Chapter 90: Spring Day
Last night, it was still cold. I covered my thick quilt when I was sleeping. When I curled up, I couldn't help but complain in my heart that spring was not coming soon. When I got up and opened the door, I was surprised to see some green buds blooming on some of the originally bare branches. The wind was still blowing slightly, but I could no longer feel the chill. Looking into the distance, I found that the withered ground seemed to be covered with a layer of mottled green blanket overnight.
The snow has been melting these days. Yesterday I could see white pieces from east to west. This morning, only the snow on the top of the mountain was still covered with snow. In other places, the snow has melted without a trace.
Spring finally came with the expectation of countless people.
After finishing the morning class, Li Ze finished washing under the servitude of Xia He. He finally took off his usual bloated jacket, changed into a brand new jacket, and faced the warm brilliance of the rising sun. Li Ze was in a good mood.
Several pear trees outside the courtyard wall were full of white flowers. It really responded to the saying that suddenly came like a night of spring breeze, and thousands of pear blossoms bloomed.
The maids and mothers in the yard shouted and pulled up the rope, supported the pole, moved a bed of cotton quilt out of the house, shook it open and dried it on the rope, and the color in the yard became richer on the pole.
Next to the sink, the washing women lifted buckets of clear water from the well and poured them in. They were filled with winter clothes, the sound of rubbing, the sound of hammers knocking, the sound of rinsing water, and the happy laughter of the mothers collided with each other in the yard, and finally formed a rich picture of life atmosphere.
This made Li Ze liked it very much.
The cook hurried back from outside with a small basket. When he saw Li Ze, he said happily: "Young master, new sprouts have emerged from the toon tree outside. I went to pick some. Should you use him to fry eggs or eat them in a cold dish?"
"Salmon it cold, it's fresher." Li Ze smiled and said with a gentle smile.
"Okay, yesterday Mr. Tu brought newly picked mushrooms. Before dawn, I cooked green vegetables, mushrooms and lean meat porridge for the young master, and then mixed them with a cold toon tree bud, and boiled a stone and rolled eggs."
"Eat like this, I'm afraid I'll be able to become a fat man!"
"When the young master was growing up, I couldn't lose money. You should eat as much as you can." The kitchen said with a smile, and walked quickly towards the kitchen. His steps were extremely fast, and there was no trace in an instant.
Li Ze stood there and gestured his height. Now he looks about 1.75 meters tall. In this family, he should be considered a tall man, and Tu Lichun and others are taller than him. However, like the people in the inner courtyard, they are basically old people who have served him for more than ten years. These people see their kind side on weekdays, and subconsciously regard themselves as a boy who has not yet grown up.
Xia He was also directing several little girls to dry the clothes and bedding in her room, and circled a place with gauze tents, hang the clothes inside, which fully received sunlight massage and avoided some insects.
She slowly walked to Xia He who was busy, and looked at Xia He's delicate face from the side. Her face turned slightly red. There were a few small beads of sweat on the tip of her small and delicate nose. Xia He has never been a person who only talks but does not act. She has been learning accounting knowledge from Li Ze for a long time, which makes her work not only very meticulous, but also clearly organized. While she is busy herself, she is still asking what to do and what to do. Several little girls are being directed by her.
"After breakfast, let's go out for a walk and go for a walk!" Li Ze said.
Xia He, who was concentrating on his work, was startled and turned to see Li Ze, "Young Master, I haven't figured out the question you gave me last night yet? I was about to have breakfast, and moved a chair to bask in the sun and think about it again!"
"Don't be anxious, you won't encounter those things under normal circumstances. You are just asking you to develop ideas, just do it slowly and think about it slowly." Li Ze smiled and said, "But a good schedule like today is really a few days a year. If you miss it, you have to wait for next year. But next year's today is not the day of this year. If you miss it, you will be gone."
Xia He widened his eyes, "Young Master talks so much that he can't help but confused me. As long as the young master likes to go, Xia He will accompany you."
"Okay, after dinner, let's go to the surrounding villages first, and then go to Qingshantun to have a look." Li Ze snapped his fingers and said happily.
After hearing this, Xia He quickly pulled another servant and asked him to find Tu Lichun to arrange horses and guards.
The first batch of newly grown toon tree buds were not only delicious, but also appetizing. Li Ze not only ate a plate of cold toon tree buds, but also swept away the green vegetables, mushrooms, lean meat porridge that the chef had cooked for an hour, which made the kitchen look happy. For her, Li Ze ate all the food was the greatest compliment to her.
After breakfast, he left the inner courtyard. Tu Lichun, who received the notice, had already prepared it. Knowing that Xia He was going to follow him, he specially found a gentle pony with a soft cushion on his saddle. Li Ze picked up Xia He and placed it on the side of the horse. He also jumped onto the horse and held Xia He's horse reins in his hand.
Li Ze's actions made Xia He blush. Although she was a woman, she could ride a horse. She didn't think that Li Ze would do this trick. Tu Lichun and others just pretended that they didn't see it, and turned over and hurriedly protected the two of them in the middle.
Although it is a village, because Li Ze is here, the road is well-built. On weekdays, people put away the burned cinders and beat them into fine particles. They sprinkle them along the road, making it not muddy even though it had just melted snow. After a few years of accumulation, this black and white road has become a rural scene, especially when the crops on both sides of the road grow, the road embedded in a green area is even more enjoyable.
When Gongsun Changming was still living in the village, he loved this road very much. When he was fine, he always loved to walk back and forth on this road.
Farmers are actually more sensitive to the arrival of spring than the people in the village. While Li Ze was still eating his breakfast with relish, he had already worked hard in the farmland outside.
This year is a little different from previous years.
In previous years, tenants worked their own families, but this year, the young master conscripted all the young and strong for military training. Even though the tenants were worried that they would not be able to complete the spring plowing, there was no other way to imagine. They were originally preparing to suffer more for the remaining people, but they did not expect that the young master came up with a new idea.
Of course, I have to join Yixing Society. Is there anything to say? After following the young masters over the years, their lives are growing higher and higher, and they are getting better and better.
During the spring plowing season, the young master still needs to train troops, so there must be something wrong. However, people in this area have become accustomed to believing in Li Ze. They obey Li Ze's orders and do not study it in depth. At most, they just inquire about each other in private.
All the big animals, plows, Tu Lichun and the managers of the outer courtyard divided the young and strong into groups to help with the spring plow. Seeing the plows rolling up the black fertile soil under the pull of cattle, horses and mules, and watching the earthworms creeping around inside, Li Ze was very happy.
Land, the root of everything.
With the Yixingshe, the cooperative organization, this year's spring plowing is much faster than in previous years. The work was done in a few days in one day. The young and strong finished all the work they had worked hard, and the remaining sowing and harvesting ridges were left to the elderly, weak, women and children at home to complete. In the past few days, even the school in the village has been on holiday. Although the boys cannot do heavy work, they can still do it when they go home and sprinkle seeds.
Walking along the way, there is a busy scene everywhere.
"Young Master, this cooperative has a good idea. We can save at least half a month here this year." Tu Lichun said enthusiastically. "This gives you more time to train troops. When the spring sowing is completely over, I want to take them to a long-distance training, run around the entire county of Wuyi, and gather the soldiers from other places along the way for some general assembly."
"How is Yang Kai's promotion of cooperatives in the county going on?" Li Ze nodded and agreed with Tu Lichun's opinion. Now he is more concerned about whether Yang Kai can do things smoothly. If this goes well, he can use the Yixingshe organization to completely control the entire Wuyi County.
"How could it be unsuccessful?" Tu Lichun smiled and said, "Or it was a great excitement for the expulsion of the former county magistrate of the county magistrate of the county magistrate of the county magistrate of the county magistrate of the county magistrate of the county magistrate of the family, and now no one knows the domineering nature of the county magistrate of Yang Kai? No matter what the magistrate of Yang County in the future, he will not suffer the loss now. Whatever he says, what will happen to him!"
"It is easy for God to send God to come. Let our Yixing Society take root and let it take root and sprout. Tian Bo, you should take this matter as a top priority and cooperate closely with Yang Kai to implement it one by one according to the regulations I have given you."
Chapter completed!