In the cold dew more than halfway, in addition to a few vegetable furrows near the roadside, there are still unharvested Chinese cabbage, radishes and planted garlic, rice and millet have been taken back to the drying yard threshing and drying, and most of the vacated land has been planted with winter wheat. After this long autumn harvest, everyone was extremely tired, the old peasants bent their waists lower, the peasant women were all gray and tired of grooming, the ploughing oxen were dragging their heavy four legs and slowly pulling the plough sticks, and only the children who did not know the hard work ran around quickly, chasing pheasants and catching rabbits with their dogs.

From time to time, there are wild ducks waiting for migratory birds to fly down in the meadow by the flower stream, and a few older children with straw hat rings crawl on the roadside waiting for the wild ducks to fly away and pick up duck eggs. Lan Yi took a closer look, but didn't see Yu'er and Wenxuan, so she walked towards her hillside with confidence.

In front of Zhao Shangjing's bamboo house on the hillside, a large cauldron was erected, and two men wearing only white sleeveless cardigans and black trousers were boiling stone sulfur mixture. On the hillside, Zhao Shangjing and Wang Linxi are holding big scissors to skillfully and quickly prune the diseased branches and long branches of the peony; Chen and Liu were removing the leaves of the peony and carefully collecting the speckled leaf branches into the basket, and Yu'er, Daifuku and Ox Egg carried the full basket to the pit under the hillside; Second Uncle Wang took Niu Wentian and the husband of the eighth wife and second sister-in-law to carefully apply stone sulfur mixture to the peony branches on Tuesday, and Wang Chengde and Wang Chunrong were also helping on the side, and everyone was very lively and laughing.

The meadow where Lan Yi enclosed the sheep to feed the donkeys was also very lively, in addition to the goats and donkeys, there were also four horses and a cow on a leash. The calf that Second Uncle Wang bought last winter has now grown into a big cow, and under the careful feeding and care of Second Uncle Wang, this cow is fat and strong, and it is impossible to see the fatigue of a hard autumn.

Lan Yi looked along the Huaxi and found that there were three little guys squatting on the edge of the small pond grass where she had enclosed herself to raise ducks under the hillside, it was the eldest girl of Wenxuan, Wang Linxi's family and the second girl of Wang Linyuan's family, the three children were eating snacks around Wenxuan's small satchel, and the second aunt Li was feeding the ducks.

Lan Yi walked briskly, walked up the hill, full of motivation, and after chatting with Zhao Shangjing about the situation of the peony first, Lan Yi greeted everyone one by one and joined the Chen and Liu teams.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing here, it's enough for us people, you better clean up your house." Chen raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat and smiled.

Lan Yi put on the small basket and quickly picked the leaves, "Aunt Yao is at home, and there is not much to do." ”

Liu hurried over, "Sister-in-law, is Aunt Jia planning to stay permanently when she comes back with you?" ”

"Yes, Aunt Yao's husband has passed away, and there are no relatives over there, follow me back to take care of the children." Lan Yi briefly introduced.

Liu smacked his lips, "I see that Aunt Jia is not old, and she looks more thoughtful than the Jia family of Wang Dexi's family in our village." Sister-in-law, look at it, as long as you sue the second sister-in-law and sister-in-law Jia that there is no man, it is estimated that a matchmaker will come to the door in a few days. ”

Chen reprimanded: "What are you talking nonsense, Aunt Jia is from a big family, and she can take a fancy to the men in our village!" ”

Liu smiled and squeezed his eyes: "What's wrong with the man in the village, is the sister-in-law also from a big family, didn't you look at Brother Zhou last week?" ”

Chen also pursed his lips and smiled ambiguously when he heard this, and looked at Lan Yi narrowly.

Lan Yi's face was black, "Although Aunt Yao is not very old, she has good medical skills, and she is the best at treating children and women." In the future, if any of us has a bad body, we can go over and let Aunt Yao take a pulse. ”

Liu's eyes widened: "Aunt Jia is a medical woman, and her medical skills are more powerful than Liang Jin of Jishantang?" ”

"It's not as good as Liang Langzhong, but the general minor illness can still be seen, so it's good that our family knows about it."

In the Great Zhou, Langzhong is a very respected industry, and the medical woman is even rarer than the man, Liu and Chen heard that the Jia family turned out to be a medical woman, and immediately rose with a strong respect, and did not dare to joke casually.

Lan Yi smiled, knowing that they would be like this, "Although Aunt Yao doesn't like to laugh, she has an excellent temperament, and you will know it when the director is there." The third brother hasn't come back yet? ”

Today, Wang Lin went to Qingshan Shangji to explain the business affairs of Meixian County, and by the way, he informed Xia Chongxiao, Xia Shun, Xiao Qi and others of the news that Lan Yi had returned. Lan Yituo told him that Xia Chongxiao would go to Xia's house to visit Xia Wan's mother, Mrs. Qin, in a few days.

"No, I left early in the morning." Liu didn't know what he remembered, his cheeks turned red, and he quickly lowered his head and quickly picked the leaves.

Lan Yi didn't notice the change in her, and continued: "Most of this leaf has been picked, and I have to brush the stone sulfur mixture, bury the overwintering fertilizer and tie the straw, and I can't finish the work without more than ten days of work." We've got to hurry, brother and sister, the straw is almost ready, right? ”

The overwintering fertilizer is the oil residue that has been soaked long ago and the horse manure that has been pulled in, which is sufficient. The straw that is bundled with branches needs to be dried and reused after the freshly pulled straw this autumn.

"Almost. In addition to using our own straw here, we also have to keep food rations for the livestock. My father-in-law and Uncle Xia Shun bought some from the village, and the sister-in-law and Uncle Erfa sent them over, which should be enough. This morning, my father-in-law said that the two new ponies in my sister-in-law's family also had to eat a lot, and I went to the village to order a few carts of straw. Chan said.

Lan Yi nodded, Second Uncle Wang was thoughtful, and after he was honest about his life experience, it did not affect their family and his own relationship, but seemed to be more stable.

The red glow on Liu's face dissipated, and he raised his head and said excitedly: "Sister-in-law, the slopes of Uncle Yang's family, Brother Thursday's family, second sister-in-law's family, and Sister-in-law Niu's family have also planted peonies now." Our peony seedlings this year can be sold for a lot of money, except for these early set of five or two, and later sold to twenty wen one. Lin Yuan said that we made a few hundred taels on this one. ”

After making money, everyone was naturally happy, and Chen, who had always been steady, was also happy to say: "Yes, sister-in-law, you see that the second brother who came to help today has already planted peony seedlings, and this is to follow us to learn to plant peonies." The peony seedlings on my mother's side were pulled over by Niuniu's father with an ox cart to help plant them, and my mother asked him to pull back a lot of chestnuts and hazelnuts, and brought them back, and I sent a basket to my sister-in-law. ”

"Then thank you to the second brother and sister, I'm afraid that the chestnuts and hazelnuts in the mountains have been picked by everyone, and I'm still thinking about where to go to get some more." Lan Yi was also welcome.

Liu's face was unkind, and he pulled the peony leaves hard, "My mother and eldest brother are really calculating, and the eldest brother came early to pull the seedlings back with a car." Sister-in-law, guess what? He sold 3,000 peony seedlings to others, and each earned 20 yuan! After tasting the sweetness, he rushed to pull the car with a shy face, saying that the hillside was not full. Lin Yuan saw that his attitude was wrong, so he had an extra heart, and when he went back, he realized that the hillside was not even broken! ”

Lan Yi also frowned, it was really unkind for Liu's mother's family to do this, but she could only comfort: "Third brother and sister, if they sell it, they will sell it, don't be angry, in the future, you will have more eyes on it, and discuss it with the third brother in case of trouble." ”

At noon, Second Uncle Wang stopped what he was doing and shouted, "Let's get here, we'll all go to eat and rest for a while, and then we will continue to do it later." ”

Now that the life of Second Uncle Wang's family is better, he has also learned from Lan Yi to change from two meals a day to three meals a day, and go home to rest at noon. After Zhou Weipeng and Tuesday all left, Lan Yi walked up to them and told them about dinner in the evening.

"Brother, you go catch a duck and come out, let's go back and clean up the vegetables tonight." Lan Yi shouted to Wang Chunrong, and then said, "Second uncle and second aunt, don't cook at night, let's all go to my place to eat." Uncle Zhao, you also come over to be lively. ”

Wang Chunrong scratched his head when he heard that he was catching a duck, "Little sister, so many ducks all look the same, how can my brother tell which one is male and which one is female?" ”

Wang Chengde listened to his son's words and nodded, this is indeed a bit difficult.

Lan Yi smiled, she couldn't tell the difference. Wang Linxi took the initiative to stand up, "Sister-in-law, I'll catch it." ”

Wang Linxi opened the door of the duck bar, grabbed a few and touched them, and after a while, he brought one out and handed it to Wang Chunrong.

"Brother Lin Xi, I really can't see that you still have this hand!" Wang Chunrong lifted the duck and looked at it curiously. Wang Linxi smiled shyly, turned around and grabbed one out of his duck pen, "Let's kill this one together, it's useless to keep so many male ducks." Sister-in-law roasted the duck deliciously, and we have another bite to eat tonight. ”

When Yu'er heard that she was going to roast duck, she all gathered around, "Mother, I want to eat crispy duck skin." ”

"Auntie, I want to eat duck neck."

"Auntie, can I go and eat with me?" Niu Dan also whispered that his family's food is much better now, but roast duck has never been made. No, he must go to eat, "My second brother, eldest sister and second sister will not go, they are too good to eat!" ”

Niu Wentian came over embarrassedly and patted his son's head, "What are you talking about, you guys have to eat all the ducks in this column when you go!" Brother and sister, don't bother with him, this stinky boy knows how to eat! ”

Lan Yi smiled, "Brother Niu, you all come here." ”

Niu Wentian's face turned red, "My brother and sister's family have a distinguished guest, so let's not go over and disturb it." ”

Wang Chengde said with a smile: "Wentian come over together, they are all neighbors, what are you polite." ”

Niu Dan jumped so high, "Great! I haven't eaten my aunt's stewed eggs and barbecue for months, and I'm going back to starve my brother to death! ”

Wang Chunrong carried the duck, Wang Chengde picked up Wenxuan, and the family walked back with a smile. When passing by Zhao Lao's pork stall, Lan Yi bought five catties of pork ribs, five catties of lean meat and three catties of pork belly, and asked for a pork liver, a total of two hundred and five wen. The bearded old man actually wiped her five cents very generously, which was tantamount to the sun coming out in the west, which made Lan Yi a little flattered. R1152