Chapter 184: Discussing Gifts
Li Xin and the others had lunch in Pinxiang Pavilion, said goodbye to Shopkeeper Sun, and went home.
returned home, and the second steward also told Li Xin about leaving. Originally, the task of the second steward this time was to take a group of small servants to send Li Xin and Ling Feifei to Li's house, but now, Li Xin and Ling Feifei have arrived in Sanshi Town, and his task is naturally completed, and it is time to go back to Beijing to hand over the errand.
"At this time, it's not too early or late, and it's not easy to start! Let's just stay here for the night! It's not too late to start tomorrow morning! Li Xin persuaded. They sent them all the way, and it was also quite hard. Naturally, it's not good to let people go when they get to the place.
"This ......" The second steward also hesitated. Miss Biao is also right, it is not good to start at this time, it is not good to start early, but it is better to leave early tomorrow morning. It's just a delay of half a day, and the government will definitely not say anything.
"I'll stay for half a day. This is where we are! Everyone is tired along the way, so they have to take a break before they hit the road. Ling Feifei also said with a smile.
The second steward agreed, and Li Xin asked Wu's sister-in-law to take everyone to find an inn to live in. The place in the house is not big, and it is really impossible to arrange for such people to live. I used to think that there were not many people in the family, and there was no need to buy a big house, a small house was enough to live in. Now, Li Xin really feels that the house at home is a little small, and if there are any guests, it is really not easy to entertain.
However, for the time being, it can only be like this, and it is not good to buy a new house.
When he returned home, Li Xin asked Caiyun and Caixia to clean up the things they brought back, and Ling Feifei also took Mama Zhong and the two maids to tidy up their room first. This time he brought back a lot of things, so Li Xin first found a room to use as a warehouse, and put all the things that could not be used temporarily into the warehouse.
It's too inconvenient to put all the things in the room, and so many things, if you put them in the room, how can you live in the room!
Soon, there were only a few Li Xin left in the hall. The family sat together and talked, and it was rare to see each other, so naturally there were many things to say.
Moreover, after being away from home for so long, Li Xin also wants to know about the things at home.
"The matter on Zhuangzi, the eldest sister doesn't have to worry, the eldest brother Wang will deal with it. This season, as per last year's example, brassica and peas were planted, and it was almost time to harvest. Those who had already harvested peas planted peppers and tomatoes. Wen Hao and I went to see it a few times, and it was all arranged properly, and there was no problem. Wen Bo said with a smile.
There have been a lot of changes in his body, he has become more mature and stable, and he really looks like a little adult. It seems that independence is indeed to be exercised slowly, without her, since Wenbo has to learn to take on the courage of the family. In such a process, I really slowly learned to be independent.
Such a change is naturally a bit cruel for Wenbo. After all, everyone's accelerated growth comes at a price. Naturally, there is a lot of hard work that is not enough for outsiders, but Li Xin is very pleased with the growth of Wenbo.
Wenbo is the eldest son in this family, and he is destined to slowly become the pillar of this family. In the absence of elders in the family, Wenbo really needs to grow up as much as possible and slowly support a family. Now that Wenbo is like this, she is really pleased, although she is also a little distressed.
"Wenbo is doing a good job, when I am not there, I am really glad that you can take care of everything at home." Li Xin rubbed Wenbo's head. Wenbo also smiled, with some confidence.
"By the way, eldest sister, the corn harvested by Zhuangzi has gone into the warehouse, and the corn planted in Osmanthus Village has been collected in the house on the Osmanthus Village. However, it was a little strange that someone stole some corn from our family. Wenbo continued.
Li Xin felt a little strange, how could someone steal corn? Corn theft is actually not a big deal, because it is a relatively high yield thing, and the land requirements are not high, and it is indeed a very good crop. However, there are already people watching in the field! How can anyone steal it?
Who stole it? Wenbo's letter last time didn't say anything about it!
"Wenbo, what did you say about the corn being stolen?"
"I didn't pay much attention to it at first, after all, there is so much corn! You don't have to manage it much later, so you won't always check it. When it came time to harvest, I found that some corn stalks were there, and the outer husks were still there, but the corn inside was missing. It's done very carefully, and if it's not for the harvest, it's not easy to find. ”
"Is it stolen too much? If there weren't many, maybe it was just the children in the village who were stealing it when no one was looking. "The children in the village don't have any snacks to eat on weekdays, but if they see corn and feel curious, it's normal to steal some food. Because, in the field, there will always be some children who like to steal something to eat.
For example, peanuts and other things, no one grows them in the field, and they are not lost at all. However, children also have a sense of proportion, and they don't steal a lot, just take a little bit, which is not very noticeable. If you don't lose much, even if you are found by the owner's family, you won't care too much.
"It shouldn't have been stolen by a child. The corn stalks are relatively high, and the corn is relatively high. If the child had broken it, it would have been impossible to break the top corn without hurting the pole at all. And a lot of them were lost, and there may be more than one stone in total. No child would dare to harm food like this. Wen Hao analyzed.
Wen Hao, this child, although he is not very old, has a very smart head.
Wen Hao said this, but Li Xin also felt that things were not simple. The children in the countryside also know the importance of food, and they dare not harm so much food. It is possible to steal a little bit and try it, and no child dares to steal so much. If you let the people in the village know whose child has scourged so much food, you won't clean up that child!
Throwing away a little corn, Li Xin didn't care about it, he just felt that this matter was strange.
"Did the village chief's uncle help me check?"
"Yes, but it's been a few days, and there's not much news. This kind of thing is not easy to check, and it may be like this. Wenbo said with some frustration. The eldest sister asked him to take care of the affairs of the family, but he didn't manage it well, and even let people steal his own food.
"Since that's the case, then don't worry about it anymore, just get over it! It's just a loss of something, not a big deal. Wenbo don't be upset, eldest sister doesn't care, you have done a good job. Li Xin smiled and patted Wenbo on the shoulder. It's not a big deal, so let's leave it alone for now.
The people who come to steal the corn may or may not be for the seeds. Anyway, it won't hurt your own family, and there's nothing to worry about.
As long as Wenbo has a few good things, she can ignore anything.
"By the way, eldest sister, it's a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes in the village! It made everyone happy. It is a few surrounding villages, as long as you take sweet potatoes and vines, it is a bumper harvest. I don't know how many sweet potatoes I received! Everyone said they could eat it for several years. Wen Hao said happily.
"Really? That's really something to be happy about. Li Xin was also happy. Hearing about the bumper harvest, although it is not my own home, it is also worth being happy. And it's also Osmanthus Village! After living there for a few days, I finally had some feelings.
"It's really a bumper harvest, and the people in the village always come to ask if the eldest sister is back, saying that they want to thank the eldest sister! Moreover, I also want to ask my eldest sister how to make that sweet potato vermicelli. I have collected so many sweet potatoes, and they are always piled together in a large pile, which must not be able to be put down, what a pity if they are broken! So I want to make sweet potato vermicelli, but I can't! The village chief's uncle has been here many times. Wenbo said.
"Now that I'm back, it's time to teach everyone how to make sweet potato vermicelli, let's live for two days! Let's go back. "Sweet potatoes were not grown before, so naturally I put down the matter of making zuò sweet potato vermicelli. When I got to the back, my sweet potatoes were harvested, but I didn't wait to prepare to make zuò vermicelli! handed over all those sweet potatoes to Yin Tianchen.
"It's okay to go back to the village, since the eldest sister is back, she will also go back to have a look."
"By the way, the people of the Ling family will leave early tomorrow morning. I stayed with someone for the time being, thinking that I would prepare something to bring back, and it would not be good for the family to go back empty. Let's all think about what gifts to prepare! Li Xin pulled his younger siblings to think of gifts together. This time I came back from the Ling family, and I brought so many things, and I loaded so many carriages! Naturally, it's not good for people to pull the empty car back.
"People naturally have no shortage of expensive things, so let's take what we have at home and what others don't have!" Wen Hao said, "Eldest sister, do you think it's good to send some sweet potatoes and corn?" ”
"It's good, our own sweet potatoes are gone, but there are many in the village! But buy some. But as for the corn, it's all seeds now, and there's no fresh one! "Corn is delicious, but it's good to eat it fresh when it's tender. It's some old corn now, so you can't let the people of the Ling family eat cornmeal tortillas! It's a whole grain after all, and it's always a bit of a bad feeling.
"No matter how fresh the corn is, it will not be fresh when it is sent to the capital. Why don't you just give the seeds! If they want to eat fresh corn, they grow it themselves. Yuexiang said suddenly.
"Yuexiang is right, what about the eldest sister? Otherwise, we don't have anything new in our house. Tomatoes are not in season, but there are dried peppers, old pumpkins or something, why don't you send some too? ”
"Then let's send some of the same! It's not valuable, but it's good to try something new. Let Zhu Yong go to Osmanthus Village to buy some sweet potatoes! Li Xin decided to come down. R1152