Chapter 38: Digging Vegetables
Li Xiaoran stood in the field and looked out, his eyes were no longer desolate, and the grass quietly burrowed out of the soil, covering this wasteland that was originally covered with ice and snow with a layer of light greenery and vitality.
She carried a small wooden shovel in her hand, and looked at the wild vegetables in the small basket with satisfaction, the mother-in-law and the shepherd's cabbage have been filled with most of the baskets, these green wild vegetables, usually the children in the village dig are fed to the chickens and pigs, only the poor farmers will dig some wild vegetables when they can't eat to satisfy their hunger.
It's not that they don't know how to live, but the wild vegetables are rough, if there is less oil and less seasoning, they are dry and tasteless, and some also pull their throats, modern wild vegetables are delicious, because everyone thinks that this is pure natural and pollution-free, and more importantly, there are many modern cooking methods, the seasoning is complete, and the taste is naturally good.
However, in this time of scarcity, wild vegetables are a dish on the table of poor families.
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than two months since she came to this strange time and space.
Since returning from the town on that day, she has never left home, for more than two months, they have lived in the Ye family, Li Yihe has gone into the mountains every other day, although he has not traveled far, but he can also hunt some hares, pheasants, etc. every time, and it is no problem to sell the silver money to feed the family.
Although the coarse tea and light rice, the family is together, exuding a strong warmth, and there is no best aunt wrapped in chaos, the mood is happy, the little faces of several children are bulging, the complexion is also good-looking, and the height is also like blowing up and growing.
Fu's face also became ruddy, Li Xiaoran often looked at her a little distracted, fading her sickly complexion, she was five or six points similar to herself in modern times, which also made her more and more sure that this was her past life.
"Sister, look at this dish I dug up, it's so big!" She was about to squat down and continue digging vegetables, Li Xuesi ran from not far away, holding a big mother-in-law in her hand, and held it to her like a treasure.
Li Xiaoran looked at the old woman with thick roots and small leaves in his hand, and praised: "Brother is so powerful, I haven't dug such a big tree." ”
Li Xuesi was very proud when he heard this, pointed to the field over there and said, "There are a lot of them over there, sister, I'll take you to dig it!" Li Xiaoran didn't refuse, and went over with him hand in hand, and Li Yihe saw it and shouted, "Don't go far." ”
"Hey, I know Dad, we'll dig here." Li Xiaoran responded loudly.
Li Yihe wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and then bent over to do it, these days, he took his eldest son Li Xuefeng to open up the wasteland here, I heard that an acre of wasteland only costs two taels of silver, and the first three years are tax-free, he has saved one or two silver for hunting in the mountains these days, if he continues to do this, there is no problem in buying two or three acres of wasteland this year, it is better than a few acres of sandy land that has no output at home.
Fu's white handkerchief, Ye Changsheng took to the largest and best splendid workshop in the county, and sold it for thirty yuan, and the shopkeeper of the embroidery workshop praised the embroidery worker well, and asked him if he could take over the work. If you have a pattern, you will be given 20 yuan for each embroidery, which is the highest price offered by the embroidery workshop.
Ye Changsheng took over the work for her when he heard this, and now Fu can embroider two handkerchiefs a day, and without delaying the work at home, he can earn thirty yuan a day, but don't underestimate this thirty yuan, a man who goes out to work for a day sometimes can't earn this money.
Li Yulan once came, and when she heard that the county gave such a high price, she was very envious, and Tuoye Changsheng sent her embroidery work over, but she was rejected by the Splendid Workshop, because the embroiderers could not meet the requirements of their shop.
Although Li Yulan was very disappointed, she could still accept it, after all, her craftsmanship was far worse than that of her second sister-in-law.
These days, Ye Zimo was sent to the county by Ye Changsheng to study, and she often relied on Ye Zimo's study, his collection of books was not much, but she still pretended to be interested and looked through it, others only thought she was fun, and only told her not to break it, no one doubted it. Tong guò she flipped through the books of the Ye family and knocked on the side, and already knew that this was not the dynasty that Li Xiaoran was familiar with, this dynasty was the Great Zhou, which was close to the north, and their Hepu Town was under the jurisdiction of Yulin County, the capital city was Ning'an Mansion, and the Kyoto of the Great Zhou Dynasty was Shengjing.
Beidi was a domain of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with a vast and sparsely populated area, similar to the modern three eastern provinces. And because the northern part of the country is far from Kyoto, and the northeast is close to the sea, it is said that on the other side of the sea are some big-nosed and yellow-haired foreigners, and many criminals who have committed crimes will be exiled here.
Moreover, the relationship between the northern land and the Great Zhou is not so harmonious, and the two places are fighting for the control of this side, so it is not peaceful here.
Knowing this, Li Xiaoran is not in a hurry to go out to find Yongning, this world is not peaceful, she should hurry up and grow up and try something else!
She and her little brother quickly dug up a whole basket of wild vegetables, and the two carried the basket to the wasteland that Li Yihe was reclaiming, Li Xuefeng sat on the edge of the ground to rest, she looked at it and felt a little sad in her heart, a child as big as her should be studying in the school, but he was doing the heavy work that adults did here.
There was a clay pot on the ground, and there were two large porcelain bowls next to it, Li Xiaoran walked over, picked up the clay pot and poured a bowl of water, and then carefully served it to the eldest brother, "Brother drink water." ”
Li Xuefeng took the water and drank it all, touched her head, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Ran'er." ”
Li Xiaoran smiled sweetly, poured another bowl of water, and carefully brought it to Li Yihe, "Daddy, let's rest for a while and then do it, drink a bowl of water first." ”
Li Yihe saw that his daughter felt sorry for him, and his heart was sweeter than eating honey, "Okay, Daddy will do it after a while." He drank water, took his daughter's little hand and came over, sat next to his eldest son, and asked, "Feng'er, are you tired, just go back and give you a good massage when your father comes home." ”
"My son is not tired, I am a martial arts practitioner, this bit of work is not difficult for me." Although Li Xuefeng is the eldest son in the family, he likes to practice martial arts and doesn't like to read, so he took the initiative to tell his father and mother that they should send their second brother Li Xuejian to study, and he and his mother can learn to read and write.
Li Yihe thought about it, and finally agreed, first sent Li Xuejian to the school in the town, and then told the shopkeeper Zhong that he would usually let him live with his fourth uncle Li Yijiang, and he would also take care of him. "Wait another year, wait for Dad to save money this year, and send you to town next year."
"No need Dad, I really don't like to read like my second brother." Li Xuefeng knew the situation at home, and he was reluctant to provide one, let alone two.
Li Yihe looked at this honest son, sighed and said, "Feng'er, do you want to let your wife and children live the life of our family in the future?" ”