Xianggong farming

Chapter 77
In a blink of an eye, it has been half a month since Ji Xinmiao married into Qi's family. After breakfast that day, Father Qi made arrangements: "The rice has also grown, and it has been turned over for the first time. From now on, the matter of drying the millet will let the old man The second daughter-in-law helped, and the third daughter-in-law went to the field to help. After the field was dug out, the whole mat had to be taken out. If the rapeseed couldn’t get out of the field in time, and couldn’t be hoeed a second time when the frost hit, then next year’s harvest would be difficult. gone."

Qi Erlang also felt sorry for his daughter-in-law. For a while, she was busy in the fields like the man, returning early and returning late. He had already noticed that his wife had become thinner.He knows that his mother doesn't like Qi Hong's, and she has two daughters, so he doesn't like her. .Now that his father said that he wanted to change his daughter-in-law back to do the housework, he happily replied: "Then let her dry the millet and help my little sister more. It's not easy for a girl to beat a big basket of pigweed every day." .”

Qi Erqin quickly said: "Second brother, the second sister-in-law is also very tired these days, let her rest after she has done her own work. These days I am not alone looking for pigweed, I do it with my sister-in-law every day. After finishing the family business, the two of us went to find pigweed. In addition, the potatoes in the field are also old, so there is no need for so many people to help."

Everyone was politely declining, but Qi Liushi stood up with a "swoosh" and said, "Why do I have to go to work in the field? Cheng'er is still young, what will he do if I go to the field?"

Qi Sanlang was annoyed: "Why do you have to go to work in the field? The second sister-in-law went to the field to help harvest rice for so many days, so why is she? Mother has been helping in the field at such an old age, Why can't you go! Don't let your son be lazy all day long. Cheng'er is more than three years old. Which family has a child who is so old and has to be carried all day long? You go to work in the field Just take him to the field to play, there are many children in the field!"

Seeing that her man didn't help her, instead of talking about her, Qi Liushi cried out with a "wow": "Mother, look at Saburo, why did he say that about me? When did I take advantage of Cheng'er to be lazy? Son He is so small, he really wants to play in the field, what if he eats mud and gets it in his mouth? What if he is bitten by insects? He is the only grandson of the Qi family, am I not thinking of Qi? Besides Second sister-in-law and I are not the only two daughter-in-laws in this family, second sister-in-law is tired from work, do I have to go?"

Seeing Qi Liu's taking the opportunity to pull her out, Ji Xinmiao laughed for a while.So he stood up and smiled and said, "Father, the third sibling is also right. The three daughters-in-laws of the Qi family can't let the eldest relax at home and let the younger one do the hard work, right? I think mother is also tired these days, and at her age I'm not young either. I bow my body and work in the fields like you men every day. After a few years when I get older, my waist will suffer. I think it's better for me to change my mother back, and I'll go to the fields to help you Bar."

Father Qi thought for a while before asking: "Daughter-in-law, what do you know about the work here?"

Ji Xinmiao blushed: "Daddy, although I can't do it now, I can always learn it. No one is born to be able to work, but there is no one who can't learn to work. It's not whether they can do it or not. The question is whether you are willing to work or not, right? Maybe I will work slower today, and maybe tomorrow will be much better."

Looking at the silent Qi Lishi, and the crying little daughter-in-law, Qi Daddy sighed: "Well, the old woman is busy with the second daughter-in-law and Erqin at home, Ji and Liu Shi will go to the field with us and bring Cheng'er with him."

Remembering that Ling'er was only three years old, Ji Xinmiao proposed again: "Let Huzi take Ling'er to the field later, there will be many riverflies (earthworms) when digging the ground, let their brothers and sisters take a Pick up the small bucket and feed it to the chicken."

Father Qi nodded approvingly: "Okay, that's it. Go and change your clothes, and get ready to go out."

Seeing everyone getting up to go out and prepare to go to the field, Qi Liu said bitterly: "Shameless horse flattery, you know how to flatter. If you are willing to work, you can go to work. How can you be a good person? Well, Don't think that mother-in-law will treat you well like this, just wait and see! No matter how flattering you are, mother-in-law will not like you! Hmph..."

Qi's family has eight acres of fertile land. Because they planted rice for one season, they began to plow the land to plant rapeseed after the autumn harvest.It is not easy to grow rapeseed. There is no chemical fertilizer in this era, so to increase the yield of crops, it is necessary to use a large amount of plant ash.So those rice farms have also become raw materials for burning grass and wood ash.

When Ji Xinmiao carried the shovel and took Huzi and Ling'er to the field, Father Qi had already started plowing the ground.Plowing the field with oxen is an old-fashioned way, and the field plowed by inexperienced people will not be straight.Of course, none of the three eldest sons of the Qi family is an expert, but for this first stop, Father Qi feels that it is more at ease to go into battle by himself.

Ji Xinmiao kept picking up the rice paddies in the field, and then threw them on the side of the field, while Huzi and Ling'er followed her to pick up river scorpions.Suddenly, an angry voice came over: "Sister-in-law, just say so if you don't want to work, do you need to hit people with mud? Look, my shoes are covered in mud!"

Seeing Qi Liu's vicious look, Huzi couldn't bear it anymore: "Third aunt, the godmother didn't throw mud on your shoes on purpose. Grandpa said that the rice farmer will pick it up and burn it with ash, and knock the mud clean Throw some on the ridge of the field to dry."

"Well, you bastard that no one wants, I just ate two candies for you, and I knew I was flattering? I told her to throw it on the ridge of the field, not my feet. Why are you helping me here? Seeing Huzi helping Ji Xinmiao, Qi Liu began to curse.

Is this person out of his mind?Or have you been uneducated since childhood?Anyway, she is the sister-in-law in honor, right?Why are you so disrespectful?Especially when Ji Xinmiao heard Qi Liushi swearing at Huzi wild species, she squinted at Qi Liushi and said coldly: "Third brothers and sisters should be more polite, brother Huzi is Da Lang's comrade-in-arms Your child, his father was sacrificed for my dynasty, not the bastard you said. If this word spreads, be careful to be accused of being immoral in my Qi family. Besides, mud splashing on your feet is not a problem. It's not a big deal, you still think you are a daughter if you wear straw sandals?"

"What are you proud of being a servant in a rich family's house? Although I am not a rich lady, I have never been a servant for you anyway. What's wrong with the straw sandals on my feet? Do straw sandals have to let you throw mud? snort!"

She didn't cross time with Xiaobaicai, she was bullied by this immoral Qi Liushi, Ji Xinmiao sneered just as she was about to speak, when the supporter came over.

(End of this chapter)