Magistrate Jiang and the few people he brought would come to Lijiacun every now and then.
The place is remote, and there are no restaurants or tea shops. It's a hassle to come and go, and sometimes I just stay at Li Sanzhu's house to have dinner.
Countryside people are hospitable, and the family now has a lot of food to eat. We go back and forth, interact frequently, and everyone gradually becomes familiar with each other.
Li Sanzhu didn't say anything, but Li Qiusui also guessed that Magistrate Jiang was interested in fruit trees.
Unlike the Zhao family, this Jiang County magistrate had no signs of buying or selling by force, and he had discussions and considerations.
Linshan County is mostly mountainous, and many families in Lijia Village have followed suit and bought mountainous land. This year, the fruit trees have begun to bear fruit. As long as it is not the extremely bad weather in the past few years, the number of fruits will only increase year by year.
Li Qiusui made many herbs specially used for fruit trees.
There are those that deal with pests and strengthen roots.
They picked herbs from their own hills to replace the weeds. In the eyes of the villagers, digging out the weeds requires more effort than removing them with a hoe. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have to spend money and effort. This is a business without money!
Furthermore, weeds growing on the hills also affect the fruit trees. If they are lost, they are lost. They can also be taken to Li Sanzhu's house to exchange for herbs.
In their eyes, it was a big advantage.
Not to mention, the fruit trees grew really well after using it. Although the quality and yield of the fruits were not as good as those of Li Sanzhu's family, they were much better than those of other families who grew fruit trees in other villages.
It looks like it will be sold for money this year.
Apples, which many local people like to call safe apples, are durable in storage and easy to transport. Even if they are made into fruits, they have moderate sweetness and sourness, and the taste is not bad.
If this area of Linshan County is turned into the hometown of apples, the lives of the villagers will be easier, and County Magistrate Jiang will have great achievements, and promotion will not be difficult.
A matter of mutual benefit!
Xia He had a reserved temperament. Ever since they got married, apart from helping Liu's housekeeper calculate the family accounts, he rarely left the house.
Li Qiu Sui experienced the benefits of learning medical skills. Her father had to worry about outside matters. When she was practicing supernatural powers, she wanted to get into the medical books given by Divine Doctor Yang and study them.
Mrs. Liu wished that her little girl could study more, embroider, and manage housework behind closed doors. That girl didn't have to learn at all, she was more presentable than her.
When the servants of the family came to the little girl, they were more obedient and cautious than they were in front of her and Li Sanzhu. I wonder if it was an illusion.
When it comes to calculating accounts, there is no need for an abacus at all. It just comes out of the mouth.
Mrs. Liu was very strict with Li Qiu Sui, and she often wiped her tears with Li Sanzhu in the dead of night. They had delayed the reincarnation of such a child in their hands.
At this time, Li Sanzhu was always silent. One day he saw Xiao Shitou and Xiao Bao.
Both of them were brought home by Li Qiusui from Fucheng. They were thin and thin when they first arrived. In the past two years, they have grown taller and their faces have grown longer, and they look good.
With an idea in his mind, Li Sanzhu went to Fucheng the next day and brought back two boys aged 12 or 13 to take home.
Mrs. Liu and Li Qiu Sui were both in Xia He's yard. When Zhou Ping's family came over to talk, Mrs. Liu clapped her hands and said, "They said that there are not enough people at home, and there are people in the county, so why did they go to the capital?"
After mumbling to each other, the three of us ran away together.
In his heart, he thought he was a newly bought servant, but Li Sanzhu coughed and introduced: "This is the child of a distant relative. She is the great aunt of the clan who was homeless during the calamity years. She is an orphan girl in the clan, and she is the breadwinner of hundreds of families. I heard that she also came to our house for dinner. My grandparents were still there at that time and they all liked her very much. Country girls have never traveled far. Once they got separated from the villagers, they could not find a home. Later, they got married. . This is the descendant of the great-aunt's family. I heard that the great-aunt died a long time ago, and the parents of the two children also disappeared later. I see the children are pitiful, and our family's life is not bad now. It is not difficult to find a job for them to make ends meet first. , I will make the decision to take the two of them home first, and then we can discuss the matter in detail."
Mrs. Liu has been married to the Li family for more than ten years. This is the first time she heard about this. She was stunned...
Since your great-aunt is long gone, how did you determine that she was your great-aunt, and how did you determine that these two children were her descendants? And they even took people home directly!
It sounds like Li Sanzhu was deceived!
Li Sanzhu kept winking secretly at Mrs. Liu, and even told them to call him uncle in front of others.
Ms. Liu was confused by what he did.
Xia He was not interested in the relationship between these old sesame seeds and rotten millet. Farming was busy, and his family was short of manpower to work. He had hands and feet, so he couldn't starve people to death.
But these two people have tender skin and tender flesh, and at first glance they are not boys raised in the countryside. My father's aunt married into a wealthy family, right?
Xia He reminded tactfully, "Dad, our family's life is not that good. You and your mother have to work hard every day! These two people should have relatives nearby, so it would be better to send them to the homes of richer relatives."
Xia He's words trailed off. Before Li Sanzhu could say anything, one of the boys made a show of kneeling down and kowtowing to her. Xia He was so frightened that he quickly hid behind Li Sanzhu and said, "Stand back quickly, otherwise, my father will kill you." Get out!"
Li Sanzhu stretched out his hand to support the person with a smile, "Your cousin Xia He is right, we don't like this in our family, so stand up straight and run away! Come, let me introduce you to you..."
He led the two of them to Mrs. Liu, "This is the real head of the family. You call me cousin." Then he pointed at Xia He and said, "This is my eldest daughter, one year older than you two. From now on, Ah, just call her cousin."
Then he led the person to Li Qiu Sui and introduced her, "This is my little girl. She is two years younger than you two. You two can just call her cousin."
Li Qiusui looked at her father's show with her arms crossed and a half-smile, not to mention that she didn't believe what her father had made up at all, but Li Sanzhu winked at Mrs. Liu, pretending that she was blind and couldn't tell.
And the two young men standing in front of me with red lips and white teeth, could they have been raised just by eating a lot of food?
She even knew and dealt with one of them.
What does such a person want to do when he brings his family here?
Li Sanzhu coughed again, "Ahem~ Sui Sui, your two little cousins will live at home from now on, in the small courtyard next to your fourth brother. You can follow your mother to have a look later, then If there is something missing in the house and there is nothing at home, let Zhao Da go to the county town tomorrow."
Li Qiu Sui still couldn't help but roll her eyes at her father, "Wherever you go to perform on any stage, this is the situation in our family! Why, when my sisters and brothers and I can use things, they still have to go to the county town to buy them." ? Really, that golden nobleman shouldn’t come to our house!”
"Sui Sui!" How to say it? Li Sanzhu regretted not being able to explain clearly in advance, but he could only whisper about this kind of thing to his wife Liu.
This girl doesn't talk like this normally. She shows no mercy at all. How can we get along with her in the future?
Li Sanzhu was still thinking about how to speak for his little girl, when he heard a warm voice saying: "Thank you, cousin, for your trouble! My cousin is right, it is our brother's blessing to give our brothers things that the family can use." . We brothers don’t care about the life we lived in the past. Only by following the local customs can we live a better life. We brothers are aloof, clumsy and have no talents. It is difficult to make a living in this world. We may end up living on the streets one day. I became a beggar by begging on the street. My cousin kindly took me in. We brothers still have some strength. You don’t have to know about the work at home. You just give instructions."
Li Qiusui couldn't help but glance at the boy who was talking. He hadn't seen him for several years. Not only had he grown taller, but his mouth had also become sweeter.
(End of chapter)
