Farmer's Favorite

After sending the silver hairpin out, Lin Qi returned to the house.

As soon as he sat down, Zhuang Xinyan reached out and grabbed his hand firmly.

There was a piercing chill in his hand, which seemed a little cold, but Zhuang Xinyan held it tightly, as if to convey warmth to him.

It's not that the people in the house didn't see it, but no one said anything.

Looking at Lin Baocheng on the other side, he also stretched out his hand, wanting to hold his little husband, but Lin Dong quickly withdrew his hand, lowered his head slightly, his cheeks were red, looking extremely embarrassed .

Lin Baocheng felt that it was a pity, so he simply clasped his hands and held himself.

Everyone said something again, Lin Ma walked out at this time, her eyes were still a little red, but her face was extremely happy, she walked to the side and sat down, and said: "This year's snow has fallen enough It’s been a long time, look outside and it’s still falling, but fortunately, the cotton cloth sent by my second brother is much better than the ones in the town.”

"I bought it in Xingcheng earlier." Lin Qi replied.

"You like me to go to Xingcheng in a few days and buy some for you. Don't you like colorful ones? How about red and purple ones?" Lin Li said with great confidence. It's impossible to buy something for my daughter-in-law. Now that I have money, I naturally want to buy more for my daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Wang gave the child's father a push, and she told her, "You can pull it off, don't spend money recklessly, save more, and use it for our Douzi to study in the future."

"Study?" The members of the Lin family were puzzled.

Lin Baocheng knew the reason, so he opened his mouth to explain: "Yes, my father has already chosen the place, and he will build a book school in the open space. When the time comes, the master will be invited to sit in the hall, and the amount of tuition will be much less than that of outsiders. Douzi's age is just right, so it's good to send him to learn Chinese characters."

Lin Li was also overjoyed. He didn't need his wife to persuade him. He rubbed his hands and thought about running a few more times to earn money for his son when he was born.

Unexpectedly, old man Lin didn't like it anymore, he said: "What kind of book do you read? Douzi is stupid when he was young. Your uncle's grandson is smart, and he is expected to be a scholar. Instead of wasting money on Douzi, it's better... ..."

"father!"

It was not Wang who was dissatisfied first, but Lin Li.

He interrupted old man Lin with dissatisfaction on his face: "Douzi is stupid, that is your own grandson, my own son, and I am happy to waste my own money on my son."

Speaking of which, Lin Li was indifferent to giving money to his uncle's family from time to time in the past, and he didn't want to bother arguing with his father. He just gave it anyway, and didn't take it seriously.

But now is different.

Although he earns more money, he also knows the hard work of earning money.

In order to save some car money on the road, you have to walk for several hours with your legs. When you arrive in Xingcheng, you have to sleep on the streets. In the cold weather, you nest in small ruins, which is also to save the cost of accommodation. Besides Every meal he ate was dry pancakes, and the water he drank was bone-chillingly cold.

The money he has earned so hard is not used for his own wife and children, but to honor his uncle's family for them to eat and drink. He is a fool and would not do that.

Lin Li puffed up his chest and continued, "Anyway, I'm up to what I earn. If Dad wants to take your own money, I'll give it to you."

Now it was replaced immediately by Old Man Lin, who was so angry that his chest was panting, and he wanted to get angry.

But suddenly he settled down, and he suddenly found that such a group of people in the room, who did not know when, were not afraid of him anymore.

Lin Qi didn't say anything, but Da'er and Wang Shi had never disobeyed him before, why did such a big change happen now?

However, everyone ignored him.

Wang shi agreed with what the child's father said, and after seeing his father's speechless state, he was very relieved.

It's just that she didn't want to go too far during the Chinese New Year, so she asked, "Third brother-in-law, how is your business?"

Lin Baocheng replied with a smile: "Business is good, but the distance is a little longer. I don't have to worry about selling for half a year."

"That's good, that's good." Wang's face was cheerful, and she was unavoidably a little uneasy hearing what the child's father said. Lin Baocheng looked at his young age, but after all, he should be more down-to-earth. Listening to his words, he felt a lot more at ease.

While talking and laughing, it was night.

Lin Qi's two brothers and husbands live in the same village, so naturally they don't plan to stay overnight.

They all left one after another.

the next few days.

The third, fourth, and fifth days of junior high...

Apart from walking with some neighboring folks, both of them lived in the house.

All day long, Zhuang Xinyan cooks in person, and Lin Qi and Lin Ma, who eat all kinds of delicacies, take a walk in the courtyard with their stomachs up every day to digest food.

Life is beautiful, but the taste of the year is over.

Lin Qi was a little worried.

He found that during the period of the first month, he was actually fattened up by his own man.

But whenever he goes out, everyone who sees him will smile and tell him that he looks stronger than before, and looks fatter than before.

Lin Qi touched his belly, it was still flat, but he felt fleshy when he pinched his waist.

When Zhuang Xinyan opened the door and walked in, he happened to see this scene.

He stepped forward, stretched out his hand and pinched it, and said with a smile, "It feels great."

Lin Qi patted his hand, turned to him, and said very seriously: "Should I lose weight?"

Zhuang Xinyan hurriedly shook his head, and said, "This look is just right, what's so good about being skinny."

Lin Qi looked back at him, raised his eyebrows and said, "You thought I was not good-looking before?"

Zhuang Xinyan raised his hand, put his head forward, and said to the little husband, "In my eyes, you look good no matter what, and you look better every day."

"Slick tongue." Lin Qi couldn't help curling up the corners of his mouth, stretched out his hands to hold the man's face, and kept kneading it up and down.

Such a day is extremely beautiful.

Until the snow melted and new buds grew on the branches, more than two months had passed in a blink of an eye.

for the past two months.

The biggest change is the charcoal cake.

From the size of two palms, it has grown into a half-sized dog. It is extremely difficult to hug, but it still can't change Charcoal Gao's natural laziness.

Today, Zhuang Xinyan walked to the gate.

What I saw was a black charcoal cake inside the gate.

The ear seemed to move slightly, but there was still no response, lying there motionless.

When he opened the door, Tan Gao felt it, got up and stretched, walked a few steps to the side, and continued to lie on his stomach unwilling to move.

Zhuang Xinyan didn't care about him, the stove house was already busy.

Previously, five people were invited to help pickle the salted eggs, and then two people were moved from the flower cake. That is to say, seven people are now used to pickle the salted eggs, and about six or seven thousand pieces can be pickled a day.

And the flower cake business is gradually getting weaker and weaker.

Originally a dessert eater, as long as someone who knows a little bit of cooking skills, give him time to ponder, he will definitely be able to figure it out.

Now there are several shops that also sell flower cakes in the town.

Some tastes are not as good as them, but some tastes are even better.

In this way, I am afraid that in a month or two, the production of flower cakes will be able to stop.

As for the salted eggs, Zhuang Xinyan was not worried.

It is not easy to pickle salted eggs, even if some people try to figure it out, they will definitely not be able to figure it out without a year or two of effort.

But after waiting for a year or two, maybe he will look down on the salted egg business.

Stepping out, Zhuang Xinyan now had a plan in mind, which he had told Lin Qi before.

It is to make rice paper.

Xuan paper is expensive, and papermaking is extremely difficult, which is why it is so difficult to provide a scholar at home.

Shuxiu is one point, more is pen, ink and paper, and then books.

This is the same, but they are all piled up with silver.

Coincidentally.

How to make rice paper, he got it by accident as a mission.

The reason why he was so impressed was that the object of his mission was an elderly man whose family has made a living from papermaking for generations, and he practiced the oldest papermaking method.

The old man is familiar with ancient and modern times, covering both China and foreign countries.

It is an extremely rare talent.

And the task he received was to protect this person.

The mission was successful without accident, but when he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that he had such a long-forgotten friend who didn't know when.

The old man taught him a lot, which is still unforgettable.

It is also this old man who made him feel the life of ordinary people. Although it is plain, it is not boring.

Sometimes, quietness and tranquility are far more blissful than hustle and bustle.

Even now, an ordinary day, a village that should have been barren, hundreds of simple folks, plus a dear lover, is enough for Zhuang Xinyan now.

Zhuang Xinyan shook his head.

It's like letting go of all kinds of past lives, and the world in front of him is what he cares about.

Speaking of paper.

Zhuang Xinyan did not intend to continue to hire fellow villagers.

The process of making paper is somewhat complicated, and all of them are confidential.

He intends to buy a few dead contracted people, and assign different procedures to each of them, so that he will be guaranteed.

after all.

It's not better than flower cakes or salted eggs, it's just a short-term business.

In the papermaking business, he intends to do long-term business.

There is a lot of open space on the side where the house is located, with a stream on one side, a bamboo forest on the other, and a mountain behind.

In addition to the stove house in front, there is a large open space.

Zhuang Xinyan had greeted Village Chief Lin before, and allocated all the open space here to him.

Now, he plans to build a workshop a little further away from the stove house. The workshop will occupy a larger area and be divided into three parts. One side will be used for paper making and the other side will be used for salted eggs. The rest will be planned later.

When the workshop is completed, the stove house can be dismantled and a courtyard built.

A house dedicated to slave workers.

"Xiao Zhuang, the date has been fixed, and it will be a good day in five days, and then we will break ground." Lin Ma shouted before he stepped forward.

Zhuang Xinyan also responded, "Well, it will be five days later, and I will talk to Liu Yuan tomorrow."

I was planning to start work and build a workshop, but was stopped by Grandma Ma, saying that it was such a big deal, and it had to be a good day.

This is what happened just now.

But now there are a few people building houses in the village, and most of the men have gone out to do business. There is no manpower to build houses at all, so they can only come from outside.

Liu Yuan was the Ziren who helped him build the house last time.

I have a good sense of him, so I just want to ask him to help find some workers.

"Okay." Lin Ma's eyebrows were kind, she finally felt that she had done a good thing for Xiao Zhuang, and she planned to make good preparations so that the day when the work started went smoothly.

Perhaps the voices of the two were a little loud.

Many people just responded.

In the village, there are a few people who build new houses, but many people build and expand them.

There is also a lack of manpower.

Hearing that Zhuang Xinyan wanted to find people outside, he simply gathered to find Liu Yuan and find someone.

The next day.

When Liu Yuan saw the purpose of the visitor, he was surprised. He had never seen so many people building and renovating at the same time.

Ecstasy too.

He introduced it from it, but he can also earn a fee, and it is a big profit for him to require so many people.

Naturally, he hurriedly agreed.

The date was fixed on the day that Mrs. Lin Ma had calculated.

After finishing his work, he happened to be in town, so Zhuang Xinyan simply took Lin Qi for a walk on the street.

Brother Lin Qi gave his daughter-in-law a gold bracelet, and Lin Baocheng also gave Lin Qi's third brother a gold hairpin a few days ago. Although Zhuang Xinyan didn't say anything, he saw it all.

He thought, everyone else would give it away, and he was no exception.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she dragged Xiao Fulang to the jewelry shop.

Both of them were really unfamiliar with the jewelry store.

Lin Qi has never been here before, and Zhuang Xinyan doesn't like this in itself, and would rather go to the cloth shop more than have no interest in running here.

As a result, as soon as it came in, it was really resplendent and jeweled.

Lin Qi didn't have any particular favorites, so in the end Zhuang Xinyan chose a jade hairpin.

The jade hairpin is transparent, and the green is crystal clear, which is beautiful.

As a result, just as the two of them paid the silver and were about to leave, the waiter in the shop said, "Guests, would you like to see the gold ornaments? You don't need them yourself, and you can prepare them for your children, especially your daughter." At home, save some gold ornaments for her, not only can add some blessings when she gets married, but also can be used as a dowry."

After hearing this, Zhuang Xinyan stopped moving.

There is some truth in what the waiter said!

Lin Qi couldn't help laughing, men like children, but they don't have any children, so now they want to buy things for them.

In this way, the pull must not be able to pull, Lin Qi simply sat down with the man again, choosing the small jewelry for the daughter in the future.

Two pairs of gold bracelets, one Jin Ruyi, several Jinbuyao gold hairpins, and some odds and ends.

Adding them up one by one, the waiter's mouth almost couldn't close.

He didn't bring any hope in what he said just now, he just saw that the two of them were generous, and once they bought it, it was a good jade hairpin.

He was so happy that he wanted to jump up and down twice.

This afternoon, for Zhuang Xinyan and his wife, it was a rewarding experience.

When the two returned to the village, Lin Qi went home to put away his things, and he went to the village chief's house to inform him about the building of the house.

In addition to the houses built by the villagers, there are also books and schools in the village.

Shushu is extremely important to the people in the village.

On the way there, Zhuang Xinyan saw Xiao Yi and beckoned him to come over.

At this time, Xiao Yi is holding E'Mu's hand, leading him and rushing here.

His little face was flushed, and he looked up and asked, "Brother Zhuang, our village has built a school, can I also study in the village?"

Zhuang Xinyan touched his head, took out some caramel from his sleeve pocket and handed it to him and Wenzheng, and replied, "Of course."

In the end, Xiao Yi was not very happy, but with reluctance, he said: "I am very reluctant to part with my wife, and... Yu Ning, that guy Yu Ning will definitely be bullied without me."

Zhuang Xinyan found it funny, "Yu Ning looks stronger than you, so do you still need you to take care of him?"

Xiao Yi straightened his chest, and he shook his head triumphantly, "Although Yu Ning is taller and stronger than me, but he is just a hypocrite, and he has never won a fight."

"Xiao Yi is amazing...Xiao Yi is really good at fighting." Wen Zheng clapped his hands and cheered from the side.

Zhuang Xinyan said: "You say this in front of Yuning."

Xiao Yi pouted, how dare he say it, but when that cheapskate Yu Ning heard it, he would have to be angry for a few more days before he could take care of himself.

He slightly shook his head and sighed, who made Yuning his good brother, so he didn't care too much.

"Brother Zhuang, I'll take Ah Mu back first." Xiao Yi waved his hand, then turned and left.

As soon as he turned around, he put his hand in front of Eminem and said, "Eminem, take it out."

Wenzheng clenched her hands tightly, her face full of anxiety: "No, no."

With a serious face on Xiao Yi's face, he said: "Em is greedy, you have to hand it over to Xiao Yi for safekeeping, and you are only allowed to eat one every half a day."

Wen Zheng couldn't say no, so he could only put on a pitiful face and handed over the caramel he was holding in his hand.

Xiao Yi took it in his hand, twisted one and stuffed it in E'Mu's mouth, and twisted another one and stuffed it in his own mouth.

The two exhaled the sweetness in their mouths and gave each other a big smile.

But at this time, there was some movement in the bushes ahead, and you could see the feathers emerging from the bushes. Xiao Yi could recognize it at a glance. It was the tail of a pheasant. Wait for me here, I will catch you a pheasant to eat."

Wen Zheng's eyes glowed, and just as he was about to clap his hands and cheer, he saw Xiao Yi put his fingers up to his mouth, and quickly covered his mouth with his hands, not daring to speak.

Xiao Yi walked forward with small steps.

Wen Zheng has been standing there watching.

Until Xiao Yi jumped into the grass and was covered by the weeds, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and he was a little uneasy walking on the spot.

And at this time, a person came from the side.

The man's face was extremely kind, and he said with a smile: "Brother Wenzheng, you are looking for Xiaoyi, right? Xiaoyi has gone there, and he asked you to chase after him."

The direction the person pointed was not in the grass, but the other side.

If it was someone else, they would definitely laugh at this person's lies.

But Wenzheng was no one else, he was anxious and flustered, and when he heard this, he ran towards the direction he was pointing at without even thinking about it, with big strides and flustered at the same time.

The person who spoke was suddenly overjoyed. After looking left and right to make sure there was no one around, he also strode away towards one side, for fear of being discovered.

It wasn't until he was a little out of breath from running that he slowed down and walked towards a blue-brick house while breathing smoothly.

When he reached the door, he straightened his clothes and hair before opening the door.

Then came a voice from inside the door, "Where did you go just now? Come and take a look, how is this painting? I think the ink is a bit thick, what do you think? Liansheng."

Suppressing his nervousness, Lian Sheng's face looked the same, he stepped forward to have a look.

The mountain peaks in the painting are steep, and the black ink is thick and thick, which is a little frightening.

Just like the mountain peak beside Xishan Village, night is coming, and what will happen to that person if he runs into the mountain alone?