The autumn harvest is a matter of August, and after September, it is time to pay the autumn tax.

But I don't know what's going on this year, the whole village has prepared the grain that should be delivered, but the imperial court has not been seen for a long time.

The tax has not been paid, and the grain is in the hand, and the heart is always unsteady.

The villagers were a little impetuous, and there was a lot of discussion about it.

During this period, Mr. Liu followed Liu Wanli to the county seat several times, but he gave a lot of gifts, but Liu Wanli has not been able to enter the official school.

Mr. Liu hoped that his eldest son would go to the official school to mix up his qualifications, hoping that he would pass the county examination in February next year, and then he would be able to persuade the two younger sons not to separate their families.

Now that Liu Wanli can't enter the official school, Uncle Liu is so worried that the wrinkles on his forehead are deeper.

Liu Baili also hated being beaten, and he never had a good face for Liu Wanli, and Liu Qianli was not ashamed of Liu Wanli's style, and he failed to enter the official school as he wished, which made Liu Wanli no longer have his previous arrogance, and he lost his smiling face everywhere in this family.

Compared with the sorrow of Liu Laozhang and Liu Wanli, Liu Chenxing's family lives step by step.

took advantage of the slack to go to the back mountain to harvest the rhizomes of dendrobium flowers, and sold them for 500 yuan in Du Shiyou's pharmacy.

Liu Chenxing was not very happy.

Because the weather is getting colder, there are fewer pheasants and hares in the back mountain, and if it snows, the back mountain will not be able to go up again until spring next year.

In other words, not only did their family not generate income, but even the only way to earn money was gone......

This is simply a bolt from the blue, and it makes her feel cold.

However, Liu Qianli, a straight man of steel, saw that his little daughter could not go to the back mountain anymore, he looked unhappy, he thought that the little daughter was worried about not being able to eat wild mushroom stewed chicken, so he checked the farm tools in the yard, and comforted: "Winter is the agricultural leisure, even if you can't go to the back mountain to hunt, Aya can also go to the county to do short-term work, and he can always make time for the winter solstice to let Ah Xing eat chicken once!" ”

Liu Chenxing sat at the door of his wing, looking at the jujube trees in the yard whose leaves were almost gone, and wanted to cry without tears.

Is she worried about eating less chicken?

She is obviously worried that she can't eat chicken at once!

Also What kind of chicken to eat on the winter solstice? Eat mutton soup is!

Liu Chenxing had nothing to say to Aye, who couldn't probe her inner world, sat up from the threshold, patted the dust on her pants, and went to the stove room to help A-Niang make lunch.

When I arrived at the door of the stove room, the delicious and rich aroma of chicken soup suddenly came to my nose.

Liu Chenxing took a deep breath, this was really refreshing.

"A-Niang, the chicken soup is about to be stewed?" As soon as Liu Chenxing walked into the stove room, he smelled the fragrance, walked on two small short legs, and ran to the pot table where chicken soup was being stewed.

It's just that the person's calves are short, and she is not as high as the pot, so she can't see the chicken soup on the pot table with her feet.

The pot of the Liu family is made of yellow mud and has two stoves for burning fires.

At this time, chicken soup is simmering in one stove, and dried corn rice, which is the most common in the north, is steamed in the other.

Liu Shi stood in front of the pot, holding a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and inserted them into the pot of steaming dry rice, seeing the appearance of the little daughter trying to tiptoe to look at the chicken soup, he couldn't help but laugh, stopped his actions and said: "I stewed the chicken soup this morning, and I can rest assured that I can catch up with you to eat it at noon." ”

Hearing that he could drink chicken soup at noon, Liu Chenxing was happy, but before he could speak, Grandma Liu's voice came from behind him, and said, "What did Ah Xing do when he entered the stove room!?" Don't try to steal chicken soup! Qingyun ......"

After a pause, he remembered Uncle Liu's private instructions, and added, "Hmm...... There is also Qingshan, their brothers study hard in the county, and it is rare to go home on vacation today, this is specially stewed for them! ”

Liu put down the bamboo chopsticks by the iron pot, and put the wooden lid on the pot, then turned around and looked at Grandma Liu, who entered the stove door with her daughter, still with a smile on her face, but she couldn't smile in her eyes, and said: "Now that the weather is cold, it's not good to go to the back mountain, so Erlang just went to the back mountain yesterday to hunt a chicken to make up for Qingshan and Ah Xing and their brothers and sisters." It just so happened that I was lucky enough to hunt a big hen yesterday, so I even had chicken soup for the whole family. ”

The implication is that this chicken soup is also specially boiled for Liu Chenxing.

The Liu family can have chicken soup to drink today, but it is still stained with Liu Chenxing's light.

Naturally, Liu Chenxing just wanted to drink a bowl first, and he didn't drink it secretly.

Grandma Liu is not stupid, how can she not hear the meaning of Liu's words, and she has the heart to teach her a lesson back as before, but she has scruples in her heart, so she has to secretly say in her heart, when the matter of the separation next year is revealed, her grandmother must be good-looking Liu, so she snorted coldly, and ordered: "The third child will come back in the evening, don't forget to give him a copy first." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the stove room.

Liu Chenxing looked at Grandma Liu, who was holding back her anger, of course she knew what Grandma Liu was for.

In order to make Aya change his mind about separating the family, Mr. Liu adopted a gentle policy, which was unprecedentedly good to their family.

But ...... Grandma Liu's attitude?

Liu Chenxing shook his head and sighed: "Grandma was like that when she left, she was like she was going to eat us, it seems that Ah Weng has not yet taught us." ”

Hearing this, Liu glanced at his little daughter and said softly: "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

As he spoke, he saw that the chicken soup in the pot was almost boiled, so he turned around and took a big empty bowl from the cupboard, ready to serve chicken soup to the little uncle who came back in the evening.

She has no prejudices about her brother-in-law, in fact, she doesn't need Grandma Liu to explain, she also plans to leave a bowl for her brother-in-law first.

The chicken soup was simmered early this morning, so I took the wild mushrooms and simmered them all morning.

At this time, the deliciousness of wild mushrooms and the mellow aroma of pheasants have been stewed, and Liu Shi scooped them out with a spoon, and the fragrance is really rich.

It's almost noon again, and Liu Chenxing's little belly is growling angrily.

She couldn't stay in the stove room anymore, or she would really have to steal it.

Liu Chenxing swallowed his saliva, turned around and walked out of the stove room, and heard the courtyard door being knocked on by the "knock".

Since the incident of being watched by the villagers, the Liu family has an extra rule, that is, there are people at home during the day, and the courtyard door is also closed.

So, is my brother back?

But the knock on the door was loud and urgent, not like his own family had returned.

Liu Chenxing was wondering, but because the Wang family missed his son, who was studying in the county, as soon as he heard the knock on the door, he rushed up and opened the courtyard door.

Liu Chenxing followed him out to take a look, and sure enough, it wasn't Brother Ah who came back.

I saw that Li Zheng'an Fusheng's youngest son was knocking on the door of the villagers' courtyard door from house to house, shouting: "The court has come to announce the decree, and all the villagers are ...... outside my courtyard."

Uncle Liu stood at the door and asked, "But what's the matter?" ”

An Xiaolang replied from afar: "Uncle Liu, go quickly!" All in all, a good thing! ”

If so, the family hurried to it.

I saw that under the locust tree, two people dressed almost the same as the county gatekeepers, one of them struck the gong with a "bell", and the other promulgated the decree in an official language.