In the middle of summer this year, it rained continuously, with heavy rains coming one after another. The weeds in the fields were growing crazily, almost covering the crops. Under the cover of the big grass, the millet seedlings grew very wilted and listlessly.

The harvest was about to be affected, and the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were all anxious. After many days of rain, maybe they were tired from the rain, and a rare sunny day appeared. All the people in Shujiazhuang came out.

When people move, they all go to the fields to weed. Due to the continuous rain, the humidity in the fields is too high. The weeds weeded in the evening will come back to life the next day after a night of moisture and dew. Therefore, even though people know that the grass is dry in the evening

The work was cooler, but no one could covet comfort. They all went to the fields in the morning, and it was often past noon as soon as they were done. The grass that had been cut quickly withered and died under the scorching sun.

Although it has been raining for days, as soon as it clears up, the midsummer noon sun reveals its violent nature, roasting people like a furnace and hitting their backs, heads and faces. Shu Yan, Zhi Xin, Ruo Xin

The three of them were also helping the adults weed in the fields. Their faces had long been sunburned and darkened, and even the birthmark between Shu Yan's eyebrows was not so obvious. Sweat flowed down their cheeks.

The dirt flowed down and moistened their faces. Their delicate faces were covered with dirt and mud. Not only their faces, but also their clothes and shoes were covered with dirt. They turned into three little clay figures. Children of poor people have early childhood

He's the boss, but they are still young after all. When Shu An and Han Ning saw it, they couldn't help but feel a little distressed. They shouted to them: "It's too hot. You three, go and rest under the shade of a tree. Don't get a heat stroke!"

"Aweng, Uncle Han, you should also take a rest."

Shu Yan and the others were really too hot. As they talked, they ran to the shade of the tree.

"Well, you go and wait for us under the shade of the trees first. We'll go there in a minute. It's really too hot."

The three of them drank some water, ate some dry food, and enjoyed the cool air under the tree. They looked at each other's earthy faces and laughed. Zhixin studied "The Analects of Confucius" with Shu Yan for a while, but found it boring.

It is for a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman. It is really boring for a girl. No wonder her father doesn't teach her to learn "The Analects of Confucius" or "The Book of Songs"

"More beautiful and catchy. At this moment, when she saw the little clay faces of Shu Yan and Ruoxin, she thought of herself and a verse in "The Book of Songs", and couldn't help but laugh at herself. She picked up a small branch and made gestures on the ground.

: "The hands are like soft pancreas, the skin is like condensed fat, the collar is like a cricket grub, the teeth are like gourd rhinoceros, the head is like a moth and the eyebrows are moth-like, the smile is charming, and the beautiful eyes are looking forward to..."

Zhixin thought and wrote seriously: "These words are so difficult to write."

Shu Yan said: "Yes, not to mention writing, not many people can recognize these words completely."

Ruoxin didn't quite understand. She didn't know some of the words yet, so she just lowered her head and looked at it, "Brother Yan, what does my sister mean?"

Shu Yan explained: "This describes a woman's beautiful appearance, her hands are as soft as green grass buds, her skin is as white and delicate as condensed oil, her neck is as thin and white as cricket grubs, and her teeth are as white as gourd seeds.

Neat, broad forehead, thin eyebrows, soft smile, very good-looking, beautiful eyes are looking forward to it."

After Ruoxin listened, she looked at her sister's current appearance and smiled from ear to ear.

Not far away, there are many people working in the fields in the Shi family manor, just like the people in Shujiazhuang. But those people are not really members of the Shi family, they are just the farm boys and tenants of the Shi family. The head of the farm is

Supervising from the side. A person in the manor

In a cool and airy pavilion, the master Shi Hui and his son Shi De were lying leisurely on two bamboo couches. Five or six servants were fanning them next to them. They were smoking vanilla and preparing mung bean honey liquid. Shi Hui,

Although Shi De and his son wore

Wearing a shirt made of the coolest silk, but still feeling hot, he opened his chest and exposed his chest. The nobles in the Wei and Jin Dynasties were always unruly and disrespectful. The Shi family did not only have this piece of land, because it was close to the Ru River, and there were

There are trees, fields, and water,

The scenery is pleasant, so Shi Hui will come here to relax whenever he has free time. Shi De also likes to come here because of the relationship between Shu Yan and Zhi Xin, but because his parents warned him that "gentlemen and common people are distinguished", he did not often spend time with Shu Yan

, Zhixin meets.

"Grange Head."

Hearing his master's call, Tian Fu hurriedly turned back to the pavilion and stood respectfully beside the bamboo couch: "Here, master."

Shi Hui asked slowly: "How many water dams are there near Shujiazhuang?"

“There is only one watershed in the local area.”

"There are thousands of hectares of fertile land and dense population on both sides of Ru River. There is only one water barrier. How can that be enough?"

"Yes, yes, one water mill is obviously not enough. People have to queue up day and night in order to pound rice. The water mill machine is running day and night."

"So, why doesn't anyone build a new water dam?"

"Master, building a water turbine is no joke. Even the water turbine and the computer room are very expensive. Ordinary people cannot build it even with the combined efforts of several families."

"Hmm? Then you say, I want to build a large-scale connected water dam on the bank of the Ru River. What do you think?"

Tian Fu hurriedly replied: "Of course that's good. I'm afraid not many people in the whole of Ruyin can afford to build this large-scale water turbine. It's most suitable for homeowners to build it. Not only can it solve the problem of people queuing up to pound rice day and night.

The most important thing is that it can bring huge income."

Shi Hui smiled proudly: "Well, I have had this idea for a long time. I was just busy so I forgot about it. I have seen the terrain on both sides of the Ru River, and the fields of the Shu family and the Han family are close to the river bank.

, the water there is neither slow nor fast, neither big nor small, and the terrain is moderately high and low, so it is most suitable to build a large water dam."

"Yes, although the owner of the family has plenty of fertile land on the bank of the river, the land used to build the water dam is not as good as the land the two of them have."

"On this stretch of river, except for the small piece of land owned by the Shu family and the Han family, basically all the top-quality land has been acquired by my Shi family. If we acquire these two pieces of land again, even if we don't build a water dam,

We can also connect my east and west fields, wouldn't that be more conducive to our farming?"

"Yes, their land is too inconvenient!"

Shi De asked from the side: "Aweng, are they Shu Yan and Han Zhixin's family?"

"yes."

"Why are these two families different from other poor people, and how come they have good farmland?"

"Well - originally, I had basically acquired all the fertile land in this area. But as for the Shu family, Shu Yan's grandfather Shu Boguang was once a doctor of Taixue. When I was studying in Taixue, he once taught me "The Book of Songs"

》,can be regarded as my teacher

, I don’t want to have any ideas about his family; the Han family is also a nerd, poor, stubborn, and unwilling to be accommodating. What’s more, the land of their two families is next to each other, and the two families are very good. So the relationship between the two families

Either the land should be collected together, or not at all."

After a long period of war at the end of the Han Dynasty, when the Jin Dynasty was first established, the country's population had been displaced and the land was deserted. The Jin Dynasty stipulated that in order to prevent the land from being monopolized by the gentry and large landowners, and to encourage the people to reclaim wasteland and farm, the people of the world were ranked according to their hierarchical status.

, from the princes to the common people, the number of fields owned by each family is limited, and it cannot exceed the upper limit or fall below the lower limit. But the actual situation is not like this. Rich and aristocratic families occupy

The amount of fertile land in the country is astonishing, especially the high-yielding fertile land that guarantees harvests despite droughts and floods, and most of it is owned by aristocratic families. Although the court knew about it, it could only turn a blind eye because the aristocratic families were too powerful. Even ordinary people

Possess a sufficient amount of land, but most of it is barren land. In normal years, the situation is not bad, but there is a little unfavorable weather and rain, and it is basically unable to make ends meet. No matter how much land you own, it is in vain.

"How does the head of the family plan to get the two pieces of land belonging to the Shu family and the Han family?"

"Dr. Shu is my teacher after all. I can only slow down the process and not force it. I originally thought it would be easy to wait for the old man to die, but I didn't expect him to be so strong now in his seventies."

"Right now, the Shu family and the Han family, except for Dr. Shu, all the adults and children are working in the fields. When I have the opportunity, I will try to find out what they are saying on behalf of the head of the family."

"Okay, you go and find out what they mean. The fields can be bought or exchanged, just follow the old method. You are a veteran in doing this, and all my fields are due to you..."

Shi De heard Tian Fu say that the children of the Shu family and the Han family were also here. Before Tian Fu and Shi Hui finished speaking, he said excitedly: "Are Shu Yan and Han Zhixin here too?"

"Yes, there is also Zhixin's brother."

"I'm going to go play with them."

"Didn't I say that we noble people should not play with children from poor families?"

"I don't play them often. I haven't seen them in several years."

"Children from poor families are used to being outdoors and are not afraid of anything. Can you stand it outside in such a hot day?"

"Yes, why not?"
Chapter completed!