"Uncle Zhang, you don't care about us, put out the fire first, this rice field is Madame's rice farming, we must keep it!" Dazhu shouted and cried, they usually value this field more than anything else, so they are desperately fighting the fire at this time.

Zhang Tang also knew that fighting the fire was the most important, but the safety of Xu Mingchen and the others was equally important, so he ordered two long-term workers to protect Xu Mingchen and them, at this time the drainage ditch had been dug up, and water flowed in, and the drainage ditches around the rice field were very effective in blocking the fire, plus everyone desperately used various methods to extinguish the fire, and finally there was no fire in the black rice field.

After some hard fighting, everyone was exhausted, although the fire was extinguished, but looking at the acres of burned autumn rice in front of them, many people showed sadness on their faces, and Dazhu and their children were crying at the scorched farmland.

"What are you crying about, isn't it just a few acres of rice, just pay you silver!" Xu Minghao couldn't understand why Dazhu was crying so sadly, the field was destroyed, and they would plant it again next year, how could it be worth crying like this.

But he didn't expect Xu Minghao's words to annoy Dazhu, he glared at Xu Minghao angrily and tearfully and said, "The eldest young master in your wealthy family doesn't understand anything at all, this is not an ordinary rice field!" If you hadn't burned the fire, this rice field wouldn't have burned down at all, it's all your fault! ”

"That's right, it's your fault!" The two pillars also blamed Xu Minghao and said.

Xu Minghao was a little weak-hearted, and he didn't know how to defend himself when he opened his mouth, so he had to snort coldly: "It's a big deal, I'll pay you a hundred taels of silver, it's enough to buy fifty acres of land!" ”

"Old Seven, what the hell is going on?" Lin Shuran heard the conversation of several people, and wondered in his heart, could this fire be related to Xu Minghao?

"What's going on, one person does things and one person is in charge, I lit the fire!" Xu Minghao didn't seem to be afraid that Lin Shuran would be angry at all, it depended on whether this woman dared to beat him.

Lin Shuran was naturally very angry when she heard him say this, just like Dazhu said, this rice field is really important, but she didn't scold Xu Minghao loudly, just calmed herself down, and told these children to go back to their respective homes first, and find their mothers to wash and change clothes.

"Mother, the seventh brother didn't mean it!" Lin Shuran silently led Xu Mingchen and them to the direction of the grange, and the depressing atmosphere made Xu Mingchen couldn't help but walk behind Lin Shuran and explain in a whisper.

Unexpectedly, Lin Shuran turned around and gave him a reassuring smile and said: "I understand, although he is very naughty and loves to cause trouble, he is also a kind-hearted child, what I am angry about is not the destruction of the rice fields, but that it is my fault for putting you in danger!" ”

"It has nothing to do with mother!" Xu Mingchen could feel that Lin Shuran had always been tolerant and friendly to them, in fact, she didn't have to worry so much about their stepsons, no matter what they were, they would naturally not have troubles, but deep down he and his younger brothers actually hoped that such a person would appear to discipline them.

"Ever since I married your father, your words and deeds have been related to me!" Lin Shuran's tone was rare and solemn, and when he heard Xu Mingchen and the Xu family brothers behind him, they all lowered their heads, seeing this, Lin Shuran comforted them again, "Okay, it's okay now, you go back and wash up well, I'll let the kitchen prepare some meals when you go back, if you want to go back to the house to live, I'll let you go back!" ”

Lin Shuran is disappointed in them and dislikes them, right? The brothers of the Xu family were a little uncomfortable in their hearts, and Xu Minghao was even more uncomfortable in his heart.

After returning to the Grange, someone sent Xu Mingchen a change of clothes and food, and it didn't take long for Zhang Tang, the steward of the Grange, to come and tell them that there was already a carriage set up by the groom outside, and if they wanted to go home, they could go back.

"Steward Zhang, won't my mother go home with us?" The Xu brothers' interest in going back was not high, they really wanted to go back on the day they first came, but now they are like being driven away by disgust.

Zhang Tang replied: "Miss wants to stay in the Grange to deal with things, the burned rice field is the rice seed that Miss promised to leave for others for the next year, and now that the rice seed is destroyed, Miss has to find another way to make up for the rice seed." ”

"Steward Zhang, are those rice seeds important?" Xu Mingchen didn't expect Lin Shuran, a lady, to attach so much importance to the field.

Zhang Tang nodded, sighed slightly and said: "Those rice seeds are the hard work of Miss in the past three years, a few young masters don't know, the highest yield of rice grown in other people's best rice fields is 400 catties per acre, Miss lived in the Grange in the first year she re-screened the rice seeds, fertilized the rice field, that year the Grange 1 mu of land rice reached 600 catties, the second year continued to improve the rice seeds and soil quality, one acre of rice harvested 800 catties, this year is the third year, has first harvested three acres of rice, the yield has reached 1,000 catties. ”

After that, Zhang Tang also told Xu Mingchen that the land in the southern suburbs of the capital is barren, and most of the people in the vicinity are cultivating land, three years ago, Lin Shuran told the people in the surrounding mountains some ways to improve the soil quality, and promised to give them some high-yield rice seeds, and the southern suburbs in the coming year may be full of rice fragrance, but now the rice seeds are gone, and everyone is very disappointed and sad.

Hearing what Zhang Tang said, the Xu family brothers lowered their heads again, Xu Minghao also knew that he seemed to have caused a big disaster this time, and the puzzled Xu Mingxuan looked at Xu Mingfan, who had always known the most, and asked, "Fourth brother, is a thousand catties a lot of land per acre?" ”

"Many, according to the records in the book, most of the rice yield per mu in the years when the wind and rain were smooth in my dynasty was three or four hundred catties, and there were even no grains in some places in the years of disasters, if what Steward Zhang said was true, the yield of rice per mu could reach 1,000 catties, then there would be no more people starving to death in our Jin Dynasty!" Xu Mingfan's eyes showed shock, is his "mother" so capable? It's really not like the boudoir daughter from a scholarly family at all!

"Steward Zhang, please go back to your mother, we don't plan to leave the Grange and go home, what our mother punished us for, we haven't finished it, and this fire is also because of us, we are willing to be punished!" Xu Mingchen didn't want to be a person who made a mistake and ran away.

Zhang Tang had to inform Lin Shuran of Xu Mingchen's decision, and Lin Shuran only nodded after hearing it, and didn't say anything.

In her eyes, every child has a good and innocent side, this time the Xu brothers did not choose to make a mistake and escape, in her opinion, it is a good start, the children can be taught, and she is naturally willing to guide them to avoid detours.

On this night, except for the youngest three, Lin Shuran called the other ten brothers of the Xu family to him, looked at their faces with shame, and said: "Since you say that you are willing to be punished, then from tomorrow onwards, you will be the same as the two pillars of the big pillar, you will follow them into the mountain, and you will also follow them into the school when they enter the school, but don't lose the backbone and face of your Xu family." ”

"Mother rest assured, she will not insult the family style!" Xu Mingchen took the lead and assured, and the others also nodded one after another, they would not lose to those people in Dazhu again.