There was a spread book on the bookcase, and next to the book was a hot tea, and Bai Jianran stroked the bowl of hot tea and carefully asked his son about the yield of corn.

The importance of farming, although the more he listened, the more joyful he became, but in the end he was still a little uneasy, the next day he took his son's nephew and the county Cheng and others, Weifu to Pingshan Village.

Wang Conghan said: "What my cousin said must be right. ”

Bai Jianran listened quietly.

Bai Yitian said: "Father should really go to see the harvest scene, it is really gratifying!" ”

Bai Jianran listened again.

In the end, the county said: "Our lord has always liked to be close to civil affairs. ”

The county has followed Bai Jianran for many years, and he is familiar with the Bai family, so he has always been casual.

Near Pingshan Village, the corn in the field is spitting, and there is a bumper harvest scene. Bai Jianran got out of the carriage and told the officials in civilian clothes and others to follow the carriage hall, and he himself and his nephew County Cheng Shu walked in the car, and it looked like it.

"Not bad!" Although Wang Conghan didn't care about farming, he couldn't help but smile when he looked at the harvest scenery in front of him, and occasionally gave a hand to the farmers who passed by, so that Bai Yitian and the beads were about to jump down.

Silently asked: "Is this this, Young Master Cousin?" ”

The young master has always been high, cold and cold, colder than Zhou Bo of the Zhou family, Zhou Bo is polite and alienated, this person who is directly carrying ice cubes and has a face should not be approached.

Wang Conghan had never been to the countryside, looking at the heavy crops in the field left and right, there was an inexplicable joy beating in his heart, but there was a bit of peace in the beating, which was really a strange feeling.

Because the county clerk went to the countryside with Bai Jianran many times, he had automatically and spontaneously talked to the peasants passing by.

"Fellow, this crop you planted is fresh, I haven't seen it, what's it called?"

"Haha, haven't seen it, have you? It's called 'corn'! I heard that the whole county is only planted in Pingtou Village! ”

"Fellow, what's this year's name, yes, corn, the harvest is good?"

"Yes, yes, the corn harvest is indeed abundant!"

"Our land is not bad, hahaha!"

……

In the head of the village in Pingtou Village, it seems that every household has ushered in a bumper harvest of corn, and everywhere is happy.

The group stopped to look and chat, Bai Jianran became more and more happy, and turned back to instruct the paperwork: "Go back and sort it out in time." Every time he goes to the countryside, he will ask the clerk to sort out what he has seen and heard, and the clerk is very used to it, and he says yes again and again.

Seeing his son greeting the villagers everywhere, he nodded and said, "Tian'er is really beneficial." ”

Although each family has planted only two or three acres at most, this autumn harvest season, whether it is the field, the forest path, or the farmhouse, it is a busy scene. Bai Jianran and his party couldn't help but be infected with a little bit of the joy and fun of this harvest.

It was almost noon, and Fang was led by Bai Yitian, and the group came to the old house of the Zhou family.

As soon as I entered the door, from the door of the side yard, I saw Zhou Mancang, Zhou Jinsheng, and Zhou Dahu sitting in the corn pile and peeling corn husks, with a pile of corn to be peeled in front and a golden corn cob that had been peeled behind, and several children were playing between the corn cobs.

Zhou's mother hurried up and greeted her with a stack, "Brother Tian'er is back!" "Look, it's back! It's not that you're here again! Hurry up, this is Bai Yitian's home?

Bai Yitian smiled and nodded, "Why are you back again?" Xue saw that she happened to accompany Zhou Bo out of the courtyard, and when she saw Bai Yitian, she was unceremoniously, and couldn't help but raise her voice and said, "Welcome Bai Gongzi back to help, we just lack manpower to do the work." ”

This girl is afraid that she will not be used to the rules, Wang Conghan frowned and thought, Bai Yitian is fine, and happily pointed at her and scolded: "What are you doing this girl?" See the day for lounging! Bo Ge'er should be in charge. ”

After saying this, he held back a smile with him without saying a word, and gave Wang Conghan a look, so that he could also wait to see the snow go crazy.

Sure enough, Bai Yitian succeeded in making Xue Jian jump to her feet with a single sentence, her petite body jumped straight out, crossed her waist and said: "Xue Jian is willing to hang out, I want you to take care of it!" ”

Wang Conghan squinted and saw that the people around him were silent, all of them were in a cross-waisted posture, and the expression on his face was exaggerated to learn from Xuejian, and he didn't make a sound, but it was like a hundred opera troupes performing mime.

"......" Xue was so angry that her hands trembled.

Twisting his body, Xue Jian turned around and grabbed Zhou Bo's arm, but immediately realized that this action was obviously impolite, and stopped again, but he didn't know where to stretch out, so he was so embarrassed that he forgot what he was going to say, and his face was slightly red.

Bai Yitian and the two little guys didn't understand the amorous feelings, they just laughed unkindly, and Bai Jianran even glared at his son a few times, but he didn't stop it.

"Go back to the courtyard to find Erniang and admit punishment by yourself!" Zhou Bo was calm, and said lightly to Xue Jian, and then pretended not to see Xue Jian throwing his head and throwing his sleeves away, but he saluted Bai Jianran: "I didn't know that the county order arrived, I didn't welcome it from afar, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

"No need to be polite!" Not to mention, because he is also familiar with Xuejian, Bai Jianran naturally knows that this little girl's emotions are on her face, and she has always said that the wind is the wind and the rain is the temper of the rain, Bai Jianran doesn't care, plus the interest is just right, he waved his hand slightly and smiled: "The virtuous nephew is polite, the old man just came over to take a look." ”

"Lord Bai is a private business," Zhou Bo also saw his civilian clothes, so he stopped being polite, smiled, and respectfully led them to the hall, but Bai Jianran said: "The old man should take a look at the corn first." ”

"Good!" Zhou Bo also bowed his hand slightly to Wang Conghan and the others, and then let him into the side courtyard, while saying: "Fortunately, this year, the wind and rain are smooth, and the harvest of the corn growers in Pingtou Village is not bad. Then he sent someone to Daqingshan to pick up Doctor Xu down the mountain.

Everyone in the courtyard didn't know Bai Jianran and his party, but they all had an extraordinary temperament, and they also stood up crampedly, bowed roughly, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are polite." ”

Wang Conghan only looked at it coldly, and followed his uncle politely.

Bai Yitian had already mastered running between the children and playing with them.

Bai Jianran walked to Zhou Mancang's side, sat down with him with a smile, pointed to the corn and said, "The old man is polite, is this corn harvesting good?" ”

Speaking of farm work, Zhou Mancang had a simple smile on his face, "Because it is the first year of planting, it is still a little unripe, this year it will be harvested less, there are five or six stones per acre, this corn is very good to grow, if the situation is good next year, one mu will yield seven or eight stones, it will be stable." ”

Hearing the old farmer say this, Bai Jianran is happy to bloom from the heart, which is much better than wheat and rice, if it can be eaten in a variety of ways, and can be put down, it is indeed unique, when it is the blessing of the county!

No matter when, when the people have food in their stomachs, the society will naturally be more stable, this is an eternal truth.

"We're here to help, and we have to ask my husband to bother to teach." Bai Jianran smiled kindly.

Although Zhou Mancang is an old farmer in the countryside, he can also distinguish between his eyebrows and his eyes, and he repeatedly refuses, but when he saw that he really wanted to learn, he taught him seriously, "Look,...... That's it. ”

"What should I do with this package of corn kernels?" Bai Jianran sat casually next to the old man and peeled corn according to the method he had taught. Zhou Mancang said proudly: "It's still our eldest young master who has a way!" The whole 'cob' can be boiled and eaten, and the peeled corn kernels are ground into noodles and taste good. ”

After praising his young master a few words in a row, Zhou Mancang stopped. At this time, Bai Jianran asked again: "Then ...... the remaining sticks after peeling off?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Jinsheng next to him couldn't help but interject: "The young master of my family thought of a way, ground these sticks, and fed the livestock, this corn is really full of treasures." ”

The rest of the people, including Wang Cong, also naturally found a small stool and sat around, listening to their chats while helping to clean up the corn.

"It's pretty simple." At first, he thought the job was very easy, and he peeled corn with everyone, and the speed was about the same as theirs. After a few moments, though, the speed slowed down significantly.

"After all, I didn't do my usual job." Bai Jianran laughed self-deprecatingly.

"When you're tired, take a break." Zhou Mancang said with a smile, "We are used to doing these jobs, you are from the city, and your body will definitely not be able to bear the heavy work if you don't do it." ”

"You peel it like this, it's simply called peeling rice, which is more durable than corn." Bai Yitian danced with a stick and talked with Xiao Hachiro and Xiao Jiulang while fighting.

Bai Jianran first frowned at his playful appearance, and then said slowly: "'Bud Rice', it's really a good name!" ”

On the side, the Zhou family skillfully peeled the corn, and after a while, the corn cobs were piled up into a hill.