She has already agreed to Wan Wan, but if she breaks the promise, her image as a big brother in her heart will be greatly reduced.
After working hard to prepare for the exam for so many years, he has already learned all he can. Memorizing by rote is useless. Applying what you have learned is the last word.
Su Jing was a little helpless about the academy's old-fashioned policies. He wanted to reunite with his family, but he couldn't go against his teacher's words.
Just when he was making no sense, Su Chen came and said that a relative at home was feeling unwell and asked him to go back and take a look.
Now using this reason, there is no reason not to let people go!
But Su Jing really thought that her parents were feeling unwell, so she hurriedly packed her things and went back with Su Chen. Su Mu was also there, waiting at the entrance of the academy with a bag on her back. She was wearing new clothes made by Su Wan. It was not warm enough, so Su Chen stopped by and asked him to go all the way back today.
After Su Jing left the academy, she realized that it was just a set of words. It was Su Wan who guessed that he couldn't take off his feet that made Su Chen say that.
Today is the 28th, and my family is already making Shaqima to be sold in the state capital. They have been cooking it overnight, and the family will go to the state capital early tomorrow morning.
Jiang Yu has already arranged the carriage and can set off just waiting for his eldest brother to come back.
Hearing that it was a false alarm, Su Jing breathed a sigh of relief. He packed up all his clothes and books, and did not plan to go to the academy to continue studying after the first day.
Knowing that the eldest and second brothers were coming back, Su Wan specially asked Su Yun and Su Yi to go to the county to buy mutton yesterday. They bought five kilograms of mutton. When they saw wild black fish, they also bought a few. The stew of this stuff is the most nourishing.
After so long, good news finally came to the trap dug by Su Chen and Jiang Yu. When they went up the mountain to take a look, a wild boar fell into the trap and was already dying.
After the snow fell, another layer of white quilt was added to the trap to better cover the entrance of the hole. The wild boar also learned to be smarter and learned to avoid traps after being fooled more often.
As a result, he was blinded by the snow and accidentally fell down.
Su Chen has been following his master for so many years and has always hunted with him, so he has some experience. When it snowed, he couldn't wait to ask Jiang Yu to go up the mountain to have a look.
I had failed several times in a row, and I didn't have much hope at first. I just hoped to catch a few rabbits in the fields at the foot of the mountain while the snow was covering.
Oh, and there is also a pregnant wild rabbit, which has already given birth to nine cubs. Father Su made a nest for it out of straw, which is very warm and will not freeze to death.
He looked at these animals every day and felt that the days were getting more and more promising and lively. He even fed them fresh white radish every day. Rabbits are unethical. They can continue to mate when they grow up. In the future, the rabbits will become more and more The more meat there is, the more meat there will be at home, and it can also be used to make money.
The wild boar in the trap weighed more than 200 kilograms. Uncle Jiang carried it down with them. When the time came, he would be given ten kilograms of meat and a pig's trotter as reward.
The two hundred and forty kilogram wild boar was caught just before the new year. The Su family will be able to have a fat year with no shortage of meat this year.
Su's father thought that his family couldn't eat so much, so he used fifty or sixty kilograms to smoke bacon. Taking advantage of the cold winter, he left a few dozen kilograms to eat fresh. If there was too much, it would spoil.
The pig belly, pig trotters, pig liver, pig intestines, etc. must be kept, and the total weight is dozens of kilograms. His two good buddies came to help kill the pigs, let them eat a pig killing meal, and cut each of them. After taking a few kilograms of meat back and giving Uncle Jiang his share, the wild boar was almost ready.
The pig's blood is boiled in a pot and eaten. The pig's head Su Wan is prepared to be braised to make braised pork face and braised pig's ears. There is ready-made soy sauce to make brine.
When Su Jin and Su Mu returned home, they didn't expect the house to be so lively, with chickens and rabbits, and plenty of pork hanging on the stove.
There are slices of mutton, pieces of pig blood, and braised pork cheeks.
Su Wan cooked it overnight last night, and the taste was well received. Su's father said it was another delicious dish to go with wine.
But it would be even better with chili oil.
As soon as Su Jing and Su Mu stepped into the house, Su Wan came to pick them up.
"Big brother, second brother, you are finally back!"
"Slow down, the ground is slippery." Su Jing held her arm to prevent her from falling.
"Are you cold? There's a stove in the house, but it's getting hot. Come in and warm yourself by the fire."
The brothers put the things back in the room, and then gathered around the stove to warm themselves.
When he entered the door and saw Jiang Yu, Su Jing greeted him.
"Ayu, long time no see. How are you?"
He has not been back since he left home, and it has been several months since he last saw him.
"Brother Su, I'm fine now, please worry about me." Jiang Yu clasped his fist at him very politely.
After sitting together and chatting about recent events at home, Su Mu realized that so many things had happened while he was not at home.
Of course, he heard from Su Chen on the way to the state capital. Even his eldest brother in the academy knew about it, but he didn't. Su Wan didn't tell him personally. Thinking about it, it was strange, but what was he after all? Didn't say anything.
The food on the dinner table is all hard dishes, basically all meat. Now I can eat the rice at home freely, so I don’t have to worry about running out of money to buy it after finishing it.
The whole family finally got together and had a good meal.
When Su's father was happy, he drank a few more glasses of wine.
In the evening, Su Wan asked Su Jing how her studies on flood control strategies were going.
Su Jing nodded, adopted Su Wan's suggestions, and added a few more ideas of his own.
During this time, he kept looking for books recording this aspect, learning from each other's strengths, constantly improving it, and even drew a drawing of his own about the construction of dams.
After Su Wan saw it, he thought it was pretty good, a bit like Dujiangyan.
"Brother is really smart and knows how to convert. The design of this drawing is pretty good, but I can't quite understand it. It mainly depends on the results after practice!"
Su Wan said as he returned the drawing to him.
"I hope I can have the opportunity to practice it. This is just a random drawing by me. It cannot be adopted. It needs to be improved. I can't think of a reason just based on my own thoughts. Only by going to the disaster area to see it in person can I understand Prescribe the right medicine for the situation. In fact, I still have an idea, but I don’t know whether it should be written in the policy paper.”
"What do you think? Brother, tell me about it?" Su Wan was very interested.
"If the imperial examination is really a policy statement, I will write this proposal in the policy statement. I learned that the Xuanhe River Basin is very poor due to floods, mainly because taxes have not been reduced, and the people's life is not easy, and they have to pay other taxes. The local taxes were the same, and at the same time they had to bear the impact of floods, resulting in many areas without harvests. Many refugees abandoned their hometowns and poured into other towns, which also brought a lot of trouble to these cities.
But if the taxes in the Xuanhe River Basin can be reduced, it will definitely alleviate a lot of burdens on the local people. They will also be willing to return to their hometowns, continue farming, and plant trees. When the floods are resolved, life will get better and better. Xuanhe will also become richer and richer. "
