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After the Tomb Sweeping Day, the village returned to its former peace and bustle. The villagers went out early and returned late to prepare for farming. The children who went to school were forced by their parents to go to the school. Every day they passed by the school gate, they could hear their loud reading voice. However, those young boys and girls who were not old enough to study and couldn't read were playing at Shen Jingli's door all day long, looking forward to them He made more snacks to give them some, which made Shen Jingli angry and funny every day.

After the villagers started farming, few people came to visit. Shen Jingli's life returned to its former leisure, and he told Mu Chen about the coal mine.

"I didn't tell you last time that I found a coal mine in the mountains over there. Would you like to have a look today?" Shen Jingli gave Mu Chen a piece of chicken, which he asked at will during breakfast.

"Good." Mu Chen answered, opened his mouth, and ate with relish. Xun ER was afraid of porridge. The little guy also gave Shen Jingli a proud smile.

Shen Jingli listened to Mu Chen's quick and serious response, but he couldn't help laughing, thinking in his heart, is it that as long as it is mentioned by him, he will agree so readily?

"Daddy, Bo'er wants to eat that dish." Bu'er swayed his legs and pointed to a dish of fern on the table and turned to Mu Chen. Since Mu Chen took a bath for him last time, xun'er has been very attached to him. He has to listen to Mu Chen's story when he goes to bed at night, he asks Mu Chen to bring him vegetables for dinner, and Mu Chen takes him to play When Xun Chen Mu was willing to serve his son, he was more and more willing to serve him.

Mu Chen first tasted the fern himself and made sure that xun'er could eat it. Then he took the root of the fern and fed it to him, and warned carefully, "eat slowly, chew it up and swallow it."

Xun'er nodded and ate happily. Shen Jingli looked at Mu Chen serving xun'er like a twenty-four filial father. He was a little jealous and said, "don't spoil him too much. He's not a child anymore. He can eat by himself for a long time."

Listening to the sour words, Mu Chen's smile deepened. He put some vegetables into Shen Jingli's bowl. "You can eat more. It seems that you are very hungry recently."

"Do you have any?" Shen Jingli raised her eyebrows suspiciously and tried to recall the situation of the past few days. It seemed that this was true. She ate more food than ever before, and soon after eating, she began to look for food.

What's the situation? Shen Jingli frowned and pondered, but suddenly felt that his brow was poked by something. When he looked up, he saw Mu Chen take back his hand. "Don't think so much. Eat when you're hungry. If it's still like this in a few days, find a doctor to have a look."

However, he thinks that Shen Jingli's health is not a big problem. It is estimated that he is greedy. As Ning Xin's cousin said, people sometimes want to eat, and there is no need for a reason.

"Good." Shen Jingli road. After breakfast, they told Jin Yu and Nian Hua to take good care of xun'er and Huaixin. Shen Jingli and Mu Chen were ready to go out. As soon as they arrived at the door, they met Mu Yu, who was wearing a coarse cloth jacket and a straw hat.

"Brother, what are you going to do?" Shen Jingli pointed to Mu Yu's dress. He was a scholar and a court official. He always wore elegant robes. When was he so casual and so common.

Mu Yu followed his eyes, looked at his short clothes, laughed, pointed to the paddy fields beside the stream and said, "I'm going to help Yifan's family plant rice seedlings."

Mu Yu went to plant seedlings? Shen Jingli had a horrible picture in his mind. He quickly shook his head and asked, "elder brother, can you plant rice seedlings?"

"No Mu Yu was honest.

"Brother, are you going to experience life?" Shen Jingli said with a smile.

Mu Yu nodded. After a while, Mu Yifan came. Muyu said hello to Shen jinglifu and went to the field.

"Big brother and Yi Fan have a good relationship." It's only a few days. I'm brother.

"It's rare to meet people with similar interests, as long as the elder brother is happy." Mu Chen stretched out his hand and held Shen Jingli's hand. "Let's go, or the sun will come out in a moment and it will be very dry."

When Shen Jingli thought about it, he looked over the paddy field and saw that Mu Yu slipped and fell accidentally and almost fell on the ridge. He burst out laughing. The mountain outside is a little far away from the village. Shen Jingli and Mu Chen chatted and looked at the scenery all the way. It was not like going to see the mineral veins, but more like walking in the green.

"the scenery there is very good. There is a big green grassland, next to the river, and there are a few trees by the river. It's just for outing. Bring a grill and a coal stove. The stove cooks soup, the grill roasts meat, xun'er and Huai You can fly a kite and play Cuju When he was about to cross the bridge, Shen Jingli suddenly pointed to the grass on the bridge and said happily. Mu Chen looked at the place he liked, and saw that the grass was green, like a green carpet. The river nearby was clear, and there were several buffalo drinking water. On the other side of the river, there were continuous mountains, and the scenery was beautiful. It was indeed a good place to go for a walk in the green.

He looked back at Shen Jingli, looking at his exuberant and yearning face, and had an idea in his heart. After crossing the bridge, we soon arrived at the place where the coal mine was found. The seams of this coal mine were close to the surface of the earth, and some of them had been exposed. Only in this way did we find the coal in our birthday celebration and dig it back to burn it.

"Look here. These are coal mines. After being mined out, they can be used instead of firewood for cooking." Shen Jingli pointed to the place where he had been dug up for his birthday and said to Mu Chen, "especially those who need to travel far away, bring a coal stove and some coal, and you can cook on the road. It's much more comfortable than eating dry food."Mu Chen looked at Shen Jingli's exuberant appearance, and some could not bear to beat his enthusiasm. He reached out and rubbed Shen Jingli's head. To tell the truth, "the court does not allow private ownership of mines."

Shen Jingli's good interest was destroyed. He turned to look at Mu Chen and tried to digest his words. What do you mean? The mine he found should be handed over to the imperial court unconditionally?

"Isn't there private salt and iron?" Can't private possession, that is to let him watch the money fly out? Mu Chen nodded, saying that salt and iron have made a lot of profits. Moreover, due to government monopoly, high taxes and high prices, private salt and private iron have risen one after another in recent years with the improvement of smelting technology.

"It's impossible to monopolize." Mining is not a simple matter, it is not easy to hide, and it will leak out if there is any carelessness.

Listening to this, Shen Jingli immediately calmed down. He looked at Mu Chen for a while, and then said, "you can do as you see fit."

There was no rejection, no anger, only understanding and trust. Mu Chen was moved in his heart and put his arm around him.

"It's a pity that my silver is about to be obtained, but it flies away again." Shen Jingli sighed. Mu Chen listened to his groaning and couldn't help laughing. As a result, Shen Jingli glared at him fiercely and called his fist again. After returning, Mu Chen wrote a letter and sent it back to the capital. In the morning of the countryside, the air is especially fresh and fragrant, which makes the spirit of Ba extra comfortable. Early in the morning, Shen Jingli and Mu Chen got up and were having breakfast. They came to visit Mu Xi on their birthday.

"Birthday, Xi'er, have you had breakfast?" Shen Jingli saw people coming in, put down his chopsticks and said hello to them in a friendly way, "come and eat together."

Seeing that they were still having breakfast, Qingsheng knew that it was not the right time for him to come. He took his son's hand and said, "brother 14, sister-in-law, we have eaten, so don't bother."

"what's the trouble?", Shen Jingli turned his head and told Jinyu that he couldn't refuse. Xi'er and I sat outside for a while.

"Come and eat." Shen Jingli "Jinyu, go and add two sets of bowls and chopsticks."

So she sat down with her son. Jinyu took the chopsticks and served them a bowl of pork liver and lean meat porridge.

"Xi'er, eat more." Shen Jingli likes Mu Xi who is obedient and obedient. He takes food for him and urges him to eat. Mu Xi was young and did not worry so much about her birthday. She also liked Shen Jingli, so she happily picked up her porridge and ate it.

After eating a few mouthfuls, Mu Xi's eyes glowed, "am, this porridge is delicious, and you should eat it quickly." According to his son's wishes, he also took porridge to drink on his birthday. The porridge was very fresh and sweet, and the lean meat was also very fresh and tender. It tasted delicious. After breakfast, Mu Chen takes xun'er and Huaixin out to play, while Shen Jingli and Qingsheng sit in the room chatting.

"Birthday, what do you come to me for?" Shen Jingli drank some boiled water and went to the taste of his mouth.

"I'm going to go to the city and ask my sister-in-law if she wants to go?" Birthday celebration road.

"Good." Jinlingcheng is rich, and Shen Jingli has long wanted to go and have a good time. However, he has been too busy recently and has no time at all.

Jinyu was waiting by. Hearing their conversation, she immediately said, "maid, let someone prepare a carriage immediately."

Shen Jingli nodded, "go."

The carriage was parked in the yard, while the horses were grazing in the stable. The groom listened to Jinyu's instructions, and immediately pulled out the horse, set up the carriage, and rushed to the door. Thinking of the long way to go, Jinyu was afraid that they would be hungry on the way, so she prepared a pot of hot water and some snacks.

Because he didn't take xun'er out of the house, Shen Jingli left Jinyu and Nianhua at home and went to the city with Qingsheng father and son. For the first time, Mu Xi was in a carriage, excitedly moving around, touching here and there.

"What are you doing in town on your birthday?" Shen Jingli twists a sour plum to eat. He thinks it tastes good, but he is very strange in his heart. He doesn't like this plum very much. He feels sour. How did he become addicted to it recently? Hearing Shen Jingli's question, the birthday celebration did not immediately answer, but with a soft smile on his face, he reached out and touched his stomach, as if covered with a layer of sacred glory.

Shen Jingli looked at his actions with doubts, and suddenly realized that he pointed to him and said, "you, you, you Are you pregnant? "

He bowed his head shyly before nodding. Shen Jingli suddenly felt the need to drink some water pressure, so he reached out for the cup. When he saw the plate of sour plum, he suddenly remembered what was wrong with him these days His face changed. I'm afraid he won't be