There are new chicken coops and sheep sheds in the new yard. Tang Chunming specially designated two areas for raising chickens and sheep, and moved the fifty chickens and three sheep from the original yard there. It will get bigger and bigger, and it will be hard to stay in the old yard in summer. In the old yard, Tang Chunming plans to plant a few fruit trees and build a grape trellis, and sit under the grape trellis in summer and autumn to enjoy the shade. Eating fruit, the taste, tsk tsk, made Tang Chunming wish that time would pass faster.
But safety is also very important. Tang Chunming mobilized people with good relations with him to help him find puppies. This time Uncle Zhao Liu helped him find two puppies. He often went to town and knew many people. He asked around. You can find out if the dog owners have had puppies. Ordinary people would like to keep these puppies. There is not so much food to raise, so most of them are given away.
There are two puppies, one is all black, and of course the children unanimously decided to call it Xiao Hei according to Xiao Hua's tradition, and the other is troublesome. Now that it has a master, what should it be called? The children had everything to say, and finally they couldn't make up their minds and asked Tang Chunming. Tang Chunming saw that the second little milk dog had a pinch of raised dull hair on its head, so he decided to call it Xiaodai.
After the two little milk dogs arrived, Xiao Hua, who had long been out of the category of milk dogs, was full of pride, and flicked her tail vigorously. She had been honored to be promoted to the boss of the dog, and she brought two younger brothers with her. Tang Chunming, the master, said two After the little milk dog was handed over to it, Xiaohua has done her duty to the two little brothers.
The most typical thing is that before it was Tang Chunming's turn to train the two little milk dogs, they had already consciously followed Xiaohua to the designated place to solve physiological problems, which Tang Chunming dug specially for Xiaohua. A hole was blocked by a board, and a hole was dug in the board, and Tang Chunming would regularly flush it with water.
The first time they saw Xiaodai stumbling behind Xiao Hua and Xiao Hei to solve their physical problems, Zhang Xiu and Wang Mo both smiled and bent over. It was Tang Chunming’s unintentional name for Xiaodai that was too vivid, the chubby little The puppy is naive and clumsy and cute. He is as big as Xiao Hei, but he can't even walk steadily. Confused.
"I think it's because of your bad name. It's not good to call it Xiaodai, so why not just stay here?" Zhang Xiu said while rubbing her aching stomach.
"Hey, where did Sixth Uncle find such a funny puppy for you, what a real treasure." Wang Mo also laughed.
"I don't know," Tang Chunming shrugged, "it will get better when she grows up. Look at how tall Xiaohua is now. I caught a mouse two days ago." It's useful to raise her so big, isn't she? Tang Chunming didn't think that dogs taking mice were meddling.
Of course, when Xiaodai just brought him back, he also saw that there was something wrong with Xiaodai. The back leg seemed to be short, but if you didn’t pay attention, you wouldn’t notice it. The owner of the dog originally wanted to throw it away. Take it back and let Brother Ming take a look, if you don't like it, just throw it away. After Tang Chunming read it, he didn't have any opinion, so he stayed. Such a bastard would not be able to live if he was thrown out.
I haven't seen the effect yet, but because of Xiaodai's fun, Tang Chunming felt that it was worth raising Xiaodai.
The original fifty chickens survived, and now they have grown into half-sized chickens. After the new yard was built, Tang Chunming caught another fifty chicks and brought back ten lambs and chickens in the sheepfold. Two milking ewes, the original one has been weaned and plans to breed a lamb again.
Of course, the scale that Tang Chunming wants is far from what it is now, but firstly, there is no way to separate himself, and secondly, there needs to be a transitional period for other people in the village to adapt. When Tang Chunming expands the scale in the future, they will spontaneously Finding the reason for him, these breeding experiences are accumulated step by step.
There are still more than three acres of land left. Tang Chunming originally wanted to ask people to plant all the vegetables, but with the help of Zhang Xiu, Wang Mo and Shen Fulang, and Uncle Zhao Liu's son also came over, Tang Chunming was not needed at all. Invite people again, and these people will help him plant all the vegetables in one day, and the speed of work is not inferior to that of their masters. These people didn't want Tang Chunming's wages at all, so he had to cook a sumptuous meal in return for them.
But there are more and more things at home, and he can't get by without asking for help. Tang Chunming's purpose is to live a good life and enjoy a comfortable life, not to exhaust himself to live a good life If you live, then the gain outweighs the loss. But at the moment Tang Chunming is still hesitating, not for other reasons, just because he is now feeding chickens and sheep in a shady way, and the villagers will scold him for wasting food when they see it.
"You mean, the Zhao family wants to be married to the Shen Dahu family in the town?" Tang Chunming, who has been busy digging wells, feeding chickens, raising sheep and growing vegetables these days, has completely left the Zhao family in the same village behind. In the back of the head, what kind of scholar is not a scholar, is it important to have such a major thing as earning money? Suddenly, Fulang Shen mentioned the news from the village and the town.
Because Zhao Laosan is one of the only two people in the town who passed the examination as a scholar, his popularity has increased a lot. Even Shen Fulang went to the town's brother-in-law's house and heard others mention the young and promising Zhao Xiucai. , and said that the family of Shen Dahu in the town fell in love with him and planned to recruit him as his brother-in-law. Similarly, word spread in the village.
Some people said that before, Mrs. Zhao went to the town specially to find out about the situation of Shen Dahu's brother, so the marriage was probably true.
He was very busy a few days ago, and now Tang Chunming was half lying there and didn't want to move anymore. Hearing what Shen Fulang said, the little ones were still interested in the new yard and the two little milk dogs. It was crazy to play there, Tang Chunming also let them play, there is no child who does not play, there is simply a Li Feng who makes the children obey him.
The lazy Tang Chunming also gossiped, curious about the family who married Zhao Laosan, why did he not have eyesight and fell in love with such a hypocrite with only appearance? "What kind of family is this big Shen family? And his little brother just fell in love with Zhao Laosan?"
"I heard that there were Mr. and Mrs. Shen Dahu who came to congratulate the Zhao family that day, but I heard a news in the town that the young brother who was going to be married was not the child of the Shen family's husband at all, but Shen Dahu. The little brother who was raised outside in an outhouse was long gone, but this little brother was taken back by Shen Dahu, saying that he was raised by his husband's side, but my brother My son also said that he has never seen Shen Dahu's husband bring out that little brother in the past few years since he married in the town, and he doesn't even know what he looks like until now, heck." Shen Fulang sneered. With that sound, Tang Chunming pondered for a while what it meant.
Among them, there must be disdain for Shen Dahu's family, and the inexplicable meaning of Shen Dahu's husband's behavior. Maybe there is sympathy, maybe there is disdain. Such a little brother has never been raised by his side. I took it out, and it's not the kind of official boy who is raised in a deep boudoir in the city, it's just a market town, and one can imagine that such a little brother will never be able to get on the stage.
This was the first time Tang Chunming came into contact with the fact that a man in this world can marry a young husband. Presumably the husband of this big Shen family is also very powerful, forcing his own man to secretly raise a foreign room instead of taking it home. But even so, so what, it's not that he couldn't control the man's lower body, and even got back a criminal evidence that reminded him that the man in charge had raised an outside room. Even if he had money, his life was miserable enough.
If his man dares to make a principled mistake in the future, hehe, Tang Chunming can guarantee that he will never use that thing that can't remember the principle again, and then he will be kicked out. But when he thought of this, a figure flashed in Tang Chunming's mind. That person...should not make mistakes. If he really fights, he really can't beat him with his small arms and legs. Why don't you think about it
"Then Zhao Laosan really agrees to this marriage? Are you willing to marry such a young man?" Tang Chunming was wondering whether Zhao Laosan wanted money or face. Since Shen Dahu wanted to win over a talented person, he would definitely not do it as a dowry. Too shabby makes this marriage ugly, but even Mrs. Shen knows that this little brother was left by the outside room. After all, it is because of his reputation. Will Zhao Laosan, who pays attention to appearance, agree
"I don't know about this, but even my brother in the town heard that the two families are getting married. I heard that the little brother married a house in the town as a dowry. In the future, the young couple can live together In the town, what can I say to make Zhao Xiucai concentrate on his studies. Such words must have come from Shen Dahu, otherwise how could he be so careful." Shen Fulang didn't understand the truth, so he only picked up what he knew and said, "But I heard this. Before the news came out, there were quite a few matchmakers who went to Zhao's house to say goodbye, but they disappeared in the past two days."
They are talking about Zhao Laosan's marriage here. In the town, Zhao Pingchuan, who invited his classmates to drink, also got angry because of this matter. Agreed, this Shen family has spread all over the town.
When I saw my classmates today, they all congratulated him, saying when would I go to drink his wedding wine, only then did he realize that he was already the future son-in-law of the Shen family in others' eyes, and he always liked to take the situation into his own hands Zhao Pingchuan was already displeased with what the Shen family did.
The place where he treated guests was Jinji Restaurant, and he and three classmates asked for a private room upstairs. After entering the private room, Zhao Pingchuan told the story impatiently, saying that it was all the Shen family's own idea, His family hasn't said whether they agree or not, and now it seems that this marriage is even more serious. My mother came to the town to inquire before, but she didn't find out anything about this little brother. It is said that he has been raised at home and rarely goes out, and he is also well-educated. The latter two conditions are very in line with Zhao Pingchuan's requirements. In his opinion Come on, my brother's family should be like this, instead of acting like a man in public, my brother's family should be filial to my parents and take good care of my man at home, and I shouldn't ask about things outside, otherwise I will lose the man's face. Ever since there was an example like Tang Chunming, he became more and more demanding on the brother he wanted to marry.
"If you want me to say, there's nothing wrong with it. It's not because you, Pingchuan, were selected as a scholar at a young age. The Shen family couldn't wait to marry you because they saw your future, and wanted you to support them in the future." They are the Shen family. In this way, the Shen family will never treat you badly, so get married first, and then talk about it. If you really don't like it in the future, divorce or come back with someone you like, it's not a word for us men. "Someone suggested.
After all, Zhao Pingchuan was not reconciled, and he wanted to visit Dingzhou Prefecture or even the county seat. He was confident that with his own conditions, there would definitely be someone with insight and talent who would be interested in his future. It's a pity to give up like this. After all, the Shen family has a good vision and knows that they are worth investing in, but they are too eager.
"That's right, why don't you find a chance to meet that little brother from the Shen family first? Maybe he's as beautiful as a flower." The other person let out an ambiguous laugh. They are older than Zhao Pingchuan, aren't they? Never experienced human affairs.
They were talking about the Shen family and the little brother of the Shen family in the private room upstairs, but someone downstairs whispered their conversation to shopkeeper Qi. Shopkeeper Qi investigated Tang Chunming's current situation very well because he had no relationship with the black-faced husband who had met before. When he saw Zhao Xiucai coming to his restaurant, Qi Changgui had to be extra careful.
Compared with a scholar with a promising future, both he and Teng Yu naturally valued Tang Chunming more. Besides, after investigating Tang Chunming's situation, he also knew what kind of family the Zhao family was. Fame, but what happened in Pingshan Village back then could not be kept from spreading to the outside world, so shopkeeper Qi was very clear about what happened to the Zhao family back then, and naturally he didn't like a character like Zhao Laosan.
Shopkeeper Qi is not someone like Zhao Pingchuan who doesn't know the details. He has been a shopkeeper in this town for many years, and he doesn't know anything about the idea of the Shen family. It's better to let him push behind and let Zhao Laosan do good things.
If Zhao Laosan hadn't come to his own restaurant to drink, he wouldn't have thought of helping Tang Fulang. After all, Tang Fulang had already expanded the planting area. For the business of the restaurant, the young master and their Jinji were of course happy to see Tang Fulang. Be more stable and less disturbing.
Shopkeeper Qi wanted to trick Zhao Laosan downstairs, but he didn't know that Zhao Laosan was also trying to get on Jinji's way. He asked one of his classmates who had some connections in his family: "Does anyone know who the owner of Jinji is?" ? What if I want to ask Jin Kee to do something?"
"What's the matter? Jinji's boss is going to be used for something? As far as I know, Jinji's boss is from the county, and it seems to have a lot of background." This person really has some connections, even Teng Yu's boss is from Anping The county is clear, so, does he really know nothing about the Shen family's affairs? The man played with the wine glass and looked at Zhao Pingchuan playfully.
"It's not about the family." Zhao Pingchuan frowned in distress, and changed Tang Chunming's matter into a statement, "Although my second brother has gone, my family can't accommodate the second brother. As for Do you want to show your face and do business with the restaurant? Now who in the village is not ashamed to mention my second brother, even my mother is too shy to go out for fear of not being able to raise her head. I wonder if I can talk to the people in this restaurant Let’s talk about it, wouldn’t it be okay to change to a vegetable seller? It’s not just a vegetable grower, it’s not the same if you change to another.” Zhao Pingchuan really didn’t take this seriously, changing a vegetable seller didn’t hurt Jinji at all. Well, with his reputation as a scholar, the restaurant can not sell him a face.
"Did you say that your second brother recently sold vegetables to Jin Kee?" The person who was supposed to be playful suddenly squeezed his wine glass tightly after hearing the news, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.
"Yeah, how much money can we get for selling vegetables? But when we make it, people say that our Zhao family can't even support a brother, and that my mother treats a son badly. It's not that our Zhao family can't support him, but we can't lose him." For the sake of this face, no matter what, I can't let others talk about our Zhao family and make my grandmother difficult." Zhao Pingchuan looked helpless.
"This matter is easy to handle, just leave it to me. I have some relationship with the people in this restaurant. I will ask someone to tell you that I will not embarrass you." The man put down his wine glass and patted Zhao Pingchuan on the shoulder and agreed with a smile. .
"Then please, brother Zhiyi!" Zhao Pingchuan made a bow with a very sincere attitude.
Shopkeeper Qi didn't ask anyone to continue listening, but he didn't know that the little people in his eyes were conspiring with others to cut off their restaurant's fortune.
When he was full of wine and food, Zhao Pingchuan bid farewell to the three classmates. Looking at the figure of Zhao Pingchuan going away, at first the young man who persuaded Zhao Pingchuan to marry the brother of the Shen family for the sake of money, and if he didn't like it, he would accept the young man, used a somewhat mocking tone to the person named brother Zhiyi Said: "Brother Zhiyi is really going to let this fake Daoist marry the little brother born in the Shen family?"
Obviously, all three of them knew about the Shen family's affair, but none of them told Zhao Pingchuan. It can be seen that the so-called classmate friendship is just that. Would it hurt his Zhao family to give him a dowry to the Zhao family?" On the surface, he pretended to be friends with Zhao Pingchuan, but in fact no one took Zhao Pingchuan seriously. Even merchants don't look down on Zuo Qinggao, a self-righteous person, but he didn't expect that he was really admitted as a scholar.
"That's right," that Zhiyi brother clapped his hands and said happily, "I also want to thank Brother Pingchuan for providing me with an important piece of news, so I can't treat him badly, a beautiful talent, isn't it a match made in heaven, I believe that Brother Pingchuan will definitely Thank you for ours."
"Brother Zhiyi, could it be his second brother..."
"Don't say it, don't say it," Brother Zhiyi shook his index finger, "We just need to know it ourselves, haha, go back."
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Tang Chunming didn't know what Zhao Pingchuan was doing behind the scenes to cut off his fortune, otherwise he wouldn't just sit back and watch the Zhao family's good show. I'm afraid he would have the heart to kill him with a knife, and he also didn't know that someone While inquiring about the source of Jinji's latest supply, it was leaked by Zhao Pingchuan by mistake.
This afternoon, Tang Chunming was sitting at home making fruit puree, using cherries. Since the cherries in the space ripened, Alin has always liked to eat them, and Tang Chunming was also happy to pamper his son. Now he has planted several kinds of fruit trees in the courtyard in order to cover people's eyes and ears, including peach trees, pear trees, jujube trees, and persimmon trees. The two sons also help to keep an eye on what fresh fruit trees or fruits are for sale there. After collecting all the types of fruit trees in the space, the fruits in the space can be taken out and eaten openly in the future without having to hide behind people's backs like now. It feels like stealing food, and it's easy to get caught.
Three dogs, one big, two small, and three dogs were lying at the feet of him and Alin, gnawing on fruits. Just like Xiaohua, Xiaohei and Xiaodai never refused to come to the fruits and vegetables produced in the space. It is estimated that the animals are more sensitive to the atmosphere of the space. Sensitive, know that eating these things is only good for them.
"Mum, look at my big characters." Alin, with his face stained with ink, showed a big smile and held up a piece of paper in front of Tang Chunming. Li Feng was not at home this afternoon, but he confessed to both of them. In addition to squatting at his house to practice martial arts, if he finds out that he is lazy, he will double the punishment, so even if Li Feng himself is not in Da Mao Er Mao, he dare not be lazy, and A Lin does not join in the fun and stays at home with his mother.
"Okay, Ah Lin's writing is really good, this is to reward Ah Lin." Tang Chunming smiled when he saw it, handed him the pounded fruit puree, and wiped off the dirt on his hands and face with a wet cloth. ink. After Ah Lin ate the fruit puree, Tang Chunming turned his eyes to the big characters written. Of course, the characters written by the young and weak could not be compared with the big Mao who studied together. Impatient, the writing is crooked, but the strokes are correct, Tang Chunming didn't demand too much, and let A Lin develop freely according to his own preferences.
Tang Chunming himself took some fruit and ate it. The bigger his belly got bigger, his food intake was also increasing. Not long after lunch, he was hungry, so he had to eat fruit to supplement it. After tidying up, there was a commotion outside, Xiao Hua rushed out quickly, Xiao Hei yelled in a delicate voice, and Xiao Dai was still turning his head in confusion, not knowing what happened.
"Aunt, a guest is here." Alin slid off the kang neatly, and then helped Aunt to get off the ground. Well, Tang Chunming couldn't bear to borrow such a child's strength.
When they reached the courtyard, they heard someone shouting at the courtyard gate: "Is Tang Fulang there? I am the shopkeeper Qi of Jinji."
Shopkeeper Qi? Why is he here? Although Tang Chunming was puzzled, he immediately replied: "Come on, wait a minute." Since the first time, a young man who has always been an errand from Jin Kee came to collect the vegetables. He was very diligent and caught up with Tang Chunming. Chunming helped him pick vegetables if he didn't arrive in time, but he always came here every few mornings, why did he come this afternoon
Tang Chunming opened the courtyard door, and saw the carriage parked outside and the shopkeeper Qi standing beside the carriage. It was the little man who often came to collect vegetables who knocked on the door. Shopkeeper Qi cupped his hands at Tang Chunming with a smile and said, "Tang Fulang, I'm sorry to bother you. It just so happens that Qi is free today, so he came with Xiao Shunzi."
Tang Chunming smiled and let the door open: "Please come in. Shopkeeper Qi can take time out of his busy schedule to come over. Of course I welcome you very much. Please come in quickly."
Shopkeeper Qi was amused by Tang Chunming's statement. He was different from the brothers he usually met. He didn't have the vulgarity of the country brothers, but he had a kind of heartiness that was different from other brothers. The gift followed Tang Chunming into the yard, and shopkeeper Qi smiled as he walked, "Tang Fulang, these two dogs are also very smart." Xiao Hua, who had been barking at him, fell silent, but followed Tang Chunming vigilantly, as if ready to go at any time. He came up to bite shopkeeper Qi, but an all-black puppy came up to his feet and sniffed it, making shopkeeper Qi walk cautiously, for fear of accidentally stepping on it, "I heard Xiao Shunzi say that you are here. Another yard has been built, I have time to come over today to have a look, and bring some vegetables over by the way.”
Xiao Shunzi was carrying cotton cloths and snacks, all of which Tang Chunming could use. Tang Chunming was very thoughtful, so Tang Chunming could only slowly accompany Shopkeeper Qi to the new yard next to him with a full stomach: "I Small fights here, how can you get into the eyes of shopkeeper Qi and your boss, Master Teng, it has just been built, and it is still very messy, so be careful with your steps. Alin, you go back to the house and pour water for Brother Xiao Shunzi drink."
"Okay, Mom." A Lin responded obediently, and he was familiar with Xiao Shunzi, and brought Xiao Shunzi into the house like a little adult.
Accompanying shopkeeper Qi to walk around the new yard, all the vegetables planted according to Teng Yu's request have survived, and shopkeeper Qi is very satisfied. The current supply can't meet the needs of the restaurant at all, not to mention that there are more than one owner For restaurants, the more Tang Chunming planted, the better.
Shopkeeper Qi didn't hide the impact of the dishes from here on the restaurant's business and the praise of the guests, so he somehow got involved with Zhao Pingchuan: "I heard that the newly released Zhao Xiucai is also from your Pingshan Village. It seems that Pingshan The village is truly outstanding, the vegetables it grows are good, and the people it raises are extraordinary."
Tang Chunming cast a sidelong glance at Shopkeeper Qi. If he still doesn't understand the purpose of Shopkeeper Qi's visit at this moment, he will have lived his whole life in vain. A brother with a child, how can Shopkeeper Qi be well-informed and unable to understand those big principles, so if Shopkeeper Qi says it's unusual, it's naturally unusual."
"Haha," Shopkeeper Qi felt more and more that this guy was smart and interesting, and followed his words, "I just met more people in the restaurant and heard more things. No, the town's Shen Dahu's insightful and handsome eyes fell in love with this rookie and he wanted to marry his brother over here. This is not a good thing. As far as I know, this little brother has been picked up by his husband since he was picked up by Shen Dahu. I went to take care of him, but I didn't expect that he was a poor man. He couldn't bear this blessing and was always sick. The couple were afraid that the little brother would not be able to support him, so they simply sent them to the countryside to be taken care of carefully. Who would have thought that the little brother went to the countryside The health is getting better and better, and seeing that they have reached the age of marriage, this big family of Shen and his wife have carefully selected this new talent."
Reminiscent of what Shen Fulang told him before, Tang Chunming almost couldn't hold back his laughter. It turned out that shopkeeper Qi came here specially to tell him about Zhao Laosan's marriage. marriage? No wonder there was no news about the little brother in the town. He had been raised in the countryside all along, and the word "careful care" is very important.
"This Shen Dahu and his wife are really thinking about my little brother. Do they have other children?"
"Of course there are. I heard that this little brother is also a lucky one. Not long after returning to the Shen family, the husband of the Shen family became pregnant. The next year gave birth to a fat boy, and now he is the treasure of the Shen family. " Shopkeeper Qi replied with a smile.
After walking around and returning to the old yard, Xiao Shunzi had already gone to the backyard to pick vegetables and carried them to the yard. Alin actually hugged Ah-Dai and stared at the side, like a little overseer, and Xiao Shunzi was also Make Allen talk.
At this time, there was a sudden dispute at the door, and there was a cold scolding sound, which sounded very familiar. Isn't it Li Feng who came back from the house? what happened? Tang Chunming walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked around.
As soon as Li Feng looked up, he saw Tang Chunming, and there was a carriage parked at the gate of the courtyard. Li Feng had the impression that it should belong to Jin Kee Restaurant, and the person who came out behind him was not the shopkeeper Qi of Jin Kee. Turning around, Li Feng impatiently faced the two oxen lanes blocking the road in front of him: "Where are you going? What kind of words are you getting stuck here!"
Li Feng went out for a trip, and when he came back, he also drove a carriage. The front of Tang Chunming's house was very lively. The shopkeeper Qi's carriage was parked at the door, and there were two bullock carts competing with each other. Everyone wanted to grab it. He stepped forward to overtake the other party, and behind him was Li Feng who was driving a carriage.
The two nuns, whose outfits on the bullock cart made Tang Chunming feel a little off, were arguing loudly.
"Obviously I came first, it's you who should get out, don't block my way!"
"Look at this position, obviously I can go there first, but you just cut in, you're still unreasonable!"
When Li Feng yelled, the two nuns turned their heads one after another, almost saying together: "You let him quit!"
"Huh? Aren't you one from Chendong from the east of the town, and the other from the west of the town? What's going on today? We came to this Pingshan village together. Are you going to help someone's marriage?" From Tang The voice behind Chunming exposed the identities of the two people blocking the way. Tang Chunming's eyes bulged, and he really wanted to wash his eyes.
"So it's shopkeeper Qi, I'm going to Zhao's house." Chen Meimao said, throwing her handkerchief.
"So it's shopkeeper Qi. I'm going to the Tang family. I don't know which family the Tang family is?" The flower matchmaker also replied with a smile on her face.