Chapter 18: The Autumn Harvest (I)
Xiao Nan's original body was very smart when she was young, no matter what she learned, she was much faster than others, she practiced martial arts and archery, and she did the same with reading and calligraphy, for this reason, although Lin Xiucai was a little surprised that her thinking was sharp, but she didn't have any doubts, as for her behavior in the Lin family that almost strangled Aunt Fu to death, there is nothing surprising about it, this child is already very strong, and he worships his father the most, as soon as Aunt Fu opened her mouth, she said that Xiao Nan was a broom star and killed her father, and then cursed Zhen Niang for being a widow, Xiao Nan, who was furious, did not strangle her on the spot, it was already for the sake of her grandfather's face. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Don't talk about Lin Xiucai's thoughts, but after Xiao Nan came back from the Lin family, she originally wanted to go to Song County to explore the bottom of the Fu family, she was still a little worried that Aunt Fu would jump off the wall in a hurry and do something unpredictable.
But after she thought about it carefully, she still felt that it was better for her to not interfere in this matter for the time being, Lin Xiucai was far more powerful than she imagined, he had been nesting in Qingfu Town all these years, and his reputation was not obvious, not that he had no ability, but that he liked to live this kind of peaceful life, not to mention anything else, but it was said that the dignified genius Wang Yuyan could run to Qingfu Town because of his persuasion to be a scholar of a small town official school, which shows his ability, such a person, to deal with the trouble brought by one of his son's concubines to the family, it must not be a problem.
As for Uncle Lin's calculations, it is best to get justice, and if you can't get it back for a while, you don't have to worry, the coming days will be long, and it's not too late to deal with it slowly in the future, your body is too young, if you have to do it, it's better not to act too out of line.
After thinking about these things clearly, Xiao Nan put the matter aside for the time being, and began to discuss with the Lin family about Xiao Zixiu's enrollment, Xiao Nan thought about it again and again, and decided to let Zixiu study in the private school in the village.
The second is that Xiao Nan hopes to let Zi Xiu follow him to practice martial arts for a few years, the boy will still be better at some kung fu, don't expect him to learn anything, practice martial arts, so that he can exercise his body stronger, if Zi Xiu wants to take the road of the imperial examination in the future, it will take a short time to enter the examination room every time, and it is not possible to have a good body.
The Lin family now unconsciously regarded Xiao Nan as the pillar of the family, and after listening to Xiao Nan's clear distinction, it didn't take long to agree to Xiao Nan's suggestion, and only after the autumn harvest, he sent Zixiu to the school.
Zixiu's school was confirmed, Xiao Nan went to her own field, her family's fifteen acres of land, seven of which were planted with late rice, eight acres were autumn wheat, and the rice could only be harvested in about a month, but the wheat was almost ripe, and the golden wheat waves were undulating in the breeze, looking very gratifying, and her soul came to this body when the Mid-Autumn Festival had just passed, and it had been more than 20 days so far, just in time for the autumn harvest.
Eight acres of autumn wheat, Xiao Dalang was in the past, with his combat effectiveness, a person can be cut in about four days, and now Xiao Dalang is gone, although Xiao Nan was also born in a farmer's family in his previous life, but their family is in the south, and there will be a little rice planting, this wheat cutting is really not a strong point, and then with her small body that is only eleven years old now, if she really lets her cut alone, it is estimated that it will take ten days and half a month, and when she finishes cutting, it is estimated that the ears of wheat have almost fallen, as for the Lin family, looking at her weak willow Fufeng appearance, it is not the material for this work.
Xiao Nan silently calculated in her heart, if you invite five laborers, you can harvest it in one day, and then dry it out after harvesting, it is estimated that it will take two days, add up, three days will be about the same, of course, if you want to dry it well, three days is definitely not enough, but your yard is big, Xiao Nan is not short of strength, when the weather is good, spread the oil paper cloth in your yard and dry it slowly.
This kind of heavy work invites people, a person needs to pay 30 wen a day in normal times, and a person needs 40 wen in the busy agricultural season, and also has to pack two meals in the morning and one middle school (most ordinary people only eat two meals a day before the Song Dynasty, since the Song Dynasty had more Jiang Shangshu, some customs and habits have slowly changed, and now people have to eat three meals a day, especially this kind of heavy physical labor. )
The situation of Xiao Nan's family is a little different, the Lin family is a new widow, it is inconvenient to entertain meals, and if you don't entertain meals, you need to add another ten points, that is to say, if you invite one person, it costs fifty wen a day, and five people, it is seven hundred and fifty wen in three days, which is not expensive, and your family can afford it completely.
After returning home from the field, he discussed with the Lin family about inviting someone to harvest, and the Lin family groaned slightly, and then agreed to Xiao Nan's arrangement, as Xiao Nan said, no one in their family will do this work now, don't look at Xiao Nan who has practiced martial arts since childhood, and has great strength, but Xiao Dalang has not let her do much other farm work except for taking her up the mountain to hunt, if the family's farming work is too busy, Xiao Dalang is willing to spend money to hire people, and never let Xiao Nan's mother and son go to the ground, to put it bluntly, he is a full model husband and model father.
Inviting people is also simple, Xiao Dalang had a lot of prestige in Sangyu Village during his lifetime, and there were many people who were good friends with him, plus the high price of inviting people at this time, and the people who did not have much land at home, they liked to work at this time, two days later, Lin took Xiao Nan together, went to the house and went to three families, and invited five strong laborers, these three families were the two sons of Lizheng's cousin's family, Xiao Dalang's father and son of a distant uncle's family, plus Xiao Nan's uncle.
This uncle does not refer to Xiao Juyun's husband, but refers to Xiao Dalang's sister Xiao Yue's husband, Xiao Yue's husband's surname is Jiang, his name is Hanpu, he is a native of Lincun Jiangpu Village, he has only one widowed mother with leg disease and a younger brother, the younger brother fell when he was a child and became a fool, a family, one is disabled and one is stupid, just Sheng Jiang Hanpu is such a normal person, such a family, the economic situation can be imagined, Xiao Nan's step-grandmother Zhu failed to sell Xiao Yue for money back then, so she was promised to Jiang Hanpu.
Fortunately, although Jiang Hanpu's family is so poor, he is a very good honest offspring, with a good temper and diligence, after Xiao Yue married him, although the life is a little harder, the spirit is happier than when he was at home, and after Xiao Dalang came back, with Xiao Dalang's help, their family contracted a fish pond in the village, and added a few acres of land, and life has been good.
The reason why the Lin family invited him was because Xiao Yue repeatedly told the Lin family after Xiao Dalang's death: "Sister-in-law, if there is anything you need help with at home, don't forget us." "If Xiao Yue knew that the Lin family asked someone to cut the wheat, but didn't look for Jiang Hanpu, with Xiao Yue's fierce temperament, she would definitely be angry.
"Mother, we invited my uncle over, with his and his aunt's temperament, I'm afraid he won't accept our wages." After inviting someone, on the way home, Xiao Nan couldn't help but say.
"I know, but if you don't invite him, your aunt will be angry when she knows, thinking that I don't treat her as my own family, and your father is her own sister, so we can't have a relationship with her, so I simply invited your aunt and asked her to help me cook together, with your uncle and aunt here, we will eat, and no one will gossip, so that we can save the extra ten cents per person." Lin said with a smile.