On the second day that Luo Ji and Jingrong arrived in Qinbei, the autumn harvest in Huaping Village had already ended. Soybeans and corn were collected and piled up in the yard. There is also a bundle of bundled rice that is also piled on the cornfield to dry. And this millet belongs to the Luo family, the Han family, and the Xi family's real grain. Because they followed the method that Xi Yanqing said, dry cultivation and sparse planting, the yield was much higher than before.
They are all the same rice seeds, and the ones that Xi Yanqing brought out are obviously larger than those of other families.
The Han family was overjoyed, and they wished they would praise the feast for everyone.
Luo Fei was also happy to see the corn in the yard. This year's harvest is even better than last year, and it is estimated that it will take a while to peel the corn husks. Fortunately, there is Luo Ru to help.
Luo Ru and Luo Fei took a small wooden stool and sat in the corn pile and peeled the corn. They find a clean place to put the corn husks they have taken off, ready to be used as feed after drying. And the cornstalks they also left, and are not going to burn.
The winter in the north is not easy to endure. The grass outside is withered. If there is a lot of snow, there is basically nothing to eat, so we must use all available resources to prepare for the winter. Such as corn husks, corn stalks, corn hearts, and banquets are all kept, and they are also entrusted to other villagers in the village. These things should not be burned, and they can be burned with firewood or money.
As long as there are people in the family who can collect firewood, there is no shortage of firewood to burn, so there are still many people who sell corn stalks for banquets.
Xi Yanqing received them at the price of a bundle of two cents, and then dried them all before stacking them in a cool, ventilated place. He also has to get a big guillotine, and then go back and smash some of the hay and orange stalks, otherwise the cattle and sheep will not be digested easily. Not to mention chicken feeders.
"I don't know if Jingrong bought sheep or not." Luo Yong was stacking corn stalks. "Brother Xi. Next year, Jingrong and I will divide the land, and the dry fields will also be planted with corn. What do you think?"
"Okay. It's okay to grow potatoes." Xi Yanqing sighed, "Actually, it's the best to grow nightshade fruit. No one grows this stuff. We use a lot and the price is not bad. But I don't know if it will be grown outside. It won't be stolen." This is really hard to say. Because even if people don't steal, birds may come to steal. All the nightshade fruits planted this year have been used, and the supply is still in short supply, but he has not yet decided whether to plant the nightshade fruits outside.
"You said that before this thing grew on the side of the road, it was not necessarily eaten by anyone. As soon as you came, it became a treasure." Luo Yong also admired Xi Yanqing. He actually took such a small thing and went home to grow seeds and sell it. so many!
"We have too many treasures in Huaping Village. In fact, there are many places of this nightshade, but none of them grow as much as we do." Speaking of treasures, the medicinal herbs and nuts in the mountains are the treasures, but I was so busy this year that I didn’t even bother to pick it. “By the way, Luo Yong, are you going to pick pine cones?”
"Pick it. My family's three treasures like to eat, and I have to do this if I don't do other work. I'll go tomorrow. It's a bit late this year."
"That's it, let's hurry up and do this work quickly. I'll go to town tomorrow to return the horse. If you want to go up the mountain, you can go for a walk tomorrow." It was too late when Xi Yanqing came back. , took the horse directly home. The horse that Luo Yong rode before had not had time to send it back. He still has something to discuss with Shi Shi.
"By the way, is Big Brother Shi's baby almost full moon?" Luo Fei suddenly remembered that Li Siyuan had given birth to a second child. It's just that they have been busy here, and he has not been able to take a look.
The child was born in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, named Shi Changhuan, and was still a little man. Luo Fei hasn't been there yet, thinking about going when the moon is full. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to bring the little tiger.
Xi Yanqing had seen him once when he went there before, and that child was very sturdy like a little tiger. During this time, because of this little guy, Shi Shi didn't go out much, and most of the time he stayed at home with Li Siyuan and the children.
It is said that the child is going to be a full moon, it seems that it is only two days. But Shi Shi doesn't seem to plan to make a full moon wine for the child, otherwise it is unlikely that no one has sent the letter until now.
"Why don't we go and have a look together." Xi Yanqing said to Luo Fei, "You haven't gone out for a long time since you had the little tiger. Tomorrow should be a good day. Let's go on horseback, and we won't use it on the road. too long."
"When will the soybeans be beaten?" The soybeans are still drying in the yard.
"Let's dry it for two more days. The more dry it is, the better it will be to peel off the husks. It will save you money... Hey! What are you eating, eldest son!" Xi Yanqing was shocked by the pile of corn stalks. This kid actually caught raw corn. bite!
"Let's go!" The little tiger probably tasted something he didn't like. He frowned and threw the corn, his little tongue arched outwards, and began to snort, and then raised his little fist. Suck straight with a sound.
"It must be hungry, I'll go get him something to eat." Luo Fei felt that the goat's milk was not as hungry as before for the little tiger. Obviously eating more and more, but the time seems to be getting shorter and shorter. This child has always had a good digestion, can eat and pull, and say that it grows fast!
"I grew up very fast when I was young, I must be like me." Xi Yanqing said with a smile, "Come on, eldest son, eat more."
"Why don't you eat more, can't you eat more than three chins?"
"Is it okay to eat it?" Xi Yanqing teased the little tiger with a small spoon, and handed the spoon to the little tiger's mouth. When the little tiger was about to drink, the old man took the spoon away, making the little tiger anxious. Ouch, "Come on, call Dad, call Dad and drink it!"
"Let's go!" The little tiger clapped the table, "Go!"
"Hey, good son! Drink, drink!"
"Son, you're too unseemly. If you give some goat milk, you'll be called Daddy? If a Daddy will get you some fresh complementary food tomorrow, do you have to be Daddy?" Luo Fei was under the table. Kicking Xi Yanqing's feet, "Brother Qing, let's go to town tomorrow to see if there is any such small stone mortar? I'll try to make some rice paste for my son. It just so happens that the new rice comes down."
"Aren't you afraid that the little tiger has a three-tiered chin now?" Xi Yanqing smiled, "I also said that I am used to him, but you are not the same."
"Both of us are so thin, he shouldn't gain much weight, it's more important to keep up with nutrition." Luo Fei wiped the little tiger's mouth, "Eat slowly, and no one will rob you."
"Wow?" The little tiger finished drinking the goat's milk, grabbed the spoon in one hand, and banged on the table.
Luo Fei made a rice bun in the evening. He mixed rice with mashed potatoes and some minced meat sauce, and wrapped it in fresh cabbage leaves. In one bite, the vegetables were green, and the mashed potatoes were soft and meaty. Aroma, tastes great. He called Luo Ru and Luo Yong over to have a meal together, and chatted together for a while in the evening.
The next day, the weather was as good as Xi Yanqing expected, so Luo Yong went into the mountain, while Luo Fei was carrying the little tiger and was carried on horseback by Xi Yanqing, and went to town together.
Three Beans stayed at home to accompany Luo Ru to watch the house, and they would scream when someone passed by.
This is the first time Rofey has been riding a horse with his child. He also rode a horse before, but the horses were led by Xi Yanqing and walked slowly, or Xi Yanqing just sat behind him to protect him. Because he can't control himself well, it's always a little panic to ride alone.
At this moment, sitting on the horse with the little tiger, Luo Fei covered the little tiger tightly, for fear that he would blow the cold wind.
Xi Yanqing didn't ride too fast, and tried to trot the wind as smoothly as possible.
The little tiger didn't seem to be afraid, and he was quite happy. He grabbed the little quilt not long after Chasing Feng ran, always trying to show his face, and giggling.
Luo Fei asked the little tiger to face him, pulled the horn very high, and directly blocked the whole back of the little tiger. The family of three arrived in town in about a quarter of an hour on horseback.
Xi Yanqing carried Luo Fei and the child off the horse, carried a jar of blueberry jam and a jar of nightshade jam, and knocked on the door of Shifu.
The housekeeper came out and was stunned for a while, mainly because he hadn't seen Luo Fei for a long time: "Yo, Mr. Xi, Mr. Luo, please come in, come in." After that, I called the boy and asked him to go with Shi Shi and Li Siyuan Said: "Mrs. Fang Cai and Ye are still talking about it, saying that they haven't seen Mr. Luo for a long time. If they know that Mr. Luo is here, they will be happy."
Luo Fei didn't see Li Siyuan for a while, anyway, since he hit the little tiger, he has hardly left the village.
"The child is still too young, so he never comes out. No, Chang Huan is full of moons. Come and see Brother Li and Chang Huan after thinking." Luo Fei smiled, "Uncle Zhang, you look good."
"Hey, it's not the blessing of the grandpa and his wife."
"Uncle Zhang, here are two jars of jam, which can be eaten in biscuits, or dipped in steamed buns and flower rolls. Just put him in a cool place." Xi Yanqing handed the jam to Uncle Zhang.
"Why don't you come and take something. Luo Fei, you are used to being polite." Li Siyuan stood at the door, "Come on, show me the little tiger. God, it's only been two months and it's so big!"
"That's right, I feel like time flies very fast after him. By the way, Big Brother Li, can you see Chang Huan?" Luo Fei didn't see Xiao Changhuan.
"Shh!" Chang Le came out and whispered, "Uncle Xi, Uncle Luo, my brother is sleeping."
"I'm sleeping, I'll watch it later." Luo Fei also lowered his voice, "Chang Le miss Uncle?"
"I think about it!" After Chang Le finished speaking, he looked at the little tiger curiously. He had seen a little tiger once. At that time, the little tiger had eaten and slept and ate, but now it was different. He stared at the big round eyes and looked at it, it was so cute. , "Uncle Luo Fei, can I touch him?"
"Yes." Luo Fei lowered the little tiger to let Xiao Changle watch it.
Xiao Changle gently poked the little tiger's face with his fingers: "Oh, it's so soft, it's as soft as my brother."
The little tiger looked at Xiao Changle ignorantly: "Wow?"
Xiao Changle said, "wait for me for a while."
After he finished speaking, he ran away, and after a while, he brought a bunch of delicious and fun food to the little tiger, and put it all on the kang.
Seeing that the little tiger was fresh, he was busy on the kang, and Luo Fei put him on the kang and sat down.
The little brothers can be considered company this time. Although one of them doesn't know how to say it, maybe he doesn't even know what he is talking about, but Xiao Changle doesn't seem to find it boring.
It's just that Li Siyuan took all the food, because he was worried that the little tiger would put it in his mouth.
This little tiger was greedy and stared.
"Is the little tiger hungry?" Shi Shi said, "There happens to be warm goat milk. If he drinks it, let someone bring a bowl over."
"Then you're welcome, follow Xiao Changhuan for a while." Luo Fei pinched the little tiger's ears, "greedy cat."
Uncle Zhang brought the warm goat milk, and the little tiger drank it deliciously. On the other side, Xiao Changhuan didn't know whether he sensed that someone robbed him of his food or something, and suddenly woke up and cried. As soon as Xiao Changhuan cried, the little tiger also cried. Changle coaxed this one and another, and ran sweating.
Later, the little one stopped crying and fell asleep again, followed by the little tiger. Xiao Changle was speechless for a while, so he spent so much time trying, but he finally fell asleep, and there was no one to play with him.
"Just in time, it's time for you to endorse, and you'll come over to play with the younger brothers when they wake up later." Li Siyuan patted Xiao Changle on the shoulder.
Xiao Changle was also a good boy. He didn't say anything. After kissing the younger brothers, he ran to endorse the book. After a while, the sound of young reading was heard in the small study.
Luo Fei sighed that this school is really good, and he couldn't help thinking about what the little tiger would be like in the future. With that domineering energy, it's impossible to imagine Xiao Changle being so good-natured.
Some servants brought tea and snacks, Luo Fei and Li Siyuan chatted about parenting while eating, while Xi Yanqing talked to Shi Shi about some recent sales issues and dividends.
On the whole, the sale of ice cubes and ice cream this summer was very successful. Although the sales volume dropped significantly after the fall, there was still a good profit.
Shi Shi gave Xi Yanqing two hundred taels of silver, and some loose silver. Add a piece to about two hundred and sixty taels.
When Xi Yanqing was about to build a house, Shi Shi gave Xi Yanqing 100 taels of silver, of which only 18 taels were normal dividends. Xi Yanqing had said at the time that the extra part was used as an advance, so he saw the two hundred and sixty taels, so he gave Shi Shi another one hundred taels of silver notes.
Shi Shi understood Xi Yanqing's meaning at first glance: "Just take it for you, the money spent on building the ice cellar should belong to the principal, after all, it was built to facilitate the continuous research of new products in the summer, so I paid for this in advance. The stubble is over. I originally wanted to give it to you during the Chinese New Year, but your brother Li said that the general ledger will be divided once, so it is easy to remember. "
"My ice cellar didn't cost that much." Xi Yanqing said.
"That's not too bad, let's go."
"Okay then." Xi Yanqing didn't refuse any more, took the money, and told Shi Shi about Luo Fei's writing on the fruit.
"Can you print words on apples?" Shi Shi had never seen anyone write words on fruits, so he heard the words, "Brother Xi, are you sure you can print words on apples?"
"Well, definitely." Xi Yanqing said, "Red apples are the best, yellow ones are not."
"If it's true, then you've really helped me a lot." Shi Shi smiled, "You said that the two of you, every time you come up with an idea, you can't wait to try it. Unfortunately, this season is not right. "Shi Shi bought two orchards for the convenience of raw materials. One of them is full of orange trees, and the other is full of apples, but now they have all been picked, and he wants to write on the fruit until next year. .
"What can you do with writing on fruit? It's just that apples look newer."
"Sometimes what I want is this novelty." Shi Shi and Xi Yanqing have known each other for a long time, and he knows who Xi Yanqing is, and he does not hide Xi Yanqing, "I have a good friend who is Prince Heng's cousin, and I The friendship is very strong, and this time I also got a lot of help from him to get the ice cellar in various places. He is worried about helping Prince Heng to prepare a gift for His Majesty's birthday. His Majesty is simple and does not like extravagance, this gift is naturally Novelty and not expensive is the best. Brother Xi, you must know that problems that can be solved with money are not problems at all for those dignitaries. The fear is that they cannot be solved with money. You say, if you can make auspicious words on this fruit , isn't it simple and novel, and it can still win His Majesty's favor, it's simply not good." Shi Shi rarely said so much at a time, obviously this problem has been bothering him for a long time, "I don't know about it every year. How many gods, do you think your idea was given at the right time?"
"Luo Fei thought of this idea, not me. He has a lot of ideas." Xi Yanqing thought of his daughter-in-law, how proud he was, "Then brother Shi, look at Yin, the temperature here is not suitable for growing apples. I won't do it anymore."
"Well, I'll try it in the spring next year. If it works, let my friend thank you very much. Speaking of which, there are many people who want to meet you and Luo Fei. They all want to know who came up with so many ideas. ."
"If there is a chance, we would also like to make more friends. Those who can be friends with Big Brother Shi must be people with a hearty temperament."
"Oh, Brother Xi is looking at me. You'll know when you see each other later." After Shi Shi finished speaking, he called the housekeeper to prepare lunch, leaving Xi Yanqing, Luo Fei, and the little tiger to have lunch before leaving.
When the little tiger was about to leave, Xiao Changle was still reluctant to part, but the little tiger, who was full and slept enough, did not understand his little brother's mood at all! As soon as he got on the horse, he was happy and went home with his two fathers.
On the way, Luo Fei went to buy a small stone mortar with Xi Yanqing. After returning home, he pounded the rice into a fine powder, and then made rice paste. The little tiger liked it very much, but Luo Fei didn't dare to give him too much food at first, he only fed him little by little.
After feeding, the little fat tiger fell asleep again, and Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei counted the money there.
Now the two of them have more than three hundred taels of money plus one piece, and the thirty taels sent to Jing Rong can still be almost three hundred and twenty taels. This is not to mention in the countryside, even if it is in the town, it is also a wealthy family.
"Brother Qing, what is your ultimate goal?" Luo Fei asked with a small silver ingot in his hand.
"I'll let you eat rice and meat all the time. Work if you want to work, and rest if you want to rest. You can wear whatever clothes you want." Xi Yanqing said it very seriously. Luo Fei was so moved that he added at the end, "Well, this clothes can only be peeled off by me."
"Fuck off!" Luo Fei threw the silver ingot to Xi Yanqing and lay down on Xi Yanqing's lap, "Brother Qing, do you want to live in the town? There was no such condition, but now it is, have you thought about it? ?"
"I've thought about it. In fact, it doesn't matter if you live in the town or the country. Or come to the country to plant gardens in the spring, and go to the town after the autumn harvest. Anyway, I can be anywhere, it's up to you." Xiyan Qingfu He stroked the donkey's fur, "Want to live in the town?"
"I don't want to. When I first came here, I thought that this place is too bad, and it would be better to live in the town. But now I don't want to." Luo Fei himself felt a little strange, he never thought of getting used to the city There will be a day when he likes life in the country, and he likes it so much that he doesn't want to go to town.
"Actually, I think I may know the reason. You may have lived in a more complex environment before, and your heart is not as simple as it is now. Although you are tired every day now, at least you have no pressure in your heart, and you don't need to be on guard all the time."
"Yeah. Thinking about it, if you go to the town, your living conditions will be better, and shopping will be more convenient. For the rest, it's better to be in the countryside." force. What's in town here? Casinos, brothels, theater troupes, he didn't aspire to them at all.
"Then continue to live here, and wait until you want to go to the town." Xi Yanqing looked at the little tiger, "When the little tiger is older, let him study, and then we will decide."
"Okay!" After Luo Fei finished speaking, he sat up and started to find a place to bury money with Xi Yanqing. Like gophers, the two turned the house around and dug several holes. As for the silver notes, they plan to find opportunities for Shi Shi to exchange them for golden beans!