Traveling through ancient times with golden fingers to farm and raise cubs

Chapter 58 It’s time to run away

I hurried out and saw the waiter from the grain store coming to deliver food.

Yu Xiaoxiao gave the waiter a bowl of cold water and started to move the food. The waiter took a sip of water and followed suit.

It was all done quickly. Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the waiter who was a little tired and gave him 10 cents for running errands.

After collecting the errand fee, the waiter smiled even more happily, said hello to Yu Xiaoxiao, and drove away in an ox cart.

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the figure walking further and further away, and couldn't help but start to think about whether it was time for her to buy a cow.

If you just buy a cow, you have to pay tax on the cow. Alas, let’s wait first. Anyway, the family is not in a hurry to use it now.

While thinking about Yu Xiaoxiao, I walked to the backyard, planning to clear out the vegetable patch in the backyard today.

For the next two days, Yu Xiaoxiao worked on the vegetable patch in the backyard and finally finished planting it.

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the remaining open space in the backyard, which was intended to plant bamboo.

The annual peak season for collecting firewood is here. Due to the absence of the two children, Yu Xiaoxiao can only do it by herself. Fortunately, Yu Xiaoxiao can now handle the work for ten people.

Yu Xiaoxiao cooks delicious food for her two children in different ways every day, but it has to be said that since the two children went to school, she bought a year's worth of food and couldn't eat it all by herself.

After paying the tax, there were no major events this year. Yu Xiaoxiao also started to live a leisurely life day after day, and the time came to the end of autumn and the beginning of winter in a blink of an eye.

After doing this, Yu Xiaoxiao was completely free.

Another year passed, and all three of them were one year older. Now Yu Xiaoxiao is 30 years old, Shen Ye is 14 years old, and Shen Qi is 11 years old.

Because only by recruiting talents can the family be benefited, so that the whole family can be exempted from labor and land tax, while being a scholar can only benefit an individual.

Yu Xiaoxiao had the most income this year, all from hunting, weaving, buying charcoal, and restaurant cooperation. Shen Ye’s money was all saved from copying books. Because he went to a government school and because of his status as a scholar, he basically

It cost nothing, and all the clothes and other items were provided by Yu Xiaoxiao, so I saved quite a bit over the course of a year.

So, she could only push cart after cart of charcoal, rushing back and forth between the town and her home. Finally, she was done. Although she was not too tired, Yu Xiaoxiao received 38 taels of silver and a large bag of copper coins, and she felt very depressed.

All gone.

"This year our family has a net worth of 1,281 taels. You are still studying now, so don't think about saving up any money. When you all pass the exam, my mother will be able to enjoy a happy life~"

Finally, when it was time to sell charcoal, Yu Xiaoxiao wanted to buy a cow to pull the cart for herself. Although she could do it alone, Yu Xiaoxiao was still a salted fish without dreams.

Shen Ye glanced at his pitiful brother Shen Qi. He couldn't say anything about helping his family save money. If he did, how would his brother deal with it?

It was the same as in previous years, there was nothing new, but the family of three still celebrated the New Year in a lively manner. After the New Year's Eve dinner, it was another time for the family of three to gather their family resources.

There are many differences between school holidays in ancient times and modern times. For example, there are generally only three days each month during the year, and seven days each during spring plowing and autumn harvest. There are no more holidays. You have to go to school all the time, starting from the beginning of the year.

It starts on the 15th day of the first lunar month and lasts until the 10th day of the twelfth lunar month at the end of the year.

I still learned how to grow bamboo from my grandpa in my previous life. There was a large bamboo forest in my grandpa’s house. Every year I would dig bamboo shoots to eat. When I was a child, my grandpa often used bamboo to make small toys for me...

This year's remaining money, Yu Xiaoxiao has 84 taels of 3 silver coins, 8 Guan coins and 864 copper coins.

Every morning I get up to cook and eat, do needlework at home at noon, and go out to walk around the village in the evening and gossip with people.

Growing bamboo has high requirements on soil and water, so it is not very easy to grow. However, Yu Xiaoxiao just wants to try it by herself first and see if it works best. If not, she will hire someone to transplant it when she has money. .

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the two children finally came back from vacation.

Of course, it's not as simple as it sounds.

Shen Qi had 8 taels of 8 silver coins, 1 string of coins and 587 copper coins.

After the mother and son packed up the money box, they sat around the table and talked about their daily routine. The time passed quickly, and soon it was late at night, and the three of them went to have a rest.

Yu Xiaoxiao talked about the situation at home to let the two children know clearly, while comforting the two children's hearts.

Naturally, Yu Xiaoxiao saw the lawsuit between the two brothers, and skipped the conversation about the three of them saving their family assets together. She took out 50 taels from her own money box, opened the largest money box and put it in. Until now, So far, the family has a total of 1,281 taels.

When she thought of this, Yu Xiaoxiao urgently hoped that her eldest son could pass the exam to be a scholar or even a scholar, even if he was the last one.

After recalling the past, Yu Xiaoxiao had a happy smile on her face and started cultivating bamboo seedlings according to the steps.

The two children said in unison: "Don't worry, Mom, we will study hard."

After finishing the bamboo, Yu Xiaoxiao spread flower seeds along the places behind the walled house, hoping to let them grow naturally.

Who is willing to stand if he can sit? Yu Xiaoxiao still doesn’t want to walk if he can’t.

"Okay, okay, Mom is waiting for you to be selected as the candidates and become the family's support."

Shen Qi is the least affected, because he goes to a private school and even if he makes money by copying books every day, it is not enough to cover his own expenses. Occasionally, he needs Yu Xiaoxiao's support, so he can hardly save money after one year.

Just after the busy farming season, the government tax collectors came. This year, Yu Xiaoxiao's family paid a total of 16 taels and 6 taels of silver. Shen Ye's share was still 2 taels and 3 taels. Next year, if he fails to pass the examination as a scholar, he will have to pay 12 taels for adults. Taxed.

Shen Qi has long lost the desire to compare, because the situation at home can't be compared at all now. His eldest brother doesn't spend much money studying, and his mother doesn't spend much money at home. She only spends money on her own studies, and doesn't have much time to make money. It also needs to be raised by the family.

Shen Ye had 26 taels of 5 silver coins, 1 Guan coin and 660 copper coins.

But after looking at all the messy regulations and livestock taxes, Yu Xiaoxiao gave up decisively. She could do it on her own, so she didn’t want any cattle.

When I got home, I was living my life as leisurely as usual.

Cut the bamboo into 50 cm long sections, place the bamboo on the seed bed, cover it with a thin layer of soil, and pour an appropriate amount of water to keep it moist.

After the seedlings emerge, apply an appropriate amount of farmyard manure. After one year, 2 to 3 bamboo seedlings will grow from each whip segment, and then they can be transplanted into the soil.

There are also bamboos in the deep mountains, so Yu Xiaoxiao went to pick out a dozen mature bamboos that looked disease-free, healthy, and grew very straight and beautiful.

In the first month of this year, Yu Xiaoxiao’s house is particularly lively.

There are always villagers coming to pay New Year greetings and give gifts, and the Yu Xiaoxiao family naturally wants to understand the etiquette of returning gifts, which makes the family that should be leisurely busy for several days.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the two children to go to school. It was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

I packed some food for the two children and watched them walking through the thin snow to the town.

(End of chapter)