Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 91 Buying a House
Seeing the effect, Mrs. Chen breathed a sigh of relief. "It's a good thing you came up with such an idea, otherwise, this year's club would be blind."

Jinghan just smiled and didn't say anything else. She just lowered her head and flicked the fire in the stove twice, and then threw in two pieces of firewood. "Grandma, hurry up and get out, it's too hot in this room, you're old, don't get dizzy after a while." The room is steaming, and it must be more than 40 degrees, or nearly [-] degrees.Jinghan opened the window to let the moisture out.Then he took Chen Shi out together, it was so hot that no one could stand it.

Since this method of drying is easy to use, Zhixin didn't care that it was still raining outside, so he hurried back to the village and told everyone.So every household in the village built a house, and then burned more fires to dry the sticks.Now, Jinghan unintentionally spread the drying method.

After a few days of rain, it finally stopped.Everyone hurriedly lifted the mallet out of the house and let it dry outside.The mallet dried in this room is really not as good as the color of the sun. It lacks a sense of transparency and the color is a bit dark.

After another two days, the water in the ginseng field disappeared. Zhixin and Zhiming hurried to work on the ginseng soil. If they didn't get it out quickly, this year's sticks would not be able to grow.

On August 22, Wen Han came back, but he didn't pass the exam.The few people they went this time didn't pass the exam.Naturally, everyone wants to persuade Wen Han, saying that he is still young, only 15 years old, how can he be admitted as a scholar at such a young age?

Wen Han also understood that he was a little too impatient, so he made up his mind, and then went back to the town to study.

Shopkeeper Yue sent someone over and brought over two pieces of satin made of tussah silk, which were thick and of good color.The person who came said, "Our master said that this tussah silk is very good, not much worse than mulberry silk. I also ask the second girl of the Xu family to raise more next year. No matter how much there is, we will all want it."

This is good news, as long as the tussah silk can be sold, Jinghan can feel confident and bold like the tussah silk.There are many places suitable for breeding tussah silkworms here. If it can be scaled up, we don't have to just point to ginseng in the future.Furthermore, women can do these things without any effort from men.Just treat it as a side job, and you can earn some income every year.

"Little brother, please go back and tell Uncle Yue that next year I will keep more seed cocoons. As long as Uncle Yue has a market, I will try my best to supply the goods here." Jinghan hurriedly expressed her opinion.

The man took Jing Han's words and left.

Mrs. Chen looked at the three little girls at home and said, "In this way, you earn money by raising tussah silkworms, and grandma doesn't move a penny, so she saves it for you to save as a dowry. Both Jinghan and Jingwan are also 11 years old. In addition, the things you picked up on the mountain in the future, grandma will store them for you alone, and you will keep them all when you sell them for money. Our family’s life is also relaxed now, and we don’t have to spend a penny like before. It has to be counted as a public school. Jinghan, you know how to read. From now on, every time you hand over money to me, you will write an account. When you use the money, we will properly match the money and then use it for you. "Chen's old lady is really different from other people. People want to draw money in their hands, but she is different. She never wants to take advantage of her children and grandchildren.

Jinghan understood the old lady's temper, so she stopped insisting, "Grandma, we can do whatever you want. Anyway, it's all the family's money, and the meat is rotten in the pot. If there is any use for the family in the future, even Just use it, don't worry about us." Jing Wan and Jing Xian have always listened to Jing Han, so Jing Han spoke on behalf of these two people.

When the farm has nothing to do, it is even more busy in autumn.It was not until after September that all the mallets were planted, and it was considered a little leisurely.Of course Jinghan can't be idle, she's going to start playing with mushrooms again.Zhixin and Zhiming took the time to add another room to those two houses, and also rebuilt them, so that they can put more fungus trees this winter.

The fungus planted this year really produced a good crop. The fungus pieces are big and thick, much stronger than the fungus grown on the mountain.A total of about [-] catties of dried fungus were harvested. It is very good if the output can be like this in the first year.Those Hericium erinaceus have also produced some, but they are not as good as the fungus, and they can only produce [-] to [-] catties.

In autumn, Jinghan also cultivated the strains of winter mushrooms, but this time the strains can only be preserved and planted in the spring of next year. Otherwise, even if the strains are added in autumn, the weather will be too cold Cold is also useless.

One day in the last ten days of September, two people suddenly came outside the venue. It turned out that people sent by Zhixiang came back to deliver the letter.This year, Zhixiang's friend has done well there and is about to be promoted.I have received accurate information that I am going back to a state in the north to be a state co-prefect.Naturally, Zhixiang will come back with him. This time it is closer to home, so he should be able to come back and live for a while.

The old man and Mrs. Chen were really happy when they heard the news.It is said that the old son, the eldest grandson, is the lifeblood of the old lady.Zhixiang is the youngest son, leaving home for three years all of a sudden, it really makes people panic.

The messenger delivered another piece of happy news, that is, Zhixiang's good friend, Mr. Lu, helped Zhixiang make a marriage proposal.This time when Zhixiang comes back, he may be planning to get married.

As soon as the news came out, the whole family cheered up. It's all good now, and the family is going to have a happy event again.After dismissing those two people, the old lady couldn't sit still. "Oh, the fifth is going to talk about the daughter-in-law, so we have to hurry up and get ready. Otherwise, it will be too late when they come back. Old man, do we have to buy a house? We can't let the new daughter-in-law come They live on the mountain." The old lady began to think about it.

The old man pondered for a long time, and said, "You don't have to be too busy, let's just buy the house first, and don't deal with the rest. I don't know what Zhixiang and the others mean. Besides, where is the new wife from and what is her family background?" We don't know, if we prepare well, it won't be good if people look down on us." The old man was more thoughtful. "We just need to prepare the silver, and the rest will be easy to handle. Adding this year's admission fee and the money for selling sticks, can the family have 500 taels of silver?"

"That's right, that's it. The family's money is guaranteed to be enough. Listen to you, let's look at the house first. Wenhan and the others are in the town, so it's time to buy a house. It's not good to live with Huixin." The old lady The excitement gradually passed, and he calmed down. After thinking about it carefully, what the old man said was right.

Everyone talked about the requirements of the house, and Jinghan said that it should be a little bigger.There are many people in the family, and there are too few rooms to live in. Besides, Jinghan still wants to grow mushrooms in winter, so she can't spend her whole life on the mountain, can she?Buying a house is nothing else, and it cannot be said that if you buy it today, you will sell it tomorrow if it doesn't look good, so you have to think carefully from the beginning.

The old man thought for a while, and then said, "Boss, you can go to the dental office in the town to see about this matter. Let's try to buy a yard with two entrances. The children in the family are gradually growing up, so it is better to have more houses. Besides, Jinghan’s mushroom can’t stop anymore, we really have to prepare a place for it. Originally, I was thinking of building a new house in the village, but now it seems that I really want to buy a house in the town first. Dong. Let’s see when our family is no longer on the mountain.”

Zhixin nodded, "Sure, then I'll go and have a look in the next few days. According to what Dad said, it might cost two or three hundred taels of silver. Including the furniture inside, it's really quite a lot of money. If you add Zhixiang's marriage to the little money in the family, it's not enough."

When the old man heard this, he smiled and said, "What are you worried about? When you got married, the family didn't prepare anything. What's the matter? When you get to the fifth child, do you have to make it grand? Let the fifth child worry about it himself. If he is capable, he will spend 1000 taels, which is his ability. If he is not capable, it will be enough. The family spent a lot of money for him to study. The money, but so many people in the family are struggling It took three years of earning to save it. If we can’t get married for him, it’s all a disaster, right? Wenhan and the others are all grown up, so we can’t ignore the children. Besides, our family earns this money, but the children are I did most of my hard work." The old man loves his son, but he has never been partial to these issues, and he treats no son the same.

Jing Han nodded secretly after hearing this, for a long time, Jing Han was very puzzled by the Xu family's appearance.The family said that there is no separation, and the sons are all outside.It is said that the family was separated, but when the third uncle had an accident, the family spared no effort to help, even sold the house and land, and the family had nowhere to go.Looking at it now, it is the old man who is sensible, so that he can arrange the sons well, so as not to cause fights and quarrels between brothers for a little bit of family property.Even the youngest son, whom he loves the most, didn't say where he was going. We bought a house, and we lived together, not just for Zhixiang.

Now that everything was settled, Zhixin went to town the next day to find a house.I looked at a few places, but I was not too satisfied, and finally I was optimistic about one, because it was not in the center of the town, but to the east, almost on the outskirts of the town, and there was such a courtyard.The two courtyards are all crossed, and there is a back room at the back, so that Jinghan has a place to grow mushrooms.And the price is not high, only 260 taels. Zhixin is very satisfied with this yard.

(End of this chapter)