The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

Chapter 45
Time flies and it's the busy farming season, and Li Mingyi and his brothers also came back to help.

This year, a batch of wheat fell out, and it was very difficult for everyone to harvest.

Only then did Zhao Yunlan truly feel the hard work of the farmer's uncle.

"Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey".

The fields are full of men, women and children, all waving sickles in their hands.At noon, women bring food to the fields in baskets, and children follow by carrying water bottles.Zhao Yunlan is no exception, after all, the family does not have enough staff.

Zhao Yunlan followed her to the field early in the morning to harvest the wheat, and she had to go home to cook at about the time. Mrs. Wang had already put all her energy on taking care of Xiaobao, while Li Mingren had not come back since he was on farming leave.

Zhao Yunlan made another silent note in her heart.

Mrs. Li and the others were basking in the scorching sun, their feet were fumigated by the heat from the ground, and they were so exhausted that they forgot the intense heat.I just want to quickly collect the wheat and pull it to the wheat field to dry it and seal the warehouse.It took five days for old man Li and the calf to harvest all the wheat.

When old man Li and the others were drying wheat in the wheat field, Zhao Yunlan and Li Mingmei took Xiaobao to pick up the fallen ears of wheat.

The fields are filled with the sound of children and birds.

Zhao Yunlan also managed to get a good tan during this busy farming season.

This year, almost all of Lijiacun’s food harvests were poor. Fortunately, Zhao Yunlan gave the recipe for sweet potato flour. At present, anyone who makes sweet potato flour in Lijiacun and wants to sell it will find Zhao Yunlan, so that everyone will not be so tight after paying the tax. .

Zhao Yunlan took Li Mingmei and Li Mingli to pay the tax this year. Zhao Yunlan asked Li Mingli to pay half of the food tax, and brought the other half to the village chief.

In the town, Li Mingyi and Li Mingzhi have been back and opened a shop for several days.Today, the county government officers came to Qingshui Town to post the corvee notice, and the two Li Mingyi brothers were in the shop listening to diners talk about the imposition of corvee.I have been busy all the time and have no chance to inquire.

When the two closed the door and closed the door, they went to look at the notice board, saying that after [-] days, corvee would be imposed and they would go to Qingxi River to repair the embankment. Seeing that the rainy season was coming, the county magistrate wanted to strengthen the embankment again. , and this time, someone must be sent out, and money cannot be used in place of corvee.

Li Mingyi frowned: "Little brother, go home and tell your family. The village should have received the news. This time, I will go to the corvee and let my sister-in-law come to the store to look after it for a while."

Li Mingming responded and hurried home.

It is also the first time for Zhao Yunlan to come into contact with this kind of corvee. I have only seen this kind of corvee on TV before. In my impression, this kind of corvee will make people take off a layer of skin. After thinking about the situation of the Li family's corvee last year, Li Mingli went to serve it. Corvée, everyone lost a lot of weight when they came back, and it took them a full month to raise them back.Therefore, the people in the village who learned about the corvee in advance will raise their bodies early.

Zhao Yunlan was packing up things to go to the town, when old man Li suddenly said, "I'll go this year, the eldest daughter-in-law will take care of you at home, and the second child will still open a shop in the town."

Zhao Yunlan was stunned: "Father, you~"

Zhao Yunlan didn't know what to say. Old man Li said he was older, and he was not yet 40 years old. After all, this was the first contact with Zhao Yunlan, a corvee, so he had to turn to look at Wang.

Old man Li continued: "Last year, I conscripted twice, and both were from the second child. This year it's my turn."

Li Mingli said beside him: "Father, why don't you ask the village head uncle to help me change my age a little bit, let me go this year, I'll be sixteen soon. It doesn't matter if I go earlier."

Wang: "Nonsense, you are harming your village chief's uncle's family."

Old Man Li: "I'm not old yet. If you can do something, don't say anything, just let me go."

Zhao Yunlan tentatively said: "It's better to let the husband come back..."

Zhao Yunlan thought that Li Mingren, as the eldest son, didn't honor his elders at home, and didn't work hard outside.On the contrary, it was the old and young in the family who worried about him day by day and tolerated him in every way.

Mrs. Wang: "Da Lang has been studying for years and his body is delicate. Don't talk about it, your father can go! Our county magistrate is good. Although the corvee labor these years is tiring, there will be no harsh treatment of the laborers. "

Zhao Yunlan had no choice but to remain silent.

On the second day, Li Mingyi only saw Li Mingzhi coming to town, and Li Mingyi talked about the situation at home. In the afternoon, Li Mingyi packed his things and went home, thinking about persuading old man Li again.

However, old man Li was very determined to serve corvee, and Li Mingyi had no choice but to go back to town to take care of the shop by old man Li.

Now that the Li family has decided that old man Li will serve in corvee, Zhao Yunlan will feed old man Li with good food and vegetables every day to replenish his body, which really makes old man Li grow some flesh and his face is much rosier.

Zhao Yunlan prepared a lot of dried meat and white flour steamed buns for old man Li, after all, it was getting hot, and some food couldn't be kept.Doing corvée work is also in charge of the food, but those meals can only barely satisfy the hunger.

Zhao Yunlan also gave old man Li a tael of silver so that old man Li could spend as much as he could. After all, he had fifteen days of corvee this time, and he didn't know what would happen.It was the first time that old man Li got so much money, he was a little excited.

The villagers saw off the corvee team, and went back to their homes to do their work.

Since old man Li left, Zhao Yunlan wanted to solve Li Mingren's matter.It's really unbearable for such a useless man to hide just because he failed the exam.And this is not once or twice, it comes out every year, and this year it became a tortoise unscrupulously.The whole family is running around for a living, only he likes to relax and enjoys the privilege of a so-called scholar.

Mrs. Wang and old man Li are used to him and don't know how to discipline their children, so let me be my wife.It’s not that she has never been a teacher before, Zhao Yunlan thought, let’s not talk about whether she can become a husband and wife in the future, but now everyone in the family is changing and growing, only Li Mingren is still hiding under the wings secretly sad, dragging down the Li family .

After the family became rich, Wang asked Li Mingli to send money to Li Mingren twice, and every time Li Mingren accepted the money, he sent Li Mingli away.

Today Wang asked Li Mingli to visit Li Mingren and send him some money.

Zhao Yunlan couldn't take it anymore this time, so she went directly to Wang Shi: "Mother, I'll go tomorrow, I'll bring my husband back, and then the two of us will take you to the county town to see a doctor." Zhao Yunlan was telling, not asking Wang Shi .

Wang Shi: "Don't call Da Lang, let's take your little sister with you."

"Mother," Zhao Yunlan said in a more emphatic tone, "As the eldest son, Mr. Xiang doesn't have the responsibility of the eldest son now. How long will Mother let him hide in the school? Father is still doing corvee under the scorching sun, and Mother is worried about him every day. , and my appetite has also lost. The second and fourth brothers are busy in the town every day, and they have to come back to check on the situation at home. After Mingli takes care of the family, he has to go to the field. My sister managed to get better before, but these days I go to hunt pigweed every day, feed chickens and pigs and lose weight, even Xiaobao knows that grandma is not in good health, so I want to leave the delicious food to grandma first."

Mrs. Wang was silent, she lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking. Seeing Zhao Yunlan so angry for the first time, Mrs. Wang was also a little frightened.

Zhao Yunlan was roaring in her heart at the moment: Oh, this time I was a little too aggressive, pay attention to emotional control.

(End of this chapter)