Chen Xuejiao got up early the next morning.

The sky was a little dark, and Mrs. Li looked at the cold sky outside and muttered, "It's about to snow." ”

Li smiled and echoed the old lady: "No, it's going to snow, it's time to fall." Since the beginning of winter this year, the weather has been sunny, and the people and livestock have been warm, but the wheat in the field is miserable. When this snow falls, the wheat will be blessed. ”

Croppers are looking forward to snow in the dry winter, and the so-called Ruixue Mega Year is the thirst of every farmer.

Chen Xuejiao's family divided three acres of land, all of which were planted with wheat. When I came to Lijiazhuang yesterday and passed by my own land, Li carefully checked the growth of the wheat, and a piece of green wheat swayed slowly in the cold wind, which was really gratifying. However, because there was no rain or snow for nearly a month from late autumn to winter, the wheat seedlings on the northwest corner of the land far from the Xiaohuai River gradually turned yellow. These three acres of land are the rations of the whole family next year, and if the wheat harvest is not good because of the drought, next year will be difficult again.

Although the land is close to the Xiaohuai River, it can be irrigated with Huaihe water, but the cost is large, and the Huai River has formed a thick layer of ice, so the irrigation of wheat still depends on rain and snow.

If there is really a snow at this time, it can be said that it will be a long drought and nectar for the crops in the field.

In winter, the weather is cold, the snow is often not easy to melt, the snow covering the soil is relatively soft, there is a lot of non-flowing air inside, the air does not transfer heat, so it is like covering the crops with a quilt, no matter how cold the weather outside, the temperature below will not drop very low. After the cold spell passes, the weather gradually warms up and the snow slowly melts. Not only does it protect the crops from frost, but the water from the snow melts remains in the soil, which stores a lot of water for the crops, which is beneficial to spring plowing and sowing and the growth and development of crops.

Chen Xuejiao knew this in her previous life, so she was also looking forward to snow.

Qiao's, Wen's, and Li Chanchan brought breakfast out of the pot house, and Feng also came out to help. Hurriedly was ordered by Mrs. Li to rest. Feng refused, put the green onions on the table, turned around and went to the pot house again.

Chen Xuejiao saw Feng Shi enter the pot house, hugged Mrs. Li and whispered: "Grandma, don't talk about her when the little concubine works, you mean well, but the little concubine will have more pressure when she hears it, and she feels that you spoil her everywhere, but she is uncomfortable......"

The words are not finished yet. Mrs. Li put her arms around Chen Xuejiao and said distressedly: "Xuejiao is a clever person, thank you for reminding me." ”

Li also laughed next to him.

But no, Feng's nature is sensitive, plus she has never had a son, and her mother's family is that virtuous, she herself is ashamed, if Mrs. Li stops her from working, she will be even more uneasy. In case of. In the future, this child will be a girl, and she will have to aggravate her thoughts.

Chen Xuejiao mentioned a few words to Mrs. Li. She understood.

Qiao's, Wen's, Feng's, and Li Chanchan were busy going in and out, and breakfast was all on the table.

The dining rules of the Li family are the same as those of the Chen family, the old man Li takes the man to a table, and the old lady Li takes the female dependents to a table, and the meals on the two tables are the same. A large pot of fried shredded potatoes with pork, and a large pot of steamed eggplant with garlic. A large pot of scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, a large basket of white flour cakes, fried in oil, fragrant and steaming.

Unlike the Chen family, the Li family's dining atmosphere is relaxed and harmonious. Everyone eats whatever they want, without having to look at anyone's eyes.

Mrs. Li took a bite of the white cake, stretched her eyebrows and said with a smile: "This face is good, and it looks like the craftsmanship of the third daughter-in-law." ”

Feng Shi was bowing his head to feed Nini porridge, and raised his head when he heard this.

Chen Xuejiao felt that her expression was like a primary school student receiving praise, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes relaxed.

"You will send all the noodles at the house, I can rest assured." Mrs. Li said with a smile.

Feng Shi was stunned for a moment, and replied loudly: "Hmm." ”

A country woman like Feng who has low self-esteem in her heart should let her work more in order to affirm her value, but fortunately, her body has passed three months, and there is no big problem in working.

"Mother is really, it can be seen that my second sister and I are stupid, you eat a dough and let the third sister send it to you personally." Qiao Shi glanced at Wen Shi and laughed at himself, "From now on, the work of making cotton clothes will also be handed over to the third sister." ”

"Look at what the sister-in-law said is so wronged, you are going to marry your daughter-in-law in the next year, and the new daughter-in-law has to work hard to make clothes? Just wait and enjoy it. Wen was amused by Qiao's words.

Let's talk about making cotton clothes.

"Xiaofen, go back to your house, I prepared twenty catties of cotton for you, four rulers, it's cold, you make cotton jackets and pants for the child, and set a new quilt for the child's father." Mrs. Li said to Li.

"Mother, the family has been divided into ten catties of cotton, it's enough, keep your cotton for your own use." Lee's resignation.

"Sister, what is this, my mother will give it to you. I see that when you came to the house this time, Xue Jiao and Qi Ping both put on new clothes, so it can be seen that you are not lying. However, it's going to be the New Year, and you still let the children wear this new dress to their parents' house to visit relatives? Qiao's words were direct.

Li's face turned slightly red.

The family is poor, and the Li family doesn't want to be exposed in front of others, especially in front of his mother's family.

Qiao Shi also felt that he had said the wrong thing, so he had to cover it up with other words.

Chen Xuejiao changed the topic and mentioned the matter of buying land.

The Li family was surprised, so Xue Jiao described the recipe for selling tea eggs to everyone.

“…… Uncle knows a lot of people, just to ask Uncle to ask a familiar tooth to buy land. ”

The sister-in-law's family bought land, there was no reason not to help, Li Yuntian readily agreed.

Old Man Li was happy for his daughter in his heart, and he was glad that the Li family had raised such a clever girl as Xue Jiao, and he earned a hundred taels of silver without saying a word. In the past two months, he has been anxious about his daughter's future days, his son-in-law was injured, and he had such a mother-in-law, and the future days can be imagined how difficult it will be, but he didn't expect to buy land now.

"Good grandson, today I will come forward with your uncle to buy land." Old Man Li said with a smile.

Chen Xuejiao put her heart in her stomach, Old Man Li's prestige is high, and it is better for him to come forward.

Mrs. Li looked at Li with tears in her eyes and said, "Xiaofen, you will be waiting for a good life in the future." ”

After breakfast, Li Yuntian personally led a rough black man in, and the man saluted Old Man Li first.

"This is the most famous tooth in our Baitu Town, Fei Lao Liu......" Li Yuntian was like Li and Chen Xuejiao introduced.

"I heard that my eldest sister's family wants to buy land. I came in a hurry," Fei Lao Liu said with a smile at the Li family, and sighed when he saw Xue Jiao, "Isn't this the girl who went to Qingfeng Village to sell crabs?" I didn't expect it to be a child of my big sister's family. ”

Chen Xuejiao felt very strange, as if she had never seen him before.

Li and Fei Lao Liu greeted each other and sat down to talk.

Chen Xuejiao understood after listening for a while. This Fei Lao Liu turned out to be the brother-in-law of the shopkeeper Han, who was a capable person in Lijiazhuang, the most famous toothman in Baitu Town, and usually befriended Li Yuntian.

"I heard that Chen Xiucai was good at teaching, and I wanted my child to go to apprenticeship for a long time, but then I heard that Chen Xiucai was injured, so I put this matter down," Fei Lao Liu said.

"I heard Xingjian's mother mention that there is a Mr. Huang in the private school now, and he is not bad at teaching." Li Shi said with a greeting.

Said a conversation. Cut to the chase.

"Big sister, how many acres of land do you want to buy?" Fei Laoliu asked Li.

Li looked at Chen Xuejiao with a smile.

"Sixth Uncle Fei, we have a total of eighty taels of silver, all of which are used to buy land, and we plan to buy it today." Chen Xuejiao said with a smile.

Chen Xuejiao took out the silver ticket, and originally planned to ask her uncle to help buy the land, so she came to her grandmother's house with the silver ticket. She had one hundred taels of silver, and the reason why she left twenty taels was because it was the New Year. I plan to save some money for a prosperous year.

If an ordinary family buys land by a child, Fei Lao Liu will think it is a joke. But he had seen Chen Xuejiao go to Qingfeng Village to talk about business, so he was not surprised.

"Do you want to buy land, do you plan to buy it in Maoshan Village, or can you buy it in a nearby village?" Fei Lao Liu took out the booklet that had been prepared a long time ago and flipped through it.

"As long as it's not too far, it's fine." Old Man Li made plans for Xuejiao.

He was more thoughtful, and Chen Xiucai couldn't do heavy work. The work in the fields is expected to be too far away to bring food to the house.

"I really have a few pieces of land in my hands to get rid of." Fei Lao Liu flipped through the booklet and pointed to the night for Chen Xuejiao and Old Man Chen to look at.

Old Man Li leaned over with a cigarette pouch, his eyes half-squinted.

"On the west bank of the Xiaohuai River, there is a field not far from Maoshan Village. Twenty-five acres, four taels of silver per acre. The owner of this land used to be in the rice and grain business in Xuzhou Mansion, but now he is sick and waiting for money to save his life. Fei Lao Liu 11 explained, "There is a family near Wangshanwo, 30 acres, three taels of silver per mu, but this land has a lot of sandy soil, and the harvest of cotton and peanuts is also good." ”

Old Man Li motioned for him to continue.

"There are still twenty-five acres of land in our village, which is the land of the old dog's family, and the money is lost, three taels of silver per mu, and the asking price is the lowest." Fei Laoliu flipped the booklet to the last page.

"The old dog's land is indeed good, the land is fertile, if a capable person cultivates, this land is worth buying." Li Yuntian said.

"Let's just check it, the important thing is to see Xue Jiao, these three plots of land are good." Old Man Li knocked the ashes of his cigarette, and he unconsciously regarded Xue Jiao as an adult in his heart, "Sixth, are there only these three?" ”

Fei Lao Liu thought for a while and said: "I don't know if the eldest sister is in a hurry, there are not many people who sell land in winter, and everyone sells land and buys land in the spring." ”

Chen Xuejiao thought about it, but felt that it was more cost-effective to buy land now. If the government reports the purchase of land in the spring, it will delay the spring ploughing after a few days. Besides, if you can't buy suitable land in the spring, you will delay the harvest for another season.

She now has a hundred taels of silver in her hand, and she has temporarily concealed it from everyone in the upper room, but she will definitely not be able to hide it later, in case Mrs. Chen, Chen Zichang, Zhao and others make a bad mess in the middle, it will not be very good. Especially Mrs. Chen, she even has to scrape off the flesh on the mosquito's legs, in case she knows about the hundred taels of silver, it will be even more troublesome to make a moth. Chen Zichang borrowed loan sharks to empty out half of the upper house, maybe they used this excuse to borrow money from the big house, if they didn't borrow, I don't know what to say outside, Li and Chen Xiucai might have taken out the money because of their reputation.

Seeing that it is going to snow, the more you buy this land, the better, and it is best to settle it today.

"All three of them sound good." Chen Xuejiao opened her mouth, "Can Uncle Fei take us to take a look, and we are making a decision." ”

"That's a certainty, if you buy it, let's go see each other now." Fei Lao Liu was very refreshing.

"Okay, let's see now." Li was thinking about Chen Xiucai in his heart and wanted to settle the matter of buying land as soon as possible.

So Li Yuntian set up the car, and Old Man Li, Fei Laoliu, Li's, Chen Xuejiao, and Chen Qiping all got into the carriage and went to see the old dog's land first.

The land of the old dog's house is at the entrance of Lijiazhuang Village. Old Man Li and Li Yuntian were familiar with this land, and led Li, Chen Xuejiao, and Chen Qiping into the field.

Chen Xuejiao felt very strange, all the fields were planted with wheat now, but the old dog's land was bare.

"Such a good land, just such a waste." Old Man Li said sadly.

"Dad, this land is good, but after thinking about it, it is not suitable for my sister to buy this land. The old dog is not right-minded, and it would be bad if he bought this land and got his sister into trouble. I heard that one of his daughters promised three or four families and cheated them of the bride price, maybe this land was sold to several buyers. Li Yuntian said.

When Fei Lao Liu heard this, his face became grim: "Yuntian is right, I forgot to think about this layer, and I want to inquire about how many Ya Yu he entrusted this land to when I go back." If there are several promises, won't it hurt the buyer? ”

Since the old dog's land can't be bought, I have to go to the next one. (To be continued......)