Dressed as a farmer group pet

Chapter 229 Chapter 229
It was still early, and after sitting at Liu's house for a while, Uncle Liu asked the housekeeper to lead the children out.

In addition to visiting Uncle Liu today, Jiang Hu also wanted to find a school for Jiang Wei and Wei Ziang, and they also wanted to continue their studies.

Uncle Liu had something to discuss with Erniang Jiang and Hu, so he asked the housekeeper to arrange it.

The two children are still too young to go to Jiang Yu and Liu Ze's current school, so there is no need for Uncle Liu to do it himself.

Uncle Liu also told the housekeeper that after finishing the work, he can take the children for a walk around the street.

Liu Ze said that Cheng County is not very prosperous, but in the eyes of Xiaomi and others, Cheng County is much more prosperous than Xiangma Town.

The common people walked the streets and alleys, the vendors yelled loudly, and there were a variety of commodities, many of which they could not see in Xiangma Town.

Several children were sitting in the same carriage, and the butler was at the door, introducing them to some of the more famous places on the street.

For example, a restaurant with good quality and low price, a certain tea garden, a bookstore, a cloth shop, etc. that have a good business.

He also told them about the four markets in the southeast, north and west, which places specialize in selling high-quality products, and where are the places with high quality and low prices.

Although Liu Ze and Jiang Yu have been studying in the city for a year, they are usually in the academy, so they don't know about these things, so they are listening carefully now.

The academy recommended by Uncle Liu is not far away. It is said that it is only one street away from the academy where Jiang Yu and Liu Ze went to school.

At this time, the class has not officially started, and the head teacher is not there, and there is only one caretaker of the academy.

Uncle Liu left a post and introduced Jiang Wei and Wei Ziang's situation. The steward made the decision himself, accepted the two of them as Shu Xiu, and asked them to come to school after a few days.

While other people were busy with this matter, Xiaomi was looking around at the academy.

From Xiaomi's point of view, the Academy is actually not much different from those ordinary houses, except that the interior furnishings are different, it's just bigger and the rooms are more spacious.
The room is not ordinary daily necessities, but rows of neatly arranged tables and chairs, as well as the teacher's podium, and even a blackboard.

However, this blackboard is made of slate, and the charcoal pen used for writing, charcoal pen can write and draw on the slate, but it is a little troublesome to clean up, and can only be wiped off with a rag dipped in water.

The steward of the academy obviously knew the steward and knew that these were relatives of the Liu family, so he was very warm and considerate.

He took a few people around to get acquainted with the environment, and introduced various places in the academy, and said that when the school starts, just come here.

Knowing that Jiang Yu and Liu Ze were studying at Evergreen Academy, they praised them repeatedly, praising the two teenagers for being smart and so on.

It seems that Changqing Academy is indeed a good place, otherwise the steward wouldn't just hear a name and start talking nonsense.

Coming out of the academy, the housekeeper asked, "It's still early, young masters and ladies, is there any other place you want to go?"

Liu Ze said directly: "Why don't you go to the embroidery workshop first? When I came to the academy just now, didn't I happen to pass by an embroidery workshop?"

Millet:"……"

It's clear that the drunkard's intention is not to drink, isn't it because the second sister asked a few more questions just now, it seems that this Liu Ze really wants to be his brother-in-law.

However, the housekeeper hesitated a little: "Master, there are mostly women in this embroidery workshop, so it's not good for so many of us to go there together."

After all, it is still a large group of men, and they are not too young. If so many people flock to the embroidery workshop together, they will be laughed at. The management of the embroidery workshop will not let it go, right?

But Liu Ze had obviously thought it over a long time ago: "Then I'll go with Xiaoxue, it's not far away anyway, you take other people to walk around and see if there is anything you want to buy."

Speaking of which, except for Jiang Yu, it was the first time for everyone else to enter the city, so how could they not be curious?
Especially Jiang Wei, he was overjoyed when he heard what Liu Ze said.

Xiaomi secretly rolled his eyes, Liu Ze's purpose was too obvious.

I'm afraid it wasn't when I went out that I had already figured out what to do.

A chuckle came from the side, and when he turned around, it was Wei Ziang.

Xiaomi frowned.

What's wrong?What are you laughing at?
Wei Ziang pursed his lips and shook his head with a suppressed smile, saying it was nothing.

"Xiaomi Ziang, why are you still standing there? Come on, let's go to the market first."

It was Jiang Yu who was urging them, they had already walked a few steps, only to realize that they did not keep up.

"Here we come." Xiaomi pulled Wei Ziang up and trotted to keep up.

As for Liu Ze and the second sister, forget it, don't care.

Well, she can't control it anyway.

There are commercial streets selling good things, and of course there are flea markets for ordinary people to consume. There are no expensive prices here, but there are also many things.

Everything you need to eat, wear and drink.

I even saw two foreign merchants buying some food that they didn't know.

At least, other than Xiaomi, no one else knows him.

"It's milk powder, which is said to be made from the milk of cows and sheep, and only outsiders can make it. There is also dried meat floss. Although the price is not cheap, the taste is still very good."

As the housekeeper said, he took out a bit of broken silver from his sleeve pocket: "Give me some dried meat and dried meat floss."

"The milk powder tastes very fishy, ​​and most people are not used to it, but this dried meat floss tastes good, young masters and ladies can try it."

Because Jiang Hu has a good relationship with Uncle Liu, and the children are also good friends with Liu Ze, so the housekeeper has always called them Young Master and Miss.

While talking, the boss had already wrapped a bunch of dried meat floss in a few oiled paper bags.

According to visual inspection, the piece of silver was half a tael of silver, but the jerky meat floss looked like a lot, but it was no more than five catties.

It is precious!
Xiaomi was speechless: "Grandpa housekeeper, this is so expensive, why don't you buy something so expensive outside?"

People who come and go in this market are all dressed in ordinary clothes, and the one with the most gorgeous clothes is the butler.

Xiaomi was cute, with a sweet voice, and politely called him Grandpa the housekeeper, and the smile on the housekeeper's face became even more kind when he heard it.

"Miss Xiaomi doesn't know that these foreign businessmen can't live in the city for a long time. Every time they come to the county, they have to leave at most half a month."

"But if you only do business in the city for half a month, it's not worth renting a shop. Stalls in this market are cheaper and more free."

"So that's the case." Xiaomi nodded clearly, and Jiang Wei couldn't wait to take out a piece of jerky and start eating.

"It's so hard." After several bites, I finally bit off a little bit, and I had to chew slowly.

The butler smiled and said, "This is beef that has been marinated and then dried. It is really hard. Even the elderly like us can't chew it anymore."

Although it can't be chewed, it is really delicious, especially for children.

The beef jerky was in a small strip, and Xiaomi broke off two more pieces, gave one to Wei Ziang who hadn't touched it all this time, and stuffed the rest into his mouth.

Not to mention, the taste is really good, very strong beef taste, and salt and a little spice.

The beef jerky was so hard that it couldn't be chewed for a while, Wei Ziang held it in his mouth and asked puzzled.

"Grandpa Steward, isn't the imperial court strictly forbidden to slaughter farm cattle? What about these beef jerky?"

Whoever owns farming cattle is just like a person, and the Yamen has records.

Just like people, farming cattle are very important labor force. If there are several cattle in a village, the grain in that village must be grown by more than a dozen, or tens of acres.

The more food is planted, the more taxes and grains the court will receive, so cattle are as important as people, and slaughtering cattle for no reason is equivalent to murder!
Only farm cattle that died of old age, sickness, and disease can be eaten. Even farm cattle that died accidentally will be investigated by guards to see if it is an accident or man-made.

So when he knew it was beef jerky, Wei Ziang became suspicious.

This open and aboveboard stall has a lot of goods, how much beef does it take to make so many beef jerky?

As soon as Wei Ziang said this, the others also thought of it.

"That's right, grandpa housekeeper, what's going on? Won't you be arrested?"

"No, young masters." They hadn't left the booth yet, and the owner just heard what they said, and explained with a crappy accent: "This is not the cattle of the Xuyu Dynasty, but a yak."

Although he speaks with an accent, he can understand it anyway.

"Ah? What kind of cow is Maoniu?" Jiang Wei was at a loss.

The housekeeper explained with a smile: "They are different from our farming cattle. They live on the grassland and have long hair on their bodies, and they cannot survive in our Xuyu dynasty."

Jiang Yu was thoughtful: "I seem to have seen it in books. There are mostly grasslands, hills and deserts outside the border. They don't raise chickens, ducks and pigs like us. They raise cattle, sheep, camels, etc."

The housekeeper laughed a few times: "Young Master Jiang Yu is right, the outside of the pass is different from our Central Plains, and the cattle and sheep are also different, so the beef jerky we are eating now is not made of the Central Plains' cattle."

So that's the case, Wei Ziang and Jiang Wei understood.

Xiaomi looked around, and the appearance of beef jerky filled her with anticipation. It seems that Cheng County is not particularly remote.

Since there are foreign businessmen, it means that the traffic is still developed, but she doesn't have a map, so she doesn't know where Cheng County is.

Of course, it is impossible to have a map. This is ancient times. Except for high-ranking court officials, ordinary people who dare to own a map are charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason.

But it doesn't matter, as long as there are people in the market.

Xiaomi chewed beef jerky, and ate a small piece for a long time. After walking around the market, he didn't have anything to buy. It was getting late, so he was ready to go back.

Coming out of the market, I happened to see Liu Ze and Xiaoxue also coming out of the embroidery room. Liu Ze was still holding a box, and Xiaoxue couldn't hide the smile on her face. It seemed that she had bought something good.

"Second sister!" Xiaomi ran forward and directly fed a small piece of beef jerky into Xiaoxue's mouth: "Second sister, eat this, chew slowly, it's delicious."

Liu Ze saw it, slightly surprised: "Is this beef jerky?"

Because of his health, although he knew it, he never ate it.

"Yes, brother Ze, how is your health now, can you eat these?" Xiaomi fed the second sister, and then looked at Liu Ze by the way.

But it was just a polite greeting, because while she was talking, she had already dragged the second sister to go on, and had no intention of giving Liu Ze a piece.

"Young master can't eat these yet, it will make you feel uncomfortable if you eat the food outside." The housekeeper explained in time.

Xiaoxue nodded again and again: "If you can't eat it, don't eat it. Your body is more important."

Xiaomi rolled her eyes twice, put her arms around her second sister's arm, and turned her head to look at the housekeeper with a smile.

"Grandpa housekeeper, why don't you tell Grandpa Liu that if you can get one or two of these yaks, maybe we can feed them."

Yaks are cattle that live in high mountains and cold areas. It is not easy to survive outside such a place, but she has spiritual spring water here, so it is not impossible to try it.

What if they survived?

Maybe they can feed a large amount of spiritual spring water, and then breed yaks that can live in the Central Plains.

You must know that this yak is also a cow, and it can also work on the land. If it can be reproduced in large numbers, not only can there be another breed of cattle in the Central Plains, but it can also increase food production!
Most importantly, Beef Freedom!

Although, this hope is too far away.

However, when the butler heard this, his heart moved, his eyebrows raised, and he suppressed surprise: "Miss Xiaomi, is what you said true? How can you support me?"

Others don't know about Miss Xiaomi, how could he, the housekeeper, not know?

In the past few years, although the young master and the master were rarely in Cheng County, he has been serving the young master and the master throughout the whole last year.

And to be a housekeeper, he must be someone who is trusted by the Liu family. Of course the housekeeper knows the Jiang family and Xiaomi.

So after hearing what Xiaomi said, he was almost certain in his heart that Xiaomi could definitely feed this yak!

On the contrary, Xiaomi was frightened by the excited attitude of the housekeeper's grandpa: "Yeah, not necessarily, I can only say to try it, what if it works."

The housekeeper directly ignored the words 'try it': "When the uncle comes at noon, I will tell him that the weather is still cool recently, maybe we can really get a little yak over here."

It’s not that no one wanted to raise yaks in the past, but unfortunately, yaks couldn’t adapt to summer in the Central Plains, and almost got sick and died in summer.

Xiaomi: "Who is the uncle?"

Except for Liu Ze and Jiang Yu, everyone else looked curious.

"It's my father." Liu Ze explained, it might as well be telling Xiaoxue.

It turned out to be the case.

The children were still in high spirits, put the things they bought in the carriage, and then walked back to Liu's house by themselves.

Running around on the road from time to time, looking around, expressing curiosity about everything on the street.

Steward Liu occasionally met one or two acquaintances, probably the stewards of other houses, and he only had time to say hello in a hurry, so he ran after a few radish heads, for fear of losing one.

Fortunately, everyone is excited, and they still know to pay attention to the distance, not to run too far, and not to go to places with too many people to join in the fun.

Running and walking all the way back to Liu's house, it was already noon, and the concierge saw them as if they had won a lottery.

"Young masters and ladies, you can be considered to be back. The uncle and madam brought the young master here just now, and the young one is going to look for you on the street."

(End of this chapter)