The two were sitting under a tall tree. Lan Qianjue first found a place for Shen Jiyao to sit down and settled him down, then moved a large flat rock and placed it in front of him as a table. Shen Jiyao Sitting at the side, he took out the two vegetables in the basket and put them on the rocks one by one. He took the bowl in the basket to serve the rice, but Lan Qianjue took it. He scooped up the rice and handed the bowl to Shen Jiyao. He took out a pair of chopsticks from the basket and handed them to him, and then he refilled his meal.

The two ate in silence, the stone was too short, Shen Jiyao's stomach was inconvenient, and it was not easy for him to pick up vegetables while sitting, so Lan Qianjue kept picking up vegetables for him.

Even if he was eating while taking care of Shen Jiyao, Lan Qianjue ate very fast. He always wanted to finish the meal quickly and continue to work. When he saw Shen Jiyao eating anxiously, he thought that the other party was following him. Thinking the same, Lan Qianjue couldn't help feeling a little distressed, so he told Shen Jiyao aloud, "Eat slowly, don't worry."

Shen Jiyao only cared about eating, he hummed twice perfunctorily, but the speed of grilling the rice didn't slow down, he looked panicked with hunger, but this time it was indeed Lan Qianjue who was thinking too much, Shen Jiyao who was devouring hungrily didn't have the same idea as him Similarly, he usually eats at noon on time, but today it was delayed until this time, which really made him hungry.

After a while, Lan Qianjue finished eating. He put the bowl aside and picked some vegetables for Shen Jiyao. He picked up the sickle and got up and wanted to go to the ground. Shen Jiyao was half full at this time, and his eating speed slowed down. He saw Lan Qianjue Jue was about to get off the ground again, so he called to stop him, and said: "It's time now, and I don't care about being less busy for a while, don't work immediately after eating, just sit and rest for a while, and we will wait until we are almost digested." Let's collect it together."

Lan Qianjue hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, and then walked to Shen Jiyao and sat down. He slowly leaned against the tree trunk behind him, looked at the vegetables in the field for a long time, and then said with emotion: "After meeting you At that time, I never thought that in just a few months, I could not only have a person I like and a child, but also own a house and land of my own. Sometimes when I wake up from a dream, I always feel like a dream. Ji Yao, thank you you."

Shen Jiyao's hands were taken aback for a moment, and then he continued to pick up the rice. He didn't expect that Lan Qianjue, who is as calm as blue, would say such sullen words. He swallowed the rice in his mouth and said solemnly: "Thank you for what you say!" Yes, if you really count it carefully, there are so many things I should thank you for, you and I belong to each other and support each other and complement each other, there is no need to say polite words, it feels strange that you are suddenly so polite."

Lan Qianjue smiled, kept looking at the vegetable field and did not answer.

After Shen Jiyao finished his meal, Lan Qianjue put all the bowls and chopsticks into the basket, and the two of them sat and rested on the spot. The sun above their heads was at its most vicious. Lan Qianjue was reluctant to let Shen Jiyao go to the ground under such a big sun. Do it by yourself, but Shen Jiyao didn't want Lan Qianjue to go, Lan Qianjue couldn't say no to him, so he had to sit with him under the tree, Shen Jiyao raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and fanned himself with a bamboo hat in one hand, he looked Lan Qianjue's coat was wet with sweat, and said, "You'd better wear a long coat tomorrow, the sun is too big, be careful of getting sunburned."

Lan Qianjue hummed and said, "I know."

Shen Jiyao put down his bamboo hat and held his arm to have a look. The dense red bumps had all disappeared. Shen Jiyao said, "Are your hands still itchy?"

Lan Qianjue followed suit and said, "It's no longer itchy. By the way, what are you going to use those corn for? Can it be eaten as a staple food?"

Shen Jiyao scratched his head when he heard the words, and thought for a while before saying: "You can make porridge with cornmeal, or you can make rice with rice. When I go back, I will see if there is any in the recipe. You can also fry corn with sand." You can put some sugar in it and fry it to make it crispy, or stew popcorn or something, or if you really don’t know how to cook it, you can break it into corn kernels and feed it to chickens. How to eat it, I should have come to break the tender corn at that time, unfortunately, the method of tender corn is not less than that of old corn, it can be boiled and eaten, roasted and eaten, it can also be used for stir-frying. Ba, it’s delicious if you can steam it or fry it, but you can only make it next time you plant it.”

"There are so many ways?" Lan Qianjue's eyes lit up, and he said, "Then how do we use the red peppers and tomatoes we harvested just now?"

Shen Jiyao is very clear about this thing, he said without hesitation: "Tomatoes can be cooked in soup or made into tomato sauce. They can also be eaten raw. Sweet ones, red peppers can be dried into dried peppers, or chopped sour peppers are fine." , I plan to dry half of it and keep half. After the crops in the field are harvested, I will plant some garlic. I will harvest the garlic next year and use it to make sour peppers. Unfortunately, I can’t harvest some green peppers. It's too careless."

Lan Qianjue listened silently, then suddenly thought about it and said, "Is your plan linked to these dishes?"

Shen Jiyao hummed, his eyes suddenly became confused, he leaned against the tree trunk, sighed leisurely, and said: "I've thought a lot these days, and I can't decide whether to hire someone to help us take care of the vegetables. I want to be independent, and I want to be independent in everything. I want to grow vegetables and cook food. I just don’t want to be taken advantage of by outsiders. However, with the ability of the two of us alone, even if we have the ability to open a small shop or other food stalls in the future It’s impossible to grow your own vegetables to supply yourself.”

Lan Qianjue naturally understood what he meant, and he said, "Didn't you already think about renting land and hiring people to grow vegetables? Why did you suddenly think of this?"

Shen Jiyao frowned rather depressingly, and said: "It is because I want to give these seeds they have never seen before to plant, that I have these ideas. I want to use these unique dishes to make some rare dishes. So I don’t want other people to know, but if I rent land and hire someone else to grow it, people will know it. I don’t need to mention whether they are willing to help me grow vegetables. Once they get vegetable seeds during the planting process, these vegetables will be very expensive It will spread quickly and become common, so the value will become lower, but if we don’t ask for help, the two of us can’t do it alone, and it’s impossible to be strong enough to grow vegetables while going Let's do business in town."

Lan Qianjue understood the concerns in Shen Jiyao's words. He frowned and thought for a while before slowly saying: "You don't need to think about this at all. Vegetables are cheap. Although rare is expensive, this will only be temporary. Well, think about it, if we really want to hire people to help grow and take care of vegetables, we can sign a contract with them. Furthermore, if the seeds are really taken away, they will not be able to be planted in a short while, and they will have to wait for several months. Therefore, in these few months, we can completely rely on our hands Earn a fortune first. After other people’s vegetables are grown, even if you can ask for a higher price, it won’t be long before there are more people growing them, and they won’t be worth much. Also, the vegetables you cook are so delicious, even if there are The restaurants charge high prices for those dishes, and I don't think they can make better dishes than yours."

Lan Qianjue's thinking was very clear, and Shen Jiyao understood what he meant after just listening to it once. After such a stroke, he really thought too much, not to mention anything else, just talking about picking vegetables is not very practical. Once the vegetables in the field are ripe, there is no waiting for them to bloom and bear fruit, but his mind is not on it. He looked at Lan Qianjue and said, "Buying slaves? Is it reliable."

"Reliable." Lan Qianjue said, "As long as there is a contract of sale."

Shen Jiyao asked back, "What if they ran away?"

Lan Qianjue glanced at Shen Jiyao inexplicably, wondering why he didn't understand these things, he said: "If you sign the deed of selling yourself, you can't run away. First, they have no way to guide them. They will be checked wherever they go. Second, selling themselves The Qi government will also keep the background, and the accent is different, even if you run away and speak, you will attract the attention of foreigners, you can't go far, if you are found by the local government, you will still be arrested."

"So that's how it is." Shen Jiyao understood, but in the next moment he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "When my father mortgaged me to your family, did he sign the deed of sale?"

"Yes." Lan Qianjue said flatly, "But I tore it up later."

Shen Jiyao frowned, and said, "The deed of death is still deed of living, when did you tear it up?"

"I didn't see it." Lan Qianjue said: "What happened, the old man didn't want to drive you out of the village, but wanted to sell you, so I had a fight with him, and I snatched the contract Tear it up, when the contract was signed, he didn’t go to the government to keep a deposit, and he can’t sell you without a certificate, so he drove you away.”

Shen Jiyao knew that what he said was about being framed by his sisters-in-law to have a relationship with Lan Qianjue, he frowned, the more he listened, the more confused he became, if he hadn't asked today, he wouldn't have known that he had actually been betrayed , He said: "Isn't it necessary to press my fingerprints on the contract of sale? I remember that I have not pressed my fingerprints. If the government does not leave a deposit, does it mean that I am free? Can this contract be made up again, your father?" Will I go to make up the contract again? If there is no contract, my personal rights are in my own hands or in the hands of my parents."

"Your handprint is on the contract, maybe your parents pressed it with your hand while you were sleeping, but now that the contract is gone, and the government didn't leave a record, naturally they can't make it up..." Lan Qianjue said While talking, he suddenly thought of another thing, he couldn't help being covered in cold sweat, his face suddenly became very ugly, he murmured: "Your parents can still dominate your life, if they want to betray you again, How can I stop it then?"

Shen Jiyao frowned, and also realized the seriousness of the matter. He was very angry at such a possibility, so he said dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean, can parents sell their children at will, and the government doesn't care? If I don't want to, they Can you buy and sell by force?"

Lan Qianjue frowned, and said, "As long as you don't press your fingerprints, everything is fine. As for whether they will buy and sell by force, it's hard to say."

After a while, Shen Jiyao was afraid that in such a society, there was no power, no human rights, and his identity was sensitive, and his parents were really weird. If they really wanted to secretly sign his contract of prostitution with others, that would be fine, but Shen Jiyao changed his mind Thinking about it, they had already sold themselves to the Lan family, so naturally they would not sell him a second time thinking that the contract had been torn up. Although he felt uneasy in his heart, he could only hold such a fluke mentality and refused to go again. Think more.

Soldiers come to block water and earth to cover everything, there will be a solution to everything.

And this appearance has further established his determination to get ahead.

Lan Qianjue on the side was silent for a long time, then stretched out his hand to hug Shen Jiyao into the monster, and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you be wronged or hurt again, I want you to stay by my side forever, not going anywhere, Even if your parents try to plot against you in the future, I will not let them succeed."

Shen Jiyao hugged Lan Qianjue's waist, pretending to be relaxed and said: "It's okay, if they really find fault with this in the future, at worst, you can just buy me."

Lan Qianjue hummed, and said: "Okay, when the conditions are better in the future, I will ask someone to find your parents and go to your house to propose marriage in person, so that your dominant right will be mine."

Shen Jiyao smiled, and the boredom in his heart gradually dissipated. Nothing happened, so it's meaningless to think about it. Why bother to find something to trouble yourself.

The two hugged quietly for a while, and went to the ground together again. This time, they harvested cabbage. Since there was only one sickle, Lan Qianjue cut it in front, and Shen Jiyao picked it up in the back and put it into a treasure bag. The two cooperated The efficiency of doing things is relatively high, and the luckiest thing is that they don't have to think about how to drag the food home.

The sun gradually went west, and it gradually became cooler in the evening. The two of them worked together to cut a vegetable field and it was dark afterward. Lan Qianjue estimated that the villagers in the field were about to finish work, and they were ready to go back without having to take a long detour. In the village, Shen Jiyao went to pull two lettuces and put them in a basket to bring back to stir-fry.

Back outside the courtyard and before entering the house, he heard Heidan's cry of joy and sobbing. Shen Jiyao followed the sound, and under the silver light, he could vaguely see Heidan poking his head out of the fence, trying to get out Lan Qianjue led Shen Jiyao up the stairs, untied the rope tied to the fence and entered the yard.

Heidan immediately pulled out his head and rushed towards the two of them, and the white goose in the yard also screamed loudly.

Such a warm life was what Shen Jiyao yearned for. Compared with the Lan's courtyard, it was impossible to compare with the current situation at that time.

After lighting the oil lamp, Lan Qianjue went to cook in the stove, while Shen Jiyao began to wash and chop vegetables, preparing to fry lettuce and meat, then cooking tomato and cabbage soup, and then chopping some freshly picked red peppers to fry. Shredded potatoes are fine, and when his dishes are ready, the rice on Lan Qianjue's fire is also ready.

Stir-fried lettuce slices only need some garlic slices. Shen Jiyao grabbed the cut wild boar lean meat with starch. He sat by the fire and scooped the lard into the pot. Once the oil was hot, he put the garlic to fry until fragrant, and then Pour in the sliced ​​meat, stir-fry for two rolls, then take them out of the pan for later use. As for why the lettuce is not fried first and then the meat is put in, it is because the lettuce will be fried out of water. Old, this is the conclusion he came to after frying the dishes several times.

Shen Jiyao stir-fried the lettuce with the oil in the pan until it was dark, then mixed the sliced ​​meat with the lettuce and fried it twice, sprinkled with salt and it was ready to be taken out of the pan.

Tomato cabbage soup is simple, the essence is all on the tomatoes, the tomatoes are very fresh, the soup is very delicious, as for the red pepper fried potato shreds, it is even simpler, but you still need to fry the potatoes with oil first, take them out and fry them for later use Pepper, then pour in potato shreds, stir fry for two rolls, sprinkle salt and serve.

It took only a few strokes to fry the three dishes. Shen Jiyao is now more and more proficient at cooking. He only needs to read the recipe explanations for dishes he has never cooked before, and he can master the recipes. It can be made after watching it once, which is very powerful.

Lan Qianjue likes to watch Shen Jiyao cook the most. He always thinks his attentive appearance is very good-looking, and every time he sees such a delicious dish cooked so easily by the other party, he always feels a little strange.

After preparing the meals for the two of them, Shen Jiyao used lard to fry some leftover vegetables for Heidan to eat. Because dogs can't eat salt, Shen Jiyao would cook for Heidan alone every day, or stir-fry. Scoop out some of the black eggs before adding salt to eat by yourself. I am very concerned about the black eggs.

Fortunately, Heidan is not picky eater, he will eat anything.

The door of the wooden house was open, and the faint flame of the oil lamp was swayed by the wind blowing in from time to time. The two of them and the dog were eating their own meals in the house.

They were really tired today, after they finished their meal, they prepared the dishes to be fried tomorrow morning, washed up briefly, and then fell asleep.

Early the next morning, in order not to take the extra long way around, the two of them got up before dawn. Lan Qianjue really felt sorry for Shen Jiyao who had to follow him from early to late, but the latter looked indifferent, and Lan Qianjue took care of all the hard work. He didn't even want to cut off the cabbage, so he couldn't be so tired.

The two of them were well prepared today. Lan Qianjue wore long sleeves and carried the hoe on his shoulders. He also used a bamboo tube to put a tube of water for Shen Jiyao to put in his treasure bag. If he was thirsty during lunch, he could drink it. He was very thoughtful. After Shen Jiyao finished cooking, the two went out together.

When he got to the field, Shen Jiyao put the basket away, and Lan Qianjue didn't delay, he carried it directly to dig potatoes, while Shen Jiyao went to break the corn, and when the other party dug almost half of it, he almost finished breaking half of the corn field. The three plots opened at the beginning were five or six feet shorter than the ones opened later, so they were harvested faster, and nothing went wrong today.

The two of them got up early and worked late every day for the past few days, and it lasted for six days before they put all the vegetables in the field into the treasure bag.

Now the field is full of sundries such as chili stalks and corn stalks. If you don’t borrow oxen to plow the land, you can only dig it yourself. However, this job is not easy. It is very strenuous. You have to use a sickle to cut off the corn stalks first, and then you have to dig the piles with many branches that are firmly grasped in the soil. After digging, you can’t let them stay in the ground, you have to pick them out. This work is not only tiring. If it is left to Lan Qianjue to do it alone, it will take about ten days for six or seven pieces of land, but if it is replaced by cattle to plow, those piles can be directly broken by the plow, and you can leave Fertilize the ground.

Naturally, Shen Jiyao didn't want Lan Qianjue to spend so much energy on this. After all, he was someone he liked, and he didn't want him to suffer under the sun at all.

Shen Jiyao didn't want Lan Qianjue to go to the trouble of digging the ground, so he planned to hire someone to plow the ground.

But who can we hire? The people in Lianhua Village are impossible. Shen Jiyao thought about it, and suddenly he thought of Baoshan Village. He hurriedly said to Lan Qianjue who was cutting corn piles: "I want to hire someone to help us plow. Land, you can say no."

Without looking back, Lan Qianjue raised the knife in his hand, chopped the corn stalks crackling, and asked him, "Who are you inviting?"

"Wait, don't throw this, show me." Shen Jiyao called to Lan Qianjue, who was about to throw away the cut corn stalks, took the corn stalks from his hand, looked at the cut, and said, "You can't shout!" From our village, I want to invite Zhang Tianwen to plow the land, I know him, and he should be willing to come."

As he spoke, he bit the incision of the corn stalk, which was very moist and sweet.

"Don't call him." Lan Qianjue said, grabbed Shen Jiyao's arm, looked at the corn stalk in his hand, and said nervously, "What are you doing?"

"Didn't do anything, why didn't you call him, and you're still jealous of him?" Shen Jiyao said innocently, "It's fine if you don't call him, I'll ask him to help me find someone who is willing to plow the land, I'll pay and he will help , It’s not like letting him do it for nothing, this one is edible, it’s similar to sugarcane, I’ll help you choose one.”

Lan Qianjue couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed by Shen Jiyao's words. He followed behind Shen Jiyao and said, "I can also plow. I'll just borrow a cow to plow myself. I'll cut whichever one I want."

"I didn't question your ability, I just didn't want you to be so tired." Shen Jiyao pointed to a corn stalk and said, "Chop this one and have a look."

Lan Qianjue chopped off the corn stalks and handed them to Shen Jiyao, saying, "Then go to the town to hire someone, why go to Baoshanzhai."

"The town is too far away. It's a waste of manpower and material resources to look far away. Don't worry about me. I don't owe others favors. It's fair for me to pay and others to contribute." Shen Jiyao looked at the edge of the corn stalk and saw that the corn stalk was solid and thin Moshi took a bite, it was unexpectedly sweet, sweeter than his one, he handed the corn stalk to Lan Qianjue, and said: "Bite the skin off, eat the inside, just chew and eat the water." , don't swallow it."

Lan Qianjue held the corn stalk and looked back and forth. Shen Jiyao saw that he didn't understand, so he picked up his own and made a demonstration. Lan Qianjue knew it. He silently cut the corn stalk, and Shen Jiyao didn't rush to ask him. , just cut off his own corn stalks and ate them. After a while, Lan Qianjue said: "Then when do you plan to go, I will go with you."

Seeing that Lan Qianjue had figured it out, Shen Jiyao smiled at him and said, "I cut off all the corn stalks today, and I'll go tomorrow."

Naturally, Lan Qianjue had no objection. He handed the corn stalk he cut to Shen Jiyao. Shen Jiyao didn't refuse after looking at it for a while. Taste, this is enough for me, if I don’t have enough, I will continue to look for it.”

The corner of Lan Qianjue's mouth curled up slightly, very happy that he didn't despise her.

The two chopped several corn stalks and carried them to the tree to sit and gnaw slowly. While gnawing, they looked at the large fields and felt that their appetite had improved. I finished eating the corn stalks. The corn stalks are sweeter than the other ones. Although they are inferior to the sugarcane, each has its own taste, and Lan Qianjue has never eaten sugarcane since he was a child. The first time I ate such a sweet and delicious thing, I always couldn't stop it, and Shen Jiyao was the same. Although he was in the modern age, he rarely ate this food, so the two of them ate until their stomachs were full of water before they were willing to stop.

The two sat under the tree for a while, before Lan Qianjue continued to work with a sickle in his hand.

Shen Jiyao sat alone for more than a quarter of an hour. After resting enough, he went to find corn stalks all over the floor to stuff into his treasure bag, planning to save some to go home and eat.

After cutting down the corn stalks in the whole field, Lan Qianjue went to cut pepper piles and tomato stalks.

Lan Qianjue hooked his waist to cut all the crop stalks in the field, and then used a hoe to pull the crop stalks to the open space to make a pile. After a few days in the sun to dry the water, he burned it to make fertilizer.

The two were busy until it was dark before returning to the village.

Early the next morning, Shen Jiyao took a basket with some fresh lettuce and rouge radishes, and followed Lan Qianjue to Baoshanzhai.

They walked up the river stalk, and the surrounding land had been dug up, and the people in the village were busy sowing seeds. The two had to feel that their efficiency in doing things was indeed a bit low.

When he arrived at Baoshan Village, he was naturally stopped by another person. The person was Wang Wu who lived at the entrance of the village. When he was not on guard, his family usually kept an eye out for strangers.

He recognized Shen Jiyao, and he was a little surprised to see that his abdomen was so big. He glanced at Shen Jiyao's abdomen from time to time and said, "What are you doing here?"

Shen Jiyao pointed to the basket Lan Qianjue was carrying, and said, "I want to find Zhang Tianwen, brother, can you show me the way?"

"Okay." Wang Wu is tall and muscular, looking a little calm and arrogant, but in fact he is quite easy to get along with, he said: "Come with me."

Wang Wu led the two of them outside Zhang Tianwen's courtyard and said, "You wait outside, I'll call for someone."

Shen Jiyao thanked him, and stood outside the yard with Lan Qianjue, idly looking at Zhang Tianwen's yard.

Just from the construction of the house, it can be seen that this astronomical family is still very good. The roof is actually covered with tiles. The quality of a yard is probably the easiest standard to measure whether a family is doing well, but Having said that, the houses in Baoshanzhai are very grand and exquisite, unlike Lianhua Village, which is simple and dilapidated. In this comparison, Baoshanzhai is indeed much richer than Lianhua Village.

While looking at him, an old man came out of the house in a hurry, Shen Jiyao took a closer look, he knew this old man, it was Zhang Yuesheng - Zhang Tianwen's father.

As soon as Zhang Yuesheng saw Shen Jiyao, he became happy and walked faster and faster. Seeing this, Shen Jiyao went forward to meet him. Zhang Tianwen chased him out of the room, still shouting: "Father, slow down."

"Oh, little brother, I've seen you." Zhang Yuesheng grabbed Shen Jiyao's hand, looked at Shen Jiyao with a smile for a moment, and suddenly said, "How old are you? I'm afraid I'm going to give birth soon."

Shen Jiyao: "..."

"Father!" Zhang Tianwen supported Zhang Yuesheng. He was embarrassed when he heard this. Seeing Shen Jiyao's embarrassment, he smiled at Shen Jiyao apologetically, and said to his father with a smile, "What did you ask? They are also tired from walking all the way, let them go into the house first and then talk."

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Yuesheng said, "Look at me, I'm so happy that I'm confused, little brother, invite me inside, and this little brother will also invite me inside."

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