Money is always the easiest to make money. It is too difficult to start from scratch. Li Xiu thought for a long time and finally gave up the idea of ​​building a greenhouse for a while. He decided to think about a way to make money with less investment and quick results. It is not too late to build a greenhouse after having a certain amount of savings.

However, although Li Xiu had more than a thousand years of experience than the people of the Tang Dynasty, it was not easy to come up with a way to make money in a short period of time. So he lay in bed for a long time and came up with many ways, but none of them were suitable for him now. In the end, he was a little irritated and simply got up from the bed and planned to change his mood outside. Maybe he could come up with some good solutions.

At dusk, the mountains behind the yard are undulating, like a winding golden dragon under the sunset. In front of it is a small river flowing slowly. On the rippling river surface, there are a few migratory birds that do not need to migrate. When Li Xiu approaches, the water birds are frightened, their wings flapping quickly on the water surface, and finally flies into the sky towards the sunset, which really echoes the saying "The setting sun and the lone wild goose fly together in the autumn water and the sky is the same color."

Li Xiu admired the beautiful scenery that was rare in later generations, and his steps became light. Before he knew it, he came to the riverside and stepped on a small bridge made of logs to the other side. Next to the riverside were dozens of acres of fields belonging to Li Xiu, all of which were the best fields, and there were a lot of production every year. Unfortunately, the situation has not been good in recent years, and there have been constant natural disasters and man-made disasters, so Li Xiu and the tenants have not had a good life.

After crossing the small bridge, there is a winding field path. At the end of the path is the Li family village where the tenants, Liu and others lived. It is now at dinner, and smoke from the few families in the village are emitting cooking smoke. Seeing this, Li Xiu suddenly had an idea. He wanted to see with his own eyes what these tenants at the bottom of the Tang Dynasty society usually eat?

As soon as the above thought appeared in Li Xiu's mind, it immediately grew like wild grass. However, it was a bit inappropriate to visit empty-handed, so Li Xiu turned around and took the grass carp he caught today in his hand, and then returned to the village to find the home of Liu Boss in his memory.

This is a small yard, surrounded by a circle of fences as the courtyard wall, the gate is just a wooden shelf, and a movable fence serves as the gate. There are only three thatched huts in the yard, and a straw shed to the left serves as the kitchen. Standing outside the yard, you can see Liu and his wife cooking in the kitchen, and three children playing in the yard, the oldest is eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest is only three or four years old. As far as Li Xiu knows, Liu originally had two sons, who are older than Li Xiu, but they all died on the battlefield a few years ago. This situation was very common in the early Tang Dynasty, and almost every family died in war.

"Uncle Liu!" Li Xiu shouted outside the door.

"Oh, why are you here at the master?" Liu Da saw Li Xiu outside the door, and hurriedly put down the firewood in his hand and greeted him, and also enthusiastically invited Li Xiu into the yard. In contrast, when Liu Da's wife and several children saw Li Xiu, they all seemed a little cramped, especially the oldest girl, who was eleven or twelve years old, hugged her younger brother and ran into the house quickly.

"Uncle Liu, thank you for sending me food today. I happened to catch a fish today, so I brought it to you!" Li Xiu smiled and handed the fish in his hand over.

"Master, you are so polite. Why are you bringing fish to me?" Although Boss Liu refused, he smiled brightly. Because Li Xiu was able to bring gifts to the door, which showed his importance to him, he did not refuse after he said that, and took the grass carp and handed it to his wife, "Go, cook the fish, and let Su Niang go and make some wine. I will drink it with the master..."

"Uncle Liu, there is no need to drink, we just have a few words!" Before Liu could finish his words, Li Xiu hurriedly stopped him. In his previous life, he hated the smell of wine, but sometimes he couldn't refuse for socializing. As a result, he would vomit very much every time he drank. Now that he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, he had made up his mind to never drink anymore. What's more, it's a famine year, and the price of wine must be more expensive. Old Liu doesn't even have enough food for winter, so he can't spend it.

Boss Liu originally insisted on buying wine, but Li Xiu insisted on not allowing it, which made him give up this idea. Then the two sat down at the small table next to the kitchen and chatted. After a while, the wife of the Liu family cooked the fish and brought it up, but Li Xiu smiled bitterly. The cooking techniques of the Tang Dynasty were still very primitive, except for cooking and roasting. Cooking techniques such as cooking have not yet appeared. For example, the fish in front of him was actually cooked with white water and salt, and there was no onion, ginger and garlic. The fishy smell hit his nose. Li Xiu took a chopstick and didn't want to take a second bite.

In contrast, Boss Liu even ate a few big mouthfuls of fish, and his face showed an expression of enjoyment, as if he was tasting a rare delicacy. At this time, the Liu family's wife also invited the children to eat in the kitchen. When the children saw the cooking fish in front of Li Xiu, they all showed a look of jealousy. However, they were soon scolded by the Liu family's wife, and then they only dared to look at Li Xiu secretly, and then lowered their heads like a thief.

Seeing this, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and had a deeper understanding of the hardships of the people in the early Tang Dynasty. At this time, the wife of the Liu family brought two bowls of rice to serve. When Li Xiu saw the things in the bowl, he felt even more excited because the bowl was a kind of black and yellow porridge, which exuded a familiar and unfamiliar taste for Li Xiu. In his previous life, he was also a child from the countryside. When he was a child, he remembered that someone was feeding pigs, and that kind of pig food was the smell. Pig food was usually made of bran left over from the ground noodles and some wild vegetables, which was almost no different from the bowl in front of him.

"Uncle Liu, do you usually eat these?" Li Xiu asked in a deep voice. Thinking of the two bags of white flour that Boss Liu sent him before, and looking at the bowl of pig food in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but feel a little sour.

"Hehe, the situation this year is not good. I have to thank God if I can stutter!" Liu said with a simple smile, with a little embarrassed smile, because Li Xiu is a rare guest. He shouldn't have used these simple food and food to treat guests, but now it's getting late. When Li Xiu came, they had already prepared the meal, so they could only give it a moment.

"Although there was a locust plague this year, wasn't we snatching some food in the end? Uncle Liu, don't be too hard for yourself and your family." Li Xiu thought that Boss Liu was reluctant to eat food, so he advised him.

"Master, you are intent, but although there are some food, there are still three months from now to the next year, and you will have to survive a spring famine in the future. It will take half a year to eat the little food at home. You must keep it for life!" When Boss Liu said the last, a solemn expression appeared on his face. He had survived countless famines in his life and had accumulated rich experience. In his careful calculation, every grain of food must be used on the blade.

"Uncle Liu, I think we can't just live hard. We have to find a way to earn some money to improve the situation in the farm." Li Xiu sighed again when he heard this, and finally expressed his thoughts. Although he could not think of any good way to make money for the time being, sooner or later, the premise is that he wants to organize these tenants, otherwise it would be difficult to accomplish with him alone.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Boss Liu also showed an excited expression on his honest face. He immediately slapped his thighs and said, "The Lord's words have come to my heart, but we tenants have no knowledge and cannot think of a way to make money. You are a scholar and must be more knowledgeable than us. Moreover, you have great kindness to us tenants, so as long as you say one word, no matter what we ask us to do!"

Li Xiu was waiting for Boss Liu, but although he had many ways to make money, he didn't expect it for the time being, which made him feel a little headache.

"Bang! Woo woo~" At this moment, there was a crisp slap in the kitchen next to it, followed by a cry of a child, and then the angry scolding of the Liu family's wife. This made Li Xiu turn his head in surprise, but the youngest child in the Liu family was crying with a noticeable slap mark on his face. The Liu family's wife was cursing and lying on the ground to pick up something?

"Miss Gua, why are you quarreling? I didn't see the master's house here!" Boss Liu also glared at his wife and cursed at his wife. After all, there are guests at home, so it is disrespectful to the guests.

"What's wrong?" Li Xiu stood up and walked forward a few steps. As a result, the Liu family's wife was lying on the ground and picked up grains of soybeans. The crying child also had a few beans that had just been chewed in his mouth. This made him seem to have guessed something in an instant?

"Brother steals soybeans!" At this time, the biggest girl named Su Niang explained. She looked only eleven or twelve years old, but in Li Xiu's memory, Su Niang seemed to be in her thirteen or fourteen years old. According to the customs of the Tang Dynasty, she was about to get married, but because of her years of malnutrition, she looked very thin and her flat figure didn't look like she was about to develop.

"Bitch me hard when you loser!" Boss Liu was angry and pointed at his son and cursed.

"Uncle Liu, just a few soybeans, the child will eat it. Don't be angry!" Li Xiu hurriedly persuaded him. After saying that, he also picked up his bowl of porridge and put it on it, and then delivered it to the crying child. As a result, the little guy stopped crying immediately. He picked up the bowl bigger than his face and ate it.

Li Xiu still has to give him the face. Boss Liu glared at his younger son a few times, and then said to Li Xiu helplessly: "Master, you don't know that these soybeans are not from my family, but were saved by our five tenants, and they are not for people to eat. They are mainly for the only ox in the farm to raise fat. Only by letting the cows be fat in autumn will it have the strength to work next year. The other tenants believe me and leave all the soybeans to me for safekeeping. If someone knows that my son steals beans, he will lose his lord if he says it!"

After hearing what Liu Boss said, Li Xiu remembered that there was a cow in the village. For the farmers, the life of a plowing ox is more precious than human life. Even if people are hungry, they cannot let the cows be hungry. Because the people in the whole village point to this plowing ox to work, the food standard for plowing ox is higher than that of humans. In addition to eating grass, they also have to eat beans to supplement their physical strength, and even eat high-protein foods such as eggs when working.
Chapter completed!