Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

Li Yunshan came back at noon the next day. Mao Xiaosui was a little surprised until he said, "The two officials found a donkey cart for me and drove it to the town."

Mao Xiaosui was even more surprised, "Do the officials still care about this?"

Li Yunshan shook his head, "Maybe it was the meal yesterday. These people came all the way here and the villagers don't give them much food, let alone that kind of food. They may not be able to eat it at home several times a month."

Mao Xiaosui laughed, "That's pretty good. A meal is exchanged for travel expenses. It's a good deal no matter what."

After buying the land, all that's left is to build the circle.

Pulling soil, carrying water, breaking branches... there are still many things to be busy with.

Mao Mingzhu and Yang Cui of the Wang family gathered the beans, and Wang Qingshan and Wang Zhong also came to help.

Wang Jin also came the next day, and Li Yunshan couldn't say anything else in front of Wang Qingshan, so they tacitly didn't mention what happened before.

The four men worked quickly. The wall of the donkey pen was completed in two days. Mao Xiaosui didn't even shovel two shovels of soil, he only focused on cutting grass.

Everyone around the village soon knew about the mule purchase.

There are not many people cutting grass near the river, and the only few people are from other villages.

Widow Li and her young son were also there. As soon as Mao Xiaosui passed by, she heard her ask in a loud voice, "Did your family buy a mule?"

Mao Xiaosui nodded, and the man asked, "How much money?"

"More than twenty taels."

"Where did your family get so much money?" she said, "Why is your family the only one who buys both pigs and mules?"

"That's right." A woman next to her agreed, "How about she has a good life."

Mao Xiaosui stared at her, "You look down on your man so much. Just tell him how hard you work and let others see you. You can praise your good life. Look at your bitter mouth. You have to criticize your man whenever you meet him." , this is so inappropriate..."

The man didn't mean it originally, but when Mao Xiaosui said this, he didn't dare to say anything, for fear that some talkative person would talk nonsense in front of his man.

After Mao Xiaosui finished speaking, he left without caring what they scolded.

I dug up the young grass, pulled out the grass seeds and grass, and planned to go back.

When I walked up the slope to the river, I saw Li Xiao digging not far away.

Hearing the commotion, he glanced at her and asked like a normal person, "Is your donkey pen almost ready?"

Mao Xiaosui ignored her and walked away.

Widow Li asked Li Xiao in surprise, "Aren't you her cousin-in-law? Why is she ignoring you?"

Li Xiao was annoyed by what she said and retorted, "It's none of your business. You spend all your time staring at other people's things..."

Not to be outdone, Widow Li cursed.

Mao Xiaosui didn't listen much and hurried home.

Walking to the entrance of the village, Ding Wenxiu was sitting at the door shelling beans. When he saw her, he said, "Your family has killed rabbits and brought me two."

Mao Xiaosui ignored her lazily and went straight up the hill.

Wang Qingshan and others at home are still busy, building other pens besides the donkey pen.

According to Li Yunshan's original plan, the other pens were rabbit pens, and he also built two sheds to hold leaves.

The rabbit pen was not as laborious to build as the donkey pen. The walls were all built in ten days in August. All that was left was to wait for the walls to dry and put up the roof.

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In mid-August, the millet in the fields was mixed with yellow and green, and many people from several nearby villages went to the fields.

When they got up in the morning and went to the latrine, Mao Mingzhu asked them, "When will your family go to the fields?"

Li Yunshan said, "Tomorrow afternoon."

"Sure." Mao Mingzhu waved her hand, "Shout when the time comes."

Li Yunshan agreed.

After dinner, Li Yunshan went to the mountain to chop wood. Mao Xiaosui came back to see his children after cutting grass. There was a knock on the courtyard door, and Zhao Hui's voice came from outside.

Mao Xiaosui didn't expect him to come back since he left last time, so he was a little surprised when he heard the voice.

After opening the door, Zhao Hui stood at the door, holding two bunches of candied haws in his hand as usual.

Li Ruyi and Li Ankang didn't know him very well, but they knew the candied haws in his hand and ran over to him affectionately.

Zhao Hui gave the candied haws to the two children, carried them through the door, and asked, "Where's my cousin?"

"Going to the mountains."

Zhao Hui nodded and said, "I'm thinking it's time to go to the fields and there are only two people in your family, so I'll come over and help you." Then he said, "Why do you build so many circles in your family? Do you raise rabbits?"

"Yes." Mao Xiaosui poured him a bowl of water.

Zhao Hui sat down and finished drinking before taking out a money bag from his arms and giving it to her.

Mao Xiaosui thought it was the principal of those pieces of soap. He felt the weight was wrong when he touched it, and asked him, "How much is it?"

"There are eight coins left over from seven coins. It was originally seven coins and twenty coins, but I spent a few."

Mao Xiaosui was a little surprised. Li Yunshan gave him six yuan at that time. After calculating, he sold one yuan for one yuan and twenty yuan.

Mao Xiaosui didn't refuse. He poured out the money, counted three and sixty, and put the rest back and handed it to him.

"As promised before, the rest is yours."

Zhao Hui pushed back again, "There was a lot of food last time. I'll come over and have a few meals. Cousin-in-law, please don't dislike it."

"What do you dislike?" Mao Xiaosui pushed back, "Take it, there are still a lot left at home, you can help sell them when you have time, and we don't have to throw them all away. This is what your cousin meant at the beginning. "

"That won't work." Zhao Hui said, "There's no reason for that. I'll just sell the things for you."

After declining for a while, Zhao Hui said, "I don't want the money anymore. If you are willing, just give me ten measures of food."

This is the first time that Mao Xiaosui has seen someone like Zhao Hui after coming here for so long. Three hundred copper coins to buy beans is enough for him to survive the whole winter, but he only needs ten buckets of food.

"I'll tell my cousin when he's here." Mao Xiaosui packed up his money bag and put the three hundred and sixty pieces they had together.

Zhao Hui sat for a while and stood up and said, "Is my cousin on this mountain? I'll go help him."

Mao Xiaosui nodded, "If you can't find it, just shout."

Zhao Hui responded and left.

Mao Xiaosui went to the backyard and picked a lot of green beans and green onions, dug out a pot of mushrooms, washed them, mixed them with the beans and stewed them for rice, and finally made a mushroom and egg drop soup.

After waiting for a while, the chickens crowed in the backyard, and she went to get the eggs. When she came out, she saw two people working together to lift a thick tree.

"It's time to eat." She shouted and went to prepare some water for washing.

The two of them carried the tree to the door and threw it away. Li Yunshan asked him to wash it first. After washing it, he sat at the table and then asked, "Is it difficult for you to carry such a thick tree?"

"It's okay." Zhao Hui said with a smile.

After eating, Mao Xiaosui helped him lay the kang in the side room. Li Yunshan was also tired and went into the house early.

When Mao Xiaosui went back after cleaning up, he was still not sleeping. By the way, he mentioned what Zhao Hui meant, "He sold it for seven hundred and eight. He doesn't want the silver and wants to exchange it for ten buckets of grain."

"In exchange for ten buckets?" Li Yunshan was also surprised.

"That's what he said. You can't live or die for money."

"Give him a bag." Li Yunshan said, "I think he is a pretty good person, quite honest, and he works hard."

"Anything is fine." Mao Xiaosui said, "Give him a bag of old millet, which will be enough for him to eat for half a year."

"Winter is coming soon. Where will he live? The winter here can freeze people to death."

Li Yunshan: "He found a place for himself."

"where?"

Li Yunshan replied, "There is an old bachelor in their village. His legs and feet are inconvenient due to his age, and his land has been sold. He chopped firewood for the old man for the winter, and the old man agreed to take him in for the winter."

"That's pretty good." Mao Xiaosui felt relieved.