When the old men and women heard this, they thought that Lao Zhou could go to the palace every year to see the emperor and eat at the same table with him. They were envious for a while, "What does the emperor look like?"
"Majestic," said old Zhou Tou, "I don't even dare to look at him, they say you can't look directly at Shengyan."
"Uncle Jin, what are your clothes made of? I feel that they are so thin, and the patterns on them are also pretty."
"It's fine cotton. It's produced somewhere. The price is more expensive than the fine cotton produced in Mianzhou, but it's cool and breathable. It's good to wear in this kind of weather. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, our cotton is still easy to wear." Old Zhou Tou generously let them touch it, "Manbao got it from the palace, so he made some clothes for me and her mother, alas, it's like this when I'm old, I can't be cold or hot."
"Man Bao is still filial..."
"It turned out to be something from the palace, no wonder it's so good. In the palace, does the emperor also wear such clothes?"
Old Zhou Tou said complacently, "It should be about the same."
Everyone is envious. .
After talking about food and clothing, everyone was still more concerned about the children's future, "Uncle Jin, I remember that Liwei didn't go to school anymore, but I heard from Erlang that he is now an official, how did he become one?"
"Thanks to his uncle's blessing, he followed his uncle to be a steward. He did a good job, so he was promoted, but the rank is very small, and he was only promoted to the seventh rank after two promotions."
"Isn't that the same as the county magistrate? Awesome!"
"Yeah, yeah, Lizhong has become an official too. I really didn't expect to be an official even in farming. Brother Jin, do you think we can go if we are good at farming?"
Old Zhou Tou said complacently: "That's not for anyone who is good at farming can be an official. My family Lizhong has planted new rice seeds. If you can plant new seeds, you should be able to do so."
He paused and then said: "Man Bao said that this is called "reward for meritorious service, anyway, that's the thing."
"That's not easy. We've been planting the land for so many years. Every year, we select the best grain seeds at most, so that the next year's yield will be a little higher. It seems that so many rice seeds grow like this. Who else has grown them except your family? "
"The new wheat seeds were also planted by your family back then, so this is still blessed by your ancestors. Alas, they are all from the Zhou family. Why did your ancestors bless your house?"
"I suspect it's the ancestor of their house."
"I think so too. If it wasn't for Uncle Yin's blessing, it would be uncle and grandmother."
"Yes, yes, Uncle Jin, when is your family planning to repair the grave? Let's all go to burn incense."
"Yes, you can't fix it secretly."
Zhou Jin: "It's a good thing to build a grave, why should I do it secretly?"
"There are more and more people studying in our village, and many young women are clamoring to study. Uncle Jin, I heard from Erlang that there is still a female school in the capital. Your family will send all your great-granddaughters to study. ?”
"Yes," Lao Zhou nodded and said, "It's just that the child is still young and has to grow up. Now he can learn a little at home by himself, and when he is old, he will be sent to a girls' school. That's where the princess and the princess will work together. The school is amazing."
The villagers were amazed, and quickly asked: "If you go in and study inside, won't you be able to see the princess and the princess every day?"
Oh my god, just thinking about it is enough to make them excited. They would never talk about such two big men before, but now they may see them every day.
While bragging here, Zhou Zhoulang, who brought back two slaughtered sheep from Dali Village, was also stopped.
They were all young and middle-aged people in the village, "Shiro, didn't my kid cause you any trouble outside?"
"No, no," Zhou Zhou Lang said with a smile: "Be diligent, but the wine is too good. Apart from sending back the money earned, most of the rest is for him to drink. Brother Dayong, you have to talk about him, sir. Drink, save more money, and marry a wife in two years."
"Shiro, do you think I can do it? I also want to go shopping with you."
"You?" Zhou Zhoulang looked up and down and shook his head, "No."
"Why?"
"You are the only son, let's wait until you have more sons, and the sons can grow up and take charge of the family." Zhou Zhoulang said: "Going into business is not like farming, it is much more dangerous, whether it is the line to the Western Regions or the sea trade line. If you are unlucky and die outside, where can I find someone to explain to my aunt and sister-in-law?"
Zhou Zhoulang suggested: "Your husband's son, go out with me when your son grows up."
The villagers laughed and booed one after another: "That's right, Eryi, your husband's son."
Eryi was not convinced, "I will sign a life-and-death certificate with you. If I die outside, my parents and daughter-in-law will definitely not trouble you."
"That's not okay," Zhou Zhoulang said: "Even if there is a life and death certificate, folks in the village, if something happens to you, can I feel at ease?"
After a pause, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's not that I said, don't always think about going out to make a lot of money. We go to the business to make a little more money, but the cost is also high. You can ask the village and go out." People who don’t eat well, don’t sleep well, and run or carry bags every day, which is more tiring than farming.”
"Now it's not the same as before. In the past, the production in the field was less, and if you want to make more money, you have to go outside, but now, wheat and rice are high-yielding. If you plant the land in your home well, life will not be bad. With some medicinal materials, you can earn more money." It's no less than what we run outside."
"Yes, yes," Dayong said, "The reason why I let my son go out is because there are many people in my family. If there are more people in the field, there are not many, and if there is one less, there are many. But you are different, ambiguous, you You are an adult male at home, if you go out, who will do the heavy work at home?"
"Life is much better now than before, Shiro, how much is the price of privet fruit this year? The price of food is getting cheaper every year. Isn't this medicinal material getting cheaper every year?"
"Not yet, but I can't guarantee anything in the future," Zhou Zhoulang said: "We are also following the trend, whatever the price is in the world, we will be the price."
Although the price of food is decreasing, the price of medicine has not changed much. This is because in recent years, more and more medical offices have been opened in various places, and the number of people seeking medical treatment is increasing every year. Just a little bit up.
If it hadn't been for the Tai Medical Administration's cooperation with county governments in various places to promote the sowing of medicinal materials in recent years, the price of medicines would definitely have gone up slightly.
However, now that the yield per mu of grain is increasing, the quantity and quality of the fields used to grow medicinal materials will definitely increase. There will only be more and more medicinal materials, and the price of medicines will also drop in the future.
However, Man Bao said that it will not take three to two years to see results. Not to mention the time required for promotion, it will take at least two years for the medicinal materials to grow. Therefore, the price of medicines will not drop in five or six years.
There is no need to tell the folks about such a complicated matter, "Anyway, the price of Ligustrum lucidum this year should not be reduced."
The villagers breathed a sigh of relief and cheered up, "What about the old ginger? Our family has also sunned a lot this year."
After Zhou Zhoulang answered their various price questions, he finally squeezed out of the crowd and went home sweating.