At the beginning of spring this year, the situation in Shanyang County is much better than last year. Some people in the old road of Jinhe sold their land and left, and the rest of the people also sold their land for money, and now they get the land, and they hire people to level the land everywhere, and those who have no land will help people to earn food and eat, and there is a way out, who wants to ask for food with a shy face?

Liu Quanhan also emphasized planting trees to prevent wind, and this time issued a strict order, requiring farmers to plant trees on their own land, with an average of at least 10 trees per mu, and he also asked all families to plant at least five zhang wide reeds on the ground near the river.

Those who bought a lot of land had to hire more people, and as a result, neighboring counties that could not survive the spring famine also took the opportunity to come over, hoping to eat together.

Liu Quanhan, who traveled in microservices, discovered this problem and strictly ordered the head of the government to drive out all the people from other counties, he didn't want people to ruin the good situation that Shanyang was so prone to.

Of course, Wen Jin also had to hire someone to grow reeds, which was originally a trick she came up with.

Not everyone is willing to plant trees and reeds, always feel that they occupy their own good land, so almost all of them are planted in the river, which is a place that will be flooded when the water level is high in summer, and it is impossible to grow crops, so that it reduces soil erosion, and when summer comes, the water in the Jiujin River rises and is much clearer than in previous years.

The men in Dongshe Village, some people wanted to do long-term work here in Wen Jin, but they were ruthlessly refused, they also knew that they were dragged down by a bad reputation, and they regretted very much that they had stolen other people's things for the sake of three melons and two dates, and now, not only Wen Jin did not hire them, but Zhao Li, Huang Xiangguan and the Wang family refused to hire them.

Shi Hao Gu is short and weak, and he can't find a job, one day he saw Wen Jin buying sheep, so he hoped to help raise sheep, raising sheep is a hard job, but it doesn't require a lot of effort, the main thing is to be careful, diligent, he thinks he meets the conditions.

Wen Jin said clearly that he would not hire people from the East Society.

Shi Haogu thought about it, and came to look for pomegranates with Shi Wang, Wen Jin's yard couldn't enter, they waited outside, and sure enough, they stopped people on the way to the breeding farm.

"Black girl, you have a real conscience, the master family raised you until you were eleven years old, there is no merit and hard work, you even watched your younger brothers hungry, and you didn't say anything to help." Shi Wang's family originally planned to have a good conversation with his daughter, but as soon as he saw the pomegranate wearing, the new cancan was puffy and soft, so he was envious, he couldn't wear such a dress, and his sons didn't even have pants, so they had to sit in the shabby quilt to keep out the cold.

Pomegranate glared at her own mother with some annoyance, what could she do? The clothes on her body and the food in her mouth are all given by the master, she can enjoy it, but she can't give it away.

Shi Haogu glared at his wife, endured his anger, and said kindly: "Black girl, it's not that my mother wants to sell you, our family really can't live anymore, you are better now, and you are also a good family that your mother helped you find, why don't you help your father intercede and let me herd sheep for your owner, right?" ”

Seeing that the teacher was still a little scared, Pomegranate explained in a low voice: "The owner said that he would not ask for a helper from the East Society, and it was useless for me to speak." ”

Shi Wang choked in annoyance: "You little weasel, you only care about yourself." I don't want to think about who raised you so much. ”

Pomegranate got angry: "Who raised me?" Wei Xiaoyan is more idle than me all day, and she has raised herself in the embroidery work, I am in your house, and it is much harder than Xiaoyan, hmph, is it me who helps you raise your son? ”

"Dare to talk back? It's against you! Shi Wang stretched out his hand and pinched the pomegranate.

Wen Jin happened to come back from the field, and he encountered such a scene, Shi Wang's body was twisted, Shi Haogu slapped him, and the pomegranate was so painful that he couldn't cry.

"Stop!"

Shi Haogu didn't expect Wen Jin to touch it, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, and then he hurriedly squeezed out his laugh lines: "Qian Xiaodong, I'll teach the child." ”

"I'm not your child!" Pomegranate cried and ran to Wen Jin, "The owner-"

Wen Jin waved his hand to the stammering Shi Wang in annoyance: "I don't want to see you two again, the pomegranate was sold to me, and it was signed a death deed, and it has nothing to do with you in the future, let's go." ”

"Little owner, the black girl's father wants to come over and herd sheep for you."

"Let's go, let's go! I won't hire a ruthless, unhumane person, when Pomegranate came to my house, his hands, feet and face were frozen, anyone with eyes can see it, you are still a mother, can you bear it? You dare to fight for living people, how dare I let you herd sheep? Hmph, let's go. ”

Shi Hao Gu saw Wen Jin's words so ugly, knowing that no matter how much he begged, it would be fruitless, so he stomped his feet on the ground hatefully: "There is no endless road in the sky, we can live without you, let's see." ”

Wen Jin didn't pay attention to him anymore, walked over with a pomegranate with his head held high, and entered the house.

"Boss, Pomegranate is causing you trouble." As he spoke, the pomegranate's legs were bent and he wanted to kneel down, but he was reluctant to wear this new clothes, and he hesitated.

"Don't kneel, you just need to stand upright and get things done."

"Little owner, pomegranate will definitely be, pomegranate has no two hearts."

In fact, Wen Jin is very satisfied with the pomegranate, this child has to get up earlier than her every day, boil hot water for her to wash, and then boil porridge, pick vegetables and wash them, cut them, and wait for Wen Jin to fry, and now, he is also actively learning to cook from Wen Jin, hoping to become a cooking master like Wen Jin and better serve his master.

In the past few days, Wen Jin has hired people to plant trees, and at least seven or eight big men eat every day, and Pomegranate is even more busy, but she has no complaints, and she is very dedicated.

With the help of pomegranates, Wen Jin is already much easier, and Wei Xiaoyan often comes to visit, but the little girl is good at making noodles, especially making steamed buns, which is fast and good. In the spring, it is the season when the shepherd's cabbage is luxuriant, Xiaoyan and Pomegranate hold the basket together, dig it back and remove the roots, wash and blanch it, let Wen Jin fry some duck eggs, chop them, soak some vermicelli, add seasonings and mix the filling, the taste is very delicious, and the workers who work often eat and shout.

Wen Jin is not afraid of people eating, as long as she works hard, she knows that she eats well for her hired workers, and there are many people who want to come, and the people who work here have a sense of crisis, lest they be lazy and lazy, so that they will find out, so they don't say that although she hires no more people than others, she is not slower than others in her income.

Planting trees in spring, just in such a month, Wen Jin's side, not only have hundreds of kiwifruit, but also other trees, such as toons, walnuts, sumacs, etc., have also planted hundreds.

Although Wang Dashan has no doubt about Wen Jin's cleverness, he is still worried that she is young and knows little, and this place is backed by a mountain, what kind of trees are not, he doesn't understand why Wen Jin still plants trees, and it is a large-scale, hundreds of acres of trees.

"Uncle Dashan, don't you think you don't make money growing crops?"

"How could Wen Jin say that? Even if you grow rice on an acre of land, it is only two or three taels of silver, but if you have more land, your income will be good. ”

"Uncle Dashan, what if you can collect twenty or thirty taels of silver for one acre of land?"

"Hehe, how can there be such a good thing? Do you sow silver? Dashan wanted to know what Wen Jin's tricks were, but he was too embarrassed to ask.

"Uncle Dashan, when Mingshan and I become famous, I'll tell you when the time comes."

After arranging the things here, Wen Jin hurriedly returned to Shanwo Village.

Seeing Wen Jin, Wei's face flashed with joy, but he was preoccupied, and his smile was a little reluctant, without the heartfelt heartiness of the past.

"Second aunt, what's going on at home?"

"Nothing."

"Second aunt, don't hide it from me, your smile is as ugly as crying."

Wei Shi hurriedly poked his head on the top of the water tank to take a photo, only then did he realize that he had been fooled, and turned his head and glared at Wen Jin angrily: "This kid." ”

"Second aunt, what's going on at home?"

Wei sighed: "It's not a big deal, it rained a while ago, the ancestral tomb was waterlogged, and it fell into a pit, your second uncle wanted to set up a monument for a few old people when repairing, at that time the family was not rich, it was a monument built with bricks, and the words engraved on it were weathered for several years, and it faded a lot, and your second uncle wanted to replace it with stone." ”

"The eldest uncle counted all the expenses to the second uncle, but he publicized it everywhere, saying that it was his credit, but is this?"

Webster's eyes widened in surprise: "How do you know?" ”

"It's not hard to guess." Wen Jin was strange, Qian Xiancheng and Wei were both people who did not fight for fame and fortune, and they would not be worried because of this.

"Your uncle has to quietly bury a lump under the tombstone, saying that it can help him prosper in his official fortune."

Wen Jin was shocked: "Isn't this overstepping?" That is the eldest son of the dragon, and the imperial court has decreed that officials with three grades are not allowed to use it. "And her grandfather used to be a slave, and if someone denounces him, no one in the family will be left alive.

The repair of the tomb on the tree monument is a major event, Qian Xiancheng did not notify Wen Jin to come back, the matter has not happened yet, and there is still room for redemption.

"Second aunt, if the uncle has to be like that, we invited Li Zheng and the elder to open a ancestral hall here, and even the tombs of my grandfather and grandmother will be moved. After a while, the second uncle will go home, the two of you will discuss, if you think Wen Jin is reasonable, the second uncle will go to inform the uncle, and tell the second uncle that he went to Linjin Town, not to discuss, if the uncle still wants to mess around, don't be polite, cut off this evil one day earlier, and our family will be peaceful one day earlier. ”

Wei pondered for a while, and nodded to Wen Jin: "You're right, this is not a matter that affects our family, it is a major matter that makes it difficult for the ancestors to feel at ease under the spring and cut off the heirs of the Qian family, so we can't accommodate sloppiness." ”

Qian Xiancheng listened to Wen Jin's words this time, and nodded again and again: "It's like this, it's like this." He drove the donkey cart to the county seat early the next morning and went to Qian Xiangui to express his attitude.

Unexpectedly, when Qian Xiancheng came back, his face was even more angry, which made Wei and Wen Jin worried.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?"

"Big brother, big brother is too much, he asked me to engage Wen Han a while ago, it is Ji Xiancheng's daughter, I didn't agree, Wen Han is still young, and he is keen on the imperial examination, I have to wait a few years to let the child study with peace of mind, but he said that I don't know what to do, and scolded me, I finally ignored him, and when this matter passed, I didn't expect him to quietly arrange for Ji Xiancheng's daughter to meet me yesterday, and then said that I was on a blind date for my son."

Qian Xiancheng had never been so angry with Qian Xiangui, and his tone of voice was angry: "What do you guess the boss said? ”

He learned Qian Xiangui's tone and continued: "Second brother, Ji Xiancheng is an official family, a court official who is a serious child, you look at other people's daughters, the girl is white and upright, and Wen Han is more than enough, what are you pretentious?" Say the word 'no' again, don't talk about Ji Xiancheng, even me, I can't get along with you. ”

After Qian Xiancheng finished speaking, he gasped violently in anger: "You say, what is this called?" How could I have asked him to arrange a blind date? Besides, if you go on a blind date, do you have to get engaged? Still unreasonable? ”

"Second uncle, what did you say?"

"I, I, I said, this can't be done, let him have the ability to let the horse come over and kill me."

"Okay, second uncle, you have to make your attitude so clear, the second uncle will go home for any kind of garbage, marry her daughter a half-old man's son, and want to give Brother Wen Han a first Hedong lion in Shanyang County, what is his idea?"

Qian Xiangui was embarrassed to say that Ji Xiancheng's daughter was white and upright, and the daughter of the Ji family was fat, and her fat strength was in Shanyang County, but she was famous.

This Ji County Cheng, who used to have a poor family, married his wife, and only with the financial support of his father-in-law, donated a prisoner, and then spent money to get a seat for the county Cheng, this person is also famous in Shanyang County, not capable, nor rich, but afraid of guilt. If it weren't for the fact that his wife was too fierce, and her daughter was not amazing and she was too nymphomaniac, could she not be able to find her in-laws at the age of twenty-two? Qian Xiangui is too unconscionable, Ji Xiancheng's daughter is five years older than Wen Han.

Qian Xiangui this time, but he was not ready to give up, the second room already had signs of resistance, if he didn't kill it while he was tender, in the future, his words would no longer work.

But this time, Qian Xiancheng was dumb and iron-hearted, no matter how he threatened and lured, he refused to make the slightest concession.

Ji Xiancheng's wife has seen Qian Xiancheng since she beat her, but she is pressing step by step. When Qian Wenhan was at the top of the exam the year before last, she took her daughter and happened to meet Wenhan, although she thought that the boy was good-looking, but she looked at the cotton robe wearing home-woven fabrics, looking like a poor person, and didn't particularly care, now I heard Qian Xiancheng say that there are thousands of acres of land at home, as well as fish ponds and ducks, and he runs a shop that collects traditional Chinese medicine, and he is a rich man who does not show water or water, and his mind is completely different, not to mention, the boy is still young, he won the show, and the future is limitless, she feels even more satisfied.

Ji Xiancheng is still a little self-aware, seeing Qian Xiangui's squeak, he understands that the man's family does not agree, so he is ready to put his hand away, but unfortunately, in the Ji family, he never counts when he speaks, his wife's words are the mantra that has a sound voice, and he can't stand the noise of women, Ji Xiancheng will ask Qian Xiangui in two days, how things are going, and his face is getting more and more ugly.

No one is uncomfortable, the matter was proposed by Qian Xiangui, and he patted his chest to ensure that it could be done, but now, the in-laws have met, but the other party does not agree, isn't this making fun of him?

Only then did Qian Xiangui find out that he was forced to a dead end by both parties.

After failing to threaten his younger brother for the last time, Qian Xiangui gave full play to his expertise in framing and reversing right and wrong, and made trouble out of nothing, and put the blame on the second brother: "I'm sorry, Lord Ji, if this is my son, I am bound, and I have to send him and Ling Ai into the cave room, blame me, I am too tolerant of my younger brother on weekdays, and I am used to him so much that I don't know what to do." It was he who begged me to help my nephew find a good Yue family, but behind his back, he secretly found someone else, and now, he actually wants to climb the Huangpo Jing family. ”

"What?" Ji Xiancheng was furious, but the Huang Po Jing family was not something he could afford to provoke, and he barely suppressed the anger in his heart, Ji Xiancheng asked, "Is your nephew married?" ”

"No, Huang Pojing's family, you have to wait for your nephew to be moved."

"Humph!" Ji Xiancheng snorted coldly disdainfully, Zhongju, is it that easy? He hasn't crossed that hurdle for more than ten years, so he naturally knows how difficult it is. But he couldn't say this, just sneered, and then brushed his sleeves away.

Gou Dianguan heard that Qian Xiangui had offended Ji Xiancheng, and scolded him severely, Qian Xiangui suffered a big loss this time, but he refused to reflect on his mistakes, but blamed his younger brother for not giving face, and he was jealous in his heart.

Wen Jin heard this, and became more and more angry in her heart, knowing that she couldn't wait any longer, she asked Mingshan to keep an eye on the work in the field, arrange people by herself, and go to do another thing - how to completely solve the problems caused by the Qian family's big house.

Mingshan has been having trouble with his family for the past two years because of his father's contempt, Dashan is very helpless, seeing that he is willing to follow Wen Jin, he doesn't care much, Daddy Wang is old, he has long been unable to do it, his only hope is that his son can be safe, and he wishes that his son would do it with Wen Jin.

Mingshan is bigger than Wen Jin, but he admires Wen Jin very much in his heart, in addition, following Wen Jin, there is a chance to show his ambitions alone, in the Wang family, Daddy Wang is really not at ease, always following behind the ass to command, otherwise, it is to let Dashan follow, or simply leave things to Dashan to do, even if it is the business opportunity that Mingshan discovers, the opportunity created.

Wen Jin has this right-hand man, it is much easier, after planting the tree, the Qingming Festival is coming, Mingshan led the people, ploughed all the remaining land, and planted beans.

Wen Jin returned to the mountain nest, helped the second uncle plant rice seedlings, and observed that the planted kiwifruit grew smoothly out of the ground, everything was normal, and then returned to Shiwei Village, the bean seedlings in the field have grown half an inch, and it is seen from a distance, with the spring rain moisturizing, vibrant, very gratifying.

However, the 300 acres of land I just bought were only covered with some green manure accumulated in winter, but the situation was not so optimistic, and the leaves of the bean seedlings were curled up and listless. Mingshan followed Wen Jin and inspected the field, and couldn't help but suggest: "Or, buy a few more pigs." ”

"Okay, you help, find another swineherd, Wei 13 can't be busy, there will be a calf born this month, and there are two grass donkeys to give birth next month, and the old sow in the pigsty has reached the point of belly." "Hehe, the farm is really thriving." Mingshan nodded, he didn't know what Wen Jin was doing mysteriously these days.

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