Everyone finished the banquet with a joke and laughed. It was already early. The Yue family was about to say goodbye. Xue quickly divided half of the food sent by the Yue family and packed it for the Yue family to take it back. This is the rule. Half of the engagement items were brought back to the man. There were two sets of clothes Jingya made for Pengcheng by herself, and they were also packed and packed for the Yue family to take it away.

"Uncle, aunt, let's leave first. When you have time, the two elders will go to my place to sit." Yue Siyuan led his family to say a few polite words to the old man and Chen, and then left. Pengcheng walked out and looked back at Jingya. Today he came, and the two of them could not say a few words together. Pengcheng couldn't even taste this joy with his beloved.

Jinghan felt a little funny when she saw Pengcheng's appearance. "Sister, you can go out to see him off, at least say a few words to Brother Pengcheng."

Jingya's face was flushed, not knowing whether she should go out to see her off. It was Chen's words, "Jingya, go out to see Pengcheng, you two have anything to say, and you all say it. Our family is not that old-fashioned, it's okay."

Jingya then got up and walked out. Of course Pengcheng heard what Jinghan and Chen said, so he deliberately walked slowly and waited for Jingya. Jingya walked to Pengcheng and said softly, "Just go back and study with peace of mind. Isn't there a college entrance examination this fall? I'm still waiting to be a scholar." Jingya lowered her head, her face full of redness.

"Oh, don't worry, I will definitely work hard." Pengcheng was so happy that he nodded and agreed quickly. The power of love is great. Just for Jingya's words, Pengcheng really dived into the pile of books and worked hard. "You should pay more attention at home and don't be tired. I really have to prepare for the exam next time. Maybe there is not so much time to come, so you can take care of yourself." Pengcheng reminded him a few more words.

Jingya nodded and said nothing.

Just then, the Zhixin brothers said goodbye to the Yue family, and then the Yue family got on the carriage. Yue Siyuan waved his hand at Zhixin, and the coachman drove the carriage away.

After seeing off the Yue family, Zhixin and the others returned to the house. The family inevitably talked about today's betrothal gifts, and then talked about Jingya's dowry.

"I didn't expect that the Yue family could give you so many betrothal gifts. Boss, we have to prepare a dowry for Jingya. We must not lose the face of the Xu family. This is related to Jingya's future life." Chen felt sorry for the children the most, so he spoke directly and asked to prepare a dowry well. "We will leave twenty taels of gifts for this hundred and sixty taels, and the rest will be left to Jingya. We will pay for the rest of the dowry, so I think it's about 20 taels to spend, so don't lose too little. Fortunately, our family can still take out these silver now, so don't lose Jingya. The things that should be given, don't miss it, do you understand? Boss."

Zhixin nodded, "Mom, I understand. Jingya is my daughter. Are we willing to let her suffer aggrievance?"

The old man drank a lot of alcohol at noon, and now he was a little drunk, "Okay, you guys, please do it. I'm a little sleepy, go and glar for a while, old woman, you can't sleep well these days." The old couple has always had a good relationship. Recently, Chen has been caring about Jingya's marriage and often can't sleep at night. That's why the old man said that, he feels sorry for his wife.

The old lady was indeed a little tired. After the marriage was settled, a stone fell to the ground. The old lady was finally relieved. "I'll go to have a sleep too. I'm old now and I'm really not energetic. Boss, you guys should go and rest. In two days, it's time to clean up the land we bought. I don't know how to be busy at that time." The old lady and the old man helped each other to their room.

The remaining people, Brother Zhixin and others, were chatting there, and Xue and his two younger siblings went to the backyard to discuss preparing dowry together. Jinghan and Wen Han and others also returned to the backyard room and went to rest.

On March 20, Zhixin and the others were going to clean up the forest on the mountain, and Jinghan just happened to lead Jingxian back to the mountain. When Honglian and the others saw Jinghan back, they were so happy that they chattered around Jinghan and talked about the things on the mountain. "Miss Second, those cocoons are fine. We did it as the lady said, not bad at all. Second, Miss Fourth, you can wait a moment, I will clean up your house." Honglian was about to finish her sentence.

"Honglian, no need. I've only been home for three or four days now. Jingxian's luggage is new, so I don't have to work hard. You are busy in the mountains every day, don't be too tired." Jinghan has no habit of instructing others, and the entire Xu family has no one. They are all doing their own work. "Maybe the family will clean up the forest we bought tomorrow. You are ready to prepare and make some delicious food tomorrow. Those work are very tiring and cannot be eaten too badly."

When Honglian and a few people heard this, they quickly agreed and then went to prepare the things.

"Jingxian, you'd better live with me, so we'll have a companion." Jinghan and Jingxian still live in the house where the old man and his family lived. The old man was not on the mountain anymore. Occasionally, the old man would come to see it. Originally, Zhixin and Xue also lived with Jinghan and the others, but Xue and Zhu had no time to come up recently and wanted to prepare a dowry for Jingya, so Zhixin and Zhiming lived in the east room, while Jinghan and Jingxian lived in the west room. The four girls lived with Jinghan and were outside the west room.

The Fang family and the Wang family lived in the house where Zhixin and Zhiming lived. Jinghan planned to tell his father that when the land there was opened, he would build a few houses there and let the family move over. It seems that the participation venue has not been developed for a few years, and then the Xu family will be the root of the Xu family, so we have to plan now.

In the following days, the Xu family all went to sort out the newly purchased forest land. The forest had to have a total of about 100 acres, not only the forest land, but also some of the wastelands on the riverside. The area of ​​forest land and wasteland was about fifty acres each. When Zhixin went to the county town to apply for a document contract, he found people from the Lu family, so the price was not very expensive. On average, ten taels of silver per acre. Otherwise, the forest land alone would have to be more than twenty taels of acre. You should know that there are a lot of wood in the forest, and these woods can be sold for a lot of money.

This forest is just west of the ginseng site. Logically speaking, it is possible for the people in the village to plant ginseng for several years. However, for the long-term consideration, and the county decided to cut the location here last winter, so starting this year, the village will no longer plant ginseng here.

Of course, Zhixin and the others sorted out the wasteland first. These can be planted in food. The forests are reluctant to move, so they have to keep good ginseng. Fifty acres of forests can make about 3,000 meters of ginseng. Even if the Xu family planted a stick of about 100 meters a year, it would be enough for more than 30 years, which is basically enough.

It is not easy to organize wasteland. There are no tall trees on the wasteland, but there are many shrubs, especially thorny shrubs such as mountain thorns and raspberries, which are the most difficult to get through. Everyone takes sickles and cuts down all the shrubs, and then pile them together carefully. When the shrubs are cut down, they must use a pickaxe to dig out the larger roots and then turn over the ground with a plow stick.

These jobs are not easy to do, and there are also many jobs in the ginseng field. Fortunately, the family now has enough staff, and there are eight or nine laborers in the Fang family and Wang family. The man from the Fang family is called Fang Yonggui, who is 45 or 6 years old this year. His wife Li. He has four sons and two daughters in the family. The eldest son is already twenty-five and the youngest is sixteen. They are all very capable. The eldest brother originally married a wife when he was in his hometown, but he ran away with others during the famine. The man from the Wang family is called Wang Zhongren, who is also in his forties this year. His wife Zhou has three men and two women in the family, and the boy is not young.

When he came, Jinghan felt that the names of the two families were not good, so he changed the names of them. The four sons of the Fang family were called Guoan, Guoping, Guoxing, and Guoqiang, while the three boys of the Wang family were called Anfu, Anshun, and Ankang. It was easy to remember and sound good to call them, so the two families naturally did not object. Generally, they had to change their surnames when they were sold as slaves, but Jinghan only changed their names and did not ask them to change their surnames, so the two families were naturally grateful.

Zhixin and Wencheng took Fang's family to sort out the wasteland here, while Zhiming took Wang's family to work in the garrison. The work in the ginseng land was faster, and after the work was finished, Zhiming brought people to help sort out the wasteland. Li and Zhou led Honglian and were busy cooking. In winter, they all worked in their own homes. Anyway, the rice and grain Xu family were prepared, so they could also warm up the house. When the spring starts, everyone would eat together. The Xu family was tired of the spring work, so the oil and water in the vegetables were enough, so everyone could eat better.

Jinghan doesn't care about these things. When her family is busy, she and Jingxian look at the cocoons in the two rooms in person. This thing is unscathing. Occasionally, Jinghan will go over to see how the wasteland is being sorted out.

Everyone worked hard for more than ten days, and finally cleaned up the wasteland. All the tree roots and grass roots made were piled up into a few piles. After searching for light rain, they were all lit. Guoan and Guoping of the Fang family were older, so they watched the wasteland. They waited until the fire was burned at night. They pulled away all the ashes and saw that there were no more Mars. Then they went home to sleep.
Chapter completed!