Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 220 Grandfather
In the twelfth year of Qin Wangzheng's reign,

After receiving the order from the King of Qin to exile him, Lu Buwei committed suicide at home.

He Bo was farming.

Or,

I use farming as a way to interact with new friends.

Ever since he followed Lao Guixi and met Liu Yan, he has admired this emotionally stable old man very much.

First of all,

Benefiting from the improvements made by our ancestors,

Although Liu Yan's family had fallen into poverty and he had become a farmer who had to work the fields himself, his appearance was still above the average among people today.

This was another reason why he was able to marry Li even though he had three sons and one daughter.

Secondly,

Liu Yan has a very interesting personality. Few people or things can make him angry.

According to He Bo's secret observation:
Many times, even if Liu Yan was really angry, he would just carry a hoe and plow the ground hard in the field.

If the weather is not suitable for going out,

He would stay at home, scold his children, and try his best to distract others.

When there were no children around, I would just lie down on the mat, forget about it, and then my mood would improve.

Therefore, He Bo felt that this old man Liu Yan had a very interesting personality.

Because Lao Guixi still had to work like a cow and a horse in the underworld, he had no way of communicating with this descendant whom he loved so much.

But He Bo is too free!

Not to mention that he can come and go anytime and anywhere,

For example, as the progress bar of the mother river is constantly updated and improved, his acceptance of various affairs on both sides of the Yellow River is becoming more and more comprehensive.

He Bo can easily see any movement in the rivers and between the mountains.

He Bo can also do many things at the same time and observe the scenes in many places at the same time.

of course,

This is what ghosts and gods liked to do in the past.

Today's ghosts and gods are so lazy that most of the time they are too lazy to look down on the human world.

Only when some interesting people or things appear will they attract the attention of ghosts and gods.

Like Liu Yan,

He Bo found the long-lost fun in him——

Ghosts and gods knew many people in the past.

But most of them have distinct personalities.

Among those people,

There are pragmatists like Ximen Bao,

There are also stubborn people like Shang Yang.

Lao Guixi is very honest.

Ji Wu is a little impatient.

As Xi's descendant, Liu Yan is a bit like Xi, and also has some of the farmer's solidity and steadiness, but he also has a more carefree attitude towards life.

Keep your emotions stable and don't care about life and death.

This is consistent with He Bo's original comments about him.

He Bo once used the appearance of a farmer to squat on the edge of a field with Liu Yan's hands in his pockets and asked him what he thought about his family's decline.

"When your father was alive, he was the county magistrate here. Now you can only farm. Don't you feel resentful?"

Liu Yan just lowered his head and sighed, "Of course I'm not happy!"

"But I'm not good enough!"

"Without sufficient ability, but always holding excessive expectations, this will only ruin the mood of life!"

"Anyway, you can plant as much land as you can, no matter how strong you are!"

"I take care of myself and support my family, that's enough!"

He Bo added, "But among your sons, only the second one is obedient!"

The eldest son is gone, leaving behind orphans and a widow to support.

Because the eldest son's wife was reluctant to leave her child and didn't want to remarry, Liu Yan, as a grandfather, had to find a way to provide some help for his grandson's life.

Liu Laoer is a very down-to-earth person and the son that Liu Yan praises most often.

As for Liu Laosan?

Liu Yan just hoped that he wouldn't die outside!

The youngest, Liu Jiao, had not grown up yet. He was crying for food with his nephew, and occasionally he would follow his mother to bring food to his father.

As for my daughter, she got married the year before last.

In general,

There are several mouths to feed at home, but the only ones who can work are Liu Yan and Liu Laoer.

Liu Laoer also wanted to get married, so he had to save some of his things and not hand them all over to his family.

Liu Yan sighed again, "What else can we do?"

"They are all my children!"

The life is over.

Then keep it as much as possible!

You can't just throw your child anywhere, right?
So He Bo laughed at him, "That's it, you'll be a workhorse now!"

Liu Yan still looked very calm. Feeling that he had rested enough, he picked up the hoe and prepared to go to the fields.

He said, "Forget it!" "Just do as much as you can!"

"When I get too tired one day, I won't care about those guys anymore!"

He Bo also stood up and wanted to help him farm.

Liu Yan stared at him with wide eyes, then started counting on his fingers.

"What?" He Bo asked him.

Liu Yan said, "If you want to farm for me, I have to pay you something!"

"How can you let people work for free?"

He Bo simply waved his hand, "Hey, why are you thinking about this?"

"Just give me a meal!"

Over the years,
How many times has He Bo traveled around the world and worked with others to farm?
Many old and weak farmers who have to work to make a living will encounter surprises sent by ghosts and gods:

Overnight,
The seedlings are planted in the fields in early spring, or the mature crops are harvested in autumn and piled up on the side without any omission.

They therefore marveled that there were such good people in the world, and then inexplicably, the story of the "Snail Immortal" spread.

For He Bo,

He just passed the time and felt the breath of the world through labor in his long life.

But for civilians,

The hard work of farming,
They know only too well how to bend over in the fields.

In today's world,

Although the number of iron tools and oxen has increased greatly compared with before.

But there is too much land that needs to be developed.

The world was still at war, and many iron tools had to be used by the army first, and oxen were not available everywhere.

Many civilians still need to rely on their own hands and sweat to harvest food.

When the fruits are ripe in summer and autumn, the sun is high in the sky, scorching hot.

When harvesting grain, it is very uncomfortable to feel the ears of grain rubbing against your hands and feet.

The sun is very hot.

Bending over is tiring.

My body aches and itches.

But they had to endure all this and hurry up to do it in case a sudden rainstorm destroyed the crops that had not yet been harvested.

If you can save some effort,
Who wouldn’t be grateful to the “immortal” who does good deeds without leaving a name?

For this,

He Bo laughed loudly, and called Ximen Bao over to emphasize to him, "I didn't make this up on purpose!"

Ximen Bao could only sigh once again at the kindness of ghosts and gods, and at the same time he smiled at the beliefs and legends that had been spread among the people.

And now,
The "Snail Immortal" will have mercy on Liu Yan!

He has to take it even if he doesn't want it!

Fortunately,

Liu Yan has always been very obedient.

What does He Bo want to do?

Then do it!

The third brother went out to explore the world.
Just save his food for the guests!
……

"your!"

"mine!"

"his!"

When the farming is finished,

When He Bo followed Liu Yan back home, the old man acted like the head of the family and started distributing food to people.

He first gave one portion to He Bosheng.
Then he served a portion to himself, who was the main labor force.
Finally it was Liu Laoer and the woman and children's turn.

He divided the money very fairly, giving everyone exactly what they were entitled to.

In order to make things easier, Liu Yan liked to stand in front with the rice cooking pot and let the boys line up to get their meals.

It looks like feeding a dog.

He Bo looked at the whole family, young and old, queuing up obediently, and then squatting on the side with their own portions and eating them with grunts, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

He called the two little ones over and asked them, "Are you full?"

The two children shook their heads.

So He Bo shared his food with them.

He said, "Okay, I'm not hungry either, you guys can take it and eat it!"

The two children happily ran away with their bowls of rice.

Liu Yan was scraping the rice can, taking out the remaining food, squeezing it into a ball and stuffing it into his mouth.

He chewed the dry wheat rice, holding the can, looking very satisfied.

He Bo looked at him for a while, and suddenly said, "Now I know what Liu Laosan's temper is like!"

"what?"

When Liu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but look around, but he didn't see his third son who had run away to make a living appear in front of him.

He looked at He Bo in confusion, wondering why the other party suddenly mentioned the third brother.

He Bo just smiled without saying anything, and ran to the side to watch Liu Yan, who was doing nothing, weaving straw hats and straw sandals.

(End of this chapter)