Wei Meili went to the town to teach people to knit sweaters, and Mei Youqian and Mei Sanma naturally had to follow to take a look at it to rest assured.

After that, Mei Youqian went to see the curious plum berry again.

The house said it was in Lishui Town, but the location was quite remote, on the edge of the town.

The area is quite large, and it is a three-entry house.

Wei Meili and the others teach in the middle courtyard on weekdays and rest in the backyard at night.

And there are some guards living in the front yard.

The "guard" where the plum berry felt wrong the first time I went.

"I felt a little bit of something wrong in those people, I don't know if it's the murderous aura you said my sister."

Mei You was surprised by Mei Berry's sensitivity in some aspects of "survival".

Although she hadn't seen it yet, listening to what Meiberry said, Meiyou was also a little curious, so she proposed to go with Meiberry tomorrow to have a look.

Early the next morning, Mei You and Mei Berry drove to the town in a mule cart.

They also brought some food that the family had recently prepared.

For example, Wei Meili began to make crisp persimmons and dried persimmons when they were at home.

Just as Mei Berry suspected, as soon as Mei You entered the door, her eyes immediately locked on the guards who were standing in the corridor not far away and were looking at them.

Although the other party restrained his breath, as Mei Berry said, that person had a murderous aura.

The guard subconsciously wanted to avoid Mei You's gaze when he saw it, but before he could make a move, he heard Mei Berry say: "Let's go, sister, just get used to it, although it looks weird and scary, but fortunately, it's not fatal." ”

Mei You: ......

Bodyguard:......

After the two of them entered the middle courtyard through the small door on the side, the guards who had been hiding in the shadows stuck out their heads to each other and winked at each other.

Everyone laughed at this guy who appeared in front of people and was "disliked" by the little lady.

I don't know what the guards were doing after they left, Mei Berry took Mei You into the middle courtyard, and the laughter in the courtyard came and went.

Wei Meimei, who was standing in the middle, laughed the most heartily.

Everyone seemed to be talking about something happy, and it didn't seem like they were learning to knit sweaters with bitter hatred.

"Ah~ Berry Bao, Youyou are here!"

Wei Meili was laughing and laughing at the same time, her eyes were also very sharp, and she saw Mei Berry and Mei You standing at the small door, and hurriedly beckoned.

Plum berries have only been here two days ago, so everyone knows them.

Mei You, who was about half a head taller than Mei Berry, was being watched for the first time.

But soon someone shouted at the happy Miao: "Miao Niangzi, this is your daughter, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Miao was very happy, and boldly raised his hand and waved it towards Mei You. Mei You saw it, and the corners of her mouth looked very happy.

"Oh, these two little ladies are very handsome!"

"If you're here today, don't leave~"

The surrounding women coaxed, Wei Meili was afraid that Mei Berry and Mei You would be embarrassed, so she beckoned them to come over, and by the way, she told everyone present to knit sweaters first, and she would come to check them one by one later.

This can make the women who were still smiling just now instantly become bitter and bitter, and they knitted sweaters honestly one by one.

While everyone was knitting sweaters, Wei Meili and Miao took the two of them into the backyard house.

"The lid of this persimmon has been opened, and my father and I tasted it last night, and it is not astringent~" Mei Berry took out the crisp persimmons he brought, Mei You not only took the crisp persimmons, but also a few red ripe persimmons on the windowsill of his house.

Seeing that their daughter brought them delicious food, Wei Meili and Miao were very happy to take it and taste it.

Crispy persimmons are crisp, sweet and refreshing, and when ripe red persimmons are in your mouth, they are more like eating honey, sweet and fresh.

Seeing this, Mei You still had these greed, turned his head and smiled at Mei You with a crisp persimmon, and without saying a word, Mei You put a ripe persimmon into Mei You's hand.

"How's your dad doing at home?"

There were many things that Wei Meili asked Mei Berry to write down on paper that night, and many of them were for Mei Youqian to do.

It had been several days since Mei Youqian had been in town.

This person can't look at it, so Wei Meili naturally has to worry about it.

"My father was at home preparing winter wheat with my third uncle, and I also went up the mountain to chop firewood. It's getting cold on this day, so prepare firewood to burn the kang for the winter. ”

Because Mei You was there, Mei Berry didn't say anything about other chickens and dogs in the house.

But recently, her father and third uncle were busy going out early and returning late, and they didn't tell her a little mysterious.

Plum berries don't know very well, so I didn't say anything.

"That's right! The ewes of the family have given birth to lambs! ”

Plum Berry remembered something that seemed very new to her.

"Really?! Okay, it's a life. ”

Mei You's family also has ewes pregnant, but they have given birth before Miao comes.

Now I am glad to hear that the plum berry family has also given birth.

"Oh, yes! No one in the village has said anything lately, right? ”

Wei Meili heard that nothing happened at home, so she was concerned about whether there would be gossip in the village when she and the Miao family came out.

"No, everybody's pretty busy right now. Even Grandma Wang asked you and the third aunt about it. At that time, my father said that he asked someone to find you a short-term job in the Zhuangzi that was related to the landlord's family. ”

"Huh? Is that okay? ”

Miao was also quite surprised to hear this.

"Why doesn't this work? Grandma Wang is quite envious, she said that she has always heard that there are Zhuangzi who only recruit women to work, but there is no way~ said that you are lucky. ”

Mei Berry remembered what Grandma Wang heard her father say at that time, and the envious expression on her face couldn't be faked.

This year, because of the water level during the hottest part of the summer, her two sons did not go out to work.

Later, the second son served, and although he came back by luck, his body was also a big loss.

Cultivating at home these days, and tonifying his body like his pregnant sister-in-law, this is how he can relax.

In addition, as soon as the tax and silver of the autumn harvest were paid a few days ago, Aunt Wang's family was also a little stretched for a while, and Aunt Wang and her family were also busy planting winter wheat these days.

It's really a busy year, and a hard year is over.

"Alas~"

Hearing that other people were having a hard time, Wei Meili couldn't help but sigh.

She looked out at the women who were knitting sweaters and said, "Where do you guess where they learned their trade?" ”

Listening to Wei Meili focus on the topic outside, Mei Berry also glanced out the window a few more times.

But she didn't see anything.

"The accent they spoke just now was far from the local, not from this county?"

Mei You got to the point, Wei Meili nodded, and said, "Not only are they not from this county, but they are not from Yunzhou, but they are all from Xianyao Prefecture." ”

"Huh?"

Meiberry and Meiyu were surprised.

"Well, since the snowstorm last winter, the situation in Xianyao Prefecture has not been good this year.

Not only has the relief grain from the imperial court not been distributed, not to mention, it has led to another outbreak of bandits in Xianyao at the beginning of this year.

The imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion, and then afterwards asked the people of Xianyao to pay the 'peace tax', and added a tax of 10% to the summer harvest and the autumn harvest. ”

"I'll go!"

Mei Berry was stunned, and Mei You frowned when she heard this.

"Shouldn't the court suppress bandits? I also have to find the local people to add money......" Mei Berry opened her mouth and was a little angry for a while, and whispered, "This emperor's special little clever ghost!" ”

"But...... After these women go back, will knitting sweaters be taught to more people? ”

Mei You asked coldly, and Wei Meili nodded: "I heard them say that many of them are from different villages, and after they go back, they will be handed over to the people in the village, and then Jiubao Tongyi Xuan will buy these sweaters and exchange them for food." ”

According to what Wei Meili heard, the silver in Xianyao Prefecture was not as good as the grain.

In the countryside, there is a tael of silver on one side and a bucket of rice on the other, and you can only pick one, and the people of that place will not hesitate to pick rice.

Mei Berry listened to what her mother said, and suddenly realized that the path taken by Jiubaoxuan in the wool business this time was completely different from that of making soap.

And Jiubaoxuan's behavior this time doesn't sound like a pure businessman?

This topic was already at the end of the day, and Mei You and Mei Berry had no intention of continuing to delve into this topic, so they quickly talked about other topics.

When the sun was almost up, Meiberry and Meiyou left.

As soon as they entered the village, they saw Aunt Wang lying eagerly at the gate of Meiberry's courtyard, as if looking for someone.

Plum Berry's heart tightened suddenly, what?

What happened to her family after her trip?

Crisp persimmons, except for those specialized varieties.

The rest can be done at home.

In autumn, the green persimmons are connected to the lid on its "head" and plucked together. Then soak in water. Pure water, well water is fine. After soaking for about four days, the lid on the persimmon falls off by itself or you touch it lightly, and then the persimmon can be eaten without any astringency.

If you are interested, you can try it in the autumn, and if you are not at ease at first, you can choose to soak a little bit~