Chapter 47: Borrowing Money
Sakura Bao hugged A-Niang tightly, and rubbed her head against her chest.
Thankfully, it was a dream.
Luckily it's back.
Chunniang patted her daughter's back and said softly, "Bao'er, are you hungry?" It's already noon, and you're sleeping so heavily this night, A-Niang can't wake you up. ”
Sakura nodded, "I'm hungry." ”
"Then the mother is going to bring lunch, you go and wash up." Chun Niang said.
"Hmm." Sakura turned her head to see her two younger brothers, sitting next to them squinting at her with their fingers in silly music.
Let go of A-Niang, ran to the two younger brothers, touched their round little heads, and said with a smile: "Xiaojie, Dawu, can my sister teach you to read later?" ”
Xiaojie took his fingers out of his mouth, and slapped them on the face of the young lady who came over, and screamed, as if he was answering.
Xiao Wu suddenly turned his head, slapped the little brother's head, and grabbed the little brother's chubby hand and bit it.
"Oh, how did Xiao Wu bite my brother."
Sakura quickly hugged Xiao Wu away.
Xiao Jie wowa cried and raised his bitten little hand to complain to A-Niang.
Chunniang couldn't cry or laugh, touched Xiaojie's little fleshy hand, and blew it, "Okay, okay, Xiaojie doesn't hurt." Xiao Wu is playing with his brother. ”
Xiaojie rubbed his eyes, and sure enough, he didn't cry anymore, and still crawled over to sit with his younger brothers and sisters.
Ying Bao nodded at Xiao Wu's head and said softly: "You can't bite my brother in the future, you know?" ”
Xiao Wu blinked, threw himself into his sister's arms, turned his head to glare at his brother Xiaojie, and quietly stretched out his little foot to kick him, wanting to kick him away and not get close to his sister.
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Jiang Saburo lay on the kang for two days, drank medicine on time every day, ate the steamed eggs made by the little girl, and soon jumped around, even the cloth wrapped around his head was removed.
Now is the busy farming season, the wheat in the dry fields must be harvested, the seedlings in the paddy fields must be planted, and the fields on the other side of the Nanshan Mountain must be sown millet grains.
At this time, even the donkey of the village masa's family is tired and paralyzed.
Sakura Bao has also been busy recently, busy taking her younger brother and letting her father and mother work in the field with peace of mind.
In addition to taking her younger brother, she also has to take the time to cook rice for her father and mother, and also steam a bowl of egg custard for her younger brother to supplement nutrition.
And the things in the cave can only be done at night.
The seeds bought from the merchant have all been planted in the cave, just waiting to germinate.
Fanbang seeds are specially cared for by her, and they are planted alone in the black soil by the pool.
And the thirty golden ears seem to have really mutated, not only did not collapse, but grew bigger and bigger, crystal clear and golden color, very beautiful.
As for the three piles of grain harvested before, they still haven't all been threshed, so Sakura decided to wait for his own wheat to be transported to the threshing floor, and then quietly release the Dongfu wheat and pile it together with the family's wheat and threshing it together.
Yuanbao's school also had a farm holiday.
He and Huzi often come to play with their little cousin, occasionally get the approval of their little cousin, and can also ride Yoyou around the village for a long time, attracting countless envious and jealous eyes.
Xiao Jie and Xiao Wu were also extremely excited when they saw Youyou, and they crawled forward vigorously.
Sakura Bao found two small back baskets, tied them tightly with ropes, put one on Yo Yo's back on one side, and fixed the back basket and leather saddle together, so that it would not deviate.
Then put each of the two younger brothers into a basket, and she led them around.
Xiaojie Xiaowu was so happy that he grabbed the edge of the basket and looked out, giggling non-stop.
Huzi looked greedy, and pulled Sakura Bao vigorously, and he also wanted to sit in the back basket.
In desperation, Sakura had no choice but to put the two younger brothers in a back basket and let Huzi stay on the other side.
So there is a strange scene in the village, a two-year-old female doll is leading a big deer, and there are two back baskets hanging on both sides of the deer, and there are three male dolls sitting in the back basket, one of which is obviously bigger than the female baby.
There were also a few children around Dalu, staring enviously at Huzi and Xiaojie Xiaowu.
When the master saw this, he shook his head and sighed.
The wind of the world is declining, and the yin is flourishing and the yang is declining.
What's wrong with these babies in the village, why do they always revolve around a little big female doll?
A few days.
The wheat in the village has basically been harvested, and some of them have been threshed, leaving only dry grain.
In the past few days, Li Zheng has brought people over to check it out, and announced that this year's tax will be increased by 10%.
The villagers complained, but there was nothing they could do.
As a result, many villagers hurried to dry their wheat, hoping to sell the grain as soon as possible in exchange for more silver.
Because the imperial court now implements the two-tax law, that is, taxes are collected according to the number of acres of land, and the tax grain is converted into silver money for collection.
Therefore, the people had to sell the grain before they could afford to pay the taxes.
This will face the rapid saturation of the grain market after the summer harvest, and the price of grain will be greatly reduced by wealthy merchants.
Therefore, people have to sell the grain before the price is reduced to minimize the loss.
Jiang Saburo's wheat has also been harvested and dried on the threshing floor, ready to be dried for a day or two before threshing.
However, he was not in a hurry at all, anyway, he had money to pay taxes, and he did not plan to sell the grain he collected this time.
Didn't Uncle Chen say that the price of grain will definitely rise this winter, so not only does he not sell grain, but also wants to buy some from other village households and come back to Tun.
Of course, I won't buy more, just enough to make my own family rich for a year.
was turning over the wheat, and suddenly saw Chen Ergou from Xichen Village running over, plopping down to Jiang Sanlang and kneeling, howling and begging:
"San Lang, please, hurry up and go to the county seat to help my donkey intercede, woo woo woo..."
Jiang Saburo was startled, hurriedly retreated to avoid it, and said coldly: "You didn't ask for the wrong place." ”
Chen Ergou stepped forward on his knees, and said with a handful of snot and tears:
"San Lang, it's all my donkey's bad, you shouldn't listen to that damn Chen Thirty pout, but you don't have anything, can you go to the county master and say it, let my donkey go, woo woo woo... Please..."
Jiang Saburo was speechless, and said angrily: "What do you say I have to do?" ”
He looked down and pointed to a large bald scar on the top of his head: "Are you blind?" Who caused all that big scar here? ”
Chun Niang also said angrily: "My husband was almost killed by your Chen Donkey, you actually said that there was nothing wrong?" ”
Chen Ergou's little eyes flashed, and he said in his heart, aren't you jumping around now.
He blew his nose and cried, "That's... Can you lend me some money, I... I may redeem my son. ”
Although his son had committed an accident, he was not yet eighteen years old, and the county lord said that as long as his family came up with fifty taels of silver, he could ransom his son home.
If the ransom is not paid, Chen Donkey can only be locked up in the county jail.
But how could he have fifty taels of silver, and he couldn't even get a hundred pennies at home.
In the past few days, he has borrowed money from all over the village, but no one is willing to borrow money.
When many people saw him coming, they hurriedly closed the door and closed their doors, refusing to pay attention to the thousands of calls.
Later, it was Chen Laozhuan who told him that Dongcun Jiang Saburo was already well, and he was alive and kicking, looking like he was seriously injured.
And that day, Jiang Sanlang got fifteen taels of compensation, fifteen taels, all of which were the hard-earned money of the people of Xicun.
Chen Laozhuan also gave him an idea, saying that Jiang Sanlang's family didn't grow any gold, and the leakage point in the hand seam was enough for fifty taels, you go to cry and beg for it, then Jiang Laohan wants face the most, and he will borrow it if he can't guarantee it.
Jiang Saburo was almost laughed at by this goods, "Why do you have the courage to borrow money from me?" Who gave you the face? ”