop."
Ma Qifeng followed the woman's gaze and looked back, "Oh, it turned out to be Xu's Embroidery Workshop."
"Lang Jun, hasn't your daughter sold embroidered handkerchiefs recently?"
Ma Qifeng shook his head, "No, what's the matter, sister-in-law?"
Mrs. Wu Xu replied: "Yes... There is a guest who likes the pattern of your handkerchief very much."
"So that's the case!" Ma Qifeng smiled gently.
"Lang Jun, can you tell your daughter to embroider more?"
"Yes... yes!" Ma Qifeng thought for a while and said, "Then I'll buy some fabrics and silk threads for my daughter and let her make some."
"Great!" Wu Xu hurriedly led the way happily.
She not only sold a lot of fabrics and silk threads to Ma Qifeng at a low price, but also sent some cloth heads and brains: "Mr., how long will it take to deliver it?"
"Five or six days."
"Okay, sir, go away."
Ma Qifeng didn't expect such an accident. He didn't go to the gambling shop again. If these embroideries are done well, he may have two taels of silver, which is enough for expenses. After he stopped entangled, he felt relaxed and quickly Go to the grain store to find Da'er.
In the end, he was stopped again, "The boss has been asking you for a few days, and finally it's you."
"Brother Wang, I...I still have something to do."
"Is there something more important than making money?" Wang Xiaowu glanced away at him, allowing him to invite him in person, which is enough to give you face.
"A bet that doesn't match always wins."
Wang Xiaowu didn't believe his words, but he didn't take him too seriously, he bowed his head and whispered: "Boss asked you to do a favor and win the money from the idiot second generation ancestor."
Ma Qifeng said nothing.
Seeing that the other party didn't let go, Wang Wudao: "It's rare for the second generation ancestor to come to our small gambling house. The others are all ugly and don't deserve his status. I'm afraid we won't be able to keep him. You look good, so help our boss , money is indispensable to you."
"I... may not be able to win!" Ma Qifeng still refused.
"It's fine if you don't gamble, just stand beside our boss to make a scene." Seeing that he still refused, Wang Xiaowu had to take a step back.
Everyone else said that, but Ma Qifeng was embarrassed to push it back, "Well, I will give these things to my son."
"Okay, hurry up!"
When Ma Qifeng saw the 'Second Generation Ancestor', he subconsciously avoided it. Isn't it just the 'Uncle' just now, he still has two taels of silver in his arms. All the roadside stalls in the alley gambled, and sneered secretly, maybe there were so many people at that time, the other party didn't pay attention to him, and he knew that he won his money at the roadside stall in the alley.
Sure enough, he is a second-generation ancestor who is not stingy, so let's have a few.
"Hey, Liang Tongyan, when did you have such a guest?" The second generation ancestor looked at the handsome and straight Ma Qifeng and asked.
Liang Shixing bared his teeth and smiled: "Mr. Liu, although my shop in Liang Tongyan is small, and I don't gamble too much, but I am very popular. You see, even men from the capital come to gamble. This is not just me talking nonsense. of."
"He's from the capital?" Liu Yang raised his eyebrows high, looking superior to others.
Ma Qifeng smiled slightly: "I used to be from the capital."
"Hey, you're really from the capital!" Liu Yang asked interestedly.
After staring at Ma Qifeng for a whole afternoon, he almost couldn't get out of the city gate.
"Father..." Just as Ma Dalang was anxiously preparing to wait at the gate of the city, his father came and said without saying a word: "The shopkeeper brings fifty catties of refined noodles, ten catties of rice, and two pounds of rough noodles. Ten catties."
"Okay!"
Ma Qifeng quickly bought grain, put it on the flatbed cart, and went to the grocery store along the way to buy daily necessities. When passing by the meat stall, he cut a rib and hurried out of the city gate just before the city gate closed. .
It was getting dark, and Ma Miner, the little landlady, didn't go home until the last hired worker left the field.
Guo Daping followed behind Guo Li, looking back at the little man at the head of the field from time to time, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, when will we move to the end of the village?"
"You think it's easy to move!" Guo Lishi was too tired to speak.
"Mother, can we not accept Uncle Ma's wages?"
Mrs. Guo Li was walking ahead, she was stunned when she heard her son's words, and sighed, "Mother doesn't want it either, but your father is gone, and you are only 12 years old. Mother doesn't charge money, who will support us?"
Guo Daping bowed his head and remained silent.
"Son, mother knows that she needs to repay her kindness. No, you are also considered half a worker. Mother only takes one person's wages, so it feels better."
Hearing his mother's words, Guo Daping raised his head with a smile in his eyes.
"Mother, shall I also help Uncle Ma pick up the weed roots in the field?" Ma Erping asked for credit.
"Good son, help your uncle clean up the grass roots, so that they don't harm the crops."
"Got it, mother."
When Ma Min'er returned home, her father and elder brother hadn't come back yet, and the two younger ones were standing at the gate of the fence looking at the two intersections.
"Why don't you go in, it's all mosquitos."
After a few rains, the mosquitoes multiplied in large numbers and could stare at people covered in bags.
San Lang rushed to his sister, "Second sister..."
"You're hungry!"
Masanlang and Xiao Yueer nodded.
Ma Min'er raised the wild vegetables in her hands, "I'll make hand-rolled noodles for you, with Ququ vegetables!"
"Second Sister, how do you know this wild vegetable is edible?" Ma Sanlang asked with a smile.
"Of course Father Fu and Father Shi told my sister."
"Then I'll go find wild vegetables tomorrow."
"Okay!"
The little thin noodles I bought last time have been reluctant to eat. I have already eaten the rough noodles, so I can only take it, mix with water, and knead the noodles. Although my body is small and I don’t have much strength, but Ma Min’er has good cooking skills, and she kneads the noodles. The tendons are delicate, cut into evenly sized shreds, put in boiling water, and quickly become cooked, she gently turned them over with chopsticks, let them fully roll, and cooked through.
There is no seasoning, so Ma Miner can only adjust the soup with salt, put the noodles in a bowl, put the Ququcai in hot water for a while, drain the water and mix it with salt and wild garlic. It's the side dish below.
Everything is fine, Ma Min'er was about to go out of the kitchen to see if her father and elder brother had come back, when she heard the sound of the fence door slamming, and when she came out, they had already entered, pushed the cart, and reached the door of the wooden house, hurriedly Step forward to help.
The room that should be placed in the wooden house was quickly lifted up, and the one that should be placed in the utility room under the house was placed below. The five members of the family worked together and cleaned it up in a short while.
"Father, wash water."
Ma Min'er quickly walked to the water tank to scoop up water, and washed her father and elder brother.
"Second Sister has meat and eggs..." Ma Sanlang looked at Second Sister expectantly, wishing he could eat it now.
Ma Min'er thought for a while, then went back to the kitchen, looked at the rib meat, stretched out the knife and cut a small piece, the fat and thin were quickly separated under her hands.
"Second sister, do you want to light a fire?"
"Well, light it up, I'll wash the meat right away."
"Okay, Second Sister." Ma Sanlang was so happy that he almost turned somersaults. At the age of seven, he already knew how to do some housework, and lighting a fire was one of them.
Yue'er obediently stood next to the second sister, helping the second sister pick up wild garlic and wild onions, happily shaking hands.
When Ma Min'er poured the fat into the pot, "呵...", a burst of heat came out of the pot, and then the fragrance of lard came to the nostrils.
"Wow, it smells so good..." Xiao Yue'er and San Lang sniffed at the same time.
Ma Qifeng and Dalang had already washed and sat at the small table to rest their breath. They also smelled the tangy aroma of meat. The smell of happiness made them want to cry.
Ma Miner glanced at everyone while stir-frying the meat dregs, with a smile all over her face. It felt so good for the family to gather around and wait for the food!
The pot burned very quickly, she quickly took out the fried lard pieces, put the extra oil in a small bowl for tomorrow, and poured the remaining oil into the pot to stir fry After a while, I made noodles with chopped fat residue. The meat is fragrant, and it is served with cold Ququ Cai, which makes people appetite.
"Let's eat!" There was a bowl in front of each person, red meat, green vegetables, golden butter residue, full of color, fragrance, and taste. Ma Miner saw the taste of happiness and a sense of accomplishment from everyone's eyes.
"Let's eat!"
"Let's eat!"
……
The happy appearance of the family is reflected on the wooden wall by the oil lamp, which is quiet and beautiful.
Ma Qifeng was so busy during the day that he didn't feel what happened to his beaten leg. Now he rested and almost didn't lift his leg. He quietly moved his injured leg and gently moved it under the small table.
Ma Min'er noticed her father's small movements, but she never thought that his father would be beaten by others. She thought that he was tired from pushing the scooter, so she put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up and turned around, cleaned the pot, and scooped up a pot full of it. water.
"Min'er, wait until the hot water boils, eat first." Ma Qifeng said lovingly to his daughter.
"Yes, Second Sister, let's eat first." Ma Sanlang stopped holding the chopsticks and turned to look at his sister who was busy up and down.
"I put two sticks of firewood and let them heat up slowly." Ma Min'er said as she put two thick dead logs under the pot, and when the fire started, she returned to the table, "After eating like this , there is hot water.”
Ma Qifeng smiled gratifiedly, "Eat."
"Oh, let's eat..." Sanlang started to move again happily, and sipped the soup along the side of the bowl, "Wow, it tastes so delicious."
"Delicious!" Xiaoyue couldn't help shouting as she wasn't that proficient in holding chopsticks, she managed to pick up a few noodles and put them in her mouth.
Ma Qifeng didn't stop the children from talking at the dinner table, and looked at the children with a smile. Since he was far away from the capital and Ma's house, as long as the children were happy, he didn't care about "speaking while eating or sleeping". On the contrary, he I think talking at mealtimes and nagging at bedtime are all manifestations of family affairs and harmony, so why stop it!
The next day, Ma Min'er still felt some inconvenience in her father's legs and feet, "Dad, did you twist it?"
"But... maybe it is!" Ma Qifeng found an excuse: "The road is uneven, and the cart is not easy to push. I may be twisted, but it doesn't matter."
"Oh!"
When her father profiled her face, Ma Min'er found traces of scratch marks on her father's cheek, and suddenly understood what was going on!He pursed his lips quietly.
"Father, go and have a look at the field." Ma Qifeng always felt that his daughter's eyes could see through everything, so he didn't dare to look directly at it.
My own father, I feel sorry for myself, Ma Min'er smiled and said: "Father, let me go, I am more familiar with Shi Daddy and the others than you."
Ma Qifeng was stunned for a moment. What his daughter said was true. She and Dalang read agricultural books, looked for villagers, and seemed to be better at farming than herself. "Then..."
"Father, the villagers are simple. You gave them wages, but are they doing their best?"
"Okay, it just so happens that Dad has some embroidery work to do." Ma Qifeng stopped arguing with his daughter, it's a good thing that a child can do it, so let him do it.
"Father, then you are busy, I will go to the fields with my eldest brother."
Ma Qifeng nodded, watched the pair of children go to the field, took the pair of children back to the room, slightly closed the door, and did embroidery work behind the door.
Sanlang was playing on the wooden board in the corridor in front of the door. If anyone came over, he would call him daddy, and Ma Qifeng would put away his embroidery work and come out to greet people.
The father and son cooperated tacitly. No one knew that Ma Qifeng would be a female worker, including the mother and son of the Guo family who were closer to them.
On rainy days, grass grows and warblers fly, and people's production and life recover quickly. Ma Min'er finds that Master Yao, the magistrate, is really good. She doesn't know about other places, but in Yunshui Town, since he passed by, The life of the refugees has improved a lot with the distribution of fields and housing bases. Not only that, but I heard that there is a monthly ration subsidy. Although it is not much, it can always keep people alive.
Seeing that Aunt Guo’s family has settled down, Ma Min’er’s guilt over the sudden move finally disappeared. She breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly prayed that the champagne rice would grow, and told her father not to gamble. After all, it’s impossible to always win. , unless cheating, but if cheating is discovered, you will be beaten up at least, and your hands and feet will be severed. It is too dangerous.
After a few days, Ma Miner found that all the seeds that had been sown had germinated, and under the care of the two fathers, the growth was not bad. Because she did not understand the names of ancient dishes, she deliberately planted all kinds of seeds on what I wrote down all the places.
When the vegetables were half-grown, Ma Miner suddenly realized, oh, I know many vegetables by myself!For example, cabbage, isn’t it the modern Chinese cabbage? It’s obviously rapeseed, why is it called mallow? She can guess that coriander is coriander. As for the turnip, it’s not the same as the modern one. It’s big and long. It is round and round, some have green heads, some have red heads, they are small in size, maybe they are not radishes, who knows, pickled radish strips are already on her menu anyway, and Spinach, rapeseed, mustard greens, etc. grew three acres of land. After a rain at night, it was green and pleasing in the morning light, full of sense of accomplishment.
Wasteland?I'm afraid I made a mistake!Ma Min'er said happily secretly, fortunately she was not intimidated by the appearance.Walking on the well-groomed ridge, even with an adult soul, she couldn't help but feel excited and her feet were flying. Today, my father went to the county town to sell embroidery products. Part of the money I got was paid for labor, and part of it was for food and other things. cloth.
Ma Min'er counted while walking, hey, I don't earn enough to spend, looking at the tender and raw vegetables, it seems that I can only count on you.She smiled, but before selling, I have to return the favor of General Zhang, and I have to send this piece of shit to him, we have to be a person who keeps our word, haha...
Ma Qifeng came to Xu's embroidery workshop and handed in the embroidery work.
Mrs. Wu Xu was waiting for him. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, "Mr. Lang, you can count yourself here. How much did you embroider?"
Ma Qifeng handed over the package, "Sixteen handkerchiefs, ten sachets, a few wooden hairpins, and silk ribbons."
"Your daughter's hands are really skillful." Wu Xu was full of praise when she saw the unique pattern of the handkerchief, and when she heard the wooden hairpin, she quickly picked it up: "Although it is made of wood, the cloth flowers piled on it are so delicate. "
Ma Qifeng smiled: "Madam, how much do you think it's worth?"
Recommended by friends, I don’t see Xingchen’s new article "The Pastoral Doctor Wife Aojiao Lang", which is currently in PK, welcome to read it.
Lin Hanyu traveled to Linjia Village and became Li Cuihua's daughter. The house at home was ventilated from all sides; the land at home had more stones than dirt.He wears other people's old clothes and eats beans with teeth.
No, I don't want to live my life like this, and I don't allow my relatives around me to have a hard time.
Treating diseases, poverty, and chaos, one accidentally turned the original poor ditch into a golden nest.
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The ruthless son Mu, the well-known and well-known God of War in Rongguo, killed people and beheaded horses without blinking his eyes, but because of a little girl, he began to be tender and learned to be compassionate.
The first time she met her, she saved his leg.
Seeing her for the second time, she saved his life.
The third time I saw her, she stood on a high platform and threw hydrangeas...
"I heard you don't like me?"
"Ah."
"Okay, then I will marry you."
It turns out that someone is not only arrogant, but also pretends to be stupid.
(End of this chapter)
"Yes, shopkeeper!" Ma Qifeng replied.
Shopkeeper Qiu paused and said, "I have an old cart in my backyard, why don't you use it first."
"This... is not good..."
Ma Min'er stood by and said, "Shopkeeper, you can charge the old ones according to the old ones, okay?"
Shopkeeper Qiu saw that they were not taking advantage of them, so he took a high look, "Okay, then I will give you the price of an old car on the market."
"Thank you shopkeeper, how much is it?" Ma Qifeng asked hastily.
"Just give three hundred coppers." Since General Zhang was covering him, shopkeeper Qiu didn't lie.
"Thank you very much."
Seeing that they had concluded their negotiation, the boy hurried to the backyard to push out the old cart, and helped them load two sacks into the cart.
"Thank you shopkeeper, Ma will go back."
"Let's go." Shopkeeper Qiu politely raised his hand.
Ma Qifeng asked the children to sit on the cart.
"Father, it's very heavy, let San Lang and Si Niang sit."
"It's okay, you can sit down, Dad can push it."
Ma Min'er shook her head: "Father, go out of the city gate and pass the grocery store, let's buy some daily necessities and farm tools."
"Okay, Dad knows."
In order to hurry, Ma Qifeng pushed the scooter and walked quickly. He stopped when he encountered a large grocery store. He and his daughter quickly picked up some things and rushed out of the city gate.
Liang Shixing didn't come to the shop until the sun went down to inspect it. As soon as he arrived at the shop, the clerk in the shop immediately walked up to him, "Boss, the white-faced young man from the capital has come."
"How much did you win?"
Wang Xiaowu replied: "Win, win, win, win, I'm dazzled, I can't remember exactly how much it is."
"About how much?" Liang Shixing frowned.
"Kua Zi said about one or two."
Liang Shixing didn't believe it: "That's all?"
Wang Xiaowu replied: "Boss, within half a day, a tael of silver is not a lot. If it is placed on ordinary people, it will take at least a month to earn it. This is still a person in our county. If it is a countryman, You may not be able to make money in two or three months."
"That's true." Liang Shixing thought about it and asked again, "When he came in, did he have any money with him?"
"Yes, I saw it." Wang Xiaowu said affirmatively.
"There is still money?" Liang Shixing squeezed his chin, "I still want to wait for him to go to the end, and bring him here to make money together."
"Boss, I don't think he has any skills."
Liang Shixing rolled his eyes at his subordinates: "Is there anything I can do to win back Shen's shop from me?"
"Boss, maybe he just got shit luck?" Wang Xiaowu didn't think so, and if the boy came, wouldn't it be a bad idea to take his place.
"Is that so?"
"I think it is."
Liang Shixing pinched his chin and remained silent for a long time.
Since he lived at the end of the village and got off the official road, there was still a section of road that was difficult to walk. Ma Qifeng couldn't push the cart, so he took the cart and seeds to his home in two trips.
It was slightly dark, and at this time, people had no entertainment other than enjoying the cool air in front of their houses, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road. Ma Miner thought that the road was not easy to walk, but they avoided a lot of trouble. At least, they didn't want to carry so much food. Passing in front of the crowd in the village and causing unnecessary trouble is really a gain and a loss.
When she got home, Ma Miner lit the oil lamp, which she bought while passing by a grocery store on her way to the city gate just now, and finally bid farewell to the era when no moon means darkness.
"Wow, it's so bright." Xiao Yue'er, who was sleeping on the cart, was awakened by the light and regained her energy.
Ma Min'er smiled and said, "Don't stare, it hurts your eyes."
"Oh!" Xiao Yue'er quickly turned her eyes away, she looked extremely cute.
Ma Min'er quickly prepared dinner, and took out the eggs bought at the grocery store, "Yue'er, my sister will make you egg pancakes."
"Great, Second Sister."
"Second Sister, I'll help you light the fire." Ma Saburo is always the most motivated.
"Okay, the fire is already lit, just add more firewood carefully."
"Yes, Second Sister."
Ma Qifeng and Ma Dalang were packing seeds and carts outside, and they were setting up the family's first belongings - the cart.
"Father, fortunately our wooden house is some distance away from the ground, so we can put sundries under it."
Ma Qifeng smiled slightly, "It's good to have an elevated wooden house. You don't have to worry about having no place for the sundries, and you don't have to worry about being exposed to the sun and rain."
"The seeds are placed in the room where we sleep."
"Well, this one should be placed on the top, and on the bottom, even if no one steals it, I'm afraid it will be eaten by insects, ants and mice."
Although the father and son were unfamiliar with their hands, they finished the work in an orderly manner, brushed the dust off their bodies, scooped water from the rain tank on the porch outside, and washed their hands and faces.
"Father, we will dig a well when we have money." Ma Dalang is now very interested in adding things to the house.
Ma Qifeng nodded, "Yes!"
With his father's permission, Ma Dalang happily entered the kitchen, "Sister, is dinner ready?"
"Okay, it's already on the table."
"So fast?"
"Yeah, don't wake up the noodles of the omelette, it can be spread in the pan, of course it will be soon."
Ma Qifeng followed into the kitchen. The small kitchen seemed crowded because of his entry, but this kind of crowd gave people warmth.
"Father, sit down!" Ma Min'er handed him the chopsticks.
Ma Qifeng sat on the small stool, stretched out his hands to settle San Lang Si Niang, and the two young ones sat on the side of the small table, with two soup bowls in front of them, looking eagerly at the egg pancakes on the middle plate.
"Father..." Sanlang choked on his saliva.
Ma Qifeng reached out and took an egg pancake for the little boy and the little girl, "Eat it!"
"Thank you, dad." Sanlang quickly took it with his little hand, and smiled at his dad, baring his teeth.
Ma Min'er reached out and picked up a piece of egg pancake for his father, "Father, you've worked hard, let's have dinner quickly."
For some reason, he felt that his daughter knew that he was gambling and used it to support them, but she seemed to feel that gambling was as respectful to him as doing a decent thing.
But Ma Qifeng feels very relieved by the thoughtfulness in his daughter's words, and feels that all the forbearance and hardship are worthwhile.
After taking the cake from his eldest daughter, he smiled slightly, "You guys can eat it too."
"Well, Dad!" Ma Min'er was the last one to sit down. Seeing that everyone had eaten, she breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously. After running for a day, she returned home and had dinner together. It's great!
Smiling and bowing his head to drink soup and eat cakes, all of a sudden, in the palm-sized small kitchen, he could only hear the sound of drinking soup and chewing cakes, and the slight beating shadow of the wick of the oil lamp on the wall.
After eating and drinking enough, Ma Min'er thought, if it wasn't for the money her father won from gambling, would they still be hungry?
Doubtless they did, for not far from them were many who were laboring to fill their bellies.
Yao Liangze didn't expect that when he came back to see his teacher, he would be surrounded by refugees from Yunshui Town, so he had no choice but to ask his subordinates to find Mo Huaien, the grandfather of Pingding County.
When Ma Min'er was buying grain at the grain shop during the day, Mo Huaien brought several carts of grain to Yunshui Town and solved the refugees who surrounded Mr. Yao.
The refugees dispersed, Yao Zeliang's brows did not loosen, "Lord Mo—"
"The officer is—"
"You should understand that the situation in Pingding County is much better than other places in Yizhou."
"Yes, my lord, the officer knows."
"There are not many refugees who have flowed to Pingding."
"Yes, my lord, I have made statistics, and it's...not bad." Mo Huaien's forehead kept dripping with sweat.
Yao Zeliang narrowed his eyes and looked solemn: "Master Mo, how do you plan to deal with the refugees in Yunshui Town?"
Mo Huaien understood that Yao Zhifu wanted to use the example of Yunshui Town to know how he could deal with the refugees in other places in Pingding County. After thinking about it for a while, he replied: "The next official will discuss with Chief Li Ting tomorrow and give them the land."
Yao Zeliang said: "It is certain to divide the land, but will the food grow in a short time? How do you solve the problem of food for these refugees in the future?"
"My... my lord... there is no food in the county granary."
"Aren't you going to solve the problem without food, and wait for them to starve to death?"
"No... I won't let them starve to death..." Mo Huaien had already learned from his classmates in the capital that Yao Zeliang was a practical official. If he didn't take some practical actions today, he might not be able to pass his test. It will become a rake for him to kill chickens and respect monkeys.
Yao Zeliang's eyes are tight, he has been in an official position for a long time, he is not angry and pretentious, and is very fierce.
"My lord... my lord, this is what I think. As long as there is relief food from the court, I will distribute it to the refugees as soon as possible. If the relief food has not arrived, I will contact the grain merchants in Pingding County and ask for credit first." Some will be given to the refugees, and when they have produced in the fields, they will be returned to the grain merchants with a little interest, what do you think?"
Seeing that it is feasible, Yao Zeliang nodded, "Well, the food that the imperial court dispatched from the south is about to arrive, and I will urge the subordinates to distribute it to various counties, but before the relief food arrives, try to distribute free food to the refugees as much as possible. Under the circumstances, use the method you just did."
"Yes, my lord!"
Guo Daping, mother and son returned to their hut from the group of refugees, happy and emotional, Guo Erping said: "Mother, can we survive without Uncle Ma?"
Guo Lishi nodded, "As long as everyone can survive, so can we."
Guo Daping was a little absent-minded: "Mother, why don't you tell Uncle Ma that we've got the food."
Mrs. Guo Li sighed, "If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people robbing food, Mother would have wanted you two to call Uncle Ma, but the time for food distribution is only a little bit, and it will be over in a blink of an eye, and I don't know what the next time will be." when!"
"If it wasn't for the presence of the magistrate, the food might not be distributed." Guo Daping said with a bitter face.
Guo Li was puzzled: "Just now the magistrate asked the magistrate to find a way to get food for the refugees. I don't know if the magistrate will listen to the magistrate?"
Guo Daping shook his head: "I don't necessarily know how to listen, just like our village doesn't fully listen to the pavilion chief."
"That's right." Guo Lishi looked at the few catties of rough noodles in his hand, "Let's talk about it now, let's get some food and sleep quickly. Before dawn tomorrow, our mothers and I will stay among the refugees and share with them. field."
The next morning, Ma Qiguang and his two older children read agricultural books at home for a long time. After studying them, they decided to consult farmers while pressing the books and prepare to farm.
"Father, let's invite Aunt Guo and Father Shi to pay them according to their work, shall we?"
Ma Qiguang is a son of everyone who came out of the capital, of course he knew that he would have to pay for help, so he nodded, "Okay, but I don't know how much to pay?"
"Father, why don't you make a decision after inquiring about the market in the village?"
"Well, okay, Dad knows."
After lunch, when the Ma family was about to find Mrs. Guo Li, she arrived.
"Aunt Guo—"
"Er Niang, Master Yao distributed food to the refugees yesterday, and he wanted to make it too late for you, and they will be gone in a while." Mrs. Guo Li said guiltily.
"It's okay, Aunt Guo, have you received your food yet?"
Mrs. Guo nodded: "It's allotted. It's five or six catties. I'm not bringing some for you."
"Aunt Guo, you can eat at home, I have it at home." Ma Min'er smiled and pushed her ladle back.
"There are not many of you." Guo Lishi reminded.
Ma Min'er said: "Yesterday my father went to the city to buy some more, and I really plan to give you some."
"Big brother, you are really capable." Hearing that Ma's family was buying grain, Mrs. Guo Li's eyes showed admiration.
Ma Qiguang smiled embarrassedly, and the smile swayed to Guo Lishi, making her blush unconsciously.
Ma Min'er sensed the subtlety, and quickly changed the subject, "Aunt Guo, come in and have a seat!"
"Uh..." Mrs. Guo Li came to her senses, pointing to the distance in a panic and said, "Er Niang, have you seen the refugees coming over there?"
"What's the matter, Aunt Guo?"
"Like them, I was allocated the field at the end of the village."
"Aunt Guo, have you been assigned to the field?" Ma Min'er was sincerely happy for her.
"Yes!" Guo Li replied excitedly.
Ma Min'er exclaimed happily: "Great, with a house in the field, we can finally live our lives."
All of a sudden, everyone happily walked towards the assigned field, and met Fu Xiaoyou's grandson on the way.
"Ma Er Niang—"
"Youliang, Grandpa—"
Fu Tugen was dark and thin, and when the little lady called him, he was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak a word.
Seeing the old man in distress, Ma Qifeng walked up to him, "Father, are you coming to see the fields too?"
"Yes, our grandparents and grandchildren shared three acres of land." Fu Tugen was both happy and worried.
The joy is that there is a field, and there is support, and the sorrow is that it is almost autumn, and there is not even a seed, but then again, if the field is not cultivated for a year or two, even if there are seeds, nothing will grow.
A group of people chatted while walking, and when they saw their own land, such as a wasteland, no one was worried.
"This place doesn't seem to grow much this year." Mrs. Guo Li sighed.
Ma Min'er said, "Aunt Guo, yesterday I went to the city to buy some vegetable seeds and upland rice seeds."
"Dry... rice?" Mrs. Guo Li was shocked by Ma Miner's words, "I've been farming for so many years, but I've never heard of it."
Ma Min'er smiled and said, "The shopkeeper who sells the seeds said they came from the south."
"I haven't heard of it either." Mrs. Guo Li shook her head.
Ma Min'er smiled, thinking that if I didn't just see the introduction when I was traveling, I probably wouldn't know, but it doesn't matter, Yizhou is located in the west of the Central Plains, the climate is not bad, and the maturity of Champa rice is about two months. It's late July through October before winter sets in, and that's plenty of time.
"Aunt Guo, my brother read a book yesterday, and the book says that the wasteland is going to burn, doesn't it?"
"That's right, that's right!" When it came to farming, Aunt Guo got excited, "Let's burn the grass on the ground first."
"Okay, let's start a fire as soon as the weather is nice, or we won't be able to burn the weeds when it rains." Ma Min'er laughed and said, "Father, let's light the grass!"
"No..."
"Ah..." Everyone looked at Fu Tugen in unison.
"Oh, you young people, it's not that simple to burn the ground." Fu Tugen, who had no sense of existence just now, faced the land with a serious expression and a straight face.
"Father Fu, how do we burn the weeds?"
"We have to circle the land first, and then set fire to it!"
"lock up……"
Farming is indeed a technical job. It has been two days since Ma Min'er's deserted beach was lit and weeds were burned. Hey, why not just burn weeds? Why wait two days? What is the enclosure?
Enclosure, in fact, is to separate the area, which is to dig a ditch around the periphery of the land to be burned, so as to prevent the fire from being uncontrolled when burning weeds, spreading randomly, and causing unnecessary losses. I have to say that the ancients were quite wise. And worship the gods of heaven and earth before lighting the fire.
Not only Ma Min'er's family started to open up wasteland for planting, but all the refugees were moved.
After doing a series of things such as reclamation, soil digging, plowing, plowing, and manure application, I didn’t know it until August. All the same things are very hard.
Ma Qifeng doesn't know how to farm, and his children naturally don't know how to farm. Even if they learn it from others, they don't have the strength to plant fifteen acres of land. In the end, they have to spend money to hire labor.
Most of the hired people are refugees. They get coins from Ma Qifeng and take them to towns or county towns to buy seeds. Several of them can plant one or two acres of land.
Can it be said that his father supported some farmers?Ma Min'er thought secretly in her heart, uh... what are you thinking about?She quickly shook her head, regained consciousness, and squatted down to see if the various seeds in the field had germinated?
Father Fu and Father Shi were leading people to tidy up the drainage ditches in the field, and the little lady came to see the seedlings in the field again, and they all smiled, "Don't worry, little lady."
"It's been three days, why haven't the seedlings emerged yet?" How can Ma Min'er be in a hurry, her Champa rice has to be harvested before the frost, otherwise the rice will be planted in vain.
"Little lady, there are three beans and six wheat, each seed has its own time to germinate." Old man Shi said.
"But I don't grow beans!" Ma Min'er pursed her mouth.
"Ha ha……"
Several people who were helping each other laughed, "Little lady, go to the place where the vegetables are grown in front, and it seems that there are small sprouts coming out."
"Really?"
"En!" Fu Tugen nodded.
Excited, Ma Min'er hurriedly ran to the next door, and Sanlang and Siniang followed suit.
Father Shi sighed, "I thought nothing could grow on the barren beach, but I didn't expect seedlings to emerge."
Fu Tugen smiled: "Brother, I didn't expect that the barren beach is a wetland that has been retting. It is white because of the drought, and the soil is fertile. In addition, the Ma family spent a lot of energy and money on the ground. If not Definitely not growing anything."
"That's true." Father Shi looked up at the sky, "This day is also strange. It rains at night and clears up during the day. It seems that it is specially reserved for us to farm."
Hearing this, Fu Tugen stopped the shovel in his hand, glanced at Ma Erniang in front, and leaned closer to old man Shi: "Old man Hu in the town said that the little lady is a Fuwa."
"..." Father Shi stared blankly at the little lady in front of him.
"Old man Hu said that if the little lady wants to burn grass, the sky will clear up, and if the little lady sows the seeds, it will rain at night. My God, follow her to farm and run!"
"This..." Father Shi carefully thought about what happened after the Ma family got fifteen acres of land, "Could it be that her upland rice can really grow, and it only takes two months to harvest?"
"I'm sure." Fu Yougen said with a smile: "The little lady gave me five catties of seeds, and I sowed an acre of land, so I won't starve in winter."
"..." Father Shi looked down at the rice fields under his feet, but saw nothing, "I saw the seeds, they are thin and thin, much thinner than the rice I saw before, can they really grow?"
"I believe." Fu Tugen nodded seriously.
It was raining in most areas of Yizhou. Although it was raining intermittently, the drought was finally relieved. Master Yao non-stop asked the emperor for orders to transfer wheat seeds from other provinces.
Inside the palace, seeing that the drought in Yizhou had finally eased, the old emperor finally heaved a sigh of relief, "Let the third and fifth children come to the Imperial Study Room tomorrow."
"Yes, my lord!"
The emperor straightened his body and narrowed his eyes slightly, "I don't know what happened to Shao Fu?"
"Returning to the emperor, Yunshui Town has plenty of rain, so my lord's life should be good."
"Haha..." The old emperor suddenly laughed, "It's good, it's good."
Fifteen acres of land were planted, and the family had a lot of expenses. Ma Qifeng had to go to the county again, "Da Lang, you wait for me on the street in front of the grain shop, don't run around, you understand?"
Ma Dalang nodded, "Understood, Dad."
After Ma Qifeng settled his son, he went to Louwan Alley as usual, and continued to look around, looking for opportunities to strike.
When it was almost noon, he came out of the alley. It wasn't because he did it on purpose, but because he met a ruthless character and was beaten up. Although there were several people who were beaten up, he was only one of them, but it was still considered a After suffering a loss, he knelt down and stretched out his hands to rub the place where he was beaten. It was estimated that it would take two days to recover quickly. Just as he was about to stand up and leave, the young man who had been coaxed was pulled out.
"Uncle, didn't you promise your wife not to gamble anymore? Why did you come out again?"
"If I don't come out to play, I'm going to suffocate to death at home."
"Uncle, Ma'am said, I'm looking for a wife for you now, so just bear with it, it won't be too late to come out to play after you marry a lady..."
"I will bet..."
……
The master and servant left cursing.
Ma Qifeng quietly reached out his hand to touch the silver in his bosom, he was afraid that there might be two taels, so should he go to the casino?He looked at the street in the distance, and decided to change to another place to win some more coins, otherwise it would not be enough for expenses.
In Xu's Rusty Workshop, the shopkeeper looked out from time to time, "Hey, it's been so many days, I'm afraid that young man won't come to sell rust handkerchiefs again, is it because the price I gave is low? Is there a more fair place than my Xu family?"
"Aunt Xu, I don't think there is a more fair place than our house." The girl in the shop said.
"Then why doesn't he come?"
"Maybe they don't have any embroidery."
Wu Xu frowned: "Impossible, the embroidery sells well, is it worth a man's labor?"
"Then I don't know." The little girl pouted.
Wu Xu said: "The eldest lady likes the pattern of the handkerchief very much, and she wanted a fresh pattern, but the people didn't come. It's really... well, the eldest lady will not blame me!"
"No, the lady is kind."
Wu Xu's gaze swept the street again, and as a result... she quickly ran out from the counter.
"Aunt, why are you going?"
Wu Xu ran straight without panting, "Lang Jun..."
Ma Qifeng was a little hesitant, not to go to Jufu Gambling House, but to go to other gambling houses. If the surname Liang knew about it, it would be troublesome, but if he didn't go, the family's expenses...
"Lang Jun...Lang Jun..."
"Call me?" Ma Qifeng was awakened by someone.
"Yeah, sir, you don't remember, you sold embroidery in my rustic workshop."
Ma Qifeng followed the woman's gaze and looked back, "Oh, it turned out to be Xu's Embroidery Workshop."
"Lang Jun, hasn't your daughter sold embroidered handkerchiefs recently?"
Ma Qifeng shook his head, "No, what's the matter, sister-in-law?"
Mrs. Wu Xu replied: "Yes... There is a guest who likes the pattern of your handkerchief very much."
"So that's the case!" Ma Qifeng smiled gently.
"Lang Jun, can you tell your daughter to embroider more?"
"Yes... yes!" Ma Qifeng thought for a while and said, "Then I'll buy some fabrics and silk threads for my daughter and let her make some."
"Great!" Wu Xu hurriedly led the way happily.
She not only sold a lot of fabrics and silk threads to Ma Qifeng at a low price, but also sent some cloth heads and brains: "Mr., how long will it take to deliver it?"
"Five or six days."
"Okay, sir, go away."
Ma Qifeng didn't expect such an accident. He didn't go to the gambling shop again. If these embroideries are done well, he may have two taels of silver, which is enough for expenses. After he stopped entangled, he felt relaxed and quickly Go to the grain store to find Da'er.
In the end, he was stopped again, "The boss has been asking you for a few days, and finally it's you."
"Brother Wang, I...I still have something to do."
"Is there something more important than making money?" Wang Xiaowu glanced away at him, allowing him to invite him in person, which is enough to give you face.
"A bet that doesn't match always wins."
Wang Xiaowu didn't believe his words, but he didn't take him too seriously, he bowed his head and whispered: "Boss asked you to do a favor and win the money from the idiot second generation ancestor."
Ma Qifeng said nothing.
Seeing that the other party didn't let go, Wang Wudao: "It's rare for the second generation ancestor to come to our small gambling house. The others are all ugly and don't deserve his status. I'm afraid we won't be able to keep him. You look good, so help our boss , money is indispensable to you."
"I... may not be able to win!" Ma Qifeng still refused.
"It's fine if you don't gamble, just stand beside our boss to make a scene." Seeing that he still refused, Wang Xiaowu had to take a step back.
Everyone else said that, but Ma Qifeng was embarrassed to push it back, "Well, I will give these things to my son."
"Okay, hurry up!"
When Ma Qifeng saw the 'Second Generation Ancestor', he subconsciously avoided it. Isn't it just the 'Uncle' just now, he still has two taels of silver in his arms. All the roadside stalls in the alley gambled, and sneered secretly, maybe there were so many people at that time, the other party didn't pay attention to him, and he knew that he won his money at the roadside stall in the alley.
Sure enough, he is a second-generation ancestor who is not stingy, so let's have a few.
"Hey, Liang Tongyan, when did you have such a guest?" The second generation ancestor looked at the handsome and straight Ma Qifeng and asked.
Liang Shixing bared his teeth and smiled: "Mr. Liu, although my shop in Liang Tongyan is small, and I don't gamble too much, but I am very popular. You see, even men from the capital come to gamble. This is not just me talking nonsense. of."
"He's from the capital?" Liu Yang raised his eyebrows high, looking superior to others.
Ma Qifeng smiled slightly: "I used to be from the capital."
"Hey, you're really from the capital!" Liu Yang asked interestedly.
After staring at Ma Qifeng for a whole afternoon, he almost couldn't get out of the city gate.
"Father..." Just as Ma Dalang was anxiously preparing to wait at the gate of the city, his father came and said without saying a word: "The shopkeeper brings fifty catties of refined noodles, ten catties of rice, and two pounds of rough noodles. Ten catties."
"Okay!"
Ma Qifeng quickly bought grain, put it on the flatbed cart, and went to the grocery store along the way to buy daily necessities. When passing by the meat stall, he cut a rib and hurried out of the city gate just before the city gate closed. .
It was getting dark, and Ma Miner, the little landlady, didn't go home until the last hired worker left the field.
Guo Daping followed behind Guo Li, looking back at the little man at the head of the field from time to time, and asked in a low voice, "Mother, when will we move to the end of the village?"
"You think it's easy to move!" Guo Lishi was too tired to speak.
"Mother, can we not accept Uncle Ma's wages?"
Mrs. Guo Li was walking ahead, she was stunned when she heard her son's words, and sighed, "Mother doesn't want it either, but your father is gone, and you are only 12 years old. Mother doesn't charge money, who will support us?"
Guo Daping bowed his head and remained silent.
"Son, mother knows that she needs to repay her kindness. No, you are also considered half a worker. Mother only takes one person's wages, so it feels better."
Hearing his mother's words, Guo Daping raised his head with a smile in his eyes.
"Mother, shall I also help Uncle Ma pick up the weed roots in the field?" Ma Erping asked for credit.
"Good son, help your uncle clean up the grass roots, so that they don't harm the crops."
"Got it, mother."
When Ma Min'er returned home, her father and elder brother hadn't come back yet, and the two younger ones were standing at the gate of the fence looking at the two intersections.
"Why don't you go in, it's all mosquitos."
After a few rains, the mosquitoes multiplied in large numbers and could stare at people covered in bags.
San Lang rushed to his sister, "Second sister..."
"You're hungry!"
Masanlang and Xiao Yueer nodded.
Ma Min'er raised the wild vegetables in her hands, "I'll make hand-rolled noodles for you, with Ququ vegetables!"
"Second Sister, how do you know this wild vegetable is edible?" Ma Sanlang asked with a smile.
"Of course Father Fu and Father Shi told my sister."
"Then I'll go find wild vegetables tomorrow."
"Okay!"
The little thin noodles I bought last time have been reluctant to eat. I have already eaten the rough noodles, so I can only take it, mix with water, and knead the noodles. Although my body is small and I don’t have much strength, but Ma Min’er has good cooking skills, and she kneads the noodles. The tendons are delicate, cut into evenly sized shreds, put in boiling water, and quickly become cooked, she gently turned them over with chopsticks, let them fully roll, and cooked through.
There is no seasoning, so Ma Miner can only adjust the soup with salt, put the noodles in a bowl, put the Ququcai in hot water for a while, drain the water and mix it with salt and wild garlic. It's the side dish below.
Everything is fine, Ma Min'er was about to go out of the kitchen to see if her father and elder brother had come back, when she heard the sound of the fence door slamming, and when she came out, they had already entered, pushed the cart, and reached the door of the wooden house, hurriedly Step forward to help.
The room that should be placed in the wooden house was quickly lifted up, and the one that should be placed in the utility room under the house was placed below. The five members of the family worked together and cleaned it up in a short while.
"Father, wash water."
Ma Min'er quickly walked to the water tank to scoop up water, and washed her father and elder brother.
"Second Sister has meat and eggs..." Ma Sanlang looked at Second Sister expectantly, wishing he could eat it now.
Ma Min'er thought for a while, then went back to the kitchen, looked at the rib meat, stretched out the knife and cut a small piece, the fat and thin were quickly separated under her hands.
"Second sister, do you want to light a fire?"
"Well, light it up, I'll wash the meat right away."
"Okay, Second Sister." Ma Sanlang was so happy that he almost turned somersaults. At the age of seven, he already knew how to do some housework, and lighting a fire was one of them.
Yue'er obediently stood next to the second sister, helping the second sister pick up wild garlic and wild onions, happily shaking hands.
When Ma Min'er poured the fat into the pot, "呵...", a burst of heat came out of the pot, and then the fragrance of lard came to the nostrils.
"Wow, it smells so good..." Xiao Yue'er and San Lang sniffed at the same time.
Ma Qifeng and Dalang had already washed and sat at the small table to rest their breath. They also smelled the tangy aroma of meat. The smell of happiness made them want to cry.
Ma Miner glanced at everyone while stir-frying the meat dregs, with a smile all over her face. It felt so good for the family to gather around and wait for the food!
The pot burned very quickly, she quickly took out the fried lard pieces, put the extra oil in a small bowl for tomorrow, and poured the remaining oil into the pot to stir fry After a while, I made noodles with chopped fat residue. The meat is fragrant, and it is served with cold Ququ Cai, which makes people appetite.
"Let's eat!" There was a bowl in front of each person, red meat, green vegetables, golden butter residue, full of color, fragrance, and taste. Ma Miner saw the taste of happiness and a sense of accomplishment from everyone's eyes.
"Let's eat!"
"Let's eat!"
……
The happy appearance of the family is reflected on the wooden wall by the oil lamp, which is quiet and beautiful.
Ma Qifeng was so busy during the day that he didn't feel what happened to his beaten leg. Now he rested and almost didn't lift his leg. He quietly moved his injured leg and gently moved it under the small table.
Ma Min'er noticed her father's small movements, but she never thought that his father would be beaten by others. She thought that he was tired from pushing the scooter, so she put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up and turned around, cleaned the pot, and scooped up a pot full of it. water.
"Min'er, wait until the hot water boils, eat first." Ma Qifeng said lovingly to his daughter.
"Yes, Second Sister, let's eat first." Ma Sanlang stopped holding the chopsticks and turned to look at his sister who was busy up and down.
"I put two sticks of firewood and let them heat up slowly." Ma Min'er said as she put two thick dead logs under the pot, and when the fire started, she returned to the table, "After eating like this , there is hot water.”
Ma Qifeng smiled gratifiedly, "Eat."
"Oh, let's eat..." Sanlang started to move again happily, and sipped the soup along the side of the bowl, "Wow, it tastes so delicious."
"Delicious!" Xiaoyue couldn't help shouting as she wasn't that proficient in holding chopsticks, she managed to pick up a few noodles and put them in her mouth.
Ma Qifeng didn't stop the children from talking at the dinner table, and looked at the children with a smile. Since he was far away from the capital and Ma's house, as long as the children were happy, he didn't care about "speaking while eating or sleeping". On the contrary, he I think talking at mealtimes and nagging at bedtime are all manifestations of family affairs and harmony, so why stop it!
The next day, Ma Min'er still felt some inconvenience in her father's legs and feet, "Dad, did you twist it?"
"But... maybe it is!" Ma Qifeng found an excuse: "The road is uneven, and the cart is not easy to push. I may be twisted, but it doesn't matter."
"Oh!"
When her father profiled her face, Ma Min'er found traces of scratch marks on her father's cheek, and suddenly understood what was going on!He pursed his lips quietly.
"Father, go and have a look at the field." Ma Qifeng always felt that his daughter's eyes could see through everything, so he didn't dare to look directly at it.
My own father, I feel sorry for myself, Ma Min'er smiled and said: "Father, let me go, I am more familiar with Shi Daddy and the others than you."
Ma Qifeng was stunned for a moment. What his daughter said was true. She and Dalang read agricultural books, looked for villagers, and seemed to be better at farming than herself. "Then..."
"Father, the villagers are simple. You gave them wages, but are they doing their best?"
"Okay, it just so happens that Dad has some embroidery work to do." Ma Qifeng stopped arguing with his daughter, it's a good thing that a child can do it, so let him do it.
"Father, then you are busy, I will go to the fields with my eldest brother."
Ma Qifeng nodded, watched the pair of children go to the field, took the pair of children back to the room, slightly closed the door, and did embroidery work behind the door.
Sanlang was playing on the wooden board in the corridor in front of the door. If anyone came over, he would call him daddy, and Ma Qifeng would put away his embroidery work and come out to greet people.
The father and son cooperated tacitly. No one knew that Ma Qifeng would be a female worker, including the mother and son of the Guo family who were closer to them.
On rainy days, grass grows and warblers fly, and people's production and life recover quickly. Ma Min'er finds that Master Yao, the magistrate, is really good. She doesn't know about other places, but in Yunshui Town, since he passed by, The life of the refugees has improved a lot with the distribution of fields and housing bases. Not only that, but I heard that there is a monthly ration subsidy. Although it is not much, it can always keep people alive.
Seeing that Aunt Guo’s family has settled down, Ma Min’er’s guilt over the sudden move finally disappeared. She breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly prayed that the champagne rice would grow, and told her father not to gamble. After all, it’s impossible to always win. , unless cheating, but if cheating is discovered, you will be beaten up at least, and your hands and feet will be severed. It is too dangerous.
After a few days, Ma Miner found that all the seeds that had been sown had germinated, and under the care of the two fathers, the growth was not bad. Because she did not understand the names of ancient dishes, she deliberately planted all kinds of seeds on what I wrote down all the places.
When the vegetables were half-grown, Ma Miner suddenly realized, oh, I know many vegetables by myself!For example, cabbage, isn’t it the modern Chinese cabbage? It’s obviously rapeseed, why is it called mallow? She can guess that coriander is coriander. As for the turnip, it’s not the same as the modern one. It’s big and long. It is round and round, some have green heads, some have red heads, they are small in size, maybe they are not radishes, who knows, pickled radish strips are already on her menu anyway, and Spinach, rapeseed, mustard greens, etc. grew three acres of land. After a rain at night, it was green and pleasing in the morning light, full of sense of accomplishment.
Wasteland?I'm afraid I made a mistake!Ma Min'er said happily secretly, fortunately she was not intimidated by the appearance.Walking on the well-groomed ridge, even with an adult soul, she couldn't help but feel excited and her feet were flying. Today, my father went to the county town to sell embroidery products. Part of the money I got was paid for labor, and part of it was for food and other things. cloth.
Ma Min'er counted while walking, hey, I don't earn enough to spend, looking at the tender and raw vegetables, it seems that I can only count on you.She smiled, but before selling, I have to return the favor of General Zhang, and I have to send this piece of shit to him, we have to be a person who keeps our word, haha...
Ma Qifeng came to Xu's embroidery workshop and handed in the embroidery work.
Mrs. Wu Xu was waiting for him. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, "Mr. Lang, you can count yourself here. How much did you embroider?"
Ma Qifeng handed over the package, "Sixteen handkerchiefs, ten sachets, a few wooden hairpins, and silk ribbons."
"Your daughter's hands are really skillful." Wu Xu was full of praise when she saw the unique pattern of the handkerchief, and when she heard the wooden hairpin, she quickly picked it up: "Although it is made of wood, the cloth flowers piled on it are so delicate. "
Ma Qifeng smiled: "Madam, how much do you think it's worth?"
Recommended by friends, I don’t see Xingchen’s new article "The Pastoral Doctor Wife Aojiao Lang", which is currently in PK, welcome to read it.
Lin Hanyu traveled to Linjia Village and became Li Cuihua's daughter. The house at home was ventilated from all sides; the land at home had more stones than dirt.He wears other people's old clothes and eats beans with teeth.
No, I don't want to live my life like this, and I don't allow my relatives around me to have a hard time.
Treating diseases, poverty, and chaos, one accidentally turned the original poor ditch into a golden nest.
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The ruthless son Mu, the well-known and well-known God of War in Rongguo, killed people and beheaded horses without blinking his eyes, but because of a little girl, he began to be tender and learned to be compassionate.
The first time she met her, she saved his leg.
Seeing her for the second time, she saved his life.
The third time I saw her, she stood on a high platform and threw hydrangeas...
"I heard you don't like me?"
"Ah."
"Okay, then I will marry you."
It turns out that someone is not only arrogant, but also pretends to be stupid.
(End of this chapter)
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