Bianshanhan [farming]

It was almost noon, and the sun began to burn. Li Qingwen asked the children to go back quickly, and he helped Tao Ruoning go to the river to fetch water.

Tao Ruoning was in a trance today, Li Qingwen had already brought up the water, so she quickly said no.

"I went to the camp to find Jiang's sister-in-law, and I happened to be on the way." Li Qingwen said.

The camp was empty at the moment, Tao Ruoning's grandpa and grandson lived in a slightly smaller house, this one was built by Ma Yongjiang, and Li Qingwen pulled two carts of firewood here, remembering the way.

Only put the water at the door, Li Qingwen stopped, Tao Ruoning took two buckets of water and poured them into the tank.

Looking at Tao Ruoning's back, Li Qingwen couldn't help but think of what happened the day before yesterday.

At that time, Ma Yongjiang packed his things and was about to leave the camp with Jiang Liping. He came to Li Qingwen to show off his new clothes, and then asked Li Qingwen to guess who made them for him. You can know who it is with your toes.

In order to make him proud for a while, Li Qingwen first guessed his mother, Ma Yongjiang shook his head, and said it was from the camp, Li Qingwen guessed it was Jiang's sister-in-law, before he mentioned the third person, Ma Yongjiang couldn't help it, and said it was Miss Tao.

After finishing speaking, Ma Yongjiang first told him not to tell others, and then repeatedly told Li Qingwen that after he left, he would take care of Tao Ruoning.

Li Qingwen nodded, and he turned to look for Li Qingyong, and then Li Qingwen heard the same bragging words from him, and he asked Li Qingyong to guess, Li Qingyong rolled his eyes and said it was Tao Ruoning, he asked in surprise how he knew, Li Qingyong said he just heard it……

After pouring out the water, Tao Ruoning took out the wooden bucket and returned it to Li Qingwen.

Li Qingwen didn't leave immediately with the wooden barrel, but asked, "What's wrong with Miss Tao?"

Since he promised Ma Yongjiang to take care of others, he has to do what he says. I asked just now, Grandpa Tao's health is fine, it may be her own business

Tao Ruoning looked at him, and asked without answering, "Do you really believe that Jiang Cong and the others will be free in the future?"

Li Qingwen nodded, "Of course, they didn't commit a heinous crime. They worked so hard in the border town, and they deserve credit and hard work. Sooner or later, they will be cleared of their crimes."

Only a very small number of people in the Li family and Jiang Cong knew about the donation to the household department, and Li Qingwen didn't know if Ma Yongjiang had told Tao Ruoning.

After finishing speaking, Li Qingwen suddenly remembered that Tao Ruoning had asked him this question once before when he was sending paintings to him, and this was the second time.

Tao Ruoning heard such an answer for the second time. She smiled wryly and said, "Is there really justice in this world? When the new emperor ascended the throne, so many people were accused, but the dog official who framed my grandfather was promoted two ranks in a row."

"Don't get discouraged so early." Li Qingwen comforted: "As long as he is not a good guy, he will show his flaws sooner or later. You and your grandpa are doing well. If you find a chance to redress your grievances, you will surely get your grievances resolved one day."

"Will there really be such a day?"

Tao Ruoning looked at him, the despair in his eyes made people worry.

"Yes, it depends on human effort." Li Qingwen nodded repeatedly: "Didn't you write all the certificates? I heard from Ma Yongjiang that he asked someone to ask when he wrote the letter. If you trust me, give me a copy too. I can find someone to ask."

Tao Ruoning shook her head, "I know, you have already worried a lot about Ma Yongjiang and the others, my grandfather's case can't bother you anymore."

Li Qingwen didn't force her, just said: "If you don't give it, I will ask Ma Yongjiang myself. Miss Tao, my father said that life will not always be smooth, and most of it will be full of ups and downs. You and your father have fallen into the pit now." Li, as long as you grit your teeth and endure it, it may be fine in the future."

Tao Ruoning finally smiled after being comforted by younger people one after another, "Thank you, Ma Yongjiang said the same thing."

Li Qingwen shook his head, seeing that she looked better, he said goodbye.

When they arrived at the three earthen houses, Fang was busy cooking for the men working in the fields, and Li Qingwen went to water her vegetable fields, and washed his hands and feet along the way.

This vegetable field was planted by him before, and the side was sprinkled with lime to kill insects. Now it is a cultivated field.

"Don't be too busy, son, just water it at night." Fang dragged him into the room, saw Li Qingwen's face was flushed, and couldn't help but said, "Didn't Qing Zhuo tell you to read well, so don't go out to work."

Li Qingwen responded, but he couldn't finish planting trees, so he wouldn't rest.

Fang's family received a letter from his hometown from the guard, and while cooking, he talked about things in his hometown, while Li Qingwen washed the bacon, cut it, and steamed it in water.

When he heard Qin Dongmeng's name, the kitchen knife in Li Qingwen's hand paused. He still hadn't forgotten that Qin Dongdream knew who Jiang Cong liked...

When he was walking back from the capital, he didn't seem to have stayed with Jiang Cong very long, and he hadn't had a chance to ask him all the time, but when he arrived at the border town, there was such a commotion that he put the matter aside.

At that time, he dared to swear that Jiang Cong had no one he liked, but now he can't, because he found that he might not know Jiang Cong that well, so he couldn't say for sure.

I don't know where Jiang Cong is now, this matter may have to drag on for a while...

Fang didn't hear Li Qingwen's response for a long time, she turned her head to see him in a daze, and didn't dare to say a word, fearing that he would cut his hand.

Lao Sun and the others came back two quarters of an hour earlier, and the older ones stayed at the camp to farm instead of going to the border post.

Originally, Li Qingrui and Li Qingwen kept calling them to eat together, but Lao Sun and the others saw that there were too many helpers in the Li family, and Mrs. Chen and the others couldn't handle it, so they ate at the camp.

After the food here was ready, Li Qingwen went home.

There are quite a few adults and children who are helpers. There are tables in the yard of Li's house, and there are four stools next to each table, and people are sitting on them.

Li Qingwen has been unable to enter the back kitchen for a long time at home, and all the female relatives at home pushed him into the house, wanting to read and read, and lie down for a while when tired.

Going up the mountain in the afternoon, dig a hole first, Zhou Yao and Zhou Fengnian also came, Li Qingwen taught them how big a hole to dig.

As soon as the weather warmed up, boots covered their feet, and everyone put on convenient cloth shoes. Zhou Fengnian probably didn’t wear such cloth shoes. His feet hurt when he stepped on the shovel. He was wearing a hat under the sun, and two lines of sweat dripped from his temples. .

But he was born handsome, even with his current appearance, there might be a bit of dignity in his eyebrows and eyes.

Li Qingwen really admired him, but the hat hadn't been taken off since the Chinese New Year. He stared at the hat a few more times, and Zhou Fengnian looked at him defensively, "It's so hard to see, I don't want to work fast."

Li Qingwen was worried about Mr. Zhou's heat stroke and wanted to persuade him, but Zhou Yao who was next to him pulled him aside and said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, last time Zhou Congwang went to my place to ask if there is any medicine to make hair grow faster , I don’t know how to let Mr. Zhou know, but he got angry.”

Li Qingwen: "..."

He really didn't know whether Zhou Fengnian cherished his face, or loved his hair like his life... In short, he couldn't understand it at all.

But, no matter what, Master Zhou is very skillful with this shovel now, digging holes much faster than those children.

In order for him to work better, Li Qingwen asked his aunt for two scarves at night, which are the kind of cloth scarves that can cover his hair and head and avoid blowing dirt.

The advantage of this kind of headscarf is that it can be loose or tight, and you can adjust it at any time.

Hearing that it was for Mr. Zhou, Li Maoyu specially chose two pieces of good material, which were plain in color.

After Li Qingwen got it, he sent it to Zhou Congxin. The next day, Zhou Fengnian actually put on a headscarf and went out to work. The cloth scarf on his head looked the best.

It was only later that Li Qingwen found out that Master Zhou had been working with the cloth towel for more than half an hour, and only tied it out when he was satisfied.

Zhou Fengnian planted trees here for a few days, and went to plant the land again. Zhou Congxin helped the plow stick, Zhou Congwang sorted the seeds, Zhou Fengnian leveled the ridges and rolled the rollers.

Moreover, the three of them planted new land. Although it was only two acres, it surprised Li Qingwen.

After all, they don't have to worry about food and drink, so there is no need to reclaim land.

It was Zhou Yao who told him that Zhou Fengnian and Lin Tan had disagreements a while ago, and Lin Tan wanted to build the new city as soon as possible, but Zhou Fengnian said that this year would not work, so he had to work on the crops.

According to the report, Lin Tan already knew that there was an unfriendly force in the north. He wanted to build the city wall as soon as possible to deal with unexpected events. Moreover, there was a lot of food stored in the camp and warehouses. We survived, so we dared to concentrate our manpower to build a new city.

Zhou Fengnian's judgment was that the enemy would not be able to attack in a short period of time, food and grass were the most important, and cities and so on were secondary.

In the end, Zhou Fengnian gave in.Most of the officers, soldiers and male exiles went to build the city, so besides the people who fled famine, most of the people who farmed on the mountain were the female relatives and children of the exiles.

Li Qingwen agrees more with Zhou Fengnian. Since ancient times, the imperial court's military service and corvee service cannot hinder the farming season. It really shouldn't be coveted to make it half a month earlier, not to mention the border towns, which can't get supplies from other places in the extreme north. Guaranteed One's own food and grass are more important than the city.

Moreover, Li Qingwen also believes that Lin Tan should be held responsible for the disappearance of those soldiers. He told him about Luo Cheguo's affairs early in the morning. If you build a city to mend a dead sheep, I'm afraid you'll make up the wrong place.

However, it's useless for him to think about it. Lin Tan is a general, so he can have the final say.

Li Qingwen's tree has not been planted yet, but the land at home has been planted.

Different from previous years, this year the most planted is buckwheat, three or four catties of seeds per mu, [-] mu are planted, and then there are [-] mu of early-maturing sorghum, [-] mu of millet, and [-] mu of rice.

It is best to plant buckwheat, don’t plow too deep, flatten the furrows after planting the seeds, and don’t need to hit the rollers, saving time and effort.

This thing grows fast, and it takes more than 70 days from planting to harvesting. Other crops miss the rain and cannot grow into crops. Turn over the ground again, and then plant buckwheat in time.

There is no new cultivation in these fields, some were planted by Li Qingwen in the past, and some belonged to Jiang Cong and others. More than 30 people went to Beigang, so the land should not be left unused.

Except for cubs and foals, this year the family has more than 100 mules and horses capable of pulling plow sticks. Although some are borrowed, there are still many left.Even if we no longer borrow cattle from the camp, there are many animals, the land has been cultivated for two years, and there are many helpers, we can plant one or two hundred acres a day, and the spring plowing will soon be over.

After planting their own family, the horses and mules rested for a long time and were lent out. Li Maoxian and the others helped the family with less labor to plant for a few days, and then went to the new city to build the city wall.