Cao Shuo and the others left the room and walked out of the village.

Not far from the village, there is a stream that the villagers use to get water.

Due to the proximity of the creek to the village, no watermills were built here.

The water from the creek is only directed directly to the fields a little further away.

The crops in the fields have turned yellow, and in a few days there will be a good harvest.

"After this summer, the government treasury should no longer need to allocate grain to the people." Walking towards the farmland, Cao Shuo said to Yuan Fang and the others.

"Husband, there are few people in the village, and there doesn't seem to be any one in the field." Yuan Fang said: "Where will the villagers go? ”

"The grain is almost ripe, and now is the time for farming." Cao Shuo said: "The villagers should have gone to the mountains to do other things. ”

"Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, is this the truth?" Yuan Fang asked.

"You are looking at things more and more clearly." Cao Shuo grinned at her: "That's what I'm talking about." ”

"Staying in Shouchun all day is indeed a bit boring." Yuan Fang said: "When I came out today, I really felt relaxed!" ”

"It's just a small village." Cao Shuo said: "When you get up the mountain, you will feel so happy that you don't want to go home." ”

"I'm tired and want to go back." Yuan Fang said: "No matter how good the place is, it is not our home after all. ”

Putting his arm around Yuan Fang's shoulders, Cao Shuo pointed to the farmland not far away and asked her, "Have you ever seen so much farmland?" ”

"Yes." Yuan Fang said: "But most of them are barren, and the raw ones are weeds, and there are really not many people who grow food like here." ”

"Huainan is not yet a suitable place for farming." Cao Shuo said: "There is not much land here, and every inch of land is very valuable. If it were in the north, with thousands of acres of fertile land, how spectacular would that scene be? ”

"If the husband has the opportunity to meet his father, he can tell him Huainan's method, maybe his father can adopt it." Yuan Fang said: "Hebei has a vast land, as long as someone does it, thousands of acres of fertile land are nothing. ”

Hugging Yuan Fang's shoulders, Cao Shuo didn't say anything.

Tell Yuan Shao about Huainan's experience?

He wouldn't have done that!

Liu Bei was driven out of Xuzhou to vote for Yuan Tan in Qingzhou, and according to his temperament, it was absolutely impossible to live in Qingzhou safely.

He would definitely try his best to get close to Yuan Shao, once the conflict of interests between the Cao family and the Yuan family reached its peak, no one would be able to prevent the two families from attacking each other.

Helping Hebei is actually harming yourself!

When Cao Shuo and the others left the village, several women had already finished chopping firewood.

"What do you think of the men who stayed there?" A woman asked, rubbing her aching waist and holding her big belly out.

"You have a child in your belly, do you still want to find a man?" Another woman said, "You don't have to think about such a good thing. ”

"I didn't think about it." The woman who spoke first said, "My sister-in-law has no man to ask for it, do you think it will be good to send her over tonight?" ”

"When a man sees a woman, he can't walk the road, you send it over yourself, can people still do it?" Another woman said, "It's just the one who takes the lead, don't think about it anymore." ”

"How?" The woman who was going to give her sister-in-law said, "I think he is the most handsome, and the child he gives birth to must be liked." ”

"Didn't you see two women around him?" The woman who replied to her said: "People are nobles from afar, how can he look up to a country woman like your sister-in-law? ”

"It's as if you're not a country woman." The woman who spoke first pursed her lips: "Actually, his entourage is not bad, I'll discuss it with my sister-in-law tonight......"

"It's good to have a man who is willing to ask for it, what else to discuss?" Another woman said: "I'm afraid that you think about good things, but you just sent your sister-in-law to sleep with someone, and you couldn't conceive a child." ”

"A few of them live in the same room, and I don't think there's much chance of a start." Another woman said, "It is better to find them two more rooms, and it will not be very embarrassing for the daughters of the village to go." ”

"That's right." The woman who had settled Cao Shuo and the others before said, "There is no vacancy in my house, if you find a place to live, I will leave it to you." ”

"Since you won't take it in, I'll take it in." The woman who wanted to send her sister-in-law out said, "Wait until the evening, ask my sister-in-law which one she likes, and then invite him to live in." ”

"You've thought of all the good things." Several other women said, "Why should your sister-in-law pick first?" ”

"I'll say it first, of course, with me first." The woman said solemnly, "Who wants you to be late?" ”

When Cao Shuo and the others returned to the village, it was already sunset.

The villagers who had gone out had already returned.

The head of the village was a man in his forties.

Hearing that Cao Shuo and others came here to stay, he brought two villagers to visit.

Yuan Fang and Wang Yan were both in the room, and of course Cao Shuo would not let him enter the house and come outside the door to meet them.

Arching his hand, Cao Shuo said to the three villagers: "Spend the night here tonight, there is a lot of disturbance, please forgive me." ”

The villagers returned the salute and took the lead in saying, "Dare to ask where the guests are from?" ”

"Xu Du." Cao Shuo said: "I am a merchant of medicinal herbs, and I heard that Ganoderma lucidum is abundant in the mountains here, so I came to take a look. ”

"Ganoderma lucidum." The man said, "As long as it rains, the mountains are everywhere." There are a lot fewer of them this season, and if you come in early summer, it shouldn't be a problem to load a few hundred cars. ”

"So many?" Cao Shuo asked.

"That thing is as common as a mushroom." Turning back and pointing to Bagong Mountain, the man said: "I can't name a lot of herbs, since Huainan Hou came here, brought a lot of foreign merchants, when we are slack, hunting wild animals and getting some herbs in the mountains, we can also exchange for a lot of good things back." ”

"In this way, Huainan Hou has really done a lot of good things here." Cao Shuo asked.

"That's it." The man said: "Don't hide it from the guests, if it weren't for Huainan Hou, a few of us wouldn't dare to go home until now, and we might be arrested by Yuan Shu as soon as we got home." ”

"How do guests eat at night?" Before Cao Shuo could reply, the man asked.

"We brought some dry food." Cao Shuo said: "Just make do with some food." ”

"How can that be?" The man said, "Later, I will ask a few mothers-in-law in the family to cook more and bring some to the guests." ”

"In that case, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Cao Shuo thanked him.

After the villagers left, Cao Shuo returned to the house.

Yuan Fang said: "These villagers are kind, we came here to stay, and they actually brought food." ”

(End of chapter)