Chapter 55： Foreigners are coming

Chapter 55: Foreigners are coming

Coming back from Nanpo, Yingbao stayed at home to teach his younger brother how to speak and memorize books. When he found time, he went to the cave to sort out crops.

The golden fungus and snow fungus she cut last time had been dried for a period of time, and none of them were moldy. She put them in a bucket.

Now mushrooms are sprouting on the ten mulberry trees. The golden ears and snow ears are translucent and white, which is particularly pleasing.

The cotton seeds that were planted have emerged and are growing vigorously.

After offering sacrifices to the stove, Jiang Sanlang took the time to go to Nanpo again, asking Wang Ke and his son to go back to celebrate the New Year first, and then come back to do work after the New Year.

Jiang Sanlang also measured out five bushels of wheat and one bushel of rice and gave them to him as advance wages.

Wang Ke happily carried the wheat and rice and took his two sons home.

There are still three mouths waiting at home, and the little food left before has probably been eaten by them. The five bushels of wheat and one bushel of rice given by Jiang Sanlang were enough to sustain his family until February or March.

As long as in February and March, wild vegetables and elm shoots grow in the wild, and the family handles them carelessly, they will not starve to death.

In April, the locust flowers all over the mountains will be full. The children will go to the river ditches to catch some small fish, shrimps and loaches and river mussels, and they will be able to make do with the summer harvest.

In this way, his family can be considered relieved.

For many years, the poor people have been able to survive year by year until they can no longer survive.

In a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival has passed and the ice and snow have melted.

It’s a new beginning of another year.

During this period, the imperial court indeed issued a conscription order, and many young men in Chuanhe Town were forced to go to the battlefield.

The same thing happened in Dongxichen Village. A dozen men over the age of 18 were expropriated at one time.

Even the patriarch Chen’s family was not spared. In the end, his youngest son was drafted into the army.

The conscription was very strict. In order to raise the number of soldiers, it was not allowed to buy soldiers privately to replace the soldiers. Therefore, the patriarch Chen had to push his youngest son out to apply for the conscription.

But no one expected that the old man of the Jiang family was getting better with age. After replenishing the grain collection, he went to Li Zheng to allocate households to his three sons.

In order to confirm his son’s household registration as soon as possible, Mr. Jiang also gave half a catty of dried golden ears to Sun Lizheng.

Sun Lizheng did not accept his things in vain, so he sent his household registration to the county government for filing the next day.

The advantage of dividing households is that the county government will not issue a conscription order to the only male in the household.

If there is anything bad about it, it is that every household must pay one cent for the annual labor service.

In other words, the three brothers will have to do ten to thirty days of hard labor every year.

There is nothing that can be done about it. It is a blessing in disguise. It is better to work locally than to go to an unknown battlefield and die.

As a result, the three Jiang brothers escaped conscription and saved money for more soldiers.

Just after the first lunar month, Sun Lizheng brought someone to the Jiang family’s house to recalculate the household status.

In the end, the three brothers of the Jiang family were all assessed as second-class households. In the future, during the summer and autumn harvests, they would have to pay taxes as second-class households.

Jiang Sanlang was not surprised and readily accepted this assessment.

As soon as spring comes, I am as busy as a top and can’t stop at all.

If my daughter wants to transplant fruit trees on the south slope, she must first dig a tree pit. After digging the hole, she must carry the chicken manure piled outside the yard to the south **** for fertilization.

“Sanlang, a local man has come to our village.”

Chun Niang kneaded the dough and said to her husband: "Then foreigners want to set up a girls' school here."

“What kind of school are you running?” Jiang Sanlang was surprised, “No wonder a new house was built over there.”

He has been living on the south **** recently, digging holes and planting trees, and his daughter is also helping there. Unexpectedly, within a few days, the village built a new house for a group of locals next to the clan school.

“It is said to be a school where female dolls are taught medical skills.”

Chunniang kneaded the dough, pulled out the large pieces of dough, and started kneading the steamed buns.

“Learning medical skills? That’s not bad. It’s just right for Bao’er to learn too.” Jiang Sanlang said.

My little girl is smart and smart, and is destined to be different from ordinary village girls. If she learns some skills, she can find a husband in the city in the future.

When Yingbao heard this, he immediately became curious.

In my previous life, there were no female schools here.

Hand out Youyou, skillfully put a saddle on it, put on the reins, step on the bench and ride on the deer's back. She wanted to see what the outsiders were like.

I don’t know when several houses were built next to the Chen clan school, and a large courtyard was also built.

The yard is not quite finished yet, and several villagers are helping to carry earth walls.

But it seemed that someone was already living in the house, and there were two well-dressed children standing at the door. They were obviously not from the village. Because they were far away, Yingbao couldn't see their faces clearly, but she only vaguely thought they were a boy and a girl.

The girl is slightly older than Erni, while the boy is about the same height as Yuan Bao.

Yingbao urged Youyou to get closer, and saw two children who had also noticed her and were looking towards her.

At this time, a woman in a camel-colored dress came out of the house. She was in her thirties, dignified and quiet.

She also saw Ying Bao and waved to her.

The Yingbao God sent ghost messengers to urge the deer to come over.

The woman smiled and asked, "Whose child are you?"

“From Jiang Sanlang’s family.” Ying Bao suppressed her excitement and kept glancing at the girl next to her.

This girl looks like Sister Wen, her facial features are exactly the same, but why did Sister Wen come to a little-known mountain village?

“I’m from Jiang Sanlang’s family.” The woman smiled more gently and asked softly, “What’s your name?”

“Yingbao, my name is Yingbao.” Yingbao answered loudly.

The boy next to him froze, looking a little unhappy.

The woman and the girl both laughed.

“It turns out it’s called Yingbao. It’s such a good name.”

The woman spoke gently and softly: "Do you want to come down and play for a while?"

Yingbao nodded quickly.

The woman stepped forward and took her off the deer, touched the braid on her head, and said with a smile: "Come and meet her, this is my daughter, her name is Wen Shu. That is my son, his name is Wen Hengyin."

Wen Shu?

Yingbao almost screamed, the young lady was really called Wen Shu!

Ying Bao's eyes were bright and she stared at Wen Shu without blinking. She said over and over again in her heart, don't reveal your secrets and don't get excited. There are many people with the same name and surname in the world. You must never mistake someone. You must ask carefully before confirming.

Wen Shu also smiled at her and stepped forward to hold Ying Bao, "Ying Bao, how old are you?"

Ying Bao raised three fingers and said, "Three years old." In two months, he will be three years old.

“I have just turned nine years old, and I am a Rabbit. You are a Monkey, right?”

"Yeah." Yingbao nodded vigorously: "Sister Wen guessed it right."

The boy next to him snorted and muttered, "You still need to guess? You fool."

Ying Bao turned to look at him. He looked six or seven years old, with a plump, pink and delicate face. If he had two pigtails, he would definitely look like a girl.

“My brother is a Snake and he is six years old.”

Wen Shu took her aside and took out a piece of light green flower cake from the food box on the table and handed it to Ying Bao, "Try the mung bean cake made by my mother."

“Thank you, Sister Wen.”

Ying Bao took the pastry and began to eat it in small bites. He squinted his eyes and kept looking at the little girl in front of him.

With willow-leaf eyebrows and red phoenix eyes, a straight nose and a sharp mouth, and soft white skin, the more I look at her, the more I look like Sister Wen.

"Sister Wen, where is your hometown? Why do you come to us?" Yingbao asked boldly, taking advantage of the fact that she was young.

Wen Shu smiled: "My hometown is far away. My father is weak and wanted to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to cultivate himself, so he came here."

Ying Bao rolled her eyes and asked, "Isn't Grandpa Wen who came to our place last time a relative of yours?"

Wen Shu nodded: "That's my grandfather. He told my father that this is a good place for health."

“Oh.” Yingbao understood. "Then your family runs a pharmacy?"

Wen Shu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "My family does not have a medicine shop, but my father once worked as a medicine man."

Wen Hengyin suddenly snorted from behind and said dissatisfied: "Are you from the patrol room? Ask this and that."

Ying Bao ignored the little kid's sarcastic remarks, hugged Wen Shu and smiled mischievously.

“Sister Wen, can I be friends with you?”

"Okay." Wen Shu touched the little one's head, feeling warm in his heart, and said warmly: "You can come and play with me at any time in the future."

This little doll is so cute and gives people a warm feeling, nothing like my cousins.

(End of this chapter)