Chapter 32: There is land and cattle
"Uh... This..."Liu Yiyi obviously didn't expect Lao Liu to talk about finding his daughter-in-law. He patted his head, and it gave him a headache. Marry a wife and have children at the age of eighteen? In his mind, this is a joke, who has ever seen a student who marries a wife and has children after graduating from high school?
"Dad, I'm not in a hurry, I'll wait a few years to talk about it." Liu Yiyi wanted to prevaricate and push away from the past, but Liu honestly didn't give him a chance. Lao Liu said very authoritarianly: "This matter is not negotiable! I'm your son, you have to listen to me! After the New Year, I will find you a daughter-in-law, and your mother and I will hold our grandson this time next year! If you can't hold it, I will marry you another room until our old Liu family has a queen! ”
Who are these people? Still forcing people to marry daughters-in-law? If you want to hold your grandson, you have to wait until our body is fully mature, there is no such thing. Liu Yiyi said with a depressed face: "Dad, if you want to hug your grandson, isn't there still Ertiao, and his age will be there in two years." Wouldn't it be better for you to marry him a few more rooms? As a last resort, Liu Yichi had no choice but to despicably shift the target.
Lao Liu said unequivocally: "Erjo is Erjo, you are you, I will marry a wife for him when Erjo is old, but you must marry a room back after the year!" The incense of our Lao Liu family is still pointing to you. ”
"......" Yanagichichi was speechless. There is such a dad, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Yes, big brother, I also want you to marry me a sister-in-law and come back." Liu Erjo also came to join in the fun at this time, Liu Yiyi glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "What are you doing with the excitement of your little child's house, okay, Dad, let's talk about this later, it's time to go to dinner now, my mother came out to call us." ”
That's the end of the matter.
However, Liu Laoshi wants to marry a daughter-in-law for Liu Yiyi, but he is hard-hearted.
In the afternoon, in the evening, the village leaders or lizheng of each village beat gongs in the village to gather the main men of the village. It was announced that the Lord of the Prefecture had sought a cure for the disease of the intestines. Medicines have been distributed to the village leaders of each village, and the villagers who have cattle at home can go and receive them as soon as possible, so that those who are sick can be treated and those who are not sick are prevented.
Suddenly, Wang Zhihong's reputation reached an unprecedented height in Sanyuan County.
Maybe that's what he wants.
Liu Yiyi also returned the family's ploughing cattle to others, and returned the fixed money as well, he has already obtained the benefits he deserves, and there is no need to rub the backbone of their Liu family for these small money. Yuan Fang and Zhang Chu were grateful for Liu Yiyi's kindness and remembered his kindness in their hearts.
The next day, someone from the county informed Liu Yiyi to go to see the land. I don't know the person who came, Liu Yiyi, and it looks like a petty official like a clerk. The purpose of coming was just to take Liu Yiyi to recognize the land.
The land was three miles west of their village, not far away, a wasteland overgrown with weeds. Judging by the extent of the land, it has been off cultivation for at least five years, if not longer.
The land that has not been cultivated for five years is not well coated and has a problem with nutrients, so it will take some effort to put it together. However, he didn't pay attention to these willows, and he knew a lot about the methods of raising land. He was confident that he would be able to turn all of this wasteland into fertile land within a year. What he is worried about now is the problem of people, such a large piece of wasteland, without the work of 100 people, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clean up before the beginning of spring. He also wants to plant a season of spring millet at the beginning of spring.
At noon, the ploughing cattle promised by Wang Zhihong also arrived at Liu Yiyi's house.
Ten heads, connected to their original Xiao Huang, a total of eleven heads. Liu honestly looked at them, and his mouth was so happy that he couldn't close it. It was the first time he had seen so many ploughing cattle together, and he couldn't even imagine having so many ploughing cattle. He touched this head and looked at the other, and each of the ten ploughing oxen was very strong, and it was the best among the ploughing oxen. I can't help but be displeased.
However, as soon as there were many cows, the problem came out, the cow tent at home was only built for one cow, and it couldn't fit eleven at all, so as soon as the cattle arrived, Liu Laoshi began to think about the construction of the cow tent. It's winter now, and it's hard to know when it will snow, so putting the cow in the snow makes Lao Liu panic.
Liu Yiyi also started his old business and wore a bull's nose. After tasting the benefits of morning glory nose from Xiao Huang, Lao Liu had already realized the great usefulness of the cow's nose, so this time he didn't wait for Liu Yiyi to mention it, but urged it first.
The noses of the ten cows made Liu Yiyi busy for an afternoon, and the roar of the old Liu family's cattle was endless, and the roar shook the sky. It attracted a lot of neighbors to come and see the excitement. The neighbors were first surprised by the number of cultivated cattle in the old Liu family, when did Liu Laoshi buy so many cultivated cattle? And then he was surprised by Liu Yiyi's approach, I don't know why Liu Yiyi tossed their family's cattle so much, isn't he afraid of going to jail again? I remember that last time the family was arrested by the officers because of the nose of the cow.
No one realized the usefulness of Liu Yichi's nose piercing the bull's nose. It wasn't until a month later, when they saw the tameness of the Liu's cattle, that they began to follow suit.
After handling the cow, Liu Yiyi washed the blood stains on his hands with warm water, and began to help Lao Liu build the cow tent.
The cow tent was made of dead wood as bones, knotted poles and artemisia grass as clothing. Lao Liu has built the skeleton and is about to climb to the top of the shop. Liu Yiyi saw that he was afraid that something would happen to him, so he stopped him and said, "Dad, let me do the rest, you can rest down for a while." ”
Liu honestly wiped the sweat from his face, put his hands on his waist, he was really tired from an afternoon of work, and he said to Liu Yiyi: "It's okay, but you have to be careful." I'll hand you Artemisia grass below. Let's try to get it up before dark. ”
"Hmm." Liu Yiyi answered, climbed up the wooden frame quickly, took the artemisia grass handed by Lao Liu, and asked while spreading: "Dad, now that we have cattle and land, I want to hire a few more farmers to help reclaim wasteland after the New Year." Do you know where to hire someone? Liu Yiyi asked a few families today, although the conditions he offered were very generous, but no one was willing to help him, which made him a little confused. That's when I asked someone like Liu Laoshi who knew the roots.
"Well," Liu honestly thought for a while, "you probably won't be able to hire anyone in the village." Everyone has their own fields to cultivate, and there is no one who will come to help you. I haven't heard of any migrants coming from other places recently, so if you want to hire people, you have to go to the county to find those prisoners who have been released from their household registration or those who have been demoted to lowly status. However, although the wages of such people are not high, they are generally not willing to be hired, disobedient, troublesome, or not able to do any farm work at all. It's better not to think about them if it's not necessary. ”
"That's right." Liu Yiyi groaned, it seemed that he had thought things simple. It's not easy to be a landlord here. "I'll take a trip to the county seat to visit Uncle Yang, he has a wide range of people in the county, maybe there will be some solutions."