It was dark late in summer, and the sky was still bright when the ox cart arrived at Mujia Village. Zhang Da took a detour and sent Gui Chongyang back first, and then went to the back street with Gui Chun.

Mei was feeding the chickens, and when he saw Gui Chongyang coming in with a pocket, he hurriedly stepped forward to continue.

Gui Chongyang said: "Auntie, these are divided into two parts, and I will send one to the second grandfather and the second grandmother." ”

Mei nodded and said, "It's a portion of filial piety to the second elder, after all, I got such a large piece of pork at noon." ”

Gui's second grandfather and Gui's second grandmother are Mei's uncles and aunts, and they are also the closest elders to Gui Chongyang's bloodline. “

After seeing the contents of his pocket clearly, Mei Shi was stunned: "These are more than fifty yuan, right?" ”

Gui Chongyang handed over the money bag: "I didn't spend anything, it was all prepared by Sister Zhou, and I will fry a few recipes next time to thank her." ”

It is only twenty or thirty wen for the countryside to participate in red and white ceremonies, which is not easy to receive for no reason.

Mei couldn't help frowning and said, "This favor is too heavy." ”

Mei is literate and literate, so naturally he doesn't think that these are more valuable than recipes, but listening to Gui Chongyang's meaning, it is obvious that Zhou Dingxiang prepared these for Gui Chongyang first.

"It's nothing, it's just that I didn't think about it thoroughly, and I gave half to the second grandfather, and the second aunt of the province will not be happy when I hear about it in the future." Gui Chongyang whispered.

Yang is Guiqiu's mother-in-law, and she can't be Zhou Dingxiang's mother-in-law. No matter what the inside situation is, Zhou Dingxiang only gave Gui's family things but not a second room, which is easy to pick and choose.

Mei Shi didn't take the money bag and said, "You stay in your hands to make pocket money." "Let's go to the decimeter.

It was divided into two parts, and Gui Chongyang went to Gui's second grandfather's house with five catties of rice, one catty of oil, and one catty of dried incense.

Gui's second grandfather had just put dinner on the table, and the family was eating in the hall. Mr. and Mrs. Gui are not here, and they have not yet returned from the town.

Seeing Gui Chongyang arrive, Yang got up and said, "Sit down and eat together." ”

Gui Chongyang handed over the pocket in his hand and said, "Second uncle, this is given by Sister Zhou." ”

Yang was a little surprised, and glanced at Gui Chun, who had just arrived at home, why didn't he mention it? Since it is something for the second room, how can it be brought back by Gui Chongyang, not Gui Chun?

Gui Chun said: "That's for you, you can keep it and eat it, and it's not for nothing, you have to use the recipe to change it." ”

Meaning this, the order before and after is blurred, Yang thought that Gui Chongyang took the initiative to exchange the recipe, and felt that this child was a little greedy, but it was not easy to blame anything, but there was no big lama to accept it, and waved his hand and said: "There is no shortage of food at home, you keep it and take it back to eat yourself." ”

Gui Chongyang put down his pocket and said, "Then I will be filial to my second grandfather, second grandmother and aunt." ”

Second Grandpa Gui clapped his hands and said, "Take it, go back to the house and grind wheat to send some to the front yard." ”

Yang took it at this time, and when he saw that there was still vegetable oil and dried incense in it, he wanted to take it out to Gui Chongyang: "Keep the rice, you take these back, when you are growing your body, you will quit the meat and fish, and eat some to make up for it." ”

Gui Chongyang shook his head and said, "Where are you so squeamish?" Really poor people can't eat oil all year round, and it's not good to have stars. ”

Yang shook his head in disapproval.

If you change to another father, it is filial piety to keep it for three years; Just like Gui Yuan, he cheated Lao Tzu for his son's goods, and he deserves to keep filial piety for him?

It's just that these days, the Yang family can also see that this little Chongyang is a tempered person, and he can be blamed no matter how he is, and his little face will be sour when he mentions his Lao Tzu.

Second Grandpa Gui beckoned Gui Chongyang to step forward, asked him to sit down next to him, and said, "Ming'er, I'll tell your fifth uncle to let him buy you a small shop as soon as possible to collect rent, and the money can't be spent casually." This is not poor in food, clothing, and calculation. ”

Gui Chongyang nodded honestly and listened.

Meals are set on the dinner table, the staple food is sorghum rice, there is a wild boar fried pickles, and a boiled cabbage.

Gui Er's grandmother took the bowl and chopsticks to Gui Chongyang, but it was an empty bowl, is this not treating herself as an outsider? Gui Chongyang hesitated for a moment, and wanted to get up to serve the rice by himself, but Gui Er's grandmother pressed the rice bowl: "What's the hurry?" Knowing that you are not used to eating coarse grains, your second aunt made you pimple soup. ”

"No, just eat this." When Gui Chongyang heard this, he couldn't help but be anxious.

It's not that I haven't worn coarse grains, and I don't eat them if I don't like them at home, and I look too ignorant when I come out to be picky. Not to mention that Gui's second grandfather's family are all elders, and the elders all eat coarse grains, so how can they be embarrassed to eat small stoves.

The gnocchi soup is the most cooked, and at this time, Yang has already brought out a small pot, which is full of gnocchi, and the room is full of the aroma of new wheat.

Second Grandma Gui frowned and said in disapproval: "How did you do this older?" ”

Yang said with a smile: "Xiao Chongyang is the most filial, how can he be willing to eat alone?" Today, Chun'er has a big income, let's eat a few good bites, and we will also rejoice. ”

Grandma Gui also smiled when she heard this: "My eldest grandson is the most competitive. ”

Gui Wu and Gui Chongyang's uncle and nephew both want to study, and Gui Er's grandmother does not approve of it very much. Is it so easy to test fame? Like the Mei family, it takes several generations to provide a showman, and that is the smoke of the ancestral tomb.

In the eyes of the old lady, Gui Chun is not lazy and slippery in the field, and he can catch a hare and a pheasant to subsidize the family. On the contrary, Gui Wu and Gui Chongyang's uncle and nephew are like this, they don't know how to farm, they can't endure the hard days in the countryside, and they can't say their lives if they don't go up and down in the future. How much money do you have now, but what about after it's all spent?

It's just that the youngest son is at home, and Gui Chongyang's nephew and grandson seem to be pampered, and the old lady is in a hurry, and there is no way to tell the uncle and nephew to be down-to-earth immediately.

One thousand three hundred and seventy-two wen, a fraction of two pennies is not easy to calculate, according to one thousand three hundred and seventy, Gui Chun is divided into forty percent, that is, five hundred and forty-eight wen, Zhang Da also gave him two pennies and a fraction, that is, five hundred and fifty wen.

This is the money of two stones of wheat and two buckets, and if you can buy more than four stones of millet, it is a big profit.

The second room was full of joy, but Gui Chongyang was drinking pimple soup full of doubts.

Aren't these elders confused? How do you remember to enter the account and forget the loss? Not counting the two acres of land in the long house, only four rooms and six acres of sorghum were ruined by wild boars. It's too late to replant sorghum now, so what about the rations for the second half of the year?

Without waiting for Gui Chongyang to ask questions, Gui's second grandfather had already looked at the sky outside and said, "There has been rain in the past two days, and when the water is thoroughly watered, I will plant millet seeds." He said to Gui Chongyang again: "Mention to your aunt that we will plant millet together when the time comes." ”

The two acres of land in the long house have been planted in two rooms, and half of them are collected for the long house, which is already considered a fifty percent tenant rent, which is more than the forty percent rent that is common outside, and it is considered a second room to help the long house.

Gui Chongyang naturally had no opinion, but he was just strange: "Why didn't you make it directly before you made it?" ”

Mizi noodles are not as good as white noodles, but they are soft and sweet, and the taste is better than sorghum.

Grandpa Gui said: "Sorghum is well served, even if you go to the field, you can yield one and a half stones per mu, but the millet is only one stone, which is a lot of grain." It's just that now with the income of 550 wen, there is no loss in changing to millet seeds. A total of eight acres of land, one acre less than half a stone, the difference between the front and back four stones of sorghum, sorghum one stone is only about 100 yuan, so that this replanting is still profitable, millet and sorghum have to eat. ”

"Ming'er will go and take back the sorghum stalks first, and you don't need to beat pigweed for half a month." Gui Er's grandmother said.

Grandpa Gui said: "Pick some regular ones to dry, and weave some curtains." ”

Gui Chongyang laughed, but he was smacking his tongue in his heart.

How can this crop be replanted according to the harvest? What about this manpower? To plough the land again, sow seeds, and shovel grass, this set of work is only worth 150 wen in two or three months?

Gui Chongyang felt that his previous idea was good, even if he chose to live in the countryside, he couldn't really be a farmer, it was better to be a landlord.

As everyone was saying this, there was movement outside the gate, and it was Gui Wu and his wife who had returned.

It was the carriage of the Jiang family that sent the little couple back, and in addition to sending people back, there were also big bags of things.

"My mother ate the new wheat at home, and she liked it very much, so she packed it up and asked us to bring it back as a return gift." Jiang said with a smile.

Yang looked at the large and small pockets in front of him: "This is too much?" "What you can see is dozens of catties of rice, and half a pocket of dragon beard noodles.

"What's more? When the new grain comes down in the autumn season, I will send them some more, and they love it. Jiang said.

Gui's second grandmother was a little awkward, the old lady just disliked Gui Chongyang's picky eater, but her son and daughter-in-law were not much better. It sounds like a return gift, but in fact, it's just that the mother-in-law is afraid that there will be no fine food at home, so she has wronged their daughter.

Grandma Gui was uncomfortable, but she was a mother, and she also understood Mrs. Jiang's mother's heart, so she nodded and said: "Since it is a return gift from the mother-in-law, I will accept it, and Ming'er will keep a few catties of wild boar meat and bring it to my mother-in-law next time." ”

"Wild boar?" Gui Wu was startled, and hurriedly went to see Gui Er's grandfather, and then Gui Chun, and saw that the grandfather and grandson were complete, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The teahouse said just now that you passed, what happened?" Are you selling wild boar meat to the town? ”

Gui Chunhan said with a smile: "I was lucky today, I took Chongyang to see the sorghum field at the foot of the mountain, just in time to catch the wild boar coming down the mountain." called the people in the village to arrest them, and killed two heads. ”

Gui Wu was busy looking at Gui Chongyang again, and only felt that the hairs on his back stood up, it was a wild boar, not anything else.

"The people in the village shared one end, and the master shared one end with me, and sold it to Master Zhou's shop, and I divided five hundred and fifty miles." Gui Chun's voice couldn't help but bring a little pride.

Gui Wu was speechless, they were all poor. Before, he thought that money was a god, so he came up with the usual money as a reward, but he forgot about his own situation, and his nephew had to fight for 550 yuan.