Crossing the green wheat ears

After the autumn harvest was over, Xiyuan bought [-] mu of wasteland at once. The wasteland was on the north side of Lianhua Village. In the middle of the wasteland was a piece of woods with an area of ​​more than [-] mu. , the undergrowth is covered with bushes.

Except for this piece of woods, the rest is flat land. The northern land is vast and sparsely populated. Except for the rich, the rest of the ordinary people rely on human labor to cultivate the land. It’s not that the families with less land have no land to cultivate, but they don’t have so many. Material resources and manpower have been developed. Tax exemption for the first three years, but land tax will be paid after three years.

In the spring of the new year, Xi's family bought ten cattle and came back. Xiyuan didn't know whether the cattle were good or bad. Grandpa led his father and second uncle to pick them.Xiyuan bought another twenty strong and strong slaves, all of whom were like good crop handles. After the ice and snow melted, these people drove the cattle to burn the black land and reclaim it.

The grove was divided into two parts from the middle, and chicken coops were built around the west side, and the chickens in the yard at home were moved out. Yuan told him and his wife to stay in the compound and just do some cleaning and cleaning.

The chicken farms next to the woods are all built very closed, with green brick chicken coops and high courtyard walls. There are several wolfdogs inside, all of which are the second generation of Maodoujiao, very vigilant and clever.

Li Dong followed Xiyong, and the chicken farm was managed by Li Weibo's second son, Li Beilai. Xiyuan bought a few servants as usual to work on the chicken farm.

Therefore, people's deeds of prostitution are all in their own hands. These people are generally foreigners, and they go to other places when they can't survive. When picking people from afar, that's what they pick for.

Among the servants, there were a few family members. Xiyuan didn't make up his mind to break up the family and bought them together. The women and children were allotted work within their capabilities.

The specific matters are managed by Xiyang with Shuanzi Zhangcai, and the general direction is controlled by Xiyuan.

After the Xiji restaurant was closed, it never opened again. Xiyuan gave Cheng Yi the prescription and asked him to lead someone to set up a food workshop in the village. To account for [-]% of the shares, even so, this is a good thing that fell from the sky. Only in the past six months, every household in Lianhua Village received a lot of money, and several households are going to build new houses this year.

Cheng Yi opened a lotus food shop in Yansui Town and Wande Town respectively, which are filled with things from the village, such as canned jam, fruit wine, etc., and various small baskets made by Uncle Xijia are still a repertoire.

The specific matters of the Lotus Food Shop are controlled by Cheng Yi, but the actual management is Xiao Lin. This kid is the same age as Xi Wei this year, and he is the first batch of students taught by Xi Yuan. Good conduct.

The Xi family received [-]% of the shares, of which [-]% went to the second uncle's family. After all, Xiji closed, and the second uncle's family also directly suffered losses.For the other [-]% of the shares, [-]% was given to Xi Wei, and the other [-]% was kept by Xiyuan himself. It was self-evident to whom.

The pharmacy Xiyuan gave [-]% of the shares to the second uncle's family as compensation. The second uncle and aunt refused to take it at first, but Xiyuan insisted and finally accepted.For the other [-]% of the shares, Xiyuan gave Goudan [-]% of the shares, and the money was temporarily kept by grandma, and will be given to Goudan when he grows up and has a family.

Someone in the village built a new house, Xiyuan took the opportunity to buy two old houses opposite his home, and planned to leave them for Goudan Xiaoyong and the others to use when they grow up.

On the other half of the forest, Xiyuan asked someone to clean it up, and cut down the mixed birch, poplar, willow and other trees in the forest, and used these woods to erect fences around the forest, and the forest land inside was reserved for Goudan to grow medicinal materials , There are special people to guard, idlers are not allowed to enter, this is to prepare for the future ginseng planting.

Wild ginseng blooms in three years and bears fruit in five to six years. Now that Wei Cheng has been away for almost three years, the wild ginseng under the fruit tree at home is about to bloom, and it will bear fruit in two years, and it can be planted on a large scale.

However, even the Xi Family has not told all about this matter, and it is still in the secrecy stage.

The family bought so much land, and the happiest thing is grandpa and Xi Mingwen. They are both old farmers. They used to support their family by farming and have a deep affection for the land. It means buying land, buying land and buying land again. However, because I am used to listening to Xiyuan for family affairs, I only bought ten acres of land a few years ago, and now it has been planted with rice. It can be said that the elderly, especially grandpa I still have some regrets in my heart. In his concept, whether a family lives well or not depends on whether there are many fields. Otherwise, why would the rich be called landlords!

Now, the eldest grandson bought so much land all at once. Grandpa was surprised, but smiled happily, feeling extremely at ease in his heart.

But there are also unhappy ones, that is grandma, the busier Xiyuan is and the more land she buys, the more unhappy grandma is, always feeling that Xiaoyuan is planning something, as if she is going to leave home.

Because Xiaoyuan didn't know how to farm, and always said that the money from farming was too hard, and the field couldn't be hidden, and Xiaoyuan kept saying that he wanted to make a fortune in silence, so he seldom gave money away After spending on this, it turned out to be uncharacteristically now, and grandma felt more and more uneasy.

It can be said that grandma still knows Xiyuan. The reason for closing the Xiji Food Shop is because Xiwei and Xiaoyong are going to take the imperial examination. Dayan emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business. Not allowed, so, for the sake of the future of the younger brothers, Xiyuan took the opportunity to close the Xiji Food Shop. As for the pharmacy, it is something that saves the world and saves people, so it doesn't matter.

The reason why we bought so many wastelands is because Xiwei won the Juren test, and there is a master Juren in his family, and ordinary people dare not provoke them casually; the other is that Xiyuan always looks for Weicheng whenever there is news. As soon as he left, the grandfather, father, and second uncle at home were not well-informed in other aspects, only raising chickens and farming these crops. They are more familiar with the work. Even if they are not at home, they can manage well.

Of the [-] acres of wasteland, Xiyuan gave [-] acres to the second uncle's family and [-] acres to Goudan.It is specially developed for Goudan to plant herbs, and the proceeds go to Goudan himself. Therefore, Goudan is now a small rich man.

At the beginning of March, Xi Wei and Dani got engaged. He has been married this year. Since she was a child, Dani liked to follow Xi Wei's buttocks. Now that she has grown up, although she is no longer as clingy as she was when she was a child, both families know Dani's intentions.

Xi Wei was frightened by his brother's marriage. He thought he was too young and didn't think about it that much. At the beginning of the year, Xi Yuan told him that it was time for him to get engaged when he was 20 years old. If he didn't want to get married too early, he could wait until [-] years old, however, this year will make a marriage.

Xi Wei thought about it carefully, and felt that he and Dani had a good relationship at first, and they could be said to be childhood sweethearts; the two families often come and go, and they know each other well; Both are suitable candidates.He is no longer the boy who was at a loss when his family suddenly changed. In the past three years, he has grown a lot and can measure and think about things from all aspects, so he told his brother his thoughts.

Xiyuan was originally optimistic about Dani, but he was afraid that Xi Wei would have other ideas, and he didn't want to force his younger brother, so he asked politely. Now that Xi Wei said this, he immediately made the decision and settled the marriage.

Grandma Wang's family can be regarded as relieved, Dani's thoughts are known to everyone in the family, now that she has reached her age, she is wholeheartedly waiting for Xi Wei, but the conditions of Xi's family are good now, Xi Wei has gained fame, and it is not easy for her family to mention it because she is a woman. He could only wait for the Xi family to speak.Seeing that there was no movement from the Xi family, I was afraid that they would not think about it, and I was worried for Dani. Now that the marriage of the two children has been settled, and the Xi family is doing things safely, the hanging stone in the Wang family's heart fell to the ground.

After getting engaged, Dani was too embarrassed to run to Xi's house all the time. She had nothing to do and hid in her own room. Apart from embroidering the dowry, she made shoes, sewed socks, and cut clothes for Xi Wei's brother, or just sat there alone thinking about Xi Wei. , Silly music, Aunt Wang looked at it and sighed, what a girl!

People may really have a sixth sense, just like Xiyuan, who secretly senses the news that he is going to have a son, so he seems to be chasing after someone, and makes plans for the future life of the family.

In mid-April, news came from Yongningguan, thousands of miles away, that Xiyuan sent people to open a medicine shop there. With a string of wind chimes.

When they first bought the little red horse for Xi Weiweicheng, the two children wanted to match the horse with bells. They were very picky. The bells were both majestic and beautiful. In one shop, I couldn't even pick out two bells. Xiyuan was used to his younger brother's fame, so he led a store to search for them. The two of them picked out bells. Xiyuan was bored by the side. When he saw a small bell the size of a thumb, he bought it. A few, went home and cut the colored hard paper, folded it into lucky stars and paper cranes, made it into wind chimes and hung it under the window.

Wei Cheng and Xi Wei saw that their elder brother was stacking for fun, so they followed suit, but they didn't have that patience and were very energetic, and often folded the lucky stars too thin to pinch them. Xi Yuan hated them for making trouble. As soon as the younger brother stretched out his hand, he went out to bang.

The three elder brothers worked on it for several months before they finished the wind chime and hung it in the room where they slept. Later, when they went to Yansui, Wei Cheng carefully brought it to the city, saying that without the sound of the wind chime as a companion, they would not sleep well.

It was a coincidence that Xiyuanhui was a class teacher in his previous life. There was a male student in the class chasing the girl in the next class. He thought of various ways. Later, someone gave him the idea of ​​origami cranes. Xiyuan saw it and thought The young people's feelings are pure, and they helped to repay them. As for whether they got what they wanted later, Xiyuan can't remember clearly, it's been too long.

The wind chimes are ringing, as if calling people from afar to come back quickly, come back.

There is just such a wind chime hanging at the entrance of Yongningguan medicine shop, many people came to see it curiously, and some girls came in to ask how it was made, but the shopkeeper sent by Xiyuan didn't know about it.

Until one day, a tall man passed by the pharmacy, saw Feng Ling in a daze, walked over, stopped there for a long time, then went into the pharmacy, bought some medicine for knife wounds, and took the opportunity to ask a few questions, for example, are you What is the owner's family name, why did he come here to open a pharmacy, etc.

The shopkeeper replied that his surname was Chang, and his name was Changguan. The pharmacy was opened because the family had ancestral medicine for knife wounds.This was what Xiyuan told them at the time. In order not to be implicated in the family in case of an accident, Xiyuan tried his best to be careful, but if that person is really Wei Cheng, he must be able to understand the meaning.

After the man left, the shopkeeper was a little hesitant, wondering if he should pass on the news, because he felt that the man was a little different from what the owner had told him, but they were quite similar. , or told Xiyuan.

After receiving the news, Xiyuan immediately prepared to leave. Yongningguan was located northwest of Yansui, more than 1000 miles away, which was very close to the Hu people.

Except for Xi Wei, Xi Yuan only said that he would go to the capital with Sun Ye, and that Jude Building was going to open a branch there. Sun Ye invited him to help, but he had to go because it was hard to get along. month, must return.

Xi Wei was very reluctant to let his brother leave, so he hugged Xiyuan and lost the golden bean. Although, in front of his brother, he was still very dependent, but he knew that it was impossible for his brother not to look for his second brother. I started to prepare, and I waited for more than two years to hear from my second brother, how could I give up, so seeing Xiyuan reluctant to part, I turned around to urge my brother.

Shuan Zi was the second person who knew the inside story, and he brought back the news. Shuan Zi handled the buying and opening of shops in Xiyuan, and he knew some details better than Xi Wei.Shuanzi insisted on following Xiyuan to find Weicheng, and let Xiyuan go alone, how could he feel at ease.

In the second year of the famine, every family had no food to eat, so Shuanzi exchanged two bags of corn from Xi's family for a daughter-in-law.The daughter-in-law’s family didn’t have a grain of rice at the time, and the whole family was so hungry that they lay on the kang and couldn’t get up, their bodies were swollen, and the parents had no choice but to sell their daughter. The eldest daughter of their family.The so-called exchange of a cornmeal pancake for a daughter-in-law in times of famine really does not only exist in stories.

The couple now have two children, both boys, so Shuanzi still feels relieved to leave. If he has troubles outside, the family will not have no successors, and the Xi family will definitely not leave them orphans and widows Mother doesn't care.

Xiyuan thought over and over again, and asked Shuanzi to send the family of four back to Lianhua Village to live in the Xijia compound, which was tantamount to agreeing to Shuanzi to follow.

The pharmacy in the city was managed by Zhang Cai. The girl Xiaohong who bought it for Lingzi had her slave status removed from Xiyuan, but Xiaohong was unwilling to leave. She was a weak woman, and life was very difficult wherever she went. It was given to Zhang Cai by Xiyuan, and now the couple are helping to manage the business of the shop in Yansui, and all the money in and out of the family must be kept by Zhang Cai, just like the accountant of the Xi family.

On the day Xiyuan got up, other people were fine. Grandma held her grandson's hand tightly and refused to let go for a long time. I don't know where the strength came from.

Xiyuan turned around and hugged the old grandmother, knelt down and kowtowed three times to the old man, then flew on the horse, not daring to look back all the way.

He was afraid that if he turned his head around, he would be too cruel to leave, and then he would not be able to leave.

Watching the two horses go away, grandma burst into tears and fell ill the next day.The old man guessed it: Xiaoyuan didn't go to see some restaurant in the capital with Sun Ye at all, he was looking for Chengzi. For three years, grandma had been worried that Xiyuan would leave, but in the end she didn't stay.

"Grandma, don't worry about my brother. He's sure to be fine and will come back safely." Xi Wei sat on the edge of the kang to comfort grandma. When his brother left, he asked him to take care of grandma, but Xi Wei didn't dare main idea.

"Your brother is really cruel. He just leaves. There are so many people in our family who are not as good as a grown-up." Grandma cried again as she spoke.

As soon as Xi Wei heard it, he knew that grandma's heart was like a mirror, "Grandma, you are so cranky, tell me, is my brother a smart person?"

"If your brother is not smart, then others will be fools. You should be clear about what you should do when you are young." The old lady wiped her tears. In the yard outside, Goudan was using a small stove to cook medicine for grandma. When I left, I told him that all the bodies of the family members were handed over to him, and he would definitely complete this task, Goudan thought to himself.

"Then it's over. Grandma, what do you think my brother can do to him? If he has trouble with my second brother, will my second brother be crazy when he comes back?"

"That's the reason." Grandma paused after hearing this.

"So I said, put your heart in your stomach. My brother always thinks about what he does. He never does it without full confidence. He will never do anything. Let's agree, you You can’t just think about nothing and get sick, and then my brother will blame me.”

Xi Wei seemed to be full of confidence in his brother, and he didn't forget to act like a baby with his grandma in the end.

"Our little one is right." Grandma thought about it, "But there are so many people in our family who are not as good as your second brother, so grandma feels uncomfortable." The old man said and tears came again.

"Oh, grandma, are you jealous of my second brother?" Xi Wei smiled and helped grandma wipe away tears. In fact, he was also very disturbed, but he tried his best to make himself look relaxed, happy and confident, and determined to wait The second brother must beat him up when he comes back.

"Go, go, talk nonsense." Hearing grandson's teasing, grandma felt a little embarrassed.

"Grandma, you don't have to worry at all, my brother will definitely come back just as it is. Besides, my brother doesn't care about us, let me tell you," Xi Wei counted his fingers, detailing his brother's arrangements for the family .

"Listen, my brother said that our family has land and chickens. As long as there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, we are a wealthy family in Yansui. As for me, I have fame and family money. If I want to continue the exam, I will continue to take the exam. I just study and farm at home, Da Ni is good to me, and she will not treat our family wrongly in the future, she will definitely help me honor my grandparents, my father and my mother, and take care of the younger ones." As he spoke, Xi Wei remembered After seeing my brother, my nose felt a little sore, so I hurriedly continued.

"As for our family, Yangyang, you see that the second uncle has already married him, and now he is helping to manage the family's business shop. My brother said that Yang Yang is a sincere person, and you don't have to worry about his selfishness when you entrust the business of the family shop to him; There is also Xiaoyong. My brother said that Xiaoyong is too smart and good at reading. He will be a candidate for the imperial examination in the future, but smart people tend to be narrow-minded and do things unsteadily, so he has nothing to beat and beat him. I assigned Li Dong to Xiaoyong for the sake of Control him one or two times. My brother said that if Xiaoyong becomes an official in the future, the family should not be stingy with the expenses he needs. He is not allowed to be an official, oppress the people, plunder money and disregard human life. If he dares to make mistakes in this area, he will be expelled. door, so as not to bring disaster to the family."

"Ah? Why does your brother want to kick Xiaoyong out?" Grandma became anxious when she heard that.

"Grandma, my brother didn't mean that. If Xiaoyong is good, who would be willing to kick him out? It's to frighten him, so that he won't become more and more emboldened in the future and cause trouble for the family!" Xi Wei explained to grandma.

"Oh, so that's what happened, I scared grandma." Grandma patted her chest.

"There is also Goudan. My brother said that Goudan is simple-minded and specialized in medicine. Let us protect Goudan and don't let other people and things disturb Goudan's mood. If Goudan grows up, he agrees Let me tell you the daughter of Uncle Cheng's family. Cheng Nan's sister is a sensible and capable person, and she is right in line with our family. Uncle Cheng is shocked, and the third uncle, three aunts and Huzi dare not be too strict with us. Also, I My brother also said that although Li Yuan is an escaped person, he is loyal to our Goudan, and he is clever. From now on, he will ask Li Yuan to follow Goudan, help Goudan with trivial matters, and let Goudan concentrate on doing what he likes to do. " Goudan, who was walking into the house with a medicine bowl outside, stopped when he heard Fifth Brother's words.

"Your brother knows that Goudannai knows that our Goudan is distressing, but he doesn't know how to live in the future." Grandma held Xi Wei's hand and said, after Xi Wei persuaded her, she felt relieved a lot. Now that everyone in the family has been planned, how can I not think carefully about my own affairs, thinking about it this way, grandma feels relieved a lot.

"Hey, my grandma, you don't know, we are not ordinary people now." Seeing that grandma is well, Xi Wei said to the old man with a smile.

"What? Our dog is doing well? I think he is either reading medical books or tinkering with herbal medicines all day long. I don't know if he can support his wife and children with this in the future." The old man is worried about everything.

"Of course, our Goudan is very powerful now. There are many people who want to ask our Goudan to treat their illnesses but they can't get them. People outside call him a little genius doctor." Xi Wei proudly showed off to his grandma.

"So powerful? I don't believe it, we're only as old as a dog!" Grandma gave Xi Wei a white look.

"I also think it's a bit of a miracle, but our dog has indeed cured a few intractable diseases. Those few were in other medicine halls. They found a lot of doctors and took a lot of medicine but they were not cured. As a result, we Goudan was cured, so one by one passed on Goudan to become a miracle doctor. Now in our pharmacy, there are people waiting there all day long, waiting for Goudan to cure diseases."

"Then let Goudan take care of it. You can't dislike the poor and love the rich. Our family doesn't make money that is unconscionable." Grandma instructed.

"We know, but some people don't have any difficult diseases at all, and they still want to look for our dog. How can the dog see it? My brother asked Li Yuan to filter it first. Those who really deserve the diagnosis and treatment of the dog will be brought to the dog. , my brother said that although other people's illnesses are important, they are not as expensive as our dog's eggs. And wow, my brother said, our family must protect the dog's eggs, and we will rely on our dogs to start a family in the future." Xi Wei Holding grandma and shaking.

"Goudan is so capable?" Grandma was puzzled. In the eyes of the old man, he was still a child who hadn't grown up.

"Of course, grandma, you can't believe my brother's vision. Just take good care of your body and wait for a good life. Don't worry about it. My brother said that she was a girl with ideas since she was a child. When I grow up and find my in-law's family, I must ask for their opinion; before, with my little uncle around, I will definitely be able to live a good life."

Goudan outside the house brought back the medicine bowl, the medicine was a little cold, and had to be reheated.A pair of old swallows under the eaves are busy building their nests. The swallows fly away and come back again. Then, the elder brother who traveled far away will definitely return soon!

Volume Three: Emotions