Farmer's daughter Xue Linglong has space

After a lively New Year's Eve, on the first day of the new year, Linglong and her husband took their family to visit every household in the village to wish a happy new year. The custom is to visit every household in the village on the first day of the new year. Linglong said that adults do not need to bring candies home when they visit each household, but children are different. They will bring a small bag at home to bring candies home when they visit each household. As for red envelopes, they are only given to children by relatives. Linglong's family walked into a house surnamed Zhu. It was cold in the house and those who didn't know would think there was no one in the house. The people in the house heard a sound and knew who was coming. Linglong replied, "Grandpa Zhu, our family is here to wish you a happy new year. How are you?"

When old man Zhu saw that it was his family, he said, "Hi, it's you. Come on, sit down and I'll pour you some tea." Linglong and his family said quickly, "Don't bother. Just sit for a while and we'll be leaving. There are still many people who haven't paid New Year's greetings yet. It's still early. Why is it so cold in your room? Don't you have any charcoal at home?" Old man Zhu replied embarrassedly, "You know, I'm the only one in my family. I'll just have to think about it and bear it." Who would have thought that the weather would be so cold? Old man Zhu said, "You know, I don't have much income. I basically collect firewood and hunt for some money to get by. I can't afford charcoal." Linglong and his family felt bad when they heard this. "How about this, Grandpa Zhu, after we pay New Year's greetings to the people in the village, we'll let Dabao bring you some charcoal. You can get through the coldest time first, okay?"

Old man Zhu got upset when he heard Linglong's words. How could he let you spend money? While they were talking, another family surnamed Wang came. When they came in, they heard their conversation. Old man Wang called him "Brother Zhu, we have charcoal at home. I'll arrange for the children at home to bring you some later. If you need anything else, you might as well tell us. Everyone will help you if they can. It stands to reason that since you are alone and helpless in the village, someone should arrange some care for you. I didn't expect that the parents of the village didn't take care of you. It's a pity that people like us have little influence and can only help you so much." Old man Wang and Linglong said, "Don't take it to heart. Fellow villagers will help as much as they can."

After the two families finished chatting at Old Man Zhu's house, they left together to go to the next house to pay New Year's greetings. Along the way, they found that many families in the village either had no food to eat or no charcoal fire. If they wanted everyone to live a good life, it would not be a good idea to continue like this. But now their family has not made many things yet and cannot take the villagers to try. If they succeed, it's okay. If they fail, the villagers' spit can drown people. Linglong didn't want to take risks. After all, her family's situation was okay. If she failed, she could still live. But it was different for the villagers. They had such a small piece of land and the harvest was so much. They had to take it slowly. This was the reason for poverty. It was not a matter of one day or one night to make a fortune in rural areas in ancient times. Of course, it would be harder to make money in modern times, but it was still easier to make money than in ancient times.

Linglong's family basically went home after greeting everyone in the village. When they passed by the old house, they didn't stop and just walked past. The second aunt in the old house saw them and would rather walk to the door than come in to greet the family. You can imagine how much she hated our old house. The second aunt was not very talkative. She loved to talk nonsense and chased them out of the door and said, "You little bitch, so many people in the village have greeted the New Year, but you didn't come in to greet the New Year in your old house. Aren't you afraid that others will scold you for being unfilial?" Linglong snorted when she heard her second aunt's words, and told her father to go home and ignore such people. It's not worth it. Father Xue listened to his daughter and went home.

The family walked back home happily. It was almost time for lunch. Linglong said, "Dad and Mom, you have walked a long way today. You go and take a rest. My husband and I will cook, and Dabao and Erbao will light the fire. When Xue's father heard his daughter's words, "Okay, go ahead, you have worked hard." Linglong and her husband quickly replied, "It's not hard. What's the hardship in cooking a meal for your own family? Besides, we have to eat too." Dabao said, "Sister, it's New Year's Day, and we two brothers will kowtow to you and brother-in-law. Do you have any New Year's money?" Linglong heard her brother's words and replied, "Sure. I will give you two New Year's money after lunch." Dabao and his brother listened to their sister and ran to light the fire happily. Linglong thought about what to eat for lunch. There were meat and vegetables at home, and we couldn't eat too much greasy food during the New Year, so she started cooking and stir-fried cabbage, smashed cucumber, scrambled eggs with green onions, stir-fried beans, homemade tofu, meat dishes and soup. The family had lunch happily. Dabao and Erbao did not forget what their sister said to give them New Year's money.

Dabao ran to his sister and knelt down, saying "Happy New Year" and wishing his sister and brother-in-law all their wishes come true, everything goes well and they are in good health. Linglong and her husband heard what the two brothers said and each took out a red envelope and gave it to them. In ancient times, money was not made of paper but copper coins and ingots. Dabao felt the red envelope and it was a big ingot. His sister was so good to them, and he must grow up quickly and obtain fame to repay the love of his sister, brother-in-law and parents.

Linglong doesn't know what her younger brothers are thinking. She just hopes that they grow up healthily. She doesn't ask for anything else. Of course, it would be best if they could pass the imperial examinations and see their family happy. It would also be even better if she and her husband could have a child in the future. However, this is a story for the future and is still unknown.

When it was time to rest at night, Linglong and her husband couldn't fall asleep in bed. They turned over and asked each other at the same time if she had slept yet. If not, they could chat. Xu Tingshan didn't expect that his wife had the same idea as him. Let's chat. Linglong said, "Husband, you have seen the situation of our family. It is better than other families. Of course, I want it to be better. I wonder if you have any good suggestions to make money." What ideas could Xu Tingshan have after hearing his wife's question? His brain was like paste and he couldn't remember anything. He had no ability to make money. Only his wife could find a way. Linglong saw that her husband didn't speak for a long time and thought he didn't want to speak, so Linglong expressed her idea, "This is what I think. Our family bought a lot of mountain land and planted some peach trees. We can also plant medicinal herbs in the land under the village. Do you think it's feasible?" Xu Tingshan listened to his wife and replied, "Okay, I can't do anything about this idea. I support what you said. You are the best in our family and it depends on you to make a lot of money."

Linglong heard that her husband supported her so much. What could be better than the support and trust of her family? After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she started to turn the soil and plant trees and medicinal herbs. She had to do it. She couldn't go on like this. If her family wanted to live a good life, they had to work hard.

The New Year is almost over in a flash, it's the beginning of spring and the weather is getting warmer, it's time for the family to get moving. Linglong asked her husband, "After breakfast, let's go to the mountains to plant some trees and see if there's anything else that needs to be done." Xu Tingshan listened to his wife and said, "Okay, let's go after breakfast and take a backpack and hunt some game. What do you think?" Linglong thought the same when she heard her husband's words, "Anyway, we have to go up the mountain." The couple left quickly. Dabao and Erbao wanted to go too when they heard their sister and the others were going up the mountain, but they still had a lot of homework to do, so they pouted and said, "Oh," forget it, let's stay at home and write, otherwise they'll have to wait until the end if they don't finish the homework taught by the teacher.

When they walked outside the courtyard, the villagers saw the couple and asked where they were going. Are you going to the village? Linglong replied, "Aren't we going to our own mountain? We should start pulling up the grass and planting trees. The weather will get warmer soon." When the villagers heard that we were going to the mountain, they stopped talking and thought that we were going to the village and wanted to bring something back. If we are not going to the village, forget it. You are talking about tidying up the land. Why don't you go now?"

Linglong and her husband went up the mountain. When they got to their mountain land, they saw many beautiful white flowers. Linglong took her husband to the flower, picked one and smelled it. Could it be camellia? Xu Tingshan heard his wife say, "Camellia, do you mean this is the tea for drinking?" Linglong replied, "Yes it is tea for drinking. Let's pick some leaves and go back to try to grow some. If it works, we can also plant some tea trees so that our family can make some money and add some income to the family."

The couple wanted to pick a lot of tea leaves and thought, why not walk a little further in to see if there are any other such tea trees. Not long after they walked, they saw a field of tea trees. No matter whether they were wild or planted by someone else, since they bought the land, it belonged to them. They kept picking leaves, and it was getting late, so should they go back?

The couple went down the mountain with a basket on their backs. When they got home, they saw many people chatting not far from their home. Linglong ran over and asked the ladies what gossip they were talking about. The ladies saw that it was Linglong, and they didn't know that Li Dahua was married. Do you know who she married? Linglong quickly replied that she didn't know what happened to her and it had nothing to do with us. The ladies said that she married a fool from the next village. The fool didn't know anything and could only beat people. Li Dahua was tortured by the fool a few days after she got married. She couldn't survive for a few days. When Linglong heard about this, she was not interested and ran to her husband and held his hand and went home.

The couple went home and asked their parents to see the camellia. Xue's father didn't know the camellia and asked his daughter if it was the tea he had never seen before. Linglong replied, "Yes, let's study tonight how to make tea and sell it for some money." When the family heard that it was really the tea they were drinking, they had never drunk tea in their lives, so they decided to give it a try. Linglong told her mother that if they had bottles in their house, they could make some flowers and put them at home. It would smell very good and be nice to listen to their daughter. Linglong took advantage of them not watching her and sneaked back to her room. She closed the door and hid in the space. She bought a book on tea frying and read it. She used to drink tea often, but she had never seen the process of tea frying, so she had to read it or else it would be a waste of tea leaves, right?

Xu Tingshan was wandering around and didn't see that his wife was not around, so he ran back to his bedroom. When he went in and didn't see his wife, he panicked. He shouted for a long time, "Wife, where have you gone?" but no one responded. So he ran outside and asked his father and mother, "Have you seen Linglong?" But he didn't know where she had gone.

Linglong forgot the time when she was in the space. When she came out, it was dark. Xu Tingshan ran to the village to look for her for a long time but couldn't find her. He ran home and saw his wife at home. He went over and picked her up and asked her where she had been. I didn't see her all afternoon and I was panicking. Linglong saw her husband so nervous and bowed her head and said, "Husband, I'm sorry. I went out for a walk. I didn't expect it to be so long. Don't worry, I won't do it again. I'll tell you where I'm going in the future, okay?" Hearing what his wife said, "It's okay. As long as nothing happens, I won't worry." Linglong kissed her husband on the face when she heard what he said. This action made Xu Tingshan blush and his heart beat faster. He quickly pushed his wife and ran out. Linglong saw her husband like this for so long, aren't you used to your kisses and hugs?

Linglong didn't think too much about it. She asked the family to heat up the pot and start frying the tea. When the pot was not very hot, she put the wild tea into the pot and turned it over and over with her hands. When it had a tea flavor, she felt it was almost done. She took it out of the pot and it looked like it was done and could be brewed and drunk. Xu Tingshan smelled the smell and wondered if it was tea. He didn't know if he had ever tasted it before, but it tasted better than the tea sold on the street.

The family brewed a few cups and drank them. The aroma was fragrant and the aftertaste was endless. Xu Tingshan said to his wife, "We can stir-fry this kind of tea and sell it on the street. I believe it can make a lot of money." Linglong said, "I think so too. We picked a lot today. How about going to the street to try it tomorrow?" Xue's father heard his daughter say, "Okay, you go!" Linglong asked, "My husband, how much do you think it's appropriate to sell it for? We don't know the price." Xu Tingshan heard his wife ask, "This tea tastes so good. I think it won't be sold on the street for 50 Wen per liang." Xue's father heard his son-in-law say that it's not too expensive?

Linglong thought about it and concluded that this tea must be sold to wealthy people. Poor people like us might not have the money to buy it. So they decided, and the family agreed to finish the tea in the cups and go to wash up and go to bed. The couple still slept in each other's arms. There was no other development. It's not that they have no feelings for each other, but they still think the same as before. If it really comes to that step, and the two of them can't help themselves, then what happens will happen and it doesn't matter. Just let nature take its course!

The next day, at dawn, the couple carried the roasted tea leaves in a basket and walked to the village entrance to wait for the oxcart to go to the township. Linglong and his wife walked to the place where many people were waiting for the car and saw many people looking at them with strange eyes. A short and fat old man asked, "Are you going to the township to buy things again? Where did your family get so much money? You go every few days, even if you have a lot of money, you can't afford to go like this?"

Linglong was not happy when the old man said that. Why did you intervene when we were going to the streets? What does it have to do with you? You said such harsh words. Did I spend your money or eat your food? When the old man heard this, he said, "Everyone knows that your family is not doing well. Money is not easy to earn. I just said that. Who cares about you? I am also an experienced person. I just reminded you. If you don't appreciate it, forget it." Linglong replied, "Thank you. We know our limits."

The ox cart arrived soon and they got on it and set off for the village. When they arrived in the village, they went straight to the teahouse to ask if they would accept tea. They went to the largest teahouse in the village and asked the owner, "Do you accept tea here? We roasted some tea ourselves. If they do, come and try brewing it." The owner saw that the two men were unfamiliar and said, "Is this your first time selling tea?" Xu Tingshan replied, "Yes, we also collect our own tea, come and try it." The owner didn't say anything, "Okay, try it." He called the waiter to get a teacup, grabbed some tea leaves and put a few balls into the cup. The tea aroma wafted out immediately and the fragrance was fragrant. The owner picked up the cup, blew on it and drank it. It was good tea, much better than the tea in our store. I wonder how much silver you two want to sell it for. Xu Tingshan and the others didn't keep us in suspense, one tael was 50 wen, so the owner must know more about tea than us. The owner looked at them and said, "Do you know a lot about tea?"

The shopkeeper asked, "I don't know how much tea you have, I'll take it all." Linglong said, "We didn't bring much today, we just came to try it out. There are about 5 kilograms. Can you take all of it?" The shopkeeper heard that there was so much, and he said, "Okay, take it all. If there is more, just send it to me." Linglong saw that the shopkeeper was so efficient, so she settled the bill and sent some tea another day. They sold it for 250 taels of silver. The couple smiled and thanked the shopkeeper, "We will go back now and come again another day."

The shopkeeper had nothing to say, and wanted to quickly brew such good tea for everyone to try. Everyone's reaction this time was really unprecedented. The shopkeeper invited everyone to have a cup today, and the normal sale will start tomorrow. The price will be 20 cents a pot, which is not expensive, so the price was decided.

The couple went to the vegetable market to buy some meat and bones and went home happily. It was still early, so how about we go to the mountains to plant peach trees and then go home to do other things? Xu Tingshan heard his wife say that it was okay, anyway, it was time to plant. Linglong thought about how her husband would take out the tree in the space. Husband, go to the side and see if there are other tea trees. Okay, I'll go and see, you wait here. Linglong saw that her husband had gone and could not see it anymore. She walked to the peach tree in the space and sent 50 trees outside with a thought. She came out of the space and shouted to her husband, "Come here quickly, we are going to start planting trees." Xu Tingshan ran over and saw so many trees. He didn't see them when he left. How come there are so many trees when he was not there for a while? Linglong hurriedly said, "Oh, the trees were prepared yesterday, but I forgot to tell you yesterday." Xu Tingshan knew that his wife had a lot of secrets, but he didn't want to ask more about planting! The couple planted from the first tree to the 50th tree without stopping. After planting, the couple picked up the kettle and drank. Let's go, husband, go home. It's time to eat. If you don't go back, your parents will be worried. Walk home.