continuation [farming]

The scholar surnamed Kang was expelled from the academy after the ten-day break was over, as Li Mu said.

Qingjun Academy has always been like this. It has never been easy to sit back and relax as soon as you enter the academy. If your master thinks that you don't have enough knowledge or moral character, you are very likely to be expelled.This man surnamed Kang had already offended many people, and he did such things at the gate of the academy. Those who disliked him turned around and complained to the husband, how could they stay here any longer.

As soon as this person left, many people secretly became happy, thinking that Li Mu should be the happiest one, after all, it was his wife who was molested, but when they went to see Li Mu, they saw him sitting at the desk like a bell , holding the book whose pages and footers have been turned over, and reading it word by word, as if unmoved by any external objects.

Seeing him like this, the two people sitting behind him deliberately talked loudly about Kang Shusheng: "That man has finally been driven away. He is the nephew of one of the county magistrate's disciples, if I don't know, I think the magistrate himself can afford this airs."

"Haha, when it comes to this, I think Mrs. Li's words are good, and it can't be more appropriate!"

After Xia He was mentioned in the conversation, the two of them looked at Li Mu at the same time.But Li Mu was still reading the book, without saying a word.

Among them, the scholar surnamed Lu couldn't hold back, called Li Mu, and said: "Your wife looks like she has studied. When you want to be at home with Brother Li, you must be gambling with books and throwing tea. It's quite fun."

"I'm ashamed, Zhuo Jing just knows some words." Li Mu declined lightly.

Scholar Lu and Li Mu had a general friendship, and had never had Li Mu's wedding wine, but Scholar Yuan, who was sitting next to Li Mu, knew Xia He's background, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this, and asked suspiciously: "Literacy?!"

Scholar Yuan overreacted, Li Mu glanced at him with a look of disapproval.Only then did Scholar Yuan realize his disrespect, coughed awkwardly, instead of explaining to Scholar Lu what he was wondering about, he apologized to Li Mu with a smile.

Li Mu then lowered his head to read the book again.Just as I was about to look in, I heard that Scholar Lu suddenly sighed behind me, saying: "When I talk about Mrs. Sister-in-law, I miss my wife too..."

Scholar Yuan sneered: "Brother Lu has only been back to the academy for two days, so what should I do if I feel homesick, there are still seven more days to go."

Scholar Lu said angrily: "You are not yet married, what do you know! Do you know how caring a lady is?"

Yuan Scholar really didn't understand, so he cut it with disdain.

However, Li Mu suddenly put down the book in his hand, and the words were running in his mind, how caring is the lady?

Xia He can't be called caring.

But for some reason... Li Mu still misses him in his heart.This kind of taste is very strange. Li Mu has never tasted it before, but he couldn't control it. He suddenly thought of Xia He, and wanted to know what he was doing at home now, whether he was with his mother or coaxing Jin Bao, whether he was at home or not. Can you sit still? I heard Aunt Lin complain that he always loves to go out. Could it be that he went to help his father-in-law again.

When Li Mu was thinking about Xia He, Xia He was in a lot of trouble.

As soon as the wheat was harvested, it didn't take long before the beans were sown in the field, and the wheat was planted again when the beans were ripe. That's it.This year the bean sprouts had just germinated, but suddenly the superiors sent someone down to order the village to pull out the bean sprouts and plant a kind of grain brought back from the barbarians by the envoys to Ximan the year before.

The person who distributed the new seeds was sent by the county government. First, they threatened, saying that the person who wanted the big guy to do this was the current emperor.Then he made a lot of hype about that thing, saying that even if it is planted on a slope, it can bear a lot of fruit, which is much better than beans, and it will never delay two seasons of wheat.But the farmers huddled together, looked at the thing in the man's hand, looked at me and looked at you, no one knew what it was, so how could they dare to try it lightly, if it didn't grow, it would be a rare land One season of harvest, maybe this year will have to go hungry.

Those who came down from the county government didn't care whether the planners in the fields were full or not, and the low-ranking officials who came together with them in the town would only smile at the people who came from above, and turned their heads to the farmers.Even intimidating and coaxing, these people failed to convince the farmers to buy it. They snorted and said that they would not eat or drink fine wine after toasting, so this thing will be left here, and it will be distributed according to the land of each household, and no one will be able to escape. .

The farmers laughed and dispersed.Nine out of ten lands in Anle Village belong to the Li family, and they are just tenants.

These new gadgets were thrown at Li's house, and a lot of money was collected.There is no one in charge of the Li family, Mrs. Li has always been easy to talk, she counted out the money and handed it over, and when the people left, she became worried about the pile in the yard.

Xia He also squatted in front of that thing, looking at it carefully.That thing is longer than a palm, and is three fingers wide. When the outer skin is peeled off, there are densely packed comb-like seed grains inside.Xia He took a bite and almost lost her teeth.

He gritted his teeth and threw the thing back to the ground.

Mrs. Li sighed at the side: "The official said, if you come back to our village to see, if there is no such thing planted in this field, we are the only ones to ask. Well, I am an old woman, how can I ask the villagers to take the field? If the things you own are useless, they will all be planted with this thing!"

Xia He touched the tooth marks she had just gnawed on, but she was thinking about other things, and muttered: "Mother, why don't we cook two sticks first, how does this taste taste, can it fill our stomachs?"

Mrs. Li said angrily: "The officials in the county asked you to use it as a seed. How dare you think about eating it?"

"Just eat two sticks. Let's not eat too much. Maybe there are eyes on the top to know whether we have put this thing in the ground or eaten it?" Xia He held the stick and did not let it go. He said, " Besides, we have to taste whether it tastes good or not, the barbarian's food, maybe what it tastes like." Anle Village is far away from Ximan, and I have only heard about those barbarians in dramas, and I heard that they are extremely cruel , Ru Mao drinking blood, I really don't know what the food they eat will taste like.

Mrs. Li couldn't twist Xia He, so he could only let him pick up two sticks from the big stick, boiled them happily, and gave the other to Mrs. Li as he gnawed.

The two had no expectations at first, but after tasting it, they unexpectedly felt that although the food was a bit difficult to chew, it still had a bit of taste, with a bit of sweetness, and they felt full after eating it.If it is really as good as the officials and lords who came down from the county said, and the harvest is high, that is a great thing.It's just that Mrs. Li doesn't know much about farming, so she dares to guarantee this thing. This thing can only be piled up in the Li family's yard to dry in the sun, for fear of getting moldy.

I don't know when the superiors will come to investigate again. Old Madam Li was quite impatient. After waiting for three days without finding anyone willing to give it a try, she patted her thigh and called Aunt Lin: "Hurry up, why don't you call Mu'er back?" Go, he is a scholar, he knows a lot and has a lot of ideas. Let him think about how to do this."

Xia He was rather worried: "My husband will be leaving next month. At this time, let's try not to cause trouble for him, shall we?"

Why doesn't Mrs. Li think so, she misses Li Mu's imperial examination more than Xia He, but now she really has no backbone and needs Li Mu to come back to rely on.

Xia He pondered for a while, and said: "Mother, otherwise, I'll take care of this matter. It's better for you to concentrate on your studies."

"This... Xia He, can you do it?" Mrs. Li was not at ease.

Xia He said with a smile: "You must ask me to try it, otherwise, you can give me a few days, and when Mr. Xiang returns home next week, if I still don't have a clue, let's tell him."

Mrs. Li thought about it and agreed.

Xia He took three more sticks, boiled them, cut them into pieces, put them in a basket, and went back to Zhang's house.

He first tasted it for Liu Lanniang and Zhang Shiyi, and after teaching them to believe that this stuff could indeed fill their stomachs, he saved some seeds.Zhang Xi looked at the long thing and pondered: "This thing can be eaten after cooking, but if it needs to be planted, how should it be planted?"

Xia He didn't know, and pondered for a moment: "Probably get these grains down one by one? Just like the wheat, you can't just bury the ears of wheat in the ground."

Zhang Shiyi decided to give it a try, while Liu Lanniang took the small basket left by Xia He and distributed the remaining sticks to some acquaintances to try.

After visiting several houses with Liu Lanniang, Xia He felt a little bored, so she went back to Zhang's house and picked up a hoe, dug the ground in front of Li's house, and sowed some seeds around the courtyard wall.

Some people passing by laughed at him: "Why do you plant things outside so that you are not afraid of being spoiled by wild children?"

Xia He said: "I'm just trying. If someone's child steals it back and tastes the delicious food, remember to come to the house next year to ask for seeds."

It's a pity that no one is serious with him.

Lan Niang ran away for a day and didn't send out many seeds, and all Zhang Shiyi could plant was the low-quality field on his own mountain. ——He is not willing to pull out the bean sprouts in the first-class fields.Seeing that he didn't send out many seeds in the end, Xia He was afraid that the official would have to punish him, so he thought about it and said to Zhang Shixi: "How about, father, plant a circle around our land and use it as a fence ? I heard that this thing can grow taller than a person." I used up a little more.

With such patchwork, the pile of sticks in the yard finally became smaller.While Xia He comforted Mrs. Li, she was also worried.There was really no way out, he sighed, and said to Zhang Shishi: "Father, let's go to open up barren hills."