Shubai reminded the villagers that they should be careful to prevent a possible drought, as for whether people listen or not, he can't care so much, he can't force his head without drinking water, right?

Soon after the village chief and Li Deguang left, a gong sounded in the village, telling the heads of each family to go to the Li family ancestral hall quickly.

Li Niang closed the door and ran to the backyard to observe the growth of sorghum, the cucumbers and beans in the vegetable field have reached the end of the stubble, and the sorghum is finally about to set ears.

Li Niang is a little worried, this sorghum will bring trouble to the family, what should I do, continue to plant seeds for another season? Maybe the sorghum rice will be a little smaller in the second season?

She thinks this method is feasible, I remember my father once said that when the corn seed first came from Fanbang, it was also the oldest, and then it gradually became smaller when it was planted to adapt to the land and climate, and the head stabilized from the third year, like the first few seasons of cucumber beans are also very large.

It seems that it is impossible to turn this sorghum into money immediately, and at present, you still have to make money by selling live fish and dried fish, and in two years, my brother will have to take the examination for filial piety, and then there will be a lot of money for the examination everywhere.

Li Niang picked the last few cucumbers and beans and pulled the seedlings to prepare the land, there is a well at home, and there is heavenly water, so you don't have to worry about watering the ground, and you can quickly plant another crop of vegetables to be prepared.

Waiting for Shubai to come back from the rally, a few rows of vegetable fields are slippery, he changed into an old clothes and took the hoe to turn the ground, and at the same time told Li Niang about the things at the rally, as expected, some people agreed to pull water to water the ground, and some people were willing to wait for Tianshui, anyway, the village chief said, whether to listen or not is personal, and the consequences are at your own risk.

There are hundreds of households in Xiaowan Village, and there are no more than ten households with cattle, which is indeed a difficult thing to pull water to irrigate the land, not to mention that people's cattle can't give you money for nothing, and you have to rent money.

Many poor people are reluctant to rent cattle, the whole family went out to carry water manually, in the middle of the afternoon the weather is cooler, the riverside is called a lively, good up and down the place is full of people carrying water, the most remote village at the end of the Mo family can hear the noise.

Qingyuan is ready to move, always standing at the door and looking at the river, the little baby is now eating and sleeping well, and has a lot of meat on her body, and she can't stay at home when she is full of energy, and she always wants to play with her friends.

"Second sister, what are they doing by the river?"

"They're carrying water to water the ground."

"Then let's go and water the ground."

"Poof, Qingyuan forgot? In the morning, we will water the ground, and if we water the corn again, we will drown. ”

"Huh? Then, let's go and help Brother Xiaofu water the ground. ”

Li Niang shook her head again and again, this little baby can't be shut up, but the village is messy, and it's not easy to take him to play, so she mixed a small pot of chicken food and told him to feed the chickens, and finally sent him away.

The half-dried cucumber strips and beans were moved into the wing, Li Niang stared at a few large vats in the corner, and went to discuss with her brother after coming out, wanting to go into the city to sell dried fish again, and get the money to exchange for food, so that she was not afraid of drought.

"We are outstanding people in this realm, and the Jinshui River has never dried up and broken in history, but the harvest in the field is poor, and the price of grain has risen to a certain level, so it's good to make plans early, anyway, the grain won't be bad if it's hidden." Shubai thought about it and said it to Li Niang, and it was also for himself.

"That's it, this matter should not be sooner or later, brother." Li Niang said in a low voice, "The cellar at home is too small, so I'll take some of the food and hide it when I buy it, it's safer and safer." ”

The two brothers and sisters discussed carefully, and thought of every step, and in the evening Shubai went to the two big fish baskets, and as soon as the sky was bright, he went to find Li Daniu, rented his ox cart to pull two buckets of fish, six large and small pockets, and the three brothers and sisters went to Jinshui Town.

Li Da Niu can only be sent to Fuyuan Building, his family's land has not yet been watered, and there are people queuing up to rent his cattle in the back, so Shubai has to rent a new carriage from the town's car dealer to enter the city.

It's not a collection today, Uncle Cheng heard that Shubai came to deliver fish, so he hurriedly ran over from home to see, and heard that the three brothers and sisters were going to go to the city to visit Uncle Mo and sell something by the way, so he lent his carriage.

In a hurry, Shubai didn't shirk it, and took two catties of dried fish prepared in advance and gave it to Uncle Cheng, which was also a very heavy thank you gift in the village.

Zhang San'er, the coachman who got into a family, is more familiar with Shubai, chatting all the way, but it is not boring, Li Niang picked up the water for a night, Qingyuan got up too early and was not energetic enough, the sister and brother hugged each other and slept soundly, and Shubai woke them up when they arrived at the door of Changshengxing.

Qingyuan was carried out of the car by his brother, Li Niang rubbed her eyes, jumped down by herself, and looked left and right, "Huh? This sweeping guy is so good-looking, what about the third uncle? ”

The thin young man was still looking curiously, and the shopkeeper Chen hurriedly walked out, "Ouch, it's strange that I heard the magpie chirping when I got up early today, and it turned out that there was a distinguished guest coming." ”

Shu Baijun's face was slightly red, and he saluted: "Don't dare to be, Xiaosheng Mo Shubai, this is a younger brother and sister, dare to ask the shopkeeper Chen, is my third uncle in the store?" ”

"Huh? The little brother of civil and military affairs went to the military camp after the Dragon Boat Festival, didn't he tell you? ”

Not only was the shopkeeper Chen shocked, but Shubai and Li Niang were both sweating in fright, and the third uncle went to the army? Except for Shopkeeper Chen, no one told anyone? Why!

Everyone can't figure this out, but the military camp is not so easy to enter, and people are not so easy to find, so to speak, unless Mo Wenwu himself appears, these people don't want to find him in a short time.

Visiting the third uncle is by the way, now that the people are gone, the business still has to be done, and the shopkeeper Chen saw Zhang San'er remove a few coarse cloth pockets, and his eyes immediately narrowed.

"Oh, what is charcoal in the snow, this is it! Li Niang, you don't know, Zhang Wuye has come every day these days, just to buy your little dried fish, Li Liu'er, you hurry up and go to the British Mansion to say something, and say that the person Zhang Wuye is looking for is here. ”

Li Liu'er put down the broom and went to deliver the message, the shopkeeper Chen personally made tea and came out, Shubai and Li Niang were a little flattered, and said thank you before sitting down to talk, Zhang San'er begged for a big bowl of tea and drank it and went out to see the car, but it was quite a good-eyed person.

Chen shopkeeper is very able to chat, the first concern is Shubai's studies, I heard that Shubai won the first place in Jinshui County in the exam, very happy, said that the news has to send a letter to his master, his master is Mo Juren another better classmate Chen Liren, who was admitted to the same Jinshi, and now works in the Ministry of Industry.

The main responsibility of the camp is the maintenance of the building in the palace, to put it bluntly, it is a house repairer, and the shopkeeper Chen is saying that although this position is only an eighth grade, it is definitely a fat difference.

While talking, a carriage stopped at the door of the shop, and Li Liu'er jumped down first, saying that Zhang Wuye had arrived.