Poisonous Peasant ‘Concubine’

"Old Song, let's eat a leg of beef, and sell the rest to the town, and then buy more cornmeal and white noodles." Beef is very expensive. This cow is at least several hundred kilograms. After the wasteland was opened, the workers Their food expenses were almost enough. Looking at the bison that had been skillfully dissected by Lao Song, Ling Jingxuan laughed, not to mention how happy he was. Sure enough, apart from himself, only Lao Láng was the most reliable in this family.

"Hey!" Lao Song, who was so busy in the morning, had a smile in his sweat. The master has always been generous. They usually have their share of what they eat. He has lived for dozens of years and has never eaten beef. .

"Jing Xuan, what should I do with this beef?"

The Ling Wang sisters are also full of smiles, why have they ever eaten beef? The government expressly stipulates that privately slaughtering cattle is not allowed, and the wild cattle are unusually sturdy. It is a fantasy for a farmer like them to want to eat beef.

"It's fine to stir-fry with chili and ginger, but the meat must be wrapped in sweet potato flour, otherwise it will be too chai and not delicious. I will cook it for you at noon."

"Okay, okay! Daddy, I want to eat a big lump!"

Hearing this, Xiao Baozi slapped his hands with excitement. He likes what Daddy cooks the most. Even the simplest green vegetables can be cooked better than a restaurant. Sister Song is also very good. Daddy only needs to cook her once. If he can learn, he will get them to eat in a different way every time. In recent months, he has eaten a lot of good things.

"Haha...you snack food, beef is too big to be delicious, let's make a stir-fried shredded beef today, and let Sister Song make beef gān for you to eat as snacks."

Hilariously knocking on his head, Ling Jingxuan bent over and picked him up, the little bun tilted his head for a while and nodded his head obediently: "Okay, I also like to eat meat, Daddy, are you going to town today? ?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

After reading everything that should be seen, Ling Jingxuan carried him and walked into the house, Yan Shengrui took the big bun and walked side by side with them, and the others followed one after another, and a new day began. After breakfast, They are also busy.

"Xinyuan's roast duck is delicious. I still want to eat it. Daddy can help me bring one back, please?"

The few roast ducks I brought back yesterday were not enough for the family at all. Xiao Baozi smashed his mouth while talking and tried to swallow his saliva. Ling Jingxuan said that he was completely speechless when he was full of food, no matter how delicious it was. If he eats the same thing every day, he will get tired of it, and he is not afraid of getting tired and crooked?

"Xiao Wu, daddy is going to the town for a big business. Don't bother daddy to buy you food. Don't we want to eat beef today? Will we eat roast duck later?"

Breaking away Yan Shengrui's hand, the big bun stepped forward and pulled his brother. It wasn't that he was stingy and was reluctant to give up money. He was still very willing to spend the money on his brother, but he didn't want his brother to eat too greasy and become a fat bun. That's all, Dad said, it's not good for people to be too thin or too fat. Their bodies are hard to maintain, and they can't be broken again because they can't keep their mouths shut.

"Alright then, but Daddy, be sure to bring it to me next time."

He tilted his head to look at his elder brother and then looked at his smiling father and father. The little bun pouted his mouth high, his face full of reluctance. Yan Sheng, Rui and Ling Jingxuan looked at each other, and both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

"Big cousin, I'm going to go to the county town again today to take care of the household registration. What do you think?"

The family was sitting around the table, Zhang Qing suddenly looked at Ling Jingxuan and said that he had discussed with his younger brother last night, the elder cousin was right, the household registration matter should be done sooner rather than later. Some unnecessary troubles, as for the family and the few acres of thin land in Shangwan Village, let them be there for the time being. After all, it was something left to them by their father.

"Well, that's fine, you can go to the county government office and report my name directly. I've already agreed with the county master. It just so happens that I'm going to hire people to open up wasteland recently. There must be a lot of people invited this time. Liu Baoren will also come on the day when the construction starts. By the way, you can ask him to measure a piece of land for you and buy it for you nearby, we villagers, don't panic when we have a house and land."

It's not that he can't allow the three of them to live in his own home. He is also doing it for their own good. Once their household registration is transferred, if they still live in their house, there will be a lot of ups and downs outside, but he personally Don't care, my aunt will probably mind very much, right? After all, she has been poisoned by gossip over the years, and it is estimated that she has long been scared.

"Hey, I'll save it, then I'll take a boat to the county town after dinner."

Nodding, Zhang Qing's eating speed couldn't help speeding up, Wang Jinyu and Zhang Yang's mother and son both raised their smiles, they were finally about to be liberated.

"Jing Peng, today you will take everyone to make jam first. I spent all the money I spent on buying land yesterday, so I have to increase the time to make more jam to make more money. I guess the workers will be able to find them the day after tomorrow at the latest. , I may have to trouble you and Father Song to supervise their lives, and the 50,000 mu of land must be fully released before the end of the month."

Ling Jingxuan said while eating, and when he finished speaking, he found that the whole family was dumbfounded, Ling Jingxuan asked suspiciously, "What's the matter with you?"

What else did he say he shouldn't have said?

"Five or fifty thousand acres of land?!"

After stammering for a while, Ling Chenglong said sharply, his wide eyes filled with disbelief, he bought 50,000 mu of land in one go yesterday?

Finally knowing what the problem was, Ling Jingxuan helplessly put down the tableware and chopsticks, and after thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have really forgotten to tell them that he bought 50,000 mu of land: "To be correct, it's 52,000 mu, Among them, 5,000 acres belonged to Brother Zhao and the others. We only have 47,000 acres. I took all the saline-alkali land in Qingyang County.

All bought. "

Still only 47,000 acres? Everyone couldn't help twitching. More than 40,000 acres of land can be regarded as a small town, okay? Does he know how much land he bought?

"Jingxuan, can you really grow something on it? What if?? With tens of thousands of acres of land, I'm afraid we won't be able to pay the taxes next year."

Ling Chenglong's face was wrinkled. He knew that his son went to the county town to buy land yesterday, and he also knew that he was going to buy the half-salt land, but he never dreamed that he would buy tens of thousands of acres at one time. , it would be good if something was planted, but if it couldn’t be planted? ? Ling Chenglong shook his head vigorously, he didn't dare to let himself continue to think, by then, the tax alone would kill them.

"Hehe... Dad, don't worry, the county master directly exempted us from the tax for the first three years. Even if we can't grow it in the first year, in the next two years, it will always grow. Besides, let's Isn't there still Jinghan? When he passes the exam, our family can follow the tax exemption, or do you not believe in Jinghan's literary talent?"

Compared to their worries, Ling Jingxuan was all relaxed, with a joke in his tone. He never did anything he wasn't sure about. Since he dared to eat fifty thousand acres of land in one go, he naturally had enough confidence. It's really not good to grow something on it, he doesn't have the almighty Crescent Moon Spring.

"No, why can't I believe Jinghan? I'm just worried. You said that if there was an emergency, what would you do?"

Hearing this, Ling Chenglong waved his hands again and again to look at his second son. They were all his sons. How could he despise anyone?

"There's nothing in case, Dad, you can prepare the landlord's old wealth. In the future, there will be no landlords bigger than us in Qingyang County."

After changing his eyes with his younger brother Jiāo, Ling Jingxuan smiled and reassured him, and Ling Jinghan on the other side followed closely: "Dad, if my brother says yes, it's OK, don't worry, my son will definitely come back with a talent for you next year."

With the fame of scholars, their family can be exempted from taxation. Even if there is nothing to grow in those fields, what they lose is the money for hiring people to open up wasteland, and the land is still theirs. Besides, what if one kind comes out? At that time, I am afraid that as my eldest brother said, their family will become the largest landlord in Qingyang County.

"Alright then, Jingxuan, you have to be steady, Dad knows that you earned this family, and you don't have the power to speak, but I still hope you can take it slow, one step at a time, and don't take it easy. The family business earned is gone."

Under the double appeasement of the brothers, Ling Chenglong finally nodded. He is a sincere man. He can do nothing but farming in his life. No matter how much money he has, family and happiness are not as important to him.

"Look at what you said, Dad, you are also the master of this family. What I earn and what you earn are our family's? I don't like to hear those words, so don't talk about it in the future."

Seeing what he said was so outrageous, Ling Jingxuan pretended to be unhappy, and Ling Chenglong hurriedly said: "No, Dad didn't mean that, Dad is stupid, Jingxuan, don't get angry with Dad."

"Hehe... Dad, I'm joking, how can I be angry with you, I have thought through the matter of buying the land, since I dare to buy it, I must be sure to plant something, even if it doesn't work in the end, let's The big deal is that we can earn back the money we spent elsewhere, as long as we make sure to work hard, we won’t worry about not being able to live a good life.”