pastoral fragrance

Chapter 257 Buy Another Servant
Han looked at these corns with a smile, and felt very contented. Now the family finally didn't have to buy these coarse grains anymore.After this year has passed, and at the beginning of the year, we still have to buy fields and ask people to open up wasteland to plant millet and wheat. Then the family will be self-sufficient, and there is no need to go to the town to buy food.

They are honest farmers, and they like to grow more grains and fill the granary full, so that they feel at ease in their hearts.In the past, I had to go to the town to buy food as a last resort.Now that the family has money, they can buy fields and land. Han thinks it is better to buy more fields and plant the grain, so that his heart will be more at ease.

After the corn was harvested, Qiulin's family harvested another crop of honeysuckle, totaling more than 200 catties.At this time, the fiery arrogance of the summer has gradually faded, and it is replaced by a refreshing autumn.The leaves of the banyan tree in front of the courtyard of Qiulin's house gradually turned yellow and fell one by one.At this time, the dry pinellia planted on the slope of the field can also be harvested.

This time, the whole family is basically out again. The dry pinellia in this field is good to harvest, but the planting on the slope is more scattered, so it takes a lot of work to dig.This dry pinellia has passed through well, and the soil fertility is also good, so it grows big.The dry pinellia on the slopes of this field has harvested more than 1000 catties in total.Qiulin's family worked hard for more than ten days before they took Han Pinellia back home.

At that time, Qiulin's family felt that there were too few people doing the work, and every time the crops and herbs were harvested, they had to be so busy that they had to turn their backs on their feet.It's not a lot of effort to toss around like this. In this dry pinellia summer, there are still fish in the fish pond that have to dig up lotus roots. It's too busy for just a few people.

After Hu Manzi knew that his master was going to buy slaves, he took advantage of this day to dig up some fresh lotus root and send it to his master, so he talked to his master and his grandma. "Master, my grandma, I heard that you still want to buy slaves. Last time I went back to Qingshui Village, my elder brother next door heard that I was helping with work at your house, so he wanted to come over too. He is also the honest one, working It's not bad, but the family has less land and more children. The one who can't take over this year is always hungry, and now he can hardly survive. My boss, my grandma, he has already said this to me Twice, I said both times that the master will not buy slaves for the time being. Now the master wants to buy slaves, can you let me take them over and show the master?"

His cousin has said this many times, but this boss doesn't say anything, how can he say anything as a servant?Now that the boss has this idea, he will say this in front of the boss. His cousin is not the kind of lazy, so he must be able to catch the eyes of the boss.

The Han family are still worrying about finding servants. You can’t buy slaves casually. It’s better to know the basics. If you buy a slave that is misbehaving and lazy, what’s the use?Hearing what Hu Manzi said, Han's heart lit up. This Hu Manzi is honest and willing to work. Since he said he is capable, he is probably not far from it.So he nodded and said, "Well, bring your cousin over tomorrow to show us. The lotus root in this field should also be harvested, and manpower will be needed at that time."

When Hu Manzi heard this, he quickly thanked him happily. After returning home, Hu Manzi kept this matter in his heart, and squeezed out time to rush to Qingshui Village, and told his cousin what the boss wanted.

This year, Qingshui Village was plagued by locusts. Hu Manzi’s cousin, Hu Mingzi’s family’s fields were severely affected, and they couldn’t even get enough to pay the rent, let alone keep their own food rations?I don't know how to live this day, and the whole family is still in a state of helplessness and despair. Hu Manzi's message undoubtedly brought good news to Hu Mingzi's family.His family felt that this was a glimmer of light in the darkness!On the second day after Hu Manzi delivered the message, Hu Mingzi packed up the house and took his family up to Luoshui Village.

This Hu Mingzi looked as tall and dark as Hu Manzi, and the thick calluses in his hands on his strong shoulders showed that this man was sure to be reliable in his work.He has an honest smile on his face, his skin is dark and shiny, but his eyes are very energetic.His daughter-in-law, Cao Shi, has smooth eyebrows, and is also dark and savage, she doesn't seem to be that aggressive.They also took their four children with them, two boys in their fifteenth year-old, a girl who was as old as Qiulin, and another one who was only two years old.

The youngest little girl had no idea what kind of situation her family was facing now, she looked innocently at the Han family in front of her, her eyes turned left and right, with a clever look, "giggle" The laughter obviously didn't fit in with the bleak looks of her parents.That innocent appearance is so innocent.

Han Shi and Xu Nanshan looked at each other, and Xu Nanshan nodded her head twice knowingly.Han now had a clue, and said, "Well, since you are willing to help our family, and we just want to buy slaves, we will keep your family. It will still be at the price of your cousin. Sir, 15 taels Silver, small baby ten taels of silver. Adults earn one tael, small children half a tael. If you do well, the wages will go up. Similarly, if you are lazy and depraved, the wages will also go down. Do you think how?"

Hu Mingzi and Mrs. Cao looked at each other, and they both nodded impatiently, and Mrs. Cao's eyes welled up with tears, "Thank you, Master and Grandma, for taking care of me. In the future, our family will do our best to serve Master!" Cousin It is said that this owner is kind, and it is true when I saw it today.Where can I find such a good thing like eating, living, and paying wages?
Mrs. Han thought it would be inconvenient for Hu Mingzi's family to go to work on the slopes with a two-year-old baby, so she built a four-room adobe house nearby and arranged for them to live there.

The adobe house arranged for Hu Mingzi's family to live in is connected with the green brick courtyard of Qiulin's family. Mrs. Cao took her baby with her, and Mrs. Han planned to let her watch Can'er with him, so that she would not have to go to the field Going to work can take care of both the children and Can'er.

Now Qiulin's family only has to dig fish and lotus roots, and the work of the Hu family has become much easier.It was just picking up acorns, chopping wood, and feeding pigs and chickens.People should rest when they should rest. You must know that this busy farming season is exhausting, and you should also rest during this slack season.

After the fall, Qiulin asked the Hu family to go to the fields to dig lotus roots and catch fish in the fishponds.If you really wait until winter to start digging lotus root fish, the number is too huge.If the fish is not fresh, the price will be lowered. Why not send some to the town every time you go to the market, and save time to lower the price.

When it really came to winter, there were really not many fish and lotus root left in the fish pond.Qiulin's family sold half and kept the other half. They kept more than 200 catties of fish and lotus root.They divided up some of the folks in the village, and asked Xiao Hei and Qiu Song to go to grandma's house to deliver fish and lotus roots. After all this, there were about [-] catties of fish left, and the lotus roots were about the same.In this winter, the weather is very cold, so there is no need to worry about the fish and lotus root spoiling easily.

After picking up the lotus root and fish in the fish pond field, this evening, Han’s specially used the fish and lotus root to make different tricks, including sweet and sour carp, tile fish, fried fish cubes, pickled fish, and spicy fish. , using lotus root to make lotus root dumplings, fried lotus root, stir-fried lotus root slices, stewed lotus root with pork ribs, etc., she made a big table with fish and lotus root, which was specially used to entertain the Hu family.

At first, Hu Manzi and Hu Mingzi were restrained, saying that there was a difference between master and servant, so they dared not sit down.But after repeated persuasion by Han Shi, Xu Nanshan, and Qiuyue Qiulin, he finally loosened up, and sat down with half-push and half-push.Seeing that the head of the family sat down, the two families stopped being awkward and sat down along with them.

Everyone ate this meal very vigorously. Han Shi is a good tea and rice cooker, so the food he cooks is naturally popular.Both the Hu family were full of praise for their meal, and they praised the host's grandma for a good tea and meal.Han Shi felt very comfortable listening to their praises.Everyone enjoyed the meal happily.

Unknowingly, the scenery in Luoshui Village changed, and everything turned yellow and desolate. On the tops of the trees in the yard, a few yellow leaves hung here and there, swaying gently in the cold wind. One inadvertently fell from the tree.

As the season entered winter, Qiulin's family stopped raising silkworms.It's too cold this winter, Can'er can't feed them.From spring to autumn this year, Qiulin raised several crops of silkworms, earning about five or six hundred taels of silver.Later, with the help of Mrs. Cao, more silkworms were raised. In the last crop, a total of thirty catties of silk was produced.It's just that it's winter at this time, silk is not popular, and it has fallen back to the original two taels of silver a catty.

When I got busy this year, it was really a bit of a turmoil, but when more than 1000 taels of silver came into the account, everyone was laughing from ear to ear.The busyness throughout the year has paid off.

Putting the money in the box is probably a pressure on the box. It is better to turn the money into money and roll it over.So before the year was over, Qiulin's family added another [-] mu of paddy fields and [-] mu of dry land.The paddy fields are all intended to grow rice and eels, and the dry land is planned to be planted with three acres of wheat, and the rest will be used to grow honeysuckle and pinellia.

Now the trees on that slope have been growing for almost a year, and they are much taller than a human head. Even if they don't rely on the sky to support them, after another two or three years of growth, the slope will become full of trees.So now there is no need to sprinkle water and manure specially as in the past, let it grow by itself, just wander around on the slopes in your free time.

So everyone's focus has also been shifted from this sloping land to paddy fields and dry land. Now is the season for planting winter wheat, and the Hu family and their families are both farming in the field.When it's time to plant seedlings next year, his family will work together on the [-] mu of land.As for the work in the woods, Qiuyue and Qiulin can do it, so there is no need for the Hu family to bother.

(End of this chapter)