Be a little landlord

Chapter 31 Sitian

   Near the end of the year, Zhao Liniang served delicious food and drinks for several months, and the well-fed chickens and ducks finally came out of the cage. Zhao Liniang is really good at raising chickens and ducks, how many chickens and ducks she bought, and now there are only a few of them alive in the family. Not only are there no disasters, but they are all well-raised, especially those little roosters with bright red combs , no, it should be a big cock.

You can tell by the look of their little donkey. Facing those roosters, he admits to being cowardly.

Zhao Liniang counted the chickens and ducks, how many chickens and ducks she could sell and how much money she could earn, except for the food left at home during the Chinese New Year. It can be sold in the county town. Zhao Liniang held the wings of a big rooster in her hand: "Look at the size of this rooster, how good it is!

" He weighed the rooster in his hand, it was extremely heavy, the big rooster screamed and struggled to escape, but unfortunately its wings were caught by someone, and it let out a low growl helplessly, its sharp beak turned left and right, revealing a triangular red tender tongue The chicken appears to be in excellent condition.

"I'll cook chicken soup for you every day during the Chinese New Year." Zhao Liniang held the big rooster and threw it back into the flock. The big rooster staggered and stood still, full of energy, looking for food and hooking up with the hens.

Lin Lixuan rubbed his nose and agreed: "Mother is right, brother Yan really needs to make up for his body..."

Zhao Liniang rolled his eyes and turned to Lin Lixuan: "You both have to make up for your body, you see Look at you, there was a wind and cold a few days ago, which scared Brother Yan... Brother Yan also needs to eat more and grow some meat." After speaking, those eyes sized up Brother Yan's buttocks for a moment.

Take care of Brother Yan's body, and wait to have grandchildren. Now their family is in a good situation, and they can afford to have one, two, three, four, five...all of them.

Brother Yan blushed from embarrassment at the sight of the two of them.

Zhao Liniang smiled kindly, and crossed her fingers to guess in her heart: "Look, I'm blushing, wait a few days to calculate the income of the food shop, go to the city to sell the chickens and ducks, and let's go prepare New Year's goods... next year... ..."

"Build a new house next year..." Lin Lixuan said.

"There is no hurry to build a new house. Wait until Brother Yan is pregnant with a big fat boy. Next year, it will be mainly about you. The family is rich. You plan and plan. Next spring, pack up your books and go to the county academy. Studying is the real thing. Eat and eat in the shop." Don't worry about things, you have brother Yan here, plus a brother Qiu who is as many as you can, don't worry, from tomorrow on, don't go to the shop..."

"I think the business of the shop is very good, It's almost as good as you without you...you can just read books at home with peace of mind." Zhao Liniang said with joy, her son was admitted as a scholar at the age of seventeen, but he is a well-known talent in the village. It's amazing, and it's even better at studying. After a few years to participate in the provincial examination, I will definitely be able to pass the exam...

Lin Lixuan's face is getting darker and darker. Zhao Liniang is still thinking about him going to the imperial examination, and he can still tell that she and Yan Geer Two breadwinners, if he goes to study with peace of mind, if he doesn't do it, he doesn't want to take the imperial examination, and he can't do the thing of letting Fulang's mother make a living and study by himself, "Mother, I said a long time ago I won't take the imperial examination."

Lin Lixuan decided to clarify this matter with Zhao Liniang.

Zhao Liniang was in a hurry: "How can it be, your parents have worked so hard to send you to study for more than ten years, how can you say that you can't read if you don't read it... Besides, Xuan'er is so smart, it won't take a few years to be admitted to Juren , when the time comes, our Lin family will have a Master Juren, and I will be worthy of your father if I go underground..."

Lin Lixuan chuckled lightly: "Is Juren so easy to take the exam? Mother, don't think about it, let's live a good life as a family Come on, now..." Fan Jinzhong said that he had studied this text before, and he also met old scholars who were still in their fifties or sixties when they came here. In ancient times, reading is a bottomless pit. Without good background and talent, it is even more difficult to climb up. difficult.

Lin Lixuan is very satisfied with the current rural life. Looking up is green hills and looking down is green water. He writes, cooks and eats all day long, and raises some melons, fruits and vegetables with Brother Yan in the morning. It is a joy to live freely Why bother with that kind of drudgery; he was a workaholic in his previous life, he spent all day focusing on project reports, meetings and other things. Repeat the busy and boring life before.

Zhao Liniang frowned, and the wrinkles on her face became more and more obvious. She interrupted Lin Lixuan: "How can it be possible! I don't know about others, but I know my Xuan'er will definitely pass the exam..."

"Xuan'er, you Don't worry, mother trusts you, both mother and brother Yan believe in you..."

"What if you don't pass the exam in one, two, three... ten or twenty years?"

"How is that possible, Xuan'er, as long as you work hard... ..." Zhao Liniang always has unlimited confidence in her children.

"..." The

mother and son started a cold war, and Yan Geer was caught in the middle and was not human. Lin Lixuan surrounded Zhao Liniang, trying to persuade Zhao Liniang with all his thoughts, using strict arguments and arguments to analyze the "not taking the imperial examination" argument. The good thing is that Zhao Liniang doesn't even buy food, rice, oil, and salt. Every time Lin Lixuan thought that the other party's expression was wavering and he was about to be persuaded, his mother's face turned serious in a blink of an eye, and she insisted: "You must go!"

"Mom, look at the chickens you raised Ducks are great, let's raise more ducks next year, enclose a piece of land outside the house, build a grass shed, build several layers of chicken coops, and surround a circle of fences..."

"If you want to raise chickens and ducks, you must also read "

"..." Lin Lixuan was helpless.

"Old man Lin, it would be great if you were still alive. Come and see our Xuan'er, he won't listen to me... We, husband and wife, have lived frugally since we were young and worked hard to send him to study, but what about him? ...We just want to have a child who will honor our ancestors..."

"People in the village say that our husband and wife are stupid, why send our children to study? It is good for us country people to know a few words... But our Xuan'er, who was admitted as a scholar at a young age, became the only scholar in our Bixi Village. Give us a face..."

"..."

Lin Lixuan, who was trapped in the house and couldn't go to the county town, had no choice but to follow Yan Geer to the mountain to collect firewood. He covered his ears, put on his back basket, and went to the nearby mountain with Yan Geer Even though it was winter, the mountains near Bixi Village were still green. Walking on the path among the mountains, the ground was covered with dead branches and fallen leaves. Brother Yan and Lin Lixuan picked up some dead branches and threw them into the baskets.

"Finally I can come out to let the wind go." Lin Lixuan sighed with his waist thrust up, facing the north wind and looking at the sky. The sky was grayish blue, as if his clothes had been washed white, and it looked a bit old.

Brother Yan picked up a slender dead branch, patted off the mud on it, and threw it into his back basket: "Brother Lin, are you really not going to study?"

Lin Lixuan raised his eyebrows, and picked up an old tree root: "What? You want me to go. " Brother Yan scratched

the hair beside his ear, feeling a little windy: "Mother wants you to go..."

"What about you?" Lin Lixuan wanted to hear what Brother Yan meant.

"I don't know." He felt that what Lin Lixuan and Zhao Liniang said were both reasonable, and he didn't know who to favor. Brother Lin didn't want to study and take the imperial examination, so he couldn't force him, but Mother said that he had studied hard for more than ten years. How can you just give up and give up...

Lin Lixuan picked up the plot in the script to tease him: "If I really get into Juren and win the first prize, then the emperor and ministers will betroth my daughter Shuang'er to me. Loving the poor and loving the rich became Chen Shimei, do you want to go to Beijing alone like that Qin Xianglian..." Lin Lixuan said more and more, making himself laugh...

"Ah?" Brother Yan didn't understand, what about Chen Shimei and Qin Xianglian, then who is it?

After talking for a long time, the other party didn't understand what was most annoying: "Ah what, it means——I don't want you anymore."

"..." Brother Yan is wronged, you just study, why don't you want me?

"...Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, I don't want anyone, I can't let you go, brother, come on, let's continue to collect firewood."

"If you don't want me, I will always follow you, hold your arm and let you I can't get rid of it..."

Lin Lixuan was amazed, he didn't expect Yan Geer, who has always been sensible and well-behaved, to say such a thing, "Okay, then I will tie a rope around my hand and hang Yan Geer up." Take it with you wherever you go..."

Brother Yan is very familiar with the hills near Bixi Village, and the guide said: "When next spring, there will be a few spring rains, and many bamboo shoots will appear in the mountains. By the way, there are also mushrooms, we can go up the mountain to pick mushrooms together, the mushroom soup is delicious..."

"I used to dig bamboo shoots with brother Yu in the spring, and the dried bamboo shoots made by my mother are very delicious."

"Then you learn Have you seen your mother's craftsmanship?" "Yeah." Brother

Yan nodded proudly, "I will cook it for you next year."

Lin Lixuan picked up a long stick and swept it around on the ground, he was in a corner He saw a small clump of purple flowers, purple and white cross-diamond flowers, but Lin Lixuan didn't recognize them, so he asked Yan Geer, but Yan Geer didn't know him either, so he squatted down to look at these small flowers, and pulled out the other flowers beside him out of boredom. One shrub, one forcefully, pulled out a bunch of...peanuts next to the flowers?

This dry flat look, is it a peanut?

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, Ji Qian stretched out his hands and rubbed his palms, finally got rid of Song Qiaoer, that fat woman came out to breathe the wind, and walked on the mountain road by the field, the more Ji Qian thought about it, the more sad he was, last year he was still Bi The handsome, unmarried man in Xi Village always has girls chasing him when he goes out to hang out, but now, even dogs despise him.

Ji Qian sighed, he could only stand in this remote corner where he once had a tender relationship with the little beauties in the village, "reminiscing bitterness and sweetness", "reminiscing about the past".

Suddenly there was a rustling sound of footsteps from nearby, Ji Qian turned his head to look, why is it him?