Bianshanhan [farming]

The meal was almost ready, Li Qingwen went to the pigsty to find Lao Xingtou, just like the sheep, the pigs in the border town were also exchanged from Anyangguan.

The winter in the border town is not easy, people and people can rely on the heated kang and flue wall, and there are warm bedding, and a lot of effort has been put into the livestock enclosure.

Like a pigsty, it can’t be built tightly like it was in Bingzhou, with two walls and a thick ceiling above it. The pig’s hair is sparse and short, so it can’t keep warm.

When Li Qingwen arrived, Lao Xingtou had just finished feeding the pigs, and the wind was so strong that he couldn't hear the sows crying clearly.

As soon as he came, needless to say, the old Xingtou knew it was time to eat, and went back together. When he washed his hands, the steaming hot meal was already on the table, and the middle one was a copper hot pot emitting faint green smoke.

Together with several other people, Qi Min opened the barrel and poured wine out.

After everyone was seated, they began to eat. The lid of the copper hot pot was removed, and someone used chopsticks to pick apart the upper and lower layers of vegetables. After the meat, sauerkraut, meatballs, and frozen tofu were boiled, the soup and taste mixed with each other, and the salty Fragrant.

The big guys put their heads down and started to eat, sweating after eating, and drinking a glass of cool beer, everyone will make a comfortable and refreshing sound.

The house with the heated kang and fire walls is very hot. This beer is more popular than sorghum liquor, but if you drink too much, you have to go to the toilet, and then the big guys switch to liquor and continue to drink until midnight.

When they all dispersed with the smell of alcohol, Li Qingwen had already fallen asleep in the bed of the next house.

There used to be dozens of people crowded here, but now most of them have returned to Hongzhou to marry and have children. The house is not so crowded, but it is still noisy.

When Jiang Cong came back, Li Qingwen heard some movement, but he didn't open his eyes, and fell asleep until dawn the next day.

Jiang Cong was going to the new city to find Zhou Fengnian. After having breakfast together, Li Qingwen went home.

Today's style is very big, no one visits, and it happens that Li Maoxian is also at home, so Li Qingwen wanted to test the tone first.

"Father." Li Qingwen handed over a bowl of tea, bravely said: "My marriage..."

"It's not urgent." Li Maoxian changed from his previous silent appearance, took the tea, and said cheerfully: "I'll talk about it after you finish reading."

"I don't even want to finish reading..." Li Qingwen began to approach his goal step by step while observing his father's face.

Li Maoxian looked at his youngest son, nodded and said: "Then wait until you want to talk about it. It's always bad to force a cow to drink water. It will harm others and yourself."

Unexpectedly, his father would make such a concession. Li Qingwen was a little surprised and wanted to speak again, but Li Maoxian said: "My son, life is very long, and life is not as smooth as one thinks. Many things are best left to themselves."

Li Qingwen was thinking about his father's words, when Li Zhengyan came back and threw himself on his grandfather, Li Maoxian carried his granddaughter outside to sweep the snow off her body.

Because of the sudden appearance of his little niece, Li Qingwen's plan was interrupted, which made the courage he had worked up so hard dissipate.

In the past two days, Jiang took her little daughter to live with Zhou Yao for two days. The reason why she stayed overnight was because Zhou Yao's daughter didn't cry like that when she had playmates.

No matter how good Zhou Yao's medical skills are, there is no way to cure the crying child. Without her speaking, Jiang Shi, who heard the child crying hoarse voice, feels sorry for this little thing.

Inevitably, Li Qingwen heard something about Zhou Yao and this child.

This little girl is only a few months old, and Zhou Yao only returned to Anyangguan from the border town last spring to visit relatives. Counting the days, she probably got married not long after returning, but the child's father disappeared...

Because Zhou Yao rescued many people, everyone believed in her character, most of them only murmured in their hearts, and rarely said it out. It was winter, and there was nothing to do, so it wasn't just figuring it out every day.

Although I don't say it, but as long as there is some difference in the tone of voice and eyes, some words will come out anyway. After all, not everyone's mouth is so tight.

Li Qingwen was not idle. After returning, he discussed with Tao Ruoning and the Sun family for a long time, naturally about the two cases.

As soon as the river surface was frozen, Li Qingfeng took people to catch a lot of pike. After returning, some were frozen, some were stewed, and some were fried into meat floss. Make meatballs and stuffed sausages.

Because the ancestor said that the copper hot pot was delicious, Li Qingwen went to the second grandpa's house on purpose to teach a few aunts how to pack the hot pot, so he was naturally left to eat, and after dinner, he talked with the ancestor all afternoon.

On the way back, Li Qingwen went around to the camp and went to Fang's place to get dried plums. Before he got there, he saw the old grandson and sister-in-law.

Lao Sun shoveled the snow onto the car, and then pulled it outside the camp. Because it snowed constantly in winter, shoveling alone was not enough, and the snow had to be pulled out, or there would be nothing to pile up soon.

The old grandson was shoveling the snow, while Li Maoyu stood still, as if he had been talking.

Just as Li Qingwen was about to say hello, he saw Lao Sun raise his hand and straighten the hat on my sister...

When Li Qingwen walked back with the dried vegetables, he was still thinking about what he saw just now.

Lao Sun and the others have been free for a long time, because they risked their lives to fight in the territory of Grand Duke Luo Wei and made a fortune. They could have returned to their hometowns to build new houses and land in comfort. , The days are more than enough than the last, more than enough than the next.

Qi Min and Ma Yongjiang came to Border Town again, one because the girl they liked was here, and the other was because they wanted to collect goods from Border Town and transport them to the capital. Running around, they could make money and contribute to the two cases.

When Lao Sun came to the border town, Li Qingwen was a little puzzled, because he said that he didn't want to run around anymore, he just wanted to live in peace, but he came here thousands of miles from Hongzhou...

It turns out that there is no difference in the purpose of Ma Yongjiang and Qi Min, but they have never noticed it before. I don't know if there is really nothing between them, or he hasn't thought about it.

Because he wasn't sure, Li Qingwen didn't say anything when he went back, but only asked a few insincere words, but he didn't expect that his mother already knew about the sister-in-law and the old grandson.

"Your sister-in-law is beautiful and capable, as long as she is not blind, she can see it..."

Even after so many years, Mrs. Chen still broods over the crimes her sister-in-law suffered in the past.

After arriving in the border town, people from this village and other villages all fell in love with Li Maoyu, and they also came to her to inquire about her. Chen never persuaded Li Maoyu to find someone else.

Here in the border town, Li Maoyu and her four children are doing well, not lacking in food and clothing, and they are taken care of by their brother and sister-in-law. The life is going smoothly, not to mention how comfortable it is. suffer this crime.

Therefore, Chen only proposed two things in front of Li Maoyu, and after seeing Li Maoyu shaking his head, he declined the rest.

Lao Sun was different from the others. When Li Maoyu helped the group of them cook and wash, he kept quiet and just helped silently, without any overstepping words or actions. It has been like this for several years.

The big guy lives not far away, no matter how hidden the old grandson's actions are, people can still see them after a long time, but he didn't say anything until he was acquitted by the court. Followed silently.

After he returned to the border town this time, it was the first time that Mrs. Chen heard Li Maoyu ask her what she thought of Lao Sun.

Li Maoyu had suffered a lot in the past, and she really planned to guard her child until she died, and never wanted to repeat the same mistakes, but people's hearts are full of flesh, and Li Maoyu still couldn't calm down about how the old grandson treated her for so many years.

Hearing this at first, Li Qingwen was a little surprised. At the same time, he was also thinking that if his sister-in-law and grandson were really married, then his seniority would grow in no time...

Li Qingwen didn't think about it for too long. He was dragged to the school in the village to give lectures to the children. After all, he was one of the only candidates in the border town, and he won such an honor.

Although Li Qingwen tried his best to follow what the book said, it was obvious that these little cunning people sitting there wanted to know how big the capital was, whether there were too many people to count, and what the emperor looked like.

As it turned out, Li Qingwen simply shortened the time for lectures and talked more about what he saw and heard in the capital. Sure enough, his eyes lit up when he listened to each of them, and he was no longer listless as before.

To arouse the interests of these children, Li Qingwen encouraged them to study hard. If they can pass the Juren exam in the future, they can also go to the capital to continue their studies and exams. Want to be strong.

If Li Qingwen had said this in the past, everyone would not have cared about it. After all, there is no food to eat. Who can read books? But it is different now. If you pay some money, as long as your own child is that material, you can work hard for your child to study.

Of course, not all children yearn for the bustling capital city, and many people's wish is to take a big boat in the future.

Before leaving the border town, Qi Min discussed with Ma Yongjiang and Li Qingfeng, and then they went to Linsu to pull some wood and money, and asked the people there to help build the big ship.

No matter how the road is built, the road from the border town to the south will not be short of a few miles. It is undoubtedly the easiest way to go by water. They have already thought about this.

Although I haven't seen the shadow of the big boat yet, Li Zhengliang has already blown the cow out for his fourth uncle. The kid is the most curious, and everyone who has yelled about it knows it. Li Qingfeng told Li Zhengliang that if the boat needs money, Just give him to those people.

This is not to scare Li Zhengliang. It is really expensive to build a ship. They obviously pulled wood, but so far they have spent almost 2000 taels of silver.

When Li Qingwen came back, he passed by Linsu, and the boat boss pointed out to them the boat being built on the shore, and it was still a half way to be finished. It was piled there, surrounded by messy wood, and nothing could be seen for a while.

However, if one day I can travel between the capital and the border towns on my own boat, it will definitely be a good feeling.