Farmhouse Plane Mall

Chapter 7

After having breakfast at the third wife's house, Mu Xiaoxiao bid farewell, and she had to go back to tidy up the room.

After only walking a small path and a few steps to her house, Heizi followed, and Mu Ke couldn't help shouting.

"Heizi, today you will help my sister look after the house." Mu Xiaoxiao rubbed its head, Heizi let out a bark, and rushed to the front with arrogance, scaring away the little swallow who was pecking at the mud on the ground.

Those black-backed and white-bellied little swallows flapped their wings and flew to the tiles of the roof. They tilted their heads to look at the people and dogs below, and even chirped a few times when they saw Mu Xiaoxiao.

Mu Xiaoxiao smiled and waved at them, and Heizi came again, standing beside Mu Xiaoxiao very forcefully, raising his head and calling at the swallows.

A group of more than a dozen swallows chirped at Heizi on the tiles, relying on their wings, as long as they did not fly within the reach of Heizi, they would not be shy at all.

Mu Xiaoxiao quickly hugged Heizi and left, "Why are you arguing with them, a dog? There are so many of them, and you can't even hear their chatter. Can you handle the quarrel?"

"Woof..." Heizi yelled angrily, saying that he couldn't make too much noise, but his voice was much louder than theirs.

When she got home, Mu Xiaoxiao discovered that there was already a small building under the eaves of her house, which was the swallow's nest, but it was only half built.

These little guys go out to find soft mud every day, and then come back to stick the mud together with saliva. When they are finished, they will be a dingy bird's nest with a big belly and a small mouth, but this kind of bird's nest is not edible.

Mu Xiaoxiao let those little guys nest under the eaves of her house, unlocked it and went back home, and started to clean up.

She took a broom to sweep the ashes on the ground, and Heizi followed it with his tail. However, he was so tall that he couldn't reach the ground even with his tail down. Later, he simply climbed down and crawled forward while wagging his tail. Mu Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing.

The little swallows on the eaves heard the laughter, and flew to the window one by one, reaching their heads to look inside.

It took a whole morning to finally wipe everything in the house with water. Taking advantage of the good weather, she went outside to the cement dam and tied two brackets with tree trunks, and put the cleaned bamboo poles on the two brackets. , thus making a simple clothes rail.

The cotton wool at home has been stored for a long time, and it needs to be taken out and sterilized in the sun.

Holding the white quilt, she also took out the deposited sheets and quilts to bask in the sun. After finishing, she sat in the yard with Maza to rest.

Her house is quite big, and the houses are all one-story wooden houses. In addition to the living room, there are five bedrooms, and a small ancestral hall for worshiping ancestors.

This kind of ancestral hall is only used by the ancestors of the family, and they have to go to worship every Chinese New Year.

Apart from the house, there is a cowshed across the side road from the house, but the cowshed has not been raised for a long time, and the cowshed has been abandoned.

There is an old pagoda tree next to the cowshed, and now it has grown leaves. When I was a child, the tree I climbed the most was that old pagoda tree.

"Xiao Xiao, come to eat at the third wife's house." The terrain of the third wife's house is higher than hers, so as long as someone stands there and shouts, it can be heard from here.

"Woof..." Heizi yelled immediately when he heard the third wife's voice, and Mu Xiaoxiao also responded, "Hey...he'll be here soon."

Mu Xiaoxiao took Heizi back to the third wife's house, only to find that she was the only one at home now, and she cooked the food.

"Third wife, you are cooking! Aunt Daqing and the others." Mu Xiaoxiao hurried over to help, "Third wife, go and light the fire. I'll cook for you. You can try my cooking later."

"Hey...Okay, Uncle Daqing and Kezi are going to drain the water to plow the fields, and we will be planting rice seedlings in a few days. We are very busy during this time."

Only then did Mu Xiaoxiao realize that it is already the season for transplanting rice seedlings, and she quickly finished cooking, "Then shall we send Uncle Daqing and the others to the field or call them back to eat?"

The third woman handed a piece of wood into the stove and said, "Call back to eat, the field is full of water, and there is no place to sit, so it's not easy to eat."

"Okay, then I'll call them back after I stir-fry this dish." Mu Xiaoxiao cracked an egg in a bowl and smashed it with chopsticks, then made an egg and vegetable soup.

There are three dishes and one soup in total, the portion is quite large, enough for everyone to eat.

"Xiaoxiao's dishes are the same as your grandma's. They are delicious." The third woman smiled cheerfully. She shoveled out the matches that had not yet been burnt to ashes with a shovel and put them in a Weng. The mouth cover prevents the wind from blowing in. After the fire is extinguished, these are the charcoals used to warm the fire in winter.

"Third wife, go and sit outside. Where are they plowing the field, I'll call them."

"Chop in Mao'er, wait a minute, put on bucket shoes (rainboots) to avoid getting your pants and shoes wet." The old man went to the shoe place and took out a pair of black rain boots and put them in front of Mu Xiaoxiao.

Mu Xiaoxiao also obediently changed her sneakers. At this time, the field was full of water, even on the ridge, which made the mud on the ridge thin. It was really difficult to walk in other shoes.

When I brought Heizi to Maoerkan, I saw that in the divided fields, many people were pulling cattle or holding rakes in the paddy fields to plow the fields. The so-called plowing is to loosen the soil with oxen and plowshares. Then use a rectangular rake to put it in the muddy field and let the cows pull it to crush the large pieces of mud, and then put the water on before transplanting the rice seedlings.

"Uncle Miao Zi, Er Gong, you are busy!"

Wherever Mu Xiaoxiao goes, as long as she knows people, she will call them first, which is a basic courtesy.

"Hey... who are you?" The man called Ergong was a little presbyopic, and he squinted his eyes to look at Mu Xiaoxiao carefully.

"I'm Xiaoxiao, Mu Xiaoxiao." Mu Xiaoxiao replied in a clear and beautiful voice.

At this moment, the people who were busy in the fields stood up straight and looked at Mu Xiaoxiao.

"Oh, you're really Xiaoxiao! Xiaoxiao, you're back, when did you come back?" Someone immediately asked.

Mu Xiaoxiao: "I came back last night, I will visit you when I have time."

"Okay... do you have to leave after the baby comes back?"

Mu Xiaoxiao "I don't plan to leave for now."

"Xiao Xiao, why are you here?" Mu Ke stood in the mud, waving his muddy hands, with a big smile on his face.

"The third wife called me to ask you to eat." Mu Xiaoxiao walked over and stood on the ridge of the field to watch them.

Aunt Daqing is cutting all the grass on the ridge with a knife, so that the field looks cleaner and the grass on the ridge will not grow into the field and affect the growth of the seedlings.

The third uncle and Mu Ke took the paddy fields that the cowboys had filled with water and raked the fields. Sometimes they would pick up all the stones in the field when they came across the stones, so as not to step on their feet when planting rice seedlings, and even seriously Cut by stones and bleeding.

"Eat, let's go right away."

(End of this chapter)