Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 8 She Wants to Buy Land
Because it was noon, the villagers were all ready to eat, and Ningxiang and the others didn't meet any villagers on the way home.

Soon arrived in front of Xu's house.

Ningxiang's uncle, Xu Shouliang, is the eldest son of Xu. When they got married, they built a new house next to the old house. When Ningxiang's father also reached the age of marrying a wife, he overturned the old house, so the two brothers lived next door.In order to make it easier to move around, the two houses built walls on the left and right, and there is no building in the middle of the yard. If you have something to do, you can just go through the yard directly, and you don't need to go around the gate.

Now Ningxiang is working as a maid in Hou's mansion, and Amu lives in her uncle's house, and the door of her own house is locked.No one moved around, so there was no need to bother to clean the snow at the door. There were four houses in a street, and only one door was covered with snow, which seemed out of place and a bit desolate.

Thinking of her deceased parents, Ning Xiang felt a little sad, and while walking towards her uncle's house, she patted her younger brother's head, secretly hoping that the little guy would grow up quickly, marry a wife and have children, and make her family lively again.

In the yard, Xu Shouliang was chopping firewood. When he saw the children came back, he looked at his niece who looked like a flower bone that hadn't been seen in a month. He immediately smiled, put down his ax and greeted his niece, "Xiang'er is back, why does she seem to have lost weight?"

"There are a lot of things to do in Zhengyue Mansion, maybe I'm tired." Ning Xiang said perfunctorily with a smile, not wanting to worry her family.

"My sister bought me chestnuts, and big sour pears!" To Amu, her sister's return was as happy as New Year's Eve. He held up the oiled paper bag in his hand to show his uncle, and wanted to show off the big sour pears. Gu Gu remembered that the sour pear was in his cousin's hands, so he signaled his uncle to look at his cousin.

They are not things that country people would eat easily, and Xu Shouliang would definitely not buy them himself, but the money belongs to his niece, and she loves her younger siblings, so Xu Shouliang doesn't care.

Mrs. Li, who was preparing to cook in the kitchen, was not happy when she heard this. She put down the kitchen knife and walked to the door to have a look. She saw two little girls holding a pear each, and the son was holding two pears. With more than a dozen pennies, Ningxiang couldn't help frowning, "If you buy chestnuts, you can buy chestnuts. Why do you still buy this thing? What's better than having that spare money and saving it for Amu to marry a wife?"

Xu Qiu'er knew that her mother was a person who wanted to spend a penny in half, so she quickly explained with a smile: "Mother, when my sister was waiting for the bus, I met Brother Lu from Donglin Town who was visiting relatives and came back. Brother gave it to us, and sister not only didn’t spend money on sour pears, but also saved four Wen in the car fare.”

"Just worry about it." Xu Shouliang immediately glared at his wife.

After being swept away by the father and daughter together, Li pursed his lips, turned around and continued cutting vegetables.

Xu Shouliang patted the dirt on his hands, and called his niece enthusiastically, "It's cold outside, hurry up and stay on the kang."

Ningxiang sighed, looked at the snow-covered yard next to her, and walked in behind Amu with Xu Qiuer.

Farm houses are all similar, with three rooms, and the kitchen room with north-south doors in the middle is for the owner to enter and exit the front and back yards, and the side door is opened inside the kitchen room to enter the east and west rooms.There are pots and stoves on both sides near the south gate, and the bottom is connected with the big kang in the east and west houses. When cooking on one side, the kang on the other side will gradually heat up.

"Eat glutinous rice cakes at noon!" Amu told her sister excitedly, pointing to the lid of Dongguo that was emitting aroma.

After the corn is ground into slag, it can be eaten as porridge. If the fine slag is ground finer, it can be used as dough. Fill it with cabbage or spinach, flatten it on the pot, put water in the bottom of the pot, and use It can be steamed into a delicious pastry in less than a quarter of an hour.Because it is troublesome to grind finely, it is usually eaten at home when entertaining guests or when there are any happy events.

In the Xu family, every time Ningxiang came back, it was a day for the family to improve their meals.

This kind of food is completely incomparable with the exquisite rice, chicken, duck and fish in the Hou Mansion, but Ning Xiang is more satisfied.

The cutting board was placed on top of the water tank, and Mrs. Li was standing there shredding radishes, round carrots, which were just taken out of the cellar today.There were so many people crowded in the kitchen, and she felt petty, so she pushed them away without raising her head, "Come into the room quickly, don't make trouble for me here."

Xu Qiuer smiled and pushed Ningxiang into the east room.

This is the house of Xu Shouliang and his wife, and it is also the place where guests are entertained when they come to the house.The two quilts were neatly stacked on the top of the kang, and the top of the kang was covered with thick mattresses. Although the red background and black border embroidered with rich and noble peonies had been used for three or four years, the mattress was still clean. The old wardrobe is also clean and tidy, so we know that Li Shi is a diligent daughter-in-law.

Seeing that the little villain Amu was about to put the oiled paper bag on the kang, Ning Xiang snatched the chestnuts in time, and scolded him, "Don't eat any more today, wash your hands first before going on the kang."

Amu looked at his little dirty hands that were sticky from peeling chestnuts, and then at his sister. Knowing that this matter could not be discussed any longer, he asked expectantly, "Then can I eat sour pears after I wash my hands?"

The younger brother is sensible, so Ning Xiang laughed, and coaxed softly: "Amu now eats pears and he won't be able to eat pasta for a while, keep the sour pears, and sister will make rock candy pears for you to eat in the evening."

"What is rock sugar pear?" Amu swallowed even though he didn't know what it was.

"I'll know at night, go wash your hands first." Ning Xiang patted her younger brother's head.

Amu immediately ran out.

When the curtain was raised, Li Shi and Xu Qiuer who were cutting vegetables outside asked almost in unison: "You don't need to go back today?"

Ningxiang smiled and nodded, watching Li Shi explain Su Yue's leave to her.

Mrs. Li was stunned for a moment, and then said after a while: "That Suyue person is pretty good...Qiu'er, go and show your sister... Forget it, it's just one night anyway, tonight Xiang'er and Amu sleep in the same bed Come on, squeeze to get warmer."

Amu was squatting in front of the north gate, washing his hands, and excitedly yelled that he wanted to sleep with his sister.

Ning Xiang originally planned this way, put away her burden, she came out and said: "I'll light a fire for my aunt."

As he said that, he was about to go to the West Pot, and the pot had already been cleaned.

The niece is diligent, but even Li's own daughter seldom asks her to do things, and it is even more impossible to ask the niece who just came home to help, so she immediately kicked her in, "I don't need you, go in and rest, just fry a shredded radish , I'm busy."

Xu Shouliang also persuaded his niece in the room, and Xu Qiuer even came out directly to pull people.

Ning Xiang had no choice but to stand up from the small bench in front of the stove before going in. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the gate turning... a boy, also five years old, also wearing a thick padded jacket, but half head smaller than Amu Gao Gaining two laps of weight is exactly the neighbor's kid Da Zhuang who urged Amu to go ice skating in Beihe in his previous life.

At this moment, the boy asked loudly as he walked in, "Is Amu at home?"

Ning Xiang did not answer.

She watched the boy getting closer and closer with complicated emotions.

hate it?When the incident happened, Da Zhuang was just a child. He was afraid of being scolded by adults, so he didn't dare to tell the adults. It was absolutely impossible to say that he did not want to save him or that he wanted to harm Amu.

But don't hate, my brother died because of him again.

Mrs. Li didn't care what her niece was thinking, she walked to the middle of the kitchen with a kitchen knife, and asked the boy who was about to come to her, "Is your family finished eating?"

Da Zhuang remembered his mother's instructions, and nodded against his will. Mother said, sister Amu came back today, and the family must have cooked a good meal. As long as he stays by the side, they will share the good meal with him.

Amu just finished washing his hands, and when he saw his best friend coming, he showed off to him happily, "Sister bought it for me..."

Before he could finish speaking, Mrs. Li gave her a hard gouged look.

Amu was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth.

The silly nephew was being honest, and Li finally threw Da Zhuang in a shameless manner, "Our family hasn't eaten yet, so you go back first, and I'll ask Amu to find you after he's finished eating."

Da Zhuang Niang is a well-known lazy woman in the village. She is lazy and likes to take advantage of others. Li Shi knows that carefully.

The aroma of corn and glutinous rice in the pot wafted out, Da Zhuang swallowed, firstly he was afraid of being scolded by his mother when he went back, secondly he was really greedy, although he was also quite afraid of Mrs. Li, he still took two steps forward, staring at Mrs. Amu, who was standing next to his sister, said, "I, I'll wait for Amu here." After speaking, he sat down on the small bench under the eaves, lowered his head, and pretended to pick shoes.

Li Shi was so angry that his liver hurt!

But she was able to yell at Da Zhuang's mother, but seeing Da Zhuang's thick-skinned but pitiful appearance, she couldn't swear again.

Amu quietly tugged at her sister's sleeve.

Ningxiang lowered her head, met her brother's big black and white eyes, and knew that he actually liked this playmate very much. After hesitating for a moment, she went to the house and took five fried chestnuts with sugar, and handed them to Da Zhuang. : "Da Zhuang is obedient, go home first, and come find Amu after dinner."

Da Zhuang immediately reached out to pick up the chestnuts, wanted to leave, but was still a little unwilling, so he looked at Dongguo and said, "What do you guys eat for lunch?"

"You don't have to worry about what you eat!" Li Shi yelled again when she saw that the brat was still trying to get ahead.

Da Zhuang was so frightened that he ran away.

Chasing away those who deliberately came over to grab a meal, Li opened his mouth to scold his niece, Xu Qiu'er quickly ran into the house with Ningxiang in her hand, and urged her mother, "Mother, hurry up and cook, I'm so hungry that my chest is on my back." !"

Mrs. Li snorted heavily, chopping vegetables bang bang bang, turning over the old account with the big strong lady while cutting.

While chattering, Ning Xiang felt very kind.

Before Baogu Bobo was about to come out of the pot, Ningxiang put in the steamed stuffed buns filled with cabbage and meat that Nanny Li had given her, and warmed them up for Amu to eat.

The Amu man can eat quite a bit, he ate a big steamed stuffed bun, and he also wanted to eat pastries.The pastry was so big that it almost covered the little guy's face. Li Shi was afraid that his nephew would not be able to eat it, so he wanted to cut a piece for him, but Amu was not happy, so he insisted on eating the whole thing.Mrs. Li was so angry that she picked up a pastry and put it in his bowl, "I won't hit you if you can't finish eating today!"

Amu grinned, and then ate all the cabbage stuffing in the whole pastry.

Compared with the white bread crust, the glutinous rice noodles will not be gluttonous immediately.

Li made a gesture to hit him, but Xu Shouliang stopped him with a smile, and put his nephew's leftovers into his bowl.

The whole family had a lively meal. After the meal, Da Zhuang didn't come to Amu, and Amu didn't think of him. The adults sat on the kang and talked, and he lay on his sister's lap, listening to her soft voice, every once in a while. He also touched his head gently, the little guy was so comfortable that he fell asleep unconsciously.

When everyone spoke again, they all lowered their voices.

Xu Shouliang said: "Xiang'er, the youngest son of Liu Quan in our village is going to marry a wife. The woman's family needs five taels of dowry, including treats and other expenses. Liu's family has no money. They want to sell his family's two acres of land in the west of the village. Yes, sell it for eight taels of silver. We spent some of the money you gave us in the past three years, and saved the rest for you. It’s more than three taels in total. Do you think you can make up enough taels? Let’s buy it and remember Under Amu's name."

People in the village rely on the land for their livelihood, and the land is more important than anything else, except for the fact that they can't make ends meet, there are only those who buy land, and no one wants to sell it.He has a good relationship with Liu Quan. Liu Quan knew that Ning Xiang might have some money, so he first asked them if they wanted it.Xu Shouliang really wanted to buy it. With the land, his nephew would be able to marry a wife in the future.

Ning Xiang was also moved, and quickly calculated it in her mind.

She currently has 11 taels of silver in her hand, and there are six taels left after buying the land. There is still a year and a half before Pei Jinghan's expedition next year, so she can save enough money to redeem herself.

"Okay, the uncle asked Uncle Liu, can I give him more money next month?" Ning Xiang suppressed her excitement.

To be honest, back then when she sold herself and didn't even sell the land...

And when they were discussing about buying land, Lu Cheng was also settling accounts with his younger siblings in the next village.

"Uncle Liu said that if no one in his village buys it, he can sell the land to us." The two families live next to each other, and they have to deal with farming and harvesting crops every year. Brother Lu Cheng and his family will always help Liu's family after they are busy, so The relationship is very good.

The second child, Lu Yan, and the third child, Lu Ding, both listen to their elder brother.

Seven-year-old A Tao hugged the money pot, counted the number, and was very reluctant to give up, "I finally saved ten taels, and the land will be gone after I buy it!"

The eldest brother works in the orchard of the landlord’s home, and saved a lot of money little by little. After marrying his sister-in-law last time, he spent all of it, and then he earned some more. He spent all his money on seeing a doctor and attending a funeral for his sister-in-law, and exchanged the money he promised to buy her for a bracelet. The mother goat feeds the little nephew.Those should be spent, A Tao knows, but now that the family has land, she is reluctant to let her elder brother empty the money jar all at once.

Lu Cheng smiled and patted the top of his sister's head, "It's okay, you can earn money after spending money, and if you have more land, it will be easier for us to marry sisters-in-law for you."

When he said this, he smiled meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)