[Rebirth] Landscape and pastoral

Someone in the village was poisoned, but fortunately no one died, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and those who wanted to try making potato cakes also gave up their minds.

When Aunt Wu heard about this, she was a little timid and very worried. After a few days of hesitation, she finally expressed her worries before she was about to leave the stall one day.

"Zirui, to be honest, my aunt is a little worried, after all, this earth egg is really poisonous."

Although the others didn't have such concerns, after all, they had been selling potato cakes for more than a month and no one had been poisoned.But he still listened curiously.

"Auntie, those people are poisoned because they don't know how to handle potatoes." Zhang Zirui patiently taught them the knowledge and precautions related to potato toxins.

After everyone listened, they finally let go of their suspenseful hearts. They deeply felt that those who had studied were different. When the conditions of their families improved, they should let their children study.Not to say it is a test of fame, but it is good to know more about things.

The eldest daughter-in-law of Chen's mistress was scolded by the old lady because she tired the children and grandchildren of the Chen family, and the eldest son of the Chen family almost beat her up.The other two daughter-in-laws of the Chen family were gloating and thankful that they hadn't tried it.It's just that it's really unlucky to be tired for so many days. It seems that not everyone can earn that kind of money.

After this incident, the daughters-in-law of the Chen family felt much better.Mistress Chen was very satisfied when she saw that nothing serious happened, and her daughter-in-law learned her lesson and became obedient again.Home means to have the appearance of a home. As long as the family can live in peace and security, what is there to be afraid of if it is a little bit harder?

Not only did Li Fengjiao fail to earn any money this time, but she also paid a lot of money for medicine, and she was so angry with hatred.So he wanted to make a fuss with Wen Chengyin, but the patriarch knew in his heart that these two people were the ones who urged Wen Qiwen to worship the ancestors last time, and the family's actions were too extreme.This time it was obviously caused by them, but they insisted on blaming others for their faults.

Under the suppression of the patriarch and elders, Li Fengjiao did not make a fuss.She could only hold back her breath and had nowhere to vent it, so she vented it on her daughter.Life has tempered her originally bad temper to become more and more irritable, and Wen Qiwen was the first outlet for her to pass on the negative emotions in her heart.Now that she can't touch Wen Qiwen, and her patriarchal thoughts are serious, her daughter Xiaoyue has become a victim.

Zhang Zirui and Wen Qiwen didn't want to know what happened to these people.Seeing that the harvest date of potatoes is getting closer, they are all immersed in the joy of the upcoming harvest.Maybe selling potatoes to make money is worse than going to the mountains to dump valuable medicinal materials and hunt them quickly.But the income is stable, and your own hard-earned money is more meaningful.

"Brother Rui, how many potatoes can you harvest on this acre?" Wen Qiwen looked at the green potato stems and leaves around him, and he was in a happy mood. In his eyes, it was all money.

"About a thousand catties." Zhang Zirui has never planted it before, so he is not sure.

"So much?" Wen Qiwen was surprised.

"Maybe it could be more." At that time, he had already produced more than 3000 catties of potatoes per mu, and it seemed that there were still more than 4000 catties.

Wen Qiwu was already squatting on the ground at this time, and began to calculate how much money he could earn after all the potatoes were sold.One mu is one thousand catties, one catty is two coins, one mu of land is worth two thousand coins, and ten mu of land is worth twenty thousand.Wen Qiwu, who was only used to counting in copper coins, was a little dizzy. Earning so much money in three months was beyond his imagination.And after avoiding the hottest months, it can be planted again.In this way, within a year, not only the money for buying the land came back, but he might still have 20 taels of silver in his account.

"Brother Rui, can you sell so many potatoes?" With the current business of Uncle Wu and Uncle Erzhu, there are not so many potatoes available.

"It's okay, let Uncle Shitou's family set up a stall in the town when the harvest is over. They can still sell baked potatoes." If all his ideas come true, these may not be enough to sell.

"Brother, this is really a good thing. It can fill your stomach and bring you a lot of money. If everyone can grow some, even if the food in the good fields is used to pay taxes, eating potatoes will still fill your stomach." Wen Qiwu didn't think so much, Just habitually thinking about how to fill my stomach.

"Let's save some more money and buy more sandy land. At that time, we will rent some to grow potatoes for people close to our family, so that they can earn some income." As for letting those people buy land, it's fine, because the tax is not normal height of.He once again felt that it is not so good to have a good reputation, no wonder so many people want to get a good reputation.

As for putting other people's land under his name, he is not willing.Not to mention that this is illegal, and if found out, not only will one be stripped of his reputation, but he will also be exiled.He is not willing to take this risk, and he is heartbroken.

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Rui." Wen Qiwen smiled sweetly at Zhang Zirui, with a small dimple on his right cheek, which looked very cute.

"Well, from now on, it will be up to Ah Wen to take care of the house." Housekeeping is really not his strong point, and Ah Wen takes good care of the house inside and out.But his little son-in-law is really not ordinary capable, if he is not a twin, then he must be a good man who can do things.

"I will definitely." Ah Wen looked serious, thinking about how to make the family live better.

Wen Qiwu watched his brother-in-law and elder brother completely ignore him, why did he feel so tired?

When they returned from the field, Uncle Wu and Uncle Erzhu's family were waiting for them at home.

"Uncle, aunt, why did you close the stall so early today?" A Wu put the hoe in the utility room and asked strangely.

Erzhu was dejected, and said weakly: "The business is not very good today?"

"What happened?" Zhang Zirui also became serious at this time.

Uncle Wu sighed, took a sip of the sugar water that Wen Qiwen made for them, and then said slowly: "Everyone in the county knows that we use earthen eggs to make cakes, and they say they will be poisoned. Not many people come to buy our potato cakes today."

"I don't know which one lacks the virtue of eight lifetimes." Aunt Wu's face was very ugly, seeing that she was about to save enough money to marry Xiang Bei, so this happened.

"It goes without saying that it must have been passed on by the Wen family." Wen Qiwu had an intuition that it must be the Wen family.

"My second brother is right. Only the villagers know about Tudan, and the wife of Uncle Wen's family who died a long time ago was also poisoned? I reckon that she has something to do with it." Approaching Zhu Zhechi Mo Zhehei lived with Zhang Zirui for such a long time, Wen Qiwen was somewhat affected, and he analyzed the matter logically.

"Oh, why is this old Wen's family full of such things?" Uncle Wu sighed.

"When Wen Chengjin was here, she wasn't like this. Why is it becoming more and more unreasonable now? I heard that she often beat her daughter, and some people saw Xiaoyue's arms with bruises." They were all from the same village. Aunt Yan felt that Li Fengjiao had become too much.

"Wen Chengjin's death has hit her hard, right? In the past, the couple were famously affectionate in the village. Wen Chengjin loved his wife very much, and he couldn't bear her to do important tasks. Now that Wen Chengjin has gone, everyone inside and outside the family It's no wonder she can't stand it." Aunt Wu was soft-hearted and kind, and felt that Li Fengjiao's husband was gone, and life was not easy.

"No matter what, she is also a mother, how can she be so cruel?" Aunt Yan looked down on Li Fengjiao's character very much.

"You two old women, talk about business." Uncle Erzhu couldn't stand listening anymore, isn't what they want to discuss now a business matter?

"Uncle, aunt, don't worry, you have been selling potato cakes for so long, and no one has been poisoned, right? As long as you survive these few days, it will be fine when everyone understands." Zhang Zirui didn't say anything at this time either. What immediate solution, can only boil time.

Uncle Wu and Uncle Erzhu's family still go to the county town to do business every day, but the business is not good recently, and the mashed potatoes they prepare are much less.After persisting like this for a while, the business gradually recovered, and the two families were very happy.Of course, many also asked them how to remove potato toxins, but they all refused with their own secret recipes.

Zhang Zirui is worried that after others know the value of potatoes, they will raise the price of sandy land.So he plans to buy more sand before the potatoes are harvested.So he began to go into the mountains frequently, mainly to collect some medicinal materials and hunt some big prey as much as possible.This time he didn't go into the mountain alone, he brought Wen Qiwen with him.

Ah Wu didn't say anything about it, the husband and wife were walking together, so he wanted to force his way in.The two little guys in Ping An eagerly wanted to follow, but they were too young.

Wen Qiwen was very excited to be able to go into the mountains with Zhang Zirui, and he regained the vitality he should have at this age.He was bouncing up and down and introduced to Zhang Zirui what they had in this mountain. After talking for a long time, he remembered that Zhang Zirui had been here many times, and his face turned slightly red.

Wen Qiwen has been walking in the mountains since he was a child, and he can walk on rough mountain roads as if he were on flat ground.Although Zhang Zirui is not as good as him, he used to go to the mountains with his grandfather to practice, and he would not stumble when walking.The two people moved very fast, and it didn't take long for them to enter the deep mountain.Since then, he has slowed down and carefully searched for available medicinal herbs in the forest.

"Awen, do you know anything strange about this mountain?"

Zhang Zirui went to the mountain many times, although each time the goal was clear, digging potatoes.But he also paid attention to the surrounding plants and trees.But he has never found any plants with spiritual power or places with particularly strong spiritual energy.

"There are several places, but the old people in the village say that there are beasts and ghosts in those places, so you can't go there."

From the first time Wen Qiwen entered the mountain, his father told him which places he must never go to. Over the years, no living people have come out of those places.This is what every hunter who enters the mountain will tell his younger generation.

"Oh, what place is it?" Hearing what he said, Zhang Zirui became interested, and he thought that maybe there was something he was looking for.

"The nearest place is Niuganpo, where the terrain is steep and difficult to walk, even animals will roll down. Whenever it is cloudy, there will be a low growl in the belly of Niuganpo, which is very penetrating." As Wen Qiwen spoke, he pointed to a steep hillside among the mountains not far away.

Zhang Zirui looked from a distance, but couldn't see anything unusual.And Wen Qiwen said that this situation is very similar to a geographical wonder, which is probably caused by the undercurrent and caves below.

"There is also Yanwanggou, a valley just behind Niuguanpo. It is so smoky all year round that you can't see anything clearly. I heard that there are ghosts living in it, and bad sounds can be heard at night. We hunt and never dare to go near it. There."

Zhang Zirui felt that it might be a miasma, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Wen Qiwen mentioned two more places one after another, one is the territory of tigers, and the other is the territory of black bears.No matter how far away, they don't know.Zhang Zirui was very disappointed, but he didn't think about hunting tigers to make money.With a tiger guarding him, no one would dig that piece of medicinal material, and it would be a bargain for him by then.Zhang Zirui completely regarded the king of the forest as the caretaker of the house.

The two dug some medicinal materials in the mountains and found a deer and a muntjac.Zhang Zirui couldn't help but think of a sentence mentioned in a story told by his grandfather when he was a child, one saw muntjac, the other saw deer, and when crossing the river, he saw thin fish fry.He doesn't like fish, so he forgot about Panshan River, a natural resource, and went to see if there were any fish another day.He can nourish the body of several children in the family without eating.

The harvest was good on this day. The musk deer meat is tender and delicious, with a good taste. You can keep it for yourself and make it into jerky if you can’t finish it.He still remembers that he and his grandfather went to the southern border city to eat it once. It was tied with an unknown herb, a bunch of long, pinky finger-thin jerky, and the aroma was really unmatched by ordinary poultry meat.Suede is also a fine leather.Roe roe can be sold for money, and the musk secreted by roe roe is a valuable spice and medicinal material.With food and money to sell, Zhang Zirui was very happy.

In the afternoon, the two packed up the prey and medicinal materials and hurried down the mountain.Before leaving, Zhang Zirui glanced at the distant mountains, thinking he would find time to take a look.Although they are now entering the deep mountains, they are only a little deeper than the villagers, not very deep.

At this time, Wen Qiwen, who was walking beside him, slipped and almost fell.Zhang Zirui had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and reached out to hold him to prevent him from falling.

"The road is not easy to walk, so be careful." Zhang Zirui said, but did not let go of Wen Qiwen's hand, but held his hand and walked forward.

Although the two slept in the same bed every day, there was no intimacy.At this time, Zhang Zirui held hands, and Wen Qiwen felt relieved from his hands.He blushed and whispered, "Brother Rui, thank you, I—I can walk by myself."

"What if I fall down?"

For some reason, Zhang Zirui didn't want to let him go.Not only because he was worried that he would accidentally fall while carrying too many things, but also because of the inexplicable emotion in his heart.He even forgot that Wen Qiwen walked much more steadily than him in this mountain.

The two walked back hand in hand, and when they reached the hillside behind the village, they faintly saw a person lying in the grass.Wen Qiwen walked over and saw that he was an acquaintance.

"You know her?" Zhang Zirui didn't miss the look on Wen Qiwen's face.

"This is the daughter of Uncle Wen's family, Xiaoyue." Wen Qiwen looked at Xiaoyue, who had a pale face, chapped lips, and was so thin that she had no flesh. She remembered that a few months ago, she was a tender and beautiful little girl Girl, why did it suddenly become like this?There is also a bundle of firewood beside Xiaoyue, obviously she came to the back mountain to collect firewood.

Satsuki?That wasn't Wen Chengjin's daughter. The people in that family instigated the villagers and almost killed Ah Wen, and later almost ruined their potato business.

"Brother Rui, she seems to be seriously ill, shall we help her?" Wen Qiwen felt his heart soften when he saw the little girl in such a miserable situation, what's more, it wasn't Xiaoyue who hurt him, she was just a child.

Zhang Zirui glanced at Wen Qiwen who was looking at him beseechingly, and then glanced at Xiaoyue who was lying on the ground.Under the much shorter sleeves, one can still vaguely see bruises, obviously caused by being hit by the strips.

"You'd better see if you can wake her up first." Men and women are different, and it's not convenient for him to make a move.It's not that he is careless, what if he touches this girl and relies on her in the future?

"Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue, wake up." Wen Qiwen yelled for a long time without waking him up. He reached out and touched Xiaoyue's forehead, and was startled. "Brother Rui, her head is so hot, I have to take her back."

Zhang Zirui said inwardly that he was troublesome, but he still took the things from Wen Qiwen's body and asked Wen Qiwen to carry Xiaoyue on his back.Wen Qiwen glanced apologetically at Zhang Zirui, who was covered with things, and walked quickly to the village.

He didn't bring Xiaoyue home, but sent it to Dr. Liu.When Zhang Zirui passed by the house, he put his things in the yard and handed them to Ah Wu to tidy up, and hurriedly followed Wen Qiwen to Doctor Liu's place.

After Dr. Liu's diagnosis, he concluded that Xiaoyue was injured and malnourished, so she had a fever and fainted.Wen Qiwen paid the consultation fee for her, and gave ten copper coins alone, so that Dr. Liu's wife, Aunt Huifang, could take care of her.

"Awen, you are a kind child. Auntie can't take this money." She knew the relationship between the two families, and it was considered good for Awen to save Xiaoyue.

At this time, Dr. Liu asked Aunt Huifang to give Xiaoyue medicine, but Wen Qiwen didn't give out the ten coins, so it was saved.Regarding Wen Qiwen's actions, Zhang Zirui remained silent.Ah Wen's kindness, he will not erase it, which is commendable.If a person loses all kindness, and all that remains is suspicion and defensiveness, then it is meaningless.And with him watching from the sidelines, nothing major would happen.

Doctor Liu and Doctor Liu talked for a while, and Aunt Huifang came out of the room wiping her tears.

"The god damn Li Fengjiao, how could she do it, that's her own child. She's not afraid of thunder, and she won't be able to explain to Wen Chengjin after she goes down."

From Aunt Huifang's mouth, they knew that Xiaoyue's body was full of scars, new and old wounds almost completely covered her body, it was really difficult for her as a girl.

Zhang Zirui and Wen Qiwen glanced at each other, they had already helped as much as they could, and the rest was other people's housework, and there was nothing they could do.

After Xiaoyue woke up, she knew that Wen Qiwen had saved her, so she smiled mockingly.Unexpectedly, her relatives almost killed her, but the one she thought was the enemy saved her.After being cruelly abused by her mother for so many days, she also listened to a lot of gossip in the village, and she was absent like her stupid brother.Blame all your misfortunes on others.She couldn't even say thank you.

After she woke up, she was picked up by Li Fengjiao.Knowing that it was Wen Qiwen who saved her, Li Fengjiao cursed at Xiaoyue for being dishonest and scolding Wen Qiwen for meddling in her own business.Xiaoyue followed behind her with a numb face, she knew that she couldn't speak at this time, and that would only lead to more scolding.She misses father, if father is still there she will still be that little girl who doesn't know the world.Thinking of Father, she who hadn't cried all this time finally couldn't help but shed tears.

Although Dr. Liu and his wife sympathized with Xiaoyue, they couldn't control other people's affairs.He could only watch that Shou Xiao's figure was poked on the head or twisted by Li Fengjiao all the way, not to mention how uncomfortable he felt.

"Brother Rui, I am very lucky compared to Xiaoyue. Although my father is not in good health, he loves us very much. Although the family life is a little bit harder, but he has not been abused." Knowing about Xiaoyue, Wen Qiwen felt that he was actually Not bitter at all, and very lucky.He has a good father, his younger siblings are obedient, and now he is married to a good husband.

"Everyone has their own destiny, you can't help her, after a few years she is married, it will probably be better." If she married a good family, that's fine, otherwise Xiaoyue's life will be ruined.

The prey and medicinal materials they brought back from the mountains were sold for a lot of money. Before the potatoes were harvested, Zhang Zirui bought another fourteen acres of land.There must always be some for those who are willing to buy land, no?

The potatoes in the field were ready to be harvested, and Zhang Zirui also invited the previous people to help harvest the potatoes.And he also dug a large cellar at home for easy storage.More than ten acres of potatoes, some harvested more than 1000 catties per mu, and some only harvested eight or nine hundred catties, with an average of more than 100 catties per mu.

Immediately, everyone was stunned by the news. I heard that the pancakes made by this local egg are very filling.Some people looked at the piles of potatoes, and their eyes were almost green.

Such a bumper harvest made Wen Qiwen and Wen Qiwu so happy that they couldn't get enough of it. Zhang Zirui felt that it was not satisfactory, but he knew that if it wasn't for the strong spiritual power in this place, they wouldn't be able to harvest so much.

After the potato harvest, Zhang Zirui took Uncle Shitou's family to sell potato cakes in the town, and at the same time asked the family to launch baked potatoes.They picked potatoes of about the same size, and after they were boiled, the skins were fragrant, and they were brushed with hot sauce.The hot sauce is sold to Uncle Wu and the others at ten cents a can.

In this way, Wen Qiwen also had something to do, and he took Uncle Ergou's daughter-in-law, Aunt Vanilla, and her eldest daughter-in-law, Xu, to stir-fry chili sauce at home.Then let Uncle Ergou and Uncle Liuzi grow peppers and sell them at market prices.These are all who helped their family when they were in trouble, and now they are considered capable, and it's okay to help them.

Shitou, Ergou, and Liuzi didn't expect the Zhang family to think of them. They were a little envious of seeing the Wu family and Erzhu's family getting better.The six sons benefited the least from these people, and he also knew in his heart that he was the Wen family who gave Wen Qiwen their limited help back then.It's not easy for them to remember their own kindness, and Zhang Zirui even rented two acres of land for him to plant potatoes when the weather cools down.

Of course, it’s just such a small fight that can’t consume so many potatoes, so Zhang Zirui asked the articulate, smart and tactful Uncle Erzhu to go to the restaurant in the county to sell potatoes. The two parties signed a contract. Buy potatoes at a high price, and at the same time require the restaurant to keep the potato production method secret. If it is leaked, the Zhang family will be compensated 100 taels of silver.As a result, the Zhang family's business has stabilized.

It was the rainy season at this time, and news came from the county that the imperial court wanted to conscript labor to repair the embankment.If there is an adult man over the age of 16 in the family, one must go.If you don't go, you can be exempted from hard labor by paying 30 taels of tax silver.