Chapter 171 Hu Ling's father
Zhong Jing felt that something was wrong with what he said, but he couldn't say it out, so he nodded with a smile: "Yeah, brother Zhou will be happy anyway!"
Zhao Liya couldn't help smiling.
Knowing that Brother Zhou is well, she is indeed relieved subconsciously. He left so suddenly last time, it must not be a trivial matter.
The group left early the next morning, and Zhong Ming took the three of them off. It has been sent to Gaolian County.
Zhao Liya and the others had to circle around again, pretending to be back from the mountains.
Yu Xiaofang gained a lot this time, all four of them carried baskets full of various medicinal materials, and Lin Mo was still carrying a big sack in his hand.
Anyone can tell at a glance that this must have come back from gathering herbs in the mountains.
They went out for seven or eight days before they came back. They missed the house so much, and the small courtyard suddenly became lively again.
In the evening, Zhong Ming came over quietly, and after Zhao Liya handed over the 30,000 taels of silver notes to him, he left again. Since I went back, I replied to my master without mentioning it.
Here, Zhao Liya naturally devoted herself to her own career.
Qu Yutao and the big and small stewards took care of everything very well.
The sweet potato seedlings have grown very long, and the seedlings can be pinched and planted in a few days.
The wasteland in Yan Village has finally started working. Those who are free and willing to work will spare one or two laborers every day to reclaim wasteland.
The next day Zhao Liya went to have a look, and only about 200 acres were reclaimed, which is not bad.
This was originally incidental.
Zhao Liya asked people to bury the sweet potatoes to grow seedlings while continuing to open up wasteland.
Qu Yutao smiled and said, "There is no planting work in Zaihu Village and Bajiaozhai. Everyone said that the weather is not bad at the moment, and they want to continue to open up wasteland. I said that I will make up my mind when my cousin comes back, you see —”
Zhao Liya did some calculations, and there are still thousands of acres of land in these two places. If possible, I want to continue to expand next year, and open up wasteland if I can.
"Let's open it, anyway, it will be opened sooner or later. It's just that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, everyone should pay attention to prevent heatstroke, mosquitoes, snakes and ants when working, and don't make any troubles."
Qu Yutao "Puchi!" smiled: "Cousin, don't worry, it's not the first day that everyone has been working in the field, and they are all locals. How can you not know this?"
Zhao Liya also smiled: "Well, that must be clearer than me."
The pigs in the pig farm have also been raised. There are a hundred of them. They look cute. Zhao Liya deliberately went to the city to buy a lot of corn, ground it into flour, mixed it with rice bran, and mixed it with chopped vegetables to feed her, because she is still young and eats little.
When they grow up a bit, you can feed the sweet potato vines. At that time, sweet potato vines were also available.
Now the family feeds them by themselves, and by the way, they hire three daughters-in-law from the village to help them out.
This is not going to work.
But Zhao Liya doesn't want to completely contract out the pig farm to raise others. No one dares to take the risk of contracting, so she has to do it herself.
Zhao Xiang smiled and said: "This matter, let's wait a little longer. You Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu have sent letters, saying that they have already set off to come to our place, and they will arrive soon. Wait until they arrive to buy someone. It’s not that eye-catching.”
The Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu mentioned by Zhao Xiang are the parents of Hu Ling. They originally said they would come after making arrangements for the family over there, but they did not expect to come.
Zhao Liya was surprised, delighted and emotional: "Really? Uncle Hu and the others are really coming! Dad, Uncle Hu's family is really kind to our family"
There are really not many people who can share wealth and adversity these days.
I didn't expect that Uncle Hu and the others would never leave when my family fell into this kind of situation.
"Yes," Zhao Xiang sighed with a smile, and said helplessly, "I wrote to persuade them, but they didn't listen at all. Alas, they must come here, so let's come! When they arrive here, they must make good arrangements, and they cannot be called They suffered and suffered and were wronged."
Zhao Liya nodded and smiled, "That's for sure!"
Since this is the case, it is natural to wait for them to come before taking the next step.
To be honest, buying someone or something is indeed a bit too conspicuous.
Although it is possible to use the name of Hu Ling and Qu Yutao to do it now, the Zhao family is developing too fast, so it is better to take it easy.
By the time Uncle Hu and the others came, they would have been out of slavery long ago, and with little property, it was normal to buy someone, and no one could tell what was wrong.
After thinking about it, Zhao Liya thought it was good that they came, and it would be more convenient to do things.
Want to talk about suffering? nonexistent.
Even when I first came here, my family didn’t suffer any hardships, let alone now!
Not to mention anything else, she still has tens of thousands of taels of silver in her hand!
The courtyard was relatively large when it was first built, and they would live together without being crowded. If they find it uncomfortable and inconvenient, it is easy to do, or rebuild the house, or live in the academy.
It happened that the large courtyard in the academy area was also built. There were a dozen or so small courtyards and some upside-down and row houses in the large courtyard, just to house people who were hired or bought.
Zhao Liya already has a plan in mind, and she will wait for them to come.
In the evening, Zhao Liya and Shu Yan were picking vegetables in the vegetable garden. They were going to eat in the evening. The freshly budded cabbage, spinach, and lettuce were all so tender that water could be squeezed out. Simply frying them in a pan was the freshest. The taste of spring.
The vegetable garden at the moment is the freshest, greenest, most vibrant, and thriving, making people feel happy just looking at it.
In addition to these green leafy vegetables, pumpkins, wax gourds, towel gourds, bitter gourds, etc. have all climbed onto the shelves. The leaves and stems are all green, peppers, tomatoes, and eggplants are quietly budding, and beans have also climbed onto the bean sticks. Garlic, leek, celery, coriander, etc. grow densely in a large piece, and you can eat as much as you want.
Zhao Liya and Shu Yan smiled while picking vegetables: "I almost forgot, this season is a good time to eat all kinds of wild vegetables! It's better to spend two days—tomorrow, let's go into the mountains to find wild vegetables!"
Shu Yan's eyes lit up, and she nodded with a smile: "Okay, there are indeed a lot of fresh wild vegetables at the moment. Spring bamboo shoots, bracken, dandelion, chrysanthemum brain, Malan head, mustard greens, wolfberry head, Chinese toon. There are so many. If you are lucky Fortunately, we can find many mushroom mushrooms.”
The two of them finished picking the vegetables, and while talking and laughing, discussing how to eat wild vegetables, they went out of the vegetable garden and prepared to go back to wash and cook vegetables. Unexpectedly, they happened to meet Luo Shuyu passing by.
Seeing them, Luo Shuyu's expression turned ugly, she gave Shu Yan a hard look and snorted.
Shu Yan was indifferent and ignored her.
(end of this chapter)