Chapter 70: The Duo of Pot Pickers
"I'll be with you for the rest of my life!" Lin Shaoxuan blurted out a sentence, and when he saw Jinyu opening his mouth slightly, he looked at him blankly, and his old face was a little unbearable.
"I'll go out and have a look." Lin Shaoxuan fled, leaving Jinyu alone and messy.
"Hey! Don't you marry for the rest of your life? Jiang Jinyu shook her head and smiled, "Then don't marry." ”
Lin Shaoxuan ran to the gate to check, and the subordinates rushed to report back, and Lu Yiyi had really been gone for a long time.
"That woman has such a big temper! I just tried to help her on the horse, but she fell on her head. ”
"Didn't you see her crying so sadly? Second son, what happened to you? ”
"Oh, this woman is so beautiful, and her equestrian skills are good, and she didn't hit a person when she rode so fast."
"Alright, alright, don't be ashamed. Remember her appearance for me, if she comes again next time, just report it to me secretly, don't bother Jiang Gongzi. Lin Shaoxuan listened to the people's small talk, but didn't hear any useful information, so he dropped a sentence and went back.
said that I would go to the villa today, but I was delayed by Lu Yiyi's trouble, and it was too late to go again today. Although Jinyu's villa is also in the south of the city, it is blocked by mountains, so it has to go around in a big circle, and there is no time to come and go.
Forget it, let's go again tomorrow, anyway, Yulang won't let me go today, I'll enjoy the treatment of the wounded. Lin Shaoxuan moved his left arm, except for some pain, there was no other discomfort, and he didn't hurt his muscles and bones. If you don't go to Zhuangzi, you can't sit still, right?
Jin Yu had ordered someone to take away the clothes he had changed, and at this time he was sitting under a big locust tree in the courtyard, setting up a game of Zhenlong chess to entertain himself.
"Brother is here to play chess."
This is such an elegant brain-burning game, so you can play it yourself! Lin Shaoxuan wanted to hide but couldn't dodge, he was stopped by Jin Yu's look, and he was pulled to sit on the opposite side of the stone table, and he was about to start.
"I won't."
"I'll teach you."
"I can't learn."
“……”
Forget it, let's play with you. Seeing that Jinyu was so bored that he wanted to count the ants, Lin Shaoxuan had to sacrifice himself to play with him. Well, let's forget about Go, let's play backgammon.
The rules are very simple, people as smart as Jin Yu will naturally hear it, and the routine will be understood after only a few games.
"Come again!" "One more game!"
After Lin Shaoxuan relied on experience to win a few games in a row, the two began to have their own wins and losses, Jiang Jinyu was smart and cautious, Lin Shaoxuan was cunning and changeable, and the simple backgammon was also dark.
Seeing that Jinyu was having fun, Lin Shaoxuan also played with him the five sons. A few girls saw that they were playing devotedly, and they all learned after standing aside and watching for a while, and they also liked to play a few games in their spare time.
Although this backgammon is simple, it is a test of IQ, and it can exercise people's thinking ability, and it does not have too high requirements for the chessboard pieces, even if you draw a grid on the ground at will, you can also play. Lin Shaoxuan's original intention was to be lazy and not to learn the brain-burning Go, but because he unintentionally inserted willows, this little backgammon spread out, and it quickly became popular all over the country.
Don't talk too much, just say that Lin Shaoxuan rested for a day, and his arm finally became swollen, leaving a scar that could only wait for it to slowly subside. Afraid that Jinyu would be bored and pull him to play chess and play the piano, he took him to the villa early the next morning.
A few people didn't take the car, only chose three healthy horses, and galloped along the official road when they left the south gate.
Isn't this the way to my Zhuangzi? Lin Shaoxuan didn't want the housekeeper to know that he had a Zhuangzi, so he just exchanged glances with Jinyu and followed the steward to continue his journey.
After passing his Zhuangzi and running forward for a few miles, the steward Lin An led them off the official road and onto a small road.
"There are some mountain roads ahead, and the two sons are careful of their steps." Lin An came once a few days ago, and was very surprised by this villa, and today the master is coming, so he has to lead the way and run again.
"Bypass the mountain in front of you." Wangshan ran a dead horse, and although it was almost there, it took another quarter of an hour to see the villa.
Tsk, what a mountain villa! I saw a barren field in front of me, adding up to hundreds of acres, and some farmers were working listlessly in the field. In the distance was a bare barren mountain, with few large trees to be found, only a few low shrubs.
Yulang, where did your family find such a broken Zhuangzi, and he gave it to me as a "dowry", this is the rhythm of pit people!
"Second son, this is it. You rest under the tree first, and I'll go and call the head of the village. Lin An is familiar with it after a trip, so at this time, he bolted the horse to the master, and went to find the head of the village.
"Yulang, what are you going to do with this Zhuangzi?" Lin Shaoxuan scratched his head a little. He bought Zhuangzi to grow flowers and plants to make perfume, although Jinyu's Zhuangzi is large, but the land looks very barren, and he doesn't know what to plant.
If the mountains and rivers are beautiful here, you can build a separate courtyard to play in your spare time, and he is obviously in a poor place. If it is convenient, you can also move the workshop here when you expand your business, but it is not only far from the city road, but also a mountain road.
What to do? Just continue to be wasted? This is Jin Yu's only property, if he can't earn interest, he has to put money in it, although he doesn't care, but his heart will not be happy.
"Didn't Zhuangzi already give it to you? My brother watched and dealt with it himself. If you don't like it, sell it. ”
Although Jiang Jinyu is not favored at home, he is also a son and brother with fine clothes and fine food, except for making some fragrant cakes and powder, how can he know what livelihood? If he thinks Zhuangzi is not easy to sell, he can make some fragrant cakes and exchange them for money if he has no money to spend.
Look at your pot! Lin Shaoxuan had no choice but to find a place to stand high and take a good look at this villa.
This mountain village is completely different from his own Zhuangzi, taking a rough route. There is no village gate, no courtyard wall, not even a boundary stone, a barren mountain stretches, and I don't know which two are his. There was a large area of dry land on the flat ground, but it was barren because it was uncultivated, and there were only a few beans planted in the area where it was cultivated. There is a low grass hut at the foot of the hill on the edge of the field, and a few naughty children can be faintly seen running and playing outside.
Pity me, the big president, who wants to come here to help you farm! Yulang, you have to make it up to me.
Okay, plant beans, let's plant beans. At this time, limited to the backwardness of oil extraction technology, people do not use soybean oil with low oil yield, eat more sesame oil and rapeseed oil, Lin Shaoxuan plans to find a way to improve the oil extraction technology and get soybean oil in advance.
"Childe, the head of the village is here." Before Lin Shaoxuan could think about how to use this Zhuangzi to make some money, Lin An walked over with a strong man.
"The villain Zhu Changshan has seen the two sons." This strong man also took the rough route, because he was working in the fields, at this time he was only wearing a pair of calf-nosed shorts, revealing his naked chest, standing in front of the two young men in gorgeous clothes, looking a little cramped and uneasy.
"Zhu Zhuangtou, I think you also know that this Zhuangzi has now changed hands. We're here to check it out today, don't be afraid, tell us about the situation here. ”
Jiang Jinyu has never liked to talk in front of people, so Lin Shaoxuan had to take the initiative to step forward.
"If you go back to Gongzi, this place is called Baishi Village, and there were originally a few families living here, but because the land was barren and there was little production, everyone couldn't even pay the field tax, and gradually they all moved away, and the fields were confiscated by the government."
Confiscated by the government? How did it become the private property of the prefect again?
"Some families have lived here for generations and don't want to move out, but they can't pay their taxes, so it's very hard. The prefect was kind-hearted, so he bought the whole village and handed it over to us to cultivate at will, and he sent people every year to send the insufficient rations. ”
Your uncle's! If you are kind, you will throw this negative asset to my family Yulang?
I can't receive a penny of silver, and I have to support more than ten families, Yulang, your father and brother are really not things. Fortunately, there is me Lin Shaoxuan, don't worry, I'll help you.
"Let's go, take us to the village." Lin Shaoxuan said to Zhu Changshan.
Zhu Changshan led the way in front, took the three of them to the grass hut at the foot of the mountain, and beckoned his wife to boil water to make tea.
"Son, please rest at my house first, and I'll call everyone to meet the new owner."
Zhu Changshan went out to gather the villagers, and after a while, Mrs. Zhu brought out three coarse porcelain bowls from the kitchen, "Three masters, please drink tea." ”
This woman had never seen such a handsome and noble son, and today she saw two at once, and she was so nervous that she didn't know where to put it.
"Sister-in-law, don't be busy, tell us about the village." Lin Shaoxuan looked at the big bowl, didn't dare to touch it, and ordered Lin An to go and bring the water bladder that was hanging immediately.
The grass hut was old, the house was dim, and several people simply moved a stool to sit in the yard and talk. The woman said a few words, and when she saw that the two sons were kind, she gradually became afraid.
"Jiang Zhifu is a good person! Thanks to his help, no one starved to death in our village. Last year, my mother-in-law passed away, and he also ordered someone to send a thin coffin and gave two taels of silver to handle the funeral. When the woman mentioned the Jiang Governor's Mansion, she actually bowed to the north from afar, "Son, are you the one who took over the Jiang Governor's Mansion to take care of our village?" ”
Ahem, unlucky, a big hat of charity is buttoned down, and if you don't give money, you're not a good person.
Before Lin Shaoxuan could speak, Jin Yu had already comforted the woman softly: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I won't leave you alone." After speaking, those handsome eyes turned to Lin Shaoxuan, "Brother......"
Woo, Yulang, I'm all for you.
"Yes, don't worry, with our brother here, we will definitely not make you live a hard life."
"Thank you, two sons! Childe's kindness will definitely be rewarded! When the woman heard that they had promised to continue to help them, she fell to her knees and kowtowed, thanking them vigorously.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Lin Shaoxuan was most afraid that others would kowtow to him, so he hurriedly asked Lin An to help. The woman kept kowtowing three more times before she stood up.
"The two sons, the people in the village have arrived." Zhu Changshan's thick voice sounded outside the courtyard gate. He had been hiding outside and listening for a while, when he had the right letter to speak.
Mrs. Zhu hurriedly ran over to open the courtyard door, and announced loudly to the villagers waiting outside the door: "Everyone, the two sons have just promised to continue to help us!" ”
"Thank you, kind boy!"
"Bodhisattva bless good people!"
"Mother, can Bao'er eat enough?"
The villagers outside the door suddenly heard the good news, hulala knelt down a large piece, kowtowed to Lin Jiang and the two of them to thank them, and offered good words without money.
"Everybody, get up. Now that we have become the masters of this village, we will definitely not ignore you. In the future, everyone will work hard, and I promise that each of you will have a good life! ”
Looking at the bunch of poor people outside the door, they fell to the ground one after another for his words, Lin Shaoxuan had to catch the ducks on the shelves and took over the pot that originally belonged to Yulang.