Crossing the green wheat ears

After Qiu Yangcheng got married, the whole person looked at him, how should I put it, it became clearer, he always liked to laugh, but life is so hard, there will inevitably be some melancholy in his smile, but now his eyes are full of joy, It is the satisfaction and infinite longing for a better life.

Qiuyang's daughter-in-law, Li Shi, respects and loves Qiuyang. Although she is illiterate, she likes scholars since she was a child. Besides, Qiuyang's personality and appearance are outstanding, so she is a good friend to Qiuyang!

In time for Xunxiu, Qiuyang went home and wanted to help the family with some work, sweeping the yard, stacking firewood, and hoeing the ground. Seeing Qiuyang stretching out his hand, Mrs. Li quickly grabbed the broom, firewood and hoe, and pushed Qiuyang to the ground. In the room, let him read and write articles at ease.She herself put down this and took that, and waited until Qiuyang's shovel and pick did not move; she was reluctant to eat any delicious food at home, and waited for Qiuyang to come back before the whole family ate together.

Qiuyang's family only has a few acres of land, and Li thinks he can plant it himself, so there is no need for Qiuyang to do it, let alone Mr. and Mrs. Li!

It can be said that Li's habit of Qiuyang is worse than that of Xiyuan's younger brother, and nothing less.Wei Cheng and the younger ones teased Qiu Yang about his sister-in-law being used to brother Qiu Yang when they had nothing to do. Qiu Yang didn't refute, but had big furry eyes shining and a crooked smile.

Although he is honest and shy, he is not a person who has no measure in his heart. He knows who treats him well and who treats him badly.His daughter-in-law is so good and capable, Qiuyang must be satisfied.

He felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, watched her work, her hands were rough, so she ran to Xi's house cheekily, dawdled with Xiyuan for a long time, and begged for a box of information collected by Xiyuan, which he and Xiaogoudan developed together to moisturize the skin After returning home, he touched his daughter-in-law's hands carefully, and told her to use it frequently, and when it was used up, he would go with Xiaoyuan again.

Li's daughter is from a peasant family, how could she ever enjoy such tenderness, and the woman is still his favorite husband!Excited, he didn't fall asleep for half the night, and he treated Qiuyang more and more kindly.

She knows that Qiuyang and Xiyuan have a good relationship, and she often visits Xi's family when she has nothing to do, and she is very respectful and close to the elders of Xi's family.Dayan loves to go to the West's house even if she has nothing to do. The two young daughters-in-law have been in contact with each other a lot, and their personalities are similar to each other. They soon became sisters, and they got along very well.

Wang Laolan and his wife are very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. They never expected that they will marry such a good daughter-in-law. She keeps the house in order and clean. She is kind to her son and respectful to the old couple. I really don’t know. The blessings cultivated in that life, the couple consciously lived for most of their lives, and finally raised their eyebrows, and didn't even take the sarcasm in Er Fat Niang's words seriously.

The old couple of Wang's family, including Qiu Yang, are honest and shy people. Their family really needs to inject an element of life full of vitality. Fortunately, Mrs. Li is just such a person.

Some people are happy and some people are sad.

Ever since Qiuyang got married, Zheng Xuan has returned to his previous life of fooling around and drinking and drinking, lingering in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion every day, and openly taking care of a young man, which made Master Zheng so angry that he beat him up and sent The young man who deceived his son was sold out, but Zheng Xuan refused to repent in the slightest.

The only sunshine in his life is gone, what can he use as courage to break through the shackles of darkness?

Because he loved that person so much, Zheng Xuan never dared to do any obscene behavior, for fear of disrespecting that person, he approached him little by little, cautiously, thinking that as time went on, that person would always have even a little bit of respect for him. Meaning, a little love, then, he will have the courage to declare war on everyone!However, that person didn't think about it at all, and he couldn't understand his thoughts at all. To Qiuyang, he, Zheng Xuan, was just a friend who was always pestering him for nothing, and Zheng Xuan was very clear in his heart.

One night, Ming Yu, Zheng Xuan's close servant, couldn't find his young master no matter what he said, he searched for most of the night, and when it was dawn, he found Zheng Xuan outside the gate of the west family.

Zheng Xuan hugged his knees with both hands, and sat there quietly, his face covered with tears.

Forever lost my love!

Ming Yu heaved a sigh of relief. He was the only one who could understand what his young master thought about his young master. Mingyu was extremely fortunate that the young master had no such intentions for his young master, and they became relatives. If the two really They got it together, and it was known by the family that the prince who could be dealt with by his grandma would disappear completely without the help of the master and wife, or his life would be worse than death.

The bigger the family, the more filthy and cruel the fights in the inner house. Grandma and several aunts were fighting behind their backs. Ming Yu had heard about it since he was born in Zheng's family. This was also one of the reasons why his son was unwilling to go home.

Children from rich and powerful families are not necessarily happy.

Putting aside all kinds of personal troubles, now in Yansui, or the entire Binjiang Mansion, the people are very anxious, that is, from May to midsummer, for more than two months, God has not rained much. At this time of year, The ears of wheat, already golden, now hang their heads deflated, like a sickly baby, crying silently.Corn and soybeans were thin, dry and yellow, lifeless.

This year is a year of catastrophe. Even if there is a heavy rain, it will not save the disaster. This year's grain harvest is bound to fail.

Compared with neighboring villages, the situation in Lianhua Village is better. There are canals in their village. At the beginning of the drought, when there is no rain in the wheat fields, the villagers will carry water from the canals to irrigate the fields. Although the wheat production will decrease, [-]% to [-]% The harvest is still there.

Although the canals have dried up now, and the wheat is about to be harvested, there is no need for watering.But there is also corn and soybeans in the fields.

There is no water in the canal, and the only water source in the village is the big well in the village.Water has become a precious thing, and any ignorant child who drinks water and spits on the ground will be scolded by adults.Looking forward and looking forward, the old man only drizzled twice, but it didn't help. The villagers began to fetch water from the big well to irrigate the fields.

A well is needed for the villagers to eat and drink, and also to water the land. If there is enough, the villagers often fight over the well water.

The Xi family does not have this hidden worry. They have their own well, and it is a deep water well, which is more abundant than the old well in the village.From the very beginning, the crops in the field were short of water, so Xi Mingwen and his brother used their own ox cart, horse cart and donkey cart to pull water into the field. Therefore, although their land was also affected by the drought, it was fine.

"My eldest grandson dug a deep well that year, otherwise why would I water the ground this year? You said at that time that Xiaoyuan can waste money, so what? Now you know it works?" Grandma sighed to grandpa.

"Hey!" Grandpa sighed. The farmer family regards the crops as their life. "Who can see so far without nothing? Who can have front and back eyes like our Xiaoyuan!"

Xiyuan was praised by his grandfather for his vision. When he built a deep well for his family, he mainly thought about such a well. The water from the well was clear, sweet, and delicious. He also thought about raising chickens at home and making tofu at his uncle’s , The decision was made only after using a lot of well water. How can it be estimated that such a big drought will come five or six years later.

People in the village always fight and quarrel because of the well water, Cheng Yi made it difficult.He is now the leader of the village, so he has to think about the problem from the perspective of the whole village, how to keep the whole village safe.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to keep all the crops, so there is only a choice.Cheng Yi gathered the strong labor force in the village to discuss what to do.

Abandoning part of the land, people with less land is okay, there is not much in the first place, and there are not many people who abandon it, and people with more land can't stand it, but there is no way, the old wells in the village are basically wiped out by the villagers , every day as soon as the well water comes up, someone beats it away, and drinking water is almost becoming a problem.

Fortunately, there are not many families with a lot of land in the village. Although the Xi family has a little more, it is only a dozen acres, and it does not take up the well water in the village. No one can say anything. The villagers have to lament that the Xi family’s People take a long view.

As a result of the final discussion, the family with a lot of land abandoned the land farther from the village. Several people felt sorry for the crops and shed tears on the spot. Everyone felt uncomfortable. What can I do?

Every household has limited the amount of water fetched. By the big well in the village, people are specially assigned to supervise villagers fetching water.

Cheng Yi has prestige and majesty in the village. If he hadn't led the villagers to build water canals, the wheat fields in the village would have been lost. Everyone was grateful to him, and at the same time, they also knew that Cheng Yi's iron and blood methods could do what he said, so they discussed a solution After that, no one dared to destroy or oppose it.

In the evening of that day, Cheng Yi came to Xi's house and sat in the main room all night, not ashamed to speak.The old well in the village was not enough at all. Cheng Yi wanted to ask the Xi family if he could let the villagers come to his house to fetch water to irrigate the fields. However, when water is so precious, asking others for water is undoubtedly the same as asking for money .

Brother Xi Mingwen and Xi Mingwu, seeing Cheng Yi in a dilemma, offered to let the villagers carry water, provided that the water consumption of the Xi family was sufficient.

This is also what Xiyuan has repeatedly told, other people's crops are dying, but theirs is green and tall, so don't ask someone to harm them.Therefore, if you can help the villagers as much as you can, it is also to reduce the crisis for yourself.

Cheng Yi lamented the understanding of Xi's family, and divided the villagers into two groups, one group carried water at the old well, and the other group came to Xi's family to carry water.The tension of the water source in the village has been greatly relieved, and people's hearts are full of flesh. Now the villagers really only have gratitude to the Xi family.

When the wheat harvest was poor, Xiyuan saw that the year was not good, and took advantage of the fact that the price of grain did not increase, he bought a batch and smuggled it back to Lianhua Village in a horse-drawn cart.

He didn't dare to buy more at one time, but instead sent Shuanzi, Lao Zhao, and Zhang Cai to buy them in batches at various grain stores. The grain was enough to feed his family for three or four years.

The drought made Xiyuan very soberly aware of the terribleness of relying on the sky for food. He was really afraid that Yansui or Binjiang Mansion would suffer a severe drought for three years, as mentioned in the play in the book, so he had to be fully prepared , even if a three-year natural disaster comes, my family will not starve to death.

After the beginning of autumn, Xiyuan began to reduce the number of chickens at home in a planned way.Chickens are mainly fed with rice bran, which is something that can survive in times of disaster. People don't have to eat it, so how can they be fed to chickens.

The Xi family now raises more than 4000 chickens, some of which are sold, and some of them are made into air-dried chickens by Xiyuan. This way, the storage time can be longer. When it comes to winter, there is a natural big refrigerator outside, and it is not afraid of spoilage. Yes, I can always eat it in the spring of the next year, and in the famine year, there is still meat to eat. It can't be more beautiful.

However, not all chickens have been disposed of. Xiyuan still has more than 100 chickens. There are old people and children at home, and they must pay attention to nutrition. , and the loss outweighs the gain.

The family has made sufficient preparations, and Xiyuan has not forgotten to warn the better people, Cheng Yi, Qiu Yang, Uncle Wang Shun, and Sun Ye.

After Cheng Yi heard this, he was silent for a long time, and then called the villagers together, but he didn't say that it was Xiyuan who said it, and if it was going to spread, Xiyuan was suspected of deceiving the public by rumors, and he couldn't avenge his kindness.Cheng Yi just expressed his worries and led the villagers to think about the serious disaster and poor harvest, and the possibility of starvation. Naturally, some people thought about whether to buy some food now and save it.

Farmers have always sold grain, how could they spend money to buy it back?Many people sneered at it, and there were also those who were deeply thoughtful and had some spare money, so they bought some more or less.

The crops in Lianhua Village grew better than those in other villages. Cheng Yi organized the villagers to patrol and guard the corn from the time the corn cobs formed.Even so, only [-] to [-]% of the annual income is collected, which is good, and other villages only receive [-] to [-]%, or less.

In such a disaster year, it stands to reason that the government should reduce or exempt taxes. Although there is not much food left, it is barely enough to survive.

While the villagers hoped that the officials would be more lenient, an order came that this year's taxes would remain the same. The entire Yansui or the entire Binjiang Mansion, the people became agitated. Is this still a way out for people?

Xiyuan repeatedly inquired, it seems that the current governor, Mr. Yin, was demoted from the Ministry of Officials to Binjiang Mansion at the beginning of the year. He just came in time for the disaster year. In order to show his achievements and please the Lord, he refused to report the disaster situation truthfully. And force states and counties to collect taxes according to the annual amount.

Regardless of the life and death of the people for his own selfish desires!

Officials crushed people to death at the first level, and the local governors had no choice but to send yamen servants to go door-to-door to urge food.

The living food that reached the mouth was robbed, people in various places resisted donations, and incidents of conflicts with the guards occurred. It is really difficult for the people to live.

In this bleak situation, Lianhua Village is doing well. They can still have some tax left after this year's harvest. The speed visible to the naked eye soared.

"Mountains and rains are about to come and winds fill the building", a storm seems to be brewing, incidents of unruly people looting grain shops have already appeared in Yansui City, Mr. Ye's private school has also closed early, survival has become a problem, where Still have the mind to read what Ziyue Shiyun.

Feeling that the city is not peaceful, Xiyuan urged Mr. Ye to go to Lianhua Village to escape with him. Lianhua Village had just built a wall the year before last. The courtyards of ordinary residents here are much safer.

Mr. Ye hesitated for a long time, saying that he had to think about it again, but he didn't agree immediately, so Xiyuan had no choice but to take Shuanzi, Zhang Cai, and Li Yuan back to Lianhua Village.Lao Zhao's family and relatives and friends could not give up, and insisted on returning to the village. Before leaving, Xiyuan asked him to take away two sacks of grain.

Until the twelfth lunar month, the snow covered the sky, the weather was freezing, there was no food to eat, and people began to starve to death. There were refugee riots in nearby counties and bandits came down to rob the village. The whole Binjiang Mansion was shrouded in uneasiness.

Cheng Yi decisively ordered that Lianhua Village be closed, the village gates were closed tightly, and the walls and gates were poured with snow and water from the outside. The entire Lianhua Village became an isolated village made of ice, where people could not enter or enter.Anyone who went out of the village without authorization, or invited outsiders into the village without authorization, the whole family was expelled from Lianhua Village.

Before the order to close the village was issued, Xiyuan sent Wei Chengshuanzi and Xiwei Zhangcai to Yansui City to pick up Mr. Ye's family, He Fu and Grandpa Zhuang's family.

Fortunately, the house is spacious and there are many rooms, all settled down.Usually, Mr. Ye is fine, talking about ancient times with his grandpa and grandpa, and then reading and writing articles with a few small children, the days are fulfilling.

Wei Cheng and Xiwei are now fourteen or fifteen years old, and they volunteered to join the village patrol and guard team.Cheng Yi organized the youngsters into six groups, three groups a day, each group patrolled for two hours, and the adults took over at night.

Seeing that Lianhua Village is so well-organized and safe, Mr. Ye couldn't help admiring Zheng Chengyi's ability to govern the village. Unexpectedly, in the small Lianhua Village, there are such courageous people. I am also glad that I followed Xiyuan's suggestion and came here.