Bianshanhan [farming]

When Jiang Cong received people from the yamen and local squires, Li Qingwen was surrounded by the adults and children of Jiang's family talking, and ate their pickled lotus root and sweet glutinous rice cakes.

Just like Jiang Jiahe, Liang Shi also liked Li Qingwen no matter what she saw and liked, and kept holding his hand and talking non-stop, but her accent was heavier, Li Qingwen couldn't understand, and she needed the Jiang family's children to help repeat. .

Even so, the interest of the people talking was not affected at all.

After seeing off the guests, it was getting late, and there was not enough room in Jiang's house. Ma Yongjiang and the others went to the county seat one step ahead of time. Before they left, they kept saying that they should build a new house quickly, while they are all in Hongzhou, and there are enough people.

Originally, the Jiang family had vacated a separate empty house for Li Qingwen, but Jiang Cong said that the two of them could be together, and in the end, they still slept in one room.

There is still a lot of rain in Hongzhou this season. Today is a sunny day, and the bedding has been exposed to the sun for most of the day. Although it is not very soft, it smells good.

Although the journey was not too rushed, but after all it was so far, I felt drowsy when I was washing my feet, fell on the bed, and fell into a dream after a few breaths.

He went to bed early and woke up early. When Li Qingwen opened his eyes, the sky was still gray and the side was empty. It was obvious that Jiang Cong was more energetic than him.

Outside the window are bamboos, the green leaves are covered with dew, and the birds are chirping non-stop...

The door was opened, Li Qingwen was about to get up, but stopped, grabbed the quilt and did not move.

The person who came in was Jiang Cong, with a heavy dew on his body. As soon as he stretched out his hand, Li Qingwen was shivered by the ice, and muttered: "Cool..."

He dodged subconsciously, but his back was stuck to the wall. There was no way to retreat, and Li Qingwen got under the quilt.

Seeing him start to "cocoon himself", Jiang Cong moved one leg to the bed to dig the "silkworm baby" under the quilt.

Jiang Cong's knees were on the bed, and just as he peeled Li Qingwen out, he heard a "crack", the bed collapsed, and the two of them fell into the hole together.

Li Qingwen was taken aback, but Jiang Cong quickly grabbed him and pecked him on the face.

Jiang's house is not big, and every room is close to each other. When they hear the movement in this house, they all come to watch.

Li Qingwen and Jiang Cong came out of it, but the collapsed bed could not be restored, Jiang Lie said with a smile: "It seems that we really have to build a new house..."

Ma Yongjiang and the others came over early for dinner, and when they heard about this, they laughed so hard that they all blinked at Jiang Cong, "It's a good thing you brought back Zi'er, if this is a girl, you won't be famous in the village."

Because of this sentence, the egg that Li Qingwen originally wanted to give him immediately turned a corner, peeled the skin and put it into Jiang Ziji's bowl.

Originally, the big guy kept talking about building a new house, but after making such a move, the matter was really dealt with immediately.

Qi Min and the others had been back for so long, they had already had enough rest. After prying Jiang Jiahe's mouth open, they immediately went to find someone. If there is money and someone, nothing is difficult.

On the second day after Jiang Cong's return, the soldiers from the nearby acquaintances also came to visit. When they heard that a house was going to be built, they all offered to help.

Li Qingwen was dragged into the bamboo forest by a group of children to catch bugs, and the rest discussed business.

Originally, Lao Sun and the others estimated that Li Qingwen would arrive in Hongzhou in April and May, so the important event of getting married here was scheduled for that time. Now that the two of them have returned early, these free days certainly cannot be wasted.

Jiangjia Village is located between the green hills. The hills are earth hills. The red soil is covered with grass, bamboo and trees. Due to the topography, each field is very small, and orange trees are planted on the hillsides beside the fields.

I sent a lot of orange seeds to the border town before, but it's a pity that after so many years of cultivation, countless of them died of freezing, and the remaining ones are all lingering, and may not survive the day when they grow up.

The oranges in Hongzhou are very famous and there are many kinds. Because Li Qingwen came here out of season, he could only stand by the orange tree at this time, looking at the green leaves, and listening to a group of children say which tree is delicious and which tree is delicious. acid.

It's fine when it's sweet, but when a group of girls and boys say it's sour, their faces wrinkled so vividly that Li Qingwen's mouth immediately began to drool.

A group of children stalked Li Qingwen on the mountain, walking heavier and heavier, stepping on thick mud. After returning, Li Qingwen got a jar of candied pomelo peels, which was sent by Ma Yongjiang's family.

The Ma's are all people who like to join in the fun. After hearing that Jiang Cong and Li Qingwen had arrived, the whole family came with a bunch of big and small bags.

Ma Yongjiang's parents knew very well what kind of virtue their youngest son was, so they thanked Jiang Cong and Li Qingwen, saying that his son was stupid and troubled them.

Ma Yongjiang didn't reply this time, and listened honestly.

Because there were too many dexterous people, within a long time, all the things in the Jiang family's house were packed into the empty houses in the village, and the nests of chickens, ducks and geese were also pushed away. I bought them all and piled them in the yard.

Originally, Jiang's house was just crowded, but now that the old house was demolished, Li Qingwen was taken to Ma Yongjiang's house as a matter of course. Of course, he only came to live at night, and had to go back during the day. The time has come.

Ma's house has a big yard with green bricks and green tiles, and the fat fish raised in the tank can hardly swim. His family is small and there are many houses, so besides Li Qingwen, Jiang Ziji and his younger brothers also came.

The Ma family was also very hospitable. The table was full that day, and they kept adding food to Li Qingwen, but they were overwhelmed.

Thinking of his family's fish, Li Qingwen was inexplicably worried.

Ma Yongjiang failed to persuade him, so he could only lead Li Qingwen out for a walk. However, because the mountain was unfamiliar and the sky was a little dark, he got lost. He found a sleeve tree with luxuriant leaves like a natural green umbrella. It's very cool.

Ma Yongjiang didn't admit that he didn't know the way, but only said that he didn't know who planted trees indiscriminately, which was so bad that it was difficult for people to go down the mountain.

He didn't shut up until Jiang Ziji said that the Ma family planted it himself.

Of course, because they didn't go far, they went back soon.

Seeing sleeves and oranges, he inquired for a while, but never heard of oranges and lemons. Li Qingwen thought, nothing is more strange than having them. These two things are in Hongzhou, and they haven't even crossed.

The oranges and grapefruits in Hongzhou are in bloom around April. Li Qingwen asked if he could use some sleeve trees. The Ma family generously said that they gave him all the sleeve trees in the back.

After spending the night at Ma's house, Jiang Cong came to pick him up the next day, so he was naturally left for dinner.

During the meal, the Ma's family kept adding food to Li Qingwen. Li Qingwen didn't appreciate their kindness and wanted to stuff it down, but Jiang Cong took some from his bowl and ate it.

Ma Yongjiang's mother laughed for a long time, saying that they really have a good relationship, Ma Yongjiang pouted, needless to say, they slept together for several years in the border town, if either Li Qingwen or Jiang Cong was a woman, the children of the two of them probably There are more than a dozen of them.

Of course, he didn't dare to say this joke, not because he was afraid of Li Qingwen's anger, but because he wanted to go back to the border town to find Tao Ruoning, but his parents didn't agree. After fighting for a long time, he finally softened. What do you say in front of your mother to get married, child, so as not to make yourself uncomfortable.

Tao Ruoning is not actually a body of guilt, she is just worried about her grandfather, so she went to the border town together, and has been taking care of her all these years, as long as her grandfather stays there for a day, she will never leave.

Ma Yongjiang's parents don't dislike Tao Ruoning's background or anything, they just want to keep their youngest son by their side, get married early and embrace their grandson. Now that Ma Yongjiang is going to the border town again for Tao Ruoning, and there is no return date yet, they are naturally unhappy .

But Ma Yongjiang would not budge on this matter, and they had no other choice, so that Jiang Liping and Jiang Cong were in the border town, and Qi Min and the others would go again in the future, at least there were people around to take care of each other.

Li Qingwen didn't know these things about the Ma family, and he didn't need him to build a house, so he focused his energy on the orange and grapefruit trees.

Just when it was about to bloom, Li Qingwen and Ma Yongjiang took a group of children to the county town and bought a bunch of oiled paper. When the adults and children sat in the shade, they cut out the oiled paper and folded it into small bags.

During this period, Gao Yubao and others also came after hearing the news. They worked at Jiang's house during the day and went to Mayongjiang's house for dinner and sleep at night.

Gao Yubao and Zhang Yuhai are about to get married, and when they are seen by a group of aunts, they will say a lot, about "treat your wife well" and "live a good life" and so on.

Before the flowering period in April, Li Qingwen took a group of children up the mountain, and covered the budding bones with oil paper bags, not only the grapefruits, but also the orange trees.

This will not only protect the flowers from being pollinated after flowering, but also facilitate the collection of pollen.

The surrounding people didn't understand why they did this, not to mention them, Gao Yubao and others who helped with the work didn't understand either, but they had been with Li Qingwen for a long time and knew that he would not do useless things, so they would definitely Makes sense.

After putting on the bag, Li Qingwen would squat on the mountain every day. After the orange and grapefruit trees bloomed, they would start to collect pollen, and pollinate separately in windless weather.

Blossoms were removed one by one. Although Li Qingwen was wearing a straw hat, his hands and face were flushed and exposed. He seemed to work harder than those who built houses.

Due to the poor conditions, it is not rigorous enough to do these things, but there are many pollinated flowers, even if there is a chance of failure, there is a possibility of success.

Anyway, to be idle is to be idle, Li Qingwen thought so.

When he was almost done with work, Hu Lichuan and the others arrived, and the people gathered together. Li Qingwen had the ledger for making and selling candles in Hongzhou, and at the same time, there were more than 1000 taels of silver that he sold last year.

Because Li Qingwen taught them how to make candles, it is only natural that he should be part of the money.

Li Qingwen took the money and ran to Gao Yubao's village to see the lacquer tree. He took out the money again and bought a piece of high and low forest to continue expanding the lacquer tree plantation. The proportion of the money you get is used to save the money every time you sell it, and the big guys are tearing each other up here.