Originally, the reclamation of the north has ended here, and there are more things to do in the back of farming, mining, and Daman, who doesn't plan to come back for the New Year, but his father-in-law, Wuli Town, is asking them to go home for the New Year, saying that how can a new daughter-in-law not go back for the reunion New Year in the first year?!

Daman and his wife had to hurry to get home before the New Year, and Daman also went to Xiaohu's house to tell Erya that a big thing had happened in the capital recently. It is said that the incident first broke out in the south of the Yangtze River, and then spread to all sides until the capital became more and more noisy. Why did Daman specifically tell Xiaohu and Erya about this? Because Daman subconsciously felt that this matter had nothing to do with this brother-in-law, and the key to this incident was the foot-binding that his brother-in-law hated the most.

It turned out that at the beginning of the year in Jiangnan, someone didn't know where to pick up a piece of paper with words written on it, and it was written a story called "Holding Stinky Feet". The general outline is: There is a scholar who has had a quirk since he was a child, and he loves to smell smells. The more smelly he smells, the more enjoyable he feels, so what smells best in his opinion? That's when he was very young, he smelled his grandmother's feet. His grandmother's foot was a small foot specially wrapped when he was a child, and the toes were tightly connected to each other, and between the toes and the forefeet, and the feet were wrapped in a footcloth every day. At night, when it was time to put the footcloth out to wash the feet, the stench filled the house, and the flies and mosquitoes were so smoked that it seemed to rain to the ground. And every time at this time, it is the happiest time for this reader with quirks. Later, when he grew up, he couldn't follow his grandmother to watch her wash her feet. What to do? Then he thought of a good trick, marry a daughter-in-law who binds her feet, and come back, so that she can hold her stinky feet and smell them every day.

The story later spread more and more. The old gentleman and the old pedant were angry and wanted to find out the initiator of this humiliation of the scholar. The young students, on the other hand, are making a fuss about retiring from the family affair of the little foot object, and they really can't make people think that they are the disgusting people who hold their stinky feet and smell the smell. The girls who bound their feet are even more innocent, they are really sitting at home, and disaster comes from heaven. They couldn't stand this inexplicable retreat, so they hanged themselves one after another. Fortunately, it's just a joke, and no one will really die, after all, it's not their fault. And then they started doing two things. One thing is that all the girls who are binding their feet are let go, and the other thing is that all those who have already decided to marry should hurry up and choose a date to get married.

I don't know what is used to spread among readers, anyway, it is no less than the radio horn of later generations. It was only half a month after the outbreak in Jiangnan that the surrounding area broke out. After that, everywhere was the same as Jiangnan, while taking measures quickly, putting their feet down, getting married, and making every effort to reduce the occurrence of quitting relatives. It wasn't until November that it finally spread to the capital. Full outbreak. The girl with bound feet in the capital is not like the local one. Even if you have a little family background, you won't make too much trouble. And the capital is indispensable to people like marquis, lords, first-class and second-class officials, and now their daughters will be disturbed to quit their relatives, so can they pay it back? On the one hand, they are forcibly marrying daughters and daughters-in-law, and on the other hand, they are trying to find the initiator. Daman is also very worried because of this, but he is afraid that his brother and daughter-in-law will be implicated.

Because there are almost no people who bind their feet here in Hepu, before Erya came, it was difficult for the poor here to even eat well, where would they want to wrap their feet and marry some big family. Later, Erya came, and women earned more money than men. Naturally, it is also expensive, and there is no need to wrap your feet. It's a thing that makes a fuss out there. Er Ya didn't even get any news, and when she heard it, she felt very sudden. But when she heard that Daman was worried that she would be implicated, she smiled: "How could it be possible to implicate me?" Who knows who wrote that! Who threw it! If you can't fight with me, you can rest assured, no matter how much they climb, they can't climb on me. ”

Xiaohu also nodded next to him and said, "That's it!" It's all happening in Jiangnan, and it has absolutely nothing to do with us, so don't open your mouth in front of people. Even sister-in-law, you can't say that you suspect that it's my daughter-in-law! ”

Da Man nodded hurriedly and replied, "I still don't know this?" I was worried all the way, and how many times she asked me what I was worried about, I didn't let her know. ”

Daman is already an adult, and this bit of proportion can still be handled, so Erya is very relieved. Then he asked how far this retreat was going to be: "It didn't hurt anyone's life, did it?" ”

"I haven't heard of it, the marriage contract is in accordance with the 'orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker', and it is not that the students can withdraw casually if they want to, but they are just a little frightened. I don't think it's going to be a big deal, and I panicked when I heard that those big officials, marquis, and lords were going to severely punish the initiators. Now that I calm down and think about it, I don't think it's a big deal. ”

As long as Erya heard that it didn't hurt people's lives, she didn't take it too seriously, as long as she could control the world, don't force the girl to bind her feet again, such a cruel thing will be passed on endlessly, she will feel a sense of accomplishment.

Putting down this topic, he discussed the planting problem in the north with Daman: "Brother Daman! Since we have 70,000 acres of land, we can't plant all of it with sorghum. I want to set aside 20,000 acres of land to plant sweet potatoes, and this year's fans can't even be supplied by our own family, and people outside have to beg for it alive and dead. There are too few sweet potatoes grown here, and they can't buy sweet potatoes as vermicelli at all, and it is a pity that the vermicelli that should be very profitable has lost this opportunity in vain because of the lack of raw materials. It is also said that the sweet potatoes produced there are all high-starch white sweet potatoes, so it is believed that the economic value of growing sweet potatoes there is relatively high. In addition, I also want to set aside 20,000 acres to grow cotton, and we have to open our own weaving mill and grow cotton ourselves. The rest of the land is up to you to see what you plant! ”

Daman thought for a while and said, "I don't have a problem with what you said, but we will start to hand over grain to the government from next year, and if we hand over grain according to half of the income of the land, then we will have no grain for winemaking." ”

Without waiting for Erya to answer, Xiaohu said: "Don't think about this, didn't the imperial court issue a new order!" All taxes can be paid with silver, and when the time comes, we will give the government the silver at the local government tax value, and I believe they will be more willing to accept it. ”

Since the last drought, the area involved was too large, and all the granaries of the imperial court could not be relieved, and new policies were issued every year as soon as the drought passed. Last year, agricultural taxes, taxation taxes, commercial taxes, and transportation taxes were increased. At the beginning of this year, it was said that in order to reduce the loss of grain storage, the original agricultural tax on grain was changed to silver settlement. The price of grain collected by the government is different from that of grain merchants, and the price is fixed, and it will not decrease because of a bumper harvest, but it will not increase because of a bad harvest. So, for the people, it's a mixed bag. However, there is a little advantage that there is no need to worry about the officials who collect the grain playing with the cat and secretly hacking the people's grain.

Erya also agrees with Xiaohu's opinion, which is equivalent to paying in installments with the local government, the government is cost-effective, and his own family will not suffer. In addition to the early stage, nearly 10,000 taels of silver were invested, and the later period was basically a break-even. However, these accounts will be reconciled and settled clearly one by one in the later stage, but it is not yet the time for the final settlement. Next year, we will begin to fulfill our promise to the local government and hand over half of the local production. However, according to Erya's estimates, next year's profit will still not be less, at least more than this year. Coupled with the fact that coal mines can also be mined, the economic income is even more unbudgetable.

The children in the family, Wen Chao, Qingzhu, and Wen Yue's original request to play, could not be fulfilled, so Erya sent them to Xiaolong during their winter vacation, so that they could learn from Xiaolong while watching how the adults did things and help Uncle Xiao do what he could. Although what the children watch is just lively, and what they do is also fun, Erya thinks that if they watch and learn from a young age, at least they will not be a second ancestor who doesn't understand in the future.

However, the uncle of the three children is not a regular master, and he has to treat the big children as adults, they not only have to calculate the amount of food that the workers eat in a day, but also take people to purchase. If the price of the vegetables you buy is too high, you should be scolded if you buy too much, and you should be scolded if you buy too little. At the end of the day, even if it is a penny of green onions, it must be recorded in detail in the account, and if you make a mistake, you must scold if you miss it, and you must scold if you remember too much. It didn't take long for the three boys to take it anymore and cry and go home.

The little dragon can do whatever they want? Not only did they not send someone to send them back, but they also increased their workload, in addition to managing the daily diet of the workers, they also had to manage the large kitchen, how many rice and how many dishes in the morning, how many rice and how many dishes at noon, how many meat dishes and how many vegetarian dishes? How much rice and how many dishes are there at night, how many meat dishes are vegetarian dishes? Is the amount of three meals a day right with the amount you buy every day, more or less? Why is it more? What is the reason for the less? Anyway, whether it's more or less, if you don't pay it, it means it's wrong. Then find out why!

The eldest of these three is only nine years old, and the youngest Wen Yue has been in the school for several years, and they treat the school as a kindergarten. How can they do things that even adults can't do? Fortunately, Xiaolong will follow them every day to settle accounts and find out the reasons why the accounts do not match. Even so, they are still tense and flustered every day. When I followed my uncle home the day before last, Er Ya almost couldn't recognize the three little guys from home, and they were all thin and out of shape. The distress really can't express the madness in Erya's heart, and the surprisingly angry can still be touched a little.

"Little Dragon! What's wrong with them? It's only been a few days since they've had them follow you? Erya's tone was definitely anger and resentment, as well as remorse.

Xiaolong looked at the three boys, they were indeed thin and pitiful, but this was not caused by their own mistreatment of them, so he asked me what to do? He shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "I just let them take care of the food and drink of those who work, who knew that they would become like this, and I helped them a lot!" (To be continued......)

PS: Thanks to the rats in the corridor and the double monthly pass sent by the JIN770708, I really feel deserved, but it's a pity that my ability is here, and it's really difficult to take a step forward. Say "I'm sorry!" to all of you who support the old cat without regrets. ”