After collecting one village, when he arrived in the next village, Liang Zijun had already completely become the shopkeeper, and only stepped forward to give advice when Chen Qing was busy or in trouble. Chen Qing found that the original mess of trivial matters, after Liang Zijun's analysis, after pulling out the head, the rest of the logical and direct unraveling.

There were a few people who didn't pay the rent last year, Chen Qing was too lazy to bother, and directly threw it to Liang Zijun to deal with, and he never shirked it, the three of them calculated it, and then sent someone to Chen Qing to pay the rent.

After transporting the grain from the two villages to the rice shop in the county seat, Chen Qing found that the reason why Liang Zijun arrived home first was not entirely because of the closest journey, but because Liang Zijun's team was the most efficient.

In previous years, following Liang Zixian, many old tenants would come to say hello, set up friendships, or negotiate the renewal of the lease of the land due in the next year, or some trivial matters such as arguing on the rent if they didn't understand the account.

At that time, Liang Zixian dealt with Li San, and it took a lot of time. When it came to Liang Zijun, these trivial matters were directly finalized in a few words between the rent collection, obviously these two are big villages, and there are the most tenants, but Liang Zijun was stunned to collect them in the shortest possible time and then pulled them to the county seat to sell.

Liang Zijun saw Chen Qing's slightly strange expression, squinted his eyes and smiled proudly, "What's the matter, now I find that your husband is a capable man!"

Chen Qing pursed his lips, not caring about his smug face, "It's just a rent, what kind of skill is this?"

"Cut~ Throw it into the other teams, you are still busy loading the car! I don't know what to do!" Liang Zijun snorted and patted the horse, and it was not the same as Chen Qing, what kind of strength did he have with the daughter-in-law in the house? Sooner or later, he would let him know the power of his own masters, and completely bow to his feet.

After ten days of busyness, although Chen Qing didn't do any heavy work, this problem of sore legs and feet has not been good.

Liang Zijun's team was the first to finish, but the other teams delayed for an extra day to complete, Chen Qing also faintly felt that Liang Zixian's team collected more rent year by year, four years ago 10 days can be completed, but now it takes 13 days to complete, catching up with the year is not good, there are few tenants who pay silver, and it is not uncommon to do fifteen or twenty days.

The reason for this is that Chen Qing can guess a little, that is, the Liang family is also constantly buying fields while renting, so there are more and more fields, and the construction period is getting longer and longer, but this growth is not obvious, and ordinary short-term workers can't find it. After all, the Liang family has too many fields, and no one can calculate it, and there are dozens of acres of land every year, which is really not too eye-catching.

Chen Qing packed all kinds of dried vegetables in bags and sent a small portion to each hospital. didn't say much, he went out after sending something, and even a few female relatives who didn't often talk knew that Chen Qing was actually a stuffy gourd, but he was easy to get along with.

Brother Yang held the sweet potato he participated in the drying and chewing of a fragrant, and turned his head to grind Chen Qing to fry walnuts for him.

"Seeing that the cold dew is coming, if you don't go into the mountain, I'm afraid that those mountain goods won't be able to be collected, this walnut will wait for tomorrow night to fry you, I'll take advantage of the dawn to run again" Chen Qing patted the dustpan, emptied the crumbs, turned around and walked out with a bamboo basket and sickle.

"I just finished collecting the rent, why don't I rest at home, where do you want to run?" Liang Zijun had just come back from his second brother's house, and he saw Chen Qing carrying a broken basket and planning to go out.

"Into the mountain" Chen Qing hurriedly explained, regardless of whether Liang Zijun agreed or not, he raised his feet and left.

Usually Chen Qing does not wait for Liang Zijun to reply, which means that even if Liang Zijun is bound by silver, Chen Qing does not intend to compromise. Liang Zijun tried twice, and it was because of his little temperament.

Chen Qing was not greedy for more when he went into the mountains this time, he hit half a frame of walnuts and half a frame of hazelnuts before dark, dug up a small bag of cassava, half a bag of oak seeds, and a small half bag of chestnuts, and dug up a kudzu root in the shade of the grass on the hillside.

Kudzu is also known as wild kudzu. The root can be medicated, dug in autumn and winter, cut into thick slices or small pieces while fresh, it has the function of relieving muscle and reducing fever, diaphragm, quenching thirst, and rising sun and stopping diarrhea.

Pueraria lobata is a common herb that grows mostly on hillside grasses or roadsides and in shady and humid places. It has a special effect on common diseases such as headache, brain fever, retching, irritability, and yellow thief wind.

This kudzu root is not small, Chen Qing plans to leave part of it to prevent winter emergencies, and send the rest to Shopkeeper Lin for money as usual. Speaking of Shopkeeper Lin, he has not visited his aunt and Shopkeeper Lin in the town for nearly a month. I don't know if my sister is doing well in Wanjia, so next time I go to the county, I'll ask Liubo to inquire first.

Chen Qing came home in the dark, and Liang Zijun was already impatient to wait, so he almost didn't mention the lantern to look for him. Seeing Chen Qing come back, he warned him with a dark face that he must go home before dark next time.

Chen Qing didn't say a word, and went directly into the stove room with his stuffy head, and sorted out the mountain goods by the light of the fire.

"Have you eaten?" Chen Qing saw that the kitchen had been turned over, and asked Liang Zijun outside the courtyard.

"No!" Liang Zijun stood in the courtyard and listened to the croaking of frogs and insects, and after speaking, he shook his hand and went into the hall to wait for food.

Chen Qing pouted, usually the family didn't fire, didn't they all go to the second sister-in-law's house to eat?

Light a hot pot, quickly fry a green vegetable, heat four steamed buns, beat an egg drop soup, and then shred green bamboo shoots and mix a refreshing cold dish.

This green bamboo shoot is a bit similar to the texture of cucumber, but it is more crisp and refreshing, sprinkled with salt and green onions, ginger and garlic to enhance the flavor, it is a rare dish in autumn and winter to clear the heat and remove the fire.

Liang Zijun likes to eat Chen Qing's cold dish the most, and he has to occupy most of it every time, and Chen Qing is too lazy to grab it from him, anyway, there is still a small part left in the field, and it is enough to eat before the snow falls.

On the second day, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Liang Baicang and his wife were about to travel far away, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival was not a big event. Only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of each courtyard get together to make zuò moon cakes and make a reunion dinner.

Since ancient times, the Mid-Autumn Festival has the customs of worshipping the moon, admiring the moon, worshiping the moon, eating moon cakes, appreciating osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine. The Mid-Autumn Festival uses the full moon to reunite people, in order to express the feelings of missing hometown and relatives, and praying for a good harvest and happiness.

The Mid-Autumn Festival of the farmer family is also related to agriculture, and autumn is the harvest season. In August, the Mid-Autumn Festival ripens crops and various fruits and vegetables one after another, and farmers take the day of "Mid-Autumn Festival" as a festival in order to celebrate the harvest and express their joy, which means the middle of autumn.

After dinner, each family should set up a "moonlight position" at night, and "worship the moon" in the direction of the moonrise. Whether the sacrifice is fruit or bread, choose a round arrangement.

In previous years, after the moon festival at home, Liang Zijun will invite three or five friends to spend the festival together, and the students in the county will also compete for knowledge according to the customs, or play to enjoy the moon.

The customs can be subdivided into eleven items:

A moon appreciation: literati chant poems under the moon, drink wine, and chat.

2. Stepping on the moon: Men or women go out together under the moon, sing under the moon, travel, and walk across at least three bridges.

Three laurels: admiring the moon under the laurel tree, chanting poems, and drinking.

Four moon worships: The county town has set up a large incense case, with moon cakes, watermelons, apples, red dates and other offerings. Men and women have their own dynasties, men are willing to not go to the palace as soon as possible, climb the fairy laurel, and women are willing to "look like Chang'e, face like Haoyue"

Five worship the old moon: courtship, courtship, love is like the full moon.

Six mascot rabbit (rabbit master): rabbit-shaped toys made of clay or noodles, wearing human clothes, various forms, identities, buy more to tease children.

Seven incense: burn with osmanthus incense. Women use osmanthus oil, osmanthus incense powder.

Eight Reunion Festival: Husband and wife and beauty. Ancestor sacrifices. Family reunion dinner, moon viewing.

September palace charms, ten worship the new moon, eleventh Mid-Autumn Festival to give each other bronze mirrors.

Liang Zijun just got married, and he had to accompany his father and mother at home, so he had to complete all kinds of cumbersome etiquette at home, sitting in the courtyard and drinking osmanthus wine and eating moon cakes with his elders.

This osmanthus brew was bought from a county restaurant, and the moon cakes were Chen Qing and noodles, and Brother Yang stirred the filling. The two little brothers have wrapped this effort, and the rest of the people don't have much effort to shoot moon cakes with molds.

For dinner, Song, Zhou, and Zhao each made a few specialty dishes, and the daughters-in-law helped to lay down and learn cooking skills from their mothers-in-law. Chen Qing did most of the physical work, such as chopping bones, cutting meat, and lighting fires. He is a person who spares no effort, so although he is silent, he is also praised by the three elders.

Brother Yang secretly smiled bitterly and said, "In previous years, I was crammed into the kitchen alone, and it was uncomfortable, but fortunately, I have you with me this year."

Chen Qing has to take his sister to be busy in the kitchen every New Year's Day, but he doesn't feel any discomfort, and after being reminded by Brother Yang, he found that there is a room of women, and the two little brothers are indeed a little embarrassed.

Chen Qing patted Brother Yang comfortingly and said, "Work more, talk less, anyway, you won't need the two of us except for hard work."

Brother Yang nodded bitterly and forcefully chopped the minced meat on the cutting board into minced meat.

"Okay, you two go out for a break, there's no work in the kitchen, sit with the guys and drink two glasses" Shao Fengzhi wiped the sweat on his forehead, the kitchen fire was stuffy and hot, and it would be cooler to drive out the two.

Chen Qing looked at Brother Yang, but Brother Yang threw away the kitchen knife, pulled Chen Qing and ran out of the kitchen, pulling his collar and muttering, "It's hot!"

Chen Qing didn't want to join in the fun, and he always felt that he couldn't fit into the atmosphere of this home, so he used the excuse of going back to the hospital to take a shower to avoid the embarrassment of chatting at the same table.

After eating the reunion dinner in the evening, he was stuffed with a mouthful of mooncakes by Liang Zijun. The man couldn't eat the leftovers, so he pinched open his jaw and stuffed it whole.

"The small cake is like chewing the moon, there are crisps and syrup, how about it, it tastes good, right?" Liang Zijun asked with a wicked smile, stretching out his finger to poke Chen Qing's bulging cheeks.

Chen Qing slapped away the evil fingers, covered his mouth and chewed hard, finally swallowed it easily, and was forced by Liang Zijun to drink a glass of osmanthus wine.

Chen Qing hadn't drunk much, and his face was slightly red after a glass. Liang Zijun looked funny and tried every means to tease him to have an extra drink.

Chen Qing had no choice but to hide back in his courtyard, Brother Yang stared at his back resentfully, he really wanted to go back to the courtyard early!

Shao Fengzhi brought a plate of mooncakes for Liang Zijun to take back to eat, and he didn't mind that Chen Qing ran away without finishing his work. He smiled and nodded his forehead and scolded, "You brothers are all bad!"

Liang Zijun smiled with a sneer, sued a few brothers and elders, and hurried home to tease his shy new daughter-in-law.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liang Baicang and his wife left for the capital, and the Liang family saw them off collectively, telling them to be careful all the way and come back early after the New Year.

Liang Zijun checked the gifts to bring, and personally escorted them out of Qingping County, and then rode back. After collecting rent for more than ten days, and catching up with his father and mother to go out, Liang Zijun obediently pretended to be a filial son at home for a few days, and when he left, he was busy asking Liao Fanzhi to find He Biting to drink.

Liang Zijun got free time and began not to go home every once in a while, but fortunately, he was worried that there was still a daughter-in-law at home who could be flirted with, and he would not be gone for several days like before.

Liang Zijun was not at home, Chen Qing moved back to the firewood house to live, and while the weather was not cold, he collected a lot of mountain goods before the frost, and got all the rations that the piglets had to eat in winter in half a month.