The peasant lady of the pastoral space

Chapter 36

His aunt was wearing this jade pendant when she went missing.

Following the clues, he indeed found the blood left by his aunt in this world.

It's just that it's too late!
His aunt's daughter and his aunt's granddaughter, his cousin and niece, both died in the drought.

And that elapsed time was just half a month ago.

So, in this life, out of good intentions, she couldn't tell the whole story of her previous life, so she could only ask her husband to leave early.

That way, things might turn around.

In her previous life, when she was in Prince Qin's mansion, she heard that Mrs. Huo fainted again when she heard that her granddaughter and great-granddaughter were dead.

Suddenly, the Huo family was in chaos.

Because of that reason, Huo Qihao brought people to the Luo Mansion to smash it up again, without betraying King Qin's face at all.

It was also because of this that she learned some inside information.

Hope, there is still time in this life!

Luo Youjia sighed and prayed secretly.

In this life, although Mrs. Huo was a little cold to her, she did not do anything to hurt her.

The servants of the Huo Mansion did not neglect her, the Second Young Mistress, because of this.

She was not angry and wronged at all.

She actually understands very well.

If such a thing happened to her, she would definitely do much more ruthless than this.

What's more, Huo Qihao had helped him save his life in his previous life, and in this life he has also unintentionally helped him a lot.

Now he even married himself in, so as to take good care of him.

Compared with the previous life, the current life is like a dream, so unreal.

She is not greedy!
Wencang County, Lijia Village

Li Xiang'e's family slept well at night, and when they woke up the next morning, they looked more energetic than the other.

Li's mother and Li's father were even more enthusiastic.

I plan to use the several hundred taels of silver that Li Xiang'e gave before to go to the town to buy some pots, bowls, ladles, basins, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and new quilts for sleeping.

Li Xiang'e saw that Li's mother and Li's father had plans, so she asked them to do these things.

As for her, she took Ling'er's little bun, Li Hao's little Douding, and Miaomiao's little baby to the town, planning to take a stroll.

Zhuangzi is a bit big, and it always needs some people to clean it up.

So, Li Xiang'e planned to go to the town and buy some servants to come back and help.

That way, when the family gets busy, they won't be short-handed and busy.

So, the family had a happy breakfast, and then they divided the labor and cooperated to do their own things.

A new day, let's go!

The carriage rumbled forward, and in a blink of an eye, half an hour later, everyone arrived in the town.

Li Xiang'e jumped out of the carriage first, and carried the younger ones out of the carriage.

Meow Meow doesn't care about it, just jump down by yourself!
With Ling'er, Hao'er and Miaomiao, Li Xiang'e really separated from Li's father and Li's mother, and walked in the directions planned by each of them.

Following the vague memory, along the deserted streets, Li Xiang'e and his party quickly found Ren Yazi's place.

When a person who looked like a middle-aged woman and her husband-in-law saw Li Xiang'e and his party, their eyes lit up.

Their experience tells them that this is very likely to be a buyer who really intends to buy some servants to go back.

Business is coming!

So, the toothmaid came up to her with a smile, with a very sincere expression on her face.

"Ma'am, what kind of people are you planning to buy? We have everyone here, just tell me, and you will be satisfied."

After finishing speaking, the matchmaker's eyes quickly swept across the faces of Ling'er and Xiaohao.

The buyer came with a child, so he probably had no experience. She seemed to see white money flying towards her!

Li Xiang'e looked around, hooked the corners of her mouth, and said slowly.

"Don't worry, I'll take a look first."

After finishing speaking, ignoring the faces of the matchmaker and her husband-in-law, she went straight forward, looking for someone to buy by herself.

"Buy me, I'm very hardworking, I can do laundry and cooking."

"Buy me, buy me, you can buy me with very little silver."

"Please, buy me, I eat less and cook more, I won't lose money!"

Seeing Li Xiang'e, the betrayed servants of the tooth shop felt that Li Xiang'e should be kind, so they all spoke out, hoping that Li Xiang'e and the others could buy them.

If no one bought them again, where would they end up? !
Li Xiang'e ignored these voices, carefully looked at their faces, hands and feet, and shook her head secretly, not intending to buy.

After a while, Li Xiang'e stopped in front of a family of five.

This is a middle-aged couple with two ten-year-old sons and daughters, plus an old father.

"How do they sell it?"

Li Xiang'e pointed to the five people, looked at the matchmaker and asked.

Before the matchmaker could speak, the middle-aged couple spoke out.

"If you really want to buy it, our family has to be bought together. If you want to buy it, you can buy it all. Our family cannot be separated, otherwise we would rather not sell it..."

When the prostitute heard this, her face sank immediately, and she scolded loudly.

"As long as you can, tell me how many customers who want to buy you have been scared away by your conditions. There are only five of you in total, and one of them is old and three are young. Are you wasting food by buying it?!
Who wants to spend more money to buy useless people, I can say my ugly words here, if no one buys you, you just wait to drink the northwest wind, you guys! "

After finishing speaking, the matchmaker gave the family of five a hard look, and then looked at Li Xiang'e obsequiously.

"Ma'am, look, this..."

This lady should not be scared away like the previous guests.

The old man in the corner looked at Li Xiang'e with a sad face and begged.

"Madam, the little old man is quite old, so you don't need me to buy me, but my grandchildren are still young, and my son and daughter-in-law are also hardworking. Please do me a favor and buy them all!"

The middle-aged couple immediately shouted.

"Father, stop talking..."

"Father, we can't leave you alone, if we are bought off alone, you will have no way to survive..."

The old man's grandchildren also cried.

"grandfather!"

Li Xiang'e listened quietly, without making a show, and nodded secretly.

There is nothing wrong with buying these people—

At most, it's just a matter of spending a few taels of silver.

The most important thing is that this family is indeed, as they say, the kind of people who are down-to-earth and hardworking.

Even though they were selling themselves as slaves, their faces, hands and feet were washed very clean, and there were no stains under their nails. They looked clean and refreshed, not like the kind of people who were stealing and playing tricks.

Another point, the family relationship between them is really moving!

Just take it as a good thing.

Thinking like this, Li Xiang'e smiled slightly, turned to look at the matchmaker and her husband-in-law, and asked.

"Their family bought them all, how much money?"

The matchmaker thought there was no hope, and the business was in danger again.

Just as she was moaning and preparing to give this family some flair, when she heard Li Xiang'e's question, the prostitute's face burst into smiles.

"This, this, since you bought it sincerely, then I will sell it sincerely, old lady, at a price of 30 taels of silver. I will only charge you 30 taels. This is a special price for you! Do you think it will work? "

Li Xiang'e sneered and glanced at the oppression.

"You treat me as a three-year-old child, this can be worth 30 taels of silver, and three of the five people are incidentals. You are ashamed to ask for this price, a buy price, 20 taels.

If you like it, you can sell it to me. If you don’t want it, I’ll go to other places to have a look, maybe I’ll buy it from you! "

After speaking, Li Xiang'e planned to turn around and leave.

The toothmaid smiled for a moment, then smiled wryly and waved her hand.

"Please stop. Alright, alright, just this price, 20 taels of silver. I almost sold at a loss, ma'am, if you want to buy someone in the future, come and take care of our business!"

Li Xiang'e said with a smile.

"If your prices here are reasonable, then it's fine."

Li Xiang'e paid the money, and when she got the deed of sale for the family of five, she quietly put it into the space.

Afterwards, Li Xiang'e took them away.

On the way, Li Xiang'e learned about it from the family of five.

The family name is Xiao, the middle-aged man is Xiao Bo, his son and daughter are Xiao Chong and Xiao Lan respectively.

The two children were shy, shy, and not very talkative, and they followed Xiao's side quietly.

At this moment, the two siblings were looking at Li Xiang'e and his party curiously.

When I saw Meow Meow, my eyes couldn't help but sparkle.

Li Xiang'e secretly smiled when she saw it.

She couldn't help thinking, could it be that her own Miaomiao is still a heartthrob? !

The main purpose of going to town today is to buy some servants to go back. Now that the purpose is completed, Li Xiang'e took a group of people to the place agreed with Li's father and Li mother, and waited there.

It seems that Li's father and Li's mother have a lot to buy.

Therefore, Li Xiang'e and his party waited for more than half an hour before seeing Li's father and mother.

Li's father and Li's mother stepped forward and were surprised to see the five extra people.

Li Xiang'e told the whole story.

Li's father and Li's mother immediately greeted Xiao's family kindly after hearing the words.

In their eyes, they didn't think there was anything shameful about the Xiao family being forced to sell themselves as slaves;

nor despised them;

Treat them as slaves who can be killed at will;
On the contrary, I still feel that the Xiao family has sold themselves into slavery, which is very pitiful.

Reminiscent of themselves, Li's father and Li's mother have a lot of feelings.

In fact, Li Xiang'e also has her plans.

What she thinks is that she buys people to have more trustworthy helpers, and people who sell themselves as slaves are in the hands of their masters, and generally they will not betray their masters, so she has the ability to buy people Decide.

As a matter of fact, if the servants bought back really wholeheartedly work for the master this time, for example, the Xiao family bought this time——

If they had been so diligent and loyal all the time, then she would definitely return the deed of sale to them in the end.

After all, she still kept the deed of sale of the Xiao family in the space, and hadn't taken it to the county government for registration.

In the future, as long as she returned the deed of sale to them, they would not have the stain of being slaves.

However, if the Xiao family gradually gave birth to other dirty things, then don't blame her for being cruel.

——It can be done in minutes to realize the fact that they are slaves.

The key to all this lies in the Xiao family themselves.

But the Xiao family didn't know about Li Xiang'e's current plans!
Li Xiang'e's family, Xiao's family, and the odds and ends bought by Li's father and Li's mother filled up this very spacious carriage.

Father Li and Xiao Bo sat outside the carriage, while Li Xiange and the other 8 people were all squeezed into the carriage, leaving no gaps.

On the way home, it was crowded and uncomfortable!
Look for opportunities in the future and buy another carriage!

Li Xiang'e made up her mind.

Back in Lijia Village, Father Li drove the carriage directly into Zhuangzi.

The Xiao family looked around curiously.

After the Xiao family's residence was arranged, Li Xiang'e assigned the Xiao family's tasks.

Xiao Bo, Li Xiang'e will call him Xiao Bo from now on, he was sent by Li Xiang'e to assist Li's father, and help Li's father to do things;
Xiao Shi, Xiao Bo's wife, and Li Xiang'e asked her to follow her mother, busy with her mother, and help her mother when she was busy;

Xiao Chong, he is 12 years old, only two years older than his brother, just right in age.

So Li Xiang'e asked him to be Li Hao's personal servant and book boy, and promised that when Xiao Hao was studying in the future, he could also learn something from Xiao Hao.

The Xiao family was overjoyed when they heard the news!
Although this is something that will happen later.

Xiao Lan, 10 years old, has reached the age of understanding, as Ling'er's personal maid, let her take care of her precious daughter Ling'er Xiao Baozi, and she can look after Linger and protect Linger at any time, that's the best But no more.

And Shaw's old father—Grandpa Xiao.

Grandpa Xiao is quite old. Although Li Xiang'e bought him, she couldn't bear to let him do heavy work. Except for some light things, she only asked Grandpa Xiao to help guard the gate of Zhuangzi, and no one else was allowed to come in and out at will.

On the first day the Xiao family integrated into the Li family, Li's mother kindly gave every Xiao family a new set of clothes.

When eating, although the Xiao family ate separately from the Li family, basically what the Li Xiange family ate was similar to what the Xiao family ate, and there was almost no difference.

For this reason, when the Xiao family members chatted, they were all moved and satisfied.

It has been four or five days since I returned to Lijia Village. Both Li Xiang'e and Li's father and mother felt that the village was very quiet and deserted.

Go out for a walk at will, and you won't see a few people.

The same is true in the town.

It seems that the impact of this drought on Wencang County is not insignificant!

As far as she knew, among the households she was familiar with in Lijia Village, it seemed that the village chief's family had returned.

Oh, right!

There is also the Wang family who has some friendship with his father, and the family of three seems to have returned safely.

Xiang'e once saw Father Li greet them in the town.

The son of the Wang family seems to be called Wang Dashi, he looks simple and honest, and has a lot of strength. He is the only son of the Wang family.

Along the way, thanks to Wang Dashi, their Wang family did not lose any relatives.

There are also a few other scattered families, Li Xiang'e is not very familiar with them.

According to memory, I only know that it is from a village.

The rest of the people in the village are either still on their way back to the village;
Or, it is very likely that they died on the way to flee famine and stayed outside the village forever.

According to her estimate, at least two to three out of ten peasant households were ruined by this drought.

Of the remaining seventy to eighty percent, at least half of them cannot guarantee that the whole family can return home safely.

Even she, a very cold-blooded person who has been in the last days, felt sobbing and chills all over her body.

For the next ten days or so, Li Xiang'e spent most of her time practicing.

The rest of the time, she used to go up the mountain to hunt for treasures, and arrange the ten acres of land in the village.

That's right!

There is also a stagnation land in Zhuangzi, which is the best for growing vegetables.

There are still a lot of free space inside, where you can grow some fruits and make rational use of land resources, which is both practical and beautiful.

Li Xiang'e is going to use all the ten mu of land in Zhuangzi.

Li Xiang'e reserved an acre of land for planting sweet potato mothers, and planned to wait for it to grow long sweet potato vines, and then cut them off and cut them into sections.

At some distance, the places with buds at the joints are buried next to each other in the soil, and the remaining thin stems and a few leaves are exposed, and then sprinkled with fertilizer.

When the buried sweet potato vines grow to be nearly one meter long, then, in the soil, the roots of the sweet potato vines have probably grown into many sweet potatoes.

In fact, Li Xiang'e did it when she thought of it.

The sweet potato mothers on the half acre of land had already been planted by Li Xiang'e, and the supernatural water was also poured every day, and the wood supernatural power also replenished it with energy, and now the soil has sprouted.

At present, the mother sweet potato is in the process of thriving.

In fact, once the sweet potato mothers on this half-acre of land are planted, at least they can provide sweet potato vines for planting sixty or seventy acres of land.

However, thinking that there are still so many properties around Zhuangzi that belong to him——

At that time, it would be good to rent it to those tenant farmers, or spend copper coins to ask people in the village or near the village to take care of it. Those fields can also be used to grow sweet potatoes.

After all, the method of planting sweet potatoes is relatively simple and easy. After all, the yield is much higher. The yield of one mu of land can easily reach more than 1000 catties, or even more.

Therefore, Li Xiang'e planted the sweet potato mother there first, so as to be prepared.

Therefore, the more than ten acres of land in Zhuangzi, if calculated specifically, it is a total of 16 acres of land.

Li Xiang'e plans to set aside 5 or 6 mu of land to grow sweet potatoes, and allocate another 10 mu of land to grow various vegetables on the remaining [-] mu of land.

Vegetable seeds were also sprinkled, including pepper seeds.

Water it from time to time, and then use the wood-type ability to spawn it, and soon you can see the seedlings growing up.

Li Xiange decided to reserve the remaining 8 mu of land.

Wait until later when she has other ideas and plant others.

There are also fruits, she plans to grow several kinds of fruits by the big pool behind the Zhuangzi, such as pear trees, apple trees, orange trees, and peach trees.

In fact, in just ten days, she did plant all these fruit tree seedlings.

And in the pool, you can also raise a lot of fish.

It doesn't matter if you raise it to eat, or sell it in a restaurant, it's more or less a profit!
As for the fry, there is nothing to worry about.

There are quite a few in the small river in Lijia Village.

The drought is over, and water is flowing in the small river again. If you look around, you can see a group of small fishes a few centimeters swimming past. They are so dark and dense, there are countless numbers!

After the pool has been cleaned, it is filled with water, and the running water can be replenished at any time, and the stagnant water can also be released from another direction to keep the pool water fresh.

The exit is blocked by a very fine net to prevent small fish from escaping in the future.

The seed is planted——

At this time, Li Xiang'e had a plan to raise fish.

So, Li Xiang'e's eyes lit up, and she immediately went up to the small river with a few wooden barrels.

She is going to catch fish fry.

This is a costless business!

When they got to the river, Linger and Xiaohao were playing on the edge, while Xiao Chong and Xiao Lan watched and took care of them.

Li Xiang'e rolled up her trouser legs and walked into the water.

When the water reached her calf, she filled one of the empty wooden barrels half-filled with the supernatural water, and then approached the surface to attract fish.

After a while, a group of very small fry swam towards the barrel one after another, and then obediently swam into the barrel.

Seeing more and more fry, Li Xiang'e burst into laughter.

It didn't take long for the wooden barrel in Li Xiang'e's hand to be filled with small fish, which was very fruitful.

Of course, people with trypophobia will feel dizzy after watching it!

Putting the wooden barrel in a safe place, Li Xiang'e used the same method to place the second wooden barrel on the water, which also contained supernatural water.

After a while, the second barrel was also full.

In the blink of an eye, there were three wooden barrels neatly placed by the river, and the same thing was that they were full of densely packed small fish fry.

Ling'er and the others looked at the little fish in the bucket with great curiosity.

Rarely do they get a chance to see such a small fish!

One person couldn't lift three wooden barrels at the same time, so Li Xiang'e carried a wooden barrel in one hand and took Linger and the other children slowly back to Zhuangzi.

Pour all the fish fry into the pool, and then Li Xiang'e let Ling'er and the others stay on the Zhuangzi.

She still has to go to the river to bring back the remaining wooden barrel.

After all the little fish were poured into the pool, in order to prevent some of the fry from dying, Li Xiang'e quietly put some supernatural water into the pool, so that at least the little fish that had just moved could be alive and kicking.

Although there are a lot of small fish in the pool, they were caught by her after all, so it would be a pity to lose some of them!

Such a busy and fulfilling day passed by day by day.

Li Xiang'e suddenly found out that it seemed that their family had been back to Lijia Village for half a month.

How time flies.

Many people have come back to Lijia Village one after another these days. Compared with the deserted one before, it is really much better, and it feels much more popular.

Although those people looked ragged and tired when they came back, they could still see the excitement in their eyes if they looked carefully.

One is finally able to go home, finally home;

The second is that the drought is over, and life can return to normal, and there is also a decree from above that promises to exempt taxes within one year, which can at least relieve a lot of pressure.

Everyone's life returned to normal and calmed down.

Everyone kept silent about the drought, and they didn't want to mention it anymore. They just kept working hard, tending the crops, and making life better for themselves and their families.

This is the most straightforward desire in the hearts of these people.

When the villagers came back, Li Xiang'e thought that near Zhuangzi, she still had nearly 200 mu of land. She really couldn't plant so much, and she really didn't have so much energy to put all the land on it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Xiang'e finally decided to simply rent these lands to tenant farmers in Lijia Village or nearby villages, and let them plant them. She just waited for the time to collect the rent!
(End of this chapter)