In ancient times, I just wanted to be a salted fish

In the evening, the eldest brother Chen Dahai came back from working in the fields carrying a hoe, and the second brother Chen Erjiang also came back from the neighboring village carrying a tool bag. The two brothers walked home together, and when they were almost at the door, they heard laughter in the yard.

"Listen, that's my little sister's laughter. My little sister is back!" The two brothers were so excited that they rushed into the yard.

"Little sister, you're finally back. We were so worried about you." Chen Dahai said with a naive smile.

Chen Dahai is about 1.8 meters tall, with a strong physique and a handsome appearance, but his skin is a little dark because he often does farm work outside and is exposed to the sun.

The second brother, Chen Erjiang, is a little shorter than the eldest brother, about 1.76 meters tall, whiter and thinner than the eldest brother, and is also a handsome guy. He smiled and said, "Little sister, I'm glad you're back. Wow, little sister has become beautiful again!"

Chen Ruotong said enthusiastically: "Big brother, second brother, are you tired? Grandpa, grandma and mother are waiting for you to come home for dinner!"

The dinner was very sumptuous, with a big bowl of white rice and four dishes: a bowl of carrot and pork rib soup, a bowl of braised fish, a bowl of chicken stewed with mushrooms, and a bowl of meat stewed with dried beans, all of which were hard dishes, plus a pot of wine. The brothers were so excited that they said, "Haha, thanks to my little sister, we can eat such delicious meat dishes!"

The landlord's family doesn't eat meat often, right? If Chen Ruotong hadn't come back, they would usually eat brown rice, radish strips, stewed dried beans, cabbage stored in the cellar, etc., and occasionally eat meat.

The family sat together and had a lively meal. Grandma and the three men drank and chatted while eating. No one asked Chen Ruotong whether she had found Wu Qiming, for fear of touching her sore spot.

Chen Dahai said, "Master, this year's crops are not as good as in previous years. There is little rain this year. I don't know if it will rain in the next few days. If it doesn't rain, it will be too difficult to irrigate the rice fields. We have a lot of land, and it will cost a lot of money just to hire people. I hope God will rain soon."

Chen Erjiang said: "There are quite a lot of people building houses this year. In a few days, we will go to the county town to build houses. We will be busy again. I will have to trouble you, brother."

Old Mrs. Chen said, "Big brother, second brother, work hard. Matchmaker Lin has come several times. We have to settle on the right one, otherwise all the good girls will be gone."

Old Man Chen said, "I look down on those idiots. Aren't they all after our family property? You must look for their character and don't make the mistake again."

Everyone was talking and eating happily. The family was having a great time, and Chen Ruotong felt very happy at this moment.

"Master, we have worked so hard on these fields, but we only save more than fifty taels of silver a year. Isn't it too little?"

"Xiaotong, it's normal for a girl not to understand these things. If you don't work in the fields, you don't know how hard it is, and you don't know how much you can harvest in a year. Our harvest is still pretty good!

One acre of good land produces an average of more than 1 kilograms of rice per acre, and 10 acres of land produces more than kilograms. The annual food ration for each person in our family is more than kilograms, and the food ration for eight people is more than kilograms. The land tax is / of the total grain output of a family, which is more than kilograms. In the end, there is more than kilograms left. After deducting the more than kilograms of food for eight people, there is more than kilograms left.

When the rice is not peeled, it is sold for seven coins per catty, and it is ten coins per catty after being ground into rice. If it is sold at seven coins per catty, it can be sold for more than eighty taels at most, and some food rations must be kept in case of famine, so the money earned from selling grain in a year is only more than fifty taels. The rest of the silver taels needed for daily necessities comes from the money your three brothers earn from working, and the money from selling pigs, chickens and ducks. Look, your grandfather is such a big landlord, and I can only save more than fifty taels of silver after working hard for a year. What kind of life do other people with small families and little land live? Our family is a wealthy family in Chenjiabao and even in the county. So grandpa was unwilling to marry you to a mud-legged peasant, and wanted to find you a scholar with a good reputation. But grandpa was wrong. You can't judge a person's heart by his appearance, so I will carefully check your brothers' marriages. No matter what their family background is, you must find someone with good character.”

Old man Chen was a talkative man and said a lot in one breath.

Such a big family could only save more than fifty taels of silver a year, so wouldn't she be a wealthy woman? Then she had a large farm of five hundred acres, so wouldn't she be a big landlord? She had to find a way to persuade the family to go to Pingyang Prefecture with her.

"Grandpa, are you content to live in the village? Don't you want to live in the capital?"

"Grandpa is just a farmer, and the land is his lifeblood. He won't go anywhere else. He'll just stay here to look after these 50 acres of land. Next year I plan to buy another 10 acres, and in a few years I'll try to make it 100 acres!"

"Grandpa, your wish will definitely come true. I wish your wish will come true!"

"Hahaha, my precious granddaughter is getting better and better at speaking. She has a promising future!" He looked at Chen Ruotong with satisfaction, his face full of smiles.

"I wonder when Dad and Third Brother will be back?"

"It should be soon. Your father went to the capital with the county's escort vehicle. The escort leader has some connections with your father. If he can't find you, he will come back with the caravan and then make plans. It's good that you're back now. The whole family can finally be reunited. Grandpa has also figured it out. No matter whether we've been rich or poor, being a family together is better than anything else, hahaha..."

Chen Tong is a big lady in this family. Apart from embroidery and making clothes, she is not allowed to do anything at home. She doesn't have to wash dishes, cook, wash clothes, feed chickens and ducks. The family just spoils her and doesn't let her feel tired or wronged. So she developed a love-minded mind that is naive to the world.

After dinner, Chen Ruotong returned to her room, sat in front of the dressing table, and opened her jewelry box. There were really a lot of jewelry in the box, jade, silver, and gold, but they were all very ordinary small ornaments. For a girl from a rural area, she was very rich. Girls from ordinary families only had a few cloth hair flowers, hair bands, and no gold or silver ornaments. Her clothes were all made of fine cotton, and there were a few silk clothes. Her family spent a lot of money on her, and she was raised in pampering since she was a child.

She extinguished the candle, lay on the bed, sorted out what everyone in the family had said today, and extracted a few key words: Wu family, number one scholar, capital, princess. She suddenly had an epiphany and sat up. Wasn't this the Wu family she met at Yunlai Inn? They were going to the capital! It turned out that they met on the way, but she was dressed as a man, and the lights were dim at night so the other party didn't recognize her. She had a hunch that they would meet in the capital in the future, because she had already planned to go to the capital to take a look.

At night, she dreamed of the original owner again: Sister, thank you for finding my family. I ask you to be filial to my parents and take good care of my family. I have nothing to worry about and can be reincarnated!