In the Xu family, the child sits with his mother, so Xu Balang, who is only five years old, also sits at the table with the Liang family. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Cui, who was sitting on the sidelines, was completely blind to all this, or she was happy to see it happen.

Because Xiao Jiu was still a child, he was also sitting at Cui's table, and when he saw that his sister's cake was snatched by Hachiro, he was about to cry with his mouth flat.

Like most families, the Xu family is also a typical patriarchal ideology, although the Cui family does not wait to see the second room, but the two grandsons of Wulang Xiaojiu are not enough to beat and scold, at most they are fierce in their mouths.

Cui Shi glared at Xiao Jiu: "You can't stop your mouth when you eat, if you don't eat, don't waste food." ”

Xiao Jiu shrank his neck in fright, and didn't dare to squeak, but he also stopped his chopsticks and didn't continue to eat, as if he was protesting silently.

Xu Balang's eyes hung in Xiao Jiu's bowl again, and his dirty hands were about to reach out.

Fortunately, Xu Xiangwan was quick-eyed, and quickly snatched Xiao Jiu's bowl, and said expressionlessly: "Xiao Jiu is when he grows his body, and he will definitely not have enough cakes to eat." ”

There were only six men at the upper table, and there were few people and a lot of food, and Goro, as a laborer in the second room, also sat at the upper table.

Seeing that Xu Xiangwan hadn't eaten, Gorou took a wheat cake from the table and prepared to hand it to Xu Xiangwan.

"We can't afford to feed idlers at home. The third child, Xu Zhibao, held a wheat cake in one hand and a chopstick in the other, chewing it in a big mouthful while saying vaguely.

Gorou blushed instantly, but he couldn't bear to see Xu Xiangwan starving, so he hesitated for a while, and his hand froze in mid-air and didn't know whether to take it back.

"Third uncle, what you said is right, our family really can't afford to raise idlers, why don't I take Hachiro and Lianlian to pick up some ears of rice together today?" Xu Xiangwan winked innocently at Xu Zhibao, and said with a smile, "Hachiro's appetite is not small, and he eats more than me and Xiao Jiu combined!"

Xu Balang is only five years old this year, only more than a year older than Xiao Jiu, so he is naturally an idle eater. Xu Lianlian is Xu Zhibao's youngest daughter, who is only two years old this year, not to mention.

Xu Zhibao was tepidly choked by Xu Xiangwan, his face suddenly flushed, a pair of chopsticks slapped on the table, and angrily scolded: "You girl, how can you talk to your elders!

Gorou's face was very ugly: "Third uncle, the evening is your niece." ”

Old Man Xu coughed twice at the right time, and put the bowl on the table with a "click".

"What's wrong with my niece? There are nieces who talk to their elders like this? No big or small. In the end, he was worried about Old Man Xu, Xu Zhibao's voice lowered, and after muttering a few words, he picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat in a big gulp.

Old Man Xu glanced at the eldest son and the third son sitting on both sides, opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

"Dad, what I said this morning......" Xu Zhili glanced at Xu Xiangwan and suddenly spoke.

Xu Zhili's gaze made Xu Xiangwan very uncomfortable, which made Xu Xiangwan feel like a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Old Man Xu frowned, and the wrinkles on his dark and thin face deepened: "Our old Xu family can't afford to lose this person." ”

Hearing the old man say this, Xu Zhili's eyes rolled, and he said flatteringly: "Dad, this spring is too dry, and the harvest in this field can be 70% of last year's good." In addition to taxes, there is not much rice left in our family, and we have to prepare for Dalang's bundle next year......"

The more I listened to Old Man Xu's brows, the deeper he wrinkled, his straight back also bent down, and finally he couldn't help but sigh deeply and said, "Our family can't live with the second child......"

"Dad, this is a good thing, and if you go, you will be blessed. Xu Zhili smiled flatteringly.

Old Man Xu just shook his head and didn't speak again.

A hundred years ago, the Xu family was a big family, but now it has declined, and Mr. Xu's generation only gets 30 acres of fertile land.

Due to the drought and flood disasters and the study of Xu Dalang, the family sold 20 acres of land one after another, and now only 10 acres are left.

In addition to paying three-tenths of the tax according to the official registration in September every year, the tax was only required when the land was bought and sold.

The average yield of ten acres of land is fifteen stones, and the tax that the Xu family needs to pay is four and a half stones. One stone is about 120 catties, which means that 540 catties of grain are needed.

Xujia Village is located in Ganquan County, Yizhou Prefecture, located in the southwest of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with four distinct seasons throughout the year, and grain crops are generally planted in two seasons, one season of winter wheat and one season of summer rice.

This year's spring drought and summer flooding have greatly reduced the yield of the fields around Xujia Village.

The sum of the rice and wheat that can be harvested by the Xu family's ten acres of land will not exceed 2,000 catties, and in addition to the 540 catties of grain, there is only 1,500 catties left.

However, in addition to Xu Zhibang, who is not at home, there are seventeen people in the Xu family, which means that the average annual ration per person is less than ninety catties. The old grain at home has long been sold out, and this year's grain is simply not enough to eat, so it will definitely not be able to be sold.

Da Lang was sent to the Xu family's private school to study at the age of six, and he has been studying for ten years, and seeing that he has the hope of passing the government examination next year to become a child, Mr. Xu does not want to give up.

If you don't want to give up, you will have to pay three taels of silver next year, which is still because the private school is opened by the Xu family, and the children of the Xu family are cut in half. If you are an outsider, you need to pay six taels of silver for this bundle.

The family was originally fed three pigs, but in April one died, and only two remained. By the end of the year, the two pigs were more than 300 catties, and according to the price of previous years, it was calculated at a price of seven cents per catty, which was just two taels of silver. In addition to pigs, there are only a few roosters left in the family that can be sold for two or three hundred yuan, plus the remaining two hundred dollars at home, even if you don't need a penny from now on, you won't be able to make up enough money in the spring next year!

Old man Xu had calculated this account many times in his heart, so he was so worried when he heard Xu Zhili say this.

I hadn't eaten much in the morning, and Xu Xiangwan's stomach was already rumbling with hunger at this time.

But Xu Xiangwan can't care about eating now, and when she saw Old Man Xu's father and son playing dumb riddles, she had a very bad premonition. Obviously, what Xu Zhili said should not be a good thing, and it even involves the face of the Xu family.

What kind of thing would damage the face of the Xu family and make money for the family at the same time? Xu Xiangwan pondered in his heart.

This year's crops were not harvested, and in order to support the family, a big scandal happened in the neighboring village of Guojia Village, where a family actually sold their own daughter to a large family as a maid.

Ganquan County is a well-known wealthy county, the country and the people are safe, the atmosphere is pure, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Whether it is a farmer or a merchant or a hawker, they are all ashamed to sell their children, and serious people would rather starve to death than do ugly things that are sorry for their ancestors and destroy human nature.

The Xu family is a serious family, and the old man Xu always talks about etiquette rules on weekdays, so he shouldn't do such a thing without rules, right? Xu Xiangwan was worried in his heart.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Xu Xiangwan became.

It seems that we have to find an opportunity to find out what medicine is sold in this Xu Zhili gourd.

Old Man Xu sat in the main seat, took out the rolled tobacco leaves from his arms, slowly put them into the pipe and lit them, took a big puff of them, and choked himself and coughed repeatedly.

After a while, Old Man Xu seemed to find that Xu Xiangwan was still standing at their table stupidly, so he beckoned to Xu Xiangwan with a forced smile: "Come over at night, Grandpa can't finish this cake, I'll eat it for you." ”

Interrupted by Old Man Xu, Xu Xiangwan instantly sobered up, the most important thing at the moment is to eat well and take care of his mother, and the rest can only take one step at a time.

"Grandpa, you have to go to the fields in the next day, if you can't eat, you won't have the strength to work. Xu Xiangwan said, but her stomach screamed twice at the right time.

Looking at his sensible and well-behaved granddaughter who was only six years old, Old Man Xu felt very uncomfortable, and the expression on his face also carried a hint of shame: "Ah Gong has eaten enough, you have all this." ”

Xu Xiangwan was no longer humble, took the two cakes handed over by Old Man Xu, and held them tightly in his hands.

Cui Shi slapped the table at the other table and said angrily: "Eat, eat, eat! The starving ghost is reincarnated! Anyone dares to eat anything, and he is not afraid of being thundered by the sky!"

"Grandma, I'll eat one of these cakes, and leave one for my mother to eat when she wakes up. If you give it to your grandfather, you won't be struck by thunder if you eat it. Xu Xiangwan blinked, looked at the angry Zhou and said innocently.

Cui's original intention was to make Xu Xiangwan put down the cake in his hand, but he didn't expect Xu Xiangwan to blatantly refuse, and he was so angry that he threw his chopsticks on the table and was about to get up.

Seeing this, Zheng and Liang hurriedly pulled Cui Shi back, and persuaded Cui Shi with good words before Cui Shi calmed down his anger.

Taking advantage of the chaos for a while, Xu Xiangwan hurriedly walked out of the dining room with the cake and returned to the east wing.

Following Xu Xiangwan, Xu Qiuyi, Wulang, and Xiaojiu also came back one after another.

"Late, have you eaten enough? I just took advantage of the third uncle's inattention and hid one. As he spoke, Gorou carefully took out a small coarse wheat cake from his bosom.

The Xu family's pancakes were only smeared with a little lard to burn the bottom of the pot, and the baked cakes were all dry, so Gorou was not worried about getting oil on his body.

Xu Xiangwan nodded, looked at the cake that Gorou handed him, and his heart was warm: "Brother, I have already eaten the cake that Grandpa gave me just now, and I am not hungry." I have to cut the rice tomorrow, and according to our grandfather's temperament, we will definitely have to cut all the rice before we come back to eat, if you don't eat more, your body can't stand it. ”

After speaking, Xu Xiangwan handed the remaining cake in his hand to Gorou, and then took out a cleanly washed crockpot from under the bed, opened the lid, and took out a bulging cloth bag from inside.

"This is the steamed bun that Aunt Chen gave me next door, let's leave two for my mother, and let's divide the rest. Xu Xiangwan opened the package, revealing five chubby steamed buns.

Xiao Jiu's eyes widened and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The Xu family only steamed steamed buns during the Chinese New Year, and the amount was limited, except for Wulang, who could generally get a big steamed bun, Zhang and her children only got half a steamed bun each.

For Xiao Jiu, the allure of this steamed bun is no worse than meat.

But Xiao Jiu didn't say that he wanted to eat, but waved his hand and said, "My mother's health is not good, so the steamed buns are left for my mother to eat." ”

Xu Qiuyi's eyes suddenly turned red when she heard this, and she reached out and touched Xiao Jiu's head and couldn't speak.

Xu Xiangwan's nose was also sour, and he said as if he had sworn an oath: "Sister will definitely let Xiao Jiu eat big white steamed buns every day." ”

Xu Qiuyi hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "We have eaten it at noon, and these steamed buns will be saved for the evening before eating." ”

Xu Xiangwan gave Xu Qiuyi a big smile, and her eyes conveyed appreciation.

It seems that Xu Qiuyi listened to her words and no longer went to the room for anything.

Before they got the steamed buns, the first thing Zhang and Xu Qiuyi must have done was to send them to Cui's and then distribute them to Cui's, and the final result was that they couldn't even taste the taste.

It's not once or twice.

The brothers and sisters were only halfway through their words, when a little boy's voice suddenly came from the courtyard: "Is Xiao Jiu here?

Xiao Jiu tilted his head and listened for a while, then smiled: "It's Brother Shiro who came to me." ”

The "Brother Shilang" in Xiao Jiu's mouth is Chen Shilang next door.

After speaking, Xiao Jiu jumped out of the east wing.

Outside, Xu Erlang was also shouting that everyone was going to the field, so Wulang also followed Xiao Jiu out of the door.

After a while, Xiao Jiu took Chen Shilang back to the room.

Xu Xiangwan was surprised: "Why didn't you go out to play?"

Without waiting for Xiao Jiu to speak, Chen Shilang mysteriously leaned beside Xu Xiangwan and whispered: "Sister Wan'er, I just heard my cousin say that you are going to the town to eat fragrant fragrance soon, and don't have to bring me some delicious food back when the time comes." "**************************** continue to ask for reviews and recommendations!