"Aunt her, come and see who's coming." Gu Mu said.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rush of footsteps, and then the dilapidated door was opened from the inside by a pair of dry old hands.

Aunt Gu first glanced at Gu's mother, and her eyes quickly shifted to Gu Hui's face behind her.

The old face that was dark and full of folds was suddenly full of smiles, and even the folds were piled together.

Then a pair of hands full of dirt and chicken paws were about to grab Gu Hui's arm. Gu Hui was so frightened that she took several steps back.

"Hello, Auntie, let's talk slowly."

"Hey, hey, okay, I haven't seen you for so long, you're still so handsome, eldest niece~"

The aunt was very envious when she looked at the white and chubby Gu mother, and she couldn't wait to transfer the meat on Gu Hui's body to her grandson, who was as thin as a chick.

The aunt invited Gu's mother and mother in, and then blew her nose with her hand, and threw it on the ground casually, about to pour water for them to drink.

"No, no need, Auntie, we're not thirsty." Gu Hui was very frightened, if she waited for her aunt to really pour water, she didn't know if she was drinking water or snot.

Gu's mother looked calm, not strange, Aunt Mi is very good, but there are some minor problems. I didn't see that the children in the yard were all gray and dirty, and they looked dirty, but this is not a big problem, they don't pay so much attention to the countryside, and the children are not sick or painful.

"Aunt her, you don't have to be busy." Gu's mother said, "It's not early, let's talk to you......"

As Gu Mu spoke, she felt Gu Hui beside her tugging on her sleeve, Gu Mu didn't know why, but she still insisted on finishing her words.

"Let's talk to you about something."

Gu Hui looked at Aunt Gu's virtue, and she didn't want to hire her anymore. Seeing that Gu's mother was going to go down, she instinctively wanted to stop her, but halfway through, she thought, she couldn't find anyone anywhere else at this price, besides, this meal was not for her to eat, as long as she asked her aunt not to come out in the back kitchen.

Thinking of all this, Gu Hui let go of the hand that was holding Gu's mother's sleeve.

Gu's mother was free, and what she said was even more called an eyebrow dance. If the aunt's family has a better life because of her, then her status in the old Gu family must not jump up.

"My granddaughter is tinkering with a restaurant in the town, and there are not enough people to do it, so I thought, auntie, you can help them. Isn't it all family? Gu Mu said, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Aunt Gu is a tendon, thinking that she is asking her to help in vain, and she will immediately give Gu's mother a quick look.

"Sister-in-law, how can you do this? With such a bunch of people in my family, can I still ignore my granddaughters and grandchildren to go to the town to do things for your family? ”

"Oh, auntie, you misunderstood me, they are all relatives, will your eldest niece treat you badly? I have to pay you every month, and I take care of my food every day. Gu's mother hurriedly explained.

When the aunt heard Gu's mother's explanation, she immediately changed her face, and instantly smiled, thanking her for her kindness. He even didn't want money to praise Gu Hui and Gu Lianhua.

"I knew that the eldest niece was a good person, and the girl was so promising. You have a conscience, what's the good thing about this, and don't forget your family. Don't worry, my aunt is working, that's called a Lisuo! Aunt Mi patted her chest and promised.

Although Gu Hui's eyes were still suspicious, but the matter had come to this, she couldn't hire someone at such a low price anymore. Forget it, just aunt, at least know the roots, they are all from the same village. If she did something bad, she would just come to Gujia Village and find her door.

In this way, with the joint efforts of Gu's mother and Gu Hui, Shao Ji ushered in a new employee - Auntie!

With the help of my aunt, the business of Shao Kee Restaurant took a sharp turn and plummeted......

It was the end of autumn in November, and the weather was getting cooler and cooler, and the rice in the fields slowly turned yellow after a few days of sunny days.

The growth time of the second crop rice is very short, the differentiation is extremely fast, and it usually matures in three months, and the beginning of November is the time for harvest.

Li Zheng stood in the middle of the village under the honey locust tree held a meeting, each family officially went to the field to harvest rice, the second crop rice and the first stubble rice is different, it is higher rice stalks, more rice ears, rice is not only large but also full, such a rice harvest speed will be relatively slow, but see such a high-quality rice ear, who cares about the slow speed.

This time, Gu Qing's family was still out as a family, the two shops in the town, as well as the workshops in the village, were all on holiday, and even Dong Rong and Mo Li, who had been reading every day recently, also put down their books and went to the ground together.

There was a lot of rain at the end of autumn, and if it rained in the middle of the harvest, the rice would easily become moldy and rotten in the field, and it took the whole family four days to recover all the rice.

After taking it back, it doesn't mean that the work is over, and there are a lot of things to follow.

When Dong Rong came, it was the time of the bumper harvest, it was almost winter, after three months, he was very proficient in these agricultural things, and followed Yang Pei to dry rice and beat rice, even Yang Huai, a little boy with amnesia, did not hide from being lazy, he followed Gu Yu and Gu Nuo to pick up rice ears in the field behind them, and a sense of pride rose in his heart when he saw the golden rice ears being picked up by him into the back basket.

The seedlings of the second season of rice this time are hybrid rice seedlings bought in the mall, and the yield per mu has reached 1,400 catties, according to the output of previous years, one mu of land can produce at most four or five hundred catties of grain, and the high yield of seedlings provided by Gu Qing to everyone simply subverts everyone's imagination!

Gu Qing himself was a little amazed, if the second crop rice was promoted, the lives of the people at the bottom would not know how many times it would improve.

But none of this is for her to decide.

She continued to the heart of the family, but fortunately, the floor of the yard of the house was covered with green bricks, which was used to dry the grain, which was no better.

was busy, and suddenly many villagers in the village rushed to her door.

The leaders were Li Zheng's wife and Mrs. Gu, followed by many, many women, each carrying a cloth bag in their hands.

Gu Qing hurriedly came out: "What's going on?" ”

It was the time when the farm was busy, why did these people come to her house in droves?

Li Zheng's wife said with a smile: "Didn't you say it before, after the second crop of rice, each family in our Gujia Village will bring you ten catties of rice, if you don't propose to plant two crops, who knows that there will be another harvest, this time the yield per mu is 13400 catties, and my family will collect more than 10,000 catties, which is all thanks to you!" ”

Aunt Zhao squeezed in: "You deserve these ten catties, take it!" ”

Mrs. Gu untied her cloth bag: "I specially sent you the driest rice, ten catties, hurry up and put it away!" ”

Gu Qing covered his face.

The old lady was obviously suggesting that the rest of the village should not use wet rice to fill the number.

Sure enough, she saw a few women in the crowd quietly leaving, presumably going back to change rice.

Mrs. Gu, who is nearly seventy years old, walked in with two cloth bags: "Gu Niangzi, this is our family's rice!" ”

Gu Qing pushed the rice bag back: "Grandma Gu, it's not easy for you to take a teenage grandson, an old and a young, how can you give me these for nothing, I can accept other people's, but I must not accept the things of the lonely old people and children in the village." ”

Gu's attitude is also very firm: "Without you, there would be no second harvest in our village, it depends on you that we will not be hungry this year, these ten catties of food are far from enough to express our gratitude, but everyone knows the situation of my family, and we can only take out so much, you have to collect it if you don't take it!" ”

Her old man directly tore open the rice bag, poured the rice on the drying field in the courtyard of Gu Qing's house, and then turned around and left, this old woman is old, and she walks fast, giving people a feeling that she is getting younger and younger.

With Gu's old woman in front, those young people in the village who are good at hands and feet have no excuse not to give food, and even Zhang Xiuhua, who has never dealt with Gu Qing, also came over with ten catties of rice, not dry rice, with a little moisture, there are probably eight or nine catties left after drying.

After the rice of the whole village was delivered, Gu Qing's family had nearly 2,000 catties of extra rice, which was equivalent to the total harvest of the previous family for two years.

Her momentary thoughts made Gujia Village harvest again, and also made her harvest the kindness and gratitude of most people.

In the study, Mo Li is painting, he has not picked up a pen to paint for a long time, but when he sees everything thriving here, he always has the idea of chanting poetry, making pairs, and painting.

In just a few days, he has taken the time to draw several pictures, such as the swaying of rice ears in autumn, the rising sun in the village, the busy harvest of the villagers, and the reading of students......

Every picture is full of positive vitality and infects him, and there is the same protagonist in each picture - that is his lady Gu Qing, every time she looks at her delicate face, it makes him breathe tightly, and the deer crashes.

No, there are many people in the family, the competition is too fierce, he has to find a way to take the head of the family away!

As the harvest drew to a close, he summoned all the families to a meeting at the acacia tree.

"I called everyone here this time to talk about paying taxes." Li Zheng stood on the high stone block and said loudly, "This year, we have a bumper harvest in Gujia Village, although this bumper harvest is not expected by everyone, nor is it expected by the imperial court......

Before Li Zheng's words were finished, the person who had the good thing said loudly: "Aunt Li Zheng doesn't want us to pay taxes again, this harvest is a windfall, and the court didn't say that we have to pay taxes, how can we send it over for nothing!" ”

Li Zheng's voice became a little more majestic: "The imperial court has a clear rule that as long as it is grain grown in the ground, taxes must be paid, and the court does not mention it, it does not mean that it is not needed, rather than waiting for the government to forcibly collect it, it is better for us to take the initiative to hand it over ourselves!" Moreover, the prefectural magistrate said that our village only needs to pay one-fifteenth of the tax, which is much luckier than other villages! ”

Old Lady Gu spoke: "I heard that other places did not survive the famine year, and it all depends on the imperial court to open warehouses and release grain, if the food of the imperial court is gone, those people will become homeless, will we still have the current peaceful days?" ”

As soon as these words came out, many people on the side nodded their heads, if there is no food, they will become homeless, and if there are more homeless people, they will fall into the grass, and when the time comes, the world will be in chaos, and the food in hand will not be saved.

(End of chapter)