Chapter 259： go home

Mrs. Jiang Liu knew that her son and daughter-in-law had not seen each other for a long time, and they must have something private to say, so she took Ying Bao out and winked at her wife before leaving.

Old man Jiang understood and went back with his hands behind his back.

This morning the eldest son drove the clan elders and his family to the county town, so he was not at home.

The eldest daughter-in-law Zhou and her eldest granddaughter also went to work in the farmland, leaving him and his wife alone at home.

When Yingbao walked into the yard of her uncle's house, she saw that there were piles of thorn **** all over the yard, and there were also a lot of chestnut shells with peeled chestnuts piled up in the corner of the yard.

“Master, have you knocked down all the chestnuts?” she asked.

Old man Jiang kicked the chestnut shells away from his feet to prevent the thorn **** from poking his little granddaughter. "No, your second brother asked us to use a little bit to hit a little bit. If we hit it all, it will become moldy."

Ying Bao looked around and found that there were several large bamboo plaques placed in the yard, and the bamboo plaques contained purple chestnuts.

Ms. Jiang Liu said: "We will peel the chestnuts and give them to your aunt to make chestnut cakes. When your second brother comes back in a few days, he will take them to the shop to sell them."

Ying Bao nodded, picked up a purple-skinned chestnut, bit open the chestnut shell, dug out the fur with her fingernails, and ate it loudly.

Chestnuts are very sweet and large, much larger than the roasted chestnuts sold by vendors in Wa City, the county town.

When Mrs. Jiang Liu saw her granddaughter eating raw chestnuts, she peeled two of them, stuffed them into her hands, and warned her, "Don't eat too much raw chestnuts, as it will make you bloated."

“Yeah.” Ying Bao nodded obediently.

“Yingbao, tell me about the capital city.”

Old man Jiang was sitting on a bench made of old tree roots, peeling thorn **** and asked: "What does the palace where the emperor lives look like?"

“The capital city has many people, many cars, and more people doing business.”

Yingbao couldn't describe the prosperity of the capital, so she had to use her storytelling skills and said: "The place where the emperor lives is like a fairy palace, the tiles are golden, and when the sun shines, it is dazzling. Oh, by the way, I also came from The capital brought lychees back."

Yingbao dug out his bag and took out a bunch of purple-skinned lychees and handed them to his grandparents.

The lychees at this time of year should have been out of the market long ago, but the ones she put in the cave were not damaged at all and were still fresh and tender.

“Oh!” Ms. Jiang Liu took the lychee from her granddaughter and exclaimed: “This is a lychee. This is my first time seeing it.”

Old man Jiang has seen it before, but he has only seen it and has not eaten it.

The old couple each peeled off a lychee and stuffed it into their mouths. They couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so sweet!"

Ms. Jiang Liu quickly peeled off another one and gave it to her granddaughter, watching her finish it with a smile.

After chatting with her grandparents for a while, Yingbao left and went home.

At this time, Jiang Sanlang and his wife were sitting in the main room. When he saw his daughter coming back, he hurriedly waved: "Bao'er, come here."

Ying Bao walked over and took a closer look at her father. She saw that he was unshaven, his face was haggard, and he was much older than two months ago.

Jiang Sanlang asked his daughter to sit on the chair next to him and said, "The mushrooms you planted before have been harvested and dried. There are a total of twenty-eight kilograms of gold fungus and twenty-seven kilograms of snow fungus. I kept an account and asked the two to Quanyun went to the county store."

He took out an account book and handed it to his daughter: "Keep this away. My brother Ming will do the accounting, and your cousin also has a copy. By the way, the specialty shop is doing good business, and Erni has also been called to help."

Yingbao took the account book and flipped through it, and saw that it not only recorded the number of golden fungus and snow fungus, but also the amount of preserved fruits, grapes, apples, and pears.

Even how many gourds were pulled are recorded in the account book.

This account book not only contains the quantity, but also the price, which was signed by the second cousin and counted as the purchase price.

It seems that the shop is really on the right track in the hands of the first cousin and the second cousin.

Jiang Sanlang added: "Your second cousin also brought over some cotton cloth woven at home, and the supply is also in short supply in the shop. From now on, all our cotton can be sold in the shop."

Of course, the textile workshop at home must also be opened, because weaving cotton cloth is more profitable than simply selling cotton. Ying Bao closed the account book and asked, "Should our cotton be harvested?"

Jiang Sanlang nodded: "We will collect it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I have hired people and they will come over tomorrow and the day after.

Oh, by the way, I’ve already had the backyard of your shop tidied up, and I’ve also hired more than thirty bricklayers to build a house. It’s expected to be completed before the year. "

Jiang Sanlang took out a drawing and unfolded it: "I asked them to build five main houses, a kitchen, and a stable. After the houses over there are built, we will clean up the barren hills here."

In the first half of the year, Jiang Sanlang bought a large piece of wasteland east of Nanpo, but he never had time to clean it up.

When the busy autumn period is over, he will hire some people to open up wasteland. When next spring begins, the barren hills will be planted with peppers and various fruit tree saplings. After that, he will have to dig two ponds.

As there are more and more residents on the southern slope, water supply has become a constant problem.

In the past, when they lived by the river, they didn’t think it was very convenient to go directly to the river to do laundry and vegetables.

But now living on the south slope, not only is drinking water a problem, but washing and washing is also inconvenient, not to mention that every household has to carry water to water crops and vegetable gardens every day.

So we must organize manpower to dig more ponds.

Ying Bao stretched out his head to read the drawings and was very satisfied. Suddenly he remembered the fruit saplings in the cave.

“Dad, when spring comes next year, I will plant lychee trees on the mountain, as well as mandarin oranges and longans.”

Jiang Sanlang smiled: "Okay, then people in our village will also have lychees and mandarins to eat."

But what is the longan my daughter is talking about?

But whatever, it’s still a good thing.

Now the villagers in the village have their eyes as wide as bells, staring at the Jiang family. As long as they find Jiang Sanlang planting something, they will definitely follow it.

Just like the Jiang family’s grapes, every household in the village now cuts off the branches and makes cuttings, and some even use apple cores to grow their own seedlings.

Not to mention, the grape cuttings are all alive, but I don’t know if apple cores can grow apple saplings.

Then, Yingbao told her father about Li Xu’s mother and son.

“He owed me money for medicine, so he came here to teach to pay off his debt.”

Ying Bao said proudly: "Li Xu agreed to teach here for three years. After three years, he will go back to take the scientific examination. I will pay his travel expenses back and forth."

In order to help Li Xu and his mother get better quickly, I gave them several bottles of potion to drink.

Li Xu's health is much better now, and his mother An's vision has also recovered a lot, but at night, her eyesight is still a little blurry. .

“Is he really a scholar?” Jiang Sanlang asked.

Ying Bao: "Yes, he was selected as a scholar at the age of seventeen, and his future is limitless."

Jiang Sanlang chuckled, "That's great! We must entertain his mother and son well, and it's best if he never wants to go back."

Having a scholar as your teacher in your village school is a very honorable thing.

It is estimated that their village will become even more famous before long.

Although there is a private school in the town run by an old scholar, he is too old and has limited energy to teach many students.

Moreover, that person was quite conceited and arrogant and could not accept the opinions of others, so there were not many students who became famous under him.

But Li Xu was different. He was only twenty years old. He was in his prime, and he had novel learning methods and examination experience.

Even if he only teaches for three years, it is enough for the children in the village.