Chapter 196: A Leisurely Chapter
Lunch was eaten by a group of people, there were seven or eight tables in total, and the group of children from Dunlin Town had also come. At the banquet, many people came to toast Lu Yu. Qin Zhongquan's brothers respected and thanked Lu Yu at the same time, and they all went forward to salute Lu Yu with wine glasses.
Lu Yu doesn't know how to shirk, and he doesn't have to worry about getting drunk, so he is drunk until the glass is dry, and no one is left behind.
In the end, Qin Zhongquan couldn't stand it anymore, so he told his brothers to stop and don't get Lu Yu drunk.
Lu Yu didn't get drunk, but he was a little supportive, and he drank almost hundreds of glasses of wine before and after, and his lower abdomen was already slightly swollen.
"Mr. Lu, this amount of wine is ...... It's simply not human. The group of men in the Tianhai Gang were stunned, Lu Yu alone estimated that he drank more than a dozen catties of spirits made from grain, but he didn't show the slightest hint of drunkenness.
"How do you speak? Who is not human? Another man giggled and said, "Mr. Lu didn't drink it, okay, let's have another round?" ”
Lu Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I can't drink it, I won't be able to walk if I drink it again." ”
"If you can't walk, just rest here for a night, you're not an outsider."
"Mr. Lu is just too polite, in the eyes of our brothers, you are our second boss."
Qin Zhongquan smiled and said, "What you said is not right, when Mr. Lu is here, you can just listen to him, you don't have to listen to me." ”
"I don't dare to do that." Lu Yu poured himself a glass of wine, and said, "Gang Master Qin, and all of you, you have helped me a lot on weekdays, and I respect you for this glass of wine." As he spoke, he picked up his glass and drank it all.
The group of men also had a drink, and then they all applauded.
Originally, the group of children in Dunlin Town remembered Lu Yu, and a few of them even came over and said that they wanted to toast with Uncle Yu.
Of course Lu Yu wouldn't drink with them, he patted this, touched that, and he looked at each child very carefully. The children are all very nice, most of them have grown taller and seem to be more sensible.
Lu Yu hopes that not only these things in front of him, but all the children can grow up safely and healthily.
After the banquet was dismissed, Lu Yu refused Qin Zhongquan's retention and left. Lu Yu didn't go home first, but went to Jinhua City, he wanted to see how the original servants of the county government were doing, and wanted to see if there was a chance to meet Zhao Shoubei.
The hall of the county government was burned down, and only a pile of ink-black broken wood and bricks remained on the original site. The courtyard of the county government is still there, very complete, except for the lobby, the rest of the houses are also mostly fine.
There was no one in the courtyard, and the officers didn't know where they were going.
Lu Yu stood in the courtyard, stunned for a while, and came out of his mind for a while.
There is no one Lu Yu knows in Jinhua City now, he went to Qichu Villa not long ago, and he didn't plan to go, but thinking of Lin Siyao's disappearance, Cheng Huai may not know about it, so Lu Yu went again.
Qichu Villa is relatively close to Jinhua City, and the transportation is convenient, Cheng Huai already knows the news that the county government was destroyed and Lin Siyan was killed (except for Lu Yu and a few of them, the rest of the people thought that Lin Siyan was dead, and as for whether he died or not, the author doesn't know now).
Cheng Huai believed that Lu Yu had done it, but in front of his partner, he had to pretend not to know. Seeing Lu Yu, Cheng Huai called him aside and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, you have eliminated harm for the people again." ”
Lu Yu said: "This is not 'again' to eliminate the harm, it was I who failed to kill Lin Siyao last time, so I have to work hard again this time." ”
Cheng Huai was very knowledgeable, and didn't ask Lu Yu to pass by, but said: "Now everyone is finally relieved, Lin Siyan is dead from this scourge, so you don't have to pay three times the rent, and everyone can eat enough." ”
Lu Yu nodded, but thought in his heart: "It's true that those who farm can eat well, but those who don't have fields are not necessarily." ”
Cheng Huai also took Lu Yu to walk around the farm, and he said to Lu Yu: "We have a lot of fields here, but there are not enough people, Mr. Lu, if you have relatives and friends in the city who want to farm, you can help introduce them, I don't charge them rent, they can collect as much as they can for the first year of planting." ”
Lu Yu thought about it, he really didn't have such a friend, he asked Cheng Huai: "Such a good thing, as long as you talk about it, I'm afraid there will be no shortage of people who come to farm." ”
Cheng Huai shook his head and said: "It's not, there is too much wasteland now, and many people in the city have also gone to the countryside to farm." They have their own fields, and few people want to come to me. ”
Lu Yu thought to himself, although he didn't have to pay anything in the first year of farming on the farm, it would not necessarily be the case in the future, and it would be cost-effective to go down and open up the wasteland by himself.
Thinking about it, Lu Yu felt that the residents of those towns might not necessarily have a particularly difficult time, they could go to farming, or they could do something else. Because as long as there is enough food, people who can't eat it will definitely take it out or exchange it for some other needed items. In this way, after a long time, most people will definitely be able to eat.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu suddenly became much happier again.
However, children like Xiao Mao, it is difficult for them to get better in a short period of time in their hard days, Lu Yu hesitated, and said: "If you have the ability, you will go to open up wasteland and farm by yourself, or find other ways." It is those who are young, old, or in poor health, and there is no one in the family, these people are the most pitiful. ”
"yes." Cheng Huai also sighed, and said: "I thought, when the harvest is over this autumn and the food is sufficient, I will send some food to the old people and children in the city." ”
Lu Yu smiled, he was a little shocked in his heart, he didn't expect this Cheng Huai to be a warm-hearted person.
Cheng Huai said again: "Mr. Lu, there are a lot of such people over there, but unfortunately this place is too far away from yours, and our ability is limited, so we can't help so much." ”
Lu Yu said: "You can't expect one or two people to come out to help in this matter, and someone has to help arrange it, so that those who have surplus food can sell some food out, and the price is not too high, even if it is charity, so that those old people and children can live." Speaking of this, Lu Yu suddenly felt that if there was really a good official in Jinhua City who was diligent and loved the people, it would be much easier to worry about these things by himself, and he didn't have to worry about it himself.
Leaving Qichu Villa, Lu Yu brought back a lot of vegetable seeds. After all, Cheng Huai and them are experts in farming, and they are more skilled in the cultivation of all kinds of seeds than Lu Yu. Lu Yu remembered the decaying grape trellis in the backyard, and asked Cheng Huai for a few grape seedlings.
Back home, Yan Xiding and Lan Shaofang went out to herd sheep, Yan Xi'an and her mother were tidying up the vegetable garden in the backyard, and Yu Jibai was teaching Lao Gao's son Lu Di's daughter to read and write.
Lu Di's daughter was only three years old, and she couldn't say anything, so Lu Di sent her here, and I didn't know what he thought.
Lu Yu went to the backyard and handed over the vegetable seeds he brought back to Mrs. Yan. Yanfu looked through them carefully a few times and said that these seeds are good, some can be planted, and they have to be planted in the next two days.
Grape seedlings have to be planted first, Yan Xi'an found a hoe with great interest, dug a pit under the grape trellis, asked Lu Yu to put the seedlings in, and filled the soil with his own hands.
Yan Xi'an said: "I haven't eaten fruit for several years, and this autumn, I will come to pick fruit and eat it." "In the first month, Lu Yu planted a lot of fruit trees in the courtyard and Anding Valley, and those fruit trees grew very well.
Lu Yu said: "If you are lucky, you may be able to eat grapes this autumn, but the other fruits will not work, at least until next year or the year after." ”
"Next year and the year after tomorrow? That's not good, it's been too long, uncle, you have to find a way to let the fruit trees bear fruit a few years earlier. ”
Lu Yu smiled and thought, "I'm not an immortal, what's the way to make the fruit trees bear fruit early." At most, you can apply more 'magic fertilizer' to the fruit trees, so that the saplings can grow stronger. ”
Mrs. Yan said to her daughter, "How old are you?" People who want to get married still think about eating and drinking all day long. ”
Yan Xi'an's face flushed, and he lowered his head and said softly, "Mom, you are so annoying." ”
Lu Yu's heart was hot, and his face was also red.
After planting the grapes, Lu Yu thought that the grape trellis was about to rot, so he decided to start another one immediately.
Tearing down the old wooden frame and throwing the rotten wood aside, Lu Yu went to the mountain with a kitchen knife and cut back a few thicker pieces of wood. The wood used to build the shelf should not be too thick, nor too fine, if it is too thick, the glucose will not be easy to climb, and if it is too thin, it will not be strong.
Six logs were inserted in two rows on the ground, and several pieces of wood were used to connect the vertical six sticks together and build a horizontal roof. The top should be firm and dense, because Lu Yu sometimes bathes under the grape trellis, and of course he has to put a large rain cloth on the shelf when bathing, if the top of the shelf is not done well, the rain cloth is easy to slide down.
After the grape trellis was completed, Lu Yu repaired the fence in the backyard again. In fact, the fence does not need to be repaired, because the backyard has been surrounded by two adobe walls, and the two walls have been connected from Lu Yu's house to the back mountain, and there is not even a door, so there is no need to worry about people or livestock coming in.
It's just that Lu Yu thinks that a vegetable garden with a fence seems to be more like a vegetable garden.
After repairing the fence, Lu Yu went to tidy up the sheepfold again.
At that time, the sheepfold was very simple, and it was also a short wooden stick inserted in the ground for half a circle, and against the courtyard wall, it became a simple sheepfold. This time, Lu Yu went to the mountain again and got back a lot of slender and sturdy rattans, and wound and connected the low wooden sticks that were stuck in the ground, which would be stronger.
After the reinforcement was completed, Lu Yu used a shovel to tidy up the inside of the sheepfold again. Lu Yu is usually very diligent, he will clean the sheepfold every two or three days, and the sheep manure in it is a good fertilizer, which can be used to press the field or water it in the vegetable garden. The six sheep "produce" very little manure every day, which is simply not enough.
When they were done, Yan Xiding and Lan Shaofang also drove back with six sheep. Yan Xiding is now a good hand at herding sheep, and every time he comes back from herding, the goats' stomachs are round.