Tian Yinfeng shook his head and wiped his tears.

Jiang Wanbai knew where her heart knotted was, so she said, "Okay, I'll go and tell Mrs. Wu that you won't marry anyone, just stay at home." ”

Tian Yinfeng looked at Jiang Wanbai with a look of surprise.

"Hurry up, it's dirty on the ground." Jiang Wanbai said, helping Tian Yinfeng up, "It's okay, you go to wash your face, you're crying like a cat." ”

Jiang Wanbai said something interesting, Tian Yinfeng snorted, laughed, then covered his face, turned around and went to the yard to scoop water and wash his face, as for Jiang Wanbai, he returned to the hall, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Yinfeng doesn't want to marry now." She said to Mrs. Wu.

Mrs. Wu's smile froze on her face, she originally thought it was a sure thing, how could this be, "Auntie, you're not joking, are you?" She said incredulously.

"How could I joke about marriage." Jiang Wanbai said unhappily;.

"But Tang sent such a good person, his family is rich, and he is a man who eats the court, how can you disagree. Auntie, after this village, there is no such shop. ”

Mrs. Wu is now a little skeptical that Jiang Wanbai's brain was kicked by a donkey, so her tone is a little unpleasant, as if Jiang Wanbai is heinous when she does this.

When she said this, Jiang Wanbai was also angry, "You go back and tell the Tang envoy, saying that our Gao family can't climb him, and we don't want to climb it, Yinfeng won't marry him, let him marry whoever he likes." ”

"You ......" Mrs. Wu was also very angry, she had never seen such a faceless person, what kind of envoy did Tang want to marry, but Jiang Wanbai still took Qiao, and with a wave of her handkerchief, she left a sentence "Sooner or later, there will be a time when you regret it", and left hatefully.

She decided that when she went back, she would tell her niece to the Tang envoy, so that Jiang Wanbai would regret it. Hmph, it's useless to regret it.

"The ghost regrets it." Jiang Wanbai shouted at the back of Mrs. Wu, and then sat on the side to calm down, who are they, if they want to marry someone surnamed Tang, she should happily send people up? Why, just because their family is poor, it's unreasonable.

After sitting for a while, Tian Laosi pushed a large cart of black locust back, and Jiang Wanbai became happy and helped Tian Laosi arrange those black locusts.

The wall is full, and under the wall, especially next to the door, there is a half-human-high black locust, and as soon as the person falls inside, ten thousand peach blossoms will bloom, Jiang Wanbai nodded with satisfaction.

The afternoon is very leisurely, and it is the last leisure before the autumn harvest, and in the evening, Tian Lao Er brought the black beans back, Jiang Wanbai looked at the black beans, and felt a little distressed.

Is this still her fat, oily black bean? The blood on this body, as well as a large and small wound, "What's going on?" Jiang Wanbai asked with a suppressed anger.

When Heidou saw Jiang Wanbai, he was very cheerful, and ran to Jiang Wanbai's leg a few times, rubbing her head while licking the wounds on her body.

"It's okay, Wen Liang teaches Black Beans the skills. Mother, didn't you see it today, black beans are very powerful, fighting with a big dog, they are not afraid at all, and in the end they almost won the big dog.

Wen Liang said that if the black beans are trained well, they may be able to hunt wild boars, and said that if our family is at ease, the next time he enters the mountain, he will borrow black beans for use. Tian Lao Er said happily.

And Black Bean, as if he understood his words, tilted his head and looked like he was begging for praise.

Jiang Wanbai can't say anything anymore, learning things, whether it is a human or an animal, is not so simple. Touching the head of the black bean in distress, she decided to buy some big bone stew soup in two days, and the stewed bones were given to the black beans, which was also considered to make up for it.

The next day, before it was too bright, Tian Liangzheng, the son of the third uncle, drove the ox cart to pick up Tian Miao, Jiang Wanbai gave Tian Miao the osmanthus cake he bought yesterday, and said: "If you find a job, you can do it, and if you can't find it, you will come back, if there is something we eat at home, there is something you can eat." ”

Tian Miao's eyes were a little red, and while nodding her head fiercely, she made up her mind that she would never give up lightly.

Jiang Wanbai instructed carefully for a long time, and then she was relieved.

After she finished speaking, Zhao hugged Tian Miao and burst into tears.

Jiang Wanbai didn't want to disturb their mother and daughter, so she came to Tian Liangzheng's side, "It's really troublesome for you this time." She said.

"Sister-in-law said this, won't she see the outside?" Tian Liangzheng waved his hand, "By the way, my father has another thing for me to tell my sister-in-law, that is, about patrolling, he found a few people yesterday, and everyone said yes, so in the next two days, this matter may be done." ”

"What does that require my family to do?" Jiang Wanbai asked.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that after my dad finishes the platoon, everyone can patrol according to their own platoon time, of course, if there is something, you can also find someone to help."

Jiang Wanbai nodded in agreement, and then, the two talked gossip for a while, and when Zhao finished talking to Tian Miao, Tian Liangzheng drove away with the ox cart.

Zhao kept tears while chasing the ox cart, chasing for a long distance, Tian Liangzheng, who was chasing, stopped the ox cart, and she retreated embarrassedly, hiding her face and crying. Her sons and daughters left one by one, and she didn't know what to do.

Jiang Wanbai had the heart to persuade her to say a few words, but this kind of thing is not something that words can explain after all, and in the end, she only said: "If Miao'er doesn't find something to do, then she will come back in two days, if she finds something to do, if it is inconvenient for her to come back, we can also go to see her." ”

Zhao knew that Jiang Wanbai was comforting her, nodded, and said, "Thank you, mother, and thank you to the second and third sisters-in-law, I have been sick these days, I have troubled you, now I am much better, today, I will make breakfast!" ”

As she spoke, she didn't wait for everyone to refuse, and went to the stove to get busy.

"I'm going to help her." Zhang and the others said that they all went to help the Zhao family, and the family was united and happy so far.

After breakfast, everyone drove the ox cart to the field to harvest sorghum.

"Mother, you just have to rest at home, this little work, a few of us are enough." Tian Lao Er led the ox cart and said to Jiang Wan with a disapproving expression.

Jiang Wanbai sat on the ox cart, looking at the yellow, orange and orange wheat on both sides, and the villagers who were busy in the fields, and felt happy, which great man said, the working people are the most glorious, the exploiting class is the most shameful, if you don't do it yourself, how can you taste the joy of harvest, how can you know the sweetness of flour.

"Okay, I'm here, hurry up, how far is our land?" Jiang Wanbai said with high interest.

"Our land is at the outermost level, and it's still quite a long way away." Tian Lao Er said, speeding up.

Far? Jiang Wanbai didn't go to her heart when she heard it, even if it was far away, how far could it be, when the ox cart kept walking, the sun rose, Jiang Wanbai knew that she was wrong, it turned out that this place was so far away, I am afraid that it will not be less than □□ miles, and it will be more than twice as far as going to the town.

It's really far away, Jiang Wanbai just sighed, as soon as she raised her eyes and saw the scene in front of her, her heart was cold, where is this ground, it is clearly a cemetery.

In the distance are large and small graves, and there are tombstones, and near is a wasteland, where grass grows half a man high, and when they arrive, they wake up the crows in the field, and the crows "wow" and fly into the distance, with the cemetery, it is really desolate.

As for the sorghum field of the Tian family, it stands alone, and the fiery red sorghum not only does not add a trace of joy to this cemetery, but makes people have a strange sense of disobedience, just like the lights of the ghost city and the blood of the world.

"Is this our land?" Jiang Wanbai pointed to the sorghum field and said in disbelief.

Tian Lao Er nodded a little embarrassedly, "The land at home has been sold, and there are many people here, so no one grows this wasteland, so we can only ......."

Jiang Wanbai swore that she would never eat these sorghum again.

It's no wonder that Tian Laosan said that their family's land can only grow sorghum, and this kind of land, in her opinion, is good if it can grow sorghum. It's ridiculous to think about her idea, and think about how to improve this land, it's all blind, it's all blind.

Jiang Wanbai's face was not good-looking, Tian Lao Er and the others were silent, looking like they had done something wrong and were waiting to be punished.

Seeing them like this, Jiang Wanbai breathed a sigh of relief, "I will harvest this sorghum this year, and I will buy a piece of land next year." ”

Buying land, Tian Lao Er and the others all had bright eyes, but then, they thought of the problem of money again, "Mother, this good land costs five taels of silver per acre, even if it is a little worse, it costs three or four taels, we ...... Even if we buy land, we have to continue planting, otherwise we may not have enough to eat. ”

In ancient times, the yield was low, even if it was good land, an acre of land would produce more than 200 catties, less than 300 catties, put it into a pocket, if the pocket was small, it could barely fit three bags, if it was packed in that kind of sack, it was estimated that it could only be filled with a little more than one sack.

In addition, the peasant family has no oil and water in their stomachs and eats a lot, so if it is a family, on average, each person does not have three or four acres of land, and they will not have enough to eat.

Of course, it is not possible for every family to have so much land, so the wheat they grow is generally not eaten by themselves, but replaced with cheap grains such as sweet potatoes and sorghum to fill their stomachs.

The Tian family recently bought a cow, and Jiang Wanbai said again, the fifty taels of silver were left for Tian Yinfeng, and they couldn't be moved, and the money that could be used to buy land was only a dozen taels, where was it enough, so Tian Lao Er said in the end, I was afraid that if I didn't plant this land, it would not be enough to eat.

Jiang Wanbai also thought of this question, but she was not as pessimistic as Tian Laoer, now until next spring, isn't it still early, maybe among them, they can earn enough money to buy land.

However, she didn't want to say anything big, so she just said: "I'll talk about this matter tomorrow, okay, it's not early, let's hurry up." ”

Speaking of work, the people of the Tian family are not ambiguous at all, even the Zhang family, looking at the white and pure person, the sickle skirt uàn cherry apologetic gray cabbage cloth Laigu ship Huang blowing the old wall Zhu Zhaopa Ding Qin shrugged tired and pure cong Zhao was loyal

The posture is wrong, when the sorghum is poured, the leaf will scrape people's faces, like a small blade, not to mention that you will see blood instantly, but also make you have a red and swollen scratch, if you happen to sweat at this time, then congratulations, sprinkle salt on the wound, this is what you are talking about.

Jiang Wanbai is experiencing this feeling now, her body is full of dust, her hands and face are covered with scratches and sweat, and her back pain seems to be broken, it is really bitter, bitter!

Seeing that everyone had advanced a long way, and she was still not far from the ground, Jiang Wanbai finally gave up. Rengui is recognizing herself, Mrs. Jiang's body is not a material for farm work, if she is reluctant, she may get something.

Wiping a handful of sweat, only to feel that the wound on her face was more painful, Jiang Wanbai turned around and went back to the place where the ox cart was, sitting on the cart, drinking water while looking around.

In fact, there is nothing to see, a wasteland and a cemetery, but behind the cemetery, Jiang Wanbai saw a house, blue-gray, standing there alone, I don't know what it is for.

Yizhuang, still looking at the grave, Jiang Wanbai was a little curious, and looked at the people of the Tian family who were getting farther and farther away, she quickly extinguished that curiosity, and then carried the clay pot to bring water to everyone.

"Second brother, what is that house doing over there?" Jiang Wanbai asked while pouring water for Tian Laoer.

Tian Lao Er covered the sun with his hand, glanced at the side of the house, and then said: "I don't know, but I heard that there were rich people buried here, maybe the house was built by someone else, used to guard the spirits;." ”

After speaking, Tian Lao Er took the water, raised his head, drank the water cleanly, and then returned the bowl to Jiang Wanbai, "Mother, if you are tired, just rest, don't force it." ”

"I know." Jiang Wanbai nodded in agreement, and then went to bring water to the others.

After delivering the water, she returned to the ox cart, looked at the house boredly, and looked at it, she suddenly found that there was cooking smoke floating from the house, which made her stunned, and some doubted whether she was wrong, there were people living in that house!

Is it really a spiritual watchman? Jiang Wanbai stood up and looked over there. Well, she admits it, she's actually quite curious.

was hesitating whether to go over and have a look, but Tian Laosan came back, "Mother, the second brother said to let me transport sorghum to my home first, do you want to come with me?" ”

Tian Lao Er was going to send her back, Jiang Wanbai felt like a mirror in her heart, but thinking that she was here, she really couldn't help, so she nodded and agreed.

Tian Laosan smiled happily, and then began to load sorghum into the car, when he was halfway to the car, he was afraid that he would be tired of the cow, so he quickly stopped, let Jiang Wanbai sit down, and he led the cow all the way back to Tian's house.

After returning home, Tian Laosan moved the sorghum off the ox cart and hurried to the field again. As for Jiang Wanbai, she first washed her face, then went to the house to get scissors and prepared to cut the sorghum ears.

This sorghum ear is a good thing, and when the sorghum grains on it are removed, it can also be used to make a broom or pot lid, screen sticker or something, which can be said to be very useful.

Before she entered the house, the Zhao family led Tian Chengyu and Tian Chengan out, "Mother, are you back?" "Zhao's health is not completely well, and the family also needs to keep someone to take care of the children and cook, so she didn't go to the field.

Jiang Wanbai was a little embarrassed, and swore that she went, but she ran back halfway through the job or something, which was really not very glorious, "Well, I'm back, and the family is okay." She staggered the subject, and as she spoke, she took the scissors from the room and carried the bench to cut the ears of sorghum.

"It's fine." Zhao said, also working with Jiang Wanbai.

The autumn harvest of the farmer is sweet and bitter, and the feeling of harvest is good, but the bitterness of working day and night is not something that can be finished in a sentence.

Cutting sorghum during the day, transporting sorghum to home, and cutting sorghum ears and threshing at night, I can't wait to use it for two days a day, for fear of catching up with the rain or accidentally getting damp and moldy grain, and the hard work of that year will be in vain.

After two busy days, less than one-third of the sorghum of the Tian family was made, and the rest were busy.

That afternoon, the Tian family continued to go to the field to be busy, while Jiang Wanbai was sitting in the courtyard threshing sorghum, and at this moment, a person suddenly came in at the door.

Jiang Wanbai looked up, only to feel strange, the person who came in was about forty years old, dressed in a gray cloth monk's robe, wearing mango shoes, and his head was bare and hairless, it seemed that he was a monk.

"Donor, the poor monk is a wandering monk, passing by here, my mouth is a little thirsty, can you give me a bowl of water to drink?" As he spoke, the monk folded his hands together and gave a salute.

In ancient times, there was no mineral water, so it was really common to beg for water to drink, especially a wandering monk, but Jiang Wanbai didn't feel so, she still had the vigilance of modern people in her bones, so she didn't agree immediately, but asked: "Master, where did this come from and where are you going?" ”

The monk didn't seem to expect Jiang Wanbai to ask first, and was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's Yunyou, I haven't thought about where to go." ”