Farmer's happy event

Chapter 40

The wind was blowing, rolling the gray-brown dead leaves on the ground with a rattling sound.The tree has long been depressed, only a few dry leaves are left, and the branches are still struggling for the last time.

Lianzi opened the curtain and walked out of the main room, put her cold little hands to her mouth, breathed, and rubbed each other again.The wind lifted the corners of her emerald green clothes, revealing the gray-white old home jacket underneath.

She looked up at the sky, it was a bit gloomy, and it was probably going to snow soon.This winter's first snow is very interesting, and it can almost herald the output of the field next year.

Of the two mu of land in Lianzi's family, one mu is planted with winter wheat, and the other mu is abandoned. They plan to plant spring peanuts next year, so that in the fall of the following year, after the peanuts are harvested, they can be planted with winter wheat, just in time to change crops.If the snow falls well, next year's wheat harvest will be abundant, so they won't have to buy flour all the time.

It was too cold outside, and the wind blew dust all over her body.Lianzi frowned, then turned to enter the house again.

At this time, it is most comfortable to stay on the kang.

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks, and heard a faint yelling: "Peanuts are harvested——"

Lianzi listened carefully, and the voice became clearer and clearer from far to near. After making sure that she heard it right, she hurried into the room and said, "Father, mother, the peanut harvester is here."

"Did you hear that?" Yang asked as she rubbed the needle in her forehead hair.

Lianzi nodded, and slightly opened the straw curtain on the door.

"Go out and have a look," Yang said to Liu Jingren, who was squatting by the door picking up farm tools, "see how the prices are."

Liu Jingren agreed, put down his work and walked out of the house.

Lianzi leaned on the kang again, waiting for Liu Jingren to come back.Although her family is not in a hurry to spend money, the peanut collector only comes twice a year, once a year ago and once a year, so everyone naturally attaches great importance to it.In this Liujiazhuang, peanuts are not the staple food, and the peanuts grown have no use except to keep some for their own consumption or to sell.

After waiting for a while, Liu Jingren came back covered in cold air.

He entered the room, rubbed his hands around his mouth, and said to Mrs. Yang on the kang, "Ten Wen."

"Ten cents a catty?" Yang was a little surprised, then suddenly said, "It's really a bit expensive, I don't know if it will go up again in the next year."

Because of last year's famine, the winter wheat was attacked, and the yield was severely reduced. Naturally, the growth of autumn peanuts also became poor.The reduction in production is certain, so the price will be higher.

But Lianzi didn't think about this. Compared with previous years, the price was indeed a bit higher, but in Lianzi's eyes, it was still very low, about the same as the price of shelled peanuts in shopkeeper Zhang's shop.If that's the case, it's better to sell it to shopkeeper Zhang.

Let's wait and see, don't rush to sell.

"Ms. Yang thought for a while, and then asked Liu Jingren: "Are there many people? "

Liu Jingren gave a "hmm" and said, "When I went out to see, there were already about ten people."

All the peanut collectors parked their cars on the road in the middle of the village, and in a short while more than a dozen people passed by. It seems that today's harvest must be not small.

It hasn't been until the Chinese New Year yet, and there are so many eager sellers of peanuts.But this is also understandable, the famine almost wiped out the entire family of the villagers, and all their hopes were placed on the peanuts.The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there are more times when money is needed inside and out, and many people probably can't wait for it.

"Shall we sell it?" Yang asked Liu Jingren, "Sell it, I'm a bit reluctant, don't sell it, it's not sure whether it will increase after the next year."

Liu Jingren continued with the work just now, using a hammer to clink the plowshares.

"Let's see, if everyone else sells it, let's sell it too." He said slowly.

Yang Shi nodded, and suddenly felt his sleeves being pulled.

"What's the matter?" She looked at Lianzi.

"Mother, don't sell it for now, it's strange." Lianzi blinked her big eyes.

Yang freed a hand, pinched her face, smiled and said, "You still don't want to?" Then he said, "No wonder you don't want to, you can't wait to go and see it several times a day."

Lianzi smiled sheepishly, because she was afraid that the peanuts would be affected by the drought in the previous year, and there would be pests.But she didn't say that, she just said: "Let's not sell it now, our family is not short of money now."

Thanks to the hard work of almost a year, Lianzi's family has already got rid of the poor and poor situation when they first separated. Not only has the family been tidied up, but they have also lived a warm life.Although Tiantian doesn't have everything he wants to eat, it's far better than the days when he was hungry every day before the separation.

"You little man, why do you know everything?" Yang really couldn't help her.

Even the biggest millet doesn't know how much money her family has now, all she knows is that she can eat enough and dress warmly.But Lianzi knows that the accumulation of this year has been spent, and although the rest is not much, there are still five or six taels of silver, which is enough for her family to live for half a year, so her family is not in short supply now. money.

"Father, why don't we keep it for now?" Yang asked Liu Jingren tentatively.Although Liu Jingren has always been quiet and doesn't have Yang's hot temper, but at home, Yang will still listen to him when making such important decisions.

After Liu Jingren repaired the plowshare, he nodded and said, "That's fine, maybe it can go up again."

Lianzi calmed down and began to think about how to deal with these peanuts in order to make more money.

The sky soon became overcast, and in the evening, it really started to snow flutteringly.

Lianzi ran out of the main room excitedly, seeing the dense snowflakes covered the ground in a short time, and there was still no sign of stopping before going to bed at night.

There was silence in the dark night, only the soft breathing of the three young ladies in the room, and the rustling of snowflakes falling outside, Lianzi felt very at ease in her heart.

It's New Year's Eve again, counting the days, she has been in this strange world for a whole year.At this time last year, hunger made her dizzy, and the quarrels at home made her feel the hardships of life from time to time.

Unexpectedly, in just one year's work, not only could she have enough to eat and wear new clothes, but even the quilt covering her body had changed from the straw heart to the cotton heart.

So she secretly said in her heart: "As long as you are willing to work hard, your life will be better and better."

After the new year, she will be eight years old, whether she is old or young.If you want to do something, you should be able to let go of your hands and feet.

Thinking of this, Lianzi seemed to see a sweet future beckoning to her, and fell asleep sweetly after a while.

When she woke up the next day, Lianzi got up from the bed, and before she had any clothes on, she pushed aside the straw blocking the window, and looked out through the cracks in the wood.

Gu Zi had already sat up and was about to put on her clothes when she suddenly saw Lian Zi pulling open the window, and the slightest cold wind came in instantly, which made her tremble, and hurriedly pulled the quilt over Lian Zi, saying, "It's so cold. Yes, put on your clothes and get up and look again."

Lianzi was already grinning from ear to ear, it's really great that the snow is falling.

The snow had already stopped, and it was two fingers deep on the ground.Spread on the roof, it looks extraordinarily beautiful against the red glow in the morning.

Lianzi couldn't stay any longer, put on her clothes, put on her shoes, and ran out of the house, only to hear Guzi shouting from behind: "The ground is slippery, be careful."

Yang Shi was used to getting up early, so she was already busy in the kitchen at this time. Seeing the lotus seeds rising, she scooped warm water in the wooden basin and called her to come over and wash her face.

"Mother, look, what a beautiful snow." Lianzi pointed at the snow in the yard and smiled.

Yang also laughed: "Yes, what a beautiful snow." Looking at the snow, one knows that next year's harvest will definitely not be bad, how can one not be happy.

Lianzi finished washing her face, and breakfast was not ready yet, Guzi and Douzi had already woken up and were cleaning up the dishes, only Lizi was still lying on the bed.

Holding a handful of snow, Lianzi rolled it into a ball and stuck it on Lizi's hot face.

Li Zi shivered, and hurriedly opened his eyes to see what was going on, and saw Lian Zi stepped back immediately, holding a snow dumpling in his hand.

"I hate it, I really hate it." Li Zi yelled at her, just as she closed her eyes, she suddenly opened them again to look at her, and asked, "Is there a lot of snow?"

"You'll know if you see for yourself." Lianzi didn't answer her, but turned around and left the house.

Lizi snorted, and wanted to sleep for a while, but couldn't bear to go out to play in the snow, so she got up.

After dinner, Yang wanted to sweep the snow, but Lianzi and Lizi held her and refused to let her sweep, so they had to let them play enough before sweeping.

At noon, Lianzi was leaning on the kang in the main room to read a book, when she suddenly heard Mrs. Yang talking to a half-grown child.

Lianzi put down the book in her hand and listened attentively. It should be Lu Kun, but Su Keyan must have asked him to deliver a message or give something.

Ever since Su Kewen came, Su Keyan seems to be paying more attention to his studies.On the one hand, Su Kewen was not very interested in his studies, so Su Muan asked Su Keyan to take him well; on the other hand, he was nine years old after the new year, and Su Muan planned to let him take the children's exam in the next year.

Sure enough, after a while, I saw Mrs. Yang entering the room with a food box while saying polite words.

"Lianzi, look, Ke Yan is here to bring you something again, don't bother people all the time." As Yang said, she took out the food box and put it into her own basket.

Lianzi smiled and said, "Brother can be kind." Then she said to Lu Kun, "Thank you, young master, for me."

"Hey," Lu Kun agreed, "My young master asked the girl to tell the girl that he would come to find the girl in a few days."

Although Su Keyan and Su Kewen are not with their parents, they are completely taken care of by their trusted maids and servants, but here, they are not restricted, as long as they are not too much, they are fine.

(End of this chapter)