I support my family by farming

Zheng Shou babblingly published his own theory of truth, which is called a firm belief, pointing to a little chubby boy playing next to him, "This is my second sister's boy, you see how strong he is, just followed my second sister .”

"That's right, maybe I still eat less." Lu An nodded in response. Zheng Shou pointed out that the little chubby boy is really strong, and the black and fat looks like a little black stone. I don't know how to cultivate it in this famine year. Yes, Fusheng was the one who slowly gained weight when they came here.

"What's possible, that is, eating less and not exercising well, so you can't be thin." Zheng Shou talked about this in a set way, and he could talk for ten, twenty, ten minutes without panting, although She knew so much, and she didn't fatten herself up.

The children who came were all the children of Lu An's third aunt's family. They were often seen before, that is, Lu An had been away for a few years, and they were a little strange. People were talking in groups, and the children were playing together in twos and threes.

The food was cooked by Feng's people. There are meat and vegetables, which is already considered a good meal. Unmarried people like Zheng Shou also brought gifts to Shi Shi and the others, not to mention Zheng Ji who is already married. They are all very generous.

During the banquet, it was inevitable that drinking would be mentioned. Lu An took advantage of the excitement and moved directly to Jiang Yan's table, so as not to push her too far and make her look ugly. Jiang Yan even looked at her a few times, but didn't say much. What, just smiling and feeding Dun'er.

"Lu Er, why did you run away? Come and sit here." Zheng Shou is not a drinker, and after a few drinks he got a little overwhelmed. He yelled to have a drink with Lu An, but Zheng Ji slapped him on the head. , "Zheng Shou, if you make trouble, don't even try to come out with me next time."

Lu An hurried over, lest Zheng Ji stopped him because he made his sisters feel suspicious, "You can continue to eat, she just makes trouble after drinking a little wine, she is purely idle."

Lu An rubbed his nose, but still went back. No matter what she said about this kind of scene, she couldn't persuade her, so she could only stay away.

After the meal, Zheng Ji's family went back, leaving a mess of cups and plates, Dun'er hugged Lu An's thigh in aggrieved way, twitched her little mouth, tears were rolling, "Aunt, Fusheng doesn't play with me. "

"Fusheng is your elder brother." Lu An frowned and corrected. This kind of thing should be taught from an early age, otherwise it will be difficult to change it when you grow up. Dun'er and Fusheng are the closest people in blood, they can get close to nature It is good.

"Brother, if you don't play with me, you just play with them and ignore me." Dun'er shed tears silently, feeling wronged. Fusheng used to take her to play, but today he ignored her. She felt very uncomfortable.

"They are guests, and your elder brother is entertaining them. As the host, you also have to take the initiative to entertain guests, don't you?" Lu An picked him up and comforted him. Maybe children have the problem of loving to play with older children. But usually it's okay, when they meet people of the same age, older children naturally don't need younger playmates.

"Yes, but they don't take me." Dun'er wiped away tears by herself, and lay on Lu An's shoulder to calm down. She is a very smart child, but she is only two years old and can already understand most of the words of adults. Yes, but I can't express it too fluently.

"Fusheng didn't do it on purpose. He was just busy entertaining guests and ignored it for a while." Lu An patiently wiped Dun'er's tears away, and reasoned with her in a soft voice. Children should not be fooled, otherwise it will cause trouble in her heart. big impact.

"I want to eat candy." Dun'er sniffed his nose, tears were still rolling in his eyes, but he had already given up on this profound question and turned to seek benefits for himself, "This won't work, you have already eaten candy today, If you eat the ones that will grow worms, you can go to Aniang, she has little dragonflies there."

"Okay." Dun'er replied with a slumped head. Obviously, the attraction of the little dragonfly to her is not as high as that of candy. Lu An also has a headache about her liking candy, although she didn't eat it much when she was a child. , but this is not the reason why she likes it so much. Personal cleanliness is not very important here, and if there is a problem with the teeth, it needs to be taken for a lifetime.

"One piece of candy every two days at most, you can't have more, you know?" Lu An taught Dun'er with a straight face, she is so thin, I don't know if she is a picky eater?

"You're still a child. Why are you being so strict with her? It's just a piece of candy. Give it to her if you want it." Feng Shi came over, not agreeing with the author's opinion, but fortunately she knew that she would eat it when Dun'er was not around. Said, so as not to make Lu An lose face in front of Dun'er.

"Aniang, it's not about candy. She's still young, but she can't just make a fuss and let her get what she wants. If this goes on, she'll pay off when she grows up." Lu An patiently explained the truth to Feng Shi, and the next generation kissed her. It's not just for fun, if she doesn't explain it clearly, Feng can do things like give Dun'er candy behind her back.

"One piece of candy, you have risen to such a great level, but you really can't be too strict, you can figure it out." Feng frowned and thought for a while, but still didn't agree with Lu An's words, but when he was a child Lu An's child, if she intervenes too much, it will inevitably affect Lu An's prestige. Besides, it's just like what she said, but the question of a piece of candy, whether you eat it or not is a trivial matter.

Lu An watched Feng's Shi Shiran go to clean up, and heaved a long sigh. When it comes to educating children, the old man is really a big mountain.

"How's your field doing? I've seen you go out early and come back late these days." Lu Da took a chair over and sat down, and asked with concern. He was very busy this time, and Lu Shan His injury healed a lot, so he wanted to get up, but was suppressed by Lu Da's violence. Now that he got up, wouldn't the previous medicine be in vain?

"The grass has been mowed, and the rest is to dig the ground. I plan to dig it out before the autumn harvest, or I won't be able to catch up." Mentioning the ground, Lu An sighed again. After a break, I felt that I couldn't do anything, and when I thought of the large land, my heart felt tight.

"You made the grass yourself?" Lu Da looked at Lu An in surprise. Before he came out, Lu An was used to doing light and easy work at home. If you work for one day, you will die the next day. He really didn't expect that Lu An would persevere.

"It's not impossible."

"Why can't you do it? I think you were very quick to ask someone to build your courtyard wall a while ago, so why don't you know how to ask someone?" Lu Da asked back, according to him, what is it like to throw a blank? There is no need to invite people, at most two or three people are enough. Lu An invited seven or eight people with great fanfare. Those who didn't know thought she was going to rebuild the house.

"Father, didn't I calculate that labor is quite expensive?" Lu An drooped her head. On the first day of the new year, one person was only seven or eight yuan a day. She still thought it was quite little, and she generously took care of the family's meal, but it turned out Well, once the courtyard wall was built, it cost her six or seven hundred dollars, which was enough to harvest two acres of land.

If she invites ten people to these wastelands, it will take three or four days to go through them once. The problem is that she is a wasteland, and she can’t count it once. No matter what, she has to go through it three or two times. The hundred coins were gone, and she still had to harvest corn and sow seeds. She deeply felt that she didn't have enough money.

"I chatted with Zheng Ji today. Their family hasn't settled the land yet, and there's no hope of food. If you think it's a good deal, you can give a few acres of land in exchange for Zheng Ji and the others to help you." Looking at Zheng Ji They were worried about their livelihood, and Zheng Da also wanted to help them a little bit, after all, they were the children of his own sister, not outsiders.

The land here is cheap, the price of an acre of good land is around [-] yuan, and the food on it will cost [-] yuan, and the cost of labor is only [-] yuan a day. If Zheng Ji and the others want to exchange land with labor, Lu An estimated that his land money would not be recovered.

"Forget it, Zheng Ji told me all about it. If you agree, they can take out [-] yuan, and the rest will be borrowed. It will be paid off in five years. If you work for you, it will be regarded as interest." Lu Da Knowing that this is a big deal, all of them came here to talk to Lu An instead of directly deciding for her, "If you don't agree, just pretend I didn't say it. It's okay. I didn't promise that they will tell you."

"If the land is enough for their family to eat, drink and chew, I will need five acres of corn land, but I only have more than ten acres in total, and I have to save seeds for the next year. I can even give them five acres, but my hands may be tight. Some, the good land outside has already sold out, it’s really not easy to handle.” Lu An frowned, she didn’t think about it that much at the time, if she knew this was the case, even if it was a little less, she wouldn’t It takes so much wasteland.

"Zheng Ji and the others used to butcher pigs. Now that they are newcomers, they will catch people's eyes if they rashly manage their old business. They still want to be on the safe side." Lu Da frowned as if he could kill a fly, but He has no money and no power, he is really powerless.

"In this way, I will give them five acres of corn land at the market price, one thousand and five acres per mu, and there is no interest. The rest can be paid off in five years. It's the same. They have to make a written statement to transfer the money Let’s make it clear.” Lu An made a decision, not because she thought Zheng Ji and the others too badly, but because she didn’t really trust people’s hearts, and people’s hearts are changeable, so it’s best not to test it with money.

"Okay, since you've made your decision, I'll find someone to deliver a message to them tomorrow, but you really don't need them to work for you?" Lu Da didn't quite understand Lu An's decision. Although they were relatives, Lu An didn't Like someone who would be willing to suffer.

"Father, you also said that we are relatives, and it is right to help each other. Since I have helped them, don't get too entangled in this matter. I still prefer transactions where money is used to do things without affection." Lu An spread her hands, she didn't want to ask them for help because she was greedy for cheap, but in the end she owed them, she might as well just be clean and easy to settle accounts.

Lu Da didn't say anything more, moved a chair and went to help Feng's pack things. Lu An has already married and is officially registered in the Yamen. He shouldn't interfere with her too much, she already has her own ideas.

"What's the matter, what did Dad say to you?" When Lu An was still serious when he returned, Jiang Yan asked one more question. It was rare to see Lu Da chatting with Lu An so seriously.

"I talked about some things about my aunt's house. They were originally craftsmen, but now they have no way to buy land, and they are worried." Lu An hugged Dun'er, still in deep thought, wondering if it was right for her to do so, "Father just asked me if I could distribute some of the land to them, and I agreed."

"It's right to promise. We have a lot of land, and we definitely won't be able to grow it in a short time. Why don't we help relatives." Jiang Yan nodded, agreeing with Lu An's approach.

"Hey, lady, have father-in-law and the others bought land?"