suspected wife

Qiao Mingjin didn't think much about other things when she was in Yunjia Village. She was in a good mood every day, either helping her mother and sister to manage the house, or playing with her daughter and siblings.Or occasionally go to two uncles' house to have a meal.

Without those troubles, the mother and daughter are very happy.

In the small courtyard of the Qiao family, I often heard the giggling laughter of my daughter and the figures of running and chasing chickens and riding bamboo horses in the small courtyard.

Qiao Mingjin didn't even know that her daughter could be so lively.At Qiao's house, she didn't like to be clingy to Qiao Mingjin any more, and had a lot of fun with her uncles.

Qiao Mingjin likes to dig into Father Qiao's study room to look through the old books in that study room.There was a thick book of Great Wei Law in the study, and she read it all over.

When she was not in the study, she often followed her younger siblings to walk around Yunjia Village.

Yunjia Village is very close to Songshan Market, and it takes more than an hour to arrive at the market.

It's just that the environment around Yunjia Village is not as good as Xiahe Village.

After she woke up, she followed Sister Xiu to cut pigweed and rake hair, and also walked a lot around Xiahe Village.Xiahe Village has mountains and rivers. Although the mountains are not big and there are no ferocious beasts, there are still some small wild animals, and some produce can be caught in the rivers.Overall, life in Xiahe Village is better.

However, because Yunjia Village is close to the fair, many people in the village will bring home-grown vegetables and some baskets and frames made by themselves to sell at the fair.There are also many people in the village who often go to the market to do some odd jobs to earn some small money to supplement their families. Those who have cattle at home will also put on a cart to help carry goods and people, and they can always collect some copper coins for a trip.

Yunjia Village is also closer to Qingchuan County than Xiahe Village.Half a day is enough for a quick walk, but two or three hours for an ox cart.After the new year, many people from Yunjia Village went to Qingchuan County to do some odd jobs.

On the contrary, people in Xiahe Village, who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to drink water, are more active, and they can live on.

Qiao Mingjin's eldest cousin, Yunjin, often goes to Songshanji or Qingchuan County to do odd jobs during the slack season.After a year, you can also add some household items to your family.Sometimes Qiao Mingjue, Qiao Mingjin's second younger brother, would be taken there.

Qiao Mingjue would get back twenty or thirty coins every time, which was also a subsidy for the Qiao family.

And Uncle Qiao Mingjin's family opened an acre of vegetable land, planted several kinds of vegetables, and cooked them very well. As long as their family had a fair, no matter how big or small, they would pick vegetables and sell them at the fair.So life is better than that of my uncle.

The life of the two uncles' houses is better than that of Qiao's house. Although they are not the kind of houses with black bricks and black tiles, at least each of them can buy a new dress during the Chinese New Year.

The Qiao family has spent some money because of Qiao's father's illness these years, which is a drag.Besides, her family had many children and she didn't have any male laborers. She only relied on Qiao's father to write letters for others in Songshanji to earn a few copper coins.

It's just that the Songshan Collection is only opened every time, and how many people need to do pen and ink business?Qiao's father did draw a good painting, but these days he can't afford to eat, who in Songshan Ji would like to buy his paintings?

Besides, these paints and papers are really expensive. The family doesn't even have the money to buy paper and pens for the two younger brothers. Those are even more extravagant things. Gradually, Father Qiao stopped painting.

But Qiao's father would still push the wheelbarrow at home every time there was a fair, with a narrow table and stool on it, and push it to the fair.Sometimes if you are lucky, you can bring back a dozen or twenty copper coins per episode.

But for some reason, Grandmother Lan and Father Qiao didn't like to go to Qingshan County.After all, Qingshan County is a county with many large households, and it is easier to get some business than Songshanji, but Qiao's father doesn't like to go there.

Qiao Mingjin thought that she might have been beaten last time, and she avoided it because she was afraid of offending some enemies.

Over the past few years, due to Qiao's father's illness and Qiao Mingjue's spending on reading and buying paper and ink, life has become more and more difficult for the Qiao family.

That's why Qiao Mingjue stopped studying after passing the scholar examination.Father Qiao sighed for a long time.Qiao Mingjue is really talented in reading.

However, although Qiao's family is poor, because there are two talented people in the family, there is no need to pay taxes for the production in the field, which really saves a lot of rations.

The two uncles' family also put their several acres of Susukida under the name of Qiao's father, and the two families also sent a lot of rice to Qiao's family every year. With this support, the life of Qiao's family survived...

Qiao Mingjin also went to see the few acres of land in the Qiao family.

There are only three acres of paddy fields, and the other two acres are dry land.

One of the three acres of paddy fields was the dowry given to Qiao's mother by the grandfather of the Yun family. Back then, the Qiao family had only one widowed mother and one sick child.Otherwise, is it possible to watch her daughter starve to death after marrying into this family?

The other two acres were bought back by grandmother Lan who pawned a golden hairpin in exchange.The two acres of dry land were reclaimed by two uncles with the help of Qiao's mother, one hoe after the other.

There are quite a lot of wasteland in this Yunjia village. There are not many people these days, and if you open up the wasteland, you only need to pay a small amount of money and the land will be yours.And the first three years are tax-free.

It's just that not many people are willing to open up that wasteland, not to mention tiring, and they don't know if they can grow for a living or get food after taking care of it.

Besides, the cycle is also long. If you have money, you can buy a good field.When the farming is busy and busy, when the farming is slack, I go to the market to do some odd jobs, and I can actually get money after I finish the work, which is the money that can be seen with the eyes.

These days, the poor don't know what the next day will be, so they don't think too much about the future.The weather is not always smooth and peaceful every year. After a disaster, the family is gone, so how can you still take care of the land?

It is only real to live the days in front of you.

And like Qiao's family, Qiao's mother was the only labor force, let alone that effort.

Now that Qiao Mingjin didn't study, it added another burden to him.Qiao's father's health is not to be expected. Being healthy and free from illness and taking medicine is helping the family.

Because the family does not have to pay taxes, the three acres of paddy fields are enough for the whole family to eat for a year.On the other hand, some sweet potatoes, beans, corn, etc. are planted on the two acres of dry land, which can usually be exchanged for some small money.Coupled with the vegetable field behind the house, the whole family can have enough food and clothing for a year.

But it is impossible to have any spare money.Otherwise, Lan's last time would not have searched for a long time before stuffing fifteen copper coins into Qiao Mingjin.

Qiao Mingjin sighed.Nothing can happen to this family.Even if I'm sick, I'm afraid I don't even have the money to hire a doctor.

In the past, everything we ate and drank came from the ground, and we only bought some oil and salt.If this is really something, I really can't afford it.

The clothes on the brothers and sisters were worn out, they were washed white, patch after patch, and many places were washed thin.The clothes of the fourth sister and the fifth brother were obviously too short. The clothes on them were old clothes worn by the elder cousin and cousin, which were brought to Qiao's mother.

If this is divorced, it will be a drag to go back to her mother's house.

Qiao Mingjin was in a trance for a while.

Lived in my mother's house for three days.On the fourth day, Qiao Mingjin reckoned that Yue Zhongyao would go home after ten days off, so he thought about taking his daughter back to Xiahe Village.

When I came out, I told Mrs. Wu that I would only stay for two days. Now that I have been here for three days, the two sisters-in-law who don't dance must be scolded by Mrs. Wu.

After saying hello to the Yun family, and saying goodbye to their own family, the mother and daughter walked out of the village with their bags.

Lan called her to stop, looked at her and said, "Jinniang, don't be burdened, don't think too much, even though our family is poor, we have a bowl of rice for both of you, mother and daughter. Grandmother and your parents hope that you If you live well, if your life is not satisfactory, your parents and I will not be able to sleep well."

Qiao Mingjin's eyes were sore, she nodded silently.

Qiao's mother was wiping away tears. Qiao's father took a deep look at her and said, "When Zhong Yao comes back, you should send someone back to tell us. I'm going to look for him."

"Yeah." Qiao Mingjin responded and wanted to lead her daughter out.

Wan'er hugged Ming Jue's thigh and cried loudly, refusing to go back.Ming Jue hugged her in his arms but couldn't coax her, so he took a few younger siblings to see her off for several miles.Only then did Qiao Mingjin stride away holding Wan'er, who was crying out of breath...

************************

ps: It’s cheating, the names given to the heroine and the baby’s father are awkward to type with Wubi, which seriously affects my typing speed, and the frequency of appearances is high, am I digging a hole to jump by myself?Can you change your name?