There are rewards for having children

Lu Yu and Yan Xi'an had already eaten at Lu Ming's house for four nights, but when they got home, they thought that Yan Jibai was still hungry, so Lu Yu went into the kitchen to spread a few corn tortillas, made a cabbage and meat slice soup, and fried a green vegetable, and asked Yan Xiding to call his father back for dinner.

When cooking, Lu Yu suddenly thought of one thing: Yan Jibai has been farming in his own house for the past two years, and has done almost all farm work, but he seems to have never seen him cook.

Yan Jibai ate, Lu Yu sat aside to accompany him, and Yan Xi'an and the three of them played in the backyard. These three people have been practicing for a while, Lan Shaofang knows few words, understands few things, and the cultivation progress is originally the slowest, but because she has been living alone in the mountains and forests since she was a child, even if she doesn't practice, her eyesight at night is not bad.

There is no moon in the sky, only a few stars, but Yan Xi'an and the three of them can see clearly in the backyard, lotus flowers and lotus leaves, they can all see clearly.

Yan Jibai nibbled on the corn tortilla and asked Lu Yu if the pickled capers a few days ago could be eaten.

Don't say anything in vain, Lu Yu forgot about the capers. So he hurriedly brought a jar over, scooped some into a bowl, and sent it to Yan Jibai.

Yan Jibai picked up a piece of capers and ate it, and after eating, he said to Lu Yu that this beans were very delicious, let him taste them too.

Lu Yu took the bowl of chopsticks, first took a bowl of soup for himself, and then ate a bite of capers. He was afraid that the beans would be too salty and sour, so he prepared a bowl of soup first.

Of course, the capers are sour, but the sourness is not light or heavy, and even if you take a big bite, it will not be sour to the teeth. The saltiness is also a little, but it is also just right, so that you don't want to drink water after a few bites.

The capers are very fragrant, crispy, slightly sour and slightly salty, and very delicious. Lu Yu ate a few bites, and actually felt a little hungry, and even wanted to go to the kitchen to cook something to eat. When it comes to rice, capers are not for other side dishes...

Of course, Lu Yu won't go to the kitchen to cook again, after all, Yan Jibai is gnawing on tortillas, how can he cook? But Lu Yu sat with Yanjibai, and he didn't know what to say. It is estimated that throughout the ages, the old father-in-law and the new son-in-law have rarely been able to talk to each other.

Lu Yu searched his intestines and tried to find a topic, and suddenly heard Yan Jibai say: "Lu Yu, wait for next year, you can also get married." ”

"yes, okay." Although Lu Yu's answer was bland, his chest was already turbulent, and he had to work hard to restrain himself so as not to laugh out loud: "Uncle Yan wants me to get married, and I will marry Yan Xi'an next year and get married, hahaha!" ”

Yan Jibai also said: "Okay, Xi'an will be twenty next year." ”

Lu Yu nodded, thinking that he had known Yan Xi'an for almost five years, and the time was really fast. I think when we first met, Yan Xi'an was still a thin girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, but now she is already an adult, graceful and beautiful, fair and good.

Yan Xi'an and the three of them were in the yard, not knowing what they were playing, laughing constantly. When Lu Yu heard her voice, he felt warm and comfortable in his heart.

Today, there are no sheep grazing, only some rotten old vegetable leaves and melon vines are given to them. The sheep were not fed, and bleated from time to time in the evening. Lu Yu was already very happy and didn't feel sleepy at all, and when the goats called like this again, he couldn't sleep even more.

So early the next morning, Lu Yu, who had not slept all night, drove the goats into Anding Valley, and the weeds in Anding Valley were the fattest and small

The brook is for the sheep to drink, and it is the best place to graze the sheep.

The goats were full, Lu Yu drove the sheep home, and went to Lu Ming's house in the town, he was going to pick up Mrs. Yan and go home.

When he arrived at Lu Ming's house, Lu Yu actually saw Liang Gen.

"Haha, hello Mr. Lu." Seeing Lu Yu, Liang Gen stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Ling has added Lin'er, Mr. Lu should have notified me yesterday." ”

Lu Yu thought to himself: "It's only been a day since Lu Ming's son was born, and you came over, you are so well-informed, do you still need to be notified?" He smiled and said, "Lord Liang came to see Lu Ming and his child, thank you very much." ”

Liang Gen waved his hand and said, "Thank you for what?" There is no shortage of anything in our town now, but there is a shortage of people, and your Lu family has an extra mouthful of people, which is a contribution to our Dunlin Town. After a pause, he said: "The Liang County Order of our county seat has set the rules before, and in this county, all babies are born, regardless of men and women, they will be rewarded with five taels of silver, one horse of cotton cloth, and one bucket of white rice. That's why I'm delivering something today. ”

"Thank you to the prefectural commander and the town guard." Lu Yu glanced at it, there were indeed a bunch of things on the table of Lu Ming's house, he was a little curious, the silver is easy to say, white rice and cotton cloth, are there a lot of these things in Liang County?

Lu Ming and Zhang Qiye also thanked Liang Gen a few words, and left him at their own house for dinner.

Liang Gen didn't agree, and said with a smile: "Your Lu family has a baby, this is a happy event in our town, I have to let people publicize more, encourage and encourage, so that I can teach those young men and women, and they will also work hard." He looked at Lu Yu again and said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Lu is going to marry the girl of the Yan family in the past two years, I think this matter, I still have to hurry up." ”

Lu Yu lowered his head, smiled, and said, "Next year, when the time comes, I will invite Lord Liang to enjoy the light and drink a glass of water and wine." If it was before, Lu Yu would definitely not say in front of Liang Gen when he would get married, but he had already spoken last night, and he could "confidently" tell others: He will get married next year.

"It must be, it must go." Liang Gen said hello to Lu Ming and Zhang Qiye again, and then said goodbye and left.

As soon as Liang Gen left, Lu Ming said with a smile: "Give birth to a child, the government can still send things, with this good thing, brother, you really have to hurry." ”

Lu Yu glanced at Mrs. Yan, saw her calm face, and thought, "Uncle and aunt must have discussed, so my uncle told me yesterday that I will get married next year." So he said, "Come on, but when you become an uncle, I'm afraid we won't have such good rules here." ”

Zhang Qiye said: "Could it be that Liang Garrison sent these things to us for Lu Yu's sake?" ”

Lu Yu said: "I guess not, now there are few people, and the government also wants to have more people." ”

"Yes, if there is no one, this town and the city will not be prosperous." Mrs. Yan said: "My family old saying that he relies on his children to eat, and if there are more children in the city, he will be able to go back to teaching." ”

When Lu Yu heard this, his heart couldn't help but move, and he said to Lu Ming: "What, when your children are older, send them to the city to study." ”

Lu Ming smiled: "Okay, yes, but we have to wait until we move to the city to live, and we can take care of it." ”

"What's so difficult to live in the city, there are few people in the city, and the house is easy to manage."

…

didn't have lunch at Lu Ming's house, Lu Yu sent Mrs. Yan back, and then he went to Pingze Lake by himself. Lu Ming wanted to make a full moon wine for his son, but without wine, Lu Yu wanted to "borrow" a few jars from Qin Zhongquan and come back.

Qin Zhongquan and their side had just finished being busy, and they had only finished planting the seedlings of the second crop of rice two days ago. Seeing Lu Yu, Qin Zhongquan smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, you helped us a few days ago, and I haven't settled your salary with you yet." ”

Lu Yu smiled, and didn't say the words "No need to finish, forget it", and said: "My brother Lu Ming, I had a son the day before yesterday, and I plan to hold a full moon wine on the fourth day of the first month of next month, so I came to you to beg for wine." ”

"We have wine, but we shouldn't say 'begging'." Qin Zhongquan said with a smile: "On the fourth day of the first month of next month, on that day, even if no one comes to invite, I will be cheeky to go." ”

"Haha, of course I have to ask you."

"That's okay, I'll let someone prepare the wine first, and Mr. Lu, you will eat at my side at noon." Qin Zhongquan took Lu Yu's hand and said with a smile: "This year is really good, don't hide it from Mr. Lu, we have a bumper harvest of rice this year, dozens of us, even if we don't do anything, we can't eat it all if we sit and eat for two years." ”

"That's pretty good." Lu Yu was also very happy on behalf of Qin Zhongquan, and said, "Didn't the Liang County Order invite you to open a store in the city to sell grain?" I think it's good that you go and open a shop, and not only can you sell the grain you can't eat, but you can also collect the grain grown by a small farmer like me and sell it together. ”

"Yes, only if you buy it, you can sell it, otherwise where can we just grow the grain." Qin Zhongquan said: "If it is convenient, I also want to send a few brothers to open a grain store in your Dunlin Town, and then I will ask Mr. Lu to help take care of it." ”

"It's easy to say, the Qin gang leader went to our side to open a store, and no one in our town is welcome."

Qin Zhongquan laughed, and then pulled Lu Yu to see the group of children in Dunlin Town.

These dozen or so children have no father or mother, although they are taken care of by Qin Zhongquan and their people, they don't worry about eating and drinking, and they have houses and houses, but after all, they are all orphans. Those children who were originally cheerful and lively were better, like a few who didn't like to talk in the first place, but as they grew older, they became more and more disliking to talk, even if they saw Lu Yu, they no longer showed great joy.

Seeing the children, Lu Yu would involuntarily think of Shan Tianfang, then think of Fang Huaru, and then sigh involuntarily.

Lu Yu said a few words to the children, and after leaving, he said to Qin Zhongquan: "Gang Master Qin, I think if you open a store in the city in the future, can you bring the children over and send them to the school to study some books or something?" ”

"Studying?" Qin Zhongquan thought for a moment and said, "I think it's okay, as long as someone teaches them and they are willing to learn, I will send them to the academy." ”

Lu Yu nodded, grateful in his heart, but did not open his mouth to thank him.

At noon, after eating at Pingze Lake, Qin Zhongquan asked people to pick a load of wine and hand it to Lu Yu. The two baskets were filled with fluffy straw, and two large jars of liquor were placed in each. How can there be seventy or eighty catties of four jars of wine, Lu Yu glanced at it, and thought that he would give Lu Ming three jars and bring one jar back. The wine at home is still the last time I exchanged it with Fang Daping, and it is almost bottoming out, and Yan Jibai has been reluctant to drink it.

Saying goodbye to Qin Zhongquan, Lu Yu still didn't go home directly, but went to the county seat, this time he wanted to buy some seasonings for cooking.

Lu Yu knew that there was such a thing as soy sauce in the world, and he knew what vinegar was. In the past, there was a shortage of food, and no one made vinegar to make soy sauce, but in the past two years

When the situation is good, it should be able to be bought.