In the hot summer of the 16th year of Hongjing's reign, the Great Southern Dynasty ushered in an unprecedented bumper harvest. The technology of rice field and fish farming doubled the food supply in various prefectures and counties, especially in Qingping County. The current emperor Longyan was very happy and awarded countless officials, and the whole court was in a state of joy.
Peacefulness.
A hot summer has passed, and Yangmei Village has taken on a new look. Why, because of the rice fields and fish farming, everyone's life has been better, and there are more smiling faces. And with money, those who repair houses repair houses, and those who build houses build houses,
Even if the fish cannot be sold, you can still eat it at home. It has a meaty taste and its face is much rounder.
Nowadays, Yangmei Village is much more famous than before. Many people from other villages ask about the unmarried men in Yangmei Village who want to marry their daughters. How can the people of Yangmei Village be unhappy? And these
They were all brought by the Tian family, so the people in the village worshiped Tian Minyan's family as if they were gods, and they were extremely polite.
"Second girl, sir, let's go to my house for dinner. I'm making steamed eggs today." Tian Minyan and Xia Guang came down from the cotton field and were greeted warmly by the villagers. This was not the first time that this happened.
"Auntie, thank you. I've made it at home too, please take two more bites." Tian Minyan refused with a smile as always.
"Hey, that works."
"Now your family is the first in this village, and it is more prestigious than Li Zheng." Xia Guang raised his eyebrows and chatted with Tian Minyan.
"Sir, have you ever heard of the saying that whoever has breasts is a mother? If our family hadn't invented this rice field to raise fish, how would we be where we are today?" Tian Minyan replied with a faint smile.
“It’s good to raise fish in rice fields, but there are more fish and the price is much cheaper.”
Tian Minyan was not surprised. She had expected this a long time ago, so she said: "This is inevitable. Fortunately, increasing food production is the most important thing. Fish prices are cheaper. As long as we don't lose money, we can continue to grow like this."
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Increasing food production is the key, raising and selling fish is secondary. In the final analysis, food is the basis for survival.
"When the cotton comes out, it will really cause a sensation. I'm afraid your family's threshold will be broken by then." Xia Guang said with a smile.
Tian Minyan also pursed her lips and smiled. The cotton has grown to the flowering stage. In two months, the cotton will be harvested.
"The flowering and belling period is the key. The weather is still hot now, so we need to water it frequently, otherwise the flowering buds and bells will fall off. This cannot be ignored." She frowned and said: "If the flowering buds and bells fall off only now, then the hard work ahead will be terrible.
It would really be in vain.”
The two of them were talking as they walked home. When they were about to reach the door, Tian Minyan said again: "Sir, Brother Rui is going to die next month. Cotton will be left to my care. Can you give him more time to tutor him?"
"Don't be nervous, Brother Rui can pass this test." Xia Guang said, stroking his beard.
Tian Minyan stuck out her tongue. Rui Ge entered the examination room for the first time. It was less than a month before the exam. She was naturally nervous because her future was at stake.
However, since Xia Guang was so confident about Tian Minrui, it would not be a problem to take the Tongsheng test.
The two of them laughed and entered the house. Tian Minyan saw Tian Huairen coming out in a hurry. She didn't know what was going on. Seeing this, Xia Guang said to go back to the house first.
"Erlang is back with that woman. Your grandfather wants to beat him to death. Sanlang came and asked me to persuade him." Tian Huairen said quickly.
Tian Minyan was stunned, Erlang? The brother who kidnapped his concubine? She blinked, why are you back now?
"Dad, I'll go with you."
When Tian Minyan and Tian Huairen rushed to the old house, they heard chickens flying and eggs beating in the yard, ghosts crying and wolves howling, curses and begging for mercy, and women's cries.
When I went in, I saw an old man chasing a thin man with a hoe and beating him all over the yard.
"You bastard, if you dare to come back, I'll beat you to death so that you don't ruin the family tradition of my old Tian family." The old man chased and cursed, panting.
"Beat him to death, this is shameless." Jiang protested at the side.
"Grandpa, let's go around the second brother." Sanlang's eyes turned red with anxiety.
"You beat me, you beat me to death. I'll see who will die in old age for you in the future." Erlang hid with his head in his hands and yelled loudly.
"You fart, I have a lot of grandchildren carrying banners to buy water. One more than you is not too much, and one less than you is not too much." The old man yelled angrily, and immediately threw the pound hoe in his hand, hitting the target.
"Ouch." Erlang was hit in the back by the handle of the hoe. He yelled and rushed to hide behind the woman with a big belly in the yard: "Kill someone, I'm going to die."
"It's better to die, so as not to be embarrassed." The old man's face turned red with anger, and he looked left and right, trying to find something suitable to hit.
Tian Huairen hurriedly stepped forward, pulled the old man to persuade him: "Dad, please calm down, Erlang will come back, just tell him that he is, don't let your anger ruin your body, he is not worth it."
"Third uncle, third uncle, save me, grandpa is going to beat my nephew to death." Erlang's eyes lit up when he saw Tian Huairen, and he shouted immediately.
"Shut up." Tian Huairen glared at him, a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes.
Erlang shrank his neck and did not dare to make a sound. The pot-bellied woman in front of him took a quick look at Tian Huairen's attire, and suddenly knelt on the ground and cried: "Uncle Third, please have mercy on us. We
We are really at our wits end."
Tian Minyan looked over and saw that this was Mrs. Ding. She was about twenty years old. She had an apricot face and peach cheeks, and a tear mole in the corner of her eye, which was a bit attractive. But she didn't know whether it was because of the hardship, but her appearance was very haggard, her skin was dull, and she was quite attractive.
She had a big belly and looked like she was about to give birth.
Mrs. Ding pulled Erlang's clothes, and Erlang knelt down immediately. Tian Minyan's eyes flashed and she lowered her eyelids. This woman was afraid of being careless again.
But think about it carefully, if you dare to run away with someone without any name or status, how can it be a good thing? Now that I come back, I'm afraid I won't be able to endure it.
"Grandpa, I was wrong." Erlang took the hint from the woman and said with a sad face: "I have no choice now. I am hiding here and there. I am afraid that some tiger will find me. It is so painful. The money is gone and she is about to die.
After giving birth, I just..."
"If I had known it would happen, why bother?" The old man glared at him bitterly.
"Dad, let them get up first. The adults can kneel down, but the ones in their bellies may not be able to kneel down." Tian Huairen glanced at the woman's big belly and advised.
The old man looked at it, snorted, flicked his sleeves, and walked into the main room without saying anything.
Seeing this, Tian Huairen said warmly: "You guys should get up too."
"Thank you so much, uncle." Mrs. Ding thanked her sweetly and gave Tian Huairen a wink.
When Tian Minyan looked at it, her eyes turned cold. She covered Tian Huairen's body and shot her sharp eyes. Her face turned pale and she fell to the ground. The corners of her lips curled up coldly.
With such a big belly, she is about to give birth, and with her man by her side, she is not busy seducing other men. This woman lacks sex.
In the main room, the old man was smoking a dry cigarette, and his eyes occasionally glanced at Erlang sitting below. Looking at his shrunken and thin appearance, he felt bored and heartbroken.
Although it is not as painful as Da Lang, after all, he is his grandson and the eldest son of his second wife. Now seeing him in such a state of desolation, it really feels like something has been eaten in his heart, and he feels uncomfortable.
The old man looked at Ding who was aside, and was very unhappy. If this woman hadn't seduced Erlang, how could the previous incident have happened? And he had lost such a big face.
Thinking of this, the old man glanced at Ding with an even more unkind look.
The Jiang family is equally unkind. Now that Erlang has brought this Ding family back, he must be trying to eat them. There are so many people opening their mouths, and this woman has a shady background. How can she like her?
Mrs. Ding had lived in He Laohu's mansion for a long time, and she had some eyesight. When she saw the eyes of the old man and others, she lowered her head very restrainedly and did not raise her head.
In fact, in the past six months, Mrs. Ding has regretted it greatly. She had hooked up with Erlang because he was handsome and her eldest uncle was an official.
At first, with the money given by Mrs. Li and others, they were very popular for a while, but both of them were accustomed to eating and drinking, and they could only eat for as long as they wanted. It didn't take long for them to be empty-handed.
Erlang originally wanted to go back to the Henghe River, but when he arrived at the edge of the Henghe River, he heard He Huhu looking for him everywhere, saying that he wanted to beat him to death and dip the prostitute Ding into the pig cage. He was frightened, and he and Ding
He traveled further and only worked part-time to support the two of them.
Later, as Ding's belly grew bigger and bigger, and her expenses increased, the two of them couldn't bear it anymore. Yokogawa didn't dare to go back, so he returned to Yangmei Village. At least there was still a house to live in. I heard that the three
The uncle's family is also doing well. It's better to beat the autumn wind than to wander outside. Who knows, the old man didn't go back to Henghe and asked for a big meal.
"Why did you come back? Don't you think your family is not embarrassing enough? You are a shameful bitch." Jiang's tone was very unkind, and he glared at Erlang and Ding with a stern face.
"Mom, I, I, I just miss home." Erlang chuckled.
"Bah! You're a conscientious person who still misses home, so stop doing it." Mrs. Jiang spat on the ground, and it landed accurately at Mrs. Ding's feet.
Seeing the thick phlegm at her feet, Mrs. Ding felt nauseated and vomited. She moved her feet, looked up and saw Mr. Jiang's face as black as carbon, and immediately lowered her head.
"What do you think of coming back? What do you plan to do?" The old man glanced at Jiang, motioning for her to shut up, and looked at Erlang and asked.
Erlang immediately said: "Grandpa, I won't go to Henghe anymore. I will stay in the village and hang out with my third uncle."
Tian Huairen was stunned and looked at Erlang in shock: "Follow me?"
"Yes! Third uncle, I heard about it on the way back when I came back. Third uncle, you are doing a lot of business now. Just decide which shop you will assign me to as a steward. I am your nephew, so I am better than outsiders."
People you can trust." Erlang said with a smile.
Tian Minyan let out a loud voice, saying that he was going to be in charge, and he didn't know where he got the confidence and determination.
"Third uncle, you are in a big business now, so you can't make the decision on such a small matter, right? I am your nephew." Erlang smiled with a rogue look on his face.
"Yes, Third Uncle, Erlang is smart and capable, and he will definitely help you take care of your business." Ding looked at Tian Huairen lovingly, with tenderness.
It turns out that this is the third master of the Tian family. Judging from the fact that he is well-dressed and at a good age, he is much more mature and tasteful than a young boy like Erlang. If he can follow this third master, he will be a popular and popular person.
What a pity. Why did I fall in love with this brat like Erlang in the first place, so I was stunned. Look at this third master, he is a real man, a real man!
Tian Minyan couldn't bear to stand Ding's naked seduction. He shot her sharp eyes and said coldly: "This little lady, you can eat this food randomly, but you can't recognize your relatives randomly. Who are the three of you here?"
Uncle?"
Mrs. Ding did not expect that Tian Minyan would be so shameless to her. Her haggard face turned red and she was speechless for a moment.
She really couldn't refute it. Firstly, she and Erlang had no name or status, so why should they be called uncles? Secondly, Erlang didn't really introduce her identity to them!
She pushed Erlang's hand, her face turned the color of pig liver, she glanced at Tian Minyan, inexplicably afraid to have an attack, the look in this little girl's eyes was so scary!
Seeing that Tian Minyan said this to Mrs. Ding, Erlang couldn't bear to see Mrs. Ding being wronged, so he said: "Sister Yan, she is your second sister-in-law, how can she talk?"
"Second sister-in-law?" Tian Minyan sneered and asked with raised eyebrows: "What second sister-in-law? When did the second brother get married? Why didn't my sister know about it? Dad, do you know? Grandpa, have you ever drank this cup of grandson-in-law's tea?"
She found it very annoying when he did those things, and now he dares to lie and say that he wants to help her family's business and become a steward? Who does he think he is? If he doesn't teach him a lesson, he doesn't know how high the sky is. He thinks this is the place.
He's in charge.
Erlang's face turned red and white after being stabbed by Tian Minyan, and he said: "Here, after she gives birth to the baby, we will organize a happy event and treat her relatives to a wedding banquet."
"Stop talking about it." The old man said in a cold voice, and glared at Ms. Ding displeased. This woman is just inconvenient.
"Grandpa, the second brother came back just in time. With the help of the second brother, you and Sanlang can make the work in the fields easier. The same goes for grandma. Now that we have a future granddaughter-in-law, it will be much easier." Tian Minyan looked at the old man with a smile.
they said.
"What Yan Yatou said is that you have to do something when you come back. Erlang, you will help your grandpa work in the fields starting tomorrow. As for you, I will leave all the work at home to you." After hearing Tian Minyan's words, Mrs. Jiang immediately made the final decision.
"Ah? Go to the ground?" Erlang's eyes widened and his face was wrinkled. He couldn't believe it. It had been a long time since he had gone to the ground. He was still going to the ground this time. How unsatisfactory he was. Sanlang was still working with his third uncle.
Mrs. Ding was also very impatient. She wanted to do some work? What kind of person was she?
"What's going on? I've wronged you when you go to the fields? If you don't want to work, get out of here. Don't occupy the manhole and don't poop. If you want to eat, you have to work." Jiang said in a bad tone.
"Second brother, do you want to go back to Henghe? Second uncle and the others must be thinking about you all the time." Tian Minyan smiled and added: "I think He Laohu misses you too."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Erlang and Ding changed. They looked at each other and said, "Well, this is my home, isn't it? Where else can we go!"
Tian Minyan looked at their stiff smiling faces and snorted disdainfully in her heart. If she dared to attack their family, she had plenty of ways to punish them.
