Chapter 1 Sister, play for you
Xiaoyu ignored Li Huizhi's intermittent nervousness, she took a small cloth bag and wrapped it with some snacks and pastries, in case Li Huizhi suddenly became hungry, what to eat in the countryside!
Like the old man, Li Huizhi also got into the carriage, and today she also made up a special makeup in order to eat farmhouse. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info seemed to be in a good mood. Recently, I've been a little too aggrieved, and I don't come out to breathe, I'm really afraid that it will be stuffy.
I walked along the canal embankment for a while, and then turned into the path, which was not very flat, and sat in the carriage, bumping and bumping, and my buttocks hurt. But the beautiful scenery along the way stimulated Li Huizhi, and her eyes were full of red, green, and green. A gentle breeze blows, a burst of sweetness.
A thousand years ago, flowers had bloomed in the rice fields, and loaches arched back and forth in the moist rice fields, eating the fallen rice flowers. The air is full of life. If the weather continues to go well, today should be a good year. When the autumn harvest comes, they will probably be able to repay the newly borrowed money!
Although it is difficult, people have to look forward!
Only butterflies flew around outside the carriage, and Li Huizhi was in a very happy mood, she sang by her throat: "The weather is so sunny today, and the scenery is good everywhere!" What a view! It's busy here, it's busy there, it's busy bees, it's busy with butterflies, ah...... The green fields are vast, the sky is vast! ”
Xiaoyu was pleasantly surprised: "Miss, what are you singing?" Listen well, I want to learn too! ”
"Okay, this is the song of Huanzhu Gege, I'll teach you!"
"What is Huanzhu Gege?"
"That's ...... The story of two Qing Dynasty princesses! ”
"What is the Qing Dynasty?"
“……”
Master Li sat in the carriage in front, and when he heard the ups and downs of Li Huizhi and Xiaoyu singing in the back, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, this kid is thinking about it now, and he has a lot of cheerfulness, although he is not very obsessed, he doesn't look good, but it's not bad! It's fun to watch, too.
The journey was very long, and Li Huizhi was full of excitement before, but then she couldn't withstand the bumps of the carriage and slowly fell asleep. I don't know how long I slept, but as soon as the carriage stopped, I woke up, and when I got out of the carriage, I found that it had arrived.
This is the tea field!
Li Huizhi remembered the advertisement for black tea Beijian, probably filmed in such a place, right?
The eyes are full of green. Summer tea is picking, after the tea farmers finish picking, they have to go through the processes of drying, baking, frying and drying, making cakes, etc., although it is cumbersome and time-consuming, of course, it is also very hard, but the hope of the whole family and even the whole village is here, busy and busy, but also want to have a food and clothing.
An old, thin old man stood in front of the carriage with a smile on his face. Behind him, there were dozens of cowering tea farmers. They all looked at the flower-like girl who got off the carriage with joy, and thought it was a fairy who fell from the sky.
Of course! Tea farmers only see tanned and thin tea pickers and old women all year round, how have they ever seen a fair-skinned, white and fat girl like Li Huizhi? In their hearts, there was a woman named Wu Zetian who was amazing and had been an emperor, and the girl in front of them was also a great character. But no one has seen Wu Zetian, but the girl in front of him is really standing here.
Chubby is so cute, and he can laugh!
Li Huizhi's heart was inexplicably sour. These black, thin, cowering people in front of him are one of the thousands of tea farmers. They have worked all year round, their skin is tanned, and they have bent over and hunched over one by one, and their waists have long been unable to straighten. But as you can see from the kindness in their eyes, they are very welcoming to themselves.
I think Master Li had already told them that the Li family's business would be taken over by themselves in the future, and the idea of funding this time was come up by himself, not only that, but he also borrowed money everywhere to ensure that more people could get the silver. Presumably, Master Li has already praised himself.
As soon as these people saw Li Huizhi, they all knelt down and said thank you.
Li Huizhi's nose was sour, and tears came down! These people who can be their uncles and grandfathers at this age, these people who can't straighten their waists after working all year round, actually kneel to themselves! Because they borrowed money themselves, they got through this difficult time!
She choked up and told them to get up, still crying uncontrollably. Do it yourself, why should it be so!
Throughout the ages, don't look at those people who rebelled, they were all forced to rebel when they had no choice, and they would only rebel when they reached a dead end, but as long as they could have a full stomach, who would take their lives to rebel? What they want is not to be rich and rich, but to have food and clothing!
Of course, like the Anshi Rebellion, it is not in this category! Those are all intrigues between the powerful, and all of them will only harm the people.
Li Huizhi waited for her mood to calm down a little before she went to watch her father sign a contract with those people. In fact, the contract or something, it all depends on the meaning of the village chief. Except for the village chief, there are not many people who know how to read, and most of them just put a handprint on it. They probably knew that the taxes apportioned by the imperial court this time had been settled.
Li Huizhi saw that her mood was very complicated, and she was no longer in the mood of excitement in the morning.
Busy and busy, it was noon.
Sure enough, it's a farmhouse.
Everyone invited Li Huizhi to their house for dinner. Looking at their ragged shirts, Li Huizhi wanted to say that she didn't need to eat them. But they all warmly invited each other, and they must insist, Li Huizhi had no choice, so she had to go to a nearby house. That is, the dark and thin old man I saw when I just got out of the carriage.
It didn't take much effort, so the old man set up a table in the courtyard and brought out two side dishes. There are also two bowls of gruel and a bowl of sweet potatoes.
The old man rubbed his hands embarrassedly, saying that there was nothing good at home, so he would eat.
Li Huizhi was sad again.
This dish is really nothing good, and it is not at all what I imagined the farmhouse to look like. At first glance, there is a lack of oil and salt, where can it be delicious? But that's the only thing they can handle.
Li Huizhi smiled: "Let Ah Gong bother!" Come and eat together! ”
"Ah...... Allah has eaten it...... After eating......" the old man said simply, and he didn't know where to put it.
Li Huizhi thought, probably they were not too embarrassed to eat with others, but after thinking about it, they didn't insist, so they picked up the chopsticks.
A little boy popped out of the corner with wide, dripping eyes, and a primal thirst for food in his eyes.
The old man saw Li Huizhi looking over there, and also saw the child, and immediately coaxed him from afar: "Huzi! Hungry just now? Go in first, get in! Allah will get it for you later! ”
But the child just won't go.
Li Huizhi walked over lightly and took the child over, the little hand was black, and she didn't know where she had touched something.
There was some water in the basin next to her, so Li Huizhi washed the child's hands and led them to the table.
The old man kept watching at a loss. Intermittently let Huzi go back. But Huzi seems to be fearless because he follows Li Huizhi.
Li Huizhi put the bowl in front of Huzi in front of him and asked him to eat it quickly, and after hesitantly looking at his grandfather, Huzi took a big gulp.
Li Huizhi ate very little by herself, and Master Li didn't eat much, almost all of them were eaten by Huzi alone. It's not like the old man said at all, I just ate it.
Huzi had a round stomach this meal, and happily pulled Li Huizhi: "Sister, you come!" And he went to the back.
didn't know what treasure he was going to offer, Li Huizhi followed him with a little sadness.
But when she passed the kitchen door, she couldn't walk anymore, and tears flowed down her face.
Huzi's grandmother was under the kitchen stove, holding a bowl of fish bones and chewing slowly, chewing hard, and finally swallowed with a frown, and the other bowl was a soup that could almost count a few grains of rice. It turned out that she was swallowing fish bones while eating the bowl of "rice soup". And the body of the fish was already on its own table outside.
She was still thinking that she would let the guests eat such thin porridge at noon, thinking that this was just a habit of eating here. It turned out that their family was short of rice!
Judging from the amount of rice in that bowl, it can be said that this meal of his own can eat their rations for at least three days!
When the old grandmother saw Li Huizhi in tears, she was at a loss, stood up and said, "Girl is crying, crying, Allah likes to eat bones!" Allah loves it! ”
Li Huizhi couldn't hold back anymore, and cried as soon as she turned around! This old woman doesn't even know how many teeth are left, and she pretends that she likes to eat bones!
Master Li came over and patted her on the shoulder, originally wanting to comfort her, but she didn't know that she was crying even more.
The old man came over and whispered to Grandma: "You won't wait a little longer to eat?" Starved you? ”
Xiaoyu walked over and handed the small bag with pastries to Li Huizhi.
Li Huizhi took it, handed it to her grandmother, choked up and said, "You eat this, this is delicious!" ”
Grandma hesitated, took the bag embarrassedly, glanced at the old man, saw that he didn't say anything, and turned around and put the bag on the stove.
Huzi had come back alone, and when he saw Li Huizhi crying, he took a toy bow in his hand, handed it to her, and said, "Sister don't cry, play with you!" ”
It's just a bow made of branches, and the skin has fallen off, which must be something he often plays. What's so good about this poor man's house? He must have taken out what he had.
Li Huizhi touched his head and said, "Thank you, Huzi!" You're very sensible, but my sister is a girl, and my sister doesn't play with this, so you keep it for yourself, right? ”
Huzi took back the bow in confusion, held it in his hand and looked at it, not understanding why his sister didn't want his things.
Li Huizhi asked Master Li: "Why is this happening?" Didn't we borrow money? ”
Master Li shook his head and sighed.
Huzi's grandfather smiled and said, "Ah...... Nothing, it's like this every year, just get through these two months! Now it's green and yellow, there is no way! ”
The toothless mouth smiled helplessly.
Such a smile is even more poignant.
Master Li explained: "Tea farmers and mulberry farmers' families, there is no rice, and they rely on buying rations every year. But on this day of scarcity, the price of rice will be surprisingly high. Only when the new rice is harvested in the autumn will they go to the rice growers to buy some grain. If you borrow money now, you might be able to buy more grain after the autumn harvest, but now, you can buy very little! They cherish the silver, and save it first! Buy it after the autumn harvest. ”
That means they're going to have to do it until after the autumn harvest!
But it's only blooming in the rice fields!
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