The Little Landlord of Transmigration

After solving the problem of accommodation, the two brothers who hadn't seen each other for a long time were completely reconciled.Since he was going back the next day, Xu Siyuan wanted to stick to Xu Lingyuan's body even more, following in and out, as if he had endless words to say, and he lost any trace of his prestige in front of others, and he was not afraid that Xu Lingyuan would bother him.

It wasn't until the next day that A Qi, who left early in the morning, said that he was going back to play the rollers, so he diverted his attention and begged Xu Lingyuan to take him there after dinner.Xu Lingyuan saw that he was very curious and begged himself like this, and there was nothing wrong with going out for a walk more, it was better than just reading behind closed doors and being a nerd, so he readily agreed .

The so-called milling here is to use stone mills to shell the grains. Modern threshing machines are used. Even Xu Lingyuan, who lives in the countryside, has never seen this kind of threshing method before coming here.

There are two threshing discs in the village, all made of stone, with a diameter of about two meters. The disc surface is uneven, and there is a round hole with a wooden stick in the center, which is used to fix the stone roller.The stone rollers are also specially designed, with roller bars on them for pushing or pulling by oxen.And threshing can be realized only with the mutual cooperation of the stone roller and the pan.

The milling pan in the village is placed in the open space in front of the village. Because the place is relatively large, children usually like to play games here.Therefore, when they arrived, there were not only people who were rolling and waiting to be rolled, but also a group of children playing with skipping rope and throwing sandbags.When they saw them coming, although they were not familiar with Xu Siyuan who followed, they still greeted them warmly. A group of children couldn't wait to drag Xu Lingyuan to join them.

After Xu Lingyuan responded to them, he was not in a hurry to make a decision, but looked at Xu Siyuan beside him to see where he planned to go first.Xu Siyuan looked left and right, and seemed to find it interesting, but in the end he pulled Xu Lingyuan and looked in the direction of the grinder.Xu Lingyuan smiled at him and dragged him towards there.

Because when Xu Siyuan came last time, many people in the valley field had seen him, especially since there were not many opportunities to meet strangers here, so they still remembered him, and because of Xu Lingyuan's relationship, they were also very enthusiastic about him. .

"Isn't this the young master who came last time? I saw my brother come again? You brothers have such a good relationship." The patriarch who was pushing the stone roller said to him, and stopped to take a rest. "The road from the city is not close. Master Xu lives here. Although it is inconvenient to come and go, it really brings a lot of benefits to us villagers."

"If you want to talk about the benefits, I should be the one who receives you. Don't you still say that neighbors should take care of each other? I can do my best, so I should help." Xu Siyuan looked at him with some embarrassment. Himself, Xu Lingyuan shook his hand, then responded with a smile for him.

"Father, don't just talk nonsense. The young master is a scholar and has a thin skin. You will be embarrassed to talk about it." Xu Lingyuan is fine, seeing Xu Siyuan's fair little face turned red, ah While putting the rice on the milling plate again, the noble mother gave the patriarch who was still talking, and said with some complaints, "It's better to finish the milling quickly and give them some new rice to taste."

"Haha, look at me, when I see such a well-educated person, I like to chatter more, young master, don't take it wrong." The patriarch was embarrassed by the words, and then laughed twice and said, "We There is nothing good in this rural family, just the new rice that has just come down from the ground, it is really good to eat, and there are rice flour buns, I will take some back and try it later." After finishing speaking, he began to push again. Lift up the stone roller.

"Just like this, you can smell a fresh fragrance. It must taste good, so I will thank you first." Xu Lingyuan did not refuse the patriarch's kindness.Because based on his experience for so long, it is useless to refuse. If he doesn't accept it today, when school starts tomorrow, the things will still be taken by the school children.Such a straightforward acceptance not only makes the sender happy, but also saves the recipient a lot of politeness, and gets along more harmoniously.

"Master Xu, you know the goods. I'm not boasting. Even the rice sold by the government is mostly made from old rice. How can it be fresh in season like ours?" Hearing that his things were praised, the patriarch was quite He said proudly that he was in a good mood, and even the steps of pushing the stone roller became much lighter.

Hearing this, Agui's mother couldn't help laughing while sweeping the rice on the edge of the mill with a broom.Perhaps for them, being recognized for their hard work is as rewarding as their children being appreciated.

"Ah Jiang, Ah Hai, you're back home. You haven't recovered from your illness yet, and you're sweating from playing again. Let's see how I can deal with you when I go back!" Ah Qi's mother suddenly yelled in the direction where the children were playing.

When Xu Lingyuan first arrived, he saw them.Probably because they came earlier, they had already finished grinding, and they were cleaning the chaff with a dustpan and a sieve. Besides her, Aqi and Ahe were helping.At this point, everything should be tidied up and ready to go back.

"Second brother, younger brother, go back quickly, mother said to make rice noodle buns for us to eat." Seeing that A Jiang and the others didn't respond, and she was about to get angry, A He hurriedly shouted.As soon as he heard that there was something to eat, Ah Jiang responded quickly, and instead of coming to join them, he ran straight home with Ah Hai.

"A group of life-seeking ghosts only know how to eat. Your elder brother has been busy for a long time, but he has been busy for you. Before your elder brother finishes eating, none of you are allowed to move, or I won't interrupt your hands." !" Seeing A Jiang and the others running away, she turned her head and turned her anger on A He.

Seeing that she was angry, Ah He didn't dare to contradict her, so he could only pouted aggrievedly, and looked at Ah Qi dissatisfied.

"I'm done with work. After sending the things back, Ah Qi should go play for a while. Your brother and the others are still young, so they can only rely on you." After saying this, she took the things and left first. .

"His sixth aunt is the same. What do Ah Jiang and the others know? They yell so much every day, and they don't seem to be able to take care of the children. It's not that confused, and they know how to love Ah Qi." Ah Gui's mother watched her leave. The figure frowned and said.

"Just take care of your own family affairs, what are you thinking about so much." The patriarch looked at the two brothers standing next to him, and said with some displeasure.

Agui's mother smiled at them embarrassingly: "The people in the village are like this. They are used to being rough. You will laugh at them."

"Why didn't you see Agui come to help?" Xu Lingyuan smiled nonchalantly, and then asked.

"Although the children here are not very expensive, as long as we can come here, we don't want to call them. Children who are half-grown, how can they be playful, and there is only Aqi, the child who is sincere and young. , looks like a grown-up." Agui's mother said gently while collecting the milled millet deftly.

Seeing that they were busy, Xu Lingyuan didn't bother them too much. After watching them for a while, he went to the children who were playing.After a while, A Qi also came over and stood with them.

"Brother, shall we try it too?" After watching rope skipping for a while, Xu Siyuan pulled him and said eagerly.

"Go if you want, why do you have to drag me?" Xu Lingyuan asked a little funny, thinking that he was embarrassed, and then persuaded: "Are you so timid, Siyuan? Don't worry, they are very willing to be with you You played."

"I just want to dance with my brother." Ignoring his words, Xu Siyuan said persistently while pulling him forward.

The skipping ropes here are all made from local materials and rubbed out of straw. There are single jumping, double jumping, and a very long rope that two people shake and a group of people jump together.The last one, the rule is very simple, whoever gets caught by the rope, will take the initiative to shake the rope until someone comes to take over.Xu Siyuan chose to dance with many people.

It's just that he obviously lacks talent when it comes to skipping rope. If Xu Lingyuan wasn't watching carefully, he wouldn't know how many times he would have tripped over.At first he was afraid of disturbing everyone's interest, and he was a little embarrassed. After shaking the rope a few times, seeing that no one minded, he let go. Although he was shaking the rope almost all the time, he still had a good time playing.

Seeing that he was very involved in the game, Xu Lingyuan stepped aside and started talking to A Qi.

"Didn't you say that Ah Jiang is sick? Why is Ah Hai also sick?" Xu Lingyuan asked curiously, remembering what his mother said just now.A Qi left, but another one fell ill. Now I don't know who to blame.

"The bed is too big, if they move around at night, they all catch a cold." A Qi said with a weird expression.

"Didn't your mother say anything?" Although he felt that he shouldn't ask that question, Xu Lingyuan just wanted to know.

"She let Ah He sleep there too, and added extra quilts for them." A Qi shook his head and said.

"..." Xu Lingyuan didn't know what to say for a while, why didn't she think of adding a quilt to him when she had time to curse when A Qi was sleeping on the firewood?

"Your brother is fine, his mother..." A Qi suddenly looked at Xu Siyuan and said.

"Let's do their own calculations. I haven't figured it out yet." Xu Lingyuan said thoughtfully.

After all, his physical strength was not comparable to that of the children in the village. After a while, Xu Siyuan came back sweating profusely and out of breath.

"How are you, are you tired?" Xu Lingyuan looked at his flushed little face and said, in fact, he was very happy for him in his heart. In him, you can't see the kind of many scholars here. It's rare to be so pretentious.

"It's because of my lack of physical strength. Now I understand why I said 'a scholar who is useless'. Let alone pushing the grindstone, I can't do it even after a few jumps. I have to pay attention in the future." Xu Siyuan felt a little ashamed. explain.

"Ah Gui, come here and help deliver these rice to Young Master Xu's house." Xu Lingyuan was about to say a few words of comfort to him, when he suddenly heard the patriarch not far away shouting towards him, it seemed that all the beating was over.

Hearing that Xu Lingyuan bid farewell to A Qi, he walked over with Xu Siyuan and A Gui.Xu Lingyuan wanted to take it by himself, but the patriarch insisted on refusing and asked Agui to send it over. Agui was very straightforward, ignored his refusal, picked up the things and started to walk first, Xu Lingyuan and the others had no choice but to follow.

The rice made with new rice at noon is indeed more fragrant.It's just that Xu Lingyuan's brothers prefer rice noodles to steamed buns.Although it sounds like steamed buns made by grinding rice into flour, in fact, after eating it in your mouth, you realize that this is not the case.

The rice noodles mentioned here are a kind of rice that has been crushed by stone rollers. It is estimated that it is finer than sandy white sugar, but it is definitely not as good as flour.It seems that there is no need to ferment, because it will not take long for Ah Mu to serve up the hot rice noodle buns.

It may be that the threshing tools are too simple. These tofu-shaped rice noodle buns are not very white, but they smell a very light fragrance. There is also a hint of sweetness, and it will not be as dry as steamed buns made of flour.Seeing that Xu Lingyuan and the others were very satisfied with the food, Amlian said that he would pound some rice with a stone mortar and would make it for him often.

It turns out that this kind of thing is only used by the villagers to deal with the broken rice produced during threshing, and they don't usually use white rice as a luxury to do this.It's just that their family doesn't lack these rices, so Eminem said that.

When it was really impossible to stay any longer, Xu Siyuan reluctantly got into the carriage and went back.After Xu Lingyuan sent him away, he asked Ah Mu to bring the few pieces of rice noodle buns that he insisted on keeping to himself into the kitchen again, and heat them up while cooking at night, and wait for A Qi to come eat together.Although it is more resilient when eaten cold, it is more sweet when eaten hot.

"Ah Jiang and the others ate up what I wanted to bring to you." Looking at the rice noodle bun in his hand, A Qi said a little embarrassedly.

"Whoever eats is not eating, hurry up and eat, this kind of weather is so cold." Xu Lingyuan said nonchalantly.

"Will your brother become an official in the future?" A Qi suddenly asked hesitantly, probably thinking of the conversation between their brothers last night.

"Probably, I think he is quite suitable." Although he was a little puzzled by what he said, obviously the two of them hadn't spoken a few words, why did they suddenly care about him?But Xu Lingyuan still replied seriously.

"Then will you still be here?" A Qi seemed dissatisfied with his answer, frowned slightly, and then asked.

"Is there any relationship between the two?" Xu Lingyuan was even more confused, and simply put aside what he was eating, and asked him squarely.

"Didn't he want to support you? Don't you live with him?" A Qi seemed to have found some hope from his words, so he asked directly.

"How old is he, how long will he have to wait for him to raise him? Besides, I have hands and feet, can't I even support myself? Just seeing that he is so serious, I just agreed." Xu Lingyuan couldn't laugh or cry. Said, and then swallowed the rest in a few mouthfuls, ready to wash and sleep.

"A Qi, you haven't said what you want to do?" Because of what happened just now, Xu Lingyuan, who was lying on the bed, suddenly became interested, and asked A Qi who was lying beside him.

"...I don't know." A Qi said with some embarrassment.

"Really? Then start thinking about it now. Do you want to study? I will help you no matter what." Xu Lingyuan encouraged without giving up.

"I'm not very good at reading. You have taught me to read, but I still can't read some of them." A Qi shook his head and said.

"Uh, there's no rush, you'll understand after reading more." Xu Lingyuan comforted him.The spoken language and written language here are different, just like the difference between modern Chinese and classical Chinese. Xu Lingyuan usually explained the meaning of words to him according to the spoken language, so it was a bit uncomfortable to read at the beginning.

"I don't really like it either." A Qi thought for a while and said, "I like farming. As long as you plant things and take good care of them, you will reap something."

"That's good too." Xu Lingyuan said seriously.

"I want to be nice to you too, but that doesn't seem to be enough." A Qi said with some distress.

"It's as if I love money very much. It's good that you like farming. I'm worried that no one will help me in the future. In the future, I will grow the land, and you will work hard. You must grow a lot of things. Then you will know how to plant. The ground will also be very powerful." Xu Lingyuan suddenly said with some expectation, "Really, I won't lie to you."

"En." A Qi nodded without hesitation, as if he didn't expect Xu Lingyuan to support him so much. Although the room was dark, Xu Lingyuan could feel his gaze staring at him.

"Okay, let's go to bed quickly. Let's cool down, and let Emma add quilts for us tomorrow." Xu Lingyuan said while wrapping the quilts tighter.

"That's good." A Qi suddenly put his own quilt on top of Xu Lingyuan's quilt, then pulled his quilt and lay down, and was next to him tightly. It really felt like what Xu Siyuan said, he His body is indeed not as hot as his own.

"I'm just talking casually." Xu Lingyuan was stunned for a moment, and then saw that he didn't make any movement, and then said: "It's warmer for two people together, so what, if I wrap the quilt away, you must not follow him I'm being polite."

"Well, Ah Yuan." A Qi said suddenly, and then fell asleep again, without any movement.

"...Well." Xu Lingyuan didn't react for a while, thinking that he had heard it wrong. This was the first time A Qi called his name. Although it sounded a bit sensational, he was working hard for the friendship between the two of them to go further. He was so moved that he couldn't care less about other things.