Chapter 1534： No wind, no wave

Time flies, the autumn harvest seems to have just started, and it ends in a blink of an eye. There is no joy in the autumn harvest. After the people paid the taxes, the people felt heavy in their hearts, and the harvest has been bad for two consecutive years.

The only thing that makes me happy is that last year's production was severely reduced. This year, I am afraid that I will continue to be hungry. Half of the fields are planted with high-yield sweet potatoes.

During the autumn harvest, Zhulan would visit the orphanage's Zhuangzi from time to time. The orphanage's fields do not need to pay taxes, and the most harvested items are sweet potatoes and potatoes.

There are too many sweet potatoes, and no matter how careful you are when digging, it is inevitable that there will be bad ones. Recently, Zhulan found a woman who can make sweet potato flour, and taught the children how to make sweet potato flour.

The weather was getting colder and colder. Zhulan brought the eldest couple to Zhuangzi to see the pigs. The eldest Zhou did not want her mother to see the pigs because it was too dirty, but she wanted to see the pigs raised by the children herself, but she had no choice. , Boss Zhou can only listen to his mother.

When they arrived at Zhuangzi, Boss Zhou supported his mother, "Mother, be careful."

Zhulan, "I heard that the children clean the pigsty every day. Well, it doesn't smell like it."

Boss Zhou often comes here, and he has the right to speak. "I clean it every day. I am the most diligent in summer. I disinfect it every few days, and the feces will be cleaned out."

"So where is the dirty you said."

Boss Zhou choked, "Mother, even if you clean it up, the pigsty is still dirty."

Zhulan, "We also came from the village."

Boss Zhou muttered, "That's not the same."

Soon after arriving at the pig sty, Zhu Lan frowned, "Hey, the pigs that were raised meticulously are not very big, they look like more than 130 jin, but they didn't even reach 150 jin.

Boss Zhou saw his mother frowning, "Mother, it's been raised quite well, and the pigs in our Zhuangzi are about the same size."

Zhulan snorted, "When the weather is cold, kill half of them and replace them with charcoal fires, and keep the rest to eat slowly. The children have worked hard for a year, and raising their bodies in winter will add some meat."

Boss Zhou wrote down: "Mother, let's go out."

"good."

Li interjected, "Now that the temperature has dropped, are the chickens still diligent in laying eggs?"

The manager hurriedly replied, "It's fairly diligent, I can pick up hundreds of eggs every day, keep ten spares every day, and make egg drop soup for the children to drink."

Zhulan nodded, a hundred eggs are not bad, the chickens raised by the children died in the middle, and a batch was killed in the autumn harvest. Now there are about 200 chickens left. Diligent.

Zhulan took the eldest couple to see the children's classes again, and went to the cellar to have a look. It was full of food. These are the children's future rations.

On the way back to the city, Mrs. Li asked, "Mother, does the orphanage still need to donate food this year?"

Zhulan shook her head, "If the number of children is not increased, and the food is enough, these children will be able to save food. In spring and summer, vegetables are sun-dried, and there will be a lot of dried fish. In addition to the food from the autumn harvest, it can not only meet the needs of eight It’s full and nutritious.”

Mrs. Li, "Eighty full is quite a feat."

Boss Zhou continued: "These children have changed a lot in more than a year. After the chickens can lay eggs, they will not break the eggs. The boys have grown taller, and the girls have grown stronger."

Zhu Lan smiled, "They are all good children, and they study very seriously."

I thought to myself, when I went back to the warehouse, I would play some of the donated old quilts again, and try to fill some quilts for the children. The weather is a bit cold this year.

In the Ministry of Housing, Zhou Shuren was very surprised that Ning Xu came to him, "Why is Lord Hou here?"

"Can I disturb Zhou Hou's errand?"

"No, it's just that you will come by accident."

Ning Xu's whole mind was on Xia'er, and he was most concerned about Xia'er's physical condition every day.

Ning Xu cleared his throat, "I'm here to find you for a private matter."

"Speaking."

Ning Xu didn't know how to speak, so he organized his words for a while, "Hey, my poor nephew, he has been begging me for many days.

Zhou Shuren knew what was going on, and said lightly, "Since you know how cheeky you are, why don't you drink tea?"

Ning Xu blocked and said dryly, "Don't, since I'm here, even if I'm shameless, I have to say a few words."

Zhou Shuren didn't lift his eyelids, he lowered his head and brewed tea. It was cold, so drinking hot tea would be the best way to warm up.

Ning Xu sighed inwardly, he didn't want to take care of it, but there was no way, the elder of the Ning family was the only one who could take care of things, "My niece-in-law has a lot of thoughts, and if she doesn't want to worry too much, she will lose her fortune. Even if he is alive, this child Ning Ming is also pitiful."

Zhou Shuren raised his hand, "If Ning Ming is pitiful, there is nothing in the world that is not pitiful."

Ning Xu twitched the corners of his mouth, "Okay, okay, let's not say that he is pitiful, let's just talk about being a mother, Yu's heart is never bad, and his heart for children is true, and people are good at their words when they are about to die. , I am most concerned about Ning Ming's marriage. Let's be honest, if Yu's family hadn't died, Yu's granddaughter would not have dared to think about Hou Ye's granddaughter. It wasn't that she was going to die, and she couldn't take care of her daughter-in-law. the most powerful."

Ning Xu knew what to say to move Zhou Hou.

Zhou Shuren was silent, but unfortunately his family's Yuwen was lazy and didn't want to be a housekeeper. She was obviously a very smart girl, but she didn't want to move her mind. She was so old and still lazy.

Ning Xu continued: "Ning Ming is a good child, a child who values ​​friendship, and is very responsible. In the future, he can take care of the door by himself, and this child will take care of the family when he is young. The child is really good."

If it wasn't for the good of the children, Ning Zhixiang said that he would not want to intervene. To put it bluntly, the two nephews, the eldest nephew Ning Zhiqi, were the most important.

Zhou Shuren pushed the brewed tea, "Drink tea."

Ning Xu frowned, then stretched out, "Good tea."

"The prince brought it."

"Prince?"

"Ok."

The prince wanted to listen to him to clarify his doubts, but he couldn't do it without giving good things. Recently, he received a lot of good things from the prince, and made a small fortune, all of which were given to his younger son.

Ning Xu's eyes changed, and he drank the tea silently. When the tea was drunk, Shi Chen was about to leave, "Could Zhou Hou give me the right words?"

Zhou Shuren half-smiled, "I'll give you the right words once you come. There's no reason for this. How are the two children? Let's see their fate."

He wouldn't wrong his granddaughter because of outsiders, and the Ning family would get married if they wanted to. There was no such reason.

When Ning Xu came, he knew that it was unlikely to succeed, "Then I'll go back first."

"Walk slowly."

Going home from the yamen, Zhou Shuren said what Ning Xu meant, Zhu Lan, "The Yu family is really persistent."

"She figured it all out for herself."

"Yeah, by the way, I heard that the queen is ill, is it true?"

Zhou Shuren frowned, "I will stay in the palace for a while in the next few days, and I haven't heard any news. The emperor's demeanor is good, it should be a rumor."

"No wind, no wave."