Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

Chapter 124

The couple chatted babblingly, and the work in hand didn't stop while chatting. Although it was raining outside, the work in the field had to be done.

Even Gu Siwei knew that the rain might last for a few days, wouldn't Sun Laibao and Ma Chunya know?
The two of them saw that God was going to make a fool of themselves, they came back to pack up their things, and they had to go to the field with the farm tools. They had to dig the drainage ditches in the field. If you communicate, clear the communication.

In a word, Tian is not afraid of having nothing to do, but he is afraid of having nothing to do in the eyes of others.

Ma Chunya and Sun Laibao are not lazy people. In fact, lazy people can’t survive in the mountain village, because as long as you don’t work, you will starve, and no one will help you. At most, you will eat twice Yes, if there is a family that helps you for a year or two, then someone in their family will starve, or even die.

From this point of view, it is not without some reason that Sicui's uncle's family doesn't want to see her. No one's mouth is tied up and they don't eat whole grains.

In the end, it was still a poor word.

Sun Laibao said to his wife that they were going to go to the field first, and just as they were about to leave the hall with a hoe on their shoulders, they saw someone coming in through the rain at the door.

Taking a closer look, it was Gu Siwei who had just been out for less than 10 minutes.

"Brother Siwei, why are you back?"

This time, Sun Laibao's greeting was quite smooth, without any stumbling, just like flowing water, even at this moment Sun Laibao had forgotten what he had just endured not long ago.

Gu Siwei didn't come empty-handed, he carried the basket he just brought home with one hand, and a bag with about twenty catties of flour in the other.

They helped to find the fruit seedlings, but Gu Siwei's temperament can't be taken for granted, let alone Ma Chunya and his wife, even if Wu Meiling and his wife gave things, how could Gu Siwei not return the things?

It's not about burning things, but about reciprocity, so that the relationship between people who come and go can be reconciled, always give and receive at the same time, that's not the way to get along, it's between father and son, even between father and son sometimes There will also be conflicts because of giving and income, let alone ordinary people.

When Sun Laibao saw the bag in Gu Siwei's hand, he began to estimate the size and weight of the bag at first glance. Of course, he had to guess what was inside.

The food is certain, but I don't know whether it is sorghum rice or stick noodles. Anyway, no matter what it is, it is very necessary for Sun Laibao's family.

What time is it now? Last year’s savings are almost eaten up, and this year’s crops have not been harvested. The old saying goes, let alone this bag of grain, even a bowl of grain is enough to feed the family for a day.

Dry food?That's impossible, what kind of food can't be eaten with wild vegetables, or else one person can't kill a big bowl of food?

This is how farmers eat now, and this is what they eat all year round.

"I came to return the basket. I went to the old house to look for it and found that there is still this thing in the house. Don't dislike it."

Seeing that Sun Laibao turned around and came to the main room with himself, Gu Siwei put the bag in his hand at the door, and at the same time put the basket in the other hand on the bag.

Ma Chunya immediately felt that I was very unhappy, you have such an expression on your face.

"Brother Siwei, if you do this, you will be outraged. It's not expensive, just a few broken seedlings. I just picked them up here. There are not many fruit trees in our countryside. , although it grows little, but this thing is really worthless... ".

Ma Chunya said persistently.

Gu Siwei waved his hands after hearing this, and made a serious face on purpose: "Sister-in-law, if you give me something, I will give you some when I return the basket. This is what we call exchanges. Don't mind, there is really no one else at home." Yes, I wanted to give more, but there is no one in the old house, so I left some food for my friends."

Gu Siwei is talking nonsense, and Ma Chunya also knows that Gu Siwei is talking nonsense, whoever puts food in places where they don't usually live, isn't that equivalent to feeding mice.

But everyone knows that if you don't point it out, if you don't point it out, everyone is still a good friend!

"That's all right. I have to go home. I don't feel relieved to leave Sicui alone at home. That's it, sister-in-law, Brother Laibao, you two rest, I'm going back."

"Why don't you stay for dinner, I just happen to make a few side dishes, and I'll let Brother Laibao accompany you to have a drink or two," Ma Chunya said politely.

Gu Siwei knew that he was being polite. With his family's standard of living, if he drank two cups of a few dishes today, the seven or eight members of his family would be hungry tomorrow.

"You're welcome, there is a chance."

Gu Siwei waved his hand, turned around and entered the rain, and quickly disappeared at the gate of the courtyard with his head shrunk and a piece of torn clothes on his head.

The couple looked around, Ma Chunya winked, and Sun Laibao closed the gate of the yard knowingly.

When I returned to the main room, I saw that my daughter-in-law Ma Chunya had already opened the bag.

Inside was about [-] catties of white flour, big white flour with white flowers, and the couple sighed when they saw it.

"Look, this is the real fastidious person. You have helped Yang Chuanwu so many times, except for bringing you two sweet potatoes, which time have you brought back more than three cents? Look at Siwei, this is the big deal People, this is a capable person, there is no one in Shimo Village in Gouyue who can compare with others... ".

Ma Chunya pointed at Baimian and scolded the man in Shimo Village again.

Sun Laibao can't refute it now, because what Ma Chunya said is the truth, except for Gu Siwei, who has heard that a bag of [-] catties of white noodles is given away at once.

Don't say it's a gift, even if the average family grows it by themselves, they may not eat it several times a year. Even though the farmer's land outside is all plains, they still can't eat the white noodles they grow a few times a year. It's cornmeal mixed with wild vegetables.

Even in many years, the peasant households outside are not as good as those in the mountains of Shimo Village, especially in times of famine, sometimes a few hares can be exchanged for a woman, otherwise the group of people in Shimo Village would have died a long time ago. Just because there are no descendants.

Sun Laibao swallowed, and said to Ma Chunya: "Madam, let's bake some white flour pancakes tonight?"

"You deserve white flour pancakes too?" Ma Chunya said angrily.

However, soon Ma Chunya said again: "Take these noodles and exchange them for some coarse grains at the ghost market. These twenty catties can be exchanged for fifty or sixty catties of coarse grains, which is enough for our family to feed for a month." You are not afraid of committing crimes if you eat white flour pancakes! If you want to eat them, wait for Siwei Brothers to work and earn money.”

Sun Laibao stopped talking.

Seeing the appearance of her husband, Ma Chunya was a little bit reluctant. At this time, although some women are showing their teeth and claws, they really love their gentlemen from the bottom of their hearts. You can also ask if you are hungry.

"How about this, bake a few pancakes with more than a catty of flour, one for each in-laws, one for each of you and your child," Ma Chunya said.

They are willing to give to their in-laws, their husbands and children, but they are only reluctant to give to themselves. Many women in this era are like this, with a strong spirit of dedication to the family.

Men in this era generally endure hardships and stand hard work, while women are diligent and thrifty in managing the family. The couple work together to improve the life of the family. It is not uncommon for each to think of his own way, but it is really rare.

"I share a piece with you, I have to taste it, I haven't eaten white flour pancakes for a long time." How could Sun Laibao be willing to eat alone.

Gu Siwei didn't know that because he had a bag of noodles, there was a touching story at Ma Chunya's house. He was not short of food, and his family never ran out of white rice and white noodles.

It's just that Si Cui didn't tell the outside world, and Gu Siwei didn't mention it, so people in the village knew that Gu Siwei's family had good food, but it was so good that people actually whitened rice and noodles every day. No one really dared to think so.

When I arrived at my old house, I lifted the curtain covering the boat, looked at the progress of my boat, and found that the boat has roughly got a shelf, and it is estimated that it will be almost the same in another 20 days.

Of course, if the weather is good, if the weather is bad, you can only push it back.

After building his own boat and getting on the raft, Gu Siwei rode his pole into the mountain. As soon as he entered the canyon, the grass flowers and cubes were called to him, and he used it as a fish-shaped engine to push the raft upstream.

When passing by Liu Fulin's two wharves, the raindrops became heavy, and Gu Siwei, who was planning to go to the two, gave up the idea directly.

Just when Gu Siwei's raft was approaching Yinsong Cliff, he found Liu Fulin was lowering the boat all the way from the upper reaches.

"Uncle, where are you calling from?"

Gu Siwei was a little confused.

Liu Fulin was very fast, and Gu Siwei didn't hear what he said, but only heard a few words, mixed with the sound of rain, and then the boat took Liu Fulin away from him several meters away.

Gu Siwei wanted to go back and ask, but looking at the rain, he might as well forget it.

When they came to Yinsong Cliff, tied up the raft, Gu Siwei went up the cliff. It is estimated that Sicui could not be so stupid as to be on the edge of the cliff, so Gu Siwei didn't ask the pony to wait for the monkey, and directly used the space to go up the cliff.

When I got to the cliff, I found that it was as expected, so I ran towards my big house with a trot.

When I arrived at the door of the big house, I saw that Sicui was busy here, and there was an extra coir raincoat on the small body, which was still a new one.

Not only was there an extra coir raincoat on Sicui's body, but there was also a new coir coir raincoat on the ground beside her.

"Brother, are you back?"

Seeing Gu Siwei's return, Sicui ran over immediately and helped Gu Siwei take off the basket on his back.

Gu Siwei put the basket on and asked, "Where did you get the coir raincoat?"

"Master Fulin sent them over. He was mending the coir raincoats a few days ago. He thought we didn't have any coir raincoats, so he simply pulled Shengshou Kekou to make two pieces. Today, just as it was raining, he sent them over to us," Sicui said.

Gu Siwei immediately grasped the point.

"Send it here? Is the old uncle so powerful now that he can actually sail the boat to the bottom of the cliff?"

Gu Siwei felt that it would be a pity that Liu Fulin would not participate in rowing in the Olympics because of this skill. What kind of strength is this?Without grass flowers and squares, Gu Siwei couldn't even get the raft here.

Sicui said: "No, Lord Fulin is calling for the help of grass flowers and cubes, otherwise how could he shake the oars, and he would not be exhausted to death."

"Hmmm, to make plants and cubes?"

Now Gu Siwei was even more surprised.

"Master Fulin said, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but today it worked," Si Cui said.

There are two brothers and sisters, one is called Liu Fulin, the old uncle, and the other is called Liu Fulin, grandpa. They don’t know what to say, but they don’t care. Just kept calling.

(End of this chapter)