Bai Jin sat down next to him: "I just came, take it." ”

After that, I saw that she took out two cloth bags from her arms, and when she opened them, they turned out to be a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun.

Bai Jin would actually bring him food? Bai Shan had doubts in his heart, but swallowed his saliva.

I didn't eat breakfast, his steamed bun had been eaten not long after going up the mountain, and he was already hungry before noon, and when he saw Bai Jin's gruel steamed bun, he wanted to refuse hardly, but his mouth was not only soft but also greedy, and the heavens and men in his head fought for a long time and finally stretched out his hand and devoured it for a while, and ate all the things she brought.

Looks like I'm really hungry.

When he came out, he didn't say a word, Bai Jin squinted at the blue sky and said, "What? Still mad at me? ”

As the so-called eating people with soft mouths and soft hands with soft hands, Bai Shan hesitated for a long time before saying: "No." ”

Bai Jin smiled and didn't speak again.

"Sister, is it true that you said before that I should go to the academy?" After drinking the last mouthful of gruel gruel, Bai Shan opened his mouth and asked.

Bai Jin said while arranging the dishes and chopsticks: "It's true, don't you want to go?" ”

Could it be that this little radish doesn't like to go to school like Bai Si? Then this will be troublesome, and he will have to do his ideological work when the time comes.

"Not really," Bai Shan said softly, "I heard the village chief's Tie Niu say that it costs a lot of silver to go to the school in the city, I'm afraid that the ten taels of silver are not enough, and as the uncle said, no one will take care of the salt mill." ”

The lack of silver and the unattended salt mill are indeed the problems of the Bai family, but Bai Jin believes that these two problems can still be solved together, as long as the salt mill can operate, the problem of insufficient silver can be solved.

Bai Jin patted the ash on his body and said: "Although it is difficult, there is always a way, can you take me to see the salt mill left by my father in a few days?" ”

She wants to see the Salt Mill? Bai Shan felt that his sister was indeed a little strange these days, Bai Jin had never been to that place for so many years, and not only that, Bai Jin didn't even like the smell of coarse salt.

However, Bai Shan didn't think much about it and nodded: "Okay, it's just a few days, the melon seedlings in the field will be planted recently, and I will go to the rice field again." ”

It doesn't hurt in a few days, Bai Jin is not in a hurry anyway, although she has an idea in her heart, she still wants to think about it for a few more days. Bai Si didn't make any moves for the time being, she thought that she had to solve the matter on her uncle's side before she thought about the salt mill, after all, Bai Si was the idea of the salt mill.

What's more, she still didn't understand a little, why the Bai family's salt mill was still so withered, she remembered that after opening the salt mill in Hailing at that time, even if there was not much silver in a few months, it was still more than enough to maintain daily expenses.

was about to speak, but saw that Bai Shan seemed to have something to ask her, Bai Jin could already guess what Bai Shan wanted to ask, so she put her question aside first.

"Ask whatever you want." Bai Jin knew that there were some things that he couldn't hide, so it was better to ask and answer early.

Bai Shan hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister, don't you really want to marry Liu Gongzi?" ”

Bai Jin smiled, she knew that Bai Shan was still struggling with this problem, for fear that she would turn her head and go to the son of the Liu family, she had never seen that person, why should she marry, not to mention that the Liu family still needs a dowry, even if the Liu family sticks upside down, she may not have married in the past! When she mentioned the son of the Liu family, she always gave her a feeling of being bright.

It's weird, disgusting.

She replied seriously: "I really don't want to marry this son of the Liu family!" I figured it out, what the uncle and aunt said is not unreasonable, the Liu family can give ten taels of silver is all earned by us, why don't you think about it. ”

Hearing her say this, the haze in Bai Shan's heart dissipated a lot, and he thought for a long time and nodded, "Okay." ”

Bai Jin knew that Bai Shan shouldn't complain about her so much. I was also relieved, Bai Jin was not her before, and it was none of her business to have a bad relationship with Bai Shan, but now she doesn't want to have a stiff relationship with Bai Shan, a family is not a person's business, if you want the Bai family to get better, Bai Shan has to pass this level no matter what.

In the evening, the two went down the mountain together, Bai Shan cut a lot of firewood, Bai Jin wanted to get some for him, but Bai Shan didn't agree, and one person directly carried a large bundle, like a little calf.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the sparkling golden light sprinkled on them, elongating the backs of the two people. Bai Jinwan smiled, this kind of life is also very good.

Bai Jin was woken up early in the morning by Bai Shan's voice.

It was not yet dawn, and Bai Jin looked sleepily at the open door and the newly white sky.

Reaching out and lighting the kerosene lamp placed next to the bed, she carried it out to take a look, and saw Bai Shan kneeling in front of the chicken coop.

She snorted and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Bai Shan's face was a little distracted: "Inside the chicken coop...... The chickens are gone. ”

But today the chickens are gone? These dozen chickens are worth a few taels of silver, and Bai Shan has been feeding them for a long time, so if you don't say anything, you can't say it.

Bai Jin took a kerosene lamp and took a photo, and the two looked around the yard again, where was the shadow of a chicken?

The movement of the two woke up Luo Shi again, and Luo Shi did not speak after listening to Bai Shan's words.

Bai Jin saw Luo's reaction and almost had the bottom in his heart, only Bai Shan was still wondering: "I obviously kept the chicken coop well last night, and I watched it so many times, where did this chicken go?" ”

In order not to hurt the heart of this four-good young man, Bai Jin could only say: "Now there are many yellow skins in the mountains, I'm afraid I will be taken away by the yellow skins." ”

Bai Shan shook his head: "The yellow skin and the chicken are all bloody and hairy, I didn't hear the rooster cry last night, mother, most of them were stolen, I'm afraid I have to report to the official." ”

Only then did Luo Shi say: "That's it, don't talk about the matter of reporting to the official." ”

"Mother......

"Go to bed, and I'll go to the melon field in the morning."

Bai Shan sullenly returned to the house.

In the morning, Bai Shan and Luo Shi went to the melon field after breakfast, Bai Jin originally wanted to follow, but the two of them had to come back to eat at noon, Bai Jin went to the house and no one watched, so no one cooked.

But she knew that Luo didn't really want her to do farm work.

Bai Jin looked at his hands with fine skin and tender flesh, obviously she had never done farm work, and she didn't even have calluses on her hands, even if her family was so poor, she still regarded her as a girl.

It's no wonder that he has a temperament like Bai Jin.

In addition, in the morning, those chickens should be related to Bai Si - that's why Luo's is reluctant to report to the official.

Luo's was afraid that the official would force Bai Si to jump over the wall in a hurry, and if Bai Si's head was really found, not only would the two families not look good, but they would probably be scolded by the villagers.

But if she doesn't report to the official, Bai Si will be even more aggressive, and something will happen to her tomorrow.

Bai Jin shook his head, it seems that there will be no stable days in the future.

She was right, and sure enough, there were more things in the next few days, and the newly planted melon seedlings in the melon field were stepped on and the water in the rice field was drained, Bai Shan and Luo's went to the field very early every day to prevent this kind of thing.

Bai Jin thought that this was Bai Si's lower limit, but she didn't expect that she was woken up by a loud noise one night.

She hadn't slept well for four or five days in a row, and when she heard the movement of Baishan and Luo's in the next room, she could only take a kerosene lamp and get up to take a look.

Lighting the lamp and pushing open the door, Bai Shan also pushed the door out, with the faint light of the fire, only to see a stone the size of a bowl on the ground, and a broken tile on the ground, and then raised his head to look at the beams of the house, a brilliant river of stars.

That's right, someone smashed a big hole in the roof.

Bai Shan didn't know what it meant to be unbearable, but he had been enduring it for many days, and this time the roof was smashed out of a hole, how could he endure it?

What's more, in a few days it will be the rainy season in Jingnan, and the continuous rainy weather is coming, how to live this day when the roof is broken?

Bai Shan was righteous on her head, Bai Jin didn't want to touch this moldy head, even Luo's didn't come out, she turned around and wanted to go back to her room.

"Sister." Bai Shan stopped her.

Bai Jin paused: "Think about what is going on." ”

There was movement in Luo's house, and I thought I heard it, but Luo's didn't even come out and seemed to have expected it.

In the morning, Bai Jin rarely gets up earlier than Bai Shan.

The genius was bright, and Bai Jin got dressed and woke up Bai Shan in the next room.

Yesterday, Bai Shan thought about it for a night, and just fell asleep in the morning, who expected that he was woken up by Bai Jin not long after he fell asleep.

"Sister."

Bai Jin patted him and said, "You said that you would take me to the salt mill in a few days, so let's do it today." ”

He said yes, but how could he wake him up so early, he barely slept well last night, and he had to go to the rice field today, how could he have time to take her to the salt mill?

But when I looked back, I saw that Bai Jin also had dark circles under his eyes, and he didn't look like he had slept well.

Bai Jin was not in a hurry, but Bai Si did this kind of thing day after day, and she thought about the matter of the salt mill for a night yesterday.

If you can reopen the salt mill sooner, start it sooner!

"I know, so come with me now, and then go to the rice field after breakfast."

Bai Shan couldn't bear her, and saw that it was actually early, and maybe he could sleep a little longer after he went early and came back, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, then let's go now." ”

Closing the door carefully, Bai Jin didn't tell her for fear of waking up Luo's, and followed Bai Shan straight to the salt mill in the lake.

After taking the time to estimate the two incense sticks, Bai Jin saw the lakes and salt mills in the distance, because he was looking at the mountain before, he thought that this lake was not far away, but in fact there were still a few miles of road. The lake was much bigger than she thought, almost as far as the sea, and the chimneys of the salt mills stood upright, and the view was even more spectacular.

Although it was still early, some salt mills had already started, and black smoke was already rising from the chimneys of several salt mills, Bai Jin was still a little curious, and looked at the side for a while.

"Sister, let's go, Daddy's salt mill is still ahead."

Bai Jin answered, and continued to walk forward with Baishan, Bering's salt mill was farther away, on the east side of the lake, there were very few salt mills there, only a few sparse ones, but it was the same as other salt mills, there was no salt pan, only a huge conspicuous chimney.

"There is a port over there, and there are many merchants coming and going, and if those salt mills supply the Liu family with wealth, they can secretly sell some to merchants." Bai Shan explained to her, "So the land rent over there is very expensive, and our family can't afford it, so we can only open it here." ”