Cannon fodder also wants to live (through the book)

26 No.20 Six two in one

Besides, people in the village are not so free to stare at others every day. If the weather is not getting better, the whole family may be hungry.Thinking of the famines of the past few years, many people are sad.

Fortunately, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the weather cleared up, all the villagers rushed into their own fields, and those who couldn't get down to the fields would help with cooking.

Zhang Caixuan's land has been turned over years ago, she is not in a hurry, the weather has improved, she and Qin Sulin went to the town to buy seeds.

Since she couldn't go out these few days, Qin Surin came to help her dig the cellar. He knew that Zhang Caixuan was a bit anxious, and as long as he made up his mind to do something, he wished it could be done immediately.But the cellar can't find someone she doesn't trust, so she can only take her time.With his help, the speed is much faster.

A small place dug out in a few days, the most important thing now is to take advantage of the good weather to plant the seeds in the ground.The people in the village are busy these days, even today's market, there are not many people going to the town, when Qin Sulin's carriage passed by the village, almost every family closed their doors, even if they saw a few people occasionally, they were all Old people and children.

Not far from the village, I saw Mrs. Wu. She was carrying a basket and walking slowly, and her slightly protruding belly could be seen at a glance.

Wu Shi turned around when she heard the voice, saw Qin Sulin's carriage, and said in surprise: "Mr. Qin, are you going to the town? Can you take me for a ride?"

The carriage stopped, Mrs. Wu came up, opened the curtain and saw Zhang Caixuan leaning against the wall of the carriage, and said with a smile: "Caixuan, are you going too?"

Zhang Caixuan nodded, "Go buy seeds."

Now the people in the village plant all their own seeds. When harvesting grain in autumn, they pick out the plump ones and carefully harvest them for planting next year.

It can be said that there are very few people who go out to buy seeds.The main thing is that seeds, if they are not old people who know the goods, are easy to be deceived, and it is possible to buy them with little germination or no germination at all.

Mrs. Wu turned her eyes away with a guilty conscience. Given the relationship between the Zhang family and Zhang Caixuan, it was fitting that their family should give her some.After all, if you are unlucky and buy the bad seeds, you will have to delay it after you find out that they have not germinated.

But now that the land hasn't been found out, they can't give it to Zhang Caixuan first. What if they don't have enough home?

Changing the subject, Wu said: "You get married in May, after the spring plowing, you can arrange your dowry."

Zhang Caixuan smiled and lowered her head.

Every girl is always shy when talking about marriage.Wu Shi understood, and rolled her eyes, "Speaking of which, if there is no separation, your dowry should be prepared for you by your parents."

,all in

There was a lot of meaning in the words, and Zhang Caixuan's smile narrowed, "But now that the family is separated, the third sister-in-law should stop talking about it."

Mrs. Wu smiled and shook her head, "I'm just sighing, you really don't have to worry too much about your dowry, you have five new houses, and one or two acres of land. You are good-looking, if you didn't marry Mr. Qin, many people would be jealous."

Zhang Caixuan arrived in Qingshan Village not long ago, and was busy building houses when she arrived, and then it was Chinese New Year. Although the villagers knew a lot, they still didn't know much about their daily life.The values ​​​​in their eyes are very different from those of Zhang Caixuan.

Next, Mrs. Wu began to talk about what happened in the village recently, which mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a quarrel, and which daughter-in-law was beaten again. Zhang Caixuan listened casually, only to feel that she was getting closer to the villagers.

When they arrived in the town, Wu consciously separated from them and left with a basket.

The two watched her squeeze into the crowd, Qin Sulin was curious, "What is she here for?"

Zhang Caixuan shook her head, "I didn't ask." However, she should be able to go to the street on such a day, it should be because of Li Shi's orders.

Zhang Caixuan has been here a few times in the town, and the seed sellers are usually in the same place as the vegetable sellers. The two walked over at a leisurely pace. Zhang Caixuan looked around and asked casually, "What are you going to grow?"

Qin Surin said casually: "Let's see, maybe it's better to grow buckwheat."

He added: "Barley is also good."

Seeing that the seeds are about to be planted, although there are not many people selling seeds, there are quite a few. Zhang Caixuan bought some vegetable seeds. People in South Vietnam usually only eat green vegetables. As for beans, I have never seen them. I don’t know why. No or they won't eat it.

The most sold seeds are buckwheat and barley. Zhang Caixuan doesn't understand, but she knows that you have to buy plump ones, not shriveled or moldy, and it should be almost the same.

I bought a big bag, and Zhang Caixuan looked it over carefully, and found no bean seeds. I was a little disappointed. I couldn’t fill my stomach, so I could eat it as a vegetable. I bought another three catties of meat and some ribs, and planned to go home.

From a distance, there seemed to be someone beside the carriage, but when she got closer, she realized that it was Mrs. Wu, and there was a big bag of things in front of her.

Before the two of them approached, she smiled and said: "Caixuan, in fact, I went to the street today because my mother ordered me to buy food. I'm tired from work recently and I have to eat enough. The food is coming down fast, and they don't have time ..."

Facing Zhang Caixuan's penetrating gaze, Wu hurriedly said: "Mother gave me the money for the bullock cart, you take me with you, and I'll give it to you later."

Zhang Caixuan smiled, and if she really took the carriage, could it be that she really won't be able to charge her money?

Besides, it was only a matter of one or two pennies, and if they really wanted to charge it, it would be because they were being stingy.

Qin Sulin didn't seem to be angry. After putting the seeds on it, he also put Wu's bag of grain on it, and said, "Let's go."

A smile burst into Wu's face, and while trying to climb into the carriage with a basket in his arms, he said, "Young Master Qin is really a warm-hearted person."

Qin Surin glanced at her with serious eyes, Wu Shi laughed, touched her nose and stopped talking.

Even when she got into the carriage, she didn't put down the basket in her hand. Zhang Caixuan was not curious and didn't bother to ask.

It's just that the carriage just moved, and there was a jolt, not to mention Mrs. Wu, Zhang Caixuan almost fell on the bottom of the carriage, and worriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

Qin Sulin delayed the voice to come in through the curtain, "It's okay, there is an ox cart that is too fast, it is not easy to get out."

,all in

Wu Shi supported her stomach, still in shock, the basket had already been thrown aside by her, and she just remembered at this time, it's just... the blue cloth that was originally covering the basket had slipped off at this time, revealing the contents inside.

From the corner of her eye, Zhang Caixuan saw that there was a piece of meat and half a can of sugar inside...

Wu quickly pulled the cloth and covered it up, looking a little embarrassed.

Zhang Caixuan turned her eyes away naturally, "Sister-in-law San, is everything okay?"

"fine."

After the words fell, there was silence in the shaking carriage.

The Wu family on the opposite side was a little restless, looked at her several times, and after a while, couldn't help but whispered: "Caixuan, my mother ordered me to buy that meat."

Zhang Caixuan nodded casually, "I'm tired from work recently, I should eat something good, or I won't be able to bear it."

Mrs. Wu hesitated to speak, but stopped, "My mother entrusted my cousin to bring that candy to me."

Zhang Caixuan was not surprised, she looked at her slightly protruding belly, since she was entrusted to her cousin, it should be the mother of her natal family, she nodded and said: "She is also a loving mother."

Seeing that her expression was normal, Mrs. Wu wondered if Zhang Caixuan understood what she meant. She would go back to the village quickly in a carriage. Seeing that there were still two bends before reaching the entrance of the village, she gritted her teeth and said directly: "Caixuan, this candy It was my mother who made up my body, I don't plan to take it out, after you go back..."

Zhang Caixuan understood instantly, "I won't talk about it everywhere."

Only then did Wu breathe a sigh of relief, and started talking and laughing again.

When Mrs. Wu got out of the carriage, Zhang Caixuan sighed faintly. It was like this at the moment. With her mother-in-law around, the daughter-in-law had to secretly eat some sweets. No wonder Mrs. Wu was looking forward to the separation.

She just let go of these thoughts.

The next day, Zhang Caixuan took the grain to the field. Now many people are still preparing the land and have not started planting. She doesn't know how the Nanyue country is planted. She saw Qin Surin not far away, so she walked over and asked Said: "How do you do this?"

Qin Surin held a basin in his hand and said, "Just sprinkle it in."

While speaking, a handful of seeds were sprinkled out.

Zhang Caixuan is speechless. No wonder many people don’t have enough to eat after paying their taxes. This method of farming feels unreliable. How can the harvest be better?

Not to mention that their side is wasteland, whether there will be a harvest is a problem.

But she didn't know how to improve the soil quality, so she had to take it slowly.

Qin Surin said casually: "We are a wasteland, and the harvest should not be good this year. It will be better in a few years."

Zhang Caixuan was puzzled, "Can't the land be fertile?"

Qin Sulin coughed softly, "We don't have that much dung. I only raise horses, so I'd better keep the vegetable field in the yard first."

There is really no way to do this, Zhang Caixuan has occasionally seen the practice of organic fertilizers, but she didn't look at it seriously, she only knew the general idea, so she had to try it slowly.Even if you try, you still need shit, and now she doesn't even have this.

The people in the village were in a hurry, and Zhang Caixuan went to visit occasionally, and found that they had cleaned up the ground meticulously, not a single stone could be found in the ground, and the digging was extremely deep, and the clods of soil were carefully taken care of.The one between her and Qin Sulin is really a "wasteland".There are small stones all over the place, and the soil is also yellow and scattered.No wonder no one is willing to buy it, just picking up those stones is not a little work.

So, she simply went back to pick up stones first, and it took half a month to pick up stones before it looked better.

Thinking of the fat land, she raised two piglets and bought twenty chickens.

By the time the villagers finished their work, she had already raised dozens of chicks here, and took care of them every day, and spent the rest of her time digging cellars, with no free time at all.

It was the end of February when the spring plowing was really finished, and the cellars under the two houses had been dug. The doors of the cellars were in the shadow of the house, and you couldn't see them unless you looked carefully.

After the spring plowing was over, the villagers were free. At this time in previous years, many middle-aged men should go to the villages on the edge of the capital to find work.

Most of the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the capital were bought by powerful people. Although there are enough servants on weekdays, it is too late for spring plowing and autumn harvest. At this time, part-time labor is needed.The middle-aged men in the villages of Huanxi Town are these day laborers.To a certain extent, the reason why the villagers are willing to work day and night is also for this work.

Zhang Caixuan doesn't care about these things, she has to slowly prepare the dowry now, she can only embroider and cut clothes a little bit, and the original owner learned it, the current girl has to embroider the wedding dress by herself, only the girl from the rich family has an embroidery house willing to help , that is, not cheap.

Most people are reluctant to part with the money, and Zhang Caixuan is no exception. Although she has some money, she intends to use it to buy food, wedding dresses, just try to be the best, and she doesn't have to marry vigorously.

Just when the villagers started to pack their luggage, someone suddenly bought the wasteland on the other side, a total of four acres.Moreover, it was said that the villagers should be asked to help cut weeds, renovate the wasteland, and build houses.

As soon as the news came out, I was surprised that someone would be willing to live in this remote village. With the money to buy land and build a house, even a small yard in Huanxi Town could be bought.

The peasants don't understand the thoughts of the rich, so they don't care about it. They are all happy with the generosity of this new neighbor. The village chief can say that he pays twelve cents a day and includes a meal.

When Zhang Caixuan heard the news, she was a little surprised. The wasteland on the other side was not far from her side, separated by a road up the mountain and a big rock. The rock was as big as her five houses, but it was actually quite far away. , you can't see it from here.

She is preparing for marriage now, and her temperament is not that curious. She doesn't go to the village very often, and it's the same now.It's just that Niu Hu often comes to talk to her, and Mrs. Wu will come to chat with her when she has time.

I heard from them that this new neighbor's house is not to mention all green bricks, and ten rooms will be built in a circle, which is a bit like the small courtyard of a big family in the capital.Moreover, the courtyard walls must have blue bricks.

Hu Niuniang held the sole of the shoe in her hand, and sighed, "Tsk tsk, I don't know what to think? Caixuan, tell me, is our Qingshan Village a treasured place of geomantic omen? Why do such wealthy people want to move here? Otherwise, with that money, it’s not easy to live in the capital, but it would be great to live in Huanxi Town, don’t you think?”

Zhang Caixuan shook her head with a smile, she was holding an ordinary blue cloth, and she planned to sew a shirt for herself, and tried her hand first.

He laughed casually: "Maybe it's not necessarily that the scholar wants to return to the countryside to get close to the grass and trees."

Hu Niuniang didn't think so, and shook her head, "How nice it is to live in the city. It's convenient to eat and drink. If you come here, even if there are servants to serve you, it's not convenient to buy meat, isn't it? None, there is no bustling and bustling capital."

The people made many guesses, but they never saw the owner. However, after a village chief came to measure with the yamen, he told everyone to start work the next day and took the lead in cutting weeds.The people in the village still trust the village chief, and he led them. They didn't worry at all about not being paid, and went to work happily.

Hu Niuniang is not as free as before. The village head asked her to help cook with the village head's wife, and only cook one meal a day at noon, paying her eight cents a day.

This job is done by two people. In fact, only one hour is enough, and it will be fine in the afternoon. Hu Niuniang came to Zhang Caixuan with a needle and thread again, "Caixuan, you don't know, that boss is so generous, ten catties of meat a day , It looks delicious when fried in the dish."

Zhang Caixuan didn't know who this newcomer was, and it wasn't mentioned in the novel, but he didn't seem to be mean, otherwise he wouldn't be paying such a high salary and just taking care of his food.

After cutting the weeds, everyone started building houses. A month later, a house that was different from Qingshan Village was erected.

At the same time, the greenness visible to the naked eye in Zhang Caixuan's field is not comparable to the seedlings in their fertile field.But she was already very satisfied. It seemed that the seeds were indeed bought well, but she didn't know what to do next.

And Dongjia, who had always existed only in the mouth of the village chief, finally appeared.

Claiming to be Mr. Gu, they are brother and sister, with exquisite clothes, proud eyebrows and eyes, with attendants and maids, they look like the son and daughter of a wealthy family.

When they came, the house and yard had already been cleaned. Half a day later, the mighty ox carts pulled a lot of furniture and decorations, pulling a dozen carts in full, which made the villagers speechless.

If they were just averagely wealthy, everyone would come over to say hello and connect with each other, but with such a huge difference, no one would come up to them at all.

Naturally, Zhang Caixuan also saw the extraordinary battle. The two families were not too close, so she would not be afraid. As in the past, after feeding the chickens and pigs every day, she would prepare the dowry.

However, she did not expect that the Gu brothers and sisters would come to her.

When she opened the door and saw a young and beautiful girl standing at the door with a maid, she was full of surprise, "Miss, what's the matter?"

The girl smiled all over her face, and said: "My brother and I plan to live here for a long time, come and meet our neighbors."

She had a smile on her face, and Zhang Caixuan would not refuse people thousands of miles away. She turned her side to let her in, and said with a smile, "Miss, come in and have a seat."

Miss Gu stepped in and walked in, "You don't have to be polite, just call me Yuelin."

When she entered the yard, she saw two kennels, one big and one small, and said, "Do you still have dogs?"

Zhang Caixuan said casually, "I live alone."

It was not surprising to see Gu Yuelin, Zhang Caixuan knew it, it seemed that Miss Gu should have inquired about her situation.It's right to think about it, a girl's house must have found out the situation before coming to the door.

Gu Yuelin walked around in the yard, sat for a while and got up to say goodbye, and said with a smile: "If you are free, you can talk to me."

Zhang Caixuan sent her to the door, and said apologetically: "The countryside is rough, I'm afraid I have wronged Miss Gu."

The corners of Gu Yuelin's mouth curved slightly, "I like this place better than the lively capital."

Zhang Caixuan watched the master and servant walk away with a smile, and wondered in her heart, this girl is about to grow old, now that she moves here, what will happen to her marriage in the future?

Judging by her appearance, she was raised by a rich family, and these rough people in the village are not worthy of her.

There is a new family in the village, but because it is a little far away from the village, it is no different from before. There are a lot of people secretly guessing that the brother and sister are rich at first glance, so moving here to live is beyond their imagination.

Zhang Caixuan is not curious about this, but there are always people who are well-informed, such as Hu Niuniang.

"It's also a hard life. It is said that they are the sons and daughters of the family. The Gu family has been a wealthy businessman for hundreds of years. Master Gu was more romantic when he was young. There are seven or eight children like them. It's just that Master Gu became terminally ill two months ago. Before he died, he insisted on dividing up the family property, Mr. Gu took the money and entered the household registration of Qingshan Village, it is said that his mother's ancestors were from Qingshan Village." Hu Niuniang lowered her voice, pretending to be telling a secret.

Zhang Caixuan was curious, "How did the aunt know?"

Hu Niuniang smiled triumphantly, "The village chief's wife and I have a good relationship, if she knows it, I will know it too."

Zhang Caixuan laughed, if Hu Niuniang knew it, it meant she knew it too.Sure enough, there is no airtight wall, especially those big girls and young wives in the village who come around with needlework.

Zhang Caixuan originally thought that life would be calm until she got married, but the weather gradually warmed up, she took off her thin jacket and put on a thin shirt, it was already April, half a month after the brothers and sisters of the Gu family moved here, the village suddenly came A big red carriage looks very rich at first glance, even more ostentatious than Mrs. Zhou's.

I went directly across the village to the Gu family. The villagers were not familiar with the Gu brothers and sisters, so they just watched helplessly, even if they were curious, they didn't dare to get closer.

When the carriage arrived, it was still early, and Zhang Caixuan was watching the growth of the wheat in the field.It looks good from a distance, but if you look closely, you will find that the seedlings are large and small, uneven, and sparse. It seems that wasteland is not as good as fertile land, and the harvest should not be much better by then.

Seeing the big red carriage coming, Zhang Caixuan thought for a while that Mrs. Zhou was coming again.But after thinking about it for a while, I knew that if Qin Shuxian hadn't come here on a whim last time, Mrs. Zhou might never have come to this remote Qingshan Village in her entire life.

Seeing that the carriage went to Gu's house, Zhang Caixuan returned home with the weeds in her hand that she planned to feed the chickens. After a few months, the chickens had lost their fluff and were about half a catty in size.

When she was feeding the chickens, she seemed to hear the arguing next door, but it disappeared when she listened carefully.

Someone called her outside, "Caixuan, are you there?"

It was Mrs. Wu's voice. Zhang Caixuan went to open the door and saw her standing at the door holding her stomach, "Caixuan, Mom and Dad have business with you."

Zhang Caixuan clapped her hands, got up and closed the door, and followed her to Zhang's house.

Seeing the door, Wu lowered her voice, "The Gu family paid their wages two days ago."

Zhang Caixuan instantly understood that this should be repaying her money.

Speaking of which, Zhang Quanfu is worthy of praise. He said that he would pay back the money if he had money, and he didn't mean to renege on the debt at all. He really went to her immediately if he had money.When she moved out of the Zhang family, she insisted on paying a tael of silver for food, and soon after, Zhang Quanfu found her to pay her back, so now the Zhang family still owes her six taels of silver.

As for why she didn't send it to the door but asked her to come over...

After entering the door, both Mrs. Li and Zhang Quanfu were there, and she also discovered that whenever it was about money, they were both there.

Li Shi wondered, "Caixuan, why don't you come back often?"

Zhang Caixuan smiled, "I've been busy recently."

As for what he was busy with, he didn't say anything.

Mrs. Li didn't know whether she believed it or not, so she smiled and poured her a bowl of tea.

Zhang Quanfu took out a paper bag, opened it to contain a tael of silver, and pushed it in front of her, "Caixuan, this is a tael of silver, you keep it first."

Walking out of the room, Mrs. Wu stepped forward with a smile while supporting her stomach, "I'll take you back."

Seeing her stomach, Zhang Caixuan hurriedly said, "No need..."

Wu Shi has already smiled and went to open the door first.

After the two walked out of the house for a while, Wu asked in a low voice, "Caixuan, should I pay you back the money?"

Zhang Caixuan nodded.

A look of joy flashed in Wu's eyes, and her feet became a little lighter.

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