Chapter 213: Micro Serving

During the snowstorm from the first month of last year, the Qingzhou government allocated a total of 5,000 stone of rice and flour, and more than half of the 5,000 stone grain was donated to the people in the city. Because the roads in the four townships were frozen, the grain stores in the city ran out of food, and the people had no food, but the people in the countryside had more grain in their warehouses and could barely survive. Zhucheng, southeast of Qingzhou Prefecture, dispatched 300 strong laborers to open the road to transport grain, and only then did they transport life-saving grain in.

But now that it's the beginning of spring, it's the farmers' turn to be distressed. The wheat planted last autumn was growing well, but many livestock froze to death this winter, and it was inevitable that it would be difficult to plough the fields.

The Yang family in the east of Zihedian Village originally had a prosperous life, and the family had two ploughing cows, but the cowshed was crushed by the snow in the middle of the night, and both cows froze to death. But where is the ground that has been frozen for a winter so good to plow, the barefoot son Yang Gou'er in front of him is so cold that his face is blue, and his legs are full of blood horizontally and vertically, and the old Yang Tou in the back looks distressed, but he can't do it.

After an hour of busy survival, the father and son seemed to be scattered, Lao Yang Tou wiped his sweat and sighed: "I wanted to wait for the New Year to tell you a daughter-in-law, who knew that the cowshed that had been used for many years would ...... Alas, it was easy to save two ploughing cows, and now they are gone! ”

"Dad, didn't you listen to those words of the Buddha's Mother Sutra? It's so dirty under the sky, last year's snow disaster is a disaster from God! If we overturn this world and build a clean Buddha country, the world will be peaceful......"

Before he finished speaking, Lao Yang slapped his son on the head angrily: "I said that you should not listen to those demagogic things, if you don't listen, sooner or later it will cause a big disaster!" What is done cleanly, the people who sit in the country are all the same style, and everyone who changes them is ruthless. Don't I know your father? I only have such a lone seedling as you, you are an honest man, you have your own farming, and you have saved money to ask for a daughter-in-law, this is your life! ”

Yang Gou'er was young and vigorous, but he didn't dare to publicly confess to his father, so he could only chant unconvincingly: "What life, why is there a noble life." Why can those people wear ayara and gold and silver......"

"Don't say a word, a car is coming, be careful that the government arrests you and goes to prison!"

The Yang family's ten acres of land are close to the avenue leading to the outside in the village, so the road can be seen clearly. Old Yang Tou caught a glimpse of a carriage coming from afar, and immediately warned his son. When the carriage was nearer, he looked at it for a moment, and saw that the freshly painted oil plate on the cart was black and shiny, and the horses that pulled it were clean. I can't help but wonder whose rich relatives this is.

As he was thinking about it, the car stopped in front of him. Immediately after, the curtain was lifted, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy jumped out of the car and politely bowed his hand to him. Old Yang saw that the other party was wearing a royal blue straight jacket. knew that most of them were a showman, so he hurriedly went up to the avenue and was polite, and asked with a smile: "Did the little minister ask for directions, or did he go to the village to find relatives?" ”

The person who jumped out of the carriage was Zhang Yue. He was about to say that he was looking casually, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words: "Uncle, I'm here to look for relatives, but I don't know the way when I come back, so I stop and ask." Are you plowing? Although it is a year of abundant snow, what damage did the heavy snowfall last winter do to the crops in the field? ”

Lao Yang Tou saw Zhang Yue speaking kindly, and his heart suddenly sighed. There are also a few scholars in the village. This showman didn't get in, so he looked up all day long, as if he would be the champion tomorrow, to see how educated this showman is? Zhang Yue asked other places and he couldn't answer, but he was a good hand at this kind of field, and immediately laughed.

"Little Xianggong, you're asking the right person. As long as it doesn't snow in spring, the bigger the snow, the better the things planted in the ground. This wheat is not afraid of freezing. Speaking of which, if there is heavy snow in the south in winter, it will suffer. After all, you can farm in the south in winter, so wouldn't there be nothing left after a heavy snowfall? It's snowing here all winter. Now the wheat is growing well, a few unsturdy houses in the village have collapsed, many of the livestock have froze to death, and nothing else. ”

"Dad, those two cows are what you have saved through ten years of hard work! Without those two cows, the work that could have been done in five or six days would have to be busy for at least half a month, and you still say it's nothing? ”

Seeing a young man with his pants pulled up to his knees turning over from the field and getting onto the avenue, and listening to the name, Zhang Yue knew that this was most likely the son of an old man. Sure enough, the old man immediately turned around and blew his beard and glared at him, and explained: "Don't meet him as a rough man, this is my son Yang Gou'er, you can just call me Old Yangtou." I know everyone in this Zihedian village, dare to ask who the little minister is looking for? ”

Zhang Yue came down today to see the spring ploughing situation, and by the way, to see how the winter wheat was after a winter of snow, this search for relatives was just an excuse, and at this time he hurriedly made up a name to meet the situation. Who knew that Lao Yang was extremely serious, so he had to excuse himself as a newcomer and had never walked through this relative before. At this time, the Yang dog next to him was impatient.

"Dad, don't just talk to people, do you still want to plow this field? Hey, you have to find relatives to go to the village by yourself, our family doesn't have the time to grind their teeth with you! ”

Seeing that Lao Yang Tou was pulled down from the field by the Yang dog, Zhang Yue couldn't help but smile dumbly and got into the carriage again. He walked around Zihedian Village for a long time, and saw that the houses were neat and low, and most of the men were busy plowing in the fields, and the sound of weaving cloth and reading in the village school could be heard in all directions. Seeing this scene, he knew that the people here were simple and diligent. Thinking that he had traveled to more than a dozen villages near Qingzhou Mansion in the past three days, and had also learned a lot about some folk customs, he couldn't help but think of several common seeds in later generations.

Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, ...... It's just another place, that sweet potato and corn are the most famine relief, and later generations don't all say that Zheng He discovered America when he went to the West? The next time you come back to Beijing, can you please try it?

Out of the village, Zhang Yue planned to go back to Qingzhou Mansion along the avenue, who knew that when passing by the Yang family's field, he actually saw the old Yang Tou father and son standing in the middle of the road from a distance. However, this time, the father and son seemed to be arguing with others, and the shouting could still be heard from afar. Seeing that Lao Yang's head was red and his neck was thick and fighting with others, the original son who was babbling was pulling desperately beside him. He was suddenly full of wonder.

"Borrowing cattle for nothing, where is there such a good thing in this world! I know that your Buddha Mother Association is now powerful, and you can coax others, but you can't coax me! I still know a few words, but anyone who declares that the Ming King was born and the Buddha Mother came to the world will be what will happen, you don't know what I know! ”

"Dad, people are kind, besides. Isn't this just borrowing a few days to plough the ox? ”

"Shut up, you kid! There is no free meal in the world, this time I lend you a ploughing cow, and the next time I may want you to be a thug! ”

"Old Yang Tou, even if we are kind, no one will care about your family's affairs in the future!"

When Zhang Yue heard this, he immediately told the coachman to slow down, and it was not until he saw the thin middle-aged man who was holding the ox and scolded him angrily and left, and he rushed forward. He asked as if he didn't know anything.

"Xiao Xianggong, you are a scholar, of course you don't know this kind of thing!" The old Yang Tou was a talker, and at this time he glared angrily at his son who was still pulling his arm, and then sighed, "There are many people in these four towns. This Buddha Mother Association is nothing, but they preach something like 'Buddha Mother came to the world, Taiping Buddha Kingdom', I always sound wrong. Moreover, they led a few tenants to reduce the rent in another village. almost alarmed the government, how can this kind of person be provoked? ”

"Dad, what are you talking about, if you don't make trouble, people will bully the soft and fear the hard! Besides, if one person's strength is not big enough, it is not the same if ten people put their strength together, if it is a hundred people and thousands of people, then they can go anywhere in the world......"

"Shut up. Don't talk to me about what you learned out there! You illiterate young people are easily fooled, how many of the older generation in the village who have read books believe that? It's right to set up a meeting to help each other, but it has to be a scholar to take the lead, I can't believe that Niu San just now, at first glance, he is a cunning and dishonest ......"

Zhang Yue heard Lao Yang Tou nagging like this, and his heart couldn't help but move. Wandering around outside these days, he also knows that the scholars in the villages are indeed looked down upon. But schools are not everywhere. It's just that the scholars are busy taking the test to get promoted. Expecting them to take care of the country affairs is not a dream, this old Yang Tou looks like a knowledgeable farmer. It's kind of interesting.

Thinking of this, he immediately dismissed the idea of returning to Qingzhou Mansion, and pulled Lao Yang's head and said for a while. Because it was already noon, he took the opportunity to propose that he regretted that he did not find his relatives, and wanted to go to Lao Yangtou's house to sit, and the half-hundred-year-old man immediately agreed. That Yang Gou'er was still going to object, but when Zhang Yue said that he would take them in a carriage, and said something about what he had seen outside, he asked a lot of gossip, so he took the initiative to go to Zhang Luo to eat when he arrived at home.

Lao Yang Tou was amazed, and said with a smile: "In the past, when the two cows in the family were still in the right place, this child hated to come to the house to eat and drink. ”

Zhang Yue smiled dumbly at this time, thinking that the kid who dared to fight with his father was a straightforward person, but he really didn't have any heart. When a few large bowls of vegetables were put on the table, he saw that there were roasted radish, Chinese cabbage, and pancakes in front of him, and there was no oil in them. He picked up the pancake and took a bite, but the roasted radish and Chinese cabbage were light and tasteless—this was the life of the people under his rule, except for the cabbage was the radish!

He had just come up with this idea, but a shout sounded outside: "The meat is here, the boiled beef that my mother has just cooked!" ”

Seeing Yang Gou'er holding the steaming meat plate on the table, Old Yang immediately nodded at him with a smile: "This time it's finally a bit of hospitality." ”

After speaking, he smiled at Zhang Yue and said: "This cow is frozen to death, the beef will have to be eaten sooner or later, if you don't eat it, it will be bad in a few days!" Xiao Xianggong, although there is meat, there is really no salt, please have some! Alas, now the price of salt has long exceeded the price of meat, and it costs three coins of silver for a pound, and only cash silver is collected, not treasure money and copper coins, and now every household is in short supply! ”