Be a little landlord

Chapter 48

 Brother Yan on the side was also very curious, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhang Shuishen, his curiosity was more about knowing how to count, this brother Zhang is really good, and he can do two things at once, while talking to him about stories Being able to count at the same time, it would be great if he could also learn this skill.

Zhang Shuishen raised his eyes, expressed satisfaction with their curious eyes, and then gave the answer readily: "Haha, I don't know how to measure at all, I just follow my brother to help."

"..." Brother Yan It's an expression of sudden realization.

"..." Lin Lixuan was speechless, he wouldn't have shown such a smug expression, this big brother who is deep in water is really... He cast his eyes on Zhang Huoda who was serious and ignored everything that happened around him, Zhang Huoda watched from the sidelines This farce, lower your head and don't look at them.

I don't know if this big brother Huo is very hot.

Lin Lixuan was very curious about how land was measured in ancient times, so he approached Zhang Huoda and asked him about everything. Although Zhang Huoda himself was taciturn, he knew everything about his problems. Huo Dazhi said everything, but he still didn't understand the principle.

When a piece of land is circled, Zhang Huoda only needs to take a look at it to know how many acres it is. Holding the rope, he himself does not know how long it is. He only knows that the length of two ropes on the east side and the width of one rope on the north side are one mu. , Zhang Huoda gestured with his fingers, and said, straighten the rope, how long it will be from here to here... Hearing that Lin Lixuan's eyes were full of stars, what Zhang Huoda said was all about accumulated experience, relying on his body's instincts to judge, With this kind of skill, Lin Lixuan can only sigh: there is no one else, but he is familiar with it.

Lin Lixuan shook his head. Anyway, he didn't come here to be a mathematician. It doesn't matter if he understands it or not. He walked up to Brother Yan and threw a piece of dead wood he had just picked up on the ground. Brother Yan followed him to the mountain. Seeing the dead branches and leaves scattered on the ground, I couldn't help but pick up some to make firewood at home. These small dry shrubs are good as a starter for the fire, but Lin Lixuan doesn't like his behavior. These branches are full of thorns, walking on the mountain road Unexpectedly, a piece of this unknown thorn wood stuck to the bottom of his trousers, piercing the flesh even through the trousers, for fear that he would hurt his hands.

If you want to pick up, you can only pick up those without thorns.

"..." Only those with thorns are good for burning. Brother Yan is very stubborn, so he doesn't listen to advice, and picks up the dead branches on the ground again. He likes to burn this kind of branches. It was one of his childhood pleasures to gather around the fire and listen to the sound of the firewood in the fire.

Lin Lixuan looked at Yan Ge'er with sour teeth and frowning expression, dragging that long string of thorny little tails, like a little fox who doesn't know what to do. It's a square and flat triangle, with the thorny tail pointing like a needle, and it's frightening to look at. If you don't pay attention to this thing, sit down and marry it, it will definitely make your ass bloom.

Zhang Shuishen saw the small movements between their husband and wife, and once again lamented that the couple was really affectionate, and he missed his twins a little bit.

It was almost noon, and all the work was done. Brother Yan swayed his long string of tails and went home to cook. There is also fragrant wine, Zhang Shui sighed deeply: "Blessed are

we brothers." Because Zhao Liniang wanted to greet the guests, Zhao Liniang asked Brother Yan to kill a chicken, and took another jar of his mother's wine and put it on the stove to heat up. The meal was a happy meal between the host and the guest. When the Zhang family brothers left, Zhao Liniang asked them to take away a big rooster at home. Lin Lixuan took them back to the county town in a donkey cart. After drinking a little too much at noon, Zhang Huo Drunk, he didn't like to talk much, and he drank wine one after another. After getting drunk, he became uncharacteristically and talked too much, pulling Lin Lixuan to tell him about planting fruit trees.

The smell of alcohol rose, Zhang Huoda's cheeks were flushed, his eyes were dazed as if he was drunk but he was not drunk, and he became rambling, talking about an old man he once knew, surnamed Xu, "Brother Lin, are you planning to plant fruit trees?" But it's not easy to grow. If you don't have experience, you can't grow fruit. If you grow it, it's either too small or too sour. Don't blame me for speaking bluntly. I don't think you can... know how to plant trees... I once knew a man named Xu Old man, don't look at his small size..."

Lin Lixuan summed up his drunken words, probably as follows: He knew an old man surnamed Xu who used to manage the orchard for a certain rich family. The orchard is deserted, and now the old man is at home with nothing to do. If you don't understand anything, you can go to him and ask.

Don't look at Zhang Huoda's appearance that he can't hit a fart with a stick. There are a lot of mental activities. His younger brother Zhang Shuishen is hot from the outside, and he is probably hot from the inside. What he said made Lin Lixuan feel ashamed. He, the future orchard All the big landlords didn't think about it in detail, but he heard that Lin Lixuan was going to open an orchard on the barren hills on the road. He measured the land in his heart and told him how to plan the land, how to plant trees, Which side is yin and which side is yang...

Fortunately, he was drunk, Lin Lixuan sighed in his heart, otherwise, how could he get so much useful information? He wanted to find someone who can manage fruit trees to come back and ask for advice. I didn't even start to inquire about it, but someone automatically sent it up. I really thank the brothers.

Zhang Shuishen talked a lot, and he was not very drunk while talking and drinking. He smiled and listened to his brother spit out the words like fish bubbling. Lin Lixuan sent them back to the county. Da's wine was almost sober, and the two got off at the county gate and walked back.

In the evening, the old cow Lin Lixuan, who had been plowing for a long time, hugged Brother Yan and nestled in the bed, kissed his face, stroked the field he had plowed, and asked, "Brother Yan, what fruit tree do you like? "

"Ah!" The exhausted Yan brother half opened his eyes, fruit tree? "Should I plant pears? Or peach trees?" He shrank into his warm chest, rubbing the tip of his nose against Lin Lixuan's collarbone, tickling him, Lin Lixuan couldn't help but bowed his head and kissed him again.

pear? Peach? It is so monotonous to only plant these two things, Lin Lixuan plans to plant a variety of fruit trees, "Then my brother Yan will wait for the autumn to eat peaches." Brother

Yan giggled: "It takes several years for fruit trees to bear fruit!" Brother gradually fell asleep, maybe because he mentioned fruit trees before going to bed, he dreamed of a peach forest, the tall peach trees were covered with ripe red and tender peaches, Brother Lin picked peaches for him Eat, Brother Yan is holding a peach bigger than his fist and smiling happily. Before he can take a bite of the peach, the scene in his dream changes. Brother Lin in front of him becomes a monkey-cheeked brother Lin No, it's a monkey. He himself seems to have turned into a pig. The peach grove they live in has turned into a watermelon field, and there are many watermelons in series in the vines crawling all over the ground...

Woke up from the dream the next day, Brother Yan He told Lin Lixuan his dream, and Lin Lixuan nodded, "No wonder you drooled in sleep last night, and you couldn't get up in the morning no matter what I told you, is it true that the peaches and watermelons in the dream are delicious, don't worry, Brother Lin Plant them for you to eat..."

Brother Yan has never eaten juicy and sweet peaches and watermelons. It's astringent, can delicious fruits really grow on that mountain? Brother Yan held his face in his hands, both daydreaming and worried.

A few days later, the land deed was in the hands of the Lin family. The barren hill he surrounded was about 120 mu of land, and each mu of mountain land was 1 tael. It cost about 216 taels to buy the mountain. The four mu of high-grade paddy fields and the six mu of dry land cost three hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver, and it was a good time to buy land, and spring plowing would begin in half a month.

Now their Lin family is considered to be a small fortune in Bixi Village. There is a barren hill, six acres of high-grade paddy fields, one acre of medium paddy fields, and eight acres of dry land. This year Lin Lixuan plans to grow half of the paddy fields rice and half glutinous rice, and various beans and fruits and vegetables on dry land. Well, the three members of their family definitely can't grow so much land. After a while, when spring plowing begins, Lin Lixuan will keep a few acres of land to learn how to plant it himself, and the rest will be rented out.

With the land deed in hand, Lin Lixuan began to ostentatiously recruit grown-up men in the village to cut trees on the barren hills. One of the reasons for such fanfare was to cut down the miscellaneous trees to clear the open space in the middle of the mountain, and the other was to inform everyone that this mountain was their home. that's it. Lin Lixuan also invited the village head to be the master. In less than a day, he found ten men in their twenties to forties who were quite strong. Listen, eighty Wen, if you do it for more than ten days, it is equal to one tael of silver. Why not do such a good thing, so all the men who have spare time at home come.

At this time, it's not spring plowing, and many people are idle at home. When chatting with the villagers, Zhao Liniang revealed that their family paid so much money because everyone was in the same village. Those who work hard to move goods don't have so much money in one day.

When others hear it, it's not the same reason. The Lin family is well-off now, but they still don't forget the villagers. They remember to take them and make a fortune. They thank the Lin family one after another, but some people sneer at it. They hate the Lin family in their hearts. , the eyeballs of jealousy are red, when the Lin family opened a restaurant to make money, they kept making small moves, they kept silent on the surface, and worked quietly behind their backs. This is the end.

They thought, what's wrong with the Lin family getting rich and taking some of his things? Isn't it stingy to care about every detail when they have money? Fortunately, their malice stopped here. I heard from the village chief that the Lin family has nothing to do with the county's chief bookkeeper, and he also knows Boss Shen from the county bookstore. A few days ago, an official went to their house. The relationship is very good... Seeing these things, those who planned to do something secretly also canceled their plans.

Since ancient times, people have not fought against officials, they... are afraid.

There was a lot of discussion in Bixi Village about the Lin family's purchase of land, and everyone envied them. Some people said that he sold the tofu recipes to get so much money. That was the top of the mountain. The Lin family became rich and became landlords. With so much land, Pu Chi Pu Chi asked someone to cut down the tree. Everyone said that the Lin family picked up the pie. However, these days, it is not only the Lin family who picked up the "pie", but also the Ji family.