Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Chapter 3 A penny beats a hero
The two returned to their respective rooms with their own thoughts.

Li Yuyan sleeps in the wedding room, and Lin Xiao sleeps in the study.

Lying on a single bed made of wooden boards, Lin Xiao stared at the gray ceiling with bright eyes, planning what to do next.

At least the problem of food and clothing must be solved first!

According to the memory of the original owner, all the villagers in the nearby villages live on farming.

Occasionally, during non-busy seasons, I go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and hunt, so as to improve the living conditions at home.

However, due to the remoteness of the Lin Family Village, the land is not considered fertile. In a year with good weather and good weather, the whole year's harvest, excluding taxes, is just enough for the whole family to make ends meet.

If there is a bad year, one year's hard work can't even pay the tax, and people can starve to death everywhere!
"What can I do to solve the immediate problem of food and clothing?"

Lin Xiao rubbed his half-full belly, thinking secretly.

Farming must be planted. This is one's own skill and cannot be given up. It's just not now.

After all, it took too long for the cultivation to bear fruit, and she couldn't wait that long.

What's more, she doesn't even have the money to buy grain and seeds now, so she can't grow a field even if she wants to!

"Why don't you write a few Tang poems and Song Ci poems silently and sell them in Jiuzhou town for money?"

"Or go to the mountains to see if there are any eggs like pheasants and wild ducks. It should be worth some money if you sell them."

only……

Will anyone want these?
A penny can't beat a hero, but it's really hard to move without money!
Lin Xiao's mind was running crazily, and she fell asleep in a daze until the middle of the night when drowsiness hit her...

The sky was slightly bright, and Li Yuyan got up early.

He didn't sleep much all night, not because he was worried that Lin Xiao would turn his back on what he said, but because he was planning how to take revenge on the current sage Li Yuquan.

Whether it is the side of the Qing emperor or the hired murderer, a lot of financial assistance is needed.

He has kept his name incognito for these years, and he can't even solve the food and clothing, so how can he have the money to avenge his hatred?
You can't be reckless and lose money to find the country gentry and nobles to raise funds, right?

When the time comes, don't talk about money, even your life will be involved!
This doesn't work, that doesn't work either, the more I think about it, the more annoyed I get!
Li Yuyan angrily kicked the wooden bucket filled with water in the kitchen, and the wooden bucket fell apart immediately, making a not-so-small muffled sound.

I thought the sound would wake Lin Xiao up, but there was no movement in the study.

"That guy is so weak, he shouldn't have died in the study, right?"

Thinking of this, Li Yuyan tiptoed open the door of the study and found Lin Xiao lying on the bed soundly asleep.

He stood in front of the bed, staring blankly at Lin Xiao.

Long eyelashes, fair skin, high nose bridge, pale pink lips, she looks so beautiful!

It would be great if Lin Xiao was a girl!

Li Yuyan peeked at the sleeping Lin Xiao's face again, stepped back gently, and started making breakfast in a hurry.

As soon as breakfast was ready, Lin Xiao woke up and came out of the study.

Following the example of the women, he brought Lin Xiao the wash water he had prepared, and waited for her to rinse her mouth and face.

"Thank you!"

Lin Xiao smiled, showing a row of white teeth, which made Li Yuyan dazzle.

As early as when he was in Lijia Village, Li Yuyan had heard of Lin Xiao, the only scholar in the ten miles and eight towns.

Don't scholars value those red tape the most?
Why does Lin Xiao feel that he is different from ordinary scholars and seems to have no airs?
What Lin Xiao said next surprised Li Yuyan even more.

"Yuyan, I usually like to sleep late. If you have a meal, eat it first. Don't be cautious. You are also the owner of this house. We are equal."

In Lin Xiao's concept, since two people will live under the same roof in the future, they must treat each other as equals, otherwise it will become a relationship of slavery and being enslaved.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Lin Xiao who has the correct three views!
Li Yuyan's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief. He opened his mouth, but he didn't say a word.

You must know that in the evil feudal society, the status of women is extremely low.

In peaceful times, women are the tools for carrying on the family line, and the servants of the family who work hard and work like cows and horses.

In the era of war and famine, women became hard currency, could be bought and sold at will, and were even used as food to satiate one's stomach.

Even the high royal family, the princess is just a link to maintain peace between the two countries.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao thinks that men and women are in an equal relationship, how can Li Yuyan not be surprised!

He has a subtle interest in this "little man" who is not amazing, and even a little good-looking.

Lin Xiao didn't think there was anything surprising about it, she sat down and ate breakfast on her own.

Breakfast is wild vegetable cakes. Li Yuyan used a stone mill to grind brown rice into rice noodles, and then added wild vegetables from the fields behind the house to make cakes, which smelled fragrant.

"I saw that you didn't eat much last night. I wondered if you don't like porridge, so I spread out some pancakes. I don't know if it suits your appetite."

"Well, it's very fragrant, but there is less salt."

Lin Xiao took a big bite and commented while chewing.

Hearing this, Li Yuyan gave Lin Xiao a blank look, and said calmly, "The salt jar at home is empty."

"Let's go to Jiuzhou Town and buy some later."

As soon as the words fell, Lin Xiao realized from the original owner's memory that salt and sugar were scarce goods in the Great Xia Dynasty.

Not to mention how expensive the price is, but it's not cheap either. Ordinary people can't eat a can of it all year round.

This is another important reason why the people of the Great Xia Dynasty were weak and pale.

Moreover, the technology for producing salt and sugar is all controlled by the imperial court, and ordinary people can't even read the words, let alone master the technology.

Of course, some people who wanted to make quick money tried to refine it, but in the end they poisoned many common people, and they themselves fell to the point where they ransacked all their families.

Therefore, many people are discouraged from this business.

Besides, the only five copper coins in the family were exchanged by Lin Xiao for food last night. He couldn't even afford grain seeds. How could he have extra money to buy salt?
Since you can't buy salt, why not make your own?

Anyway, the method of making salt is not difficult.

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.

Generally, there are three traditional methods of salt production: salt production from seawater, salt production from brine and salt production from rock salt.

Jiuzhou Town is an inland area, without the sea, salt making from seawater and salt from brine would not work.

Nowadays, the only way to make salt from rock salt can be tried.

But where do you get rock salt?

Lin Xiao's expression darkened.

Later, I will go to Jiuzhou Town to see if I can sell a few poems by Li Bai and Du Fu to supplement the family.

"I'm going to Jiuzhou Town to buy some grain seeds later."

Li Yuyan gnawed a mouthful of cake and said expressionlessly.

"You...are rich?"

"Well, two copper coins, I saved them myself."

Isn't that the dowry of Li Yuyan (Li Yuyan)?
　The Ghost Festival is called the Ghost Festival. In some countries in Southeast Asia, they spend the whole month and even set up booths and sing big plays.

　　There are rules for watching these big shows, that is, no one can sit in the front rows. Do you know why?

　　
　
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