Happy Farmer's Life

Du Weiming asked Zhang carpenter in the village to make 50 small wooden boxes, and he stepped up to make soap. Fortunately, with the previous experience, he is much more proficient in making it.Liu Jingyuan squatted aside and watched Du Weiming toss these things, and finally he really tossed soap for him.He's also tried soap and body oil, and they've worked really well.After two days of busy work, the soap is finished, and it will be fine when the things are dried and shaped.

Du Weiming's own handwriting was not good enough, so he found the pen and paper he bought and asked Liu Jingyuan to write the instructions for use.I was busy watering the fields.After finally being free, Du Weiming remembered that he still put a lot of olives in the cellar, and the weather was getting warmer, so he dug out these olives, made a small part of them into Tianze olives and olive vegetables, and buried them along the back of the house. Arrange these, and then send them to Tianxianglou when the weather is hot.On the second day after I came back, I dug up the pickled olives and sweet olives and sent them to Tianxianglou.Most of the olives are still used by Du Weiming to make olive oil.It was the first time for Liu Jingyuan to watch Du Weiming make olive oil. It is best to make oil out of these weird things. Liu Jingyuan felt very curious. Weiming is only 13 years old, how can he know how to make these things.After a few days of busy work, Du Weiming squeezed about 80 catties of virgin oil and 45 catties of refined oil.The soap and body oil I made last time used about 5 catties of virgin oil.Because I also sent some to the village, I also kept some.This time, Du Weiming put away the 80 catties of virgin oil and put it in the back room together with the oil from last time. This is the capital to make money this year.

The days passed quickly despite being busy.Du Weiming planted those flowers in front of the house, and they have sprouted these days.The two finally searched for a long time, and moved the table and stool out in front of the house to bask in the sun.Liu Jingyuan took out the tea set that Du Weiming bought last time, brewed a pot of clear tea, and the two sat and chatted.

"Wei Ming, why didn't you grow vegetables in the field in front of the house, instead you planted so many flowers."

"I used to like to grow flowers. Now I have the opportunity to plant some. I want to collect flowers and make other things."

"Do you want to do something nice?"

"I didn't think about it. I'll try it when the flowers bloom and see what I can do."

Du Weiming actually had some ideas in his mind, but he only had a lot of theoretical knowledge, and he didn't know if the experiment would be successful because he didn't have all the equipment here, so he didn't talk to Jing Yuan for now.

Most of the olive dregs left over from oil extraction were sent to Tianxiang Building, and they got another 1400 Wen. This time, Du Weiming asked Liu Jingyuan to borrow a car and the two of them sent them there by themselves.Du Weiming wondered if he should also buy a cow or a donkey, otherwise it would be too troublesome to go to town.There is no need to think about horses. Cows can be considered a big item in rural areas. Generally, if there is a cow, it is half of the family's property.I went to inquire about the price of cattle. The price ranges from 5 guan to 7 guan. The calf is cheaper, about 4 guan, and the cow is more expensive. 10 taels of silver is 10 taels of money, and all the property in the family is 10 taels of silver and 3 kans of money. 10 The taels of silver still belonged to Liu Jingyuan, so we had to discuss with him about buying the cattle.

The two discussed for a long time, and felt that it would be more cost-effective to buy a cow, which could plow the land and drive a cart. If the situation was good, there might be a calf.The two went to the town again and bought a cow, which was sold at a price of 6 pens and 500 Wen.Half of the family's property was gone, and I bought a good shelf cart, which cost 500 Wen, and finally drove the ox cart home.

When the cow pulled home, the two found a big problem, where did the cow live?I hurried to the village head's house once, and Du Weiming asked the village head to help find a few people to build a cowshed. The materials were not a problem, and Du Weiming agreed to take care of the food.Du Weiming takes care of dry rice every day, brown rice and two dishes at noon, and steamed corn bread, brown rice porridge or corn pancakes, brown rice porridge at night, with his own olives and so on. This meal is considered good in the village.Most people in the village make a living by farming. The spring has just passed, and the crops in the field are not mature yet. They all eat the food left over from the autumn harvest last year. Some families are not in good condition. They can drink brown rice these days Porridge is fine.The food in Du Weiming's house was good. After ten days of busy work, the strong guys finally set up the cow shed, and also built a chicken shed next to it.The family house also took the opportunity to repair it, Du Weiming is now considered to be a property.With cows, life seems to be busier, serving the cows with delicious food and drink every day.The chickens in the family also rushed to the newly built chicken coop, and there happened to be a hen hugging the nest, and they were busy for a few days.

Liu Jingyuan knew that the day when he would leave was coming, and the dark guard had contacted him shortly after the year. He wrote a letter saying that his injury had not healed, and he did not go back because he wanted to recuperate for a while.The lives of these few people have never been experienced by him, and they are simple and ordinary, but they are the warmest and most carefree ones he has ever felt.But after dragging on for so many days, I have no more excuses, and it's only a matter of time before I leave.Liu Jingyuan secretly found his confidant, he was worried about Weiming, and wanted to keep a few people to protect him, but he was afraid that he would not accept it.Weiming is usually very talkative, but his personality is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Without a suitable excuse, the servant might not be able to stay.Before he leaves, he must leave two servants to take care of him.

Du Weiming has been thinking about whether to plant some fields recently. Although there are not many people in the family, it is much more convenient to farm now that there are cattle.After inquiring about land acquisition, Du Weiming felt that in the first half of the year, he should be able to purchase a few more acres of land.Unexpectedly, this matter was completed in two days.

The village chief called the villagers together for a meeting. He had just returned from the county office.There was a landslide in Daping County, and most of the villages suffered. Most of the villagers became refugees, and some directly became bandits and bandits.So the state government allocated these refugees to various county governments, and the county government distributed them to the villages below.There are twenty places in the village this time.As compensation, if a family accepts these refugees, it will be exempted from paying taxes for 3 years, and there will also be discounts for land purchases.The refugees have also changed their nationality to become slaves, which means that they have added servants to their families.None of the villagers said a word, and no one said that they would take in refugees. The village chief left because he had no choice but to make everyone think about it.

Du Weiming and Liu Jingyuan went home and discussed it. Jing Yuan felt that this was a very good opportunity, so he suggested that Du Weiming take the two refugees back.Du Weiming felt that it was not a big problem to take in two servants, but now that they were round or square, they didn't dare to take them in. The two of them discussed for a while and fell asleep without any final result.Two days later, the village chief approached Du Weiming in private, hoping that he could accept the two of them, and promised to pick the one for him, and Du Weiming agreed first.

Five days later, Du Weiming and Liu Jingyuan went to the county government to buy 7 mu of land. The land used to cost 1 guan yuan per mu, but now it costs 700 yuan per mu. Du Weiming spent a total of 4900 yuan, and he went to the village to measure it two days ago.Holding the thin title deed, Du Weiming carefully put it in his arms.On Jing Yuan's suggestion, he picked two servants to go home, one is Wednesday and the other is Wang Si.Wednesday and Wang Si are both young, 16 years old.Because of the disaster some time ago, he hadn't eaten well and looked a little thin. Du Weiming took the two of them home and pulled some cloth along the way. The clothes on the two of them were already very worn out.

Du Weiming had already changed his name from Li Er to Li Weiming during the Chinese New Year, and he also told the village chief.But the elders in the village used to call him Li Er or Er Gouzi, but the name was changed in the county government records.Generally, people in the village don’t adopt their first names until they are seven or eight years old. When they were young, they only had nicknames. It’s not uncommon for people like Li Er to change their first names at the age of 13, so it’s not surprising.Du Weiming felt that the names of Wednesday and Wang Si were not very nice, but their nicknames were even worse. In the end, Jing Yuan changed their names to Zhou Wen and Wang Wu.

Sleeping at night is a problem. There are only two beds in the house. Originally, there was only one.There are four people in the family now, and there are only two beds. In the end, Du Weiming and Liu Jingyuan share the same bed, and Zhou Wen and Wang Wu share the same bed.Liu Jingyuan looked at Wei Ming who was sleeping soundly, and really didn't want to leave, but now he had to.