Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 217

Sure enough, after Qian Feng came out, Zhang Lizheng whispered, "Qian Feng, today... I have something to ask, and I hope you can help me."

Qian Feng cleared his throat and said, "If it's Zhang Lizheng's private matter, I will definitely help him out. If it's a business matter, then I have to think about it."

Zhang Lizheng became anxious when he heard this, "Although this is a business matter, it is also my private matter. If it is not handled properly, I will not be able to be a Lizheng. The county magistrate will apportion it to the lower levels, and each Lizheng must be under his jurisdiction." To collect enough 1000 taels of donated silver, if it depends on farmers, even if all the money from each household is robbed, it will not be enough, so... I don’t intend to disturb the people, so I can only find you.”

After Zhang Lizheng finished speaking, he looked at Qian Feng's face. Qian Feng had been prepared for a long time, but his face was calm. He could afford the 1000 taels of silver, but he would not.

He pulled Zhang Lizheng under the tree, looked around for a while, and said solemnly: "Zhang Lizheng, you also know that the reason why my stone business is good is because I have to meet the eldest prince at the post station, otherwise I would rely on selling rough stone strips to connect fifty workshops. I can't even afford to work. I remember the eldest prince told me back then that the county magistrate is not a benevolent and honest official. I'm afraid he won't be able to sit in this position for a long time. Is it possible that Zhang Li is planning to be unlucky with the county magistrate?"

Zhang Li was shocked, his legs were a little weak, "Are you serious?"

Qian Feng supported Zhang Lizheng, smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, just tell the county magistrate that I will pay for the money, but I have recently built a yard, and my money is a bit tight, so I have to wait for half a month. After half a month , if the county magistrate is still safe and sound, Zhang Lizheng, you come to me, and I will definitely pay the money, which is not a lot!"

Zhang Lizheng was afraid that he would be implicated by the county magistrate, but he did not dare to offend the magistrate. Hearing what Qian Feng said, he bowed to Qian Feng gratefully, "It is really three lifetimes for me to have a friend like you in this life." Fortunately! If there is any movement in the county in the future, I hope you can let me know in time, I can't make a lot of money in this poor house, so I can't hurt the whole family."

Qian Feng also bowed, and said, "As long as it is something within my ability, I will definitely try my best to do it."

Zhang Lizheng bowed again, then stumbled away.

It is early winter now, farmers are busy weeding winter wheat and rape, and then go to the mountains to cut firewood to prepare for the winter.Seeing that Pomegranate had already fed Qian Duoduo, Qian Feng said, "Pomegranate, I haven't been working in the field for a long time. The work in the field is usually done with the help of my elder brother or the workshop workers. This year's winter wheat Both seedlings and rape seedlings are not bad, let's go weeding by ourselves."

Pomegranate was worried and flustered, "Okay, let's go to the field and take the baby with us."

"No, it's so cold, you can't take Duoduo out, I can go to the field by myself, and you take care of the children at home."

But Pomegranate was so itchy all over her body that she wanted to work a long time ago. She thought she could go to Peach Blossom Village to be the proprietress, but Qian Feng said that she would go to Peach Blossom Village next year to do business. In winter, no matter how good the scenery is, there are dead trees all over the mountain, and the river water is much shallower. As for skiing in deep winter, most people don't have the guts to play.

After all, we can only wait for Qian Feng to take people out to do some publicity next year. Pomegranate doesn't understand these things, so he can only listen to Qian Feng.But now that Qian Feng said that she was going to work in the fields, she didn't want to miss it.

Yang heard that Pomegranate wanted to go to work in the field, so she took out her sling, carried Qian Duoduo on her back, and said, "Liu'er is still sleeping, and I can take two with her when she wakes up, you two go Get to work."

Pomegranate said happily: "Mother, I will thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard work. Some women take care of four or five children at once, so it's easy to take care of two." Yang also saw that Pomegranate was tired of staying at home these days, after all, she used to be a good leader in farm work, and She is still a lively character. Recently, she took her children around the village and made many people jealous. She seldom goes to visit these days.

She was really panicking, so she could just let her go to work in the field.

Yang waved his hands and said, "Go quickly."

At this moment, Sui'er ran in, "I can also help with babysitting, I'm over five years old!"

Yang touched Sui'er's head and said, "That's right, my Sui'er has grown up too."

Qian Feng and Shiliu also felt that there was nothing to worry about, so the husband and wife went to the field with a hoe on their shoulders. They met many villagers on the way, and everyone thought it was very rare. They remembered that Qian Feng hated working in the field the most. After becoming a rich man, why do you want to work in the fields instead?

When the two of them were about to walk to their own land, they passed by Er Xi's house. Er Xi and Shao Yao were busy working.Seeing Qian Feng, Shao Yao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Hey, Qian Feng, it's rare to see you next time. Could it be that your bones are itchy and you can't stay at home?"

Qian Feng smiled and said: "Isn't it? Only by doing it yourself can you experience the feeling of having enough food and clothing."

Seeing that Shaoyao and Erxi were still wearing ragged clothes, Shiliu asked, "Shaoyao, you don't want to spend the money I lent you, did you? I asked you and Erxi to make some new clothes last time, why do you still wear them?" Is it so dilapidated? Also, why don’t you rush to build the yard, is it because the ten pennies you borrowed are not enough?”

Erxi smiled in embarrassment, "How could so much money not be enough? It's Shaoyao..."

Shao Yao blushed slightly, and said: "If my family can build a yard in this situation, everyone will know that I borrowed money from your family, but Er Xi and I have worked so hard and don't know when we will pay it back, so everyone will We think we don’t want to pay back the money. If this continues, won’t everyone ask your family to borrow money?”

Pomegranate was in a hurry, "Shaoyao, why are you still worrying about us? You should quickly cover the yard. It's already early winter. It's best to build it in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, otherwise you will have another year of cold winter."

Er Xi looked at Shao Yao, scratched his ears and said, "Why don't we build a small yard, you're already in shape, you can't be cold."

Pomegranate suddenly jumped up, "Shao Yao, are you pregnant?"

Shao Yao blushed and nodded.Shi Liu clapped her hands, "You've been worried that you won't be able to conceive a baby, isn't it now, that's great!"

Erxi and Shaoyao also looked at each other happily.

Qian Feng smiled and said: "Then congratulations to you, you should hurry up and build the yard, don't wait any longer, anyway, if you build it late, it will be built, and if you build it early, it will be built too. When you give birth to a child next year, it is hard to let the child suffer along with it." In the shed?"

Shao Yao thoughtfully nodded.

(End of this chapter)