Facing his own family, Chen Xiaocai didn't want to hide it, so he said it one by one.

After Chen Xiaoquan heard this, his eyes darkened.

"The fifth brother is really lucky, don't forget the third brother when the fifth brother gets rich in the future!

Your nephews are smart and clever, and your third brother I want to do my best to send them all to study, not asking them to be on the gold list, but just asking them not to dig in the soil and not to be blind.

Alas! I'm useless, I've been a merchant all these years, and I've worked hard all the time, but I haven't been able to earn a share of the family.

Shirong and Shixuan took the exam together last year, Shixuan was in, although Shirong didn't win, but now our family is also a family of farming and studying, and I can't be a merchant anymore to go out and be embarrassed, I don't have this income in the future, and I can't do anything if I want to send the following boys to study. ”

"Third brother, don't be discouraged, there is no endless road, you can always think of a way, grit your teeth and survive for a few years, and the baby will be fine when she is older." Chen Xiaocai comforted.

"Fifth brother! I understand this reason, the third brother also complained in front of his family, there is no other meaning, if you have something to say hello, the third brother has a strength, you're welcome. After saying that, he stood up, said goodbye, and left.

After eating porridge in the morning, the family picked up the hoe and went to the hill, which was full of grass, and the only way to weed was to rely on manpower and not fire, because it was too close to the forest, and the fire would spread if you were not careful.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, I called it a day and went back, my father and mother did not rest, and when I got home, I drank a bowl of white porridge, and one person carried a few beehives, and called the third uncle and the seventh uncle to take the tools and go into the mountain.

When she went out, Yanni reminded that everything has a king, so Chen Xiaocai should pay attention to it, don't kill or lose the different queen bee.

After the bees took it back, they built a chicken coop, and next to the chicken coop they asked for bamboo and built two places for people to live and cook, and the pigs could not be in a hurry, but they should come in the same way.

Li diligently cut a lot of bamboo, and made a fence on the mountain to make a large circle, saying that this would prevent some animals from harassing him, and the chickens would not run around.

When they went to buy chicks, they encountered some episodes, Li had never bought chickens, the chicks in the past were hatched by their own hens, I heard that a chick cost two pennies, originally said to buy a thousand, but said to buy a hundred first and try to raise.

In the end, after talking for a long time, Li agreed to buy 200 to try to raise, and paid a deposit, and bought another 500 a month later.

Yanni: "Mother, I heard that the goose can drive out the weasel, let's raise chickens in the mountains to ensure that we won't provoke it, why don't we buy some geese and raise them?" ”

Lee: "Who did you listen to?" Why haven't I heard? The goose has eaten much older, and the food of one goose can raise several chickens. ”

Yanni laughed and said, "Oops! Mother, this account is not calculated like this, you think! Weasels love chickens, if we don't take precautions in place, our losses will be great, and if the geese are useful, our chickens will be safe, aren't they? ”

Lee: "Bah, bah! Why are you talking about this girl, buy a goose and buy a goose! Don't say that again, you know? ”

A month passed quickly, and the bees they had recovered had been sold once, the pigsty had been built, and the chickens had been bought.

The chickens that Li raised for a month were a lot bigger, and only a dozen or so weak ones were not raised, which also made Li's confidence greater, so he set another 500.

After dinner tonight, the family enjoyed the shade in the garden, discussing where they could buy a little piglet.

"Daddy, I think the people who sell pork may know that there are piglets for sale, and our family has raised these chickens and is going to raise pigs, where will the feed come from in the future?" Yanni asked.

At this time, the uncle also came to visit the door, and after listening to it, he said, "Isn't there still a lot of vacant land on your mountain?" It would be nice to reclaim them and plant sweet potatoes and corn. ”

"Yes! Growing corn and sweet potatoes is the easiest, as long as you plant it and it's not too dry, you can survive. "Mother.

After thinking about it, my father would say, "I'm afraid that the production of these lands is not enough to raise more than 1,000 chickens, and we have to raise pigs, even more so." ”

Seven-year-old Xiaole said: "I went to dig earthworms and feed the chickens. ”

Six-year-old Xiaoyu said: "I went to cut pigweed and raise pigs. ”

The elder brother said: "The amount we want must be large, and when the time comes, we will go to the villages to buy it, and it will definitely be cheaper than the one in the shop." ”

"Daddy, why don't we let the people in the village plant corn now, we will harvest it, and the sweet potatoes will be ordered by a few households, so that they can cook them every day according to the amount we need and send them, and we will pay three cents per bucket of sweet potato leaves, do you think it is feasible?" Yanni saw that none of them had a good solution, so she came up with such an idea.

When the people in the courtyard heard this, they all said yes, but Li felt a little reluctant to spend money to hire people.

"Alas! It's also that your uncle's house is far away, otherwise you don't need to invite outsiders, you can cook a few small sweet potato leaves, and you will have a lot of money in a year. ”

"Mother, you can ask your uncle to plant more corn, and the chickens and piglets will eat a lot when they grow up!"

"That's right, sister-in-law, I'll plant more corn when the time comes, and you have to accept our relatives first." Uncle joked.

After the family was talking and laughing, two boats were chasing each other in the river not far from the village.

At the fork in the river, the boat in front turned into another place, and the people on the boat behind saw it, their faces changed, and they ordered the boat to stop immediately.

"Childe, it's getting late, and the poor don't chase after you." A middle-aged man said to a boy in brocade.

"These remnants have become a climate here, someone must cover them up, and give them an order to go down and find out this person."

Everyone on board unanimously agreed.

One person stepped forward and said to the boy in brocade, "Childe, do you want to turn around and go back to Linhai City now?" ”

"I haven't been to Qiongshan for a while, it's not far away, so let's go there and have a look!" The boy in brocade said.

The guard next to him said to him: "Childe, it's too late to walk on the mountain road, and the house that was sent back to that kid is on the bank of the river in front, why don't you go and see if that kid is still honest?" ”

This person saw clearly that it was Daniel Zhang who sent Chen Shixuan home.

Yanni and they were talking and laughing in the courtyard, startled by the sudden knock on the door.

In the village, there are people who usually don't close the door at home, and those who come to the door see the door open and come in directly, otherwise they shout a few times outside, and the sudden knock on the door makes them all stop laughing.

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw a group of people outside the door.

"Brother Chen, this is my son-in-law, I am waiting to pass by here in the mountains, and I want to spend the night here, I don't know if it is convenient?"

Chen Xiaocai saw the person who came clearly, and arched his hands: "Brother Daniel Zhang, it turns out that the benefactor has arrived, please come in quickly." ”

Saying that, he beckoned a group of six people into the house, and Li went to pour water, and went to the village to buy chickens and eggs, and the girls helped to cook in the kitchen.

Yan Ni glanced at Chen Shixuan and saw him standing there with his head slightly bowed, his body tense, until Chen Xiao called him, and then walked into the living room.