Poisonous Peasant 'Concubine'

Chapter 156 Bison, Ling Wen pays

The next day, as expected by Ling Jingxuan, father wolf hunted a wild buffalo for them and came back. Seeing the huge body of the buffalo, Ling Jingxuan's face burst into smiles, and even two wolf cubs each hunted a bison that was the same size as them. In order to reward them, Ling Jingxuan personally went to the wolf house to fill them with water, and gave them the leftover dried meat at home. The wolf father was full of contempt from the beginning to the end, but the two A wolf cub howled happily.

"Lao Song, save a leg of beef for us to eat, and sell all the rest in the town, and then buy more corn flour and white flour." Beef is very expensive, and this cow weighs at least several hundred catties. Their food expenses were almost enough. Looking at the buffalo that Lao Song had dissected proficiently, Ling Jingxuan laughed indescribably happily. Sure enough, apart from himself, only Lao Lang was the most reliable in this family.

"Hey!" Old Song, who was so busy in the morning, had a smile in his sweat. His master is always generous, and they usually have their share of everything they eat. He has lived for dozens of years, and he has never eaten beef. .

"Jingxuan, what should I do with this beef?"

The Ling Wang sisters also had smiles all over their faces, so why have they ever eaten beef?The government expressly stipulates that it is not allowed to slaughter farm cattle privately, and the bison is extremely tough. It is simply a fantasy for farmers like them to want to eat beef.

"Stir-fry with chili and ginger is enough, but the meat must be wrapped with sweet potato flour, otherwise it will taste too bad, and it will not taste good. I will cook it for you at noon."

"Okay, okay! Daddy, I want to eat big lumps!"

Hearing this, Xiao Baozi slapped his hands excitedly, he likes what his father cooks the most, even the simplest green vegetables, he can cook better than a restaurant, Mrs. Song is also very good, as long as Dad cooks it once, she will He can learn to make them different ways every time. He has eaten a lot of good things in recent months.

"Hehe... You snack food, too much beef is not good for you. Let's make stir-fried shredded beef today, and let Mrs. Song make all the leftovers into beef jerky for you to eat as snacks."

Hitting his head funny, Ling Jingxuan bent down and picked him up, Xiao Baozi tilted his head and thought for a while, then nodded obediently: "Okay, I also like jerky, Daddy, are you going to town today? ?”

"Yes what's the matter?"

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

"Xinyuan's roast duck is delicious. I still want to eat it. Daddy will bring one back for me, okay?"

The few roast ducks brought back yesterday were not enough for the whole family to eat. Xiao Baozi slammed his mouth while talking, trying to swallow his saliva. Ling Jingxuan was completely speechless for his behavior of only eating, no matter how delicious it was He will get tired of the food every day, so he is not afraid of getting tired?

"Xiao Wu, Daddy is going to the town to do some important things. Don't pester Daddy to buy you food. Aren't we going to eat beef today? Can we eat roast duck later?"

Breaking away from Yan Shengrui's hand, the big bun stepped forward and pulled his younger brother. It's not that he was a stingy guy who didn't want money, he was very willing to spend the money on his younger brother, but he didn't want his younger brother to eat too greasy and become a fat bun. Forget it, Dad said, it's not good for people to be too thin, and it's not good to be too fat. Their bodies have taken care of themselves, and they can't be ruined again because they can't control their mouths.

"Okay then, but Dad, you must bring it to me next time."

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

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

The whole family was sitting around the table, Zhang Qing suddenly looked at Ling Jingxuan and said, he discussed it with his brother last night, and his eldest cousin was right, the matter of household registration should be done sooner rather than later, it is better to get it done as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble again Some unnecessary troubles, as for the home in Shangwan Village and the few acres of thin land in the family, let them be put there for the time being. After all, it is 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 have already made an agreement with the county master. I just happen to be hiring people to open up wasteland recently. There must be a lot of people this time. Liu Baoren will also come on the day of the start of work. Just ask him to measure a piece of land for you to buy around here, we peasants, we don’t need to panic when we have a house and land.”

It's not that he can't tolerate their mother and son living in his own house, he's doing it for their own good. Once their household registration is transferred, if they still live in their house, there must be a lot of ups and downs outside, but he personally I don't care, I'm afraid my aunt will mind very much, right?After all, she has been poisoned by gossip and gossip these years, and she is probably already frightened.

"Hey, I can save it, then I will take a boat to the county seat after dinner."

Nodding his head, Zhang Qing couldn't help but speed up his eating. Both Wang Jinyu and Zhang Yang's mother and son smiled, and they were finally about to be liberated.

"Jingpeng, let's take everyone to make jam today. I spent all my money buying land yesterday, so I have to hurry up and make more jam to make money. I guess the workers will be able to find them the day after tomorrow at the latest. By then, Dad , I may have to trouble you and Father Song to supervise their work, the [-] mu of land must be obtained before the end of the month."

Ling Jingxuan talked while eating, and when he finished speaking, he found that the whole family was dumbfounded. Ling Jingxuan asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"

What did he say that shouldn't have been said?

"[-] to [-] mu of land?!"

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

Finally knowing what the problem was, Ling Jingxuan helplessly put down the bowl and chopsticks. After thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have really forgotten to tell them that he bought 5 mu of land: "To be precise, it is [-] mu. Among them, [-] acres belong to Brother Zhao and the others, we only have [-] acres, and I bought all the saline-alkali land in Qingyang County."

Still only 4 mu?Everyone couldn't help twitching, [-] mu of land can be used as a small town, okay?Does he even know how big a piece of land he bought?

"Jingxuan, can you really grow something on it? What if?? Tens of thousands of acres of land, we may not be able to pay 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 wanted to buy the half-salt land, but he never dreamed that he would buy tens of thousands of acres at once. , It’s okay if something grows out, but if it doesn’t grow out? ?Ling Chenglong shook his head vigorously, not daring to allow himself to continue thinking, when the time comes, taxes alone will be able to force them to death.

"Hehe...Father, don't worry, the county master directly exempted us from taxes for the first three years. Even if we can't grow it in the first year, there are still two years left, and we will always grow it. Besides, we Isn’t there still Jinghan? When he passes the examination as a scholar, our family can be exempted from taxes, or do you mean, Dad, don’t you believe in Jinghan’s literary talent?”

Compared to their worries, Ling Jingxuan was relaxed in every way, and his tone was exaggerated as a joke. He never did anything he was not sure about. Since he dared to eat [-] mu of land in one go, he naturally had enough confidence It's really impossible to grow things on it. Doesn't he still have the almighty Crescent Spring?

"No, how can I not trust Jinghan? I'm just worried. If there is an emergency, what can I do?"

Hearing this, Ling Chenglong waved his hands and looked at the second son, both of them were his sons, how could he look down on anyone?

"It's not a big deal, Dad, you just prepare to be a rich landlord. From now on, there will be no bigger landlord than us in Qingyang County."

Exchanging glances with his younger brother, Ling Jingxuan smiled and comforted him, and Ling Jinghan on the other side followed closely behind: "Father, if the elder brother says yes, he will definitely do it. Don't worry, my son will definitely earn you a scholar in the coming year."

With the fame of a scholar, their family can be exempted from taxes. Even if the land can't grow anything, what they lose is the money they hired to open up wasteland. The land is still theirs. Besides, what if something comes out?At that time, I am afraid that just as the elder brother said, their family will become the largest landlord in Qingyang County.

"Okay then, Jingxuan, you have to be steady. Dad knows that you earned this family, and he has no part to talk about. But I still hope that you can take your time step by step, and don't take it hard. All the family property I earned is gone."

Under the double reassurance of the brothers, Ling Chenglong finally nodded. He is an honest man who will do nothing but farm all his life. No matter how much money he has, his family and happiness are not as important to him.

"Look at what you said, father, you are also the master of this family, what I earn and what you earn, don't they all belong to our family? I don't like to hear this, father, don't say it in the future."

Seeing what he said so outrageously, Ling Jingxuan feigned displeasure, and Ling Chenglong hurriedly said: "No, dad didn't mean that, dad is just stupid, Jingxuan, don't get angry with dad."

"Hehe...Father, I'm just kidding. How can I be angry with you? I've considered the matter of buying land. Since I dare to buy it, I'm sure I'll grow something. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, let's The big deal is to earn back the money spent from other places, as long as we work hard, we don’t have to worry about not being able to live a good life.”

Laughing out loud, Ling Jingxuan spoke earnestly and earnestly. He can earn tens of thousands of taels to buy land within three months, and naturally he can earn even more tens of thousands of taels in the future. Therefore, he basically has no pressure at all.

"Hey, that's the reason. Then Jingxuan, eat quickly. You have to go to the town after eating. You don't have to worry about the jam. Jingpeng and I are here."

Finally relieved, Ling Chenglong picked up the bowl and chopsticks and took a big mouthful of porridge. Just now, his son said that he had run out of money, and he had to hurry up and make more jam to sell for money.

"Ha ha."

Smiling slightly, Ling Jingxuan didn't speak anymore. After eating, when he was about to go back to his room and change his clothes to go to the town, Big Baozi quietly grabbed him, Ling Jingxuan looked at him strangely, and followed him When I went to his room, I saw that he turned out his piggy bank again, poured out all the money in one go, picked out the silver notes and silver ingots and stuffed them all to him.

"Father, you should use the money first. You need to hire a lot of people for [-] mu of land. How can you do without money?"

Although his face was full of pain, Ling Wen said sensiblely, turned around and stuffed all the remaining copper coins into the piggy bank.

Looking at the bank notes and silver ingots in his hand, Ling Jingxuan was moved in his heart, he stuffed them to Yan Shengrui casually, rushed over and hugged him from behind: "Thank you, son!"

Ling Wen blushed and stammered, "No, you're welcome, but Dad, let's save money on things that need to be saved, and don't spend extravagantly, our family is now as poor as before. , you can’t use it like before, us??”

For the first time, Ling Jingxuan felt from the bottom of his heart that Xiao Baozi's chanting turned out to be so beautiful.