Chapter 25, shocked by the bamboo horse

Lin's anger finally slowly dissipated under Xiao Nan's repeated assurances and appeasement, as for Zi Xiu, his heart was captured at a glance by the tiger cub in front of him, whose body was only about the size of a kitten, and the tiger cub set up a nest in Xiao's house, and the little tiger cub that Xiao Nan stole back was a spotted tiger with white and yellow fur mixed together, and also mixed with yellow-brown and gray three-color stripes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xiao Nan gave it a meaningful name according to its colorful color, called Colorful, the small colorful is only about a month in size, just beginning to grow tender teeth, can only eat vegetarian food, the Xiao family in addition to feeding it millet and rice mixed together porridge every day, but also from time to time from the village cubs of the dog girls who begged for some dog milk back to feed, the beginning of a week, the tiger cubs are not used to the unfamiliar environment, often noisy.

A week later, this thing didn't know if it recognized the facts, knew that he couldn't go back to the arms of the tiger girl or Xiao Nan was domesticated, in short, it slowly gave up the confrontation, gradually quieted down, and didn't need people to follow it all the time, after waking up after eating and sleeping every day, it would also walk around the front yard of the Xiao family with its little short legs, and from time to time scared the chickens and ducks in the backyard scurrying around.

In addition to going up the mountain to hunt every day, Xiao Nan teased the little tiger when he came back, and then taught Zi to practice martial arts, and occasionally pointed out his academic problems, in a blink of an eye, it was mid-October, and in mid-October, the rice in Xiao's field was also harvested, Xiao Nan and Lin still asked the previous few people who helped to harvest the wheat to harvest the rice.

It has been more than 20 days since it was born to the Xiao family, it should be almost two months in size, at this time, Xiao Nan will occasionally feed it some chopped raw meat, its size is close to an adult cat, although it looks very similar to a cat at first glance, but a discerning person knows that it is a tiger at a glance, Xiao Nan remembers that Song Law has a clear rule that the family of ordinary people is not allowed to raise fierce beasts, and before getting the official breeding certificate, she can't let others know that there is a tiger at home.

The Xiao family's tax has been paid when the wheat is harvested, and the family's fifteen acres of land, together with wheat and rice, a total of 110 stone (about 10,000 catties) of Lin's mother and son, plus the family's pigs, chickens, and ducks left 3,500 catties of grain together, except for more than 500 catties of taxes, the rest were taken to Qingfu Town to sell.

The good wheat like their family, which is cleaned up, is 110 wen yuan a stone, and the rice is 130 wen a stone, Xiao Nan's wheat sold a total of 40 stones, 20 stones of rice, and sold a total of seven taels of silver, creating a salary for inviting people, carriage and horse fares, and food, and spent three taels of silver, that is to say, this season's autumn harvest, Xiao Nan's family in addition to expenses, in addition to the food they eat, there are still four taels of silver left.

This is just to ask someone to harvest, if planting, weeding and fertilizing are invited, Xiao Nan feels that this crop is not enough to eat, there is probably no silver left, so calculated, Xiao Nan has the idea of renting the field to others to plant, according to her understanding, renting land here, one acre of land in one season to give the main family two stones of grain, Xiao Nan's family fifteen acres of land, two seasons, there are fifty stones of grain, in addition to the land tax of 12 stones, the family's rations are enough, and their own planting is almost the same.

After the idea fell here, Xiao Nan went to the Lin family to discuss, the Lin family thought about it for a while, and agreed to Xiao Nan's proposal, 15 acres of good mouth were rented to three families in the village, each family five acres, two of which were rented to the distant cousin and Li Zheng's cousin who helped the family harvest a few days ago, and the last one was rented to Li Zheng's son Li Qinghe, Li Zheng's family took care of Xiao Nan's family, Xiao Nan's family will live in the village for a long time in the future, what good things have happened, since they can't forget others, as for Xiao Nan's aunt Xiao Yue, First, their family has a fish pond, and they also have a few acres of land, and it is a bit difficult to add five acres, and second, they are people from Jiangpu Village, if they rent Xiao Nan's field, they are afraid that the people of Sangyu Village will be unhappy, so they will not accept it.

After dealing with all this, in the blink of an eye, it was early November, the weather was already very cold, the little colorful grew up day by day, the little paws and the little tiger teeth were able to bite a large piece of raw meat, Xiao Nan fed it meat again, there was no need to cut it too much, the little guy was quite aura, although he often scared the chickens and ducks in the backyard to run around, but never really bit them, and was even more affectionate to Xiao Nan's mother and son, especially for Xiao Nan, every time Xiao Nan came back from the mountain, the colorful would turn into a puppy, and rushed to her with great enthusiasm, biting and tearing the corners of her pants, Wagging his tail vigorously.

Xiao Nan was happy in her heart and eagerly remembered to solve the household registration for it, just when she was thinking about whether to go to her grandfather's house and ask Wang Xiucai if there was any way to get a certificate for her family's colorful, Lin suddenly found her and said that she should take her grandmother Wang to her home to help watch the house for two days, and the day after tomorrow she would take Xiao Nan to Song County together.

"Mother, what are we going to Song County for?" Xiao Nan was slightly stunned, and subconsciously asked.

"Go and send your brother Jingxuan tuition and living expenses, he is now studying in the county, and lives in your master's house to practice martial arts, ten taels of silver a year, this spring because of an accident at your grandfather's house, the money was not enough at that time, your father ran to your master to borrow some silver, your master saw this and returned Jingxuan's expenses this year, saying that he would subsidize our family first, and when the difficulties eased, then make up for it, although your father is not there, but we can't take advantage of it, now that the autumn harvest is over, we still have about thirty taels of silver on hand, I want to make up this money to your master. Lin said.

Xiao Nan was confused, what the hell is this Brother Jingxuan? Why did his family give him tuition and living expenses? Do you still have an older brother? No, although her memory is incomplete, she has never heard Lin and Zixiu mention that there is an older brother at home? Besides, at the age of Lin's marriage, it seems unlikely that he will have an older brother, could this person be his original childhood sweetheart? But even a bamboo horse shouldn't be borne by his own family, right?

The more Xiao Nan thought about it, the more confused he became, he had no memory of this, and he couldn't ask casually, so he could only hold back, Xiao Nan's eyes rolled slightly, and said, "Mother, you don't have to go, when I go to my grandfather's house, please ask Cousin Zhi to go with me." ”

"No, although Zhi Niang is fifteen, but in the end she is a delicate little lady, you two little ladies go to the county seat, what if you meet bad people!" Lin subconsciously blurted out Xiao Nan's request.

"Mother, although Cousin Zhi is a delicate little lady, she has lived in Song County for many years since she was a child, and she is very familiar with the county, how can she be so easy to be deceived? Even if you really meet a bad guy who doesn't have long eyes, and me, I'm not a delicate little lady, I'll beat one of you, and I'll beat a pair of two, you don't worry about me going alone, it's just that I think I'm too young, but now Cousin Zhi is so familiar with the sidelines, plus your daughter's force value, what else are you worried about? Xiao Nan persuaded him.

Lin wanted to refute, but she opened her mouth, but the words behind her were not spoken, the girl's words were tactful, but Lin understood what she meant, Zhi Niang is a powerless little lady, she is not different from Zhi Niang except for reading more, and she may be more stable than Zhi Niang, and this time Xiao Nan went to Song County mainly to send tuition to Jing Xuan, and he did not need to be too sleek and sophisticated, coupled with Song Dart's character, if he really sent money by himself, he would definitely not accept it.

"Okay, you will leave for Qingfu Town in the afternoon, stay at your grandfather's house at night, and ask your grandfather to help you find a reliable car early tomorrow morning, and let Zhiniang go to the county seat with you." When the idea fell here, the Lin family agreed to Xiao Nan's proposal.