Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, three years have passed. Jinghan is already fifteen years old and is a big girl. In the past three years, the Xu family has also changed a lot. The first point is that more and more ginseng is planted. Last year and the previous year, we asked for sixty feet of ginseng soil every year, which is a lot. Almost all the sticks for a year are enough. The old man felt so distressed, but there was no way. If he wanted to develop bigger, he had to invest.

The second is that the income of the tusser silkworms breeding in Jinghan is already very good. They sold more than 600 taels of silver the year before yesterday, and more than 900 taels last year. This year, Jinghan hatched 40,000 cocoons, and it is estimated that they will earn 1,200 taels by then. Chen took all the money and left them alone, and did not mix into the money at home. To raise so many tusser silkworms, it is naturally not something Jinghan and others can get through. Fortunately, Zhixiang sent back two families to his family two years ago, because of the drought in the south, and the honest family left their hometown for survival.

For these two families, the old man did not let them stay at home to serve their families, but put them in the venue to work in the mountains. There were four girls in the two families, and they were about the same age as Jinghan, so Jinghan led them to raise tussert silkworms, grow mushrooms, raise pigs and big gooses. The mushrooms grown by Jinghan also grew very well. They could produce 200 to 300 kilograms of fungus alone, and monkey-headed mushrooms could produce more than 100 kilograms, not to mention those sold in winter. Mushrooms alone could sell 300 taels of silver.

There are now five or six hundred big geese and six or seven pigs on the mountain. There are also six or seven pigs. They don’t dare to raise too many of them. After all, they have to eat some food. In winter, they kill the geese and transport them to the restaurant in the town to sell. The winter in the north is very cold, and the meat can be stored for a long time. In addition, Baiweilou and the Xu family have been working together for many years, so the price is not low, so they can be sold back in some way. Jinghan has kept the plucked goose feathers. She wanted to make some duck down mattresses or duck down quilts, but she was too busy and had no time to do it, so she put it there for the time being.

It was March and the season when everything was reviving, Jinghan put the cocoons in the incubation room to heat up and hatch. With the help of the four girls, they were not so busy.

Jinghan was in the room, while rummaging through the cocoon, and talking to the four girls beside him how to operate. A person came in outside. Seeing that Jinghan was still busy, he said, "Jinghan, why are you still doing these things? Tomorrow is the day for the eldest sister to get engaged, did grandma say that? Let's go down the mountain today and prepare well. Brother Pengcheng is coming tomorrow." The person who came was tall and strong, with the roughness and handsomeness of a Northeast man. Of course, the person who came was Wencheng. Wencheng has become more and more steady in recent years.

Jinghan looked back at his second brother, "I understand, aren't you turning these cocoons? Besides, I have to teach these things to Honglian and the others." Honglian was naturally the name of a girl around her. Of course, their original name was not this. Jinghan thought it was not nice, so she changed it. Now the two girls in the Wang family are called Honglian and Hongshao, and the two girls in the Fang family are called Luping and Luluo. Honglian is the largest one, and it is sixteen this year, so Jinghan is left to Honglian for ordinary things.

Yue Pengcheng's thoughts about Jingya have not changed. Instead, after experiencing Jinghan's various troubles, he cherished this emotion even more. Finally, at the beginning of this year, the two families agreed to make the marriage. Finally, they agreed to get married on March 18th, which is tomorrow. In fact, the two families had long been happy with the marriage, and they had already planned to make the marriage for them. But by chance, Pengcheng's grandmother suddenly passed away the winter of the previous year, and Pengcheng had to keep a one-year filial piety period, which was delayed. Once the filial piety period passed, the two families quickly discussed the engagement. After all, Pengcheng was not young anymore.

"Miss Second Girl, just go down the mountain with confidence. We have been working on this thing for a year and we all understand it. Besides, you can't live in the town for a few days, it's okay." Honglian said quickly.

Jinghan nodded, and had to give a few more instructions, then left the house and went back to change clothes to prepare to go down the mountain. "Second brother, do you have to go to the south with Uncle San in a while?" Jinghan asked while walking. Wencheng and Zhiming have been traveling between the northeast and the south since last year, transporting some medicinal materials and specialties from the north to the south to sell, and then getting a batch of medicinal materials from the south. After running back and forth, they actually earned a lot, and the ginseng at home was sold at a good price. If you don't go, you will know that the price of ginseng sold in the south was more than twice that of the north.

"No, this season is not a good time to collect medicinal materials, so Uncle San and I have to stay at home for a while and wait until autumn before going out. We just happen to help the work in the fields at home." Wencheng replied. In the past two years, with the joining of the Fang family and the Wang family, the work in the mountains has not been so busy. It just so happened that Zhiming and Wencheng had time to go out.

Jinghan went back to the house to change his clothes, and then Wencheng and the others drove the carriage down the mountain. Jingwan and the others had already gone down the mountain and helped the family. Jinghan was thinking about the cocoons, so he was delayed until today to go down the mountain.

The carriage was much faster than the ox carriage. It took about an hour and a half before it arrived in the town. The brother and sister came to the door of the Xu family. Wencheng came forward and knocked on the door. An old man inside opened the door, "Oh, it's the second young master and the second young lady who are back." The one who opened the door was an old man from the Wang family. He was old and couldn't do anything else, so he stayed in the town to be a gatekeeper. After all, the Xu family often came to people, and it was not very good to have no gatekeeper. Zhixiang was assigned an official last fall, a county under Anzhou, and became a county magistrate. This was just a step for Zhixiang to advance to the officialdom. As long as there was no big mistake, he would naturally have the opportunity to advance in the future. Therefore, the children of the Xu family were called young masters and young ladys, which was not a big deal.

The brother and sister entered the door and went straight to the residence of Chen and the old man. Sure enough, everyone was chatting there.

"Jinghan, you girl, finally came back. I thought you were going to grow up on the mountain. Your elder sister is going to get engaged tomorrow, why are you not in a hurry?" Xue said to her daughter as soon as she saw her.

"Mom, with you here, what else can I do? The mountain is the moment when the cocoons are hatched, so of course I have to pay more attention. Where is my elder sister? Why didn't I see her?" Jinghan looked at the room, there was no Jingya.

"Your sister is behind. Your sister has made new clothes for Jingya. Your sister is going to try out clothes." Chen saw Jinghan, and waved to Jinghan to come to her. "Come on, girl, come to grandma. You have been on the mountain for more than half a month, right? You must be careful this year and don't tan. Finally, I raised well this winter. You are fifteen years old and should look for your husband's family. When your elder sister's marriage is finished, we will arrange your marriage with Jingwan. Our family has been having constant joy in the past few years." Chen took Jinghan's hand, but happened to touch the thin calluses on Jinghan's hand, and felt a little distressed.

"Jinghan, you are now with four girls. Just let them do something. Look at this hand. Oh, if you hadn't been doing this in the past few years, our family wouldn't be today? It's a pity for you. Look at this hand, there are calluses." In recent years, since the family has taken a lot of ginseng soil, basically nothing left after handing over the mallets in the ground. Judging from the fees and money for ginseng blocking mallets, it's just enough for the family to spend. Fortunately, Jinghan has made tussert silkworms and mushrooms, which has saved some money.

Jinghan smiled, "Grandma, why are you talking about this? After two years, our family will turn over and over? By the way, did my father go to the county town to buy land? "This year, the village is no longer making ginseng soil in the place they are looking for, and has chosen another place. But the Xu family couldn't bear to leave it here, so Zhixin and the old man found a forest near the ginseng land. The terrain was not as flat as the village chose, but planting ginseng would not delay.

"I've done it. The forest is ten taels of silver per acre, and I can exempt three years of taxes from the future. It just so happens that the money you raised in the tusseria silkworms has been bought. Jinghan, and when the family slows down, they will pay the money back." Zhixin said. He always felt a little sorry for his daughter. These were earned by his daughter and should have been kept for her as a dowry, but now he bought all the land.

"Dad, it's wrong for you to say that. This money is originally our family. Am I not a member of the Xu family? Besides, if it weren't for everyone to help me, I would be alone, so how could I get the ability to earn this money? I said at the beginning that I don't have to leave it alone. OK, don't talk about this anymore. What do Jingwan and Jingxian think about it? They both have done a lot of effort." Jinghan has always disliked her family saying such things. If she meets a family that is not good to her, of course she has to hold on to the money in her hands so that she can find a way out for the future. But it's not like that now, why should she care so much about money? Anyway, the family will not lose money in the future. As she sees now, when she gets married, a generous dowry is inevitable. So what else can I ask for? Can't I take away all the money in the family?

Jingwan and Jingxian on the side laughed, "Second sister, we have no idea. If my grandparents and grandparents were not helping us, my father wouldn't know what he would have been like. I sold all the houses for this family. If my sister Jinghan hadn't told me to go to visit the village, I wouldn't know where I am now. Now I'm just helping the family with some work, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!