The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 22 Taunt
It cost 50 taels of silver just to buy these saplings.

For this reason, both Yu Shi and Liang Gaoshan were very distressed, but Grandma Chang Shi behaved relatively calmly.At this moment, grandma has 120 confidence in Mai Xiang. As long as Mai Xiang makes a decision, her old man will unconditionally support and support her.Otherwise, how could Mai Xiang persuade her parents to agree to buy so many saplings so easily.

At the top of the mountain, Mai Xiang transplanted several large trees over 20 years old from the mountain, one is a poplar tree, one is a plane tree, one is an elm tree, one is a magnolia tree, and the other is a camphor tree. .In addition, several fruit tree seedlings were planted, including jujube, pear, peach and cherry trees.

These trees form a circle on the top of the mountain, and inside the circle is a small green lawn.Around the lawn, that is, at the foot of the big tree, a circle of flowers are planted, including wild chrysanthemums, rhododendrons, pomegranate trees, and unnamed wild flowers.

After planting the saplings, Liang Gaoshan couldn't help feeling a little worried. If he hadn't made a mistake in his estimation, the money left in the family now is probably only 100 taels at most!
Today, Mai Xiang is the master of the house, and the money is in Mai Xiang's hands.Therefore, he did not have a certain amount of money in his mind.

After planting the saplings, he eagerly urged Mai Xiang: "Now, shouldn't it be time to catch some chickens and feed them on the mountain?"

Mai Xiang smiled and said, "Daddy, it's only the beginning of March, and it's still early. The most important thing right now is to plant soybeans, mung beans, and corn on the mountain."

There are many rotten leaves in the back mountain, which can be regarded as a kind of fertilizer, and in winter, she has invited ten big men to go to the village pond to pick up a lot of pond mud to the mountain.Today, the low and gentle area on the southern slope of Houshan has been transformed into a fertile dry land by Maixiang.

You can plant bracts on the south slope to alleviate the regret of having no land at home.A few months later, the family has corn, so grandma doesn't have to keep talking about not even a grain of grain being produced at home.

A daughter's words are good words of gold and jade.

The honest farmer Liang Gaoshan followed his daughter Mai Xiang, looking for the weeds that cattle and sheep like to eat in the fields.The whole family, except grandma and fifth younger brother Huang Lian, were carrying baskets on their backs and digging weeds with small hoes in their hands.

The people in the village couldn't help talking when they saw it, and one jealous person taunted: "What's the matter with this family? Isn't it rich? Why, the whole family went out to dig weeds?"

Mai Xiang turned a deaf ear to the ridicule from the villagers and just laughed it off.

But Fahrenheit couldn't take it lightly, with a sad expression on his face and a faint uneasiness: "Mai Xiang, is it reliable to raise cattle and sheep?"

Mai Xiang: "Mother, anyway, my family has no land, and now I bought this back mountain at a huge price. If I don't raise cattle, sheep or chickens, what can I do to make a living? Besides, mother, don't worry, at any rate On the southern slope, I have managed to cultivate more than three acres of fertile dry land. In such a large forest, even if it is unreliable to raise cattle and sheep, it is definitely possible to raise chickens!"

Liang Gaoshan was not in a hurry, he stood by his daughter: "Mother, don't worry, with the three acres of land and the money earned from raising chickens, our family will definitely not be able to go hungry. "

The drought was so difficult, and I survived it all. Now I have such a big mountain in my family, and I still have 100 taels of silver.As long as there is no extravagance and no major natural or man-made disasters, within three to five years, the family can still live a good life.

The whole family mobilized, and it took ten days to plant grass on the north slope.At this time, more than [-]% of the planted saplings are alive.

Mai Xiang wanted to hire someone to dig grass and plant grass on the east and west slopes, but Fahrenheit resolutely refused: "No, I can no longer hire people to work! The rest of the money, in addition to using some to buy food, It can no longer be easily used!"

So much money has been spent, and a copper coin has not yet been recovered. How can we hire people to dig grass and plant grass?Fahrenheit was very uneasy and firmly opposed to using the savings at home.

Mai Xiang had no choice but to say: "Well, we'll dig it ourselves! This time, try to plant grass on Dongpo within five days! It doesn't matter if the planting is sparse, anyway, the time can't be too long! "

Once the grass is alive, you can start raising chickens.We have to wait for a while for the cattle and the raised ones, we have to wait until the planted grass grows a foot long!

In desperation, Mai Xiang went to a mountain fifteen or six miles away, and finally found alfalfa in a secluded valley.This time, she was so happy that she was about to cry.

The whole valley, full of alfalfa.

Mai Xiang hurried home and explained the situation to Liang Gaoshan.

Liang Gaoshan said happily: "Okay, Dad will borrow an ox cart now, and then call your Uncle Tian Sheng and Uncle Mao Lin!"

The ox cart was borrowed from the village head's family, and now Liang Gaoshan has a lot of status in the village head's heart.Hearing that he wanted to borrow an ox cart, he readily agreed: "Okay, as long as you feed the ox well after you come back, that's fine!"

Liang Gaoshan happily pulled the ox cart, accompanied by Mai Xiang, Ban Xia, Tian Sheng, and Mao Lin, and rushed to the valley where the alfalfa was found.On the ox cart, there were five big baskets and several big hoes.

The alfalfa grew luxuriantly and densely. Only a small area was dug, and five baskets were filled.It was quickly transported to the back mountain, and it was not yet time to apply.

Mai Xiang said to her younger brother Banxia: "You go home, cook more than a dozen eggs, and bring a bucket of cold boiled eggs. Everyone is tired and thirsty. If you don't drink some boiled water and eat something, I'm afraid you won't have the energy to make these five eggs. Plant the grass in the basket!"

Ban Xia hurriedly replied: "Okay, I'll go back now!"

Uncle Tian Sheng hurriedly said: "Ban Xia, you don't need to go back, we are not hungry!"

Pinellia has already run away.

When Ban Xia came home, as soon as the old lady heard what her grandson said, she immediately went to pick up [-] eggs, washed them and boiled them in the pot with their shells: "This is something good for people to eat, otherwise, there will be so many eggs." Grass, how do you have the strength to plant it?"

You know, this kind of grass is not counted, and you have to carry water to irrigate it.If you want to carry water, you have to go a long way. Although there is a small stream at the foot of the mountain, the grass must be planted to the top of the mountain.Carrying water from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain is very tiring.

Everyone finished planting grass in one go, sat on the hillside and ate eggs, poured a scoop of cool white leaves, and rested for a while before going to fetch water to water the grass.The grass was planted from the top of the mountain, and everyone was busy until the sun was about to set, and the task was finally completed.

Mai Xiang took out her purse and gave Tian Sheng and Mao Lin [-] Wen each: "You two uncles, you have worked hard today! This is your wages, and it is a little sympathy from my family. I hope you don't feel too little! "

Tian Sheng and Mao Lin quickly pushed back: "We don't want it, we are here to help!"

Liang Gaoshan said: "Don't refuse, it's not easy for everyone, and you have no separation. If you come to work for nothing, your family will definitely have opinions."

Mai Xiang couldn't help but put the copper coins in the pockets of the two of them, and persuaded: "Uncles, after you go back, you will pay ten Wen per person. You can save the remaining forty Wen by yourself. When the family is separated in the future, I will have some spare money on hand."

After Liang Gaoshan heard this, he scolded: "You girl, what are you talking about? You are like this, aren't you telling the uncles to separate the family?"

Mai Xiang said disapprovingly: "My uncles' homes are in such a mess. Those who are honest and responsible work hard, but they can't even eat enough. Those who are lazy and playful, but eat hot food, what is the reason for this?" ? It’s time to separate the family, dragging it on, it’s only good for those treacherous people, but it’s not good for good people at all!”

Liang Gaoshan became even more angry, and raised his hand to hit Mai Xiang: "You child, I told you not to say it, but you still say it!"

Tian Sheng hurriedly stopped him: "Brother Gao Shan, this kid Mai Xiang is right, our family should have been separated long ago! If this continues, Xiaozao's mother will have no way out!"

Xiaozao is Tian Sheng's daughter.

Tian Sheng's sister-in-law is a stingy person who bullies Xiao Zao's mother every day.The sister-in-law's nephews and nieces also took pleasure in bullying Xiaozao.

Xiaozao is ten years old this year and has an eight-year-old brother.

The children of Tian Sheng’s sister-in-law’s family were all fat and white, while Xiao Zao and his younger brother Xiao Lu were all dark and thin.

Mao Lin also sighed and said: "Brother Gao Shan, my brother-in-law is also not good, and my second brother is also very lazy. However, my father and mother are all partial to my second brother's family, and if they want to eat something good on weekdays, they avoid me. We are a family of four. Now, I don’t have any money on hand. If I told my parents fifty cents a day, I would definitely not have a single copper coin left on hand. I think Mai Xiang is quite right. , I also need to save some money, and prepare for the separation!"

Liang Gaoshan thought of his elder brother and sister-in-law, and couldn't help being speechless.

Perhaps, Mai Xiang is right, Tian Sheng and Mao Lin's family should be separated.If at this time, my family and my eldest brother and sister-in-law's family have not separated, my family members should still not have enough food and clothing in the future, right?
In the days that followed, Tian Sheng and Mao Lin followed Mai Xiang and Liang Gaoshan to pull alfalfa in the deep mountains, and helped plant grass and water together.Pinellia and Huashi also planted grass and watered it together. After working together for more than a month, they finally planted a [-]-acre mountain full of alfalfa.

Mai Xiang was so tired that she didn't even bother to move her fingers.

Alas, being the daughter of a farmer's family is really tiring!

However, although she is very tired, she still enjoys this kind of life where the family depends on each other, works together, and works hard.In particular, her family valued her very much and supported her very much.

She is very lucky, glad that she has traveled to such a family.If she traveled to the uncle's house, she would probably vomit blood due to depression.A shrew like the eldest aunt, if it was her mother, she would feel that life has nowhere to go.

Although Liang Gaoshan and Huashi are both illiterate, they are simple and hardworking people, they are very loving to their children and filial to the elderly.As their daughter, she is very proud and proud, and she is willing to work hard for such a father and mother, lead her family to work hard, and live a good life without worrying about food and clothing.

It's spring now, after the grass was planted, it was watered that day, and it was ignored again.After ten days like this, Mai Xiang went to patrol the mountains, and when she returned home, she said to Liang Gaoshan: "Daddy, the grass is alive now, you can go buy chickens to raise!"

Liang Gaoshan said happily: "Okay, how many do you plan to raise? Fifty, or a hundred?" One hundred, is it too many?
Mai Xiang: "Raise [-] first!"

What?Raise three hundred first?Does this mean that the number of chickens will increase in the future?

(End of this chapter)