It's unusual for a farmer to have a girl

Chapter 48 Strange Things Happen Every Year

The Song family knows about picking flowers from branches and selling them.

Mei Ya, a neighbor of the old house, had already told her.

At first, she thought that Lian Zhi wanted to earn pocket money, but after hearing what she said, Song thought: Could it be that there is nothing to eat?

After all, she knows what kind of person Mrs. Zhao is.

Even those who don't let their daughters-in-law and grandchildren have enough to eat, can they treat a servant kindly?
Song asked her: "Do you have anything to eat?"

"Yes, I just bought a pound of brown rice."

After Lian Zhi finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth, and looked at Song Shi with a little anxiety.

She cherishes the stable life now.Although life in the farm is bitter, at least no one despises himself.

Mrs. Song didn't know what she was thinking, but said: "If you don't have anything to eat, go to the field and grab a bundle of millet, and then go home and pound it into rice to make porridge."

She pointed to the surrounding crop fields again.

"There are also sweet potatoes that have grown up, no matter who they are, they can dig them up and eat them."

"Every time I take less, no one says anything."

Don't take too much. If you take too much, you are stealing and you will be beaten.

Lian Zhi blushed.

Knowing that the eldest young lady is afraid that she will starve, she orders herself.

But unless it was absolutely necessary, how could she steal things from the ground.

This is a shameful thing for the master's family, and if it is not done well, it will be sold again.

Mrs. Song didn't know what she was thinking, it was no wonder that one was slave and the other was free.

Although the two are about the same age, they are people of two classes, and they have different considerations.

Mrs. Song stuffed Liu Zhi with an oil cake and asked her to go home to see if she could tidy up a place to store food.

If it doesn't work, let Ben Shan break the lock.

As soon as Lian Zhi left, Li Benshan came back.

Mrs. Li asked curiously, "Why did you come back so soon?"

Li Benshan said: "The third brother is back."

Song nodded, "Father probably counted the time to come back."

Li Benshan had a strange expression, shook his head and said: "Father didn't come back, the third brother came back alone. He also brought two servants."

Xiaodao: "Grandpa's family has added another servant?"

Mrs. Li: "It's autumn harvest, why didn't dad come back?"

Song: "Could something happen?"

Dazhu: "Did third uncle pass the exam?"

The family struggled to ask questions.

Li Benshan showed a smiling face, nodded and said: "The third brother passed the exam."

"Oh, did you pass the exam?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Da Zhu and Er Wang were especially happy.

Although this third uncle is not close, it is also the third uncle, right?

The Li family has a talented man, they are also very proud, okay?

Even Xiao Mian felt very good.

Only Mrs. Song frowned.

In the dream, the third child passed the exam three years later, why did he pass the exam early this year?

Mrs. Li asked again: "All the scholars are back, why didn't the companions come back?"

Everyone was curious, looked at Li Benshan, and waited for his answer.

Li Benshan was taken aback, not knowing what to say.

"But what happened?" Song asked with a frown.

She tried to remember...

In this year in the dream, my sister-in-law hooked up with a classmate of the third child.

Which classmate already had a wife, and later under Zhao's operation, that classmate divorced his wife and remarried his sister-in-law.

Mrs. Song had seen this brother-in-law, who was about ten years older than her sister-in-law, fat, handsome, and rich.

The year my barley died, this brother-in-law became an official.

Thinking of the eldest daughter in her dream, Song couldn't help clenching her teeth.

How long has it been since you remembered that nightmare?
After a long time, can it be treated as if it didn't happen?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Song lowered her head and worked.

People in the old house, what are you doing to her?
Li Benshan had a strange expression on his face.He rubbed his cheeks and said, "It's a good thing."

Song Shi didn't look up, but gave a low snort.

Probably the sister-in-law hooked up with a married man.

Mrs. Li asked: "What's the good thing? Could it be that you are going to handle the tax exemption of the third younger brother Xiucai?"

Here, once you have the fame of a scholar, you can see an official without paying homage, and you can't punish him if you commit a crime.

It can also be exempted from corvee, and has the right to exempt land from 100 to 200 mu of land.

You can also go to the government to receive a monthly salary every month, about one tael of silver, and one liter of rice per day.

I heard that occasionally you can get fish oil and salt,

So, as long as you pass the exam as a scholar, you won't starve to death even if you don't do any work.

Xiao Mian nodded, it seemed that Third Uncle had a permanent job.

Damai asked: "Third Uncle has passed the exam, so can our land be exempted from tax?"

Li Benshan nodded at his eldest niece, "I'll ask later, I guess I can."

Immediately afterwards, he showed a strange expression, and said, "Little sister also has good things."

Song's expression was as expected, she stopped raising her head, and reaped the dealer with peace of mind.

Li Benshan rubbed his cheeks again, as if he could open his mouth in this way.

"Little sister is in Fucheng, and went to a girls' school."

"What?" Mrs. Li stared at her man, as if she didn't understand.

Song also raised her head abruptly and asked, "What did you say?"

"Well, the third brother said, when the younger sister arrived in Fucheng, because of a poem she wrote, the son of Zhizhou's family recommended her to go to a girls' school."

"Little sister goes to school?"

"Does my aunt know how to read?"

Song frowned and said, "She seems to know a few words."

But it's just a few words.

Can she compose poetry?

Incredible.

Xiao Mian suddenly asked, "What poem did my aunt write?"

Li Benshan shook his head, he didn't know poetry, he just learned a few big characters recently, and he learned them from Xiao Mian and his own son.

Ever since he heard the news brought by his third brother, Li Benshan has been kept in the dark until now.

It is not surprising for the third brother to be admitted as a scholar.

But the little girl went to a girls' school?

How can this be?

Not to mention how surprised the Li family was, how to discuss it.The autumn harvest cannot be delayed.

Plant a millet in spring and harvest ten thousand in autumn.

Harvesting autumn is not as fast as harvesting wheat, so it is not so tiring.

Harvesting autumn is also the happiest thing.

There's no corn here, but I've heard it's available elsewhere.It's just that the seeds are still too few to pass on.

It is estimated that in the next two years, you will be able to eat roasted corn.

Although there is no roasted corn, there are roasted sweet potatoes and roasted beans.

Xiaomian's family didn't feed pigs, so they only planted sweet potatoes on an acre of land.

The harvested sweet potato seedlings were exchanged by Aunt Lihua for half a bag of soybeans.

Her family raised three big fat pigs, and they fed a lot of sweet potato seedlings throughout the winter.

Harvesting and planting have been busy for more than half a month.

Grain was put out of every household, and winter wheat was also sown in the fields.

At this time, it is also the time when people are frantically picking mountain goods.

When the north wind blows and the snow falls, there will be nothing on the mountain.

For a while, the whole Daqingshan became lively again.

That night, Li Xiangjin came.

For the first time in history, Li Xiangjin came to Li's house in Dongtou.

"Hey, third brother, why are you here? Have you eaten yet?"

Li Benshan was flattered and greeted him quickly.

Li Xiangjin put on a wooden face and forced a smile.

"Second brother, I want to hold a banquet the day after tomorrow and invite people to dinner."

"Well, we have to make a good deal of it. The third brother has a future, and the whole village needs to know about it."

Li Xiangjin hid the contempt in his eyes.

There are a bunch of mud legs in the village, what is there to feast on?
But parents must do it.They are going to be proud.

"It's just..." Li Benshan hesitated to speak.

There is only the third brother in the family, and the parents are not at home. What about the wedding banquet?
Li Xiangjin knew what he was hesitating, and explained: "Our father will be back the day after tomorrow."

"It's just that we can't stay at home for too long. My dad has to pick up and drop off my little sister when she goes to school."

"Huh? Then our father will have to be in Fucheng from now on?"

Li Benshan suddenly felt a little lost, as if he had been abandoned.

(End of this chapter)