Jiang Saburo was busy working for two days, and he forgot to say that he was going to Nanshan to build a house.

At this time, his two hundred golden ears had been planted, and he was about to go to the front yard to discuss with his father and brothers, when he saw Chen Cun standing at the door of his yard with his hands behind his back.

Chen Sanyou, the village leader, is in his forties, has a gentle temperament, is also helpful, and has a lot of prestige in Dongchen Village, second only to his eldest brother Chen Fu patriarch.

Jiang Sanlang saw Chen Cunzheng coming, hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Third Uncle Chen, come in and sit." ”

Chen Sanyou paced in, looked around, and asked, "San Lang, I saw that you have been busy recently, what are you busy with?" ”

Jiang Saburo rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I'm not busy with anything, I just picked some mushrooms from the mountains and came back to plant them." ”

"What mushrooms?" Chen San was curious.

Jiang Saburo led him into the bamboo shed, pointed to the twenty mulberry trees on the shelf and said, "I planted golden fungus, and I said it was a tonic." ”

Chen Sanyou stretched his neck and looked at it for a while, realizing that he didn't recognize it, and muttered: "It's strange." ”

Jiang Saburo smiled.

Coming out of the bamboo shed, Chen Sanyou said earnestly: "San Lang, it's okay to grow mushrooms, but you can't throw away the fields, growing grain is the foundation of our farmer's life." ”

Jiang Sanlang nodded immediately: "Third Uncle Chen, don't worry, my family's fields are all planted, and not a single mu has been lost." ”

Chen Sanyou nodded and sighed: "Yesterday, I came to inform that after the summer harvest is over, the imperial court will collect a large amount of grain and cloth. Alas, you all have to hurry up, there will not be enough to count when the time comes, and you and I will not have a good time. ”

Jiang Saburo frowned: "Do you want to add it again?" Third Uncle Chen, is the court at war with again? ”

Chen Sanyou shook his head, "I don't know, there will always be a decree when the time comes, let's wait." ”

He walked a few steps, then stopped, and continued:

"Also, the fields over there in Nanshan, you also hurry up and cultivate, no matter what you plant, it is better than being wasted, I see that the price of grain in the second half of the year will definitely rise. It's better for you to play around that land a little bit than to go hungry in the winter. ”

"That's what Uncle Chen said." Jiang Sanlang said: "I also want to pick up the land in Nanshan, and I will ask Uncle Chen to give you a detailed reference at that time." ”

"Hmm." Chen Sanyou was satisfied and left with his hands behind his back.

Seeing off Muramasa, Jiang Saburo's face was solemn.

In previous years, before the imperial court went to war, it would always levy grain and cloth, and if the war was stalemate, it would also levy soldiers.

At that time, the people may have another cold wind and snow.

Fortunately, he had just earned more than 200 taels of silver, and even if he really wanted to be conscripted, his three brothers could use the silver to buy a pawn instead of going to the army.

Therefore, the matter of building a house must be carefully considered.

…

As the saying goes, peach blossoms in March and rain in April, this is the end of April, and the sky is overcast, and it seems that heavy rain is brewing.

Chun Niang sat in front of the window, glancing out from time to time, worried.

She has been thinking about her daughter's words these days, even if one day the river suddenly floods and floods her house.

"San Lang, let's hurry up and build a house in Nanshan, alas, I can't even sleep well these days."

Jiang Saburo, who was teasing his son, was stunned, looked outside, and frowned.

There was a lot of rain in early summer, and it hasn't been sunny for a few days.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't we build three thatched huts on Nanshan first, and in case of heavy rain, we will go to the mountain to take shelter." ”

Chunniang nodded immediately, "Build a thatched house, build a thatched house, San Lang, I really can't stand it." "I was so scared all night that I didn't dare to close my eyes.

"Then I'll tell my father and mother tomorrow to see if they can cover it." Jiang Saburo said.

Chunniang glared at her husband, "You can cover it, why do you always pull your father and mother and the eldest brother and second brother, in case they don't agree to go, then don't you cover it?" ”

"How can you?" Jiang Saburo touched his head in embarrassment: "Didn't I think that if there was a big flood one day, they would build a house and have a place to settle in Nanshan." ”

Chun Niang's face was a little pale, and she urged: "Then what are you waiting for tomorrow, it's not too late, hurry up and tell your eldest brother and second brother." ”

"Oh, I'll go."

Sakura didn't know that because of his own words, his father and mother really decided to build a house in Nanshan. Not only did my father go to cover it, but he also brought the eldest and second uncles together.

At this time, she was busy in the cave, planting snow fungus on five mulberry trees.

After planting the snow fungus, I went to see the golden fungus on the other five mulberry trees.

These golden ears have grown, but because of the bad weather, they have not been cut.

However, if it is not harvested, the mature golden fungus will shrink and change color, and finally rot.

Now the golden fungus planted by my father has not grown up, so naturally it will not be baked in the oven, and now it is the rainy season, the weather is humid and there is not enough sunshine, and the golden fungus is not dried in time, it will rot and mold.

Hey, you must calculate the time for the next planting, otherwise you will be busy in vain.

Sakura Bao walked around the cave and saw a large piece of singles grass, that is, the grass with water chestnuts.

Now that the water chestnuts are ripe, they will rot in the ground if they are not picked.

Sakura scratched her head and squatted down to dig water chestnuts.

Even pulling and digging, only a few dozen bushes of singles grass harvested a large basket of egg-sized water chestnuts, which made Sakura Bao sad.

I can't eat it all by myself, and I don't dare to take too much out to eat for others, which is really life-threatening.

If only she had grown up, she would be able to sell them in town. Or pretend to buy it back from the bazaar.

But she is only a two-year-old doll now, a little higher than the small dining table, and if she goes out alone, a child of a few years old can take her away.

I picked a dozen of the largest ones, put them aside as seeds, and put the rest in the basket for the time being.

After washing his hands in the pool, Sakura began to ponder the thirty ripe golden ears again.

This thing is always valuable, and it hurts her to waste any of them.

Sweeping his eyes around, Sakura Bao saw Wudingzhi on the stone wall, and suddenly had a whim.

Pull a few Wudingzhi leaves down, put them in a bowl and mash them into a paste, and scoop some pond water and stir and stir.

The juice of Wudingzhi melts in the water, and it is only slightly viscous, and nothing else can be seen.

Sakura poured the bowl of water over the ripe golden fungus, wanting to wait a few days to see if they would mutate.

Anyway, the golden fungus is already ripe, and if it is not picked and dried in time, it will be moldy, so it is better to use them for an experiment.

If there is nothing unusual, she will cook these golden ears for her grandparents and uncles to eat, which is not a waste, and if they are spoiled and damaged, she will throw them away.

When I came out of the cave, I saw dark clouds outside the window, and it was already raining.

Sakura sat down on the kang table, picked up an ink strip and began to grind the ink.

Since her father bought her pen, ink, paper and inkstone, she has one more task every day, which is to copy the calligraphy and copy the three-character scripture.

The rain became heavier and heavier, crackling and hitting the window lattice, causing splashes.

Jiang Saburo hurried home from outside, his clothes already wet.

took off his wet clothes, took the cloth towel brought by his wife to wipe his face, and said with a smile: "The eldest brother and the second brother agreed to go with us to Nanshan to build a house, and when the rain stops, I will go and ask Brother Li Dayong to help us build adobe, and the construction will start in the autumn." ”

Building a house is not an easy task, even if you build a thatched house, you have to dry the adobe needed to build the house, and then prepare enough bamboo and thatch, as well as log beams, door and window frames, and you have to lay them in advance.

When everything is ready, you can hire someone to lay the foundation and build the house.

During this period, you have to avoid the busy farming season, even in the cold winter, because the soil is prone to ice, once the spring flowers bloom, the ice melts, the house is not reliable, and the walls will collapse after a long time.

Chunniang pursed her lips and smiled, brought him dry clothes to change, and asked, "Do you still build an adobe house?" ”

The family now has the money to build five large houses of blue bricks, which are clean and bright, and there will be no black insects crawling down from the rotten thatch on the roof in summer.

Jiang Saburo nodded, "For the time being, we will build three adobe houses, and when we earn some more money, we will build brick houses." ”