In the end, Ning Xue'er shouted to Zhang with a smile, "Mother, what are you doing in a daze, come and help move things!" ”

At this moment, Zhang and Ding ran over to help with a smile.

Taking advantage of everyone's efforts to move things, Ning Xue'er quietly entered the room and locked the red lacquer box with forty taels of silver.

In the courtyard, after moving things, Zhang warmly invited the family who sent Ning Xue'er back to sit down, and then served a bowl of herbal tea.

As soon as Ning Xue'er walked out of the room, the young man hurriedly got up and said, "Girl, since you have arrived home, then I will leave." ”

As soon as the young man arched his hand, he was ready to leave after saying goodbye.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Ning Xue'er hurriedly called him, and the young man turned his head with a puzzled expression.

"I still have some yams at home, you can bring them back to my wife." Ning Xue'er thought that since Mrs. County Ling loves to eat yam and jujube mud cakes, then these yams at home should be rubbed against her.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang's face suddenly changed, she quietly pulled Laning Xue'er's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Xue'er, you forgot, our family's yam is only a small bag left." ”

Ning Xue'er was stunned, yes, in order to save food these days, the number of times the family eats rice is very small, plus giving it away, there is almost nothing left of the yams at home.

"It's okay, mother, take out the yams at home."

The young man took the yam and drove away in his carriage.

As the carriage went away, the villagers who watched the excitement gradually dispersed.

Zhang took Ning Xue'er's little hand and went back to the house, she said excitedly: "Xue'er, you gave our parents face this time." ”

Ning Xue'er smiled and pulled Zhang to sit down. Zhang couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and chattered, "Xue'er, is the county big and prosperous?" "Oh, by the way, have you seen it? Isn't he majestic? ”

Zhang's series of questions, Ning Xue'er didn't know how to answer.

However, she knew that a woman like Zhang would not be able to go to the county seat several times in her life, so she should be curious.

Ning Xue'er deliberately coquettishly said: "Mother, I just came back and want to take a break, I'll tell you when I get back, okay?" ”

As soon as her daughter shouted that she was tired, how could Zhang continue to ask, she hurriedly got up and said, "You are so resting, my mother will cook for you." ”

Zhang Shi entered the kitchen and prepared to make a fire to cook, but before he could get busy, Ning Xue'er came in.

Zhang glanced at her in surprise, and Ning Xue'er whispered: "Mother, do you want to send some of these things to the second aunt and grandmother." ”

As soon as Ning Xue'er mentioned it, Zhang remembered that he should have sent something over.

However, how much to give? Zhang's was worried, Ning Xue'er stood aside and whispered, "Mother, do you think we will send ten catties of rice to the second aunt and grandmother, how about two catties of pork belly?" ”

"Not good!" Zhang directly refused, "It's too much." ”

In these years, whose family is not difficult to live, besides, the Zhang family is still going to send some things back to his parents' house, if all of them are given to the people of Lao Ning's family, there will be no more on his mother's side.

Ning Xue'er: "..................."

Her mother seems to be a little stingy, but Ning Xue'er didn't have the courage to say it directly, so she had to follow the temptation, "Mother, let's live in the same yard with the second aunt and grandma, they have all seen such a big movement today, you said that if we are stingy, they must not hold a grudge against our family." ”

Zhang thinks about it, and it is indeed such a reason. It's just that she glanced at the pork belly on the table, and her eyes were full of reluctance.

"Mother, it's rare for us to send things to the second aunt, so we can't be too stingy, right?" Ning Xue'er took Zhang's arm and shook it slightly.

"It's done!" Zhang gritted his teeth, "You send things over." ”

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After delivering the things, Ning Xue'er went back to the house and lay down. She pondered on the bed, she was afraid that her own yams would not be able to eat for a few days, in order to keep the secret of the yams, Ning Xue'er put most of the yams in Zhang Yisheng's house, and now it seems that she has to go to Zhang's house.

Ning Xue'er made up her mind, and after a simple meal, she went to Zhang's house with the silver.

Following the familiar path, Ning Xue'er walked for a while and arrived outside the gate of the Zhang family.

Zhang Mitang was working in the yard, Ning Xue'er shouted, she put down the work in her hand and greeted her.

The two girls entered the courtyard, and Zhang Mi brought a small bench to Ning Xue'er and served herbal tea.

"Sister Xue'er, I heard that you were rewarded by the county order today, and you brought back a lot of things." Honey stared at Ning Xue'er with a pair of sparkling eyes, and said with a smile on her face.

Ning Xue'er smiled and asked again, "Honey, how many yams do you have at home?" ”

"Sister Cher asked what this is for? Is it that the family is gone? Come to my house and get it, there are many more at home. Honey said with a smile, she has never been stingy with Ning Xue'er, if it weren't for Ning Xue'er, their family would not have gotten so many yams.

"Let's take a look."

"Okay!"

Honey pulled Ning Xue'er and went to the family's warehouse, the Zhang family's house was very large, and when Zhang Orion could still move in the past, he earned a lot of silver, so the house was also very big. Not to mention that the brothers and sisters of the Zhang family have one room per person, there are two more rooms for sundries and food. Honey took Ning Xue'er and pushed open a door, and there were pheasants, yams, chestnuts, and some coarse grains inside.

Ning Xue'er took a look, there were still several baskets of yams, and she planned to send them all to Mrs. County.

After reading the grain, Ning Xue'er walked around the Zhang family's vegetable field again, and she found that the sweet potato leaves she planted had grown up, and they should be transplanted in two days. In the end, Ning Xue'er talked to Honey for a while, and she went home.

At home, five-year-old Ning Ran was arguing with Zhang's family, Ning Xue'er entered the house, only to see him with his hands on his hips, his little head tilted, and coquettish to Zhang's, "Mother, I eat meat, meat." ”

Zhang lowered his head slightly, with a fierce expression, "What kind of meat to eat now, eat it at night." ”

"No, no, I want it now, mother, the baby wants to eat meat."

Ning Ran pointed to the pork belly on the table, and he was direct.

Zhang's will not get used to him, she said directly: "If you want to eat it, you can eat it raw, anyway, I won't make it for you." ”

"Mother," Ning Ran cried aggrievedly, "Mother doesn't hurt the baby anymore.........."

Seeing this, Ning Xue'er hurriedly went up to pick up this little ghost and coaxed him, "Is it good to eat meat at night?" Let's eat meat buns now. ”

Ning Xue'er hugged Ning Ran while opening the cupboard and taking out a meat bun.

"Cher!" Zhang scolded him quickly, "Don't get used to him too much." ”

"Mother, it's rare today, let's give it to Ran'er."

When the words fell, Ning Ran had already snatched the bun and gnawed on it. Although it is a little cold, it is also a meat bun, and I would rather eat it with a mouth full of oil.

After coaxing Ning Ran, Ning Xue'er helped Zhang's cook dinner. There is meat today, and Zhang's is full of interest and is ready to cook braised pork himself. Ning Xue'er didn't say much, and silently helped to light the fire.

At dusk, the smoke of Caoqiao Village was curling, and Ning Dazhuang and Zhang Yisheng got off the ox cart at the entrance of the village and prepared to separate.

"Yisheng, Xue'er is coming back today, why don't you go to my house to eat?"

Zhang Yisheng was embarrassed to eat, but he wanted to see Ning Xue'er, so he nodded and agreed.

Ning's family, Ning Xue'er had already set up the meal, braised pork, scallion egg soup, a plate of wild vegetables, and a big bowl of rice, this meal was the best meal Ning Xue'er had eaten since she crossed.

Ning Ran swallowed her saliva, Ning Xue'er smiled and pinched his nose, "I can't eat it yet, I can't move chopsticks until my father comes back." ”

While talking, Ning Dazhuang took Zhang Yisheng into the courtyard, and the two washed their hands and went into the house to eat.

Ning Dazhuang looked at today's dishes and glanced at Zhang's suspiciously, and Zhang smiled and said, "Sit down and eat, these are all awarded to Xue'er by the county magistrate." ”

"Hahaha, great, let's eat it."

Ning Dazhuang was very happy today, he asked Zhang to take out the wine he had hidden for a long time, food and wine, and singing about wine, beautiful and beautiful.

The family was satisfied, and after the meal, Ning Xue'er quietly told Zhang Yisheng about the yam, Zhang Yisheng naturally agreed, Ning Xue'er went back to the house and gave him ten taels of silver, only saying that it was the yam money.

Zhang Yisheng excused himself a few times, but Ning Xue'er insisted, so he accepted it.

The next day, Ning Xue'er took Zhang's to see her twenty acres of wasteland. Standing on the field stalk, Zhang muttered very dissatisfiedly: "It's just a wasteland, what is there to see." ”

Ning Xue'er asked very seriously: "Mother, take a closer look, if you want to plant this land, do you have to turn it over?"

Zhang didn't even look at it, and immediately said: "Not only do you have to turn it over, but you also have to fertilize, this land is really barren." ”

Ning Xue'er frowned, she wondered if she should hire someone to fertilize and plough the ground. But twenty acres of land, the amount of work must be very large, and it will cost a lot of money to hire someone.

On the way home, Ning Xue'er has been thinking about this, in fact, there are two ready-made laborers around her, Ning Dazhuang and Zhang Yisheng, if you invite others, it is better to let the two of them rest for a few days, and your own family can rest assured.

In the evening, Ning Xue'er and Ning Dazhuang talked about it, Ning Dazhuang was willing to rest for a few days and come back to plough the land, but the amount of work on these twenty acres of land was too large, and Ning Xue'er was in a hurry to plant, so he thought that he had to hire two helpers.

Ning Xue'er agreed directly, after all, the money that should be spent has to be spent, and at this stage, she is an investment.

Ning Dazhuang's movements were very quick, he called two men from the same village to help the next day, the four of them first turned the ground, and a day later, twenty acres of land were turned over, followed by fertilization.

Ning Dazhuang decided to use his own pig manure as fertilizer, so four men and two manure trucks went in and out of Ning's backyard, and after a day and a half, the fertilizer was also applied.

Ning Xue'er gave 100 wen to the two men who helped, and she originally wanted to pay Zhang Yisheng, but he insisted on not wanting to, and Ning Xue'er was not reluctant.

After another two days, Ning Xue'er was ready to be officially transplanted.