Chapter 48 Busy Farming
Chen Ergou said with certainty: "It's not like I won't repay the money I borrowed. Sanlang, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Just do it. At worst, when my donkey comes back, he will recognize you as his godfather and help your family for the rest of his life." Work..."
Jiang Sanlang and Chun Niang's faces turned green with anger, and they shouted angrily: "Get out!"
He picked up a wooden shovel and was about to shoot him.
Chen Ergou and his wife were so frightened that they got up and ran away. They kept shouting, "Then... can you lend me your deer? When my donkey comes back, I will hunt one in the mountains to give you back. No... three." Give it back to you..."
Jiang Sanlang was so angry that he chased after him with his wooden shovel.
Chen Ergou and his wife were so frightened that they ran away without a trace.
After hearing this, the villagers on the threshing floor couldn't help but curse: "It's so shameless. No wonder Chen Lu'er dared to block the road and rob. He has such a father and mother. It's strange that he can learn well."
The more Jiang Sanlang thought about it, the more something was wrong. He always felt that Chen Ergou had come here strangely.
"No, I have to go to Patriarch Chen and ask him to come forward and resolve this matter."
After all, Chen Ergou is a member of the Chen clan, and only the head of the Chen clan can control him.
Chun Niang nodded: "You go ahead, I'm sure Chen Ergou will cause trouble again."
"Yes." Jiang Sanlang threw away the wooden shovel in his hand and walked towards Patriarch Chen's house.
The midsummer sun is already like a small stove.
Ying Bao took Youyou for a walk outside. When she saw Xiao Wu and Xiaojie sweating under the sun, they hurried home.
He took his two younger brothers out of the basket and asked Yuan Bao to take Hu Zi out.
There were two mats spread on the floor of the main room, and four boys sat on the mats and played Kong Mingsuo and Tangram.
Little Yingbao went to the kitchen to cook.
She couldn't stir-fry, but she could wash and cook rice, and cook a pot of water chestnuts at the same time.
Anyway, no one saw it at the moment, so Yingbao simply took out a basket of water chestnuts, washed them and put them in the pot to start cooking.
Her stove has two pots, one for cooking rice and the other for cooking water chestnuts.
Not long after, the rice was cooked and the water chestnuts were cooked.
Take out the water chestnuts, put the water chestnut water into a clay pot separately, put some brown sugar in it, stir it, and give it to Yuan Bao and Hu Zi to drink when it cools down.
Take out some more green vegetables, wash them and put them aside for grandma to come back and cook.
A hen at home hatched a flock of twenty chicks in early spring. They were already able to forage, so Ying Bao threw the plucked vegetable leaves to them to peck at.
The chick is a fluffy ball, with a few hard feathers already growing on its wings, and it is chirping around Yingbao's feet.
It wasn't until evening that Jiang Sanlang and Chun Niang went home.
When Chun Niang saw that her little girl had cooked the rice and picked and washed the vegetables, she couldn't help but patted her little head and said lovingly: "Bao'er is really capable."
Yingbao pursed her lips and smiled: "I also cooked water chestnuts. I asked Yuanbao and Huzi to take some back. There is also a small pot. Mom, you can try it."
Chun Niang was surprised: "Are you looking for water chestnuts again?"
Yingbao nodded.
"You took your brother with you?" Chun Niang asked.
She seemed to see the little girl leading the big deer around.
"No, I found it by myself." Ying Baobao said without blushing.
Chun Niang did not doubt his presence and said, "Bao'er, when we go out to play in the future, it's best to go with your brother and sister."
The previous incident had not settled yet, and she did not dare to let her daughter walk out of their sight alone.
"Well, don't worry, Mom, I will be with Sister Dani and the others in the future." Ying Bao nodded obediently.
Chun Niang cooked the dishes and the family sat down to eat.
Xiaojie and Xiaowu quickly crawled over when they smelled the delicious food, grabbing their parents and sister and screaming.
Chun Niang fed them steamed eggs with a spoon and asked her husband: "Sanlang, what will Chief Chen say when he goes to the West Village?"
Jiang Sanlang took a big mouthful of rice and said, "Chen Ergou said it was Chen Laoshuan who incited him, so Patriarch Chen went to his house and gave him a lesson. This matter will probably be settled.
However, Patriarch Chen assured me that Chen Ergou will not harass us again in the future. "
"That's good." Chun Niang was slightly reassured.
After dinner, Jiang Sanlang packed up the dishes and washed them, while Chun Niang boiled water for the children to bathe and change clothes.
The two little leather monkeys have been running around all over the place since they were able to crawl. Their whole bodies were stained like mud monkeys, and their shorts and shorts looked like they had been scoured out of the mud.
After changing her clothes, Chun Niang patted her son's butt and said, "If you crawl around on the ground again, I'll beat you to death."
Xiaojie giggled, Xiaowu wrinkled his nose, turned around and looked for his sister for comfort.
Ying Bao is currently lying on the table in the west room, first copying a copybook, and then copying two pages of a thousand-character text.
Now her handwriting has a certain style. Although she has no character, she is very graceful and upright.
The summer harvest is over.
Li Zheng brought the countrymen over to collect the taxes. Jiang Sanlang took the lead in paying the taxes, and then paid them on behalf of his eldest brother and his second brother's family.
When their golden ears are sold, the eldest and second brothers will naturally return the money.
During this period, the Jiang family purchased several hundred kilograms of wheat from other villagers and kept it at home to store grain.
After the wheat harvest, it’s time to plow the land, transplant rice seedlings, and plant soybeans. It takes a busy month.
It just so happens that the golden ears are also ripe at this time, and they are eager to be harvested and dried.
Jiang Sanlang was scratching his head, not knowing what to do first.
"Dad, I know how to harvest golden ears. Leave these to me."
Ying Bao took the initiative to ask for help: "We only have 300 golden ears at home, and I can pick them all in two days. The sun is abundant now, so I don't need to dry them."
"Then leave it to Bao'er." Jiang Sanlang readily agreed.
So Yingbao started to get busy. The two younger brothers were very well-behaved and not noisy. As long as they could catch a glimpse of their sister, they could sit quietly on the mat and play jigsaw puzzles for two hours.
The golden ears had been exposed to the scorching sun for five days and were completely dry, with not a single one becoming moldy or rotten.
It happened that Jiang Sanlang and his wife had also finished plowing the dry land and planting the seedlings.
After a free day, the three Jiang brothers went to the county town with dried golden ears and sold all the golden ears.
This time, Jiang Sanlang sold eleven kilograms of gold ears and got thirty-three taels of silver.
Jiang Dalang's hundred golden ears were also sold for nine taels of silver.
The same goes for Jiang Erlang, who made nine taels.
Even Old Man Jiang earned a consistent eight.
The family came back from the county town happily and brought back a lot of cloth and daily necessities.
Now, the whole village knew that the Jiang family had made a lot of money selling golden ears.
The first person who came to inquire was Aunt Wang.
Her home is not far from Jiang Sanlang's house. In recent days, she has seen yellow mushrooms drying in Jiang Sanlang's shop. Although she was curious, she only took a look at them.
Later, the three Jiang brothers went to the county town with many baskets of yellow mushrooms, and when they came back they brought back a cart full of cloth and items. Even the fool knew that their family made a lot of money.
"Chun Niang, how do you grow those yellow mushrooms at your home? Can you give us some seeds?"
Second Aunt Wang smiled and pulled Chun Niang to ask questions.
Chun Niang smiled: "Yes, yes, but our seeds are very expensive, costing ten cents per plant."
"What? You want ten cents for a plant? Why don't you go and grab it!" Aunt Wang's face darkened, and she turned around and left.
Chun Niang ignored it.
Even if she pays ten cents for a plant, it would be a loss. Wouldn't it be nice to grow it yourself?
Alas, if it weren't for the lack of space in the bamboo shed, Saburo would have wanted to plant four or five hundred plants at a time.