Getting up early in the morning, Lin Zimo was a little complaining, in winter, it was the time to sleep lazy, but people in the countryside, no matter what time it was, got up early, even if it was to pick up dung with a dung fork.

There is not much work now, when Lin Zimo gets up, everyone has already cleaned up the yard and fed the pigs and chickens, Lin Huaide went to the field to see cabbage and radish, Lin Zihao and Lin Zihan were reading, Lin Yu helped his mother cook, and his grandmother was still in the house, leaving Lin Zimo with nothing to do.

After washing and thinking for a while, Lin Zimo decided to exercise his little body and beckoned to the two elder brothers: "Big brother, second brother, how about going out for a run?" Lin Zihao and the two looked at him together: "What does the third brother want to do?" What are you running out for? "Exercise, don't go to the ground now, go out for a run and be in good health." The two looked at each other and stood up, their health is good, the third brother's health is not good, now the two are very convinced by his words, the third brother said that it is certain that they can exercise, they have to accompany the third brother to exercise, so that he has a good body.

Fortunately, his house was not far from the edge of the village, and the three of them ran out of the village like thieves, and ran along the riverside until they were out of breath. There is not much water on the surface in the plains, and this small river is the only one in the vicinity, and it is not wide, only more than ten meters. The grass on the riverside has turned yellow and leaves, and the miscellaneous trees on the embankment have begun to drift leaves, and the cold wind blowing in the early morning makes people feel comfortable.

The three of them laughed, and Lin Zihao stretched out his waist against the river: "Even if you don't exercise, it's okay to look at the river every day." "This kid has pressed too many things on his body, and he is either doing farm work or reading books and practicing calligraphy all day, and he has pushed himself very hard. The silent Lin Zihan didn't speak, and he rarely picked up a piece of soil, skimmed the water and laughed "haha", this child has always looked at the eldest brother as an example, worked hard, read hard, and hoped to do something for the poor family.

As soon as I returned to the entrance of the village, I saw my father talking to the patriarch, and I saw the patriarch laughing loudly from a distance: "Okay, good brother, if you have money, you will not forget the clan, rest assured, the eighty acres of land at the edge of the village will be measured for you after eating, and you will not suffer a loss." Turning his face to see the three brothers of the Lin family, he sighed with emotion: "It's still your baby's talent, not only knows how to help the family work, but also knows that hard work, and the blessing of the brothers is still behind." "This is also a point that the people in the clan look up to the Lin family, these years the scholars are high, who knows when they will be promising.

When the Lin family's land was divided, the Lin family's donation of one hundred taels to the ancestral hall of the clan spread throughout the village. Every village is full of people with the surname Lin, and the only family with a foreign surname is basically negligible, and everyone is grateful. At this time, people have a strong family concept, and they respect their deceased ancestors like gods, and you don't see them in traditional dramas, no matter which dynasty or generation, once you pass the test, the first thing is to go home to repair the tomb and respect the ancestors, and even the biggest prefect, the emperor, has to give in.

When the Lin family went out again, they obviously felt that the people in the village were much more enthusiastic, and there were people to greet them everywhere. Even Lin Huaide and his son went to the village well to fetch water, and someone diligently filled the bucket.

In addition to the eighty acres of land by the river at the head of the village, there are very few people who sell land in the village, and the patriarch counts them all, and the good land is forty-five acres in pieces.

The house in the old yard was too crowded, and there was no place to put the new horses and carriages in the yard, although the family was very diligent and cleaned every day, and the smell of the cows and horses was too bad, and the family was discussing what kind of house to build in the past two days.

When Lin Zimo put the picture he drew of the three-way courtyard in front of the whole family, the whole family exploded. The courtyard house with blue bricks and gray tiles, all the corridors under the eaves, the bluestone slabs in the middle of the yard, the thatched toilet in the house, in addition to the fire kang, and the surrounding fire wall, all made the whole family's eyes wide.

Lin Huaide trembled: "Zimo, if this is built, how much will it cost?" Zhou also said: "Twenty or thirty rooms, our family can't live in it?" ”

Lin Zimo didn't plan to back down: "Our family will have to make money in the future, and we have to buy people to govern such a big family business." And the house is also face-saving, and in the future, the brothers won the fame, and they lived too cold, and they were laughed at. "He had enough of the mud on his feet on rainy days, and his mother was cooking in the rain, shivering from the cold, and he had to go to the toilet in the yard in the middle of the night.

What Lin Zimo said is still convincing in the last few sentences, yes, everything else can be done, and when the children really get famous, the high-walled compound is face, and the sons of the province go out to be embarrassed, Huang and his son and daughter-in-law glanced at each other and nodded.

Lin Huaide took his two sons to contact workers and bricks everywhere, and Lin Zimo's eyes shifted again. I couldn't sit on the mountain and eat empty, and I went to the county seat to eat several times, and noticed that there is no vermicelli that occupies an important position on the people's dinner table at all, and the vermicelli is very easy to process, so my father customized a powder leaker in the blacksmith shop in his busy schedule, and called my little sister to start busy work.

In view of Lin Zimo's several successes, the Lin family did not care about him, but provided him with convenience. The sweet potatoes were originally sent down to the cellar, and they were poured up by Lin Zimo for dozens of catties, and the skin was peeled off after washing, and the two brothers helped to push it into a paste with a grind, put it in the water to invade and soak it, scrub it again and again, and take out the sweet potato shreds that no longer come out of the pulp, and let it stand for a day, and the next day the precipitated sweet potato powder was taken out and dried, and the noodles were leaked with a powder drainer, and the hands were clapped, and it was done.

Eating the vermicelli stew, the whole family nodded, it was so delicious. After Lin Huaide finished eating, he took out the pot with his eyes and smoked a cigarette: "It's good, it's good, but the cost is too expensive." Lin Zimo raised his head: "How come?" Aren't sweet potatoes a? Very well cared for. Lin Huaide looked at him: "It is easy to take care of, and the yield is also high, but the seeds are used too much, which is not cost-effective." Stunned, Lin Zimo asked, "Don't you need too many seeds?" It doesn't take much to raise seedlings. ”

Lin Huaide said: "You don't understand, how to raise seedlings with a seed and a pit?" Lin Zimo scratched his head: "Dad, didn't you say that a sweet potato planted a pit?" "There is no sweet potato seed in my memory, and probably the original Lin Zimo has not seen it.

Lin Huaide was not angry: "It's not a seed or a pit, or what?" Lin Zimo was stunned, no wonder his mother refused to use sweet potatoes to make porridge every day: "I saw in my uncle's travelogue that in spring, as long as a few sweet potatoes are raised in advance, and then the seedlings are cut into sections and inserted." ”

Lin Huaide stood up abruptly: "Really? In this way, it will save a lot of things, and how many people will be able to eat enough. No one doubts whether Lin Zimo's statement is right or wrong, and with a few experiences, Lin Huaide's heart is full of excitement.

Lin Zimo simply threw another bomb: "There is also a record of the old man who grows grain, we are here in the plain area, the weather is not very cold, and you can grow two crops of grain a year." After harvesting the cobs, the wheat is planted, and it is almost ripe in May of the following year, and the cobs are planted again, and they ripen in the autumn. ”

Lin Huaide rubbed his hands vigorously: "Doesn't the wheat freeze to death in winter?" "No, as long as it's not cold and evil, Mai Miao will be fine."

"If this is the case, the people will really be able to eat enough, this is a big deal!" After thinking about it, Lin Huaide immediately said: "I'm going to plant wheat now and see if I can harvest it next year." Lin Zimo hurriedly stopped him: "This year has passed, let's do it next year." "It's been a month, and the wheat sprouts can't grow.

Lin Huaide was deflated: "Okay, next spring, our family will try to plant sweet potatoes first, and if it works, we will tell the villagers, so that everyone can eat enough." ”