After spring plowing, Lin Xiaoman's land was planted. At this time, weeds began to grow in the land. Lin Xiaoman hired twenty Xu family members from the west of the village to help with weeding and looking at the land. They would also water and loosen the land.

Loose soil.

Even though the Xu family has been very prosperous in the capital in recent years, in the early years they were both from farming backgrounds in the countryside and could do farm work.

With Lin Xiaoman taking the lead, some uncultivated fields were opened in the village, and families with endless work came to the west of the village to hire people. In the entire Xu family, except for those who were in poor health and Xu Qiuliang, all the men were hired away, except for some wealthy people.

The strong woman was also hired away.

Xu Qiuliang taught Lin Erhu how to read every day, and the teaching was very careless. The smarter Lin Erhu got, the more energetic he taught him. At first he only taught reading, literacy and composition, and later he also taught some music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

It's just that Xu Qiuliang was born in a farmer's family, and he only had a little dabbling in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he only taught Lin Erhu a few superficial lessons. Unexpectedly, Lin Erhu had a super strong learning ability, and he also made some innovations from time to time, which greatly impressed him.

Surprised.

It’s hard to say whether Lin Erhu is better at reading or other skills.

Lin Erhu was secretly happy: This is thanks to the omnipotent video platform. Whatever he wants to learn can be found by searching on the Internet. Even if the teaching is not so in-depth, he can learn more or less with the textbooks he bought.

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Seeing noon, Lin Erhu said: "Sir, I'm going home for dinner, can I bring it to you?"

Xu Qiuliang was just about to say that he didn't need to bring it, but when he saw Lin Erhu's teasing and gossipy eyes, his face sank, "The braised beans noodles your sister made a few days ago was pretty good, so just bring some."

Lin Erhu's face fell, "Why do you still order food? The noodles need to be freshly made and rolled, the dried beans need to be soaked in water, and the bones and meat need to be exposed in advance. My sister has the food ready at this time, where are we going?

Can I get you braised beans and noodles?"

Xu Qiuliang shook his head and sighed, "Look, I can't even eat beans and braised noodles. Isn't this just a matter of learning a skill and throwing it over the wall?"

Lin Erhu's face turned even darker, "That's when the bride comes in and the matchmaker throws it over the wall."

"Are you the bride?"

One sentence made Lin Erhu's mouth twitch. As a gentleman, he has a mouth that is indebted to him. No wonder Mr. Lu, who doesn't like to talk, has to stab him a few times every time he sees him. He deserves it.

"Hey, I haven't brought it to you yet."

After saying that, Lin Erhu got up and ran out, "I'm going home to eat braised pork!"

Xu Qiuliang swallowed his saliva, he also wanted to eat braised pork, but he thought about boxing in the yard early in the morning, seeing Lin Dajiao passing by the courtyard wall carrying a hoe, and whispering to him: "I'll stew chicken for you at noon."

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Xu Qiuliang quickly put the braised pork behind. Although Dajiao's cooking was clear and watery, he stewed the chicken every year. He knew it was specially made for him, and it was even more delicious than the braised pork.

Xu Qiuliang moved a small stool and sat happily in the yard waiting for Lin Dajiao to bring him stewed chicken.

The brothers worked in other people's fields and were provided with meals at noon. They would not come back until after dinner in the evening. He and Lin Erhu were the only ones in the yard all day long.

Suddenly, there was shouting and cursing from the eldest brother's house a few yards away. Xu Qiuliang hurriedly moved the small stool to the place against the wall and sat down again.

As we got closer, the quarrel became louder, and I heard my sister-in-law, Mrs. Hu, crying and cursing, "What evil did I do in my previous life? I raised a white-eyed wolf like you in this life. I hid so much."

He doesn’t keep the food for his own family, but donates it to those poor people. What’s wrong with the Xu family now? No one in the family will be an official in the future. What do you want to do with that good reputation? It’s better to keep it for yourself.

If you eat it, you can still fill your stomach."

The eldest brother Xu Qiuping also said: "You damn girl, you didn't even tell your family about such a big matter and you made the decision yourself? Doesn't this mean you don't take your parents seriously? You still think you are

The third young lady of the Xu family? No matter how much you do, the county magistrate won’t even look at you?"

Xu Qiuliang said "Oh!", this family also knew that their daughter was thinking about Lu Jin? They had indulged and not stopped her because they really wanted their daughter to be Lu Jin's concubine.

Now that his wishful thinking had come to nothing, he began to complain. He felt sorry for his niece.

But where did she get so much food?

Although he is not familiar with this niece, in his memory, she is a fool who only knows how to eat and enjoy. If she had the ability to save a large amount of food, she would not live her life as a joke.

During this period of contact, this niece became very different from before. Thinking that Lu Jin mentioned intentionally or unintentionally that she fell into the water and became seriously ill, Xu Qiuliang raised his brows slightly: He said nothing about the strange power and chaos, but he was right.

I am very interested in the legends of ghosts and spirits.

Lin Dajiao came over carrying a basket with a bowl of stewed chicken. Standing outside the courtyard wall, she saw Xu Qiuliang sitting against the wall, as if he was listening to the wall. She couldn't help but laugh, "Haha, it was quite lively. I'm from over there."

Come here, your niece’s head was broken by her parents.”

Xu Qiuliang was surprised, "Your head is broken?"

Lin Dajiao nodded, "No, how can any parents be so cruel? I heard what they meant was that the food donated by the Xu family before was obtained by the girl, and they complained that the girl did not give it to them. Hey,

But the girl didn’t keep it for herself, did she? She wanted to give the Xu family a good reputation, and once it was done, it would spread to the emperor’s ears in the future, and maybe the Xu family would all benefit from it.”

Xu Qiuliang came over and took the basket from her hand, "Look, everyone else understands the truth, but their short-sighted people just don't understand. Okay, let's not talk about them, have you eaten?"

Lin Dajiao smiled shyly, "Eat...eat."

Xu Qiuliang didn't believe it. He opened the cloth covering the basket and saw a big bowl full of chicken. There were two big steamed buns with whole grain noodles next to it. "You're lying to me at first sight. There's only so much for one chicken."

Does it look like something I’ve eaten before?”

Lin Dajiao was even more shy this time. Xu Qiuliang whispered: "We have all gone to work in the fields. Come in and eat with me."

Lin Dajiao hesitated and felt embarrassed, but Xu Qiuliang said directly: "If you don't want to eat, I won't eat either."

Lin Dajiao looked around and saw that no one was there, so she half-pushed her into the yard.

There was a simple table built with stones in the yard, and the two of them sat across from each other. Xu Qiuliang went into the room and took two more pairs of bowls and chopsticks, as well as the two large white-faced steamed buns that Lin Erhu had brought over in the morning, and handed the white-faced steamed buns to them.

When he came to Lin Dajiao, he said, "I left it for you."

Lin Dajiao looked surprised. Unexpectedly, Xu Qiuliang was also thinking about her. He took one and pushed the other back, "You can eat too."

Xu Qiuliang didn't refuse, and each of them had a big white-flour steamed bun and started eating the chicken brought by Lin Dajiao.

Lin Dajiao went to learn from Lin Xiaoman how to stew the most delicious chicken. With good ingredients and some mushrooms and potatoes stewed in it, the chicken was surprisingly delicious.
Chapter completed!