The sky in the east has just turned white, Liu Boss has already come to the yard with his clothes, Liu's aunt got up before dawn, at this time breakfast has been prepared, when he saw him come out, immediately beckoned him to eat, breakfast is millet porridge and thick noodles steamed buns, on the boiled green vegetables Liu Boss ate several bowls in a row, he didn't dare to let go of eating so much before, but now there is money in Zhuangzi, even if everyone eats with an open belly, they can't eat at home. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After breakfast, Liu Boss wiped his mouth, dropped his rice bowl and went to the wall to pick up a hoe and put it on his shoulder and went out, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, but there is still a period of time before the wheat harvest, so now is the agricultural season, but the farm is not the same as no work, in fact, the work in the field is not finished, such as hoeing alone, even if you hoe every day, but there is no fast growth of weeds, so the diligent farmer is soaked in the farmland almost every day during the slack.

Boss Liu carried a hoe to the river, this is the most fertile field in Zhuangzi, used to be used as a vegetable field to plant, and when the vegetables grow, you can transport them to Chang'an City for some money, but don't underestimate this income, in the past, every household in the village had to get needlework, salt and oil from this vegetable field.

At that moment, Boss Liu walked through the vegetable field by the river, and finally came to a fertile farmland of about three or four acres, only to see that this farmland was not planted with vegetables, but a tall crop, long and straight stretched, looking like small trees, these crops were the corn that Li Xiu handed over to him.

Looking at these vigorous corn, especially the heavy corn cob on the corn stalk, Boss Liu couldn't help but step forward and touch these corn cobs, before he had secretly opened the coating on the outside of the cob, you can see the full seeds inside, each has the size of a soybean, according to his estimate, the harvest of this corn is definitely several times higher than that of wheat, if there was this kind of corn before, I am afraid that the people in their Zhuangzi will not worry about not having enough to eat every day.

At the moment, Liu Boss turned half a circle along the corn field, there was a vacant lot on the edge of the field in front, and a small shack was set up there.

"Who! Who steals grain! The guy who had been kicked out of bed also jumped up at once, picked up a wooden stick and jumped up and shouted, and there were still two eye droppings hanging from his eyes that had not woken up.

"Bastard thing, let you come to see the food, not let you sleep, and then be lazy, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will slap you to death!" Boss Liu immediately scolded at this time, don't look at him as usually very kind, but he is not polite to the juniors who make mistakes, otherwise he will not establish prestige in the village.

"Uncle, it's you, I just squinted for a while when it was dawn, and I definitely didn't be lazy at night!" When the young man who was kicked awake saw Boss Liu with an angry face, his body immediately became shorter, and then he said with a flattering smile, he was Boss Liu's own nephew, and it was his turn to keep vigil in the field last night, mainly to prevent people or beasts running down from the mountains from spoiling the corn.

"Hmph, I don't know your kid's virtue yet, hurry up and get me back, I'll come and see next night, if I find out that you're lazy, take care of your skin!" Boss Liu glared again and said, in fact, he also knew that this nephew was not lazy at night, just now he saw a lot of fresh footprints on the edge of the ridge, and he didn't fall a single corn plant, but he still had to scold when he slept at night.

"Well, I'll get out, don't tell my father, or he'll kill me!" The young man said with a hippie smile on his face, grabbed his clothes and ran out after speaking, and by the way, he also avoided Boss Liu's kick, which also made Boss Liu laugh and scold, and estimated in his heart that this kid should also get married, but he was still in no shape all day long, if it wasn't for the fact that Zhuangzi was not short of money now, I am afraid it would be really difficult to give his daughter-in-law.

At that moment, Boss Liu turned around along the corn field again, until he found that all the corn was intact, then he put his mind at ease, and then began to hoe the grass along the ridges, in fact, because the corn grew too tall, the general weeds had little impact on it, but Boss Liu was still very serious about hoeing the weeds, so as not to compete with the corn for fertilizer.

Just when Boss Liu had just finished hoeing a ridge of land, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside, and when he drilled out of the cornfield, he saw Li Xiu standing outside with a smile, which made him hurriedly step forward and say, "Why are you here, master?" ”

"Hehe, I guess the corn is almost ripe, so I want to see the situation." Li Xiu said with a smile, the court was quite calm during this time, and he also put all his attention on high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, hoping to get a bumper harvest this year, so that there would be more seeds in the coming year.

"Don't worry, the lord family, the corn is growing very well, and the people I arranged to patrol day and night will definitely not go on a business trip!" Boss Liu puffed up his chest at this time and assured that as a farmer with little knowledge, he may not understand the battles of those big people in the court, but he understands what corn means to ordinary people, so his love for these corns is even higher than Li Xiu.

"That's good, Uncle Liu has you!" Li Xiu said and stepped forward and patted Boss Liu's shoulder, then walked to a corn tree and touched the corn cob on it, even through the outer coating, you could feel the full corn kernels inside, and even seemed to be able to break through the outer coating at any time.

"Master, I peeled one open and looked at it before, and the corn kernels inside were very full, and it was estimated that it would be harvested in about a month." Boss Liu saw Li Xiu's appearance, and immediately stepped forward to report again, with an excited smile on his dark face, he now dreamed of letting everyone in the Zhuangzi plant corn next year, so that I am afraid that just farming is enough for the people in their Zhuangzi to eat and drink.

Seeing Boss Liu's excited appearance, Li Xiu praised a few words again, and finally said again: "Then Uncle Liu, you are busy, I'll pick some chili peppers, by the way, if the people in the village like it, they can also let them pick it themselves, anyway, I can't eat it alone." ”

Li Xiu also planted peppers in the vegetable field by the river, and planted a lot, and now there are fresh peppers to eat every day, but he planted a little too much, even if he gave some to Li Shimin and Ma Ye, he still can't eat them all, and there are many peppers that can only be dried into dried peppers and stored.

"No, the master, you should keep it for yourself, there are a few half-grown children in the village who stole a few of your peppers before, but after taking a bite, snot and tears flowed non-stop, and it took a long time to cry before relieving yourself, and since then no one dares to approach your pepper field." When Boss Liu heard Li Xiu's words, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, in fact, he had also tasted the chili, but his tongue was numb by the spicy one, and he didn't dare to taste it again.

"Hahahaha~, no one let you eat it, chili pepper is actually a seasoning, you add a little when you cook, and you will like it slowly!" Li Xiu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but at the same time he was also a little depressed, who would have thought that the chili pepper that would be loved by everyone in later generations would be so unpopular now, it seems that people's tastes are really not easy to change for a while.

Then Li Xiu chatted a few more gossips with Boss Liu, and then turned around and left to go to the vegetable field, and after Boss Liu saw him go away, he turned around and went into the corn field to work again, but he didn't find that Li Xiu just went around in the vegetable field and left without picking peppers.

I saw that after Li Xiu left the vegetable field, he hurriedly crossed the small bridge over the river, and finally sneaked to a small forest and whispered: "Come out, there is no one outside!" ”

With Li Xiu's voice, I saw Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian, two brothers, sneakily poking their heads out of the woods, and when they saw Li Xiu, they breathed a sigh of relief, and then the two ran out holding the hem of their clothes, and whispered excitedly: "Sir, you see, we picked several of them, and they picked them inside, so they shouldn't be discovered." ”

Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian opened the hem of the clothes on their chests as they spoke, revealing a few green corn cobs inside, which also made Li Xiu excitedly exclaimed: "Very good, the son can be taught, let's find a place to start the fire, but you remember to keep this matter secret, no one is allowed to say it, especially Qi Niang, she is your aunt's little spy!" ”

"Yes, we're not stupid, but is this corn really delicious?" Li Chengqian also asked with a pair of big eyes at this time.

"Even Mr. can't forget it, it must be very delicious, but you were too stupid just now, and you almost fell into the river when you ran away." Without waiting for Li Xiu to speak, Li Chengdao next to him took the lead, and by the way, he also complained about Li Chengqian.

"I ...... I didn't see that! Li Chengqian said with a red face at this time, he didn't look at the road when he ran just now, and he almost rolled into the river with one foot in the air, but fortunately he was pulled by Li Chengdao, otherwise it would be bad.

"Haha, okay, you brothers don't quarrel, wait until you taste the corn and you'll know what it tastes like!" Li Xiu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, originally Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian had some estrangement between their cousins because of their father's affairs, and they hadn't even spoken for a long time, so Li Xiu came up with such a way to let them go together to steal corn, and now the estrangement between their brothers has been resolved a lot.

Although the corn was planted by Li Xiu, Princess Pingyang had warned him a long time ago that he would keep all this corn as seeds, so Li Xiu could only come secretly if he wanted to eat it, and even pulled the Li Chengdao brothers, so that in case he was discovered, he also had two shields.

At the moment, Li Xiu took Li Chengdao brothers to find a vacant land in the woods, and then raised the fire and began to roast corn, after a while, the coating on the outside of the corn was scorched, and the air was also filled with a corn aroma, which made Li Xiu can't help but move his index finger, peel off the outer coating to reveal the burnt yellow corn inside, and gnaw it in a big mouth, Li Chengdao and the two brothers are also doing the same, holding the hot corn while blowing and gnawing, and after a while, the face is full of black ash, which looks like two little cats.

"Well, you actually steal corn here, I'll go tell the princess!" However, before Li Xiu had finished eating a piece of corn, he suddenly heard a broken shout, which made him almost throw the corn in his hand in fright. (To be continued.) )