Chapter 119: Drought
Jin Ling was about to leave, so Su Lingyu pulled Sun Wei and saw him off at the Ten Mile Long Pavilion.
For Jin Ling, she doesn't have much friendship, it's just disgusting Jin Ling.
No matter what happened before, Sun Wei has no feelings for Jin Ling, but after this incident.
There is no possibility between Sun Wei and Jin Ling, and Sun Wei also plans to settle with Jin Ling.
Today, I have to make it clear and clear up the relationship between the two. Except for those ambiguous, there can only be that layer of kinship left between the two.
I don't know what the two said, Jin Ling got into the carriage with a smile, and Sun Wei was a horse with a crying face.
One team goes east and one team goes west. After that, if they can meet again, the two are related.
Others don't know, but Jin Ling understands that she has won a good marriage for herself, but she has lost the source of happiness.
In the future, she lived in a big house, and she was very unsatisfactory.
Even if it is unsatisfactory, it is better than the vast majority of women.
Su Lingyu took the workers and watered the mulberry trees.
She has added three acres of mulberry trees this year, and she plans to develop a sericulture business.
In between breaks, gossip while wiping sweat.
"After the New Year, it didn't rain. I'm afraid it's going to be a drought this year. ”
"I'm about to plant rice, and there is not enough water in the paddy fields."
The village chief's son bit the laurel branch and said, "On the tenth day of the second month, I went up the mountain to worship my ancestors and found that there were many water sources on the mountain. ”
"Tomorrow we will go up the mountain to look for water, and spring ploughing cannot be left behind."
Su Lingyu rarely heard of droughts, and the number of floods was much greater than that of droughts.
The development of modern science and technology has allowed farmers to have artificial rainfall and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which has greatly reduced the chance of drought.
And here is different, relying on God's face to eat.
Droughts and floods occur in turns.
It was a once-in-a-century earth movement that made her meet.
Su Lingyu pinched the soil on the ground and said to the village chief's son: "Let the villagers grow more mulberry trees and raise more silkworms." Farming can't harvest rice, at least silkworm farming can get more income. ”
When they heard the same truth, they all expressed their opinions.
"There is less water to grow mulberry trees, so it should be enough."
"You have to prepare for the back road, I'm afraid that the drought is coming."
"Li Ying is here."
The same clan and the same clan, they called her Li Ying according to their previous name.
Li Ying's arm was crooked and hooked a basket, which was heavy and must be eaten.
followed by Agui, who carried a load of tea on his shoulder.
Everyone was moved and wanted to know what to eat and what to drink.
The clever peer ran forward to help Li Ying carry the basket.
"Steamed buns made of taro flour and rice noodles, baked steamed buns," the kid said loudly.
"Give me one."
"Divide me one."
"Don't rob it, everyone has a share."
Su Lingyu stood in the distance, looking at it from a distance and smiling, and didn't step forward to get food.
Recently, Li Ying likes to bake bread, but she has not been able to find a trick, and she has broken a lot of dough blanks.
These semi-finished products have become a good thing in everyone's mouth.
Seeing them eating, Li Ying took the opportunity to say something.
"The husband came home at noon and said something. He said that a decree had come from above, demanding an increase in taxes. This acre of fertile land has to pay an extra bucket of grain. ”
The villagers weren't happy.
"Add another bucket of millet, do we still have anything to eat?"
"This acre of fertile land, half of the harvest was paid"
"Isn't this just that we should tighten our belts and give them all the grain?"
"The tax on millet has been raised, and I'm afraid that the tax on this bean will also rise."
"There's no way to live, there's no way to live."
The gloom of tax increases dilutes the joy of eating toast.
A face is more bitter than eating Coptis chinensis.
Seeing them like this, Li Ying couldn't say words of comfort.
She understands the difficulties of paying taxes, her eldest brother has not yet obtained an official status, and every time she collects food at home, it is a bitter thing.
The grain collected will be handed over in less than a month, and the rest will be sold to raise money for the elder brother and younger brother, which is a bundle for the husband.
When she saw San'er, she broke the bread and didn't eat it.
"What are you thinking?"
Su Lingyu looked up at Li Ying and said, "We have a good harvest of grain here, and we can barely fill our stomachs. ”
"How do those who have low grain yields and bad harvests live?"
As soon as she spoke, no one spoke.
They were also barely surviving until the high-yielding paddy came out.
It took two years to live a good life, and he said that he would raise taxes.
This good day has come to an end
"San'er, live your own house first, and don't care what those people do."
"You have two official bodies, and I'm afraid that I won't have anything to eat."
Li Ying shook her head and said: "The situation is not optimistic, the husband said that the fields that exceed the government's regulations must be taxed." ”
"Although there are many paddy fields sold, there are still some mountains and forests. If the quantity exceeds the limit, it will be taxed. ”
The batch of laurel trees planted on the mountain is afraid that it will be cut down in advance.
Raising taxes is more annoying than drought.
The news of the increase in taxes prompted them to go up the mountains in search of water, and the production of land was their hope to pay taxes.
Fortunately, the mountains here are relatively hidden, and there are many sources of water that can be found from the mountains.
They dug up water from all over the place, diverted it into canals, and led it down the mountain. The water shortage of spring plowing was temporarily solved.
Not all villages are as lucky as Dongquan Village.
Several nearby villages have caused disputes and even bloody fights because of water problems.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the water problem is getting worse.
In the midst of these worrying days, a big event happened.
There was a riot at the site of the digging hill, and a serious group assault accident.
She was inspecting the terraces that day when she suddenly heard a commotion, as if someone was talking loudly.
From a distance, I saw the construction site, and the figures were burning, as if they were gathered together.
"What's wrong over there," Su Li asked her.
"I don't know, it's like a fight."
"That's dangerous, your brother is over there."
"Let Agui take a look, maybe you can use it with the medicine." Su Li said worriedly.
Su Lingyu sent his servant Ah Gui to the front to take a look.
The noise disappeared, and the people who gathered together were suppressed by officers and soldiers dressed in black.
Su Lingyu walked up to a higher place and lifted his feet to look at the situation on the other side of the mountain.
After waiting at home for less than an hour, I saw Ah Gui and Guan Xiaopeng helping Su Zhong return home.
Su Chong had a white cloth wrapped around his forehead, blood marks on his face, and a large red stain on his collar.
"You also participated in the fight," Su Lingyu asked.
Li Ying, who was making dinner in the kitchen, was so frightened that she threw the shovel and ran out of the kitchen.
I was anxious and flustered, and I trembled even when I spoke. "What's going on?"
"Isn't it serious?" asked Su Lishi.
"Let the young master sit down." Agui said.
"This way, this way, lie down here first." Su Lingyu pointed to the recliner.
Agui put Su back on the recliner.
The whole family surrounded Su Chong.
"It's okay, I just accidentally knocked my head." Su Zhong comforted everyone and said.
"And said it's okay, look at it, how can this blood be okay?" said Li Ying and cried.
Su Chong wanted to speak, but his head was a little dizzy, and he was weak to speak. I can only let Xiao Si help him say it.
Guan Xiaopeng said: "The camp was bombed today. The people of two villages, the same river, one Hedong Village and one Hexi Village. ”
"There is a shortage of water in the village, and the two villages are fighting for water, and there is a discord in the village. When I got here, there was even more conflict, and today I started a fight because of a quarrel. ”
"They fought, and the young master led the team to stop it, fortunately Lord Wang came quickly, otherwise the young master"
"Okay, Xiaoguan, no need to say it." Su Chong stopped him.
Needless to say, you can know the danger.
He reassured Li Ying and said, "It's just a little bit of skin, it's not very dangerous." ”