readx;? The old farmer's house is relatively large, there is a small courtyard enclosed by a wooden fence, there are four adobe houses after entering, the yard is not big, but it is very neatly cleaned, there is a little food planted there, and a jar is placed here. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There was a little yellow dog tethered next to the vegetable field, and when he saw that the owner was back, his tail shook straight, and then he sniffed it, smelled the smell of the living, and hurriedly put on a biting posture, and barked.

The old farmer hurriedly shouted, "Dafu, don't bark!" The dog seemed to be able to understand the words, his eyes rolled slightly, and he closed his mouth after looking at it.

The people in the house heard the dog barking, and hurriedly came out, it was an eldest lady, and when she saw that it was the old farmer who came back, she greeted her cordially, "Nong is back." ”

As soon as I raised my eyes again, I saw Lu Nancheng and the others who were following the old farmer, rubbing their fingers on the cloth around their waists a few times, and said, "Why did Nong La bring the guests back and didn't say hello." ”

complained to the old man here, but turned to Shen Yuan's side and said kindly, "Oh, you look so smart, don't stand up, let's go in and sit." ”

Because Lu Nancheng and the others changed their usual clothes, the lady didn't see that they were distinguished guests, but seeing that the two of them were wearing cotton clothes, she only thought that life was better, and there was no last time when they were in Tea Tree Town, the old woman saw them too nervous and cramped.

A few people didn't have too much politeness, so they followed the eldest lady into the house, which is also a very clean house, but compared to the impactful four walls of Tea Tree Town, the life of the old farmer seems to be quite good.

Inside, on the right is a large, clean square table with four high stools, and on the left is a small table surrounded by three small stools, and on the top of the table is a basket containing the soles of shoes that have not yet been finished.

Compared with the broken tables and chairs in Tea Tree Town, this old farmer's house is much better, the tables, chairs and benches are complete, and there seems to be no missing corners, which makes people feel a lot more comfortable.

The eldest lady sat them down at the big table, got hot water from another room, poured a glass of water for each of them, and took some fresh gherkins that had just been picked from the ground, and laid them on the table.

"It's all to blame Nong for not saying earlier, I didn't prepare anything for the guests. While the eldest lady was busy working, she also complained a few words about the uncle.

"Auntie, it doesn't matter, we are newlyweds visiting relatives, we went the wrong way, and when we met the uncle, we came to rest. Shen Yuan told the aunt what the uncle had discussed with them before.

When I was on the road before, a few people discussed, and when I met the village, I said that I was a newlywed to visit my mother, and my mother, I said that I came from the north to visit my relatives, and I didn't come to Jiaxing here, so I went the wrong way, and now I met the old farmer, rested, and then discussed where to go by the way.

The old farmer told the eldest mother about the words of the people in the village, saying that he was afraid that when the time came, the village chief found that the outsiders he didn't know came to the village and it was not easy to explain, so the eldest lady nodded happily and said that he had done a good job, because the old farmer still had to prepare for the things that would be rented and sold in the afternoon, so he would not talk to a few people.

The eldest lady was sitting there, holding the soles of her shoes, chatting with them.

"Auntie, are you and Uncle the only ones in the family?" Bi Yi asked casually.

"No, Wuka has two sons, but I'm going to work as a carpenter in town. The eldest lady was glad that her son was mentioned, and happily said that he had gone to work as a carpenter.

"Sister, what does Wuka mean?" Bi Yi asked in a embarrassed whisper, she couldn't understand the word.

"Wuka, that's what we call official. Shen Yuan explained in a round tone, for this word, she still has a deep impression, when she was found by the patriarch and sent to the old mansion in Jiangnan, the people in the old mansion were very xenophobic to their mother and daughter, and they always spoke in the local dialect of Jiaxing that Shen Yuan did not understand.

What is Wuka here, Nong La distinguishes us very clearly, and distinguishes us from you, that is, they do not regard their mother and daughter as members of the Shen family, even if they were sent to the old mansion by the patriarch of the Shen family.

"And what about another son?" Shen Yuan then asked, picking up an insole in the small basket and looking at it.

"Alas, the eldest son Yi ran to join the army, which really made Wuka worry to death, and the south side is not easy to go, there are a lot of insects and ants. Speaking of the eldest son, the eldest mother's eyebrows and eyes were dyed with some gloomy color, and Shen Yuan quickly changed the topic when she saw this.

"Auntie, what did the uncle say he was going to prepare for the rental and sale of the land?", Shen Yuan asked curiously, of course, the main purpose of their trip was not to see how the paddy field was planted, and then to understand the land that the old farmer said the village chief was renting and selling.

"This, it's renting land to grow rice, it's not Qingming is coming, you have to prepare for rice planting. The aunt said that she was also interested in planting rice, and asked them if they didn't grow rice in the north, and she was a little surprised when she heard others say that wheat was planted in the soil.

"That's because there isn't so much rain and rivers in the north, but there's a lot of land, and wheat grows, and wheat is planted in the soil. Lu Nancheng also came back to his senses and joined in the chat of several people.

A few people chatted about some surprises in the north and the south, what is the snow in the north in winter, and the snow in the south in winter is only a thin layer, which can be described as "sprinkling salt in the air", and what is the lack of fish and shrimp in the north, and the fish and shrimp in the south should be fresh and delicious, etc., and so on, but also very happy.

Soon, this is noon, in the countryside, this noon is generally not eaten, are early in the morning to get up, eat morning food, do a day's work, if the conditions at home are good, at noon someone will go to the field to send a dry food, the bad thing is to wait for the work to go home, before you can eat the evening meal.

The conditions of the old farmer's house are still good, and this is considered a guest, although it can not be a big fish and meat hospitality, but it is still okay to make a lunch.

Therefore, the eldest mother made a simple meal for them, a simple toon scrambled eggs without any seasoning, fragrant, a plate of winter bamboo shoots, the taste is also very homely, and it is said that it is a home-grown rice to make rice, and then put two dishes of pickled side dishes of the eldest mother, this lunch is even good.

Emperor Zhaohua has never used such a simple meal except for the food in the barracks when he was young, and Ying Yi on the side is a little nervous, afraid that the masters will not be used to it.

Looking back again, I saw that Shen Yuan had already talked and laughed with the eldest lady about how attractive the taste of this toon scrambled egg was.

At the square table, everyone talked and laughed and used the good meal, and when he heard the sound of gongs in the village, the uncle stood up, "This is to ask everyone to prepare to go to the gate of the Land Temple." ”

As he spoke, he got up and walked out first, Shen Yuan saw that he didn't take anything, so he was a little strange, didn't he prepare for a long time before?

"Uncle, aren't you prepared not to bring anything?

"Oh, land is rented and sold, of course, you can bring silver. As he spoke, the uncle also took out a money bag embroidered with the word Fu from his arms and pointed it out to a few people.

Everyone nodded, Biyi stayed to accompany the eldest lady to work, so that there were not many people who went and it didn't look so dazzling, bypassing the village, and on the way I met a lot of villagers who also went to the land temple to gather, they greeted each other and chatted about the things in the village.

Soon, they arrived at the open space in front of the temple, in front of the temple there was a long table, and a few chairs, the old farmer said that it was waiting for the village chief to do, and the people who came either stood, or leaned against the big tree in front of the temple, or moved a small stool to sit together and wait for the village chief's arrival.

The village chief was followed by three men, two of whom were dressed in the clothes of the county officials, and the other was a thin but energetic young man.

"Well, Nongla sees that the older one is the village chief, and the thin one is Yi's son, and those two are the people sent from above. A few people looked up, it was indeed the costume of the officials, Lu Nancheng now scolded in his heart, I am afraid that it has something to do with the government again.

Shen Yuan didn't think much about it, this land rental and sale originally required one or two witnesses, and there was not much difference between this official mansion and ordinary old men.

However, it turned out that Lu Nancheng's hunch was correct, and after the village chief and the two people sat down, the thin village chief's son stood aside, picked up the bamboo tube he was carrying behind him, and took out a white scroll that seemed to be a picture scroll from it, carefully unfolded it, and spread it on the long table.

"Uncle, what is that?" asked Shen Yuan curiously on the side.

"That's the list of land to be rented and sold. The old farmer shook the straw hat on his head and replied.

Lu Nancheng stood quietly next to him and listened, this situation was obviously a little strange, and then, he saw the village chief stand up and say.

"You all know the situation of renting and selling this land, so let's start bidding from the fields close to the village, this year's price of these pieces of land is 30 taels of silver per mu, this price is for a year, and those who can buy it now, those who are willing to bid will go to the front station." ”

Hearing this, Lu Nancheng knew that his previous feeling was not wrong, there was really a problem here, and Shen Yuan was still in a trance when she heard the village chief's words, which made her feel as if she had returned to Izumo Tower, and the official was announcing the prices of different commodities on the round platform, but this ...... Is it land, isn't it true that the imperial court has long arranged for qualified peasant households to have land deeds of their own? What is the situation here? Several people's hearts are full of questions......

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