These days the family into a lot of money, Liu really as said before, the account carefully managed, idle in the house to look through, this day in the morning, remembered that Lin Saiyu said to pay some money to pay off the credit, not busy combing, put on Lin Saiyu a few days ago in order to please her, deliberately found a woman with good craftsmanship in the city, to make her a dark blue gold cardigan shirt, leaning against the window and taking out the book to calculate.

At the end of October, the sky was already a little cold, Ying'er was brushing and brushing the fallen leaves in the yard, Lindsay Yu didn't know what to do in the kitchen, and the chopping board was knocking, and for a while Ying'er was ordered to sprinkle some chaff, which caused the old finch to make a mess in the yard, making this small courtyard look particularly interesting, this trivial sound in Liu's ears made her feel warm in her heart, thinking that since that day, her daughter-in-law didn't have so many fancy words on her lips, but she was intimate and respectful everywhere, and she had to feel her worry and guilt from the bottom of her heart, Rao Liu's cold heart also softened, but he was still holding a breath and couldn't disperse.

Looking at the money in the account book, he first allocated it to Lindsay Yu, and remembered that when the woman in the city came to make clothes that day, she brought her the big red and four seasons of flowers to meet satin, and then I thought that when I was still at home before, it was indispensable to use this kind of clothes every year for the New Year, and I hadn't worn new clothes for the New Year for many years, so I allocated some money, and calculated adding one to Lindsay Yu, Ying'er served well, so naturally there should be one, Erlang has been dismantled the scam, and he should come back for the New Year, there are no clothes that are often worn in the four seasons, I just did it together, thinking of this, I looked at the window in a daze, thinking that Lindsayyu's letter had been sent for some days, why didn't I reply to it? Shouldn't the kid be scared and afraid to come back? Thinking like this, he suddenly felt embarrassed again, and put the book crooked on the kang, at this time, I heard a lively scene in the courtyard, and Lindsay Yujian shouted in this voice, "Mother, Erlang is back." The person broke in, and the panicked Liu was in a hurry to get off the kang, and his legs stumbled and stumbled, but fortunately, Liu Xiaohu caught it quickly, and the mother and son sat together.

"Mother, unfilial son has kowtowed to you." Liu Xiaohu knelt and moved back a few steps to meet and cried.

Liu Shi looked at the unkempt child in front of him, and returned to the time when they fled in a trance, the tears couldn't stop flowing down, and there were many things to say in his heart.

"Mother, Erlang knows that his mother is cold, and he is angry that Erlang deceived his mother, Erlang is useless, Erlang can't read, he can't get famous, and he has failed his mother's teachings." Liu Xiaohu didn't get up, then kowtowed, crying, "Erlang didn't dare to tell his mother, and he didn't have the face to tell his mother, I didn't know what to do but hide, Erlang didn't put his mother in his heart, it was in his heart that he was even more ashamed, and he didn't dare to come back. As he spoke, he knelt down and walked over, hugged Liu and cried loudly.

Liu was torn apart by the sentence "Don't Erlang", thinking that at the moment when the family was broken, he was also going to die headlong without suffering, it was the little Erlang who cried and grabbed his clothes, saying not to leave Erlang, so that she could contain her dead heart, grit her teeth and survive, and suffered all the hardships, why just tasted the sweetness, the mother and son were about to have a gap? For a while, the grievances also came up, and he hit Liu Xiaohu with both hands, crying: "Let you lie to your mother, you treat your mother as an outsider." ”

Liu Xiaohu didn't hide, let her just cry blindly, Lin Saiyu's eyes were dizzy when she cried early, hearing this time, knowing that their mother and son had untied the knot, they put down a boulder in their hearts, and cried loudly, the family was crying in the dark, so frightened Ying'er stood at the door, not knowing which to persuade, so she remembered her poor life experience, and simply cried.

After crying for a long time, Lin Saiyu persuaded the mother and son to get up, first let Ying'er boil the water, Liu Xiaohu went to wash, and he was busy picking some fresh vegetables in the vegetable field, a few tenants knew, and they were busy taking chickens and ducks from their homes to send them to Liu Xiaoguanren to drink, Lin Saiyu excused himself in every possible way and had to take it back, and when he returned home, Liu Xiaohu had changed into clean clothes, and was sitting with Liu combing his hair.

"I was saying that I was going to make clothes for you, and I will wear them when you are the next year, but I will come back at this time, and I deserve to wear them inappropriately." Liu said while combing his hair, Liu Xiaohu just smiled.

Since this can be said, their mother and son naturally have no mustard, Lindsay Yu breathed a sigh of relief, Ying'er took the vegetables and meat in her hand, and the two of them were busy in the kitchen, and after a while, they put a table of soup and rice, burned chickens and ducks, fried fresh vegetables, and the family sat together to eat lively, Liu Xiaohu didn't care about etiquette and ate the wind and clouds, and Lindsay Yu and Liu Shigu were distressed.

"My son, how much have you suffered outside here, and how can you be so hungry?" Liu said with tears in his eyes.

Liu Xiaohu said with a smile: "It's not bitter, those rich landlords and lords treat me well, I'm just in a hurry to come back, I don't care about eating, and I'm hungry when I get home." ”

After eating, Lindsay Yu left the mother and son to talk in the house, and she and Ying'er cleaned up, Liu took the account book to Liu Xiaohu to see, and said: "If you are really not the material for reading, I won't force you, my daughter-in-law will take care of our family's land very well, and our mothers can live by guarding this land, you don't give me a sloppy eye and go out to fool around with the banner of reading, just farm at home with your daughter-in-law, I don't ask you to glorify the lintel of Liu's house, you have a few more children, and I will be able to talk when I see your father when I die in the future." ”

Liu Xiaohu wanted to laugh and cry again, so he brought his salute and took out some fresh gadgets from the south to make Liu happy, and when he saw Lin Saiyu coming in, Liu smiled and said: "Go to your daughter-in-law to play, I don't want these." ”

Liu Xiaohu glanced at Lin Saiyu, who was blushing, and said, "I brought her other good things." While opening a wooden box, Liu and Lin Saiyu were curious to look at it.

"Cotton!" Lin Saiyu shouted in surprise, grabbing the white fluff.

Liu Xiaohu was a little surprised by the name she shouted, could it be that this woman had seen it? One side said: "Cotton? This is called cotton? ”

Liu Shi also picked up one curiously, turned it in his hand and said, "What flower?" It's soft? ”

Lin Saiyu pinched this small and somewhat coarse cotton, and fell into excitement, Liu Xiaohu said to Liu: "When I was in Xinghua, I saw that the countryside was blooming, which was quite beautiful and very special, and it was different from other flowers, so I picked some." ”

"Where? Where did you pick it from? Lin Saiyu came back to her senses and asked hurriedly

"Xinghua." Liu Xiaohu said.

Lindsay Yu was confused, where is Xinghua? Turning the cotton in her hand that is very different from the later generations, there was a burst of heat on the body, from the morphological point of view, this should be the early Asian cotton, she always thought that the cotton had not yet come out of China at this time, so she came here for four years, and she did not even wear a serious cotton coat, the so-called cotton is kapok, but I didn't expect that cotton already existed.

"Do you plant too much?" Lindsay asked.

Because of her distraction, Liu's mother and son talked about something else, Liu said that this white porcelain thorn is not good-looking, and Lindsay jade is not allowed, Liu Xiaohu lost interest, and the two looked at something else, and Lindsay Yu came out again.

"It's not planted, it's wild." Liu Xiaohu looked at Lin Saiyu's expression a little strictly, and couldn't help but become dignified, could it be that this kind of flower is very valuable?

So the value of cotton has not yet been discovered, cotton! Lin Saiyu remembered that when she was a child, at that time her hometown planted cotton, and lying on the cotton pile after picking cotton was their favorite thing to do, but because the pest was too bad, cotton gradually faded away from them and was no longer planted as a main crop.

"Erlang, this thing is of little value, but it is very suitable for planting in dry land, as far as the current cotton planting is concerned, the yield per mu can reach 200 catties." Lin Saiyu frowned and said slowly, grabbing a handful of cotton and pinching it in his hand.

Liu's is nothing, knowing that these two children like to farm, crooked to the side and smiled at them talking, but Liu Xiaohu knew what kind of concept it was, opened his mouth wide, and said: "There is a lot of production, but what is it used for?" ”

Lin Saiyu was a little excited, sat beside him, stuffed cotton into his hand, and said: "Lint can weave cloth, but you can take kapok to make cotton clothes, cotton seeds can be squeezed for oil, and cotton stalks can be used as firewood, what do you say it's for!" ”

The yield per mu is more than 200 catties for weaving! Make cotton clothes! Liu Xiaohu was almost a little crumbling, could it be that this kind of white stack born in the wilderness and ignored by no one is a golden thing? !

"I'm thinking, rice is not suitable for large-scale promotion in our place, I just want to breed good seeds to sell, if there is corn and cotton, these two objects will be a major turning point in the history of our country's farming... Lin Saiyu stood up and said a little excitedly, and found that he had missed his mouth as he spoke, and he was busy biting his tongue with a headache, and looked at Liu Xiaohu with a little weakness.

"Really? Then I'll go again and look for some seeds. Liu Xiaohu also fell into deep thought, and did not pay attention to what was wrong with Lin Saiyu's words.

"What to do? Where are you going? Liu Shi was startled, and hurriedly lowered his face and said, "Don't go anywhere!" According to me, if we grow vegetables and wheat, why bother to toss the rarity that no one has ever planted? Your father once said that farming is also a risky job, what you want is solid, and it is taboo for farmers to seek ingenuity, and it is to lose all their money. ”

Lin Saiyu and Liu Xiaohu calmed down, Lin Saiyu looked at the cotton in his hand again, at present, this cotton yield will not be greatly improved, improving cotton seeds is not a matter of one or two years, but even if the current output is promoted, it is bound to cause a big sensation, today's weaving technology is still very backward, and the consequences of launching cotton planting technology are certainly not optimistic, or take your time.

"Don't worry, you don't have to go in person, wait for the people in the shops in the city to come and collect the goods, we tell him that it is okay to ask them to bring them from the south, and we have no idle land to plant at present." Lindsay Yu said hurriedly.

Liu Xiaohu smiled, it was an impulse just now, he didn't want to go at this time, this trip made him very tired, and he didn't have the energy to go again without resting, so he didn't say anything.

The family talked and laughed, as if they hadn't seen each other for a few years, only said that the sun was sinking in the west, Ying'er boiled two pots of tea, and ate thick porridge for dinner, only half of it, listening to their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Liu Xiaohu fell asleep with a chopstick, it turned out that he was about to return home, and he didn't sleep for a few nights.