Bianshanhan [farming]

Thinking about what the injured officer and soldier said just now, Li Qingwen arrived home.

As soon as Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Jiang came out of the field, several aunts in the clan said, "It's really early in the morning when your chimney is smoking, and the smell of rice has come to work here. It's really nice to have hot food when you go back." Good luck."

As soon as the two of them heard it, they knew that Li Qingwen had returned, and they walked back quickly while patting the dirt off their bodies.

As soon as the two of them got home, they could smell stewed meat. Li Maoxian and Li Qingrui could cook a dish, but they didn't know how to cook meat.

Li Qingwen poured water for his mother and sister-in-law to wash their hands, Li Qingfeng and Li Qinghong set up the table and stools in the house, and served the food. Chen Shi and Jiang Shi had already eaten a delicious meal in less than a stick of incense when they arrived home.

Because after Li Qingwen ran for many days, Chen still wanted to teach him a lesson. After eating, all the anger in his heart disappeared.

Jiang asked where they had been these days, and Li Qingfeng said it was a secret, although he couldn't tell, but he would show them some good things later.

This time he aroused the curiosity of the whole family.

Jiang Shi glanced at Li Qingrui. Li Qingrui was holding the child in one hand and eating with the other, but he didn't see his wife's eyes.

After the meal, before Li Qingfeng brought out the surprise, Chen Shanhe, his son, and Liu Daguang came to discuss with Li Maoxian about burning bricks.

Yesterday, General Lin Tanlin sent people here and assigned them to burn blue bricks and ordered a hundred soldiers to build a few more brick kilns, saying that they would build the city wall and the general's mansion next year, and asked them to hurry up and work without delay.

The blue bricks used to build the house are different from those used for the city walls. They have never burned such large bricks, and General Lin's order is so urgent that they really don't know what to do.

Li Qingwen was about to leave, but sat back after listening to their conversation.

Chen Dingxin asked him specifically, Li Qingwen had never burnt it before, and said: "No matter how big or small, burning this thing should be the same. Brother, don't worry, we will help you."

After talking for a while, someone came again and asked about the autumn harvest.

Now that there are no courtyard walls or shelters, the smell of Li Qingwen's stewed meat is carried far away by the wind. When the smell is milder, the people who want to come to the door will know that they have almost finished their meal, so they come here.

Li Qingwen packed up the food he had left alone, and was about to go out when Mrs. Chen turned to him, "Boy, where are you going?"

"Mother, I'll deliver meals to Brother Jiang." Li Qingwen said, "From now on, you don't need to keep the door open for me. I'll sleep in the camp."

Mrs. Chen was stunned for a moment, "What, the kang at home is not enough to lie down?"

"No, it's not good for Brother Jiang to come to our house, so I have to go to the camp." Li Qingwen said, carrying the food and leaving.

Mrs. Chen was still thinking about why they were so close, why they lived together, and when she looked up again, her youngest son was gone.

Li Qingwen went to the camp, saw the light in the house from a distance, and couldn't help but trot.

As soon as I entered the room, it was full of people. Old Sun and the others had all returned. They were sitting around the table eating sorghum rice without even a pickle. They just swallowed it mouthful...

As soon as Li Qingwen arrived, everyone seemed to have found a savior, and said repeatedly: "Little boy, you are here, I thought you didn't care about us!"

"How many days have I not eaten the food you cooked, and I have lost a lot of weight. If this continues, I will not have the energy to harvest..."

"I went to your house on purpose just now and walked around. I knew you were cooking when I smelled the pot. You can't forget about us brothers when you have parents!"

Just as Ma Yongjiang was about to complain, he saw the basin in Li Qingwen's hand and took it. Inside was a large bowl of stewed rabbit meat, a large bowl of fried mushroom sauce, two bowls of rice and a small bowl of pickles. Needless to say, this was for Jiang. gurgling.

Listening to a group of people complaining, Li Qingwen couldn't laugh or cry. He had been busy before and didn't seem to be doing anything here, but they didn't even have pickles.

After letting everyone eat first, Li Qingwen went into the back room again.

After a while, Li Maoqun and Jiang Cong also came, and they both said they had finished eating, so Li Qingwen asked Jiang Cong, who was a top-notch knifeman, to cut the meat, entrusted Li Maoqun to the kitchen to exchange soybeans, and went to the tank outside to scoop mustard greens by himself.

They also have a lot of soybeans, but they are not soaked. There are wet beans in the kitchen all the year round, so it can save a lot of effort to exchange them.

These bumps were still pickled by Li Maoyu. I don't know how long it has been. Li Qingwen cut a piece and tasted it. He drank a large bowl of water, it was salty enough!

Cut the mustard lumps into shreds and soak them in warm water. Lao Xing went to the back room to look for a while, asked Li Qingwen what he was going to do, and said, "It would be better to put some pork skin."

Li Qingwen wanted to, too, but he didn't have it right now, so Old Xing said he would borrow it.

When the two of them came back with the beans and pork skin, and the pickles were soaked, Li Qingwen cut the pickled vegetables into cubes and the pork skin into small pieces.

Knowing that they all love meat, Li Qingwen asked Jiang Cong to cut out the big piece of meat, and when the oil pan was hot, he sautéed it with green onion and ginger until fragrant, then put the soybeans, diced pickles, diced beans, and pieces of pork skin into the pan together. Stir-fry, put soy sauce and sugar, add water and stew.

The fire in the stove was fierce, and the soup was collected very quickly. When the lid was lifted again, the cooked pickles were ready.

Li Qingwen was willing to put oil, whether it was diced meat, soybeans, or pickles, they were all oily.

As soon as the pot was out of the pot, people from the front room came over with bowls. Li Qingwen scooped the hot pickles into their bowls, and everyone said, "More, and another spoonful."

"This is salty, don't sleep at night if you eat too much." Li Qingwen reminded.

Just run out to go to the bathroom again and again.

Even though he said so, half of the freshly made pickles have gone down, and I'm afraid they won't be able to eat the day after tomorrow.

There are about ten people in the Li family. Because there are women and children, they are far less good at eating than Jiang Liping and the others. After all, they are grown men, and there is no comparison.

After eating and drinking enough, the big guy lay on the kang, Li Qingwen gave the cloth bag to Jiang Cong, "Brother, the injured person gave it to you."

As soon as he said this, Jiang Cong knew what was inside, and wanted to put it away without even looking at it. Li Qingwen didn't let go of his grip, "What's inside?"

Jiang Cong unwrapped the cloth with his hands, and inside was a piece half the size of a palm, heavy, yellow-orange, rectangular in shape, not flat, and the middle part protruded slightly outward, like the back of a turtle.

"This, is this a shield?" Li Qingwen carefully identified it.

Before Jiang Cong could speak, someone next to him heard the voice and looked out, "Ouch", "Isn't this the champion shield?"

Li Qingwen didn't understand, so someone with a quick mouth explained: "This is the gold shield won by the soldiers of the Suwei Mansion in the martial arts competition. Your brother Jiang has three pieces."

"Don't look at the small size of this shield, but it's made of real gold. It was given by Old General Qu himself. I don't know how many people are jealous of this thing... I thought it was searched by that dead dog Lu Gang..."

"With this thing, you can enter the Habayashi Army and do things for the emperor in the capital. That's really awe-inspiring!"

Listening to everyone's words, Li Qingwen rubbed the golden shield, leaned into Jiang Cong's ear, and whispered, "Brother, did you exchange this for sweet dates?"

At the beginning, Li Qingwen thought that Zhou Fengnian had rewarded him with the sweet dates, but later he found out that it was not, so he didn't think much about it at the time, and now he found out the truth from the officer and soldier a few years later, and his mood couldn't be calmed down for a while.

Not to mention what this golden shield meant to Jiang Cong, sweet dates are good, and Li Qingwen likes them very much, but he felt that he suffered a great loss in this exchange.

An eager breath sprayed on the side of the ear, itching, Jiang Cong held back and said, "This is of no use to me."

In the original situation, it would have been better to replace Li Qingwen with a horse, otherwise it would be too hard to go back and forth between the border town and Bingzhou.

He didn't say much, Li Qingwen also heard the meaning behind his words, his heart was clattering violently, he leaned his head on Jiang Cong's arm, and took a few breaths.

He didn't dare to spend a single copper coin, so he wanted to save up enough silver sooner, but his brother traded such a valuable thing for a horse...

Hearing how badly he was panting, Jiang Cong stretched out his hands to caress Li Qingwen's chest, giving him comfort.

In that room, after the guests left, Li Zhengliang and Li Zhengming both fell asleep on their stomachs, Li Qinghong also yawned one after another, and Mrs. Chen began to spread quilts on the kang.

Li Qingfeng waited anxiously for half the night, how could he let his family sleep, so he went up and rubbed his third brother's face vigorously, "Spiritual."

Then he blew hot air into the ears of the two nephews. Soon, Li Zhengliang and his brother woke up with their mouths puckered. They didn't dare to say anything to the fourth uncle, so they just stuck their heads on their grandparents.

Li Qingfeng called Li Qingrui and Jiang Shi over, "I told you I have something good to show you."

Calling everyone in the family to the east room, and turning on the oil lamp, under all kinds of puzzled and wronged eyes, Li Qingfeng took out two bags...

Pearls and agates, large and small, shone brightly under the oil lamps, and the eyes of the Li family members widened.

Good guy, they came back with such a lot of things in the days they went out!

Seeing the astonishment of his family members, Li Qingfeng told them carefully how many he had dug up, those of Jiang Cong, and the rest were all obtained by Li Qingwen.

At this time, Li Qingfeng didn't care as much as when he was digging, because his son said that his is the fourth brother's.

Therefore, he no longer cared about digging more and yielding less.

He also told the two nephews, "Don't talk about this matter outside, if the officers and soldiers know about it, we will have to pay tribute to those officials and lords in the capital if we dig up these good things in the future!"

Li Zhengming was lying on his grandfather and almost fell asleep, but was woken up by his fourth uncle, and nodded with a dazed expression.

Li Zhengliang didn't know what it was, so he reached out to grab one and put it in his mouth, but several hands stretched out to block it.

When they heard how much these pearls could sell for, even Li Maoxian and Li Qingrui gasped. This thing looks good, but what good is it? It can't eat or drink, it can't keep warm or cure diseases...

Chen muttered: "There are so many treasures here."

Jiang Shi also nodded repeatedly. She didn't understand pearls and stones. She only knew that there were a lot of mushrooms, wild vegetables, and a lot of food. Thinking of these, she would wake up laughing from her dreams.

Because of Li Qingfeng's actions, the Li family members slept more than an hour late at night.