When Wu Jin entered the house, he saw that Lu Ming had already left, so he only asked and didn't pay much attention to it. After the plug washed the dishes, Wu Jin asked him to go back to the house to rest.

The two brothers and sisters sat in the hall of the main house and discussed tomorrow's affairs, "Brother, the food for this winter has been bought, the horse shed in the backyard has also been built, and some firewood should be stored, and there should be no problem in surviving this winter!" ”

Wu Jin is talking to Situ Yan about these things now, and he doesn't treat her as a child, but more like he is discussing with an adult, "Just now, Brother Lu went to the backyard to see the horse shed in our enclosure, and praised it for being good, I plan to bring the horse over tomorrow, and we have to save some feed for the horses!" ”

Situ Yan then remembered that she had forgotten about it, not because she had intentionally forgotten it, but that she had a lot of feed in her ring, not to mention feeding five horses for a winter, even fifty horses for a winter was barely enough. But these can't be taken out for Wu Jin to use, and she is used to using this to feed carrots, so she forgot about storing feed.

"Brother Lu has said, how to store this feed?" Situ Yan couldn't say anything about the ring, so she had to lead the words to Lu Ming again.

"The camp will send out some hay every month, but Brother Lu said that not a month in this camp is enough, and the road is closed in the winter due to heavy snow, not to mention the forage, but the rations can't be transported every month, so let's save more, at least enough for this winter!"

"Brother, can I take care of this fodder?" Situ Yan has long been aware of storing feed, so she wants to take over this job.

"Yan'er, this can't be messed around, the feed is not good, the horse loves to be sick, and I can't make a little joke!"

"Brother! I'm not a child anymore, so I don't know what to expect. I mentioned to my brother before that when I bought the carrot, it was still a sick mule! I didn't take good care of it, my brother just left it to me! Wu Jin's distrust of her, Situ Yan understood, after all, in the military camp, horses are more important than human lives.

Wu Jin originally disagreed, first, he was afraid that the little sister would not be able to do well if she was too young and would delay the big event. The second is that she didn't want to be tired because of this, and just wanted to refuse, but when she looked up, she found that the little sister was looking at him with a pair of expectant eyes, and the expectation in her eyes made the words of his refusal come to his mouth, and swallowed it back, and finally nodded and agreed, "But Yan'er, you can do this, but there is a little, you can't be tired!" ”

Situ Yan heard that although Wu Jin was worried that she would not be fed well, he only mentioned one sentence to not let her get tired, which shows that in this brother's heart, she is more important than that horse. Finally, his brother didn't follow Wu De's temperament.

"Well, I'll take good care of myself!" Wu Jinneng agreed, Situ Yan was very happy, no matter what conditions he proposed, she would agree. When he returned to his room at night, he didn't go to sleep immediately, but began to make clothes for Wu Jin, and he didn't rest until he was in time.

Early the next morning, after having breakfast and sending Wu Jin and the bolt out, Situ Yan turned around in the tunzi, and she noticed that there were no weeds around the tunzi at this time, because the weeds around the tunzi were cut and preserved in order to raise horses.

"Snow wolf, how can you say that this ancient man would also make the mistake of modern people, 'excessive logging', no wonder there is desertification here!" Situ Yan has become a habit of chatting with Snow Wolf, and it is also a shame that Snow Wolf can understand and respond to her every time.

After another hour, Situ Yan finally found what she was looking for, bud straw, which is the most suitable for fermented feed. Seeing that these straws are randomly piled up in the yards, maybe these people don't know that this can be used as fodder, if she just uses these things to make a fire, then she will pick up a big bargain. I found an acquaintance and knocked on the courtyard door, trying to inquire and confirm.

The person who came to open the door was a little girl about 15 years old, "Who are you looking for?" Although this person Situ Yan has never seen it, she also knows that this is Xiaoman, the daughter of Sun Dabeard.

"Sister Xiaoman, hello, I'm Wu Jin's sister Xiao Wu."

"It's you! I've heard my dad mention, what's wrong with you? His father always praises this little five these days for how good he is, and he is also smart and clever, so although she has never met Situ Yan, this woman is naturally jealous, so she doesn't like Situ Yan from the bottom of her heart.

Situ Yan also saw the dislike in her eyes, and she couldn't think of when she had offended this Xiaoman, anyway, she didn't come to her for help or borrow something, just to ask something, it didn't matter if she liked it or not, "Sister Xiaoman, I want to ask, what are the bud stalks piled up in your yard used for?" ”

"You don't know this, it's really a daughter!" Xiao Man muttered disdainfully, but still told Situ Yan, "What else do you have to do with the fire?" Obviously, she didn't want Situ Yan to ask again. And she was only for this matter, since she had already obtained the letter of approval, and people didn't want to see her, Situ Yan wouldn't rush forward, took a hot face to stick to someone's cold ass, smiled and left.

"You're smart, me!" Xiao Man took a sip behind Situ Yan's back and closed the courtyard door.

Of course Situ Yan knows, but she disdains to quarrel with such people, and quarrels with people who are willing to be lowly, she will only appear to be the same as her, she will not do anything to devalue herself, not to mention that Wu Jincai came to this army, not only to have a good relationship with these people outside, but also to have a good relationship with these family members inside. What's more, in Situ Yan's eyes, these 15- and 6-year-old half-grown children are only junior high school students, and it is the rebellious period, so she will not take it to heart.

She can bear it, but the snow wolf can't bear it, and she wants to rush up several times, if it weren't for Situ Yan blocking it, I'm afraid that Xiaoman would have been injured under the "wolf's" mouth at this time.

"Snow wolf, she's just a little girl, you can't be like her. lest you lose your identity! This time, the snow wolf directly gave Situ Yan a roll of his eyes, and Situ Yan looked at it with a straight face, "Snow wolf, if you can speak out, I won't be surprised, I will only raise you as a demonic beast, if you can cultivate as an adult, it will be even better!" ”

This time, the snow wolf didn't even bother to give it a white eye, so he directly twisted his head to the side and pointed his butt towards Situ Yan. It made her almost laugh and fell to the ground.

When I got home, I made clothes for a while, and when I saw that it was almost noon, I went to make lunch, and waited for Wu Jin and the plug to come back and eat together.

In the afternoon, Situ Yan and Wu Jin went to find Lu Ming together, "Brother Lu, I'm going to trouble you again?" ”

'You're polite with me, tell me, what's the matter?' ”

"Brother Lu, I want to buy some bud straw!"

"What do you buy it for, I have it here, you just need to use it!" Lu Ming felt that there were so many of these things that he didn't need to buy them at all.

"Brother Lu, I want a lot, but your yard is not enough, can you help me ask, see which one is willing to sell, I will buy it according to the price of firewood, a large bundle of five cents." For something like you in this yard, I'll give 30 wen! ”

"Little Wu, what do you want to do with these? Are you reluctant to let your brother go into the mountains to chop firewood and get tired? Lu Ming glanced at Wu Jin, who was feeding the horses in the backyard.

"Brother Lu Yingming, it's a pity that I guessed wrong! It's just that I can't tell you before it happens, and I'll tell you when it's done in a few days! ”

"You damn girl, okay! This is a good thing, if people know that these useless straws can still be sold for money, then you won't step on the threshold of your house! ”

"To borrow your good words, if you can really do that, then it would be good!" Situ Yan plans to save more, she is just afraid that no one will come, where will she care about the number of people.

"Don't be beautiful, you won't be able to come up with the money then, and there will be times when you cry!" Lu Ming looked at Situ Yan's eyes flashing, and he was even more curious about her harvesting straw.

"Brother Lu, don't worry! I've done some embroidery these days, and when I go into the city to find an embroidery shop to sell, these coins will come out! "Situ Yan has spent a lot of money inside and out, all of which are on the surface, if you don't find an excuse, sooner or later you will be remembered.

"Okay, Xiao Wu, do you still do embroidery?" Lu Mingyuan was also curious about where Situ Yan would have so much money, but now that he knew that people could do embroidery work and make a living, he naturally didn't think about it anymore. Later, this matter also spread in the military tun, and everyone's impression of Situ Yan was even better.

"That's, look at the clothes on my brother's body, I made it, how about it, it's good!"

"Really, Xiao Wu, let's discuss something?" Of course, Lu Ming saw Wu Jin's clothes, and thought that he had bought them in a ready-to-wear shop, but he didn't expect Situ Yan's hands to be so skillful.

"Brother Lu, why are you polite, just say something!"

"Brother Wu's clothes are really good, why don't you make one for me, and I'll make the material, do you think it's okay?"

"What's so difficult about this, I just can't let my brother know, otherwise I really can't bear the lesson of his 'knowers'!"

"Okay. Let's hide it from him! Lu Ming actually said it casually, just kidding, but he didn't expect Situ Yan to agree in one bite, and he was even happier in his heart.

In fact, in Situ Yan's cognition, this person is mutual, since she has a request for others, she should help others do what she can, but she still has to take into account this ancient etiquette, so this thing can only be done secretly, if Wu Jin knows, it will not be allowed.

After discussing with Lu Ming, Situ Yan went home first, Wu Jin and Lu Ming brought back the five horses later, and the bolt cleaned out the livestock shed early, and according to what Situ Yan said, disinfected with stone forging. The so-called stone forging is recorded in the "Materia Medica", which is the lime that is now being talked about, but in ancient times, lime was used as a medicinal material, so it was called stone forging.

The stone forging in Situ Yan's hand was still bought in the pharmacy before, and it came in handy at this time.

When Lu Ming came, he set up the horse first, and seeing that Wu Jin was busy, he went to Situ Yan first, "Xiao Wu, I have already helped you say what you said at noon, and before dinner tomorrow, they will come to your house to find you, how much do you want, you tell them yourself!" Lu Ming was still afraid that Situ Yan wouldn't be able to take out so much money, so he asked her to think about it herself.

"Thank you, Brother Lu, you are fast enough, I thought I would have to wait a few days?"

"If you have this good thing, you still need me to say it, as long as you tell He Dazhuang, I'm afraid that there won't be a few of us in this tunzi who don't know at this time!"

"Why did I forget Brother He, next time there is such a thing, I will go directly to him, and I will save Brother Lao Lu a trip!"

"It's just a matter of talking, so what's the trouble. Alright, it's time for me to go back too! ”

"Let's go after eating, just talk!"

"No, I'm going to go to Shichang's place, and that old guy doesn't know what's the matter with me again?"

"Then Brother Lu, wait a minute, I already have the bread here, you can load two." Without waiting for Lu Ming to refuse, Situ Yan had already entered the stove room, wrapped the cake and took it out for him.

Lu Ming was no longer hypocritical, and directly took it into his arms, and then went out to Shi Chang's house. After dinner, the heads of the tunli came to Wu Jin one after another to discuss the sale of straw.

Just after lunch the next day, someone came to the door with bud straw on his back, "Xiao Wu, what do you want to do with all these straws, this thing is not forbidden to burn without firewood?" The people who came were He Dazhuang and his eldest son He Dali, and the two of them were piling up the straw by the courtyard wall while inquiring with Situ Yan.

Situ Yan didn't plan to tell others about making feed, otherwise she just wanted to collect this straw, and others wouldn't sell it, even if there were those who were willing to sell it, it couldn't be the price of firewood. So I just replied perfunctorily, and found a word to divert the matter. Let Wu Jin chat with He Dazhuang for a while, and when someone sends straw again, he will settle the money for He Dazhuang and send the two out.

With Wu Jin and the bolt here, there is no need for Situ Yan to follow the pile of straw, she only needs to be responsible for settling the accounts. I was busy until it was dark, and no one came. Situ Yan calculated, I am afraid that only Wu De and those people in the entire tunzi did not come, and the rest will take a bundle or two. The average family has less than four bundles, and one bundle is 100 catties, a total of about 15,000 catties.

Looking at the straw piled up in the front and back yards that were about to catch up with the high mountain, Wu Jin was helpless for a while, although Situ Yan had already told him the purpose of the straw, but this was too much, not to mention raising five horses, even raising twenty or thirty horses would not be a problem.

After dinner, Wu Jin still expressed his worries, "Yan'er, will this straw be harvested too much?" ”

Even the plug is on the side, "yes! Miss, I just calculated, a total of 150 bundles, that can cost more than 1 tael and 2 yuan of silver, which is too expensive! ”

"In addition to making feed, these straws can also be used to grow mushrooms, and even the remaining residues can be used to make fertilizer, I still don't think these are enough, where will there be more!"

"As for the money, don't worry about the plugs, when the mushrooms are planted and sold outside, the money will come back, and you will definitely earn more than you spend!"

"Yan'er, where did you learn this?"

"When I was in Lijia Village, there were a few uncles and aunts who took special care of me, and I learned from them!" Situ Yan felt a little guilty, she didn't want to lie to Wu Jin, but if she didn't say so, she was afraid that Wu Jin wouldn't let her do it.

"But in this case, will you be too tired?" Wu Jin was just curious, he was more worried about whether the little sister would be tired.

"I'm not tired, I have a plug to help me, and when I grind, there are carrots, where will I be tired!" Situ Yan is not the kind of person who will abuse herself, and enjoying herself in time is her housekeeping skill.

"Well, then it's all up to my little sister to be a brother, and the grain and grass that the horses will use for the winter will all point to these straws!"

"Brother, just rest assured. But I'm going to stay at home to help me these days, can my brother agree? ”

"Bolt, from tomorrow morning, you don't want to go to the school with me, stay and help the eldest lady. Remember, don't let her get tired. ”

"Yes, the slave knows." The bolt has been listening to the sidelines, he didn't expect this straw to be so useful, of course he is willing to help the eldest lady work to make money.

When the bolt returned to the house, the brother and sister habitually went for a walk in the yard, and by the way, they arranged the next day's things before going to sleep. )