903. Return to the Qing Dynasty (8) Three in One(2/3)
How about, how many days in a year do you not have to eat only thin food?
Lin Yutong sat outside, sitting on the ground, listening to the men chatting with the women who came to rest.
The women had their hands full, some picked wild vegetables and were sorting them, while others were weaving straw sandals from wheat straws.
Lin Yutong also went over to lend a hand, sorted the straw and handed it to the woman knitting straw sandals.
The woman's red and black face smiled sheepishly, and she took over and started talking to Lin Yutong, "...are you here to visit relatives?"
"Ah!" Lin Yutong responded, "I just came out to visit relatives who I haven't contacted for many years."
The woman nodded in understanding and did not ask further, "You are so lucky to have four sons."
Lin Yutong smiled, very cheerfully, "If you have more sons, you will have more debts."
We talked about things at home again. Do we raise pigs and chickens? Do we educate our children? Besides farming, what other livelihoods do we have at home?
The four elder brothers who came with me have never seen this before. Seeing the mud-legged guys chatting animatedly with the most distinguished couple in the world, I felt frightened for these people. Listen, this one is called the Emperor's Brother, and that one is called the Emperor's Brother.
Queen’s sister-in-law. Oh my god, who dares to shout like that.
Lao Yutou's old son was only twelve or thirteen years old, the same age as Hongli Hongzhou. Seeing that the adults were chatting well and getting some candies, he brought the cooked cicada pupae and entertained him warmly.
guest.
Except for Hong Zhou, the other three faces turned pale. Just give me what you want to eat?
Hong Zhou didn't care, he just reached out and took it, and he was very friendly, "This is a cicada pupa, I know this. It's not delicious when it's burnt so black, so you need to soak it in salt water and peel off the outer shell.
Then fry it in boiling oil to make it taste better. I’ll treat you to that next time.” After saying that, he asked the person familiarly, “What’s your name? You can’t call it Xiao Yutou, right?”
"No." This kid was obviously aroused by the fried cicada monkey painted by Hong Zhou. He chuckled, "My name is Yu Liang. My father said that the harvest was good the year I was born, and the family had a surplus.
If you have food, call me surplus food."
Hong Zhou paid it back, while Hong Li, who was listening on the side, had his eyes twinkling. They all said that now the world is at peace and the people are healthy. Now that they hear this, they can actually have a little bit of surplus food, which is great for farmers.
days.
He looked at Huang Ama in the crowd who was listening to these farmers attentively, and found that he was really listening attentively. When it came to the harvest of the crops, how many stones and buckets could be harvested in a year, he could repeatedly ask several questions.
Once again, he turned around and found that the queen was following a woman to the other side. He looked over there and saw that there was a small ditch over there. Only then did he realize that what the queen was looking at was water conservancy.
He wished he could slap himself on the head. It was something that a woman could think of, but he was just sitting here like a fool. He turned around and wanted to ask the boy named Yu Liang a few questions. Who knew when he turned his face, he found Hong
Both Zhou and the boy were gone. Just as he was about to look for it, he heard the voice of the third child, Hongshi, "Lao Wu, come down here..."
He followed Lao San's voice and looked over, and saw that Hong Zhou had climbed onto the willow tree at some point and was poking the bird's nest with Yu Liang's branches.
This careless idiot.
Hongwang, on the other hand, couldn't help but feel a little complicated. He couldn't help but think of what the emperor said that day, "How is your Ama inferior to me? You can find the answer yourself."
What's the answer?
He doesn't know yet.
But to be honest, it is absolutely impossible to ask my mother to go to the field to talk to these people, and the two brothers are so close.
He didn't want to admit that he was touched, but there was an inexplicable emotion surging in his heart.
After chatting for a while, the people around him began to disperse. We still have to hurry up and do the work in the fields.
Lao Yu wanted to get up, but was embarrassed, so he had to say first: "What kind of relative are you looking for? Do you have a name? I don't dare to say that I know everyone in the villages around here. Nine out of ten, I guess everyone knows something."
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The Fourth Master burst out laughing, "Brother, I have delayed you for a long time. Finding relatives is all about fate, and I won't force you if you can't find me. Didn't I meet you, brother? I see that we are destined to be together.
.It’s not that distant relatives are better than relatives. I know you are busy, brother, and if you respect me, I will help you..."
"It's a good relationship." Lao Yutou is probably the one who gets the most attention in this scene. Although he doesn't know why this person shows kindness to him, he has nothing to gain from it. If others give him face, he will take care of it.
. He laughed and got off the ground with the Fourth Master.
The fourth master took the sickle and started working. He was very familiar with the job of cutting wheat. Lin Yutong also wanted to help, but the sickle was not enough, so he followed the fourth master and tied the cut wheat into bundles. The two cooperated.
There is a tacit understanding, and the work is not much worse than that of Lao Yu.
"You can't tell, it's really a trick." Lao Yu stood up, wiped his sweat, and gave Fourth Master a thumbs up.
The Fourth Master burst out laughing, with a bit of pride, "We are farmers too."
On the other side, Hongshi was watching, feeling worried. Ama had farmed in the Old Summer Palace before, but it was definitely not like this. This was real work. There were so many things waiting to be dealt with in the imperial court, the emperor
Amma is the same, she really became an old farmer here.
Hong Zhou, who was playing on the side, was having a great time, but his new friend quit, "I have to go back and help."
Hong Zhou felt very disappointed: "You don't want to eat fried cicada monkeys?"
Of course I want to eat it.
Yu Liang had to make a difficult choice between eating fried cicada monkeys and helping his father. Finally, he rolled his eyes and said, "Your father is already helping my family. How dare you not help?"
Hong Zhou choked!
This guy is really good.
If this father was an ordinary father, then I would dare. But my father is really not the kind-hearted old man who has money and gives out sweets in the eyes of this silly boy. If he doesn't make trouble, it will kill people.
He slipped down from the tree and didn't dare not help.
Yu Liang looked at Hong Zhou's unsightly clothes hanging from the branches of the tree, and felt distressed, "The harvest from this acre of land in my family can't even buy clothes like yours." Such nice clothes are new to the body.
, just dare to climb the tree directly. No wonder his father said that all the children in his family are spoiled and prodigal! "Be careful your mother goes back and beats you up." As he said that, he looked towards Lin Yutong who was helping to bundle.
Hong Zhou bared his teeth and smiled, "What are you talking about? Just tell me what you want to do. I can't do it. Doesn't I have an older brother?" He also has three older brothers.
Hehe, I can't trick them this time.
So the four elder brothers couldn't just watch and followed Yu Liang to transport food to Yu Liang's house.
How to luck?
By mule cart?
Who can catch the big car?
Yu Liang looked at the four people as if he was looking at the fourth brother as trash, "Then there's nothing we can do, let's go back and pick."
"There is no burden." Hongshi looked around and saw that there was only a carrying pole, how to pick it up.
Yu Liang sighed. He really didn't know why this rich kid had such a brain. He picked up a few branches from the field that were as thick as a child's arm. Then he demonstrated, tying up the bundles of wheat and using
The stick was threaded, "Two people can carry it and walk, right?"
The four people's faces were a little ugly because their IQ was suspected.
But after taking a look at the emperor and queen who were still working hard, yes! Let’s do it.
Hongshi and Hongwang were in a group, Hongwang and Hongzhou were in a group, and Yu Liang carried his own pole.
The four bundles of wheat were not heavy when they were first carried, but they could not carry them for a long time. After walking for a while, Hongwang felt that they were getting heavier and heavier as he walked. When he looked again, he saw that all the wheat had reached his end. Originally, it was up to Hongwang to
It was not pleasing to the eye, and now he felt that Hongshi was even more cunning. He suddenly raised the stick, then suddenly threw his hand away, and the end of the stick hit him on the foot without being caught.
Hongshi immediately became annoyed. This kid had taken the wrong medicine. Why would he be targeting him if nothing happened? "...What do you want to do?"
"What do you want to do?" Hongwang looked at his already red palms, "I'm an elder brother, and you don't even know how to let me do it. I have to be able to handle such a heavy weight."
Who has put it on your side?
Hongshi just wanted to push back, but he thought it was right. He was still his brother no matter what. After thinking about it again, he realized that he was five years older than Hongwang. Can this twenty-year-old boy be as tall as a fifteen-year-old?
He is a head taller than Hongwang. Since each is taller, his arms and legs are longer. When he lifts himself up, his side is naturally taller. Doesn't this wheat just slide from high to low?
After thinking about this, he looked at Hongwang's hand again and remembered how kind Uncle Eighth was to him. After thinking about it, he decided to forget it. Why bother with a child? "Okay! I'll focus on this, okay?"
The two of them lifted up again, but Hongshi felt uncomfortable and had to bend down to accommodate Hongwang's height.
This happened again and again, and throughout the morning, Hongshi couldn't straighten his waist. When had he ever suffered from this?
At noon, we had a meal at Yu's house. There were distinguished guests at home who were helping. The meal at Lao Yu's house was quite sumptuous. Yu Liang said, "My father specially asked my mother to cut half a catty of meat."
How many people can eat half a pound of meat?
Even for someone with Hong Zhou's temperament, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable at this moment.
Is this the peaceful and prosperous age that the courtiers boast about?
On the way back, the four boys were silent.
After closing the city gate and entering the capital, the fourth master asked someone to take Hongwang back to the eighth master's house, and then he took Lin Yutong and his three sons back to the palace.
Hongshi collapsed as soon as he entered his elder brother's house. Dong E was so frightened when he saw this that he ordered Sun Defu, "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor!"
"Quiet!" Hongshi yelled while lying on the bed, "What are you yelling about?" Huang Ama and Huang Aniang have done much more than him, so why don't you come back and say nothing?
If the imperial physician had been invited, Concubine Qi, the imperial physician, would have sent someone to deliver the news.
Besides, Hong Li and Hong Zhou are younger than me, so is it just because of my squeamishness? Today, I have to bear it even if I have to bear it hard.
Dong E didn't know the reason, but he burst into tears after being scolded by Hong Shi. This time he really cried. Most of the usual crying was just pretending. Who said that this man of his was a soft-spoken man?
To be continued...