Sturdy Countryside: Lord, Please Blow The Lamp

"You—" Er Gazi's whole body trembled suddenly.

He remembered the monster that appeared in his house last year. Because of that thing, his old lady is still talking nonsense all day long in a neurotic state.

Don't do that thing again.

"Shiqing, is the meal ready? I'm starving to death." Xia Beibei ignored Er Gazi and looked at Wu Shiqing.

"Oh, my subordinate is going now." Wu Shiqing came to his senses after hearing Xia Beibei's question.

Only caring about the bastard Er Gazi, she even forgot to argue about a few dishes, damn it, she turned around and went into the kitchen in a hurry.

Er Gazi had no choice but to leave angrily.

"Hmph, everyone is easy to bully like this girl." Xia Beibei cast a blank look at Er Gazi's back, "Grandma, we won't go into the town tomorrow, and we will reclaim the leftover land at home." .”

"Okay, okay." Sang Jinghong naturally agreed.

"Jiu Niang, you are right. Grandma only has 30 mu of land in her hands. In the evening, several families came to talk about farming."

However, just 30 mu of land would be enough to exhaust their family.

...

Outside the courtyard, Xia Ziqing took Xia Ziyin to a remote place, trying not to let the Wu Shiqiu and sisters hear their brother and sister's conversation.

"Brother, are you going to the imperial city tomorrow? When are you coming back?" Xia Ziyin looked at Xia Ziqing with teary eyes.

But she was thinking in her heart, let's go, it's best not to come back forever, let father regret it, and when she earns money, she won't give half of it to father, and use it to honor mother.

"Ziyin, what's in your bag?" Xia Ziqing didn't answer her, but asked aloud.

When the younger sister came out, she didn't bring anything except the clothes she was wearing, which he knew very well, but Xia Ziqing couldn't help being surprised that she suddenly had an extra burden.

Could it be that Xia Beibei bought Ziyin new clothes?

"I borrowed two taels of silver from Jiuniang for the embroidery silk and embroidery thread inside, and I am going to work hard on embroidery, and redeem my contract of sale earlier." Xia Ziyin replied.

She must do all these embroidery work beautifully, strive to earn the most money, and redeem her deed of selling herself as soon as possible.

Then I can earn some more money, buy a few acres of land, build a house, and live alone.

She had thought about it a long time ago, when the time comes, just buy the land from Jiu Niang, don't go to her father, if he knows that she wants to buy land, then all the money in her hand will be taken by him Take it? Don't even think about it.

"You want to redeem the contract of sale?" Xia Ziqing gave Xia Ziyin a strange look.

He originally wanted to keep Ziyin by Xia Beibei's side, but he didn't expect to hear Ziyin's own meaning in just the first sentence.

"Ziyin, listen to my brother, don't leave Grandma Sang's house, otherwise, you know my father's temper when my brother is not here, and he will definitely not let you... You should know." Xia Ziqing hesitated, Said.

At least before he came back, Xia Ziyin had to stay by Xia Beibei's side. Dongfang Yu had two subordinates, so he could rest assured if he left his sister by Xia Beibei's side.

"Brother, you're thinking too much. With Ziyin's hands, how much money can you earn a year doing embroidery work." Xia Ziyin's face turned pale, and he lowered his head.

No matter how powerful she is, can she earn fifty taels of silver a year? If it was really that powerful, would her father have sold her without any hesitation?

When she went to the cloth shop in the morning, she had already figured it out. The reason why Xia Guchun didn't even hesitate was because after selling the embroidery, she found out that the embroidery she embroidered was not worth a few coins, so That's why he sold her directly to Master Sun.

"Uh, that's true too." Xia Ziqing nodded and looked at her with her head down.

"Ziyin, don't worry, live in Jiuniang's house properly, and do all the work you can do in her house. When the elder brother comes back, the elder brother has money, so he will redeem you from Jiuniang's hand." Back to freedom."

"En." Xia Ziyin responded softly, but the corners of his mouth curled coldly from an angle Xia Ziqing couldn't see.

"Ziyin, help eldest brother to watch Jiuniang more, don't let her have too much contact with that Dongfang Yu, you should persuade her more in normal times, she is your future sister-in-law, understand? "Xia Ziqing glanced at his docile younger sister again, and explained worriedly.

He didn't want Xia Beibei and Dongfang Yu to be inseparable when he came back.

"Brother, I understand." Xia Ziyin still nodded in response.

Ah bah, is it just him? He is also worthy of being compared with the eldest son of the East. He took the money from selling his sister and went to Beijing to rush for the exam. He was ashamed to come and tell her to ask her to help Xia Beibei more and watch Xia Beibei more. Why?

Just wait, when she has money herself, she will never be bullied by them again.

"I'll take good care of Jiuniang, and make sure that when you come back, she will still look like this."

Doesn't Xia Beibei only have that Dongfang Yu in his heart now? In fact, she really hoped that Dongfang Yu could return to Xiajia Village soon.

Now she is living in Jiuniang's house, if she is caught by Dongfang Yu...

Hmph, although Dongfang Yu has taken a fancy to Xia Beibei for a long time, but men, especially rich and powerful men, who are not three wives and four concubines? Concubine, could she be worse than she is now in this village?

Xia Ziqing was taken aback by her words, thinking that Xia Beibei was ignoring him now, and even when he spoke, he was sneering, so he became angry.

"Ziyin, brother here has two taels of silver, you take it and go buy some nice clothes." Xia Ziqing took out two taels of silver from his bosom and put it in Xia Ziyin's hands.

In case he would give the silver to Ziyin, Xia Guchun didn't give the silver to his son at all, but gave it to him when he was sent to the town tomorrow.

These two taels of silver were left over when he lived frugally when he was in the town.

Xia Ziyin took Xia Ziqing's two taels of silver and held it tightly in her palm. She looked at the tip of her shoe with vicious eyes.

Fifty taels of silver, did she end up reduced to only these two taels of silver?

Oh, it's ridiculous.

"Brother, it's too cold, you'd better go back, it won't be good if you let daddy know that you came to see me." She whispered.

Now, she is always willing to refuse money, but don't think that two taels of silver can make her feel grateful. This is what she deserves.

"Okay, big brother is leaving, you have to take good care of yourself." Xia Ziqing raised his hand and patted her delicate shoulder, turned around and left without looking back.

Xia Ziyin raised his head, looking at Xia Ziqing in the faint sunlight.

Examination for the number one scholar, is there such an easy test for the number one scholar? If it was really that easy to take the exam, then in the Fantasy Kingdom, the champions would have already run everywhere.

She raised the corners of her lips coldly, and walked back to the yard. There was already a sound of giggling in the kitchen, but it definitely did not belong to her, Xia Ziyin.

...

"Ninth girl, I figured it out. Now you have a total of thirty-three acres of land in your hands, all of which are on the west side. They are relatively clustered together, and it won't take too much trouble to manage them." Wu Shiqing went to the field and left. After a circle, I finally figured out those lands.

"They're all closer together?" Xia Beibei frowned slightly while biting a piece of pastry.

Collecting these lands is fragmentary in itself, and now that so many have been taken back, how could they be gathered together? Shouldn’t they be one piece in the east and one piece in the west?

"Jiu Niang, it's like this. The land on the west side of our village is almost all paddy fields. The villagers don't like to grow rice. They like to grow corn the most. Therefore, those who don't talk about farming, sold the land at the beginning. They are all paddy fields." Sang Jinghong knew what was going on when she heard Wu Shiqing's words, and said quickly.

"Isn't it, Shiqing?"

"Yes, Grandma Sang, of the thirty-three acres of land, only seven acres are dry land, and twenty-six acres are paddy fields." Wu Shiqing replied.

Xia Beibei: "..."

She doesn't like to grow rice, but likes to grow corn. She is really...

Well, according to the information in her mind, there are indeed not enough rice growers in Fantasyland, because there is no mature planting technology, so the output of rice is very low.

Therefore, the price of rice is also quite expensive.

"Then let's plant it." Xia Beibei decided on the decision.

"Shiqing, there are still seven acres of dry land, right?"

"Yes, Miss Nine." Wu Shiqing responded.

"Seven acres of dry land, two acres of sweet potatoes, two acres of corn, one acre of peanuts, one acre of sunflowers, and one acre of land...Take out all the yams in the cellar and plant them," Xia Beibei said.

"Jiu Niang, it's all grown, so where do we grow our vegetables?" Sang Jinghong was stunned.

This acre has been divided, so what will they eat this year? They can't just eat and not eat vegetables, right?

"Grandma, have you forgotten? There are seven acres of land next to us."

"Isn't that for building a house?" Sang Jinghong asked doubtfully.

"Grandma, there are seven mu of land there. To build a house, you can only build a house with one mu of land at most. If you want to build a yard, that's enough. You don't need seven mu of land."

"Yes, you are right." Sang Jinghong immediately understood.

"Wait until the fields on the west side are finished these days, and then we'll come here to plant the fields," Xia Beibei said.

"However, we still need to invite some short-term workers, otherwise, the few of us will be too busy."

"It's easy to hire part-time workers. In the village, the most people are men who want to earn a few copper coins." Sang Jinghong said.

As long as they pay, are you afraid that no one will come to help? Anyway, when the time comes, building a house will also require someone to come, so it's better to find someone together.