Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

There was a college examination in August, and Zhoucheng was quite far away from here, so in mid-July, Wenhan, Zixuan, and Pengcheng went to Zhoucheng together. This time Zhixin asked Wenhan to take Guoqiang of the Fang family with him, so that he could take more care of him on the road. Zhixin brought a hundred taels of silver to Wenhan. Now there is no shortage of money at home. He will bring more to Wenhan so that he can buy some good things when he encounters them. Naturally, Yue Pengcheng also brought a servant, and the group drove the Yue family's carriage to the state city.

After sending Wenhan away, Zhixin hurried back to the mountain. At this time, the mountains are also busy. The ginseng seeds are already ripe and need to be pinched out. In addition, the soil needs to be dug. This year, the Xu family had ginseng soil and ginseng seeds at home, so Jinghan asked ninety feet of soil to be dug out so that more sticks could be planted.

On the morning of July 16th, Zhixin and the others had had breakfast and were about to take people to their ginseng field when they heard some movement outside the ginseng field. Guoan hurriedly went out to take a look, then came back and said, "Master, Mr. Li's men are here, and they brought a lot of things and a lot of people."

When Zhixin heard this, he was stunned for a moment before he remembered which Mr. Li it was. Since he left, no one in the family mentioned it, so Zhixin gradually forgot about it. I just didn't expect that Mr. Li would send someone here. "Let's go out and take a look." Zhixin said to Zhiming.

The two brothers took Wencheng, Guoan and other boys to the outside of the venue. In the meantime, more than ten people came outside, all riding tall horses. The one leading them was the one who came to pick up Young Master Li.

When Li Jin saw Zhixin coming out, he quickly stepped forward and saluted, "Master Xu, my young master sent a young man to deliver some things to Master Xu. In addition, my young master has a letter and asked me to deliver it to Master Xu." As he said, He took out a letter from his pocket.

Guoan received the letter and gave it to Zhixin. Zhixin was illiterate, so he gave it to Zhiming. Zhiming opened the letter, read it, and read it sentence by sentence to Zhixin. It was nothing more than expressing his gratitude to the Xu family for their life-saving kindness, and sending him something to express his gratitude. But at the end of the day, it was a matter entrusted to the Xu family. Mr. Li also has a younger brother, who is only thirteen years old this year. Something is going on in the Li family now. Li Mingrui is worried that someone will do harm to his younger brother, so he wants to send his younger brother to the Xu family to hide away for a while. Wait until the matter is over, and then send someone to pick up your brother.

Zhixin frowned after hearing what Zhiming said, "Lao San, what do you think we should do about this?" Zhixin didn't expect that after saving someone, he would still have such trouble.

Zhiming also sighed, "Brother, this young man named Li is not an ordinary person. Of course we don't want to have anything to do with him. But now that he is in trouble, he has no choice but to send his younger brother to us. Come. Forget it, we live in this mountain, and ordinary people can't find it. Even if we don't keep this child, we will save Mr. Li. If there is trouble, it's just a child. Stay."

Both brothers are kind-hearted people. Once someone comes to ask for help, they will do their best to help them. Otherwise, they would not be so dedicated to saving people in the first place. Now that someone had sent a little boy, the two brothers really had no choice but to nod and agree. "That's all, just because of our fate with your young master, let your second young master live here. But you have to agree, the mountain is very simple, and your second young master comes from a wealthy family. If he is not used to it, Then please come back." Zhixin said the ugly words at the beginning, they didn't just bring an old man back to support him.

Li Jin nodded quickly, "Young master, I understand. When we came here, our young master had already told the second young master to obey you in everything on the mountain. If the second young master disobeys, Mr. Xu will be beaten and scolded when necessary." "After saying that, he waved his hand to the back, and someone opened the curtain of the carriage at the back. A fair-skinned boy with a very cute and lovable appearance came out.

The boy came to the front and saw Zhixin and Zhiming. Without saying a word, he lifted up his clothes and knelt down, "Li Mingyu, kowtow to the two uncles. Thank you to the two uncles for saving my eldest brother's life." As he said this, he really said Kowtow.

Zhixin quickly stepped forward and helped the boy up, "Good boy, what are you doing? We can't accept such a big gift from you. Don't take the past things to heart, it's your brother's fate. Your brother You have been entrusted to us, and we will naturally treat you well and live here with peace of mind." Zhixin looked at this boy and felt that he was a good match, so he treated him very well.

Li Jin and several others next to him quickly moved the things they brought into the venue. Three large carts of stuff were placed all over the yard. Li Jin handed the gift list to Zhixin and said, "Master Xu, these are all gifts for your family. There are also several boxes prepared for my second son. Our young master said, Xu You are not saving people to repay our kindness, this is my young master’s intention, please accept it, Mr. Xu.”

Zhixin sighed, "That's all, just stay. Go back and tell your young master that Mingyu is here with me, and I will take good care of him, so that Mr. Li can rest assured. Don't send anything here again, so as not to cause trouble." Get into trouble."

Li Jin quickly said yes, and then took the people away. No one was left to accompany Li Mingyu. And Li Mingyu was not surprised, it seemed that it had been agreed upon a long time ago.

Zhixin was busy asking people to move things into the house first, and then arranged a place for Mingyu to live. "Wencheng, let Mingyu live with you."

The house where Zhixin and Zhiming originally lived is now occupied by the Fang family and the Wang family. The couple Zhixin and Zhiming live in the two east rooms of the house, while Jinghan and Jingxian live in the west two rooms with their maid. between. The two houses where Jinghan hatched the cocoons were renovated and added, so there was still room there, and it seemed that Mingyu and Wencheng could only be arranged to live there.

Just now Zhixin and Zhiming were receiving guests, but Xue and the others did not come out. Unexpectedly, Guoan and the others kept moving things into the house. Xue hurriedly came out to ask what was going on, and happened to see Li Mingyu. "The child's father, what's going on?"

Zhixin had no choice but to tell Mrs. Xue what happened just now. Mrs. Xue was a little helpless after hearing this, "Forget it, since you agreed, we will treat her well." Mrs. Xue has always been concerned about her husband's decision. They are all supportive, and this time is certainly no exception. She looked at Li Mingyu. The boy was not short. He was about the same height as Wenxuan, but he was a little chubbier than Wenxuan, so he looked very cute. In fact, Li Mingyu's appearance is really outstanding, but because of his chubby appearance, he looks only cute. "Is your name Mingyu? Come, come with me to see your house. There are bedding at home. I'll find a set for you. The weather is nice today. Let's take it outside to let the sun dry it. It'll be fine in the evening. Use it." Mr. Xue led Mingyu and Wen Cheng away.

Jinghan remained silent from behind. Now she saw people leaving and came to her father, "Dad, why did you agree? This is a big trouble." Jinghan's little nose wrinkled , a little dissatisfied with his father's decision.

Zhixin burst into laughter, "How dare you say that? Who got into this big trouble? If you hadn't saved Mr. Li, would we have gotten into big trouble? It's too late to call it trouble now. You want to get rid of it?" You can't get rid of it, just accept your fate." Zhixin reached out and patted Jinghan's little head, "This is to teach you a lesson, let's see if you dare to save someone next time?"

Jinghan stuck out her tongue and said quickly, "Dad, why don't I dare not do it anymore?" Really, she must have been kicked in the head by a donkey to save that big trouble and come back, now it's better. I also made a little trouble living at home. Jinghan didn't have a good impression of Li Mingrui at first, but now she also included Li Mingyu.

Over there, Mr. Xue went to settle Li Mingyu, while over here, Zhixin and others went to pinch ginseng seeds. All the things Li Mingrui sent that belonged to Mingyu were moved to the room where he lived. Xue didn't even move the remaining ones, they were all gathered together, waiting to be sent back to the town one day.

Jinghan hasn't had much leisure time these days. Although all the silkworms have been sold, the fungus and Hericium mushrooms are in good demand. So every day Jinghan has to take people down to pick it, dry it in the sun, and then store it. Manager Sun had already made a contract with Jinghan, and they would buy all the mushrooms and fungus grown by Jinghan, so that Jinghan could save a lot of trouble.

Today, Manager Sun is already the boss of Baiweilou. The original owner moved to the south because his business outside was getting bigger and bigger. It's too far away from here, and it's just a restaurant and a grocery store, so I have to cash it out. Manager Sun was a capable man, but he didn't want to go south with his boss, so he paid for the shop and became his own boss.

Manager Sun's eldest son is very capable and has always been selling goods back and forth with the caravan. It just so happened that the mushrooms and fungus produced by the Xu family were of good quality and the yield was high. So Manager Sun signed a contract directly with Jinghan to purchase all the Xu family's items at a price 20% higher than the market price.

Jinghan led Jingxian and the girls, busy among various fungi and trees. On these mushroom trees, there are large black fungus and fluffy, snow-white Hericium erinaceus, which make people feel comfortable just looking at them.

"Second Miss, the Hericium mushrooms this year are really good. There are a lot more than last year. Let's plant more in the spring next year?" Honglian asked as he went down to pick several mushrooms. .

"Well, we will plant a lot of crops next year. Our family has bought the forest to the north, and we can put all the mushrooms and trees there in the future. We will not delay raising silkworms and growing mushrooms. It will look good this way. It’s much more convenient. "Jinghan’s strain cultivation technology is already very mature. You can save the strains for planting next spring, so that mushrooms will appear earlier.