The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

Early the next morning, Li Yu asked Butcher He to help buy two big fat pigs, brought back dozens of fish, and moved the cloth and brown sugar he bought from Tongzhou out of the warehouse.

Li Yu smiled and said to everyone: "We will have a holiday from now on. I will pay everyone's wages and prepare some New Year's goods for everyone. We people in Fengming Village will have a good year this year."

Everyone looked at the fish in the big fat pork box on the chopping board, as well as the cloth and sugar piled there, and all smiled and said, "Thanks to Xiaoyu and Mr. Zhou, everyone will have a great New Year."

"Okay, I'll pay everyone's salary and new year's goods right now."

Among these families in the village, the most they earned from Chen Yaohui's family was fifteen taels of silver, while the least they earned was seven or eight taels of silver. Li Yu also distributed meat, fish, two pieces of cloth, and two bags of brown sugar to each household.

The guys were carrying meat and new year's goods, thinking about their lives in the coming year with joy on their faces. Li Qing helped sell goods in the shop, and it was only on the twenty-eighth day that he returned to Fengming Village with Zhaocai.

As soon as Li Qing arrived home, Zhou Jia took him to test his homework. After the test, he praised: "Ah Qing is good, you have made great progress. My brother-in-law will reward you with a set of pen and ink and you will continue to work hard in the future."

Li Qing stood up, looked at Zhou Jia, and said with a smile: "Future brother-in-law, you have passed my test and now it is my turn to test yours."

Zhou Jia knocked on Li Qing, "You little brat, my brother-in-law is just my brother-in-law and he also has a future. Test me? What do you want to test me for?"

Li Qing pouted, "You haven't married my sister yet! Of course she is your future brother-in-law. I can tell you that I get up early every day in Tongzhou to practice the moves taught by my sister, and I practice them non-stop! Today We gesture, gesture!”

Zhou Jia rolled up his sleeves and said, "Come on! Let's see who of us works harder."

Li Qing took Zhou Jia upstairs and started gesticulating, muttering while beating him, twisting his wrists and breaking his arms, grabbing his wrists and pressing his arms... The two of them fought fiercely, until finally Li Qing was slapped down by Zhou Jia. land.

Li Qing was a little convinced. He stood up and patted the dust on his body. He smiled at Zhou Jia and said, "Brother-in-law, you are very good at learning. But when I get to your age, I will definitely catch up with you and be even better than you." .”

Li Yu stood at the door and looked at Li Qing's confident and uplifting look. He walked over happily and smiled at the two of them: "Uncle Zhou said that you two were competing. What was the result of the competition?"

Li Qing pouted and glared at Zhou Jia unconvinced, "Brother-in-law is slightly better."

Li Yu laughed when he saw Li Qing's unconvinced look, "Let's go! The venison is marinated. Let's go down and eat roasted venison. Auntie also made glutinous rice wine."

Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu and asked strangely: "When did you go hunting in the mountains again? How come I didn't know about it?"

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and covered it up with a smile, "You're lucky, I met you as soon as we went up the mountain. Let's go quickly! I'm just waiting for you two." Li Yu dragged Li Qing and ran downstairs, leaving Zhou Jia behind. That shook his head.

Everyone ate barbecue and hot pot around the charcoal pot. Li Yu drank two bowls of glutinous rice wine and sat there feeling dizzy leaning against Li Mei.

Liu Changmin sat there and sighed, "Human! It's so unpredictable. We were still in Qingzhou last year. At that time, we never thought we would come to Tongzhou this year."

Zhou Jia nodded with emotion, "Yes, uncle, life is unpredictable and no one can predict what will happen tomorrow. However, I think as long as the family is together and safe, it is the best thing."

After Zhou Jia finished speaking, he took a banknote and handed it to Li Mei, "Aunt, this is a dividend for your family. Please accept it."

Li Mei quickly pushed the bank note back to Zhou Jia and refused firmly, "Give me the dividends, I can't ask for it. Yu'er has already paid us wages. Take it back quickly. If you take the money again, your aunt's family will be in trouble." They are greedy people."

Liu Changmin also waved his hand to refuse, "Zhou Jia, uncle and aunt can't ask for this money anymore. The wages Xiaoyu has given are enough."

Zhou Jia smiled and looked at Li Yu, only to find that Li Yu had fallen asleep leaning against Li Mei. He quickly said to Li Mei, "Aunt Xiaoyu is asleep. Please help her sleep in the room quickly, otherwise she will catch a cold."

Li Mei smiled and helped Li Yu up, "This child has liked glutinous rice wine since he was a child, but he gets sleepy every time he drinks it."

Li Mei and Zhao Di helped Li Yu into the house and let her lie down, then went out to clean up the yard. Li Mei felt uneasy and stayed at Li Yu's house to rest.

On the thirtieth night, a crescent moon shone across the land of Kyushu. Every household in the village set off firecrackers. Everyone smiled and congratulated each other and wished each other a better year ahead.

The moon is shining crookedly on Kyushu, and some families are happy and some are sad. In a dilapidated alley in the west city of Tongzhou, there are two thatched huts set up in the corner. Two families who fled from Qingshan live there, the Zhang family and the Zhu family. Home.

Chen Zhaodi looked at the overcooked brown rice, with a livid face and kept scolding Zhu Qiaoyu, "How come my old Zhang family is so unlucky! I married you, a rotten pillow, and finally got some food. Tsk, tut, look at it. It can even be cooked to a paste. They don’t even give us a meal to eat on New Year’s Eve this year. It’s been more than a year...

Zhu Qiaoyu stood by the stove with her head lowered, letting Chen Zhaodi scold her without saying a word. Zhang Guisheng sat on the pony with a frown on his face, looking like he was far away from home.

Zhang Defa squatted hunched at the door of the thatched shed, looking at the dark alley, thinking to himself: Could God really see what the people below have done? Otherwise, it would be more and more difficult to live this day!

Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yu just opened the courtyard door, and the children all arrived at Li Yu's house. Li Yu saw that the children were all wearing red woolen air force hats with a small braid hanging down from the ears.

Xiaodouzi and his friends bowed and saluted Li Yu, "Sister Xiaoyu, I will make a fortune in the new year. The longer Sister Xiaoyu is, the more beautiful she will be."

"Xiaodouzi, you forgot to ask for the red envelope." A child shouted anxiously.

Li Yu smiled and took out the red paper envelope, took out the red envelopes and distributed them to the children, then pointed to the cakes and roasted seeds and nuts on the table, and said with a smile, "There are roasted seeds and cakes on the table, you can take whatever you want. There are also red envelopes." "

Xiaodouzi took the red envelope and put it in his pocket. He looked at Li Yu's blushing face and said, "Sister Xiaoyu, I won't marry you anymore. My mother said you are Mr. Zhou's wife. My mother said I can't marry other people's wives." Find another one when you grow up.”

Li Yu wrinkled his nose and looked sad. He looked at Xiaodouzi and covered his eyes. "Xiaodouzi doesn't want my sister. My sister is going to be sad."

Xiaodouzi replied without hesitation, "Don't be sad. Mom said you are Mr. Zhou's wife."

"Xiaodouzi is gone, let's go to Mr. Zhou's house to pay New Year greetings." The children pulled Xiaodouzi and ran away in a swarm.

Li Qing came out of the kitchen and looked at Li Yu with a look of helplessness on his face, "Sister, you get confused when you drink. You must not drink outside in the future."

"Okay, I understand, sister," Li Yu saw Li Qing's rolled-up sleeves with a smile on his face, "You got up so early?"

"Yeah! I cooked the glutinous rice balls and scooped out the hot water. After you wash up, we will eat the glutinous rice balls."

After the siblings had eaten glutinous rice balls, Li Qing went out to pay New Year greetings. As soon as Li Yu packed up the stove, Zhou Jia came over with a box.

Zhou Jia smiled and said to Li Yu, "Xiaoyu, how much money do you think we have made in the past few months?"

Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and raised two fingers. Zhou Jia shook his head and smiled, "In the box, there is one hundred and eighty taels of dividends from the carpentry shop sent by Carpenter Lin. Our bags and woolen fabrics made a total of forty-five thousand." One thousand one hundred and fifty taels, and after the remaining goods are sold, it will probably be more than 50,000."

Li Yu was also surprised and looked at Zhou Jia with wide eyes, "It's a bit beyond my expectation."

Zhou Jia smiled and shook his head, "You were too busy and didn't notice. Think about it. Sweaters and trousers are the same as 158 renminbi, shawls and scarves are 120 renminbi, and socks are 12 to 20 renminbi. There are also those hats, gloves, etc. The profits are quite considerable. There should be more people following the trend this year, but we have also gained the upper hand."

Li Yu smiled nonchalantly, "Since there are more people following the trend, we will do less retail and more wholesale to those small merchants. If the volume is large, we may earn more than selling it ourselves. We will start raising pigs as soon as possible after the spring. After the farm and the village are built, we still need to hire people to take care of the ponds."

Zhou Jia held Li Yu's hand and said, "Okay, I'll do as you said, reduce the retail sales and sell them wholesale. Also, I've thought about it. I plan to hand over all the business to Zhaocai and Jixiang this year, so that they can I want to be a big shopkeeper. After the festival, I will go to Tongzhou to see if I can buy craftsmen who can weave and dye, and then order dozens of spinning wheels. I also need to buy people to come back to do housework, needlework, and take care of the fields and ponds. The stall has expanded. My status as a scholar cannot protect our family fortune, so once the arrangements are made, I can prepare for the exam with peace of mind."

After hearing this, Li Yu smiled and agreed, "Okay, don't worry, I will take care of your family as you prepare for the exam. Why don't you go to Tongzhou if you wish?"

Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu with a smile on his face, "Ruyi doesn't like doing business, but is willing to take care of the farm and the family. When Uncle Zhou is old, let him follow Uncle Zhou. From now on, let him take care of the family and the farm. These things You should take care of the banknotes first, keep some as spares, and change the others into silver for you to keep."

"Okay!" Li Yu carried the box into the house like a hamster and secretly put it into the space.