On the eve of her wedding, an urgent report arrived from the border, and the Marquis of Pingyang led his army to battle. To show appreciation and importance, the Crown Prince personally officiated ...
Qin Wan shook her head: "How could that be? If they succeed, the Fourth Prince will either be dead or injured, and the consequences will be even more severe than this."
The girls thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.
Qin Wan was skeptical about the assassination of the Fourth Prince, because this incident never happened in his previous life.
As for why he was assassinated...
Qin Wan looked at the faint mountains in the distance, and a thought came to her mind: could it be him?
She frowned. Could it be that the prince really wanted to rebel?
But the recipe was handed to the prince by the emperor. If he really didn't value the prince, would he let him see it?
But if you really value the prince, why would you not let him get involved in government affairs until now?
The prince is plotting rebellion...
Qin Wan couldn't figure out what the father and son were up to, but when she was about to arrive at Xiaoxue Village, she gave up these thoughts.
At Xiaoxue Village, the village head was eagerly waiting. When he saw Qin Wan's carriage, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Young lady, you are here now. We can harvest everything. If you hadn't come soon, they would have taken action."
Those who dared to take action were naturally the farmers specially invited by the farm. For the sake of the harvest, they would not care about so many things. Now they were waiting at the edge of the field with their farm tools.
Qin Wan smiled and said, "I'm late, Zhenzhen. Go to the village and buy a pig and some chickens so we can have a good meal for everyone tonight."
After giving the order, Qin Wan added, "I brought lunch for everyone. Let's eat before we start working."
Qin Wan raised her hand and several clay pots were placed on the ground. Before she even opened the lids, she could smell the aroma of meat.
There were big pork elbows stewed till they were soft and tender, large chunks of braised pork, pig's trotters with rich oil and red sauce, a bowl of mutton soup, and a bucket of white rice and a bucket of big white steamed buns next to it.
There are only four types of dishes, but they are generous in size.
A tall pile of large red porcelain bowls was placed on the side, with one bowl of meat for each person. The three kinds of meat were piled high, and there was also a bowl of mutton soup. The men who worked all year round could hardly hold these two bowls of meat.
Qin Wan said to everyone, "Everyone, eat and drink well, and hurry up to collect all the food."
"good!"
There was meat, rice and big white steamed buns to eat. The eyes of adults and children lit up. The children could not even imagine that they all had a big bowl of meat to eat!
It is said that teenagers can eat their parents out of money. When they are eight or nine years old, children eat more. Every family is poor and almost no one can have enough to eat. After this meal, both adults and children left their mouths full and were full of energy.
Qin Wan was never a stingy person, so she asked someone to send a bowl of meat and a bowl of soup to each farmer's home so that those who couldn't come to the farm at home could also have a bite of meat.
When it comes to the harvest in the afternoon, adults and children all join in the work. The older ones do the physical work, while the younger ones carry a small basket and follow the adults to pick up wheat and rice ears.
In the past, these children were playful and didn’t work hard, but now that they have meat to eat, they are really motivated.
Although the crops were planted a little late, they still grew well and were full.
After harvesting an acre of land, a group of people stood at the edge of the field and stared at the village.
The head of the village was weighing grain one bucket at a time, in a serious and meticulous manner. Old man Sun next to him was counting one bucket at a time. As he counted, people next to him gradually started to join in.
"Forty! Forty-one! Forty-two!"
"Forty-nine! Fifty! Days! Five stones of grain!"
The last dou was not very full, but it was barely enough, a full fifty dou, or five shi of grain. Nowadays, one shi was one hundred jin, so that was five hundred jin of grain!
Old Man Sun clutched the grain excitedly, tears streaming down his face. "I've been growing grain all my life! In a good year, with good fields, I can only get a little over four dan of grain at most. This is five dan of grain! Five dan!"
"Let's harvest them quickly and see if there are this many on every acre of land!"
Qin Wan smiled and raised her arm, and everyone rushed to the fields.
Qin Wan changed into clothes suitable for working in the fields but still couldn't get a job.
Another acre of land was harvested, and this time Old Man Sun weighed the grain: "A total of five stone and six dou!"
"Walk down an acre!"
This time, Qin Wan didn't even need to call them, they went to the next acre of land on their own.
By the evening, a total of five acres of land had been harvested. There were many people, and everyone was motivated by the good harvest. Otherwise, they would not have been able to harvest so much in half a day.
If Qin Wan hadn't stopped her, someone else would have wanted to take it all away at night.
"We have had a bumper harvest these days, so we have been busy for a while. Don't overwork yourself. Eat first, then rest early after dinner. We will continue tomorrow morning!" Qin Wan waved her hand, and dinner was brought up.
It was still a pot of mutton soup, with braised pig's head, pig's offal, braised pork ribs and braised pork. The dishes made by the chef Qin Wan brought were simple but tasty.
A few chickens were stewed with various mushrooms, and it was so delicious that it made your eyebrows drop.
We can't just eat meat, so we can stir-fry some cabbages with some fat to make a vegetarian dish. The long table is filled with it.
Qin Wan sat at one end, raised the ceramic bowl and said, "Thank you all today. Don't worry about your work these days. I've hired a chef and I'll take care of all the meals. After we finish the work, there will be a reward!"
"Thank you, Miss!"
Men, women, young and old all raised their clay bowls. Those who could drink drank, while those who couldn't drink drank soup.
After a lively meal, the group of people dispersed. Qin Wan finally collapsed in her chair, not wanting to move: "I'm so tired."
Zhenzhen helped her massage her shoulders: "You just watch from the side, why do you go to the fields yourself? How have you ever done this kind of work?"
Yijia took out some medicated oil and helped Qin Wan wipe her hands: "They're all blistered."
Qin Wan looked at the distressed faces of these girls and laughed, "Didn't I get injured when I was practicing martial arts? Just think of it as picking it up again. Okay, don't apply the medicated oil anymore. Go back to your room and wash up first."
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