The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

   Chapter 10 Jade Gourd

Li Qing came back with a bundle of firewood, saw Li Yu staring blankly at the stove with a sad look, hurriedly put down the firewood and walked to Li Yu, squatted down and looked at Li Yu worriedly, "Sister, what's wrong with you? dont be sad."

  Li Yu's heart warmed when he saw Li Qing's worried look, he smiled and said, "Sister is fine, just remembering something from the past."

Li Qing looked at Li Yu and let out a sigh of relief, thinking she was worried about the future, patted her thin chest to comfort Li Yu, "Sister, don't worry about my strength, I will make a lot of money for you in the future. Have a good time."

  Li Yu thought to himself: Silly child, thinking about earning a lot of money at such a young age, he should go to school and study at this age.

   "Aqing, do you miss reading?"

  Li Qing shook his head without hesitation, "It's expensive to study and I won't go. I want to learn to hunt and sell wild animals to make money like my father."

"Aqing, even if you don't take the imperial examinations, if you want to make money, you must be able to write and calculate, otherwise you can't even calculate how much a wild boar can sell for. If someone wants to make a contract with you, you can write and read. ?"

  Li Qing frowned and looked at Li Yu, "What should I do? Sister, can you?"

  Li Yu nodded, "Yes, you should go to the school to learn and try to see what path you should take in the future."

  Li Qing kept shaking his head, "I'm not going, I'm not at ease when you're home alone." After Li Qing finished speaking, his stomach rumbling twice,

   "You're hungry!" Li Yu stood up and patted Li Qing with a smile, "Go and ask my aunt to come out and let's eat first."

   "Sister, the dishes you cooked are so fragrant, you will be hungry when you smell the fragrance." Li Qing told Li Mei to go.

  Li Yu lifted the lid of the pot and brought out the rice, and the aroma of the steamed pig lung soup came out. Put the pork lung radish soup in a clay pot and put it on the table, wash a few half-red peppers, cut them into short sections, chop them, put them in a bowl, add salt and soy sauce, burn some boiling oil and pour the boiling oil over the peppers Inside, cut some green onions and coriander, mix well with the chili, make a fresh chili dipping sauce, and scoop it into a small dish.

Li Mei and Li Qing arrived at the stove and said with a smile, "It's so hot." Li Mei opened the back door of the stove, and as soon as the back door opened, a cool breeze blew in and sniffed, "Fish, what did you do? So delicious."

  Li Yu pointed at the table and smiled: "Pig lung and radish soup."

   Li Mei took a sip and drank some soup, and praised with a smile, "The fish craftsmanship is really good, the pig lung soup is not well prepared and has a strong fishy smell, but it is stewed so that it tastes good and can be served with rice."

  Li Qing looked at Li Yu and smiled, "My sister's cooking is getting better and better."

   Li Mei said with a smile: "It's delicious, then you eat more to gain weight."

  The aunt and nephew had eaten, cleaned up the pots, bowls and stoves, poured two buckets of water in the pot and started to boil hot water, Li Mei took the bamboo mat out and spread it in the yard, crouched on it and sewed the quilt.

Li Mei said to sister Li Yu, who was sitting in the yard enjoying the shade, "Xiao Yu'er, Ah Qing, you both lost your health at Zhang's family when you were young, so you have to make up for it, and you should not eat two if you have three meals in the future. .Our farmers eat two meals during the slack season, and some also eat multi-grain rice mixed with sorghum rice, brown rice, and beans."

   Li Yu asked, "Aunt, are the taxes heavy now?"

Li Mei's face was full of sadness, "Heavy, why not heavy, the per capita tax is 200 wen, and the land tax has been levied three times per mu of land since last year, and three stones of millet have to be paid for one stone. Is it difficult to make a living after the year?"

   "Do those well-known families also pay taxes?"

   "There is no need to pay the head tax for the talented people, the land tax is exempted from 15 mu for the talented people, and forty people is exempted from the tax, and there is no need to pay taxes and no labor!"

   Li Yu asked: "Are there many scholars in the village? Is it good for the exam?"

Li Mei sighed and said with a smile: "How can it be so easy to be a scholar! Look at Zhang's family, Zhang Guisheng started studying at the age of four or five, and was admitted to a scholar when he was seventeen this year. How much did it cost? That's all With the money piled up, he is still smart, and some people are still just a child after taking the test all their lives."

  Li Yu finally understood why there was a scholar in the Zhang family, and everyone in the village had to look at Zhang De's face. It seemed that he still had to send Li Qing to school to see if Li Qing had a talent for reading.

   "Aunt, is there a school in the village?"

   Li Mei raised her head and glanced at Li Yu, "Xishan Village doesn't have one, we have one in Dongshan Village, the youngest son of the Zhou family, Zhou Xiucai, Yu'er, do you want to send Ah Qing to study?"

  Li Yu nodded, "I want to send Ah Qing to study and learn something. Even if it is a business, it will be settled. If you sign a contract, you are not afraid of being deceived."

   When Li Mei remembered the Zhang family, she was always a little uneasy, and she thought: It would be better to let Ah Qing go to study.

  Li Mei nodded and said, "Okay, let's send Ah Qing to study. Ah Qing should be able to study since she was a child. I will go back tomorrow and ask Zhou Xiucai."

   When Li Qing saw that her sister and aunt decided to send her to study, she was worried about where the money would come from? Also, if my elder sister is at home alone in case Zhangjia comes to trouble, Li Qing frowned and said, "Sister, aunt, where does the money come from when studying? I don't worry if my sister is at home alone, I am afraid if Zhangjia comes to trouble."

  Li Yu didn't expect that Li Qing could think so much when he was so young. He seemed like a sensible child, but he couldn't talk too much.

Li Mei comforted: "Aqing, the silver taels returned by Zhang De are enough for you to study for a few years, or else, you should go to study for two years and see if you can read it well, then continue to study. Taxes and labor are gone.

  If you can't, just like your sister said, you can also learn some skills in writing and arithmetic. If Zhang Guisheng is admitted to Juren in the future, he will be an official, and only you can protect your sister from being bullied by the Zhang family. "

   Li Qing was silent for a while after hearing this, then looked at Li Yu and said, "Sister, I'll try and continue reading if I can, or go home and hunt in the mountains if I can't."

Li Yu nodded and said, "Okay, you and aunt will go to the school tomorrow to see me waiting for you at home." Li Yu looked back at Li Mei, "Aunt, please make a dress for Ah Qing with me, and go to school to see Mr. ."

  "Okay, my quilt is also sewn, you carry it in and we'll start making clothes."

   After Li Yu made the bed, he asked Li Qing to rest in the room and Li Mei made a set of clothes overnight.

Li Yu would go to the room after washing up, Li Mei handed the silver and oilcloth bag in the back to Li Yu, and smiled angrily: "You girl, these things are randomly placed in the back, in case someone touches them. Let's see where you go to find it."

   Li Yu blushed and said with a smile: "Take it out and put it there. Who knows if you're busy, you'll forget it."

Li Mei opened the oilcloth bag, took out the jade pendant and tied it with a ribbon, stroking the jade pendant and remembering her younger brother and sister, she looked at Li Yu and said softly, "Yu'er, this is the jade gourd that your mother gave you to protect your body, and your aunt gave it to you. Take your safety with you."

Li Yu lowered his head for a while and let Li Mei bring it on, Li Mei looked at Li Yu and patted her head lovingly, "Brother and sister, you have a spirit in the sky, bless us Yu'er and A Qing in the future. "

  Li Yu thanked dumbly and lay on the bed holding the jade gourd, and Li Mei also lay down for a while before making a slight sound of sleep.

   Li Yu was lying there and found that he seemed to have entered a circular space, surrounded by shelves, with a booklet hanging on the shelf. Li Yu picked up the booklet curiously and opened it, and saw that it was written: "Jade gourd storage space welcomes the owner,

   One, you can store food and stationary items,

   Second, when you need to store, just touch the item that needs to be stored, recite the jade gourd silently, and the item will automatically enter the space,

  Third, every time you need to enter the space, you can automatically enter by reciting the jade gourd to open the door.

  Fourth, when you come to pick up the stored items and leave, you can leave automatically by reciting the jade gourd.

  5, every time you enter the space to extract items, you only have a quarter of an hour to work, you can't time out, the time out will automatically pop up.

   After Li Yu read it, the booklet disappeared out of thin air.

  Li Yu was amazed and anxious. He wanted to try to see if it was true. He reached out and touched the silver under the pillow. Silently reading the jade gourd, he found that the silver really disappeared.

   Li Yu was overjoyed and secretly said: God, is this compensation for me? Thank you! Thank you!

   (end of this chapter)