In this pleasant working atmosphere, in less than two days, the seventy acres of peanuts were all packed up, and in the afternoon of that day, the Luo family came to two carriages to pull away all the peanuts. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Originally, it was strange why the Han family would peel all the peanuts and the villagers immediately made up for it, it turned out that the Luo family wanted peanuts.

As for why the Luo family wants so many peanut kernels, it is not up to the villagers to figure it out on their own, and the Xiuniang and the eldest mother and daughter who were asked either diverted the topic, or pretended not to hear the laughter and did not speak, and finally put this matter aside as the families wanted to collect the grain and pay the summer tax.

After the peanut matter was resolved, the Han family was left with only the work of weaving linen, and this work was now coming to an end after a period of rushing work.

It's just that the father and son of the Liu family haven't made much progress yet, and Han Chuxue also understands that these things can't be in a hurry for a while, so he has to comfort the father and son with kind words, so that they don't need to hurry up.

Soon there was news from Fan Lizheng's side that the Han family's millet had been dried.

So the two sides agreed on a good day, and Han Chuxue asked Wu Gang to lead Ding Dazhuang (Ding Laohan's son) and several big men to borrow the Luo family's grain cart, go to Fan Lizheng's side to mix in the grain transportation team where he paid the summer tax, and quietly transported the grain of more than ten stones into the small courtyard of the town and put it away.

After putting away the grain, when Wu Gang went to Luo's house to return the car, he pulled back two large truckloads of peanut dregs.

Because Han Chuxue said that these peanut dregs could be used as fertilizer, the Luo family, who was bent on befriending her, returned her family's seventy acres of peanut dregs when she knew that her family's field needed a lot of fertilizer to nourish the land, and also came with several barrels of peanut oil.

Although the matter of this oil is not suitable for publicity now, it can only be eaten by the whole people after it is popularized by the court, but as the only person in the know, the Han family is naturally qualified to try it, so the Luo family sent a few barrels over.

In order to ensure that the oil is not stained or spilled, and in order not to be easily discovered, the Luo family also specially ordered a batch of wooden barrels with a cap but a round hole as an oil hole to fill the oil.

When Wu Gang and the others came in with a few strange wooden barrels, Xiuniang was still a little strange, but Han Chuxue guessed what it was after Wu Gang relayed the words of Jiao Steward.

After explaining to Wu Gang and the others, they pulled the two large carts of peanut dregs to the previous manure tank and soaked them up, and when the next people left, only their mother and daughter were left, and Wu Yuzhen and a few people who followed them closely, Han Chuxue asked Ou Limei to hurry up and get a clean bowl and wooden spoon.

After explaining, she started to pull the cork of one of the buckets, Xiuniang and the eldest girl immediately leaned over to look, through the round hole, faintly saw that it was like water, closer, and could smell a strange fragrance.

The eldest girl thought for a while, "Little sister, is it possible, is this the peanut oil you said before?" ”

Han Chuxue smiled and nodded, just as Ou Lime had already brought something, she reached out to take it, scooped up a spoonful of oil with a wooden spoon, and slowly poured it into the porcelain bowl.

Watching a wisp of golden liquid slowly flow from the wooden spoon into the porcelain bowl, not like lard so solidified that it can't be used without heating, nor like vegetable oil, which is as thin as water, what is more tempting is that in the process of pouring, it has been exuding a strong fragrance, and before eating, everyone already feels that it will be delicious to cook with it.

Liang Juan sighed, "This oil is so beautiful and fragrant." ”

Wu Yuzhen also nodded in agreement, "It's the first time the slave family has seen such oil, is this really the peanut squeezed out?" ”

When Han Chuxue told Xiuniang about peanut oil before, they all avoided everyone, so the three of them only heard the word peanut oil for the first time today, thinking of the peanuts buried in the ground and covered in mud, it was really hard to imagine that such a beautiful oil was really squeezed out of it.

Xiuniang, who had already known about this, was also surprised when she saw the real thing for the first time, and when she heard Wu Yuzhen's question, she smiled, "It is squeezed from peanuts, and Erya saw it from her master's book, and then the Luo family came up with a method, but the Luo family still has a big use for this oil, so it can't be said yet." ”

Wu Yuzhen is also a person who has seen the world and dealt with the government, and he knows what this big use is about, so he nodded busily and said that he knew, and he would never say it, Ou Limei and the two naturally gave a guarantee, and then continued to look at the peanut oil with a praising face.

Han Chuxue spooned two more spoonfuls, filled a small half bowl in total, and then handed it to Ou Limei, "Take it to Sister-in-law Xian, tell her that the dishes in the inner courtyard will be cooked with this oil today, and explain that she can't say anything about it." ”

Ou Lime responded with a smile, and walked out excitedly with the half bowl of oil.

Han Chuxue turned around and smiled at Xiuniang, "Mother, these barrels of oil should be put away first, don't move, and when the Luo family's affairs have an eyebrow, we will take them out and use them." ”

The Luo family can be a man, and they naturally can't pour other people's rice, if the peanut oil is leaked from their own family, it will be difficult to explain it to the Luo family.

Xiuniang naturally understood this reason, so she didn't call anyone, but a few people did it herself, and put a few barrels of oil into the small box she used to put valuables and lock them.

And the noon tasting, not to mention Xiuniang and others, even the cold and early snow were re-eaten peanut oil after ten years, and the excitement in my heart is needless to say.

Xiuniang, who was still a little apprehensive, has nothing to worry about now, if the emperor is not satisfied with such fragrant oil, he is afraid that there is no oil in the world to cook the dishes he is satisfied with, and the idea that he should be able to borrow this oil to get a batch of wasteland again is also more firm, so it seems that Xianggong really has to go out again.

So Xiu Niang, who had to continue to stay alone in the empty room, was a little sad again.

Just when the originally busy Han family slowly returned to its former calm, the summer tax in Xiatang Village began to be lively.

The rice of the Dachang Dynasty is two seasons a year, so this tax is also collected twice a year, one is the summer tax in July, and the other is the autumn tax in November, because these two months are also the season when the rice is ripe and harvested, and it is impossible for the court to collect the old grain, so it will collect the tax in the month when the new grain comes down.

Originally, according to the two-level system of counties and counties in the Dachang Dynasty, this tax was to be paid to the county, and then the county was uniformly handed over to the county, but in practice, it was much more flexible.

With the cooperation of the village chiefs of each village, the village chiefs of various localities collected the tax and grain of each village according to their household registration, and then sent it to the county by the military chiefs of various localities.

The reason for such an arrangement is not that the government is sympathetic to the people's feelings, but that it is afraid that it will delay the agricultural time.

You must know that as soon as the spring grain is harvested, it will be ploughed in autumn, and the villages are far and close to the county seat, such as Xiatang Village to go to the county just to take a carriage back and forth for more than two days, if you want to rest halfway through it will take three to four days, if it is far away from the village, it will take longer. (To be continued.) )