Abandoned Daughter's Beautiful Pastoral

Chapter 8 A Murder Caused by a Hare

I still remember her previous life, she always saw grandma plant garlic in the ground when autumn came, it was very delicious to use as condiment and vegetables in winter, and in spring, it could grow into garlic moss, fried with bacon It was so delicious that even thinking about it now, she couldn't help drooling.

For this reason, she asked Mrs. Zhao if she could grow some garlic in the morning, but she was scolded by Mrs. Zhao, saying that she is a prodigal, how can she grow garlic in winter?
Zhang Xiaocao didn't bother to argue with her, anyway, it was impossible for Mrs. Zhao to allow her to plant, so why would she scold her!
However, this does not prevent her from finding someone else to plant them. You know, there are few vegetables in winter. If they are planted, they can pick up garlic sprouts and go to the market to buy them. Maybe they can take advantage of this opportunity and sell them for a lot of money!

After making up her mind, Zhang Xiaocao quickly picked it up, and after an hour, she planted three kinds of rapeseed. After she sprinkled some water, she washed her hands and went to Grandma Zhang's house at the head of the village.

"You said you are growing garlic now? Can this grow?"

In the small courtyard, Grandma Zhang looked at Zhang Xiaocao in surprise. She didn't think the child was talking nonsense, but the garlic was planted in spring. It's so cold in winter, wouldn't he be frozen to death?
Zhang Xiaocao patted her chest and said confidently: "No, grandma just trust me this time, it will definitely work!"

Grandma Zhang Nan was so happy to see her look like a small person, so she stopped talking and just planted garlic.
Zhang Xiaocao was a little stunned, thinking that it would take a lot of talking, but she didn't expect Grandma Zhang to agree like that!
Looking at Grandma Zhang's kind face, she thought of the grandma who loved her very much in her previous life, and she didn't know whether she was going to live or die in that world. Grandpa and grandma were getting old, and she didn't know if they could bear it. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but nose A sour, moist eyes!
"Then grandma has more breeds, it's worth earning money in winter!"

Grandma Zhang smiled and said, "Hey, how old are you when you know how to make money? Okay, if this thing really happens, grandma will buy you candy!"

Zhang Xiaocao's head is full of black lines, buy candy?Really when she is a child!

Coming out of Grandma Zhang's house, Zhang Xiaocao looked up at the path leading to the mountain, looked at the majestic green mountain in front of her, felt a little dazed, seemed to think of something suddenly, shook her head, turned around and went home!
A few days ago, the corn was all broken, and these days I have been busy plowing the land to grow wheat. The Zhang family has no cattle. If they want to cultivate the land, they must either rent cattle or dig hard by themselves. Mrs. Zhao is reluctant to rent cattle, and feels that My family has a lot of labor, so I didn't rent cattle. There were five laborers in my family. I was so tired that I had to live. After four or five days, I finally finished the six acres of paddy fields and four acres of dry land in my family!
Both paddy fields and dry land can grow winter wheat, which can be harvested in the early summer of the next year, and then seedlings can be planted in paddy fields, sweet potatoes and corn can be grown in dry land, but there are too few crops in this era, not as abundant as in previous lives, and the yield is extremely low. After the mu land has been collected, the rest is only enough for the family to eat. During the slack season, Zhang Dashan and Zhang Baojin have to go out to do part-time jobs to earn money, otherwise they would not even have money for the third son Zhang Baoyu to hand over and repair.

Although Mrs. Zhao favors sons over daughters and has a big temper, he is very good at running the family. He can earn some money to supplement the family by raising pigs and chickens. Although Zhang Xiaocao is feeding the pigs and chickens now, and Zhang Baozhu lives at home. Doing some needlework, at least not only can pull some rulers for myself, make two clothes, but also make up for one or two, and I can barely maintain my life.

In view of the tiring work these days, Mrs. Zhao very "generously" ordered Zhang Xiaocao to add a few more drops of oil when cooking, and scrambled two eggs from time to time. Of course, these were all carried out under her strict control. , She knows exactly how many eggs the chickens lay in a day, if one day one is missing, Zhang Xiaocao will be the first to be suspected!

Before, Zhang Xiaobao stole two eggs and baked them with his friends, but he falsely accused Zhang Xiaocao of stealing them. Even Zhang Baozhu said the same thing. After a pause, since then, Zhang Xiaocao has also looked at the eggs strictly, so as not to become a "scapegoat"!
In a word, this family is too poor. If they were rich, they would not be so careful. Eating an egg is also an extremely luxurious thing. At least Zhang Xiaocao has not tasted the taste of eggs since he came to this house for half a year. When she was beaten badly for the first time and was able to go out, Grandma Zhang gave her two.

Time flies like water, and it is the Double Ninth Festival in the blink of an eye. In the Yuanqing Dynasty, the Double Ninth Festival is a major festival. Whether it is a rich family or a poor family, they will spend some money to buy some good wine and food. The whole family will drink chrysanthemum wine and eat together. Chrysanthemum Cake (also known as Double Ninth Cake), shared with family.

The Zhang family is no exception, not only for the Double Ninth Festival, but as early as yesterday, Zhang Baoyu, the only scholar in the family, also came back from the school in the town. The Zhao family took out a rare coin and asked Zhang Baoyin to go to the town to cut some pork early in the morning , Come back with some chrysanthemum wine.

Seeing this, Zhang Baozhu shouted in dissatisfaction: "Let the eldest brother go, the extra money can be returned by the eldest brother!"

In addition to buying two catties of pork and a catty of chrysanthemum wine, there is probably twenty or thirty money left in this hanging money. The second brother will definitely not hand it in. I don’t know who will be cheaper by then. Among them are her embroidered purses and Why should Pazi's money be spent recklessly on him!

No wonder Zhang Baozhu didn't want to see this second brother.Zhang Baoyin is not only delicious and lazy, but also likes to gamble. Mrs. Zhao originally saw him as sweet-talking and flexible. When the family was in the most difficult time, she sent him to the town to study. It was okay at first. It's really good, and this made Mrs. Zhao very proud, but when he grew up, he mixed with some dubious people in the town, played truant, gambled together, went shopping in brothels, and in the end it really made a mess and was driven back by Mr. Leaving the house, not to mention losing all the face of the Zhang family, and spending all of Shuxiu, and the family paid a lot of money to the husband.

But Zhang Baoyin didn't want to repent, and wept bitterly and said to Zhao that he had offended powerful people and was framed by others. Zhao already loved him very much. Seeing how pitiful he said, she also felt that she was born It is impossible for the son to be so muddled, so he believed it, and told everyone that his son was murdered, trying to restore the lost face of his family.

Although few people believed these words, they would not reveal them in front of her. However, since Zhang Baoyin is twenty this year, he can't even be called a daughter-in-law. Although there are reasons for poor family conditions, it also shows that he This person is not good in the eyes of others!

Zhang Baozhu saw that he used the opportunity to buy things to coax his mother a lot of money, but never bought anything for the family. She had long been dissatisfied. Now that she seized the opportunity, how could she let it go?You know, the money accumulated is too much, even if it is not enough for her to buy good clothes like Lin Shiyuan, you can still buy a box of better rouge!
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