Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 257

"Why do you get up so early? Children need to sleep more, or they won't grow taller." Luo Tiandu lit the oil lamp and helped him pile up the firewood he picked up, said.

Ding Wu pursed his lips stubbornly and remained silent.This child who has struggled with poverty and hunger since he was a child has grown up suddenly since he kowtowed to his grandfather's grave yesterday. The grandfather who would guard him and protect him is gone. From now on, he only has A person, he doesn't know what will happen in the future, he just instinctively hopes that he can be more useful, and the usefulness he thinks in his little heart is to work more and eat less, so that he won't be disgusted by others.

Luo Tiandu said: "It's still early, you go to bed and I'll call you when dinner is ready."

After Ding Wu heard this, he lowered his head and went back to the house slowly.

Luo Tian did a set of punches, and the rest of the family got up one after another. Fang went out to the yard, stretched, yawned, and said, "Xiaodu, who did you talk to just now? Is there anyone who got up earlier than you?"

Ever since Luo Tiandu started to practice martial arts, he completely got rid of the bad habit of sleeping in. In fact, some habits are forced out by the environment.

Luo Tiandu raised his chin towards the woodshed, signaling her to go and see for herself.

Fang didn't know what the hell she was doing, so she went over to look at it full of doubts, and suddenly her eyes widened and she asked, "Who didn't go to bed early in the morning to collect firewood?"

Luo Tiandu pointed towards Uncle Gu's room, Fang Shi understood, and immediately stopped talking, only feeling a little sore in his heart, and it took him a long time to sigh: "You do evil!"

No matter what, Ding Wu settled down in Luo's house. In the first few days, he saw that Luo's house didn't arrange things for him, and he had food every day, so he was very uneasy.He knew that the Luo family was a new grandpa and an official. He thought that the Luo family took him in to let him work, and he felt a little comforted. As long as he worked hard and did more things, it would be reasonable for the grandpa to support him. But now that he doesn't work and eats free food every day, he feels very uneasy, always afraid that the Luo family will kick him out at any time, after a few days of idleness, he is really uneasy, and wants to go to work on the construction site again.

Luo Tian thought he was really pitiful, so he patiently persuaded him, saying that he was new here and not familiar with him, and when he got to know everyone well, there would be something for him to do after the Chinese New Year. Ding Wu was relieved and felt that I am still useful, that's all, I don't want to be idle at home, rushing to do things every day, as if I am afraid of being rejected by others, which makes Luo Tian always feel that he is illegally employing child labor, and his mood is extremely complicated.

The new year passed in a tangle, probably because Yi County had been so deserted in the past few years, and the Yi people didn't come, but nothing happened.

This is the most difficult year for the Luo family since they split up. Not only does it refer to the lack of material, but the most important thing is the heavy heart.When they arrived in Yi County, they faced a predicament beyond their imagination. Not only was the city deserted, the population was scarce, but there were also Yi people outside the city staring at them. Under such circumstances, it was not easy to govern Yi County and develop the local area. thing.

The Yixian county government was burned down by someone in the early years, and then it was abandoned for a long time. The original household registration book has long been lost. The only thing we can count on is whether there is a registration in the Baxun mansion. The people moved, fled, and died. The household registration of Ba Xun Mansion might be useless, and they had to re-register.In addition to household registration, there is one more thing, which is land. What should I do with the land that was abandoned in the early years and is now abandoned?Right now, the people in the county don’t have enough food to cover their stomachs, and they don’t have enough clothes to cover their bodies. It’s time to open up wasteland. It’s impossible to let the big fertile land be left unused. After planting it and waiting for the autumn harvest, the original owner of the land will come back, which will cause another pile of troubles.Another thing, what Luo Baisu has always been thinking about is the problem of city defense. He needs to repair the city wall, organize manned patrols, and buy more city defense troops. Where can he find people, and the most important thing is the issue of money. Everything costs money, and the county government of Yi County does not have a penny, and the imperial court does not know what plans it has for Yi County.

Because of the Chinese New Year, the repair of the city wall stopped, and the Luo family felt relaxed for two days. They didn't have to prepare meals for those many people, and they finally had a two-day rest. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, some people came to the house Ask Luo Baisu about repairing the city wall.

No way, winter was the hardest in previous years. There was nothing but the whistling north wind and endless bare branches. They all wanted to eat and survive. Although the work of repairing the city wall was heavy and hard, But no matter what, there is food for three meals a day, no one will die from starvation, and those with wives and children at home want to work hard to raise their children. Where will be afraid of hard work.

Of course, city defense cannot be stopped. It is the first month of the month, and it is still early to open up wasteland. If you don’t take advantage of this time to repair the fortifications, you will wait until the spring, and there will be no one. .

Luo Baisu's head got dizzy from thinking about it, and he waved his hand, signaling for someone to go back and inform the others that work will start as usual on the fourth day of the lunar new year.

The man went back happily. In his eyes, being able to start work meant that he had something to eat.

Fang's face was a little ugly at that time, but he didn't say anything, sighed, and went back to make pancakes.

Luo Tian knew Fang's embarrassment, and said to Luo Baisu, "Father, there is not much food at home."

Luo Baisu was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and asked, "How many more days can I eat?"

"It can last up to ten days." You have to be quite economical to eat for ten days.

Luo Baisu said: "I know, I will find a way."

Even so, life had to go on as usual, but it was obvious that the family's mood was not high, and the atmosphere at home was much duller, even Gu Bo, who was not in charge of things now, noticed it.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, the weather was rare, so Luo Tiandu and Luo Mingdu moved out the boxes, cages and bedding at home to dry in the sun. Yi County is located in the southeast, and the climate is humid, and the quilts at home often have to be moved. Let it out in the sun, otherwise it will be prone to mold.

Uncle Gu also came out to bask in the sun tremblingly on his crutches. The sun was very bright today, and the sun shone warmly on his body, making him very comfortable.Sitting under the sun, Gu Bo squinted his eyes so much that he was about to fall asleep.

Both Luo Tiandu and Luo Ming were afraid of disturbing him, so they spread out their things under the sun lightly, and when they were about to enter the room, they suddenly heard Gu Bo say: "Miss Sun, Young Master Sun is frowning every day these days, is it true?" Isn't there something bothering you?"

Luo Tiandu and Luo Mingdu looked at each other, and finally Luo Mingdu replied: "It's okay, Uncle Gu, don't worry, Dad knows it well." Uncle Gu is getting old, and his energy will inevitably be a little weak. Don't talk to him.

Uncle Gu thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, I vaguely remember Xiaodu talking to her father about money and food. Our family doesn't have enough food? Not enough money to spend?"

Uncle Gu's preference for Luo Mingdu and Luo Baisu can be seen from the titles. He called Luo Baisu Young Master Sun, and Luo Mingdu Miss Sun, but Luo Tiandu and Fang Shi were called by their first names. Fortunately, both Fang and Luo Tian are very magnanimous in this regard, so they don't care about it.

Luo Ming is a good boy, he is not good at lying, so when he heard the words, he glanced at Luo Tiandu and said vaguely: "How can it be, no matter how poor our family is, there is still food to eat."

After hearing this, Uncle Gu narrowed his eyes again. Luo Tian thought he believed Luo Mingdu's words, so he waved to Ding Wu who was in the yard, signaling him to go out with him and stop disturbing Uncle Gu.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Gu opened his eyes again, stood up and said, "Xiao Du, come with me."

Luo Tian didn't doubt that he was there, so he agreed and followed Gu Bo into the house.Uncle Gu groped and took out a small wooden box from the bedside table. He rubbed his fingers over the lines on the box cover for a while, his face struggled for a while, and finally he sighed and handed it to Luo Tiandu tremblingly. hand, said: "Take this to your father, he knows how to do it."

Luo Tiandu took it over, opened it and saw that there were several account books and two seals with strange patterns.She picked up the account book and flipped through two pages, which recorded the tasks entrusted to someone in a certain place on a certain day in a certain month. Know it's worth a fortune.

She was taken aback, and said, "Uncle Gu, where did this come from?"

Uncle Gu was silent for a while, with a look of nostalgia on his face, before he said for a long time: "This is left by the Gu family back then. In the past, because Young Master Sun's position was not high, the Gu family was like wolves. I'm afraid he won't be able to keep it. , it has always been in the hands of the master's few students back then. Now that the family is in trouble, they don't care about that much anymore. Let Young Master Sun send a reliable person with a seal to take out all the things. Let's talk about emergencies first. Everything in the Gu family belongs to Young Master Sun in the end."

"This..." Luo Tiandu was also struggling in his heart. To be honest, the Luo family is in need of money now, and the money that Gu Bo took can just come in handy. After breaking the things that the head was fighting for, I felt a little hot. The most important thing is that although everyone knew that the woman that old man Luo borrowed from back then, Luo Baisu's mother was Gu Ziqian's daughter, and Luo Baisu was Gu Ziqian's grandson. , but after all, he has never passed the Ming road, Luo Baisu is still the Luo family, and Luo Tian feels a little uncomfortable just using the Gu family's money like this.

It's not that she is high-spirited, it's just that she is naturally afraid of trouble, especially when it comes to money, and she doesn't like to be confused with others. To paraphrase Fang's words, if you don't earn money by yourself, you don't feel at ease when you spend it, let alone Gu Bo As a servant, even if he snatched such a large amount of money from the Gu family, he doesn't know how much trouble he suffered and how much he suffered.

She was still hesitating, but Uncle Gu said: "What should be spent still needs to be spent. The place is broken like this, and it will not cost money to build it. It is impossible to rely on the court. If you don't make some achievements, when will Young Master Sun?" Can I go back? Is it really necessary to die in this broken county for the rest of my life?"

Luo Tian thought for a while, suppressed the refusal, and said, "Success, I'll leave it to Dad when he comes back tonight." Forget it, let Luo Baisu make his own decision.

(End of this chapter)