[Rebirth] Landscape and pastoral

"This matter is beyond our control. I said, old man Niu, it would be nice if we could manage the whole family well." Old man Zhou didn't have so many worries, his goal was to keep his family alive.

"It's true of you, why don't I just sigh. It's just the folks in this village, let the village chief raise something." Old Niu said, actually still a little worried for the villagers.

Zhou and Niu left after chatting with Zhang Zirui for a while, and Wen Qiwen's meal was also declined.

There has been no rain this year, the weather has been a little dry, and the grain harvest has not been good.The food had just been harvested, and before the villagers had warmed up, the tax officials from the county town came.Not only was there no tax cut this year, but because of the severe drought in the northwest, the imperial court was in urgent need of relief food, so they took away some more.

The villagers are not angry, they have been drought here for a year, isn't this going to kill everyone?It's just that the people here have always been in awe of the imperial court and the government, even if they are full of resentment, they dare not resist without someone leading them.

As a result, the food supply of each family became tighter. In order to survive, many people began to grow potatoes, and some people quietly planted a lot in the mountains and forests.The village head turned a blind eye to this. Since the death of his eldest son, the village head has become much calmer now.

The water in the Panshan River became less and less. After the rainy season, Zhang Zirui used a bamboo pole as a support, made a square net bought in the county town into a net, and took his family to fish in the river.The three little ones in the family were very excited, and those boys who went to practice martial arts at home also followed when they heard the news.As a result, the team that was originally expected to travel with only one family became vast and mighty.

Boys in their teens have always been the most noisy group, and now there are more than a dozen of them gathered, and the rhythm is even more overwhelming.Zhang Zirui suddenly became a heavy responsibility, he must take care of these children, and don't let the "River God" arrest him as a child son-in-law.

"Ah Wu, how are we going to catch fish? Besides, it's fishy, ​​has many thorns, and doesn't taste good at all. Why catch it?" Zhou Tiegun followed Wen Qiwu, nagging endlessly.

"Nonsense, of course they were caught and eaten, so why are you following? Didn't you see Brother Awen following?" Little Shitou rolled his eyes, despising his little friend.Now Wen Qiwen's craftsmanship has been spread in the village, as long as it is edible, there is nothing bad in his hands.

Teenagers don't know what it means to be sad, and adults are all worried about the drought and food shortage. Only these children are alive and kicking all day long, and seem to have endless energy.Wen Qiwu will take them into the mountains to cut firewood, pick mushrooms, collect fungus, pick day lilies, brush bitter thorns and so on.

Those things that were poisonous, inedible, and unpalatable in their eyes, after they got them back, could become delicious food in Wen Qiwen's hands.And they also got a lot of dried fungus and day lily.Brother Zhang said that these things are poisonous if eaten fresh, and after drying, if you want to eat them, you can cook them with water without being poisoned.

When Brother Arwen left them for dinner, they all ate it, and it tasted so good.So Xiaoshitou and the others are now full of confidence in Wen Qiwen's craftsmanship.

The children of the Wen family looked at them with envious eyes.It's just that there is no way, who made them look down on others before, and bully and exclude them a lot.Now I can only watch those children who follow Wen Qiwu, who can practice martial arts, learn to read, and go up the mountain to find food.

"That's right." Zhou Tiegun came to his senses, and became even more excited.Seeing his stupid look, Zhou Tiegun's brothers moved a little away from him.

At this time, Er Zhuang had already carried the 罾 for a long way, so he changed to another person to carry it.This is their secret weapon today, so it depends on how they harvest that day.But this is what Big Brother Zhang said, and they don't know how to use that thing called Yan.

"Awen, I'll get some things." As he spoke, he reached for the basket in Wen Qiwen's hand to relieve the burden on him.

"No, I can do it myself." Panshan River is not far from the village, so it's no big deal to just take a basket.Sometimes Wen Qiwen, who was confused, didn't think about it. It wasn't a question of whether he could do it, but Zhang Zirui's thoughtfulness.

Zhang Zirui took the basket helplessly, held it in his hand, and held Wen Qiwen's hand with the other.Following behind the group of energetic and chattering boys, they walked leisurely towards the river.

Wen Qiwen let Zhang Zirui pull him, and he is used to it now.The little girl followed Brother Pingan and ran around them, picking wild flowers or pulling weeds from time to time.

"Brother, look, do I look good?" The little girl stuck a small wild flower in full bloom in her hair, and ran to Wen Qiwen with a smile.

"It's beautiful, our Xixi is the prettiest." Wen Qiwen complimented very cooperatively.

The little girl was very happy when she heard that, she giggled and ran to the side of the road to pick a lot of wild flowers, and planted them all over her head, which immediately made Wen Qiwen's head full of black lines.He was entangled in whether the compliment just now was right or wrong.

Zhang Zirui looked at the little girl's messy and colorful head and laughed.The younger sister thought that her brother-in-law also thought she was pretty, so she became more excited.It seems that even if the younger sister is a female man in the future, she will be a beautiful female man, but I don’t know what to do with this aesthetic concept?

At this time, the two Pingan brothers had mixed into the boy team ahead, chatting and laughing with everyone.Boys are still more willing to play with boys, and the friendship between them is also established very quickly.

When we reached the river, the water level of the Panshan River receded a lot, and the exposed river bed was covered with weeds.There are also muddy puddles.The riverside became a wetland, and the group walked cautiously, fearing that they would fall into the quagmire.

After finally finding a piece of dry and firm grass by the river, Zhang Zirui directed the children to put the 罾 into the river.Let them move around freely, but they can't swim in the river, and they can't be too far away from him, for fear that something will happen and it will be too late to rescue them.

The group of boys responded and dispersed.Zhang Zirui suddenly had a sense of instant vision of taking junior high school students on an outing.Both he and Wen Qiwen have become the leading teachers, and they must always pay attention to this group of brats so that nothing happens to them.

Zhang Zirui and Wen Qiwen sat on the ground, watching a group of children laughing and laughing endlessly.

After a while, Ah Wu and the others pulled the rope up, and a few fish in the net bag were bouncing around, trying to escape.

"Little Shitou, quickly bring the wooden bucket to fill the fish." Er Zhuang shouted happily.

"Here we come, here we come." Little Stone ran over carrying a wooden bucket filled with water.

Xiang Bei: "Ah, you idiot, Iron Rod, the fish are about to run away."

Wen Qiping: "Second brother, drag the net over."

Wen Qi'an: "Brother Tieniu, you stopped me."

For the first harvest, a group of children were so happy that they pouted their buttocks and caught the fish caught in the net into the bucket. After a lot of fuss, they finally got all the fish into the bucket.The little girl clapped her little hands, smiling and cheering.

Zhang Zirui looked at the results of the children, a few tilapias the size of an adult's palm, a grass carp about two catties and some small fish.Zhang Zirui took out the tilapia and ordered people to boil the water and kill the fish.Wen Qiwen quickly took out the seasoning from the basket, marinated the washed fish, and prepared to grill it later.

Stone Niu led people to pick up firewood and light the fire.Wen Qiwu led the men to put the fish into the water again, waiting for the fish with no fishing experience to enter the net.Every time you pull up the rope, you will gain something, but there are more small fish.

Even so, they got a lot of fish.Now almost all of them are marinated, and they are just waiting for the taste to be baked and eaten.The children were laughing and playing by the river, waiting for a while to eat fish.

When Wen Qiwen put the marinated fish racks on the fire and started to roast, the aroma spread far away. The children couldn't help but suck their saliva, and they couldn't care less about playing, they squatted by the fire one by one Swallowing.Zhang Zirui was amused by their greedy looks.

Seasonings are placed in the open belly of the fish, and the grilled fish is very delicious.Spicy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

"It's delicious, Brother Awen's craftsmanship is really not boastful." Xiao Shitou ate hungrily, and did not forget to praise Wen Qiwen.

"Enen, I really envy you for having such a capable elder brother." Er Zhuang nodded vigorously, and glanced at Wen Qiwu enviously.

"Er Zhuang's words will be heard by your elder brother, be careful that he will fix you." Although Xiang Rong also felt that his elder brother was good, he was not as good as Ah Wu.

"He's busy helping the family with business all day now, so he doesn't know what I'm talking about." Er Zhuang bumped back with a smile.

"Of course our elder brother is the best." Wen Qiping looked proud, and his two little paws still did not forget to hold the fish that elder brother had grilled.

"That's right, who can compare to my eldest brother." Wen Qi'an felt that what the third brother said reached his heart, raised his smug little face, and nodded seriously.

"Brother Zhang enjoys the most blessings, and I will marry a wife like Brother Awen in the future." Zhou Tiegun thought that Brother Awu was good, but once he got married, he was no longer a member of the Wen family.If you can take such a daughter-in-law, wouldn't it be yours for the rest of your life.

"Eating is not enough to stop your mouths." Zhang Zirui saw that the boys were getting more and more outrageous, so he smiled and told them to eat quickly.The little girl sat beside him, anxiously waiting for her husband to pick out the fishbone for her.Her attention was focused on the fish in her brother-in-law's hand, so she didn't have time to worry about what other people were doing.

A group of people had a hearty meal, caught a lot of fish and threw them into the buckets they brought, and went back happily.These children were not ashamed to eat at Zhang's house at night, and Zhang Zirui wanted to share the fish with them, but they didn't want it either.One is that it is embarrassing to even eat it, and the other is that it is not delicious to take it home.

He ate grilled fish during the day, and Wen Qiwen ate fish soup at night.Now his cooking skills are much better than Zhang Zirui's, and his cooking talent is much better than Zhang Zirui's.Just waiting for the food to be served, Zhang Zirui served Wen Qiwen a bowl of delicious fish soup. After taking a sip, Wen Qiwen turned pale and ran outside the house to vomit.

"Awen, what's the matter? Are you okay?" Zhang Zirui followed out worriedly, and asked while patting his back.

"It's okay, it's just a little disgusting." He felt a little uncomfortable when he was cooking before.

"Brother, are you okay?" At this moment, Ah Wu came over with a bowl of water and handed it to Wen Qiwen.

Wen Qiwen raised his head, glanced at his younger brothers and sisters who were surrounded by him with worried faces, smiled weakly, took the water and rinsed his mouth.With a sullen face, Zhang Zirui picked him up and went to the bedroom.He was in a mess, and Ah Wen, who had always been healthy, suddenly became ill, which made him lose his sense of control.

The brothers and sisters of the Wen family followed behind Zhang Zirui like little tails.

"Brother Rui, I'm fine."

"Don't talk, I'll take your pulse." Zhang Zirui carefully put Wen Qiwen on the bed, took off his shoes, and made him lean against the head of the bed.

"Brother, how is eldest brother?" Wen Qiwu was taken aback when he saw Zhang Zirui's stupid expression after taking his pulse.

"Brother, what's wrong, big brother?" Seeing that brother-in-law still didn't speak, the younger sister asked with red eyes hugging his leg.

"It's okay, don't worry, your eldest brother is just going to be a father, and your brother-in-law, I'm going to be a father." Zhang Zirui, who knew that he was going to be a father, finally came back to his senses, and happily shared his joy.

"Brother Rui, what you said is true." Wen Qiwen's eyes widened with surprise on his face. He put his hand on his lower abdomen. Is there really a child of him and Brother Rui here?

"Of course it's true, we're going to be father and father." Zhang Zirui hugged Wen Qiwen happily.

Wen Qiwu and the others were also happy for their elder brother and brother-in-law, but seeing that the two were immersed in joy, they quietly retreated with their younger siblings without disturbing them.

Zhang Zirui was happy for a while, and finally came back to his senses. "Awen, what do you want to eat, I'll make it for you."

Just now he was just happy, but his wife and children were still hungry.

"No need, I cooked a lot of meals today. Just don't give me fish, just help me with some pickles."

"Okay, you wait, I'll serve you food."

When Zhang Zirui went out happily, Wen Qiwen looked down at his flat stomach, still feeling a little unbelievable.

At night, Zhang Zirui busily brought Wen Qiwen water to wash up.Wen Qiwen felt that this was not good, how could he let his man do this.And Zhang Zirui felt that it was natural for the husband and wife to take care of each other, and he usually would do the same, but Wen Qiwen was never used to it.

When the two were lying on the bed, Zhang Zirui hugged Wen Qiwen, put his hand into his clothes, and placed it on his lower abdomen.

"Awen, do you think this will be a boy or a girl?" Zhang Zirui had already committed the silly father plot after having just had a child.

"Boys and girls are fine, but I don't want to be a Shuang'er." Wen Qiwen didn't dislike Shuang'er, but he felt that Shuang'er's life was too hard, and he didn't want his child to suffer.

"It's okay, even if it's Shuang'er, I won't let the child be wronged, and I will definitely make him live happily."

"Shuang'er always wants to marry, and we can't always protect her after marriage."

"The big deal is that if we earn more money, we can recruit a son-in-law or buy him a daughter-in-law."

Two silly fathers, even before the child was born, they began to think about the issue of their children getting married in the future.

And Zhang Zirui's hand began to stroke Wen Qiwen's lower abdomen obediently, and when he touched this position, he lost his way.Wen Qiwen's figure is really good, and his skin is delicate and elastic, so Zhang Zirui can't help but want to explore it all over.

"Well, the only bad thing about having a child is that I can't enter for a long time, I went into you." This is Zhang Zirui remembering that he will lose his benefits for a long time. For them who are still in the sweet period, it is really a a test.

"Brother Rui, be serious." Aren't they talking about children?Why did it get brought up again.

"I'm very serious, I'm just telling the truth." Zhang Zirui pulled his hand out of Wen Qiwen's clothes. At this time, Wen Qiwen's clothes were already messed up by him, and he hugged him in his arms.

"Look, you actually feel it too, just like me." Zhang Zirui said, bringing their bodies closer together.

"No, it will hurt the child." Wen Qiwen blushed, his body was getting more and more sensitive now, and he couldn't bear to be teased.He felt it just now, but he was worried about hurting the child and endured it.

"Help me touch it, and I'll help you too. This way it won't hurt the child." Zhang Zirui acted after speaking, and took Wen Qiwen's hand to help himself.Thinking that he would not be able to eat meat in the next few months, the wolf felt even hungrier.The more I think about not being able to do it for a long time, the more my heart burns.

"Ah~~Brother Rui, take it easy~~ Take it easy~~"

"Okay, are you comfortable?"

"Yeah~~"

The two of them hid under the quilt, and the trousers that got in the way were taken off long ago and hung at the end of the bed.The husband and wife are lying opposite each other at this time, comforting each other and wishing each other.

Since Wen Qiwen had a child, he has become the family's key protection object.Zhang Zirui and Wen Qiwu were on strict guard, not letting him do any physical work.

The two Pingan brothers are also serious, but the second brother said that it is not easy for the twins to get pregnant, so they have to protect the eldest brother.And it is also necessary to prevent the elder brother from holding the younger sister, lest the younger sister inadvertently hurt the baby in the elder brother's stomach.

The ignorant little girl was very wronged, the eldest brother doesn't hug her now, and the older brothers don't allow the elder brother to hug her, it must be that they don't love themselves anymore.Thinking of this little girl crying sadly, she couldn't stop crying.

The brothers of the Wen family coaxed for a long time. After knowing the reason, they took turns to brainwash the younger sister in class. Finally, the younger younger sister also began to be nervous and careful about the elder brother's belly.Although Wen Qiwen felt that his family's behavior was very warm, he was also very helpless.These people simply regard him as a fragile porcelain doll, but he is not so precious.

Soon, news of Wen Qiwen's pregnancy first reached Aunt Wu's ears.Then Aunt Wu told Aunt Yan and the others.So the news spread in the village.These warm-hearted aunts are just worried that there is no old man in their family, and they will not take care of pregnant people.So they came to the door in turn and explained the things to pay attention to many times.

It's just that this time Zhang Zirui didn't find it annoying at all, and kept memorizing it carefully.It's not that he's being overly cautious, it's because Shuang'er's physique is not the most suitable for conception, and getting pregnant is a dangerous thing.

Moreover, the medical conditions here are not good, so it is always right to be careful in everything.In order to protect the personal safety of his wife and children, Zhang Zirui felt that he had found a new purpose in life.

Zhang Zirui began to learn about Shuang'er's birth, so he went to the county town to learn from Doctor Bai.Now Doctor Bai's pharmacy has moved to the county seat, and because of the plague, he has a good reputation in the county seat.

When Dr. Bai saw Zhang Zirui, he asked him if he had been to the county with Wen Qiwen before, and he still had a lot of things.Zhang Zirui nodded, and asked Doctor Bai how he knew about this.So Dr. Bai said that County Magistrate Qian and Qian Ming both sent people to inquire about them.

Now County Magistrate Qian hasn't given up on inquiring, and he also heard the news when he went to see Qian Ming's doctor.

"Brother Bai, don't worry, I just don't know how Qian Ming is doing now?"

"I have been asking the doctor for medicine, but it still doesn't work. I told him to rest and recuperate. I have also diagnosed him and found no major problems. As long as he can't have intercourse for a period of time." Doctor Bai thought for a while and asked again. : "I don't know if Mr. Zhang has done something wrong?"

This couple is so loving, he doesn't believe that a person like Mr. Zhang will see that his wife is being molested and will do nothing.

"It's just some small tricks, not worth mentioning..." Zhang Zirui briefly explained the matter.

Doctor Bai looked at Zhang Zirui strangely, and decided not to offend this man in the future, because their family is small.

Qian Ming's immobility has not improved, and at first he was able to comfort himself with the words of the doctors.He did play a little too much during that time, he just needs to cultivate for a while.It's just that as time goes by, he still has no spirit there.

Even watching his favorite twins in the past doing all the provocative actions in front of him made him feel itchy, but his little brother did not live up to it at all.So he became more and more anxious, and began to wonder if the doctor was lying to him.

He cried and asked magistrate Qian to send him to the capital for treatment, but he offended someone in the capital, so magistrate Qian dared not send him back.At this time, a doctor in the county who was eager for quick success and wanted to please the magistrate Qian thought of a way.Try it with an aphrodisiac, it might work.

Who knows that his method is not only useless.And because of the strong nature of the medicine, although Qian Ming, who was banned, wanted to show off his glory, his head was suppressed by force, making it impossible for him to stand up.

Such a result was very miserable, directly making Qian Ming feel miserable.He only felt a piercing dull pain coming from his lower body, which made him feel worse than death.He kept rolling on the bed, wailing, screaming that he couldn't work every day, and that he couldn't respond to the ground.

But he still had to be thankful that the doctor didn't have any medicine that would kill him if he didn't understand, otherwise he would die in pain because he couldn't vent.

When County Magistrate Qian entered the door, he saw his son's miserable appearance, and sternly questioned the bewildered doctor. "What exactly is going on?"

"Elder, my lord, I don't even know about the younger one." The old doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead with trembling hands, with a panicked look on his face.

"Trash." County magistrate Qian ordered the old doctor to be put in prison, and then ordered all the doctors in the county to be invited.

Dr. Bai, who was invited again and understood the reason, looked at Qian Ming's horrible appearance.He became even more determined not to offend Zhang Zirui, this kind of pain is something no man can bear.