I am a ruler in troubled times

Winter goes to spring, and in a blink of an eye it is the harvest season again.

After three years of recuperation, the withered and withered fruit trees have become luxuriant, with heavy fruits hanging on each branch. With the breeze blowing, the strong fruit fragrance can spread to the whole village.

Nowadays, most of the villagers in Lihua Village are working part-time in the Song family, and their own fields are planted according to the experience of working for the Song family. Although the harvest is still not as good as that of the Song family, it has at least doubled compared to before.

The Song family's status in Lihua Village has also risen invisibly, and there is no need to start the autumn harvest in a hurry before the fruits are fully ripe because they are worried that the fruits will be stolen like in the first year.

Song Peiyu, as always, focused most of her attention on the five acres of land where everything was planted, carefully recorded the growth of each plant in the field, and went to see the ten acres of fish ponds.

It is said to be a fish pond, but in fact there are less than a hundred fish in it, and most of them are small fish only the size of a palm. It may take three to five years before Song Peiyu wants to become what Song Peiyu imagined. possible.

The lotus root that was planned at the beginning finally succeeded in growing after two years of continuous failure. The quantity is small and only the size of a finger, but it enriches the recipes of Lihua Village.

"Qiye!" Xiaoxiu in the fruit forest saw Song Peiyu walking towards the orchard from a distance, and hurriedly came up to stop three steps away from Song Peiyu, her voice was about to overflow with joy, "Today I can close again. Five hundred catties of fruit, I will send some fresh ones to the Song residence tonight."

Originally everyone in the village was called Brother Song, but later everyone worked in the Song family, and for the Song family's wages, they all followed the Song family's servants and called them Qi Ye.

"I'll just take it home. You've worked hard these days, so go home as soon as it gets dark." Song Peiyu handed the empty cloth bag at her waist to Xiaoxiu.

Xiaoxiu was unwilling, she had been a long-term worker in the Song family for a long time, and she also knew that Song Peiyu was weak, and she was afraid that taking a few fruits would make Song Peiyu tired.

Song Peiyu firmly put the cloth bag into Xiaoxiu's hands. He always felt that his life in Lihua Village tended to be closer to Song's. No matter where he went, in everyone's eyes, he seemed to be a person carved out of ice crystals. It's as if you can touch it and it will fall apart.

Song Peiyu was used to this feeling when she was in the Song family, so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable because of it.

Just seeing that the same age people in the village are growing wildly every day, only he has hardly changed. Even if Song Peiyu doesn't say anything, he is inevitably a little anxious. The frequency of coming to the field has skyrocketed recently, and he always holds Something, it's all about exercising.

Song Peiyu kept a distance from Xiaoxiu, who was two heads taller than him, and asked about the situation of the chicken coop.

"When cleaning the chicken coop today, I found that three chickens were particularly lackluster. They have been isolated separately, fed wheat soaked in spirits, and the chickens in the same cage as the three chickens were also isolated. The eggs were counted and put into storage. Twenty pieces." When Xiaoxiu talked about this, she looked at Song Peiyu with admiration.

She heard from her parents that before the fertile land in Lihua Village was forcibly taken away by the government, some people in the village bought chickens with their spare money, and in the end, those chickens could not escape the end of inexplicable illness and death.

And as long as a chicken dies from illness, the chickens in the whole village will definitely not be able to escape.

When there were more and more chickens in the Song family, someone in the village reminded Master Qi not to raise too many, otherwise the loss would be too great when chicken plague came.

As a result, in the past two years, only five chickens died of illness in Song's chicken coop. According to her parents' words, it must be Seventh Master's own blessing.

Song Peiyu nodded, the chicken coop was in the squire's old house, not a few steps away from the newly built house of the Song family, but the chicken coop would still smell bad even if it was cleaned every day, and he usually went to check it every ten days or so.

In addition, Song Peiyu also wanted to investigate Xiaoxiu. Xiaoxiu had the strongest learning ability among Song's parents. She didn't know a word or count. In just three years, she was able to keep accounts easily.Moreover, she is extremely sensitive to numbers, so she can keep them in mind after seeing them. No matter when Song Peiyu asks her, she can always get an accurate answer.

Because of Song Peiyu's insistence, Xiaoxiu still carefully selected half a bag of ripe fruits, and slowly handed them over to Song Peiyu, waiting for Song Peiyu to repent at any time.

Song Peiyu used some strength to 'snatch' the cloth bag from Xiaoxiu's hand, waved his hand, and said, "I'm going home first, and I'll let Jinbao come to record the account for you later."

Before turning around, Song Peiyu said something to Xiaoxiu in a low voice. Seeing that Xiaoxiu stayed where she was and didn't respond, Song Peiyu didn't care. She held the bag in her arms and walked slowly along the field path.

It wasn't until the last dot remained of Song Peiyu's figure that Xiaoxiu showed a smirk, and then slapped herself fiercely, tears fell down suddenly.

Song Peiyu told her just now that after the autumn harvest, she will be paid the manager's wages.

Xiaoxiu wiped away her tears, she didn't want to cry, she wanted to laugh.

What a joy to be the steward of the Song family.

These three years of life were like a dream to her. Three years ago, before the news of the Song family's recruitment of long-term workers came out, she overheard her parents discussing to marry her out of the village before the end of the year.With her dowry, the younger brother will be able to marry a wife from outside the village next spring.

Xiaoxiu couldn't think anything about it. All the girls in the village were like this, and her parents loved her very much. They were afraid that she would give birth to a stupid child in the future, so they were willing to marry her to another village.

It wasn't until her parents told her about the Song family's conditions for recruiting long-term workers, and that they wanted to keep her for a few more years, that half of the salary of the Song family's long-term workers would be reserved for her as a dowry, and that she would take away all her betrothal gifts in the future, that Xiaoxiu finally understood. She didn't even think about dowry and betrothal gifts, she just didn't want to leave Lihua Village, and wanted to stay with her parents.

In the past three years, she and her younger brother have worked as long-term workers, and her parents have worked as part-time workers. The family can always get the most wages.

She ate snacks and preserved fruits that she had never eaten before, as well as silk flowers and exquisite wooden hairpins that could be pinned on her head in winter.

Last year's New Year's Eve, my younger brother bought two pairs of thin silver bracelets from the store for my mother and her. It was the first time she wore bracelets.

Only from this year, although the life at home is getting better and better, not only can I eat eggs, but occasionally I can also eat chicken, but the eyes of my mother looking at her have become more and more entangled.

No matter how much Xiaoxiu can hide, she can't hide from her old mother.

The old lady said that Xiaoxiu is 19 years old this year, and she will be an old girl soon. No matter how good the Song family's money is, it can't delay Xiaoxiu's lifelong event.

On the contrary, Xiaoxiu's younger brother is a boy. As long as the family has money and lives well, he doesn't have to worry about marrying a wife. It's better to work for the Song family for a few more years to save more money.

After discussing with her parents, she planned to give Xiaoxiu all the family's cash as a dowry, and marry Xiaoxiu to the town.

Xiaoxiu didn't want to, and for the first time in her life, she and her parents quarreled fiercely. She was slapped twice by her father on the face, and pinched several times by her mother on her legs. The whole family cried along with her.

Although since then, her parents have never said that they want her to marry, but Xiaoxiu is terribly afraid that after the autumn harvest, everyone will have free time, and her parents will tell her about it again.

She didn't know if she had the courage to resist again.

Now that Xiaoxiu has the courage, Qi Ye personally said that she would be the steward of the Song family.

The father and mother said that the family's life is getting better and better because of Qi Ye and the Song family. Qi Ye valued her and asked her to be the steward of the Song family, so there was no reason for her parents to marry her outside the village.

Naturally, Song Peiyu didn't know about Xiaoxiu's family affairs, nor did he know that one of his decisions could change a girl's life.

He just thought that these long-term workers have been trained by Jinbao and Yinbao... and they are almost taught. It is time for Jinbao and Yinbao to rest. With the villagers as stewards, life will be better and better. Recently, he has begun to relax The villagers perked up again.

Song Peiyu also noticed the problem of marriage between men and women in Lihua Village.

Where can refugees be found?

Or you can ask Yinbao to see if there are any nearby villages that are almost isolated like Lihua Village and completely ignored by the town.

As long as the method is right, the current Lihua Village can accommodate a small village without making a sound.

The result of concentrating too much on things is that when Song Peiyu caught off guard and saw a completely unfamiliar young man in brocade clothes under a familiar peach tree, he was completely dazed.

The peach tree was moved from the yard of the old house and planted in the open space not far from the old house.

It was the first time that Song Peiyu felt that this peach tree was in the way, completely blocking his view of his home.

After the violent heartbeat subsided and people were not so panicked, Song Peiyu approached the young man in brocade who was leaning on the peach tree trunk.

The closer he got, the more Song Peiyu could feel the boy's rejection of him.

"How come I never saw you in the village?"

With Song Peiyu's straightforward and questioning method, anyone from a family would feel offended.

However, the young man in brocade clothes didn't even change his expression, only the tear mole at the corner of his eye moved slightly, revealing the fluctuation of his master's mood.

After a while, the boy who sensed that Song Peiyu hadn't left just raised his eyelids briefly, "Yeah."

Song Peiyu waited for a long time without waiting for the boy in brocade clothes to say anything, pretending not to notice the boy in brocade clothes' repulsion, picked the most ruddy mangosteen from the cloth bag, bent his still round eyes, and enthusiastically stuffed the fruit into the boy's hand, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, this is the fruit I planted at home, you taste it..."

The young man raised his hand and grabbed Song Peiyu's wrist. Although he didn't use much strength, Song Peiyu could hardly feel the existence of his right hand at this moment.

The red mountain tree fell weakly from Song Peiyu's palm, and was held by another fairer hand.

The young man was finally willing to raise his eyelids to look at Song Peiyu, with the same lazy tone, "I didn't block your way home."

The enthusiastic smile on Song Peiyu's face instantly subsided.

This person knew who he was, and knew that he wanted to go home immediately to see if there was any change, so he said it bluntly.

The young man let go of Song Peiyu's wrist, squinted his eyes and looked at the fruit forest that could be seen in the distance. There was a big living person beside him, but he could immerse himself in his own world without being disturbed at all.

After a long silence, Song Peiyu caught a glimpse of the wrist with unchanged complexion, took a deep look at the young man in brocade clothes, and strode away towards home.

Even when Song Jingjue was fighting with him, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't leave marks on his body, but this young man who could make his whole hand completely weak with just one movement could do it.

When Song Peiyu's footsteps could not be heard at all, the young man in brocade clothes casually rubbed the pineapple on his sleeve and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

"Well, it's so brittle."

After staying away from the young man in brocade clothes, Song Peiyu's pace became faster and faster, when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes running, he suddenly raised his head, and a familiar figure came into view under the setting sun.

Song Peiyu threw away the cloth bag containing the fruit in her hand, rubbed her eyes hard, and when she spoke again, her voice was already crying, "Brother!"