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146. The relatives of all kinds of preciousness

Taking advantage of the last warm time before the start of winter, the idle farmers began to cultivate wheat again.

One morning in October, Deng Kuo'er held on to the iron plough and followed the old ox to plow the roots of millet grass left after the autumn harvest out of the ground piece by piece.

Deng Zhong thought that he had a lot of strength, but he didn't want to be laughed at, Gu Laoyan, who was in charge of leading the old cattle, asked to change the handle several times, but he refused.

It has been more than half a year since I went south, and there is already a lot of feces accumulated at home. Wu Pu, a newlywed teenager, went to the school as usual, and behind the two of them, Gu Shi, who was a newcomer, threw a handful of dung balls into the ground.

His wife, Zhou, was three months pregnant, and Deng Zhong didn't dare to let her go down to the field to do heavy work.

Of course, if it weren't for the stubborn Gu Laoyan, Deng Kuoer himself would never be so diligent, and most of the time he would have to lie at home with his wife at this time.

As the elder brother of the county guard, Deng Zhong can live a very nourishing life even if he doesn't have any skills, but people always have to do things, don't they? He didn't test the brave soldiers, he didn't ask to be an official, but he was willing to be a farmer honestly, but Brother Xiao made an exception to classify his household registration as a first-class meritorious citizen, and the rest were the same as others.

When he was in Nanyang, his father only got more than ten acres of land, and when the hundred acres of land were in hand, Deng Kuoer was a little difficult, but Gu Laoyan led a pair of grandchildren to join the household, and there were more 40 acres of 10 catties of NV medical craftsmen, a total of 140 acres of land, and the work was not easy, which made Deng Zhonggan glare, and his family could not learn from other meritorious people, because the main labor in the army and invited someone to help.

Originally, there was no need for special care, Deng Zhong has always been bold and very popular, if he is willing to squeak, I believe that there are not a few people who are willing to help, but he has to owe a lot of favors, and he can still avoid it.

He didn't want to ask people to help, the work in the field was only onerous if he came from his own house, but fortunately, Jīng Ming's younger brother secretly gave a trick, and when the season came, he was looking for pears and peach fruits to plant, although the harvest was not much in the next few years, it would be considerable, and he would be a full-time fruit farmer, and when the tree matured, the money and grain could be exchanged, which was much more leisurely than farming year after year, right?

Of course, this is based on the conditions that Henan has always been stable and prosperous, for such a proposal, Gu Laoyan absolutely does not approve, 1uan struggling in the world, the old man has long been hungry and afraid, nothing can match the grain to make him feel at ease, if there is another famine, who is willing to exchange grain for your fruit?

When the household was formed, everyone said that it was okay, when Wu Puman was sixteen, the three of their grandparents and grandchildren would go out separately, and Deng Kuo'er said that the forty acres of land of ten catties did not count, this can only grow grain!

Seeing Gu Laoyan insisting like this, his wife Zhou was also a little hesitant, and Deng Zhong, the suggestion of Brother Xiao, gave a discount, and only planted eighty acres of fruit trees, and the remaining twenty acres of land were still planted with grain.

In Deng Zhong's heart, there is no need for more grain in the eighty acres of fruit land, as long as it can be given this year, one hundred and forty acres of land can receive twenty-eight stone grains, and he is the second brother of the pimple, and he will not have a bad reputation in this regard.

He is not the only one who chooses to plant other plants in his leisure, some craftsmen are really busy, and they will also plant most of the land with fruit trees or hemp and mulberry without being taught by others.

Winter cultivation of wheat, it is not very tiring, most of the land should be left to the next year to plant millet, sowing wheat has one or twenty acres of land, jiao fork planting can prevent the summer green and yellow, and can give the family from time to time to change the taste, is a good choice.

Although there is not much land that needs to be plowed out, the farmer depends on the sky for food, and in October, it may become cold one day, and there is no reason to push the work to the Ming rì, so they must be done first to get peace of mind, and they are ready to spend in the field all day.

The three of them were busy until noon, before plowing three or four acres of land, and when Wu Pu returned from the school, he also stepped forward to change hands to help.

Although Wu Pu became a husband, he was still only a half-grown son, and not long after he arrived, Zhou's cooked a meal, sent the morning food to the ground, and brought a pot of honey by the way.

Nowadays, the method of beekeeping has gradually begun to spread in Henan, but there are very few vegetable fields and fruit fields, and the bee colony only relies on the outside to find wild hua, except for the vicinity of Sankun Mountain, the output is not much, Deng Zhong, Wu Pu, ten catties and Zhou's own family all love to drink, half a year ago with jīzi and Nanyang merchants in exchange for a can, rìrì brewed down, and now it is almost bottoming out.

People's adaptability is always very strong, and it has not been a year since she married Deng Zhong, and Zhou Zhao, who is only seventeen years old, has already changed her appearance, not to mention the slightest luxury, every time the smoke burns down, except for the beautiful face on her face, her behavior is not much different from that of other farmers.

When Zhou brought food, the four of them stopped their work, led the old ox to the tree beside the road, tied it, grabbed some straws and chewed with it, and people gathered in the shade of the tree and began to eat.

Sympathetic to his hard work, in addition to the steamed xiao rice in a large bowl, there are also several wooden boxes containing xiao green onions and fried jīzi, boiled salted eggs, fried cranberries, and dried tofu and fish soup, which can be regarded as hearty.

Tofu was made by chance when Liu An, the grandson of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was made when he made alchemy, and it was not widely spread in this era, but the dried fish was given by his sister-in-law Wu. Now the market is also gradually vibrant, for several months, a lot of Xiliang people who have nothing to do in Luo, the river to fish to Luoyang to exchange grain, if it has not been exchanged until dusk, Deng Ji will make people buy with grain, the house has never cut off eating fish, I heard that Deng Zhang's xiaozi will be caught by the fish bones every other three or five rì crying.

In addition to Deng Ji's family, the rest were sent to the generals, officials and relatives in the city, and Deng Zhong's family naturally got a lot.

After some hard work, the four of them have a good appetite, and the food is delicious, watching them gulp down the food, it is undoubtedly a recognition of their own craftsmanship, and they are very satisfied with this feeling, Zhou couldn't help but smile lightly.

Will be a mother, different from ten catties, Wu has taken off the layer of less NV green, at this time caressing Xiao's abdomen, suddenly remembered one thing in his heart, and couldn't help but say to his husband: "The preserved eggs that I ate at the fourth brother's house on the winter solstice are far from salted eggs, I heard my brother-in-law and Tang Ji say, it was newly tried to be made, if not, the concubine also went to learn?" ”

The so-called preserved eggs, is the pine eggs of later generations, Deng Ji not only ate in the previous life, but also personally saw the craftsmen to the village to make it, now they raise a lot of jī, jī Zi is supplied to the army, but whether it is salted eggs or fresh eggs, when they go out, they are easy to break, not to mention, cooking is also troublesome, remember this, only to call people to try production, but it is to test the proportion of lime grass and wood ash, and it has been recently achieved.

When Deng Zhong's family went south, several old mothers hugged the nest, and now there are more than fifty half-sized jīs, but the growth is not as fast as xiaojī in the Sankun Mountains, and it consumes food, but Xiao's mother Jī has also begun to lay eggs, and the family is planning to build a pit recently.

Too accustomed to being poor, suddenly getting rich is also a little uncomfortable, there are so many jī at home, every rìjī egg is tired of eating, and it will become a bad egg after a long time, except for pickling salted eggs and selling them to Nanyang merchants, there is really no way to dispose of it, listening to his wife say this, Deng Zhong thinks that just learning the practice is not taking advantage of anything, a variety of practices are good, to swallow the food in the mouth, then nodded and said: "You have to eat, but you are pregnant, you need to take care of your body!" ”

Over there, Wu Pucha said, "Is that what my sister-in-law is talking about?" There's no jīzi flavor, and it's a little weird, I don't like to eat it! ”

The two of them were talking, but their husband went to his mouth, and he couldn't help but glance at him and said, "I'm not bad at eating!" Cool and cool, rìrì eat jīzi, you are not tired yet? ”

This couple love to talk about each other, and Gu Laoyan generally ignores them, but now Rì is a little dissatisfied, puts down the dishes and chopsticks and frowns and scolds: "How long has it been good?" One is a picky eater, and the other is greasy to eat? I remember that I only had a few taels of grain at the beginning, and I was so hungry that I caught grasshoppers, scorpions, and palace guards to eat, and I didn't forget my roots! ”

Grandpa was rarely angry, seeing that his face was black, Wu Pu and Ten Jin were so frightened that they stuck out their tongues together, and didn't dare to say anything more, Deng Zhong laughed and said, "Yes!" Calling you xiao two mouthfuls rìrì makes me have a headache! ”

Wu Pu and Ten Jin tacitly gave him a white eye, and began to work hard to consume the food in the bowl, Deng Zhong and Gu Laoyan stopped talking and concentrated on eating.

After eating, drinking honey and resting for a while, Deng Zhong and the others went down to the ground to continue their work, the house was empty, Zhou put away the tableware, but he didn't want to go back, just sat in the shade of the tree and watched them work.

Such a rìzi, it's so good!

The surroundings are still unbearable, their own family can live like this is the luxury of countless people, and the people who are sad cherish everything in front of them more, if this kind of peace and prosperity can continue forever, Zhou Zhao feels that there is nothing bad about being just a farmer for the rest of his life.

My father was killed until now, and it is rare for my family to have a few days of peace, Xiongnu Yigou, Xiliangren, Yuan Benchu, Yuan Highway, Lu Fengxian, Cao Mengde, these people, don't come here, everyone has their own way, it's a blessing!

I used to be a high-ranking official of the big family, and I enjoyed all the glitz, so far I want to come, but there is nothing to think about, if the child in the belly can be born peacefully, and I can live such a happy life every year, I don't have to ask for anything, I don't want to tell him that my grandfather was a high-ranking official or something.

Of course, just in case, if he gives birth to a son, he still has to let him go with the fourth uncle to learn some skills to protect himself; NV, if you are well raised at home, you will marry someone who has the ability to protect her from suffering in the future.

Zhou Zhao kept looking at the field like this, thinking about the future in his heart, the more he thought about it, the farther he thought, and the corners of his mouth flashed a light smile from time to time, until his head turned west, and Deng Zhong and the others finished the work in the field, and she never moved away, and then she remembered that she should go home and cook another meal for them.

Ashamed and panicked, she got up and went first, but she passed by the Bai Shi family, and she came to ask ten catties to see Liu Xuan.

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