Nongwomen's Spring

Chapter 217
Almost half of the more than 50 mu of cornfields were picked in half a morning. Everyone's faces were sweating, and they looked at the corn cobs as high as hills in the open field, with sincere smiles on their faces.

This is the fruit of their labor and the first batch of grain they harvested here. I heard that the county magistrate here is a good official, and I feel that these people who live here from outside will not have to pay taxes on grain this year.

After picking for a long time, Zhang Qian and the others stopped joining in the fun and headed back to Liujia Village with a basket of corn given by Zhang Liu's family.

Lie Bao was carrying the basket of corn. Along the way, she looked into the basket from time to time. When she was almost at the gate of the village, Lie Bao asked Zhang Qian curiously, "Young daughter-in-law, how do you eat this corn?" of? Why have I never seen such a thing before!"

Zhang Qian replied with a smile, "There are many ways to eat this corn. You can cook it whole, break off its particles and cook it as a vegetable, or grind it into powder to make buns, steamed buns, etc. food."

"It turns out that there are so many ways to eat it. Why haven't I eaten it before?" After hearing Zhang Qian's words, Lie Bao became more curious about this corn.

This morning she also joined the ranks of the villagers breaking corn. Although she only broke a few of them because of her weak strength, she was still very happy because this was the first time she went to the field to do things in these years. .

"Mother-in-law, if you want to eat it, when you get home later, I'll ask someone to cook some for you to taste. I promise you will like it. This corn is only available in Li County now, and it's not available in other places. .” Zhang Qian said to Lie Bao with a smile.

Although Bao Jinliu bought a lot of corn seeds from her, it would probably take a year or two for the tens of catties of seeds to be planted in the counties of the Dasheng Dynasty.

Liu Jun walked in front, although he didn't turn his head to look at the two women behind him, but his two ears were always pricked up to listen to their conversation behind him.

Not long after, the three of them passed under a big locust tree in Liujia Village. Usually, many women from the village would gather here to gossip about what happened in the village. Usually, the gossip in the village comes from this place The place was spread out, so Zhang Qian called this place the place of gossip.

What a coincidence today, when they passed by here, they happened to run into these gossip women in the village chatting there.

"Do you see in front of you, who is the woman that Liu Jun and his wife are carrying? Why is she so fair and clean, just like a little girl!"

"Your eyes are dazzled, this is not a little girl, she looks like an old girl at first glance, is she a servant bought by Liu Jun's family?"

"No, I have seen all the servants bought by Liu Jun's family, they are not like this woman, and have you seen, this woman looks like a rich wife at first glance, beautiful and weak."

When Zhang Qian and the others approached this place of gossip, they just heard these words in their ears. Mrs. Lie Bao is the wife of a rich family. Where did she see that these women in the village are capable of chatting about people and affairs, so Lie Bao immediately asked them to say His face was flushed, and he lowered his head and held Zhang Qian's arm tightly.

Zhang Qian felt Lie Bao's fear of these people, so she lowered her head and comforted them, "Grandmother, don't be afraid of them, their mouths are like this, but their hearts are not bad, just listen to it as a joke, don't take it Take it to heart."

Lie Bao nodded, and the hand holding Zhang Qian's arm was no longer as tight as before.

"Boy Liu Jun, girl Xiaoqian, who is the lady next to you? Why haven't we seen it before?" A woman under the locust tree was pushed out by everyone, and she stood on the side of the road with a smile and greeted Zhang Qian and Liu. Chun inquires about Lie Bao's identity.

Liu Jun seemed a little uninterested in dealing with this kind of women's affairs, so he didn't answer anything, and left the question to Zhang Qian behind.

Zhang Qian smiled and replied, "Third Aunt, this is my husband's mother. She came to see my husband yesterday."

Anyway, it was not a secret in the village that Liu Jun was not born to the old Liu family. The Lie Bao family came to see Liu Jun's affairs, so there was no need to hide it, just say it openly.

"What? It's Kid Liu Jun's mother-in-law. The mother-in-law has come to the door, and some people have raised a son for nothing." Zhang Qian asked the third aunt just now to make a regretful expression after hearing Zhang Qian's words. His eyes looked at a corner under the big locust tree.

At first Zhang Qian didn't know what he was looking at, but after a while, when a person came out from under the locust tree, she realized that there was actually a person hidden here that both she and Liu Jun hated to see.

"She is Liu Jun's mother, so who am I, you dead whore, I know that you must wish that Liu Jun and my old Liu family will never get in touch with each other, and tell people everywhere that this dead woman is Liu Jun's mother " Liu He ran out from under the locust tree in a dirty body, pointed at Zhang Qian and cursed.

At first, Zhang Qian didn't see who the person scolding her was. After she listened carefully, she realized that this person was not Liu He.

It's just how long it's been since Liu He, who was so majestic before, has turned into this embarrassing appearance today. At this moment, Zhang Qian remembered what Dazhu's daughter-in-law mentioned in front of her two days ago.

After Lao Liu's family separated, Old Liu lived alone, and occasionally Liu Dalang would bring some food to visit.

As for Liu Caihua, he left Liujia Village with the money from the branch of the old Liu family. It is said that he went to the town to study, but considering what Liu Caihua did back then, he must have had a difficult journey to study.

On Liu Erlang's side, the Liu He family has no one to follow, so they can only follow the second son's family.

At first, Mrs. Liu He thought that she could yell at Mrs. Liu Huang as she did before the separation. After moving in and living together, Mrs. Liu He realized that she was wrong. It is no longer her who is in charge again, but the second daughter-in-law.

After that, Mrs. Liu Huang seemed to want to get back from Mrs. Liu He all the hardships she had suffered in marrying into the old Liu's family in the past few years, and handed over the housework to Mrs. Liu every day. If Shi did not do well, he would eat less that day.

After a period of time, Liu He began to look like a human being and a ghost, which was why Zhang Qian didn't recognize her at first.

"Liu He, you are confused. My husband has nothing to do with your old Liu family now, and you are wrong about whether to raise him or not. You have raised my husband for a few years. But my husband has raised your family for 12 years, if you count it, your old Liu family still owes my husband." Zhang Qian stared at Liu He with a smile and said.

Liu He's old face was flushed by everyone's laughter. She had had enough of her life at the second son's house. She had endless work every day and was beaten and scolded unreasonably by the second daughter-in-law. Thinking about it, she felt that Why is her life so hard?

(End of this chapter)