After appeasing Yuan Maniang, Lu Xu thought about asking someone to bring back some calligraphy, paintings and embroidery from the south.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be victorious in any battle, but if you want to do embroidery or embroidery painting, you can't avoid the south, where embroidery is developed.
To improve your aesthetics, it is also good to know what materials people use, what techniques they use, and what patterns they embroider.
We still have to find merchant ships heading south for this matter.
Mentioning the merchant ship Lu Xu makes me bald.
The Guanyang Waterway connects to the south. Merchant ships heading south are easy to find. Those who go north ask, out of ten, twelve only go to the state capital. How can they organize a caravan to Yonggu County? He is so worried that he breaks up. hair.
How can we get the conservative and home-loving Guanyang people to go north?
It would be great if Qiu Hu and the others were still here. They would definitely not be afraid of hardships or risks.
But the top priority right now is fruit trees. The second uncle and the eight households of mountain people are about to set off.
The snow on the mountain has melted, and it is the season for pruning saplings. Now I rush to dig up fruit saplings and move them back just in time for planting.
This time Lu Xu gave them all the mules and donkeys he had, hoping that they would have an easier time on the road.
But even if you bring livestock, this trip will not be easy. Some sections of the road are said to be inaccessible to mules and donkeys, so they have to rely on manpower to carry trees over the mountains.
After listening to the descriptions of the eight families, Lu Xu couldn't figure out how they carried such heavy baskets of fruit down the mountain and then walked step by step to Guanyang to sell them.
Previously, he didn't know whether Qiu Hu and the others would go smoothly to the north, but now he increasingly felt that Qiu Hu's insistence on going down the mountain was a wise move.
The mountains may be more peaceful than the outside, but there is no chance in the mountains.
After all, people cannot live just for the sake of living. They can choose to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, but they should not be deprived of the opportunity to be born from birth.
Lu Xu practiced it for them: "You can be lucky as much as you can. It doesn't matter if you come back empty-handed if you are not lucky. I will find a way elsewhere. Guanyang is so big, there are always people planting fruit trees. Let's go and buy them when the time comes." . No matter what happens, you can still use seeds to cultivate saplings, you can always find a way, safety first!"
The people of Hachinohe Mountain were moved, but they didn't agree with it in their hearts.
Of course they knew that it would be difficult to transport the fruit trees, but they also knew that Lu Xumaishan owed a huge sum of money.
Growing from seed? Then when will it be possible to eat the fruit, and when will Lu Xu be able to make money?
Lu Xu said that he would take care of their wages for three years first, but how could they feel at ease with the free money? They are neither relatives nor friends. They have hands, feet and strength. Why should they rely on Lu Xubai for support? Although they are not as good as Qiu Hu, they still have self-respect.
They were determined to transport the tree no matter what.
Big trees can’t be moved, but small trees can always do it!
No matter what, Lu Xu must harvest the fruits within three years. No matter what, Lu Xu's money for buying mountains after three years must include a share of the money they made selling the fruits.
Lu Xu didn't know their determination, but one look at their expressions showed that they were not persuaded. He was a little helpless and a little touched. Each of them was really familiar with Qiu Hu, Tan Shitou, Liang Shanbao brothers, and him. The mountain people who had gone north at that time were very similar, with similar dark skin and similar personalities.
I wonder if they have settled down in the north.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade them, Lu Xu had to tell his second uncle again that the tree didn't have to be there, but people must be safe.
The second uncle said casually: "Don't worry."
Lu Xu watched them go away, and the more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so he had to run and chase Lu Qing out of the city, shouting at the back of Lu Qing as he walked away: "Second uncle, I'm talking about you too! You must also pay attention to your safety! Everyone, help me Look at my second uncle!"
Hearing his voice break, everyone burst into laughter, turned around and waved to him, "Don't worry!"
Lu Xu shouted: "Everyone should pay attention to safety! Come back and stew meat for you!"
Lu Qing led the donkey and looked back at him while walking, thinking that at such a young age he was just as windy as his elder brother.
Lu Xu sent his second uncle away, and Lu Hui came to urge him to get the cow.
Lu Xu bought fields and opened up wasteland, and exchanged some with other people in the village. Finally, he connected his fields together and made up three pieces. He suddenly became the person with the most fields in Lujia Village.
Buying a field to circle the wasteland was a great feeling for a while, but I really wanted to open up a wasteland for a crematorium.
Lu Xu didn't want to do this job, but Lu Hui did it.
Lu Hui was worried, looking at the three large fields that he had never dreamed of before, he felt numb with sadness.
His eldest brother has a habit of making a big deal out of everything he does. How can they do this with only a few people in their family! !
Cows, he wants cows, he wants lots of cows!
As soon as it was Lu Zhou's holiday and Lu Xu and the others returned to the village, Lu Hui blocked Lu Xu and asked for the cow.
The urgency of spring plowing allowed Lu Hui to overcome his conservative nature and dig out day laborers in every village in Yinma Town. Now that the day laborers are almost in contact, they don't have enough cattle. Without cattle, they still can't finish planting!
Lu Hui solemnly warned his unreliable brother about the seriousness of the matter: "You can't delay spring plowing. If it's too late, you won't be able to plant rice!"
The sky is vast and the land is vast, so compared with farming during the farming season, the eldest brother Lu Xu has to stand aside.
Lu Hui: "If you don't buy enough cows, brother, please come back and plow the fields!"
Lu Wen almost burst out laughing.
Seeing that the most honest brother had abandoned his brother Gong, Lu Xu was also disgraced.
He knew that spring plowing was urgent and the season could not be delayed. Not only was the third aunt preparing to hand over the business to Xiaoxia, but was she also going home to help?
But who doesn’t buy cattle at this time of year?
Some people who couldn't afford it also discussed how to pool money together to buy it. The cattle market in Guanyang was crowded every day. Every time Lu Xu heard the news and ran over, he would experience a fierce price bargaining.
After Lu Hui started plowing the land, Lu Xu finally bought back five cows one after another.
Including the ones I bought a year ago, I have a total of eight cows, which is barely enough. If there is not enough, hire someone else to do it!
Lu Hui was satisfied. Lu Xu finally dared to show up openly in the village, and this time he even dared to run into the fields when he returned home.
The wasteland opened up was full of dry weeds. Grandpa Lu, Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, Lu Hui and Fourth Aunt took advantage of the good weather and calm weather to set fire to the dead grass. On the day Lu Xu came back, the weather happened to be good, sunny and windless.
Lu Hui and the others went to burn grass again. Even Xiaoyu and Xiaoman led Lu Fu and their cows to graze in other waste fields. The three of them had to watch the cows and not let the cows go to other people's fields to eat. Wheat seedlings.
Lu Xu hugged Lu Rui and led Lu Zhou and La Yue to the fields to bring warmth to their younger brothers and sisters. As soon as they arrived at the field, Lu Rui started making noises about going down to play.
It's hard to suppress him in the county, especially when Yuan Manniang is looking after the store, he is only allowed to play in the store, so how can he have fun in the field!
He is not like his elder sisters and brothers who like to stay indoors and read books!
Lu Xu put him down, and Lu Rui ran towards the cow. He was so frightened that Lu Xu quickly caught up with him, fearing that he would accidentally provoke the cow and be trampled to death.
With sharp eyes, Xiao Yu could see clearly from a distance that it was Lu Xu and the others, running over from the field. Xiao Man and Lu Fu followed her.
Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou to put down the basket and pour a bowl of hawthorn pear juice for everyone.
The few frozen pears left at home were almost spoiled, so Lu Xu dug them out and threw in a handful of hawthorn slices and wolfberry berries to make soup.
In spring, when the wind is high and the sky is dry, drink pear soup to moisten your lungs.
After a while, the children who were playing in the fields also came together, calling each other "brother" and "uncle", and everyone had a few sips of pear soup.
Lu Xu asked: "Why are you all here to play?"
"Let's dig wild vegetables!" the children shouted in confusion, showing Lu Xu the wild vegetables they dug.
Wild grasses and vegetables are already growing in the open space facing the river and facing the sun. From a distance, it looks green, but when you get closer, there is still soil exposed.
At this time, there were only a few wild vegetables, so children who did not have to work had time to dig them up and take them home to satisfy their cravings.
Lu Xu returned the basket to them and asked them to dig out the extra wild vegetables and exchange them for candy at the grocery store. It was the season for eating wild vegetables, and the food store could also serve some shepherd's purse dumplings, shepherd's purse wontons, and green dumplings... …
Lu Xu threw Lu Rui to Lu Zhou to look at, and then went to find Lu Hui and the others.
There were fires burning weeds everywhere along the way, and there were many on the other side of the river. Looking at the fireworks, one could probably guess how many people were opening wasteland this year.
"Lu Xu is back!"
"I'm home!"
Lu Xu greeted everyone along the way and felt extremely comfortable and cordial walking in the fields.
The third uncle and the others had burned a large field and went to the other side. Lu Hui and the fourth aunt took shovels and looked around for any sparks that were not extinguished. When they saw them, they used the shovels to extinguish them to prevent the wind from burning elsewhere. .
Lu Xu went over to help. He didn't bring any tools, so he stepped on it with his feet. His fourth aunt called him, "Get out, your good shoes are all dirty."
Lu Xu: "They are old shoes, they should be thrown away soon."
Fourth Aunt: "Then be careful not to burn your feet."
Lu Xu responded.
The soles of the cloth shoes were worn out after being worn for a long time, and they felt hot when they stepped on the fields that were still warm after being burned.
Seeing that he had something to talk to Lu Hui, the fourth aunt gave him the shovel and went to help look at the fire.
Lu Xu asked: "Can we plow the land after burning it?"
Lu Hui: "Well, it's all melted. Turn it over and plow it two or three times later."
When talking about growing crops, Lu Hui couldn't help but feel happy in his voice.
"Do you want me to help you find someone to help?"
"No, I've found everything. You don't have to worry about the fields, but what are your plans for the mountains?"
Lu Xu looked up at his San Pian Mountain, "Chop a batch of firewood first!"
Lu Xu didn't know anything else, but he still knew that he wanted trees to grow well and leave space so that they could see light and ventilate.
As soon as he said he would do it, Lu Xu went to the dock of Yinma Town to find a group of people to come back to help cut the trees.
People in the village who had not opened up wasteland also took axes and went up the mountain to help. Lu Xu said that whoever wanted the chopped branches could get it. Anyway, every household needs to burn firewood, so don’t waste it.
A large group of Wuyangyang people entered the mountain, and even wild animals were scared away.
A group of people worked in a lively manner. The stronger ones were responsible for cutting down trees, while the weaker ones were responsible for collecting branches and branches. They were more efficient than one or two people.
Lu Xu went around directing which trees could be cut down and which trees could not be cut down, focusing on clearing the area that the Hachinohe mountain people had not yet cleared for planting fruit trees.
The chopped wood was left straight to serve as a fence to prevent wild beasts, and the curved wood was piled aside. Lu Xu planned to cut it short and sell it, or find someone to burn it into charcoal.
The remaining branches and branches that were no thicker than an arm were bundled up and taken down the mountain.
When the sun went down, a group of people came out carrying firewood and found that there were not many trees missing in the forest they had chopped down.
"You can't tell, right? You won't be able to tell when the remaining trees grow thicker in a few years. Then, cut down the secondary ones every four or five years." Lu Xu planned.
In the evening, they ate the wild fungus they found from the mountains. They were so dry that they were not picked by squirrels, which was a big advantage for Lu Xu.
Fungus, eggs, meat slices, and a piece of Mushu meat that lacks green color.
Then use the ribs to stew dried beans to make a pot of rich ribs soup.
The fourth aunt knew that Lu Xu loved rice, so she specially steamed a pot of white rice and sprinkled it with sugar. It was so sweet that Lu Rui could finish half the bowl without eating any vegetables.
The family gathered together with the grandparents to have dinner with Meimei. After dinner, they went back together to make the bed and go to sleep.
While Yuan Maniang was cleaning at home, Lu Xu led La Yue and Lu Rui to visit Yan Junqi's house.
The house is prone to damage if no one lives in it for a long time. He reminded Yan Junqi to open the windows for ventilation, check the doors and windows to see if there is any ventilation, and whether there is any leakage in the walls.
Lu Xu sat down at Yan Junqi's desk, which used to be Yan Junqi's exclusive seat. He opened the drawer and found that the drawer was empty. Even the account book where he first drew horizontal and vertical stripes was gone.
"Throw it away? Or take it away?" Lu Xu closed the drawer. The paintings he drew at that time really looked like garbage. Yan Junqi wouldn't have to take them with him when he moved.
But after all, it was his first calligraphy work! Lu Xu was a little pity.
He was reluctant to admit that he was nostalgic. When he returned to the county the next day, he pretended to mention it casually during dinner and asked casually, "When I first borrowed your brush to draw blindly, it was crooked horizontally and vertically. Do you remember ?"
Yan Junqi nodded.
Lu Xu: "I don't know if that piece of paper is still there. Did you throw it away when you moved?"
Yan Junqi shook his head: "Still."
At this moment, Lu Xu was dumbfounded.
It's still there!
Is Yan Junqi also nostalgic?
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