The splendid youth of the farm gate

Chapter 1 The Luo Family Farce
I heard from an old scholar in the village that because there was not a single snowflake in the winter last year, the crops in the field were ravaged by insects this year.In Sankengzi Village, except for a few big households who paid the tax and could keep surplus food, even if all the food was paid, most of the people had to borrow some more debts to be able to pay this year's tax.

So in order to survive the winter of Yuanshou's 16th year safely, no matter men, women or children in the village, those who can go into the mountains when the rooster crows, and those who can go down the river, just to eliminate more grain for the winter.

"Little sister, is this really edible?"

Yellow and emaciated, he was ten years old, but he looked less than six or seven. asked the little girl.

"Second brother, why don't you believe me, I really saw that person eat with my own eyes."

"But, that person is dead!" Luo Xiaojiang lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice.

"I told you, he went into the mountains to catch the old turtle and was bitten to death by a snake!" Luo Qingguo blushed and said loudly.

Luo Xiaojiang remained silent, but he didn't put the thing in his hand into the basket.

"Young general, Guoer, what are you arguing about? Hurry up, it's going to be dark!"

Luo Qingguo turned around and sued her elder sister who kept scratching the cat's paw, "Eldest sister, second brother doesn't believe me! He won't pick it anymore."

"Young general!" The eldest daughter of the Luo family, Luo Qingping looked at her younger brother and said softly, "Guo'er is our own sister, she won't lie to us. Besides, what else can we eat if we don't eat this?"

Luo Xiaojiang buzzed to his eldest sister: "Sister, why don't we pick mushrooms and fungus? The mountain is so big, others can pick it up, why can't we pick it up?"

A wry smile appeared on Luo Qingping's face, looking at her younger brother and younger sister who were so thin and thin that could be blown away by a gust of wind, she said softly, "Have you forgotten that Zhuzi's younger brother was taken away by wolves a few days ago?"

Luo Xiaojiang's sallow face turned pale.

The wild vegetables, mushrooms, fungus, rabbits, and pheasants on the side of the mountain were all taken away by the villagers, so some people boldly walked into the deep mountains. Some people went in and out, but some people went in and didn't come out!
A few days ago, Zhuzi at the east end of the village took his younger brother Tie Dan into the mountain quietly behind him, but he lost his way in the mountain. Pillar of feces and urine, wait until people are woken up to find out that the iron egg was picked up by wolves!

"Alright, let's go back when the basket is full." Luo Qingping looked up at the sky and said to her younger siblings.

Luo Xiaojiang stopped being stubborn, and quickly folded those cat's paws.

The green fruit behind him had a grass in his mouth, and he looked helplessly at the deep mountain behind him.

Hey!
If only I could go inside and get some meat!You can't just eat cat paws this winter, right?If you eat wild vegetables in winter, you still have to eat and tie your intestines!

"Young general, Guo'er, let's go back."

Luo Qingping looked at the full bamboo basket in her hand and called out to her younger siblings, ready to go down the mountain and go home.

"Brother, drag some firewood back home!"

Qingguo pointed to the dried dead branches in the forest and told her second brother.

"Well!"

Little General Luo didn't say anything, and went to pick up the dry firewood on the ground, and the green fruit didn't stop. She went to pull some vines and waited for the young general to tie up the firewood.

When the three siblings were on their way to the countryside, Luo Qingping and the young general carried two more bundles of firewood on their backs, and Qingguo followed behind them with a basket of wild vegetables.

From time to time on the road, I met people returning home from the mountains.

"Hey Qingping, what are you doing picking so many cat paws?"

Someone asked curiously.

Luo Qingping smiled, glanced at the green fruit walking in front, and said softly: "I don't know, it was my fruit who clamored for it, so I picked it for her to play with."

Because the youngest daughter of the Luo family would always do some weird things, the people in the village had already seen the strange things. After hearing Luo Qingping's words, they smiled and didn't ask any more questions.

The young general looked enviously at the bamboo baskets on those people's backs. Although the bamboo baskets were covered with only a layer of green grass, the young general knew that there were fresh and delicious mushrooms under the grass, and there might be a rabbit hidden there. Pheasant or something!

Ever since Daddy hurt his waist and was bedridden, they haven't eaten meat, let alone white rice, for a month!Thinking of meat, the young general gulped down the phlegm in his mouth.

"Qingping, Qingping, go back quickly, your mother and your grandma are arguing again!" Zhou Shi, who lives in Luo Fuxing's next door to Luo Qingping's house, ran over panting.

When Luo Qingping heard this, she immediately threw the firewood on her back and rushed home after shedding her feet.

"Young general, take your fruit and hide for a while. After your grandma leaves, my aunt will let your brother Daqiang come to you." After Zhou's finished speaking, she hurried back.

Unexpectedly, before Zhou could take a few steps, she saw a small figure running in front of her like a cannonball.Zhou was startled, and when he realized that it was Luo Xiaojiang, he patted his thigh anxiously as he walked.

"Young general, young general..."

Everyone knows that the second boy of Luo Xingzu's family is a stunned young man. Although he is young, he acts like a red-eyed big buffalo. Whoever catches him is the best!

Qingguo looked at the firewood thrown aside by her elder sister and second brother, then at the overturned bamboo basket on the ground, sighed, squatted down, picked up the cat's paws and put them back into the basket, Another mountain vine was drawn to tie the two bundles of firewood together.

After everything was settled, he carried the basket with one hand and dragged the firewood on the ground with the other to go home.

Qingguo's grandmother, Mrs. Chen, had three sons and two daughters, and Qingguo's father was the second child.

As the old saying goes, the emperor loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son.Throughout the dynasties, the eldest son was used to inherit the family business, and the youngest son was used to spoil the family.The one in the middle is for not being seen!

Not long after Qingguo's mother Lin gave birth to her sister Qingping, Qingguo's grandmother Chen urged Guo'er and his grandfather to separate Luo Xingzu's family and let them live alone.

Let’s just divide it up, but this family’s division is really partial. Luo Xingzu was given a cowshed in the west of the village that was used to raise cattle when Grandpa Guo’er was still alive. Dry fields that don’t grow vigorously, one iron pot and three bowls, nothing else.Oh - no, Luo Xingzu was apportioned as pension money of one or two taels of silver a year!

The year was not good last year, Luo Xingzu didn't make up the one tael of silver, so he gave [-] wen first, and agreed to give the remaining [-] wen together this year.For this matter, Mrs. Chen went to Guo'er's house to make a fuss every now and then.

(End of this chapter)