suspected wife

The next day, Yue Zhongyao woke up early, wiped his face, got up and hurried on his way.

When Wu Shi heard the sound of him opening the door, she also got up quickly.Putting on clothes indiscriminately, he got up and asked after him, "When will you go to Liu's house to propose marriage?"

Yue Zhongyao ignored him.

Wu raised her voice to ask again.

Yue Zhongyao then replied: "Didn't Mother hear that the patriarch said that Jinniang would marry after Jinniang had a son? Now I have to marry. I said that my life is not my own, it belongs to the whole family, and neither is she." You must marry me!"

Without looking back after speaking, he strode out of the village.

Wu slumped in anger, chased after Yue Zhongyao and cursed, but couldn't keep up with Yue Zhongyao's pace, so she had to stand and curse a few words before turning around and coming back.After coming back, she scolded in the yard for a long time, and it was not yet dawn, so the old Yuetou, Yue Laoer and others were yelling at her in the room.

Sister Xiu also heard it next door, and she felt secretly refreshed.It's good to beat chicken and eggs.

After dawn, I got up and went to Qiao Mingjin's new home to tell Qiao Mingjin.

Qiao Mingjin just smiled when he heard that.

He said to Sister Xiu: "Sister Xiu, do you want to go with me to collect firewood and sell it?"

"Pick up firewood and sell it?" She often goes up the mountain to collect firewood, but she has never sold it.

Qiao Mingjin nodded and said, "Well, I don't have any copper coins in my hand now, and it will take at least one and a half months before the vegetable field is opened. I don't have the capital to do business, and it takes money to buy needles and thread, and it takes time. It’s not short either. It’s even more inconvenient to work outside, and I still have Wan’er to bring. I thought there was a lot of firewood in the mountains, and I saw someone selling them when I went to the market, so I thought about picking up some firewood first. Sell."

After hearing this, Sister Xiu said: "But we still have to go to the fair for fun, and Songshan Fair is just a fair, and there are no shops or houses. I'm afraid it won't be easy to sell."

Qiao Mingjin said: "I want to sell it in Songshan County. There are a lot of people there. Whether it's for residential use or restaurants, snack shops, blacksmith shops, etc., they all need firewood. I really can't walk. Thinking that others will lend sister Xiu’s cattle ten pennies a day, and I will give ten pennies a day, and I will pull a cart to sell them after two days. This is a costless business, and this is the only way that our mother and daughter can earn money. A rice noodle money."

Sister Xiu endured the soreness in her heart, and said: "Then you don't need to give me money. My cow is not busy with farming, so you can use it. I also have a lot of work in the field, so I won't be with you. You siblings Picking up three for a day is enough for a car. This is the best way at present.”

In fact, it's not busy farming and she doesn't have much work to do. She just pulls weeds and fertilizes the fields.It's just that the mother and daughter are pitiful, and they don't want to divide their business.

Qiao Mingjin thought for a while and said, "I use cattle to do business, so I will give you fifteen cents a day, which is more than others. I dare not use it if I don't charge money."

Sister Xiu hurriedly refused, and the two pushed back and forth, and finally settled on ten yuan a day.

Sister Xiu didn't delay them, and left after saying a few words.

Qiao Mingjin washed a few sweet potatoes, scraped off the skin of the sweet potatoes with the back of a knife, then cut them into cubes and cooked porridge with two handfuls of rice.

Although there are two stoves in the kitchen today, there is only one iron pot.

It's better to buy another cooking bowl.

There are only a few bowls, and there are no extra dishes. These are all to be added.My natal family is not rich, so it is not easy to give these things. After all, no one has extra pots to spare.

After the porridge was cooked, Qiao Mingjin filled four bowls, and then filled the rest of the porridge in a large thick porcelain basin.

Another three bowls of flour and water were scooped up to make pancakes.I will go into the mountains to collect firewood in a while, so I won't come back at noon in order to pick up more.

A family of four had breakfast.Qiao Mingjin wrapped a dozen cakes with a few large leaves.Another bamboo tube was used to pack pickles, and then a few bamboo tubes were filled with cold boiled water.

I went to prepare hatchets, scimitars, sacks, bamboo rakes, hemp ropes, etc., and then put sister Xiu's cattle on the board and led them, and the family of four went up the mountain.

Songshan Mountain is not high, and it is not steep from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, and cattle can go up the mountainside.

Qiao Mingjin unloaded the car, and asked Mingheng to take the cow to drink water and graze.Ming Qi took Xiao Wan'er and excitedly poked the grass to look for wild eggs.

Yunjia Village is not backed by mountains, and Mingheng and Mingqi couldn't hide their excitement when they went up the mountain now, and heard Xiaowan'er giggling from time to time, Qiao Mingjin suddenly felt that the world was vast.

After telling the three people to pay attention to snakes and other things, she turned around and went to chop bamboo with a hatchet.

Some dead branches are on the trees, and it is not easy to climb up and cut them. You can only reach them with a machete tied to a bamboo pole or a wooden stick.

The wooden stick was too heavy. Fortunately, there are a few clumps of bamboo growing well in this mountain. The villagers in Xiahe and Shanghe villages often come to cut them when they need it.

Qiao Mingjin quickly chopped a long bamboo pole and tied the machete to the front end of the bamboo pole.

After finishing it, I found three people and gave them some instructions.

Because there was only one bamboo rake in the house, Ming Qi raked the fur. Ming Heng took Xiao Wan'er to pick up the dead branches on the ground and the firewood branches that Qiao Mingjin hooked from the trees, and then gathered them into a pile.

After the division of labor was completed, several people acted independently.

There are a lot of dead branches in this mountain, so the firewood needs to be bigger and thicker to be able to withstand burning and sell for more copper.Qiao Mingjin specifically looked for thicker dead branches on the tree or the whole tree was dead, and cut it with a knife.

Qiao Mingjin, the dead branch on the tree, held up the bamboo pole, stretched the machete tied to the bamboo pole towards the fork, and pulled hard...

The dead branch fell quickly due to the cutting force of the knife and the pulling force of Qiao Mingjin.

Qiao Mingjin tied the hatchet around his waist, and when he encountered dead branches with many branches or longer than the car board, he used the hatchet to break them down and chop them short.This way it can be placed on the car board, and Ming Heng can clean it up.

Although Mingheng often does housework at home, but after all, he is only nine years old...

After a busy afternoon, a large pile of dead branches and piles of pine hairs quickly piled up on the ground.

These are probably more than one car.Pick up some more in the afternoon, I believe it can be sold two or three times.

Qiao Mingjin was very happy.

Because it was already noon, he stopped.

There was a hill in this mountain, and the four siblings went there to wash their faces and hands.She pulled her daughter in front of her, scooped up water and slapped Xiao Wan'er's face, seeing her daughter's face flushed with joy.

Then he poked his daughter's face with a smile, and said, "Is Wan'er tired? Don't sweat all over from running, as soon as the cool wind blows in the mountains, you have to eat black and bitter medicine."

As soon as Xiao Wan'er heard this, she quickly covered her mouth with her two small hands, blinked at Qiao Mingjin with her big eyes, and shook her head.

Qiao Mingjin laughed.Said: "Then Wan'er walks slowly, but don't run so fast, or you will have to drink medicine."

See her daughter nodding straight at her.Just let her go.

After taking the food from the bag, the sisters found a piece of clean grass and sat down.

Without using chopsticks, I poured the pickles in the bamboo tube on the pancakes, rolled them into long rolls and shared one for each person.

Ming Heng and Ming Qi have never eaten this way of eating, it is very novel.After taking a bite, the noodles are fragrant with the taste of pickles, which is much better than eating dry.Ming Heng ate a few at once.

Wan'er also ate two, her small mouth was bulging, her big eyes were rolling around on several people, she was very cute.

The water in the bamboo joints was also divided and drank.The four siblings sat down to rest after eating.

"Mom, pick up the eggs."

Qiao Mingjin rubbed her head with a smile, and said, "How can there be so many eggs to pick?"

Ming Qi and Ming Heng were also very interested, and they didn't want to rest, so they stood up and wanted to find wild eggs.

"Sister, didn't you find five yesterday? There must be more of such a big mountain."

Qiao Mingjin said with a smile: "This is the front mountain. People in the village often go up the mountain to collect firewood, and if they have it, they have already been picked up by others. It will only be found in the back mountain."

"Then sister, let's go inside? Maybe we can even hunt a pheasant." Ming Qi's face was full of light.

"We don't have anything. It's not easy to catch even if we get it. It's not good if we come across other wild animals. I'll make something next time, and we'll catch pheasants. I heard that there are wild rabbits in the mountains. There are also many."

"Really? Sister, what do you use to catch?" Ming Qi and Ming Heng were very excited.It's all because the chicken was so delicious last night.

"Let's talk about it after we sell the firewood this time and have money. Now we can't even eat rice for a few days. We still want to eat meat."

The two little things rubbed their noses and sat back on the ground.

"Mother, chicken, chicken!" Xiao Wan'er shouted excitedly.

Ming Qi and Ming Heng also stood up, grabbed a stick and rushed forward.

Where are the pheasants in the mountains so easy to catch?They are vigilant and fly high, so they are not so easy to catch.

Sure enough, after a while, the three of them came back dejectedly.

Qiao Mingjin couldn't help laughing at it.

Said: "Go and collect firewood. We'll go back after collecting enough for two big carts. I still have the chicken from last night. Tomorrow morning, my sister will take you to Songshan County and sell the firewood for you to buy delicious food."

"Oh, good. Then I'll rake some more and sell them for more money." Ming Qi grabbed the bamboo rake and ran away...

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Dear friends, happy Mid-Autumn Festival.