The snow melted quietly in one night, just as it came quietly and left quietly. Under the faint moonlight, the ice on the surface of the stream broke, and then was washed away piece by piece by the water rushing down from the height. The stream that had been frozen for the whole winter melted, and the stream water gurgled and flowed.

On the second day, when people opened the door of the house, they were surprised to find that the world outside had quietly changed.

Spring has come, the ice and snow have melted, and the land in the fields can be turned up and sown, which means a new beginning of the year. Sowing in spring can be harvested in autumn. For many people, this is the food that can fill their stomachs for a year.

"The snow has melted. In a few days, we can turn over the master's land and plant crops." Liu Guizhong got up early and found the changes outside, and turned to his wife who was following him and said. Liu, who followed her husband, nodded and smiled, saying, "Yes, I've been looking forward to the coming of spring."

"The master doesn't have much land. If we work hard, we can plant it soon." "Well

..."

Last year, not all of the land was planted with crops. Only one piece of land was planted with crops, and the other two pieces were planted with chili peppers. The chili peppers made into sauce were very delicious. The master also gave them a jar of sauce. They didn't know how the sauce was made, but it tasted very good. After this winter, the jar of sauce was eaten up. They couldn't ask the master for more. They could only wait until the peppers were ripe this year and pick them to make chili sauce. Maybe the master would reward them with a jar of chili sauce. Liu Guizhong was thinking about the chili sauce.

But he didn't know if the land would be planted with crops this year. He had to ask the master to find out.

"Father, why don't the master buy more land?" The second son of the Liu family asked his father. In his understanding, the old men in their village used to have a lot of land. Their old man only has a few acres of land, so why doesn't he buy more land? With

more land, they can grow more grain, so the master doesn't have to buy grain anymore. If they can't grow so much, they can rent it to others, and the rent will be quite a lot every year.

"The master has his own reasons for doing things, Qiang boy, don't talk nonsense in front of the master." Liu Guizhong knew that their master was a wise man, different from the old masters he had met.

"Father, I know, I won't talk nonsense." Liu Qiang nodded in response.

Every day, the Liu family got up earlier than the master's family. They got up early to clean the yard, clean the stables in the backyard, and feed the livestock in the backyard. When they were about to clean the yard, the people in the master's house had also gotten up. After opening

the door, Cao Xiangnan paused in his stretching, and found the changes outside, and he was happy. He said that he found that the weather outside was particularly cold today. It turned out that the snow outside had melted. It was cold when it snowed, and it was even colder when the snow melted.

Two dogs, one black and one white, heard the sound of the door opening, and ran over one after the other, circling around their master's heels, wagging their big tails. The two dogs had eaten so much this winter that they were very well fed. Cao Xiangnan rubbed a handful of dog heads, touched one, and the next dog head squeezed over. Seeing that the two dogs were still fighting for favor, he couldn't help but laugh. He

went into the house and threw a few firewood into the fireplace to make the fire burn more vigorously.

The fire in the stove was lit, and the pot with rice was put on it to cook porridge. He thought about this morning's breakfast. He planned to make egg pancakes. He still had some dumplings, so he would fry another plate of dumplings.

"The master is up, I'll bring you the goat's milk."

Liu Guizhong came outside the door to deliver the goat's milk. Cao Xiangnan opened the door, took the goat's milk, and said thank you. Xiaobaoer still wanted to drink goat's milk every morning, but Lele had long refused to drink it.

Every morning, the Liu family would squeeze out the goat milk and send it to him. He would then heat it up and feed it to Xiaobao. With the Liu family, he no longer needed to do the work in the yard, which saved him a lot of trouble.

"Master, when I woke up this morning, I saw that the snow outside had melted. After a few days, we can plant crops after the land is turned over. Should we plant crops like last year?" Liu Guizhong took the opportunity to ask how to plant crops. There was not much land, so he could plant it quickly with the two boys.

"Let's plant crops." Cao Xiangnan planned to buy all the wasteland on this side of the mountain to plant peppers. He could plant more peppers this year. I didn't have so much money before, but now I have more money and land, so I might as well buy all the land here, which will be convenient for me to do anything in the future.

With the land deed in hand, unless there is a change of dynasty, all the land will be his.

After getting the reply from the owner, Liu Guizhong left, preparing to turn the land over in two days.

In the blink of an eye, it's spring, and it's time to start working again.

This man has lived a leisurely and good life for a long time, and he doesn't want to move, but Cao Xiangnan also knows that if people don't work, how can they eat? Fortunately, there are still a few hungry mouths in this family waiting for him to feed.

He didn't know this before because he was not a parent. Now that he has a family, a wife and children, he also understands something called responsibility. He wants to give his wife and children a good life, to not be afraid of the scorching heat in the summer or the severe cold in the winter, to have food to eat when hungry and a place to shelter from the wind and rain when it rains, and to live together happily as a family. This requires hard work.

Cao Xiangnan told Wanfeng about buying the land. Qi Wanfeng nodded and said, "That's good, let's buy it." After thinking for a while, he said, "Husband, we have so few acres of land, why don't we buy a few more acres of land?"

The land in their family was the few acres of land they got when they divided the family. Now there are more and more people in the family, and the grain grown on those acres of land is not enough to eat. Why not throw away the grain? Why not buy a few more acres of land to plant, so that there will be more food, so as not to spend money to buy it outside. The money for buying grain can buy a few more acres of land in a year.

Besides, there are not many fields at home. When the children grow up and move out, they will not have any fields to give to the children. It is better to buy a few more acres of land now and make plans for the future.

"Okay, buy it." Since the daughter-in-law said to buy land, then of course it is bought. Cao Xiangnan decided to buy the land without hesitation.

Qi Wanfeng knew that her husband was not interested in farming. If they could not plant so much land, they could hire others to plant it. When the time comes, they can bring the grain back to their own family, and save money to buy grain. Compared with her husband's extravagant life, Qi Wanfeng is more frugal.

Breakfast is ready, and the family sits together to eat breakfast.

The baked egg pancakes are golden yellow, the crust is a little burnt, and it has the fragrance of eggs. Several children like to eat egg pancakes the most.

Although there are many children in the family, they are all very well-behaved. The older ones eat by themselves. An An has grown up a lot in the past year and has become a well-behaved brother. Even when Lele picks up food for him, he can eat it by himself. He grabs the egg pancake with both hands and eats it happily. He is rarely a worry for others.

Xiao Baoer has not had a particularly good appetite since he was a child, so Lele is so chubby. Xiao Baoer has been as thin as a bamboo pole since he was a child.

Every time he eats, he eats a few bites and then refuses to eat, and needs to be coaxed.

Some naughty children are really a headache. They just don't like to eat. It's best if you don't force them to eat. If you force them to eat, they will eat a few more bites. Fortunately, Qi Wanfeng has always been careful in taking care of Xiao Baoer, and the child has grown up.

"Ah..." Qi Wanfeng tore the egg pancake to the child's mouth, motioning Xiao Baoer to open his mouth and eat.

Xiao Baoer opened his mouth, took the food in his mouth, chewed it twice, and his round eyes were rolling.

Cao Xiangnan took a look and didn't tease the little guy, lest the little guy refuse to eat, and his wife would be anxious with him later.

"Is it delicious?" Qi Wanfeng asked.

"Delicious." Xiao Baoer is just learning to speak. You say a sentence and he follows the end of your word. With the child's affirmation, Qi Wanfeng's smile deepened, and he said, "Xiang Bao'er should eat more, okay?"

Then the little guy stopped talking and stared at you.

Cao Xiangnan laughed, but didn't dare to laugh out loud. His wife heard him and rolled her eyes at him. He ate his meal honestly.

Since he had decided to buy land, after breakfast, Cao Xiangnan went to Lizheng and asked if there were any good fields in Lizheng Village. He also talked about his plan to buy a few more acres of land.

"Well, you want to buy a few more acres of land. I forgot to ask you if you want to buy a few more acres of land when I thought of this earlier." When Li Zheng heard Cao Xiangnan talking about buying land, he agreed with Cao Xiangnan to buy more acres of land.

Li Zheng knew that the land planted by Cao Xiangnan was the land divided when the family was divided. He was the witness at the time. Nan kid is not short of a few acres of land now, so he should buy a few more acres of land.

There is no farmer who doesn't have a few acres of land. I'm afraid no one in the village has more land than this kid has.

There are not many fields in Caojia Village now. There are only a few scattered acres, and none of them are whole. There are still many fields outside Caojia Village and adjacent to Chenjia Village. The fields there are all whole and the land is fertile.

However, people in the two villages think that the land there is a bit far away, and they are afraid that the crops they grow will be stolen by people from the neighboring village. No one wants to buy there, so it has been empty.

However, if it was Nan Xiaozi who bought it, Li Zheng believed that even the people in Chenjia Village would not dare to do anything bad.

After the two discussed, Cao Xiangnan decided to go with Li Zheng to take a look.

When they went over there to take a look, the whole field was good. The two walked along the field to take a look. The land looked fertile. There was a large field that stretched as far as the eye could see, and there might be dozens of acres of land. Since they were his own people, they would not cheat him. After seeing Cao Xiangnan, he decided to buy all the land here. In the future, he would not have to hire outsiders to farm. He could just let Wang Dahu bring a group of men from his place to farm. If

this piece of land was planted with grain, it would probably be enough for so many people to have food for a year.

After a winter, these men worked diligently, and none of them were lazy, so all of them stayed. When there is land in this place in the future, it would be the best if I could marry a boy and have two cute kids.

Cao Xiangnan took the paperwork from Li Zheng, went to the county government, hired someone to measure the land, and bought the land along with the wasteland near his home. Half a day later, the land purchase was completed. After paying the money and getting the title deed, the land was his.