Hearing the voice fade away, Li Qinghe looked at Zhou Chengkang in the cellar, and asked, "Is your mother too lonely recently?" Even her niece and niece were brought here to raise her.
Zhou Chengkang shook his head and laughed, "It's okay, if anyone wants to prevent us from living a good life, she will drive them out first."
Hearing this, Li Qinghe took it for granted, seeing that Zhou's mother's attitude was indeed the same, "Aren't I a little too rude to your mother?"
Zhou Chengkang was covered in ashes all over, he got out from the cellar, reached out and hugged her, "I'm actually very happy to see that you care about me so much."
Li Qinghe raised his eyebrows, "All the land in this family is under my name, you dare not be misbehaving."
"Yes." Zhou Chengkang nodded in agreement, "Don't dare to be misbehaving, what orders does Madam have?"
Li Qinghe dragged him to the front yard, "Go eat, I ate too early in the morning."
In the blink of an eye, it was June, and the weather became hotter and hotter. Wu Li came again during this period and took away some medicinal materials. I heard that when he passed by the entrance of the village on his way back, someone stopped his carriage and wanted to sell him some medicinal materials. It is too little to say that he confiscated it, unless it is a rare medicinal material, otherwise he would not want it.
In fact, Li Qinghe and the other two found any rare medicinal materials on the surrounding mountains. They have stepped on the surrounding hills once, and the ones that are easy to produce medicinal materials have been more than once. The two of them had studied pharmacology and knew more medicinal materials than the villagers. Some things that the villagers thought were weeds were also picked by them.
Wu Li didn't accept it, so the villagers had to take it to the town, and sent it to several medical clinics. Surprisingly, the price was not bad. Medicinal materials themselves are more expensive than food, but there are not many of them.
Then, after June, more and more people went to the mountains. There are even some large bark that can be used as medicinal materials, and the trees are directly moved home, and the trunks that cannot be sold are used as firewood.
The surrounding woods were trampled by everyone like this, and some doctors in the town who knew how to gather their own medicine stopped coming to Wangcun.
When the villagers saw this, they reacted quickly, and many daughters-in-law went back to the mountains of their natal families to pick them. As a result, the entire mountain of Luoyue Town was quickly plundered. Fortunately, Wu Li didn't accept their medicinal materials, and all the medicinal materials collected from the surrounding area were sold to the town in the end, otherwise, the ordinary medicinal materials needed by the town could only be purchased in the county.
Li Qinghe and the two didn't go again, but went to pull grass in their own woods or something. They took care of the medicinal materials that could keep their own seeds.
Moreover, when the sun was at its highest in mid-June, I went to the town again to pick up Dr. Huang's grandson, and the two began to practice calligraphy again.
In fact, after there were more land, the two didn't want to go to the autumn harvest by themselves. I can't do much because I'm exhausted. At worst, I will use all the harvest from the fish pond outside to hire people.
When it was time for the autumn harvest, other families were busy harvesting or preparing for the autumn harvest. This year seems to be another bumper year, and the atmosphere in the village is good. In fact, many people are staring at Li Qinghe's land, and come to help her after finishing their own work, and can earn a lot of wages every year.
The most important thing is that she pays the wages readily, not the procrastination of the Yang family. This time the Yang family dug the fish ponds, it was the people from Xu's family that Xu's mother had found, otherwise, no one would be willing to go there even if the wages were high.
The autumn harvest is very busy, regardless of day or night. By the time the work is over and the grain is in the warehouse, it is already mid-August.
The two of them did not go hunting this time, because after autumn, a lot of medicinal seeds were recovered, and Wu Li sent them back again. Moreover, medicinal materials are not about the age of food, as long as they are planted without dying.
Therefore, even after the autumn harvest is over, their family still needs a few people to help.
Li Fuqiu has been helping with the work here after the harvest, and Zhao Dashan, Lanhua is pregnant and can't do much work, so he just came to help Li Qinghe take care of the house, only need to eat, no wages.
She said no, not because she said she wouldn't accept it, but because she really didn't accept it.
A few days ago, after the autumn harvest was over, Li Qinghe paid her wages, so she insisted on giving her some, but when she turned around, she made some clothes for Xi Yu.
Looking at the clothes, Li Qinghe's heart was complicated. Sometimes, the relationship between this person and another person cannot be revealed after a long time. Since that time when Li Fu took the couple's meal money and moved out, Zhao Wanwan has gone home on one hand for counting times, and she has almost no contact with her sister.
But in June, I heard that Hu Yanxi closed his private school and went to Fucheng to rush for the exam.
The reason why he charged such a high salary was to catch up with the exam.
Li Qinghe would know, she heard from Qing Miao that her cousin's nephew was practicing calligraphy at home right now.
Li Qinghe and the two also stayed at home to practice calligraphy. Many people in the village went to the mountains to collect medicinal materials, and even the mountains were not easy to hunt. Even pheasants and rabbits were driven to deeper forests because of too many people. , even Zhou Chengkang did not dare to go.
It's not that I dare not, but that there is no need to take risks.
After the medicinal materials were planted in the forest, the two of them did not go out. The medicinal materials brought this time basically took up more than half of the dozens of acres of uncultivated forest. The main reason is that the forest is different from the field, and some places are not suitable. If there are rocks, it will be vacant.
The autumn afternoon was sunny, and the two moved tables and chairs to practice calligraphy under the eaves.
It should be three people. Xi Yu also practiced calligraphy, and she still seems to be doing well, but she lacks strength.
The atmosphere was warm, and Li Qinghe glanced at the father and son from time to time, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Practicing handwriting requires meditation, what are you laughing at?" Zhou Chengkang glanced at Xi Yu next to him suggestively, asking her to set a good example.
Practicing calligraphy is actually a very boring thing, and it really takes a patient, persistent, and particularly determined person to persevere. He obviously doesn't want to write anymore, and he has lost his mind a few times and even preached to others.
Li Qinghe laughed loudly, "I have to go to the kitchen to cook, what do you want to eat?"
"Face." Xi Yu immediately said.
The kid couldn't bear it anymore, "Mom, I want to help."
Zhou Chengkang put down his pen and preached solemnly, "You are doing us a favor by practicing more calligraphy. I will help your mother for you."
Xi Yu reacted quickly, "How about you help me practice calligraphy, and I will help you?"
The older Xi Yu gets, the harder it is to be fooled.
The three laughed and went to the kitchen to make noodles, but it was not easy to make noodles. Half an hour after the noodles were ready, a small table was moved and placed in the yard. The three of them sat and ate. There was no fresh meat at home, so Li Qinghe cut a piece of cured meat and fried it on it. It was also very fragrant.
Before washing the dishes after eating, there was a knock on the backyard door.
Usually, the ones who come through the door in the backyard are either the Yang family or Yu Yan.
Li Qinghe went to open the door. If it was the Yang family, they would not be allowed to enter the courtyard.
Behind the door was Yu Yan, still holding snacks in her hand, "We just came back from the town, bought some snacks, and brought some over for you."
Li Qinghe turned sideways, intending to invite her in.
Yu Yan didn't go in right away, but looked in the direction of the Yang family, "I went to the town just now, and I heard that someone in our village bought a waste forest."
This is quite surprising.
One tael of silver per mu is actually not cheap. You can get hundreds of catties for buying grain. If you buy it just to chop firewood, it is completely unnecessary. Land reclamation is also unrealistic. If you want to dig out the old tree roots inside, at least you have to dig a big hole. It may not be completely dug, and young saplings will grow again in the next spring. If you buy a bamboo forest, it's really useless.
Unless... It's the same medicinal material as hers.
The investment in planting medicinal materials is not a small amount, not to mention the money to buy waste forests, it is not a little money to hire people to level the land and plant medicinal materials, and to buy medicinal seeds. Curiously asked, "Whose family?"
Yu Yan pointed to the Yang family, "He bought the opposite side..." She pointed to a forest behind the village, which was a bit steep, "The ten acres over there are also said to be used for medicinal herbs. Their family is really thick-skinned, what to do?" I have to learn from your family."
Li Qinghe looked at the opposite hillside, speechless for a while. It's not that the opposite hillside is not good, but that those can be used as wasteland. In the forest she bought, there are many big trees, where there are dead leaves, and when the dead leaves are rotten, they become black soil. After adding medicinal materials, the medicine also grows quickly.
The hillside on the opposite side is full of small trees with thorns inside and a thin layer of soil. Planting medicinal materials... I'm afraid it's not enough. Of course, it is still possible to choose the right medicinal materials and habits.
"Do you want to buy it?" Li Qinghe asked with a smile.
Yu Yan waved her hand, "I don't want it. Although I live in the village, I don't plan to farm. It's just that the place is clean and the people living here are clean, so you don't need to bother planning..."
Not wanting to talk about the Yang family, and not bothering to think about where the money they got now, Li Qinghe pulled her, "Come in."
"I'm not going." Yu Yan smiled and said in a low voice, "I'm going home, father and son don't want to eat in the town, they insist on coming back to eat the buns I made, I have to go back."
Seeing her leaving cheerfully, Li Qinghe turned and entered the door.
It is not a secret in the village that the Yang family bought land? After two or three days, most of the people knew that the Yang family also planned to grow medicinal materials like Li Qinghe.
If you know it, you know it. No one in the village will help their family with work, and no one will think about buying waste forest like them.
Originally, fish farming is pretty much the same, at least it can be seen that they have made money in the past few years. That deserted forest...someone secretly helped Li Qinghe to settle the accounts, not counting the dozens of taels of silver to buy the deserted forest, but to hire people to level the land and plant medicinal materials. You can't buy it with silver. This thing is simply not something that ordinary farmers can afford to grow.
Besides, who knows if it can make money
If it weren't for the barren forest bought by the Yang family, we can still look forward to it. After all, no one can plant more than ten acres of land, and they can still do short-term labor for a few days when they hire people. But the Yang family, I'm afraid I won't get any money if I help!
As a result, the Yang family didn't want to hire people in the village, so Xu Changjie ran out and found a dozen strong laborers from nowhere, all of them were men. It is said that they don’t need wages, just give them food, and they live in the house by the fish pond they built earlier at night.
There are more than a dozen people crowded in a room, and others will only sigh with emotion when they know about it. I don't know what these people have experienced. Some of them still have scars on their faces. No wages, just food. Just like this, I also heard that the Yang family only uses sweet potatoes to cook porridge for them every meal, which is considered the simplest and cheapest meal. Work before dawn and come back by moonlight.