Xiahetun is not far from the county seat of Changli County, only a few dozen miles of road, on the road connecting the two.

Liu Jin admired everything in this era with great interest, there was no industrial pollution, the sky was blue and blue, and it was the golden autumn season, and the mountains and fields were red.

"Autumn is high and cool, but this temperature is indeed a little cold, and the power of the Xiaoice River period is still a little great."

A cool breeze blew, and Liu Jin couldn't help but wrap his clothes tightly.

At this time, it is only the ninth month of the lunar calendar, if it is in the next life, this time is the most comfortable season of the year, but now, affected by the extreme cold of the Xiaoice River period, this temperature is almost equivalent to the midwinter wax moon in the later life, fortunately there is no snow, otherwise it will be even worse.

"Next year will definitely suffer, if the temperature is too cold, although the wheat is cold-resistant, but there is also a limit, the temperature is too low, if the winter lasts too long, next year's wheat is estimated to be a harvest."

Liu Jin looked at the busy farmers in the fields, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his heart.

It has been a few days since he traveled to this era, and Liu Jin knows very well that the people at the bottom of this era are almost all struggling in the most marginal areas, and when they encounter natural disasters or man-made disasters, they will not be able to get through it immediately.

Almost every household has no savings, nor much food, and only hopes that the wind and rain will be smooth, and there will be a good harvest every year, so that they can be maintained.

The impact of the Xiaoice period on agriculture is too great, it is not only the reduction of temperature, but more importantly, the winter lasts too long, which seriously affects the growth of crops, without a certain temperature, even if crops can grow, its yield will be greatly affected.

In itself, in this era, agriculture depends on the weather for food, there is no technology, the harvest is very low, and you have to endure exploitation, you can't eat enough to wear and clothing, and you can't get by, all kinds of problems will emerge one after another.

There are various reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, among which the impact of the Xiaoice period is also a very important one, because the arrival of the Xiaoice period, agriculture was greatly affected, coupled with land annexation, taxes were slowly concentrated on the lowest working people.

In the end, it led to one after another peasant uprisings, no matter how they suppressed, they could not be suppressed, because there were more and more people who could not survive, serious internal worries, coupled with external troubles from the north and south coasts, which eventually led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

"Alas~"

"There's always something to do here."

Liu Jin sighed softly, looking at the busy farmers in the fields along the way, these people are the same as the villagers in Xiahetun, they are all honest, they just want to live with their own hands, as long as they can meet this wish, there is no problem in being a cow or a horse.

However, it is such a simple and simple wish, but in this era, it has gradually become a luxury, and the most important land is slowly concentrated in the hands of a few people.

Once these simple people can't go on, they either die in silence or explode in silence, and finally a new round of beginnings.

Although the history of China for thousands of years is dazzling, it has never been able to get out of this cycle.

Liu Jin thought a lot in his mind, but Zhao Erhu, who was following Liu Jin closely, was full of smiles, and followed Liu Jin to eat a delicious meal of dumplings in the county today.

What's more important is that there are several catties of pork in the basket he is carrying, Liu Jin said, eat pork at night, eat large pieces of braised pork, as soon as he thinks of this, Zhao Erhu's saliva can't help but flow out.

He hadn't eaten meat for a long, long time, so long that he had forgotten what meat was like, and while walking, he also had to take a look at the pork in the basket from time to time, and suddenly felt full of strength, and he couldn't wait to go back early and eat braised pork as soon as possible.

"Brother Jin is really, what is delicious about these ribs, it is better to buy more fatty meat."

Seeing a few ribs on the side, Zhao Erhu also didn't understand why Jin Ge'er wanted to buy such a thing that no one wanted.

Ribs want meat without meat, fat without fat, has always been the most undesirable thing, it is rare to eat a meal of meat, and it is really hard to figure out how to buy this ribs.

When the sun set and night fell, Liu Jin and Zhao Erhu finally returned to Xiahetun.

"Mother, I'm back~"

As soon as he entered his own courtyard, Liu Jin couldn't help but call out.

"You didn't encounter anything on the way, did you? I don't know if I'll come back sooner. ”

Wang was also relieved to see Liu Jin coming back, she knew about Liu Jin's trip to the county seat, and she didn't come back for a day, she was also worried about whether Tang Laohu was in trouble again.

"Dog, let's eat at my house in the evening."

Seeing Zhao Erhu behind Liu Jin, the Wang family also smiled and asked him to have a meal together.

"Mother, I'll go to the county seat to buy some things, you take these meats and cut them into braised pork, all of them are cooked, don't keep them, and these rices, cook a few catties of rice."

Liu Jin took out the contents of the basket while he was usually constantly explaining.

"Huzi, go and call all the people in your family over, all come to my house for dinner, remember, call all of them over, just say that I have something important to discuss."

Then he turned his head and instructed Zhao Erhu again.

"Okay, I'll go."

Zhao Erhu was stunned, and as soon as he heard Liu Jin's words, he immediately walked outside.

"Brother Jin, what are you crazy about?"

"Where did you get that much money?"

"What do you do when you buy a lot of things?"

"How much meat did you buy, just buy meat, what do you do with these ribs?"

Liu Jin's mother, Wang, was dumbfounded, watching Liu Jin keep taking things out of the basket, two baskets, one basket was full of baskets of rice, the best fragrant rice from Jiangnan, and the other basket was also full of things.

There is the meat bought, there is a fish, there is also a half-basket of soybeans, and there is a new cotton coat that Liu Jin bought for the Wang family, as well as the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone used by Liu Jin for reading and writing, and so on.

"Mother, do you want to see if this dress fits?"

Liu Jin did not reply to Wang's words, but said with a smile with the clothes he bought for Wang.

"Tell me honestly, where did you get the money?"

Wang Shi looked at the clothes, they were made of good materials, filled with warm cotton, and they were definitely very warm on her body, she naturally liked it at a glance, but she didn't figure out where Liu Jin's money came from, he always felt uneasy, and said sternly.

"Mother, I wasn't tossing around boiling salt some time ago, my money was earned from this."

Liu Jin looked at Wang's serious expression, there was no way but to explain honestly.

"How much money can you make by boiling salt, then the people in our village have already distributed it, and it will be your turn."

Wang's natural face is not convinced, when the farming is not working, Wang will also go to boil salt to subsidize the family, and he is very aware of the income of boiling salt.

"I can't tell you for a while, I'll talk to you slowly, and you'll know when the time comes."

"You hurry up and cook and cook, I've already asked Erniu to invite someone to dinner."

Liu Jin also said while busy putting things away.

"There is no need to invite Zhao Erhu's family to dinner, their family has 9 brothers and sisters, more than ten mouths, just invite a few people."

Wang shook his head helplessly, picked up his things, and began to get busy.

"It's just a meal, if you don't need a few dollars, my son I have mastered the way to get rich, and I'm not afraid of running out of money in the future."

"Please Zhao Erhu's family, also because we will rely on them more in the future."

"I'll wash the rice."

Liu Jin smiled, and then began to wash rice and wash rice, Wang looked at Liu Jin who was not afraid of food as food at all, and put bowls of rice into the basin, which was very painful, but since her son was going to have a treat, and the words were so clear, she didn't say anything more.

Soon, Liu Jin's kitchen once again burst into enthusiasm, and at the same time, bursts of meat aroma slowly wafted out.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Zhao Erhu also took Zhao Heishan and Zhao Dahu to Liu Jin's house, and heard that Liu Jin was going to invite his family to dinner, Zhao Heishan was not as stunned as Zhao Erhu, and naturally it was impossible to really bring a family of more than a dozen people over.

But it was not good to hurt Liu Jin's face, so he also brought Zhao Dahu with him, which is also the rule of rural people, generally there are any happy events and banquets, and they are all people in the family who talk to participate, and children and women are basically not allowed to go to the table.

"It's so fragrant, there's really meat to eat."

At the door, the three of them smelled the smell of meat, and Zhao Dahu couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said.

"Look at your appearance, wait a minute, don't embarrass me."

Zhao Heishan couldn't help but knock Zhao Dahu, afraid that Zhao Dahu would look too ugly when he waited, so he solemnly reminded him.

"Brother Jin~"

Entering the courtyard of Liu Jin's house, Zhao Heishan saw Liu Jin who was busy setting the table, and said with a smile.

"Uncle Black Mountain, Brother Big Tiger~"

"I'm not saying that all of your family is here, Erhu, you go again and call everyone over, I cooked a lot of rice today, and if you don't eat it, it will be rancid."

Liu Jin looked at Zhao Heishan, Zhao Dahu, and Zhao Erhu, and hurriedly instructed Zhao Erhu.

"Brother Jin, we understand your kindness, how can there be a reason for a family to come over for dinner together."

When Zhao Heishan heard this, he hurriedly said.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a meal, Erhu, hurry up, call my aunt and sister-in-law all of them, my mother can't be busy alone, and they all say that they have a meal together."

Liu Jin said again and again, and pushed Zhao Erhu, but Zhao Erhu looked at Zhao Heishan in a daze, very afraid of Zhao Heishan.

"Uncle Montenegro, it's really fine, otherwise I'll go and invite it myself."

Liu Jin looked at Zhao Heishan and said helplessly.

"Go ahead, get them over and help."

Zhao Heishan looked at Liu Jin, nodded at Zhao Erhu and said.