Crossing the green wheat ears

Wei Cheng and Shuanzi worked together for a few days, and bought three thatched cottages not far behind the county government office. The reason why they bought this was because the homestead attached to the house was large enough to build a decent big house. hospital.

From that day on, the two organized manual leveling of the foundation, and the other ran around buying materials and hiring people.

As for Xiyuan Xiwei and his master, the three of them had a clear understanding of the situation through private visits.

On this day, when they came back, they passed through Zhaojiagou, which was about forty miles away from Anqing City.

The entire village of Zhaojiagou is located on a gentle slope, and there are dozens of families, most of whom are surnamed Zhao.

The weather is still early, and some villagers in twos and threes in the field are leveling the land, and some are making ridges for the land. A country road is full of potholes and stretches into the distance. The wind blows, and the dust is accompanied by the dead branches and leaves left by last autumn. , can't hide.

Occasionally, there are old people and children carrying wicker baskets, looking for wild mountain vegetables that can wrap their stomachs from the newly green gullies and ridges.

Now is the time when there is a shortage of food, and those who have little food are starting to stop cooking.The wild vegetables dug up are not for enjoying pure natural green food, but for satisfying hunger and surviving this difficult time.

Looking from a distance, the unique black soil in the north seems to be covered with a thin layer of frost when it comes to Anqing, which is unique to saline-alkali land.

Although there are people working on this land, there is no vitality, and it looks desolate no matter how you look at it.

"A wicked little bastard with smoke, his conscience is called a dog to eat. Alas, people are old enough, anyone can bully and fool..." Several people were tired and sat down under a willow tree to rest. , an old man muttered while picking up firewood scattered in the field.

"Old man, why are you picking up firewood when it's spring?" Xi Wei greeted the old man loudly.No wonder he asked, people in the north used to take back all the firewood in the field after harvesting grain in autumn, piled it up, and used it as firewood for a year. Few people like the old man get firewood in spring.

"Don't mention it, I'll get angry when I mention it." The old man heard Xi Wei talking to him, and while tying up the firewood he picked up together, he went back, "I, there are few fields at home, and my son thinks that he can't get enough to eat. , I went to other places to carry labor for others, and last autumn, just in time for the autumn flood, when I harvested the autumn, I fell ill as soon as I received the grain home."

As the old man said, he took a few bundles of firewood and put them near the willow tree, probably planning to carry them home later.

"Old man, let's rest for a while." Xiyuan took one of the dry food in his hand and handed it to the old man. They walked a few villages, and some were hungry, so they ate some dry food to make up for it.

"No, no, I'm not hungry, you can eat." The old man repeatedly declined, food is a precious thing, especially in this season.

"You take it, we still have it." Xiyuan forced it into the old man's hand.The old man broke off a corner and put it in his mouth. After taking the rest for a long time, he was still not willing to eat it, and put it in his arms, probably for his wife or children at home.You know, their family is reluctant to eat white flour dry food during the New Year.

"By the way, old man, just now you said that you were sick during the autumn harvest last year?" Xi Wei asked, recalling the past.

"That's right, this man has everything. You see, if I don't know you, he can share my share of white flour and dry food, but my black-hearted nephew!" The old man became more and more angry, his beard pouted The pouting reminded the brothers of the Xi family that they couldn't help but think of their grandpa, and it was the same when the old man was angry.

"Your nephew?" The master took a sip of water, and then asked the old man.

"My nephew said that he would help me get back the confiscated firewood from the field. I thought at the time that if my son is not by my side, it would be fine to have a nephew from the same family. I didn’t think too much about it.”

"Who would have thought that the snow melted this spring, and I came to prepare the land, only to see that a lot of firewood had been scattered in the field. I thought, no, I tied it neatly at the time, why did I make such a bear? Later I asked people in the nearby fields, and they all said that my unscrupulous nephew changed my large bundles of firewood into small bundles, and made up enough to get them back for me, and the rest went to his own home. I was so busy talking about it at the time that I didn’t take care of it, so I lost it, alas! Many people in the village knew about it, but I was kept in the dark. Tell me, this black-hearted person, I asked him, but he still refused to admit it!” The more the old man spoke, the angrier he became, and his voice trembled a little.

"Old man, don't be angry, don't be angry, a little firewood, you can't do it, and you will suffer if you get sick." Xiyuan and others hurriedly persuaded the old man.

"I know. A little bit of firewood is indeed worthless, but I just feel uncomfortable. You said, if he is short of it and asks me for it, it's not like I can't give it. Why do you have to do these things?" The old man became more and more sad as he talked. , "This man is old. If he doesn't have someone close to him to help him, he will be bullied by everyone. Isn't that the old man in the east of our village? Old Jiang's Dongzi said a few days ago that he wanted to build a wall. Zhangtou borrowed a shovel, and the shovel returned later was not the original one. We are old and easy to bully, alas!"

After talking for a while, the old man sighed several times.After sighing, he got up and carried the bundled firewood on his back, Xi Wei and the others rushed to help the old man.

"A black heart. Don't suffer from old age and poverty in life, alas!" After carrying the firewood, the old man bowed his body, thanked a few people, and gradually walked away.

Looking at the old man's back, the group fell silent.If it is said that everyone had only an abstract concept of the poverty in this piece of land in Anqing, now, through the two events narrated by the old man, they have a personal experience of what kind of living conditions they have, which makes people pay for a few bundles of firewood. , a shovel and a pickaxe for these petty profits, and racking your brains to make money?

The so-called granary knows etiquette. The people here are like this. Apart from their own character, the other important factor is not because they live too poorly.

Just like their Lianhua Village, at the beginning, they didn't care about a chicken and two geese.

"Brother, if you can't make Anqing change under my hands, I won't go home!" Xi Wei looked at his brother with a firm face. He has been living a leisurely and comfortable life. The only serious thing is that year. The second elder brother left home, but the elder brother couldn't be found anywhere, Xi Wei felt distressed at seeing him, so he decided to take the examination of a juren, and now, this is the second time he has become ruthless.

"Okay, brother help you, let's take it slow, everything will be fine." Xiyuan nodded, this is also his younger brother who was raised with care, Xiyuan will help him achieve what Xiao Wei wants, no matter how difficult it is .

Several people whipped their horses and returned to Anqing. Under the lights at night, they studied countermeasures together until late at night.

Wei Cheng didn't urge him until Xiyuan came back, and quickly brought him hot water to help Xiyuan bathe and change clothes.After washing and washing, they lay down on the bed, and the two of them had time to talk about themselves, but before saying a few words, Xi Yuan fell asleep from exhaustion.

Wei Cheng kissed Xiyuan's forehead, stretched out his hand to tuck the corner of the quilt, and then lay down too.

Ever since they came to Anqing from home, the two of them have never been close. In the past, they were on their way and were too tired to take care of it. Now, um, they live in a wooden house with poor sound insulation. Xiyuan's thin-skinned must refuse.Wei Cheng, who had a deep insight into the other party's mind, was so considerate that he didn't even show the basic hints.

Well, he has to work hard to speed up the construction of the house. In the dark night, Wei Cheng made up his mind.

If you want to transform the saline-alkali land, there are only two ways, one is to improve the soil, and the other is to grow salt-alkali-tolerant crops.

When he was alone, Xiyuan racked his brains to recall what kind of things were planted in places with saline-alkali land in his previous life. However, the time was too long, and it was half a year, a full 20 years, since he crossed over when he was ten years old.

The time of 20 years is really like a flick of a finger. Looking back on the previous life, it is indeed the previous life.

It is indeed quite difficult to dig out things that have not been paid special attention to from such a long memory.

Therefore, when the day when Xi Wei took office arrived and he was busy straightening out the right and wrong in the yamen, when Wei Cheng had prepared materials and started building a new house, someone was wandering around looking around, or sitting in the office. There, she seems to be resting with her eyes closed. In short, she looks very leisurely, very, um, careless.

Everyone was very surprised, wondering why Xiyuan became the shopkeeper.However, Wei Cheng and Xi Wei, who are familiar with Xiyuan, know that their elder brother must not be doing nothing like on the surface, so they unanimously ask other people not to bother Xiyuan with other things.

Even so, no matter how hard Xiyuan thought, he still found nothing.Xiyuan was very anxious. The day saw the middle of March, and he was about to sow seeds in the ground. If he couldn't figure it out, it would be invalid for at least this year.

"Brother, don't worry, this didn't happen overnight, look at you have lost weight these two days." At night, Wei Cheng advised Xi Yuan while stroking Xi Yuan's back.

Although Xiyuan didn't admit it, Wei Cheng was very sure that his brother had lost weight these days.

"I know, I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, the county magistrate is elected for three years. If this year can't catch up, there will be next year." Xiyuan leaned his head on Wei Cheng's shoulder and returned.

"In this case, sleep well now." Wei Cheng put his broad palm on Xiyuan's eyes, urging Xiyuan to sleep.

Well, one piece and one relaxation is the way of civil and martial arts, and a good rest is to better engage in battle.Xiyuan comforted himself, then calmed down and went to sleep.

With Wei Cheng by his side, Xiyuan always slept well, so he fell asleep after a while.

Feeling the blinking of the eyelashes under his palms to being motionless, Wei Chengfang felt relieved, changed the position of his hands, and fell asleep with Xi Yuan in his arms.

Maybe it's because of thinking day by day and dreaming at night, this night, Xiyuan actually dreamed that he was still the same Xiyuan who was in college, listening to the teacher in class, but no matter how hard he tried to hear what the teacher said What, the teacher's voice still seemed far away from him.

What is going on here?

In the dream, Xiyuan thought seriously.

Oh, it turned out that I was sleepy, and I was taking a nap on the desk. Originally, the classroom in the university is used for sleeping. Let me ask, who didn't sleep in the classroom when they were in college?Xiyuan thought.

"Xiyuan, Xiyuan, get out of class is over, wake up." In the dream, Xiyuan felt that someone was calling him, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open his eyes.

I'm stunned, so I must work hard to wake up, Xiyuan thought.

"Xiyuan, if you don't wake us up, we will go to eat by ourselves, and we won't wait for you." The voice just now continued.

Oh, I remembered, his name is Zhao Lei.Hey, Zhao Lei, wait for me, I'll wake up right away!

Xiyuan tried his best to wake himself up, and then he not only woke up in a dream, but also suddenly woke up in reality.

It turned out to be Nankeyimeng!Listening to the sound of watchmen in the alley in the distance, Xiyuan recalled the dream.How many years have you not dreamed about the people and things in the past?I thought I had forgotten it, but unexpectedly, I remembered it in my sleep.

Zhao Lei, that was his college classmate, his relationship was just average when he was in school, and he had been forgotten to go to Java country long ago, unexpectedly...

No, Zhao Lei, Zhao Lei... In the dark night of the third watch, Xi Yuan sat up excitedly.

By the way, Zhao Lei's family is in the countryside and his land is saline-alkali land!

Xiyuan's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he almost cried out. Just as he was about to get off the bed and sit at the table and think about it, a pair of big hands stretched out and pushed him back under the covers.

"What's the matter? Sleeping in the middle of the night, what kind of monster are you doing?" Wei Cheng asked in a slightly sleepy voice.

"I dreamed..." Xiyuan just wanted to say that I dreamed of a classmate, but immediately realized that this past Wei Cheng didn't know anything about it, and he was really a demon when he said it, so he hurriedly braked.