After a while, Wei Chenglan asked in a low voice, "You came up with this by yourself?" ”

"yes. I heard the second aunt say that Weijiawan used to be quite good, but the land became thinner and thinner, and it became poorer and poorer, and it became what it is now. I thought about it carefully, and in the winter the ground was not covered with vegetation, and the wind blew away the fine dust, and in the summer the rain washed away part of the fertile soil, which made the soil more and more barren. If we want to change this situation, we must let the land recuperate and not continue to cultivate it so much. ”

"But what about the people there?" Wei Chenglan's good wish to go home to plant rice and revive Weijiawan was splashed down by Wen Jin's cold water, and his heart was cold, according to what Wen Jin said, how young would it take to realize it?

"Uncle, if you let the river beach grow reeds, will it be soon? Now go back and take the people to plant on the river beach in front of the village. The plants are thinner, the reeds naturally breed very quickly, there is a large area for two or three years, and then, next year, no more farming, a spring rain, the wild grass will naturally grow, the grass can raise chickens, the wild grass can raise sheep, and people are not without any income. ”

Wei Chenglan frowned, not to mention how worried she was. During this time, how to solve the problem of the villagers' food?

"Uncle, you people in the village can also come up to the mountains in autumn, I know that the locals are xenophobic, they don't allow you to come, and the merchants in the town refuse to buy mountain goods. Why don't you organize them to go to the back mountain, and mainly pick walnuts, mountain mushrooms and other mountain goods that can be dried and stored, and then sell them after the picking season. As for now, why don't you develop rattan weaving? It's a waste of human resources to just make a table, bench and mat for yourself. ”

"Sell it to whom?" Webster is in a hurry, the people here, every family will.

"Sell it to the people in the city, they like our rattan boxes, they are light and beautiful."

Wei Chenglan didn't speak, this sales is very problematic.

Wen Jin also realized it, she rubbed her hands back and forth, her long black eyebrows furrowed slightly, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, I thought of a way, isn't next year the year of Dabi?" Since spring, there will be examinations in the prefecture and prefecture, and you may wish to weave some rattan baskets with lids, so that candidates can use them to carry test supplies, or they can cover them in the examination room and use them as tables. Wen Jin said as he gestured.

Wei Chenglan entered the examination room, there was nothing in it, and the candidates had to bring their own benches, sit on the ground, and write on them. If you can make some rattan tables, it is light and easy to carry, and it is not very convenient for candidates?

"You start making it up now, store it in the warehouse, and sell it when the time comes, even if someone wants to imitate it, they can't make it up for a while."

"Good!" Wei Chenglan nodded in praise, and then frowned again.

"Uncle, if there is a bumper rice harvest this year, except for leaving a thousand catties enough for our rations and seeds for next year, all the rest will be lent to you, and when the rattan tools are sold, you will pay me back, this is always okay, right?"

The county test will start in February next year, and then the government test, Wei Chenglan calculated, when the time comes, his clansmen will take things and sell multi-purpose rattan baskets in several nearby counties, and then chase the exam, all the way to the provincial hospital test, and the income should be good. The elderly, women and children who can't go out to sell should be able to earn a year's worth of food by weaving and breeding at home.

"Uncle, after next year, there will be more reeds, you can harvest a part of them properly in the autumn, and weave reed mats to sell in winter, although this is not as high as the price of rattan mats, but it is cheap, and there are many people who use it, so it is easy to sell."

"Hmm!" Wei Chenglan became happy and patted Wen Jin's head: "You little head, we have so many ideas, I haven't come up with a way to think about it for several years." ”

"Oh uncle, no matter what you think, you are reluctant to give up farming, as long as you can't take this step, you don't need to talk about anything else, how can there be a good way? If you close yourself, it's messy, of course, it's not as good as my idea. Wen Jin shook his body and dodged, and argued.

Ge Shi listened on the side, his eyes turned from the man's face, to Wen Jin's face, and then turned back, waiting for the result with his eyes, but after talking for a long time, he didn't say a word about her mother, she was a little anxious, Wen Han gave her aunt a comforting look, and asked her to calm down, Wen Jin saw it.

"Uncle, no matter what you do, my cousin and cousin can't go, they have just started studying, so they can't be interrupted like this."

Ge Shi hurriedly said, "I'll go back with you." ”

"Eldest sister is busy here, will you go back and throw three children?" Wei Chenglan glanced at his wife, "Stay." ”

Ge Shi let out a sigh of relief.

Wei Chenglan was so anxious, as soon as the words were over, he took a sticky cake and went to the mountain to cut vines, came back in the middle of the afternoon, ate a big bowl of leftover noodles, and squatted in the yard with the dumb man and began to peel the vine skin.

"The rattan core is also useful." Wen Jin took the white rattan core and knitted a small basket.

The mute looked at her basket as if it was round and square, ugly and crooked, and turned his head and smiled quietly.

Wen Jin blushed, there was no way, she and this rattan weaver rushed to the crime, she worked hard for so long, but she still couldn't make a beautiful job, she ran to the backyard, hid the basket, and then ran back to Wei Chenglan and them: "Uncle, this rattan core can also weave a basket or something, although it is not as strong as the rattan bark, it is easy to weave a beautiful effect." ”

Wen Han immediately agreed: "That is, last winter, we put the fish in a box and sold it as a holiday gift, and the effect was very good, and a pond of fish was sold out." ”

Wei Chenglan had seen it, but he was very strange, how could two children come up with such an idea, it was indeed novel and attractive.

Wen Han explained proudly: "I thought at the time, how ugly it would be to take a straw rope and wear two fish to someone else's house. Wen Jin pondered about getting a rattan box. The rattan core is braided, white and good-looking, and then the pattern is extended, and people who don't want to buy it can't help it. ”

Wei Chenglan smiled bitterly: "How much can you use?" ”

"In this way, we might as well go to Wang Jishan's place and talk to him about the idea of making a gift box, and leave some of this autumn's mountain goods to sell in the gift box, and see if we can ask for a price."

"Okay!"

Wei Chenglan and the dumb eldest brother made up several gift boxes in the afternoon, round, square, and hexagonal, Wen Han drew patterns on them, and Wei Chenglan took Wen Jin and Wen Han to Wang Jishan's house.

Wang Jishan is good at talking, but he can't be the master, so he only promised to send it to the provincial capital to try it.

"Uncle, you go back with the dumb man for a few days, and take advantage of the wide water on the river to transplant some reeds." Wenhan proposed.

"I'll go back alone."

"Let's go back together, start early, and benefit early." Wen Jin said, "There is nothing to do in the field these days, why don't we just feed the pigs and ducks, we can do it." ”

Wei Chenglan didn't speak, but he still felt that there was too much work, and the next day he left alone, and after Wen Han found out, he sent the dumb man to chase after him.

Ge's rattan weaving is also very good, and Wen Jin worked with her to figure out a square basket that could be carried on both shoulders as a basket, and it could also be disassembled to create a futon and a small table for those who were rushing to take the exam.

Wei Chenglan left for a month, and when he came back, there were rattan baskets everywhere in the house.

The rice in Shanwo Village matured later than the Wang family, and Wen Jin, Wei Chenglan, and Dumb went to the town to help with a simple threshing machine.

Dashanjia only 12 acres of rice, sufficient labor, two days of harvesting and three days of threshing, soon completed, the rice is a little wet, can not know the exact yield, but four or five thousand catties is certain, the Wang family is very happy, his family has little land, this can solve the problem of eating.

The brothers of the Wang family came to Shanwo to help Wen Jin again, and the idle people in Shanwo Village also ran to the land of the Qian family, and the result was more than 20 acres, and after cutting in one day, Wen Jin saw that there were so many people, and he poured water into the field at night. Next, there were many threshing people in the wheat field, and Wen Jin took the opportunity to divide the people into shifts, half threshing and drying, and half plowing the rice fields, helping to plant radishes and cabbage.

Many people don't understand why Wen Jin has so many dishes, only Wei Chenglan understands, not to mention how grateful he is. Wen Han praised Wen Jin in front of him all day long, and only now did he really understand that Wen Jin and him had no blood relationship, but he was sincere to him, and he was fortunate to meet such a affectionate and resourceful child, Wei Chenglan felt that he was really lucky. This is the noble man arranged by God to be by his side.

Wei Chenglan didn't realize that he was only called a heart-to-heart person to treat people, and the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring, how could Wen Jin not have sincere fellowship with such a person?

Mo is a good friend, that is the pinnacle of friendship that people on both sides are willing to dedicate themselves to their friends, just imagine, can the people of the Qian family have such friends?

The leaves on the mountain began to change color, and the people immediately became anxious, and the millet was cut and tied into bundles, dried in the field, and brought back to the threshing field to be piled up, and the corn husks were peeled, braided, put on shelves, and then beaten again when they were free, and the people hurriedly packed up the fields, and hurried to the mountain.

Wen Jin told Dashan the news that the people of Weijiawan wanted to enter the mountain, and he went to the back mountain more often, the road was familiar, and he also knew where to pick and harvest.

Wang Dashan is an enthusiastic and sincere person, a person from Weijiawan, who took the risk to go to the back mountain, so that he sympathized and admired, and took the initiative to take on the role of a guide.

In Wei Chenglan's eyes, Wen Jin and Wen Han are both only children, and they have the important mission of family prosperity, so they must not be taken into the back mountain.

Wen Han and Wen Jin didn't make a fuss, there is no need to increase the psychological burden on people. There is a lot of rain this year, the fruits on the trees are thin, but they are big, and the people who drive the mountain have a considerable harvest, and the people of the Wang family still call Wen Han and Wen Jin every day. Mingshan is already a young man with a big waist and a round waist, his strength has increased, but his words have decreased. Last year, the Wang family made shoes and leather clothes, and made a lot of money, he wanted to make some capital, go to the county and province to run, to see if he could do any business, but his father flatly refused, saying that he was illiterate and couldn't even keep accounts, how could he make a lot of money? also wants him to work hard, wait to marry a daughter-in-law, and live a peaceful life of keeping to himself.

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