Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Zixuan and Wenhan returned to the county again, and the Lin Xing family did as Jinghan said and went back to mobilize people to collect jujubes. This thing is very cheap, only four or five cents per pound. Although they wanted to do an experiment, they couldn't get too little, so the Lin family mobilized relatives and friends to collect them in several nearby villages.

Now, the children in the village have work to do. Even if you don't make much in a day, you still have ten or eighty pounds, so you can get at least forty or fifty cents. For a kid, that's a lot.

After more than ten days of harvesting, a total of five thousand kilograms of Dian dates were recovered. Xingjia processed all the dates according to his own secret recipe for making fruit wine. It will probably take nearly two months for this thing to ferment, and we will probably know how it is going by then.

Guoan, Guoping, and Anfu are all at the winery. Now they have been appointed managers, and they have been helping out a lot these days. Zhixin had long ago returned the deeds of betrayal to these three people, and now they are free. Guoan married another daughter-in-law in the spring. She was good-looking, virtuous and capable. Now the couple lives in a house next to the winery. Guoan plans to save money for two years and then buy a house of his own.

Guoping and Anfu are both very young. They were originally going to get married this time, but they happened to catch up with the national mourning, so they were delayed.

Xingjia treated these three people very well and gave them half of the winery. In this way, the three of them were even more determined to work in the wine shop.

At the end of June, all the tussah silkworms raised by Jinghan had spun cocoons, and the Xu family worked hard for a while before finally collecting all the tussah silkworms. In the spring of this year, 50,000 seed cocoons were hatched, and more than 7 million silkworm cocoons were finally harvested. Everyone selected 50,000 cocoons to be used as seed cocoons, and the rest were sold to Yue Siyuan.

"This will be the case from now on. We can't expand the scale any further, otherwise we won't be able to manage it." Jinghan said to Jingxian. "This year we earned two thousand or two thousand taels, which is a lot. This thing is raised on a large scale, and I'm afraid that if it doesn't work well, it will be infected with diseases. If there are less, we can take care of it, and it will be better. "

Jingxian nodded, "Okay, I understand."

Jinghan gave Honglian and the other four fifty taels of silver to each of them, "You have all worked hard, and these are your rewards. If you work hard in the future, you will get more than this." Jinghan said with a smile, " In addition, Honglian and Luping are not young anymore. I will ask my mother to pay attention to see if there is a suitable boy. You can't always stay with me. You still have to get married. "

Hong Lian's face turned red, "Second Miss, you know how to make fun of others. We are not very old yet, so we don't need to get married so early." Hong Lian is about the same age as Jing Han, and is also sixteen years old.

"Young women are not allowed to stay in college. In the Xu family, you are all considered to be meritorious people. I will return your marriage deeds to you and let you get married in a glorious way. If you like anyone, don't be embarrassed, just go directly Tell me or my mother. "Jinghan doesn't want to delay others.

Hong Lian and others had tears in their eyes. In the past few years following the Xu family, they had been well fed and clothed, and they had also saved some money. This is something I never dreamed of before. If I can really get rid of my slave status in the future, get married and live an honest life, I will be really lucky. "Thank you, Miss Second. These servants will always be thinking of Miss Second's benefit for the rest of their lives." Honglian choked with sobs.

"Look at your potential, quickly wipe away your tears. We want to live a good life, why are you all crying? We have been friends for so many years, and I am happy that you can live a good life. No?" Jinghan looked at the girls in front of her with emotion, hoping that these girls would all have a good ending.

"Okay, we still have work to do. Let's go and get to work." Jingxian is younger after all, so she still thinks less about these things.

The girls quickly wiped away their tears and walked together into the forest to the north. Mushrooms were already growing on the fungus trees in the forest.

At the beginning of July, Wenhan and Zixuan came back again and brought back two pieces of good news.

The first one is that the evidence of the Qin family's crimes is conclusive. Qin Chengren has been sentenced to death and all his property has been confiscated. As for his younger brother Qin Chengshan, he harbored and condoned his brother's evil deeds and had many other crimes. As a result, he was also sentenced to death and all his family property was confiscated. This is good news. After hearing this, everyone clapped their hands in celebration.

"You haven't seen that when people in the county heard the news, many families bought firecrackers to celebrate. The excitement was almost as lively as the Chinese New Year." Wen Han said about the situation at that time.

"Okay, this is what happens when evil comes. The Qin family has done many evil things over the years, and it's time for them to get their retribution." Jinghan said bitterly.

"Yes, as a human being, it is better not to do evil, otherwise, retribution may come one day." Zhixin said.

The second good news is that the new emperor has ascended the throne. This new emperor is not a prince. If he were a prince, the Qin family would definitely not fall. The person who succeeded the throne was the third prince, who had always been relatively inconspicuous. The third prince ascended the throne and dealt with a large number of ministers who had previously clung to the prince and the second prince. Then, in order to select more talents, it was decided to hold an additional provincial examination this fall and a conference examination next spring.

This is a great thing that scholars all over the world are eagerly looking forward to, and Wen Han and others are inevitably a little excited. "It is a rare good thing that the imperial court recruits Enke. I have discussed it with Pengcheng Zixuan and we are going to take the provincial examination together. If we can pass the exam, we can go to the capital to take the national examination next spring."

Zhixin slapped his thigh, "Okay, this is a good thing. Compared with this matter, the Qin family's affairs are nothing. Son, you have to take the exam well. No matter you pass the exam or not, this is An experience. When you come back from the provincial examination, dad will marry you. You are too old to keep delaying, and there are Wen Cheng and Jing Han behind. "As a father, the future of his son is the most important.

"Don't worry, dad. We will do our best. As for the marriage, if it doesn't work, let Wen Cheng do it first. I haven't gotten engaged yet." Because of the national mourning, Wen Han has never been able to get engaged.

"What else is there? Just take advantage of the time in these few days to make an appointment for you. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is a good time for everyone to celebrate. You can take this opportunity to get engaged." Mrs. Xue said from the side. . Just now, Mrs. Xue was thinking about when to decide on her son's marriage. When the two men brought it up, Mrs. Xue said it smoothly.

"Yes, that's okay. Wen Han is at home these days, so we can get married quickly. In this way, let's go back to town quickly. Isn't Wen Han already prepared for the engagement? You quickly find a matchmaker. Let's discuss a date with the Zheng family. Let's work on this first. It happens to be free these days, and it will be time to pinch ginseng seeds in a few days." Zhixin took it as a decision and decided to get engaged to his son in early July.

So, Zhixin, his wife, and Wenhan packed up and went down the mountain. Jinghan and Jingxian didn't follow. Wenhan's engagement was at the woman's house. If nothing happened without them, it would be better to just watch from the mountain. Now is the good time for mushrooms on the mountain, which cannot be separated from people.

Mrs. Xue invited a matchmaker to go to Zheng's house in the county town, and the two parties agreed to get engaged on the fifth day of July. Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Chen became busy and hurriedly arranged to go shopping. Jewelry fabrics and other items have been prepared a long time ago, and the only things left to buy are food. Fortunately, there is no shortage of anything now, and the Xu family has enough money, so it was quickly prepared.

On the fourth day of July, Zhixin and his wife, Wenhan and the matchmaker, and Zhide and his wife went to the county together. On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone arrived at Zheng's house early.

The two families met and exchanged greetings, then the matchmaker handed the gift list to Mrs. Zheng. The Xu family gave a lot of betrothal gifts, and the Zheng family was very happy when they saw it. The two parties exchanged invitations and the matchmaker wrote a marriage letter, and the marriage was finalized.

After Wenhan made the appointment, everyone rushed back to the town and had to prepare Wenhan for going out.

On the sixth day of July, Zixuan went to the mountains and was about to go out. Zixuan had to go and say goodbye to Jinghan. The Xu family just turned a blind eye to these two people being together. The two people cuddled together and talked to each other.

"Jinghan, when I come back from the provincial examination this time, no matter how well I do, I will marry you and pass." Zixuan said firmly.

"Okay, I'll wait for you. Zixuan, be careful when you go out. In fact, I really want to go with you, but I'm afraid I'll get into trouble again, so I'd better stay in the mountains. I'm here I'm waiting for you on the mountain, waiting for your good news." Jinghan leaned her head on Zixuan's shoulder and said softly.

After what happened to the Qin family, Jinghan had a fear of going out, for fear of running into trouble again. Otherwise, with her temperament, she would really want to go out with her and experience things.

"Don't worry, my eldest brother and Pengcheng are also going this time. Let's go together. It'll be fine. But for you, it's almost autumn, and there are more jobs on the mountain. You have to take care of yourself and don't do anything. You have to do everything by yourself, okay? You have to take good care of her and wait until I come back to marry you." Zixuan was even more worried about Jinghan and couldn't help but warn her.

Jinghan felt sweet in her heart and couldn't help but smile and nod, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Zixuan looked at Jinghan's beautiful face and couldn't help being moved. He lowered his head and kissed the alluring red lips. Jinghan has a cheerful temperament, and now she is in love. She doesn't care about etiquette. She puts her arms around Zixuan's neck and responds enthusiastically to Zixuan's kiss.

After a long time, the two separated. Zixuan breathed heavily and suppressed the restless emotions, "Silly girl, are you trying to make me make a mistake like this?"

Jinghan nestled in Zixuan's arms, her cheeks were rosy, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and she looked at Zixuan with charming eyes, "Made a mistake? What mistake are you going to make?"

The soft voice, like the gentle brushing of feathers, made Zixuan's heart itch, and he couldn't help but lower his head and kiss Ruhua's lips again.

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