Farmer's happy event

Chapter 17 Back to Mother's Home

Perhaps it was because of getting up early and driving for half a day, Liu Jingren was so hungry that he asked Yang Shi to go to the kitchen to make a simple stutter.

Yang Shi was also flustered with hunger, thinking that anyway, now there is food and money, so she talked to Chen Shi and went to the kitchen to prepare food.

Shen knew in her heart that they were exhausted, and they got back so much money, so they didn't hinder them much.It's just that Li Shi who happened to come back from a visit came across him, and he couldn't help but sneer and sneer. Finally, Shen Shi yelled at him, and then rolled his eyes and went back to his room.

Early the next morning, Liu Jingren drove the car borrowed from Zhou Tongli's house, which was loaded with [-] small baskets, small boxes, small baskets, etc., and once again took Yang Shi and Lianzi to the town in the dark.

Seeing them coming, shopkeeper Zhang stepped forward to greet them with a smile, and said, "The supply is really in short supply. Many people come here to make reservations, and some even want to pay more, haha."

"It's also mainly because Zhang Zhang's strategy is good." Lianzi laughed.

Shopkeeper Zhang smiled brighter now, this girl can even say good things to make people happy.He couldn't help praising for a moment: "You little girl, people like you for being smart, be my daughter-in-law."

"Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm still young." Lianzi was a little embarrassed.

Yang Shi and Liu Jingren also laughed: "She's only a little older!"

"My kid is about the same age as this girl." Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Lianzi and smiled.

Not much gossip, after unloading the goods, Lianzi saw that the packed roasted seeds and nuts were sold out again, and made an appointment with shopkeeper Zhang to deliver the goods after the fifth day of the lunar new year, and then took the money before leaving.

It was sold at a [-]% discount yesterday, and the original price was restored today, so Lianzi got more than five taels of silver today, and the money for the remaining two days depends on how much it actually sells, so I made an appointment to pick it up when I came to deliver the goods on the sixth day .

After leaving Zhang Ji's shop, Liu Jingren took Mrs. Yang and Lianzi for a walk on the street, went to the vegetable market and bought two dishes of pork and two big red fish, a noodle pot cake, and two catties of wine. Get in the car and go home.

"Hey, you bought fish and meat. When did your family become so rich? I didn't see it being used for emergencies a few days ago." Li Shi happened to see Yang Shi and Liu Jingren unloading the car, looking at the meat and fish. , pot cakes and wine, I know they are going to be given as gifts.

I have almost starved to death this year, and I have just been able to guarantee non-stop meals. How can I have spare money to buy fish and meat to give gifts?Thinking of this, my heart is sour.

Everyone is touching the spoon in the same pot, and their lives are the same. Where did they get the money?

Mrs. Li thought for a moment, could it be that she has cheated on her uncle's money?
Thinking so, Li Shi also said so.

Yang was too lazy to talk to her, and had nothing to explain to her.As for Liu Jingren, he is even more of a mouthless gourd.

After moving all the things back to his house, Liu Jingren went to send Liu Jinglin the money from today's sale.Mrs. Yang went to the main room and said to Mrs. Shen: "Mother, I saved some money from selling lotus seeds last time. I bought some fish and meat today. I plan to visit my mother's house tomorrow. It's the end of the year, so I have to go back." gone."

Last time, Yang's money for lotus seed sales of medicinal materials was still only a little to Shen's, or how could she have money to buy gifts now?It is impossible to get some money out of Shen's hands.

Shen groaned, and suddenly said: "Just buy a big pot of cakes, why buy meat and fish? It's not like your mother doesn't know that our life is hard, and it's a waste of money!"

Yang said she was speechless, but her mother-in-law was like this, and she had already seen it.

"I haven't paid back the food I borrowed from my mother's house last time, why don't I pay it back together tomorrow." Yang said again, deliberately turning this matter up to remind Shen, so that she won't forget, it was her a few days ago. Saved her precious son's life.

Shen was not happy: "Why pay it back? There is no need! There is no need to pay back the things my mother gave to my daughter!" She has always been like this, she can not return the things borrowed by others, but if others do not return the things borrowed by her, she will not return them. It is enough to chase others until the end.

Mrs. Yang didn't say any more, turned around and walked out. When she was going out, she happened to see Liu Jinglin fumbling across the threshold to enter the main room, so she stretched out her hand to support him.

The next day was New Year's Eve, Guzi helped Yang's younger sisters to freshen up.It's called dressing up, but it's just putting on a piece of clean clothes and pinning the velvet flowers that Mrs. Yang bought that day on her hair.

After they were all ready, they got into the ox cart and walked to Yang's family.

Yang's natal family, Yangjiabu, is just in the middle of Liujiazhuang and the town, not very far away, and it only took more than an hour to get there.

This is the first time that Lianzi came to a village other than her own, and saw that both the houses and the clothes of the people here are better than Liujiazhuang, perhaps because it is close to the town and the transportation is convenient.

After Yang's father died, Yang's two elder brothers were arguing to separate the family. Yang's mother, Zheng, couldn't hold them back and simply let them mess around.Later, seeing that the life of the two sons is getting better and better, they no longer worry about it.Later, he simply sold his house and moved to his son's house. The whole family lived for a year, and this year it happened to be the turn of the eldest son Yang Liqin's house.

When the daughter returned to her natal home, she naturally wanted to run to her parents, so the ox cart stopped at the door of elder brother Yang Liqin's house.

"Mother", Mrs. Yang called Mrs. Zheng before she got out of the car.

Hearing the shout, Mrs. Zheng walked out of the main room tremblingly on crutches, calling out to Mrs. Zhang, the eldest daughter-in-law who was cooking pig food in the kitchen.

"Mother", Liu Jingren called out honestly.

Lianzi's sisters also started calling grandma.

"Sister and brother-in-law are here. I thought you wouldn't come this year." Mrs. Zhang came out to welcome her, wiping her red hands from the cold on her apron.

Yang Shi and Liu Jingren called sister-in-law, and said with a smile: "Why don't you come? If you don't come, you will feel empty and uncomfortable."

Mrs. Zhang chuckled, seeing that the four Guzi sisters had come, she asked with a smile, "This time they are all here."

Gu Zi and his sisters hurriedly shouted "Hello, big sister".

In the past, the four sisters were always absent due to various relationships, but this year they finally came together.

Mrs. Zhang agreed one by one with a smile, and then helped Mrs. Yang and Liu Jingren move things home.

"Life is miserable, right? What are you doing with these things? There are many children in the family, so it's proper not to let them go hungry." Seeing that Yang brought so many things, Mrs. Zheng reprimanded her.This year's famine is hard for anyone's family, and her family's situation should be even worse.

Speaking of the child, the old lady suddenly remembered and looked back: "Lianzi, where are the lotus seeds?"

"I'm here, grandma." Hearing her call, Lianzi walked up to her.

Mrs. Zheng bent down and held Lianzi's head to examine it carefully: "It is said that it was a kowtow, let me see where the kowtow is, is it all right?"

"Here, grandma," said Lianzi, turning her head back, "but everything is fine."

Mrs. Zheng caressed the small scar left behind distressedly, and said in her mouth: "But it made me anxious to death. I heard what someone in your village said. I want to go and see it. My legs and feet are not convenient, but it's really true. I'm so anxious." As for who she heard it from, she can't remember for a long time.

"Isn't it something? It almost scared me to death." Yang still has lingering fears when she thinks about it. "Fortunately, it's all over, it's fine, and we don't have to worry about it."

Mrs. Zheng agreed, took Lianzi and sisters into the main room, and asked Zhang's son Dongdong to call his father back. By the way, he went to the house of his second uncle Yang Liqun, and told them that his uncle and aunt were here, and told them to come here quickly.

After sitting in the main room for a while, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Zhang went into the kitchen to prepare meals.

After waiting for a while, Yang's eldest brother and second brother came back together, as well as the second sister-in-law Cao, and the family inevitably exchanged pleasantries.The two elder brothers were talking with Liu Jingren in the main room, while the two sister-in-laws and Mrs. Yang were cooking in the kitchen.

Guzi and Douzi sat in the main room and drank a cup of hot tea, then went to the stove to help cook.Lizi is restless, and soon got together with her two cousins.Lianzi doesn't like to be lively by nature, she just stays beside Liu Jingren and listens to what they have to say.

Listening to their conversation, Lianzi knew that the two uncles had bought a few more acres of land in the past few years. If it was normal, the land would produce enough for their food and more than enough.It's just that this year coincided with a once-in-a-century famine, and the fields had very little harvest, and their life this year was also very difficult.

Lianzi lost interest after listening for a while, and went to the kitchen to see if there was anything she could do to help.

Although there are quite a lot of meals to be prepared, there are also many people who cook, so it will be ready soon.

For the pork Yang brought, he cut up one piece of cabbage, stewed a fish, and prepared two small dishes of pickled radish sticks.This is a good meal for those who haven't seen meat for a long time.

After the family chatted and laughed happily, and had a happy meal, Mrs. Yang and her two sister-in-laws cleaned up the dishes and then sat down to rest.

After talking about the famine for a while, and the newly appointed magistrate from Liujiazhuang, it was getting late.

Yang looked at the sky, got up and said that it was time to go back, otherwise he couldn't go back before dark.

The natal family didn't stay any longer, and returned half of the things Yang brought back, and asked her to take them back, and then watched them get into the car and sent them to the village.

"Oh, there's meat to eat again." Chestnut couldn't help shouting excitedly.

Lianzi took a look at her and felt that the children in the ancient countryside were really pitiful, they could only eat meat once a year.

"When you have meat to eat every day, every once in a while, you won't want to eat it." Lianzi said, looking into the distance.

Li Zi didn't believe it: "It's as if you have meat to eat."

One sentence made the whole family laugh, but Lianzi couldn't laugh no matter what.

That world is drifting away, and there is no going back.

She looked at the sunset in the sky, the orange light cast a warm color on the winter wheat in the field.Although she can't go back, she is still her, her inner self has not changed, and her stubborn nature has not changed. She believes that even in this strange time and space, she will be able to live better and better.

(End of this chapter)