Chapter 4: The Right Hand of Terror
The breakfast was over quickly.
One by one, the men went down to the field again to prepare for spring planting.
Spring planting has a charter, and each link has a fixed date, and farmers must follow these regulations.
In early April, the weeds and straws in the field are burned, and in mid-April, the fields are ploughed and sown, and then the immortals will uniformly send clouds and rain to ensure that the spiritual valley can successfully germinate and thrive.
After that, the immortals will come to rain once in May, and twice during grouting.
Every year, the immortals rain four times, and the four times are completed, which can ensure that the dealer has a very good harvest.
Of course, these are not free, and fifty percent of the annual harvest is handed over to the state and those immortals.
At this time, if someone in the family cultivates immortals and passes the township test and becomes a Tsing Yi Yushi, then the tax can be completely exempted.
This is also the reason why the Xue family and some families with a little extra money have to support an immortal cultivator.
It's just that the third child of the Xue family is 'unlucky', and he has been rolling on the gray clothes, and he is always so close to the Tsing Yi Yushi.
The men went to work in the fields, and the women, of course, could not be idle, and had to sew shoes, purses, handkerchiefs, etc., and sell them in the town.
But today, Xue Mu put down her needlework and went to the town.
In the absence of his mother, Dumb took on the responsibility of taking care of his sister.
Dumb lay on the ground and let his sister Xue Xiaoying ride on his back.
The little girl grabbed Dumb's clothes and laughed, shouting in her mouth, "Brother, brother, hurry up." ”
Dumb and crawling all over the ground.
Accidentally, it hit the table.
Ahh
Dumb screamed and covered his head.
Xue Xiaoying also screamed and covered her head.
It turned out that a jade box on the table fell and hit Xue Xiaoying's head, all of which turned red.
Dumb saw it, and didn't cry out that it hurt, rubbing the little girl's head, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, look at what bastard dares to bully my sister, and my brother teaches it a lesson." ”
Xue Xiaoying pointed to the jade box on the ground when she heard this, "Brother, it's it that bullied me." ”
Dumb puffed out his chest, "Don't be afraid, my brother protects you." ”
As he spoke, Dumb kicked over the jade box, and a fist-sized, rusty bead rolled out.
Dumb was curious, and the cat grabbed the beads at his waist.
But at that moment, a faint blue light was revealed in the yellow rust of the beads, and the iron filings fell, revealing a semi-transparent Xuanqing bead body.
Dumb only felt a pain in his hand, and shook it violently, but the bead stuck to his hand, and finally merged into his body under Dumb's frightened gaze.
Dumb looked at his hands with wide eyes.
"I actually ate the beads with my own hands!"
Since then, for a long time, Dumb did not dare to touch his family with his hands.
"My brother is great, my brother is great. Xue Xiaoying clapped her hands, cheered, and pounced on Dumb.
Dumb wanted to hug the little girl, but when he thought of his 'terrifying right hand', he hurriedly retracted his hand.
He was afraid that his right hand would eat his sister too.
What can I do?
Dumb scratched his head, his heart moved, and he found a piece of cloth to wrap around his hand.
Now that he's plugged the mouth on his hand, he probably can't eat it.
Dumb smiled and happily played with his sister again.
At noon, Xue Mu came back, followed by two people.
Both are men.
A shy belly, dressed in silk, looked like a butler, followed by a burly man, like a liba.
Xue Mu took two people into the gate, walked through the inner courtyard, and walked towards the kitchen.
The eldest daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law were sitting in the courtyard doing needlework, and when they saw that Mother Xue had brought back two strangers, they all looked through the eyes.
The eldest daughter-in-law frowned, stood up and stopped Xue's mother, "Brother and sister, what are you bringing people here for?"
Mother Xue glanced at the eldest daughter-in-law and snorted coldly, "What am I going to do, do I have to tell my sister-in-law in advance?"
As she spoke, Mother Xue bypassed her eldest daughter-in-law and continued to walk forward.
The eldest daughter-in-law was curious and followed.
Xue Mu took the two to the kitchen, no nonsense, and lit the stove.
The pot-bellied man touched the stove, and then nodded, "The workmanship is very exquisite, the formation pattern is good, it can reduce the consumption of a lot of spirit stones, if it is brand new, I can give you ten spirit stones." ”
"But after all, it's been a few years, and I'll produce up to seven lower-grade spirit stones. ”
Xue Mu frowned when she heard this, it stands to reason that seven lower-grade spirit stones are already a lot of money.
In the small place of Qingniu Village, a family with few people spends only three spirit coins a day.
And a low-grade spirit stone is worth a hundred spirit coins.
Seven low-grade spirit stones are enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary family for more than half a year.
But when her mother's family built this stove, they spent eight lower-grade spirit stones, and they were built by someone.
If it is refreshed and placed on the market, it is worth at least twelve lower-grade spirit stones.
Xue Mu frowned, this price was too low.
When the eldest daughter-in-law saw that Mother Xue was selling a stove, she immediately protected the stove and shouted, "Brother and sister, what are you doing here?"
"This stove is the Xue family's thing, how can you sell it privately?"
Mother Xue also ignored the eldest daughter-in-law, and slowly spoke, "Seven pieces is too little, back then, my family spent ten lower grade spirit stones to build this stove, not counting the cost of various materials." ”
"Although it is a few years, it is well preserved, if you use it carefully, you can use it for at least a few decades, such a good stove, you can't buy it anywhere, without nine low-grade spirit stones, I won't make a move." ”
The pot-bellied man was slightly hesitant when he heard this, he did take a fancy to this stove, he raised his eyes to look at the eldest daughter-in-law, and asked, "Have you done this stove?"
Xue Mu smiled coldly, "This is my dowry, why can't I be the master?"
"That's it, seeing that you are also sincere in selling, I will bid eight lower grade spirit stones, and I will ask for this stove. ”
"If there are nine lower grade spirit stones, I might as well fill in two more and buy a new one!"
Mother Xue sighed, for the sake of her son, eight yuan is eight yuan, "Okay, then it's up to you." ”
The housekeeper smiled, took out a cloth bag from his sleeve and handed it to Xue Mu.
Xue Mu opened it and saw that there were eight gray-white spirit stones the size of eight thumbs and stomachs, in the shape of a square.
After putting away the spirit stone, Xue Mu extinguished the stove with a non-wet step, "You can move away." ”
The butler waved his hand, and the big man behind him walked over, lifted the stove and walked out.
But just as the big man stepped out of the door, the eldest daughter-in-law walked out with Zhao.
Zhao said in a deep voice, "Put the things down for me." ”
The eldest daughter-in-law looked at Mother Xue with a sneer, and said in her heart, "I can't cure you, can't my mother cure you?"
The housekeeper and the big man stopped and looked at Xue Mu.
Xue Mu stepped out and said slowly, "Mother, what are you doing here?"