Li Ran is a simple and fast person, and even if she eats, even if she is now precious.

After eating, Li Ran and Zhou E were about to go out for a walk, and as soon as they left the camp, they saw that on the wheat field next to the camp, they were squatting or standing, holding bowls empty-handed, big ones carrying small ones, and standing full of children of all sizes.

Li Ran's eyebrows raised in surprise.

"It's ......"

"The smell of meat is hooked!" Zhou E simply cut off Li Ran's surprise.

Li Ran snorted and stayed for a while before reacting.

She grew up in extreme poverty, but she didn't grow up in an extremely difficult time, she had never seen so many children come together because of the smell of meat.

"This thing is often happening, it's been much better in the past few years, and earlier, you couldn't live in peace if you ate a mixed noodle nest.

I heard Lao Wang say kill one more sheep, steam some meat buns, and give one person for a while. These, speaking of which, are all your people, and it is not cheap for others to eat them. ”

Zhou E stopped between Li Ran and the group of children, big and small, talking, and went to the other side of the wheat field.

"If it is a peaceful year, in normal times, how long will ordinary people like them be able to eat meat?"

Li Ran looked at the child who was looking at her curiously as she walked, and asked Zhou E in a low voice.

"Eat a meal of meat during the Chinese New Year, usually have oil to fry vegetables, a large pot of mixed noodles is done, put two spoons of lard, this is a good household.

If you can eat enough, you are a good household. ”

Zhou E's tone was indifferent.

Li Ran was silent for a long time before he sighed lowly.

The two walked to the middle of the vast wheat field, and Li Ran stopped, facing the wind blowing her skirt high, looking at the group of children not far away.

On the edge of the wheat field, several women came one after another, under the crescent moon and the starlight, took the bundles of wheat, untied them, picked up a bunch, and threw them the stone platform, and the golden grains of wheat were beaten down, rustled to the ground, and soon fell on the ground.

A few more women came over and saw Li Ran and Zhou E standing in the middle of the wheat field, but after a few more glances, they hurriedly began to beat the wheat grains.

With the rhythmic sound of beating, the women laughed in dialect.

Li Ran listened attentively, but he didn't understand much, listened for a while, looked at Zhou E and smiled: "What did they say?" ”

"It seems to say that you are a nobleman, as if this is it." Zhou E forced two sentences.

Li Ran laughed, it seemed that she didn't understand either.

In the camp, several veteran guards came out carrying steaming baskets, and the old horses who walked in front roared, and the group of children suddenly boiled.

Li Ran looked at the group of children and quickly lined up, but this line was lined up, and it was simply the front chest close to the back.

"Old Ma, if you get the buns, let them go back and call the sisters at home, and they can also get one!"

Zhou E roared from afar.

Lao Ma waved his torch at Zhou E, and shouted at the children, Li Ran understood, and asked them to go back and call their sisters and sisters, not to have buns, and to have a lot of money.

Li Ran looked at Zhou E.

Zhou E rushed not far from them with her hands behind her back, and had already stopped beating the wheat, and looked at the lively women on the opposite side.

"They had eaten, and then they had to work until midnight.

The strong labor of the family must have stopped, and they had to get up in the middle of the night to cut the wheat while the weather was cold.

At this time, the work of washing dishes, washing clothes, and cleaning up at home is all done by half-grown girls, half-grown children, where, there. ”

"Then get up in the middle of the night to cut the wheat, and those half-grown children get up?"

Li Ran looked at the group of children who were leading the buns quickly, biting the fast group of children who were running home with the buns and asked.

"It's not small, I can cut a few sickles, tie wheat with the back, and carry it to the field, it's all work.

The girl also had to get up, cook, and work in the fields.

Alas, the farm is tired to death. However, all year round, except for the New Year, these are the few days, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, the whole family is full. ”

Zhou E laughed dryly.

On the old horse's side, the two big baskets of buns were scattered, and the last few children went straight home with the buns, and they had already met a few girls who ran over.

Li Ran took a few steps forward, avoiding the group of women in front of him, and watched several girls rush to the front of the big basket that was carried out again, tilting their heads and listening to what the old horse was waving his hand to say.

"This is my rule, the male baby just gives the bun, the female baby, eats on the spot, gives two big money, takes it away, there is no money."

Zhou E said with a smile.

"Are you afraid that they won't be able to eat when they take it back, and give it to their brothers, or their parents?"

Li Ran didn't look at Zhou E, but only looked at the few little girls who received the buns, held them in both hands, and lowered their heads to bite.

"Brother, or father, Weng Weng, how can you eat it when you are a mother.

Alas, there is no way, you have to keep your strength first, a family, if you don't have one or two strong laborers, like this wheat harvest, cry without tears! ”

Zhou E looked at the little girls who had stood together in the blink of an eye, eating steamed buns, receiving money, and laughing.

"Expensive...... Elegant! ”

Li Ran and Zhou E, who were watching the group of little girls happily, were interrupted by a panting nobleman.

Li Ran hurriedly turned his head and looked at Shen Zhuangtou, who was panting and had already knelt down and kowtowed.

"Help him up." Li Ran hurriedly signaled to Zhou E.

Zhou E grabbed Shen Zhuang's head.

"Nobleman...... The villain for the children, thank the nobles. Shen Zhuang's head was picked up by Zhou E and stood firm, and he slammed at Li Ran again.

"Steward Miao said that there are a lot of pigs in Zhuangzi?"

Li Ran responded to Shen Zhuangtou's thanks with a smile, looked at Shen Zhuangtou and asked.

"Yes, there are six hundred and thirty heads in all, and they are all pastored in the one behind them."

"Well, how many households are there in Zhuangzi? Approximately how many people? How many days will this wheat harvest be busy? Li Ran then asked.

"There are not many people in our Zhuangzi, a total of 309 households, these ten years have been peaceful, the disaster of the drought in the ninth year of Kaiping is severe, Chengdu can get by in other years, each family has added a lot of babies, counting the babies, 1,967 mouths.

This year's wheat harvest is smooth, and tomorrow will be busy for another day, and the day after tomorrow will sweep the end, and it will be almost the same. ”

Shen Zhuang replied with his head down.

Li Ran silently calculated, looked at Shen Zhuangtou and ordered:

"Kill a few pigs tomorrow, divide two or three catties of meat according to the family, and everyone will have a good meal.

Everyone has worked hard these days, so I invite you to eat a meal of meat. ”

"The Pig ......"

Shen Zhuang didn't finish his first sentence, paused, and blinked quickly to settle the account.

"There are dozens of pig babies caught at the beginning of last year, two or three catties per family, and then one meal, there are a lot of half-sized children, so you have to kill more than a dozen!"

"Well, I'd rather be in a hurry, you can arrange it." Li Ran smiled.

"Kill pigs or something, don't draw strong labor, let the old horse help you." Zhou E answered, and then looked at Li Ran, "Look at the excitement, and leave the day after tomorrow?" ”

"Hmm." Li Ran smiled in response.

(End of chapter)