Chen Qing didn't wait for Liang Zijun that night, and he also knew that he was going out to the wild again, and the playboy staying at home all day made him uncomfortable.

Chen Qing preconceived that Liang Zijun was a person who was accustomed to the wind and snow, and it was impossible for him to live in peace, so naturally he didn't expect him to live a peaceful life like a normal person.

No, after ten days of marriage, he only stayed at home for less than half of the time, and he confirmed that he was a romantic playboy. Chen Qing scoffed at this, and was even more glad that Liang Zijun didn't like to go home, and he had a good birthday for a few days.

Taking advantage of the owner's absence, Chen Qing first finished the embroidery work in a tight day, and then spent another day enclosing the chicken pen and building a chicken nest.

The chicken pen is next to the vegetable patch, with its back against the courtyard wall of Brother Yang's house. Fertilization and feeding are convenient, and because this family is not close to others except Brother Yang, if Brother Yang hears any movement in the chicken pen, it is better to come out and inform him. Although the world is fashionable, there are no chickens and dogs to steal, but if they are attacked by wild animals, they cannot be driven away immediately, and they are afraid that none of the domestic animals in this circle will remain.

The chicken pen is made of branches or bamboo more than one person high, and the next meter is made of earth and stone, and after stomping and smoothing, it is prevented from wild beasts from entering the circle to eat chickens. The two sides of the chicken coop are woven with branches, smeared with mud to seal the gaps, and a gap is left on the front for one person to enter and exit, so that it is convenient to pick up eggs.

Next to the courtyard wall, a shed was built diagonally downward, and the joints between the two sides and the chicken coop earthen wall were tight, and there was a gap in the front, which could not only shelter from the wind and rain, but also penetrate a little light, and was also convenient for ventilation.

The chicken coop is made of wooden planks, divided into two rows, and the ground is covered with hay, and the chickens will nest on their own when they grow up.

After the chicken coop was built, Chen Qing went into the city to buy chicken chicks on the second day. I first went to the Liangji Cloth Workshop to hand over the embroidery, exchanged for half a tael of silver, and then went to the market at the north gate to buy chicken chicks.

It is the tenth year of the autumn harvest, and there are many fewer farmers who come to the county town to catch the market, and there are all kinds of agricultural and sideline products on the sparse stalls. There are mountain goods, vegetables and fruits, raised chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, and newly born cubs.

Chen Qing compared the cubs in the two stalls and chose one of them to negotiate the price. There is not much difference between the market in this county town and the town, and the farmers from the surrounding villages come to trade, and the market price is not much more expensive even if it is expensive. After some bargaining, Chen Qing ordered 30 one-month-old chickens, hugged two piglets, paid off the piglets' 200 yuan, and made an appointment to pick up the chickens tomorrow, and Chen Qing went home with two full-term piglets.

Originally, I didn't expect to raise pigs, but looking at the white and fat piglets, Chen Qing couldn't help but be moved, anyway, the chickens will not be sent tomorrow, and it will not be in the way to hurry up and build a pigsty today. Raising a litter of chickens is also raising, and raising two more pigs will also have meat to eat next winter.

And this piglet is best to catch it in the autumn for more than a year, if the piglets are raised in the spring, not only the price of the piglets is expensive, but the weight is not up to standard, and it is a pity to kill and eat in winter.

When I returned to Liangjia Village, I inevitably met a few villagers in a hurry, most of whom just glanced at Chen Qing curiously, and hurried to the field.

Chen Qing married Liang Zijun, which caused a lot of heated discussions in Liangjia Village, and the villagers who didn't know the truth made up several versions of this marriage, saying everything.

It is said that the Liang family was deceived by the Chen family into marriage and replaced the girl with a little brother. It is also said that the Chen family can't bear to let the girl be ruined by the third master of the Liang family, so they pull a little brother to marry. It is also said that the landlord of Liang relied on the big business of the family, and he could not marry by force, but was deceived by his in-laws of a large amount of dowry.

Among them, there are also grievances for the Liang family, the Liang family has always been kind and generous, and they have taken great pains for the marriage of Liang Sanye. If it weren't for Liang Sanye's fame, he would not have made such a humiliating drama, not only did his daughter-in-law change from a girl to a little brother, but also took a few hundred taels of dowry for nothing. If it weren't for the Liang family's refusal to make a big deal out of it, the Chen family would inevitably be punished by the government.

There is also an obviously unreliable version, although it is far from the truth, but it is even hotly discussed, saying that the girl of the Chen family originally had an affair with the Wan family erlang, and later hooked up with the third master of the Liang family.

didn't want the girl of the Chen family to secretly tie up with the Wanjia pearl fetus, the Chen family was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they had to marry the girl to the Wanjia family, and give the little brother to the Liang family to pay off the debt.

I don't know if the Liang family is afraid of losing face, or if they are afraid that the dowry will be lost, in short, they will admit this marriage. But it seems that the little brother who entered the door is not having a good time, I didn't see that he was still wearing a shabby shirt? Even ordinary peasant households are better dressed than him, it is not difficult to see that the Liang family is not satisfied with him, otherwise why would the third young grandmother of the Liang family wear not as good as a mud leg? From the mouth of the elders in the clan, I am afraid that Chen Qing has not even been on the family tree.

However, everyone only dared to discuss it in private, but when they saw the people of the landlord's family, they didn't dare to mention a word. Occasionally, when they met Chen Qing, they pretended not to see it, or nodded their heads from afar and walked away, and even gave Chen Qing a disdainful look.

Chen Qing is somewhat uncomfortable with the indifference to the villagers, he has lived in Chenjiagou for many years, and the relationship with the villagers is not bad. When I arrived in Liangjia Village, even if I didn't know each other, I didn't expect to be treated coldly at all, let alone say hello, when I saw Chen Qing from afar, I had to make a detour with my eyes, as if Chen Qing was the monster and couldn't dodge.

Chen Qing could also guess the approximate reason, except for a helpless wry smile, he had to let the situation develop, he had no intention of explaining, and he didn't need to explain it to outsiders. Besides, this matter is not authentic what the Chen family did, and he is not wronged by everyone to ridicule him.

Back to the chicken pen, put the piglets in first, and then went back to the yard to cook a pot of pig food with bud grain noodles and hard beans, and used the pot to go to the chicken pen.

The pigsty is not as cumbersome as a chicken coop, as long as there is a shed to protect it from the rain and snow, and the hay on the ground needs to be changed frequently, otherwise the smell can be smelled from a mile away. Chen Qing was afraid that it would affect Brother Yang's family, so he deliberately chose a location for the nest wind at a distance, so as not to blow the wind and the smell drift into the courtyard wall of Brother Yang's house.

Cutting grass and mud and carrying stones are not labor-saving tasks, and Chen Qing has to go to the forest to cut branches and bamboo and drag them back to build a shed. It took several trips back and forth to get the materials ready.

The courtyard of the Liang family is on the side of the mountain, the terrain is flat and open, and you can see the people when you walk more than 100 meters towards the entrance of the village. These three and a half acres of household land are sandwiched between the Liang family and the farmer's house, and the distance of 100 meters is not far, so Chen Qing's back and forth service is also seen by the nearest farmer.

One acre of land is equal to about 666.67 square meters (one zhang is equal to 3.33 meters)

If a piece of land is 10 zhang long and 6 zhang wide (33.3 meters long and 19.98 meters wide), it is one acre of land. The length is 12 zhang and the width is 5 zhang, which is also an acre.

Chen Qing built the pigsty when it was nearly dark, and he was not busy moving the piglets into the pigsty when he spread hay, but dried them for the night, so as not to cause the piglets to eat, and then the earthen wall of the new base collapsed.

After taking a bite at night, Chen Qing took a bath and fell asleep. On the second day, Chen Qing got up as soon as it was dawn, went to the mountain to find a circle of mountain goods, carried half a frame of chestnuts and hazelnuts, and beat pigweed to feed the pigs, and then picked two bamboo baskets into the county to transport chickens.

Chen Qing asked for a large amount, and the chickens were specially selected to buy full-term, so the seller had to make an appointment to pick them up in the county for trading the next day. Chen Qing happily paid 300 yuan and put 27 hens and 3 roosters into a bamboo basket.

Although it is a chick, the 30 half-sized chickens are also quite heavy, and the flat pole is vibrating up and down as they walk. There is also a trick to this flat shoulder, if you walk upside down, you can save a lot of effort.

Chen Qing used his ingenuity to transport thirty chicken chicks home, but fortunately, Liangjia Village was not far from the county seat, and the half-hour journey only took two breaks before walking back.

Passing by the farmhouse, Chen Qing gasped and swept his eyes over the figure lying on the courtyard wall peeking at him, and he didn't care too much, and went straight through the chicken pen.

The chickens were squeezed in the basket for a long time, as soon as they were released, they fluttered around to find a place to hide, the unfamiliar environment still needs to adapt to a few days, Chen Qing is not worried, only the feed and water are placed, and the chickens will adapt to the new nest in a few days and will not be afraid of people.

With free time, Chen Qing was busy storing fertilizer and cultivating fields. Three and a half acres of land, set aside half an acre originally used for planting vegetables, and the rest are roughly turned over with a hoe, sprinkled with grass ash and then turned deep again, just waiting for the spring sowing next year.

Qingping County has a special geographical location, the temperature is suitable, and the crops are not as good as the south that can harvest two seasons a year, and not as cold as the north in winter. There are many seeds that no one cultivates, so they just plant and fertilize and wait for the autumn harvest. Although it is not rich in one season a year, the land can also recuperate, and most of the yields are gratifying, and it is one of the important grain producing areas in the entire Great Xia Kingdom.

Chen Qing was a person who did not produce in his last life, and in this life he only took over agricultural knowledge from his father, although he occasionally had novel ideas, he was unable to implement them, and he also lacked agricultural knowledge, so he cultivated the land more according to local customs.

Three acres is not big, but it is not small, and it took 6 days to turn it over twice, and when Liang Zijun went home, Chen Qingren tanned again.

The work of getting up early and working late is not without benefits, at least Chen Qing is refreshed at the moment, his body is comfortable, his body is tired and tired, but his heart is rarely open, and he leveled the barren and grassy land little by little, and the hardships were replaced by a sense of achievement.

When he was about to collect the rent, Chen Qing also communicated with Li San in advance, saying that he would set off with the team according to the previous practice, and Li San signaled him to go to Liang Zixian to explain that he couldn't do anything about it.

Chen Qing thought about it, it was also the same reason that Liang was a family worker, and it was indeed inappropriate for him to consult with the steward privately without the master, so he came to the door to tell the situation when Brother Yang and Liang Zixian were both at home.

Liang Zixian frowned and didn't respond for a long time, Brother Yang understood Chen Qing's stubborn temper, so he had to speak for him, "Chen Qing also wants to help the family share some work, and besides, didn't he follow you in previous years?" It's no different now, you just follow him, or he won't be comfortable staying at home." ”

"In the past, he was a hired laborer, but now Chen Qing is a person in the third brother's house, and it is not easy for me, as a cousin, to make decisions for him, and besides, our family does not need a daughter-in-law to do rough work" Liang Zixian glared at Brother Yang helplessly, pinching his hand and rubbing it carefully.

Brother Yang entered this house, he was a thousand pets, he was afraid of being wronged, Brother Yang was much younger than himself, if he was asked to do heavy work again, he would feel even more uncomfortable.