"Uncle, how about I plow the land for you for a while?" Guo Qi asked the old man.

The old man looked at Guo Qiyan and said, "Can you do it?" As soon as the old man saw you dressed like this, he knew that you were not from our family. ”

"Uncle, that's a good point; It's true that I'm not from a farming family, but I don't grow a lot of land here. Guo Qi smiled and said, "Let me try my skills, and you can show me if you are old." ”

"Okay, then you can try." The old man said to Guo Qi: "But we have to speak, it doesn't matter if this plough is broken, but we must not hurt my old man's ox." ”

"Cheng, uncle, you can rest assured!" Guo Qi said: "If you hurt this cow, I will compensate you again." ”

After Guo Qi finished speaking, he took the plough from the old man's hand, and under the drag of the ploughing ox, the iron ploughshare turned over the deep soil; Guo Qi ploughed in one hand and waved the whip in the other, driving the ploughing ox forward, although the whip was waved by Guo Qi's 'snap, pop ......', but not a single whip hit the ploughing ox.

At this time, Guo Qi, the king of Yong, is no longer the pride of the sky, no longer the commander of thousands of soldiers, but a peasant boy who is alive and well, Guo Qi ploughed not very well at first, but under the teaching of the old man, Guo Qi mastered the essentials of cultivated land after two or three trips, and the speed of cultivated land increased a lot.

After more than a dozen years, Guo Qi was already sweating profusely, and the sweat had already soaked Guo Qi's clothes.

"Boy, don't do it; Come and rest. After Guo Qi came back, the old man beckoned to Guo Qi.

I don't know when Li Wu, who was standing on the ground with more than a dozen people, immediately ran to Guo Qi, took the plowstick from Guo Qi's hand, Guo Qi handed the plowstick to Li Wu's hand, patted Li Wu's shoulder, and walked towards the old man on the edge of the ground.

"Driving, driving, driving......" After Guo Qi left, Li Wu waved his whip and drove the ploughing cattle to continue plowing the land; Not to mention that Li Wu's farming skills and speed are much better than Guo Qi's, after all, Li Wu is a farmer's child.

"Boy, come and drink the water to relieve the fever." The old man took out a bowl of water from the clay pot on the ground and handed it to Guo Qi.

Guo Qi took the bowl and drank not a drop of water in the bowl in one go.

"Uncle, how did I do it just now?" Guo Qi drank a bowl of water, picked up the crockpot and poured another bowl, and asked the old man.

"It's a bit of a look, but you're not as good as that young man's farming, and you look at the posture of other people, you look like a farmer's child." The old man pointed to Li Wuyan, who was plowing the land in the field.

After drinking the second bowl ......of water, Guo Qi put the bowl upside down on the crockpot and said, "Uncle, your water here is so sweet!" ”

"This water is drawn from the well in our village, but it's not the river water outside, can it be sweet!" The old man said with a smile on his face.

"Well water?" Guo Qihu said suspiciously: "Uncle, you are still digging a well so close to the river!" (note 1)

"This well was not dug by our village, but by someone sent by the government." The old man said with a happy face: "There are fifty families in our village, and the government has sent people to dig five deep wells, and the walls of the wells are still made of green bricks. In the past, the government only knew that we were asked to pay taxes and grab food from us, when did we spend money on us poor people!

After digging the well, the government also sent a showman to tell us that we should all draw water from this well in the future, and the water that came from the well could not be drunk immediately, but should be boiled before drinking, saying that this would make us less sick;

My old man has lived for most of his life, and he has never seen such an official mansion, this world has really changed, and I can live under such an official mansion, and my old man has not lived in vain. ”

"Look at what you always said, this good day has just begun, and our days will only get better and better in the future." Guo Qi smiled and glanced deeply at Song Yiming.

Although the old man did not say a word of thanks to himself from beginning to end, but said the government; But Guo Qi knows that in the hearts of these people, he is the government, King Yong and the government, the government and the King of Yong; This also shows that Yongwang Guo Qi's status in the hearts of the people is high, of course, these are not Guo Qi's credits, but Song Yiming's contributions.

With the help of Guo Qi and others, when it was almost dark, the old man's land was already halfway finished; The old man himself is very grateful to Guo Qi and others.

It was getting late, and after so much work, Guo Qi decided not to rush tonight, and it was too late to spend the night at the old man's house.

Under the guidance of the old man, Guo Qi came to the village, which is located on the east bank of the Puyu River, only more than three miles away from the Puyu River.

After entering the village, Guo Qi found that although the village was not very big, it was very neat, and the rammed earth streets were very clean, and Guo Qi looked very satisfied.

"Boy, the house in front of you is my family." The old man pointed to a large courtyard in front of him and said.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the old man shouted at the top of his voice: "Old woman, hurry up and cook, there are guests at home." ”

"Alas! Got it! An old lady came out of the house and said.

The old man tied the ox to the cowshed and told Li Wu to put the plough stick in a side house; Guo Qi, the leader, walked towards the hall, and there were very few furnishings in the room, only a few chairs and a table of eight immortals, and there was nothing else.

A young woman, carrying a crude teapot and several large bowls, walked in, placed it on the table of the Eight Immortals, and withdrew.

"Boy, we'll have to wait a while for this meal, let's have some hot tea." The old man poured water for Guo Qi.

It is said to be hot tea, but it is actually hot boiled water, and I don't know what kind of leaves are put in it, although it is very simple, but there is a breath of freshness.

"Uncle, after talking for so long, I still don't know what your surname is?" Guo Qi asked a little embarrassed.

"My surname is Yu, and everyone calls me Lao Yutou."

"Boy, you can just call it."

"Uncle Yu." Guo Qi said: "Where did you get this tea, there is a fresh breath, it is very good!" ”

"Ahem! This leaf was picked by my daughter-in-law from the mountain, and the farmer family could not afford to buy tea, so they could only go to the mountain to pick some young leaves and bring them back to boil. Old Yu said embarrassedly.

The two chatted for a quarter of an hour, and the meal was served, with only a few miscellaneous cakes and a plate of black pickles, and after bringing the food in, the old lady withdrew.

Seeing such a meal, Lao Yutou's face immediately pulled down, and shouted at the top of his voice: "That old woman didn't know that there was a guest at home, so she ate this and quickly killed the chicken." ”

The old lady stood at the door of the house and said, "The chicken is about to lay eggs." ”

"Didn't you hear if you killed you!" Old Yu said angrily.

"Uncle Yu, this chicken must not be killed." Guo Qi hurriedly dissuaded: "Isn't killing a chicken equivalent to driving me!" Auntie, don't listen to the old man, this chicken must not be killed. ”

"Then this chicken is still not killed?" The old lady asked the old man.

The old man did not speak, and the old lady left very consciously; For Guo Qi, a chicken may be a meal, but for such a farmer, it is one of the few sources of sideline business in the family.

"Well, not bad; This cake is so sweet and delicious. Guo Qi took a bite of the mixed flour cake and said.