Traveling through ancient times to farm and raise cubs with a golden finger

Chapter 58

When I hurried out, I saw that the waiter from the grain store had come to deliver grain.

Yu Xiaoxiao brought Xiao Er a cold bowl, and started to carry the food by herself, Xiao Er suffocated the water, and followed suit.

Soon they all got it down, Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the tired Xiao Er, and gave 10 Wen as the errand fee.

After collecting the errand fee, Xiao Er smiled even more happily, said hello to Yu Xiaoxiao, and drove away in the bullock cart.

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the figure who was getting further and further away, and couldn't help thinking whether it was time for her family to buy a cow.

If you just buy a cow, you have to pay taxes for the cow. Alas~ let’s wait, anyway, the family is not in a hurry to use it now.

While thinking about Yu Xiaoxiao, he walked to the backyard, planning to get out the vegetable patch in the backyard today.

For the next two days, Yu Xiaoxiao spent all her time digging up the vegetable patch in the backyard, and finally finished planting it.

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the remaining open space in the backyard, it was planned to plant bamboo.

I still know how to plant bamboo from my grandfather in my previous life. There was a large bamboo forest in my grandfather’s house in my previous life. Every year I would dig bamboo shoots to eat. When I was young, my grandfather often used bamboo to make small toys for himself...

Recalling the past, Yu Xiaoxiao had a happy smile on her face, and started to cultivate bamboo seedlings according to the steps.

There are also bamboos in the deep mountains, so Yu Xiaoxiao picked out more than a dozen bamboos that looked healthy, straight and beautiful, and came back.

Cut the adult bamboo into 50 cm whips, place the bamboo on the seedbed, cover with a thin layer of soil, and then pour appropriate amount of water to keep it moist.

After the seedlings emerge, apply an appropriate amount of farmyard manure. After one year, each section of the whip will grow 2 to 3 bamboo seedlings, and then they can be transplanted into the soil.

Of course, it's not as simple as it sounds.

Raising bamboo has high requirements on soil and water, so it is not very easy to raise, but Yu Xiaoxiao just wants to try it out by herself first, and it will be the best, and it will not be a big deal when she has money, so she can hire someone to transplant it .

After finishing the bamboo, Yu Xiaoxiao scattered flower seeds along the wall behind the house, hoping to let them grow naturally.

After finishing all this, Yu Xiaoxiao was completely free.

I get up every morning to cook and eat, do needlework at home at noon, and go out in the evening to wander around the village and gossip with people.

Just after the busy season, the government tax collectors came. This year, Yu Xiaoxiao’s family paid a total of 16 taels and 6 taels of silver. Shen Ye’s share was still 2 taels and 3 taels. tax.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaoxiao desperately hoped that her eldest son would be able to pass the examination of scholar and even be a scholar, even if it is the tail of the crane.

Because only a person can benefit the family, so that the whole family can be exempted from tax and corvee and land tax, while a scholar can only benefit the individual.

After paying the tax, there will be no major events this year, and Yu Xiaoxiao has also lived a leisurely life day after day, and the time has come to the end of autumn and the beginning of winter in a blink of an eye.

The annual peak season for collecting firewood has come, and because of the absence of the two children, Yu Xiaoxiao can only come by herself, but fortunately, Yu Xiaoxiao alone can be used by ten people, and she can handle it completely.

When it finally came time to sell charcoal, Yu Xiaoxiao wanted to buy a cow to pull a cart for her. Although she could do it by herself, Yu Xiaoxiao was still a salted fish without dreams in essence.

Who wants to stand if he can sit, but Yu Xiaoxiao still doesn't want to walk if he can not walk.

But looking at all kinds of messy regulations, as well as animal tax, Yu Xiaoxiao resolutely gave up.

So, I could only push cart after cart of charcoal, running back and forth between the town and my home, and finally finished my work. Although I was not too tired, Yu Xiaoxiao harvested 38 taels of silver and a large bag of copper coins. All gone.

When I got home, I still lived leisurely as usual.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the two children finally came back from vacation.

There are many differences between school holidays in ancient times and modern times. For example, there are only three days in a month in a year, and seven days in spring plowing and autumn harvest. It begins on the 15th day of the first lunar month and continues until the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month at the end of the year.

Yu Xiaoxiao cooks delicious food for the two children in different ways every day, but what I have to say is that since the two children went to school, they can't finish the food they buy for a year by themselves.

It was the same as in previous years, nothing new, but the family of three still had a lively New Year's Eve, and after the New Year's Eve dinner, it was another customary time for the family of three to summarize their family assets.

For this year's spare money, Yu Xiaoxiao has 84 taels of silver, 3 pennies and 8 copper coins.

Shen Ye has 26 taels of silver, 5 pennies and 1 copper coins.

Shen Qi has 8 taels of silver, 8 penny and 1 copper coins.

Yu Xiaoxiao earned the most income this year, all of which came from hunting, weaving, buying charcoal, and cooperation in restaurants. Shen Ye’s money was all saved by copying books. It didn't cost any money, and Yu Xiaoxiao provided all the clothes and so on, so I saved a lot after a year.

Shen Qi is the least, because he is in a private school, even if he makes money by copying books every day, he still can't afford his own expenses, and occasionally needs Yu Xiaoxiao's support, so he basically can't save any money after a year.

Shen Qi had long since lost the desire to compare, because the situation at home could not be compared at all now, elder brother didn't spend any money on studying, and mother didn't spend any money at home, and only spent money on studying by himself, and didn't have much time to make money. Let the family keep it.

Shen Ye glanced at his poor younger brother Shen Qi, he couldn't say anything if he wanted to help the family save money, if he said it, how would his brother deal with himself.

Naturally, Yu Xiaoxiao saw the eyebrow-eye lawsuit between the two brothers, so she directly skipped the matter of the three of them saving the family money together, and took out 50 taels from her money box, opened the biggest money box and put it in, until now So far, the family property has a total of 1281 taels.

"This year our family has 1281 taels of wealth. You are still studying now, so don't think about saving any wealth. When you all pass the exam, mother will be able to enjoy the blessing~"

Yu Xiaoxiao let the two children know about the situation at home, and at the same time comforted the two children.

The two children said in unison: "Don't worry, mother, we will study hard."

"Well, mother is waiting for you to raise someone and become the family's support."

The three mother and son packed up the money box, and sat around the table talking about family affairs. The time passed quickly, and it was late at night after a while, so the three of them went to rest separately.

Another year passed, and the three of them were one year older. Now Yu Xiaoxiao is 30 years old, Shen Ye is 14 years old, and Shen Qi is 11 years old.

In the first month of this year, Yu Xiaoxiao's house was extremely lively.

There are always villagers coming to give New Year's greetings and gifts, and Yu Xiaoxiao's family naturally has to know the etiquette in return, which makes the family who should be at leisure busy for several days.

In a blink of an eye, it's time for the two children to go to school, and it's the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Packed some food for the two children, and watched the two children go to the town on the thin snow.

(End of this chapter)