Chapter 8 Dad, You're Going to Have a Grandson
Time passed quietly, and Yangjia Village ushered in the harvest season.

This year the weather has been good and every household in Yangjia Village has had a good harvest. An atmosphere of joy lingers throughout the village.

"Dad, the harvest this year is good. Look at this rice!" Yang Mingcheng came to Yang Zhengshan, holding the plump grains of rice as if presenting a treasure.

The family’s land is taken care of by Yang Mingcheng and Yang Mingzhi, and the current good harvest is all thanks to them.

"Not bad!" Yang Zhengshan said with a slight smile on his face and nodded.

For farmers, food is everything.

Although Yang Zhengshan now has some money in his hands, he is still happy about the harvest.

"We won't sell our grain this year, we'll store it all!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Save them all?" Yang Mingcheng asked in surprise.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Well, save them all. With food in hand, we won't be worried. We can eat rice every day in the future!"

He didn't want to eat corn cakes or drink whole-grain porridge, he just wanted to eat plain rice.

"Okay!" Yang Mingcheng grinned. He also wanted to eat rice for every meal. Who would want to eat bran and vegetables when he had rice?

Of the Yang family's 20 acres of land, half is planted with rice, and the other ten acres are dry fields planted with wheat and corn.

The harvest lasted for more than ten days, and the Yang family’s granary was full and could not hold any more.

Of course, this is also the reason why the Yang family’s granary is relatively small. In the past, the Yang family would sell some grain after the harvest. This year, Yang Zhengshan was unwilling to sell grain, so the granary naturally could not hold it.

It doesn’t matter if it can’t hold all the food. The autumn tax will be paid soon, and the extra grain can be used to pay the tax.

It seemed that the Yang family had a great harvest, but in fact, Yang Zhengshan calculated that even in a good year, the Yang family could only barely make ends meet.

This is assuming there is no disease or disaster in the coming year. If we encounter some disaster, food and clothing will be a problem.

The main reason is that the grain yield per mu is too low. The highest-yielding corn only produces about 400 to 500 kilograms per mu, while the yield of wheat per mu is less than 200 kilograms.

In this world without chemical fertilizers and high-yield grains, it is not easy for ordinary people to have a full meal.

Fortunately, Yang Zhengshan had some money, so he didn't have to worry too much.

After paying the autumn tax, the temperature kept dropping, and every household in Yangjia Village started preparing for the winter.

Many villagers ran to the mountains and forests to dig wild vegetables and chop firewood. For a while, the back mountain of Yangjia Village became lively.

Yang Zhengshan was not idle either. He took time to go to the county town to buy a dozen gun heads and made more than a dozen wooden pistols.

The pistol is suitable for throwing and is more powerful than an ordinary crossbow.

For Yang Zhengshan, a pistol is more useful than a bow and arrow.

Yang Zhengshan didn't take care of household affairs. His two sons and two daughters-in-law took care of them, so he didn't need to worry about them.

He would wander around the mountains every day, but he would not go deep into the forest, but would stay on the outskirts of Changqing Mountain.

We took bird eggs, caught wild rabbits and pheasants. Although we didn't kill any large prey, we still had a lot of meat for the family.

In addition to these, Yang Zhengshan also had unexpected gains.

A thirty-year-old mountain ginseng.

There are many medicinal herbs in the mountains, but most of them are common herbs. Yang Zhengshan is too lazy to pick them. Today, he accidentally found a ginseng. After digging it out, he found that it was actually thirty years old. This surprised Yang Zhengshan very much.

The ginseng was over thirty years old, with deep wrinkles on the skin, a round Luca bowl shape, an extra long stem, and a beautiful body. Yang Zhengshan carefully wrapped it in a cloth bag and walked quickly towards home.

Such old mountain ginseng is not cheap, and can be sold for at least one hundred taels. Although it cannot be considered a rare treasure, it is also something that is very difficult to come across.

Moreover, old mountain ginseng has the effects of replenishing vital energy, nourishing the spleen and lungs, promoting body fluid, calming the mind and improving intelligence. If the original body had such an old mountain ginseng before, most of the hidden injuries in the body could be cured.

For warriors, old mountain ginseng is also a rare and miraculous medicine. Taking it can increase strength and make up for the deficiency.

But now that Yang Zhengshan has the spiritual spring water, he doesn't need the old mountain ginseng.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan has planned to sell this old ginseng.

When he returned home, Yang Zhengshan found that his eldest daughter and son-in-law had returned to her parents' home.

"father!"

When she saw Yang Zhengshan, Yang Yunyan's eyes were full of joy.

"Why are you back? Is the house clean?" Yang Zhengshan asked in surprise.

Winter is approaching, and every household is preparing supplies for the winter, and the Jiang family is no exception.

Moreover, the Jiang family had to go hunting in the mountains before the snow closed the mountains, otherwise they would not be able to go hunting in the mountains for at least four months after the snow closed the mountains.

"Dad, I have it!"

"What's the matter?" Yang Zhengshan didn't react for a moment.

"Dad, you are going to have a grandson!" Jiang He came over and took the backpack that Yang Zhengshan took off. There were seven or eight pistols in the backpack.

Yang Zhengshan stood there in a daze. So I am going to be a grandfather.

Be a grandpa, be a grandpa~~
During this time, he had gotten used to being a grandfather, but this was the first time he was a grandfather-in-law.

A new feeling of life!
This should be a happy thing, but Yang Zhengshan couldn't laugh.

"How many months?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"It's been almost three months." Yang Yunyan smiled.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know what to say, so he turned to his eldest daughter-in-law Wang and shouted, "Make a good meal at noon to nourish Yunyan!"

"I got it, Dad. I bought three pounds of beef this morning and it's already being stewed!" Wang said happily in the kitchen.

"Beef! Where does the beef come from?" Yang Zhengshan was surprised.

Cows cannot be killed casually. Farmers' cows are registered with the government office. Killing working oxen indiscriminately is a serious crime. Even if there is a legitimate reason to kill a cow, the tendons and leather must be turned over to the government office.

Therefore, even in the county town, beef is extremely rare.

"Mingshan's cow broke its leg two days ago, so it was slaughtered early this morning. I thought dad might like to eat it, so I went to buy three pounds of beef!" Wang walked out of the kitchen and said cautiously.

She didn't buy it because she thought Yang Zhengshan would like it, she bought it because she wanted to try it herself.

She has never eaten beef since she was a child. In the past, her family was poor and she didn't have the desire to eat beef. But now that her family is well off, she wants to try the taste of beef.

Yang Zhengshan naturally wouldn't care about her little thoughts. In his eyes, it was not a big deal.

Don’t you just want to eat beef?

Just eat it.

He wants to eat too.

Yang Zhengshan returned to the house, took out a tael of silver, handed it to Wang, and said, "Go buy some more, bring some back for Yunyan to eat later, and save the rest for the winter."

It was a rare opportunity to eat beef, so Yang Zhengshan naturally didn't want to miss it, so he bought some more so that he could eat it slowly later.

Anyway, the weather is cold now, so there’s no need to worry about it breaking down.

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Wang took the silver and said with a smile.

Jiang He and Yang Yunyan next to him looked at Yang Zhengshan with eyes full of surprise.

They knew very well how the Yang family lived in the past, but now Yang Zheng was so generous, which made them a little uncomfortable.

However, when they thought of the two big wild boars, the couple felt relieved.

They didn't know that Yang Zhengshan's confidence came from the old mountain ginseng in his arms, otherwise he wouldn't be so extravagant.

The price of beef is much higher than that of pork. If he doesn't have enough confidence, he would at most try it and would never buy one or two taels of silver worth of beef at one time.

Wang put down the work in her hands and hurried to buy beef.

"Come in and sit down!"

Yang Zhengshan greeted him.

"Dad, I made two clothes for you!" Yang Yunyan brought a bundle with two cotton-padded clothes inside, "Try them on!"

This is my own daughter, and she actually wants to make cotton-padded clothes for her father.

Yang Zhengshan tried it on and found it was the perfect size.

"Where did you get the cotton?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"My father-in-law gave it to me." Yang Yunyan said with a relaxed look on her face.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. The reason he asked this was because the Jiang family, like the Yang family, had not split up. All the supplies in the family had to be distributed by Jiang Cheng and Jiang Wangshi. If Jiang Cheng and Jiang Wangshi did not give them cotton, Jiang He and Yang Yunyan would have no cotton to make cotton-padded clothes.

Yang Zhengshan did not reject his eldest daughter's filial piety and happily accepted the cotton coat.

"I'll give you some cloth and cotton later, and you can make one for your grandparents." Yang Zhengshan said as he put away the cotton-padded clothes.

The original body's wife died of illness, but the original body's father-in-law and mother-in-law are still alive.

When my original wife was around, she would make clothes for my father-in-law and mother-in-law every year, but now only my eldest daughter can do it.

The reason why Yang Zhengshan asked his eldest daughter to make clothes for his father-in-law and mother-in-law was because his father-in-law and mother-in-law had taken good care of the Yang family in the past. Although his original wife had passed away, the relationship could not be cut off.

The second reason is that his father-in-law is a scholar. It is said that a poor scholar is better than a rich juren. But no matter how poor a scholar is, he still has fame. Moreover, his brother-in-law Lu Zhaoqi is a clerk in the county government. This relationship may be useful in the future.

"Yeah." Yang Yunyan nodded, but her eyes turned red.

She probably thought of her mother.

Yang Zhengshan didn't say much, turned around and walked into the bedroom, found a wooden box and put the old mountain ginseng away.

(End of this chapter)