Chapter 246: Greeting
"Oh, that's right! It's really enviable, or the county lord of Xueshan, you have the ability, and when you catch up with the farming, you can borrow slaves from other people's families. Bao'er said enviously.
Zhang Xiaoxue just smiled, and didn't say more, when she arrived in the village, she saw more and more villagers, and many villagers next to her saw the group of slaves behind Zhang Xiaoxue, and everyone who saw it couldn't help but stop and observe those slaves more.
Although the villagers looked at the emaciated appearance of those slaves, they were also very envious of Zhang Zhenhe's family for being able to work so much, after all, the wheat harvest was going to be harvested in the next few days, and every household had no extra labor.
There are so many slaves like Zhang Xiaoxue's family, although they still have to take care of food, no one doesn't want a few more laborers to work when they are busy with farming, not to mention just some slaves, as long as they don't starve to death, they can't use too much food to eat.
Because they entered the village, the villagers who had good things did not bother to order their children to go to Zhang Xiaoxue's house and report the news that Zhang Xiaoxue had returned home to Zhang's father and mother.
Isn't this home yet, Zhang's father, Zhang's mother and second brother went out to greet Zhang Xiaoxue.
Zhang Xiaoxue's eyes are still good, I saw my family coming here from afar, Zhang Xiaoxue really missed her family, and after seeing her family, she couldn't help but trot towards Zhang's mother and them.
"Dad, mother, second brother, I want to kill you. While running, she yelled in her mouth, and when she came to her family, Zhang Xiaoxue threw herself directly into Zhang's mother's arms, hugged Zhang's mother, and couldn't help but sprinkle coquettishness in Zhang's mother's arms, it feels good to have a family.
Mother Zhang saw her daughter who was coquettish in her arms, with a loving smile on her face, her daughter finally came home after going out for a few days, and Zhang's mother had been hanging her heart down.
Zhang's father and Yuan Lei also looked at Zhang Xiaoxue with a smile on the side, seeing that his daughter had returned home safely, Zhang's father had been thinking about it, so he let it go, and saw his daughter's beautiful dress, which was better than all the ladies in the county, with a beautiful little face, Zhang's father was proud to have such an excellent daughter.
Xiaomei is not at home, they are very concerned in their hearts, they are afraid that Xiaomei will not eat well outside, sleep badly, see Xiaomei's face is not bad, it seems that she has been out for a few days, she is doing well, this little face is ruddy, more and more beautiful.
"Mother, what about my eldest brother and younger brother?" Because I only saw my father and second brother, I didn't find the eldest brother and Bin'er, so Zhang Xiaoxue, who let go of Zhang's mother's arms, asked.
"Your eldest brother drove the ox cart to the town early in the morning to buy corn, and our family now has a lot of food to use for pancakes, and we have to get the town to pull grain every two days, otherwise we won't be able to keep up.
Your little brother Bin'er is now a little adult, he is busy all day, the feeding of the chickens and rabbits at home is all his work, this does not finish breakfast and went to the foot of the mountain to graze, he does not know that you can come back today, if you know that you are back, it is estimated that today's work should be struck, you are not at home these days, Bin'er has to ask every day when you will come back. ”
Mother Zhang explained to Zhang Xiaoxue with a smile, seeing that the daughter in front of her had not lost any weight after going out for a few days, and seemed to have become more beautiful, Mother Zhang became more and more satisfied.
After looking at her daughter's beautiful dress and good looks on her face, she felt that the three adults who came to the house were really reliable, and they didn't let her daughter suffer at all, and the family's business was also thanks to others, Zhang's mother couldn't help but be full of gratitude to the three adults.
The family happily talked about the conversation, and the family wondered how Zhang Xiaoxue came back, why she was the only one who came back on foot with the slaves, and didn't look at the other people who accompanied her, Zhang Xiaoxue said that she would go home and talk about it, and the family turned their attention to the slaves behind Zhang Xiaoxue.
"Huh, why is there so many slaves, didn't you say at the beginning that the maximum number of slaves in our family is only 40?" Yuan Lei asked with some puzzlement after seeing that the number of slaves had increased a lot.
"Oh, there are indeed only 40 slaves in our family, and the rest of those slaves are Brother Ze's, he lent it to our family to help reclaim the 100 acres of wasteland, and with more people to work, you can plant the crops earlier, and after the crops are planted, I will return these slaves to him. ”
Zhang Xiaoxue explained to her family, and then asked the slaves to come forward to meet her family and introduce her parents and second brother to the slaves.
"I've seen the master, the lady, and the second son. "The slaves came up to see their master's family.
Zhang's father, Zhang's mother and Yuan Lei, they have never been called like this, and they were a little embarrassed for a while, so they hurriedly agreed, they are all honest and responsible villagers, but they did not show a high-minded appearance in front of the slaves.
"Father, mother, and second brother, aren't you busy at home? There are so many slaves, we don't have to go home, just let them go to the wasteland, let them start working now, right? Plant the crops earlier, so that you can feel at ease earlier." ”
Originally, it was planned to bring the slaves home to see their families, but since they had already seen them here, there was no need to go home again, and they went directly to the wasteland and began to work.
"How can I do this wasteland without farm tools? I'll go to borrow an ox cart first, and hurry to the town to buy some farm tools and come back, hey, this often runs to the town, but I forgot about this stubble, Xue'er has worked hard all the way, hurry up and go home with your mother to rest." Father Zhang said on the side.
"Hehe, dad doesn't need to buy farm tools anymore, I've already bought all the tools used to reclaim the wasteland, let's just go to the wasteland." Zhang Xiaoxue hurriedly stopped Zhang's father, who was about to borrow the ox cart in a hurry.
"Oh, Xue'er has already bought it, that's good, let's hurry up and get over it, plant the crops a day earlier, and we can rest assured." ”
When Zhang's father heard that his daughter had bought the farm tools, he didn't disbelieve it, although his daughter was now empty-handed, but he knew that his daughter had a treasure that could store a lot of things.
The family happily arrived at the 100 acres of wasteland that belonged to their family, and Zhang Xiaoxue looked at the overgrown wasteland in front of her, full of confidence.
With a wave of her hand, she took out a lot of farm tools that she had bought in the county iron general shop last time, and told the slaves to come forward to collect them.
Oops! Only forty of the slaves received hoes, how could they forget this stubble, Brother Ze lent her so many slaves, but did not prepare any more farm tools.