Chapter 121: Promoting Winter Wheat [VIP]
The Shen and Xu families lived not far from each other. Occasionally, people passed by on the country road and greeted the two of them from time to time, so that Yang Wenying had a lot to say but had no chance to speak to Zhao Xiaofu.
When they arrived at the door of the Shen family, Zhao Xiaofu handed the red bean roll to Yang Wenying. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Yang Wenying called him softly.
"Wait a minute, Brother Xiaofu. I have something to give you."
Zhao Xiaofu stopped and looked at her, only to see Yang Wenying's face flushed and staring at him with burning eyes.
The school bag must have been rolled up and hidden in her sleeve, so it was a little wrinkled when she took it out.
"No merit, no reward. I cannot accept this book bag."
When Yang Wenying heard that he was about to refuse, she hurried down the stairs and forcefully thrust the book bag into his hands. "This, this is a thank-you gift. Yes, a thank-you gift for you."
Zhao Xiaofu was puzzled and planned to return it to her.
Yang Wenying made up a lame excuse: "Last time in the rabbit house, thanks to you, I was saved from the fugitives."
This happened a long time ago, and the teacher had already thanked me at that time, not to mention the many helps he provided later.
It is not appropriate for him to accept this gift now.
Yang Wenying was afraid that he would really return it to her, so without waiting for his reply, she quickly walked into the Shen family holding the red bean roll.
Zhao Xiaofu looked at the gate of the Shen family, then at the word "Fu" embroidered on the school bag, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
In the yard.
After unloading the silkworm manure, Yang Jizong and Tian Baolai returned home, washed their hands, and helped to set the table.
"Wenying, who were you talking to outside just now?"
Hearing her brother's question, Yang Wenying placed the red bean roll on the table and replied calmly, "No one."
Yang Jizong paused with his hands holding the dishes, and before he could ask any more questions, Yang Wenying had already gone to the kitchen to help Chen Yao.
Yang Jizong's face changed slightly when he looked at the plate of red bean rolls. His sister actually started to hide something from him.
After dinner was ready, Miao still served a pot of food to the helpers first. After she came back, everyone took their seats.
This meal was a farewell meal for Yang Jizong. Everyone at the table kept adding food to his bowl, fearing that he would suffer in the future because he would not be able to eat such good food outside.
After finishing dinner, Yang Jizong took Chen Yao to the study to talk.
Seeing Chen Yao packing a lot of crispy meat for herself, Yang Jizong thought of the plate of red bean rolls and whispered to Chen Yao in a low voice.
Chen Yao raised her eyes, her eyes full of curiosity and disbelief: "No way, Wenying is still young, are you thinking wrongly?"
Seeing her indifferent look, Yang Jizong raised his hand and pinched her cheek, looking a little lonely: "Sixteen is not young anymore. She won't tell me anything now. A Yao, please keep an eye on her for me."
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her for you. However, Zhao Xiaofu is with you, and she used to be in the rabbit house. What's going on between the two of them?"
Before Chen Yao could continue discussing with him, she heard Yang Wenying's voice coming from outside the door.
Chen Yao stuffed the purse into Yang Jizong's bag and left at the right time, leaving the brother and sister space to talk.
The next day, it was just dawn.
Shen Qingshan drove the ox cart to the front gate and was startled by a figure in the morning mist.
"Good morning, Uncle Shen." Zhao Xiaofu carried a bag on his right shoulder and a heavy school bag slung across his body.
Shen Qingshan looked at his long black hair wet with mist and guessed that he had been waiting for a while.
"Have you had breakfast?" Shen Qingshan stopped the ox cart and motioned him to put the package on the rear panel cart.
Zhao Xiaofu nodded to indicate that he had already eaten. Just as he took off his bag, he saw the door was completely opened. Yang Jizong came out surrounded by people, and his bags were placed together.
"Zi'an, you guys should take care of each other outside. If anything happens, ask someone to pass a message home, okay?" Huang Xing was very worried.
Yang Jizong nodded in agreement to all the instructions from his family.
Chen Yao stepped forward and straightened his shirt slightly: "Have a safe journey, and come back soon."
"good."
When it was Yang Wenying's turn, Yang Wenying was obviously not too worried about her brother's departure. Instead, when she saw the school bag Zhao Xiaofu was carrying, a smile appeared in her eyes.
Yang Jizong took a step to the left to block their gazes. "Did you remember everything I told you last night?"
Yang Wenying was a little impatient: "Brother, you are so long-winded."
Yang Jizong frowned slightly, looking somewhat displeased.
"Remember, I'll keep it in mind and will never cause trouble for my family." Yang Wenying lowered her head and picked at her fingers.
Shen Qingshan sat on the ox cart and urged Yang Jizong and Zhao Xiaofu to get on. He whipped the whip, and the ox cart carrying the three of them swayed out of the village and crossed the stone bridge.
After watching the ox cart disappear in the morning mist, everyone turned back and went home.
Miao and Huang Xing were talking at the kitchen door. Chen Yao leaned over to listen and found out that her aunt's house was completed today and her aunt had to go to inspect it, so she couldn't go to the tofu shop.
“Mom, why don’t you ask.
Huang Xing waved her hand: "No need, Xin, we can handle it."
Since no one in the family needed help, Chen Yao and her cousin took the seedlings out of the warehouse.
The seeds must be soaked in a bamboo cage filled with wheat straw for three days to retain moisture before the seedlings are transplanted into the paddy fields.
After they finished doing this, they pushed a cart and spread the silkworm manure mixed with wood ash into the paddy fields to fertilize the fields.
After finishing these things, it was still early, so Chen Yao said goodbye to her cousin and went to school.
In the Shen Family School, although there was no teacher, the sound of reading aloud could still be heard in each classroom. Occasionally, if a few students were absent-minded, they would be reminded by their classmates.
Chen Yao stood outside the window and watched the students reading with their heads shaking. She simply patrolled outside and did not go in.
Luo Dunzi had already noticed Chen Yao's figure while sitting in the classroom. His little body became straighter and straighter. He knew that Sister Yao would not leave them alone.
After Chen Yao returned home, at the urging of her cousin, she wrote a letter to Sister Baozhu, asking her cousin to send more Champa rice back home.
at the same time.
Shen Qingshan drove Yang Jizon and Zhao Xiaofu to Shahe Township.
Looking at the quiet countryside, Shen Qingshan asked Yang Jizong, "Why haven't the yamen runners arrived yet? Where are you going to stay next so I can unload the food for you?"
Zhao Xiaofu was the first to jump off the ox cart and said to Shen Qingshan, "Uncle Shen, don't worry. I've already contacted the village head Sun of Shahe Township. He found an empty house for us in the village. It's convenient for us to eat and live."
"Then I'll go with you to take a look." Shen Qingshan was still worried. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the country road behind him.
The three of them looked in the direction of the voice, and saw that it was Liu Chuang and Li Xin who came.
The two parties met and greeted each other.
Li Xin was extremely enthusiastic and promised Shen Qingshan that he would definitely protect them both.
But these words still did not dispel Shen Qingshan's concerns. It was not until he personally met the head of Shahe Township, Sun, and saw where they were settling that he put down the food.
Before Shen Qingshan left, he called Yang Jizong to the yard alone and gave him twenty taels of silver.
The money was given by her daughter-in-law last night.
How could Yang Jizong accept this money? "Before I left home, A Yao gave me fifty taels of silver as a backup. I can't accept this money from you."
When Shen Qingshan heard that his daughter had given him fifty taels of silver, he still stuffed the remaining twenty taels into his hand and said, "When you're away from home, if you want to get things done smoothly, you'll have to make some arrangements. Please accept this money."
Seeing Yang Jizong still trying to refuse, Shen Qingshan suddenly became unhappy: "It's given by the elders, you should just take it. Pushing it around makes others laugh at you."
Upon hearing this, Yang Jizong immediately took the twenty taels with both hands: "Thank you, father-in-law."
"What are you thanking me for? We're family, so we don't need to say thank you. Okay, you can go in quickly too. Remember to write home if you encounter any problems. Don't handle it alone, okay?" Shen Qingshan raised his hand and patted his shoulder, his eyes falling on the two horses in the yard.
With this horse, it is convenient for them to deliver messages or do anything else.
Yang Jizong bowed and agreed. After watching the ox cart leave Shahe Township, he turned around and went into the house.
After reading the document handed over by Yang Jizong, Sun, the village chief of Shahe Township, immediately returned it to him respectfully. "Young Master Yang and Zhao Tongsheng, when do you two plan to start breeding?"
"Village Chief Sun, please have every household gather at the drying yard at noon tomorrow. I will then teach everyone how to cultivate winter wheat."
"Okay, then everyone take a break first." Village Chief Sun retreated very tactfully.
Zhao Xiaofu walked him out the door and saw the neighbors on both sides leaning over the fence, looking into their yard. So he asked, "What's going on? Why don't you come over and tell me? The yamen runners are here too."
When the neighbors who wanted to find out what was going on heard this, they were about to retort when they saw two yamen runners and door gods walking out of the house. They were so scared that they immediately retracted their heads.
"These people are really..." Li Xin wanted to say that they only bully the weak and fear the strong, but Zhao Xiaofu is no pushover.
"Officer Li, Officer Liu, how are we going to take care of these two horses?"
"This horse stays here."
When mentioning this horse, Li Xin clenched his teeth. He drank too much yesterday and didn't know that Zhao Xiaofu had already contacted the government office on his behalf.
So he went to the yamen in the morning, took his sword and official uniform, and when he asked for his horse, he was told they would not give it to him no matter what.
He kept on trying, and finally Li Menghong passed by and couldn't stand it anymore, so he succeeded.
"With these two horses, it will be convenient for us to do our work. Otherwise, it will take us forever to get through this mountain road." Li Xin felt that he had done a great job.
When he mentioned the mountain road, Liu Chuang's expression changed. He put the rations they brought in the kitchen, took out his hatchet, said hello, and prepared to go outside to chop wood.
"Officer Liu, leave this to me." Zhao Xiaofu wanted to snatch the hatchet from his hand, but unfortunately he failed.
Watching him walk out, Li Xin grabbed Zhao Xiaofu's shoulder and said, "Zhao Tongsheng, we can do the rough work. If you and Young Master Yang have anything to ask, just tell us."
"That won't do. If there's work, we have to do it together."
Yang Jizong packed up his bed in the house, took out the food and put it in the kitchen. He looked at Zhao Xiaofu and Li Xin and said, "Why don't we go to the village first and get some water to make lunch."
"Teacher, I'll go get the wooden barrels." Zhao Xiaofu was afraid that he would not be able to snatch them from Li Xin, so he rushed to the kitchen first and carried out two empty wooden barrels on a shoulder pole.
Li Xintou came back to Shahe Township, so he followed the two of them all the way, greeting the villagers warmly from time to time, trying to find out something from them.
After Zhao Xiaofu led the two to fetch water, they walked from the head of the village to the end of the village and then went to the fields.
When the three of them came back, a little smoke was already rising from the kitchen.
The first meal in Shahe Township was cooked by Yang Jizong. There was no other way because the other three people didn’t know how to cook.
After dinner, Yang Jizong asked Zhao Xiaofu to take him to the field to check the fertility of the soil.
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