When the patriarch and the third uncle and others arrived, the Wang family was cooking, and Li Xiaohan and Li Xiandong were processing the eucommia peel cut today—first clean it up, and then find a cool and ventilated place to put it away, so as not to cover it together and grow mold and affect the medicinal properties.

"Third uncle, patriarch."

Seeing the third uncle and the patriarch coming, Li Xiandong stood up and greeted him stiffly.

A square face common to the Li clan, working all day long, tanned black and yellow, and his eyes are quite big, but he is a little overwhelmed and flustered.

The patriarch and the third uncle looked at Li Xiandong carefully, and finally showed disappointment in their eyes, sure enough, even seeing that the elders and patriarchs of the clan were like this, they couldn't expect him Li Xiandong to have that kind of pattern and wisdom.

Could it really be that 13-year-old Li Xiaohan?

For the first time, the patriarch and the third uncle took a serious look at this younger member of the clan who had never paid attention.

Growing a little short and thin, the patriarch and the third uncle frowned slightly.

Goose egg face, this is not like Wang's bitter thin melon seed face, it looks a bit like the deceased Roche.

Only a pair of eyes, dark and bright, began to be slightly surprised, and soon calmed down again, and finally only a calm and comfortable remained.

It's not like a 13-year-old.

The patriarch and the third uncle have also seen many people when they ask themselves, but this kind of grace and bearing that is inconsistent with their age and experience can only sigh that the aura of heaven and earth is loved.

If you want Li Xiaohan to know what the two of you are thinking, you have to blush and defend yourself: it's just that I have eaten for a few more years in modern times, and I have been invisibly washed by thousands of years of knowledge accumulation.

It's a pity that no one here has the ability to read minds.

Li Xiandong was scrutinized and looked at by the two important figures in the clan and fidgeted, and then the patriarch and the third uncle looked disappointed and moved away, Li Xiandong couldn't help but not be disappointed, but also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's scary.

is to let his daughter be scrutinized by this kind of gaze for himself, Li Xiandong is a little uneasy.

Li Xiaohan didn't think so, she was young in her previous life, and she mixed up in a high position in the medicinal forest base, there are always some people who think that she is not relying on strength but relying on other means, and she doesn't know how many people look at her openly and secretly.

The patriarch and the third uncle are just suspicious, not malicious, what is it.

Even under the sight of the two bigwigs, the third uncle and the patriarch, Li Xiaohan also greeted him obediently, asked the Wang family in the kitchen to boil hot water for tea, and reminded Li Xiandong to bring a stool for the patriarch and the third uncle to sit on.

A little girl, who arranged everyone steadily and properly.

The third uncle and the patriarch couldn't believe it anymore, so they had to admit it.

The patriarch took a sip of the peasant tea in the coarse porcelain bowl and asked, "Xiandong, I heard the letter and told me about the eucommia tree, I will thank you for the letter and a few of them first!" It's just that, as the patriarch, I want to ask you what you have in mind? Tell us about it? ”

Although he spoke to Li Xiandong, his eyes were slanted at Li Xiaohan.

Li Xiandong has never been so valued by the patriarch, and when he heard the patriarch thank him so solemnly, for a while, he was so excited that he wanted to sacrifice himself, but he couldn't say a lot of words.

It was Li Xiaohan who pulled him before he calmed down and said seriously: "Patriarch, I just thought, if you want to learn, follow us to learn, and the bark cut on the first day belongs to me." If you don't want to, you can cut it yourself. ”

Li Xiaohan was quite speechless about his father, it was obviously a good thing, and he said it so hard.

But it's not the first day to know what her father's personality is, Li Xiaohan slowly added, "Patriarch, I still have to remind you, this cutting bark is skillful, and if you cut it indiscriminately, you may not be able to buy a good price, but you will spoil good things." ”

"Moreover, at the beginning of the month, I thought this eucommia tree was fun, and I cut a piece of eucommia bark on the communal land of the clan to play, and now the tree, where the bark was cut, looks like a new skin has grown."

"The trees in the field will definitely not be kept. However, if the tribesmen plant eucommia trees in the forest and harvest them slowly, they will be harvested every year. Isn't it better than killing chickens to get their eggs, and fishing with all their might? ”

What cut a piece of skin to play. That doesn't sound like the truth. People with a heart never do things without intention.

However, the fact that eucommia bark can be regenerated is too surprising, no less than a hen that can constantly lay eggs, the hearts of the third uncle and the patriarch were condensed, and they all spoke in unison: "What you said is true?" ”

"Nature is true. The tree grew on the commons of the clan, and the patriarch could see it whenever he wanted to. A few days ago, when we went to chop wood, we saw that the tree was still growing. Li Xiaohan affirmed.

"Great joy, in this way, the children of the clan will be hopeful." The patriarch and the third uncle looked at each other and smiled, and laughed in unison.

What is the matter with the children of the Guan clan?

Li Xiaohan frowned: Which link did you think about less?

The third uncle looked around, especially at Li Xinhe, who squinted slightly, Li Deyou and Li Xiandong, who were ignorant, and Li Xiaohan, who frowned and thought, Fang said, "Patriarch, you tell everyone." ”

"Yes, Third Uncle."

"Our Li family, moved here from Jinghe years, when the war and famine were there, the government was divided into 10 acres of paddy fields and 10 acres of dry fields according to a man. At that time, there were 39 males in our clan, and a total of 390 acres of paddy fields and 390 acres of dry fields were shared. ”

"Then the world was peaceful, after less than two lifetimes of recuperation, children and grandchildren multiplied, and there were 221 men in our □□. However, even with efforts to open up wasteland and continue to buy land, there are only 651 acres of paddy fields and 882 acres of dry fields. A male has less than 3 acres of paddy fields and less than 4 acres of dry fields. ”

Li Xiaohan's pupils shrank, the population grew too fast, and the supply of land, the most important production resource, was insufficient, and he could no longer support his children.

This is still only counted for men, women do not divide the land, but women also have to eat.

The reason why family planning became a basic national policy for a period of time in the previous life was because after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the environment was tranquil and the population grew rapidly.

"I can't afford to raise it, but I can't afford not to have children, unless I find another way." Li Xiaohan muttered.

However, there is no grandfather Yuan Longping in this dynasty, and no one will say that you should not give birth to so many. At this time, population is wealth.

The third uncle and the patriarch looked at each other in surprise: there was such a pattern.

"Xiao Han is right, that's why he said that once Eucommia can be cut and reborn, there will be hope for the children in our clan. The eucommia trees in the clan are slowly cut, isn't it more cost-effective than that hammer deal. After making money, we can buy grain, and I heard that the rice in the south can be harvested twice a year, and the warehouse is full of grain at home; ”

After speaking, the patriarch smiled slightly, "There is also our clan, but in the nearby village, it occupies the largest nearly 700 acres of woodland as ancestral land, and there are not as many other clans as us." About half of them were given to the clansmen to administer themselves, and the other half were under the control of the clan. When the time comes, we slowly plant eucommia trees, and there is always one more input. ”

Li Xiandong, Li Deyou, Li Xinhe breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, they felt that this land was becoming more and more difficult to buy, but when they heard that the land was not enough and the children could not be raised, their hearts were pinched.

Thankfully, fortunately, there are woodlands.

"There are too many of these things, and the price is cheap." Li Xiaohan was not so optimistic.

"At least it can seize the opportunity of a generation, doesn't it mean that the ten-year-old Eucommia ulmoides tree can be used in medicine."

The third uncle sighed, "Who can say for sure about the next generation." You go to Renhetang to sell medicine, do you know that Renhetang has been buying medicinal materials for more than ten years, and I heard that behind Renhetang is the wife of General Zhang Zhen in front of King Ding, and I am not afraid that Renhetang will not be able to eat this medicinal material. ”

Li Xiaohan's pupils shrank, and he was the king!