The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 21 Negotiation
Seeing that grandma and mother were so worried, Mai Xiang quickly comforted her: "Mother, grandma, don't worry, isn't our family and uncle's family no longer in contact? If that's the case, then simply don't associate with them in the future, and don't bother to quarrel with such people Noisy."

When Fahrenheit and Changshi heard this, they couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise: Isn't Maixiang always very timid and always afraid of her eldest aunt?When did you start to lose your temper?Before, she beat her aunt with a broom and they thought the child was out of breath.But what did she just say?Why don't you stay in touch with your aunt's house?

Hey, is it okay to say this?We are all a family, broken bones and connected muscles, how can we say that we will not communicate if we don't communicate?
Huashi is Maixiang's mother; Changshi is Maixiang's grandma.

Fahrenheit couldn't help scolding Mai Xiang: "You child, that's your aunt, you shouldn't have hit her just now. Also, the two families are close relatives, how can they keep away from each other? Besides, Your grandfather is still at your uncle's house!"

Mai Xiang couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "Mother, since the severe drought, hasn't my aunt said in public that my uncle is not allowed to talk to our family? When my uncle talks to my father, he has to sneak around, just like being a thief." .”

Fahrenheit: "You child, let the past matter go, so why care about it? We are all a family, why are you so serious?"

Hearing this, Mai Xiang almost vomited blood with anger.

Hey, mother, do you want to be such a holy mother?

Seeing that Mai Xiang was stunned with anger, Mrs. Chang stood by her granddaughter: "I think what Mai Xiang said makes sense. After Coptis was born, because you didn't eat or drink, and you didn't have milk, I went to the door in person and told the old man Everyone asks for a catty of broken rice so that they can make some rice paste for Huanglian. However, how did the old master do it? He even kicked me out of the house and distanced himself from our family in public, saying that the family had been separated long ago. , their family has no reason to care about our family's life and death!"

There are so many things she can't even say!Just thinking about it made her feel extremely bad.The elders have a vicious heart, not to mention your own mother-in-law, even a beggar passing by, as long as there is no shortage of food and drink at home, at least they will give a little charity, right?

After hearing her mother-in-law's words, Fahrenheit couldn't help but burst into tears.

Thinking of the past days, the youngest son, Huang Lian, almost starved to death, and my family struggled with life and death every day.Thinking about her daughter's words again, she couldn't help but feel cold: "Okay, I will listen to you, and if you don't have any contact, you won't have any contact."

Mai Xiang: "Grandma, mother, this place is too close to the uncle's house. Our house is a thatched cottage anyway, so we won't live long. That's good. Why don't we build a new house at the foot of the mountain, far away from the uncle's house, and save money?" My aunt will often come to make trouble in the future!"

Chang thought for a while, then nodded: "That's fine, stay a little farther away, so as not to cause disputes." You can't afford to be provoked, but you can still hide.

Fahrenheit: "Go to the foot of the mountain to build a new house? Isn't that good? If there are wolves in the middle of the night, what should we do?"

Mai Xiang: "Build a big tile house with green bricks, and use green bricks for the courtyard walls. If you build it tall, you don't have to worry about wolves!"

In the evening, Liang Gaoshan came back, and as soon as he told him, he readily agreed.

Mai Xiang: "Daddy, hurry up and build the house while it's not busy farming season."

Liang Gaoshan: "Well, you are right, I will find someone to build the house tomorrow."

Mai Xiang: "Tomorrow, Daddy and I will go to the county town together, and take out all the money stored in the bank!" Now, there are still 100 taels of silver in the bank.

Liang Gaoshan: "Okay, this time also call your Uncle Tian Sheng and Uncle Mao Lin."

The next day, the four of them got on the ox cart in the village and went to the county to get 100 taels of silver.This time, it went smoothly and was not followed.

It takes about 50 taels of silver to build a big brick house with five or six rooms.If green bricks are also used for the courtyard wall, it will cost about 70 taels of silver.The courtyard of Mai Xiang's house is very large, and it would cost a lot of money to use blue bricks.

Liang Gaoshan felt that this was too eye-catching, so he discussed with his daughter: "Mai Xiang, why not use earth bricks for the courtyard wall, so that it will not be so conspicuous."

Mai Xiang thought for a while, and felt that what her father said was reasonable, so she smiled and said: "Well, what Dad said is that it is really too eye-catching to use green bricks to surround the courtyard wall. Then, let's use earth bricks, and the fence should be nine feet high. .Plant another circle of thorns around the wall, so you won't be afraid of wolves!"

Liang Gaoshan was very happy: "Well, my daughter is right, so let's do it like this!"

On the same day, he went to find more than a dozen people from the same village, and went to a neighboring village to invite a few familiar farmers.The house was built on the wasteland at the foot of the mountain.The first is to lay the earth bricks. After the earth bricks are laid, the foundation is dug and the green bricks and wood are bought.

The family was eager to move away from the uncle's family, so the house was built quickly.In ten days, the house was completed.The main building is five green brick and large tile houses, and the east wing is three earth brick houses. These three earth brick houses are the firewood room, the stove room and the shower room.

As for the hut, it was built far away from the house, on a cobblestone path leading from the main house entrance to the southeast corner of the courtyard.In the southeast corner, there are two huts built of adobe bricks.The hut borrows the structure of toilets in modern society, the floor is paved with blue bricks, and the septic tank is located on the other side of the wall, which is at the foot of the mountain where Mai Xiang’s family bought it.

The house was built, and after only three days of waiting, Mai Xiang's family moved in.There was no way, the auntie pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, and Mai Xiang could hear it clearly at home.

Mai Xiang's grandma and mother couldn't take it anymore, and almost rushed out several times to quarrel with the eldest aunt.Every time, I was persuaded by Mai Xiang. If there was a quarrel, it would be my family who felt uncomfortable.After all, the eldest aunt is a stingy person, and she doesn't think it's shameful to quarrel with others.

After the house was built, Mai Xiang and Liang Gaoshan continued to dig tree pits, and Tian Sheng and Mao Lin also continued to help.Mai Xiang called the shots again, and invited ten big men from the village. They fought together for ten days, and finally dug all the tree holes.

Mai Xiang's family bought the back mountain and built a green brick and tile house. It was like water dripping into a hot oil pan, and the whole Liangjia'ao exploded.

Everyone knows that it is absolutely impossible to buy such a big mountain without 200 taels of silver.Now, Mai Xiang's family bought the mountain, but they still have the ability to build a house with green bricks and tiles. What does this mean?This shows that Mai Xiang's family must have made a fortune!
Fortunately, Mai Xiang's house is some distance away from the village, and it is a single family with a large yard around it.If the villagers want to go to Mai Xiang's house, they have to spare a lot of time, otherwise, there will be an endless stream of villagers who come to her house to gossip.

If so, there will always be three or five people who come to her house to make irresponsible remarks every day, and Mai Xiang finds it extremely annoying.There was no other way, the family had no choice but to lock the courtyard door early in the morning and hide on the mountain.

Anyway, there are a lot of rocks on the mountain, and after picking them up, it will be easy to plant crops after the spring.In addition, except for tree pits, all open spaces on the mountain were dug with hoes.Whether it is planting grass or crops in the future, it will be much more convenient.The newly planted saplings are very small, and soybeans, bracts and mung beans can be planted between the saplings.Planting soybeans can also improve soil quality and increase fertility.In the future, it will definitely be beneficial to fruit trees and grass.

Raising chickens, cattle and sheep will have to be done after the beginning of next spring.Now, a little green grass has finally grown on the mountain, and the original bushes have long since died. When digging the tree hole, Mai Xiang asked people to dig up the roots of the bushes and burn them as firewood.

At this time, it is just before the autumn harvest.

However, this year's autumn harvest, except for sweet potatoes and corn corn, the production of other crops will definitely be greatly reduced.Mai Xiang's family has neither fields nor land, and used to rely on the land of the tenant landlord to plant.This year, Liang Gaoshan listened to Mai Xiang's words and did not renew the tenancy. The whole family's thoughts were spent on going to the mountain after the renovation.

Fahrenheit was very worried, and put forward different opinions on the reconstruction of the back mountain: "Mai Xiang, is it reliable to build the back mountain into fruit orchards, chicken farms and cattle farms? Didn't you say, Is there any place to buy the forage seeds called alfalfa?"

Mai Xiang nodded affirmatively: "Mother, don't worry, even if we can't buy pasture seeds, we can dig some weeds that cattle, sheep, and chickens like to eat from the mountains or fields, and plant them on the mountains! As long as they are fertile enough A little bit, and the grass will grow very fast.

What's more, such a big mountain can be divided into five areas in the southeast, northwest, and middle areas, and each area takes turns to let the chickens, cattle and sheep stay for ten days.In this way, the grass can have enough time to grow, and it will not be eaten by cattle and sheep as soon as it emerges. "

Liang Gaoshan's eyes lit up, and he said approvingly: "Well, this idea is very good."

Mai Xiang said again: "Also, the main food of chickens is not grass, but earthworms. Chickens that grow up eating earthworms will lay eggs early and lay more eggs."

Fahrenheit couldn't help but turn pale with shock: "Mai Xiang, how do you know this?"

Mai Xiang said helplessly: "Mom, I heard this from an old man with a white beard in a dream." There was no other way but to resort to this trick.

Sure enough, although this trick is bad, it works very well.

Hearing what she said, Chang's eyes sparkled immediately: "Hey, it's terrible, my family's Maixiang was enlightened by the gods! Listen to her, there is nothing wrong!"

Liang Gaoshan and Huashi glanced at each other, and nodded with smiles: "Yes, mother, we listen to you!"

Chang's: "I don't listen to me, but Mai Xiang!"

This granddaughter has become much smarter since she woke up from a fall that day.In such a difficult period, she took her family and not only got out of the predicament, but also made a fortune.Her appearance must have been enlightened by the gods.So, listen to her, you must be right!
So, out of nowhere, Mai Xiang, who was only eight years old, became the head of the family.

Throughout autumn and winter, Mai Xiang's family spent half of their time digging soil, digging dead trees, and picking stones on the mountain.The other half of the time is to go to the mountains to collect firewood.Nowadays, there are dead trees everywhere on the mountain. It is more cost-effective to collect firewood at this time, and the firewood will be much lighter.

Because, when the next spring comes, there will be many things to be busy, and there will be no time to collect firewood at that time.Therefore, I have to take advantage of the relatively free time now so that I can get enough firewood for a year.Anyway, the family built a rather large firewood room, enough to store firewood for a year.

With the hard work of the family, time seems to pass quickly, as if spring is here in a blink of an eye.

After a few heavy rains, the land in the back mountain is moist, and the grass has green leaves, which looks green.Mai Xiang led her family, bought a large number of saplings, and planted more than 2000 trees.

(End of this chapter)