Chapter 69 Open Source
Xiao Tianshi didn't plan to pay attention to her, but when he felt her faint sadness, he said arrogantly: [I actually don't believe in this divine stone! Let me tell you, the spiritual power of this divine stone has improved a lot recently, and it has been able to turn fiction into reality. As long as this god stone dredges the meridians for him every day and warms his muscles and bones, he will be able to walk freely in less than half a month. However, after all, he was injured too badly and could be a little lame. 】
Yu Xiaocao was completely relieved, she excitedly hugged the golden kitten and kissed it a few times, and said, "Can you turn fiction into reality?" So you've improved a lot? Great, little rice balls. You are truly my lucky star! Thank you! ”
Xiao Tianshi was a little shy, but he shouted awkwardly: [Go away, go away! If you become a girl in the future, you have broken sleeves ......]
"Giggle...... Looking at the shy kitten, Yu Xiaocao couldn't help laughing.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Xiaolian beside her was awakened, rubbed her eyes, and asked with sleepy eyes.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing! Xiaocao hurriedly put away the colorful stone bracelet, stuffed the golden kitten into his bed, pretended to have just woken up, and said, "I woke up from a dream ...... laughing."
"What kind of dream, happy to be like this?" Xiaolian turned over and lay down face to face with her.
Yu Xiaocao quickly closed her eyes, looked very sleepy, and replied: "I don't remember......"
Afraid that Xiaolian would ask, she deliberately slowed down her breathing and pretended to be asleep. Pretending to be dressed, I don't know when, I really fell asleep......
Five taels of silver sent back, the family will not have much money left, three acres of sweet potatoes will be planted in May, and it will take more than half a year to harvest...... For more than half a year, how did the family survive?
Xiaocao carefully calculated the livelihood of the family, and in addition to the two hares left over from the banquet, there were five cabbages and a few radishes in the kitchen. There are about two catties of white flour, and four or five catties of millet noodles (that is, sorghum noodles). Sweet potato flour is the most, and it is less than ten catties. In the cellar in the backyard, there are more than 100 catties of sweet potatoes sent by my grandmother, which can last for more than a month if you save money.
Of the family's silver money, there are only more than forty copper plates left. The two hares, which they were reluctant to eat, took them to the town market and sold them for more than two hundred and twenty wen.
In winter, the snow was heavy, and although the imperial court was stabilizing prices, the common people still lived a tight life.
Yu Xiaocao had already learned that the price of the spring was much higher than when she first wore it. Take the grain store as an example, coarse grains such as millet noodles and potato flour used to cost two cents and one catty, but now they cost three or four cents; Refined flour cost five wen a pound last year, and now it costs at least eight wen; Not to mention rice, it costs fifteen yuan a pound at the highest time. Pork now costs 30 wen a catty, and the price of eggs and other things has also risen a lot.
Counting the only 260 Wen left in the family, the family has to consume at least more than 100 catties of food for a month, and it is not enough to buy thick noodles. Alas...... No wonder most people in the village don't taste white flour all year round!
In her opinion, it is not enough to throttle expenditure, but also open source!
Liu also knew the truth of sitting and eating empty, she found a job in the town to help people wash clothes, go once every three days, go out in the morning, come back in the afternoon, go to fifteen big dollars at a time. In the early spring, the weather in the north was still relatively cold, and Liu's hands were red and swollen from long-term contact with cold water, and his fingers were bloody one by one, and Xiaocao felt distressed for a while.
Every day when the Liu family comes back, Yu Xiaocao will use the water soaked in the Tiantian Stone to heat it to help her burn her hands and feet. Under the nourishment of Lingshi water, within a few days, the frostbite on Liu's hands healed, and the calluses on his hands actually disappeared.
When Yu Xiaolian went to work with her mother, she took on all the housework at home, collecting firewood, cooking, laundry, and cleaning up the yard. In her free time, she sits in the warm sunshine and embroiders purse handkerchiefs to subsidize the family.
This Yu Xiaolian's embroidery work is not much worse than that of the Liu family, but when she was in the Yu family before, she was so busy that she couldn't spare time to embroider things.
Looking at the eight-year-old Lori, Yu Xiaocao admired it very much, a child who was only in the second grade of primary school in his previous life was able to use his weak shoulders to carry most of the burden of the family.
Speaking of which, Xiaocao should call her "sister". But even when the original owner was there, he didn't call it that. The reason is that it is said that when the Liu family gave birth, they didn't expect it to be twins, and in a hurry, the midwife was also messed up, and she was not sure who was the sister and who was the sister.
Later, Xiaocao's body has been sick and weak, and Xiaolian is more sensible, and has always taken care of her and cared for her. The family called Xiaolian a big girl, and Xiaocao naturally became the little one.
Xiaocao has always thought that she should be the big one, and she doesn't want to call Sister Xiaolian alive. The family is up to her......
The renovated old house has a big yard, and there is half an acre of land in the yard. A small door opened in the backyard that led to the pond behind the house. In late winter and early spring, there is little rain, the water level of the pond is low, and there is a lot of fertile open space around the pond. Xiaocao hit the idea on the wasteland in front of the house and behind the house.
In modern times, there are greenhouses to breed, and vegetables are almost not seasonal, and you can buy any vegetables you want to eat in supermarkets all year round. However, in ancient times, in winter and early spring, it was the time when vegetables were green and yellow, and those who wanted to eat some green leaves did not have the money to buy them. At this time, if you can grow crisp vegetables, you will definitely be able to sell them at a good price.
Greenhouse and greenhouse, due to the constraints of conditions, the grass must not be able to get out, and I don't plan to get it. She was almost sure that the emperor was the same as her, and she didn't want to make something out of the ordinary. She has made up her mind to "make a fortune quietly"!
However, she can first use the indoor temperature to raise vegetable seedlings, and then transplant them to the yard when the weather is warm. In this way, the vegetables grown will definitely be marketed earlier than the seeds sown in the spring.
Just as she was excitedly thinking about what to use to breed soil, Xiao Tianshi muttered in her ear: [Why bother? Soaking seeds in the bath water of this god stone can not only resist cold but also diseases and insects, and shorten the ripening time of vegetables......]
Yu Xiaocao felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart when he heard this, holding Xiao Tangyuan's small and delicate body and kissing his head and face for a while, which provoked the Tiantian Stone to protest again and again.
Now, the little mending stone has taken the form of a small milk cat and has a permanent foothold in the home. As for where the little guy came from, Yu Xiaocao explained that when he was collecting firewood at the foot of the mountain, he saw this little milk cat that was about to freeze to death, and brought it back with kindness.
The family accepted this tsundere golden kitten with kindness. The little mending stone became the second popular pet in the family after the little roe deer.
However, the people are small mending heavenly stones, except for their own master, Yu Xiaocao, who doesn't take the other members in their eyes at all. Its favorite thing to do every day is to sleep on top of its owner's fluffy head. From a distance, Xiaocao seemed to be wearing a golden headdress.
Knowing that the little mending stone could actually improve the seeds, Yu Xiaocao was overjoyed: "Little Tangyuan, you are really my great lucky star!" I'll clean up the vegetable patch right away......"
Yu Xiaocao took his head to the ground under the surprised eyes of his father and Xiaolian.
Xiao Tangyuan paced leisurely at her feet, and the voice in her mouth could only be heard by Xiaocao: [If it weren't for helping you, I would not have bothered to pay attention to you! At night, I have to help your father heal his legs, and I have to soak the seeds, I need to replenish my spiritual power, and I strongly request to throw me into the water tank......]
The more water it touches, the more helpful it will be for its mana recovery. On weekdays, Xiaocao soaks it in a jar, and it has been thinking about the water tank in the courtyard for a long time.
Yu Xiaocao was finally defeated in its monk-like verbosity, untied the multicolored stone on his wrist, and threw it into the water tank. The little golden milk cat jumped lightly on the water tank and sat on the edge of the tank, wagging its tail around, and Little Stone couldn't help but worry that the little one would accidentally fall into the tank. And from then on, Xiaocao's family's water, even for washing vegetables and clothes, also used spirit stone water.
"What are you guys doing now?" When Liu came back from work, his hands were red from the cold, and he saw Yu Hai kneeling in the courtyard with his three sisters and brothers, turning over the soil with great interest, and asked strangely.
Yu Hai can now walk a few steps without throwing away his crutches, and he is in a good mood, and when his second daughter proposed to turn over the land and plant vegetables, he came over to help without saying a word. He picked up the grass roots from the turned soil, threw them aside, looked up and said, "Cao'er plans to plant vegetables in the front yard and backyard, so that the family will not have to worry about running out of vegetables to eat in the future - our daughter is really capable!" ”
Liu Shi was angry and funny, and said: "Planting vegetables must be planted, but it has just entered February, and the water tank is still freezing at night, and you don't wait to sow seeds, what are you doing in a hurry to turn over the ground?" ”
"Idle is idle, first tidy up the ground and put it away!" If you want to say that you love the child, Yu Hai admits the second, but no one dares to admit the first, no matter how difficult it was before, he always tries to meet the child's requirements. What's more, such a serious thing as turning over the land and growing vegetables?
The Liu family couldn't take the four masters, so he rolled up his sleeves and joined the ranks of turning the ground. By evening, the five points of the front yard, except for the walking path in the middle, were turned over.
In the evening, Xiaocao asked Liu for the vegetable seeds sent by his grandmother. Liu Shi looked at her and said, "Cao'er, you don't plan to grow vegetables at this time, do you?" The season has not come, and if you plant it at this time, you will not be able to germinate at all, and the seeds will be wasted. ”
"Mother, last night the God of Wealth lit me again, and he taught me a way to keep the vegetable field warm. Do you think, other people's vegetables have just sprouted, so we took them out and sold them, and the people in the town ate radish and cabbage for a winter, and some people bought them at a high price! "The truth that strange goods can be lived, the inner core is the grass of modern people, which is deeper than anyone else's experience.