There are still a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival, Chen Xiaocai said that he should seize the time to buy piglets, see if he can buy a larger one, and he may be able to sell it during the New Year, and the price will be higher at that time.

Chen Shixuan also wants to go to the county to find a academy, now he is a child, he used to study in the town, there is only one old Xiucai there, and the others are only children, so there is no Xiucai class, everyone goes to the county to study after the children's examination.

Chen Xiaocai was busy finding a academy and catching piglets for his brother, and Li was busy planting corn and sweet potato leaves. A few of them did not escape the fate of child labor, and got up early and worked greedily for a few days.

Fortunately, Yanni would have bought a lot of dry goods and came back, otherwise it would be good to be so tired and have no oil and water.

Chen Xiaocai bought a hundred piglets in one go, the big ones cost 500 wen apiece, and the small ones cost 3 or 400, everything sold in these years is sold by the pound, so the price is different.

On the fourth day of the fifth month, Chen Xiaocai bought a lot of things and took his brother to the county to give gifts to his husband, I don't know how to proceed.

When they came back, they said that they could pack their bags and go to the college in the sixth year of junior high school, where there were dormitories and canteens arranged for students, and they only needed to pay a little money every month.

Of course, you can also live outside, these academies are not compulsory, they are all free to choose.

There is no special custom in the Dragon Boat Festival, but the wrapping of zongzi is a bit particular, and the length is there! Be sure to reach the bottom of the basket as long.

Children's favorite croissant dumplings, it doesn't matter if they are not put on the table, as for what to say, Li said: "indecent" is probably not decent!

Because the two old men are still alive, they said when they separated that they must go back to the old house for dinner during the New Year's holidays.

After breakfast in the morning, Li took the three sisters to the old house to help wash the vegetables and light the fire, Chen Xiaocai and his brother were busy worshipping God at home, which was done by men, so they didn't care.

When they came to the old house, they had just eaten breakfast, and they went to say hello to their grandparents first, and Li asked the third aunt Zhang if he wanted to help.

The third aunt said, "Fifth brother and sister! I'm about to pick vegetables, but I don't have much to pick in my garden, so I want to go to your place to pick some, no problem, right?

You also know that my family has to eat a lot of vegetables every day, so the long ones are not picked fast, I see that the beans and eggplants in your vegetable garden can basically be picked, you don't eat much, right? It's a pity not to pick the old. ”

Li sneered: "Sister-in-law, I didn't say you, the vegetable garden should be left bigger in order to grow more vegetables, and this big family has to eat a lot every day!" Even if there is less meat, the vegetables and melons must be enough. ”

Li knew that Zhang's wanted to take advantage, so he usually found an excuse to pick his own dishes, and sometimes he couldn't help but say a few words.

"Alas! Fifth brother and sister, I also want to leave more land to grow vegetables, but I have no land to grow food when I plant more vegetables, so I can't just eat vegetables and not eat food, right? ”

Although Li's temperament is a little pungent, she can also let go of things when she encounters them, and she will copy the guy when she is in a hurry, and many people are afraid of her. But she has never won when she meets Zhang, so she has always suffered a loss.

When the farm is not working, it is relatively early to eat, and many children are playing in the village grain field, and a group of people who love to chat are sitting under the big tree next to it.

Because he was too busy before, he didn't announce this year's corn harvest, so Chen Xiaocai took this opportunity to say it.

"Folks, tell you a news, this year my family is going to buy a large amount of corn, everyone can plant more, I will receive, the price can also rest assured, according to the market as much as there is, not a penny less."

"Xiaocai, what you said is true? Don't plant it and don't harvest it! ”

"Rest assured, I still have chickens and piglets on the mountain, and I won't fail to collect those livestock, of course, for the sake of quality, I will only collect the sun-dried ones, not the moldy ones."

"That's a good feeling, this corn doesn't pick the ground, you can plant a lot of it at the end of the field." Those who say this kind of thing are more realistic, and some people speak sourly.

Yanni felt that they didn't have much land, and planting that little crop could not meet their usual needs. If you get up in the future, you may be angry, so you have to think of a way for them to have something to do, so it's good to have enough to eat, wear warm pockets, and have a little money to spare.

Seeing that Chen Xiaocai finished speaking, he pulled his sleeve and signaled that he also had something to say: "Dad, tell them about the herbs too!" Let them dig if they want to make money, if they don't want to go to Linhai City, we can also sell on behalf of them, and then we will collect 20% of the money sold, how about it? ”

Chen Xiaocai thought about it for a while and nodded, and then said to everyone, some people don't believe it, and it is inevitable to explain.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our ship will depart for Linhai City on the seventh day of the first month, and if anyone wants to go, they will come before two o'clock, and there will be no one after the hour. The boat is returning on the same day, and everyone will know what it is like when they go for a trip. ”

"Chen Lao Wu, doesn't your boat charge fare?" This man knew his father well, so he said jokingly.

"Of course, my family's boat collects money, and it charges the same as the mule cart in the town and county,"

Before Chen Xiaocai's words were finished, someone said disdainfully: "I still think it's good!" Let everyone dig up herbs to sell, saying so much just to make money. ”

"Listen to me, Linhai City is much bigger than the county seat, there are more business and more opportunities to find work. I don't charge money on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, but you will know the value of the money when you go around. ”

The eldest aunt and the second aunt came late on the sixth day of the new year because they were afraid of hurry, and Yanni's uncle and aunt each arrived with two baskets of herbs, but they didn't expect them to dig so much in a few days.

There were originally some suspicious people in the village, who dug up herbs for them to sell, and when they saw this scene, they also wanted to go by themselves.

Li Shi was not worried about the chickens and piglets at home, no matter how Yanni called her, she didn't agree to go, and the two younger sisters were very happy from knowing that they could go to Linhai City, and their mouths kept cracking, and the problems with Yanni never stopped.

When she got on the boat, Yanni saw that her third uncle and uncle had also dug up a lot of herbs, and the rest of the village counted them, and only seven or eight families had dug up herbs to sell.

The rest should go shopping by boat without charging money, some catch chickens and duck eggs to sell, and some daughters-in-law take their own embroidery to ask for the price, just like the daughter-in-law of her sister-in-law and the village chief's family.

It took more than four hours for the boat to reach Linhai City, during which some people felt that it was too long and asked how long it would take, and they could only reply, "It's too fast." ”

When they were about to arrive at Linhai City, everyone was shocked by the large and small ships, they had never seen so many ships, and they had never seen such a big ship, some ran to the bow of the boat, and some poked their heads out on both sides of the boat to look out.