Liu Heizi's family is also worried about this.

At noon, after Aunt Liu cooked the Zhang family's meal, she explained a few words to the cherries, and went back to the West Chamber to cook her family's meal.

Now, the Liu family no longer eats with the Zhang family, saying that there is no such reason.

Chrysanthemum didn't force it, because there was really no such rule.

Before, because there were few people in the family and many things, I couldn't be busy. Now, there is no longer any need for these people in the family to interfere in the affairs of the fields; Later, the pigs and chickens were removed and handed over to special people to feed, and the yard was like an ordinary farmer, only two pigs and a dozen chickens were fed, and there were many fewer things; Moreover, when Cherry came, she was a cook, and whenever it was time to cook, she was a helper in the kitchen, and Aunt Liu was not so busy.

Therefore, these days, she and Cherry first help the main house cook, and when they are very busy, they will come back to cook their own food, and the rest will be left to Cherry to finish. When there are many people, He or Chrysanthemum will also help.

"I'm afraid that Xiaosi is confused, and he can't hold back his father's begging, so he will tell the matter." Aunt Liu sat at the door of the stove and worriedly told Liu Heizi, who had just come back, about the leakage of Tibetan chili peppers.

Liu Heizi sat on a small stool to rest his breath, pulled down a black face when he heard the words, and said in disbelief: "You are just thinking blindly." If Xiao Si said this, or if Cherry said it, then why didn't he see his father collecting chili peppers? ”

Aunt Liu glanced at him and said, "Are you a fool when you are a person?" If he harvested the chili peppers himself, wouldn't he tell the owner that his son did it? If he told others about this method, he would directly exchange it for silver? ”

Liu Heizi looked at his daughter-in-law, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak, lowered his head in annoyance, and held his head with both hands.

Grandma Liu took Xiaojing'er in her arms, peeled the boiled water chestnut and fed it to him, while glancing at her son and daughter-in-law lightly, and said slowly: "You have also lived for dozens of years." Why are you still so eyeless? How old are Xiaosi and Cherry, if they do this, can they still be like no one? Sensei thought about it, I didn't keep it from these two babies. They're good babies. That character is not said. You still do your work with your heart, and it's right. The owner of the family will not talk about it, the young master and the young grandmother will have a bright heart, so that they will not be confused and wronged good people. ”

Liu Heizi hurriedly smiled: "If my mother says so, then I will be down-to-earth, otherwise I will always be unhappy in my heart." ”

Aunt Liu also had a smile on her face.

Let's say that Zhang Huai, after sending his daughter-in-law and children home, hurried to the barren mountain with black skin. Climb over the nearest hill. I found a worker in the col and was digging a large pond in full swing.

Aoki is also there. He usually comes to see when he has time, but he doesn't say much, and he will write down something if he has something, and then tell Huaizi to let him come forward or explain to Wu Cheng to deal with it.

"This pond can be dug up tomorrow. The slopes on both sides are also easy to clean up, and there are not so many messy stones and thorn shelves. It's a good place. Aoki stood on the side of the mountain and said to the newcomer.

Wu Cheng saw that the young owner was coming. Hurriedly came to see him, but he had orders.

Huaizi laughed with Aoki for a few words, and then said to Wu Cheng: "Oak trees are planted on the top of the hillside on both sides. By this pond, let's plant some willow trees and bamboo. The col is prone to water accumulation. It is also not suitable to plant a tree next to it. ”

There is a kind of green bamboo that is not afraid of water, and a large area grows on the river beach.

Wu Cheng nodded and wrote it down.

Aoki asked, "Didn't you say planting moso bamboo last time?" But you can get bamboo seeds, where are you going to plant? ”

Huaizi said: "On the top of the newly bought half of the hill above the moso bamboo oak orchard. Chrysanthemum specially explained, said that it will be of great use when the time comes. I asked Laixi to inquire, and he asked someone to dig up old bamboo from Qinghui County and transport it over, and plant it in February next year. ”

The hill I bought first had a total of 150 acres.

Fifty acres at the foot of the mountain were reclaimed to make dry land, and some crops such as soybeans, corn, and peanuts were planted; At the foot of the mountain, there are 100 acres and 50 acres of water bamboo garden. Chickens are raised inside; The other 50 acres is the oak garden, in which oak trees, bamboo, and various fruit trees are mixed, and the Zhang family will build a yard here to live in the future.

Chrysanthemum was worried about the hill on the mountainside, and bought it again in July, almost 600 acres, saying that it was to plant moso bamboo on it.

Huaizi asked with some headache, "Chrysanthemum." There are a lot of trees on it, and they have all been cut down to plant bamboo? Planting so many bamboos, I'm afraid it won't be easy to sell. "There are more trees on the mountainside, and they are more expensive, so I only bought the part below the mountainside.

Chrysanthemum said: "Just plant moso bamboo on the top of the oak garden and bamboo garden to the top of the mountain about 200 acres, and plant oak trees on the other side of the mountain." Anyway, there are not too many oak trees, and this thing can be eaten as food. ”

Seeing her mysterious look, Huaizi smiled and pinched her ears, and didn't ask her what she had to do with the bamboo, so she took someone to arrange for it.

Aoki couldn't help but laugh when he heard Huaizi say this: "Planting so many bamboos, do you want to make dried bamboo shoots from chrysanthemums?" Dad was still talking about her last night: It's not good to buy some fields to grow crops and clean up some barren mountains. There are so many oak trees and how many pigs have to be raised to eat those acorns. To grind all the acorn flour is not a cheap thing. ”

Huaizi smiled meaningfully: "That's not afraid." ”

Aoki laughed heartily, too.

As he was talking, the work had already been over, and about 20 men gathered around the makeshift cooking shed, lining up to scoop food, and chatting and laughing with chopsticks on the bowl.

Huaizi swept around and sighed: "Now that the autumn harvest is not over, I can't hire anyone." Relying on these people, I don't know how long I will get it. ”

Wu Cheng hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, in a few days, it will be easy to hire people." Let's get it done, we can always get half of it out before the year; After two more months, it's about the same. ”

Huaizi nodded and instructed him again, and Wu Cheng nodded and wrote it down.

Aoki and Kokuko were going home for dinner, and they stopped by to see what those people were eating. I saw a man in his twenties, stretching his arms long, handing over the bowl, salivating and saying to the little girl who was scooping vegetables: "Sister, help me scoop more fatty slices." This work is very tiring, and you can't do it without eating meat. ”

The little girl didn't raise her eyelids and said, "I've scooped it all for you, what are others eating?" Everyone is the same amount - four pieces of meat, and the rest of the dishes are as you like. Such a good meal is still picky. You haven't eaten so much at home, have you? ”

The man laughed and said, "My sister's mouth is so powerful!" Which family are you from? Why didn't I see you here yesterday? This handsome appearance is really rare, my brother has never seen such a good-looking girl like you when he is so old. Brother's last name......"

An uncle in the back saw him staring at his daughters with spicy eyes, and he didn't leave after the food was loaded, so he couldn't help but shout: "Feng Er, eat your food!" Just chattering like a mother-in-law, we are still waiting to pretend to eat. What's your last name, what's the matter with other people's daughters? ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

That Feng Er turned his head and glared at the person behind him, and said, "What's the hurry?" It's like starving ghost reincarnation. Can't I say a word to my sister? "I turned my head and talked to the girl.

Aoki and Kokuko frowned. Wu Cheng was furious and hurriedly walked over there.

At this time, a smaller girl came out of the grass shed, about ten years old. pinched his waist and went to that station, scolded the man, and asked him to take the meal and leave quickly, if he didn't eat it, let others eat the meal.

The man was not angry, he stood aside with the bowl, and looked at the two girls while eating. Say some crazy words.

Huaizi stepped forward to see that the two girls turned out to be Wu Cheng's two younger sisters, and the older one was already flushed, with his head down and only caring about scooping food, he didn't dare to look at people at all; Her sister was scolding the salivating man. After Wu Cheng passed, he asked his sister to retreat with a cold face, and he stared at the man silently, seeing that he sneered and didn't dare to squeak.

Huaizi asked in a cold voice, "Who is this person?" Which village? ”

Wu Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and told him. He also said that this Feng Er was just hired yesterday, and he was going to use it for a few days to see if it would be good.

Huaizi said with a heavy face: "Is it okay to watch again?" They're bullying your sister! Tell him to leave immediately, we don't need such a person. ”

The man was dumbfounded: he had only been here for two days. I don't know Huaizi and Aoki yet, and I'm not very familiar with the rules of working here, otherwise I wouldn't dare to show that face, seeing Huaizi coldly instructing Steward Wu to drive him away, he hurriedly put on a sad face, and he had to come forward and beg hard.

Wu Cheng was angry in his heart, it was too late, how could he let him stay, paid him a day and a half of wages, turned his head and asked his second brother to drag him away, and sent him out of the village directly. And greet the people who patrol the intersections, this person is no longer working here, don't let them into the village casually in the future.

He secretly hated that he couldn't pick people, why did he pick such a thing, which embarrassed his sister and let the young master see it. It's really angry and ashamed.

Not to mention that the man yelled and was driven away, and said this, Huaizi frowned and asked Wu Cheng: "Didn't your mother bring someone to cook, why did you replace it with your sister?" This is also a place where their little girl can come? ”

Wu Cheng was also puzzled, and looked at his two younger sisters suspiciously.

Facing the inquiring eyes of his brother and young master, Wu Ying was ashamed and uneasy, lowered his head and twisted the corners of his clothes with his fingers, not knowing how to answer, tears were about to fall.

How could she say that she saw the young master go up the mountain, so she begged her mother for this errand to send things, and brought her sister Xiaoxi with her.

Mrs. Wu thought that the rice on the mountain was almost cooked, and there was a tenant's daughter-in-law surnamed Zhou who was there to take care of her, she just went home to get some utensils, and it happened that something at home was stumbling, so she asked the two daughters to send the things. Wu Ying didn't go back immediately after sending something, and volunteered to stay and help Aunt Zhou work, which would be unlucky.

She didn't dare to say all this, but her sister Xiaoxi was an innocent age, thinking that her sister had the same mind as herself, but she just wanted to go out and shop.

Seeing that her sister didn't dare to squeak, she muttered in a low voice: "My mother said that the rice here is cooked, and my sister and I are thinking about helping my mother run errands and send things over, and we can also ......" She thought to herself, can she say that she is going to go shopping and play by the way, what do you want to say?

She rolled her eyes and saw a pine tree next to her, and hurriedly said, "You can also pick up some pine cones to use as firewood!" When I came, I saw a large pine forest over there, and there were a lot of pine feathers on the ground. This pine hair is the best to burn the fire, there is no ash, unlike straw and thatch, before a few fires, there is a lot of ash in the stove hole, if it is not vacated, the stove hole can not be stuffed with firewood. Young master, I turned around and asked my brother to send it to the owner, which is better than thatch. I also saw mushrooms, and I could pick up mushrooms by the way. ”

She found an excuse and said a lot of things, looking like she had a lot of responsibilities.

Seeing her longing gaze, Aoki couldn't help but laugh when she remembered Chrysanthemum when she was a child, and said, "You just said that you want to go out for a walk, and no one will blame you." ”

Huaizi was also amused, and said: "If you want to pick up pine cones, pine hair, and mushrooms, you might as well go to the oak garden, there are no people there and it is quiet, and there are pine trees in it that have not been cut." The youngest son of the Wang family is watching over there, you are looking for the daughter of the Wang family to take you there, isn't it better than coming here? ”

Xiaoxi heard Daxi and was about to speak, but saw her eldest brother glaring at her and said, "Why don't you go home soon?" Plug this trick to make people look at it? ”

She stuck out her tongue and hurriedly pulled her sister to turn around and run quickly. (To be continued)