Several new medicinal fields were newly cultivated in the col, all of which were opened by cow chrysanthemum.

The matter of buying and selling apples has been handed over to Qi Erniang, and Niu Ju is now mainly responsible for picking medicinal herbs, side dishes, apples, and helping to take care of the Qi family's sheep to earn wages.

The salary is still the same as before, so Niu Ju has bought no less than ten sheep without knowing that Niu Niangzi will know.

And all the wool of these sheep was harvested by Sheng Jiaojiao.

When the price of sheep on the market fell day by day, Sheng Jiaojiao asked Niu Ju to buy more than 20 sheep for her, all of which were entrusted to Niu Ju to take care of.

And Sheng Jiaojiao's sheep shed is next to Niu Ju's sheep shed, together in the soil col.

It's right here with the medicine field.

After so many days of hard work, Niu Ju relied on her own strength, and while doing a good job for Sheng Jiaojiao, she built a big sheep shed for herself and Sheng Jiaojiao.

Not only that, but she also opened a few new medicine fields and vegetable fields for Sheng Jiaojiao in the col.

At present, these medicine fields and vegetable fields occupy almost half of the area of the soil col.

Now Niu Ju still has time to sit on the grassy slope and sigh, by next spring, Niu Ju will have to do so many things alone, I'm afraid I won't be busy.

Sheng Jiaojiao pondered, went down the col again, and when she arrived at the sheep shed, she first turned around the medicine field, and looked at the small buds with green and yellow eyes, Sheng Jiaojiao shook her head.

It seems that after harvesting this mature medicinal herb and side dishes, the next batch of medicinal herbs and side dishes is estimated to not grow very well.

If the heavy snow falls before it, it is estimated that the next batch of medicinal herbs and side dishes will not grow much.

Qi Hua finished picking the apples, and also went down the col and walked to Sheng Jiaojiao's side, he said distressedly:

"Sister, the weather is getting colder and colder, and there are fewer and fewer apples on the trees."

"Hmm."

Sheng Jiaojiao lowered her head, straightened the cotton tie on the thin jacket, and ordered:

"Take me to see it."

After speaking, he went with Qi Hua to see the apple trees on the grassy slope.

She walked around the grassy slope and patted the stout apple tree, which used to be the apple on the grassy slope that she couldn't pick all the apples, but now there were not many apples scattered on the apple tree.

She had cut off the rhizomes of several apple trees and buried them on the grassy slope, but because of the weather, no matter how much water she watered, they no longer grew.

Sheng Jiaojiao was a little unwilling, and asked Qi Hua to dig out a stalk to see, but it turned out that it was only a short stalk before, and under the cold soil, it absorbed Sheng Jiaojiao's water and grew into a very large stem.

Sheng Jiaojiao: "......"

Dare to love, these apple trees do not sprout because those few severed stems absorb the water she poured on the ground, and develop deeper into the earth, and no longer rise to the ground.

So although her water is magical, the natural solar terms are irreversible.

After figuring it out, Sheng Jiaojiao is no longer entangled, the vegetables in the col have been almost cut, and Sheng Jiaojiao has no intention of sowing new seeds, Qi Jiaojiao only thinks that the miracles in these farmlands have slowly disappeared, but fortunately, the family does not make money by selling crops now.

Just the medicinal materials of Chen Adi's line, the Qi family, as a middleman, can make a lot of money, and Wenxiu's embroidery is now a good income.

It's just that in the cognition of the Qi family, they feel that the Qi family's land, because of the good tree planting, the herbs under the tree grow well, the small vegetables also grow well, and there are land treasures, sheep feces and mule feces, so now the whole family is excited, and plans to reclaim a few more medicinal fields and vegetable fields.

But even the apple trees that have always been fruitful are like this, and it is in vain to open a few more medicine fields and vegetable fields.

Human beings can't compete with nature, not even Sheng Jiaojiao, who is a water ghost.

Under the gray-yellow sky, Sheng Jiaojiao raised her head in the cool breeze, her sideburns and hair were flying, and she said helplessly:

"The soil is not fertile, and the weather is not good, or don't sell apples this year, raise sheep and horses with peace of mind, and after the spring next year, first fatten the land and then plant things."

Just a few apples on this tree, let's keep them for the Qi family to eat by themselves.

I heard Sheng Jiaojiao tell Qi Huan behind him:

"After the second aunt comes back, I will tell her about the situation in the field, you go back and tell the rooms, let everyone rest what they are doing, and our family will divide the money tonight."

"Divide the profits?"

Qi Huan looked at Sheng Jiaojiao in surprise, how could there be any profits?

Sheng Jiaojiao looked back with a smile and looked at Qi Huan, who jumped up again,

"Yes, share the profits, go quickly."

This year, the Qi family has made a lot of money, and naturally there is a lot of money to share, and the contribution of each house is not small.

Qi Huan hurriedly turned around and ran home quickly, just when the three masters came back from the north of the county after sending medicinal materials, he told Sheng Jiaojiao's words to the three masters, and the uncle and the second master quickly beat the horse and went to Jishang and the north of the county, calling Qi Zhang and Qi Ming back to share the money.

Qi Zhang couldn't come back, seeing that the snow was about to fall, the top priority of the garrison in the north of the county, but he still had to talk to him, the eldest son of the big house.

Qi Ming must come back, this is a big deal, the dividends must be settled, and the only people in the Qi family who can understand the account book now are Qi Ming and Qi Erniang.

But Qi Erniang does not have Qi Ming's brain, so Qi Ming is responsible for reconciliation.

Wen Xiu in the hall seemed to know that there was something important in the Qi family today, and when the second lady of Qi told Wen Xiu to get off work early, she didn't ask much.

Only Sheng Jiaojiao called Wen Xiu into the room, and asked Qi Huan to make a pot of tea for Wen Xiu, and then asked with a smile:

"Mrs. Zhang, your uncle has been free recently, and you can go to Shanqing City for me?"

Shanqing City is the capital of Zhishou County, and the county king and the richest people in Zhishou County all live in Shanqing City, which naturally includes Chen Adi's maternal ancestor.

Wen Xiu sat on the embroidery pier, touched his already big belly, answered, and asked respectfully:

"But my aunt has something to do, do you want to send my uncle to do it?"

"Naturally, I recently got some jewelry and jade, and I want to be a messenger for some money, but I am worried that I can't afford the price, so I want to find a reliable person and go to the pawnshop in Shanqing City."

Saying this, Sheng Jiaojiao gave Wen Xiu a necklace made of jade beads, and said:

"This is what the halberd used to run a private school."

Seeing Wenxiu take the string of jade beads, Sheng Jiaojiao took the tea cup, lifted the tea lid, put aside the tea leaves on the water, and said:

"I went back to the north of the county this time, Brother Tan also gave me a box of gold, silver and jade beads, and he took care of the private school, and then the sons and daughters of the three villages can come to the private school for free, this is a big deal, if Uncle Zhang can do it, the carriage and horse expenses are naturally indispensable."

Wen Xiu immediately stood up, holding the jade bead necklace in his hand, and said:

"Since I raised money to set up a private school, I will go back immediately, so I can tell my uncle."

"Go ahead, be careful on the road."

Sheng Jiaojiao had a smile on her face and watched Wen Xiu salute and leave.

Miss Qi walked into the room with Wenxiu's body, looked back at the curtain at the door of the room strangely, and asked strangely:

"Jiaojiao'er, did you give Zhang Niangzi money again? When I came in, she was carefully tucking something into her sleeve. ”

It's really not that Miss Qi is stingy, but Sheng Jiaojiao is too generous, everyone who works under her is a daily salary, and after a month, it is quite a lot of money.

I'm afraid that the wages of Shanqingcheng have never been so expensive.

Sheng Jiaojiao took a sip of tea, turned her head to look at the big girl Qi who was sitting on the edge of the small table,

"It's just that I asked her uncle to do something, and I just stopped by to find out if Uncle Zhang can use it."

The number of people in the family is gradually insufficient, and the manpower after the autumn of this year is already a little tight, let alone the beginning of spring next year.

Sheng Jiaojiao wants to add a few more people, so she has to try people first.

So she told Wenxiu that she still had a box of gold and silver jewelry in her hand, and asked Wenxiu's man, Uncle Zhang, to go to Shanqingcheng to help make a jade bead necklace.

also made it clear that this box of gold, silver and jewelry was to be used to run a school for the sons and daughters of the three villages of Jumping Horse Lake.

The jade beads given to Wenxiu, Sheng Jiaojiao still has a box here, so she doesn't care if she loses that string of jade beads.

Shanqingcheng is far away, concentrate on doing things, and you can come back in two days.

The money that came was used to run private schools in the three villages, and it was not to be taken from it.

Therefore, if Wenxiu's man was available, he would not find some excuse to lose Yuzhu, but in fact, he would have lost the property used by the village to run a private school.

Not to mention that he will not carry the money, do not do his job, linger in the prosperity of Shanqing City, and forget to return to Jumping Horse Lake.

And these twists and turns, Sheng Jiaojiao had no intention of telling Miss Qi to listen, anyway, A-Niang was not interested.

Sure enough, Miss Qi pursed her lips, got up, and urged Sheng Jiaojiao,

"Okay, you always have a lot to do, let's go, the family is waiting for you in the hall."

In the lively Qi family hall, the faces of several ladies of the Qi family were full of joy that could not be hidden.

Sheng Jiaojiao got up, followed A-Niang to the hall, and as soon as she sat down, she asked Qi Huan to carry a stack of account books and several large boxes of silver money to the Qi family's hall, waiting for Qi Ming to come back to reconcile the accounts.

These big boxes were carried into the hall by Qi Hua and Uncle Qi together, and the Qi family was in an uproar.

Qi Sanniang glared and asked:

"What, why are there so many boxes?"

"It's all bought one after another."

Sheng Jiaojiao explained, and asked Qi Hua to take out some melon seeds and peanuts, and sent some to the aunts, big girls of Qi, and old lady Qi in each room.

These peanuts and melon seeds were bought by the merchant who she asked Qi Huan to pass by along the way to Jumping Horse Lake.

The real one, bought from the merchant.

Miss Qi looked at Qi Hua dividing melons and peanuts, she smiled in her eyes, and blamed her mouth:

"Spend money again, buy these for what."

On the main seat, the old lady Qi, who was grabbing a handful of melon seeds and began to snort with relish, glanced at the big girl Qi,

"Eat yours, just save money, Jiaojiao'er will buy it for you to eat, and you can't shut your mouth yet!"

"Auntie!"

Miss Qi is gone, she is the daughter of Mrs. Qi, how can she be the same as the one she picked up now, as long as she scolds Sheng Jiaojiao for spending money indiscriminately, Mrs. Qi will come out to protect the calf.

Looking at Sheng Jiaojiao's somewhat proud appearance again, Miss Qi looked back at Mrs. Qi,

"The old lady will protect it, one day she will spend all our family property, see how you drink the northwest wind."

"Jiaojiaoer will make money, but she can't spend it all."

Mrs. Qi didn't listen to her daughter, she only looked at the busy people with a smile, and told Qi Huan to take Sheng Jiaojiao, who moved this, and said:

"Our family has money now, what's wrong with buying some melon seeds and peanuts as snacks? Big girl, don't know what to do, let you eat it, you can eat it raw, and it's verbose. ”

A few ladies next to her, seeing that the eldest girl had been trained, only pursed their lips and smiled, each grabbed a handful of peanuts and melon seeds, drank hot tea in a teacup, and sat in the warm hall, chatting all over the world.

As soon as the door of the hall was closed, blocking the peeps of people outside, firewood was burning in the pit in the house, Sheng Jiaojiao tilted her body, and opened her mouth to Qi Erniang sitting next to her, and said idly:

"Second uncle, I'm afraid that the subject country can't wait, the men are fighting outside, we have to do a good job of logistics at home, the harvest in the field is not as good as day by day, we have to find some new ideas."

Once the snow falls, it will be an endless number of months of snowfall, and the snow can bury its neck, and Zhishou County will fall into a difficult situation of lack of food and clothing.

The subject nation would not give up this opportunity to go south.

In fact, since the beginning of this year, the subject country has been intermittently harassing Zhishou County, but it has been pressed down by Qi Zhang and Tan Ji several times in a row.

Now the Qi family's cellar has a lot of grain and apples, and the beams of the house are also full of bacon.

It is not difficult for the Qi family to spend this winter.

The difficulty is how the people of the entire Zhishou County spend this winter.

And the Qi family, how can they continue to make money in this winter.

Yes, Sheng Jiaojiao still has a lot of things to do, when winter comes, nothing can be planted in the field, and the snow in Zhishou County will fall until April and May next year, this snow season of more than half a year, it is impossible to live by reselling the Chen family's medicinal materials.

What if the Chen family doesn't rely on her?

Sheng Jiaojiao has struggled all her life in the cannibalistic palace and has never refused to put her eggs in one basket.

It's her way of survival.

Every year, a large number of people will freeze to death and starve to death in Zhishou County, although most of them are slaves, but there are also many locals who can't survive this season at all.

In the final analysis, the reason why so many people died was not because there was not enough food in Zhishou County.

When it really came to the time when the snow was buried in their necks, everyone covered up their food, and those who had no food at home, even if they had money, could not buy food.

The grain that can be bought is sold at sky-high prices, and the family is bankrupt, but I am afraid that I will not be able to buy a few buckets of rice.

Not to mention the medicinal materials, except for the part that freezes to death and starves to death, most of the rest are caused by lack of money to see a doctor, and the medicinal materials in Zhishou County are so expensive that ordinary people can't afford to buy medicine at all, so they can only resist hard, and if they can't carry it, they can only wait for death?

As soon as there are many people on the verge of death, it is easy to mess up, and when Zhishou County is in chaos, Qi Zhang and Tan Ji are unstable in the rear.

If the environment is chaotic, how good can the Qi family be?

Not to mention anything else, some people in Loess Village are now panicking.

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