The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 149 Autumn Harvest Part 2
This man is wearing green clothes, but he is not ugly, on the contrary he looks very good. This man is Xie Yueyong.

"This is my nephew Han Qingquan, and this is my niece." Feng Zhi didn't know that the two of them knew each other, so he introduced the man.

Xie Yueyong looked at Han Qianluo and said, "Miss Han, I didn't expect us to meet again." Before Han Qianluo could speak, Feng Zhi said with an incredulous expression, "Qianluo, you know Young Master Xie? "

"I've seen it a few times before." Han Qianluo said.

"Since you know each other, this matter will be easy." Feng Zhi said happily.

Han Qianluo didn't understand the meaning of the little uncle's words, and asked suspiciously: "Little uncle, what's easy to do?" At this time, Xie Yueyong interrupted and said: "Find a tea shop, let's sit and chat while drinking tea. "

"Row."

Xie Yueyong brought the three of them to a very ordinary tea shop.After the shop waiter brought the tea, Feng Zhi said slowly, "Qianluo, don't you guys want to buy land? Young Master Xie happens to have a piece of land near Qianyangli and wants to sell it."

Xie Yueyong accepted the conversation with a smile: "Feng Zhi came to talk to me about buying land today. I didn't expect to meet you while we were talking."

After listening to Feng Zhi's words, Han Qianluo was very happy, and then felt a little strange. At this time, the imperial court's taxes are so low, how could they be willing to sell land? Young Master Xie obviously didn't want to use someone who was short of money.

The excitement brought about by this news easily covered up this doubt, so Han Qianluo quickly put the slightest confusion behind him, and asked quickly: "How wide is this piece of land?"

"It's not too big, only a few acres." Xie Yueyong looked a little embarrassed, and quickly explained, "It's because it's too narrow, and it's inconvenient to do anything. I'm worrying about what to do. If you want to buy Qianluo If this land, I will sell it to you at a lower price."

"That's really great, thank you so much." Han Qianluo said happily.

Soon Han Qianluo talked with Xie Yueyong about selling the land, and made an appointment to come over after the autumn harvest to handle the land transfer procedures.

After talking about the business, Han Qianluo remembered that Xie Yueyong said that he would leave here to go to the Western Regions, but he is still here now, so he felt a little strange and asked: "Young Master Xie, didn't you say you were going to go to that place last time?" ?"

The place she mentioned naturally refers to the Western Regions. At this time, the relationship between the two countries is not good, so you have to be careful when you speak, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

"I let my subordinates go, but I don't go myself." Xie Yueyong replied.

Han Qianluo suddenly realized, and at the same time scolded himself in his heart for being too stupid. How could a person like Xie Yueyong go to the Western Regions by himself? It was so dangerous to travel long distances. Ten years later, Zhang Qian was detained there for ten years when he was envoy to the Western Regions. A few years, let alone now.

Now that it's here, Han Qianluo asked casually: "When can I come back?"

"It won't be until after the New Year at the earliest." Xie Yueyong replied.

Han Qianluo thought for a while, if she could really bring back the seeds she needed before spring plowing, then she could start planting next year, and would not have to wear this kind of hard, not at all soft and uncomfortable linen cloth. That made her happy.

After chatting for a while, Han Qianluo said goodbye to Feng Zhi and the others, and then went home. In the afternoon, the two were busy preparing charcoal.

The next morning Han Qianluo got up before dawn, earlier than usual, and started making breakfast quickly after getting up.While she was making breakfast, Han Qingquan and Li Chunhua had already moved the machines, charcoal, and other things needed to harvest the rice to the rice field.

After hastily eating breakfast, Han Qianluo followed his eldest brother to the rice field, and there were already other people harvesting rice in the surrounding rice fields.

"Qingquan, what is yours? Why is it different from last year's?" The man in the field next door asked curiously, pointing at the harvester and thresher.

"This is for harvesting and threshing rice." Han Qingquan replied, put the charcoal that had been lit at home into the harvester, then put some other charcoal into it, and finally closed the lid.

Seeing this, the man in the field next door asked quickly, "Is this better than the previous one?"

Han Qingquan didn't answer his question, but put on a trick and said, "You'll know in a while."

Soon the sound of the harvester running sounded, and Han Qingquan pushed the harvester forward slowly. Although the speed was slower than usual, it was not slow for harvesting rice. Follow him , The rice stalks are neatly placed on the ground in rows.

The man who saw this scene was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear: "Oh my God, it's really too fast. According to this speed, it only takes a day or two to harvest everything."

Besides the man, there were his wife and children in the field next to him. At this moment, they all looked at Han Qingquan's machine in surprise, as if it was difficult to understand how it could be so fast.

Han Qingquan said with a smile: "It cost a lot of money to make. If it doesn't work, how can it be done?"

"How much did it cost?" the man asked curiously.

Han Qingquan is not very clear about this matter, everything is done by Han Qianluo, so only she knows best, after hearing this question, she quickly calculated and replied: "These two machines cost a total of Dozens of coins."

"Two? What does that one do?"

"This is for threshing." Han Qianluo replied.

The threshing machine cannot be moved, so she had to go over and hold the cut rice stalks to the side of the threshing machine. While stepping on her feet, she gently stretched the rice stalks in, and then the rice was separated from the rice stalks and fell to the ground. To the basket below.

When Han Qianluo was doing these things, the family in the nearby field was stunned again. The things she did before could only save a little effort when threshing, and it was a little more convenient. It was completely incomparable with the current machine. , so the family was really surprised.

"It's too fast, Qianluo, let me try it too." The man walked from his field and said.

"No problem." Han Qianluo demonstrated again.

In fact, there is nothing to demonstrate, just take a rice stalk and put the half of the ear of rice in it. A man will know it at a glance. After trying it, he can't help but say enviously: "If it is cheaper, I will It’s too expensive to buy one.”

Han Qianluo knew that this price was simply out of reach for ordinary farmers, so he suggested: "Actually, it is much cheaper to buy this thresher alone, as long as it costs about ten pennies, and you can also You can cooperate with others to buy one."

"You girl, you must have made this thing yourself. You are trying to make money from me." The man said with a smile.

Han Qianluo knew that he was not angry, so he joked, "This is to save you time and effort."

Not only the family in the nearby field saw Han Qianluo's machine, but many people in Qianyang also saw it. They were surprised and envious of the speed of the machine. Many people also expressed their desire to buy one, but asked After the price seems to be a bit backed down.

At noon, Han Qianluo and the others did not go back to eat, but waited for Li Chunhua to bring the lunch, then ate the lunch in the field, and then continued to work, as did other families.

By the end of the afternoon, Han Qianluo's family had harvested half of the rice, and everyone else was very envious.As soon as Han Qianluo returned home, he saw his second aunt Wang coming, and said loudly as soon as he entered the door: "Qianluo, it's great that you are back."

"Second Aunt, are you here for something?" Han Qianluo probably knew what Wang was doing here, and probably wanted to borrow harvesters and threshing machines.

Sure enough, Wang immediately said, "How much rice have you harvested?"

"It's a little less than half, how much did you charge, Second Aunt?" Han Qianluo asked casually.

Mrs. Wang walked into the room, moved a stool next to her over, sat down as if she was very tired, and then said: "I only received a small piece, which can't compare with your speed, by the way. , can you finish collecting it tomorrow?"

"If there are no accidents, it should be possible." Han Qianluo replied, feeling a little thirsty, so he took out a water glass and poured a glass of water, and drank it up as soon as he raised his head.

"Then after you harvest the rice, lend me your two machines for home use." Wang stared straight at her and asked.

Han Qianluo agreed without thinking.With her consent, Wang left contentedly.At this time, Han Qingquan also moved the machine back, and happened to see the back of Wang's leaving, so he was a little puzzled and said, "What is Second Aunt doing here?"

"She came to borrow these two machines from us, and I agreed." Han Qianluo said.

Han Qingquan didn't express any objection, but Li Chunhua, who was cooking, heard this and asked a little puzzled: "Qianluo, aren't you at odds with Second Aunt? Why did you lend her the machine?"

"She's not embarrassing us right now, we're all a family, there's no need to worry about it, and it's just borrowing the machine, it's no big deal." Han Qianluo replied.

Li Chunhua still looked a little aggrieved and puzzled, so she asked suspiciously: "But, she still wanted to steal your prescription before, so that's all it is?"

Han Qianluo, who had a rest for a while, also walked into the kitchen to help: "Didn't you steal it, and it was all because of poverty, don't you think that kind of thing hasn't happened now?"

"You are so generous." Li Chunhua couldn't help admiring.

(End of this chapter)