Everyone in the Xu family fell silent, the adults were worried about their future livelihoods, and the children seemed to be infected with this emotion, and there was no longer the joy at the dinner table in the past. Even Xu Qingjun, who has the most naughty personality on weekdays, drooped his face at this time and stopped squeaking.

This meal, the Xu family is pretending to have something in their hearts, and the taste of eating a meal is the same as chewing wax. Xu Qingyan looked at a large pot of gruel on Table Mountain and frowned, how can she eat enough when this porridge is cleared like this, but she has nothing to blame, because this family's situation is like this, except for being able to eat a little thicker at noon, the other two meals are porridge with clear soup and little water plus a small plate of pickles.

After eating, the family dispersed again, the adults of the Xu family went to the ground, and only the Cao family was at home, Xu Qingyan thought about it and she was fine, and decided to go out and get familiar with the environment.

Xu Qingyan was not familiar with the road, so she took Xu Qingwen and Xu Qingjun together.

Out of the courtyard door to go forward, you will see a sheep intestine path winding up, on the left side of a river about two meters wide, the river past is a large area of fields to meet, there are already a lot of farmers in the field, the spring breeze blows, the green between the fields have emerged one after another, giving birth to a piece of spring. The houses dotted on the right are located in it, and you can see the green hills in the distance.

After a few days of side knocking, Xu Qingyan also has some general understanding of this family.

Her father has five brothers and sisters, the first three are sisters, one brother is the uncle Xu Guangqi, and Xu Qingyan's father Xu Guanghua is the youngest.

The original grandfather Xu Yuan died early, and the Cao family was widowed and pulled the eldest five children alone, the hardships can be imagined, and the Xu family was not the aborigines of Beishan Village, but moved over thirty years ago. He had no relatives or friends in the village, and Xu Yuan died in the third year after moving here.

When Xu Yuan died, Xu Guanghua was only a few months old, but fortunately, when Xu Yuan died, Xu Qingyan's eldest aunt was already twelve years old, and her second aunt was also ten years old.

The pillars of the family are gone, and the Cao family can only sell a few acres of land, and it is difficult to pull a few children up. Up to now, the Xu family only has three acres of paddy fields and two acres of dry land. At present, the rice production is low, and the remaining grain except for paying taxes is simply not enough to feed a family of eight.

When the farming is not working, the two brothers of the Xu family will go to Long County, twenty miles away, to do odd jobs, when it is good. In a month, you can earn 200 yuan, but at this time, the rice costs 10 yuan a catty. White noodles also cost eight pounds. In other words, the two brothers can only buy 20 catties of rice for a month's odd jobs, and sometimes they don't necessarily have so much salary.

After such a calculation, Xu Qingyan only felt that the future was bleak, what did she do that angered and resented her, and she wanted to send her to this place, although she was not a person with great merit in her previous life, but she was also a good citizen who was disciplined and law-abiding, how could she wake up and fall into the poor peasant family of this unknown dynasty, if the conditions were better, it would be fine.

Xu Qingyan really couldn't figure out why God would let her cross, she felt that she didn't have the life to be a heroine, she didn't have the skills to coax, she didn't know how to make glass, and she didn't know the formula of gunpowder.

She is a liberal arts girl, and she doesn't seem to have any advantages in ancient times, and she knew that today, she should have chosen science in the first place, isn't there a saying: Learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you won't be afraid to go all over the world!

After a casual walk, Xu Qingyan took the two brothers back, and after such a circle, Xu Qingyan did not find any business opportunities.

When I entered the yard, I saw Cao Shi feeding the only two hens in the house, and seeing their sister and brother coming back, Cao Shi raised his voice and said: "Yan girl, how are you feeling today, your head is still dizzy." ”

"Grandma, I'm fine, don't worry."

Hearing this, Cao Shi smiled and said, "It's okay." Then he sighed: "The food at home is almost gone, there is nothing to feed the chickens, and the chickens are about to stop laying eggs. ”

Xu Qingyan listened to Cao's words, and then looked at the two hens who were eating vegetable leaves, and suddenly had an idea. He raised his voice to the two small people: "Ah Wen, Ah Jun, follow me." ”

After that, he took a broken bowl from the room, and took the brothers straight to the vegetable garden in the backyard. Finding a piece of relatively fertile land, Xu Qingyan picked up a branch and began to plow the ground.

After a while, an earthworm was dug out, Xu Qingyan pointed to the earthworm and said to the two brothers: "Awen, Ajun, from today onwards, you two will dig this for the chickens to eat, and when the chickens lay more eggs, I will buy you candy to eat." ”

"Sister, does this chicken really lay eggs after eating?" Xu Qingjun looked incredulous.

"Of course, I will lie to you, and you won't know in two days."

Xu Qingyan handed over this task to the two brothers, although this could not immediately change the situation of the Xu family, but it was the only thing she could do at present. Watching the brothers dig seriously. She began to think about what else she could do. "Well, this earthworm can still be farmed, and if it is successfully farmed, you can raise more chickens. If you sell the eggs, you can exchange them for some silver money to subsidize them.

Time is like flowing water, a month has passed quietly, this month, there is a small pit of about 30 centimeters in the west corner of the front yard of the Xu family, which is a good earthworm culture medium. Xu Qingyan only took two small ones for the first time, and then completely handed it over to the two brothers to take care of, Xu Qingyan felt numb every time she saw the dense earthworms wriggling in the pit.

Since the addition of earthworms to the chicken food, the two hens in the family have scrambled to lay eggs, and Cao Shi saw this, moved his heart, and bought six chickens from the village to come back. At this time, it is already half old, and I believe that it will not be long before these chickens can lay eggs again.

After the chickens laid eggs, Xu Qingyan found Cao's as soon as possible, asked her for two yuan, and bought a few pieces of candy for the two brothers in the grocery store at the head of the village. Cao knew that the earthworm was dug by the two brothers, and he also felt that it was worthy of praise and encouragement. Every day, I dug earthworms everywhere in the village and put them in the culture medium, but then one of them could not be put down, and another pit was dug next to the side.

This month, Xu Qingyan also thought about looking for any way to develop, but still didn't find a suitable one. Although it is said that relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water. Beishan Village is simply surrounded by mountains, and only one opening to the east leads to the county seat.

But Xu Qingyan didn't have the idea of entering the mountain, the mountain at this time is not like the previous life, this is a completely primitive mountain, without any artificial development, although the mountain is rich in products, but there are also many dangers. She is only ten years old now, and she has no ability to protect herself at all.

If you accidentally have an accident in the mountains and are injured, according to the conditions of the Xu family, you may not even have the money to buy medicine for treatment. If she was a little more unlucky, her life might be ruined, and she didn't think she would have a chance to be born again.

For making money, Xu Qingyan is now at a loss.