[Comprehensive] The Giant of the Red Chamber

As soon as the three adults left, Xue Pan instantly felt that he had mastered the home court, and began to ask some questions that had been on his mind for a long time.

"Xiao Shitou, are the black pancakes delicious?" Seeing Xiao Shitou's satisfied look, Xue Pan asked such a sentence against his will.

"Delicious, very delicious!" Xiao Shitou, who had never experienced a round belly and was full since birth, nodded affirmatively.

"Do you think it's delicious too?" Xue Pan unbelievingly prepared to ask for more opinions.

Da Ya and Er Ya were asked suddenly, they were at a loss for a while, but they just nodded shyly, they had never seen such a good-looking person, although there was a lot of dust on their faces, they couldn't stop the person who was better than The appearance of ordinary people dozens of times.

"Okay, so do you usually only eat this kind of food?"

Xiao Shitou shook his head, and Xue Pan felt better. As for why he felt better, he couldn't say, at least he didn't eat such extremely rough food every day, so it was okay, okay.It's a pity that before Xue Pan could rest assured, Xiao Shitou's next words completely put the reality in front of Xue Pan, and he couldn't allow him to deliberately ignore it.

"Only when the farming is busy, I eat porridge and rice for three meals a day, and usually only have gruel for two meals a day." Xiaoshi finally gnawed the last bit of pancake, and poured all the pancake scum in the other hand into it. In his mouth, he smacked his mouth with unsatisfactory intentions.

Xue Pan was completely shocked now, looking at Xiao Shitou and the two girls who were used to it, with an attitude that should be taken for granted, so this is the life of a farmer?Have they lived like this all their lives?Xue Pan put himself into it, thinking that he might not be able to persist in such a life for a day.

"There is so much rice in your fields, why can't you get enough food after planting so much?" Xue Pan couldn't figure it out. Is so much food just for display?It is normal for the young master who has never really tasted the sufferings of the world, and who has never been running around all day for a bite of food, to be unable to figure it out.However, at least at this moment, Xue Pan has finally accepted the fact that Xiaoshitou's family has not had enough to eat all year round. If they can eat enough, why would the whole family suffer like bamboo poles? , if the family really has the conditions, who would deliberately criticize the children and grandchildren!

Little Shitou, who was still young, couldn't answer. The atmosphere was silent for a long time, and the shy girl said: "The harvested rice has to pay rent and taxes. After paying these, the rest is not enough for the whole family to chew for a year." , it will be replaced with cheaper brown rice and coarse grains, which can last for almost a year. Grandma often talks about the surplus food at home, otherwise the whole family will have to starve and wait to die if there is no food to grow in a famine year " Da Ya has reached the age of talking about marriage, although I don't know the details of many things in the family, but I know a little about them in general.If it weren't for grandma's careful planning all the year round, they might be able to produce a year's grain in the first half of the year, and they can only drink the northwest wind with their necks tied in the second half of the year.

When I was a child, I didn’t understand why my grandma was so mean. She scolded me for a long time for every drop of oil, and for a long time for grabbing a handful of rice. When I grew up, I gradually realized that it wasn’t my grandma who was picky, and I didn’t want them to eat it. Every grain of rice and every drop of oil must be calculated to survive. This is the life of farmers.Although it is very bitter, at least he is still alive, and the family is still neatly together.

"Eat quickly, or the food will be cold in a while." It was the first time that Da Ya, who had spoken so many words to outsiders, seemed to gain courage, and was no longer afraid of the next communication, reminding Xue Pan who was sitting in a daze.

"Oh, oh, good." Xue Pan picked up the bowl again, forgetting how difficult it was to swallow the mouthful just now. After hearing this, he was even more embarrassed to waste it, closed his eyes, no matter how unpalatable it was, he still had to eat it now. Eat all of them, otherwise you will feel sorry for the hospitality.

Xue Pan, who opened his eyes again and was about to eat, was like a soldier about to go to the battlefield. He looked like a strong man who would never return after he was gone, but the three pairs of eyes next to him made him feel a little uncomfortable when he was eating alone. .Xiaoshi stared at the rice in his hand nakedly, and there was the sound of swallowing saliva; Daya's eyes drifted past his rice bowl inadvertently, but then quickly passed by, swallowing quietly; Erya hid behind her sister , a pair of eyes showing longing from time to time.These three pairs of eyes made the rice bowl in Xue Pan's hands heavier and slightly hotter.

"Shitou, Erya, come with me to wash the dishes." Daya was going to take the younger siblings away, how would the guests eat in this way.

After the three of them came back, Xue Pan sat still, and the food in the bowl didn't seem to decrease.Xue Pan showed his big white teeth, and greeted: "Sister Big Ya, Brother Shitou, come quickly, I can't finish this meal, let's eat together."

The pancakes just now had been distributed to them, and Da Ya would not say anything about the meal now, until Xue Pan said: "Sister Da Ya, I have eaten before I came out in the morning, and I am not very hungry. Wouldn't it be a waste if you don't help eat? What a pity." So the three siblings sat down, and Xue Pan picked up the freshly washed bowl and shared out three portions, leaving only a little bottom of the bowl for himself. After eating happily, with everyone accompanying him, Xue Pan felt that the rice in the bowl didn't seem so difficult to swallow.

"Grandpa, Erya and I are going back." Daya stood at the head of the field and was about to go back after saying hello. She has already lost a lot of time and there is still a lot of work to do at home. If she doesn't go back, grandma will scold them for being lazy Girl, I just think about being lazy all day long.

"It's getting hot, go back quickly, remember to tell your grandma that there is a distinguished guest at home at noon, and ask her to butcher a chicken." The old farmer straightened up and instructed.

"understood."

Going down to the field again, with a little experience from before, Xue Pan was much more relaxed, but just chased after the old farmer and turned into a hundred thousand whys.

"Old man, how many acres of land did you rent?"

"If you rent five acres, you won't be able to manage any more."

"Why don't you buy land and grow it yourself, so you don't have to pay rent?" If you don't need to pay rent, you will have more food in your family, so you don't have to be so hungry all the time.Xue Pan still doesn't know the importance of original capital. Who doesn't want to buy land and property, but it's just empty talk if you don't have money.

"Little brother, you don't know that one mu of land costs at least three or four taels of silver, and this is just a low-grade paddy field. If you want to buy high-quality land, you need at least eight or nine taels of silver per mu. How can farmers afford so much?" Money. The family bought a total of two acres of medium-sized paddy fields and three acres of dry land, which emptied the family. In fact, renting seeds is also good. You can directly plant the best fields, so that the annual output will be more, like the owner’s family. The master is a philanthropic person, he only charges us [-]% of the rent, unlike other landowners and gentry who have a fixed amount of stones per acre of land, in case of a famine year, the output of the entire field may not be enough to pay the rent. The harvest is [-]%, no matter when we can get some food, everyone is happy to be able to rent the land of the master!" The old farmer showed a heartfelt smile when he said this, he was really happy, really happy Thank you master.

Thirty percent?Isn't it [-]%?Xue Pan had a question mark in his heart. He remembered that he heard his mother say that the rent of the tenants would be reduced to [-]%, and it was done in his name, just to pray for his father. How could the reality be different from what he knew?After hearing the old farmer's words of thanking the master, this question mark was put aside for the time being, and it would be fine to go back and find my mother to confirm it.If it is really missing here, just change it to [-]% or less. In this way, Xiao Shitou's family may be able to eat a few full meals.Xue Pan thought happily, it was the first time he really experienced the fun and pleasure brought by helping others. It was just a matter of little effort for him, but it could make the whole family and even more people eat an extra bite. This feeling is not bad.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and the steaming heat in the ground made people panic all over. Xue Pan could no longer move his legs, and the enthusiasm of chasing the old farmer to ask questions just now disappeared completely, like a wilting pickle in the morning. vegetable.

"Little brother, I've been working here this morning. It's almost time to go back. Shitou, take your little brother back. Remember to go to the shade." Xiao Shitou responded, and carried a basket that was almost full of rice ears. Taking Xue Pan home, his tired little body staggered, but Xue Pan was exhausted and couldn't help.

The work of the old farmer's family is not over yet. The rice that has been harvested in the morning has to be bundled and carried to the sun-drying field, where the weather is good and the rice is quickly dried.Otherwise, if it is delayed until a rainy day, the half year's hard work will be discounted.So when it's harvest time, no matter how strong the sun is, farmers are not afraid of heat, but rainy days.

Xue Pan walked with heavy steps for a long time before finally stopping outside a house. The dilapidated low walls and wooden doors once again revealed the poverty of the family.But along the way, the houses in the village are all the same. It is rare to see one or two houses built with blue bricks, and the rest are almost thatched houses with earthen walls. Xue Pan has a deep understanding of the poverty of the peasants.

Outside the courtyard, Xue Pan heard an older and harsh female voice coming from inside, to the effect that who the hell wanted to kill a chicken for treats, it was her precious chicken, and she wished to serve her ancestors like she did on weekdays , I’m afraid that if you are hungry, thirsty, cold or hot, the old man is a prodigal man. He is not a man of the year, so he just opens his mouth more. The smell of chicken soup drew out all the greedy worms in Xue Pan's stomach, and his stomach growled in response to the occasion, and Xiao Shitou yelled at the same time, louder than Xue Pan's, and the two looked at each other and smiled embarrassedly up.

"Grandma, I'm back, have you stewed chicken?" Little Shitou pushed open the door, and the excited voice resounded throughout the yard.

"You're a starving ghost, you're so hungry, you just yell like this after stewing a chicken, I wish you could hear it everywhere." The old lady rushed out of the kitchen. No matter who has to be scolded several times a day, everyone is used to it.

Little Shitou didn't seem to hear the scolding, and happily put the basket on the ground, and happily muttered: "Eat chicken, eat chicken."

The old lady wanted to scold him, but she saw a strange little brother standing in the yard. Although he was messed up, it didn't prevent the old lady from seeing his difference at a glance, and forced a smile on her face: "So you are Little guest, don’t stand in the yard, let’s get more sun. Da Ya, get a basin of water for my little brother to wash and cool off; Once the ears of rice come back to dry in the sun, they will be lazy."

The few little ones were directed by the old lady to go around, those who fetched water, those who dried the ears of rice, were very busy.

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