Seeing that although Chen Jixing and Ye were illiterate, they were holding the title deed and looking at it carefully, they were secretly happy, and Ye Feng was more curious. When his family bought the 10 acres of land before, he had already seen the land deed, so he wanted to see the difference between the land deed and the homestead land.

When you take it and take a look, it can be said to be much the same.

The characters are all read from right to left, without exception, all indicate the location of the land, the area, and the amount of silver spent to buy the land.

The only difference is that the word "official deed" was written on the previous title deed, but this time it is written as "house deed".

The most exaggerated thing is that there are words such as "three zhang in the sky and three zhang in the ground" in this contract. It seems that this deed is more detailed and democratic.

According to Ye Feng's understanding, that is, three zhang above the foundation and three zhang below it, no matter what you dig up, it belongs to Chen Jixing's family.

Then I thought, according to modern mathematical knowledge, this ancient one zhang is about three meters, so according to the meaning of this contract, does it mean that the height of the house cannot exceed nine meters?

However, it is enough to build a house in the village. Nine meters, even if it is three meters high on one floor, it can probably be built three stories high.

According to Chen Jixing and Ye's meaning, they just want to build a courtyard house, with many rooms and practicality. But Ye Feng and Qianyan both wanted to live upstairs, so they put a few people together, and the final result was "The whole is still to build a courtyard, but the northernmost side is the side of the mountain, which is built three stories high." ”

In this way, it is very incongruous at first glance and destroys the original structure of the courtyard. But this is already the biggest concession for Ye and Chen Jixing, and it can also satisfy Ye Feng's desire to live upstairs.

"Sister, brother-in-law, why don't you like to build a tall house? There are many advantages to living upstairs, for example, the humidity is smaller than the first floor, and the line of sight is also good, so you can see far away. ”

"Yes, mother, I want to live on a high building."

In this regard, Ye Shi glanced at a thousand words, and then said: "Of course I know that I can live high and see far, and I also want to live in a high-rise building." It's just that if you look at the village chief's house, there is a man at home, and he has never built a high-rise building. ”

When it comes to this, a thousand words don't understand, but Ye Feng understands, she and Chen Jixing don't want to be in the limelight. It's just that even if it is built like this, or if it is built in a simple courtyard, it can be regarded as a showmanship in the village.

In these years, building a new house is very eye-catching.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng said: "Sister, it's okay, if you don't build it, you won't build it, when the time comes, everyone asks, you will say that our house is close to the mountain, if you don't build it higher, the light will be blocked, and even the sun won't shine." ”

Hearing this, Chen Jixing and Ye were dumbfounded, and I have to say that this statement is excellent. No one likes a house that doesn't get sunlight all day.

If you don't want to move, you can only build a little higher.

It's just that what Ye and Chen Jixing didn't expect was that later, Chenjia Village became a famous scenic spot in the country, and there was an endless stream of guests who came to play. Tourists from nearby villages are not enough, and it is too late to take a car back to the village after playing.

But those who come from afar can only stay.

It was also at that time that Chen Jixing and Ye regretted that they didn't listen to Ye Feng's words at that time, and directly built a three-story house with three floors on all sides. Because the land price at that time has changed from the current five taels of silver per mu to fifty taels of silver per mu, it is painful to buy, and it is impossible to demolish and rebuild.

This is cheaper for those who bought land to build houses later, and regardless of whether they are in the limelight or not, they have forgotten about the old man, and all the houses are three stories high.

The only thing they care about is how to bring guests into their houses and make more money.

When the plan was settled, Chen Jixing and Ye Feng quickly began to find someone to build a house.

There is no such profession as a contractor in this time and space, so if you want to build a house, you must first find a craftsman who can build a house, and he will recommend a craftsman who knows him well and knows other skills.

This is how Chen Qianshan built a house before.

Ye Feng secretly thought in his heart that when he was empty, he must recruit some craftsmen who can do anything, form a construction team, and select a person to be the contractor to go out to take over the business on behalf of everyone.

Now, the reason why everyone wants to join the Duck Duck Country Kitchen is because they make money as a cook, and there is no other choice. But in fact, men, especially those who can do carpentry work and the like, are still more suitable for joining the construction team.

Anyway, Chen Jixing's mouth has made a lot of progress during this time, and when the time comes, he can be a contract foreman with a simple training.

However, Chen Qianshan's new house is almost finished, and it is nearing completion. At that pace, it is estimated that it will not be long before it is completed.

It stands to reason that the recent period of time has been busy with farming, and there is no craftsman to be found. But this kid is probably in a hurry to marry Ye Ermei into the door, and Leng is to give the craftsmen twice the salary.

At first, these craftsmen were reluctant, because the crops in the fields waited for no one. Later, there was a lot of thought that turned the corner, and even if half of the salary was taken out to ask people from the same village to help with the work in the fields, there were many people, not to mention that half of it was not used.

The people in the village are also happy, and they can make money by working in the fields without leaving the village.

So, the house, which was supposed to be built in November, is about to be completed.

Chen Jixing was worried that he couldn't find a craftsman, so Ye Feng said: "Brother-in-law, what are you afraid of, you see, the house opposite is about to be built, and now some people, such as the craftsman who lays the foundation, have nothing to do, let's just go and invite it over, do you say it." ”

As soon as Ye Feng said, Chen Jixing suddenly realized, this is really holding a doll to find a doll.

Therefore, the craftsmen, who had thought that they would be unemployed for a while after doing this, were naturally happy to have work again as soon as they heard that it was a big project.

Anyway, the farm is over, and being idle is also idle.

Therefore, craftsmen who can know various skills have come to report one after another. In this regard, Ye Feng and Chen Jixing asked one by one to ensure that there was no repetition or too much repetition, and then they responded.

For a while, the piece of land next to Chen Jixing's house became lively.

When the people in the village saw that there were many of these craftsmen and saw that this land was not small, they knew that the house that Chen Jixing's family wanted to build was not small. For a time, congratulations, envy, and disdain were there. In this regard, Ye's is much calmer, only doing housework and raising the fetus with peace of mind, and doesn't care about the rest.

Seeing that the matter of building a new house had been resolved, Ye Feng turned his attention to the potted plants in the shed.

To be honest, this month has been too busy, first harvesting corn and sorghum, then threshing, moving in and out, finally paying taxes, and then warehousing.

After doing this, it is to buy land and find someone to build a house, plus these potted plants are all formed, but it takes some effort to make a beautiful shape and give some poetic names, so in addition to hurriedly watering, Ye Feng has not cared about these flowers for a month.

As a result, in the course of this month, the eggs released by Huang, especially those small insects, have now become out of control under the nourishment of these tender green and fat leaves.

There are even some precocious insects that have already laid eggs and burrowed into the cocoon, waiting for them to hatch in the spring of next year.

I have to say that the Huang family is crooked this time, and the time is quite good. If it were a change of time, both Chen Jixing and Ye Feng would have discovered something, and it would be impossible to let it develop to this irreversible point.

When she released the insects, it was when Chen Jixing's family was busy with farming, and she was preparing to build a new house, and the month before and after provided valuable time for the reproduction of these insects and eggs.

Therefore, by the time Ye Feng calmed down and prepared to do some careful styling, the leaves of these potted plants in the shed had basically been gnawed away, and the miserable appearance was simply miserable.

The pine and cypress are a little better, after all, they have a special taste, which is generally not liked by insects, and has a natural insect repellent effect. But the cuckoo and the red fruit are more miserable. The whole leaf surface is covered with dense small insects, which look like they have just hatched, small and tender, and eat extremely fat.

These bugs are impossible to catch at first glance, because there are so many of them. After thinking about it, Ye Feng called Chen Jixing in.

He was a good farmer, and he didn't know anything he knew.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Chen Jixing was also surprised, obviously he didn't expect this. Although rhododendrons are for flowers rather than leaves, as it stands, it is questionable whether these flowers can survive, let alone bloom.

However, what made Ye Feng even more desperate was still behind, and he only heard Chen Jixing say: "This insect is called the Drill Heart Worm, and it is the most powerful insect we have here. This insect prefers to eat leaves, especially young leaves. It grows very fast, and it can grow up in a month or two. If any tree is targeted by such an insect, it will definitely not survive. ”

Chen Jixing's words couldn't be clearer, that is to say, in the past month, this insect has matured, which means that it is a trivial matter for these potted plants to eat up their leaves now, and the key is that there must be insect eggs in the mud.

Maybe it's not just in the mud, it's even in the crooked trunks.

If that's the case, it's quite a hassle.

Because even if Ye Feng plucked all the leaves of these rhododendrons and ginkgo biloba, and even cut all the tiny branches, and replaced the soil, what should be done with the eggs hidden in the folds of the trunk?

If it is not dealt with thoroughly, when the right time comes, these eggs will hatch out, and then the entire preliminary work will be in vain.

However, if these potted plants were thrown away, Ye Feng felt reluctant.

First, these cuckoos were all tied up by him and Chen Jixing in the woods last year, and they have begun to take shape, and they also promised the ladies before, saying that they can come to buy them next spring.

If people come at that time, but they don't sell the flowers, wouldn't they be dishonest to others? Word of mouth is a thing that is particularly difficult to establish, but it is quite easy to destroy it.

Second, these two ginkgo trees are even more precious, he has been here for so long, and he has entered the forest countless times, and only found these two trees.

Third, there is the issue of pruning.

These flowers are cultivated according to a certain sense of beauty and posture, and each branch and leaf has a role. If you cut off the smaller branches or even the larger ones, then the beauty will no longer exist.

For example, take those azalea trees that are ready to be pruned into "peerless". The most important part of the whole tree is the top of the tree, because if it is pruned properly, it is like a beautiful woman looking at the world.

However, if it is cut out here, then what kind of beauty is there, headless zombies are almost the same.

It seems that in addition to pulling out all the leaves and replacing all the soil, the more important thing is to kill insects.

However, pesticides are needed to kill insects. And don't even think about it, this time and space naturally doesn't exist.

You know, human beings invented chemical pesticides, and pesticides and insecticides began to be used on a large scale in agricultural production, which was in the 20th century. In other words, it will take thousands of years.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng began to think about the theories that the teacher talked about in class when he was in college. After all, China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times, and the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated, and there are some ancient methods.

After thinking, Ye Feng thought that he could try the method of soaking soil tobacco leaves in water to kill insects. He still remembers that his mentor had talked about this method in the "Ministry of Tobacco and Resources": "Tobacco takes the end of its muscles and bones, and scatters the seedlings with lime to kill insects and moisten the roots of the seedlings." ”

After thinking about it, Ye Feng asked, "Brother-in-law, does anyone in our village grow tobacco leaves?" ”

Chen Jixing is still immersed in the question of why flowers and trees have insects, because as far as he knows, it is difficult for these insects to climb into the shed of his home.

Didn't they crawl over by themselves, could it be that someone was jealous of them and caught worms and let them in?

Although he didn't know what Ye Feng's purpose was, Chen Jixing still replied seriously: "We don't have it in our village, but there are some in the city that sell it." He was used to Ye Feng like this, although the questions he asked seemed to have nothing to do with the matter in front of him at first glance, but they often proved to be related afterwards.

Ye Feng saw that Chen Jixing didn't ask him why he wanted to buy tobacco leaves like before, so he knew that Chen Jixing was waiting for his explanation, so Ye Feng said: "Without further ado, tomorrow we will go to the county to buy some tobacco leaves and come back, mash them and soak them in water, this water can kill insects." ”

Chenjia Village does not grow rice, but mainly pasta, so Ye Feng is too lazy to explain.

Chen Jixing was a little surprised, if what Ye Feng said was true, then the vegetable insects in the field could also use this method in the future.

But then I thought about it, those dishes are not worth much, but this tobacco leaf is expensive and expensive, and it is not worth it at all. In the early years, he also wanted to smoke, but his family was financially constrained and had to stop.

At that moment, Ye Feng commanded Qianyan and Chen Jixing to help, and the three of them moved all the flower pots in the shed outside the gate and carefully pulled out the azaleas.

These flowers have a certain shape, which is not easy to pull out at all, and it is really a bit of a bit of a tooth and claw, and it is not easy to handle.

Fortunately, there are not many, but dozens of plants, and the three of them work together, and they will all be pulled out in a while. A few people poured out all the soil in the flower pot again, and after thinking about it, Ye Feng still felt that it was not good, so he placed the flowers and pots separately, put the trees together, and moved all the flower pots into the backyard.

On the second day, Chen Jixing went to the city alone and bought some lime and tobacco leaves according to Ye Feng's words.

Ye Feng asked Chen Jixing to chop the tobacco leaves with a knife and soak them in boiling water, while he himself processed the lime there.

Ye Feng originally wanted Chen Jixing to go to Chen Qianshan's house to crush the tobacco leaves with a stone grinder, but after thinking about it, the taste of this tobacco leaf was too strong, if it was crushed with a grinder, then Chen Qianshan's family would not dare to use a stone grinder for a long time.

Ye Feng mixed the lime with water, and then took the branch and prepared to apply the lime to the roots of these rhododendrons. Unfortunately, it is difficult for the branches to pick up the lime. After thinking about it, Ye Feng reluctantly took out the brush again, dipped it in lime water and began to apply it.

Seeing Qianyan's curiosity, Ye Feng told her the reason for doing so.

After doing this, several people worked together to clean the flower pots one by one, scalded them with boiling water several times, and then refilled the flower pots with nutrient soil and planted the azalea trees.

Seeing Chen Jixing moving flower pots into the shed, Ye Feng said: "Brother-in-law, these flowers will be placed outside for the time being, I am worried that the shed is not clean, maybe there are already insect eggs inside." ”

Hearing this, Chen Jixing hurriedly retreated, feeling that it was not so easy to plant flowers. It's pines and cypresses, not at all, if these flowers are like that, it's good, not afraid of insects, it's good to feed.

After placing these flowers, Ye Feng moved the pines and cypresses out together. This made Chen Jixing dismantle the shed, anyway, this shed is useless, and Ye Feng is angry when he looks at it.

I have to say that this time it was really a big loss.

The tobacco leaves and lime alone cost two taels of silver, not to mention other losses. It's good to dig up these rhododendrons later, after all, the shape is undecided, as long as you can live, you can prune it slowly, and there will always be a day when it will take shape.

It's just that the remaining plants before are really miserable, they have already been shaped, but now they are good, and they have been cut beyond recognition by Ye Feng.

Don't say that the elegance is peerless or the future is bright, it's almost the same to say that it's a mess.

Several people who were tired for a day were a little unhappy, especially Ye, who directly sighed: "Originally, I thought that although planting flowers was tiring, it was easier than planting crops. But now it seems that it is just as tiring. Those who don't know will know that we can earn money for nothing, and we can make money by making a few trees. However, they could not see the toil behind it. ”

I have to say that Ye's emotion is very reasonable.

However, Chen Jixing's seemingly unintentional words made Ye Feng's scalp tingle, because he felt that this incident was not an accident, but someone deliberately made it.

Chen Jixing said: "I think it's strange, why did this flower suddenly grow worms. It would be fine if there were other worms, but this worm usually only grows on the mountain. Anyway, it's so big, I've never seen a worm run into anyone's yard. ”

After thinking about the proximity of the backyard to the back mountain, Ye Feng said: "Maybe our house is close to the back mountain, and those insects ran down from the mountain." ”

"I don't think it's possible, although the mountain is close, but it's not very close, there is always some distance. I took a closer look in the afternoon, and there was no problem with the trees outside the shed, and there was no problem at all with the Danruo you planted last time under the root of the backyard wall. ”

Chen Jixing said.

Ye Feng was about to ask a question, but Chen Jixing said again: "And I have also been to see that rhododendron forest, and there are no insects at all." ”

There were no insects on the trees outside the shed, and the leaves on the back mountain were intact......

Thinking of this, Ye Shi and Ye Feng both said directly: "That is, someone deliberately put worms into the shed!" ”

After saying that, the two glanced at each other, both feeling both surprised and a little angry.

Although Chen Jixing didn't say it explicitly, he analyzed it so carefully, in fact, he also believed it in his heart, this incident was by no means a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.

However, he was a little puzzled, because he said: "However, there were people in the house around the past month, and no one came to visit the house." ”

Liu and Da Niu's mother have been here, but they are all here to deliver food. And in terms of friendship, the two are the least likely to do this.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng said: "It doesn't have to be put this month, it's okay to put it in before." You think, how busy we were before, maybe people just slipped into the house at this time. ”

He thought that when he had just finished selling flowers, the village began to spread that they sold a flower for ten taels of silver. It's hard to make sure it's not a ghost that someone has a grudge against during that time.

Several people reminisced seriously, but there were no clues.

But Ye Shi seemed to remember something, and only heard her say: "I remember, once I went to your big brother Cai's house, but when I went out, I forgot to lock the door, but as soon as I remembered it, I immediately went home, but I didn't find anything abnormal, I also ran to count the silver, and the count was right." Could it be that someone took advantage of this opportunity to sneak in? ”

As soon as Ye said this, Ye Feng said: "If someone really has bad intentions, then it is estimated that they took advantage of such an opportunity to come in." It's just that there are only a few families in the village who have enmity with our family. However, it is expected that although ordinary people hate us, they do not have the courage. In my opinion, it seems that someone who knows us very well did it, who not only knows our whereabouts, but also knows the location of our flowers, and dares to swagger to the door. ”

Hearing this, Chen Jixing was surprised, and Ye was even more angry.

Although Ye Feng didn't thank him by name, he was just making a reasonable analysis, but they both felt that this was pointing to one person, that is, the Huang family.

Indeed, there is a feud between the village and Chen Jixing's family, one is Aunt Cha, the second is the Fan family, and the third is the Huang family.

Although Aunt Cha is spicy, she is famous for her love to take advantage of small advantages, and she likes to rub oil, but her heart is not vicious, and to put it bluntly, she is poor and troublesome. Fan looks kind on his face, but in fact, his heart is the most insidious, just look at what happened last time. However, it is difficult for her to do this kind of thing directly.

It's the Huang family, who doesn't have much scruples about entering and exiting this courtyard, even if it is found that it is a big deal to come to visit the Ye family, no one will say anything.

The most important thing is that because she was pregnant, Ye let Zhu take her position, but did not let Huang and Chen Jiwang join the Yaya Township Kitchen, she will definitely hold a grudge.

For a while, everyone didn't speak, and their hearts were a little heavy.

Chen Jixing felt even more unhappy, because he didn't know why, he just unintentionally analyzed a few words, and talked about his sister-in-law.

If Huang really did it, he really didn't know what to do.

Moreover, his heart can't accept it.

In his opinion, the closest people to him in this world are Chen Jiwang and Chen Jida. Huang is his sister-in-law, and he still respects him very much.

It can be said that this incident somewhat destroyed his sense of three views.

Unlike Chen Jixing's tangled mood, Ye's heart was full of hatred. In the past, the Huang family targeted her everywhere, but now she finally moved out, and she is not thin on her, no matter which time she eats, she calls her whole family.

If she really did it this time, it would really be a bit vicious.

This is going to ruin their hard work and cut off their financial resources.

Perhaps, the concubine is just a face-to-face affection. It's really ruthless, much more ruthless than outsiders.

The author has something to say: I have a serious phobia of denseness, and every time I see those dense insect eggs, my whole body will itch. When I first wrote it, I was too detailed, and I still felt itchy after being quiet for a while. In order to avoid the same sentiment from some readers, that part has been deleted.