"Let's speed up too."
"Dele!" Ming Sheng responded, raised his whip and let it fly. With a sound, the horse's hooves flew into the air.
When Xiao Ming and the others arrived at the village, Shen Che, Xiao Yu and the others had already gone hunting for rabbits in the woods opposite. Several boys were shouting and jumping, their voices high and loud, echoing in the open field. , those who knew were going to hunt rabbits, but those who didn’t know thought they were going to practice lion roaring skills.
Liu Tiesheng was working in the fields with his tenants. When he saw Xiao Ming and his party coming, he hurriedly put down his farm tools and trotted towards them.
"Miss Xiao, you are here." Seeing Li'er behind Xiao Ming, Liu Tiesheng's dark face turned red instantly, and he didn't know where to put his eyes.
Li'er felt very at ease. Looking left and right, she finally remembered this young man who was very kind to her, but her memories of him were mostly about the food he bought for her.
"No rest today?" Xiao Ming asked. Many people were bending down to work in the fields.
"After resting for half a day, everyone came out when the weather cleared in the afternoon." Liu Tiesheng replied. Farmers have no real time to rest. They are taking care of the fields every day, all year round. In their eyes, the fields are like They are their children. The bigger the investment, the bigger the return. When it doesn’t rain, these people spontaneously go to the fields with farm tools.
Don't blame them for working so hard for Xiao Ming, it's because the treatment given by Xiao Ming is really good. Although what they grow is not grain, in addition to generous wages every month, they also distribute rice, grains, meat and vegetables, which is enough for a family of five to feed and clothe themselves for a month.
In the eyes of these tenant farmers, the fruit trees and medicinal materials grown by the Xiao family are much easier to maintain than food, and the work is also easier. They just bend down to hoe the ground and carry water, unlike other farms where the backbreaking work is done. If you grow grain, you will be so tired that you will shed a layer of skin after harvesting in autumn. Coupled with the generous wages and benefits, many people are queuing up to wait for the Xiao family to recruit people. They have to work harder for fear of being pushed over.
Li'er suddenly asked: "Have you planted a plum tree?" She has coveted the plum tree in Cuijia Village that is full of flowers, and can't wait to eat this year's plums.
Liu Tiesheng paused and nodded quickly.
"I planted it. Three of them have bloomed." They were transplanted from other places in the village. They were adult trees, and two of them still had flowers. The old man in the village persuaded him at that time, saying that it would be easy to transplant the trees like this. As a result, all three trees survived and grew well.
Liu Tiesheng only felt that he was lucky. The plum tree that his fiancée longed for could survive so easily, but he had forgotten that every fruit tree planted here could survive easily and very few of them withered.
"Where is it? Take me to see it." Pear cheered. If the pear blossoms, it means you can eat plums this year.
Liu Tiesheng glanced at Xiao Ming uneasily. Miss Xiao was still here. This girl was still like this, with no memory at all.
Xiao Ming chuckled and nodded: "Go! Show Li'er a good life, she will eat plums this year."
Liu Tiesheng then led Li'er to see the plum tree. Xiao Ming said to Bai Xiaoyu and Wang Yunling: "Xiao Yu and the others are right across the street. You can go and play with them. It's a rare day to rest. Let's relax."
"Yes!" Bai Xiaoyu and Wang Yunling went together. The two of them usually looked serious and mature. They were respectfully called "little doctor" in the medicine hall. It was rare for them to relax like this.
After they all left, Xiao Ming wandered around the fields alone. There were more than 100 acres of land in this village, all of which were planted with fruit trees by Xiao Ming. A medicinal field was planned under the trees, and medicinal seedlings were now being planted.
Xiao Ming walked along the field path, and stopped at several wells. The farmers working along the way stood up to say hello, with respectful words, and smiled, showing their white teeth, pure and simple.
Xiao Ming also smiled and nodded.
An hour later...
"Auntie, come quickly." Xiao Yu shouted in the woods, his voice full of anger.
Xiao Ming smiled slightly and walked over in search of the sound. Xiao Yu was taking out a ball of something burning black from the hot soil. With just one glance, Xiao Ming knew what it was.
Beggar's chicken.
In Liujia Village, Shi Tingyu would always teach them how to prepare some food every time they went to Daqingshan, so Xiao Yu also learned a lot.
As the shell was peeled off, the fragrance wafted to Xiao Ming's nose, and her thoughts couldn't help but spread, thinking of the days when Shi Tingyu led them to sweep the Daqing Mountains, dug herbs for her, taught Xiao Han and Xiao Yu how to hunt, and taught Xiao Yu how to set traps. With their wilderness survival skills, life at that time was truly happy, and they didn’t know how to feel sad every day.
The past is like smoke, old friends are far away, everything is only in my thoughts.
I don’t know if he, who is far away in the northwest, has eaten beggar’s chicken.
Bai Xiaoyu and Wang Yunling were sitting on a large rock covered with cotton mats, eating fruits. There were some herbs piled next to them, with roots and mud, which they dug out in the woods. They studied medicine with Xiao Ming and also learned Xiao Ming has the habit of digging up medicinal materials everywhere. Whenever she goes out and encounters medicinal materials, she always wants to dig up some.
Wang Tiandong and Wang Lian were grilling the fish, brushing it with oil and salt from time to time, flipping it skillfully with their wrists, the fish meat sizzling, and the fragrance spread far away. Chen Yuanze was tinkering with a bunch of sparrows and grilling them, flipping them from time to time, and his face was covered in I don’t even know if it’s stained with dust.
Originally, they were going to hunt rabbits for roasting, but after searching for a long time, no rabbits were found. Everyone almost suspected that the way they went out was wrong. Fortunately, they caught a few sparrows, but the sparrows this season were not as thin as two ounces. Meat, Liao means nothing!
Shen Che held a piece of grass in his mouth, looking here and there, looking at the black and gray marks on Chen Yuanze's face and neck with smiling eyes, and shouted happily: "Can you do it? No?" Let me do it, my skills are definitely better than yours."
As a noble son, he has never eaten such wild game.
Chen Yuanze muttered dissatisfied: "Can you do it? Don't say goodbye. This is the only one left. I can definitely do it. I used to do this when I was in Daqingshan."
He just said that he had made it in Daqingshan before, but what he didn't tell Shen Che was that the food he made tasted either bland, salty, or completely mushy and could barely be eaten.
He was close to the fire, and his face was glowing red from the fire. Soon there was a layer of dense sweat on his forehead. Chen Yuanze ignored it and directly wiped it with his sleeves. The fine Hangzhou silk clothes were instantly dirty. .
Shen Che looked at Chen Yuanze and saw that he was skillfully tossing the spices, and suddenly asked: "He looks decent, did you learn from him?" He was puzzled. After all, Chen Yuanze was also a member of the Hechun Chen family, and his father was from the imperial family. Fu, how can I learn these things? When I was in the Xiao family, I didn't need anyone to wait on me, and I was very familiar with the work.
"I learned it from Brother Shi. Brother Shi knows a lot. He can shoot an arrow into the eye of a wild goose without damaging its feathers. He can also hunt wolves and bears..." Chen Yuanze became excited when he mentioned Brother Shi. , and he talks endlessly.
"Who is Brother Shi?" Shen Che asked. He often heard Xiao Yu mention how great Uncle Shi was. Now Chen Yuanze also looked like he was admiring him. Why didn't he know that there was such a powerful person?
Suddenly, he thought of Xia Xiaoba whom he met at the Xiao family again, and he had a guess in his mind. Could it be that Brother Shi is...
He shook his head again, that guy has been in the northwest all year round, how could he appear in Liujia Village?
Chen Yuanze lifted up the skewered sparrows and looked at them. They were dark and felt a bit overcooked. However, he didn't think so. Instead, he thought that the heat was about the same, so he brushed on another layer of oil before replying: "Brother Shi It’s just stone…”
"Come over for dinner." Xiao Yu shouted over there, interrupting Chen Yuanze's words.
As soon as he heard that it was ready to eat, and saw Xiao Ming coming over, Chen Yuanze also took the food in his hand and went over. He proudly gathered around Xiao Ming to show off his achievements, but he didn't remember the half of what he had not finished.
Shen Che shook his head, temporarily suppressed the suspicion in his heart, and gathered around.
