pastoral fragrance

Chapter 240 Reclamation of Barren Slopes

Qiulin's family was busy with work and had no time to go to the market to buy servants, so Qiulin asked Xia Yan to help pay attention to the matter of buying servants.

Xia Yan was naturally very concerned about this time, and in the evening when Qiulin told him about it, he led a man, a woman and two ten-year-old babies to Qiulin's house.

The man and the woman were in their early thirties, their faces were sallow, and they looked like they were growing crops. The two children were also dry and skinny, and they looked as if they could not be picked up by a needle.According to Xia Yan's account, this family belongs to Qingshui Village, which is next door to Luoshui Village. Because the head of the family died, the brothers broke up to fight for the family wealth.This family is the weakest among the brothers. They not only robbed the field, but also robbed the yard where they lived, and drove them away.There is no way out, and this is the only way to sell yourself as a slave.

Qiulin not only sighed, how similar this family is to his own.If everyone hadn't survived the evil and difficult days, wouldn't they have ended up like this family, reduced to the end of being betrayed?
Xu Nanshan of the Han family was moved with compassion when he heard this, and naturally wanted to buy this family.It's just that after going through so many things now, the Han family is not as simple as before. Since it is buying a slave, it is natural to be diligent and clean. You can't buy people just because of this little compassion and sympathy.

The man in his early thirties hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, my wife, my wife and two children are diligent and clean, and my wife is not the one who likes to gossip, we are all honest Peasant, if not for the accident, he would not..." He couldn't continue the rest of the words, and he shed two tears.

Xia Yan also nodded and said: "Don't worry, Aunt Han, I naturally went to inquire about this person before I dared to bring him to your house, right? Isn't it a disaster to bring that kind of delicious lazy man with dirty hands and feet? This big brother is called Hu Manzi is an honest and honest farmer in Qingshui Village, and his wife is also diligent, but she doesn’t talk much. The two children are also hard-working, and they can stand up to adults when they work at home.” Speaking of the family’s I also felt sympathy when I met him, how similar this family was to Qiulin's.Only at this moment did he feel afraid. If it weren't for Qiulin's clever tricks, wouldn't he end up being sold out just like them?

Xu Nanshan of the Han family was relieved when he heard what the two said.So he paid 50 taels of silver to buy all four of them, the two adults were 15 taels of silver, and the young one was ten taels of silver.Now the adobe house on the other side of the fish pond has not yet been completed, so the family should go to live in the old house for a while.After this period of busy work is over, we will go to the fish pond to build an adobe house, and let the Hu Manzi's family move there to live, so that they can take care of the saplings, crops, and fish ponds on the slope.

Seeing that Qiulin's family finally bought the servant, Xia Yan was unconsciously relieved, he didn't want Qiulin to be so busy all day long.Although Qiulin ran around like this in the past, these two are different.In the past, she didn't have to force her to pick wild fruits and catch fish and shrimp. If she wanted to go, she would go if she didn't want to.But now I'm busy, even though I'm running around in the mountains, among the woods and slopes, I can only repeat this monotonous action, digging saplings, planting saplings, digging saplings, planting saplings...

Now that this family is honest and willing to help them, the burden on everyone will be much lighter.

After Hu Manzi's daughter-in-law Zhang put the burden she brought into the east wing of the old house, she hurried over to help Han and the others cook.Hearing from the young master who brought them here, the master has been busy opening up wasteland these days, and the whole family is very tired, so he thought about buying slaves.So at this moment, she didn't have much time to rest, so she came over and was busy cooking.

After Mrs. Han gave her a clear account of the firewood, rice, oil, salt and so on, Mrs. Zhang started to do the work familiarly.She worked very quickly, brushed the pot in twos and threes, scooped rice and some corn grains in it, poured them into the pot after washing, and started cooking.Her daughter, Xiaoqing, hurried over to light the fire to help her mother.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang picked up another stalk of cabbage, chopped the cabbage three times and two times, and did not throw away the core, but threw it into the pot where the pig food was cooked.Han Shi watched from the side, very satisfied, it seems that the family's work is good, and they know not to waste it.From Zhang's small actions, it can be seen that she is also a careful planner.

This is the most sumptuous meal everyone has eaten in the past few days. They fried bacon with cabbage, scrambled eggs with leeks, fried lettuce, corn pancakes, fried a plate of small dried fish, and cooked a sauerkraut vermicelli soup .The smell of food permeated the room, and everyone couldn't help talking when they saw the delicious food on the table.

These days, he is busy working in the fields, and after a day of work, he is exhausted. Where there is still energy to toss and eat food, he naturally cooks as he is full, eats and makes it easy.Looking at this delicious meal now, my appetite was naturally aroused.

Qiulin looked at the meals on this table. They were all ordinary farm dishes, but they were cooked very well. It looked like it would whet the appetite, so it must taste good.Mrs. Zhang is also good at tea and rice. It seems that these people bought the right one.

Everyone basically gobbled up and had a full meal this evening.Qiulin hadn't eaten such a delicious meal for a long time, and the food tasted good, so he chose what to eat.Everyone didn't share anything with Hu Manzi's family, and let them sit and eat together.This family has not had a full meal for a long time. Although they tried their best to restrain themselves, they couldn't help but eat something in their mouths. Naturally, wolfing down was inevitable.

Qiulin's family looked at the Hu Manzi's family who were so hungry that there was only a layer of skin left, and they felt very sympathetic.Naturally, I wouldn't blame them for being rude or anything.Because under the temptation of delicious food, the few of them were no different from those who hadn't eaten for three days.

Hu Manzi's family only ate the pot of rice to the bottom, and then they felt that their stomachs seemed not so hungry.As soon as he looked up, he saw the big and small pairs of eyes of the host were looking at them with sympathy, Hu Manzi's face changed slightly. It's outrageous.He gave his daughter-in-law a look and then shook the two children who were still eating nonsense.

At this moment, all the members of their family stopped their chopsticks and looked at Qiulin's family in surprise and fear.They also heard that the servants of those big families don't care how much they eat, and they will be punished if they eat too much.Will this owner beat them, will they take back the money and not buy them?
Just as everyone in Hu Manzi's family was worried, afraid, frustrated, sad, and regretful, with mixed emotions, the soft-hearted Mrs. Han sighed softly, and put a chopstick of bacon into the Xiaoqing bowl of Hu Manzi's daughter. "It's really a crime to starve the child like this. Don't hold back, eat quickly."

Looking at Xiaoqing, Mrs. Han couldn't help but think of her little daughter Qiulin, wondering if they had sold it like this, would Qiulin have had such a good meal?

Xu Nanshan also said: "Hurry up and eat, don't worry so much. Don't worry, as long as our Xu family has a bite to eat, you will naturally be spared." This family is also starved, so it's like this Seeing that they were all so skinny, Xu Nanshan couldn't help but sigh that this family is really pitiful.

Originally thought that the boss would blame them, but I didn't expect that the boss and the grandmother of the boss are kind-hearted people. Instead of blaming them, they care and pity them so much.Tears of emotion flashed in the dark eyes of several people. The boss treated them so kindly, and they must work hard to repay them, and they must not let down the friendship of the boss's grandma.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Zhang got up and cooked the pig food and the rice.It's making arrangements for the big family to eat.After the Hu Manzi's family moved into the old house, Qiulin's family felt that the house was more lively.Someone is guarding over there, so I feel more at ease in my heart.

After dinner, only Xu Nanshan stayed at home to weave stilettos, and the rest went up the slope with hoes and baskets on their backs.Mrs. Zhang, the Humanzi, followed Mrs. Han and the others to dig the land at the foot of the slope. These crops will be planted in the future, so they must be plowed deeper, so that the crops will grow well in the future.The two of them, Xiaoqing and Xiaohe, together with Qiulin Qiuhe, carried a basket on their backs and carried a small hoe into the forest.Go find fruit tree saplings and oak tree saplings.

So everyone started working in full swing again.A few children from Xia Yan's family also came over today to carry water and turn over the ground. Their work was easier than a few days ago, and they are not too slow now.

Xia Yan also brought Qiulin and the others today Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Ophiopogon japonicus, all of which have sprouted, but the seedlings are still shallow.

Looking at these things, Qiulin was overjoyed.She was still thinking about when she would go to the town to buy some herbal seedlings and tree seedlings, but now the family is very busy, and she can't leave. Now that Xia Yan took her herbal seedlings, Qiulin is naturally full of joy up.

Seeing Qiu Lin's smiling face, Xia Yan's heart warmed up.He said softly: "Let's go, let's go and plant them. If we delay for a long time, it will be hard to live." These herbs are not comparable to those saplings.

Qiu Lin nodded happily, and went to plant these herbal seedlings with Xia Yan.

With the help of Hu Manzi's family and the people brought by Xia Yan, this slope quickly changed from a slope full of weeds to a place where oak trees, fruit trees, and herbs gathered.Hu Manzi's family lived through this sloping field, and basically watered a line of water every day. Under the careful cultivation of their family, these seedlings also took root and germinated on this sloping field, spit out green and tender green leaves.

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