Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 69
Five days later, only Li and his wife were left to work in the field. In this situation, it was obvious that the labor was not enough.

Fortunately, after Mrs. Li made it clear to Lin Erniu, he hired some part-time workers to help his family harvest and thresh, so he was able to get busy.

In this way, after more than ten days of busy work, the rice in the ten-acre field was finally harvested, threshed, bagged, and put into the warehouse of the Lin family.

Looking at a warehouse full of rice, Lin Erniu had already forgotten the exhaustion all over his body, and he was happy all day long.

In ancient times, the yield in the fields was not high, and one mu of land could only harvest three to four hundred catties of rice, so this time their family left more than 2000 catties of rice in addition to paying taxes, which was enough for their family people eat.

Originally, Mrs. Li wanted to ask Lin Erniu to drag some grain and sell it in the town, but Lin Xiaoqiao didn't suggest not to do this. They don't lack the money to sell grain now, don't look at this There is a lot of grain, but in fact, it can't be sold for a few taels of silver.

Lin Xiaoqiao felt that her family had a lot of rooms, and there was plenty of land to store the rice. Looking at the piles of grain, her heart was full and at ease.

After harvesting the rice, everyone in the Lin family stayed at home except Dalang and Erlang, who went to the town to study every day.

Lin Erniu now has fields and food in his hands, and his face and heart are full of indescribable steadfastness and satisfaction.

After he was free, he continued to weave bamboo baskets every day. Lin Xiaoxi learned how to embroider with Li Shi every day, and embroidered a few handkerchiefs to pass the time. Lin Xiaoqiao was also dragged to learn for a few days.

However, the summer weather is a bit hot, and she can't sit down quietly and embroider at all.

Seeing her restless appearance, Mrs. Li didn't force her. After all, she is still young, and it won't be too late to calm down and pick up sewing in two years.

So, he wholeheartedly taught Lin Xiaoxi, Lin Xiaoxi has a quiet personality, so he is also a person who can sit still, and he is good at learning, and he can embroider some simple patterns by himself in a few days.

Today, the weather was still hot, Lin Xiaoqiao was sitting on the bedside boredly, watching Li Shi and Lin Xiaoxi quietly embroidering handkerchiefs with flower frames, the patterns they used were relatively simple.

In the old house of the Lin family, Mrs. Li had to undertake a lot of housework every day, and never had free time to teach the two sisters how to embroider. Therefore, when Lin Xiaoxi first picked up needle and thread, she was often pricked by the needle. Lin Xiaoqiao Seeing that she was accidentally stabbed again, and blood gushed out, her heart was in a panic.

Lin Xiaoqiao could hardly sit still, but seeing the scorching sun outside, she didn't dare to run out casually, and in the whole village, she didn't seem to have any close friends in her boudoir, even if she wanted to find someone Playing is also easy to find people.

Thinking of all this, they owe it to their grandma Zhou, because Zhou's reputation in the village is not very good, and the popularity is not very good, so almost no outsiders are willing to go to the gate of the Lin family, plus Zhou arranged a lot of work for the two sisters every day, so they didn't have time to go out and make friends.

Lin Xiaoqiao searched left and right in her mind, and found that she was not familiar with any children of the same age in Shanglin Village. She only said a word and said hello to the little granddaughter of Lizheng's family last time.

After much deliberation, suddenly, a handsome face appeared in her mind, and this person was Chen Xuewen.

Immediately, Lin Xiaoqiao thought of his gentle and beautiful mother who lived next door to him, so he couldn't sit still, and really wanted to go to the next door and scurry around.

So, she rolled her eyes, ran to Mrs. Li, and said, "Mother, we are idle now, why don't we go to the door next door. The brother Xuewen helped us last time, and we haven't come to thank you." Families."

Seeing the anxious look of her little girl, Mrs. Li knew that she couldn't sit still at home and wanted to find a chance to go out to play, so she nodded and said, "I have to come and thank her, but we can't Go empty-handed."

Lin Xiaoqiao thought for a while, and then said: "I went back to their yard, and saw brother Xuewen's mother didn't seem to be able to work in the fields, so I figured their family didn't farm any land! Let’s give them some of the newly threshed rice. Pick some cucumbers and eggplants from home, and bring the watermelon that Dad bought for us in the town the day before yesterday, and that’s all.”

Mrs. Li thought it was feasible, looked at Lin Xiaoqiao with a serious face, smiled and said: "You little clever ghost, in order to go out to play, you still find a reason, it looks the same, there are many arrangements It's all right. Now, mother will take you to the door. Xiaoxi, don't embroider, just rest."

Lin Xiaoxi had just embroidered the peony flower, but she refused to stop now, so she shook her head and said, "Mother and sister, go, I want to finish this embroidery." Her peonies are struggling.

So, Mrs. Li took Lin Xiaoqiao, took a hundred catties of rice, all of which had been pounded and shelled, and a large basket of cucumbers and eggplants, and Lin Xiaoqiao was holding a big watermelon in his hand. , The two came to the Chen family next door and knocked on the door of the Chen family.

After a while, there were footsteps, and it was Widow Zheng who opened the door.

When Mrs. Li saw Widow Zheng open the door, she smiled and said hello: "You are Mrs. Chen, I took the liberty to visit the door to thank Young Master Chen for his help last time. A while ago, I have been busy with the work in the field. I forgot about this, in fact, I should have come to thank you long ago. Didn't bother you?"

Widow Zheng looked at Lin Xiaoqiao's mother and daughter standing outside the door, and came over with a lot of things in their hands, she was a little embarrassed: "You are the sister-in-law of the Lin family next door, I have seen your little girl, and she gave us zongzi last time Yes, she looks really cute and cute, and the zongzi smells delicious. Come in quickly, the sun is shining outside, so don't stand at the door."

At this time, Lin Xiaoqiao got out from behind her mother's body, and yelled crisply: "Auntie, I came to your house again."

Hearing Lin Xiaoqiao's sweet words, Widow Zheng smiled all over her face, as if the two of them were very familiar with each other, stretched out her arm and pulled her over, smiled and said affectionately: "You girl, auntie But I miss you, why don't you come to see my aunt?"

Several people walked into the house together, and when they arrived in the main room, Widow Zheng led them to sit down, poured two cups of scented tea, and greeted: "You are too polite, why did you bring so many things, no wonder It's kind of funny."

Mrs. Li replied politely after hearing this: "They are all grown by ourselves, so don't dislike them. Last time, Young Master Chen also helped our family a lot. We don't know how to thank him, so we can only bring some The food is coming."

(End of this chapter)