Chapter 214 Dinner at the village chief’s house

Last night, he arranged for Nan Yan to stay at Old Man Wu's house. He was really afraid that he would be dissatisfied.

Although Nan Yan is a woman, her experiences in her previous life are different from the people she has come into contact with in this life.

When chatting with the village chief, he can always express some of his unique insights.

The two chatted happily. Nan Yan saw that it was getting late, so she said goodbye to the village chief and went back to Wu's house to prepare dinner.

How could the village chief let Nan Yan go? No matter what Nan Yan said, he just wanted to keep Nan Yan at home for a meal.

In the evening, Nan Yan looked at the chicken on the table at the village chief's house and boasted again.

She just came to visit the village chief's house and said hello to the village chief that she would stay in the village for the next few days.

Unexpectedly, an old hen was mixed in and eaten.

Seeing that Nan Yan was not moving her chopsticks, the village chief said, "Mr. Xu, there is nothing to entertain you at the farm. They are all country side dishes. I hope Mr. Xu will not dislike them."

Nan Yan said angrily: "Hey, how could I dislike it? I just like this taste."

He said that he was not polite, picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Maybe the village chief was too polite, or maybe it was because he was happy.

He brought Nan Yan one of the bottles of wine to open, and took his four sons, Wu Laohan, to drink and chat with Nan Yan.

Nan Yan took a sip and ate the food and said, "Brother, I heard rumors in the capital that some people will plant corn, the new food obtained by the imperial court, this year.

Have you heard about this?"

The village chief Shen Yan said for a moment: "Two days before this happened, I went to the county government to handle matters, and I heard a few words from the adults.

It's a pity that our village is a bit far from the capital.

It’s not our turn to plant such good things first, they have to wait until later.”

Nan Yan frowned and thought for a while.

The matter of corn in the capital has been spread.

According to the officials of nearby villages, there are many people who want to be the first to get the corn and plant it back.

Due to the strictness of the imperial court, unless the imperial court left enough seeds for the next season, the corn distributed to the people was not much.

Pingjiang Town is not close to the capital or far from the capital.

It takes at least two or three days to walk there.

Even if the adults of Pingjiang Town apply for corn.

There are so many villages below, it is possible that Wujiacun will be assigned to it.

The seeds allocated are definitely not that many.

However, corn has a high yield and will become popular in a year or two.

Nan Yan thought of this, patted the village chief on the shoulder and said: "Since there is food that can satisfy people's hunger, the imperial court will definitely spread it.

It’s just a matter of time.”

The village chief nodded and said, "That's right!"

The topic changed, and Nan Yan asked the young people in the village what they usually do during their spare time.

At this time, the village chief sighed and said: "Master Xu, you don't know something. There are few literate people among our people. We usually do part-time jobs during the off-season, and the young and strong young men can only do hard work."

How can people like those who are literate and able to be valued by the housekeeper and still have a decent living?"

Nan Yan knew that reading in the Xia Dynasty was precious.

Now when talking about this topic, Nan Yan said: "Have the people in the village never thought of finding other ways to make money so that the children can have the opportunity to attend private schools?"

The village chief shook his head, "It's difficult. It's not easy to find a way to make money." If the villagers can find a way to get rich.

As the village chief, he doesn't have to worry about the next generation.

Nan Yan thinks about it too.

There is currently a shortage of transportation in the Xia Dynasty. Unless there is a natural or man-made disaster, people rarely leave their place of birth.

A group of people are trapped in traffic, and another group of people have no way to discover the outside world.

If you worry about stuttering all day long, you have time to study ways to make money.

Of course, this is just some people, people with smart minds and many ideas.

The money has already been made in people's pockets.

After ending the topic, Nan Yan asked some irrelevant questions.

The village chief knew everything he could and told Nan Yan.

After everyone had had enough wine and food, Nan Yan said goodbye to the village chief and his family, and went back with Old Wu who was called to dinner.

When they got home, Mrs. Wu brought the sobering soup and said, "Mr. Xu, I've cooked the sobering soup. You have a bowl first and then go and rest."

He put Nan Yan's hangover soup on the table and handed it to Old Man Wu.

Nan Yan drank the hangover soup in one gulp and went back to the house to sleep.

Mrs. Wu muttered to Old Man Wu, "You shouldn't drink so much wine, look at how red your face is."

Old man Wu has not had a drink in the past two years.

On the one hand, life was hard when others invited him to drink, but he was afraid that he could not afford to invite others to drink, so he did not go to drink.

On the one hand, life has become so miserable that we are about to run out of food.

If you spend money to buy a drink, you probably don’t want your family to survive.

I went to the village chief's house for dinner tonight. I was so happy with the food and meat that I couldn't help but drink two more drinks.

The old woman was talking about him, and old man Wu said stupidly and loudly: "I am happy tonight, drink more."

He had drank wine before.

However, the purity of the wine they drank was average and not as good as the wine Nan Yan bought.

He didn't dare to drink more because the wine was expensive, so he drank a few more glasses because he couldn't avoid it.

There was no room to rest, so Nan Yan lay on Wu's bed and listened to the chatter in the main room.

His lips curled up unconsciously.

Although this home is not rich, it has the most ordinary and warm side.

When Nan Yan got up the next day, she patted her head and felt that she had forgotten something important.

What this matter was, she couldn't remember at the moment.

Nan Yan walked out of the room and Mrs. Wu said: "When we came back last night, we saw that you were not at home. Huzi told Guihua that you bought the mule tied under the tree. Auntie took the decision and took it to Auntie Wang's house next door to lock it up."

Her family was in a small place and had never raised pigs, cows, sheep, mules or other poultry.

Nan Yan's mule had no place to stay last night.

I learned that Nan Yan came back late from dinner at the village chief’s house.

She took the decision and took the mule to the neighbor's house next door and locked it in a pig shed for the night.

When Mrs. Wu said this, Nan Yan remembered it completely.

It turned out that what she couldn't remember was that the mule she bought yesterday had not been settled properly.

Nan Yan embarrassedly thanked Mrs. Wu and said, "Auntie, I bought the mule, but this guy needs to eat food every day. Auntie, can you take me to buy some coarse grains from the villagers to feed the mule?"

Mrs. Wu really wanted to say that she could just have a mule and go to the fields to cut grass and come back to feed her.

No need to eat food.

But come to think of it, Mr. Xu is not the same person as them.

He doesn't care about livestock eating rations.

Called out Old Man Wu, took Nan Yan to buy coarse grains, and then turned to work in the kitchen.

Just as Nan Yan was about to leave, she thought of stacking two linen cloths in the room where she slept.

After saying something to Old Man Wu, he turned around and took out the sack, and took out meat, pastries, wine, and ten kilograms of rice.

He took it to the kitchen and handed it to Mrs. Wu and said, "Auntie, I bought this in the town yesterday. You can prepare the meat and fry it later."

By the way, the weather is getting warmer and I can't hold the meat anymore. I'll fry more later and eat it as soon as possible.

Otherwise it would be bad if it breaks.

Also, I like to eat rice, so cook more rice." After explaining, he put down his things and left.

Mrs. Wu was stunned for a moment, wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "It's still cold in January, so the meat will go bad."

This child saw that her family was having a hard time and felt compassion for her.

Nan Yan doesn’t think she has any sympathy!

She was used to eating rice, but she was really not used to eating whole grains that scratched her throat.

For the sake of her own stomach, she tenderly asked Mrs. Wu to make rice for her.

When Mrs. Wu made rice, she wouldn't eat it herself, so she would share it with her two children.

After all, I am staying at someone else's house, so I can't eat fine grains by myself and let the two little carrots eat bran-pharynx vegetables.

Even if she is cruel, facing innocent and ignorant children.

She really can't make it and let her children watch her eat it.
Chapter completed!