When Shen and Zeng Ruixiang came back in the afternoon, Ziqing knew that there were no other guests at the eldest aunt's house, one table for her mother's family, one table for the sisters and brothers married to her husband's family, and there were no outsiders. said that it was a treat, the child's first birthday banquet, there was no decent dish at all, and it was said that it was a family gathering, and this cheek was really invincible. Shen smiled and lamented: "Next time, I have to find someone to accompany me to your aunt's house, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult." After speaking, he deliberately glanced at Zeng Ruixiang, covered his mouth and snickered.

Ziqing saw that her father snorted, shook her hand and went out, and hurriedly pulled the old lady to ask for details, it turned out that Chunyu's watermelons basically had no harvest, and the folk customs in their village were not good, and theft was common, coupled with this year's drought, the harvest was reduced, and their watermelons were picked before they grew up.

When Tian asked about this, Chunyu began to cry, and Yan Renda began to curse. Tian naturally couldn't see his daughter sad, knowing that his youngest son's family had bought a barren mountain again, and the days were getting more and more prosperous, completely ignoring the difficulties of his sister-in-law, and took the opportunity to beat his son a few words, Shen didn't care, he listened too much, and his ears were calloused. Zeng Ruixiang can't do it, the reader's face is thin, and the number of the old lady is endless, and what he says is some unreasonable demands, but he doesn't dare to fight with the old lady like Zeng Ruiqing. If it weren't for the old man and them, the Shen family would have wanted to come back a long time ago.

It is said that after Zeng Ruixiang shook his hand and went out, he thought that the dry land at home did not know what was going on, so he came to take a look, and found that the potatoes were ripe, and he saw that the potatoes on four acres of land would definitely be harvested, and his heart gradually calmed down, and he couldn't help but be full of gratitude to the Shen family, and was glad that he married a good woman.

The five sons of the third mother-in-law's family first harvested their own potatoes, the harvest was good, and they sold a large part of it for grain to eat, they were grateful for Shen's share of the seed delivery, and took the initiative to come over to help Zeng Ruixiang for two days, and collected all the potatoes on four acres of land. Ziqing's potatoes have all grown buds, so they helped to plant the potatoes for two more days, and of course they didn't forget to raise seedlings and plant another stubble when they went home.

The days came to July 15 in a blink of an eye, Zeng Ruixiang and Zifu sent a load of potatoes to the old house, and by the way, the holiday was over. At night, the family sat in the study, all a little reluctant, Ziqing surrounded Zifu and listened to him say some things about the school. Shen was a little absent-minded to do the finishing touches of the embroidery, it took almost half a year to complete this embroidery, the children's frolicking picture, Shen originally wanted to sell it, Zeng Ruixiang didn't allow it, said that it was installed on the screen of their bedroom, and it was a good thing at a glance.

Shen put down the embroidery and discussed with Zeng Ruixiang that it was better to buy some paddy fields with the remaining silver, or to buy a shop in the city. Zeng Ruixiang thought for a while and said: "Why don't you buy some paddy fields, this drought, it is estimated that there will be selling paddy fields, and the dry land will not be bought, no one will take care of it, and it is not easy to rent out, and there are ten acres of wasteland in the new yard of the family, which is enough to be busy for yourself, and buy paddy fields for others to plant, how can you harvest three stones of millet a year, and increase rapeseed in half a stone." ”

Shen agreed, Ziqing knew that her father and mother must have a lot to say, so she went back to the room earlier, and Zifu told Zilu and Ziqing to disperse for a long time.

Seeing off Zeng Ruixiang and them, Shen and Ziqing went to the city together, one was to send a letter to Zhou's shopkeeper and sell the potatoes, and the other was to go to the Zhongren Institute to see if there was any sale of the field.

Ziqing is a road idiot, and her mother is no better. The two of them still walked around the city for a long time to find the Zhongren Institute of the day, did not meet the acquaintances of the last time, and asked a circle and there was no suitable paddy field, either too far, or too partial, and it was too scattered, Shen wanted to buy the paddy field together, and it was convenient to collect rent, it seemed that there was no gain from this trip, and the mother and daughter came out a little frustrated.

Unexpectedly, when I came to the grocery store, Shopkeeper Zhou said that because of the drought, the grain production was reduced, and the price of potatoes had risen. Ziqing thought that her family had only collected seven or eight thousand catties of potatoes, and she could still collect more than 10,000 catties before winter, and the income from selling potatoes this year was also considerable.

Not only Ziqing's family, but the most important thing is that it can also drive many relatives to have more money in their hands, and Ziqing still has a small sense of accomplishment in her heart, which is also good news.

Who knew that when the two returned home, He said that someone came to look for him just now, as if he was going to sell the field or something, and after waiting for half an hour, he saw that Shen had not come back, so he left, saying that he would come back in the evening. Saying this, Shen didn't even have dinner to make, and waited to see who sold the fields, which made He laugh at her for being so old that she couldn't save anything in her heart.

Before it got dark, people came to the door, it was a farmer in the village, and his paddy field was next to Ziqing's house, because the old lady of the family was sick, and this year was not good, so he wanted to sell an acre of paddy field to survive the difficulties in front of him, although it was just an acre of paddy field, but fortunately it was next to his own family, and he was anxious to wait for the silver to save his life, Shen immediately agreed, and made an appointment to go to Lizheng the next day to go through the formalities.

Ziqing saw that things at home were getting more and more complicated, so she persuaded Shen to hire a long-term worker or something, Shen said that he didn't like outsiders living at home, and besides, there were no adult men in the family, which was inconvenient after all. When Ziqing heard this, she realized that it was too simple for her to think about the problem, so she no longer interfered in these household affairs.

Although Shen didn't listen to Ziqing's words to hire long-term laborers, he also considered that he really had no ability to farm, so he gave the two acres of paddy fields to Zeng Ruiyu, and agreed to pay a total of six stones of millet and one stone of rapeseed in the second season of each year, because the paddy fields had to be recuperated in turns. The rest depends on how well he takes care of it, so that his family doesn't have to worry about not having enough fertilizer. Originally, the yield of one mu of paddy fields here is about 500 catties, and it can reach 1,000 catties in two seasons, and the general rent is sixty percent.

Seeing that the sky is slowly cooling, the day slips into August, Zhou Tianqing came to send a gift to the festival, so he took Xia Yu back, and at the same time took the old man and mother-in-law to live with him for a period of time, Tian was very happy to hear it, she has been worried that the second daughter is not doing well, this time I can go to see it in person, there is a reason to be unhappy. Because the path is not easy to walk, the old man Zeng plans to drive the ox cart to detour to Anzhou Mansion, there is a section of official road from Anzhou Mansion to Qiao Village, and Qiao Village is only three miles away from the official road, so that Tian and Xia Yu can walk down. However, in this way, it is equivalent to walking on the two right-angled sides of the triangle, and it takes almost a day to walk on the road.

When Shen found out, he sent some food and a basket of eggs to Tian. Qiuyu didn't want to go, and said that she wanted to stay at home to take care of the house, but Tian was not at ease, so she asked Ziqing to accompany her at night. Even if Ziqing is unwilling in her heart, she is helpless.