Chapter 55: Outsiders Come
Coming back from the southern slope, Yingbao honestly taught his younger brother to speak and endorse at home, and went to Dongfu to sort out the crops when he had time.
The golden fungus snow fungus that she cut last time had dried out after a period of drying, and none of them were moldy, and she used a bucket to pack them.
Now the mushrooms have emerged on the ten mulberry trees, and the golden ears are golden and the snow ears are white and clear, which is very gratifying.
The planted cotton seeds have emerged and are thriving.
After a flick of the sacrificial stove, Jiang Sanlang took the time to go to Nanpo again, and asked Wang Ke and his son to go back for the New Year first, and then come back to do their work after the New Year.
Jiang Saburo also measured five buckets of wheat and one bucket of rice for him, which was counted as an advance salary.
Wang Ke happily carried the wheat and rice and took his two sons home.
There are still three mouths waiting at home, and the little food left before is estimated to have been eaten by them. The five buckets of wheat and one bucket of rice given by Jiang Saburo happened to be connected, which could support his family until February and March.
As long as in February and March, wild vegetables and elm sprouts grow in the wild, and the family will not starve to death if they deal with it indiscriminately.
Until April, the locust flowers in the mountains can also be full, and the children will go to the ditch to catch some small fish, shrimp and loach mussels, and the days will be close to the summer harvest.
In this way, his family can be regarded as relieved.
For many years, the poor people have been holding on like this year after year, until they can't hold it anymore.
In the blink of an eye, spring has passed, and the ice and snow have melted.
It's another year and a new beginning.
During this period, the imperial court really issued a conscription order, and many young men in Chuanhe Town were forced to go to the battlefield.
The same is true in Dongxichen Village, where more than a dozen men over the age of 18 were taken away at one time.
Even the Chen patriarch's family was not spared, and his youngest son was finally conscripted into the army.
This conscription was very strict, in order to make up the number of soldiers, it was not allowed to buy guards to replace the expedition, and because of this, Patriarch Chen had to push his youngest son out to enlist.
But no one expected that the old man of the Jiang family would become old and fine, and after making up for the grain collection that time, he would go to Lizheng to divide the household for his three sons.
In order to implement his son's household registration as soon as possible, Jiang Laohan also sent half a catty of golden ear to Sun Lizheng.
Sun Lizheng did not accept anything from him in vain, and sent his household registration to the county government office the next day for filing.
The advantage of the division of the household is that the county government will not issue a conscription order to the only male in the household.
If there is anything bad about it, it is that every year of labor in the future, each household must pay one penny.
In other words, the three brothers had to do 10 to 30 days of labor every year for the next year.
This is also something that can't be helped, Seon doesn't know if he is blessed, and doing local labor is always better than going to the unknown battlefield to die.
As a result, the three brothers of the Jiang family escaped conscription and saved a sum of money.
Just after the first month, Sun Lizheng brought someone to the door to recalculate the households for the Jiang family.
In the end, the three brothers of the Jiang family were all assessed as second-class households, and in the future, the summer harvest and autumn harvest will be paid according to the second-class households.
Jiang Saburo was not surprised and gladly accepted this assessment.
When spring arrives, I am as busy as a spinning top, and I can't stop at all.
If the girl wants to transplant fruit trees on the south slope, she must first dig the tree pit, and after digging the pit, she has to pick up the chicken manure piled up outside the yard to the south slope for fertilization.
"San Lang, there is an outdoor person in our village."
Chun Niang rubbed her dough and said to her husband: "Then the outsiders still want to run a women's school here with us." ”
"What kind of school?" Jiang Saburo was surprised, "No wonder a new house has been built over there in Ethnology." ”
Recently, he has been living in the south slope digging pits and planting trees, and his daughter is also there to help, but he did not expect that in a few days, the village built a new house for a group of outdoor locals next to the clan study.
"It is said that it is a school that teaches female dolls to learn medical skills."
Chun Niang kneaded the noodles, pulled out the large noodles from the dough, and began to knead the steamed buns.
"Studying medicine? That's good, just so that Bao'er can learn too. Jiang Saburo said.
Her little girl is smart and clever, and she is destined not to be like an ordinary village girl, learn some skills, and find a mother-in-law in the city in the future.
When Sakura heard this, she immediately became curious.
In my previous life, there was no women's school here.
Take out Yoyo, skillfully saddle it, put on the reins, step on the bench and ride on the back of a deer, she wants to see what the outsiders are like.
I don't know when a few houses were built next to the Chen clan study, and a large courtyard was also built.
The yard has not yet been completed, and several villagers are helping to pick up the earthen wall.
But the house seemed to be inhabited, and there were two brightly dressed children standing at the door, obviously not from the village.
Because of the distance, Sakura didn't see their looks clearly, and only vaguely felt that they were a boy and a girl.
The girl is slightly older than Erni, and the boy is about the same size as Yuanbao.
Sakura urged Yoyo to come closer, and saw that the two children had also spotted her and were looking this way.
At this time, a woman in a camel-colored dress came out of the house, in her thirties, dignified and demure.
She also saw Sakura and beckoned to her.
The god Sakura sent the ghost to urge the deer to pass.
The woman smiled and asked, "Whose child are you?" ”
"Jiang Saburo's family." Sakura held back her excitement, her eyes glancing at the girl next to her.
This girl is like Sister Wen, her eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same, but how could Sister Wen come to a little-known mountain village?
"Jiang Saburo's family." The woman smiled softer and asked softly, "What's your name?" ”
"Sakura, my name is Sakuraho." Sakura replied loudly.
The boy next to him froze, and his expression was a little unsightly.
The woman and the girl laughed.
"It was originally called Sakura, what a good name."
The woman spoke softly and gently: "Do you want to come down and play for a while?" ”
Sakura nodded hurriedly.
The woman stepped forward to take her off the deer, touched the pigtails on her head, and said with a smile: "Come and get to know, this is my daughter, named Wen Shu." That's my son, named Wen Hengyin. ”
Warm and comfortable?
Ying Bao almost screamed, the young lady turned out to be Wen Shu!
Ying Bao's eyes were shining, staring at Wen Shu without blinking, and said over and over again in his heart, don't show your stuffing and don't get excited, there are many people with the same name and surname in this world, and you must not mistake people, you must slowly ask and confirm.
Wen Shu also smiled at her, and stepped forward to grab Ying Bao, "Ying Bao, how old are you?" ”
Sakura raised three fingers, "Three years old." "In two months, I will be three years old.
"I've just reached the age of nine, and I'm a rabbit, so you're a monkey."
"Hmm." Ying Bao nodded vigorously: "Sister Wen guessed right." ”
The boy next to him snorted and muttered, "Do you still need to guess?" Idiot. ”
Sakura Bao turned his head to look at him, he looked like he was six or seven years old, his little face was white and delicate, if he was given two pigtails, he would definitely look like a female doll.
"My brother is a serpent, and he's six years old."
Wen Shu led her to the side, took out a light green flower cake from the food box on the table and handed it to Ying Bao, "Try the mung bean cake made by my mother." ”
"Thank you, Sister Wen."
Sakura took the pastry, took a small bite, and squinted at the little girl in front of her.
Willow eyebrows, phoenix eyes, straight nose, soft white skin, the more I look at it, the more Sister Wen is.
"Sister Wen, where is your hometown? Why come to us? Sakura Bao relied on the small size of the person and asked boldly.
Wen Shu smiled: "My hometown is far away, my father is weak, and I want to find a place to cultivate, so I came here." ”
Sakura Bao's eyes rolled, and she asked again, "Grandpa Wen here is your relative, right?" ”
Wen Shu nodded: "That's my grandfather, he told my father that this is a good place for recuperation." ”
"Oh." Sakura got it. "Then your family runs a pharmacy?"
Wen Shu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "My family doesn't have a pharmacy, but my father used to be a medicine hall. ”
Wen Hengyin suddenly snorted behind his back and said dissatisfiedly: "Are you patrolling the room?" Ask this, ask that. ”
Sakura ignored the little child's cold words, hugged Wen Shu and smiled awkwardly.
"Sister Wen, can I be friends with you?"
"Okay." Wen Shu touched his little head, there was a hint of warmth in his heart, and said softly: "You can come and play with me at any time in the future." ”
This little doll is so cute, it gives people a warm feeling, and it doesn't look like her cousins at all.