The land of Xiaozhaozhuang is mainly concentrated in a piece between Xiaozhaozhuang and Beishan, and on the way out of Xiaozhaozhuang and to the small river ditch below, you can faintly hear the sound of everyone chatting when they are working and the sound of ploughing cattle.

The topography of Shu determines that most of the cultivated land is not connected into a whole piece, and most of the cultivated land, whether it is rice field or dry land, is distributed in small patches, and the whole land with an area of more than one acre is very rare.

Basically, the land of each household is not clustered together, but is interspersed with each other, which also reflects the fairness of the distribution of land in the first place. Xiaozhaozhuang and even Gray Plains Town, there are basically no big landlords in the traditional sense, which has a lot to do with the topography of Gray Plains Town, and there are assets like big landlords, and they will not buy land in such a remote and small place.

Besides, now in Gray Yuan Town and even Danling, the biggest landlord is Zhao Yuanren.

The rice fields of Xiaozhaozhuang are mainly concentrated by the river, these fields are flooded all year round, and there are a lot of yellow eels, snails and small fish growing in the fields, of course, there are also some rice fields on the hillside, these rice fields are dry fields, and there is basically no water in this season, except for a few dry fields with water outlets.

Now spring ploughing, everyone is concentrated in the field to work, but there is no one in the field, even children, adults do not let them play by the river, after all, the children who are still at home are very young, in case of falling into the field or the river, there will be a cold.

"Grandpa, we're here." Far away, Luoluo, who was running in front, shouted loudly.

In the land of the half slope of the North Mountain, the main land of Xiaozhaozhuang is concentrated here, and the land of each family is either side by side or on the slope, when everyone is tired of working and resting, they will chat loudly with each other, and Zhao Yuan accounts for most of the topics in their chat.

"Isn't that Luoluo's family, the eldest and the third are still talking about it just now, aren't they coming." Zhao Chuanyi, who was sitting on the edge of the ground and smoking a dry cigarette, said with a smile.

"Big brother, the little girl is calling you, you should make peace." Zhao Yuancheng reminded that as he got older, although his eldest brother's hearing had deteriorated, his eyes were very good.

"Little girl earns such a loud voice, don't shout bad voice." Zhao Chuanyi laughed and shouted at Luoluo, "Luoluo is here, come up and play." ”

"I'm here, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa...... Have you seen a rabbit, my Uncle Guo Du said to help me catch a little white rabbit. The little girl quickly ran to the ground, and after calling someone, asked.

"Luoluo is too willing to grow, this year is much higher than last year, and children grow fast when they eat well."

"My little Tan is less than a year younger, and he is much shorter than Luoluo."

"Didn't they come back for something, didn't they say anything when they came back for the New Year?"

"There must be something, and it won't be a bad thing, let's see what they say in a while, your family Qiuhua made a lot of money selling snacks in the market, I hope that the atom can arrange a few more people to work with him this time, you must know that his family's workshop is now paying the worker."

"Yes, even if he recruits us to work in his workshop, I am willing to go, not only to take care of food, but also to take care of two sets of clothes a year, and now I am paid."

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The topic that everyone was already discussing was even more enthusiastic when they saw Zhao Yuan's family coming. Everyone didn't care about working, and they all walked over to Zhao Chuanyi's field, which made Zhao Chuanyi and his wife anxious, and the ground that had just been turned over had not to be stepped on by everyone, and they scolded everyone.

Last year, Zhao Yuan did a lot of big things in a year, not to mention the large-scale production of cement workshops, the small biscuit canning workshop, the transportation and logistics brigade, the mighty and majestic workshop army, the large-scale wilderness opening movement, and the upcoming road repair plan, it can be said that the entire Danling was basically mobilized, not to mention that Zhao Yuan's size is now an official.

The entire Xiao Zhao Village, and even the entire Gray Plains Town, are a little more confident with such a character as Zhao Yuan.

As far as Xiao Zhao Zhuang is concerned, this year, there have been a lot of changes, in this short period of time, it has been rid of hunger, all the boys of the right age go to school to study, and after the construction of the college in Zhao Yuan's planning, the girls of the right age will also go to school, which has to be said to be a huge change, Xiao Zhao Zhuang has also become a village that is envied by far and near.

"Uncle, why are you working in the fields today?" After a while, Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

"The weather is warm, everyone says that it is more energetic to work together, so they all come, this group of bear children, I don't know how to call people." Zhao Chuanyi said with a smile.

"Uncle Atom (brother)," a group of small people still called Zhao Yuan vaguely, knowing that every time Zhao Yuan brought something delicious.

"Okay, Luoluo, quickly divide your things among your younger brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces and nieces." Zhao Yuan picked up Zhao Yang's son Xiao Yuntan and felt the little guy struggle in the direction of Luoluo.

The little girl Luoluo is more popular than Zhao Yuan in the group of children, and even the baby who can't speak can see Luoluo waving her little hands, and the saliva coming out of her mouth wet her clothes.

"Come, atom, Xiaoying, drink a glass of water, rest assured, this cup is brought and has not been used yet." Aunt Hua poured tea from a bunch of bamboo tubes and handed it to Zhao Yuan and Meng Ying.

Knowing that Zhao Yuan's family loves cleanliness and is more particular, he deliberately said that the cup has never been used.

"Okay, thank you, Aunt Hua, you also drink water." Meng Ying took the cup and thanked him.

After Luoluo distributed the snacks in his bag to his friends, he chattered, and after a while, he pestered Guo Du to go to the forest and asked him to help catch rabbits.

"Go ahead, but you have to listen to Guo Du's words, don't run around, Luoluo you know that there is a big bad wolf in the mountains." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

In fact, there is no danger in the mountains, there are not many beasts on the old mountain, except for some poisonous snakes in the mountains near Zhaojiazhuang, there are basically no dangerous animals, and there are occasional wild boars in the mountains before, but in recent years, there is basically no sight, a few years ago, the great famine, so that the large wild animals in the mountains have also suffered from the catastrophe.

After Guo Du left with a few older children, except for the crying of a few children who couldn't go, the ground next to Zhao Chuanyi's house on the north slope was suddenly much quieter, and Zhao Yuan also told a few elders about it.

"Atom, can we make this ink? It can be made like the ink blocks sold in the bookstore, isn't that cheap? Zhao Chuanyi asked with some excitement.

"Yes, how many years, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, these things, that is, inkstones and brushes, we roughly know how to make them, paper and ink, we have to buy, especially paper, how expensive." Third Uncle Zhao Yuanyun sighed.

When the children go to study, in addition to handing over to the husband, the cost of paper and ink is a big one, which is also the reason why only three children in Xiao Zhaozhuang can study with the help of adults.

Even when Zhao Yuan first started teaching the little girl to read and write, he could only practice with branches in the fine sand.

"In addition to ink, this time I also plan to set up a paper workshop, so that in the future, the children of our Xiaozhaozhuang will be able to use the paper and ink we produce ourselves." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.