Huaxian Ling raised his head and saw an old man with a strange face standing on the ridge, he couldn't see how old he was, he was right to say eighty, and he was almost one hundred years old, such a birthday star must be treated with courtesy, not to mention that the old man has an extraordinary bearing, but he is not a pillar at such an age, if he is from a small civilian household, he doesn't believe it.

I didn't have time to put down the potatoes in my hand, and bent down to reply: 'I really don't deserve the title of county respect in front of my father-in-law, you can call me a lot of words, it's too hot here, and the late life will help you go to the shed to avoid the sun, drink saliva, what do you want to say, the late life will listen to you." “

Yan Zhitui smiled and nodded, and let Huaxian Ling help him to sit under the pergola, the Yun family did not send anyone to the ground, but just prepared a few large barrels of herbal tea for them to quench their thirst, Huaxian Ling picked a clean bowl, soaked it with tea, and then poured most of the bowl of tea before giving it to Yan Zhitui with both hands.

Yan Zhitui did not shirk, took a sip, only felt a little bitter, but the aftertaste was sweet and moist, smiled and said to Huaxian Ling: "Good things, look at you sweating profusely, also drink a bowl, relieve the heat, the old man has not been out of the house for ten years, the children and grandchildren are worried that I will die outside and not let go out, the old man sees them a piece of filial piety, and he has no intention of going out, now it seems that the loss is big, as soon as he goes out, he will encounter the harvest of auspicious rui that has not been encountered for thousands of years, this is a blessing, I heard that the output of an acre of land is enough to have as many as 20 loads, Cheng Duo, you are a pro-people official, sue the old man, the old man heard it right. “

Huaxian Lingxiao, who had just poured a large bowl of herbal tea, narrowed his eyes into a slit, washed the potatoes he had just harvested with water, and brought them to Yan Zhitui and said: "Don't laugh at the late sheng, the late sheng has just harvested an acre of land himself, which was re-measured by the scribes with a measuring rope." There will be no mistake, a full harvest of three thousand one hundred and sixty-two catties and four taels. In order to worry about the fat and thin of the land, isn't this another acre measured, ready to make a comparison, judging from the current harvest, the difference will not be too far, this potato. It is indeed the first auspicious Rui of my Datang. ”

When Yan Zhitui heard this, he also grinned, as long as this thing is spread out and planted in Datang, there will definitely be no more worries about hunger. I took the potatoes in my hand and looked at them over and over again, the more I looked at them, the more I liked them, and asked Hua County Order: "Cheng Duo." This potato may fill the belly as food? ”

"Yes, yes, potatoes are vegetables and food. The cooking is delicious, and after steaming, it is glutinous and pleasant. It is the ideal meal for a birthday star like Mr. Lao. ”

Yan Zhitui stroked his palms and laughed, and said to Huaxian Ling: "Can the old man buy a few catties and go back to taste them, feel the good blessings brought by Xiangrui, maybe he can live a few more days." ”

"That's right, the late master gave the old man fifty catties, and I am ashamed to say that these potatoes are all used for grain next year. Otherwise, it doesn't hurt to send more to my father-in-law. ”

Yan Zhitui shook his head and said to the Hua County Order: "It is not easy for you to be a county order, and now you are going to the field to cultivate yourself." Sweating like rain under the poisonous sun, tirelessly working for the people, the old man can make you virtuous and dusty, there is a three or five catties enough, starving to death Daddy, the old man still understands the truth of not eating grain. ”

Seeing the solemn face of the old man, Huaxian Ling nodded, returned to the field, picked the three largest ones to report to Yan Zhi, and saw that the old servant was ready to pay and quickly shook his hand and said: "The old man is a high virtue and a young man, it is natural for the late life to give a tribute, if you want to collect the money, it will make the younger generation embarrassed, you can rest assured, what was given to you was bought by the late life himself, and it will never let the old man's heart go to waste."

Yan Zhitui grinned again, patted Huaxian Ling's shoulder, got into the ox cart accompanied by the old servant, and drove towards Yunjia Zhuangzi with a squeak.

The chief bookkeeper came to Hua Xianling's side, looked at the ox cart in the distance, and asked, "County Honor, do you know this old man?" I think he has an extraordinary bearing, and he must not be an ordinary person. “

"Is there anything wrong with ordinary people, just that age is enough for us to treat each other respectfully, send three potatoes to make a good fate, why not do such a thing."

The chief bookkeeper smiled and said: "The output of this potato is so terrifying, when the wasteland and slopes of the county are planted with potatoes next year, the ambition of the county will definitely be realized." ”

"Shoot less sycophants, work more, I'm out, don't you just take my seat, it's all good things, work hard in one place, and it's not too late to be happy to plant potatoes next year."

The two joked with each other and went down to the field again, and when they saw the potatoes that had been dug up all over the ground, their chests suddenly became hot.

Yan Zhitui sat in the ox cart, looking at the three potatoes beside him and was stunned, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would definitely refute it as nonsense, just now he stood on the edge of the field and glanced at the potatoes that had just been dug up in front of him with some military skills, and then took a potato to weigh the weight, and knew that the Huaxian Order did not talk nonsense, and one acre of land did harvest three thousand catties, which could not be faked.

The ox cart climbed up a slope, and when it reached the highest place, Yan Zhitui ordered the ox cart to stop, lifted the curtain of the cart and looked down at the Yunjia Zhuangzi at the foot of the mountain, and under the bright sunlight, the entire Zhuangzi was undoubtedly revealed.

Connecting the official road is a wide stone road, passing through the tall archway of the Yun family, extending to the emerald green mountains, where a few corners of the eaves are faintly revealed, and there are bells in the distance, giving people a sense of paradise.

A large area of tall buildings at the foot of the mountain is very conspicuous, needless to say that this is Yunfu, although the surrounding are half of the houses, are red bricks and blue tiles of exquisite small courtyards, at this time it is time for lunch, light blue smoke from the chimney of each house, giving people a sense of tranquility and peace.

The small market in front of Yunfu is very lively, people come and go, just now, there are many two-wheeled carriages passing by the ox cart, and you can smell the fragrance I don't know whose lady it is.

Yan Zhitui smiled again, and told the old servant to turn around and go to the cornfield to take another look, now Yan Zhitui's interest in corn is far greater than his interest in Yun Ye, knowledge is the food of the spirit, Yan Zhitui has studied this thing all his life, and he has long ceased to be confined to foreign objects, he has studied for a long time and found that he is always in circles in the same place, those really good emperors in history all started from food, clothing, housing and transportation, as long as the people are well fed and warmly dressed, there is no hurdle in the world that cannot be passed, and the thick history book is nothing more than two wordsWith food and clothing, with food and clothing, foreigners can only obediently surrender, with food and clothing, knowledge will bloom everywhere, with food and clothing, no matter whose country is iron, the people actually don't care who is the emperor, orthodoxy or not is just the scholars and literati barking twice, and it has never had anything to do with the overall situation.

So he was looking forward to the corn being able to give him another big surprise, "Boy, if the corn is not bad, the old man will admit that you are a real fairy child." Yan Zhitui said to himself.

The ox cart turned down the road, along the small dirt road between heaven and earth and slowly arrived at the edge of the corn field, the tall corn stretched out with long leaves standing quietly in the field, the wind blows, the male flower on the top will shake off countless pollen, Yan Zhitui sneezed, climbed a corn plant from the head to the feet, and then from the feet to the top, this is clearly a very big sorghum, the height is very similar, the leaves are much wider than the sorghum, the pole is thicker than the sorghum, obliquely inserted a cylindrical thing, needless to say, This should be the fruit of corn.

Didn't call the old servant, Yan Zhitui laboriously broke off an ear of corn, tore the skin, sure enough, the plump corn kernels grew in rows on the cob, pinched it with his hand, and milky white juice flowed out, Yan Zhitui peeled off a grain of corn, filled it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, a sweet fragrance unique to grain overflowed his mouth, and he couldn't help but peel off a few more grains to taste this sweet taste.

The Yun family's nursing home for corn had already discovered these two thieves who stole corn, they were really bold, they rushed to steal corn in the daytime, they really didn't treat the uncle as a person, and hurriedly ran over to beat the two thieves and babies, but they didn't dare to move, without him, the two thieves who stole corn were too old, older than his grandfather, he swore that one of them was the oldest person he had ever seen.

People over seventy, anyone in the world has the obligation to support, this obligation not only refers to the country, including the Yun family, including the Zhuang household, even if a crime is committed, no one will come to investigate, it is great to take his son and nephew to take the crime, if you hurt this kind of person, you will be chased back to the Tianbian government to convict, human ethics is a major matter, it is related to filial piety, the same harm to young people, at most a few boards, hurt them, and the distribution of 3,000 miles is light, and no one feels that you have been wronged.

The five big and three rough nursing homes could only watch the two old thieves unscrupulously take their own corn and look at it, and could only shout anxiously on the side: "Okay, okay, just break one, and if you break more, I'll be angry." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yan Zhi pushed and broke down a spike with a click, and he didn't even look at the nursing home, and the nursing home, who was rubbing his hands in a hurry, jumped to his feet and shouted, "Catch the thief, catch the thief." But he didn't have the courage to stop it. Two weak old guys can't stand his punches and kicks.

"Boy, come here, tell the old man how to eat this corn, it can't be eaten raw, right?"

Seeing the oldest thief among them, he beckoned to himself, and the nursing home cautiously went over, and said angrily: "Two grandfathers, this thing is all there is in the world, if you break one more ear, there will be some less seeds in the coming year, don't you know, Quan Zhuangzi stretched his neck and waited to plant it." ”

"Where is that nonsense, the old man asked you how to eat this thing." Yan Zhitui asked the nursing home with a smile.

"How else can you eat, boil and eat, and grind it into noodles when it is ripe, Hou Ye said that the cake that comes out is called a fragrant, and it is better than wheat cakes."

"Hmm, I tasted it just now, it tastes really good, why didn't your marquis come to see the corn, so he sent a tamping guard like you, what if someone steals it, it's too child's play."

The guard's eyes widened and he couldn't help himself. I can't understand these two arrogant old thieves, who don't run away after stealing things, and are still here to teach themselves that they can't take good care of themselves, what kind of truth is this? (To be continued.) )

PS: The second section was delivered, relatives came, and I was going to prepare three watches, but if I came back early, I would continue.