Wen Jin grimaced proudly, and Wei Chenglan laughed heartily again.

"Well, you say, what are you doing today? It's not just about seeing how your uncle is doing, right? ”

"Of course!" Wen Jin smiled, "My brother finished the exam yesterday and said that he would come to you today." ”

"Oh, by the way, I've lost all my life, and I'm only twenty-six today."

Not long after lunch, the donkey cart hired by Wen Han entered the village.

After a few days of exams, Wen Han's face was a little pale, not at all like working in the field, but he was in good spirits, so he shouted from afar: "Uncle!" ”

After paying for the donkey cart, Wei Chenglan took her nephew's hand and looked back and forth, and said distressedly: "Lose weight!" Then he turned and walked home. Wen Han must not have eaten.

"Uncle, the list will be released in the morning, and I will take the top exam!"

"Really?" Wei Chenglan was very surprised, "You, you are a genius, you haven't studied for several years." ”

Wen Jin was also shocked: "Brother, even if Wang Juren is very good at teaching, your progress is too shocking." ”

"The county lord said that I still have a lot of shortcomings, but that policy is beyond the reach of others, even if I enter Shihanlin, I may not have this foresight, so I am the first."

"What kind of title, how did you write it, so that you have the blue eyes of your parents and officials?" Wei Chenglan was surprised.

Wen Han's face blushed violently, and he said: "The title is "Speaking of Shanyang", most people write poems, and I write strategies alone. If this continues, within a few years, the people will inevitably be displaced, and there will be no one to rely on, and then there will be famine everywhere, and the people will not have a good life, and there will be a big mess, so I suggest that my parents, on the one hand, reduce taxes, and on the other hand, organize labor during the agricultural slack, and also learn from you, dig ponds to raise fish, raise ducks, plant willows and reeds, prevent wind and fix sand, recuperate, and wait for the opportunity to develop rice planting......"

"Hehe, you're giving a recommendation to the county master. Liu Zhixian arrived last year, the official reputation is good, he should be a person with ideas, he must be very worried about the poverty of Shanyang, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, she can't beat food, what to tax the court, what to appease the people under his rule? You're a godsend. ”

Wen Jin also thought so, his brother gave the county master a clever plan, and the county master gave him the top spot as a reward. It seems that this parent official is a person with ideals and foresight.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the government examination paper is not too bad, the prefect will save face for the top leaders in each county, and the top of the list will not be missed, so that the government examination in April, Wen Han can be said to have passed the test.

The three of them thought of this, and their faces welled up with joy, the first exam, it was not easy to pass two levels in a row, Wen Han was only fifteen years old.

After eating, Wei Chenglan proudly took Wen Han around the village to show off his outstanding achievements in the past month or so. Seeing the willow branch array in Rao Village, Wen Han first sighed that it was not easy for his uncle, and when he saw the deep pond and the water level of the river was a little higher, he was even more sincerely happy: "Uncle, when your pond is filled with water, you will start raising pigs, ducks, and fish, and next year, you will be able to reclaim a small plot of land on the edge of the pond to grow rice." ”

Wen Jin didn't point out that his brother's words were unrealistic, it would take two years to plant rice, and those plots could be planted with alfalfa first, and then they could grow grain when they had fertility, but seeing that his brother's interest was high, he didn't speak.

Wen Han must have studied too hard during this time, and under the sunshine of late spring, he walked for more than an hour, and his face was still not ruddy.

"Brother, I wanted to take you home, but your face is too pale, tomorrow, you will work with your uncle, and you will come back after two days of recovery."

"Okay." Wei Chenglan agreed first, "I'll send him back in two days, and I'll also stop by to see your second aunt." "It's time for rice planting, he doesn't worry about his sister's house.

Wen Jin returned home, saw Wei Shi looking behind her, and explained: "Second aunt, the work of my uncle will end in these two days, and my brother will come back after helping to pay the salary." “

Webster was slightly disappointed, but he was a little happy to think that his son was promising and could help adults. Although I miss my son and look forward to it at home, I can't wait for even two days.

Wen Jin and Qian Xiancheng began to water the rice fields and prepare for rice planting, which was four days, and Wei Chenglan brought Wen Han over.

Probably accustomed to his son's fair skin, Wei and Qian Xiancheng did not have any suspicions.

With Wei Chenglan's help, more than 20 acres of paddy fields, in four or five days, the rice seedlings were planted, Wei Chenglan also helped dredge the drainage channel, inspected the drainage facilities of the duck house and the pigsty, and was busy for another three days, and then he was ready to leave.

"Sister, Wen Han has helped me a lot."

When Wei heard this, he was overjoyed, and when he saw that his younger brother had a difficult face, he said thoughtfully: "Do you want him to help?" ”

"Well, the government exam will start next month, and it is estimated that the test basket that went to the winter will be sold out, Wen Han has to help me distribute the money to everyone, and the new compilation will be collected and recorded next......"

"Then let Wen Han go again." Without waiting for Webster to speak, Qian Xiancheng answered first.

In the spring warm, the ducks began to lay eggs, and in more than a month, Wen Jin sold them several times, plus a batch of Songhua eggs, Wen Jin left six taels of silver, which was given to Wen Han at this time, and asked him to pay tuition and examination fees.

Sending Wen Han away, Wen Jin began to cultivate lotus seeds again. The lotus seedlings planted last year have now grown out of the water, and they are holding up small green parasols, not to mention how gratifying.

The earliest pond of water storage, has been raised for two years ducks and fish, Wen Jin took advantage of the time to plant rice, the waterwheel inside the dry, the fry are put in the pond, and then exposed to the sun and disinfected, the water in the pond, although the irrigation is watered farmland, there are regular replacement, but Wen Jin is still worried that the time is too long, there are too many microorganisms in the water, causing ducks and fish to get sick.

The people in Shanwo Village don't know why, and there are also inquiries, Wen Jin patiently explained, some people praise behind their backs, and some people feel inexplicable: "People live in dirty houses that are easy to get sick, do fish ponds also have to be cleaned?" ”

"I haven't heard of it, and the kid of the Qian family doesn't know where to learn the tricks, it's weird."

Webster and Qian Xiancheng heard about it, but they didn't know what to say, and finally, Webster concluded: "It's up to the children, the quilt has become light and warm, and the fish may be comfortable in this fish pond." ”

Qian Xiancheng glanced at his wife and said in his heart, the fish is not a loach, drill into the soil.

The mud at the bottom of the pond has become black clay, which is the ideal state for planting lotus, Wen Jin asked someone to level the pond ground, just wait for the lotus seeds to sprout, she can plant.

This time, Wen Jin has enough lotus seeds, and it will not be like last year, when the lotus leaves on the water surface are sparse. The lotus seed grew a second leaf, Wen Jin began to release water into the pond, and then leveled the bottom of the pond according to the water level, so that the water was just enough to flood the soil, and began to plant the lotus. Without Wen Han, Wei and Qian Xiancheng had to help, after planting rice, some people in the village were idle, so they came to see the excitement, and some people said that the planting was not neat, Wen Jin laughed.

After the lotus seed seedlings are planted, it is the weeding of the rice field, this time last year, with the help of Wei Chenglan and his wife, this year there is less Wen Han, and the three of them are very busy.

However, Wen Jin almost fainted when he looked at the person - it turned out to be the eldest son of Qian Chuan, Heidan.

Fortunately, Qian Xiancheng was the first to object: "Did your father promise you to come?" ”

"Yes.

"Coax whom? Why didn't you send you when you promised your father? It seems that this second uncle still understands his nephew, Qian Xiancheng blackened his face and asked the black egg to go back.

"Second uncle, let me help you work, I helped you catch fish last year." It's a matter of thinking about eating.

Wen Jin pretended to be honest and said to the black egg: "At the end of the year, all the fish in the pond were fished, and now the small fish are only an inch long, full of thorns, and they can't be eaten, do you still help us work?" ”

"There's a big fish in the pond gone?" The black egg doesn't believe it.

"Of course not, but with such a big pond, it's impossible to catch a fish."

Hei Dan thought about it, felt that Wen Jin was right, lowered his head in disappointment, paused for a while, and said to Qian Xiancheng: "Second uncle, it was really my mother who asked me to do it, and my family is running out of food." ”

Wen Jin was speechless, Qian Chuanchuan saw that it was easier than before to ask for food from the big house, after the beginning of spring, she had been eating wheat noodles, and said that she had a stomachache when she ate baogu noodles and cakes, and finally annoyed Jiao's family, and she didn't give them food this month.

The news of Qian Chuanchuan and Jiao's quarrel also spread to Shanwo Village, Qian Xiancheng heard what Hei Dan said, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, then you have to be obedient and don't be lazy." ”

"I'm obedient and not lazy." The black egg hurriedly made a statement.

Wen Jin heard that her eyes turned black when she heard this, how could the second uncle suddenly turn around and make her defenseless? Black eggs are not only lazy and greedy, but also have a lot of careful eyes, just a little wisdom, all used to steal and play tricks and gluttony, if the family hires such a long-term worker, how can Wen Jin be embarrassed?

"No, second uncle, Hei Dan came to steal ducks and fish the year before last, and I didn't allow him to come to our house." Wen Jin stomped her feet and was coquettish, but unfortunately to no avail.

Qian Xiancheng had a straight face: "Wen Jin is obedient, is it possible to let your aunt's family drink the northwest wind?" ”

"Black eggs don't go to other people's homes to help? Besides, you can also go up the mountain to collect medicinal herbs or something. ”

"That's the same as in our house."

Wen Jin was speechless, she would rather give food to support the family than eat at the same table with the black egg.

Qian Xiancheng is a person who values family affection, his nephew came to defect, he naturally wanted to accept it, Wen Jin had no choice, so he had to assign a task to Heidan: "Brother Heidan, if you come to my house, let's say okay, the work of cleaning up the duck house and pigsty every day is yours, if I can't check it clean, I won't give me food." ”

"That's not good, what should I do if I'm hungry?" "Clean the duck house and pigsty, eat the food at home, and don't blame me." Wen Jin said.

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