Chapter 001 Spring Blossoms

On the 16th day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the spring equinox, it is the day when the warbler flies and the grass grows and the spring flowers bloom.

On Peach Blossom Island, in a row of farmhouses with blue bricks, black tiles and white walls, the tenants got up early, prepared farm tools, and the whole family went into battle together and drove towards the fields under their tenants.

"Dog, daddy, isn't it our turn to water today?"

The peasant woman, dressed in coarse cloth trousers, with an indigo turban on her head and a basket on her arm, asked with concern as she looked at the grassy hillside by the roadside.

"Well, the housekeeper said that it is our turn today!"

Guo Dazhuang is one of the first tenants on Taohua Island, his family is a farmer in Qingyang County, Qingzhou, last summer, his hometown was hit by a drought, and the wheat in the field was about to ripen, but was killed by a large drought. The grain grains have not been recovered, but the taxes still have to be paid, and the servants who have watched the rent collector collect the autumn ploughing seeds reserved at home, and the family's livelihood has been cut off.

There is no food, there are no seeds, and the family is about to drink the northwest wind, Guo Dazhuang, as the head of the family, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and decided to take his family out to escape the famine.

The next facts told him that fortunately he came out, and only then did he meet the kind-hearted Mrs. Wang.

"What's luck? If you meet a capable owner, you are lucky! ”

Guo Dazhuang felt that he was really lucky, no, after following Mrs. Wang to Peach Blossom Island, the family's food and clothing problem was solved, and even the brand-new big tiled house was lived. The rent is the lowest in Qizi, and the fields and seeds are indeed the best, and even the owner even said that if they lend them the house to them, as long as they honestly plant the land for the owner for twenty years, the house will belong to him.

Tut-tut, this is simply a great thing, not to mention being a tenant farmer for 20 years, it is to plant land for the owner for a lifetime, and it is worth it in exchange for such a new big tiled house.

Also, being a tenant farmer for Mrs. Wang is completely different from the tenant farmer he has seen with his own eyes in the past. In the past, in Qingyang's hometown, there were also refugees who fled from other places to work as tenants for local landlords, not only with heavy rent, but also for the owner to work in their spare time, not to mention the salary, even if they didn't care about lunch, if they didn't do well, the owner would wait for the opportunity to raise the rent, how black-hearted and black-hearted.

But their Mrs. Wang is not this style at all. The rent was set low, and grain was provided free of charge. Usually, the tenants will not be allowed to work for her in vain, that is, the mother-in-law of the family can't help but go to the main courtyard to help some helpers, and the owner will pay according to the work, if it is done in the afternoon, noon and evening meals, the owner is all covered.

In addition, the rice given by the owner is not a noodle soup with clear soup and little water, but a sturdy rice and steamed buns with meat and vegetables. Sometimes the proprietor is gracious and asks the mother-in-law to take the extra meals home to improve the lives of the children and the elderly in the family.

Alas, meeting such a good owner is simply the accumulation of virtue by the ancestors and the great luck.

"Oops, that's great. A few days ago, when I followed the treasure ship of the owner to Xihai County to deliver embroidery work, I heard Boss Li in the city say that there was a great drought in Qidi this year, and since the New Year, there has not been a little snow and rain. We're near the sea here, and it's raining sporadically, but it's not enough to water the wheat fields. If it weren't for the owner's mercy and letting us use the spring water behind her yard, this year's wheat harvest would have failed again. ”

As soon as Guo Dazhuang's lady Zhong heard the answer determined by her man, she recited the Buddha's name in her mouth, and thought that the peasants on the other side of the island were still begging for rain, and she felt that she had really met the owner of the Bodhisattva's heart.

"But no, the owner has a good heart, we also have to know how to be grateful, by the way, your embroidery is good, don't forget to embroider something for the owner to send over." The proprietor is a nobleman, and he may not look down on our things, but it is also a part of our heart. ”

Guo Dazhuang took a few steps to the edge of his field, stood on the ground and looked at the green wheat seedlings, and suddenly felt full of strength, he took the basket in the lady's hand, bowed his head and ordered.

"Oh, I still don't know this? Hey, I followed the treasure boat into the county a few days ago, just to pick up good materials for the owner," Zhong Shi listened to Xianggong's words, glanced at him coquettishly, took out a blue cloth bag from the basket, and said with a smile, "No, I was about to send it to the owner." ”

"Okay, okay, let's go, by the way, let's see if there is any work to be done by the owner," Guo Dazhuang was robbed by the lady, but he was not angry, but scratched his head, laughed twice, and instructed: "If you do the work, don't ask for wages, being able to use the owner's mountain spring water to water the wheat field is already the benefit of the owner, my father said, you must know how to be a man, do you know?" ”

"I know, you hurry up and go to work, the housekeeper will come to open the gate and release the water later!"

Zhong nodded, put the burden on his arm, straightened the folds on his clothes, and made sure that he was clean and neat, and then walked all the way towards the main courtyard.

In the courtyard outside the main courtyard, there are more than a dozen children and seven or eight strong men, wearing single clothes and trousers, sweating and practicing kung fu.

"Brother Wujin, these later big brothers, they can also endure hardships, they have only been practicing for a month, and they can keep up with our progress."

The one who spoke was a black and strong young man, he was the same as Wujin, he was the disabled beggar rescued by Wang Qifang, after nearly half a year of recuperation, because of sufficient nutrition and proper training, he was a head taller than when he first came, and pimpled muscles grew on his arms.

"What's this, they were originally dart masters, and they had a kung fu foundation, but they were down, and they temporarily lost the kung fu in their hands, and now they were rescued by their wife, and they were given Bodhi holy water, and their physical strength has recovered seventy-seven-eighty-eight, and now there are masters and their conditioning, and it is normal to be able to catch up with us."

Wujin wiped the sweat on his head, looked at those twenty-six or seventy-seven men casually, and said disapprovingly.

"Oh, I see. However, Brother Wujin, Madame already has so many knights and knight apprentices, and we are the backup, why does she bother to get these dart masters back? ”

I don't understand, I don't understand, no matter how rich Madam is, there is no reason to spend it on some useless people.

"Hmph, I don't understand, like the master and them, they are all members of the Chivalrous Alliance, and they came to Peach Blossom Island just to help, not Madame's henchmen. As for us, we are too young to help Mrs. for a while, so Mrs. naturally wants to recruit some henchmen who can use it. ”

When Wujin spoke, he had calmed down his heavy breath, he drank two sips of water, jumped up, returned to the martial arts training ground, and continued to kick the stake. In my heart, I secretly admired, Mrs. is really powerful, these dart masters she recruited are not ordinary people, they are all people in distress who she is looking for along the way, unceremoniously speaking, it is Mrs. who saved these people, as long as Mrs. uses it properly, these seven or eight people will become guards who completely belong to Mrs., and the loyalty will be very high.

"Hehe, I really don't understand, but it's enough for us to have a five-pound brother who understands it alone." The black boy laughed twice, and also a carp, leaped up from the ground, and joined the ranks of the brothers.

Zhong stood at the edge of the field and watched for a while, and when she saw those twelve or thirteen-year-old young men, energetically swinging their fists and kicking legs, she secretly felt a heartbeat—well, their dog is also seven or eight years old this year, and he can be enlightened by seeing it, but the children of the peasant family don't have to read any books, if they can get the permission of their wife, it would be great to practice martial arts with the knights.

"Sister-in-law Zhong, come here so early, is there something wrong?"

Amethyst was wearing an apricot yellow skirt, with a falling ponytail on her head, a light pink peony silk flower on the hairpin, and no grease powder on her round face, which was clean and refreshing and walked in from the outside. She was followed by a little girl, who was holding a large bouquet of pink peach blossoms in her hand, which should have just been picked back from the peach grove.

"The housekeeper is early, the slave family went into the city a few days ago to choose a good material, and embroidered a half-sleeved jacket for the little lady of the east family," Zhong saw the amethyst, hurriedly made a blessing ceremony, and then untied the burden on his arm, holding the burden with one hand, and untying it with the other, revealing a silver-red poplin jacket, "The slave family knows that the little lady of the east family has a valuable identity, and she uses precious fabrics, but fortunately, this poplin is also a material that has just entered this year, and the slave family touches it, so it ...... I hope the owner will not dislike it. ”

As he spoke, Zhong tied up the burden, held it to Amethyst with both hands, and said embarrassedly.

"Okay, I'll take it for the owner,"

This is not the first time Amethyst has done this kind of thing, when she first came to Peach Blossom Island, she was still a little uncomfortable in the face of these enthusiastic tenant farmers, and later, after the enlightenment of Grandma Sun, she understood that this was also a manifestation of the tenant farmers' support and respect for their wives.

Moreover, Wang Qifang also said that don't refuse the wishes of these tenant farmers at will, if you have something to send or come to help, you must accept it happily, and treat them better in the future.

"Thank you Lady Housekeeper," Zhong handed the burden to Amethyst, glanced at the men on the martial arts training ground, and then asked with a little embarrassment, "That, Aunt Housekeeper, can you help the slave family ask, if the son of the slave family wants to practice martial arts with the chivalrous masters, can it succeed?" ”

"Martial arts?" Amethyst paused, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll ask the owner later, but martial arts training is very important, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"En, the slave family understands, the slave family understands."

Of course, the Zhong family knew that the knights of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not the rangers of the previous dynasty, they were all people with status and status, and ordinary people couldn't invite knights at all, let alone bother to invite knights to accept apprentices to teach martial arts.

Zhong Shi left with a thousand thanks, Amethyst stood at the door, looked at it blankly for a while, and then led the little girl into the courtyard gate, she didn't see it, in the martial arts training ground not far away, there was a pair of hot eyes following her closely