Chapter 219: Drought

(=Small=Said=Net=Look=Most=New=Chapter=Section****** Li Wei received the gift softly, but muttered in her heart that the Fourteenth Master is not a thing. will only ask Fourteen Fujin to come out and lose face, how difficult it is for him to come to the door to lower his fourth brother's head,

The fourth master didn't take it to heart for a long time, and listened to her complain and persuaded her, "Don't be serious with Fourteen." He can lose face in front of others, but he can't lose face in front of me. It wasn't like this in the early years, and his temper grew bigger and bigger after I left the palace. ”

"He probably thought that if I didn't get angry, I should go back to him." He sneered, "How do I know how I have the kung fu to coax him as a child, just take this opportunity to kill his temper, lest he become more and more disobedient in the future." ”

"You two brothers, I only feel sorry for the Fourteenth Fujin." Li Wei sighed that the boy she looked down on the most was fourteen.

Her words made the fourth master laugh, and he had to sit up and say, "If you say this, you should be laughed at." He patted her and said, "Just talk about it in front of me." ”

Li Wei was ridiculed by him, her face was bad, and when the fourth master saw this, he took a fish skin peanut and fed it to her mouth, and said with a smile: "After eating the peanuts of the master, you can't be angry with the master anymore." It's not that you look down on you, it's just ......" he sighed as he spoke, "Your temper will suffer when you go out." ”

He put his arms around her and coaxed her, and changed the subject: "There is just something for you to do." ”

Because there was no snow all winter, it was almost March, and there was not a drop of rain. The fourth master's Zhuangzi has undergone winter irrigation, and seeing that it has not rained yet, it is inevitable to irrigate it again.

The fourth master said: "There have been a lot of things in the house recently, and the master can't come back often, so you just take the children to live in Zhuangzi and relax." ”

Li Wei heard Hongyu say that there are people coming and going in the front yard now, and Mr. Dai, who originally taught them to read, also fished for three days and dried nets for two days. At this point, everyone knows that Mr. Dai is not just a gentleman.

The fourth master talked for a long time, and when he saw that she was not as happy as before, he said strangely: "Why do you look like this?" Don't want to go to Zhuangzi? ”

I want to go, but she's gone, shouldn't the fourth master be in the house?

She got into his arms and said aggrievedly: "But I can't bear what you do?" ”

The fourth master smiled and kissed her twice: "It's really grinding." ”

He thought she was talking sweetly, but she was obviously telling the truth!

What could be more abusive than that?

Li Wei was aggrieved and took a bunch of children to Zhuangzi, even Honghui was there. When she saw him standing next to the car and leading the horse, her eyes almost popped out.

"Why is Big Brother here?" Spooky okay? She hurriedly asked politely.

Honghui is already twelve years old, looking tall, and it seems to have grown up all of a sudden. He is now starting to change his voice, and he doesn't like to talk very much, so when he sees her, he comes up and salutes: "Li Eniang." ”

When she got into the car, the fourth master also specially squeezed out time to come out of the front yard to see her off.

He stood in front of the car and spoke to her through the window: "I don't have time to send you, so I'll ask Honghui to run." When you get there, tell him to stay, Hongyu is still young, you are a group of women and children, no one can watch it. ”

Calling a twelve-year-old to watch?

But this is the custom here, even if she is an adult, compared to Honghui, just because he is a man, he has more say than her.

She didn't say anything, and only found one reason for a long time: "Then the big brother will follow, and no one around will be fine." ”

"I told him to bring it all." The fourth master happily replied to the reason she had so hard to find.

She hurriedly looked for another one: "Will that delay the eldest brother's homework?" ”

"Let him see it for himself first these days, it just so happens that Hongshi should also be enlightened, and I can rest assured that it will be handed over to Honghui." He shook her hand, "Okay, I'll see you in a few days." ”

She fired a wave of light through the window of the car, but she couldn't get him to change his mind, so she had to convince herself that it was completely normal, including leaving the convoy in the hands of a twelve-year-old child.

…… She's still very uneasy. Is this really appropriate?

The car gradually ran faster when it left the city, and Hongyu also wanted to get out of the car and ride his horse, so he asked his guards to come and ask her, but she was not sure whether she should agree or not. Honghui riding a horse alone always has a symbolic meaning, right?

She said: "Ask the eldest brother to see if it works." ”

Honghui heard the movement behind him, turned his horse back and asked, "Li Eniang, do you want to get out of the car and disperse?" Hearing that Hongwei wanted to ride a horse, he looked at the front and back, and said with a smile: "Hengzhu has already left the city, and it doesn't hurt to ride it." ”

Who knew that his words came to the back, so Hongyun also heard it, and immediately cheered: "Big brother! I'm going to ride too! ”

Honghui asked the convoy to stop first, several boys got on the horse one after another, Hongshi was too young to ride a horse, but he actually followed behind Honghui, pulling him and not letting go, and said cutely: "Big brother take me to ride a horse, okay?" ”

Zuihou Li Wei saw Hongshi sitting in front of Honghui, and Hongyu and Hongyun jumped on the horse and started laughing.

The boys were accompanied by guards, running back and forth in front of the convoy, and the people who came and went along the official road avoided them when they saw them. When Li Wei saw it, she immediately called the guards who were guarding the car: "Go and tell them, be careful not to hit the people." ”

After that they went farther away where there were no people.

When they arrived at Zhuangzi, they were all covered in dirt, and the dust raised by their horses was very high, and it had not rained recently, and the soil on the ground had already dried up.

Seeing that they were all dirty, Li Weihu said with a blushing face: "Let's go change clothes and wash their faces first." After a while, the people on the Zhuangzi came, and Honghui came to meet him. ”

She has already thought about it, she can't go to the field to see this kind of thing like spring irrigation, at most listen to Zhuangtou say how to irrigate, and the rest is the most haode for Honghui to do. Since the fourth master left him behind, he must have wanted him to be an adult. It's an experience.

Honghui said: "Yes, Li Eniang." ”

Li Wei thought that there were few people in Zhuangzi now, and the fourth master said that he would use Honghui as an adult, but he was still a twelve-year-old child. She has the intention to ask everyone to live closer, but Honghui was not born by her, and she felt that it was inappropriate for her to rashly ask Honghui to live in another place.

After turning around in her heart a few times, she said: "Now there are few people in Zhuangzi, Honghui, I am a little scared to live alone with your fourth brother, why don't you move closer?" ”

She didn't say whether it was her taking Hongshinuo, or Honghui and Hongyun, Hongyun. If Honghui said that she would move with Hongshi, then she would move, and if Honghui was willing to move with his younger brothers, it would be even better.

Honghui said happily: "Ama has confessed, and when I arrived at Zhuangzi, I asked me to listen to Li Eniang's words." In this case, it is better for me and Hongyun to move out of the front yard and live in the yard next to Li Eniang. ”

Li Wei was relieved, "That's good, I'm really not worried about letting the three of you live in front of you." ”

A few of the girls had already settled down, and while the boys were taking a bath, she asked someone to rearrange the house, and then called Da Gege and Er Gege, and said, "When we get to Zhuangzi, we are short of manpower." You are also older, and I will hand over the housekeeping of this Zhuangzi to you now. The two discussed, don't quarrel. ”

Da Gege was about to excuse himself, but Erge grazed her and said, "We listen to Eniang." ”

Li Wei smiled: "Since this is the case, then I will ask someone to find you." You have also learned to calculate, if you can't figure out the account, ask your brothers, and if there are disobedient and disobedient people, you will also ask your brothers for support. ”

Da Gege said in his heart, her age is not young, and she is about to go out when she speaks, and Li Eniang asked them to manage Zhuangzi should also have the intention of teaching them. Looking at Ergege's temper, Li Eniang is probably a person who doesn't like to go around the bend. She also knew in her heart that it would be good for her, so she readily agreed.

Li Wei saw that both of them made sense, "Now I'm relaxed." Just do it boldly and with confidence, even if you miscalculate the account and lose the money, it is also in your own home, and there will be no big event. ”

Da Gege mentioned Sangege, worried that she and Ergege had something to do, leaving Sangege alone.

Li Wei said: "There is me." Your fourth brother went to study with his brothers, and I was feeling bored, so it was just right to have Zalafen as my companion. ”

Sangege sat next to her, seeing that the eldest sister was worried about her, she got up and sat next to Li Wei, and said with a smile: "I also want to learn how to weave with Li Eniang." ”

"I'm not good at that." Li Wei cut her hair, "If you want to learn, I'll call Yuzhan to teach you." She's the best at making it up. ”

sent the girls away, and Honghui also came.

The head of the village on the Zhuangzi is the slave of the fourth master, and when he sees Honghui and her, he kneels down and kowtows. The spring irrigation he said is not complicated, that is, there are not enough people in the village, and he has to hire people.

"Where are you going to hire this?" Li Wei vaguely remembered that when she was in Li's house, the farmers hired people to go to nearby villages to hire them, just pack rice, and settle the money once every ten days and a half, and the money was paid directly to the village chief.

But there are not many villages around the fourth master's Zhuangzi.

Zhuang Tou said: "This doesn't need to worry about the master, it was the white flag Burgen who led the people during the winter irrigation." At that time, they will be stationed on the periphery of our Zhuangzi, and we don't have to worry about cooking on the fire. ”

Pulling on the inlaid white flag, it was right to call Honghui over.

Li Wei said to Honghui: "Since this is the case, you can keep an eye on this matter." People are here to help us, saying that we don't have to worry about eating and drinking, but we have to send them everything that should be prepared. Firewood, rice, oil, salt, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, look at it. ”

After Honghui responded, he said: "I'm afraid of losing one thing and losing the other." Li Eniang, if I want to ask Hongyu to come with me, you should help me. ”

He had the heart to promote Hongyu, of course Li Wei would not refuse, nodded and said, "Then you go and talk to him." By the way, your Ama also asked you to enlighten Hongshi, and I'm afraid that you will have to come to see their homework. ”

Honghui was a little excited when he heard it, there were four brothers in the house, and he was only familiar with Honghui. When he entered the palace to study, Hongyun was still ignorant, and Hongshi was not born. He is the eldest brother in the house, and after returning from the palace, he feels that it is not good to be too alienated from his younger brothers.

This is the opportunity that Ama gave him, Li Eniang...... It's also selfless.

Honghui said respectfully: "Honghui obeys the order and will definitely teach his younger brothers well." ”

After finishing the business, Li Wei wrote a letter back to show her merits, and the most important thing is to maintain the appearance rate in front of the fourth master.

Kuaima sent the letter back to the city, and the fourth master was talking to Dai Duo when he received the letter. Su Peisheng handed the letter up and down, and the fourth master put the letter aside first, and said, "According to Mr., how many people may be affected by the disaster this year?" ”

Dai Duo shook his head and said, "This student can't say it well. It's just that there is almost no snow from Hebei to Henan this winter, and villages far away from rivers or villages that are not easy to dig wells lack water, but I am afraid that winter irrigation may not be able to achieve eight points. ”

He hesitated and affirmed: "This year's production cut has become inevitable." ”

The fourth master sighed. Sixty percent of the country's taxes depend on land products, and he also knows how much water is in the official warehouses in various places. The new grain is not abundant, and the old grain is estimated to be more, but I am afraid that it is less than seventy percent. Most of the common people's families have enough grain to eat until the beginning of spring, and the rest must be paid on credit first, and after the autumn harvest, they will pay off the credit and rent, leaving next year's seeds, which is their ration.

Dai Duo looked at the fourth master with a sad face, and comforted him: "The master doesn't have to worry. This matter will not be sent out for a while, and it will not be until at least August or September before the unpaid folds will be handed over. ”

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily just a lack of harvest." The fourth master shook his head, "Although this drought is not serious, it has a wide impact. The folds handed over are still trivial, and I am worried about the homeless. ”

There is not enough to eat, and the grain in the field is not harvested, and it is still a trivial matter to sell children and daughters. The most feared thing is that the people will become displaced people in order to evade rent and taxes. When there are many displaced people, they are prone to disaster.

"White Lotus Sect...... I'm afraid it's going to be resurrected again. The fourth master sighed.

Dai Duo said: "This may not be an opportunity for the master. ”

"How?"

"The Thirteenth Master has always wanted to lead the troops, if there is really a White Lotus Sect causing trouble, isn't it just right to ask the Thirteenth Master to go out to practice his hands?" Dai Duo's words made the fourth master think deeply.

The study was silent for a while.

Sweat gradually oozed from Dai Duo's forehead, and he regretted saying it too bluntly. Recently, the fourth master has valued him very much, which makes him a little carried away. After a long time, the fourth master said: "Mr. said that I have to think about it first." ”

Dai Duo breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly retired.

In the study, the fourth master turned around for half a circle, and he couldn't figure out a clue for a while. happened to see the letter sent by Zhuangzi just now, and he also wanted to change his mind, so he picked up the letter and opened it and read it.

Su Su's stroke is Lin's post, with three points of lingering meaning, reading and reading, the fourth master couldn't help but take the pen and circle a few words for her, and only after the circle came back to her senses, she couldn't help laughing.

Really, I'm used to reading her words.

However, these strokes are indeed not badly written, and they have a bit of charm.

As Dai Duo said, if the White Lotus Sect really took advantage of this year's drought to resurrect, it would indeed be an opportunity. But the fourth master hesitated whether to pick up the fourteenth of his mother's compatriots, or choose to cling to his thirteenth.

Needless to say, the benefits of fourteen are the same mother. The brothers saved a lot of trouble, and they didn't have to worry about whether Fourteen was not the same heart as him, or that he was in Cao Ying's heart and was in Han.

But the thought of Fourteen's temper made him frown.

The advantage of Thirteen is that although the two have different mothers, Thirteen's biological mother died early and has no support in the palace.

But it would be too hasty for the fourth master to believe in thirteen like this. It would have been terrible if he had pushed Thirteen up only to find out that he had raised a white-eyed wolf.

The most important thing is that this opportunity is not repeated.

He had to be cautious.

The fourth master stayed in the study until the evening, because Honghui and several people went to Zhuangzi, and he was the only one in the front yard now.

Su Peisheng came in and asked, "Master, it's time for dinner now, are you ......?"

Only then did the fourth master realize that it was dark, so he raised his leg and said, "you......" and swallowed it back in the second half.

Su Peisheng said in his heart that Master Li was not there, and he didn't know if he would use it himself, or if he would go to the back to find it......

He didn't dare to say that. If it had been before, he might have mentioned Fujin. But although Master Li is not in the mansion, the fourth master may not have this person in his heart. Why did he offend Master Li? Where does the fourth master want to go, he can't wait?

After a long time, he heard the fourth master say, "Go to Fujin." ”

Su Peisheng answered, turned around and went out to speak.

He rolled his eyes, and instead of calling his apprentice Zhang Desheng, he picked Wang Yicheng, a kid. Wang Chaoqing and Wang Yicheng are two brothers, and now the fourth master is a little inseparable from them. If you don't press it before they get up, I'm afraid it will be a big trouble for him in the future.

Su Peisheng said to Wang Yicheng kindly: "Don't say that your Grandpa Su doesn't love you, hurry up, run faster, this time you will have no less reward." ”

Wang Yicheng smiled and kowtowed and said, "Thank you Grandpa Su for hurting the little one!" ”l3l4