The "ink splashing incident" that occurred between him and Ke Guide made Ye Feng really unhappy. He had come with a lot of hope, but he didn't expect this to happen.

He was a person with a mature soul who would not have bothered with him, but he was still a little depressed when he thought about it. And it's still the New Year, does this indicate that his road to finding relatives is destined to be unsmooth?

Fortunately, the other few people were enthusiastically discussing the wonderful programs they had watched in the teahouse before, as well as the delicious pastries, so no one noticed Ye Feng's unhappiness. That's fine, save him some explanation.

This is also a perfect interpretation of the old saying: laugh, the whole world laughs with you. If you cry, you will bear it alone.

Since it is still the Chinese New Year, the quality of the meals at noon is good, with fish and meat. The Ye family even stewed the bones that Ye Feng bought back today, fried the meat again, and the family had a lively meal with the soup.

After lunch, Ye Feng took out the bones that had been boiled in the soup that he had saved before, mashed and ground them together with the soup stewed today, and began to mix the nutrient soil with the previous base soil.

The red fruit tree can already be transplanted into a pot, and the pines and cypresses and ginkgo that were dug up some time ago can also be shaped.

In the winter, it was originally leisurely, and since the month before the New Year, the family's food has been very good, so everyone has grown better. Not to mention that Ye Feng and Qianyan are growing their bodies, due to sufficient nutrition, their bodies began to grow upwards as if they were drawn, and their hair became darker and darker, no longer as yellow as they were at the beginning.

And Chen Jixing and Ye's complexion is getting better and better, Chen Jixing is also a lot richer, and Ye looks several years younger. In addition, after the second year of junior high school, she began to boil medicine to condition her body, and that secret and great hope made her happy all day long.

This couldn't help but make Ye Feng sigh, no wonder people often say that they are debt-free and light. Without economic problems, Chen Jixing's family is different. There is no longer the sad face like before, even if you are tired, everyone is mostly smiling.

In this way, soon, the weather gradually got hotter, and April arrived.

There have been no major events in the past few months, but they are still trivial things, so don't mention them.

However, there are a few things worth mentioning.

First of all, after a winter of hibernation, the hens in the house began to lay a large number of eggs.

Maybe it's because there is no harassment from the big rooster, or maybe it's because of eating screw mussels and small dried fish, several hens in the family have laid eggs that are longer and bigger than ordinary eggs during this time.

On this day, Qianyan picked up an egg from the chicken coop and said in surprise: "Mother, you see how big these eggs are." Ye Feng looked at it, isn't it, this egg is longer than Qianyan's hand.

Ye Shi said happily when he saw it: "This is definitely a double yolk egg." The next time we catch the market, we will sell it for silver. ”

It turns out that there is a custom here in Qingshan County that when encountering some happy events such as getting married, students rushing to take exams, etc., they all have to eat double yolk eggs. And ordinary eggs are sold in a pile of ten, but double yolk eggs are sold separately one by one, taking the meaning of "good things come in pairs".

In the next period of time, Ye saved a lot of double yolk eggs and made her happy. The last question, even the big cow's mother's family and the Zhao family's family are like this, and they all said that they have saved some double yolk eggs during this time.

As soon as a few people put it together, they knew that it must be the effect of the feed in Ye Feng's mouth.

The second is that Ye Feng transplanted the red fruit tree that was the first to dig home and had already been modeled into a flower pot, and after pruning, it has become more and more decent. Recently, this tree has blossomed and borne fruit, and the red fruits of the tree are as red as coral beads, which is very lovely.

As for the one that Chen Jixing found later, it looked good at first, but after pruning, it was not as beautiful as Ye Feng digging it back. I thought I wasn't in a hurry anyway, so I didn't put it in the pot for the time being, and I still planted it in the ground.

The family has already begun to discuss how much silver this pot of flowers can be exchanged for.

Not only that, the previously inconspicuous and skinny cypress, the pine tree that escaped from the branches, and the ginkgo biloba, which Ye Feng thought had a very beautiful leaf shape, were planted in more than ten pots by Ye Feng according to the shape, size, etc., or in a single pot.

In the eyes of Ye and Chen Jixing, these ordinary trees have been pruned and put into pots, and the overall feeling is different all of a sudden.

Ye Feng felt that it was very ordinary, and it would be more perfect if he added some moss, rockeries and the like.

It's a pity that the moss that was peeled back from the mountain before didn't survive, and the rockery is also a rare thing, which needs to be solved by Ye Feng further.

As for the stereotyped rhododendrons in the rhododendron forest that were still growing, Ye Feng felt that there was not enough time, and he didn't dare to untie them.

The third is that the winter wheat that has been splashed with farm manure is growing well, and it has already been filled with grain, and it is waiting to be ready for harvest.

If other people's wheat is green, then Chen Jixing's wheat is green and a little black, which is a sign of a bumper harvest. Croppers know that this is actually a sign of adequate nutrition.

This can envy those farmers who did not follow Chen Jixing to learn before. As far as the growth of his family's wheat is concerned, he doesn't know how much to increase the yield of one acre of land.

Of course, if someone is unhappy, someone must be happy. The farmers who came to the door to seek advice were happy in their hearts, and the increase in production was enough for the family to eat for a while.

As a result, these people became more and more sure in their hearts that Chen Jixing's skills in tending to crops really didn't have to say, and he would learn what he would do in the future.

As for the fourth, it is really directly related to silver. As soon as the year passed, the duck duck village kitchen received the first business, a birthday banquet.

Although it is not all-inclusive, everyone does not earn much, one person will share less than two taels of silver, but it is easy, and everyone feels that this is a good start, and they have said that the silver can not be used, and they should stay at home to press the bottom of the box and earn luck.

In the past few months, although the business has not been as hot as it was a year ago, there is basically at least one business every month. This is the most suitable for everyone. After all, gradually the farming is about to begin, and everyone can't be busy with more business.

Ye Feng found out, don't look at the members of the Duck Duck Township Kitchen when they talk about business, but when they encounter work in the field, they would rather not do business than take care of the crops.

In Ye Feng's opinion, in fact, if you are a good village cook, with silver, you can go to the city to buy food or something. But this group of people is certainly not used to it, and it is tantamount to fools to leave the land unplanted in their eyes.

However, after several months of business, the families involved in the Yaya Township Kitchen have clearly distanced themselves from other villagers in Chenjia Village.

Needless to say, Chen Jixing's family and Da Niu's family, taking Chen Qianshan's family alone, this "difference" is very obvious.

First of all, his eldest brother Chen Qianshui has married his sister-in-law into the door, and the second brother has also successfully engaged. As for himself, if he didn't say that his sweetheart had pushed away several matchmakers, otherwise he would definitely be the first of several brothers to marry.

What makes the villagers even more red is that even the "living dead" like Zhao are now living very nourishingly. Because of being a cook, and because of this series of encounters, she was stunned to take Chen Qianliang to live the life that was about to be unbearable.

Actually, this is not difficult to understand.

Why are the peasants of this time and space so poor?

In addition to the government's exploitation at all levels, the most important thing is that the peasants have no direct economic resources other than farming.

In a village like Chenjia Village, almost all of them are surnamed Chen, and the landlord is related to everyone. Therefore, the rent is only 64, and even 73 is very little. Therefore, as long as people are not lazy and work diligently to farm, they will not starve to death.

But the landlords of some villages are not so merciful, after all, they are not related by blood. After the grain is produced, it is not uncommon for the landlord to divide the landlord into three or even eighty-two tenants.

And almost every household in Yaya Township now has an income of at least one or two taels of silver every month, and I have to say that this is indeed a large source of income. Don't underestimate this tael of silver, no matter where it is left or which farmer's house it is placed in, there is absolutely no problem for a family to live for two or three months.

Of course, a hundred times better than the above good deeds, the medicine that Ye Shi caught in the Crane Year Hall has already been consumed. At Chen Jixing's suggestion, I went again later.

As soon as the pulse was diagnosed, Dr. Zhang told Ye with certainty that her body was fine, and the rest depended on the will of God. Hearing this, Ye and Chen Jixing were very happy, and naturally they became more and more diligent in that matter, just waiting for a miracle to happen.

By the end of April, the sun is getting hotter and hotter. As a result, the children were confined to the house by adults to play, or went out in the evening.

In the evening of this day, Ye Feng and Qianyan's nephew waited until the sun was no longer so hot, and then came to the grass by the lake again with the big cow and began to catch locusts.

Since the villagers followed suit and started fishing for fish, shrimp, crabs and screws in the lake, these things are easily found in the shallow waters. So, as the weather warmed up, looking at the face of the double yolk egg being so popular and not cheap, Ye Feng quickly found a substitute, locust.

The poor locusts, who used to live carefree in this meadow and multiply very quickly, have now suffered a catastrophe.

In the past, as soon as the three of them stepped into the meadow, countless locusts would fly wildly. It's good now, it's hard to catch ten strings. Therefore, the three of them considered changing places in a few days, after all, there were not many fat locusts left here.

The rest, however, are just skinny ones.

And Chen Qianliang was trapped in his own kitchen by Zhao, teaching cooking skills hand-in-hand. I have to say that with Zhao's clever master, Chen Qianliang's progress is very fast.

Take the birthday banquet held in Lijia Village at the beginning of this month, among the five dishes made by the Zhao family, four of them were actually made by Chen Qianliang, and the Zhao family just mentioned it slightly.

The three of them chatted while catching locusts.

Chatting and chatting, the big cow played, in the end, it was the child's heart, chasing the locusts and running around, trampling a piece of grass to the ground. Occasionally, I fell directly into the grass indecently, rolled a few times, or faked sleep, but in short, I had a great time.

In contrast, Qianyan is a girl, although she is still young, but under the teaching of the Ye family, she is much quieter now.

Seeing that Ye Feng was concentrating on catching locusts, he complained: "Last night, I slept in a daze, and I heard my father and mother arguing again. She suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and heard Ye and Chen Jixing seem to be arguing about something.

Ye Feng was startled, his hand slipped, and the locust that had already been caught took the opportunity to slip away. After coming to live in this house, especially during this period of time, the days have become more and more moisturized, Ye Feng has never seen Ye and Chen Jixing quarrel.

So, why was last night's quarrel?

Moreover, he noticed the word "again" that Qianyan said, so it means that it is not once or twice. It seems that there should have been quarrels lately.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng said, "What have you heard, let's hear it and see if we can help." ”

It stands to reason that the family is much better now, and Ye's body is also well adjusted, so there is really no reason to quarrel.

Is it for a thousand words?

Qianyan saw that Ye Feng was willing to help, so he said: "I didn't hear it clearly, anyway, my father and mother are talking about crops, saying that I am getting older and older, what dowry I want to save for me, what money to marry for you, and what other things to ......do."

Fortunately, it's not a matter of a thousand words.

To be honest, he can't help with Qianyu's affairs, at least not for now. What's more, he can't handle his own affairs, in the end he doesn't have enough strength. Although I have traveled a lot of places in the past six months and taken the opportunity to ask many people, it is not without gain.

However, it shouldn't be for the silver, and the family has income these months. Although he bought the land, he probably knew in his heart how much money his family had now.

Ye Feng asked directly: "We are still young, and it will be a long time before they say them." Besides, these things are all good things, so why quarrel! But don't you think you have enough money at home? ”

Hearing this, Qianyan immediately retorted: "It's not." The mother complained that she always felt that the wheat field seemed to be getting smaller and smaller, and the father thought that the mother was suspicious, how could a good land shrink and become smaller by itself. The two argued about it for a while. Later, my mother said that I couldn't do it, so I just gave up. ”

A thousand words say this, more of a complaint.

In her opinion, her father and mother quarreled, but she couldn't interject or help, and it was still in the middle of the night, so she was troubled.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.

As soon as Ye Feng heard this, he felt that this matter might not be simple.

It is said that a woman's intuition is the most accurate, and Ye's is such a stable temperament, there is no reason to say nonsense. said that the land has become smaller, either it is Ye's most objective feeling, or there is some evidence.

So, what exactly did Ye find?

After thinking about it, this is probably the most intuitive feeling of the Ye family, after all, if there is evidence, she will definitely fight for it.

Seeing that there were already several strings of locusts in his hands, Ye Feng immediately decided not to catch them for the time being. He was going to go to the wheat field and see for himself, and he might or may not find anything.

Immediately, after pulling a thousand words, he went to his own wheat field and carefully inspected the surroundings of the land. But after turning around several times, Qianyan turned a little irritable, and Ye Feng didn't see the reason.

Actually, Ye Feng had some thoughts in his heart. But if that's really the case, it can't help but make people's hearts think too badly. As Lu Xun said, "We have never been worried about the Chinese with the worst intentions." ”

In fact, strictly speaking, this land is already the private property of Chen Jixing's family. Just wait for this season's wheat harvest and pay the rent. But Chen Jixing and Ye are not high-profile people, and there is no son in the family who needs to say goodbye, so except for Da Niu's mother and Zhao, the rest of them don't know.

As for the old mansion, they only knew how many acres of land Chen Jixing's family bought, but they didn't know how many acres it was, because the Ye family didn't want to say it.

Since it is private property, it is even more important to take a good look, after all, it is not easy to come by, and it is all bought with hard-earned money.

So, with this mood, Ye Feng circled around this vegetable field several times, especially the place where he took a closer look at the boundary monument.

At this glance, there was an answer in my mind: there was a problem with the boundary marker next to the west of the wheat field. This boundary monument must have been tampered with.

It stands to reason that the boundary monument is buried in the ground all year round, and after a long time, it is likely to grow some moss-like things. Even if it doesn't grow moss, it can't be freshly turned.

And the soil of the wheat field and the boundary monument buried in the adjacent land is still fresh, and this boundary monument does not look like it has been buried in the soil all year round!

What is even clearer is that the upper and lower parts of the boundary pillar are basically two colors.

This discovery made Ye Feng feel very uncomfortable. I don't know whose neighbor it is, and how to make this kind of indiscriminate means. The Ye family has suffered so much over the years, and now they have finally bought land, but they can't just be calculated.

In fact, the landlord will not mind this kind of thing, after all, no matter how the tenant cheats, the total amount of land will not change anyway, and the rich man Zhao is kind-hearted, and he collects rent according to the actual output, so the rent will not be less.

But now that the land has been bought, the stakes are great.

In order to confirm his thoughts, Ye Feng went to a few nearby pieces of land to take a look, especially to carefully observe the appearance of the boundary monument. Sure enough, the other boundary monuments were all mossy or green, and they were not the same as their own.

Ye Feng had a number in his heart.

And the original guess is now eight or nine points certain.

Seeing Ye Feng running around, Qianyan sensitively felt that this matter was not simple. So I didn't bother Ye Feng, until I saw him stop and didn't speak, I wanted to ask him a few words.

However, she didn't speak yet, but she heard Ye Feng ask as if unintentionally: "Next to the land next to our house, yes, this is this land, whose family is it?" ”

"Check the fifth aunt's family", Qianyan said affirmatively.

At this moment, the speculation in Ye Feng's heart changed from doubt to affirmation.

It would be fine if this land was rented by other families in the village, but it was from the fifth aunt's family. With her character, what else can't she do? In addition, the boundary monument is like this, needless to say, the boundary monument is passive.

Knowing this, Ye Feng slowly grew some anger in his heart.

didn't speak, and Qianyan picked up a few strings of locusts that had been strung on the ground, and went straight home.

Seeing this, Qian Yan knew that Ye Feng must have discovered something. Because he asked, "Uncle, just now you have circled the ground so many times, and you have gone to the nearby places to see it a few times, is there any difference?" ”

Ye Feng didn't hide it from her, anyway, she had to know about it sooner or later. In the straight word: "Yes." My sister, your mother's feeling is right, our family's land has indeed become smaller. ”

Hearing this, Qianyan's little mouth opened in surprise, looking incredible. If she believes Chen Jixing's words, this land has no long legs, how can it become smaller for no reason.

However, she has always believed Ye Feng's words.

So, what's going on?

When he got home, Chen Jixing was taking the chopped bamboo strips and weaving a dustpan in the yard. I'm going to get busy with farming, and there's a lot of work to be done with a dustpan.

As for Yeh, he was doing needlework on the side.

How should I tell Ye and Chen Jixing about this?

No matter how humble Ye and Chen Jixing are, no matter how good they are, but when it comes to land, especially the land they bought, the two of them will definitely not be calm.

Although Ye Feng was sure that the boundary monument must have been touched by Aunt Cha, he didn't want bloodshed. One is not good, when the time comes, it is clear that the family is a victim, and maybe it will become the perpetrator instead.

There's no way, the opponent is a "fairy-level" character like Aunt Cha, so you can't be too careful. Ye is not a big bull mother, and Chen Jixing is not Chen Jiwan, so God knows what will happen when he really goes.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng eased up in his heart, and did not add fuel to the fire with an angry appearance, but just decided to state the truth objectively. This matter must be said, and it is not Ye Feng's style to swallow his anger and accept the bag.

Yin asked Ye, "Sister, why do you think that our wheat field has become smaller?" ”

Hearing this, Ye and Chen Jixing were a little surprised. The conversation between the couple at night, how did Ye Feng know.

For a while, Ye was a little embarrassed.

To put it bluntly, she is just a feeling, there is no actual evidence, and she has been persuaded by Chen Jixing to stop thinking about this problem.

was surprised how Ye Feng knew the content of the conversation between the couple and suddenly looked up and saw Qianyan who was restrained and rubbing his hands on the side, and immediately understood that it was this girl who did it, but he didn't care.

What she was thinking about now was why Ye Feng asked her like this.

Ye Feng has always been an idea-minded and delicate-minded, and told him that he knew, maybe he could really find something, so he said one by one: "I am very familiar with that piece of land, after all, I have been planting it for so many years since I got married." In previous years, when I started planting eggplants, I used to be able to plant eight in a row, but I could only grow seven. It was the same when I planted wheat last year, there was no problem at all with planting eight rows in the past, but this year it was very crowded. You say, what is it that doesn't make the land smaller? ”

After finishing speaking, he became more and more suspicious in his heart, since the reason why Ye Feng asked like this, nine times out of ten, he found something.

After listening to Ye's words, Ye Feng was a little relieved for a while.

He had thought of countless possibilities before, how could a person suddenly find that the land had become smaller? In the end, what method did Ye use to achieve this? At this moment, it wasn't until the Ye family said what he thought that Ye Feng realized that he had ignored this most intuitive method, and he had to admire the Ye family's meticulous heart.

Without waiting for Ye Feng to speak, Chen Jixing said, "Don't listen to her nonsense." I've been planting this land for so many years, and I haven't noticed any smaller. Indeed, in the past, it was not crowded to plant eight rows. I think this year is simply because the line spacing is now larger. And our wheat grows well, tall and strong, and it is normal for it to become crowded. ”

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Chen Jixing's skepticism would have been a perfect explanation. The row spacing becomes larger, and the whole is naturally a little less planted.

The two of them had already quarreled over this, and at this moment, they didn't say what they thought to each other in front of Ye Feng. After finishing speaking, Chen Jixing continued to weave the bamboo basket, although Ye's heart was full of questions, he had to swallow it and continue to do needlework.

Without admitting it, Ye Feng spoke at this time, and said something that surprised the two.

"Our land, it's not that the row spacing has become larger, but that the land has really become smaller. Brother-in-law, my sister's feeling is right. The boundary monument of our land has been tampered with! If I'm not mistaken, the other party must have moved some of the boundary monuments to our side. As for the distance, it is very likely that it is what my sister said, just the distance of an eggplant. ”

After Ye Feng finished speaking, he stopped talking. As for who the "other party" in his mouth is, everyone knows very well in their hearts.

Anyway, I will find that I have already told the fifteen and ten. It is not up to him to decide how to handle things.

However, no matter what Chen Jixing and Ye do, he will definitely support it. After all, he should not interfere too much in this family's affairs, especially in this kind of major event. Take the incident of standing up for the Ye family last time, although he didn't say it explicitly, he did feel Chen Jixing's displeasure.

Also, Chen Jixing is the head of the family, and Ye is the hostess. If he interferes too much, it is difficult to guarantee that Chen Jixing will have any strange feelings.

Naturally, he didn't do this to swallow his anger and let go of Aunt Cha. Even if Ye and Chen Jixing are magnanimous and even ignore them, he has a way to punish Aunt Cha and make her gain outweigh her losses.

Of course, all this had to be done underground, and the couple couldn't be made aware of it.