Spring scenery in the fields

Ji Wenhe looked at the buns in his hand and felt a warm feeling in his heart.

In the kitchen.

The two brothers ate the vegetable dumplings happily.

Shen Rongshan sat down at the table and said, "When life gets better, I'll buy you as many meat buns as you want."

The military pay was received, but a little more than three taels were deducted from him.

Shen Yuanshan smiled and patted his shoulder: "Brother, we know, don't take it to heart, sister-in-law's health is important, we won't lose a piece of meat if we eat less."

Shen Wenshan next to him nodded and agreed: "By the way, brother, Aunt Lan came this morning and talked to sister-in-law for a while."

"Well, there are only men in the family, and no one can talk to her in private. When she gets better, I will take her to Aunt Lan's house to introduce herself to the family."

Shen Rongshan eats very quickly, a habit he developed in the army.

After eating, clean the pot and add water.

"Brother." Shen Yuanshan stuffed the last bite of the bun into his mouth, "There is still an egg left in the cupboard."

He ignited the fire and replied calmly: "Well, I'll make it for her tomorrow."

Shen Wenshan looked down at the porridge in his bowl with a frustrated look on his face: "Brother, are we too useless? We can't even protect our home, and we've forced you to live in a broken cave with us."

Shen Yuanshan then lowered his head, with the corners of his mouth curving in a smile.

"Who is gossiping behind my back?"

Shen Rongshan added a few branches to the bottom of the pot, then stood up and walked over to the two of them.

Seeing them shaking their heads, he said in a deep voice.

"Big brother has never blamed you. As your big brother, I failed to take good care of you and caused you to suffer a lot. It is your big brother who is sorry for you."

He swore in front of his parents' graves that he would take good care of his brothers, but who knew...

The two looked up, tears in their eyes.

"Brother, we have never blamed you. We have been looking forward to your safe return."

For three years, they missed their eldest brother every day and went to their parents' graves to ask them to bless them with safety.

"Don't overthink it. As long as we are united, things will get better."

They were only eleven years old when he left, and he worried about them during the years he was in the army.

"Okay, wash the dishes after you finish eating."

Shen Rongshan saw that the water in the pot had boiled and scooped out some warm medicine.

This is the last dose of medicine, and it will be gone after he takes it tonight. He is wondering whether he should ask a doctor to come and take a look.

When he entered the room carrying the bowl of medicine, she was sitting on the bed wrapped in a quilt. When she saw him, a gentle smile appeared on her face.

"The medicine is gone. How are you? Do you want me to ask the doctor to come and see you?"

Ji Wenhe shook his head: "It's better now. My headache is gone. I still feel a little weak, but I will be back in a few days. There's no need to see a doctor."

In fact, if you eat enough, your body will recover faster. The fundamental reason why she has no strength now is that she didn't eat enough.

Besides, it’s a waste of money to hire a doctor.

She took the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp. The bitter taste made her retch.

Shen Rongshan stood by, hesitated for a moment, reached out his hand, and gently patted her back.

"I'll go to the mountains tomorrow to see if I can hunt anything."

"It's too dangerous in the mountains in winter. Don't go there. Go in the spring."

Ji Wenhe covered his chest, and the bitter taste in his mouth dissipated a lot.

"Aunt Lan came this morning and talked about the land. We don't have any land at home. We can't reclaim the wasteland in the village ourselves. Do we have to buy it?"

She didn't ask in detail for fear of arousing suspicion. Growing up in a farming family, how could she not know about things in the fields?

"You can't just reclaim land at will. You have to buy it and have a land deed before you can do so."

Shen Rongshan withdrew his hand and continued.

“Wasteland costs 500 coins per mu. There is no harvest in the first year of reclamation. It needs to be maintained. There will be a harvest in the second or third year.

The location is not good, there will be no harvest in the first two years. The wasteland in the village is at the foot of the mountain, and the location is not good. "

Ji Wenhe frowned. The family must have land. Farming was the main source of income for farmers.

Now that they don't have to hand over grain, everyone is happy and is working hard to take good care of the crops.

"Brother Shen, our family cannot live without land. We still have to find a way to buy a piece of land. When I get better, I want to go to the market with Aunt Lan and bring back some work to do."

Shen Rongshan listened to her talk, focusing on "our family". He glanced at her from the side and saw her lowering her head slightly, frowning and thinking about something seriously.

"Brother Shen, can you talk to the head of the village? We can give him some of the crops we planted for a year, and then we can use the money from selling the crops to buy the land?"

We are all villagers. If we talk to him nicely, the head of the village will probably agree.

"In our village, farmland and dry land are sold together as one mu, except for wasteland, which can be bought at a few cents. The headman will not sell paddy fields alone."

Each villager has more than one acre of land, which is divided into paddy fields and dry land. The head of the village has more land, several acres.

Many of them came from families that were short of money and mortgaged their land to him.

Well, she didn't know that this was how land was bought and sold in the village. It felt a bit...

Ji Wenhe regained his composure and raised his head slightly: "Can our family afford to buy an acre of land?"

Shen Rongshan looked at her and thought for a while: "I can't afford a good location, but a place near the foot of the mountain is OK, but after buying the land, I won't have much money left."

"So what does Brother Shen think?"

She then expressed her opinion.

"I think it's better to buy land. Farming is our main source of income. After the spring, wild vegetables in the mountains will grow. It will be hard in the early stage, but life will get better in the future."

"Besides, our family of four would have to spend a lot of money to buy food in town. So farming is more cost-effective. Of course, I will listen to you, Brother Shen."

Whether to buy the land or not is still up to him to decide.

Shen Rongshan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Have you really decided to stay and not leave?"

Ji Wenhe was puzzled as to why he was still asking about this at this time, but he still nodded seriously: "Yes, I am a man of my words."

"Brother Shen knows better than me how dangerous it is outside. We are husband and wife now, and this is my home. Naturally, I have to think about my family and hope that everything will get better at home."

Are her words so unbelievable?

"Okay, I plan to buy some land. I'll buy one acre of paddy field and dry land, and one acre of wasteland. It's right at the foot of the mountain where we live."

"But didn't you say that the wasteland doesn't produce a good harvest? I heard from Aunt Lan that the wasteland at the foot of our mountain has a lot of pebbles, so I'm afraid we won't get much if we plant it."

Shen Rongshan picked up the empty bowl on the table and said, "Take good care of it, pick up the stones, and you'll have more land and more harvest."

Ji Wenhe thought so too, and when he saw him leaving with an empty bowl, he wanted to say something, but stopped talking.

Paddy fields are divided into good and bad types, and the same is true for dry land.

From what he said, the land near the foot of the mountain is not considered good.

At this time, Shen Rongshan came in with hot water: "I will go to the village head's house tomorrow to discuss the purchase of land. I want to buy the wasteland."

"Then buy it. Let's be diligent and take good care of it. When I am well again, I will go to the fields with you to collect stones."