Seeing that she was very obedient, Xu Silk nodded approvingly, her eyes were a little distant, and she didn't know what she was thinking, and after a while, she said thoughtlessly, "There are a lot of medical books in the abandoned house next to the bamboo garden, if you are willing to read them, you are tired of being a female celebrity, you can go there to have a look." ”

Zhu Yan nodded, Xu Suzhen just lied to herself, saying that her ancestors knew some medical skills, so she naturally had to learn some of them, so as not to expose her stuffing in the future.

"Mother, do you know how to heal?" As soon as he asked, Zhu Yan immediately felt that something was wrong, he came through time, and he didn't know where he was, but this former Zhu Yan, who got along with his mother day and night, how could he have this question?

Xu Suzhen just smiled, without the slightest doubt, "My mother learned some from Taigong when she was a child, and she didn't use it much, so you naturally don't know." ”

Zhu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, it was really too dangerous just now, and you must be cautious in your words and deeds in the future.

Along the way, all the way and thinking about the future livelihood, I know some basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine, and I have seen some medical records, if Xu Suzhen teaches some practical medical skills, it must be not difficult to make some money by seeing a doctor, but I don't know if the women here can go out to practice medicine?

At this time, it was the Qingming season, and the seeds of the new crop had just been sown, and a tender green head appeared in the moist soil.

As soon as Zhu Yan looked up and saw those green seedlings, he suddenly remembered that when Liu Dachao came to collect debts, his mother seemed to say something about rice seeds.

"Mother, you just said you want to plant rice?"

Xu Silk couldn't help but be stunned, and nodded slowly, "Yes, it's Qingming now, but it's going to be planted in a few days, fortunately, the weather warmed up later this year, so I didn't miss the season of raising seedlings." ”

She glanced at Zhu Yan attentively, her daughter's mind is fine, she has always known this, but that little bit of thought is only limited to the sad spring and autumn, when did this girl even start to pay attention to these agricultural things?

Zhu Yan naturally didn't know that Xu Suzhen flashed these many thoughts in a moment, leaned over and pulled a stalk of dogtail grass, and pulled off the ears on it one by one like a child, and sprinkled them on the ridges one after another, without noticing the strange look in her mother's eyes.

"Mother, we really don't have any spare money?" She didn't want to starve to death yet, and she had to ask about it first.

"Naturally, there are still some scattered copper coins, and they are only enough to buy a rice seed...... "Xu Suzhen is helpless, although the annual success depends on the will of God, even if it is planted, it may not be able to harvest a lot, but if it is not planted, it is obviously even worse.

Zhu Yan held her chin and was silent, she really didn't know much about farming, Xu Suzhen had a dark complexion, and she must have been busy in the fields on weekdays, so she didn't have to worry about this.

But the problem is that at the moment, the money they have left is only enough to buy a rice seed, how much surplus food is there at home? She didn't know. But she knows very well that if this year's year is not good, they may really starve to death, this is an era when they have to worry about eating.

"Mother, how much land do we have?"

Xu Silk Zhen was taken aback by her question, although she saw that her daughter had changed her temperament, but she really didn't expect that her daughter's change of heart turned from a delicate lady who didn't touch her fingers to a girl who even had to ask about the fields, and she really couldn't accept it for a while.

"Mother...... Isn't your daughter upset you? Zhu Yan saw her expression, knew that she probably had to show her stuff, blinked, and made a gentle and harmless appearance, "Mother, in fact, when my daughter was sick, I dreamed that I was dead, and you had a very hard time, so I wanted to do something serious." ”

"Swallow, I'm sorry for you." Xu Suzhen's expression stretched a little, and she didn't know if she believed it or not, "Actually, you are also old, and your body was poor in the past, and my mother always treated you as a child, and now that we are in a bad situation, it is time for you to understand this." ”

Zhu Yan smiled and nodded, holding her affectionately, secretly happy in her heart, this mother is really open-minded.

"You've memorized it carefully." Xu Suzhen looked around and lowered her voice, "Our family originally had two hundred acres of land, and your maternal uncle also had one hundred acres of land. ”

Zhu Yan was stunned, that is to say, they have a total of four hundred acres of land in their hands? This is abandoned in modern times, and it is also a large number, at this time, shouldn't it be a big landlord, how can it be so difficult?

"That'...... How many fields were there in Zhou's house just now? ”

Xu Suzhen sighed, and her voice was lowered, "As far as I know, they are only seven hundred acres of land. ”

Zhu Yan nodded, it seems that her cognition is still right, just for these four hundred acres of land, if she can starve to death, she will write her name upside down.

"Swallow, however, we have no labor, two hundred acres of which have been planted with trees, and there is no input every year, and the rest of the land is barren, and what can really be planted is only less than fifty acres." Xu Silk sighed softly, helpless.

Zhu Yan gasped, no wonder it was like this, "No labor? Didn't that maternal uncle do farm work? ”

"These farm jobs have always been taken care of by my mother alone, your mother and uncle have great ambitions, how can they bother with these things?"

Ambitious......? Zhu Yan blinked, and suddenly his good impression of this maternal uncle fell below the zero line, he couldn't even eat, and no matter how big his ambition was, he could only rot to death in the grave, right?

"Mother......" Zhu Yan pulled her up, sneered, and smiled, "You are old, and your body and bones should be well maintained." ”

Xu Silk Zhen glanced at her, this girl was already beautiful, but now after recovering from her illness, her complexion has improved, and she is very moving, and it is rare to smile lovingly, "What's wrong?" It's still roundabout to talk to my mother. ”

"Didn't you say there weren't enough people? My daughter is too weak to follow you to farm...... Why don't we simply rent the land to others to plant, do you think that's good? Zhu Yan frowned, not knowing if Xu Suzhen could accept this idea.

Xu Suzhen seemed to be a little embarrassed, but in the end she smiled, "You girl, you are getting more and more clever, it's just that renting the land to others is something that only rich families or eunuchs can do, we ......"

Zhu Yan disagreed, shrugged his shoulders, "We can't plant land if we have land, what can't we rent?" Since my mother thinks it's good, she will quickly find someone to settle down, don't delay the next planting. ”

"Cheng, let's go back and discuss with your maternal uncle, and let him ask someone to rent out the land." Xu Silk rarely heard that her daughter had a good idea, and she no longer refused.

The mother and daughter solved the matter on their minds, and their steps became much lighter, and they walked towards the village with a smile and a smile.