Li Qinghe didn't intend to hide it at first, after all, if the method of growing sweet potatoes spreads, many people will not be hungry, which is a good thing. He was about to say something when he was interrupted by this.
The man seemed displeased with her.
People in the village used to say that Zhou's family was poor, but now, no one can say such a thing. Boss Zhou goes out early and returns late every day selling tofu, which is sure to make money. The second child went to Li's family and just had a baby, and life is not bad, not to mention the third child, who married a girl from the town, not to mention chickens and ducks for the full moon gift, and half a pig, as for the fourth child, it would be even better Well, the large land and the bright green brick houses are not fake. There are so many chickens raised, and there is a pond in front of it. There is no need to buy fish and eggs.
Zhou's mother took her daughter to live by herself, and there were several sons who were filial from time to time, so life couldn't be said to be sad.
The Zhou family got up, and there were quite a few people who said sour words in the end, but none of them were so straightforward.
Li Qinghe didn't bother to look at her, and just smiled at Mother Li, "You don't need many seeds. And you only need to buy this seed once, and you can keep it for yourself every year in the future."
"Really?" Li's mother was very pleasantly surprised, "Then next year, I will come to help you plant, and you have to teach me how to do it."
Li Qinghe nodded with a smile, and pointed at the tender tips of sweet potato seedlings, "This is still edible, take it back and fry it, it's also a dish, I tried it. You can also feed pigs and chickens when you are old."
Hearing this, Li's mother was not polite anymore, she reached out to pinch, and the woman over there also pinched, "I'll pinch some back and try."
Li Qinghe smiled, "I plan to sell it for a penny. Someone should want it."
Li's mother turned her eyes, she didn't understand what she meant, and said with a smile, "Don't talk about going to the town, even in the village, there should be people who want it, and I will send you copper coins in a while. Come and buy."
When she heard that she wanted copper coins, the woman had already pinched a few and stuffed them into Li's mother's hand, "It's almost the same as feeding pigs, I don't like to eat this."
After stuffing, the person quickly got up and left.
Watching her walk away, Li Qinghe lowered his voice and asked, "Who is this?"
Mother Li sneered, "I just moved here in the village. It is said that it is from Liujia Village, and I bought the house of Yang's family. I just happened to meet when I came down from the mountain. I insisted on coming to see your pond. Don't worry about it, there are so many people in the village. There are so many people, how can you know everyone?"
After pinching her, she stood up and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be quite clever. You can't let her take advantage of this kind of person. After saying ugly things, she still eats vegetables. She is so beautiful."
Li Qinghe shook his head with a smile, "If my aunt likes it after eating, you can pinch it again. It's such a big piece, we can't eat much, and I can only feed it to pigs."
After that day, many people in the village knew that their family had grown a large field of sweet potatoes, and some close relatives would come to pick a handful and eat them as vegetables, such as Li Fu and Yu Yan.
When Li Fu came over, he would sometimes help with the work for half a day before returning. As for Yu Yan, she really came out to wander around and rest her eyes. "I got to know that Qian Laixing. During this period of time, when I go out, I always meet him."
Li Qinghe was a little surprised, "You mean he is staring at you?"
"I can't tell." Yu Yan frowned, "Actually, I didn't feel that anyone was staring at our house, but basically every time I went to town, either in town or on the way back, I would meet him. Not going out."
Li Qinghe frowned, "You really have to be careful, where can I let the third aunt accompany you." He smiled teasingly, "That is a quasi-talented scholar, so you are not tempted?"
Yu Yan shook her head, "He's not good-looking, it's too deliberate to talk about encounters a few times, I'm a little annoyed by him. This marriage can't just be based on fame, I still prefer to look at the face, I have a kind temper, and I don't want to be a scholar." It must be good."
Speaking of scholars, this time the news from the county seat has come back, Hu Yanxi still failed to win, and the two of them have already packed up their things and returned, the county seat cannot afford to live.
It’s not just that the county town couldn’t afford to live. After the two came back, they moved directly to Li’s house. According to Hu Yanxi’s words, he was too impatient, and the articles he wrote were not to the examiner’s liking. Rough tea and light food, watching the clouds and clouds, listening to the crowing of the cock and the barking of the dog, return to simplicity and calm the mind.
From Li Qinghe's point of view, the two came back to live to save food and drink. After all, living in the town, whether it's rice, meat, vegetables, or salt, you have to buy it yourself, but when you get to Li's house, Li Fu will never ask his daughter and son-in-law for money, right
She wanted to take care of it, but Li Fu was willing, and after Zhao Wanwan came back, he would still have a hot meal, so she didn't bother to talk about it.
The sweet potatoes in the field are getting bigger and bigger, Li Qinghe and the two have already started digging, the sweet potato seedlings are not thrown away, they are all cut and dried, the two of them are very busy here, even Zhou's mother came to help, just when she came The next day, Li Fu also came.
With two more people, the work was very different. Four people worked for seven or eight days before they finally dug them all up and put them in the cellar. It's autumn now, and the harvest will be in a blink of an eye. Fortunately, the sweet potatoes will be earlier. If they get together, they will be really busy.
Now many people in the village are preparing for the autumn harvest, sharpening knives, leveling the yard and other tasks. Li Fu hurried back after finishing his work here.
This year's autumn harvest, Li Qinghe and the two are also very busy. There are more than eight acres of land. Although it is not full of barley like other people's homes, the ears of wheat this year are actually bigger than last year's harvest. It is better, in the eyes of others, such as Li Fu, he said that this year's weather is good, and he does not think it is the credit of the wide and narrow travel. It is worth mentioning that the three acres of land that Li Qinghe dug up and covered with rotten soil earlier, compared with Li Fu's fertile land, the harvest is not much less.
Because there are many people in the village who want to buy wasteland recently, in fact, many people secretly pay attention to the wasteland here. Seeing the ears of wheat, many people ran to the village chief. The autumn harvest was not over yet, and the wasteland around Wang Village had already been measured, and even the mountains farther away had been bought.
Li Qinghe didn't know about this until after he dried the wheat. She didn't think about buying more land. If she just planted it herself, the ten acres of land would be enough for the two of them to be busy. Just like this, there are only a few days of free time throughout the year, and they have to go up the mountain to cut firewood and hunt. Still have time to sell.
Speaking of fish, the fish in the pond should be sold again. The two went back to the county after catching the fish. It took five days to go back and forth.
Since digging sweet potatoes, the two of them have never rested. After returning from the county seat, they slept soundly for two days before they recovered.
After recovering, she returned to Li's house with the cloth she had given to Li Fubei in the county seat. She hadn't come back for a long time, and the yard had changed a lot. The yard that was cleaned before now had several more potted plants, which were a little more elegant. Big trees The stone table below was used for eating, but now there is a set of tea sets on it, which looks quite elegant.
And in front of the stone table, sat a more elegant person than the tea set, Hu Yanxi.
It is a skill for him to be able to be so leisurely when the farmer's family is busy with the autumn harvest. In Li Fu's land, he was the only one working this year, and today Zhou Chengkang went to help with a knife.
With a book in his hand, he raised his head when he heard the movement, "My sister is back."
Li Qinghe nodded, and Zhao Wanwan heard the voice and came out of the house, "Sister, I heard you went to the county again, is it fun?"
"We're not here to play." Li Qinghe handed her the fabric in his hand, "I don't have time, so help Dad make it."
Zhao Wanwan picked it up, opened it, looked at it, and said with a smile, "It's almost the same size, and I made it for my father to wear during the New Year."
Just buy it, and she doesn't care when he wears it. After nodding casually, she asked, "Where's Aunt Qian?"
Zhao Wanwan was still folding the fabric, and said casually, "I'm going to uncle's house."
For some reason, Li Qinghe suddenly remembered what Yu Yan said, every time Qian Laixing would meet her by chance, could it be Qian's tipping off
The more I thought about it, the more I felt it was possible. I still need to tell Li Fu about this matter, "Is there any tea at home? I'm going to the field, so I'll take it with me." I also need to talk about this matter.
Zhao Wanwan folded the fabric, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm about to go, you can take it."
Li Qinghe went out with a teapot, and saw a young girl coming this way, and kept observing the yards of various houses along the way. The girl was very unfamiliar, anyway, she had never seen her in the town or the village in her two lifetimes, but there were so many people in the village, maybe it was a relative, she just glanced at it, turned around and was about to leave, when she heard her Call, "little sister-in-law."
This address is very special. Li Qinghe was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was calling himself. He stopped and turned around, pointed at his nose, "You called me?"
The girl nodded, and walked over quickly. The tip of her nose was covered with beads of sweat, which made her already fair skin almost transparent, and the small blood vessels under the skin were faintly visible. This is a girl with good skin and good looks.
The girl was quite generous, and when she approached she was a little out of breath, "Sister-in-law, I want to ask, do you know where Zhao Wanwan's family lives? I asked along the way, and they said they lived nearby..."
Looking for Wanwan
Li Qinghe turned around and looked in the yard, the girl followed her line of sight to look in, and then tears fell, both surprised and happy, "Yanxi, I had a hard time finding you."
Li Qinghe: "..." Are you looking for Wanwan