In early spring, when the sky clears and occasionally a few white clouds drift by, the trees sprout, the weeds turn green, and the mountain streams and fields are full of prosperity.

The potatoes had a bumper harvest, and although not even a cloth bag was filled, Mai Xiaohuan was already very happy. Qu Hao also came to see it, conveyed the emperor's intentions, visited the potatoes, and discussed with Mai Xiaohuan how to carry out the spring ploughing movement in Tongbei County, so as to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

Hearing that the emperor praised Mai Xiaohuan and the land improvement method she made, the Mai family was excited for a long time, and they promised to cooperate with Qu Hao's work and help everyone do a good job in spring ploughing. Mai Xiaohuan sent a few farming experts who had been working with him for two years to Qu Hao. Mai Yonghai led the team to demonstrate to the people in the field, and the work was in full swing.

There are also people who are troublesome about fertilizing and digging ditches, but they have to pretend after listening to the notice of the county order, and Mai Yonghai is anxious about their non-cooperation, and runs to his sister to ask for advice.

In the first year of promoting new planting methods in Tongbei County, there were unacceptable and unobedient commands, Mai Xiaohuan had already expected it. She couldn't let Qu Hao send officers and soldiers to the door to force the people to do what they did, so she could only focus on persuasion. Those who are really stubborn have to let them do as they please, and by the autumn they will compare the grain yields to know which method of farming is more profitable.

Mai Xiaohuan set up a demonstration garden in his Yifeng Villa, where soybeans, sorghum, buckwheat and some vegetables were interplanted, the scale of the farm was expanded again, and the manure of the livestock was transported to the side of the mountain to be soaked, and next year the land was just used for planting, and the grass and insects cut from the fields and vegetable fields were fed to cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks.

Some medicinal herbs were planted under the forest, fruit trees were planted, and a large windmill was built by the river, which could be used to irrigate the fields.

After everyone's concerted efforts, which lasted for a month, the spring ploughing officially ended. The Tang family and the Hao family visited the villa and were very interested in Mai Xiaohuan's new planting model, and planned to adopt the same method in their own land and mountains and forests in the coming year.

Qu Hao was also amazed by Mai Xiaohuan's whimsy, he didn't know how his sister-in-law came up with these wonderful methods, it was amazing.

It has been almost a month since the seeds fell to the ground, and during this time, there have only been two light rains in the vicinity of Qingcheng County, and small cracks have appeared in the ground. For those who planted a little earlier, the seedlings had already arched the soil, but they were thin and small, and many people's fields were still bare, and the seeds had not changed at all when they were buried in the ground.

The spring drought is coming.

Mai Xiaohuan's waterwheel and irrigation canal came in handy at this time, and the workers took turns treading the waterwheel, using the method of resting on the waterwheel to irrigate their own villa. Qu Hao paid out of his own pocket to build two windmills in a densely populated area, and the crops of those who dug irrigation canals were also saved.

At this time, Mai Xiaohuan remembered Zhang Yuan, she was too busy, so she asked the second sister to take a look, and it didn't take long for Mai Xiaofang to come back with a pout.

"That Zhang Yuan is a bastard, and he has ruined Youlan's heart for him, and the irrigation canals in his village have been ordered by him to be filled, saying that this way he can grow more crops. We told him when we planted the seeds, but they forgot that the seeds were sown at the driest time, and I guess I'm still sleeping in the ground. ”

This Zhang Yuan is speechless enough, for Hao Youlan's sake, he can't ignore him, Mai Xiaofang refused to see him again, Mai Xiaohuan had no choice but to let Shanju run away, and told Zhang Yuan to hurry up and let the water water the ground, and rescue one acre is one acre.

When Shan Ju came back, her face was better than Mai Xiaofang, and she couldn't see where she went, so what was going on.

"Miss, that person said that there is no need to water the ground, the weather is so dry, even if the seedlings come out, they will not grow, so let them stay in the ground honestly! The New Year's sowing is also saved! ”

It's useless to be a scholar, and that's what I'm talking about! Mai Xiaohuan thought about it for a long time, but decided to write a letter to Hao Youlan, tell her the truth, and implicitly persuade her to let go when she should let go! This Zhang Yuan is really not a good match.

Mai Xiaohuan paid close attention to the drought while waiting for Hao Youlan's reply, she sold the jewelry to buy the Zhuangzi, Mai Xiaohuan couldn't bear to let it be wasted.

Early in the morning, the porter found a fainted woman near the villa, and after rescuing her, the man repeatedly said that he wanted to find Mai Xiaohuan. When Mai Xiaohuan arrived, she was stunned when she saw someone coming, this thin man only had a handful of bones left, and the person who was dressed like a beggar was actually her sister-in-law Hao Youlan.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

"Xiao Huan...... Whining...... I...... Woohoo......"

asked people to carry her back to the backyard and brought some food, and when she was full and relieved, Mai Xiaohuan asked her what happened.

"Your eldest brother doesn't want me anymore, and he doesn't want this family anymore, he lives with the shopkeeper who opened a tailor's shop on Front Street now, if it weren't for that woman's husband finding me, I would still be in the dark!"

In the end, the marriage of these two people is still a red light, if Mai Yonghe chooses to divorce Chen Qiuniang, and then find a daughter from a good family, Mai Xiaohuan can accept it. But he is married to his wife here, and it is too much to get involved with a married woman there.

Unexpectedly, not only Chen Hanting is a scumbag, but his eldest brother's character is not much better than him.

"Then you don't have to look like this! Could it be that he came from Pingliang County to beg? ”

Chen Qiuniang shook her head vigorously, and explained after a while: "Your brother is watching, I'm afraid that I will come to you to complain, I don't dress like this, I can't get out of the city!" ”

This will not care about your younger brother, if you had taken your eldest brother to heart earlier, instead of revolving around that Chen Hanting all day long, the relationship between the two of you would not have reached this point.

Mai Xiaohuan asked her to freshen up, and after arranging for their mother and son to meet, she found someone to go to Pingliang County to inquire about the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and she had to report to her father and mother to find out the situation! I hope that the eldest brother doesn't go too far, otherwise my mother will faint with anger.

Two days later, the people sent out came back, what Chen Qiuniang said was basically true, but she concealed one thing, Chen Hanting stole a lot of silver from the vegetable shop, plus his sister's jewelry, and eloped with a girl from Pingliang County. Mai Yonghe was angry and drove Chen Qiuniang out and threatened to divorce her.

What a bloody drama! The sister-in-law still wants to hide the facts, and the eldest brother is even more shameless and openly raises the mistress. In Mai Xiaohuan's concept, there is only monogamy, no polygamy, and there is no way to tolerate the relatives around him stepping on the red line in his heart.

First talk to my father, my second brother, and my second sister, and discuss how to explain to my mother, I have been lying to her for the past two days, and she has been lying to her that her sister-in-law is missing the child and will come and live for a few days and leave. It can be seen that the mother has a deep resentment against her sister-in-law for abandoning the child and only caring for her younger brother, and she has always been lukewarm to her.

If my mother knew two or three things that had to be said between my eldest brother and sister-in-law, Chen Hanting, and the female shopkeeper of the tailor's shop, I don't know how she would react. I, a person who has traveled through modern times, has been thundered, not to mention the native-born ancients.

As Mai Xiaohuan expected, after listening to her story, Mai Wan was motionless as if someone had clicked on the acupoint; The second sister's face was full of entanglement, a gossip heart had nowhere to put it, if something like this happened in someone else's family, she would have inquired about the follow-up situation, how dare she now! Mai Yonghai sighed and shook his head, and the eldest brother became more and more incomprehensible.

"How can I tell your mother about this!" McWan scratched his head in frustration.

You don't know what to say, how do we know? Several people unanimously recommended Mai Xiaohuan and said: "Hehe, you guys are really embarrassed, this is my youngest, don't bring such a tricky person." ”

"I'll go, tell the truth! If my mother goes to fight the eldest brother, I will help carry the stick, if I want to catch Chen ...... When my sister-in-law leaves, I will go to open the gate of the villa. ”

Can you not be so positive? Mai Xiaohuan told a few people that she was going to leave her sister-in-law for the time being, and at this time she could drive her away, she could go there, even if she was Mingyang's mother, she couldn't stand idly by.

But she still wants to hide the facts, isn't Chen Hanting bad enough to hurt her? Until now, he is still biased in his favor. Mai Xiaofang disagreed with her sister's point of view.

The sense of protection of Chen Hanting has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow of her sister-in-law, I hope she can wake up after this incident, if she is still confused, the gods will not be able to save her.

Shan Cuihua was surprisingly calm when she learned about her son, if she hadn't even been out of the gate of the villa recently, Mai Xiaohuan really wanted to suspect that she would have known about it a long time ago, so calm, unscientific!

"If you are angry, just spread it, don't suffocate it, the eldest brother is really too disagreeable, let my father and second brother go to the store to teach him a lesson another day, and give you a breath." Mai Xiaofang stroked Shan Cuihua's back, lest she suddenly faint.

"I'm not angry, the Chen family sisters and brothers have been pressing on us for so long, and now one of them doesn't know where to run, and the other has been driven out, this is retribution. When such a thing happened, it was Chen Qiuniang who did it herself, who is to blame! Xiao Huan was willing to take her in and give her a bed to live in, and it was already good to eat a mouthful of food. ”

"Big brother, let's let him mess around with the female shopkeeper, don't forget that the second brother hasn't married yet, and the second sister hasn't married! He and his sister-in-law divorced, I can accept marrying a girl from a good family, and you agree with such an unclear situation? ”

Of course, I hope that my son will marry a virtuous daughter-in-law and live a good life, Shan Cuihua shook her head, and at the same time sighed how could her eldest son not meet a good woman who was willing to live a down-to-earth life?

"Then what should I do with this sister-in-law now?" Mai Xiaofang doesn't want to see Chen Qiuniang every day, it's unrealistic to drive her out, just like her sister said, where can she go if she goes out from here?

"Let her stay first! When I meet your eldest brother and ask him what he means, why can't we let her beg for food outside? ”

Even for the sake of children, you can't do it so ruthlessly!