I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 72 Plum Wine

A group of people were sitting in the yard, eating, drinking, talking and laughing. There were constant laughter and cheers. Villagers passing by thought they had some important guests coming to their home and came in to take a look. As a result, they were forced to drink two bowls of soup before they were allowed to leave. Walk.

They ate this meal for nearly an hour, from six o'clock in the evening to about eight o'clock in the evening. After eating and drinking, everyone helped put away the dishes and clean up. Before leaving, they also stuffed red plums A plate of braised sausages was given to them.

The moonlight is not bright tonight, and I can't see my fingers.Although they were only a short distance from home, it was difficult to move without lighting.

In this era, there are no flashlights, and it is inconvenient to bring an oil lamp when going out, so fire bamboo has become a must-have for lighting.

Fire bamboo is made of bamboo as thick as your thumb. When the weather is good, you can go into the back mountain with a knife and chop two or three bundles.

Then throw it into the water and hold it down with a big stone, soak it for a few days until it turns yellow, and then put it under the sun to explode and crack, and it will burn if it catches fire.

If anyone wants to visit at night, light a fire bamboo and it will be enough to wander around the village.

Li Xiuju held a plate in one hand and a fire bamboo in the other to light the way ahead. It had rained and the dirt road was still a little slippery. Zhou Chenyu was supported by Baoyu and followed carefully behind him.

"Sister, you are walking so slowly, shall I carry you?"

Baoyu didn't wait for Zhou Chenyu to answer and exposed his back to her.

Zhou Chenyu also felt that he was walking at a snail's pace, and he lay down on his stomach. Li Xiuju slowed down and helped support him: "Be careful where you step."

Baoyu's first few steps were steady, but after walking a few meters, his legs began to wobble. Zhou Chenyu almost fell into the gutter with him, and was so frightened that he strangled his neck tightly, "Sister, you can risk your life." For you?"

"Sister, please loosen your grip." Baoyu was choked so hard that he couldn't breathe and gritted his teeth. Zhou Chenyu quickly let go and heard him say again: "Sister, did you eat too much just now? Why is it so heavy?"

Zhou Chenyu frowned in displeasure and slapped him, "Bah, others carry me easily, but it's so difficult for you to carry me? It's obvious that you are a weakling, okay? You just ate the rice."

Baoyu stared at the door of his house, which was still a few steps away, and circles appeared in front of his eyes, "Others? Who?"

Zhou Chenyu thought of Yang Xi's icy face, and she didn't know why she mentioned him. The haze of love failure once again enveloped her.

She curled her lips and changed the topic, "Brother Shuqing and Sister-in-law Hongmei are so generous. It will definitely cost a lot of money to buy so much meat at the meat market."

"Isn't that right? With such a good neighbor, even some distant relatives can't compare." Li Xiuju sighed inwardly. After taking two steps, she suddenly thought of something important: "Hongmei's son is about to celebrate the [-]-day feast." , it’s time to prepare a silver bracelet for the child.”

When I got home, the little soybean who stayed at home to look after the house rushed to the door. As soon as the door opened, it jumped out and licked people's legs.

Huang Dou had already been fed once before going out, and this time I brought a few bones to it. It was so happy that it picked up a big bone and lay down by the door to chew on it.

The three of them hurriedly took a bath, and the rain was dripping down again at night. Baoyu was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, so she slipped back to her room and fell asleep. Li Xiuju brought a large pot of boiled Chinese herbal juice to her room.

Zhou Chenyu muttered and opened his trousers, "Old lady, the swelling in my feet has gone down. It's already so late, so don't bother me. You don't think you're tired, I feel tired too."

"You are still young. If your foot cannot be cured, it will cause problems for the rest of your life. Does it matter whether mother is tired or not?" Li Xiuju took Zhou Chenyu's foot and put it into the concoction.Zhou Chenyu looked at her dark, chapped palms that were peeling from the hot water. It hurt so much, "Old lady, Baoyu and I have grown up and can earn money to support you. Don't make so many bamboo baskets anymore." Well, I will become lazy if I cheat too much, and I will be a person who has suffered all my life."

Li Xiuju didn't feel tired at all, "With your words, it's worth it no matter how tired I am."

Zhou Chenyu leaned his head on Li Xiuju's shoulder and murmured softly: "I will work hard to make money in the future so that you can live a good life."

Li Xiuju held her cheek and showed a happy smile, "Why is such a big girl still acting like a child?"

After that, there were thunderstorms in Qingshui Town for several days. The spring rice harvest had been completed, and the rice fields that were cracked by the sun were filled with water again.

Because the rice in Qingshui Town is two-crop rice, after harvesting, preparations before sowing will soon be put on the agenda. Therefore, the villagers in Zhoujia Village did not have time to rest. People from every household who had time to show up in the fields with hoe tools, bare. Immediately many farmers appeared in the rice fields.

After harvesting the rice and before the seeds were sown, Li Xiuju let the chickens and ducks outside. Compared with the wild vegetables and rice bran raised in captivity, the chickens and ducks raised in the paddy fields taste better.

Without the money-making job of selling sugar water, and now it is not the time to pick bamboo shoots and summer solstice mushrooms, Zhou Chenyu is recovering from a foot injury, and the bamboo cage dustpan made by Li Xiuju has become the family's only source of income.

Anyway, it was idle time, so Zhou Chenyu calmed down and learned patiently from Li Xiuju for a while, finally weaving a bamboo basket for vegetables in a decent way.

In this way, others were plowing the fields, Baoyu went into the mountains to chop bamboo, and Zhou Chenyu and Li Xiuju sat under the tree in front of their house, listening to the chirping of birds and doing handicrafts. No one was idle.

However, Zhou Chenyu feels that plowing is much easier than cutting rice.

When it comes to rice fields with a soft surface, villagers only need to divert water into the fields and soak them for a few days. The paddy fields will be as soft as evenly pounded cement. When they step into the fields with bare feet, they can easily step into the rice roots one by one. Mud, children like this best.

When it comes to rice fields with relatively hard geology, even if the water is replenished, the surface is still hard. Stepping on it with bare feet feels like walking on flat ground, and it is impossible to step deep into the soil.

When encountering this kind of rice fields with hard geology, villagers have to use hoes. For those from poorer families, the whole family will carry rake, hoes and shovels to turn over the soil bit by bit. A small five-cent field can be It takes a whole day's work.

As for those from well-off families, they had a young man and a buffalo. They would tie the plow behind the cow's buttocks, beat the cow's back with a whip, and use the strength of the cow to pull the plow and turn over the soil.This not only requires less manpower, but is also much faster than manual raking.

With more people plowing the fields, there are fewer people going to the market. Without the source of customers, pork guys push carts filled with pork and wander around from village to village.

"Selling pork."

"The freshly slaughtered pork is all good meat!"

"If you walk through this village, there won't be a shop like this! They sell pork!"

Hearing the shouts of the pork man, the people working in the fields rushed back. Li Xiuju put down the bamboo sticks and said, "I haven't bought pork for a while. Mom went to buy a pound and came back."

(End of this chapter)