The peasant girl is not strong

Chapter 35
Mr. Lai has already cooked dry rice in the kitchen, and cooked pork stewed with plum vegetables and dried radish. No green vegetables have been planted in this season.

In the past, Mrs. Li could still grow some delicious vegetables at home. Since she went to work as a helper, the children in the family were not able to grow vegetables, and Mrs. Lai did not manage the vegetable fields.

Now I don't have time to pick wild vegetables, and all I can cook and eat at home are the pickled vegetables and dried radish that Li's used to pickle.

People who are usually lazy to cook are not necessarily very good at craftsmanship, but they have a characteristic of meat. Farmers are not so particular about eating. As long as they can fill their stomachs, they can eat well even if their cooking skills are not good. The idea is to just eat enough!
Ye Shuzhi and Ye Shuzhen went back to the room to hide. This morning, their back was sore and their hands were swollen.

Feeling tender little hands, burning pain, all bubbling, and peeling, had to rub medicated oil.

Feeling very itchy, I can only wash my face with a towel, and then wipe my body.

The weather in October is very hot, and the water in the tank is very cold. If you don't boil hot water, you can't take a bath at all.

Ye Shuzhen sorted out her long hair that was messed up at work in the morning. She felt that her head was covered with ashes, and her head was itchy and uncomfortable.

"Second sister, you see that Da Ya is so old, and she can do these things. Shall we leave the rice threshing to her?"

Ye Shuzhen saw that Daya was skilled in her work, even an aunt who was a few years older than her.

Just enough to leave the work of threshing rice to her.

"Okay, let's talk about it later during dinner! I don't want to threw rice."

Ye Shuzhi is also putting on makeup at the moment. Like her younger sister, she would rather cut and pick up rice in the paddy field than threw rice at home, holding a big stick until she is not too tired.

"It's time to eat..."

When Lai saw the old man and his son coming back, he called everyone to eat together.

Daddy Acer put down the rice in the basket, and didn't go to eat immediately. He washed his hands and took a few puffs of bamboo cigarettes.

After putting down the rice, Acer went to wash his hands, washed his face, and went to the room to look at the two little babies before entering the kitchen to eat.

Daya heard her grandmother's call to eat, and put the bamboo sieve rice that had been made in the sun to dry, and went to wash her hands.

Lai was very diligent and helped everyone to put the rice into bowls.

"Wife, where did you go in the morning?"

Daddy Acer blew the bamboo cigarette, and when he was so addicted, he came into the kitchen and sat down to eat, staring at the old lady.

"Old man, the eldest daughter didn't ask us to help. I thought that if you didn't help, I wouldn't help. The little baby needs to be brought, so I will help her bring the little baby."

Lai didn't feel any guilt at all. In her mind, the girl in the family was no match for the boy, the grandson.

As for other dolls, has she ever held them?
Lai can't remember, she has never hugged Wuwa.

Acer silently picked up the bowl to eat. He was accustomed to his mother's partiality. The iron man was very disgusted with his mother in his heart. He didn't say anything out of filial piety, but it didn't mean he didn't want to.

Daddy Acer glared at Mrs Lai again, and finally chose not to say anything more.

Daya took her two younger sisters, holding the rice in her hand, and chose the sisters to eat in the room.

Of course, Da Ya feeds the fifth baby first, and the fourth baby can already eat by herself. The other sisters only have some pickles in their bowls. They are already very happy to have a bowl of dry rice to eat. The pickles on the table are cooked with meat, that's all. Meat is already in the bowls of grown-ups.

Ye Shiqi was obediently eating one bite at a time. She only had eight teeth and a mouth without big teeth, so she didn't eat fast.

Daya feeds her sister a mouthful of rice, and eats another mouthful of rice from the bowl herself.

Chatting started in the kitchen. Ye Shuzhen was the first to express her opinion. She expressed her dissatisfaction that her mother went to work at the eldest sister's place and did not go home to dry the rice, but she did not say it directly.

"Father, I don't want to dry rice at home in the afternoon, woohoo, look at my hands like this."

"If you don't dry rice at home, who will dry it? If you don't dry rice at home, where are you going?" Father Hongji said to his little daughter in a reproachful voice.

"Father, I'd rather exchange with Da Ya. I'm going to cut the rice, and I don't want to farm the rice at home." Ye Shuzhen ignored her father's staring at her, and her anger made her ignore her family's staring at her.

Acer listened to the little sister's words, and stopped to eat, with a puffy face in his mouth, and looked at Ye Shuzhen silently.

"How old is Da Ya, how old are you? You only have the strength to hit the rice when you are older. Da Ya has been helping to cut the rice in the fields and has not been idle for a moment." Daddy Hongji stared, and his face was red with anger or redness.

"It's like saying how diligent Da Ya is. I haven't had a day off. Look at the bamboo sieve outside. My second sister and I did it."

Ye Shuzhen stared at her father. After working all morning, her back was sore, her hands were sore, and she didn't get a word of praise. Who wouldn't stare?

Ye Shuzhi hadn't spoken yet. Seeing the scolded bird in front of her, she ate in silence, knowing that this trick of the little sister would not work, so she could only ask Lai for help.

"Mother, look at my hands. I hurt the hands I hit the seedlings. It will be my big day soon. I haven't done the dowry yet."

Ye Shuzhi's words silenced Father Hongji, who wanted to scold Ye Shuzhen. He sighed and said:
"Old lady, don't go to the eldest daughter's place in the afternoon, help at home! Hurry up and finish the farm work in the fields, and also help Er Niu do the dowry."

Lai wanted to push it away, but was softened by the eyes of the two daughters calling for help, so he could only nod and say:
"Okay! In the afternoon, the three of you will pluck the rice together. After the rice is harvested, we can have food for our family."

Acer heard Lai's words, and then began to eat again.

Daddy Acer seemed to be observant, saw the strangeness of the eldest son, and gave the old woman another look.

Lai glanced at his son and his expression became dazed. He thought of threshing rice with his two daughters in the afternoon. When he saw the two daughters just now, their hands were blistered and swollen, and she could imagine how she would look like at night.

It would be great if Mrs. Li was here, all these jobs are hers, alas...

In her heart, Mrs. Lai thought about letting Mrs. Li do the work. She could enjoy the happiness at home, but she could not bear the two taels of silver. The two taels of silver could hire a few people to help in the countryside, but she was reluctant to pay for help.

When Lai thought that he would lose a little money, he would rather work harder on his own.

Acer and his father didn't take a nap in order to catch up with work today, and continued to work after they were full.

Acer asked Da Ya to come a little later with her two younger sisters, because the sun was too big at noon.

Daya didn't dare to be too late, washed the dishes in the kitchen, and set off with Erya and Sanya, all three carrying baskets on their backs.

(End of this chapter)