When autumn comes, the fields are dry and the chickens are idle. People are busy with their backs to the north, and the sun turns to the west. Scythes are swept like the wind, and sweat is like rain. Three months of spring are spent waiting for this season.
People with fields everywhere are busy harvesting their crops while the weather is hot and rainy. Otherwise, when the autumn rain falls, the harvest will be reduced in the blink of an eye.
The farmers of Zhuangzi, Zhang Wang, and Wang Zhuangzi were obviously faster than the farmers of other villages. There was no difference in the way they dressed. The only difference was the tools in their hands, which were scythes. The scythes of Zhuangzi, Zhang Wang, and Wang Zhuangzi were slightly longer than the scythes of other villages.
When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan saw the scythes here, they found that they were different from the ones they had seen before. The two of them discussed and felt that the difference might be due to the difference in location. More importantly, during the process of inheritance, the workers improved little by little. Since that was the case, the two of them specially paid for a batch of scythes to be made.
At this time, it seemed that the speed was indeed much faster.
Another reason for the speed was their physical condition. Zhang Wang and Wang Zhuangzi gave some small benefits, which made the farmers healthier than other farmers. The food they ate was also much better. The mechanical labor was a competition of endurance and resistance to the sun.
With these factors added together, the two farmers were half as fast as other villages.
While the others were busy, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan ran outside and squatted in the shade of a big tree, using small wooden sticks to draw circles. Zhang Xiaobao used a ruler to draw a diagram for Li Cheng to figure out, and Wang Juan was drawing something else.
"You're … a combine harvester? Good idea. I'll draw an oil refinery here. When the time comes, I'll provide you with oil for the machine. You're drawing a diesel engine, right? "
Zhang Xiaobao had just figured out two small graphics games when he turned his head and saw what Wang Juan was drawing in front of him. There were two big machines. The one in front was responsible for harvesting and threshing, and the one in the back was responsible for transporting dust.
"Don't look down on people. How long did it take from the invention of the steam engine to the satellite? When the white steam came out of the front of the car, the wheels of history … "
"The wheels of history run over the crystallization of countless people's sweat. Countless people. It's not something that can be done by a liar and a police officer. He contains …"
"I know. Isn't it just the accumulation of various disciplines? It's just a drawing, and it's not like it's going to be done. When are we going to send people to the mountains to block those large natural ponds? The freshwater crabs, shrimps, and fish we bought from other places are still in the pond. If they get any bigger, we won't be able to hold them all. "
Wang Juan used a wooden stick to make a cross on the drawing she had drawn, clapped her hands and asked Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Xiaobao looked at the people working in the field and said hesitantly, "We have to wait for them to finish their work. This time, Erniu brought a lot of Mai Fan Stones from the other side. What should we use them for? If there's no other way, we can buy a property in the capital and build a large bathing pool there. Do you think people will go there? "
"It will cause trouble, unless you want to rely on a certain power. Do you want to?" Wang Juan poured cold water on Zhang Xiaobao. "No, I don't want to.
Let's keep the stones at home. As for the fungus and tremella, don't sell them first. Keep them. After two years, when people's living standards improve, they will be sold for a good price. They won't get wet and can prevent insects from biting them. Those things can be kept for a long time. When we have enough people, we can release them. "
Zhang Xiaobao whispered a few words. Wang Juan agreed and said, "Yes, there are too few people who can take care of things on their own. If we let them do business, we will suffer losses. Let's use the store to train them first. When County Magistrate Cheng is promoted, we will continue to train new county magistrates.
Let's ask County Magistrate Cheng to rope in more people. For the current officials and the students who will take the exam in the future, I agree to open an inn in the capital. Find a slightly remote place and buy it. If there's no other choice, we can just buy it outside the city. According to Zhou Xihu's uncle, the surrounding area is also prosperous. "
"Okay, I understand what you mean. Let's give some benefits to those students who go to the capital to prepare for the exam. Even if only one out of a hundred people passes the exam, it will be of great help to us. It's not like they have to take the Xiucai exam. There are other subjects. That's settled. Let's go and see what we have for dinner tonight."
After Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan finished discussing business, they stood up and walked to the kitchen. There were several big pots set up. Those who were boiling water and cutting vegetables were busy. Large pieces of streaky pork and some green vegetables were thrown into the pot.
Before they got close, the smell of chopped green onions wafted over. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sniffed and nodded with satisfaction. There was a lot of the smell of oil and smoke here. They didn't use oil slick, nor did they fry the streaky pork directly. It should be good to eat later.
"Little Young Master and Little Miss are here? It's hot, sit here. " As soon as the people working saw the two little devils from the farmstead approaching, a woman in her thirties who was not very nimble with her legs found two small stools and moved the umbrella that was held up for them to the side, blocking the two of them from view.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn't want to disturb her, but when they saw that she had already prepared everything, they could only enjoy it. The two of them understood that sometimes there were some things that one couldn't refuse. If they really left at this time, the farmer would definitely think that the master was dissatisfied. If the two little ancestors went back and told the master about what happened today, the master would feel that the account was disrespectful to the master.
As soon as the two of them sat down, a short table was placed in front of them. The streaky pork that was specially prepared for the people in the inner courtyard was cut into thin slices and placed on a wooden plate. There was also a small dish of garlic sauce on the side.
After that, the garden also flattened the cucumber that had been preserved until now, marinated it with salt and garlic, and poured some sesame oil on it for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to eat.
Zhang Xiaobao picked up a piece of meat and dipped it in the plate. Before he even tasted it, he said, "Good, good, it's really too fragrant."
"Yes, it smells good." Wang Juan also echoed at the side.
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, just as they thought, the faces of the people around them all revealed happy smiles. A word of praise could make them happy for a day.
Wang Juan also ate a piece of meat and used her tongue to lick the oil around the corner of her mouth. Then, she asked Zhang Xiaobao, "The taste is really not good, right, Xiao Bao?"
"Yes, it's just that the garlic sauce hasn't been soaked in the big sauce. It's even more delicious when soaked in the big sauce. The heat of cooking is also not bad. It's fat but not greasy, thin but not dry. Let's also cook it tomorrow. Instead of boiling it, cut it into slices and soak it in hot water. Then, we'll wash the oil and blood on it.
Zhang Xiaobao still felt that there could be a better way to eat it. Wang Juan also nodded in agreement.
"Boss, it's here. Look, the rice is growing so well. Boss, please slow down a little."
Just when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were half full, a group of people came from the small bridge. When they approached the place where they were cooking, a man wearing a green silk shirt and a beard hat was talking to a fat man with light yellow slanted shoulders, wide-legged pants, and narrow leather boots.
"What do they do?" Wang Juan put down her chopsticks and muttered.
"I don't know. Usually, when you see a servant talking to a person like that, it's usually the villain. His acting skills are not as good as Song Jinggong's. It's obviously written on his face that he's a bad guy."
Zhang Xiaobao joked with Wang Juan. He didn't care who came. The two families were no longer the same as before. At the very least, he was an official. He wasn't a pushover who could be easily bullied.
"Well, good, good place. One mu of land can actually produce more than four dan of grain. I heard that there's a market here. Why haven't I seen it?"
The boss looked left and right and asked the young man from before.
"If we go back to the boss's house, we're all busy. Maybe we can come out at night. Boss, please sit. It's tiring to stand." As the man spoke, he stared at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. To be precise, he stared at the stool under their butts.
"Clang, clang, clang." The sound of a few copper coins rolling on the table sounded. The man said to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, "Little kids, stand up. These copper coins are yours."
"Not bad. He looks like a lackey." Wang Juan looked at the copper coins on the table and said to Zhang Xiaobao. Her voice was not low, so the people around them heard it.
"Indeed. Otherwise, why would people say that dogs look down on people? That's probably how it came about." Zhang Xiaobao also said.
At this time, the people around them who were cooking had stopped what they were doing. They took all kinds of tools and surrounded the group of people. The one who was cutting vegetables held a kitchen knife and stood in front of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. The blood on the knife dripped down drop by drop, splashing to the ground and forming a small black hole.
"You, what are you doing? Do, do you know, who, who am I? " The man who spoke just now had now reacted. Hearing the words of the two children, he knew that the status of the other party was not low. He said with regret and fear.
"Bastard, why don't you get back here? How can you let the noble give up his position? Everyone, it's because I didn't discipline him strictly and let this brat be a bit domineering. I apologize here. May I know which family these two noble children are from? "
Just when this brat was worried that he would be beaten, the boss behind him stood up in time to smooth things over. At this time, he saw clearly that the two children were wearing clothes made of ordinary materials, but the parts of their faces and hands that were exposed were white and tender. Ordinary village children would not be like this.
"What are you asking about? Where did you come from? What do you do? " The person in charge of the cooking place did not answer the other party's words. Instead, he looked at them with a suspicious gaze and asked.
"This is our boss. He specially came to see you. It's the autumn harvest. There are so many grains that can't be sold. Our boss wants them all. 10 copper coins per bushel."
The bastard knew that it was time for him to speak. He pointed to the land that had not been harvested and offered a very high purchase price.
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