Practicing medicine all the way, passing through Huainan and other places, Acho had a general understanding of the medical and health and market conditions in Daqian, and arrived in Qian County on the fourth day of November.

Standing at the gate of the city, looking up at the clear blue sky in autumn, the wild geese flew by in flocks. Under the bright sun, the original simple blue bricks and gray tiles seem to be dyed with a faint brilliance, overflowing a little tranquility and peace in the noise of the streets and alleys.

Ah Chou breathed a sigh of relief, the fatigue of many days of running and working was a thing of the past, and now, she was about to start a new life.

The opening of the market is one, four, seven, today coincides with the fourth day of the new year, it is the day of the market, and people come and go.

"Grandma, let's go to the yamen to pick up the fields first, get the head of the household down, and then consider the resettlement issue." The ugly veiled face raised his head slightly, and he talked about the itinerary like a little adult.

Although there are trade iron coupons, in this era when the hierarchy of farmers and industry is clear, it is better to be a farmer by relying on the fields as a woman. What's more, she still wants to go back to the family's pharmaceutical industry, and now that the capital is limited, there is space for medicine fields, so let's start with the primary industry of medicine.

After a few days of getting along with Ah Chou, Grandma Xu has long understood that although this child is small, she is careful and thoughtful, and she is almost always taking the lead in the past few days, and she is also doing things safely, which is reassuring: "Okay, you can just watch it." ”

Ah Chou nodded, and walked towards the yamen with Grandma Xu in his arms.

After checking the current idle land brochure of Qian County with the main book, Ah Chou and Grandma Xu discussed it carefully.

"Dongtun has the most fertile land and high prices. But I thought selfishly that it is not good to use it to grow medicine, and the land that is too fertile is not good, and it is useless to buy it, so it is better to consider some benefits. "Anyway, she has a medicinal spring, and the treated medicinal herbs can also grow very well. The matter of the medicine field space, Ah Chou didn't tell Grandma Xu, after all, for the ancients, this is too unbelievable, and it would be bad if it was really regarded as a monster.

"Also, we don't have much money, so let's calculate the spending." Grandma Xu was very much in agreement.

A ugly head: "I think Gujing Village in the northwest of Qian County is good, the price is moderate, the water is good, the scenery around the mountains is beautiful, what do you think, grandma?" She said as she stretched out her hand and gestured on the map.

Grandma Xu agreed one by one: "It's all good, it's good to plant some fruit trees at the foot of the mountain." ”

"Okay, just do as Grandma says. However, the question of where to live is tricky. Ah Chou was a little worried, the houses in the village are generally built by themselves, but asked Grandma Xu to build the house by herself? I'm afraid that if it is built in the Year of the Monkey, I can only build a dangerous house.

Another plan is to spend money on craftsmen, but now their money, to buy these ten acres of land and slopes, and buy some necessities for life, will have nothing to grow.

Seeing this, the chief bookkeeper said: "There may still be some vacant houses in Gujing Village, and it is not too late for you to ask Lizheng [1] for an idea." ”

Ugly nodded and thanked: "Thank you, sir, it's just that we don't know ......each other either."

The main book waved his hand: "Yes, today is a market, Lizheng must be in the city of Qiaojun, I will take you to find it." ”

Ah Chou thanked him again, glad that the master book was a good person with a warm heart, and led Grandma Xu to follow the footsteps of the master book.

"Yuzhu!"

"Good Mai Dong!"

The shouting echoed in his ears, and Ah Chou looked at the medicinal herbs in the market as he walked. Autumn and winter are the harvest periods, and there are many varieties of medicinal herbs, but the quality is uneven.

"Tong Lizheng," the chief bookkeeper greeted, "this is to settle down in Gujing Village, let me bring it and ask if there are any empty houses in the village?" ”

Tong Dequan is not very old, more than fifty people, born tall, looking like a crop man, looking up from the jade bamboo sold by his family, looking at Ah Chou and Grandma Xu with a smile: "Come to our Gujing Village to settle down?" There are a few empty houses, and at the beginning of this year, Lu Juren moved to Huainan to go to Suiyang, the Li family, and his relatives. It's not an ancestral house, you can borrow it first, and I'll take you to see it when it's sold out in a while. ”

Ah Chou smiled and thanked: "Xie Lu Xie Tong Lizheng, in this case, I will take my grandmother back to the yamen to set up an account first, and then go shopping to buy some things, and come to you later, will you?" ”

"Okay, you guys turn first!" Tong Dequan nodded.

After the account was completed, Ah Chou took it and looked at it, and the tax rules were also marked on it, which were calculated according to the quality and quantity of the fields owned, and were levied once a year in autumn. Because they are women, that is, there are no men, the levy is halved.

Grandma Xu walked out of the yamen with Grandma Xu and bought some pots and pans, mattresses and quilts, and Ah Chou pretended to buy some seeds, which were actually mainly vegetable seeds.

The Tong family's scalpers pulled a full cart, and Ah Chou and Grandma Xu followed Tong Dequan and his fifth son, 14-year-old Tong Ningxin, to Gujing Village in the car.

When I arrived in the village, just as the sun was setting, Ah Chou put his things at Tong Lizheng's house, and went to see the house with Grandma Xu.

"It's smaller, it's in a weird location, and it's next to the river." Tong Li is introducing.

Ah Chou took a look, this house was originally the Li family where Suiyang went to relatives, the location is indeed good, close to the river, and it is convenient to get water, but it is far away from their fields.

The second house, where Lu Juren used to live, was close to the foot of the mountain, close to their fields, but a little far from the rest of the village. As for the water source, Ah Chou found that the nearby mountain stream was very clean and clear, and it was not inferior to the small river over there.

After weighing it, Ah Chou still chose the house at the foot of the mountain, and the place was spacious; second, it is close to the field and easy to take care of; The third reason is that there are many rooms here, so you don't have to squeeze into the same room with Grandma Xu, otherwise it will be inconvenient for her to enter the space.

After choosing a house and moving her belongings, Grandma Xu went to dig some red lotus on the hillside for dinner, and Ah Chou consciously chose the task of cleaning. When it comes to digging up red roots, she doesn't even know what they look like, let alone digging them out.

The new home was cleaned, the mattress was laid out, the pots and pans were properly organized, and I saw Grandma Xu coming back with a small bundle of dry firewood on her back.

Ah Chou ran forward to help put things down, and rubbed Grandma Xu's back and shoulders.

"Grandma, I didn't know these jobs before, did you teach me from scratch?" Ugly shook Grandma Xu's arm and coquettishly.

Grandma Xu sat on the chair, looking at Ugly with some cloudy eyes: "Cheng, in the future, our mother and mother will depend on each other, but Grandma will also return to the West one day, if you don't teach Ugly——"

"Grandma is not allowed to talk nonsense, grandma has a long life, and she will not leave Ugly!" Ah Chou knelt down in front of Grandma Xu's knee and said firmly.

Grandma Xu touched Ugly's head: "Okay, I also hope that this old bone can live for a few more years." ”

Ah Chou took Grandma Xu's arm and stood up: "Don't talk about this, grandma, teach me to make a fire first." ”

Note: [1] Li Zheng: Village head