Rebirth in another world is good for farming

After a while of busy work, the time has entered August.The chicks in the bamboo forest are well adapted and have no troubles.It is probably also due to the fact that the bamboo forest is still green, giving them a relatively natural environment for stocking.The cut bamboo was also used again, and the long bamboo was broken and circled around the periphery of the bamboo forest, temporarily forming a barrier.

In the past few days, people came to watch from time to time, but they gradually dispersed, and they were only used as a topic of chatting after dinner.Speaking of which, the people in Xiaba Village do not do much business. Apart from selling some millet or vegetables grown in the fields, there is almost no other business.Therefore, compared with the surrounding villages, the life in Xiaba Village can barely be regarded as a middle-to-lower level.This time someone came up with the idea of ​​raising chickens, and many people were watching the final result.

Zhang Xiaoliu had no time to pay attention to these things, the newly brewed wine was ready, and he didn't need to take care of the chickens in the bamboo forest. As soon as he calmed down, he thought about building a house.Recently, the peaches have gradually matured. Xiaosong jumped up and down and followed Mai to the school. After that, his new partner helped him climb trees. Even Zhao Zhengze was busy collecting peach pits.The glutinous rice bought from Dashun's family will soon run out, and he has to ask if there is any other family in the village that has just harvested glutinous rice this year.Otherwise, it will take a lot of effort to go to other villages or towns to buy them.

"Brother, here are the peaches for you." Tomorrow is the time to make an appointment with shopkeeper Huo to pick up the wine. Zhang Xiaoliu just finished his work, and took a piece of paper bought for Maimai's handwriting a few days ago, and Xiaosong ran away holding the peaches came in.

"Are you willing to come back? Who gave you this peach?" Zhang Xiaoliu turned his head to look, and Xiaosong was holding a green and reddish peach in his hand, looking very happy.

"Brother Shi Zhu gave it to me. He said there is a bigger one at home, so I will give this one to me." Xiao Song said happily.

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoliu frowned slightly, the first time he had an impression of Shizhu was when Xiaosong and Maimai were beaten, the two families were too far apart, and he had never seen Xiaosong and Maimai playing with him before.Later, for some reason, I saw that he often came to play with Mai, and he came several times in the past two days. Seeing that Mai had left in the morning or had not finished school in the afternoon, he left disappointed.

"Aren't you going to follow..." Zhang Xiaoliu didn't remember the name of the child who was looking for him, so he continued, "Why did you go to Shizhu's house?"

"Brother Shizhu said that the peach trees in his house are ripe, and I can bring them back to eat when I pick them." At this moment, Xiaosong showed his hand hidden behind his back, and carried six or seven peaches in a cloth bag.He used to help others pick peaches, and other families didn't dare to let a child go up there, so they just sent him off with a peach.Only elder brother Shizhu not only helped him sit on the tree, but also packed the peaches he picked and brought them back.

"You're so impolite, you have to carry it back if you don't have enough?" Zhang Xiaoliu couldn't laugh or cry. In the village, besides Uncle Wu's house, there are many fruit trees, and there are several other families who also have one or two trees. .Usually, when children go to visit, they will get one or two fruits to coax them, but they never carry them home like this.

"It's not that I'm greedy. Brother Shizhu asked me to pick one for each of you." Xiaosong was told at the beginning that he should not be greedy to eat other people's food. I picked two more, and Brother Shi Zhu also said he would give it to me."

"Oh, you and Brother Shizhu are so close?" Zhang Xiaoliu teased him, generally older children don't want to play with someone younger than themselves, let alone Shizhu and Xiaosong are so far behind.In his impression, Shizhu was a very sensible and hardworking child, and he once helped wheat harvest millet.So in my heart, I only thought that Shizhu had a generous personality, so he gave so many peaches.

"Of course, he only asked Brother Mai when he would leave in the morning and come back in the afternoon. I told him, and he took me back to pick peaches." Xiaosong was very proud, especially when Brother Shizhu said that he would come again this afternoon. Find him to play, and will bring him snacks.

"So that's the case, then you must remember not to bring things back next time." Zhang Xiaoliu originally wanted to laugh at him, but Shizhu must have wanted to play with Mai, but he couldn't come across each time, so he asked him for news. Not to play with him at all.But considering how strict he has been being managed recently, it's better not to make him too depressed.

"Understood." Xiaosong ran out excitedly, washed and ate the biggest peach in his hand, and later asked Ah Zheng to carve him a fun little tiger.

Zhang Xiaoliu watched him go out, lowered his head and continued to draw and outline the house he was going to build on the table, thinking of Mai Mai's distressed look when he came back to see him waste paper so much, secretly decided to buy the paper and pen back tomorrow.

The housing structures here are very similar, and there are two main types: the first type is that several houses stand side by side, and the second type is to surround a square and use a position as a door.The former one is like the one they live in now, with only a bare house; the latter one opens the door and there is a hallway, like the village chief’s house and Cao’er’s house. Much more atmospheric.

The myrtle wine and this month's rice wine are sold, and the money in hand is a little more confident, so Zhang Xiaoliu naturally wants to build such a house.In addition to a room for each of them to live in, he also wanted to separate the kitchen and brewing house, as well as the study rooms for Mai and Komatsu.

The bamboo forest where the chickens are raised is only a quarter of an hour away from Zhang's house. After Zhang Xiaoliu finished painting, he took the paper and went out.

"Uncle Li Sheng, are you here to feed the chickens today?" In order to save labor, the Zhao and Li families had already agreed that only one adult would come here every day, and they would lead the two families to work here.Now the chickens are mainly fed with boiled sweet potato vines and bran, occasionally mixed with a little sweet potato for cooking.

When Zhang Xiaoliu came outside the fence of the bamboo forest, he saw Li Sheng carrying a wooden barrel, fetching water from the ditch outside.In addition to feeding the chickens every day, they also have to clean up the chicken manure every few days, and clean the chicken coop during the day, otherwise the filth will be unbearable not only for people, but also for the chickens.

"Brother Liu, are you coming to see it too?" Li Sheng was also very happy to see him. Although he had explained before that he would not participate in the feeding, he still came to see it often. some ideas.

"I just came here to have a look." Zhang Xiaoliu said with a guilty conscience. He came here to ask Li Sheng about building a house.Although the people who build houses here cannot form a profession by themselves, they still need to talk about some skills.I have heard before that during the slack season, some people in the village help others build houses, and Li Sheng is one of them.On weekdays, I help people repair the roof, and if someone builds a house, I will help. According to the general market in the village, I can earn more than ten copper coins a day.

Followed Li Sheng for a walk in the bamboo forest. The chicks are not used to acting alone, and they would stay together in groups without the hen.Most of the wooden troughs still have clean water and chicken food, and the surrounding area is also cleaner than Zhang Xiaoliu originally expected.There is no doubt that both families are going all out in this matter.

"Brother Liu, how is Mai Mai's reading in the school? Are you holding his handwriting?" Li Sheng looked at the things Zhang Xiaoliu had been holding in his hand, and asked curiously.When Mai Mai went to school, like everyone else, they saw Mai Mai leaving the village on time every day before he could believe it.For this reason, Lin Cao'er went to tell him specifically, telling him not to be made a fuss by his younger brother before he obeyed.

"No, I drew this on paper made of wheat. Uncle Li Sheng, I want to find someone to help build a house this month, but I don't know who to ask for help?" Zhang Xiaoliu saw him seriously checking the surrounding conditions She planned to wait for him to finish his work, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to talk about the painting in his hand, so he brought it up.

"Brother Liu, your family is going to build a house? But..." After hearing the first half of the sentence, Li Sheng was about to say that the papers of these scholars are too expensive and should be saved, but after hearing what he said, he was shocked again.He knew from Lin Cao'er that Liu Ge'er was capable, and he could sell the wine in the town, earning a fortune.Now there are many speculations in the village about his wine making, but none of them have come forward to say anything.I just thought it was a big deal for him to take out two taels of silver in one breath last time, but he didn't expect to say that he wanted to build a house right after that?

"What? Uncle Li Sheng knows that our house probably won't survive the rainy season next year. If we don't build a new house, we won't even have a good winter this year, right?" Zhang Xiaoliu looked at him suspiciously.Uncle Li Sheng knew about the condition of their house, even though it was so hot now, he had also heard people say that it was very cold and humid in winter, which was very difficult.

"It's nothing, how big does Brother Liu want to cover?" Li Sheng wiped his hands on the rag, thinking that he had made a mistake in thinking before. Chicken here?

"There are eight rooms inside, four rooms above and below each, and a patio in the middle, is that okay?" Zhang Xiaoliu handed over the paper he had drawn on. Although he had never been found to have a talent for drawing, he still managed to use ink. A square house is outlined.

"This will take a lot of materials... Brother Liu, there are four people in your family, why did you build so many houses?" Li Sheng looked at the "painting" in black and white, although he didn't quite understand it, but he knew it It is a pattern surrounded by up and down.There are only five houses in their family now. In his opinion, Zhao Zhengze and Zhang Xiaoliu will go out to build a house again in a few years, and Mai will have to go to someone else's house.Building three or four houses is enough for Xiaosong in the future.

"There are four rooms for people to live in, one for stove, one for wine making, and one for sundries. Eight is enough." Zhang Xiaoliu pinched his fingers and counted to him again.

"Hey, brother Liu, have you calculated how much silver it will cost?" If an ordinary family builds two houses and has their own materials, it only needs a few hundred copper coins.If it is as big as his house and some stone slabs are laid on the ground, it will cost at least two taels of silver.Brother Liu seems to be a demanding person, but if seven or eight houses are built like this, five or six taels of silver may not be enough.

"According to Uncle Li Sheng, how much money will it cost?"

"At least five taels, right?" Li Sheng roughly calculated the materials. He also helped many people build houses in the past, so he tried to take a low number and said.

According to Zhang Xiaoliu's previous calculation of the price of the materials he had inquired about, it was about seven or eight taels.Hearing what he said at this time, I knew that he was afraid of scaring me to save face on purpose and said less, so he said: "That's just right, shopkeeper Huo prepaid me all the silver for buying wine for half a year, it seems just enough. "

"Half a year's worth of money..." Li Sheng gasped, he didn't expect that a child who was not as tall as his shoulders could earn five or six taels of money in half a year.An honest man who has been facing the loess for half his life, he never thought that the monthly profits of many shops in the town are far more than this amount.Zhang Xiaoliu also thought that the money should not be revealed, so he didn't tell the real amount.

"Uncle Li Sheng, don't worry, as long as you can find some skilled people to help me build the house, the money will definitely not be delayed." Zhang Xiaoliu said with a smile, these two months have been a bit hard, but thinking that the money earned can completely change my life. After the hard days of the first half of the year, I feel relaxed again.Now the house is his heart disease, he has to think about it every day when he wakes up sweating profusely with his two younger brothers.

"Okay, since Brother Liu said so, then Uncle Li Sheng agrees! I used to build houses with a few people during the slack season. If you don't worry, I will ask them to do it together." Li Sheng was also very happy when he heard that. , It will take at least a month before and after so many houses need to be completed.If it is calculated at the current price, in the end, I can also make a small profit.

"If I'm worried, I won't tell Uncle Li Sheng alone. No one in our family has the energy to go to the mountains now, and Uncle Li Sheng has to worry about everything." Some people build their own houses and start to go to the mountains a year in advance. Cut rough wood to make beams.Although what they are going to do now is not a mud-brick house, it must be used when excavating, so he told Li Sheng in advance.

"Okay, tell me how big your house is and how it's distributed. I'll make a plan for you when I get back at night." Li Sheng was even happier after hearing his words. He can do this kind of thing by himself!He has also taken this kind of work before, and now he cuts it back, even if it is cheaper for Brother Liu, it will be a net profit in the end, and it only takes some effort.

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Although Mai Mai only entered school in July, her speed of literacy is beyond the reach of many children.At the beginning, Mr. Chen deliberately skipped him when he asked people to recite the book. When the other naughty children couldn't recite it these days, he would deliberately ask him to get up and recite it again, so that those who have studied for a long time but still can't recite it The child is ashamed.

In the afternoon, after the teacher announced that school was over, Mai Mai and Ling Jun walked home.Although no one mentioned going home together, after all, the two of them left school together and walked the same path, so of course they were more familiar than other students.Ling Jun also learned better in school. Mai Mai recited the articles taught by his teacher while walking. If he made a mistake, Ling Jun would always read the correct one. This is a very useful review method he recently discovered.

I didn't feel full at lunch at my husband's house, and after memorizing the article, Mai Mai rubbed his stomach. Fortunately, the two of them had already walked to the entrance of the village by this time.Just as he was about to say goodbye to Ling Jun and go home quickly, he saw a figure rushing towards him.

"Mai, you're back!" Xiaomai was startled, when he heard someone calling his name, he took a closer look and found that it was a stone pillar that he hadn't seen for many days.

"Hmm." He couldn't understand why the other party was so excited, he nodded and asked, "Why are you so scary here?"

"I didn't do it on purpose." Shi Zhu smiled embarrassedly. He was a quarter of an hour earlier than Xiao Song said, but he saw Mai before he reached the entrance of the village, so he rushed over.He didn't expect that Xiaosong was talking about the time to return home. He came to the entrance of the village to wait for someone, so naturally it would be earlier.

"Come on, this is the sweet cake made by me, you have a taste." He held up the thing wrapped in oil paper in his hand and brought it to him, saying as if asking for credit.

Ling Jun over there had already left first, and Mai Mai pressed his stomach, feeling a little hungry.But now that he is almost home, his brother must have left him a meal for lunch, and he can eat it after mixing sesame oil when he goes back.

"No need, you can eat by yourself, I'm going home to eat." Mai Mai tightened the strap of the cloth bag on her shoulders as she walked forward.

"Try it, I left it for you to eat, I ate it at noon." Shi Zhu was a little sad, the sweet cake he made was the best, it was because his father coaxed him not to go to school Let me do it.In the past, if you took it out to eat, I don’t know how many children would be greedy!

Mai Mai looked at his lost eyes, a little confused.My brother said that you can't eat other people's food casually, because other people's lives are not well-off.Especially the food for children is hard to come by.Although Shi Zhu wanted to invite him to eat, but he refused, shouldn't Shi Zhu be happy?No one ate his food either.

"You made it for you with great difficulty. You should eat it yourself. My brother left something for me to eat." Looking at his pitiful eyes, Maimai patiently explained.

"It's okay, you can eat." After listening to his explanation, Shi Zhu realized that the wheat was not willing to eat, so he hurriedly removed the oil paper and stuffed the sweet cake.He happened to be a head taller than Wheat, and he could easily put things into Wheat's mouth.

"Hmm!" Maimai was walking well and was suddenly blocked, and almost stopped before being choked.

"I'm going back to review the article. I don't have time to play with you. Why are you still following me?" After finally eating the sweet cake, although it tastes good, there is always a feeling of being stuck in the throat.Mai Mai walked for a while, found that Shi Zhu was still following him, and turned around to talk.

"I..." Shizhu managed to catch him once while he was going to the school, so of course he refused to leave easily.Since Mai Mai went to school, he felt that playing with other friends around him was meaningless.He murmured for a long time, then suddenly remembered what he said to Xiaosong at noon, and said: "You review your article, I told Xiaosong at noon to come and play with him."

Mai Mai looked at him dubiously, and let him follow her home.Anyway, as long as he doesn't disturb his study, he can come to the house to play whatever he likes.

Since Li Sheng took over the job of building the Zhang family's house, he went back that night and calculated for a long time. He made a rough estimate of the materials to be used, the people who would be invited to help, and how long it would take. I came here to find Zhang Xiaoliu.

Zhang Xiaoliu nodded frequently while listening to his plan.A few days ago, he and Fu Lai's father led Li Kang and Fu Lai to dig the foundation. When the wall began to be built, it was he and a few people who used to work together.Those few people are also from the same village, Zhang Xiaoliu thought about it, and they are all very capable people in the fields.Besides, if he was lazy and cunning, Uncle Li Sheng would not cooperate with him.What made him even more satisfied was that Li Sheng had brought Dashun's family in. After all, even if it was selling labor, there were not many opportunities to meet them during the slack season.

He had no objection to these trivial matters, and the two went to see the place.The front and back of the houses in this area are very large now, and Zhang Xiaoliu had already considered the location of the house when he was planting fruit trees, and it was built on the right front of the house now.Li Sheng only saw that the place was big enough, so he picked up some small stones and lined them up, marked the border of the whole house according to what Zhang Xiaoliu said, and divided each room inside.

All the work of building the house has been handed over to others. Originally, during the construction of the house, I had to cook lunch for the helpers, but because the Zhang family is too narrow, there is no place to make a big pot of rice and no place to rest, and all the people who come to help are from the village. , and Li Sheng are also very familiar, so Zhang Xiaoliu also made an agreement with them, adding five Wen per person every day, which can be regarded as compensation for them.Everyone is also very happy. It is convenient for them to go back and have a meal. Eating lunch at home for a month is far from 150 Wen.