Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 44

In the future, I will not go out with my grandma even if I am killed. This is really terrible!

I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but the Qi family burned incense to the Lord Buddha, but nothing happened at home.

The field was still short of water, and Du Youzhong and his brothers all went to fetch water when it was just dawn.

For example, Du Yu also followed the donkey cart to scoop water on the river beach to irrigate the crops.

This depends on the sky to eat, it is impossible to get rich, and it is difficult to fill the stomach, but the farmers cannot lose their crops.

What's more, in the eyes of the world, being a farmer is much better than being a businessman.After all, scholars, farmers, businessmen.

The food from the imperial court finally arrived, and the price of food in Panshui Town dropped. However, for Du Yu and the others, a major event happened in the county. , the black hat on the head is gone.

It was said that the magistrate of that county copied a lot of things from the county government office. Just because of the severe drought this time, he collected a lot of money and returned part of the tax.

In other words, everyone didn't pay that much, but the county magistrate used various methods to collect more food when people collected the land tax, and he hid the extra food himself. Get up and exchange for coins.

In addition, because of the drought, the county also invited the Dragon King. These expenses were paid by the wealthy households in the county, but most of them went into the pockets of the county magistrate, and were finally checked by the officials sent by the court to deliver food. When he came out, he was immediately offered an official position.

Du Yu thought, this county magistrate would not commit crimes because he embezzled all the food provided by the court, after all, every county magistrate has more or less the above incidents .

Either someone was trying to screw him on purpose, or his faction was out of luck.

Being an official really needs to be cautious, one mistake will have very serious consequences.

If the magistrate of this county has stepped down, what good will it do for the common people?Anyway, for Du Yu and his Yangliu Village, there are still advantages, that is, there is one more water truck. It turns out that the new county magistrate used the money that the old county magistrate corrupted to build a dozen water trucks. Then there were rich families in various towns who saw how the Lord of Xin County loved the people like a son, and also donated money. Calculated in this way, Yangliu Village has a relatively large population, so it even got one.

When the new waterwheel was installed, most people in the village went to watch the excitement, and the joy in their hearts is self-evident.You must know that with the water truck, the water in the river can be sent to the small ditch by the truck, and there is no need to carry the water bucket by bucket.

In order to prevent everyone from robbing the water, Lizheng Qin Decai had already arranged people to line up to release the water according to the distance between the fields and the river.

If anyone in the middle is not convinced and makes trouble, then they will not have the right to use the waterwheel in the future.

It was the turn of Du Yu and his family that day, and everyone in the family went to step on the water wheel. Seeing that the water wheel was going in the direction it should go, Du Yu felt that the water wheel was really magical.

The water truck came and relieved everyone's pressure.

But after all, the water in the river is more than half less than before, and I don't expect the harvest to be the same as in previous years.If it goes on, even the waterwheel will be useless, because if the water in the river is dry, the waterwheel will be useless.

However, Du Yu, Da Lang and Er Lang made a new discovery. There were crabs in the crevices of the rocks in the river. Although they were small, they were better than nothing, right?

In the past, the water was too big to turn over rocks, but now the water is shallow, and there are many crabs in it when turned over.

Du Yu discovered this by accident, so he asked his eldest brother and second brother to turn over the stone.

Let's talk about this crab. Although it has two big pincers, as long as these two pincers are held down, the crab can only be caught obediently.

"This thing is just a shell, what's there to eat?" Seeing his grandchildren made a wooden barrel, Qi felt that it was a waste. The crab is so small, and there are probably very few crab roe in it. What is it?
But after all, the Qi family still asked the Hu family to stir-fry it. After all, it tastes better than green vegetables, doesn't it?
Du Yu and the others didn't follow along at the beginning, but after a few times, the children in the village all went to turn over rocks, and the crabs in the river became less and less. Only a few bits and pieces can be found.

In summer, there wasn’t much farm work at first, except for watering in the morning and evening, there was nothing else to do. Du Youxian was recovering from his injuries and seemed to be doing well. Du Youzhong picked up his books again, except for teaching his two sons. , and also taught Du Yu.

Mrs. Qi wanted to say something at first, but Mr. Du gave her a good word. Mrs. Qi felt depressed thinking that her eldest son had no job, so he should read as soon as he had a book, so as not to get sick in time.

The stable days are spent in the hot summer like this. When taking a nap, Cicada is screaming desperately. Du Yu can't wait to put a mat under his old locust tree to sleep.The two old locust trees in the yard of her house are also more than [-] years old, with luxuriant branches and leaves.

When the Sophora japonica flowers come out in spring, there is still a scent. They also made Sophora japonica pancakes at home, which taste really good, although they are made of rough noodles.

In the evening, Du's family ate under the locust tree. They set up a large table, which was cool and cozy, except for the harassment of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes are easy to attract on Du Yu's body, and he can't do without biting a few bags a day, and he can't do without taking a cattail fan when eating.

The mosquitoes were staring at Du Yu and biting, and sometimes she wished she could eat under the mosquito net, and there was no mosquito coil or anything like that at this time.

There is wormwood, but when it is lit, it is smoky and inconvenient.

There are fragrant cakes made of wormwood in the town, which are specially designed to repel mosquitoes, but the price is too high for ordinary people like them to afford.

Hu suggested that in the future, eat earlier in the evening, in the evening, so as not to get up when the sky gets dark.

Let’s talk about the mosquitoes, they are active at night, otherwise they are called night mosquitoes, they don’t usually appear during the day, Du Yu thought, should I get some honeysuckle or something like that, make a sachet and put it on my body, This way the mosquitoes wouldn't specifically greet her.

Honeysuckle can also repel mosquitoes, as well as mint leaves. These two things are found in the mountains and in the fields. Mint leaves usually grow in the fields, and Du Yu also knows them.Not to mention honeysuckle, it is a medicinal herb. In previous years, some people picked it and sold it to the pharmacy in the town, and the price was not too low.

Just do it, she doesn't want to become a mosquito's delicacy in one summer.

Finally, after Du Yu's sachet was ready, he put it on and found that the effect was not bad. Du Yu couldn't help admiring himself, not to mention, using natural conditions to make himself feel better without spending money. The more I think about it, the more beautiful it becomes.

It doesn't matter if she makes one by herself, and she also wants to make more for the family. Anyway, she still picks a lot of honeysuckle and mint leaves. It's not that Du Yu has never thought about using this sachet to sell some money. But my father said that rich people buy much better than this, and the effect is better than this. What about people without money, they don’t have money to buy this, so they can’t make it themselves?Besides, this isn't anything particularly complicated.

So this money-making plan fell through.She was also told by her father that she shouldn't worry about making money as a child. With so many grown-ups in the family, how can she rely on a little girl to make money?

If that was the case, the men in their family would not be able to live here.So don't let Du Yu think about making money again.Little girl, you should play and laugh more, and you shouldn't think too much about these grown-up things.

It seems that Du Yu's ambition to make a fortune is not going to work.Her knowledge is useless at all. The only advantage she has over the little girls here is that she can read and write, but no one will let her write to make money.She is so sad, she is really a good-for-nothing.

As a little girl, the news is not well-informed, and the words she speaks are not convincing, so she behaves more enchantingly?Are you stupid? What is a monster?There are many smart people in the world. You are a five or six-year-old girl. No matter how smart you are, where are you smart?
The most exasperating thing is that Du Yu's previous major was in the English department. How do you ask her to make use of this major?You can't speak bird language to a group of people.

Fortunately, she lived in the countryside for several years before, and she is very familiar with some home-cooked rural dishes, and she also knows how to cook.But at this time, there are many styles of cooking, and she can only find some cooking methods that are not available in this era, as well as small life tricks that she sees, which are useful.

However, Du Yu soon had a place to use her skills. On this day, the Qi family came back excitedly. She found that after going to the White Horse Temple, life at home was better than before. No, even the water truck came down. Yes, although it is shared by everyone, it does not hinder Qi's psychological function, so she went to the White Horse Temple and fulfilled her vow.

Originally, he wanted to ask Du Yu to go with him, but Du Yu thought that it was uncomfortable to go with grandma last time, so he didn't want to follow.

Fortunately, the Qi family didn't insist either, and went alone.

This trip brought news that the Ghost Festival is coming on July [-]th, and many wealthy households will offer incense at the White Horse Temple.

This has nothing to do with the Du family, but some families still need scriptures to be enshrined in front of the Buddha.

"No, there is a family, and there are still a few books left. It just happens to be the young lady of their family. Seeing that it is too late, I want to ask the same little girl to help write a few books, and then enshrine them in the Buddhist hall. Originally, if It would be even better if it was embroidered, but wouldn't it take longer to embroider it, so I had to write it out first."

The Qi family thought, isn't it just a matter of making money for their family?Her little granddaughter happened to be able to write, so she recommended herself and decided on it herself.

"Mother, would it be insincere for others to write this for the Lord Buddha?" Hu asked, it's not because the lady of that family was lazy, so that's why, let's not talk about making money, when the time comes If you offend Lord Buddha, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?
"No, I've asked about this before. As long as you are sincere, you'll be fine. Besides, they don't make people work for nothing. They give them money, so it's not considered lazy. The key is that they can write. It must be a girl who is about the same, so that the Lord Buddha will appreciate it."

(End of this chapter)