Leisurely ancient daily life

Chapter 236

In this way, the two families finalized the date of engagement, which will be in October, and they will get married only in the spring of next year.

But for the time being, no news has been spread out. It's just that the two families are moving closer. Naturally, someone will notice the signs, and then they will spread the good news along the way.

Right now, they are all busy with the autumn harvest. If it were normal, these women would have been impatient like cats smelling fishy.

After all, for Lin Li, they were also secretly watching for girls of the right age in their family or their relatives.

Just seeing Jiang's silence and Lin Li being a playful person, he thought she didn't intend to ask for a wife for Lin Li so early, and wanted to wait until he was older and calmer.

But this time, by the time they realized it, he had already become someone else's son-in-law.

They regretted it at that time, why didn't they hear the news?Otherwise, I can hurry up and say good things for my girl, and if I'm not sure, there's still time, right?
Of course, these are all later things.

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As the crops are harvested and spread out to dry on the stable stone roads in various parts of the village, it will be mid-July.

Although the weather is hot, at least there is no need to worry about the food getting wet by the rain, but people are still tired enough.

Compared with previous years, it took a lot of effort this year, but the output is still a little less, but it is also much better than originally expected.

As the grain was dried and put into the granary, people finally breathed a sigh of relief, but they still couldn't let go of their worries.

Just because it hasn't rained all the time, the water level in the well in the river has also begun to drop, so why don't people worry?
But it was worth it.

After the grain was harvested, it was time to pay the grain tax. People divided it up for several days early in the morning before dawn, and drove the grain tax to the town with ox carts.

Just to avoid the fiercest sun at noon.

Not surprisingly this year, Lihua Village is the first village in the surrounding area to pay grain tax.

The people in Lihua Village also relaxed, because they were still watching

Waiting for Uncle Lin to make up his mind.

If it doesn't rain this day, should the crops in their fields be planted again?

If you plant, you are afraid that the crops will dry out if there is not enough water, and it will be a waste of effort. Since this is the case, it is better to save water and effort, and take care of your body to survive the drought that I don’t know how difficult it will be.

But if not planted, what will happen to the food for the coming year?Besides, what if it rains after a while?
So people hesitate and don't know what to do.

Uncle Lin directly asked everyone to rest for a while, to recuperate, and then make plans.

And this time Lin Feng escorted the last batch of grain taxes, and he was going to try his luck again to ask for news and see if the lord has returned.

He heard Uncle Lin's words a few days ago and wanted to find out the news, but Mr. Naihe took his men to visit other villages and was not there.

There were only a few yamen servants left in the yamen to take care of them, and they also said they didn't know, and they had to wait for the adults to come back, maybe there would be good news, so they couldn't ask anything a few times before.

I can only look forward to going back this time, my lord can come back.

Over there, Lin Feng took people to escort the last batch of grain taxes to the town, and the women who had been idle here got together to gossip again.

Sometimes, there are always scenes of deja vu happening again.

Among the women who were talking, a woman happened to raise her eyes to look forward, and she saw a group of people approaching slowly.

He only stared at the woman, and exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, look quickly, who is this again?"

The other women obviously heard the movement, and before the woman finished speaking, they raised their capitals and looked towards the front of the village.

Seeing this, it was incredible, and they all exclaimed, with gossip shining in their eyes.

A woman in the crowd couldn't help exclaiming: "Oh, this carriage is even more beautiful than the one returned by Fansheng last time!!!"

As soon as these words fell, it was as if a chatterbox had been opened, and other people were discussing in a hurry, and the atmosphere was high.

I saw a luxurious carriage in the front leading the charge, and faintly saw a group of vehicles following behind, but because the group was still some distance away, I couldn't see it very clearly
The women in the back all squeezed forward, shouting, "Where is it? Where is it? Let me see."

Immediately, they couldn't help being surprised, saying: "Oh! It's really!!"

"Who is this for?"

"It can't be that the boy from the Liang family has been admitted to the scholar, this is to announce the good news?"

"Where is it? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. This result is not said to be out in a month. How long has it been? How can it be so fast?" A woman immediately rolled her eyes when she heard it, and said with disdain retorted.

The woman who provocatively opened her mouth didn't dare to say anything more, and hid herself in the crowd, she seemed to be a thin-skinned one.

The women's attention was on the convoy, and they didn't have time to make fun of the woman. Instead, they kept guessing,

"Didn't you say there were some rewards before? Could it be that the superiors sent the rewards over?!"

"Hey, it's possible, it's possible, it's true, I can see something being pulled behind it, could it be that the reward is something?"

"Oh, that's a big deal. If there's any good material, I'll have to pick two first."

As he spoke, he laughed out loud, thinking that it was very beautiful.

"Thinking of you, what a good thing." Although he scolded the woman with a smile on his mouth, the smile on his face couldn't be stopped, obviously he hoped to be the one who gave the reward.

"That's not necessarily true. If it's true, do you have rouge, gouache, jewelry, etc.!? I heard that those big families and adults like to reward those things?"

The little daughter-in-law also said happily, with anticipation in her eyes, obviously she also wanted to reward her.

As soon as she said this, the hearts of the women around were tumbling and excited.

It can only be said that these women are ignorant after all, although Lihua Village is better than other villages.

Not to mention paying food and taxes on time, but also managing themselves well, not adding chaos to the government, and helping to arrest a group of refugees in turn, is meritorious.

But even if it is a reward, it is nothing more than a bonus or a quota of government servants or tax exemption.

Where did the rouge, gouache, and good fabrics come from, and they were not rewarded by the master in the backyard of a big family.

But no one here understands this, so when I hear the guesses of the people around me, it's not that my heart burns, and I also look forward to this.

The women's excitement reached its peak when they saw the full fabric boxes behind the convoy. They all thought they had guessed right, and they were all very excited.

Until the leading luxury carriage stopped in front of them, the boy next to the driver in the front room of the carriage quickly got out of the carriage and walked towards them.

It only made the women's hearts so excited that they couldn't help beating, and they were so nervous.

But until the boy who looked like a servant asked with a smile in front of them: "Aunts, do you know where Lin Fansheng's Lin family and Hu Shan Hu's family are going??"

These words were like a pour of cold water, extinguishing the fire in the hearts of the women, with a bang, without even venting their breath.

(End of this chapter)